Thread:RomGuyony/@comment-27798333-20160415051749/@comment-26249703-20160418151350

Well, in a drag race, acceleration seems to be linked with RPM and vehicle speed, and you or your opponent will not accelerate as quickly (or at all) while gears are shifting. But in a normal race, I don't see that occuring. Besides, bots seem to be able to grab 5th without a problem, and I've not noticed them running away as we go from 4th to 5th in their case, and 4th to 6th in ours. In normal races, I think acceleration is wholly based on current speed against the top speed, regardless of the gear the car is in. Compare it to accelerating in a single gear like with the DeZir or REGERA: acceleration is quick at low speed but gradually decreases as velocity increases.

I guess someone more able than I could measure acceleration of the Clio from 1st gear, versus its acceleration out of a slow corner when it doesn't shift down from 6th (unless they've fixed that).

This phenomenon might be behind people winning the drag race in Hypercar Charge, when the opponent is in a REGERA, while the player is way behind them.