Ripper Tuning Garage - 14/10/13 - Farewell.

Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG (R230) '04
Found in UCD
643PP
983BHP, 1323Nm, 1620kg
FR


Takata Dome eat your heart out.

Parts
GT Auto Rear Wing Type C
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Rigidity Improvement
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Carbon Propeller Shaft
Fully Customisable Suspension
Racing Soft Tyres

Body/Chassis
Aero: -/20
Ballast: 89kg @ 50

Transmission
1st - 3.300
2nd - 2.261
3rd - 1.532
4th - 1.162
5th - 0.957
Final - 2.921
Max speed - 236mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/5
Accel: -/21
Braking: -/5

Suspension
Ride Height: -20/-15
Spring Rate: 9.9/11.3
Extension: 7/8
Compression: 3/7
Anti-Roll Bars: 4/7
Camber: 2.3/1.9
Toe: -0.25/-0.10

Brakes
5/7

This is the the big daddy very nearly the big daddy of the AMG line up. Actually, technically it's the most powerful car with an AMG badge on it. So maybe it is the boss. With a simply stupid amount of torques, this car will accelerate like no other through 110-170mph, the way the speedo rises is comical. In the corners it won't be too shabby either, despite its heavy weight. With throttle control, winning a 650PP seasonal is easily possible (as you can see from the picture, 650PP at Suzuka win for me ).

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Really liking the tunes ... only thing, do you really need the surf board on the back?
Keep up the good work 👍

krenkme

Really liking the tunes ... only thing, do you really need the surf board on the back?
Keep up the good work 👍

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Probably, the Mercs are way too lively at the back without it on.
Thanks

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG '10
Found in NCD
642PP
815BHP, 907Nm, 1313kg
FR



Parts
GT Auto Rear Wing Type B
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Bonnet (Body Colour)
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Supercharger
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Carbon Propeller Shaft
Fully Customisable Suspension
Racing Hard Tyres

Body/Chassis
Aero: -/40
Ballast: 0kg @ 0

Transmission
1st - 3.391
2nd - 2.502
3rd - 1.956
4th - 1.552
5th - 1.271
6th - 1.072
7th - 0.930
Final - 3.350
Max speed - 205mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/5
Accel: -/18
Braking: -/5

Suspension
Ride Height: -18/-13
Spring Rate: 13.2/14.0
Extension: 8/8
Compression: 3/7
Anti-Roll Bars: 4/7
Camber: 2.0/1.7
Toe: -0.20/-0.05

Brakes
7/7

SLS AMG. Fully tuned. What more is there to say?

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren '03
Found in UCD
663PP
942BHP, 1156Nm, 1333kg
FR



Parts
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Supercharger
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Carbon Propeller Shaft
Fully Customisable Suspension
Racing Soft Tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 0kg @ 0

Transmission
1st - 3.672
2nd - 2.613
3rd - 1.942
4th - 1.502
5th - 1.201
Final - 2.410
Max speed - 224mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/7
Accel: -/23
Braking: -/5

Suspension
Ride Height: -13/-13
Spring Rate: 14.0/16.5
Extension: 9/9
Compression: 2/8
Anti-Roll Bars: 3/7
Camber: 2.2/1.7
Toe: -0.25/-0.20

Brakes
5/7

Although the SLR doesn't bear an AMG badge, it is the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz sports car line. Meaning that this is actually the big daddy of Mercs.

The tune might work on the NCD version of the SLR too, I haven't tried it out, can someone get back to me on that one?

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Daihatsu Copen Active Top '02
Found in NCD
405PP
162BHP, 189Nm, 888kg
FF



Parts
Sports ECU
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Hard tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 58kg @ 50

Engine
Power Limiter: 87.3%

Transmission
1st - 2.731
2nd - 2.037
3rd - 1.571
4th - 1.258
5th - 1.045
Final - 4.775
Max speed - 112mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: 6/-
Accel: 16/-
Braking: 7/-

Suspension
Ride height: 35/5
Spring Rate: 9.7/3.5
Extension: 8/6
Compression: 2/5
Anti-Roll Bars: 1/4
Camber: 2.6/1.8
Toe: -0.16/-0.33

Brakes
3/8

Entry for 405PP class in 2nd Annual FF Shootout. But for the Chinese out there... LOOK AT THE WEIGHT!

