Thinking about making a drag racing game.

before i get started on this game, i was wanting to know if you could do like shifting gears in GS.
but my main question is can you make like gear ratios to where if you shift to early or to late you wont be as fast.
i wanna make a game just like the drag racing games there are now but not with cars.
but my main question is can you make like gear ratios to where if you shift to early or to late you wont be as fast.
i wanna make a game just like the drag racing games there are now but not with cars.