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Hey there guys! I thought I’d do something here by taking two cars from TDU2 and reviewing them against each other. Now I know there may have been many car reviews before, but I will try my best to make this review informative and somewhat bearable. Let’s begin, shall we?
Chevrolet Camaro 2SS
The theme of our test is that of modern muscle car revivals, and the Camaro is a perfect example of this. It has a knockout blend of the fresh and the familiar, taking styling cues from the old ’69 and mixing them with all new things. Outside, it has a menacing profile, with the V shaped grille and narrow side windows mixing with the big tires and the cowl induction shaped hood to provide a feel that is both reminiscent of the Camaros of the muscle car age, yet unlike anything that wore the famed Camaro badge before. Inside, that mixture continues, with the gauge pods and overall layout of the interior mixing with new seats and a new steering wheel. Also inside, the narrow side windows and windshield do restrict visibility and the gauges aren’t the easiest to read. Firing up the Camaro though, the visibility issues are soon forgiven. The SS has a 6.2 V8 packing 426HP, enough to supposedly blast it to 60mph in just 4.8 seconds and onto a top speed of 174mph. The biggest advantage though is the price: $31,500 with a max discount. For a car in the A4 category, that’s great! The options are 21” polished aluminum wheels for $423, Inferno Orange Metallic and Red Jewel Tintcoat colors for $293, and stripes for $423, except with orange and dark red, where the total is $716. And yes, the colors include yellow with black stripes. The Camaro is a great looking car with great performance for under $40,000 that is sure to win some fans. But how well does it perform? Especially against its biggest rival…
Ford Shelby GT500
Ford’s stallion is represented in TDU2, but the Mustang GT is a 2010 model with the 4.6 V8 (even though the game says it’s a 5.0) and is in a different class to the Camaro. So in the interest of keeping things fair, I turned to its A4 incarnation: The GT500. The snake is packing an aggressive body, unmistakably a Shelby, with the stripes, snake badge and removal of GT fog lamps that Shelby fans have come to expect from the 5th Gen GT500. Inside, the upgrades continue, with striped seating, the Shelby logo on the steering wheel and black SVT branded gauges. The windows are bigger than in the Camaro, making for better visibility, but the steering wheel does block the gauges a bit. Starting the car rewards you with a meaty V8 sound, the Shelby bursting onto the scene with a supercharged 5.4 V8 with 550HP. It looks like it has the Camaro beaten on 0-60 too, 4.25 seconds to the British national speed limit leaving the Chevy a bit slow. However, the Shelby tops out at 161mph, so the Camaro beats it for speed. There’s another issue, the price. The Shelby costs $43,781 with discount, so the Camaro is definitely cheaper. The Shelby only comes in red with white stripes, and not forgetting that the GT500 is a DLC car, meaning that you will have to pay and download the ultimate Mustang. For someone who is penniless and/or does not have a PSN/XBOX Live account, that could be a problem.
To keep things fair, I bought the two vehicles brand new from the dealer, with no tuning. In fact, the only thing added was a Japanese style front license plate sticker on the Camaro.
So with the Chevy now registered with as a Japanese motor vehicle (sort of), it was now time to begin the test. Please note that the tests were done on Full Assistance to help keep wheelspin to a minimum, and to help stop the physics from screwing up a run.
Drag Racing
In downtown Honolulu, there was a straight piece of road stretching for about 1.5 miles (GPS verified) that has been used as a dragstrip throughout TDU and TDU2 history. Today, this piece of road was used to test 0-60 times. The Camaro was up first, clocking in a 5.2 second time 0-60mph with full throttle. It managed to get to 179mph on the full length of the straight.
The Mustang was slower, recording a fastest time of 5.5 seconds to 60mph. The Camaro’s automatic transmission gave it the edge in terms of shift times. As expected, the Shelby also performed worse on the standing mile and a half, only reaching 167mph.
Given a manual transmission, the Chevrolet might have had trouble with the Ford, especially if the Shelby had a little less wheelspin from a full throttle standing start, but it was one-nil to Camaro FC right now. Could the Shelby redeem itself on the race track?
Race Track
The old Honolulu Raceway was the venue for this next test. Situated next to the airport, this circuit was the Champion’s reward in the old TDU. The cars did a standing start at the Helmet’s Angels race marker for one lap of the circuit, timed by an independent stopwatch. The loser of the last challenge, the Mustang went first. Performing well around the track, the Mustang managed the lap in 2:04.5, a solid performance.
The Camaro was up next, promising great things with its Australian developed platform and testing. Both cars were solid, turning in well, and exiting the corner without drama, which may have been due to the assists. However, the Chevy was no match for the Shelby’s grunt, sulking home in 2:06.7.
In a reversal of fortune, the Mustang was now the winner, but as the score was one all, it was time to see how these cars would do in a less than ideal performance test.
Real World Performance
A racetrack is a good measure of performance, but it is flat and empty. This test would now head to the crater to test performance in real world conditions. The Around The Crater race was a Pro level race in TDU, unlocking the deluxe paint shop. While I had no intention of painting a DB9 bright pink, this road had hills, jumps and traffic to contend with. Maybe here, the Camaro could shake off its misfortune and finally come out on top.
