The WTC 600 in Tokyo done without exploits is genuinely one of the hardest races in single player in gt7 - share your setups, tips, and cars

[Doncarlone]

Ah, I see the problem then, I'm used to drive with zero assists on even if I'm on pad, driving with assists on feels weird to me from experience and I'm too used to it to change it back to TCS on.

I dont use tcs much as well. But with this car you definetly need all the help you can get. This tune is based around pushing its tail against the ground as much as possible to control its spin. Tcs3, ballast positioned to the rear and brake balance 5 to the rear will do that. The car actually becomes understeary.
This car is one of the fastest straight liners in this race. I think only the mclaren f1 is faster on the straight line, and not by much.

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Fair, but I'd overall prefer to stick with cars that don't require assists on, just as a personal preference.

 

[fastone371]

Check your toe angle ?

Did that, I held my phone with you settings next to my TV looking for differences, could not find any differences.

 

[Doncarlone]

Fair, but I'd overall prefer to stick with cars that don't require assists on, just as a personal preference.

Ok thats your choice. But driving assists will make your list of viable options for this race double in size

 

[Thexnix]

Did that, I held my phone with you settings next to my TV looking for differences, could not find any differences.

Take a pic and send it here maybe ?

 

[The_It_Jojo]

I said I would go a bit more modern, so I went a bit more modern with two big twists. The first of those being:

Lexus RC-F: meh

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 13, 2022

Where do I start with this... this car is boring. Not bad nor slow, just boring.
Let's start in order: performance wise it's not bad, though there are two things that need to be said:
1) straight line performance: the car can barely reach 300 km/h, and in 7th gear you feel like Jeremy Clarkson saying "Come oooooooooooooooooon!" since it struggles at high end speeds. It's not bad but it could overall be better;
2) handling: it's very much a hit or miss, if you understand how to drive it and nail the lines, then you are going to have a blast driving this car. If you don't, well... say hello to Barry R. for me. You either understand its handling or die painfully kissing walls, that's the tl;dr.
So, overall, it requires skill to be driven, and it could really get a bit boring after a while, it's not really that engaging overall.

Economy wise, ugh, this is bad. This is the car with the worst fuel economy having to stop at the end of lap 6 to refuel. And it's NA so there is no kind of forced injection like turbochargers or superchargers. It just has a bad economy, even a Viper is better.
At least the tyre wear is not that bad but I can't really say overall since stints were short, so... I have no clue. But overall I'd say bad.

Lap times wise it's... ok overall, it can easily make 2:11s without problems, though my expectations were higher for a sportscar of this level. I was a bit disappointed with this.

Final thoughts: not a bad car, but imo it's not one I'd use besides feeling like I want to change. It also felt very boring and not really something I was involved in driving.

Ford Focus RS: I have no idea why this car is that fast but here we are

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 13, 2022

This car gets better the dryer the track gets. This is true for everything on wheels but the difference I've noticed in this car is massive. For example, I was able to take T3 at barely over 200 km/h on lap 2 and at the end of the race at almost 230, while usually it's 210 to 225. The difference is massive, especially on fast corners, and on slower corners this car overall performs constantly really well. One thing to note, this understeer can backstab you and give you a 5 seconds penalty, so be wary of not understeer too much. On the straight you are really going to rev the hell out of 6th gear when you reach 300 km/h, which is silly but it gets the job done (though a 7th gear or a longer 6th would have been better imo). The car's strongest suit is the acceleration, which is impressive - you are just going to accelerate out of every corner very fast.

Economy wise it's good - since it's turbocharged, it was expected to not have the best fuel economy, and it didn't disappoint nor impress - had to pit at the end of lap 7 (still better than the NA RC-F lol), and it's very good on tyres - I didn't feel any drop in performance tyres wise, which I was pretty impressed by - it felt nice.

As for lap times, I'm just going to say this: 2:09.4. This car is as fast as the Corvette, and this is the thing that impressed me the most - this car on paper shouldn't be this fast but it is, and I love it because of it - it's just bonkers.

