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Well, I guess I will grab a TT and get the Le Mans.
I still won't be able to get the 'Line.
I still won't be able to get the 'Line.
Too true. It IS a dog of a handler with those tyres, the way GT4 models 4WD handling doesn't give much of a chance to shine. Then again, using common sense, 700 bhp, S3 tyres and no downforce isn't quite the "floor it mid turn" combination.Suspension & diffs:
The car is good entering the turns off power after braking, but pushed otherwise. Adding power after entry and on the exit of the turns all you get is understeer. At full throttle it also understeers.
Eh, don't put a wheel off?On exit if you put a rear wheel off with the loose diff setup the car's rear will can around fast on you. Also the loose diff take make you have to be easy on adding the power to keep wheel spin down.
This the first time using is car and I'm not a fan after the driving it. Only the braking on this car was to my liking.
Ruh-roh ree-roy..
This can't be good for one's opponents.
Wonder what kind of taillights they won't be able to see?
I do take the S3+700hp+no downforce combo into account for the limitations it put on the car.Too true. It IS a dog of a handler with those tyres, the way GT4 models 4WD handling doesn't give much of a chance to shine. Then again, using common sense, 700 bhp, S3 tyres and no downforce isn't quite the "floor it mid turn" combination.
I know, but sometime going for the last 10th your just a bit off. Some cars and car set-up are more forgiving on this point.Eh, don't put a wheel off?
I just did try the LeMans using default diffs, brakes, and suspension setting. Bad is not the word I would use for it's handling.Have another go... with the stock model. I bet you'll see more good in my version then. Yes, it really is that bad.
I'm not tring to put out a bad review. I know you can only work with what the car has to offer. At least it had a good point.But thanks for the review, any requests in mind?
911's, I leaned to go fast growing up driving my dad's '73 2.7 Carrera RS at the track. It's was a bad day when the outside rear suspension failed on a high speed turn. Turning the car into a ball. The cage save my dad for getting hurt.Have fun with the Mine's GT-R.
And from my point of view, the LeMans Quattro is a good car.. but even a divine setup can not wonders if the tyres can not transfer the power to the road, and 660+bhp is a wee bit too much for S3's, even with AWD. As long as you drive this car as it would be a 700bhp Ruf BTR without a wing and on S3's and quite open rear differential, you'll be fine. turn the car with brake( NOT E-brake!), not with throttle, and better results should start coming up.
maybe it's a quiet time at the moment, we had some of them in the 300mph-Club in the past. i personally have not much spare-time for testing all of your wonderful cars (and believe me, i would test them all, if i had the time). but i think i'll give your two new cars a run this weekend...........
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Good to hear, the brake balance settings look pretty horrendous even to myself but they work! 👍Nissan KPGC110 GT-R V-spec review
Braking:
The car has good braking all around.
Again good to hear! The long final drive takes away some of the acceleration but it serves two purposes, the first being preventing excessive wheelspin at the lowest gears and the second being, well, top speed. A shorter ratio would have caused quite a lot of redlining on faster tracks so I tried to make a good compromise.Trans:
The transmission gearing is good. I find the final drive gear is a little on the long side.
Even more "good to hear" things. The high speed understeer is a known thing, it could have been got rid of by adding a wing but that would have ruined the looks of the car so I decided to go with this approach. Also the body roll is a known thing, I wanted to keep the old school feeling and not to turn the car into a stiff racer.Suspension & diffs:
The car has good turn-in on entering the turns. Both the middle and the exit of the turns are also good. You can use the throttle to make the GTR oversteer if you need to witch I like a lot. At full throttle in high speed turns it has a little understeer. At GVS from T1 to the first tunnal the car has a little to much body roll causing some rear traction problems.
I had fun driving this older GT-R and liked it a lot. Very good:tup:
If you really want to let me decide, the classics would be very nice - both for you and for us! I understand that the KPGC110 is awfully difficult to find so if that's out of question, so be it, but the 2000GT-S deserves a bit more than it's getting at the moment and it can be bought as new. It's an entertaining drive. 👍