Today I took the Red Devil for a drive. The idea was to test it on the tracks included in the Tuning car competition and at the end participate (just for the fun of it, the car is quite an overkill for this race).
First - Apricot Hill Reverse. As with all MFT cars I have tested so far, after the first several laps I started to uncover the secret weapons of the machine. It was immediately clear that the car can deliver so much more than I was able to extract from it. The grip in mid corner is fantastic. Follow the proper trajectory and the car will glue to the road, allowing you to go trough a certain corner faster and faster every time. The car also allows you to greatly accelerate on corner exits by sweeping the whole width of the road without loosing control.
It is not a light car so weight transfer is significant. However, Greycap has turned this into another weapon. Every so often you can kick the tail a little before a succession of turns and use the roll to help you sail trough with high speed. It was not easy for me to apply successfully this strategy (consistency was an issue), but I am confident that people with greater experience in GT will be fully able to exploit this. This stability is no doubt due to the excellent suspension tune.
Image 01: Biting the road breaking before sharp right corner.
Final best time 1.22.066
Next challenge - El Captain Reverse. The Red Devil shines on this track. It takes the bumpy sections very smoothly compared to other cars. Allows you to push it harder through them, which is a good thing. If you put the Stig in the car he will drive you carefully (even on push hard) through the top of the bumpy hill (before the small tunnel) with 130 km/h, where I managed on several occasions to reach 145-155 km/h and accelerated downhill reaching ~210 km/h before breaking for the right turn. How far you can push it tell me if you drive this car; I had only the AI to compare to and it seemed it did not use the potential of the car at all.
Image 02: One of the fastest ways to tackle the double left here drift it slightly!
Final best time 1.46.422
Unfortunately my time was running out, so I decided to skip the other tracks and head for the competition. However I could not resist taking a run on You Know Where. Here was a track where I could use the AI as benchmark because I am that bad at it. I do not know the layout for a start. Anyway, the Stig made 7.10.475, I spent some time sweating and using bad language and reached 7.04.126 and called it a day. But I tell you in the hands of a veteran this car will fly on the Nurburgring. Somebody out there, do your best, you will be pleasantly surprised!
The Tuning car competition was a walk in the park; I viewed it as a reward. There was an intense moment when the RUF rammed me in the rear on Tokyo and after the spinning I could not recover and finished second. I took the revenge on the next race El cap by wining with very big margin.
At the end of the day fantastic car. Lots of grip and stability, excellent weight transfer, sharp character. The car approaches its limits without much drama (this might mislead you at the beginning that it is too tamed) but with lots of determination. And when it reaches them it suddenly isnt so nice anymore (Image 03)!
Try driving it on the edge and you get a satisfying experience! MFT did it again (why am I not surprised!)
First - Apricot Hill Reverse. As with all MFT cars I have tested so far, after the first several laps I started to uncover the secret weapons of the machine. It was immediately clear that the car can deliver so much more than I was able to extract from it. The grip in mid corner is fantastic. Follow the proper trajectory and the car will glue to the road, allowing you to go trough a certain corner faster and faster every time. The car also allows you to greatly accelerate on corner exits by sweeping the whole width of the road without loosing control.
It is not a light car so weight transfer is significant. However, Greycap has turned this into another weapon. Every so often you can kick the tail a little before a succession of turns and use the roll to help you sail trough with high speed. It was not easy for me to apply successfully this strategy (consistency was an issue), but I am confident that people with greater experience in GT will be fully able to exploit this. This stability is no doubt due to the excellent suspension tune.
Image 01: Biting the road breaking before sharp right corner.
Final best time 1.22.066
Next challenge - El Captain Reverse. The Red Devil shines on this track. It takes the bumpy sections very smoothly compared to other cars. Allows you to push it harder through them, which is a good thing. If you put the Stig in the car he will drive you carefully (even on push hard) through the top of the bumpy hill (before the small tunnel) with 130 km/h, where I managed on several occasions to reach 145-155 km/h and accelerated downhill reaching ~210 km/h before breaking for the right turn. How far you can push it tell me if you drive this car; I had only the AI to compare to and it seemed it did not use the potential of the car at all.
Image 02: One of the fastest ways to tackle the double left here drift it slightly!
Final best time 1.46.422
Unfortunately my time was running out, so I decided to skip the other tracks and head for the competition. However I could not resist taking a run on You Know Where. Here was a track where I could use the AI as benchmark because I am that bad at it. I do not know the layout for a start. Anyway, the Stig made 7.10.475, I spent some time sweating and using bad language and reached 7.04.126 and called it a day. But I tell you in the hands of a veteran this car will fly on the Nurburgring. Somebody out there, do your best, you will be pleasantly surprised!
The Tuning car competition was a walk in the park; I viewed it as a reward. There was an intense moment when the RUF rammed me in the rear on Tokyo and after the spinning I could not recover and finished second. I took the revenge on the next race El cap by wining with very big margin.
At the end of the day fantastic car. Lots of grip and stability, excellent weight transfer, sharp character. The car approaches its limits without much drama (this might mislead you at the beginning that it is too tamed) but with lots of determination. And when it reaches them it suddenly isnt so nice anymore (Image 03)!
Try driving it on the edge and you get a satisfying experience! MFT did it again (why am I not surprised!)
, this beast was ripping up the pavement on the straight aways and exits, i thought it might have just been me after driving Gekko Jr, but watching the replay confirmed the G-forces on that run, the thing stuck like glue everywhere and made it easy to hit each apex at GVS, it was running on R3's but it felt like R5's, an impressive GT-R to say the least.
Forget the really sneezy engine of the stock model, the power has been more than doubled and the entire car has been virtually rebuilt as a serious sports version of the original. The handling characteristics approach those of the Porsches, lift the throttle and the tail will slide out in a gentle and controllable way - only to get back to the line with a press on the accelerator. That having been said, the most difficult thing to do with this car is resisting the urge to glide it sideways through the corners. 
