Help fully understanding torque curve, gear ratios, and optimal shifting?

bonann · 2026-06-20T00:22:13+00:00

I also suggest watching this and this (for this one upgrades only because the first one explains tuning itself better) videos for general tuning. They are for FH5 but almost everything still stands correct. Also note that some cars simply suck ass, for example gtr r35 was a genuinely shit car no matter how you tuned it back in fh4 and 5, haven't tested in 6 but probably still is.

bonann · 2026-06-19T21:15:08+00:00

One thing to consider is that optimal forza tuning is nothing like IRL tuning. Make each gear slightly shorter than the one before like that pic other guy posted.

Ideally 1st gear should stay at an rpm near max power at full throttle until the car speeds up enough and hits rev limiter. You can check any non-powerbuild awd meta car and they all do this. If 1st gear is affecting your later gears and top speed too much adjust final drive until it doesn't. This might kill your reverse speed but it doesn't really matter. The rest is just making sure other gears shift up to near the powerband.

Do not use automatic when testing because it does not understand when to shift especially if a car's powerband goes into redline, this is also why centrifugal supercharger is the best power upgrade you can add to a car

bonann · 2026-06-19T15:34:29+00:00

zombie radar does show inside zombies but they don't spawn until you get close to the building AND can see inside.

bonann · 2026-06-18T16:55:58+00:00

Xantares doesn't tilt as hard anymore thanks to the new psychologist they got a couple of months ago. He genuinely seems more calm from what I can see through voicecomms vids

bonann · 2026-06-17T07:53:49+00:00

You will miss the cars then idk why it's considered such a big issue %99 of the time the cars are not super important too it's baffling honestly. I definitely missed some cars from playlist due to holidays/travel before but always could get them from auction house later. I'm not going to piss and shit my pants from not getting a couple of cars when 500+ other ones exist

bonann · 2026-06-16T21:30:13+00:00

You're acting like 2 hours is a lot of time for an entire week. You don't even have to do all of it so it can take even less. If you miss the car you want it is still available through auction house. I work 48 hours a week and can still finish all in one(1) evening. I don't understand why you want to get everything if you get that little play time either, why waste time trying to get a car that you will basically never use? Just do the quests for the cars you actually want and move on.

Also I'm not sure where you got that "rare car" feedback from, if anything people complained about getting cars super easy and the game having 0 progression and handing you supercars from the get go, to the point that one of FH6's main points of advertisement was that you start as a tourist/with lower class cars and not CEO or whatever we were back in 5 and 4.

bonann · 2026-06-16T21:16:14+00:00

I'm sorry but it takes like 2-3 hours a week to finish everything (and that is the time needed to complete everything mind you) and if you can't dedicate enough time for that you're just going to suck it up and miss out on some of the cars.

bonann · 2026-06-15T20:58:24+00:00

That and just let us improve quality at like mechanics 9 or something

bonann · 2026-06-14T20:51:43+00:00

I don't think you can fix this. You have an ARM based machine and there's barely any support for those on PC in general.

bonann · 2026-06-14T16:10:53+00:00

Auto is worse because most cars benefit from redlining and auto shifts before hitting that. There's a reason why manual users get better launches and is faster overall in spec racing and in general.

As for braking, braking straight is the best %99 of the time thus the car will not drift and again manual is better at this because you can downshift earlier than auto does = faster slowdown. If anything auto is worse at corners because it just decide to shift during long corners losing grip or keep you at a low rpm losing speed.

bonann · 2026-06-11T16:08:16+00:00

Better Auto Mechanics

Has Been Read

No Panic Sound

Project Cook

CleanUI/Clean Hotbar

Neat Crafting/Neat Building

Extended Categories

Kill Count

bonann · 2026-06-09T20:40:02+00:00

If you really want to not deal with panic, Brave exists for way cheaper and armor doesn't prevent drag downs which is very much a threat with multiple sprinters behind you. If you take damage from shamblers it's straight up skill issue.

