EV Mods Help Site - Ratio Help

This is the first website EVER to have seperate turtorials for the seperate cars... because they do ALL work differently.

*Note: The model timeslips are supplied to you so you have an idea what your car should be running at each time interval. They are here to help, and within themselves, are a great ratio-making tool. So do use them!

Quick Tips:

When you are launching off the line, if you are losing traction and spinning your tires, you need to LOWER either your first or final gear ratios, just by a little bit until it stops spinning. Once it does stop spinning, this is the BEST point for your 1st/final gear combination to be, after you've done this...Do NOT touch these gears again - you wont have to!
ALWAYS do your first and final gear combination first, once you have these sorted out, you can carry on with the other gears, as this combination will change the other gears.
If you shift into a gear, and the RPM drops so much that you can't even gain acceleration, or you think it could be faster, you need to raise the number in that gear you have shifted into. Try raising it by .1 until it is good enough.
If you shift into a gear, and you quickly have to shift into the next gear, your gear must be a bit too close. To fix this you need to decrease the number in that gear, try by around .1 until it feels right.
Your last gear should finish as soon as you pass the finish line, if it doesn't do this, you need to raise it closer to your previous gear. If it reaches the end of the gear and hits the rev limiter too soon you need to make it further away from the previous gear.
To get the BEST performance, make sure you warm your tires up to a temperature of 100%!
Try your hardest, and spend around an hour on your first few sets of ratios. I have been doing ratios for around 3 years now, so I can quite easily guess which numbers they should be, where you may be a bit slower to pick up on them. Which is quite acceptable, it takes awhile to get use to them. It's all about trial and error - ALWAYS write down your ratios before you change them, if they don't work out you can always go back.

Top Fuel Dragster

HP: 8043hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i28.tinypic.com/2drx7kg.jpg

The first thing I do is go into the "Parts Store" on the game, and make sure I have an "ADJUSTABLE GEARBOX" installed on my car (this part is under suspension/tires). Once I have that installed, and I can see the "adjust gear ratios" button in my garage.. i'm ready to start!

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the TFD. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The Top Fuel Dragster runs very well with a high final, therefore i'm going to be launching at a fairly low RPM. For these ratios, I choose 3500RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best.

While in my garage I select the TFD as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work) 1.5, 1.23, 1.1, 0, 0, 0, 2.3. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (1.5) and the final gear ratio (2.3) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (1.23) is a middle gear, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 3rd gear (1.1 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race. Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (3500RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. Wow, a 4.9967, not a bad first run. While racing I noticed that when we launched off the line, it took forever to accelerate.. now this is probably because our final/first gear is too low. I also noticed we did not lose traction (tires spin) - this is good! this means our first and final gear combination isn't too high. I also noticed that 3rd gear was very close to the 2nd gear... so I had to shift very quickly. So let's adjust the ratios. Here's what they look like now: 1.7, 1.23, 0.99, 0, 0, 0, 2.3. As you can see, I raised my first gear, this is to gain more acceleration. I kept my 2nd gear the same, and lowered my 3rd gear, so it wasn't as close to my 2nd gear which allows me to spend more time in that gear. Let's see how it went: 4.6771 @ 296.00 MPH. Not a bad run, but we still want a bit better. My acceleration off the line still wasn't that good, so i'm going to increase my first gear again to 1.85. And my 3rd gear was still too close, so I reduce it to 0.93. Let's see how we went. Ouch, a 4.8633. I lost traction in first gear - obviously my first/final combination is too high. Going to have to reduce my first gear back to 1.8. WOW! a 4.5043. My final seems to be just right, and so do the rest of my gears. Maybe a few more minutes just tweaking the ratios to perfect my gears would crack me into the 4.4's. Just make sure your 3rd gear is hitting the limiter as soon as you cross the line, or maybe 1 or 2 bounces.. play with both and see what gives you the best result.

Top Fuel Funny Car

HP: 8043hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i25.tinypic.com/14uexr9.jpg

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the Top Fuel Funny Car. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The Top Fuel Funny Car runs fairly well with a fairly high final, and a medium launch, therefore i'm going to be launching at a medium RPM. For these ratios, I choose 4500RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best. While in my garage I select the TFFC as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work): 1.43, 1.26, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3.76. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (1.43) and the final gear ratio (3.76) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (1.26) is a middle gear, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 3rd gear (1 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race.

Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (4500RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. Hmm.. a 5.0423. Fairly decent first run, but there is still much more to improve. While launching, I noticed my acceleration was fairly poor. I am going to increase my 1st gear to 1.55 and see how well I do. 4.8446.. a GREAT improvement!, but I still think there is a bit more left in it, so again I will increase my 1st gear, but this time to 1.64. Let's see what happens: 4.7998. Fairly good, but now because i've increased my 1st gear so much, my 2nd gear drags on for a bit, and doesn't accelerate quickly, so it's slowing me down. I'm going to raise this to make it closer to my 1st gear, perhaps to 1.35. A great run, but one more improvement should do the trick. I'm currently running 302MPH, but the TFFC runs better with a 285MPH - 295MPH run, so i'm going to raise my 3rd gear to solve this. 4.7117! Really good...BUT could still vastly improve. Once you get close to the desired time, all you can really do is tweak your ratios inch by inch to see what affects what, and if it's a positive or a negative change. Perhaps slowly raising the final more, or playing with the last gear to find the absolute perfect point.

Pro Stock

HP: 1441hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i29.tinypic.com/2qjalxe.jpg

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the ProStock. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The ProStock runs fairly well with a fairly low final, and a high launch, therefore i'm going to be launching at a high RPM. For these ratios, I choose 6000RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best.

While in my garage I select the ProStock as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work): 2.04, 1.78, 1.5, 1.35, 1.2, 1.1, 2.9. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (2.04) and the final gear ratio (2.9) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (1.78) through to the 5th gear (1.2) are middle gears, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 6th gear (1.1 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race.

Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (6000RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. 6.8603, very good first run i'd say. But, we want to hit those 6.6's. While launching I realised that we could raise our first gear a bit higher as the acceleration off the line wasn't too good. I also saw that the last gear (6th gear) was redlining well before the line, so I may lower that a bit. My middle gears were also very close together, so i'm going to stretch them out a bit. My ratios now look like this: 2.19, 1.83, 1.52, 1.29, 1.18, 1.07, 2.9. Let's see how this has affected our times. 6.7461, a good improvement. But I feel my first gear could go up even more, so I will change this to 2.27. My 6th gear is now a bit too far away, so i'll change this to 1.09. And that should do the trick. A 6.711, good, but i'm not satisfied. My 4th gear slowed me down a bit, so i'm going to change this to 1.31. Nice! 6.6783. Very good shifting, and a perfect launch! that should do the trick. Keep tweaking your ratios to improve your time, raise your first gear a bit more to make sure it's at the maximum, and play with your last gear (6th gear), to see what combination of redline, or not redlining works best.

Morosso Vortex GT

HP: 1126hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i31.tinypic.com/jfhzi9.jpg

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the Vortex. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The Vortex runs very well with a high final, therefore i'm going to be launching at a fairly low RPM. For these ratios, I choose 3500RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best.

While in my garage I select the Vortex as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work) 3.5, 2.9, 2.5, 2.3, 2.17, 2.05, 4. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (3.5) and the final gear ratio (4) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (1.23) through to the 5th gear (2.17) is a middle gear, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 6th gear (2.05 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race. Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (3500RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. A time not worth mentioning...lost a LOT of traction, and couldn't gain it for a few seconds. This is a result of my combination between 1st/final gear being too high. Therefore i'm going to lower my first gear to 3.0. I will also change the rest of my gears to go with my new first gear, as keeping it at 3.0(1st gear) and 2.9(2nd gear) will be too close together. So here are my new ratios: 3.0, 2.5, 2.18, 1.9, 1.7, 1.57, 4. Let's see how this new configuration goes: 8.4044, with a slight loss of traction. Time to lower that 1st gear again, i'm going to make it 2.9. 8.1223. A good improvement, but a few more changes are necessary. I need to increase my 5th and 6th gear to make them closer to my 4th gear as they are too low, and aren't gaining as much acceleration as they should. I will change these to 1.73, 1.62. Let's see how we go. 8.0573. Not quite there, but almost. A few adjustments of my first gear to make sure it's at the peak, so i'll make it 2.94, and i'm going to increase my 4th gear as I feel it is too far away from my 3rd gear. So I will make this 1.93. 7.989, MUCH better! maybe a few more adjustments and I could reach the mid 7.95's. So goodluck!

