Lotus Europa Special 1972
Everyone knows that black is the fastest color.
This car I remember from GT5, yes, she is just as squirrely in 6 as she was in 5! I'm not a big fan of putting the wing on the back, but hey, I had to do something to try and help plant the rear end. She comes to us stock with 126hp/404pp and with a mild tune at 164hp/440pp.
Blowing by another Europa, I told you black is the fastest color
Since we got a new track this week and I am learning and loving it all over again (I don't think I have driven this since back in the GTR pc days about a decade or so back) I decided to take the Lotus out to the Red Bull Ring.
The Mazda dropped a couple of wheels and hip checked me coming back on track, d*mn this car is little!
Red Bull Ring TT, best of #laps? No, I never made 5 straight laps without spinning this little monster.
Stock - 2:08.773
tuned - 1:57.984
Speaking of dropping a couple of wheels...at least I am not the only one, the F1 drivers in FP2 this morning were missing this corner also.
Red Bull Ring 5 lap vs pro ai:
stock - P5 / best 2:07.238 / total 10:46.732
tuned - P2 / best 1:57.488 / total 10:00.170
And around she goes, letting both the scuby and Chevelle by.
At least I bettered my times from the tt at the races. The ai actually raced me, that scuby was all over me nearly the entire race. Even with sh tires and the big wing it was hard to keep the rear end from coming around in this car, especially at some of these high speed corners at the RB ring.
Getting by the Chevelle again after my slide.
This car would probably do very well at a small, twisty track, but with the high speed corners and long straights at RB ring she just didn't have enough motor. The Oullim Motorsports Spirro that won (by 39+ seconds) in the tuned race was never even seen!
Re-passing the scuby for P2.
She's a nice little car over-all even stock. Looks good, sounds good, brakes and trans are fine, what's not to love? Well, two things mostly. Her penchant for bringing the rear end around rivals just about any other car in the game, even upgrading the tires and a big wing couldn't tame that. The other thing, she just doesn't have enough motor, long straights are her downfall. I can't really call her a beater, she's too fun for that. I can't really call her a sleeper either, the Lotus name is pretty much synonymous with performance at least around here. She's just a typical light, quick British sports car that delivers about what you expect of her...plenty of fun 👍