CVT Low Gears

i think the CVT transmissions should allow you to add custom gear ratios, like a normal transmission, that will allow the transmission to hold that gear. for example, if we take

Code:

"gearbox": {
        "uiName":"Gearbox",
        "minGearRatio": 0.6,
        "maxGearRatio": 4.0,
        "friction": 8,
        "parkLockTorque":2000,
        "oneWayViscousCoef":2000,
        "gearboxNode:":["tra1"],
    },
    "vehicleController": {
        "automaticModes":"PRNDS",
        "cvtHighRPM":5600,
        "cvtLowRPM":1800,
    },

and add a couple of lines:

Code:

"gearbox": {
        "uiName":"Gearbox",
        "gearRatios":[0, 3.49, 1.86,],
        "minGearRatio": 0.6,
        "maxGearRatio": 4.0,
        "friction": 8,
        "parkLockTorque":2000,
        "oneWayViscousCoef":2000,
        "gearboxNode:":["tra1"],
    },
    "vehicleController": {
        "automaticModes":"PRNDS21",
        "cvtHighRPM":5600,
        "cvtLowRPM":1800,
        "useLowGearsInD":false,
        "useLowGearsInS":true,
    },

this would allow you to select first gear (or second gear), which would work similarly to the way it does in a traditional automatic transmission. you can also tell the game whether or not you'd like to use your selected gear(s) in normal drive modes.

in the above example:
in D, it acts like a normal CVT.
in S, it will accelerate through 1st gear until redline, then into 2nd gear, then shift into normal CVT mode after that.

toyota has opted to add a first gear to it's cvt transmission for added torque from a stand-still.
--here's a video on it