The only way you get fake shifts on a Honda if you have the sport mode with the paddle shifter on the steering wheel..my 21 hrv has that...never use it...
The 2.4 was a great engine at 386000 the car was still running great...still had original water pump...alternator..the only thing I had to replace once was the belt tensioner...and just routine maint...
Well when I traded it in 2021 I got a Honda HRV sport AWD... I like it and it has the 1.8 engine that Honda has used for many years in the civic and the fit...My worry is the CVT long term...