GT is not a drag race simulator. It doesn't simulate traction at very low speeds very well, but it's fine at higher speeds. This is not a problem for road racing because you're always up in the higher speeds. But it kills the accuracy of drags because it prevents the cars from getting off the line as fast as they really would.
Plus there's no clutch, etc etc.
The numbers it gets are pretty accurate for these cars if you take into account a weak launch. (And remember that the effect of the launch is _HUGE_ on ETs)
Heh. Well it gives you something to work up to. And that's maybe not such a bad thing cuz you could really kill yourself in one of those cars. They're very fast. Plus, everyone usually messes up their first cars when their in HS... either by an accident or by messing around with modifying them (and doing it badly). And getting a nice Supra and &%*#ing it up would be a crying shame.
You might think about getting a cheaper 'inbetween' fast car you can cut your teeth on first. Something that's cheap that you can mess with or mess up, and it wouldn't be a big loss, and you can learn about all this stuff... so that when you get to the Supra, you'll be better able to handle it and take care of it. Cuz a nice car like that deserves your TLC.
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(...inbetween sessions of ripping up the track, of course)
Jumping from a normal car into a really fast sports car like that really is a shock. A fun one to be sure. But you can get yourself into trouble in a hurry. The second day I owned my corvette, I _ACCIDENTALLY_ darted up to 103mph. I was even aware that the car was awefully fast, and I might accidentally go a lot faster than I intended... and I was purposefully trying to drive slow. But didn't look at the gauge for a couple of seconds and... ooops... suddenly going over 100mph... how'd that happen?
I don't think Supras were ever really all that popular in the US, so there aren't a whole of them around. They were nice cars, but maybe too expensive for what you got.
And yeah... Mustangs are the most numerous at any drag strip I've seen. They have the cheapest performance bang for buck. And honestly... if I was concentrating on drags rather than twisties, I'd probably be running a Mustang rather than a Corvette. The stock Mustangs are a good bit slower... but they have solid axles (bad for turning, but better for drags than independent suspension), a huge number of available mod kits, and they're much cheaper to make made crazy fast in a straight line. You'd have to spend a huge chunk of money on the supra (or a corvette for that matter) to make it faster on the drags than a well modified 'stang.
I hope you plan to do more with your eventual Supra than just drags.
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Those cars handle well and deserve to tackle events where they get to use that ability.
Anyway... yeah. My recommendation is to get something cheaper to begin with and just get out to the events and race. You'll learn a lot. And by the time you're able to work up to one of those Supras, you'll know the ins and outs of how to take care of it, where to race it, etc etc.
You know.. one of those cheapo five point slow mustangs may be a good place to start.
- Skant