Is the GT40 a decent car to use?

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Mmmkay. Well, I just ran the Gran Turismo All Stars in the Amateur League last night, and I was aiming for a black GT40 Race Car. After 37 tries of the save/reload trick, I got the GT40 for only the third time and luckily it wasn't yellow. I told myself that the next GT40 I got was going to be the last one I tried to get, because I spent a good 30 minutes trying to get the GT40 period.

Now, I have 2! YAY! (red and black)

Next time I'm aiming for a blue one, or a white one. I really like the colors the GT40 comes in, so I am going to get a few GT40's to use. :D
 
Originally posted by flat-out
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.
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WHOA! Just read this post, I must've skipped it earlier. When you tested the Calibra, did you only have one long forward gear, or did you go win it??? :confused:
 
Originally posted by jamxx
WHOA! Just read this post, I must've skipped it earlier. When you tested the Calibra, did you only have one long forward gear, or did you go win it??? :confused:
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I used Famine's trick to set up the gearbox, that was the less time consuming.

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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Originally posted by jamxx
Mmmkay. Well, I just ran the Gran Turismo All Stars in the Amateur League last night, and I was aiming for a black GT40 Race Car. After 37 tries of the save/reload trick, I got the GT40 for only the third time and luckily it wasn't yellow. I told myself that the next GT40 I got was going to be the last one I tried to get, because I spent a good 30 minutes trying to get the GT40 period.

Now, I have 2! YAY! (red and black)

Next time I'm aiming for a blue one, or a white one. I really like the colors the GT40 comes in, so I am going to get a few GT40's to use. :D
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Are you guys talking about the same GT40. The Race GT40 is Pale blue with Orange Markings. The road version comes in many colours. The road version GT40 is not as fast as the Race version GT40. I am getting a bit confused.
 
i have a green GT40. In real the real world i hear this car has perfect handling but in game WTF!?!
 
Originally posted by Uncle Harry
Are you guys talking about the same GT40. The Race GT40 is Pale blue with Orange Markings. The road version comes in many colours. The road version GT40 is not as fast as the Race version GT40. I am getting a bit confused.
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Well, I have the GT40 in RED and BLACK.

The GT40 Race Car only comes in one color.

I don't have the GT40 Race Car yet, but I'm planning on running that championship sometime soon. However, I probably won't be spending a lot of time at my PS2 for a while, though, because I'm getting a new R/C car that should be here by Thursday, or earlier. I've already got a drift-setup ready for it, so I'm anxiously waiting for the package to arrive. It is about to drive me crazy!
 
Originally posted by flat-out
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: )
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:odd: I'm supposed to shift to 4th? where? Once I get to 3rd at the first tunnel I stay on that gear and use throttle control to turn the car. Is that not the way to do it? I went to the gold junkies site and it didn't say anything about shifting to 4th...I'm now just .662 seconds off from golding the B license but can't figure out where that last split second is :banghead:
 
Originally posted by SnowbordrWRX
:odd: I'm supposed to shift to 4th? where? Once I get to 3rd at the first tunnel I stay on that gear and use throttle control to turn the car. Is that not the way to do it? I went to the gold junkies site and it didn't say anything about shifting to 4th...I'm now just .662 seconds off from golding the B license but can't figure out where that last split second is :banghead:
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Sorry, there was a misunderstanding ; you wrote S2 license (GT40 on Seattle) and then you wrote about Trial Mountain without mentioning which license. I assumed you were talking about S3 license, so I posted my method for passing this S3 final turn.
Now that I read your post again, I understand that you're talking about B8 license, which is on a part of Trial Mountain in that un-turnable Skyline.

I remembered this one was by far the most difficult of the B licenses, and I tried it for at least 100 times. My method was :
- shift in 2nd gear when reaching the red zone in 1st gear
- stay on the outside as long as possible before turning straight to the apex in the tunnel
- try to exit the tunnel with the car on the left part of the track
- shift into 3rd over the crest
- quick and hard braking and shift down to 2nd to lower the speed around 56 mph on the outside rumble strip before turn 2
- then accelerate and shift up into 3rd through turn 2
- keep on flatout through the rocky part
- have the car on the outside rumble strip before the tunnel
- start to turn the wheel softly as soon as the car is in the tunnel
- accelerate when the car leaves the first tunnel and brush the outside wall of the last tunnel.
The key is to keep as much speed as possible in the final lefthander without understeering. This I did by starting to turn the wheels sooner than I would do usually, which resulted in the car brushing both the inside wall at the apex and the outside wall in the final tunnel. It'll come naturally when you've practised enough.
 
Thanks...I'll try it. Yeah, I guess I got off-topic here. My two tests right now is just passing the S2 and golding the B8. I figured if I redo some of the earlier license tests it will improve my driving and help me get that S-license and complete the Time-Trials.
 