Final thoughts: I love this car, it's fast, you can easily drive it (until it understeers in which case you are going to scream), and, the most important thing, it's fun to drive and the turbo sound is really going to make it better. Give it a try if you can. It also gave me the idea of re-trying the A45 with a different tune

As always, thanks for reading my idiotic ramblings, if you have any requests about how a car would perform, feel free to ask (I may not be able to fulfill legendary dealership requests though), and as always happy grinding lads.

 

[vonMarshall]

The GTR Nurburgring ‘02 was the first car that really clicked for me here and is my go to car when I need 800cr with the minimum fuss.

The NSX ‘19 came next and is probably faster than the big GT-R, but I still prefer the Nissan.

I then fell in love with my Priano tuned 997 around here, learning to be really delicate in the opening laps, but that has been superseded by my 993 RS CS with the MorseMonkey tune (opt to bore out the engine and do all the port polishing etc but don’t bother with changing the exhaust… the sound down the back curves when you are in the canyon is to die for).

Currently trying with my 288 GTO because I love the car so much, but I am not good enough to keep it clean yet.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

No exploits.

The DP-100 destroys the competition.

I keep trying to tell people this, but hardly anyone ever listens to me.

I second this completely, guys. 👍 Thank you so much for that hint.

I've tested a couple of cars here including the 2J on Comfort Medium, my final goto car was the GT-R with the Praiano setup. A safe win,
27 : something, and a safe drive although the Nissan got a little bit unpredictable at times under certain tire / surface conditions.

Now the race with the Aston is another story ...
It's not only that I'm more than a minute quicker, it's such a pleasant drive compared to everything I had so far. It's super fast yet very stable, while you can have real fun steering that thing on throttle and brakes. Simply great.
I'm still fiddling a bit with power versus weight, I'll try to let you know which way I'm going and hey, I fully recommend this car.

My second attempt :

Curious whether I can break into the 25s ...

 

[TFSI400]

As for fuel injection, of course it is, I have never found a combustion engine on a car without any sort of fuel injection. What I meant is that there is no forced injection - aka no supercharger or turbocharger (I may have used the wrong word there because I may have got lost in translation) which means the car is naturally aspirated.

I think you might be getting a little confused.

Not all engines use fuel injection. Some use a carburettor, which creates a mixture of fuel and air that then enters the engine. This technology was used prior to the introduction of fuel injection. At one point in time pretty much every car on the road was devoid of fuel injection, and they all used carburettors. Think 60s, 70s, 80s. That round thing sat on top of the engine - it’s a carb.

Fuel injection is very different. This is where the engine is injected with pressurised fuel (not an air/fuel mixture) via fuel injectors. The technology became common in the 1990s, along with the electronic control of injection duty cycle (Bosch Motronic etc). Performance and economy benefitted hugely.

Now, ‘forced injection’, I’m afraid is a term you’ve made up. I think what you meant to say (as you did then happen upon the term ‘naturally aspirated’) was ‘forced induction’. But this has absolutely nothing to do with fuel. Forced induction (there’s a clue in the word) is where air is forced into the engine. A turbocharger or supercharger does not force fuel into the engine. That’s what injectors do 😉

Anyway, I like your reviews. Keep up the good work 🙂

 

[The_It_Jojo]

I think you might be getting a little confused.

Not all engines use fuel injection. Some use a carburettor, which creates a mixture of fuel and air that then enters the engine. This technology was used prior to the introduction of fuel injection. At one point in time pretty much every car on the road was devoid of fuel injection, and they all used carburettors. Think 60s, 70s, 80s. That round thing sat on top of the engine - it’s a carb.

Fuel injection is very different. This is where the engine is injected with pressurised fuel (not an air/fuel mixture) via fuel injectors. The technology became common in the 1990s, along with the electronic control of injection duty cycle (Bosch Motronic etc). Performance and economy benefitted hugely.

Now, ‘forced injection’, I’m afraid is a term you’ve made up. I think what you meant to say (as you did then happen upon the term ‘naturally aspirated’) was ‘forced induction’. But this has absolutely nothing to do with fuel. Forced induction (there’s a clue in the word) is where air is forced into the engine. A turbocharger or supercharger does not force fuel into the engine. That’s what injectors do 😉

Anyway, I like your reviews. Keep up the good work 🙂

I see my single braincell strikes again though, thanks, I will try to not do the same mistake again (and do it again in true The_It_Jojo style).

