RacingGameFan22
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I saw this in the GT5
forum: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=113634, and I thought it was pretty neat and I thought that I should do the same for GT4.
Anyway, here's mine:
Cizeta V16T
A very rare, very provocatively styled Supercar from the people who do it best: Italians. a company founded by in part by Disco Hitmaker (and composer of the soundtrack of one of the greatest movies of the 80s: Scarface) Giorgio Moroder, Cizeta's goal was to make a supercar on par (or to even exceed) with Ferrari and Lamborghini. their only car they ever made, The V16T doesn't exactly roll of the mouth like Testarossa or Countach, but it is a very interesting car nonetheless. The powerplant of the V16T was also Interesting: a handmade, hand-welded V16. Now, the history of the V16 engine in a production car (at least where I'm from, the United States), two car makers come to mind: Cadillac and Marmon. but those car were straight-up V16s. the V16 in the V16T was two V8s molded together in a aluminum alloy housing (cooled by twin radiators) to power the Transmission, A ZF longitudinal five-speed manual (the engine also had four overhead cams per cylinder, which was unique at the time). the car also had Brakes supplied by the Italian masters of car stopping, Brembo. (with Vacuum Assist, of course) and the drivetrain is MR (That's Mid-Engine, Rear-Wheel Drive, for all you noobs reading this). the V16T weighed in at an hefty 1640 kg (or 3615 lbs), and the aluminum body covered a tubular steel frame. lastly, less of a dozen examples of this stunning piece of Italian craftmanship was ever produced, so, if you ever wanted to own this car in real life, you may have to shell out a pretty penny at an car auction (i.e. over US$ Two Million Dollars).
So, how did I like the car, personally?
well, I took it for a test drive at Midfield Raceway recently, and here are my thoughts;
The first thing I thought when I saw this car for the very first time in GT4 is, WOWSA!!
, what a car! If I ever owned this car in real life, I would get chicks! I mean, Lindsay Lohan, Anne Hathaway, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart AND Camilla Belle would be all over me of I drove up in this car!
I figured, since I haven't took it for a test drive for a while, I would take it for a spin at Midfield.
So, I picked regular tires and away I went.
Man, Was I disappointed with the results.
the cars did not handle well. It did not brake well (I could tell that even though the GT4 version (1994) was a timeless car in terms of being an Italian Supercar, the Brembo Brakes with Vacuum assist did not age well).
as I turned into the first corner, I could Immediately tell that the car did not "respond" to the corner as well as I thought it would.
you see, when you drive current high-performance cars that are in GT4 (Dodge Viper, Chevy Corvette, Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, BMW M5, etc., etc., etc.), when you brake into any sharp corner o in the game according to what the gear number next to the speedometer tells you, the car will Literally tell you when you braked enough to turn (yes, it is true also with most current mid-to-low power cars as well, but you can especially tell on the high-powered cars).
But, With the Cizeta V16T (and also with almost every high-performance car built after, say, 1995), when I braked into turn one at Midfield, I couldn't tell. Literally. it's like, in soccer. let's say, Leo Messi, right? one of the best soccer players in the world at the moment, right? let's just say for a minute that he is blindfolded and has ear plugs in his ears, so he doesn't know what coming or even if he scored a goal, right? let's assume he plays, say, Real Madrid at the Nou Camp, right. and he's blindfolded and has high-quality ear plugs, right? so he can't hear or see a single thing, right? now let's say he not in his early twenties, right? let's say, mid-to-late thirties, right? legs broken down, his fitness is not what it used to be, and he can't move laterally, right? now imagine that Leo Messi scoring 10-20 goals a season. or replicating Mardona's "Goal of the Century" or the "Hand of God"? or even leading Argentina to Gold at the Olympics. or even meeting Kobe Bryant at said Olympics? or even being consider one of the two best players in the entire world (after that diver/choke artiest from Portugal-we won't even mention his name).
back to topic.....
Anyways, I had to brake all the way down to first gear. even though the gear marker said second.
(BTW, I use AT, DS2, and all Aids on. Remember, Hardcore Racing fan, Semi-Causal Gamer here)
For some reason, also, I had trouble handling the V16T. I remember it had some understeer. of course, none as bad as the Escudo (NOTHING is as bad as that when It comes to understeer).
So, what's my final thoughts on it?
Well, Personally, the Cizeta V16T was CLEARLY not meant for racing.
it was meant for Grand Touring, or whatever in the hell they built Italian supercars for in the '80s
at first glance, I thought it was a apology note by KY And PD for not including Ferraris or any other Italian Supercar make in GT4 (which I hope they fix in GT4. I mean, they added Ferraris, after all. anything is possible).
But, I found out that maybe with the right tires (or maybe a Brake Balance Controller-but that's not available in Arcade Mode) maybe you can make it control it better.
