@breeminator That's awesome! 26:18 is no joke.
@Baka_Marimo This is a race where I love doing it with only one car, but yet, I think I have tried over 50 cars at this point. It's really fun to see the differences. Like, I used to think nothing could beat the grip of the Ferrari 458, then I tried the F50 and immediately changed my mind.
Last night I tried the Lamborghini Huracán and I think this car does have slighty more grip than the 458 and it's such a joy to drive.
Usually for these cars near or above 600pp I like to use SM tires. It's quite pleasant. For cars that are either too heavy or too slow I prefer using SH or RH tires, so it's a no-stop strategy.
RH tires can feel a little "cheap", but it's just way too fun to throw any car around Tokyo with them.
Anyway, I tested moar cars!
First, the interior sound while driving a R33 with WR 2 was driving me crazy. Not that is bad, it's just that I cant get my head around how a car is sounding like a race car, but still has all the plastic on it! Anyway, the only thing different in this one is a Medium Turbo, everything else is stock.
The Medium Turbo is more than enough to win, BUT, this car has a very serious problem with SM tires. By lap 6 the tires were all gone. I still wanted one more lap and this decision proved to be a great mistake. Lost completely both front tires and rear left tire just after the S-bend turns. Almost lost them at lap 12 too.
These cars below are tuned cars. Well, suspesion and lsd are still the same. By tuned, I mean using WR upgrades, sports/racing filters/intercoolers or turbos to get the best performance, being as close as I can get to 600pp using RH tires.
The Evo VI is very similar to the Evo V, although I feel the Evo V is a tad better during the last laps. While the Evo V can do the whole race in FM 1, the Evo VI needs at least 6-7 laps in FM 2
Speaking of Evos, I was thinking how good is the Evo V with SM? Without the grip, I'd need more speed so I installed a Medium Turbo on it. The results are honestly not very good. With a proper tuned suspension I believe I can save some seconds, but completely stock, well:
This is quite funny. The same Evo, completely stock with RH tires is the only car I managed to finish under 27 minutes. With SM tires, it's one of the worst times!
All the Evos can easily win this race on RH tires and I can confirm the IV is very competitive:
Somewhat slippery during the first 3 laps, but then it's like driving an Evo V/VI. This one is also very good efficient, so it's posible to do a no-stop with RH or SH. I found it to be quite good on turns even with SH.
This Impreza is easy to drive. Even on SH/SM tires, the car handles nicely. I tried racing without a Turbo and won with a total time of ~27:30, but honestly, using a Medium Turbo with this car is more fun! Not because of the speed in the main straight, but because it's fun to go full attack at the S-bends!
And finally I got a win with both RX-7 and Silvia S15!
The RX-7 really likes to drift. A LOT. It gets better after lap 4-5, but small corrections are necessary almost every time. The S15 is a good car on turns, but it's awful when braking. Be very careful at the first and last turns. I believe I have WR 1 on the RX-7. No WR upgrades on the S15.
Time for some "super" cars. These are completely stock. I used the same strategy for all of them: SM tires, pitting when needed. FM6 for the first lap (I always do this with any car) and FM 1 for the rest of the race.
About the Lambos: they're all amazing! You can read previous pages and this one to see that any Lambo is definitely a good choice. My favorite is the Huracán. I said last page that the Ferrari F50 and the 458 feels like they're on rails. Now I think it's no exaggeration on my part to say the Huracán is up there, maybe even better than the 458. It's really safe and relaxing to drive.
About the Porsches: The Cayman GT4 is my favorite! Very stable, good top speed, tire wear is decent and best interior! Definitely the best Porsche on my hands (still have to try the 930, 964, 993 and the GT3 RS).
The 997 is actually faster, but fuel efficiency and tire wear are slighty worse. Stable, but a bit slippery.
The 996 is very fast and I believe a no-stop strategy with SH is possible. This one is very fuel efficient. As you can see by the time, the race was extremely fun! Exiting the pits at lap 10 got me in 3rd, but I still thought a win could be possible because I felt I had a really good pace going. Driving like a maniac in laps 11 and 12 put me in a perfect position to pass the RX-7 literally at the very last turn. This was one of my best moments so far.
The Mclaren MP4 is so good that I feel it's cheating. Excellent top speed and extremely fast on corners. It's a failproof car. Easy win.
Got fastest laps with the Murciélago (2:10.685), MP4 (2:10.395) and Huracán (2:10.670).
The C 63, on the other hand, it's by far the worst car from all cars that I've tried. I'm not kidding, this car is so bad that I almost gave up on it. It's fast, but not as fast as the leaders, it's very heavy, turns like a brick and fuel efficiency is awful. Be very, VERY, VERY gentle on the gas and when braking because this car eats tires for launch and dinner. 1-stop is possible, although, for the sake of you sanity, you should go with 2-stops and lose the race! Suspension or LSD tune with this one can probably save it from being so bad.
I don't know how many cars in total I have used so far for this race, but I think it's safe to say it's more than 60. I've been doing this for quite a while now since it's indeed very fun to drive stock cars or cars that are only using bolt-on parts. Got some nice screenshots too!
With that being said, driving the RX-7 and the S15 got me curious if I could tailor these type of cars to this track with my own suspension settings.
So far it's been a mix of either completely stock or slighty tuned. My idea now is to pick a car that can't win this race in stock form and create a suspension/lsd settings for it, because I firmly believe the pace on the second part of the track is more important than the main straight. I believe that as long as I can hit 270 km/h, I can win if I can maintain a good pace on corners.
No extreme settings, just enough to be pleasant.
Well, until next time then!
