Everyone will get 5 laps, using a DS3, auto shifting and with driving line turned on. Deal with it
praiano63
LOTUS ELISE 111R `04
8:17.460
For me this car is all about the high speed grip. I was repeatedly startled by the speeds I was able to carry through the fast corners. Much like a child who is hurt, but hasn't yet seen the injury, when I looked down at the speedo and saw how fast I was going, I started crying. Out of the 5 laps allotted, I was only able to put in one 'clean' lap and that lap was untidy. I struggled in the low speed corners and braking into slow corners from high speeds. I lacked the finer control required to keep the car in check at these times, and this is where all of my red laps occurred. Of particular problem was from km13 to km15, this is where I invalidated a lot of my laptimes.
Overall an amazingly quick car, particularly at high speed. Requires a lighter touch at low speeds and under heavy braking.
Motor City Hami
Mazda RX8 Type S '07
8:19.116
A joyous car to drive. Everything Poomplex Derkhead The Second could have been. Fast and understated, with great brakes. The brakes are worth mentioning, because they dug me out of potential disaster on a number of occasions. When the rear gets a bit lairy, a decent yank on the anchors brings the whole back under control. Very impressive.
The only place I really struggled with this car was the final set of corners before the start/finish line. I was never really sure where to start braking and it took 2 laps before I could get through cleanly. Even then, I'm sure I could have gone through there faster than I did.
Last note, this car almost match Praiano's speed through Brünnchen, a tasty 87mph. Only 1 mph slower than Praiano's Lotus.
CyKosis1973
Honda Civic Type R (EP) '04
8:20.054
As always, the best damned car here. 1.5 sec slower than the fastest time I've run in it. TO be fair though, I'm sure I could have found another 1.5 sec for
every car here.
Theo777
Lotus Elise 111S '03
8:21.104
Deserved a better time. Should have been faster than Hami's time, was in fact faster on the track, I just couldn't make 'clean' lap
(by clean I mean without error, rather than a red lap). I'm not a good enough driver to properly learn the intricacies of this car within the 5 allotted laps. Just a few things to note, you'll get the best from it by using minimal inputs, let the car drive itself. Often you'll think you're done with a corner, but the car has other ideas. If you're too harsh with the throttle and steering, the car will continue to rotate, as listed in Theo's blurb. Brake light and brake early, set the car up for the corner and allow it to find its way through. Be aware also that the car will push wide in slow corners or when braking from high speed into slow corners. I suspect this is related to the added weight up front. Tighten that up and I see no reason why this car can't be as fast as, if not faster than Praiano's.
Ultimately my lack of skill let this car down and perhaps the 5 speed tranny. Not much Theo could have done about either
Hermanvongerman
HONDA INTEGRA TYPE R (DC2) '95
8:22.307
I beat the living 🤬 out of this car for 5 laps and it loved it as much as I did. I think it's evident where my driving skills lie.
That doesn't mean the car doesn't have issues. I'd like to see the rear dampers tightened, to resist weight transfer onto and off of the front wheels. Although I think it can be a personal thing, I'd like to see the ACCEL lowered a little as well. I've found it's crucial to minimise any heating of the outside front tyre, if either tyre should heat up on corner exit, I'd prefer it to be the inside tyre. As the outside is under the greatest load, it has to have as much grip as possible. As it is, the car is a little too squirrely into and out of corners, particularly corner exit, where the car really wanted to pull to the outside of the corner. Most noticeable on off camber corners.
My best time was set on my 4th lap, during my 5th I was ahead by a clear 1.2 secs climbing the hill, before I stuffed it, sorry.
Rotary Junkie
Poomplex Derkhead No. 2
8:22.725
It's well documented that this car has issues and I can confirm these issues. Mostly it revolves around corner exit, where the car is a little too keen to light up the rears. However, I found it to be predictable and occasionally useable. Sure, it's not the fastest way around the track, but this car is so forgiving that you can allow it to slide a little.
