FITT Street Sport
@787bcgr – Tuscan Speed 6
1:22.388
DC – 9.3
Entry: Good positive turn in, feels poised but stable. Brakes weren't too bad, a little bit numb but didn't detract from grip too much or overload the tyres.
Mid: Fairly neutral, decent balance of stability when off the throttle and controlled oversteer when on it. The car did feel slightly floaty and could get out of line easily which sometimes cost speed on exit, but if kept in check was quite compliant.
Exit: If you were extremely careful about how and where you were putting the power down then it got good drive out of the corners. Careful is the word though, it was extremely easy to light the rear tyres up or get a big serving of oversteer if you had a little too much steering angle or too much weight on the rear tyres. The oversteer was controllable when it did occur but could easily spoil a lap.
Overall Enjoyment: I liked the car, felt very pure and driver focussed. You could feel the car responding to even the slightest input, very easy to feel the weight and load transferring as you accelerate, brake and steer giving great feedback and control to the driver. I think if I spent a long time driving the car I could get much faster and with every bit of time shaved off I would feel like I'd earned it.
@Bowtie-muscle – Esprit V8
01:21. 424
DC – 8
Entry: Felt very stable and planted on entry, the brakes were a little bit heavy but got the car slowed down quickly
Mid: Not bad rotation and grip but did start to understeer a little in the longer corners and when pushed. Not a massive issue but cost it a few tenths here and there.
Exit: Extremely easy to get the power down and had good drive out of the corners. 2nd felt a little bit long and seemed to be reducing the acceleration a little bit.
Overall Enjoyment: Felt fairly good and was very easy to drive consistently, there was always a slight feeling of restraint though, wasn't bad but prevented me pushing as hard as I would have liked and made better use of the traction. I think it might have faired better without the ballast in the nose and if it had slightly stiffer rear springs, some of the understeer felt like it was a result of the car squatting under throttle application and transferring load off the front tyres.
@DaBomm4 – Tuscan Speed 6
1:22.411
DC – 7.8
Entry: Fairly stable and neutral, slight hesitation between input and reaction but not really a problem. Brakes felt pretty good but did occasionally overload the outside front tyre.
Mid: Very neutral with a bit of understeer. Held its rotation pretty well but definitely had limits on how fast you could go before the understeer would get intrusive. Very stable through the tighter part of the circuit, the car definitely made some time up there.
Exit: Fairly easy to get the power down but if you did get wheel spin the oversteer was hard to control and could quickly get out of hand.
Overall Enjoyment: Not bad at all, very easy to drive but quite hard to push. The car liked running at a decent consistent speed but got a little overwhelmed when you tried to get more speed out of the car. I did find myself bouncing off the rev limiter a few times on the start/finish straight, I'd always advise setting the trans a little bit longer than you think necessary just to be sure.
@demonchilde - Esprit V8
01:22.004
DC – 7.5
Entry: Stable but a little bit unresponsive to steering input. Brakes felt fairly good but did sometimes transfer too much load onto the front tyres and reduce rear grip.
Mid: Stable and grippy but quite a lot of understeer in the longer corners which is where I feel the most time was lost.
Exit: Had to wait quite a long time to get back on the throttle but it was easy to put the power down when I did. Felt stable as ever but the understeer was also still present.
Overall Enjoyment: Not a difficult or testing car to drive but not the most exciting either. It was good at forgiving mistakes but hard to find much pace beyond consistent laps. The transmission was also really long, I don't think I ever got the car out of 4th, this did help power delivery but it also killed some of the acceleration.
DolHaus – Esprit V8
1:20.804
DC -8.5
@nijalninja – Esprit V8
1:22.531
DC – 7.4
Entry: Felt fairly stable and predictable but a little bit hesitant to turn in. Brakes felt quite effective but took away some rotation.
Mid: Loads of grip but quite a lot of understeer, stable and planted but hard to keep the speed up.
Exit: The car makes you wait to get back on the throttle but once you do the power delivery is crisp and direct and accelerates the car well. It will both understeer and oversteer if you are not careful with the throttle but its fairly easy to learn.