Dodging traffic and ramping off hills, the Camaro completed the lap with 2:24.1, earning praise from me for its excellent brakes. Could the Mustang once again show the Camaro the way? I certainly thought so, but a traffic car at the intersection, a flip off a jump and a total time of 2:33.5 told me I’d backed the wrong horse.
Expressway/Mountain
Following the horrid run of the Shelby at the Crater Sprint, it was now time for a little handling: twisty coastal expressway and mountain roads in a dash from Follow The Leader D to Makapu’u Meditation. I opted to run the Camaro on the 6.5 mile sprint first, and I would be running the route in Challenge Editor to remove traffic from the equation. Despite a flip early on, the Chevy SS attacked the road to reach the house with 3:53.0.
The Shelby was next, and I was thinking that the Bowtie would once again trounce the Oval to take home a majority victory. Amazingly, the GT500 stayed right side up on the hill where the Chevrolet tried to re-orient itself. It took advantage of this and its supercharged Shelby power to run a 3:34.4, equalizing the score.
This test also confirmed the both cars’ drawback: they don’t turn quite as well as a lightweight track rocket, but this was to be expected from two American muscle cars. It was now time for the final challenge.
Airport Sprint
It would seem that Murphy and his Law had struck again. Eden Airlines Flight 1337 was soon due to take off from Honolulu International bound for Ibiza, but I was busy enjoying the view at Ford Island. I would have to dash through five miles of traffic to reach Departures, and the Shelby GT500 went first to bring it home for Ford.
I screamed through traffic to reach the airport in 3:18.1, probably enough time to get through Check-In… The Camaro was next, and it was almost too close to call, but with 3:18.0, the Chevy was handed the trophy, probably helped by me overshooting the intersection slightly in the Shelby run.
So then, the Shelby may have been faster on the track, it may have better interior visibility, it may have lost out in the expressway/mountain run, and it’s opponent might have won if I had not screwed up a couple of times but the fact is that the Camaro is cheaper than the Shelby, doesn’t take a real buck and an internet connection to buy, is probably faster to 60mph, records a higher top end speed, got a better time in the real world test and scraped through the Departures Dash to win 3-2 to the Mustang. Plus, the Chevrolet SS has a wide selection of colors to personalize your car. And finally, it can be stickered, so you can slap on your own Japanese license plate. YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
This is my first review on this game, and there’s always something to improve on. I’ll do another review soon, and I’ll try and incorporate lessons learned from this first attempt.
Hey there guys! I thought I’d do something here by taking two cars from TDU2 and reviewing them against each other. Now I know there may have been many car reviews before, but I will try my best to make this review informative and somewhat bearable. Let’s begin, shall we?
Chevrolet Camaro 2SS
The theme of our test is that of modern muscle car revivals, and the Camaro is a perfect example of this. It has a knockout blend of the fresh and the familiar, taking styling cues from the old ’69 and mixing them with all new things. Outside, it has a menacing profile, with the V shaped grille and narrow side windows mixing with the big tires and the cowl induction shaped hood to provide a feel that is both reminiscent of the Camaros of the muscle car age, yet unlike anything that wore the famed Camaro badge before. Inside, that mixture continues, with the gauge pods and overall layout of the interior mixing with new seats and a new steering wheel. Also inside, the narrow side windows and windshield do restrict visibility and the gauges aren’t the easiest to read. Firing up the Camaro though, the visibility issues are soon forgiven. The SS has a 6.2 V8 packing 426HP, enough to supposedly blast it to 60mph in just 4.8 seconds and onto a top speed of 174mph. The biggest advantage though is the price: $31,500 with a max discount. For a car in the A4 category, that’s great! The options are 21” polished aluminum wheels for $423, Inferno Orange Metallic and Red Jewel Tintcoat colors for $293, and stripes for $423, except with orange and dark red, where the total is $716. And yes, the colors include yellow with black stripes. The Camaro is a great looking car with great performance for under $40,000 that is sure to win some fans. But how well does it perform? Especially against its biggest rival…
Ford Shelby GT500
Ford’s stallion is represented in TDU2, but the Mustang GT is a 2010 model with the 4.6 V8 (even though the game says it’s a 5.0) and is in a different class to the Camaro. So in the interest of keeping things fair, I turned to its A4 incarnation: The GT500. The snake is packing an aggressive body, unmistakably a Shelby, with the stripes, snake badge and removal of GT fog lamps that Shelby fans have come to expect from the 5th Gen GT500. Inside, the upgrades continue, with striped seating, the Shelby logo on the steering wheel and black SVT branded gauges. The windows are bigger than in the Camaro, making for better visibility, but the steering wheel does block the gauges a bit. Starting the car rewards you with a meaty V8 sound, the Shelby bursting onto the scene with a supercharged 5.4 V8 with 550HP. It looks like it has the Camaro beaten on 0-60 too, 4.25 seconds to the British national speed limit leaving the Chevy a bit slow. However, the Shelby tops out at 161mph, so the Camaro beats it for speed. There’s another issue, the price. The Shelby costs $43,781 with discount, so the Camaro is definitely cheaper. The Shelby only comes in red with white stripes, and not forgetting that the GT500 is a DLC car, meaning that you will have to pay and download the ultimate Mustang. For someone who is penniless and/or does not have a PSN/XBOX Live account, that could be a problem.
