A realistic gearbox

[MachFly]

I would like to be able to switch to a gear from neutral while rolling down the hill. Because right now you have to come to a complete stop in order to continue moving on your own power.

[gyrene81]

What kind of vehicle are you talking about?

[MachFly]

Every GV

[RTHolmes]

I assume you're rolling cus its quicker than driving in top gear, in which case the engine and gearbox will disintegrate as soon as you disengage the clutch. of course you would have lost the tracks or destroyed most of the drivetrain well before that.

would take some coading for the damage model, a better solution would be disallow gvs from rolling in neutral.

[MachFly]

I assume you're rolling cus its quicker than driving in top gear, in which case the engine and gearbox will disintegrate as soon as you disengage the clutch.

Not but the time you slow down to your top speed or slower. So say I'm rolling down the hill on neutral at 20mph, I have to come to a complete stop and then accelerate on my own power to 25mph.

[Ghosth]

IMO what your complaining about is what your asking for.

You want a realistic gear box, ok, but that is not a gearbox from some lightweight sports car.
Those are TONS you have rolling down that hill. Drop it into any gear but the exact correct one with the right amount of throttle and you should have an exploded gearbox, broken drive train or no tracks, or both plus tank tumbling down the hill.

Just for a rough example, try it in a farm truck with several tons of grain onboard, rolling 30 mph, and drop it into low and drop the clutch. Risks FAR FAR outweigh any benefit. Just was not done with tanks I do not believe. For sure not at more than a couple MPH.

[MachFly]

IMO what your complaining about is what your asking for.

You want a realistic gear box, ok, but that is not a gearbox from some lightweight sports car.
Those are TONS you have rolling down that hill. Drop it into any gear but the exact correct one with the right amount of throttle and you should have an exploded gearbox, broken drive train or no tracks, or both plus tank tumbling down the hill.

Just for a rough example, try it in a farm truck with several tons of grain onboard, rolling 30 mph, and drop it into low and drop the clutch. Risks FAR FAR outweigh any benefit. Just was not done with tanks I do not believe. For sure not at more than a couple MPH.

What difference does the size of the vehicle make? Same process all the time: clutch in, select gear, increase RPMs to match the speed, and clutch out.

[batch]

the difference being that I doubt this is a circumstance of going "20mph" and having a problem as the OP stated........ why would you be rolling down a hill at 20 in neutral if you could get 25 in gear?

I believe what your wanting is when youre going 90mph down a hill to be able to shift to a gear without stopping..........

and as stated that would not be physically possible in real life so why should it be in the game

[RTHolmes]

Not but the time you slow down to your top speed or slower. So say I'm rolling down the hill on neutral at 20mph, I have to come to a complete stop and then accelerate on my own power to 25mph.

I calling this - if you want to get to 20mph in a gv its at least as quick to accelerate under power than to roll. you clearly want to roll at 80 until the hill bottoms out then carry straight on at 25 at the bottom. ie. taking one very gamey aspect of gvs and making it even more gamey.

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[Belial]

I love going 500mph down a mountain and flying a mile its the best part of gving lol

[RTHolmes]

yeah it is kinda fun

[haggerty]

+1
It would be nice to be able to shift into gears once your speed has returned to the proper RPM range.  But to make it work it would probably have to be made so you can shift to a selected gear instead of shifting 1-2-3-4 and so on.

[MachFly]

It would be nice to be able to shift into gears once your speed has returned to the proper RPM range. 

Exactly.
When you are on the bottom of the hill going 20mph to accelerate to your top speed you need to come to a complete stop. That's not right.

[ImADot]

Flying down a hill in a WWII tank in neutral, going 90+ miles an hour...THAT'S not right.

[GreenEagle43]

ok this would not work in real life ether.i drive a triaxle dump truck with 21 ton.if i was going down a hill and threw it into to neutral and before getting to the botton decided to put it in eight gear and the speed is far to much for eight gear and i let out the clutch.bang.there goes my rearend,gear box, trans mission drive shafts, and then some.it will not work.