Hey Sato.

Bit of a long shot but would it be possible to have a call with you even if its through steam?

I know this might seem weird but i am only really able to retain something by talking with people

Mind you i know this might sound weird so no worries if u don't feel comfortable but i would appreciate it i have a lot of people i know online but none of them understand cars so i would be happy if you could help with that.

lastly this is for better understanding not passing the game as i already did that long ago and i just like the idea of min maxing all cars

Thank you

Im going to send u a friend request

its a highway, not a race track. you want to start races mid rpm in 1st gear. if you start in 2nd, you have a wasted gear since crashing to 0 mph means a loss anyway. my base car with stage 1 trans was a rocket compared to the competitors after adjusting 1st gear to 100 kph and each gear adding about 20kph onto it, with a really short rpm drop per gear. as car got faster, 1st gear was taken up to about 140kph or 100mph also with a long 2nd gear so i had more gears to work with at battle speeds. trans tuning is as important as horsepower in this game

While the solution isn't perfect, it should allow you to have a relative brain dead way of getting close gear ratios with little effort. I recommend tuning the gears in metric (kph) since the intervals are finer with the final ratio all the way to the right, and once fully adjusted, you slide until you get the desired max speed.

The formula is first gear all the way to the left, with last gear dependent on where the max speed hit. My preference is 1.000 ratio at the start. You can adjust with the rest of the gears from the speed of last gear minus the speed of first gear divide by the amount of gears minus 1 [(last - first)/(x - 1) where x is amount of gears]. You then add the speed value to every gear starting from the first one.

There's also RPM based tuning which is more accurate, but it's a lot more tedious and time consuming.

I run my first gear as long (to the left) as possible, you start races at about 60kph so setting it for 80-100kph in 1st means you're in the powerband as soon as the race starts.

i think a good tip applicable to most situations is to check your average speed while racing, rarely are you at your top speed

@Doug_Skinwalker plus its good to actually understand what you're doing

@Sparklebits Honestly running AT is basically handicapping yourself. Even in the cars that only came in automatics/CVTs IRL like the Levorgs.

vvv FYI real-world terminology greatly applies in this game and has been since the series' earliest titles.

Not helpful. Don't use fancy real world terminology, this ain't forza or gran tourismo just explain it with terms relating to the game. The sliders only go left and right, the numbers on the left are irrelevant, only the number on the right KMH actually mean something.

dwa