As for how I came up with that terminology, that's a classic case of getting lost in translation.

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Anyway, crappy translations aside, time for more stuff I guess:

Mercades A45 AMG: this time I got it right

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 14, 2022

(Do not send it in that corner btw, doing it offline was scary and you are going to ruin someone else's day if you do it online)

So, what's the deal with the A45? Didn't I already review it and said it was rubbish? Well, yes, but after driving the Focus yesterday I thought to myself I'd give it a chance with a new tune similar to the Ford's. The tl;dr is, instead of focusing on power, I focused on reducing the car's weight by as much as I possibly could, especially since something I noticed last time was the massive understeer, and also because that's the tune I used on the Focus - put it on a diet (weight reduction 2) and slap a massive turbo in it. And it paid off, I have to say, quite substantially.

So, first of all, I'll break my rules and post the lap times, which are, in this case, low 2:11s/mid-high 2:10s. That's an improvement from the previous ones (I distinctly remember doing 2:12s and getting frustrated I couldn't go faster, which in itself made me go even slower), though it's not as fast as the other 4WD hatchback on this list by more than one second per lap.

Performance wise, top speed of slightly less than 300 km/h, very good handling though not as good as the Focus', very good acceleration and enough acceleration to keep up with the GT-R and the NSX for the first half of the straight mean this car will be good to drive and you are going to have a fun time. But just like the Ford, the understeer can hit you very hard if you don't expect it and you could get a 5 seconds penalty (it sucked), so be careful on fast corners. Also bit of a side note, brakes are not quite as good as some other entries on this list, so braking slightly earlier will be your main ally here.

Economy wise, since it's a turbocharged car its fuel economy is not as good as an NA but good enough to be on par with other turbocharged ones - pit at the end of lap 7, get 5 laps of fuel in your tank, fresh mediums, and you are good to go like a cat on a pedestal in Ancient Egypt.
Speaking of tyres, since it's lightweight and you don't get as much understeer as the previous tune, tyre wear is waaaaay less harsh, you can go and smooth sail your way to victory without problems. Well, you may end up with the NSX on your tail in a bunch of occasions, but it's manageable.

Final thoughts: fun car, I have no complaints about it except for the fact that the Focus is faster, but that's pretty much it really. Recommended to give it a try with this tune (weight reduction 2+ turbo and other components like intercoolers and stuff like that).

GT by Citroen: not what I expected

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 14, 2022

First thing to notice, this car can't get a widebody, nor any aero component except for a single "type a" spoiler, because this car has already some standard not customizable aero on it. So the only thing you could change is the wing, really.
Second, this car has by default a fully customizable ECU, fully customizable suspensions, fully customizable differential and racing brakes.
All of this pretty much makes this car a gr.3/b road car version of its race variant. Though maybe the opposite would be more accurate.
Also, this is a car I won from a roulette ticket, so I didn't need an invitation to buy it. I know it sounds like a brag but I would have preferred an engine to this car. Also, invitations suck.

Anyway, ranting aside, time to get to the review.

Or maybe not, because there is another thing that bugs me about this car: apparently, reducing power or adding weight INCREASES THE PP LEVEL for some unknown reason, so in order to get below 600pp I had to increase by 1mm the front suspensions compared to the rear ones. And that caused porpoising on the straight, apparently. Amazing.

Anyway, this time it's actually time to go to the review. And I can safely say this car looks way more like a gr.3 road car: awful top speed and understeery yet precise and on gr.4 level handling. If you have driven a gr.3 road car before, be it on GT7 or GTS, you know the feeling: it's as if you are driving a racing car without the grip coming from the slick tyres, and despite all the power the engine makes, your top speed is 275 km/h at best. And you also have grip for days, which is a plus, this is the only RWD car in which I could avoid using TC for the double apexes hairpin at the end of the lap.
Also, since I mentioned racing brakes: this car has good brakes (duh), and that threw me off because I couldn't use my usual braking points I used for literally every single entry in this review and so I had to adapt on the spot. It was fun and absolutely, totally not frustrating.