To keep things fair, I bought the two vehicles brand new from the dealer, with no tuning. In fact, the only thing added was a Japanese style front license plate sticker on the Camaro.
So with the Chevy now registered with as a Japanese motor vehicle (sort of), it was now time to begin the test. Please note that the tests were done on Full Assistance to help keep wheelspin to a minimum, and to help stop the physics from screwing up a run.
Drag Racing
In downtown Honolulu, there was a straight piece of road stretching for about 1.5 miles (GPS verified) that has been used as a dragstrip throughout TDU and TDU2 history. Today, this piece of road was used to test 0-60 times. The Camaro was up first, clocking in a 5.2 second time 0-60mph with full throttle. It managed to get to 179mph on the full length of the straight.
The Mustang was slower, recording a fastest time of 5.5 seconds to 60mph. The Camaro’s automatic transmission gave it the edge in terms of shift times. As expected, the Shelby also performed worse on the standing mile and a half, only reaching 167mph.
Given a manual transmission, the Chevrolet might have had trouble with the Ford, especially if the Shelby had a little less wheelspin from a full throttle standing start, but it was one-nil to Camaro FC right now. Could the Shelby redeem itself on the race track?
Race Track
The old Honolulu Raceway was the venue for this next test. Situated next to the airport, this circuit was the Champion’s reward in the old TDU. The cars did a standing start at the Helmet’s Angels race marker for one lap of the circuit, timed by an independent stopwatch. The loser of the last challenge, the Mustang went first. Performing well around the track, the Mustang managed the lap in 2:04.5, a solid performance.
The Camaro was up next, promising great things with its Australian developed platform and testing. Both cars were solid, turning in well, and exiting the corner without drama, which may have been due to the assists. However, the Chevy was no match for the Shelby’s grunt, sulking home in 2:06.7.
In a reversal of fortune, the Mustang was now the winner, but as the score was one all, it was time to see how these cars would do in a less than ideal performance test.
Real World Performance
A racetrack is a good measure of performance, but it is flat and empty. This test would now head to the crater to test performance in real world conditions. The Around The Crater race was a Pro level race in TDU, unlocking the deluxe paint shop. While I had no intention of painting a DB9 bright pink, this road had hills, jumps and traffic to contend with. Maybe here, the Camaro could shake off its misfortune and finally come out on top.
Dodging traffic and ramping off hills, the Camaro completed the lap with 2:24.1, earning praise from me for its excellent brakes. Could the Mustang once again show the Camaro the way? I certainly thought so, but a traffic car at the intersection, a flip off a jump and a total time of 2:33.5 told me I’d backed the wrong horse.
Expressway/Mountain
Following the horrid run of the Shelby at the Crater Sprint, it was now time for a little handling: twisty coastal expressway and mountain roads in a dash from Follow The Leader D to Makapu’u Meditation. I opted to run the Camaro on the 6.5 mile sprint first, and I would be running the route in Challenge Editor to remove traffic from the equation. Despite a flip early on, the Chevy SS attacked the road to reach the house with 3:53.0.
The Shelby was next, and I was thinking that the Bowtie would once again trounce the Oval to take home a majority victory. Amazingly, the GT500 stayed right side up on the hill where the Chevrolet tried to re-orient itself. It took advantage of this and its supercharged Shelby power to run a 3:34.4, equalizing the score.
This test also confirmed the both cars’ drawback: they don’t turn quite as well as a lightweight track rocket, but this was to be expected from two American muscle cars. It was now time for the final challenge.
Airport Sprint
It would seem that Murphy and his Law had struck again. Eden Airlines Flight 1337 was soon due to take off from Honolulu International bound for Ibiza, but I was busy enjoying the view at Ford Island. I would have to dash through five miles of traffic to reach Departures, and the Shelby GT500 went first to bring it home for Ford.
I screamed through traffic to reach the airport in 3:18.1, probably enough time to get through Check-In… The Camaro was next, and it was almost too close to call, but with 3:18.0, the Chevy was handed the trophy, probably helped by me overshooting the intersection slightly in the Shelby run.
So then, the Shelby may have been faster on the track, it may have better interior visibility, it may have lost out in the expressway/mountain run, and it’s opponent might have won if I had not screwed up a couple of times but the fact is that the Camaro is cheaper than the Shelby, doesn’t take a real buck and an internet connection to buy, is probably faster to 60mph, records a higher top end speed, got a better time in the real world test and scraped through the Departures Dash to win 3-2 to the Mustang. Plus, the Chevrolet SS has a wide selection of colors to personalize your car. And finally, it can be stickered, so you can slap on your own Japanese license plate. YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
This is my first review on this game, and there’s always something to improve on. I’ll do another review soon, and I’ll try and incorporate lessons learned from this first attempt.
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