A method for changing gear in a transmission, traction an epicyclic automatic transmission, which has a plurality of non-positive gear-change elements (A, B, C, D, F) and at least one positive gear-change element, wherein • the transmission due to the current gear-change states of the gear-change elements (A - F) can assume certain transmission gear-change states (R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6*, 7, 8, 9), • each of the transmission gear-change states (R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6*, 7, 8, 9) has a certain transmission ratio between a transmission input and a transmission output, and • at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) have an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), wherein ∘ the gear-change elements which are to be closed for changing into a first (6*) of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*) are exclusively non-positive gear-change elements, and ∘ for changing into a second of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), at least one positive gear-change element is to be closed, and wherein • at least in the case of some gear-change operations in which the gear is to be changed from a current gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio, first of all the gear is changed into the first transmission gear-change state (6*) and then the gear is changed into the second gear-change state, characterised in that • at least in the case of some traction upshifts, in which in traction operation of the vehicle the gear is to be changed from a current transmission gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), the gear is changed directly into the second transmission gear-change state, or • at least in the case of some traction downshifts, in which in traction operation of the vehicle the gear is to be changed from a current transmission gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), the gear is changed directly into the second transmission gear-change state. • the transmission due to the current gear-change states of the gear-change elements (A - F) can assume certain transmission gear-change states (R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6*, 7, 8, 9), • each of the transmission gear-change states (R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6*, 7, 8, 9) has a certain transmission ratio between a transmission input and a transmission output, and • at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) have an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), wherein ∘ the gear-change elements which are to be closed for changing into a first (6*) of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*) are exclusively non-positive gear-change elements, and ∘ for changing into a second of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), at least one positive gear-change element is to be closed, and wherein ∘ the gear-change elements which are to be closed for changing into a first (6*) of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*) are exclusively non-positive gear-change elements, and ∘ for changing into a second of the at least two transmission gear-change states (6, 6*) with an identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), at least one positive gear-change element is to be closed, and wherein • at least in the case of some gear-change operations in which the gear is to be changed from a current gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio, first of all the gear is changed into the first transmission gear-change state (6*) and then the gear is changed into the second gear-change state, characterised in that • at least in the case of some traction upshifts, in which in traction operation of the vehicle the gear is to be changed from a current transmission gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), the gear is changed directly into the second transmission gear-change state, or • at least in the case of some traction downshifts, in which in traction operation of the vehicle the gear is to be changed from a current transmission gear-change state, the transmission ratio of which differs from the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), to the identical transmission ratio (i _6, i _6*), the gear is changed directly into the second transmission gear-change state.