custom transmission glitch

[cleanLX]

so...
I set speed way down to 124mph, then cranked the rear gear out to 5.0:1, which indicated I could go as deep at 5.xx:1 for a first gear ratio...
But when i selected 1st gear to adjust, the slider magical changed to allow a spread of low 2.xx:1 through high 2.xx:1...
Anyone else noticing this?
Now granted, I didn't want a 5:1 1st gear, but I had a heck of a time getting what I did want due to the "pre-selected" gear ratio/numbers showing way different than what the adjustable ratios available actually were... because, often, the pre-seleced ratio was not even available in the range of the "slider".

Really odd.

 

[Sander 001]

When the game was new, I was tuning an NSX and found that the gearbox had ridiculously tall gears, like 140kph until you shift into 2nd gear!

I assume it was a bug and that it’ll be fixed with an update but I haven’t tried tuning that NSX since.

 

[cleanLX]

Yep, same thing for me with the Porsche RSR... could not get 1st below 75mph and 2nd was well over 100mph...
The riggamoral of "adjusting the speed then the rear diff, and then speed again one up one back" to reset the pre-selected ratio had no bearing on the actual range of the slider...
Took forever, but finally got it dialed in.

 

[afrojcactair]

Try this. Start by setting speed to min. Then "Final Gear" to max. Adjust you gears so that first is far left, next to last gear is far right. Try to get equal spacing "at the line" in diagram. Then leave each gear alone, and only ever adjust "Final Gear" to get the top speed you want. This may not be the best way to explain this, but it will hopefully get you close to what you want. Note: you will only know the top speed you want by testing on a track.

 

[cleanLX]

I agree that is a pretty good base point.
The issue I'm getting at is that the preselected ratio is not relative/represented by the range of the slider. That is a glitch.

As someone who understands actual gear ratios, I find the willy nilly non-related preselected vs slider relationship confusing and frustrating.
Once I get the numbers that makes sense, I'll fiddle with shift recovery and overlap, and adjust final drive based on track, but when the numbers don't makes sense it makes me banana's. .

Your example is again a fine base point, but you typically can tolerate more rev drop between 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd than on the remainder because these gears have more mechanical advantage, and the car is under less aero resistance. So, I never aim for equal space at the line, rather decreasing space as you gain gears.
Course, a peaky motor will want a tighter spread than one with a broad power band, so, as I'm sure you know it takes fiddling and is more car dependent than a simple "just do this".

So, yes, you can likely get it spot on even if the numbers are not related to the real world... but I'm funny like that and depending on car/powerband I want top gear to be 1:1 or possibly have one overdrive... that is a pain in the butt to get lined up on the far left... with the hoky poky adjust speed, adjust diff no go back and adjust speed one notch and back again and go see how close you got.
I realize it's been that way since GT4 (earliest I started playing), but my goodness...

OCD anyone?