Is the GT40 a decent car to use?

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Road car? Yes. Race car? Probably.

They both have skinny tyres and drum rear brakes - 1960s technology after all - but phenomenal torque. Brake earlier than for almost any other car, but being MR and with that torque, they'll drag you right through the corner happily.
 
Jump to the on-line racing section of the forum, and subscribe to the GT40 series that will start soon.
You'll have to get one if you don't have any yet, but when the series is over you'll be a top GT40 driver.
Or at least you'll hopefully have found how to make it turn and brake properly. That's the reason why I subscribed to this series, I remember having had a bad time trying the gold S-2 licence again and again.
 
Yeah, join it, I need more racers.
The road car is great, I won the Amature GT all stars with it.
 
Originally posted by radicool02
Yeah, join it, I need more racers.
The road car is great, I won the Amature GT all stars with it.
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You should give extra points to people who do advertising for the GT40 Cup in other threads. :D
I'm such a crap with that car that I know I won't get much points in the official way ;)
 
Originally posted by Frmr97GXE
Tried using GT40 street car once. Concluded that it's an untunable piece of crap and moved on.
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I had exactly the same feeling. This is THE opportunity to change our mind on this car.
Look, GT is the 'real driving simulator', so it's supposed to reflect reality as much as possible. The GT40 is a myth and it won several times Le Mans in the late '60s. I just can't believe it's truly a piece of **** as it seems when I first drove it in the game, I think there are settings to find or a way to use its features so as to get the best out of it.
 
My guess is that either 60s race cars were in fact pieces of crap, or the game is just not modelling it correctly. And I have the same impression about Zonda too. Yes it is the fastest true street car in the game, but the extreme setting required to make it so are completely unrealistic.
 
I just won the Road car, myself. I only had the GT40 Race car, my first time around with GT3, so I too am curious how the road handles.
For me, it I dont car if it doesnt grip like an F1, it still looks and sounds sweet. But, Im a nostalgic kind of guy.
 
Originally posted by Frmr97GXE
My guess is that either 60s race cars were in fact pieces of crap
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I'm waiting GT4 to check how the Alpine behaves. With the real car, each clean turn was a miracle.:eek:
 
I am planning on running the Professional GT World Championship soon, to get either the Calibra Touring Car or the GT40 Race Car. I'm leaning toward the Calibra Touring Car because if I get that then I will have all 3 of the touring cars which I enjoy driving very much. I'll have to test both of them though, because I don't know how each of them handle, but I'm expecting that the Calibra is going to out-do the GT40. Compare the stats: a modern-day touring car against a 60's American race car. I just don't think there will be any competition between them except perhaps on the Test Course.

As for the road car, it handles quite nicely. I have to say it is probably one of my favorite cars to drive.
 
I would be expecting the opposite because of the GT40's enormous torque. I'll run some laps on Midfield tonight to check this out.
 
I guess I'll take 'stock' for both of them. (I use an X-port, I can choose whatever I want without any existing garage limitation). :mischievous:
 
Originally posted by flat-out
I guess I'll take 'stock' for both of them. (I use an X-port, I can choose whatever I want without any existing garage limitation). :mischievous:
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Can you do me a favor and run a fully modded GT40 stree on T3s at Laguna. That's my benchmark circuit and I am wondering what kind of times it would get, but am too lazy to go through the trouble of winning the damn POS again. Let's say best of 5 laps.
 
Uggh...that S2 license is still killing me. I'm off by nearly 4 seconds! I decided to go back and try to gold the easier licenses, figure what I learn there will help me in the Super license...just one away from golding the b license...damn that trial mountain, can't get that last turn smooth enough so I can accelerate through it!
 
Originally posted by Frmr97GXE
Can you do me a favor and run a fully modded GT40 stree on T3s at Laguna. That's my benchmark circuit and I am wondering what kind of times it would get, but am too lazy to go through the trouble of winning the damn POS again. Let's say best of 5 laps.
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I'll do it. I tried to x-port a stock calibra, but it comes with a reverse gearbox due to some X-port feature. (I mean 1 loooooooong forward gear and 6 reverse gears). Then I'll do it with both fully modded cars so that I can have a full tuned gearbox (and a driveable car).
I'll post the results tomorrow.
 
Solved by going into the car's settings in the game and clicking Final Drive one click one way and one click back again.
 
