To calm my nerves from the rather rough Butcher Benz, I decided to go for something more likely to handle - namely your
NSX GT2. It kind of looks cool, and I always wanted to give the RM'd Acura a try, so here goes.
Before I start, a couple of comments. I also got the 413bhp and could not replace the Titanium Race exhaust with a standard one, as it was inbuilt. Should I remove something else?
More worryingly, perhaps, I could not get the gearbox ratios specified - even following the instructions and resetting it twice, I still could not get the first three gears quite long enough (outside of the available range), 4 and 5, as well as the final were fine.
But these niggles aside, how did the NSX do? I tried it at the Supercar Seasonal at Trial Mountain, first with gearbox mods only, the other setup being stock.
The car handles pretty sharply right out of the box, with the one noticeable feature being a pretty lively tail. It was always fighting at a disadvantage in an environment in the 580 - 620 PP range with the same choice of tyres but I managed a pretty respectable 2nd place (starting from last) and apart from the lairy tail (which caught me out several times), it was quite a nice steer.
With your settings applied the car is similar in character but sharpened up. The tail (probably due to fairly skinny rears) is still the thing to take care off, as everything else is pretty much spot on.
Turn in is excellent, it holds the chosen line really well, stability under braking is fantastic, over bumps as well as on a flat surface and the acceleration, while not quite of the same caliber as the cars around me, was pretty solid and relatively seamless.
In the end, it is the tail, where the secret lies. A pedal to the metal approach will rarely work and a much more gentle right foot is rewarded. Places to really look out for are when accelerating out of slow corners (such as the first tunnel at TM) so it is not a beginner's machine but a relatively stress free one, once you know what to look out for.
I found it difficult to extract consistent lap times out of the car - getting two laps within a second was a rare event. I did however manage to win the event against significantly more powerful machinery, so a sense of achievement was definitely there, and my best lap (I only managed a time like it once, never to be repeated) was a whole 2 seconds faster than my best with the stock setup 👍
Overall I find the car quite similar in character to the R390 you made for me, if a bit tamer (this one I can catch most of the time, when it breaks out, the Datsun, less so).
In any case, an excellent machine and great fun, too