Crucial Gearing

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I know that gearing is important and can determine the outcome of every race, but I can not seem to find the best setting for gears. I am a car guy and I have done a lot of work on motors and suspension but never with transmissions. So I know plenty about handling and I can get all my cars to handle like a wet dream, but I know nothing about how to set the gearing for my cars in GT5P. It seems that gearing is either a hit or miss situation for me and I really need to be educated on it. Can someone help me out?

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Lugar
 
What has always worked for me is to run a course in arcade mode and adjust the gearing so that at your fastest point on course, you're maybe 10mph away from the rev-limiter in top gear.
 
Look at torque and power curve, and decide how you want your gears to be, short, long, mid ranged.
If you post in the TUNERS threads, and post what car you want to tune/ gear, I bet a lot of guys will help you out there.
 
JM1681
What has always worked for me is to run a course in arcade mode and adjust the gearing so that at your fastest point on course, you're maybe 10mph away from the rev-limiter in top gear.
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That's what I do too, then I make sure that each gear keeps the car in its power range the longest possible.
 
slicecom
That's what I do too, then I make sure that each gear keeps the car in its power range the longest possible.
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Yup, me too. But I also take into account the corners of the track I'm adjusting the car for. I don't like to shift in the middle or the last half of a sharp turn for instance, I'd rather have it slightly longer (or even shorter :P) so I can shift right after the turn.
 
JM1681
What has always worked for me is to run a course in arcade mode and adjust the gearing so that at your fastest point on course, you're maybe 10mph away from the rev-limiter in top gear.
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Most of the time I do the same, but with some cars on some tracks I try to set up the gears the way, so I don't have to shift during a corner, which destabilize the car.
 
I tend to use fairly long first few gears, so as to avoid shifting in corners, then use the top three as fairly short to keep the car in the power at high speed.
 
NoxNoctis Umbra
Look at torque and power curve, and decide how you want your gears to be, short, long, mid ranged.
If you post in the TUNERS threads, and post what car you want to tune/ gear, I bet a lot of guys will help you out there.
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Thanks bro that helped out a lot
 
Numer0bis
...I try to set up the gears the way, so I don't have to shift during a corner...
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Word. I do this as well, but only when I'm really trying to get every last bit out of a setup.

Sometimes if the gears are just right (Or maybe wrong is the better way to look at this practice) I'll bounce the rev-limiter to avoid the wasted time shifting up then back down.

A shift is dead time and in my experience, its faster to bounce the rev-limiter for a second than shift twice.
 
also guys,when driving a high power rear wheel drive car such as the corvette,it pays off (if you have a lot of wheelspin/oversteer at exits of slow corners)to not use a "jumpy" 2nd gear,but a slightly shorter than usual 3rd gear......you will loose a tiny bit in the first part of the exit,but than as you dont have wheelspin and dont have to change gear(2nd to 3rd)it sometimes(suzuka s's)gives you an advantige in laptimes....
spyrrari.
 
gearing definitely is important! i've seen as much as a 5 second difference in lap times with gear tweaking alone!! thus having the right gearing per track would definitely give you the edge... ideally, you'd want to stay in the powerband throughout the whole track!!
 
Yes, also there is no use in giving your car a 380 km/h maximum speed when the fastest you can go on the longest straight is about 280 km/h.
 
NLxAROSA
Yes, also there is no use in giving your car a 380 km/h maximum speed when the fastest you can go on the longest straight is about 280 km/h.
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Yea thats true most the time i try to tune the car to the tracks straights and i try to account for drafting.
 
JM1681
Word. I do this as well, but only when I'm really trying to get every last bit out of a setup.

Sometimes if the gears are just right (Or maybe wrong is the better way to look at this practice) I'll bounce the rev-limiter to avoid the wasted time shifting up then back down.

A shift is dead time and in my experience, its faster to bounce the rev-limiter for a second than shift twice.
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Good point but i don't get why you just don't downshift into a corner its kinda like braking before you turn ya know
 

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