Well, here I am to review some of your cars, Paulie. I've recently been fiddling about working out a new Cup combination and although the events are apparently likely to change again this week, I've been checking out the available cars for Eiger PP550, so first I'll start with what you have on offer for this track and PP combination.
The only thing I changed in your setups is the steering angle as I use a pad and the controller is a lot more twitchy than a wheel, especially since the update back last year.
Anyway, first review:
TLD Mazda 6-550T MPS
First of all, I'd just like to say I originally felt this car was a bit beyond saving in terms of speed, but it appears I was wrong (not surprisingly, lol, I should have known with Mazdas). The tune gives exactly what is needed around Eiger - great acceleration, especially in 2nd gear as you exit most of the corners in this gear (except obviously the long right hander and the fast chicane). Gearbox is great, I can't see any improvements in this area and I'm overall impressed and pleased with the car (and tune's) ability around the track. The car in its stock form is extremely sluggish through its gearbox and this really was all that needed improving, and improved it TLD has.
The general handling of the car is good, although the stock form didn't have many issues from what I could see - its good to see that despite the increase in speed, the tune has kept the good handling, with no visible understeer existing and a very easy car to point around and squirt throttle.
Overall - 10/10 tune, does everything it needs to in order to improve the car and takes nothing away from the car's postives. Basically it makes the car faster without losing what advantages it already had or introducing any new problems. Can't see any problems with it and it would have been a contender for the Cup combination, might still be if Eiger 550PP still exists next week.
TLD VW Golf V GTI
Again, similar to the Atenza, this car is didn't need much beyond the gearbox improving - which again is pretty damn good. However, in the Golf's case, there was a little bit more turn available, which this tune seems to have unlocked. Satisfying to drive and clearly quicker thanks to the gearbox, my only problem is that it seems to understeer a lot more in the dip in the track just before the bridge compared to the Atenza, but I came across this in stock settings, so it might be just the car itself - or just my driving!
Overall - 9/10 tune, I expected this car to be good, and it is, the tune does everything right again though I feel that something could be done about the understeer - its a minor issue and I think it may be just my crappy driving. A 10 otherwise.
Thats it for now - I'll be testing more cars later, perhaps tomorrow or Wednesday at a different track and PP combination.
There is a new drift car coming soon, but other things have delayed it.
A little later down the track I will probably do some JP cars, but as for the Tuned cars, I'm no where near skilled enough to drift those yet let alone tune them.
