Best 550 pp car
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. It will carry to other tracks, not just the Nurburgring. Welcome to GTPlanet!
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- Sohvakettu
It's the legendary lightened version of the standard M3.
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- GTP_salmaan595
I use the m3 gtr
Just tighten it up a bit and its amazingly balanced
Just tighten it up a bit and its amazingly balanced
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- spikysim
M3 CSL is the best
- 11,182
- Sweden
- eran0004
Nissan GT-R Concept (Tokyo Auto show 2001) can be quite a monster. It's fast in the start, and if you add just a wee bit of ballast to the front it handles like a dream (if your dream has no downforce of course). It's the car that has given me the most victories online.
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- Engine Block
GTR proto is extremly fast at 550pp
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- Pranching_Lion
My problem with the GTR 07, is the understeer i think all GTRs suffer some sort of understeer. I have a GTR 07 fully tuned.
Just fancied a change so i thought i ask if the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG or M3 CSL/GTR as i prefer to play online in the roadcar races between 500-600pp
Just fancied a change so i thought i ask if the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG or M3 CSL/GTR as i prefer to play online in the roadcar races between 500-600pp
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- Retired to a padded cell
- GTP_Padded_Cell
- Microsoft sucks..
Honda/ Acura HSC is a dark horse, as well as a frightenly fast car when dialled in.
I've said goodbye to many CSL's and LFA's in a HSC, and before you say it - no, they weren't being driving by numpties, they were drivien by very good drivers who know setups well.
An M5 '08 can also take out a CSL at tracks like Monza and La Sarthe - been there and done that too.
The BMW CSL's and GTR's have awesome all round ability, they are truely brilliant cars (possibly some of the best all rounders in the game), but oh so boring, every race, there's just so many of them....show some originality guys!
ALOT of other cars like the Shelby Series 1, Oullim Spirra, RUF RGT and Lotus Evora can be crazy fast too, once dialled in.
There's so many to choose from, why be a sheep when you can be the shepherd.
As for undesteering a GTR - no way, those cars turn on a dime once setup, you don't need ballast either - it's all in the braking sensitivity on the diff (high front, low rear), rear toe (change from + to -), brakes (rear higher than front) and ride height (3-10 mm lower at back then front).
Easy peasy...that'll make any 4wd turn in like a MR, all mine do.
Check out the roll bar thread in the tuning section, that's VERY useful, also consider the "indirect tuning" approach. If the front is understeering, you don't ALWAYS have to change something at the front, loosen the back and the front will turn more. Same with front and an oversteer-y car, change the front and it can help the back. BUT only go via the "indirect tuning" method when all attempts at the direct method have failed.
I've said goodbye to many CSL's and LFA's in a HSC, and before you say it - no, they weren't being driving by numpties, they were drivien by very good drivers who know setups well.
An M5 '08 can also take out a CSL at tracks like Monza and La Sarthe - been there and done that too.
The BMW CSL's and GTR's have awesome all round ability, they are truely brilliant cars (possibly some of the best all rounders in the game), but oh so boring, every race, there's just so many of them....show some originality guys!
ALOT of other cars like the Shelby Series 1, Oullim Spirra, RUF RGT and Lotus Evora can be crazy fast too, once dialled in.
There's so many to choose from, why be a sheep when you can be the shepherd.
As for undesteering a GTR - no way, those cars turn on a dime once setup, you don't need ballast either - it's all in the braking sensitivity on the diff (high front, low rear), rear toe (change from + to -), brakes (rear higher than front) and ride height (3-10 mm lower at back then front).
Easy peasy...that'll make any 4wd turn in like a MR, all mine do.
Check out the roll bar thread in the tuning section, that's VERY useful, also consider the "indirect tuning" approach. If the front is understeering, you don't ALWAYS have to change something at the front, loosen the back and the front will turn more. Same with front and an oversteer-y car, change the front and it can help the back. BUT only go via the "indirect tuning" method when all attempts at the direct method have failed.
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- Drex81
I'll second the Shelby series 1
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- jubbyboi617
Thanks Highlandor about that tip w/ 4WD cars. I've been trying to get my 4WD cars to rotate more, and have been running into a wall with self-tuning.
Back on topic: I really think this thread is a loaded question. What works for a 550PP car for me, wouldn't necessarily work for you. I know this really doesn't help the OP, or anyone else... but maybe it will. It also depends on track. Why would anyone want to use a high HP, high KG car at a place like Autumn-Mini against something like a Elise? Conversely, why would someone want to use a low HP, low KG car with no down-force at a place like Indy or LaSarthe against a Veyron? As some threads have poked on previously, equal PP is not necessarily equal cars and equal times. It's great to have suggestions as a starting point, but I've used suggestions as starting points. Then I learn from what I do and don't like about it. Maybe it just needs to be tuned or setup, or maybe I need a different type of car, or maybe it'd be better on a different track, etc. This is what's great about having like 200 types of different cars.