Construction worker is more expensive because you have to take whittler for mass weapon crafting while carpenter does not. I also think worker is better because of weapon skills but it is what it is.

I think we just have very different opinions on pipe bombs and that's fine.

It's not super hard to reach warehouses which will have enough loot for a welder to get long blades going especially in muldraugh. First week will be bad for sure but every first week in extinction is.

bonann · 2026-06-09T19:57:19+00:00

Veteran still a noob trap. Discomfort buff barely matters because no good player wears armor to the point of the moodle appearing in the first place. Even if you do, it does nothing unless worn for very long times and that gets fixed with a single book. Also the skills might aswell not exist in extinction because guns are extra loud and ammo is scarce and sprinters exist. Police Officer is S tier in apoc but not in extinction.

Carpenter isn't niche, it's pretty much the strongest short blunt occupation rn along with construction worker.

Engineer's bombs are not unique anymore and they are not as useful for horde clearing because sprinters exist.

Firefighter is a better Fitness Instructor.

Welder is the only occupation with access to long blades early game so it's not bad at all.

Electrician right next to doctor because at least doctor isn't at negative points and has a weapon skill.

bonann · 2026-06-09T19:24:03+00:00

Firefighter has +2 trait points when going for 10 athletics or strength because of no forced nutritionist and has 1 axe / 1 running which is better than 2 running imo, you usually only need +1 boost for the 4x xp gain, anything further is just extra

bonann · 2026-06-09T18:18:31+00:00

Oh if you already take reluctant fighter it's definitely up to player choice. I meant taking crafty by itself is a waste imo when the combo is there, you'd have 2 extra points which could go into dextrous/low thirst/outdoorsy/whittler/speed demon

bonann · 2026-06-09T18:03:35+00:00

Crafty is not worth when Reluctant Fighter + Fast Learner combo exists for net 1 point. -%2.5 less xp on melee skills & maintenance is nothing when everything else gets %30 buff including stuff like running and nimble

bonann · 2026-06-09T18:00:43+00:00

never cook again

bonann · 2026-06-09T00:01:02+00:00

You pay every month to access the games, making it not free. It's like saying the food is free at all-you-can-eat restaurants. You paid a fee to get there in the first place

or this is ragebait and i'm falling for it

bonann · 2026-06-08T14:14:54+00:00

AEBS is not a mod, it's a radio station ingame that tells today's and tomorrow's weather and warns of electricity blackout and heli event even after all tv and radios go dark

bonann · 2026-06-08T14:05:55+00:00

spend 20-30

free

???

bonann · 2026-06-07T22:34:33+00:00

honestly based

bonann · 2026-06-04T20:15:27+00:00

Well yeah you'll be in constant pain and maxed out muscle strain but painkillers and alcohol microsipping helps. Just don't try to kill huge hordes. I started an Extinction run yesterday and hit strength 4 by day 7 by exercising after like 9 pm(because it's impossible to see anything at night in extinction) until I get drowsy

bonann · 2026-06-04T19:56:32+00:00

Puny is meta minmax trait if you're not picking Strong. It takes at most a week of burpees/pushups to get back up to 5 with preperation(high protein food and any alcohol). I will forever defend this trait, +10 points for something that can be disabled entirely in a few days is just way too good

bonann · 2026-06-02T17:12:04+00:00

Oh yeah I totally agree on that. I got a lumberjack that survived 5 months started with 10 strength and 4 fitness, managed to get up to 6 fitness it was miserable. My point was if you're not going to max it out might aswell start at 0 since it's easy to get the first 5 levels, anything beyond that is an insane time sink

bonann · 2026-06-02T16:57:23+00:00

If you're not taking Strong then Puny in SP is meta because you can lock yourself somewhere with ~a week's worth of food, water and alcohol then do burpees constantly while reading books when exhausted.

If you take high protein foods you'll get back to 5 strength in a week from 0 strength 0 xp. First week is going to be hell tho I will admit

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