best truck for fast acceleration?

[FxrFearless]

I’m looking for a truck with a quick acceleration. i’m playing truckersmp and i need to keep up with traffic fast . i’m currently using scania R 650hp (i don’t have 730 unlocked yet), highest level transmission, and i’m still falling behind. i usually haul 20-28 tons. Which truck would be best? i only need to get to 110kmh. if i switch to 6 speed would it be better even with up to 28tons?

[Devil]

try a 10 speed transmission with low gear/differential ratio (2.85) , an engine with high torque at low rpm (2700 torque at 1200 rpm for example). you can then skip gears when shifting. do not drive with automatic transmission, you have to use a H-shifter or buttons on steering wheel. Scania as a truck is not ideal for speed from my pov, its more a long distance vehicle.

Volvo FH (750 hp) would be my recommendation.

[FxrFearless]

Originally posted by Devil:

try a 10 speed transmission with low gear/differential ratio (2.85) , an engine with high torque at low rpm (2700 torque at 1200 rpm for example). you can then skip gears when shifting. do not drive with automatic transmission, you have to use a H-shifter or buttons on steering wheel. Scania as a truck is not ideal for speed from my pov, its more a long distance vehicle.

Volvo FH (750 hp) would be my recommendation.

thanks, would you be able to tel me how to properly switch gears or lead me to a tutorial? i tried manual once and i shift regularly since i don’t know when or how much gears to shift, thanks

[brian_va]

i wont claim this to be the absolute best way to shift, but its worked well for me for hundreds of hours. maybe you can find a nugget of info that helps, or at least gets you closer. and to just throw a disclaimer, i also pretty much only do american trucks, specifically the pete 389 with the 18 speed and a 600 hp engine, but that really shouldn't matter much, the core gameplay is the same.

keep the engine rpms between roughly 1000 and 1500 rpm, plus or minus a bit. its not a perfect guideline; there are certainly times where its appropriate to stay in a lower gear and let the engine run a bit high or to drop into a higher gear where the rpms drop. that will come with experience, but engine damage isnt really a problem so dont worry too much about straying too far outside that range. i guess the takeaway here is to not just hold the throttle and wait until the truck isn't accelerating anymore to shift up.

upshifting is also fairly straightforward on flat ground, run it til about 1500 rpm and then upshift a gear. if you are running 18 speed transmissions with lighter loads, you can usually get away with shifting by 2; so 2-4-6-8-10-12. pulling heavy, you might have to run through every gear. same if you are running in the hills with light loads. if you are using a 6 speed transmission, you will almost certainly need to run through them all, and with a 10 you might be able to skip gears with lighter loads; although i'll admit its been years since i've used a 6 or 10 speed, so this might not be completely accurate, and will certainly vary depending on your load.

downshifting can be kinda tricky, and one you really just have to figure out. if you have to come to a stop, you'll know that you have to drop back to 1st or 2nd (somewhat variable due to engine/transmission/load setups). if you have to drop from 80 to 50 like when entering a town, it can be a bit difficult to know where you need to be. in that case, i would usually drop 2 or 3 (again this is on an 18 speed) and see where the rpms fall (as you can tell, this is really the gauge you should be paying attention to) and if you need to drop another gear to get the acceleration you need, or if you can maintain the necessary speed with that gear.

even better, if you have the space, drop a gear and enable the engine brake to slow you down without using the vehicle brakes, and drop again (once the rpms drop closer to that 1200-1000 area, although the braking effect is stronger at higher rpms) and enable engine brake if you need to drop further still. this will let you monitor your speed, gear selection and engine rpms, and ideally help prevent you from dropping too far and then having to search for the correct gear to be in.

if you want to learn to shift, it would probably be best to decide on a specific truck configuration (ideally one you like driving) and keep it the same. its probably also a good idea to haul similar loads in similar map areas to make the variable shifting the transmission as much as possible, at least until you get a hang of it. i pretty much only run american style trucks, so i cant really give a suggestion on what base game trucks to try, but in the end it probably doesn't matter too much (i realize this doesn't address your acceleration question). i have a logitech driving force wheel that has a basic shifter (up and down) but mostly use an xbox style controller and have the shift buttons mapped to the bumpers.

[FxrFearless]

Originally posted by brian_va:

i wont claim this to be the absolute best way to shift, but its worked well for me for hundreds of hours. maybe you can find a nugget of info that helps, or at least gets you closer. and to just throw a disclaimer, i also pretty much only do american trucks, specifically the pete 389 with the 18 speed and a 600 hp engine, but that really shouldn't matter much, the core gameplay is the same.

keep the engine rpms between roughly 1000 and 1500 rpm, plus or minus a bit. its not a perfect guideline; there are certainly times where its appropriate to stay in a lower gear and let the engine run a bit high or to drop into a higher gear where the rpms drop. that will come with experience, but engine damage isnt really a problem so dont worry too much about straying too far outside that range. i guess the takeaway here is to not just hold the throttle and wait until the truck isn't accelerating anymore to shift up.

upshifting is also fairly straightforward on flat ground, run it til about 1500 rpm and then upshift a gear. if you are running 18 speed transmissions with lighter loads, you can usually get away with shifting by 2; so 2-4-6-8-10-12. pulling heavy, you might have to run through every gear. same if you are running in the hills with light loads. if you are using a 6 speed transmission, you will almost certainly need to run through them all, and with a 10 you might be able to skip gears with lighter loads; although i'll admit its been years since i've used a 6 or 10 speed, so this might not be completely accurate, and will certainly vary depending on your load.

downshifting can be kinda tricky, and one you really just have to figure out. if you have to come to a stop, you'll know that you have to drop back to 1st or 2nd (somewhat variable due to engine/transmission/load setups). if you have to drop from 80 to 50 like when entering a town, it can be a bit difficult to know where you need to be. in that case, i would usually drop 2 or 3 (again this is on an 18 speed) and see where the rpms fall (as you can tell, this is really the gauge you should be paying attention to) and if you need to drop another gear to get the acceleration you need, or if you can maintain the necessary speed with that gear.

even better, if you have the space, drop a gear and enable the engine brake to slow you down without using the vehicle brakes, and drop again (once the rpms drop closer to that 1200-1000 area, although the braking effect is stronger at higher rpms) and enable engine brake if you need to drop further still. this will let you monitor your speed, gear selection and engine rpms, and ideally help prevent you from dropping too far and then having to search for the correct gear to be in.

if you want to learn to shift, it would probably be best to decide on a specific truck configuration (ideally one you like driving) and keep it the same. its probably also a good idea to haul similar loads in similar map areas to make the variable shifting the transmission as much as possible, at least until you get a hang of it. i pretty much only run american style trucks, so i cant really give a suggestion on what base game trucks to try, but in the end it probably doesn't matter too much (i realize this doesn't address your acceleration question). i have a logitech driving force wheel that has a basic shifter (up and down) but mostly use an xbox style controller and have the shift buttons mapped to the bumpers.

wow thanks so much , this is a lot of info and i’ll be using it!