RKM Motorsport - Tuned Tuners - May '13

Wow…was it that scary? I mean I've just driven the Amemiya RX-7 on the Ring in the wet, and the thing was damn near undrivable. So I think I'd be doing my 'Ring review in something that takes care of you rather than attacks you with a knife. But how do you know all the names of the 73 or so corners on the 'Ring? Do you search it up or something?
 
Wow…was it that scary? I mean I've just driven the Amemiya RX-7 on the Ring in the wet, and the thing was damn near undrivable. So I think I'd be doing my 'Ring review in something that takes care of you rather than attacks you with a knife. But how do you know all the names of the 73 or so corners on the 'Ring? Do you search it up or something?

Scary understeer, not oversteer. Derp.

:P
 
Now, although I've used Juliet in a shootout, I haven't actually reviewed it/her yet, so I thought I'd take this chance to finish this off. And although it was tested on the 'Ring, don't be expecting a race report style review telling you where this car went wrong at which corner. I'm not good enough for that yet. But let's get on with the review anyways:
Lotus Elise review:
Of all the 70 odd cars tuned by RKM, only 3 of them has given me the motivation to keep on driving them on the ‘Ring. They were the NSX, the Castrol Tom’s supra, and the Yellowhat Supra. And now, it’s joined by Juliet. The car that can give the NSX a fright in the corners and slap a smile on your face even on the most dreary, dismal days. But she’s definitely a handful, that’s for sure. Don’t let the girly personifications fool you, the girl/car bites. She doesn’t tolerate fools who treat her badly. But you can’t be gentle on her either. Just because the Elise has been personified as a girl doesn’t mean you treat it with the gentleness that you would use to treat your pissed off girlfriend. If you get prissy with this, it’ll kill you. And on the ‘Ring, this means you’ll end up in the armco every three turns or so if you aren’t careful. But you can’t ever actually hate it/her for that, because you know, deep down that it was your fault it happened. Which is why I found myself apologising to it/her like I did when I accidentally put several scratches on a girl’s legs. And it’s very rare I do that to a person, let alone a computer-generated model of a car. This setup has very literally brought the car to life. And when the sun is rising over the ‘Ring, and the little Elise finally listens, life in GT5 can’t really get any better. You string together a series of tight and challenging turns, wrestling it in for the first one and letting it flow out of the rest. The sun glimmering in the distance, its reflection shining off the Laser Blue paint. Out of a corner on two wheels after flying over a curb, you accelerate down towards the next set of twisty joy with the tiny Toyota engine revving its little heart out at 9000 rpm. Seems like quite a nice experience, doesn’t it? But sadly, the Elise has one flaw which just ruins it on the ‘Ring. Its light weight and rear spoiler may help it stick to the road on flat, smooth tracks, but on a track as old and bumpy as the Nurburgring, it makes the car to bounce about and can cause a lot of understeer which can make driving this car very terrifying. It also a bad habit of dispatching you when you don’t pay it enough attention, it needs you to concentrate, and if you do, you’ll be rewarded with every corner you take being a fluid flow of oversteer, grip, noise and tire smoke. But I’m not going to pretend that it hasn’t got its faults. And its faults can best be described by saying that it has a distant relative. Called the Devil Z. This is like that, but it’s the Devil Z of the corners. it has the same supercar beating abilities, it has the same sense of danger, and it also has the same feeling that it’s alive in your hands, that’s speaking to you. The engine note isn’t a noise, it’s its voice. The hyper sensitive steering is its eager spirit, desperate to eat the corners. But it’s also inherited the devil’s flaw. It’s tendency to play games with the driver by stuffing him into a wall with every chance it gets makes driving this a very inconsistent mix of fun, frustration and swearing. A lot of swearing. And yet, you could never beat it, you never want to just park up, get out, and drive any old Ferrari or Lamborghini. They don’t have the character this has, they can’t deliver the joy this can, and, most importantly, they aren’t named after a girl. :D

Tested on Nurburgring Nordschielfe (I think that's how it's spelled, I guessed it) No laptimes were set
 
I would, but Juilet is like one of those girls who stick to a guy just cuz their rich, she used all mine already :( on 720cr.
And how's things between you and Noobster? All sorted or do we need to set up a Noobster fight club thread like that one Motor City Hami did with the Project Blackbird argument.
 
