Last week I had some runs on the Nordschleife in a couple of cars :
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NEWDRIVER2 Toyota 2000GT '67 "Golden Bullet".
This is quick. Relentless acceleration and a surprising top speed - I reached 172mph under the bridge on Dottinger Hohe. Offline I found a bit of understeer in slower/mid corners but sometimes I think I was arriving faster than I'm used to and braked too late. Like @
Ronald6 found, though, it just carves through the high speed corners, even if it did feel a little floaty at times.
As usual, slow-in, fast-out is the name of the game and getting the right line and acceleration point will see you rocket of the corner. Some care is required though as the rear can get loose. Offline, I was heading for around 8:04/8:05 without the inevitable "hit big curb-spin-swear" scenerio. I could see me getting 8:00 with this car after a bit of practice.
Online was a different story, however. The standing start saw me snaking off the line (well done to PD for improved realism) and the reduced grip had me running wide a few times. This car is very unforgiving if you stray onto a curb or a bit of grass and will think of nothing of spitting you backwards out of the corner into the Armco if you do so. Braking at the end of Dottinger is a bit of a terryfing experience and should be done in early and in stages as the car got very unstable.
Overall though a fast and nicely balanced 450pp tune for a beautiful classic, but needs care online to keep it on the straight and narrow. What's more PD have given it the Premium treatment, so go and get one. NOW!
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XDesperado67 Audi TTS Coupe '09 "Sigrun"
Yes, a nice stable 4wd option for clumsy oafs
. As much as I love the 2000GT my hopeless online performance led me to look for a safer drive. Haven't tried it offline yet, but ran a few online races and found it to be fast and stable. There is a bit of the usual 4wd understeer but I removed the rear brake bias as I found it upset the corner entry - I really don't get on with rear bias in most cars.
Excellent grip as expected for those aggressive corner exits just make sure you've got your line first. One of it's biggest strengths is the standing start though: no wheelspin, doesn't bog down it simlpy launches off the line like the proverbial whippet. So much so I was braking to avoid the car in front as they'd barely moved: especially take care if you start behind a front wheel drive
.
I also didn't apply the aero; I was wondering if this made much difference Desp? Does it not create drag at high speed?
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ACSR421 Abarth 500 '09
Loved it. I actually achieved an online victory (in around 8:15) - long after you guys had left The Hill. Everything you'd expect from a sweet front wheel drive setup: good traction and stability, minimal understeer and accelerates better than you'd expect, up to the 150mph region. You need to adopt the FWD driving style of course, slightly earlier braking to avoid cooking the front tyres and losing exit grip.
I was using the setup from December, so I need to apply the January revision and compare.
I also have the Abarth tune from @
CyKosis1973 on the same car. I did a quick offline run - I felt this was a more aggressive but less forgiving setup. Possibly a bit quicker than ACSR's if you have a clean run, perhaps not as easy for the fat thumbed in an online race
. Hopefully I'll find out soon.
Next, I will be trying the Alto from @
Niku Driver HC - this is definitely my kind of car.