moving about 9 mph in 1st gear

[Crabbit Wife]

using a controller, automatic gears. Often when I start a stage 1st gear only makes the car crawl of the starting line and again when turning a corner to go uphill 1st gear will have the car crawling about around 8 mph and can't get any further. Any Ideas?

[John Webfishing]

use manual

[turtleCZ]

Strange, never happened to me. Must be some problem. What controller? Steam input?

[BickyMonster]

Could it be a puncture? I experienced something similar in the first game.

[karik_FIN_134]

What car are u driving, is it fwd, rwd, 4wd/awd? Are u using assist like TC (traction control)?

I assume your controller works perfectly in other racing games? U should also do quick test driving with keyboard next time u experience issues. Also verify game files in steam.

Go to Freeride-> Time Trial and test multiple cars in there and tell us if they work without the issue u have described. Also put traction control 0 when testing cars.

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When doing career and experience this issue there then read stuff below.

If car is front-wheel-driven then it could be a front tire puncture, acceleration will be very slow then. But if u have a 1 spare tire with u and one front puncture happened on previous stage then flat tire will be changed automatically between stages, but if u still have slow acceleration at start of new stage then it could've been double front tire puncture. In tires menu u can choose to carry 2 spares also so maybe do that or drive more carefully with 1 spare.
Next time if u experience this again then stop the car and use roadside repairs that will show punctures or check possible punctures from outside cameras.

edit: stuff above could be wrong too because in game hud shows the speed from front tires in fwd car so it should so go to max(like 30-40mph) and not stay low like 8-9mph.

If the car is RWD then speed is still measured from front tires and in that case with double rear tire punctures speed shown in hud could stay low like 8-9mph.
And also automatic gearbox could be blamed in this case because gear will go up only if certain real speed achieved and with double rear tire punctures in a rwd car u can't get there so it won't shift gear up.

[Apex]

roadside repair in a non-functional "feature."
Apparently it's supposed to be used to fix flat tires but the button prompt never appears and pressing the button doesn't ever do anything.

[jonnie2bad]

I can wholeheartedly tell you it most certainly does something. The prompt absolutely appears and is 100% functional and fixes flats if you are carrying the spare tire.

Originally posted by Apex Motorsport:

roadside repair in a non-functional "feature."
Apparently it's supposed to be used to fix flat tires but the button prompt never appears and pressing the button doesn't ever do anything.

[BickyMonster]

Originally posted by Apex Motorsport:

roadside repair in a non-functional "feature."
Apparently it's supposed to be used to fix flat tires but the button prompt never appears and pressing the button doesn't ever do anything.

I think you need to be completely stationary to get the prompt to appear. I've used it "several" times.

[mattshep69]

Originally posted by BickyMonster:

Originally posted by Apex Motorsport:

roadside repair in a non-functional "feature."
Apparently it's supposed to be used to fix flat tires but the button prompt never appears and pressing the button doesn't ever do anything.

I think you need to be completely stationary to get the prompt to appear. I've used it "several" times.

You also need to have a spare wheel available to make the repair option appear.