Useable both on dirt and track.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Mazda Kusabi Concept '03
Found in UCD
430PP
193BHP, 236Nm, 999kg
FF



Parts
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 1
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Hard tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 99kg @ 50

Engine
Power Limiter: 91.2%

Transmission
1st - 2.820
2nd - 2.107
3rd - 1.620
4th - 1.305
5th - 1.089
6th - 0.931
Final - 4.375
Max speed - 137mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: 8/-
Accel: 17/-
Braking: 6/-

Suspension
Ride height: 30/6
Spring Rate: 9.4/4.0
Extension: 6/5
Compression: 2/4
Anti-Roll Bars: 1/5
Camber: 2.6/2.1
Toe: -0.14/-0.33

Brakes
3/8

Entry for 430PP class of 2nd Annual FF Shootout. Hey, look at the weight again!

Usable both on dirt and track.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

McLaren F1 '94
Found in NCD
650PP
773BHP, 739Nm, 1111kg
MR



Parts
GT Auto Front Aero
GT Auto Rear Aero
GT Auto Extensions
GT Auto Rear Wing
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 1
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 1
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customisable Transmission
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Racing Soft tyres

Body/Chassis
Aero: (20)/65
Ballast: 40kg @ -50

Transmission
1st - 4.980
2nd - 3.480
3rd - 2.656
4th - 2.137
5th - 1.757
6th - 1.478
Final - 2.160
Max speed - 217mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/27
Accel: -/13
Braking: -/8

Suspension
Ride height: -27/-27
Spring Rate: 17.3/17.3
Extension: 7/7
Compression: 3/6
Anti-Roll Bars: 5/7
Camber: 1.9/1.6
Toe: -0.15/0.10

Brakes
6/7

McLaren F1 tuned for 650PP. And it currently holds the lap record for the fastest time set by any road car around GVS, my test track for all my tunes. That's including any road car above 650PP. Just to give you some idea of how ferociously fast this is.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Ford RS200 '84
Found in UCD
500PP
408BHP, 433Nm, 1217kg
4WD



Parts
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Transmission
Fully Customisable LSD
Torque Distributing Centre Differential
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Soft tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 37kg @ -16

Engine
Power Limiter: 96.0%

Transmission
1st - 2.905
2nd - 2.066
3rd - 1.596
4th - 1.283
5th - 1.064
Final - 3.930
Max speed - 155mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: 5/9
Accel: 8/20
Braking: 5/10

Torque Split: 30/70

Suspension
Ride height: -50/-50
Spring Rate: 9.7/12.8
Extension: 8/8
Compression: 2/6
Anti-Roll Bars: 6/7
Camber: 2.0/1.9
Toe: -0.23/-0.10

Brakes
7/7

Fast. Handles well. And great fun to hoon round corners with the lively back end.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Hi Trackripper,
Here's a...

trackripper123

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG '08

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...review.

Tested on update 2.07 offline, sixaxis controller, grip reduction real, aids off (except ABS 1)

STOCK
A very lasting first impression was formed the first time I jumped on the middle pedal heading into the Grand Valley hairpin: "braaaaaaaaaaaaaaakes!!! wheeeeere are they????". Also, even with 7 ratios, the uber-wide gearing is clearly designed for quietly wafting along an autobahn at 250 km/h, not keeping the engine within its powerband at a racetrack. Normally, I'm a big fan of "throttle steer" but in this case there was far too much power oversteer which means the driver needs to nurse the rear end. My overall impression was of a soft, heavy car with an epic engine.

Grand Valley East 1:13.0

PARTS ONLY (default settings, except LSD 5/5/5)
Absolutely ferocious. Even with sticky racing soft tyres, the engine spat me into the wall the first two times I politely asked the car to change direction. Also, it suffers/features wheelspin up to 150 km/h.

Changing direction needs to be planned well in advance, since the chassis is too slow to respond, and degenerates into understeer anyway. It just has no agility at all. Even when the rear tyres are up in smoke, it just means a temporary reduction in understeer. Thankfully, braking is much improved over stock.

At Deep Forest, the understeer is not as bad (possibly due to the reduced traction). But it still isn't at all confidence inspiring and has the feeling of the car being reluctantly dragged around by its nose.

Grand Valley East 1:02.0
Deep Forest 1:13.8

Lets see what Ripper Tuning Garage can do...

