FITT Blind Tuning Challenge
The Duel: Reviews
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@biffa3 :
Tuner 4
Time - 1:11:120
DC - 8.5
Nice stable tune with good turn in and rotation. Easy to throw into corners. Good effort.
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@TurnLeft :
Tuner 4 - RX8 Type S ’07 - Jaune Sirius
1:10.788 - DC.8.2 - What can I say, I love this car, rotates well, has just enough grip, forgives me from over pushing it. great job. First run time was 1:10.800. I think that on a perfect lap by me it would be 1:10.450 . Sorry I couldn’t do it because I really was aiming for that, just kept making mistakes at the wrong time.
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@Lionheart2113 :
Tuner 4 RX-8
Time: 1:10.920
DC Score: 9.5
A car like this is why you drive! I really liked that this car suited the driver, if you are average, it will stay under you and give you confidence lap after lap. Push it more and it will gladly agree. This car can be wicked fast in the hands of better drivers.
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@Otaliema :
Tuner #4 -
RX-8 Tune
Laptime;1:12.342 DC;6.5
Impression of the tune;This was a grip monster. But that was double edged sword, it had loads of grip right upto the limit then nothing. So driving a the limit was a bit tricky as you be fine fine fine sliding with no notable warning from the car. If I got everything right it was a great drive would carve up the corners like butter, but on the same token, if I took anything than the line it wanted, I found myself struggling to make the turn. Maybe a little looser and it would have been fantastic.
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@mgo :
Tuner #4
Time – 1:10:905 DC 9.6
This tune match my driving - was very easy to handle – when I got use to it fleet really nice and fun to push the car to the limits
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@DolHaus :
Tuner #4
1:10.103
DC - 8.5
Turn 1+2
-Fast and precise but on a knife edge all the time, one wrong move and you either lost the front end and ended up in the wall or lost the rear andended up facing back the way you came. Needs to be pushed to be fast but is completely unforgiving while doing so.
Turn 3+4
-A little bit skatey and had a habit of letting the rear come around but not too bad. A general trait of this car is never really knowing what you were going to get in terms of response while pushing.
Turn 5+6
-The car felt kind of heavy and stiff through here but was quite capable once you got used to it. It could get a bit loose on the exit to turn 6 if you clipped the curb but no worse than any other car on test.
Turn 7+8+9
-A little bit nervous and floaty through this faster section, entirely manageable and quite precise but failed to inspire confidence.
Turn 10
-Good rotation but again nervous and slightly skittish. This car has a lot of potential but its just too all or nothing to be fun, I feel if it was just a little bit more forgiving it would miles easier to string a good lap together.
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@nijalninja :
Tune #4: RX8
DC: 9.5
Best time: 1:10.048 (I have no idea how I managed it though)
Excellent car; I really loved it. The gears were near on perfect as they were an improvement on tune #3. I find it hard to compliment this car because of it's largely mechanical feeling. There are no immediate problems with the car, and likewise; there are no things that really spark my interest in it either. The one thing I can say is that I have never felt such control in my life: I actually stopped at one point to check if I had for some reason moved the TCS up to 1 or 2 it was that good. If I could name this car I would call it "Ole Faithful". I was also amazed at how fast it was.
Conclusion: Great car. EXTREMELY FAST. I wish I had more words to describe it.
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@Wydopen :
Tune #4 1.11.504 DC score 9.5
This car felt just as good as #3 to me and was very easy to drive at the limit. The gearbox was outstanding and fit the track very well. If I were to change anything, I would try to iron out the slight tendency for corner exit understeer. Overall, a great tune.
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@macdog54 :
Tune 4.# DC 8.5
Mazda RX8. 1.10.770
What can I say, another car that does all that is asked of it, safe, stable and great traction, full throttle could be used in most places without wheel spin, good work.
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@LordJCS :
Tune#4 RX-8
Best lap: 1:10.720
DC: 9,5
I goofed on this one at first. Managed to run it with standard trans for the most part of the test and hit 1:11.173
and thought it was an odd choice of having standard gears on a rotary considering the narrow power band.
Had a quick look and noticed it WAS supposed to have a custom tranny setup i face palmed and shook my head in disbelief. I must be getting old..
Anywho... On with the custom tranny setting and set off on track. And just like that i was in the 1:10 territory.
The car now handled like a dream. Just point it where you want to go and off it goes. Nice job on this tune, really solid.
Special Bonus Testing - Not officially scored.
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@DaBomm4 :
Tuner # 4 RX-8
Best Lap CS: 1:16.012
Best Lap SH: 1:13.214
DC Score: 9
Comments:
On CS tires, the car feels very similar to tuner # 3's tune except it does not seem to have as much acceleration.
On SH tires, very good corner attack speed and handling, but the acceleration cannot compete coming into the straights.
Results:
Lap Time Average: 1st
DC: 1st
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