Forza has seen pretty much identical gearbox upgrade functionality since at least Motorsport 2, with the first major change to the upgrades in Horizon 5, that is the addition of more gears via upgrades.
Two things are still missing though, that is a fully adjustable gearbox which doesn’t change the gear switch time as much as a race gearbox upgrade and doesn’t have that sequential gearbox whine, as well as a legitimate sequential gearbox with an even quicker, almost instant gear switch time. The latter is in a way already in Horizon 5, because any drivetrain conversion upgrades the gearbox too, and the gear switch time is faster than race gearbox+clutch upgrades on the same car with stock drivetrain, but I think it should be its own upgrade.
Over a year later, I see this has got some attention. I went even more in-depth into what I’d like to see changed in the Upgrade System here, and it’s quite long, so you all voting for this Suggestion should go check that one out.
They need to overhaul a lot, but the gearbox system too. I made a topic where I proposed that the race gearbox could allow the player to add or remove gears (between 1 to 10 gears). This way the gearbox upgrade menu isn’t cluttered with up to 8 upgrade options but rather up to 3 (street, sport and fully customizable race gearbox).
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But here’s the thing, I want non-stock gear ratios without having to use the race gearbox. I think this would make more sense in Horizon 5 though
Perhaps change the options to be something like: Stock, Street, Race Helical, Race Straight Cut, Dogbox.
Generally Straight cut gearboxes can be made lighter due to no longer experiencing axial loads from the helical gears. Maybe the dog box is slightly lighter again? Not too sure. But it would be a nice way to introduce more granularity.
You are correct in that you can design a synchromesh dog box. However, dog boxes are almost entirely found in racing, so it makes sense to utilise the strength, weight and cost benefits to straight cut gears. (I’m guessing straight cut are simpler and cheaper to manufacture than helical gears?)
Something I forgot to consider is that helical dog gears can be retrofit into “standard” gearboxes. That could be cheaper in the real world versus buying and adapting a straight cut dog box to the car/engine.
A helical dog gear conversion could actually be a good budget option.
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