Gearbox Glitch?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:55 amHi guys, (First Post!)
I've been playing around with Automation for a few days, and really like the game. However, I recently experienced a bug where the gearbox ratios would go completely out of whack. The first gear would have a massive amount of power distribution, whilst the other gears would be spaced closely together and have very short power bands. I've found this glitch multiple times (sorry, no pics so far), most prominently when dealing with 7 or 8-speed gearboxes (of all types). The resulting long first gear ratio creates a dramatically reduced zero-to-sixty acceleration time, and I've had to resort to using transmissions with fewer gears - in turn sacrificing top speed and high-end performance.
I've also found a strange problem with the differential. When using a all-wheel-drive car, I've found that occasionally using a high-performance sports diff dramatically reduces acceleration. At one time, my originally 2.9 second 0-60 became over 8 seconds. Removing the differential option or switching to a manual locker automatically restored most of the performance (3.2 seconds). I've noticed that both this glitch and the gearbox glitch occurred after I had finished the car and was tweaking the suspension/handling characteristics. The game would run through it's recalculation animation (the spinning gears) and all of a sudden the car's stats would be messed. Reverting my previous edit would not help. I therefore have isolated this to the gearbox and transmission tab.
I've been playing around with Automation for a few days, and really like the game. However, I recently experienced a bug where the gearbox ratios would go completely out of whack. The first gear would have a massive amount of power distribution, whilst the other gears would be spaced closely together and have very short power bands. I've found this glitch multiple times (sorry, no pics so far), most prominently when dealing with 7 or 8-speed gearboxes (of all types). The resulting long first gear ratio creates a dramatically reduced zero-to-sixty acceleration time, and I've had to resort to using transmissions with fewer gears - in turn sacrificing top speed and high-end performance.
I've also found a strange problem with the differential. When using a all-wheel-drive car, I've found that occasionally using a high-performance sports diff dramatically reduces acceleration. At one time, my originally 2.9 second 0-60 became over 8 seconds. Removing the differential option or switching to a manual locker automatically restored most of the performance (3.2 seconds). I've noticed that both this glitch and the gearbox glitch occurred after I had finished the car and was tweaking the suspension/handling characteristics. The game would run through it's recalculation animation (the spinning gears) and all of a sudden the car's stats would be messed. Reverting my previous edit would not help. I therefore have isolated this to the gearbox and transmission tab.