Saleen S7 '02 Review
@Ridox2JZGTE
Now this is a dandy, CS on a 550Hp machine. For this review I used the 114/114 RH and the Custom Ratio Set 2 Transmission. After a few laps I lowered the front brakes to 1 and rear to 3 because you know I’m not the softest with the brake pedal. This is the only one I’ve driven with MT and ALL aids off so far.
If anybody has never driven with all aids off this would not be the best choice to start with, I can think of plenty of cars to get your teeth in before attempting this, you can always drop a line to Ridox or try my replica 2cv, that one anyone can drive it with no aids, even Ot......
This car has a very wild nature, you need to exert patience on acceleration and braking, it’s very responsive to direction changes and braking with no abs demands to find the right deceleration point, late hard braking = disaster. It took my 3rd lap to get a non-penalized time, after that it was just trying to get better at every section. On the long curves I was able to hold on even with the rear traction burning the tires to agony, the perfect throttle input was hard to find on most curves, a little to slow or flamed tires. I also had trouble finding the right gears for most sections, some of them seemed to work better with 1 gear higher and others this would kill your time. I just reread all of what I wrote and it does sound like I went through a nightmare, so I must be one of those persons who like horror movies and gets a thrill out of being scared. I really loved this one 👍, it’s the type of car that when you make a good lap you feel you’ve accomplished something great, mastering a beast with your skills.
Willow Springs
My best lap time on CS - MT - BB 1/3 was 1:23.807, sounds slow? wait.
I then tried putting some SS but used AT instead (mental fatigue was starting to get apparent) with BB 1/3 , I could have raised it to 3/5 but forgot to do it.
My best lap was 1:16.903, still not as fast as the others but only 0.712 off the slowest so far, and with abs/0.
Finally (getting quite hungry) I flipped on the abs/1, BB 5/5, AT, my best lap was 1:15.408
These are the other SS lap times I have so far at 550PP, note that this car is a
566PP so it has a power edge.
1:15.893
1:15.791
1:16.102
1:15.705
1:15.460
and the car still had a bit of wild in it, and still more room to get a better time. Excellent job, with a good driver I can see easily go under the 1:15.000 , now I'll have to rework mine, don't ever want to lose to a replica (<BAD WORD)
, you are a great asset to this community and the time you have to share is always appreciated.👍
, I may have to use it this time 
, not bad or good, you just have to take it into account. Just beat the best lap on SM and SS at Willow Springs. It’s very smooth all around the track and well balanced from brakes to Front/Rear suspension, not a car for lead foots but not very hard to get accustomed to, the only issue and this is largely due to the track’s layout is in the the hills where throttle control makes or breaks your lap time. It’s as good as your reviews which are by the way amazing 
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. Did you get the replay and use it as a ghost ? If you watch the replay, you can see how I brake, maintain traction with throttle and speeds the S7 capable of. I think I used lower gear ( high RPM hold ) on some of the corner.
Bring it to 550PP, that would take a second off, 1:14s it is.
, that's something I'm going to have to get use to using to get my lap times better, just so many things I want to do and try 
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, there is a lot of rocking movement in the cabin as the car feels it’s way over every little nook and cranny on the road. Also I might be getting old for these high powered monsters 
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, 7:00.238 , I don't drive or tune here because it's too long to get a lot of recorded lap times, but I think that a good driver who knows this track should get at least between 6:45.000 and 6:50.000 with this car. 👍
. I’ve tried a few of your tunings and it does have your signature, I think that you should be able to bridge the gap between the chicken & the egg by testing and tweaking a little more, who knows, you might come up with a new species, the chic-egg 
reviews for it. I know you will hate the tune so much as i do 
