Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-2600:1004:B12D:E814:F47E:9FB8:DFAB:8699-20180713202417/@comment-35745775-20180715050709

Bkuave wrote:

Add gears to any engine and you multiply speed.

To multiply speed you only need one gear, and since an electric motor provides max torque from 0 rpm onwards (unlike an internal combustion engine which needs several thousand rpm to get to the max torque point), there is no need to multiply torque at the sacrifice of speed with lower gears for slow speeds.