Originally posted by SnowbordrWRX
Uggh...that S2 license is still killing me. I'm off by nearly 4 seconds! I decided to go back and try to gold the easier licenses, figure what I learn there will help me in the Super license...just one away from golding the b license...damn that trial mountain, can't get that last turn smooth enough so I can accelerate through it!
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Smooth last turn at Trial Mountain :confused: You should go through the final left/right flat-out. For the left hand turn before that, brake in 4th on the rumble strip, turn left on the racing line and downshift to 3rd. You should reach your minimum speed at around 60 mph on the apex, then full gas will kick you on the outside rumble strip (hopefully not no much in the grass) and here it goes.
(I hope my english is good enough for you to understand what I mean:odd: )
 
Originally posted by Famine
Solved by going into the car's settings in the game and clicking Final Drive one click one way and one click back again.
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Thanks for the tip Famine, but it's getting late and "Mrs Flat-out" and 3 kids will wake me up early tomorrow. I'll give it a try during the week-end.;)
 
Originally posted by flat-out
I would be expecting the opposite because of the GT40's enormous torque. I'll run some laps on Midfield tonight to check this out.
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Well, I ran that championship today. I have officially concluded that the Calibras is a better car. I got it, without adjusting the settings, only 10 mph behind the GT40 and much better acceleration. I also noticed the Calibra's handling was much better (that was a given, for me anyways). I went with it. Don't worry, I'll run that championship yet again and get the GT40, and then I can say I have both of them. No duh.
 
Originally posted by Frmr97GXE
Can you do me a favor and run a fully modded GT40 stree on T3s at Laguna. That's my benchmark circuit and I am wondering what kind of times it would get, but am too lazy to go through the trouble of winning the damn POS again. Let's say best of 5 laps.
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Here are the results of the tests :

Midfield Raceway
1. 1'06:275 - Modded GT40 Race Car
2. 1'08:079 - Modded Opel Calibra
3. 1'08:830 - Stock GT40 Race Car
4. 1'11:596 - Stock Opel Calibra

Laguna Seca
1. 1'18:197 - Modded GT40 Race Car
2. 1'20:164 - Modded Opel Calibra
3. 1'20:476 - Stock GT40 Race Car
4. 1'21:981 - Stock Opel Calibra

The full modded Calibra is just better than a stock GT40 Race Car. But if you look for clean laps, you should get the Calibra anyway : I hadn't one single clean lap on Laguna with the GT40.

BTW, some info about the HP :
Opel Calibra : 471 hp / 758 hp
GT40 Race Car : 518 hp / 699 hp
 
Originally posted by flat-out
Here are the results of the tests :

Midfield Raceway
1. 1'06:275 - Modded GT40 Race Car
2. 1'08:079 - Modded Opel Calibra
3. 1'08:830 - Stock GT40 Race Car
4. 1'11:596 - Stock Opel Calibra

Laguna Seca
1. 1'18:197 - Modded GT40 Race Car
2. 1'20:164 - Modded Opel Calibra
3. 1'20:476 - Stock GT40 Race Car
4. 1'21:981 - Stock Opel Calibra

The full modded Calibra is just better than a stock GT40 Race Car. But if you look for clean laps, you should get the Calibra anyway : I hadn't one single clean lap on Laguna with the GT40.

BTW, some info about the HP :
Opel Calibra : 471 hp / 758 hp
GT40 Race Car : 518 hp / 699 hp
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I am in disagreement. I don't see how you got a better time with the GT40, unless you messed around with the settings A LOT more than I did. I spent a good 30 minutes at Midfield trying to get this car to handle well, but I just couldn't grasp it. I got the GT40 first, then the Calibra, and found that both with the same settings and without the Calibra got better times. For me, that is. Maybe you just race differently, because I liked the Calibra a lot better than the GT40.

NOTE: Both of these cars are excellent. When I said that the GT40 didn't handle well, I was comparing it to the Calibra. The GT40 handles very well, in fact, but the Calibra can hold a line much better. That's my opinion, and I'm sticking with it!
 
The GT40 is the quicker car. You just have to learn how to drive it - brake much earlier and power through the turn.

Using a stock setting GT40 (just ASM off, TCS on 1), tuned to 699hp on T8s I pulled a 1'02.557 inside 3 laps at Midfield. And that was five days ago, before I read this :D
 
Allright. I guess I just didn't spend enough time with it. I'll get the GT40 Race Car and keep it sometime, because that is the only car I have left to get from the GT World Championship in the Professional League. Then I'll spend some quality time with it and fool around with the settings, and see what it really could do.

Sorry for arguing with you flat-out, I have to say that that was my bad. :D
 
I have plenty of grip cars in my Garage that handle well with little effort. However, I have few cars that handle well when properly tuned and driven, sound great, and simply are fun to look at.

GT40 is worth the effort, and worthy of being in my garage.
 
Ya the Gt40 Street car is definatley a GREAT car. With all the goodies and a good bit of tuning it can really lay down some good times. I mean think about it the car weighs about as much as lightened civic with a BIG V8. Only problem with is the suspension. Tweak it a little bit and it handles fine. The only thing I have to complain about is its brakes. But I am not the master brake tuner. Just a suspension tuner. :mischievous:
 
Originally posted by jamxx
I am in disagreement. I don't see how you got a better time with the GT40, unless you messed around with the settings A LOT more than I did. I spent a good 30 minutes at Midfield trying to get this car to handle well, but I just couldn't grasp it.
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I didn't change any settings, I drove the cars as they came from the car dealer. You simply drive them in different ways. The Calibra is certainly the easiest to start with because you can feel it better. But once you've got the feeling with the GT40 you can just lap 10 seconds faster than the Calibra. Practice is the key :lol:
 

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