The Nissan GTR LMP reviews and discussion thread. WITH POLL!

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From 1 to 5, rate how good of a car it is to drive.

  • 5 (Awesome)

    Votes: 76 26.7%

  • 4 (Good

    Votes: 70 24.6%

  • 3 (Ok)

    Votes: 67 23.5%

  • 2 (slightly bad)

    Votes: 26 9.1%

  • 1 (really bad)

    Votes: 46 16.1%
  • Total voters
    285
sk8er913
I have a 3:30.5 in GTacademy. I invalidated a 30.1 I think ill have a 29 in after a hundred more laps. :D
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Invalidated a 30.1? Dang. It took me forever to get my 3:35 on GT Academy because I was trying to get used to this car. But 3:30.5 is very good! :D
 
I can't get over the violence produced by the FFB when driving this car. I haven't posted a time yet in GT Academy, but if I don't get Gold very quickly - that's it for me...I am not going let this car destroy my wheel (DFGT). I'm not going to finish anywhere near the Top 10 positions, or whatever is necessary to advance, nor do I want to. I don't need the credits that badly...

Since I won the car, via a red-flagged lap around Le Mans, I'm going to have to slap a tune on this mo-fo and drive it around Silverstone or Nurburgring GP/F and see how much she shakes, rattles & rolls on those circuits.
 
ALB123
I can't get over the violence produced by the FFB when driving this car. I haven't posted a time yet in GT Academy, but if I don't get Gold very quickly - that's it for me...I am not going let this car destroy my wheel (DFGT). I'm not going to finish anywhere near the Top 10 positions, or whatever is necessary to advance, nor do I want to. I don't need the credits that badly...

Since I won the car, via a red-flagged lap around Le Mans, I'm going to have to slap a tune on this mo-fo and drive it around Silverstone or Nurburgring GP/F and see how much she shakes, rattles & rolls on those circuits.
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But it'd be amazing to get all those credits! You know you want it. Never give up! :)
 
EliteBeast55
Invalidated a 30.1? Dang. It took me forever to get my 3:35 on GT Academy because I was trying to get used to this car. But 3:30.5 is very good! :D
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29.8 19th in the USA... Im getting frustrated and unfocused though. :P lol

ALB123
I can't get over the violence produced by the FFB when driving this car. I haven't posted a time yet in GT Academy, but if I don't get Gold very quickly - that's it for me...I am not going let this car destroy my wheel (DFGT). I'm not going to finish anywhere near the Top 10 positions, or whatever is necessary to advance, nor do I want to. I don't need the credits that badly...

Since I won the car, via a red-flagged lap around Le Mans, I'm going to have to slap a tune on this mo-fo and drive it around Silverstone or Nurburgring GP/F and see how much she shakes, rattles & rolls on those circuits.
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Turn your ffb down. It helps.
 
At first I thought the car was garbage, but honestly once you put in a few laps in on any track and you get the hang of how the car drives, its a masterpiece. You can almost out perform any car on any track once you put a few laps in. Its a bit understeery in really tight corners for obvious reason (like turn 1 on the redbull ring is a pain sometimes) but once that aero kicks in the limit is VERY high for how fast you can take most corners.
I tested it on almost all the tracks in the game (besides the dirt). The worst track to drive it on for me was Streets of Willow, every other corner im in the dirt lol.
The best track I tested in on was Mid-Field. Going 160mph through the S corner is a thrill. I did 20laps on there and I'm average :57secs. I can't get any lower than that since I'm on controller.
 
Mr Grumpy
The car I don't mind, the track I don't mind, but the track limits are doing my head in. When it comes to putting a wheel on the white line's the car's as thin as a bicycle but when it come close to a cone it's as wide as a bus.
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You simply cannot drive the lap like you would a PROPER lap of Le Mans... I know this competition is supposed to weed out the very best and the very best will place their car perfectly so as to be as close to the cones and lines as possible but without hitting them but for those below them (like me) we cannot be that perfect. On the GTA lap I find myself tightening up and making more little mistakes because I'm worried about the track limits than I would actually driving a normal lap of Le Mans that I know so well. I've done a 3.31.1 as my best time in GT Academy but I know that without those super strict limits I could find 2-3 seconds immediately, and that's not through 'cheating' but just being allowed to ride kerbs and take corner exits the same way that Jann and Lucas will be doing in the real car....
 
The build of the car makes it obvious that the developer was trying to compensate for the heavy engine, and gearbox all being In the front. It feels like if it were an lmp like the greaves, it would run better. There is a ton of understeer if you trying to dart it into a corner like any other car.
 
jagenigma
The build of the car makes it obvious that the developer was trying to compensate for the heavy engine, and gearbox all being In the front. It feels like if it were an lmp like the greaves, it would run better. There is a ton of understeer if you trying to dart it into a corner like any other car.
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It's not like any other car though. You have to bear that in mind. Once you have the downforce loaded on the car it is actually very smooth and the Porsche Curves are an absolute riot in this thing. The thing is as well is that you once are comfortable with how the car drives it's amazing how confidence-inspiring it can be... the fear of losing the rear if you get on the throttle a smidge too early is gone, replaced by slight power understeer that just means you'll run a bit wider on exit instead of spinning the car, and having the weight all at the front means that on the brakes there is less of a trade-off to be made with brake balance because there isn't that feeling that the back of the car is trying to overtake the front, which you get with a lot of the mid-engined cars, especially the LMP's, in GT6.
 
danardif1
I've done a 3.31.1 as my best time in GT Academy but I know that without those super strict limits I could find 2-3 seconds immediately, and that's not through 'cheating' but just being allowed to ride kerbs and take corner exits the same way that Jann and Lucas will be doing in the real car....
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Actually, I heard a rumor that Nissan's "Battle Plan" for Lemans has strict instructions for all 9 drivers to stay as far away from the kerbs as possible... It might be an explanation why the track limits are so tight for this challenge. I'll know for sure when I get some free time to try this beast out for myself.
 
