Mercedes E55 AMG: 79/100
Another Mercedes, with a bit more kick. Not necessarily a bad thing, but a bit ponderous at speed, I find.
I personally like the C43 more.
Next Car: Mercedes C43 AMG
Mmmm the C43 was my first Mercedes...excuse me....
AMG in GT2.
I watched it (as we all have) drive as an Ai car often in a few replays. Often, as I watched, this would be the "comic relief" moments of the replay, as the Ai is miserable and hopeless at driving a C43
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So my question was: hey,
HOW WOULD I DO? Is it possible to drive & race a C43 in Gran Turismo?
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Let me put my credits where my mouth is.
And so at the time, I totally expected I'd be about to sit behind the wheel of something about as raceable as a FedEx truck, and I was surprised to be wrong. The C43 is actually quite a capable car.
I did the
Apricot Hill Endurance up against the GT40. Sports tires (NOT slicks) and semi-racing suspension; automatic transmission (I don't think it can be equipped with a manual in R/L but I may be wrong). I won. Not an easy race, but I won. I also set my fastest passenger-car time at Seattle Full Circuit, which held for quite awhile!
Lots of power, lotso torque. In addition to a typically great autobahn-worthy German suspension and phat tires, the real-life versions (AMG and the sister C-series Mercedes) have about a dozen computerized technologies under the skin (ABS, Brake-Assist, Electronic Brake Distribution, traction & stability controls, "anti-squat" and "anti-dive" suspension controls, etc) that keep the C43 mastering the road, and I believe that in the game, PD at least considered this because the C43 is alot more capable than the Ai makes it appear.
Bad things? Expensive....a lack of colors to buy -- black and silver if I remember correct-- heavy (3,043 pounds at the lightest), and no race kit can be bought, even tho C-class Mercs actually
do race. It is also not suitable for beginners or even some intermediates, who will drive it just as bad as the Ai after being tempted to pimp one up and race it. Also, it has lots of power stock, which keeps it from entering a lot of GT2 races.
But overall, I was surprised by this one. And rate it highish
78 out of 100
Next Car: Fiat 600
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