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Originally Posted by strmshadow84
Completely agree. I feel like the gears are too long and then 6th is too short.
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I think this is a problem for a lot of cars though. I don't think Corvette style wide ratios are the way to go, but relaxing the spacing a tiny little bit seems like a great idea for a road going car. On the Porsche in particular, I don't really understand the thinking behind having gears 4-6 being 1.13, 0.97, 0.84. That's stupidly close and useless. The extra 1mph you get on a super high speed track doesn't even really translate to a significant lap time improvement. Relaxing the spacing to 18% rpm drops would not even reduce available power and get you 1.13 0.93 0.76, which is way more sensible for the street.
That said I heard part of the motivation for the tall 1st gear is to prevent wheelspin, since that's a liability. Fair enough I guess. Still, not a reason to cripple 6th gear's utility.