Kingofweasles
Actually, I heard a rumor that Nissan's "Battle Plan" for Lemans has strict instructions for all 9 drivers to stay as far away from the kerbs as possible... It might be an explanation why the track limits are so tight for this challenge. I'll know for sure when I get some free time to try this beast out for myself.
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I think they were told that on the test day because I do remember hearing that either on DSC's live ticker or on Radio Le Mans, but I can't imagine they'd have to steer clear of them during the proper race week, because that's just giving away time!?!
 
danardif1
I think they were told that on the test day because I do remember hearing that either on DSC's live ticker or on Radio Le Mans, but I can't imagine they'd have to steer clear of them during the proper race week, because that's just giving away time!?!
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The car might not be able to take the kind of abuse going over the curbs lap after lap over 24 Hours... Especially when the head of the project admitted on the "Jay Leno's Garage" show that the car's front brakes are possibly on the threshold of lasting the whole race or not.
 
This lmp1 car was difficult for the first few laps but I adjusted and was able to get gold but I will set out for a better time
 
When I first tried to herd this beast, I thought it was PD's idea of an April fools gag. You know, 2 months late is timely in PD time. Too bad it isn't. I wonder if anybody from Nissan's PR department tests this stuff? Sure wouldn't want this clunker representing a company I was involved in. This one will gather dust in the stockyard with the other clunkers & clinkers.
 
Good car, rated 4... 3:39 on my 1st clean lap in GT Academy (took a bit of getting used to the extra tight track limits), then a 3:34 right on the 2nd (although i did do it with TCS 1), and it felt fine.

I really liked it... can't wait to kick some arse with it, specially those who can't drive it and blame the car... also, i really hope it works and be competitive this year.

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Kingofweasles
The car might not be able to take the kind of abuse going over the curbs lap after lap over 24 Hours... Especially when the head of the project admitted on the "Jay Leno's Garage" show that the car's front brakes are possibly on the threshold of lasting the whole race or not.
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That's true the only thing I could think that would make them wary of the kerbs is that with it being front wheel drive literally all of the work is being done by the front wheels, and perhaps Nissan are worried about driveshafts etc being damaged by the kerbs and bumps.

Changing brake pads and even discs/rotors is not unheard of at Le Mans though despite advances in technology, so Eakin's quote to Leno about the brakes being on the edge for the race distance makes some sense especially when you consider the loads that are going to be going through them on this car in particular. And if they do last the race just by one lap before going bust... hey, efficiency!
 
RodolphoPNeto
Good car, rated 4... 3:39 on my 1st clean lap in GT Academy (took a bit of getting used to the extra tight track limits), then a 3:34 right on the 2nd (although i did do it with TCS 1), and it felt fine.

I really liked it... can't wait to kick some arse with it, specially those who can't drive it and blame the car... also, i really hope it works and be competitive this year.

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It understeers less and accelerates faster without tcs. :)


danardif1
That's true the only thing I could think that would make them wary of the kerbs is that with it being front wheel drive literally all of the work is being done by the front wheels, and perhaps Nissan are worried about driveshafts etc being damaged by the kerbs and bumps.

Changing brake pads and even discs/rotors is not unheard of at Le Mans though despite advances in technology, so Eakin's quote to Leno about the brakes being on the edge for the race distance makes some sense especially when you consider the loads that are going to be going through them on this car in particular. And if they do last the race just by one lap before going bust... hey, efficiency!
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Yeah just think of the load on the car. At 150mph the front tires are holding 600 kg each. Then a kerb at highspeed might put how much extra pressure on the ca
 
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First two laps I thought "what a pig" then I drove it how it wanted to be driven and I quickly became convinced that this may well be the best modern LMP car in the game. Top end sounded fantastic! Almost like a rally car. In fact on the Mulsanne straight with a G27 it felt like one too! Gave it a 4, really really good car!
 
This car is WOW DOGE. The one issue I have; tire wear. WOAH!!! No, seriously, S Class event, Suzuka 10 lap endurance race, racing medium tires. The meter goes from 10 to 0 within 4 laps. The fuel consumption is understandable though. Power thirsty? Ha!
 
I really hate it. The engine sound is amazing but it handles so weird, and worst of all, it makes the wheel oscillate in the center. It's constantly shaking my wheel back and forth when I'm going straight. It's got that annoying pendullum effect.

I hope they patch it to fix it but right now it's not enjoyable at all
 
Never would I have thought that driving the absolute heck out of a 1999 Caravan would prepare me for LeMans.

Kidding aside, it's actually really challenging in a way no other GTA event has been yet. I like it, even if it's weird.
 

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