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There you go, and for everyone else. Created a fresh (added) sheet to make this. Added power adder parts first, then tune suspension.Do you have a tune or list of parts added?
There you go, and for everyone else. Created a fresh (added) sheet to make this. Added power adder parts first, then tune suspension.Do you have a tune or list of parts added?
I like the look of the countach,do you have a tune or settings for it? 👍So, no skipping reviews today, and I've got two very interesting cars:
Lamborghini Countach 25th anniversary: the king is dead, long live the king
Yes, that's me wheeling right there, the reason being this car is crazy fast and doesn't have lots of front downforce. So, how exactly "crazy fast" I'm talking about here? Well, something something 328 km/h without the slipstream and this car would have more to come with a longer straight kind of crazy fast. This is, thus far, the absolutely fastest car I've tried in terms of raw top speed, and the power also manifests in terms of acceleration; though, admittedly, it checks out since this car has 608 horsepower under the hood, so no surprises there.
The surprise comes with the handling, which is nearly perfect with this car: maybe slightly understeery, but that's nothing too important + the car also has tons of grip, except in second gear but that's to be expected with that much power. So, yeah, amazing also here.
As I already mentioned, acceleration is incredible on every gear (the car has 5 gears btw), and brakes, well, you need to break a bit earlier than normal, but for a car that can go to almost 330 km/h it could have been much worse, I'm overall extremely surprised.
Economy wise... well, the car doesn't lose grip so tyres are good, fuel... I had to refuel at the end of lap 6 with FM1 and no short shifting. You can run easily a one stopper, but... well, fuel economy is far from being amazing, that's for sure. No loss of performance overall though.
And now we come to the absolutely strongest point of this car, the lap times: 2:07.1. Yes, this car is more than two seconds faster per lap than the fastest cars I've tried thus far, and I'm confident I could even hit 2:06s if I were to grind it a bit more. There isn't going to be a car beating that lap time any time soon, I can tell you that much.
Final thoughts: this car may not be the best for grinding due to fuel economy, but with an overall time of 26:40, this car is amazing.
Nissan 300 ZX twin turbo: a bootleg Countach, basically
Well, I expected something better from this car, but in the end I was slightly disappointed.
So, first of all, let's start from top speed: this car, like to Countach, tops at 328 km/h, but there's a catch: it overrevs like crazy, the gearing is not nearly as good as the Lambo's for this track, and it can't go any faster than that without slipstream, that's for sure.
Handling wise... oh boy, this car is bad: no understeer, this car likes to do the opposite, aka oversteer and wheelspin like crazy. And I can tell you, it's not fun, especially on tyres, but I'll get to them later.
Brakes are a hot pile of garbage, and acceleration, as expected from a turbocharged car, is... not good. The car takes some time to get up to speed, and while it eventually does, it has the classic turbo lag problems every turbocharged car from the 90s has.
Economy wise, this car is just bad: need to fuel save just to go on a one stop strategy, tyres that wear out fast because no traction, this car is just a nightmare in terms of economy overall. Be prepared to have lots of patience with it.
Lap times wise, I was expecting something better also here, though this car is still fast: 2:08.9 is still faster than everything but the Lambo. However, this car is far from being consistent in its performance, so expect your lap times to drop once you are close to the end of your stint.
Final thoughts: yeeeeeaaaahhhh this car is not one I'd recommend. Yes it's fast, but it's also inconsistent and painful to manage, not something I like to have in my car :/
As always, thanks for reading my ramblings, for tomorrow I have planned some stuff I'm interested to try out. If you have any request, feel free to leave it in this thread (no legendary dealership requests, though, it's hard/nearly impossible for me to fulfill them), I will try that car out and do my best with it. Stay safe everybody, and I'll see you tomorrow ^_^
Wide body, front splitter, side skirts and rear wing a for aero, then custom ecu, racing exhaust, racing air filter, racing manifold and engine balance tuning for the power, you'll need to reduce the ecu to 99% power if you are planning to use mediums though, which is what I use on every car.I like the look of the countach,do you have a tune or settings for it? 👍
Finally managed to crack the sub 2 mins(1:58 FL) on my 2nd attempt with the 2J, but got quite a few penalties doing soHere is the run I made today, 24:33, fastest lap 1:57.2
The A70, A80 or A90?Tried the Supra 2 or 3 times but not really getting on with it,im going to try using sport mediums,obviously have to drop power a tad but see how it goes.Also is it just me or does the supra sound really quiet even with a race exhaust compared to other cars?Bear in mind i suffer with tinitus so it may be my ears that are at fault.