These three were supposed to be tuned, but the people who requested it didn't write a review and it wasn't requested in the right way, so all their pleading and offers were a complete waste of space. That said, I do have an XJ13 getting a tune up, hopefully Roj has access to it even though my PSN is down.
(yes, I'm double-posting, but I can't figure out a way to quote and edit a text since I just woke up from the bus ride back home)

I did some reviews, so it should be different for me :D
 
I did some reviews, so it should be different for me :D

Yes, but you'll need to wait three months for it. Well, I could give the XJ13 settings to you, but the rest will need to wait until Roj comes back from his month long holiday.
 
Yes, but you'll need to wait three months for it. Well, I could give the XJ13 settings to you, but the rest will need to wait until Roj comes back from his month long holiday.

I would greatly appreciate that. I could do a "Hidden Review."
 
What's that? Do you write a review of a car and then make us guess what car it is? Or do you do a review and then just PM it to Roj without us knowing?
 
If the stats of the car are already done and complete but not put up, I can make a review of the car and post it without the car being shown. That is what makes it hidden since the car isn't mentioned in the thread.
 
Kinda, but different. Let me do an example. Let's say that Junkie did a review for the Mercedes C9 Race Car, but never released it, but has all of the stats. If someone reviewed it before it became it came out, that would be a hidden review. But, if it was played correctly, you could use it as a tuned car for the front page (If they would allow it.)
 
Kinda, but different. Let me do an example. Let's say that Junkie did a review tune (i think you mean) for the Mercedes C9 Race Car, but never released it, but has all of the stats. If someone reviewed it before it became it came out, that would be a hidden review. But, if it was played correctly, you could use it as a tuned car for the front page (If they would allow it.)

Hmm…nice idea, but how are you going to get your hands on one of these 'unreleased' tunes for the review?
 
I didn't go on!! I just forgot to log out so it still notified me when you sent it :( But still, a lunch time detention is nothing, especially when what I get in return is a hyper fun, hyper fast, hypercar killer!
You need to be a ninja when it comes to using GTP on school computers. ;)
If I were you, I'd wait until the M3 comes out and do a 3 way shootout with RKM's most fierce rivalry…cuz that's what I'll be doing. Definitely.
I'll have the M3 up later tonight. :)
Well, i case you don't know, my very dear friend (ok, not very dear, but I know him to a certain extent) who runs Avid has gone and will be back in june/july. Just in time for Roj to leave.
You know Avid personally or just talk to him online a lot?
These three were supposed to be tuned, but the people who requested it didn't write a review and it wasn't requested in the right way, so all their pleading and offers were a complete waste of space. That said, I do have an XJ13 getting a tune up, hopefully Roj has access to it even though my PSN is down.
(yes, I'm double-posting, but I can't figure out a way to quote and edit a text since I just woke up from the bus ride back home)
I do have access to it but I also have my own XJ13 now so it's all good. 👍
As promised. Roj, I may state things that you already know, but hey, it isn't only you that is reading this, right? :P

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Thanks for the review! Crikey, sounds like you had fun. :lol: The thing about comfort soft tyres I found was that you have to corner a lot slower than when on sports tyres, so maybe that's where the issue is, but anyway, the laptimes are pretty good for a comfort soft tune, especially since it's on par with a Z33 like you said. :D Take it to Monaco if you want, say hi to the girls for me. :P
Now, although I've used Juliet in a shootout, I haven't actually reviewed it/her yet, so I thought I'd take this chance to finish this off. And although it was tested on the 'Ring, don't be expecting a race report style review telling you where this car went wrong at which corner. I'm not good enough for that yet. But let's get on with the review anyways:
Ah yes, that's Juliet for you. :lol: The Elise is a very light car, so bumps are going to send it flying no matter how stiff or hard the suspension is. Thanks for the review! Funny you should say she's related to the Devil Z, she had a short fling with the ol' Z before meeting Romeo. :lol:
I would, but Juilet is like one of those girls who stick to a guy just cuz their rich, she used all mine already :( on 720cr.
And how's things between you and Noobster? All sorted or do we need to set up a Noobster fight club thread like that one Motor City Hami did with the Project Blackbird argument.
Yep, now she'll go back to her multi-millionaire toyboy. :lol:
 
The M3 CSL is a monster!