Pain, tako.

Anyway, economy wise this car is ok - it treats the tyres very well and doesn't drink too much fuel, though it's not really as good as other NAs I have to say. Nothing impressive, nothing awful, it's something you'd expect from a gr.3 car overall. So if you are used to daily C you will feel a bit at home here.

Lap times wise... meh. Mid 2:11s, it's not bad but many other entries here are way faster than that. You can really feel losing a lot of time on the straight and gaining a similar amount of time in the technical section, though it took me more time adapting to the car over driving fast.

Final thoughts: this car is not worth 1 mil credits, nor an invitation - at best it's worth what the other gr.3/b road cars are worth. Plus, for this event, I'd take the Focus or the Corvette over this any day.

As always, thank you for taking your time to read those reviews (I genuinely feel like I'm improving the more I make these ngl), and if you have any request if you are curious about how a car would fare, I will gladly try it (though, I won't be able to fulfill most of the legendary dealership requests, and for the used ones it will depend on availability, though it should be more doable). As for tomorrow, I'm planning to use very unique cars... 👀

 

[Vic Reign93]

Interesting, though, how did you get to 600 pp without having the car to want to kill you?

Also has the Bore Up, High-Rpm turbo and the Racing Crankshaft.

Took it easy on the first few laps while it dried out, saved enough fuel on those laps so I could go to the end on FM1, brakes are weaker than you except, even on RH tyres, but you can really lean on said tyres in the later stages and win by over 40 seconds.

Low End Supercharger, Racing Crankshaft, Bore Up, increased body rigidity and no intercooler.

Only had to save a little fuel at the start, but still had just under 2 laps left at the end, brakes are also pretty weak and you do need to manage rear tyre wear as it does like to dance around through the fast sweepers.

Full Engine overhaul here, Cams, Pistons, Bore & Stroke, Balancing & Ports and full weight reduction.

Still had to look after the rear tyres later on, but was better behaved and stopped better too, some early fuel saving to go to FM1 till the finish.

This one’s a doozy and not for any logical reason either.

Bore & Stroke Up and Polish Ports, No RPM increasing upgrades so max RPM was 5880rpm(Self imposed restriction), full weight reduction, increased body rigidity and SS tyres.

Admittedly this one was a borderline case as it needs a near perfect run, no penalty’s, a little luck on the AI’s late stage strategy, constant fuel map adjustments and your rear tyres will be barely hanging on in the closing stages.

So yeah, if you built the C3 Convertible without a self imposed restriction like I did, it’ll likely still hit 600pp on Mediums without a supercharger.

 

[fastone371]

I second this completely, guys. 👍 Thank you so much for that hint.

I've tested a couple of cars here including the 2J on Comfort Medium, my final goto car was the GT-R with the Praiano setup. A safe win,
27 : something, and a safe drive although the Nissan got a little bit unpredictable at times under certain tire / surface conditions.

Now the race with the Aston is another story ...
It's not only that I'm more than a minute quicker, it's such a pleasant drive compared to everything I had so far. It's super fast yet very stable, while you can have real fun steering that thing on throttle and brakes. Simply great.
I'm still fiddling a bit with power versus weight, I'll try to let you know which way I'm going and hey, I fully recommend this car.

My second attempt :

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Curious whether I can break into the 25s ...

I can run occasional high 2:06 lap times, best laps always happen on L6 and L7, must be the best conditions between water on track and tire wear but I have never been able to hit 25 minute mark yet.

 

[engrmariano]

i think this is the fastest i’ve seen all over gt7 forums.🤯

*i’m still shaking and full of adrenaline while posting this.🥵

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I can run occasional high 2:06 lap times, best laps always happen on L6 and L7, must be the best conditions between water on track and tire wear but I have never been able to hit 25 minute mark yet.

This pretty much sums up my overall experience so far. FL in my first DP-100 race was lap 11 though, but I guess that's been me getting used to the car.
Now I still have hope to hit the 25 minute mark as it's not more than .5 sec improvement per lap - time will tell ...

i think this is the fastest i’ve seen all over gt7 forums.🤯 ...

