Not much to say on the competition, the testers didn't test all cars. I had no help with the sharing of my car so it's not been driven lol you guys basically did what you wanted, so call it however you want...
Well, I finally got an unmodified M3 GTR and am building it to your specs right now. I could theoretically put it on share, it's on another account though. And you'd have to extend deadline by about 1 week or so.
One question: Aftermarket rims, yes or no?
EDIT
Another question:
Deadline for testers will be extended a week to aloe more iltime and more testers to join.
So... is it the 21th as listed in the OP or one week later?
EDIT 2:
I post my test results, although I only did 1 run per car instead of the planned 2.
My testing results:
Drivers choice are ranks and NOT points!!!
VTiRoj - NSX Type-R - 2:05.696 - Well, it's a NSX and therefore damn fast.
It does have terrible gearing though, too long, too tall, I'm sorry Roj.
Apart from that it's an easy and fast drive. I felt quite comfortable with it. Very stable and the brakes are good. It may not be the fastest NSX, but it's bulletproof and every 🤬 could drive fast with it.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 2
trackripper123 -Ruf RGT - 2:05-919 - Wonderful exit, it's great fun to drive this thing. Very nice gearing - 6th gear is topping out just before braking for turn 1, feature?
Feels very direct and follows the line you want to drive. Fantastic drive, feels very smooth and it's the most enjoyable car I tested.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 1
FastaSheck - BMW M3 GTR - 2:06.476 - A sweet car, although I think a CSL would have been faster. The car is pretty stable. It does have enough power to get sideways though if you force it, which is actually not a bad thing. Time is surprisingly good, even with a noticeable amount of understeer. I remember the CSL to be much less understeering. Anyway, the brakes are excellent, the car brakes much better than I expected.
All in all a round tune, fast and should work for everybody.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 6
Praiano - Muira - 2:06.542 - Ahh the brakes are slightly too rear biased. Relatively difficult drive, although the rest is nice. LSD accel great, traction good, but as soon as a tire skids -> dead
Oldie but goldie if you drive it careful. It's also pretty hard on curbs, just saying.
Not the absolute best car for inexperienced drivers, but fast if you get the hang of it. 2-3 gear is a little wide for my taste. Always great to see such an old car keeping up with modern cars.
Brake kills a little the drivers choice rank, sorry.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 4
VTiRoj - BMW M5 - 2:06.897 - Damn heavy and a bit a spongy front. 2-3 gear could be better (I think I could say this for every car I tested
). What else... oh it doesn't sound too bad. Seriously, it's an easy drive and very stable, possibly the opposite of tail happy (front happy perhaps?). Great car for everybody, very easy to push and drive on the limit. However, why is it that fast?
Drivers Choice (rank) - 3 (Don't think I had thaaaat much fun driving it, it was more the fact that I could push it as hard as I wanted and it always followed good as gold.)
xande1959 - Audi RS6 - 2:07.840 - Understeers a little much, tune could have been way more aggressive. Rear doesn't move a millimeter sideways. I also could hardly find the brakes...
However, it's much faster than I thought, no idea how that was possible. I see some more potential in this car, but anyway, it's by far the easiest car to drive. May be great for beginners.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 7
xande1959 - Mazda RX-7 Spirit R - 2:08.119 - Understeer in neutral, on throttle. I definitely see similarities in tuning style between your two cars. I found the brake setting to be quite bad, you either overbrake rear or have no brake power at all. Feels heavier than a BMW M5 with over 1800kg, although this one only has about 1050kg. Rear is rock solid, no chance that it will ever oversteer EXCEPT if you brake...
It's also pretty hard on curbs.
But if you fix the brake balance, it's by far the easiest and most forgiving RWD car in this shootout. So yeah, fix one thing and it should be a great car for anybody with any skill level.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 9
Ridox2JZGTE -Nissan STAGEA 25T - 2:08.392 - Awkward!
It pushes on throttle in a very ugly way, then it somehow starts to spin and the rear gets alive, but not really in a fun way...
Brake balance of 3/1 would have been better, I found 5/3 too high.
More initial turn in needed and way more rotation on exit. And please not this strange wobbly and recalcitrant behaviour. I pretty much disagree with the whole tune with exception of the transmission. The tranny is not too bad, although I honestly wouldn't mention it if the rest weren't that bad, sorry. I also can't use the full AWD traction advantage. I never found a good balance, it fights against you, the car hates you, it drives like a donkey on crack...
Ehh... well, maybe not thaaat bad, but still, you get the point.
Just don't ask me how it was faster than the Yellowbird, although I even drove the RUF faster than Jonny. DON'T ASK!!!
Oh and 2:07 is possible, does this make it better in any way? Nah!
Drivers Choice (rank) - 8
Praiano - Yellowbird - 2:09.158 - Yeah the Yellowbird, I love it. I must say I wasn't entirely happy with the tune, it
understeers too much in my eyes. Yes understeer, that's correct.
Problem is, if you drive it on the limit it either under or oversteers, but never seems to really find a neutral balance. This is not necessarily a bad thing, most people nearly 🤬 in their pants anyway when driving this car and will be more than happy with the increased drivability. The tune doesn't have big flaws, it's a really sweet one actually. Times may not be that good since it's a Yellowbird, but I had fun driving it at least.
Drivers Choice (rank) - 5 (This is actually not fair, I love this car and I had loads of fun driving it. But I think it's mostly because of the car and not the tune, although it's a good tune.)