Been a problem for quite awhile now but highlighted whilst doing the 1995 CART mod.
Speedways can be geared and winged for over 400 kph whilst Short ovals can be below 300 kph.
This large difference means the use of ai_default.ini as a saved setup is unavoidable, however the AI won't use the gear ratios from that file and also lose the ability to change the final gear ratio to an appropriate one.
The Fudge is in.
In setup.ini toggle USE_GEARSET=1
Design a generic gearset or more, that the player can use,
Design a fine grained choice of Final Drive ratios for the player to use.
In drivetrain.ini use 9 really close ratios and a final drive ratio, ensure these do not share any value with any ratio available to the player.
The AI won't use the player's gearset, as none of the values match, so defaults to the values in drivetrain.ini. On track it now has more gears to work with, hopefully allowing it to run at any speed.
In the example above the AI would only use 9th gear at say Michigan but would only ever get into 5th or 6th at Milwaukee.
Works 'perfectly' in the above example or in Karts with only one gear.
Bugbears:
The gears used may not reflect real gear ratios.
Nine gears in the setup GUI is displayed somewhat messed up. (more than six doesn't seem to fit)
And I guess it can be confusing to some. Although never as much a Pain in the Arse as having to explain it.
See the DAP Kart & CART Oval cars for an example.
