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nikyThe 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:
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.
Original Post
Okay, nobody's made a thread about this before, and since it's not about tuning the damn thing (although that would help), I'd like to rant right here...
While trying out the Eclipse GT for the first time (imagine, 92% finished and I've never driven it before), I've noticed that fourth and fifth gear are almost coincidental, while sixth seems to be placed where it would logically be placed if fifth gear were a little higher...
Stock, the car should be:
Car and Driver
Whereas in the game, it feels like:
Final-drive ratio: 3.78:1/3.24:1*
Gear, Ratio, Mph/1000 rpm, Max test speed
I, 3.21, 6.2, 40 mph (6500 rpm)
II, 2.24, 8.9, 58 mph (6500 rpm)
III, 1.54, 13.0, 85 mph (6500 rpm)
IV, 1.17, 17.1, 111 mph (6500 rpm)
V, 1.12?, 18.5, 120? mph (6500 rpm) upshift from IV-redline gets it to 6k in V!
VI, 0.79, 29.5, 134 mph (4500 rpm) - I don't know where it tops out, but of course, it's not limited in the game...
Am I the only one this happens to? I'd like to know... but for now, I'm going to have to put a damn race tranny on it to get it to run like stock. Anyone else notice this? Or do I have a defective game?
