Did a test with my 3 preferred cars on the tracks we're using this season, on nearly all tracks I did the same amount of laps. At Brands & Cape Ring the Volvo has done more laps. The Nissan got an extra 2 laps at Nurb & Silverstone thanks to errors.
Brands Hatch Indy
Nissan: 46.935: Easiest car to drive and has a bit more in it.
Hyundai: 46.891: Harder to drive than Nissan.
Volvo: 47.175: Took a lot longer to achieve & hardest to drive.
Monza 80's
Volvo: 1:49.4: Pretty straightforward, probably some more left.
Hyundai: 1:50.156: Took a while to achieve.
Nissan: 1:50.191: Had a bit more in it and took the longest to achieve.
Nissan seemed lowest in the first sector at Monza(31.1)
Hyundai: 30.9
Volvo: 30.7
In the middle sector the Hyundai gained a little bit (0.1) of time back and the Nissan gained 0.1 on the Hyundai. The last sector both lost about 0.5 to the Volvo.
Cape Ring South
Volvo: 1:17.3: With another 0.2 in the bag.
Nissan: 1:18.0: Again the car feels good but the lap time doesn't show it.
Hyundai: 1:17.6: Nothing special to mention.
Silverstone National
Volvo: 58.2: Seemed to struggle a little bit here.
Hyundai: 57.973: Felt fantastic.
Nissan: 57.877: Pretty good and more stable than the other cars.
Red Bull Ring Short
Nissan: 53.304: Has a tenth left, nothing special to say but mind exit kerb on final corner.
Hyundai: 53.197: Much better on the kerbs, be a bit careful on power.
Volvo: 53.047: Wheel spin can put the car on the astro on the corner exits so be mindful of that as you'll lose time with that.
Nurburgring/D
Nissan: 1:32.4: A bit more in that.
Hyundai: 1:32.4: Fractions faster than the Nissan.
Volvo: 1:32.7: Didn't feel anything special.
Brands Hatch GP
Hyundai: 1:29.5: Felt pretty good overall.
Nissan: 1:29.7: Felt great on the first half of the lap, wasn't so good in the second half.
Volvo: 1:30.3: That was terrible.
Spa Francorchamps
Volvo: 2:28.8: Nothing too special, losing out in the middle sector.
Nissan: 2:28.1: Great handling, slower than the Hyundai and the Volvo in sectors 1 & 3 but dominates them in the middle part of the lap.
Hyundai: 2:28.4: Felt reasonable, lost out a little bit in the first sector when I red lined just before the end of the straight, probably another 0.1 or 0.2 but not on the same level the Nissan is. Also good through the bus stop.
Combined Times in seconds (probably unrepresentative)
Taking into account time that I think is still left in the car *not 100% accurate*
Nissan: 675.657
Hyundai: 675.367
Volvo: 676.022
Combined Times in seconds (probably unrepresentative)
Not taken into account
Nissan: 676.507
Hyundai: 676.117
Volvo: 676.922
- So overall these cars are separated by less than a second which is quite good.
Conclusions
- The Volvo doesn't seem to be as OP as people think. Have to push a bit harder than the other cars to get a time out of it on the twisty circuits.
- The Nissan is very easy to drive but seems to struggle slightly in the high speed corners.
- The Hyundai seems to have good top speed and isn't bad round the corners either but I still feel more comfortable driving the Nissan.
Personally the cars are close and I don't quite know which I prefer.
