I spent quite a while creating setups for the Z06 when GT4 first came out, so when
Leo released the setup I knew I would have to give it a go.
First impressions were good. As ever, the car was precise in its cornering and did little if any fidgeting whilst in the corners. My only gripe with this setup is that I felt the brakes were a bit
numb, though I'll make it clear that I'm not implying that the brake balance was set wrong or that the brakes were ineffective. I've come to the conclusion that this
numbness allows the car to stop effectively whilst keeping a good weight balance.
After about 10 laps of Suzuka, I set a final lap time of 1'49.886 - which happens to be the fastest time I've set around Suzuka whilst using a Mad FinnTuners Co. car (by quite a large margin as well). On the brakes into the 1st Curve, the car was very stable and held itself in a neutral manner. It took well to all the inputs given, without altering its stance, appearing to barely shift its weight. In my experience with the car, this character lended itself well to trail braking which incidentally led to much faster lap times.
The car was extremely balanced through the S curves, needing little to keep the car on line and in general it was easy to keep a good rhythm. My only issue with car showed itself best going into the Degner bend. The slightly numb brakes made judging the braking point difficult, resulting in a few high speed offs and on a few occasions braking way too early.
For the rest of the lap, the car had good manners that allowed it to take the hairpin and spoon corners with ease. As such it would also carry some good speed towards 130R, where it also had impeccable manners which helped it to hold a good and fast line.
Overall, the C740R is very fast and capable, and quite frankly it's a fully fledged race car in disguise. It has neutral handling and also possesses superb balance in the corners and on the brakes (bar a couple of extreme corners). So thanks and congratulations again to
Leo on the efforts and the end results achieved with this car 👍
[C740R @ Suzuka]
Edit: Just finished doing some test runs with the Griffith and overall the results are positive.
Going in and through the the corners, the car is well planted with no squables. However on the exit of corners, particularly in the lower gears, some careful modulation is needed otherwise you might as well be at Santa Pod or some other drag strip doing the usual
pre-race antics.
Going around Suzuka, the car was stable achieving a best time of 1'53.525 (thought this was only after a few laps). In all honesty I didn't do much running with the car because there isn't anything wrong with it and it was quite easy to get a hold of. The brakes were particularly good, giving a good and strong response whilst not locking the front wheels. This meant exceptionally late braking was possible and the car even had the manners to stay neutral and then carry itself round the corner. Out of corners the car had good traction, being able to control its power without sliding and was also able to hug the intended line where others would just be making the tyres squirm. The setup also gave the car the ability to keep a pretty high cornering speed throughout and needed no tip toeing any corners at all.
I hope I haven't let you down
Grey, but I'm finding it hard to say much about the setup because it gave a very consistent performance throughout and didn't give any problems
at all. Overall the setup gave a very able and predictable car, and any differences in lap times are mainly dominated by the ability to modulate the throttle.
Pyrelli
But I did feel as if I was making the most of the car and gave the feedback as it was. I guess it might just be the difference in driving styles or perhaps it might just be the track. If anything changes I'll post up a new and updated review.
Also, just a little tip to make this a bit easier, how about naming what type of car each tuned car is? For example, I don't know which NSX to use for the Amuse NSX R1, nor which MR2 to use for Mister Black. Thanks 
. just let me know.