The GT40 is good. I want it.I tried it on my friends file and it's good but if your planning on using it for the tokyo endurance then I would get a different car.If you tune it up then it will be hard to maintain 1st.
 
The GT40 is one of the best drives in the game .... with the right set up :cool:

I have a set up than can get a sub 1 minute run on Midfield :D

I will post it next time I boot up the PS2 👍

The GT40 is a sweet machine .... one of my faves.
 
BUMP

I just got the GT40 road car ..... and its great !

The handling is superb, acceleration is good, apart from the fact you have to brake very early due to old fashioned brakes its a great car. I won one of the series in it where you get the GT one road car. A great car the GT40.
 
GT3 newbie
BUMP

I just got the GT40 road car ..... and its great !

The handling is superb, acceleration is good, apart from the fact you have to brake very early due to old fashioned brakes its a great car. I won one of the series in it where you get the GT one road car. A great car the GT40.
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I was just reading this thread. It's a great one to bump. 👍 +rep

Sounds like you got the basics down: great traction & flexibility out of corners, but DAMN those brakes are old-fashioned! Just imagine that braking like this was considered top-notch technology for passenger cars back in those days.
 
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Due to the skinny tires and poor brakes, I've always driven this car as if it constantly understeered. Throw it around every corner and slide it through. The big rear tires usually save you from any bag things that might happen.
 
Also, its extremely easy to avoid a spin-out, even on sand or grass.

I was doing the amateur MR races in the GT one but couldn't control at over 1000+ bhp lowered it to about 800 and still was hard.

So guess which car I turned back to ? :)

The GT40 left the others in the dust, really looking forward to driving the GT40 race car, expecting a lot from it, are the brakes improved on the race car ?
 
GT3 newbie
The GT40 left the others in the dust, really looking forward to driving the GT40 race car, expecting a lot from it, are the brakes improved on the race car ?
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You shouldn't need 1,000 horses to tackle the Amateur MR's...

The GT40 race car has improved stopping abilities since front downforce can be manipulated, or at least is stronger than in the road car, but it's still lo-fi technology so far as overall braking goes.
 
I love the GT40, more as a road car than a race car. The race car is in no-mans land really, but the road version... christ they're as rare as hens teeth, gorgeous to behold and shatteringly fast for 305bhp. If I'm not mistaken, the road version was fitted with a 289ci Mustang engine was it not? The same engine that powered the GT350R from Shelby?

If you were to ask me, the GT40 road car is the epitomy of a 60's or 70's road car. They're topping a million bucks nowadays on the auction floorroom....
 
AERO_HDT
I love the GT40, more as a road car than a race car. The race car is in no-mans land really, but the road version... christ they're as rare as hens teeth, gorgeous to behold and shatteringly fast for 305bhp. If I'm not mistaken, the road version was fitted with a 289ci Mustang engine was it not? The same engine that powered the GT350R from Shelby?
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That's correct. Early prototypes of the MKI used a 255 ci Fairlane engine, but early racing versions and production models used the 289. And then later, as Ford got even more serious, the racing versions often used NASCAR-proven 427s in these lightweight death-traps. :scared:
 
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I really haven't driven the GT40 much, but what really stands out about it is the sound that it makes. I don't know that it necessarily sounds V-8ish, But it has a real authoratative snarl. The note actually sounds similar to the in-car sound of the Porsche 917s in the movie LeMans. (which is a flat 12 and should sound nothing like a V8)

Are there any of the enduros anyone would recommend the GT40 for?
 
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I really haven't driven the GT40 much, but what really stands out about it is the sound that it makes. I don't know that it necessarily sounds V-8ish, But it has a real authoratative snarl. The note actually sounds similar to the in-car sound of the Porsche 917s in the movie LeMans. (which is a flat 12 and should sound nothing like a V8)
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GT2 was even worse. I remember at one point Pupik described the GT40 in this game as sounding like long strips of fly paper stuck in a fan! :lol: Other than this, I've heard from some other members that the GT40 in the games sounds fairly accurate. I personally don't know, though....I would expect it to sound NASCARish since it had a giant 427, but PD keeps making GT40s sound nothing like this, so maybe it's not supposed to.

Going slightly OT: this lady that lives near me drives a newer Ford GT around. It looks ridiculous because it's got the blue & orange Gulf racing scheme found on some of the older famous LeMans versions, yet I've seen her using it to drive to Safeway. :boggled: One day I happened to pull up directly behind her car...as it idled, it sounded bassy.....very much like a new Mustang GT, but louder and with a shorter exhaust. 👍

Are there any of the enduros anyone would recommend the GT40 for?
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Yezah. I did both the Route 11 enduro and Route 246 in a GT40 road car because I found my Oreca Viper was overkill for either race. If you plan on using a GT40, just make sure you learn to give plenty of quality brake-time. It stomps out of those corners, but it's not good at entering them unless you brake super-early.
 
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