RIPPER TUNING GARAGE TUNE
At Grand Valley, it feels much the same as the "parts only" tune (ie "stodgy and too much understeer for my liking). But the stopwatch shows it is faster, which is an achievement in itself.

However, it's better news at Deep Forest- the improved balance over the "parts only" tune is much appreciated. The front end still rolls around, causing chunks of understeer for a split second. It also remains that the quickest way around a track is doing whatever you have to so that you can unleash the engines fury as soon as possible exiting the corner.

Grand Valley East 0:59.9
Deep Forest 1:11.9

Still not a car I'd be hanging out to drive, but a great improvement has been made with Ripper Tuning Garage's tune.

Thanks for the review Nomis!

I'll admit I'm not completely happy with that tune, for exactly the reasons you mentioned, understeer, but I felt I had done my best in trying to eradicate it and it was a large enough improvement over the stock version to be published as a tune. Then again the car in question is hardly meant to be a handling machine in the first place. Maybe I'll look over it again some day, picking up new things tuning-wise every day so... 👍

You're welcome.

All the best,

Simon

Renaultsport Clio V6 Phase 2 '03
Found in UCD
500PP
372BHP, 397Nm, 1300kg
MR



Parts
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 1
Window Weight Reduction
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 1
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Soft tyres

Body/Chassis
Aero: -/19
Ballast: 22kg @ -50

Transmission
1st - 2.754
2nd - 2.003
3rd - 1.621
4th - 1.333
5th - 1.119
6th - 0.949
Final - 3.755
Max speed - 155mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/7
Accel: -/23
Braking: -/10

Suspension
Ride height: -12/-12
Spring Rate: 10.0/9.8
Extension: 8/7
Compression: 2/6
Anti-Roll Bars: 7/2
Camber: 2.0/1.9
Toe: -0.20/0.18

Brakes
7/7

The mad Renaultsport Clio V6. And it begs the question: Why did they name it the Renaultsport Clio Renault Sport Clio Sport Renault Clio Sport V6 Phase 2 '03? For your sanity's sake, I've left out the repetitions on this tune's name.

Anyway, it's MR, believe it or not, and its incredibly short wheelbase means a very lively rear that's relatively easy to control and sharp crisp handling. Enjoy!

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

trackripper123

Renaultsport Clio V6 Phase 2 '03
Anyway, it's MR, believe it or not, and its incredibly short wheelbase means a very lively rear that's relatively easy to control and sharp crisp handling […]

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Sorry to kinda barge in and relieve on your new tune…but am I right in saying that this was also the same Clio that was being beaten continuously by my 500PP car?

Eh, mind you, it's an Elise it was against, and the Renault wasn't actually that far behind, so if anything, it just shows how capable it can be.

Apart from when it's in your hands. I kid. Obviously.

Yes, the very same.

You say that, but this was tuned offline remember, and it's somewhat capable online, just a lot looser.

Elise vs Clio is hardly fair... Actually I seem to remember beating you with it on a certain Indy Road Course a few days ago?

trackripper123

Yes, the very same.

Elise vs Clio is hardly fair... Actually I seem to remember beating you with it on a certain Indy Road Course a few days ago?

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You got DC'd, remember?

Onboy123

You got DC'd, remember?

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Oh damn. Yeah.
I was winning though.

trackripper123

Oh damn. Yeah.
I was winning though.

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Nope. You were alongside my Elise, but I was ahead. We should do a race with these Clios, I'm sure I have one lying around somewhere.

Onboy123

Nope. You were alongside my Elise, but I was ahead. We should do a race with these Clios, I'm sure I have one lying around somewhere.

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I have a 500pp tune posted for this car.

Onboy123

Nope. You were alongside my Elise, but I was ahead. We should do a race with these Clios, I'm sure I have one lying around somewhere.

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I'll have to tweak it for online, but should be good fun.

