RKM Motorsport - Tuned Tuners - May '13

Y U NO ANSWER TO MY REVIEW ROJ?! :( Is that your idea of punishing me for pissing you off? Ignoring me? :( :( Anyways, this'll be the last lump of spam from me. I promised 16 reviews, screw that, there'll be 25 for RKM alone.
 
Onboy123
Y U NO ANSWER TO MY REVIEW ROJ?! :( Is that your idea of punishing me for pissing you off? Ignoring me? :( :( Anyways, this'll be the last lump of spam from me. I promised 16 reviews, screw that, there'll be 25 for RKM alone.
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do you wanna blow up the thread? go ahead lol
 
Linkueigman
Yep, in my story, I am doing a review of every RKM tuned Ferrari, Lamborghini and Pagani. I love italians cars, second to only American cars.
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I don't have a favorite contry, I have favorite cars, which start with the Enzo, in 2nd is the F1 and in 3rd is the GT-R.
 
Mine is Enzo, ZR1 and X2010, and that isn't in order.

Edit: Another call, to help me in a review. I need 4 people to help.
 
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Onboy123
Y U NO ANSWER TO MY REVIEW ROJ?! :( Is that your idea of punishing me for pissing you off? Ignoring me? :( :( Anyways, this'll be the last lump of spam from me. I promised 16 reviews, screw that, there'll be 25 for RKM alone.
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Hurry up with them then. Or, you know, post the ones that are done.
 
I've been listening to you talk about reviewing stuff for weeks now. :lol:

Haven't seen anything sides the random ZOMG ROJ RELEASED STUFF *review 24h after release*
 
Rotary Junkie
I've been listening to you talk about reviewing stuff for weeks now. :lol:

Haven't seen anything sides the random ZOMG ROJ RELEASED STUFF *review 24h after release*
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Well, it's hard work trying to review a car that's on a PS3 that's several miles from my school…especially when I can't actually drive it.

I was hoping to do a massive 16-post-in-a-row style review thing, with yours being at the back so there won't be any excuses for you not to reply to it as it is bang in front of you :D

And how's the Quattro doing? Started yet? Or still trying to fix that RX7 of yours?
 
Rotary Junkie
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Yep.

There's also a Chaser in line ahead of you but it won't take particularly long.
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I wonder if I'll be done with one review before you've got your two cars out……and don't get your hopes up, I just remembered my dad's coming back home for lunch so no reviewing……

……and I was so hoping to do some kind of finale with it at the end of the review……

Anyways, will the 7 be getting more power? Or is it just focused on making me look a cock behind the wheel?
 
Brawn > Brains -​
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Ford Mustang Mach R-​

The Ford Mustang. The most iconic of pony cars. Also renown for being crap at corners. Like all muscle cars, it always had a feeling that the steering wasn’t connected to the car, which wasn’t connected to the tyres, which were so thick you didn’t know if they were connected to the road at all. It also weighed more than the moon, was as long as the channel tunnel and as wide as the Pacific Ocean. In fact, it wasn’t much good at anything other than going in a straight line, barking, and being used as a posers’ pouch.

Not this one though. You see, it’s been breathed on by the tuning masters at RKM with one goal in mind. To school the Viper ACR around Laguna Seca. Which it did. So what we have here is a muscle car which not only didn’t crash at the infamous Corkscrew, but got around quicker than one of the best cars America has to offer. Obviously, I have (Italics) to give it a go.

The test track? Rome city circuit. In reverse. Why? Because it's not used enough, the track is tight enough to test the pony's reflexes but it's also flowing and gentle enough to not break the big brute's hip.

So…let’s see what’s what with this stereotype-breaking Mustang. Well, there’s a lot of power oversteer which is to be expected, but what’s the amazing about this is that it knows what ‘grip’ is. The power still overwhelms the tyres, but it can be made to stick. You just need to tread very, very carefully. Which is always going to be a trouble for someone who controls the throttle with his middle finger. Still, it does cope with its immense 700+lb-ft of torque very well, even with my less-than-impressive throttle modulation. One thing, don’t take a corner without any power on. It’ll understeer like a 600hp SRT4. It’s a very, very fine balance between understeer, grip and oversteer.


Typical cornering style in a Mustang. Big smoke. Bigger grin.​

Things aren’t really helped by the brakes, which are like tissue paper. The only way you’ll slow down quickly enough for a corner is to brake very early. Of course, you can get around this issue by trail braking, but that isn’t really recommended as with 1400+kg to control, having the back break out while crabbing in a just-about-controllable manner towards a corner isn’t really what you want.

Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not having a downer on this car. In fact, those things are what makes it so…charming and fun. You have to learn how what the limits are, how much power to use at any given time, how to get it to corner properly, when should you floor it. Most muscle cars either drive like a lorry, but this is the exception. This is the only classic muscle car I’ve driven which handles even slightly like something from Europe. It’s no Lotus Elise, but it’s really does handle very well for something that’s as big and imposing as a battleship. It’s composed and relatively easy to handle in the corners though it’s still a bit of a lardy truck sometimes. Also has its fair share of under and oversteer, but most of both can be removed with someone better behind the wheel/controller. But just driving it, just the sheer simplicity of having some feel in the steering, it makes up for the tricky handling. Actually, scratch that. By tricky, I meant fun. Proper, old school, hooligan fun. Hooligan fun and US muscle cars normally don't really mix. But I can assure you, this is an exception. I can’t even begin to tell you how much of a difference this is compared to all the other FR muscle crap that’s come from the US. This is not a car for cruising and posing in Casino Square. This is a car for getting you there as quickly and in the most exciting way possible. This is a proper, damn good sports car.