So far, other than testing of my own submission, this is the only car I've run 5 consecutive blue laps with. The times punctuated this nicely, first lap, slow. Second faster, third faster, fourth fastest, fifth 11.5 secs of spinning
I, for one, look forward to seeing this car after RJ has had 20 mins with it in front of a working PS3 👍
Jackthalad
Honda S2000 '03
8:23.968
A very languorous car to drive, which I like. I like a lot. This car is mostly very relaxing to drive and I got drawn in driving it, there's plenty of warning when things are about to go awry. That being said, even with the great margin of error this car has, when you really start to load the car up, you can feel the impending doom mounting in equal measures. Stress this car too hard and it will spit you out. Aremberg and the sweeping right-hander leading up to Schwalbenschwanz were where this was most evident. Schwalbenschwanz in particular cost me an estimated 3 secs on what ended up being my fastest lap.
The only other thing I'd say hurt this car is it does have a bit of corner exit oversteer. This is manageable, hold on half power for a fraction of a second longer and then hoof it. Let me get on the power that fraction earlier, give me a bit more confidence under heavy braking and you've got a winning car.
CSLACR
Honda S2000 '06
8:24.494
Ye gads this thing is difficult to drive. It took 5 laps before I could post this time. Frankly, my time could have been faster, I lost about a second over the final third of the course against my third lap.
This thing has plenty of grip until the grip is gone and when it's gone, it's gone in spectacular fashion. For the first 4 laps, I spun at least once. The best advice I can offer is to use lift-off to cure any understeer and to avoid spinning on corner exit. Don't try to correct oversteer, unless you're highly adept with a controller or using a wheel. If you're like me and you do try, you'll end up in a tank slapper and smeared down the armco.
Overall I was a bit disappointed, I've driven a few of CSLACR's cars and have been impressed with them all (apart from that Lancia rally thing, coincidence..??). I'm sure the fast pilots will get the best from this car,
but in my mediocre hands, the car is a ... errr ... handful. Sorry, again.
Onboy123
Fiat Punto HGT Abarth
8:28.996
I'm familiar with this car at its lower PP and with grippier Sports tyres. With a full drivetrain work over, it gave my 400PP 207 GTi a good going over. So, all this in mind, it's a little disappointing to submit the time I have. I'm hoping that faster drivers will get more from this car, as I quite liked it in 400PP guise. The main problems with the car are its reluctance to change direction at low(ish) speeds. This makes the car slow through the tight twisting sections, I'm off the gas for too long, waiting for the nose to come round. The problem is exacerbated in high entry to low speed corners, where the car has a tendency to load the outside front under braking and then continue to load the tyre on exit. Far too often I found myself pushed
to the outside of a corner and scrabbling across the curb and dirt.
The second problem was the gearbox being too long. The car rarely, and by the 5th lap barely, made it into 6th gear. On the 5th lap, along the final straight, the car didn't shift up into 6th until I was under the bridge and on the way down the hill.
Overall a bit of a disappointment, I enjoyed this car first time round and feel it would have benefited from some changes. Sorry.
tris_73
Lexus Jellybean
8:35.012
If only, if only. Unequivocally the fastest car for me, just couldn't apply it. Sadly, up to 10mph slower through some corners as I was paranoid of the rear stepping out on me. Allied with some understeer if I went in too hot, ironically. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the car, keep it calm and you can make some decent headway with this car.
I've a mate who would probably like to see a 450PP SS version of this, nudge, nudge.
Driver's Choice
1st -
Rotary Junkie -
Poomplex Derkhead No. 2 - 5 consecutive blue laps, that's why it's here.
2nd -
praiano63 -
LOTUS ELISE 111R `04 - Grip, get some in your life, this car will give it to you by the bucketful.
3rd -
Motor City Hami -
Mazda RX8 Type S '07 - The Surprise Package. Lovely car to drive, the brakes probably made the podium finish.
Thanks to everyone, I've enjoyed this quite a lot 👍
{Cy}