It's something we could do occasionally alongside the normal TT, Something just for relaxation and it allows more custom tracks to be showcased as well.
Food for thought.
But anyways, after dragging myself away from the Forza 7 Demo, I'm now playing catch up on 5 weeks worth of cars.
Starting with the bulky, Jaguar powered Lister Storm V12 Race Car.
Packing a huge 7 litre V12 from Jaguar, the road version made around 550hp which was good for 208mph which actually made it the fastest 4 seater in the world until it lost out to the Brabus Rocket.
Despite only making 4 road cars ( 3 still survive to this day. ) They got the car homologated for Le Mans 1995 which was also the debut of the Mclaren F1 GTR which went on to win that race, Lister's lone car didn't finish after the gearbox blew itself to pieces 40 laps in.
That DNF kinda set the tone for next few years for the Storm failed to finish at the Daytona 24hr race in 1996, finished 19th overall at Le Mans that year, finished 4th in class at the '97 Daytona 24 after a redesign, but once again failed to finish Le Mans with both cars going out.
That happened again at the '98 Daytona 24 and they weren't even invited to Le Mans that year so at this point you'll be forgiven if just decided to say, Screw it and went home after the '98 season.
They did, but to redesign it again for the FIA GT Championship.
Now in the shape of the one we have in game, It picked up a handful of podiums in 1999 and was ready to take on the 21st century with a clear focus.
In 2000, they scored 5 wins and ended up winning the championship that year, they wouldn't win another championship, but it was a constant success with 12 victories with its final one in 2003 and the factory team finally retired the car in 2005 and as of 2007 no more Storms were racing anymore.
In GT6, the Storm is making nearly 600hp stock and was over 230kgs lighter than then the road car, but it was still heavy at 1,438kgs and it was the weight that most of us took away from driving the Storm, straight line speed while good also wasn't exceptional either.
Brakes were good mind you, you could really stand on them and the car would respond just
like that.
In stock form it was tricky to drive consistently, but a tune I found on here made it much more controllable and agile and made it fun to drive.
I'm willing to give it a Neutral verdict because it's generally lost to the stockyards of many players and it deserves a second chance in my eyes.
Verdict: Neutral
Next up is another race car, but is a lot more known and raced.
Step up the Mazda MX-5 Touring Car.
With over 200hp from its race tuned 4 cylinder engine and weighing under 800kgs, its capable of taking on cars with much more power and with its slick RH tyres can carve up the most technical tracks with ease.
It is however quite low on power compared to similar PP cars as both Jack and Ash brought out a Lancia Delta Rally Car and VW Scirocco GT24 racer and humiliated the MX-5 on the long straights of Bathurst.
But that's to be expected as both of those machines cost many times more than what the MX-5 costs, plus you can do quite a lot more customisation to the MX-5 too.
Custom wing? yep, wheels and gauges? yep, Paint and changing racing numbers? yep, Turbo or Supercharging? that too, it's a very personalise able machine.
It also brought great racing to the table as you would expect from an MX-5.
No surprise that I'll call it a Sleeper for just being a versatile track day car (Bro
)
Verdict: Sleeper 👍
In the immortal words of Monty Python, "And now for something completely different."
Next up is the Daihatsu Mira/Cuore.
With a 660cc turbo 4 banger making 63hp and sent to the front wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox, it's about as quick as a Kei Car can be given the limits on Kei Cars, but in GT6's early days it was a real wolf in sheeps clothing due to a glitch giving it WAY more power than it should have.
We're not talking like 250- 300hp, but near 600hp from 660cc's of raw power.
Having experienced it firsthand, it was still wanting to spin the tyres even at over 150mph on RH tyres, but it could pull like a freight train when traction was there.
As for the "Killer Mira" in stock form, it was a barrel of laughs despite struggling to get past 100mph as you could chuck it about and it'll just leave you with a big ol' smile on your face.
For just 11k, it's cheap fun with a lot of tuning potential with nearly 190hp fully tuned and less than 630kgs to haul around as well.
Another Sleeper for me.
👍
From Japan and back to the U.K. with the TVR Tuscan Speed 6 being brought out to celebrate TVR's return to making production cars.
With a 4 litre Straight 6 upfront making 360hp and being used to haul a 1,100kg body around, The Tuscan like many TVR's before it was no slouch with top speeds over 180mph and very low 4 second 0-60 runs to its name.
Of course, it's more than just a straight line pony, it can handle too, just don't expect it to play nice with you.
You got understeer if you came in to a turn too hot and then oversteer coming out the turns if you were lead footed or just didn't care about the rear tyres.
I personally found it to be a good drivers car when you knew what you could get away with.
Not a complete sleeper, but not far off either.
Verdict: Neutral
And Finally, the show car that wanted to be a road car, The Plymouth/Chrysler Prowler.
Despite its retro hotrod looks, it was powered by a 3.5 V6 making around 250hp and hooked up to a 4 speed Autobox.
First gear was quite long, longer than most one night stands, but not much longer than that with 60mph reachable in 1st gear.
Now here's the part that'll probably drop your jaws, The stock gearbox is actually not bad despite the long first gear as shifts are decently quick and would happily take some extra power from the V6.
Despite the Standard looking visuals, the open top means the interior is somewhat detailed with working gauges which does make the Prowler stand out among its fellow standard cars.
Wheels can't be changed, but the paint can be and a Custom wing can be added too.
Handling wasn't expectational but didn't frustrate me either, not exactly lighting my pants on fire, but not making me lose the will to live either.
In summary, decent quirks, not boring, but could do a lot better.
Verdict: Neutral
And christ that took longer than expected, Started around 2AM and here i'm over 2 hours later after doing the research for this write up.
Totally worth it though.
Ahhh, the universe is safe after all!!! 