Vordeo Python GTR

HP: 1092hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i30.tinypic.com/3167s6a.jpg (iothree's run)

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the Python. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The Python runs very well with a fairly low final, therefore i'm going to be launching at a high RPM. For these ratios, I choose 6000RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best.

While in my garage I select the Python as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work) 2.99, 2.6, 2.33, 2.18, 2.08, 1.99, 3.45. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (3.5) and the final gear ratio (4) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (1.23) through to the 5th gear (2.17) is a middle gear, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 6th gear (2.05 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race. Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (3500RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. 9.9271, not a very good first run, but I lost traction off the line. This means my 1st gear is too high... so we better lower it. I'm going to lower it to 2.7. An 8.4, hmm...I think i lowered it by a bit too much, i'm going to raise it again and see how I go. I will put it as 2.8. An 8.1987, not too bad, i'm only finishing in 5th gear though, and my car has 6 gears... therefore I need to increase all my gears (except 1st and final) to make my gears faster. They will now look like this: 2.8, 2.63, 2.39, 2.24, 2.1, 2.03, 3.45. 8.0768. Fairly average... But I want to crack the 7.9's. My 6th gear isn't quite over-revving just hitting the line. So i'm going to make raise this up just a little bit, my new 6th gear is 2.04. 8.0256! very nice run. Good shifting and a fairly good launch. I think that will do for the time being. A few more tweaks and you should be in the 7.9's.

Project Z

HP: 671hp

Model TimeSlip: http://i26.tinypic.com/vpdjir.jpg

First of all, I choose a launch spot for my car, in this case the Project Z. By launch spot, I mean the RPM I will be taking off at from the line.. the reason why I don't launch at full throttle which may seem better, is because launching at a lower RPM allows a higher final gear (keep reading to see this explained), therefore more acceleration.

The Project Z runs very well with a high final, therefore i'm going to be launching at a fairly low RPM. For these ratios, I choose 3500RPM. I've used this before, amongst other launch spots and find this is the best.

While in my garage I select the Project Z as selected and click "Adjust Gear Ratios". This then comes up with a window of it's gear ratios. The stock ratios are as follows: (they have been changed, so wont be the same as the actual games ones - this is to stop theft of ratios, as these ratios WONT actually work) 2.8, 2.4, 2.15, 1.96, 1.75, 0, 2.9. Now, a bit of information behind these ratios. The 1st gear (2.8) and the final gear ratio (2.9) work together to determine the acceleration of the car. The better the combination between these gears, the better your acceleration. Therefore, our aim is to (without adjusting the final gear) have the first gear set to the highest possible number without spinning. The 2nd gear (2.4) through to the 4th gear (1.96) is a middle gear, which gains the MPH for the car, and the 5th gear (1.75 - the last gear) determines where the needle is at the end of the race. Alright... moving on. To start with, without even adjusting any of our gears, we go to the race track. Remembering our launch RPM (3500RPM), we have a race, launching from that point, as it is easier to adjust gears around your launch. So let's see how well we do. A 9.4055 @ 131.20 MPH. Not a bad first run, bit I noticed that my acceleration off the line wasn't very good, I reckon my first gear could be increased so this improves my take-off. I change this to 2.95. 9.2378, fairly good improvement considering we just changed one gear, still think I could put it up a bit more, so let's try moving it to 3. 9.159. Another good improvement. I think my 1st/final gear combination is good at the moment, now time to mess with the other gears. Since i've moved my 1st gear up so much, my 2nd gear is quite low. I'm going to move this up, along with the majority of the other gears. My gears now look like: 3.0, 2.55, 2.24, 2, 1.83, 2.9. Let's see how this new combination works: 9.0023. Everything is fairly good, except for my last gear (5th).. it's not quite hitting the rev-limiter enough. I'm going to raise it by 0.03 to 1.86. Let's see how we do: 8.9556, a fairly decent run, and when hit consistantly should beat most, but to ensure a win, tweak more of your ratios, making sure your 1st gear is as high as it can go (without losing traction) and playing around with the 5th gear to see what suits you both.