I've never seen a car reach a top speed of 350 km/h ( except the Tomahawk ), that's impressive. 👍
Just out of curiosity and for my understanding : What happened on that 2:36 lap ? Is it the pit out lap ?

 

[Pizzapants]

i think this is the fastest i’ve seen all over gt7 forums.🤯

*i’m still shaking and full of adrenaline while posting this.🥵

my best is about 24:35 with the 2J, but i'm sure i can go faster. I'm messing with transmission setups to see if I can go sub-24 minutes.

 

[mynameis66]

i think this is the fastest i’ve seen all over gt7 forums.🤯

*i’m still shaking and full of adrenaline while posting this.🥵

Post your tune,that looks like fun, Especially that top speed.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

@engrmariano with the Veneno
@Pizzapants with the 2J

Could you both share a race replay somehow if you haven't already ? I'm really curious as I, for example, have tested the 2J and I found it more or less undriveable ( for the time it lasted ).

 

[TFSI400]

i think this is the fastest i’ve seen all over gt7 forums.🤯

*i’m still shaking and full of adrenaline while posting this.🥵

That’s pretty impressive, nice work! 😁

Just one thing, though. You hit 350km/h at the line, but what speed did you reach at the end of the straight?

I have a Veneno. Might have to wheel it out 😏

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Because of irl stuff, this time I was able to get only one review in, and a frustrating one too:

Wicked Fabrication GT 51: Pain, peko

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 15, 2022

One thing I'd like for you to notice in that pic: that's outside of turn 6, and I'm countersteering right, towards the wall. And in that pic, I had TC on.
I'm going to jump straight to the performance review, because this car is just awful to drive: wheelspin even with any kind of TC on, no handling whatsoever, no grip, if you take it in a corner without TC it will just behave like a Mustang as soon as it sees a crowd, it will naturally spin into the wall as if it was attracted to it. Straight line speed is good at least, but it's not amazing compared to half of the entries I've tried thus far, if not even more. It's just bad overall.

Economy wise we have the only thing I appreciate about this car, fuel economy: it lasts until the end of lap 8, which is good but it's again nothing special compared to the rest of the NA cars I've tried. As for the tyres, well... as I said, it wheelspins even with TC on, so do you think it treats its tyres well? Of course it doesn't. It eats its tyres the same way an American eats a Big Mac, it's honestly hilarious how fast they wear down.

Lap times wise, I somehow was able to achieve a 2:12.2. However, I will add this: usually, I'd have an optimal time which is around half a second or one second faster. but for this car, it isn't. My optimal was a 2:12.2. So even if I were to put my best efforts into driving this car, I wouldn't be able to drive it much faster.

Final thoughts: to quote Niki Lauda "It's a *******!", there are no words more accurate than these ones. Literally a waste of money.

Hopefully next time I will be able to come back to more drivable cars.

As always, thanks for reading my ramblings, if you have any requests, I will be happy to see what I can do and what the car can do, though I will be able to fulfill the ones for the used cars only if they are available. Have a good day and stay safe lads.

 

[Pizzapants]

@engrmariano with the Veneno
@Pizzapants with the 2J

Could you both share a race replay somehow if you haven't already ? I'm really curious as I, for example, have tested the 2J and I found it more or less undriveable ( for the time it lasted ).

Sure, here you go:


I am using a controller, and I have ABS, ASM, and Countersteer Assist on Strong, and TCM set to 3. I also use the Chase Camera. Transmission set to Automatic. Total noob, haha.

Final time was 24:45 on this run. Not my fastest, because this transmission setup was kind of a failure, but it's the only replay i've saved recently.

Apologies for the background noise -- you can hear me playing pinball while I record this, haha.

Might take a few minutes for the high-rez version of the video to finish processing.

 

[engrmariano]

This pretty much sums up my overall experience so far. FL in my first DP-100 race was lap 11 though, but I guess that's been me getting used to the car.
Now I still have hope to hit the 25 minute mark as it's not more than .5 sec improvement per lap - time will tell ...