Toodles.
forum: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=113634, and I thought it was pretty neat and I thought that I should do the same for GT4.Anyway, here's mine:
Cizeta V16T
A very rare, very provocatively styled Supercar from the people who do it best: Italians. a company founded by in part by Disco Hitmaker (and composer of the soundtrack of one of the greatest movies of the 80s: Scarface) Giorgio Moroder, Cizeta's goal was to make a supercar on par (or to even exceed) with Ferrari and Lamborghini. their only car they ever made, The V16T doesn't exactly roll of the mouth like Testarossa or Countach, but it is a very interesting car nonetheless. The powerplant of the V16T was also Interesting: a handmade, hand-welded V16. Now, the history of the V16 engine in a production car (at least where I'm from, the United States), two car makers come to mind: Cadillac and Marmon. but those car were straight-up V16s. the V16 in the V16T was two V8s molded together in a aluminum alloy housing (cooled by twin radiators) to power the Transmission, A ZF longitudinal five-speed manual (the engine also had four overhead cams per cylinder, which was unique at the time). the car also had Brakes supplied by the Italian masters of car stopping, Brembo. (with Vacuum Assist, of course) and the drivetrain is MR (That's Mid-Engine, Rear-Wheel Drive, for all you noobs reading this). the V16T weighed in at an hefty 1640 kg (or 3615 lbs), and the aluminum body covered a tubular steel frame. lastly, less of a dozen examples of this stunning piece of Italian craftmanship was ever produced, so, if you ever wanted to own this car in real life, you may have to shell out a pretty penny at an car auction (i.e. over US$ Two Million Dollars).
So, how did I like the car, personally?
well, I took it for a test drive at Midfield Raceway recently, and here are my thoughts;
The first thing I thought when I saw this car for the very first time in GT4 is, WOWSA!!
, what a car! If I ever owned this car in real life, I would get chicks! I mean, Lindsay Lohan, Anne Hathaway, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart AND Camilla Belle would be all over me of I drove up in this car!I figured, since I haven't took it for a test drive for a while, I would take it for a spin at Midfield.
So, I picked regular tires and away I went.
Man, Was I disappointed with the results.
the cars did not handle well. It did not brake well (I could tell that even though the GT4 version (1994) was a timeless car in terms of being an Italian Supercar, the Brembo Brakes with Vacuum assist did not age well).
as I turned into the first corner, I could Immediately tell that the car did not "respond" to the corner as well as I thought it would.
you see, when you drive current high-performance cars that are in GT4 (Dodge Viper, Chevy Corvette, Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, BMW M5, etc., etc., etc.), when you brake into any sharp corner o in the game according to what the gear number next to the speedometer tells you, the car will Literally tell you when you braked enough to turn (yes, it is true also with most current mid-to-low power cars as well, but you can especially tell on the high-powered cars).
But, With the Cizeta V16T (and also with almost every high-performance car built after, say, 1995), when I braked into turn one at Midfield, I couldn't tell. Literally. it's like, in soccer. let's say, Leo Messi, right? one of the best soccer players in the world at the moment, right? let's just say for a minute that he is blindfolded and has ear plugs in his ears, so he doesn't know what coming or even if he scored a goal, right? let's assume he plays, say, Real Madrid at the Nou Camp, right. and he's blindfolded and has high-quality ear plugs, right? so he can't hear or see a single thing, right? now let's say he not in his early twenties, right? let's say, mid-to-late thirties, right? legs broken down, his fitness is not what it used to be, and he can't move laterally, right? now imagine that Leo Messi scoring 10-20 goals a season. or replicating Mardona's "Goal of the Century" or the "Hand of God"? or even leading Argentina to Gold at the Olympics. or even meeting Kobe Bryant at said Olympics? or even being consider one of the two best players in the entire world (after that diver/choke artiest from Portugal-we won't even mention his name).
back to topic.....
Anyways, I had to brake all the way down to first gear. even though the gear marker said second.
(BTW, I use AT, DS2, and all Aids on. Remember, Hardcore Racing fan, Semi-Causal Gamer here)
For some reason, also, I had trouble handling the V16T. I remember it had some understeer. of course, none as bad as the Escudo (NOTHING is as bad as that when It comes to understeer).
So, what's my final thoughts on it?
Well, Personally, the Cizeta V16T was CLEARLY not meant for racing.
it was meant for Grand Touring, or whatever in the hell they built Italian supercars for in the '80s
at first glance, I thought it was a apology note by KY And PD for not including Ferraris or any other Italian Supercar make in GT4 (which I hope they fix in GT4. I mean, they added Ferraris, after all. anything is possible).
But, I found out that maybe with the right tires (or maybe a Brake Balance Controller-but that's not available in Arcade Mode) maybe you can make it control it better.
Toodles.
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