Why I Made This Thread: • (Automatic) Strange Behaviors: For example, the engine just idles when it shifts while the engine is at idle RPM, there is strange TC locking (lockup clutch) behavior, and more. • (DCT) Shift-up RPM is so high at lower gears, even if there's only 5% throttle input. This seems to be easily solved by mimicking AT aggression and also could be improved by using my suggestions about AT. My Suggestions About AT: • TC Lock Behavior This seems easy. For older cars like the Grand Marshal, the D-series will have TC lock only when aggression and wheel speed are sustained well and not changed abruptly for a while. For newer, modern cars whose transmissions have 8 speeds or more, the TC will always be locked up unless it is in 1st gear or so. This is not like releasing the clutch when shifting up and making RPMs 'float' and making an alien sound. • AT Modes (Over Drive, D, S, and M) Currently, modern cars like the Bastion and Cherrier Fcv have ECS mode that also changes the AT's mode. For example, Sport mode turns the gear into S, and Drift mode turns it into M. If I accidentally turn gear mode into M, I won't be able to go out of M unless I almost stop or change ECS mode. This makes Beamng's car logic feel different from reality. Rather, I would like to suggest using a completely different logic: the transmission will only have D and M. Each transmission will have a library of driving modes like Comfort, Sport, Eco, and baja which have their own IDs (i.e. Comfort mode has an ID of 1, Sport has 2, Eco has 3, and Baja has 4). The aggression factor's rate of change and lowest value will still be tied to the transmission, but ECS will actually "command" it to change accordingly, and it will follow if it has that mode. It may sound a little strange and be hard to understand, so I will give you examples. If this system is implemented, newer cars will have a variety of transmission modes, making offroady cars(for example) possible to have Eco (aggression drops very fast and maxed out at 0.7), Comfort, and Sport (aggression drops relatively slow and minimized at 0.75), and Baja (aggression is fixed at 1) at the same time to make offroady cars feel more realistic. Additionally, the drag transmission won't follow the ECU driving mode since it isn't made for that purpose (it only has a normal mode). Some of you guys will think, "How about the CVT Sunburst that has an S mode?" This will be simple. Just make S mode into L mode, which the gauge cluster in Sunburst also shows as "L." There are some more things that I would be happy about if these anomalies are changed by my opinions or just others' One thing that I want to stress is "making a way out of M mode." It could be helpful to add one more key bind for going in and out of M mode. Additionally, the ability to auto-shift up in M mode would be beautiful. Lastly, the smallest change is adding overdrive range. The Facelifted Wendover has an OD range, but it's not systematically rendered. There are many ways to add it by re-using the M mode enter/exit binding or just by making the layout like P-R-N-OD-D-L. P.S. Please remove "engine goes idle while downshifting in idle RPM and stays there" problems... It's very good at immersion-breaking.
