I wont open maya binary files even if you paid me. Allways send ascii files! I can send a maya binary file for you to open. I wouldnt suggest you do offcourse. I mean you can payload a binary file woth whatever you want... and i dont want that. Since im pretty much allways on call it makes me a easy target for such attacks.*
See it shrinks because the motion blur is linear in nature. its very easy to show with any cylinder. However it does not work in emptiness.
If you increase motion steps it takes more linear steps so the wheel shrinks less.
increasing motion steps to 5 and even 10 didnt solve the problem.
i didnt say anything about the range. if your wheel rotates 10 times during the frame then you probably need a lot more than the max 15 steps allowed by the gui. so you dont do helicopter blades with motion blur effectively thats fir sure
*nothing personal if you like me to rootkit your machine im more than happy to do so at your permission. 