Automatic transmission

[thelusiv]

rookie1, you're right, this fixes the missed upshift problem well. I've checked in this, plus I've also doubled the down shift "pad" value that is subtracted from the "optimal" downshift point, so downshift points are a little lower than they were. Also, I made it so it won't shift down to first gear unless it's below 2000 RPM. For the few cars I've tested, I think these things fix the "downshifting in a corner" problem pretty well. All this is in SVN r1339.

Playing a little more I see that on certain cars it still does way too much downshifting (on others it's not so bad). For instance there are lots of areas where the T73 will downshift from 3rd to 2nd, but it should really just stay in 3rd. Maybe it's a good idea not to downshift while turning. Yet another more complex idea is defining auto-shift points for each car's gears in the car's config file. Other ideas?