I much dislike the vehicular parts of the game. I don't understand abilities either (do your teammates automatically use their own abilities?) ... or weaponry. I don't see a reason for using the pistol; the shotgun sucks too. I'm only about 10 hours in though.

Asari are definitely female for the purpose of this discussion, imo¬ The codex says that they are an "all-female" race. It just annoys me that EVERY pairing is possible in this game, save for the manxman ones.