It has so much pace, it's ridiculous. It's redline is so awesome (9,000), it's ridiculous. It's top speed is comparable to that of the Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car (at least mine). It's corerning is so superb it's ridiculous. Braking can be done so late it's ridiculous.

Seriously, you weren't kidding when you said it had no oversteer, no wheelspin, no nothing except pure, wild bestiality. And at only 566PP, this car will practically obliterate cars at the same PP level and easily compete with cars around 100PP higher. I think this is a pure race car in semi-kind of-but-not-really street car form.

I just bought another CSL to send to another account, just because of it's sheer brutality as a track toy.

And yes, this is my review. There isn't really anything else to say. Except maybe crazy fast lap times at the Nurburgring. Under 7 minutes? Yeah, no. The car graces the 6 minute mark so insanely easy the driver just needs to pause to catch air. It is that fast.

Oh, and I wonder what an SLS would be like in your hands. I have one a friend sent me that's fully tuned but without settings changes and it's pretty good.
 
Oh now you're just rubbing it in! I can't get the M3 until the PSN is back on for me :( So, tell me, is it a match for the NSX-R?
 
Thanks for the review! Crikey, sounds like you had fun. :lol: The thing about comfort soft tyres I found was that you have to corner a lot slower than when on sports tyres, so maybe that's where the issue is, but anyway, the laptimes are pretty good for a comfort soft tune, especially since it's on par with a Z33 like you said. :D Take it to Monaco if you want, say hi to the girls for me. :P

I must love going around the world. :lol:
 
You need to be a ninja when it comes to using GTP on school computers. ;)


You know Avid personally or just talk to him online a lot?

I have my own Mac, so it was just the problem of the lag from switching spaces. And I just know the owner of Avid from racing him online, in fact, I owe it to him that I'm on GTP in the first place.
 
The M3 CSL is a monster!

Oh, and I wonder what an SLS would be like in your hands. I have one a friend sent me that's fully tuned but without settings changes and it's pretty good.
I told you. :P The CSL is just epic. :sly:

I have a Stealth SLS and a normal SLS untuned so I might do one after I come back in August.
I have my own Mac, so it was just the problem of the lag from switching spaces. And I just know the owner of Avid from racing him online, in fact, I owe it to him that I'm on GTP in the first place.

Oh I see. Ah, I was going to say, he could teach you how to tune then you can set up shop with him and I can come and request a Prius from you. :D
 
And if that was the first tune you'd request, I'd be feeling a bit disappointed, a bit angry and still laughing as I read the requirements for the tune…For it to 'outdrag a corvette'? Or to outhandle a lotus?
But truth be told, I suck at tuning and he does need some help with his garage, so if you wouldn't mind, how about help him a little? RJ did help *slightly* before taking the piss out of him. His whole thread is just filled with random people asking for tunes and taking it all for granted (it seems anyway)
 
And if that was the first tune you'd request, I'd be feeling a bit disappointed, a bit angry and still laughing as I read the requirements for the tune…For it to 'outdrag a corvette'? Or to outhandle a lotus?
But truth be told, I suck at tuning and he does need some help with his garage, so if you wouldn't mind, how about help him a little? RJ did help *slightly* before taking the piss out of him. His whole thread is just filled with random people asking for tunes and taking it all for granted (it seems anyway)

The usual problem of newf-*BANG*
 
What was it you were saying about my friend? Do you have a deathwish? :mischievous: Joking, joking…but anyways, is PSN on?
 
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What was it you were saying about my friend? Do you have a deathwish? :mischievous: Joking, joking…but anyways, is PSN on?

Nah.
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Thinking of reviewing RJ's Evo X tune next; I've been craving to tune one anyways.
 
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Dude, wtf? -.- I didn't ask anything *read my post now*

I see what you did there.

Didn't get to check PSN yet because my mom's watching American Idol.

I'll stop here for the sake of not turning this thread into a chat. 👍
 
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