The Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car is a BEAST

[Dr.Boss.]

The weird thing about it that when you encounter it in races offline, its a dog, always last. But its in some of the Supercar Seasonal events...way out in front. Its a much better car once you get some parts on it. Especially the adjustable transmission. Offline, you pass it as its topping out 30-40 mph slower then the rest of the pack, engine whining.

I see people struggle with it when they enter lobbies that don't allow traction control. I think the problem is a lack of skill, not the car.

Last night i had an EPIC race (all driving aids off, aside from ABS) against a Mines BNR34 Skyline.

His car had something like 659hp and was 1305kg. My R39 had 605hp and was 1126kg. We both drove flawlessly... i got past him about a 1/3 of the way through the Nordschleife (he beat me off the line thanks to the AWD). After i got by he stayed close but i was slowly able to put some distance between us (maybe 2 or 3 seconds). However, on the back straight his additional HP (and slipstream) brought him right up to the tail of my R390. Fortunately my transmission was set a bit taller and i was able to hold him off... until the very last corner when i accidentally slid (controlled slide) the back end of the R390 out, he took the inside line and pulled beside me. It was a short sprint to the finish. I won by a fraction of a second.

Our lap times were 6:3x... which i consider fast as hell for an online race on the Nordschleife.

Needless to say, i saved the Replay... and proceed to watch it twice later in the evening.

 

[David]

How are you going to trade it, exactly?

I love this car, but then I love most of the cars in GT5. I have just realised this. I got mine in a pre-cap trade, in fact it may have been given to me by a massively generous GTP'er, and I hadn't touched it until I saw it dominating the Le Mans TT seasonal leaderboard, and yeah, it's amazing even without any tuning. I may not mean 'amazing' as in 'fastest car ever', though.

👍 I've left mine completely stock since I bought the only one I've ever seen in my UCD. Its a ton of fun to drive, handles perfectly, and still has some decent power without the massive upgrades. DO NOT pass this car up if it is in your UCD.

 

[shmogt]

Ya I'm seriously saying this is the best car in the game. It handles like a race car. Only thing I don't like is it's top speed isn't as high, but it's still super fast. Get the tune from the main tunning thread it makes the car into the best car ever.

 

[boredgunner]

I agree it's a beast. No other "road car" comes close to it in GT5.

 

[GoSpeedRacer]

Finally got mine a couple nights ago from the UCD. 👍

This car has always been one of my favorites.

 

[tigersharkdude]

Never realized its worth too much to trade...FAIL