Final Times Added!
Testing equipment is a DFGT on manual, ABS on 1 and a driver of dubious skill, caffinated to the eyeballs.
Times are the culmination of several short runs, totalling 22 to 25 laps per tune. The comments are after the first run. Subsequent runs were about going faster, not evaluating. And all but a couple did go much faster!
madmyk - Pagani Zonda C12 00
1:31.961
For me this is a hell of an improvement over the stock, from the dealer car. I could actually make it go straight after a corner! Seems quite planted, while still allowing a bit of the wild side of Pagani to come through. Nice placement of the gearing, but a little shorter 3rd to 4th might help me a little.
praiano63 - Audi R8 4.2 07
1:29.677
Yay. AWD. Beautiful gears. Turns remarkably well. Praiano has given this beast just the right amount of lift-off oversteer. The car just needs to turn in to corners, and gets out of them just as quickly.
GfxJG - Pagani Zonda C12 00
1:32.141
You know the expression on the tip of my tongue? I just know that this car is faster than that, I just cant get it there. I dont know why. The gearing is as near to perfect as I can imagine it. Its hard to get it to spin (as much as one can say that about a high powered MR). Perhaps it has been taken a little too far to the understeer side of things.
CSLACR - BMW M3 CSL 03
1:30.171
Ok. So I really, really like this tune. But. That first run time was the only green lap under 1:40 that I could do. I now understand the corkscrew better because this car just loves it. Edit. I had a think about it, and went back refreshed. Took a second and a half off my first run time, and stayed consistent and green.
ASCR421 - Audi TTS Coupe 09
1:30.773
Yes, theres the AWD understeer I was expecting. Not much mind, but enough to make it annoying. This tune is a very smooth and consistent drive. Not much goes wrong, even when pushed past the limit.
CyKosis1973 - Caterham Fireblade 02
1:35.941
The go-kart on steroids. I have spent no time with this car in the game prior to this test, but I do sort of like it. Just one thing to learn. Braking is for sissies. This car and tune require supreme control over accelerator and steering. Get it just the slightest bit wrong, and youre doing doughnuts into the barriers/sand/grass/whatever is next to the black stuff.
Temetias - Opel Speedster Turbo00
1:32.911
So, its good and fast, but theres something of a spark thats missing. Dont get me wrong, its not boring to drive. It will power-slide without notice or much cause, it drives well into corners, and has a decent pickup. The car can be taken to the edge and still be drivable, but if youre standing on the edge and you haven't cut your toenails, round and round you go. But theres still that spark...
dr_slump - BMW M3 Coupe 07
1:32.166
Sorry, but I couldnt find anything to like with this tune. The steering felt quite heavy, I dont know if its even possible for GT5 to simulate this, but there you go. While I think I could figure out the correct shift point (7 - 7.5K), Im just not sure why that was necessary. Maybe I was just in a mood each time I tested this. Again, sorry.
shmogt - Lamborghini Miura
1:31.679
Wow. Just too cool. This is another car I havent yet seen fit to add to my garage. I think my early times suffered as a result. The noise is just amazing. Please excuse me while I reach for my wallet! The tune is just as shmogt said. Once I got past my infatuation with the low rev engine note, I realised that I couldn't drive without first under, then oversteeing in one movement of the wheel. However this is a car that is worthy of changing everything to drive properly, so I did. Im in love! Thanks shmogt for having the courage to bring this to the table.
XDesperado - Audi Pikes Peak Quatro 03
1:30.943
For a big-assed Kirribilly shopping trolley, this car sure hates dirt, and loves to put the boot before the bonnet. Even so, Id love to do the school run in this sucker. For once it seems that power is the answer. It could be a little too responsive to the wheel, but only the tiniest bit. Other than that, a fantastic job with such a lump of steel.
mafia_boy - Lamborghini Gallardo 08
1:31.713
This is what happens when you grab the bull by the horns to distract it while someone cuts its fun bits off. It just doesnt seem to have the pickup that I would expect from a 5 litre V10. Its also a bit hard to point towards the apexes. Unfortunately this was just a bit of a struggle for me.
AssassinTuner - BMW M3 04
1:31.145
Nice work with the base model M3. Not quite right for my style however. I feel that a shorter gearing all round would have seen this in the low 30s. Also I needed to have a slightly lighter right foot to truly harness all the horses properly. I will be putting this tune on my M3 as a fine foundation tune.
krenkme - Opel Speedster Turbo 00
1:33.038
A much more controllable version of the speedster. Easily directable and stable. Very consistent in the lap times achieved. I did find myself having to short shift to avoid wheelspin after the sharp corners (probably my over eager right foot), but I found not much else wrong for me.
Dylans1o - Audi R8 4.2 07
1:29.915
This is an exceptionally balanced and consistent tune. The times fell away by the tenths each lap. I could find neither under nor oversteer, just the correct direction to go.
Slayer1002 - BMW M3 CSL 03
1:30.540
This is a really nice smooth car. There is a hint of oversteer in sharp cornering, and a little instability over the bumpy bits in the main straight, but these are the only issues (apart from the butt-ugly wing)
Jackthelad - Audi R8 4.2 07
1:30.827
Im really beginning to like the R8 thanks to this shootout. The brakes on this one are fantastic. Just right for my left foot. Its possible that a tweak or two to the suspension and diff might give this the extra drive through the low speed corners.
-raVer- - BMW M5 05
1:31.821
While I am in no doubt that the stock suspension of the M5 is amazing, I cant help but wonder what a custom setup for this track might accomplish.
Zero_speed - Lotus Evora 09
1:30.178
Very cool. An MR I can make go fast. And without really trying too hard. Dont get me wrong, I did my usual quota of smashing into barriers, digging holes in sandtraps etc., but getting consistently fast lap times was fun. It turns well, it accelerates well, and the gearbox is used almost to the limit.
bigberry - Lamborghini Countach LP400 74
1:32.274
I do wish that I could have made this car go faster, it is a legend after all. Unfortunately, what I found was the understeer present into and through a corner restricted the amount of speed I could carry during cornering. And of course trying to gain any time back at the exit caused the car to turn around, as if it was trying to say Look at that corner, fool. Thats where you went wrong!
If there is a driver's choice award, it has to go to CSLACR's M3 due to the revelation about the track it brought me.👍
Thanks to the everyone involved in this event.
I'll look forward to the next shootout and sampling your wares again!
. Yes I have a speedster as well....so anything under 2 min. would be fine
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