I really liked the Tesla virtual gear shift stalk. I used to drive old cars (such as an early-80s Cadillac) that had a real gear shift stalk, and making that st

I really liked the Tesla virtual gear shift stalk. I used to drive old cars (such as an early-80s Cadillac) that had a real gear shift stalk, and making that stateless--with multiple pushes to change to a gear--felt quite intuitive in a reasonably-backwards-compatible manner. (Of course, Tesla has removed that stalk, and now has multiple ways to do it, all of which seem stupid.) Point being: I don't think a knob or a wheel is required or optimal to solve the problem you describe.