Best controllable car

[Dragonistic]

I'll defend my suggestion for the F1 car - because it is that easy to drive, you have so much downforce, you just have to get used to the crazy acceleration.

Not on a sixaxis, the F2007 is just fine on the wheel but on a pad it requires serious adjustments to your normal driving style which you can't do with the road cars.

As for controllable cars? The Evos and Imprezas offer a good compromise as they are stable and when they let go easy to control. The /Tuned Evos give more of the same but cost more PP for the extra aero.

As for other AWD cars being suggested, the Nissan GTR is generally a good option as well although a little frisky on the brakes. The Mines? Seriously guys he wants controllable and you're trying to give the guy a 600bhp car off the bat, the Mines is easy once you're at a level that you can deal with that kind of power.

As for other formats, FWD is of course generally easy to drive although prone to chronic understeer under throttle. RWD cars? The F430 isn't a bad start, plenty of grip under throttle and predictable, controllable liftoff oversteer, the BMW M3 is also very predictable, and when it lets go easy to correct. The high downforce /Tuned RWD cars on R tyres are extremely grippy, however if provoked into a slide a inexperienced driver may overcorrect and end up spinning in the other direction quite easily.

 

[Paulie]

For all the guys recommending a GTR with an ATESSA AWD system I'd have to strongly disagree, as they can step out quite easily compared to other AWD cars. It's got to be something like the Focus ST or Integra, as FWD cars are more responsive to lift-off throttle response which make them easier to correct mistakes, plus they'll never step the rear out unless you provoke it with lots of effort.

 

[BobElHat]

It depends on the PP. For lower PP, one of the better FF cars - Focus or Integra. When you get more power, move to AWD - for medium PP the Imprezza or Evo X, for high PP the GT-R 07.

 

[mr_VOLCANO]

Well, it depends on what you want from a car. To me AWD is harder to drive then RWD, feel like a RWD like f430, rx7 or NSX do more like I tell them too. Its all up to personal preferences

 

[zabeu]

The "best controllable" car certainly is the NSX-R. It's the only car I've found to faithfully act on your inputs everytime - even when you're seriously sideways, it will still honour your throttle, brake and steering application. In this aspect, it is unsurpassed.

However, a car that "does not skid on the turnings but has good acceleration" is asking for something entirely different. The answer probably is one of the AWDs. Usually the '07 Impreza beats the rest. In comparison, the GT-R likes to skid a bit around corners so it's not a fitting candidate.

The downside is that AWDs are not "controllable" in the sense that you can point them anywhere at any time like you can throw the NSX around. They are a rather stubborn lot, a trait which is the antithesis of controllability. (You wouldn't call a donkey controllable, would you? )

On a sidenote, the fastest way around a corner involves a fair amount of slipping due to the nature of tyre friction (grip actually increases with slip, up to a certain point).

 

[Ardius]

Not on a sixaxis, the F2007 is just fine on the wheel but on a pad it requires serious adjustments to your normal driving style which you can't do with the road cars.

I've always used sixaxis/DS3, its still the most controllable car, does everything you could possibly want. Suzuka is a blast with it.
And I do know that new players/rookie drivers don't take long to adjust to it, as I've tested with some of my friends and family and after a few laps they get the hang of it - the rediculous levels of downforce make it easy.

 

[Dragonistic]

I've always used sixaxis/DS3, its still the most controllable car, does everything you could possibly want. Suzuka is a blast with it.
And I do know that new players/rookie drivers don't take long to adjust to it, as I've tested with some of my friends and family and after a few laps they get the hang of it - the rediculous levels of downforce make it easy.

I find it's to overly responsive on a stick, sure if you start someone off in it then they'll learnt it ok, but thats all well and good you can drive one of the least useful cars on this game because the online event is never there and the AI just isn't up to speed in the F2007.

My point is someone good in the rest of the entire range of cars on GT5P might not be very good in the F2007 because it's a huge change. So if you go out and get good in the F2007 you are ONLY good in the F2007 and no better in every single other car on the game. Learn a road car, you have a basis to go forward from to the other cars.

Not to mention if someone is asking for a controllable car, do you think they even have the neccessary progress to buy and use the F2007? There's a 50:50 chance they don't.

 

[Boffin]

Actually - come to think of it. For the speed you get, the SRT 10 Viper is a really dull car in terms of response, so that is actually quite easy to drive too.

 

[Darkpitiless]

BMW M3 and the F430