In fact, my only slight issue with it is the gearing. The downshifting, in particular. Now, I know the gears are long to make the most of that massive engine, but it takes so long to get the engine to a point where you can downshift without it smacking the rev limiter and locking the engine. I don’t know if that can be solved by some adjustments to the gears (nor do I know if RJ is going to even bother with it, to be honest), but just having to listen to that big V8 banging away at the redline continuously is a pain.

The Mustang has been the most long lived of muscle cars, and over the years, it’s been getting softer and softer until it’s ended up as a big comfy armchair for fat people to show off in. Not this one though. This is still a wild stallion at heart. This is what the Mustang should have always been like. This, this is the true spirit of a muscle car. Big Power. Big Slides. Big Fun. Bigger Laughs.

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Roj………Why you still no answer to my reviews?!??!?! :(:(

Anyways, this isn't a completely useless post, as you'd expect. You see, if you remember, Andre and I set out on a quick little test of two cars. The RKM R34 Black edition and the Pinkie Pie Z. And seeing as Andre has yet to post it 4 months after the review was due to be posted, I'll be taking over that little project. And you can expect it…some time soon.
 
Onboy123
Roj………Why you still no answer to my reviews?!??!?! :(:(

Anyways, this isn't a completely useless post, as you'd expect. You see, if you remember, Andre and I set out on a quick little test of two cars. The RKM R34 Black edition and the Pinkie Pie Z. And seeing as Andre has yet to post it 4 months after the review was due to be posted, I'll be taking over that little project. And you can expect it…some time soon.
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Lol then go ahead, I can barely remember what I experienced back then, except Pinkie Pie loves *unintentionally* ramming you off the road...
 
uMadson?
Lol then go ahead, I can barely remember what I experienced back then, except Pinkie Pie loves *unintentionally* ramming you off the road...
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Yea…you stuffed us into the wall at La Rascasse on the last lap……Anyways……after that, I'll leave Roj's stuff alone since he hates me, do one or two more of RJ's stuff then migrate to Finland or Denmark before heading back to G.T.R to post the rest of the crap we planned…
 
Onboy123
Yea…you stuffed us into the wall at La Rascasse on the last lap……Anyways……after that, I'll leave Roj's stuff alone since he hates me, do one or two more of RJ's stuff then migrate to Finland or Denmark before heading back to G.T.R to post the rest of the crap we planned…
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Yeah, Pinkie Pie is one DIRTY pony online. :lol:
 
Dragonthing
I second that! I can send entire lobbies into seething rage with that car, but it's just so damn fun! :D
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Especially because, to help Andre with his now inactive fanfic, we've both painted our Zs in passionate pink. :lol: The last time I raced mine, everyone in the room just :lol:'d. Till the first corner where a pink streak shot pass them all. :D
 
Onboy123
Especially because, to help Andre with his now inactive fanfic, we've both painted our Zs in passionate pink. :lol: The last time I raced mine, everyone in the room just :lol:'d. Till the first corner where a pink streak shot pass them all. :D
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I couldn't be bothered to buy another LFA, so my Z is Iris Red Pearl, a colour that only looks good on a Prius :dopey:
 
Rotary Junkie
There's also a Chaser in line ahead of you but it won't take particularly long.
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Throw that Chaser setup my way when you're done with it. I may need it. :P
Dragonthing
I couldn't be bothered to buy another LFA, so my Z is Iris Red Pearl, a colour that only looks good on a Prius :dopey:
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:(
 
Onboy123
Want one? I have 2 already. :D

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He hates me already, so i guess that'll be the colour I'll be painting my Prius!
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Bwahahahaha! You could try the i Concept Purple too...that would go great on an Insight :sly:

Oh Roj, you showoff, why did you photoshop them? I get a manky looking colour on all my cars :<
 
See…! He won't even talk to me…:(

Dragonthing
Bwahahahaha! You could try the i Concept Purple too...that would go great on an Insight :sly:
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Ah well, he'd probably ignore it like he is doing so now…I may as well do a 'smash up every undeserving car in GT5' hate review or something and paint them all in that colour :lol:
 
Onboy123
See&#133;! He won't even talk to me&#133;:(

Ah well, he'd probably ignore it like he is doing so now&#133;I may as well do a 'smash up every undeserving car in GT5' hate review or something and paint them all in that colour :lol:
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Undeserving you say? So just the GTR and the 458 then...and maybe all 300 redundant almost-duplicates of the Skylines and MX5s...
 
Dragonthing
Bwahahahaha! You could try the i Concept Purple too...that would go great on an Insight :sly:

Oh Roj, you showoff, why did you photoshop them? I get a manky looking colour on all my cars :<
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I didn't photoshop them (aside from resizing the pics). All I did was use a higher EV setting because GT5 pics always come out too dark.

Red Iris Pearl > Passionate Pink. :embarrassed:
 
Dragonthing
Undeserving you say? So just the GTR and the 458 then...and maybe all 300 redundant almost-duplicates of the Skylines and MX5s...
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Corrected. The 458 is excused for purely being a Ferrari. The 2CV, Prius (all generations), VW Beetle, Alpine A110 (Happy now, Roj :grumpy:, I like it, but I'd rather have a Pagani Zonda Cinque over it any day), some box on wheels Kei car with 5hp, etc. though all need to dai!!!
 
VTiRoj
I didn't photoshop them (aside from resizing the pics). All I did was use a higher EV setting because GT5 pics always come out too dark.

Red Iris Pearl > Passionate Pink. :embarrassed:
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Damn you and your shiny words! I may have to start using this colour now... :dopey: also, I have plans to stick the RKM numbers on this matte white beauty and see how shamefully poor my own WIP tune compares

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And yes, I bought it for the colour to use elsewhere...

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