Truck is inconsistent with reversing speed.

[Constable Blimey]

I assume there's a mechanic I'm missing here - I bought the new Volvo FH6 on release but the truck seems to cap out at reversing speed of ~10km/h sometimes, but then other times it will allow me to go up to 30km/h.

This doesn't appear to be a situation in which it allows faster going downhill or anything like that, as I've noticed it several times going uphill specifically. I typically play with transmission set to simple automatic but I've tried toggling basically every option in the transmission and controller settings.

Any ideas?

[Ryu]

Which transmission are you using? Some of them have more than one reverse gear.

[Constable Blimey]

Originally posted by Ryu:

Which transmission are you using? Some of them have more than one reverse gear.

It's the "I-Shift ATO3812G R + ASO-ULC". It does have more than one reverse gear, but since making the post I have noticed on the dashboard that when it's maxed at ~10km/h I'm in R2 whereas when it 'unlocks' and I go 30km/h+ it's R3.

I just can't get it to go into R3 reliably, it just seems to randomly do that and go above 10 like 25% of the time.

[mojo_musica]

Originally posted by Constable Blimey:

Originally posted by Ryu:

Which transmission are you using? Some of them have more than one reverse gear.

It's the "I-Shift ATO3812G R + ASO-ULC". It does have more than one reverse gear, but since making the post I have noticed on the dashboard that when it's maxed at ~10km/h I'm in R2 whereas when it 'unlocks' and I go 30km/h+ it's R3.

I just can't get it to go into R3 reliably, it just seems to randomly do that and go above 10 like 25% of the time.

If it's an auto box, it should be shifting to a higher speed gear when it reaches maximum revs, as it would in forward gear. If you only use a small amount of throttle for reversing, it probably isn't getting to high enough revs to shift gear. Why do you need to reverse so fast? Sounds like a recipe for disaster!

[Constable Blimey]

Originally posted by mojo_musica:

If it's an auto box, it should be shifting to a higher speed gear when it reaches maximum revs, as it would in forward gear. If you only use a small amount of throttle for reversing, it probably isn't getting to high enough revs to shift gear. Why do you need to reverse so fast? Sounds like a recipe for disaster!

It does not reliably switch into R3/R4 regardless of the amount of throttle I use, uphill/downhill, straight, turns etc. Maybe 25% of the time it will click into R3/R4 and just 'work'. Or if I change to sequential shifting I can manually force it, but I don't want to have to do that. It certainly feels like a bug. Unless I'm missing a setting or something.

As for why - I'm currently trying to 100% the map, which involves a lot of doubling back on myself for small pieces of road here and there. Being able to reverse at a reasonable pace is highly useful.

[mojo_musica]

100% ?
Been there, done that, it can be hard work!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153964644

I need to catch up with the updates and new DLC, lots of new roads to drive, good luck.

[Wet Valley Mayor]

Sadly, automatic mode is a bit finicky for reverse gears. You can switch between manual and automatic modes: assign a keybind for Sequential/Automatic Modes in Buttons/Keys settings. Use auto for forward, sequential for reverse.

To figure out which mode you are in, shift in any forward gear. If there is "A", auto. Otherwise, sequential.