I've never seen a car reach a top speed of 350 km/h ( except the Tomahawk ), that's impressive. 👍
Just out of curiosity and for my understanding : What happened on that 2:36 lap ? Is it the pit out lap ?

yup pit stop.

@engrmariano with the Veneno
@Pizzapants with the 2J

Could you both share a race replay somehow if you haven't already ? I'm really curious as I, for example, have tested the 2J and I found it more or less undriveable ( for the time it lasted ).

i dont have, but yes, it's not the most fun to drive, you need to get used to too much under steer.
the 2J is easier to drive than veneno.

That’s pretty impressive, nice work! 😁

Just one thing, though. You hit 350km/h at the line, but what speed did you reach at the end of the straight?

I have a Veneno. Might have to wheel it out 😏

~365 i think, i set the transmission to 380.

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Bit of an early review post here, but I've been able to do it very early and I was quite happy with it, so l'll go ahead with it especially since it's a good one:

Nissan Silvia S15: this car is a missile

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

(Here's me smoking the GT-R on the straight btw)

As anyone would expect, a light car with an easily tunable engine is fast. Stupidly fast. It handles greatly, though it wheelspins quite a bit especially on low gears, but it's waaaaay more manageable than yesterday's Wicked Fabrication, and as a plus, because of its lightweight, this car turns on a dime as Americans would say (idk if other Anglophones use it, thus far I've only seen Americans use it). Straight line speed is also impressive, this car can beat the GT-R in a drag race down the main straight without problems, topping at 318 km/h which is just bonkers, more than anything else I've tried thus far. This car just wants to go fast and doesn't apologize for it.

Economy wise, here there are some weak points - since it's turbocharged it's on average with most entries on this list, though it's a bit better than some other turbocharged cars, but the car's weak point is tyres management - they wear out fast since it has a happy tail. Could be worse but it's below the average I use as standard.

Lap times wise, here we have the third entry to the 2:09 club, and not just any 2:09 - this is a car capable of doing low 2:09s, and maybe also 2:08s - though I wasn't able to go lower than 2:09.4 because on the last lap a lapped car slowed me down. Still, 2:09.4 is nothing to spit at, this is a very good car to use.

Final thoughts: why didn't I try this car sooner? It's amazing, fast and fun, completely recommended to give it a try.

BMW M4: a very German car

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

This is a very precise and stable car with no excesses - it's surprisingly very easy to drive. Very well planted in corners, it doesn't understeer nor oversteer most of the times, though if it's driven over the limit it will, but I can't complain, I had a very easy time understanding it.
Straight line speed, however, is very meh - barely over 290 km/h as top speed, lower than most other cars I've tried. However, paired with its stock brakes which are really, really good, means you will outbrake everything in this race with ease.

Economy wise, it does chug more fuel than other cars - I could have gone for pitting at the end of lap 8 if I were to fuel save a bit, but I went for the end of lap 7 since I didn't. At least it's extremely good on tyres, so I can't complain on that front. Overall, could be better but it's ok.

Lap times wise, this is a 2:11.0 - nothing amazing, nothing slow either. Though, one thing I'd have to say, since it's easy to drive you will be consistent on your lap times, so this is a plus imo.

Final thoughts: good benchmark if you want to get used to this race, very easy to drive and decently fast. Overall, I liked driving it.

As always, thanks for reading my ramblings, if you have any requests, I will be happy to see what I can do and what the car can do, though I will be able to fulfill the ones for the used cars only if they are available. Have a good day and stay safe lads.

Yes, I just copied and pasted it from the last time, I'm out of ideas for intros and outros lol.

 

[fastone371]

Bit of an early review post here, but I've been able to do it very early and I was quite happy with it, so l'll go ahead with it especially since it's a good one:

Nissan Silvia S15: this car is a missile

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

(Here's me smoking the GT-R on the straight btw)

As anyone would expect, a light car with an easily tunable engine is fast. Stupidly fast. It handles greatly, though it wheelspins quite a bit especially on low gears, but it's waaaaay more manageable than yesterday's Wicked Fabrication, and as a plus, because of its lightweight, this car turns on a dime as Americans would say (idk if other Anglophones use it, thus far I've only seen Americans use it). Straight line speed is also impressive, this car can beat the GT-R in a drag race down the main straight without problems, topping at 318 km/h which is just bonkers, more than anything else I've tried thus far. This car just wants to go fast and doesn't apologize for it.