Overall Enjoyment: The car was fairly easy to drive but hard to drive fast. The general feeling of understeer and stability made the car very forgiving in the sense that you'd struggle to spin but at the same time made it hard to correct and maintain speed.
@praiano63 – Esprit V8
1:21.174
DC – 9
Entry: Good brakes, stable and predictable turn in
Mid: Decent rotation, held its line extremely well
Exit: Developed slight understeer on exit when pushing hard but completely manageable otherwise. Very easy to get on the power early
Overall Enjoyment: Great tune, very easy to drive fast, consistent laps. Well balanced and forgiving, did everything that you asked of it. My one small issue was the LSD, just didn't feel right, the rear would squirm around coming out of the corners and it felt like it was losing a bit of acceleration as the power shuffled between inside and outside wheel, never really felt like I was getting full power. I think the high Initial/low Accel was making the LSD behave oddly, didn't really affect the car too badly but wasn't getting the power down as well as some of the others.
@Ridox2JZGTE – Esprit V8
1:24.106
DC – 7.9
Entry: Fairly responsive, decent rotation. The brakes felt a bit numb but were functional enough
Mid: Good rotation but loved to overload the tyres, felt slightly like it was skating and didn't fill me with confidence.
Exit: If you were careful on the throttle you could get the power down but it did love to light up the rear tyres and spin the power away. The oversteer was easily controlled when the car lost traction and kind of fun but not conducive to clean laps.
Overall Enjoyment: Not a bad car, certainly an experience, quite testing to drive and would take a lot of practice to get used to. It had decent balance but very little traction and needed a lot of concentration to keep in line, this made it feel rewarding and frustrating at the same time.
@shaunm80 – Tuscan Speed 6
1:22.294
DC – 9.1
Entry: Very precise and easy to place, stable but not restrictive. Brakes felt good and solid and didn't overload the front tyres maintaining grip.
Mid: Good rotation, felt slightly like it was skating constantly but still had plenty of grip. Understeer and oversteer are both possible but it will be purely down to driver error.
Exit: Easy to put the power down and reasonably stable, didn't feel like it had the punch of some of the others though. The car squirms slightly on the throttle which suggests to me that the LSD Accel might just be a little bit too open.
Overall Enjoyment: A very composed and easy to drive car, did everything that was asked of it. Lacked a bit of aggression on the throttle and a noticeable personality but that was the only real downsides for me, the car performed very well otherwise. Well done
@sinof1337 – Esprit V8
1:21.884
DC – 7.5
Entry: Stable but a bit slow to react to inputs. Brakes felt solid although did reduce entry rotation slightly, entirely manageable though.
Mid: Again very stable but a fair bit of understeer in the mid part of the corner that was preventing me from holding as much speed as I would have liked.
Exit: Stable and planted for the most part, could break away if really pushed but got the power down well. Didn't feel like the engine had as much grunt as some of the others though, seemed to lack some punch on exit.
Overall Enjoyment: Wasn't bad by a long shot, just didn't feel particularly dynamic or memorable. Stable and easy to drive but felt far too tame and restrained for my tastes.
@xande1959 – Tuscan Speed 6
1:23.421
DC - 8
Entry: Felt very soft and forgiving, a bit slow to respond to steering input but easy to get used to. Brakes felt good but did sometimes overload the front tyres during heavy use.
Mid: Tons of grip, felt very stable and planted but I fear the body roll was costing it a lot of speed during the longer corners. Easy to make course adjustments mid corner without upsetting the balance.
Exit: This thing went like a bullet leaving a gun out of the corners, loads of grip at the rear allowed the car to use all that extra power to propel it from one corner to the next in the blink of an eye. The rear tyres would occasionally get overwhelmed by the power but the oversteer was easily controllable.
Overall Enjoyment: I enjoyed this car but was completely surprised by the times, I can't for the life of me tell why it was so far off the pace. To drive, the car felt fast and nimble and was putting the power down really easily coming out of the corners but somehow it just didn't show in the times. I can only speculate that the extra weight was killing the speed in the corners and there weren't enough straights for the extra power to make up the difference.