2nd to third is geared a lot higher than 1st to 2nd irl for American m35s.
But they generally have better torque in 1 and 2 than the game does.

Agree with the sentiment that it’s a survival game - it should be expected that other players will kill you.
That said
A couple of suggestions to re-incentivize player interactions (which have dramatically decreased since game was added to Xbox game pass)
Bring back the ability to leave notes on paper. (Positive incentive for interaction)
Make microphone mandatory servers - or create “no party chat” or “party chat only” servers to allow players to choose whether or not they want to be able to communicate with unknown players in game (negative incentive to decrease kos and players refusing to talk)
Add dog tags to game (positive incentive for role play and world building/lore building in game)
add sleep or mental health systems into official (negative incentive : shift focus to pve to disincentivize players making death match runs in official servers)
Increase spawn of radios and make radio use necessary to access some areas/buildings or otherwise come up with a way to incentivize players to use radios - which would increase chance of players having voice encounters with each other.
Create random special characters or items that randomly spawn in new character inventory that might be needed to access a certain area or item (incentivize players to communicate to determine if person has this item)