Economy wise, here there are some weak points - since it's turbocharged it's on average with most entries on this list, though it's a bit better than some other turbocharged cars, but the car's weak point is tyres management - they wear out fast since it has a happy tail. Could be worse but it's below the average I use as standard.

Lap times wise, here we have the third entry to the 2:09 club, and not just any 2:09 - this is a car capable of doing low 2:09s, and maybe also 2:08s - though I wasn't able to go lower than 2:09.4 because on the last lap a lapped car slowed me down. Still, 2:09.4 is nothing to spit at, this is a very good car to use.

Final thoughts: why didn't I try this car sooner? It's amazing, fast and fun, completely recommended to give it a try.

BMW M4: a very German car

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

This is a very precise and stable car with no excesses - it's surprisingly very easy to drive. Very well planted in corners, it doesn't understeer nor oversteer most of the times, though if it's driven over the limit it will, but I can't complain, I had a very easy time understanding it.
Straight line speed, however, is very meh - barely over 290 km/h as top speed, lower than most other cars I've tried. However, paired with its stock brakes which are really, really good, means you will outbrake everything in this race with ease.

Economy wise, it does chug more fuel than other cars - I could have gone for pitting at the end of lap 8 if I were to fuel save a bit, but I went for the end of lap 7 since I didn't. At least it's extremely good on tyres, so I can't complain on that front. Overall, could be better but it's ok.

Lap times wise, this is a 2:11.0 - nothing amazing, nothing slow either. Though, one thing I'd have to say, since it's easy to drive you will be consistent on your lap times, so this is a plus imo.

Final thoughts: good benchmark if you want to get used to this race, very easy to drive and decently fast. Overall, I liked driving it.

As always, thanks for reading my ramblings, if you have any requests, I will be happy to see what I can do and what the car can do, though I will be able to fulfill the ones for the used cars only if they are available. Have a good day and stay safe lads.

Yes, I just copied and pasted it from the last time, I'm out of ideas for intros and outros lol.

The Silvia is fast but still slow compared to the DP100, correct?? Thank you for the car reviews and tuning suggestions.

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Yeah, the DP100 is the go-to car along the Chaparral if you want to grind, these cars I'm trying is mostly because I stopped caring about grinding since the prices are increasing anyways and I don't want to spend as much time on GT7 as I would do compared to studying for uni or a job just in order to get a car, so I'm testing these just for fun.

Also, glad to hear you like the reviews, it makes me happy.

 

[TFSI400]

Bit of an early review post here, but I've been able to do it very early and I was quite happy with it, so l'll go ahead with it especially since it's a good one:

Nissan Silvia S15: this car is a missile

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

(Here's me smoking the GT-R on the straight btw)

As anyone would expect, a light car with an easily tunable engine is fast. Stupidly fast. It handles greatly, though it wheelspins quite a bit especially on low gears, but it's waaaaay more manageable than yesterday's Wicked Fabrication, and as a plus, because of its lightweight, this car turns on a dime as Americans would say (idk if other Anglophones use it, thus far I've only seen Americans use it). Straight line speed is also impressive, this car can beat the GT-R in a drag race down the main straight without problems, topping at 318 km/h which is just bonkers, more than anything else I've tried thus far. This car just wants to go fast and doesn't apologize for it.

Economy wise, here there are some weak points - since it's turbocharged it's on average with most entries on this list, though it's a bit better than some other turbocharged cars, but the car's weak point is tyres management - they wear out fast since it has a happy tail. Could be worse but it's below the average I use as standard.

Lap times wise, here we have the third entry to the 2:09 club, and not just any 2:09 - this is a car capable of doing low 2:09s, and maybe also 2:08s - though I wasn't able to go lower than 2:09.4 because on the last lap a lapped car slowed me down. Still, 2:09.4 is nothing to spit at, this is a very good car to use.

