Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-2600:1004:B12D:E814:F47E:9FB8:DFAB:8699-20180713202417/@comment-35745775-20180715081010

Bkuave wrote: Some quick calculations indicate that with a fixed final drive ratio of 9.73:1 and 19″ wheels, with a maximum RPM of 9500, the same Tesla that smoked your Ferrari off the line is going to have trouble keeping up with your Volkswagen once your speed starts exceeding 100 mph.

The Tesla would in fact benefit greatly from a variable ratio transmission, in terms of overall performance if not 0-60 times. With the right gearing and proper materials, I feel like the acceleration characteristics of the vehicle could remain largely untouched, while freeing the vehicle to explore the upper limits of the speedometer range.

From a random engineer,not I.

This is most likely due to the real world trade-off between max speed and battery range, which is why today’s on-road e-cars don‘t have particularly high max speeds.

A racing e-car will have other range requirements as an on-road e-car.