Castrol Mugen NSX (JGTC) '00
Found in UCD
618PP
592BHP, 496Nm, 1150kg
MR



Parts
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Transmission
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Racing Hard tyres

Body/Chassis
Aero: 35/60
Ballast: 0kg @ 0

Transmission
1st - 3.302
2nd - 2.449
3rd - 1.890
4th - 1.508
5th - 1.241
6th - 1.056
Final - 4.062
Max speed - 186mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/5
Accel: -/10
Braking: -/5

Suspension
Ride height: -8/-8
Spring Rate: 13.8/14.8
Extension: 8/8
Compression: 7/7
Anti-Roll Bars: 6/3
Camber: 2.0/1.5
Toe: -0.05/0.20

Brakes
5/5

Mmm. Tasty colour scheme. As with all Castrol cars.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Toyota Sports 800 '65
Found in UCD
"450PP"
133BHP, 157Nm, 568kg
FR



Parts
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 1
Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Carbon Propeller Shaft
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Soft tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 0kg @ 0

Transmission
1st - 3.519
2nd - 2.611
3rd - 2.057
4th - 1.673
5th - 1.394
Final - 2.240
Max speed - 93mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: -/7
Accel: -/19
Braking: -/5

Suspension
Ride height: -15/-15
Spring Rate: 10.3/10.3
Extension: 7/7
Compression: 4/5
Anti-Roll Bars: 2/4
Camber: 2.0/1.7
Toe: -0.15/0.05

Brakes
5/6

The cutesy Sports 800 from Toyota. Let me make one thing plain: due to this car's incredibly low weight, it isn't really competitive against cars with a similar PP... Stupidly, I accidentally installed a Weight Reduction Stage 1, which ruined the PP, so keep your eyes peeled for edits to this tune once I find another 800 to mess around with... I did tune this for the Japanese Classics seasonal initially, but I think it's more a tune to have fun with, not to win races with. Despite its tiny power, it will happy kick its tail out all day and hold it there, and in the high revs, will eagerly pull itself along. Just don't drop to low revs, ever. Oh and... it doesn't do standing starts. At all. But all that doesn't matter since you'll have a massive smile on your face once it gets going.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Volvo C30 R-Design '09
Found in NCD
470PP
334BHP, 445Nm, 1450kg
FF



Parts
Sports ECU
Sports Intake Manifold
Titanium Semi-Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo
Fully Customisable Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Fully Customisable Suspension
Sports Soft tyres

Body/Chassis
Ballast: 20kg @ 50

Transmission
1st - 4.792
2nd - 3.503
3rd - 2.674
4th - 2.128
5th - 1.756
6th - 1.478
Final - 2.375
Max speed - 162mph

Drivetrain
LSD
Initial: 6/-
Accel: 19/-
Braking: 5/-

Suspension
Ride height: 0/-20
Spring Rate: 8.5/3.5
Extension: 8/6
Compression: 4/7
Anti-Roll Bars: 2/5
Camber: 2.5/1.3
Toe: -0.20/-0.30

Brakes
3/7

The Volvo C30 R-Design. Tuned for the old European Hot Hatch seasonal event.

Leonidae, this one's for you and MFT, the first garage I tried when I joined GTPlanet. 👍

On another note... WANT POLESTAR VOLVOS IN GAME. NAO.

Tuned on GT5 Version 2.07

Ripper Tuning Garage is now bringing in the "1 Review, 1 Request" policy, so for each review, you can request a tune from me.

It'll stop my indecision over which car to tune next anyway.

Does my review on the FF Summer Shootout count? I'd love to see what you could do with a Caterham 7 Fireblade. ACSR gave me a quick tune for it (un-be-leavable balance). But like the Kusabi the contrast between the two tunes should only emphasize their individual strengths.

Ronald6

Does my review on the FF Summer Shootout count? I'd love to see what you could do with a Caterham 7 Fireblade. ACSR gave me a quick tune for it (un-be-leavable balance). But like the Kusabi the contrast between the two tunes should only emphasize their individual strengths.

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Sure, why not. I have one lying around I think, I'll give it a go.

Hey I gave you your first "review" does that mean I can make a request?

Sweet! Thank you.

Not that I'm trying to get you worked up but: for the second time I tried ABS:0 last night, with ACSRs' 'blade. Within less than a minute it felt natural. So, whatcha got?

krenkme

Hey I gave you your first "review" does that mean I can make a request?

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Yup. Knowing you, you're just going to ask me to tune something you can't right?

Ronald6

Sweet! Thank you.

Not that I'm trying to get you worked up but: for the second time I tried ABS:0 last night, with ACSRs' 'blade. Within less than a minute it felt natural. So, whatcha got?

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I doubt very much my tune is going to be up to par with ACSR's, he is quite the tuner.
Any particular PP you want the Fireblade for?

trackripper123

Yup. Knowing you, you're just going to ask me to tune something you can't right?

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