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The Mitsubishi Eclipse 06 Transmission Ratio bug
From this thread.
Ever notice how the 5th gear of the 2006 Eclipse doesn't seem like a real gear at all?
This is caused by programming on the part of PD that didn't take into account the fact that the 2006 Eclipse GT has two separate final drive ratios, one at 3.780:1 for gears 1-4 and one at 3.240:1 for gears 5 and 6. Here's how to remedy it.
Buy full transmission upgrade.
1. Set Final drive to 3.780
2. Set Auto tuning to 11
3. Follow gearsets below:
1st - 3.210
2nd - 2.240
3rd - 1.540
4th - 1.170
5th - 0.940
6th - 0.680
Note: If you set Auto first, you won't get the right ratios when you move the final-drive slider, and you'll have to move the Auto again to fix it, so do the final-drive first and save yourself the trouble.
Comparison of Stock in-game, Fixed and real-life speeds:
* taken at 6200rpm. Stock Eclipse rev limiter in 5th gear
**taken at 4500rpm. Stock Eclipse rev limiter in 6th gear
Real-life gearsets found at caranddriver.com. If you set the gears on a fully-customizable tranny to the real-life values, you'll get the same results PD did. I'm assuming the programmer who entered the values didn't know what to do with the extra final-drive ratio and chucked it instead of trying to re-calculate gears 5 and 6 by hand. Betcha KY is really pissed with him right now.
6th isn't as accurate as I'd like, but at 11, it's set all the way left and 1st is set all the way right. At 9 or 10, you can't set either one properly at all.
You can set this thing any way you want to, but if you want the feel of the real Eclipse greabox, this is it.
If you're having similar problems with your VW, check out Scaff's Mk V Golf fix.
From this thread.
Ever notice how the 5th gear of the 2006 Eclipse doesn't seem like a real gear at all?
This is caused by programming on the part of PD that didn't take into account the fact that the 2006 Eclipse GT has two separate final drive ratios, one at 3.780:1 for gears 1-4 and one at 3.240:1 for gears 5 and 6. Here's how to remedy it.
Buy full transmission upgrade.
1. Set Final drive to 3.780
2. Set Auto tuning to 11
3. Follow gearsets below:
1st - 3.210
2nd - 2.240
3rd - 1.540
4th - 1.170
5th - 0.940
6th - 0.680
Note: If you set Auto first, you won't get the right ratios when you move the final-drive slider, and you'll have to move the Auto again to fix it, so do the final-drive first and save yourself the trouble.
Comparison of Stock in-game, Fixed and real-life speeds:
Code:
Stock Fixed Real-life
1st - 40 - 40 - 40
2nd - 57-58 - 57 - 58
3rd - 85 - 85 - 85
4th -113 -113 -111
5th -118* -134* -134*
6th -115** -135** -134*** taken at 6200rpm. Stock Eclipse rev limiter in 5th gear
**taken at 4500rpm. Stock Eclipse rev limiter in 6th gear
Real-life gearsets found at caranddriver.com. If you set the gears on a fully-customizable tranny to the real-life values, you'll get the same results PD did. I'm assuming the programmer who entered the values didn't know what to do with the extra final-drive ratio and chucked it instead of trying to re-calculate gears 5 and 6 by hand. Betcha KY is really pissed with him right now.
6th isn't as accurate as I'd like, but at 11, it's set all the way left and 1st is set all the way right. At 9 or 10, you can't set either one properly at all.
You can set this thing any way you want to, but if you want the feel of the real Eclipse greabox, this is it.
If you're having similar problems with your VW, check out Scaff's Mk V Golf fix.