Here's an excellent example: I've been trying to setup for the 24h Nurburgring, and I've practiced with the Lambo 670 SV, GTR Spec V, ZZII, and Veyron. Each of them have different feels, different traits, and even at similar PP, they run different times (as much as 10 seconds off each other). The Veyron had a 20PP overage compared to the Lambo, but the Veyron was slower. The ZZII is lacking 100HP compared to the GTR, but is about 3-5 seconds faster due to weight, even though they have similar PP.
So enjoy testing... it's what makes things fun.
Back on topic: I really think this thread is a loaded question. What works for a 550PP car for me, wouldn't necessarily work for you. I know this really doesn't help the OP, or anyone else... but maybe it will. It also depends on track. Why would anyone want to use a high HP, high KG car at a place like Autumn-Mini against something like a Elise? Conversely, why would someone want to use a low HP, low KG car with no down-force at a place like Indy or LaSarthe against a Veyron? As some threads have poked on previously, equal PP is not necessarily equal cars and equal times. It's great to have suggestions as a starting point, but I've used suggestions as starting points. Then I learn from what I do and don't like about it. Maybe it just needs to be tuned or setup, or maybe I need a different type of car, or maybe it'd be better on a different track, etc. This is what's great about having like 200 types of different cars.
Here's an excellent example: I've been trying to setup for the 24h Nurburgring, and I've practiced with the Lambo 670 SV, GTR Spec V, ZZII, and Veyron. Each of them have different feels, different traits, and even at similar PP, they run different times (as much as 10 seconds off each other). The Veyron had a 20PP overage compared to the Lambo, but the Veyron was slower. The ZZII is lacking 100HP compared to the GTR, but is about 3-5 seconds faster due to weight, even though they have similar PP.
So enjoy testing... it's what makes things fun.
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- Hydrosized
Bravo, an informed opinion!
[edit: sorry, I didnt see it's a thread from GT5, and I was talking about GT6, no such thread there though]
Hi there,
It's my 1st post on this forum and I would like to bump this thread because its quite important.
Recently i was playing online on the ring, but 500pp category, i was driving a honda civic sig 92' and it's quite damn fast, but a dude in a pink (o_O) mirage cyborg was waay faster than me in corners and in straight line.
It's true that its not about the car only about the driver, but in case of the nordschleife, there are long fast straights and corners and more powerful cars make a difference. I think im a quite good driver there, I'm also using a G27 wheel, but there are some cars that are quite faster than others, and Im searching for them, but could not find any good info on forums, and I dont have time to test out every car in game.
in 550pp i drive a BMW M3 CLS and its an awesome car but sometimes I find some ppl online being faster in a straight line (cannot remember the cars).
So it would be nice to create some kind of list with the fastest cars that give an advantage online, so we can show some dudes, they won't be 1st in EVERY race.
for 550pp i tried out also the GTR PROTO 05' and its maybe a tiny bit faster than the bmw in straights but its awful in corners.
Any suggestions for some OUTSTANDING cars?
Hi there,
It's my 1st post on this forum and I would like to bump this thread because its quite important.
Recently i was playing online on the ring, but 500pp category, i was driving a honda civic sig 92' and it's quite damn fast, but a dude in a pink (o_O) mirage cyborg was waay faster than me in corners and in straight line.
It's true that its not about the car only about the driver, but in case of the nordschleife, there are long fast straights and corners and more powerful cars make a difference. I think im a quite good driver there, I'm also using a G27 wheel, but there are some cars that are quite faster than others, and Im searching for them, but could not find any good info on forums, and I dont have time to test out every car in game.
in 550pp i drive a BMW M3 CLS and its an awesome car but sometimes I find some ppl online being faster in a straight line (cannot remember the cars).
So it would be nice to create some kind of list with the fastest cars that give an advantage online, so we can show some dudes, they won't be 1st in EVERY race.
for 550pp i tried out also the GTR PROTO 05' and its maybe a tiny bit faster than the bmw in straights but its awful in corners.
Any suggestions for some OUTSTANDING cars?
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- Italia
- STR3LA
500 pp - HondaHSC '03
530 pp - NissanR390 GT1 Road Car '98
550 pp - HondaNSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
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- yugioh-l3gend
i have a 70 nova ss tuned to 550 and its not the fastest car but if youre a good driver it screams at nurb and can hang with lfa's and bmw's and its just something different cuz nobody runs em and its very fun to drive
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- Scotland
- Glen-Alz-81
M3 club sport light. Here's some cars that are not considered cheat cars..ie HSC/LFA/NSX prototype
550pp competitive cars,
M3 csl & gtr
RGT '00
Ford GT '05 & '02
Ferrari 458 italia
Shelby series 1 supercharged
NSX type r '02
Corvette c6 '06
GTR v-spec '09
That s just a few, there are many more.....they were my fastest at he ring..every car there will hit low 6.30's in my hands...high 20's with an ace behind the wheel..👍
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