Final thoughts: why didn't I try this car sooner? It's amazing, fast and fun, completely recommended to give it a try.

BMW M4: a very German car

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• The_It_Jojo
• Jun 16, 2022

This is a very precise and stable car with no excesses - it's surprisingly very easy to drive. Very well planted in corners, it doesn't understeer nor oversteer most of the times, though if it's driven over the limit it will, but I can't complain, I had a very easy time understanding it.
Straight line speed, however, is very meh - barely over 290 km/h as top speed, lower than most other cars I've tried. However, paired with its stock brakes which are really, really good, means you will outbrake everything in this race with ease.

Economy wise, it does chug more fuel than other cars - I could have gone for pitting at the end of lap 8 if I were to fuel save a bit, but I went for the end of lap 7 since I didn't. At least it's extremely good on tyres, so I can't complain on that front. Overall, could be better but it's ok.

Lap times wise, this is a 2:11.0 - nothing amazing, nothing slow either. Though, one thing I'd have to say, since it's easy to drive you will be consistent on your lap times, so this is a plus imo.

Final thoughts: good benchmark if you want to get used to this race, very easy to drive and decently fast. Overall, I liked driving it.

As always, thanks for reading my ramblings, if you have any requests, I will be happy to see what I can do and what the car can do, though I will be able to fulfill the ones for the used cars only if they are available. Have a good day and stay safe lads.

Yes, I just copied and pasted it from the last time, I'm out of ideas for intros and outros lol.

A great read, as always 😊 Since you mentioned requests, have you tried it with the Celica GT Four? Apologies if I’ve missed it.

I’m really enjoying that car at the minute, doing a lot of WTC700 events. In its current setup it’s very playful, and where the race allows it (ie I’m not too worried about trashing my tyres) it’s such a blast to throw around with traction control off 😏

 

[The_It_Jojo]

Haven't tried the Celica yet but I can give it a try for sure, despite not being in the UCD I do have one I could use.

 

[Hasnain282]

Just did it a few more times with the DP-100.
My best total race time was 26:09, but it can go faster than that, I had another race where I did 26:12 with a 5 second penalty, but I was getting bored and struggling to stay focused during the 26:09 race.
Sports hard tyres
ECU 83
Ballast 200/-50
Restrictor 89
I took the slow hairpin in 3rd
Shift from 3rd to 4th at 98mph
Shift from 4th to 5th at 123mph
Shift from 5th to 6th at 158mph
(the above are all around 6500rpm, power drops off after that)
Don't use 7th gear.
No fuel stops.
My fastest lap was 2:07.4, the conditions are fastest around lap 6.
Total race time would be a bit lower with better tyre wear management by partial braking. I used a controller with stick steering and mostly full braking, which isn't the best for tyre wear.

Tried this and managed sub 26 mins even with a pen and I know an alien who's managed 25:35 with it as well

 

[Meythia]

Ford Focus RS: I have no idea why this car is that fast but here we are
As always, thanks for reading my idiotic ramblings, if you have any requests about how a car would perform, feel free to ask (I may not be able to fulfill legendary dealership requests though), and as always happy grinding lads.

This was one of my first cars. All its stats are simply "good" and by that it is good in general. I am not having understeer but slight oversteer on my setup.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Just did it a few more times with the DP-100.
My best total race time was 26:09, but it can go faster than that, ...

I can run occasional high 2:06 lap times, best laps always happen on L6 and L7, must be the best conditions between water on track and tire wear but I have never been able to hit 25 minute mark yet.

Tried this and managed sub 26 mins even with a pen and I know an alien who's managed 25:35 with it as well

Yes, it's possible. Right back home from Tokyo :

It wasn't a clean run ( in my book at least ) as I had contact with two cars and graced the wall two or three times, but I know it's possible of course and I can even go quicker as soon as I get more used to the car.

The setup was SH tires, 200 kg of ballast ( at -25 ), 80 % ECU, 90 % power restriction - I used TCS 1 for the wet track and my laziness and standard ABS.

I definitely prefer the heavy car with maximum ballast. It's a bit more working on car control, especially on the first laps with more water on the surface and more traffic on track, but hey, I like it. The way to go.