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Ah, I see, it's 'that track'! I downloaded it off you recently and it was cool :D Good to see one man's taken on board my destructive ways of doom. :D
 
Nope, it's cuz it's rubbish. As I've said many times before, a car that's fast but not fun isn't as good as a slower one that is. And as I said, I'd take the R34 over that every time.

I second the R34 bit. But fast > when racing. When cruising or being bored, fun > fast though.
 
Oh it's that jump track! I remember that we had Machate's cop thing and we all raced there in X2010s! But no one really jumped :(
 
I'm on the haters side even though I have the Premium GTRs. How can a 1400kg 850hp GTR beat a 1044kg 922hp Enzo? :confused:
 
I think Ongirl's just mad because the GT-R is faster around the Nurburgring than the Veyron. :D
 
It sounds like Porsche have paid Onboy to rant on about how rubbish the GT-R isn't. :sly:
 
uMadson?, you should change the thread title so people don't think Onboy is ranting about Dylan's R35, only the stock one. :)
 
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uMadson?, you should change the thread title so people don't think Onboy is ranting about Dylan's R35, only the stock one. :)

Oh, thanks for reminding me mate.

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not yet mang
 
I agree :D Think of the glory, the passion, the love you'll get from everyone! :D
Not to mention the haters who will undoubtedly kill me for denting their god :lol: And speaking of which, link the review to the OP, and get the banner done (or use the old one), and move it. It'll take you 5 minutes. 10 at most.
 
I agree :D Think of the glory, the passion, the love you'll get from everyone! :D

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Not to mention the haters who will undoubtedly kill me for denting their god :lol: And speaking of which, link the review to the OP, and get the banner done (or use the old one), and move it. It'll take you 5 minutes. 10 at most.

But I haven't posted DC's review yet :lol:
 
But I haven't posted DC's review yet :lol:
WELL POST IT!!! :mad: -.- Unless you're writing it for him or something…
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Done. Thanks TB for the quick respond and for helping out 👍 unlike somebody*coughuMadsoncough
 
WELL POST IT!!! :mad: -.- Unless you're writing it for him or something…

It's been written & sent in, I think there's just some pics that need editing for me.
I agree with you're R35 review, it may be fast but it's dull & boring. I'd rather go with a fun slower car everytime
 
It's been written & sent in, I think there's just some pics that need editing for me.
I agree with you're R35 review, it may be fast but it's dull & boring. I'd rather go with a fun slower car everytime

Aye, I had to correct it, pardon me for the delay. Was really preoccupied with various stuff.

Say, is it okay if you'll just be the one to post it after I send the review back to you?
 
DC9990
It's been written & sent in, I think there's just some pics that need editing for me.
I agree with you're R35 review, it may be fast but it's dull & boring. I'd rather go with a fun slower car everytime

Mind if you send me a copy before you post as well? I just want to take a quick look :)
 
Aye, I had to correct it, pardon me for the delay. Was really preoccupied with various stuff.

Say, is it okay if you'll just be the one to post it after I send the review back to you?

Yeah that's fine, I'm just about to pop out now but I'll edit this when I get back or make a new post if there's many posts after this

Mind if you send me a copy before you post as well? I just want to take a quick look :)

Yeah sure you should get it in a sec
 
Jesus...and I thought I did long reviews!

👍 for effort! I have not read anything like it, from anyone who does reviews, I have never read something so long! :lol:
 
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*Review originally posted here

Bull Fighting
MadFinnTuner’s Countach 560SV-

This is a classic Lamborghini. Mid-engined, rear wheel drive, dramatic, looks insane, sounds amazing. Unfortunately, because of its classic origins, it also has just about every other bad trait an old bull like this can have. The steering is like that of a tractor, it’s heavy, cumbersome. It rolls around like it’s drunk when you finally point it in the right direction and it’s not that fast. Most of all though, it just feels too unpredictable, you can never tell if it’s going to take the corner, just plough straight on or buck you off with a sudden bout of oversteer. Oh, and the brakes are appalling. Until you really stand on them, they don’t really feel like they’re working. So, bad brakes, crap handling, and the fact that it weighs 1.4 tons mean that it can only lap the Top Gear Test Track in 1:22.361, so it’s not the last word in ultimate track day performance either.

And yet, there’s something about this car, I can’t really put my finger on it, but it’s really lovable. Maybe it’s the lunacy of it all. Driving this makes me feel like a little school boy. It’s like a comic book character, it’s very over the top, and I love it for being so bold. But it’s not what you’d call user-friendly, is it? In fact, it’s everything but that. Which means you can’t really use it, not when it tries to kill you at every corner. Don’t worry though, because there is a solution to this problem of satisfying your inner 5 year old as well as the petrolhead inside. And this solution is from MFT, and it’s called the Countach 560SV.
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It’s stiffer, angrier and lighter than before. It has a new gearbox, an adjusted diff and now sends 560hp to the rear wheels. Its also got stickier tyres and fully adjustable suspension, and the difference is astonishing! What was a lardy, V12, Italian truck of a thing has been transformed into a proper supercar. The handling isn’t like that of a tank, in fact, it seems to have captured the brutality of being a super bull while being manageable and thrilling to drive right up to the limit and to be able to hold it there. Step over that limit though, and it’ll all over. Just like that. Backwards in a cloud of tyre smoke, normally only inches away from an armco. But it’s not discouraging, in fact, it’s addictive! You just want to go back for more, you want to piss it off as much as you can, you want to get it as sideways as it can possibly go. And if you can narrowly avoid being gored by its horns, well, that’s just an excuse to try even harder!

What MFT has done here is, from my point of view, not stop the bull from killing you, but turn the whole thing into a game. And the aim of this game is to hold the bull is as big a slide as you can without it bucking you off and into the gravel trap. It’s great fun, but it’s not the ‘sawing at the wheel/controller to keep the damn thing straight’ issue you’d get with a Ruf. It’s not stressy. It’s just that this old bull doesn’t like to be manhandled, it wants to retire to the garage and gather dust. But just take it out, show it who’s boss (with respect, obviously), drive it to the very limit and you’ll never want to get out of it. Oh, and just so you know, it did a lap of 1:15.658, not what you’d call...slow. This, then, is what the Countach should have been. Looks great, goes fast, meet the new boss of the big bad bulls. The MFT Lamborghini Countach 560SV.
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Lap Times- Top Gear Test Track
1:22.361 (before)
1:15.658 (after)
 
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