It's a handful for sure, especially once the tyre wear sets in. But I'm a bit of a masochist so I've been trying cars I haven't really seen successful. To a bit of rage induced performances if I'm honest haha. The thrill of the chaseTried the Supra 2 or 3 times but not really getting on with it,im going to try using sport mediums,obviously have to drop power a tad but see how it goes.Also is it just me or does the supra sound really quiet even with a race exhaust compared to other cars?Bear in mind i suffer with tinitus so it may be my ears that are at fault.
1997 RZ.Seems so quiet even with race exhaust.The A70, A80 or A90?
1997 RZ.Seems so quiet even with race exhaust.
But this is the right way to do it imo, trying to get the max out of a competitive car, i should do that more oftenIt's a handful for sure, especially once the tyre wear sets in. But I'm a bit of a masochist so I've been trying cars I haven't really seen successful. To a bit of rage induced performances if I'm honest haha. The thrill of the chase
Isnt that already not stock anymore?i suggest detuned Enzo and huayra
I'd recommend the Corvette C7 then, it needs just aero, sport mediums and a widebody.Isnt that already not stock anymore?
If as much as possible, I only look for cars that are lower than the PP limit, then add sports hard and throw them around for (most stock driving).
Pretty impressive car, works fine without the body changes.I'd recommend the Corvette C7 then, it needs just aero, sport mediums and a widebody.
Awww shiii
Have you got a set up or tune to share? 👍
If you manage with that car, you should be able to manage with alot of other cars just as well.Being a very average driver, I've been finding hard to achieve those times. So I kept this race away from my limited grinding.
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I too found this surprisingly balanced to drive,i went with comfort mediums as that dropped the pp so was able to bump up the hp to 833 and top speed at a shade over 180 coming out of the tunnel.The CM dont have the same grip as the SH but enough to keep ahead of the others.Being a very average driver, I've been finding hard to achieve those times. So I kept this race away from my limited grinding.
But had to try the Escudo. I had little expectations because of the fuel and tire comsuption, as I expected it to be a fuel sucker and a tire burner.
Apart from ECU and Power Restrictor to 70% both and maxed 200kg ballast, had to put Sports Hard and fiddle a little with ride height and wings to get under 600pp.
But, to my surprise, the car as AMAZING balance and grip, both with moist and dry track, with the downside being the poor top speed, even if nerfed to the max, still has 522 hp to just 1000 kg, there is too much drag from those enormeous wing and splitter, you would only get about 160 mph without a tow of another car. Still you will gain so much on the rest of the track, specially on corners 1 and 2 and the last hairpin, after you adjust your gas to the significant turbo lag, specially on the last hairpin, you have to smash the thottle midway to the exit just to have the power when you are straight. But the best part, contrary to my expectations, was the fuel consuption, as it run all race without stopping, it has great gas mileage, just had to switch to FM2 and FM3 on the last 3/4 laps, as I would be 0.4-0.5 laps short if I kept the dry pace on FM1. Won easily despite a 5 sec penalty, which is remarkable for my driving.
A bit of a premise: since we're going to have 1.14 pretty soon, I thought I'd try my hand on this event without a pp exploit since I'm guessing PD will patch it in the upcoming update, but I've soon found out this race is a somewhat though nut to crack, for multiple reasons, the first being: this is a drying track. As S-10 taught, those conditions are extremely sketchy to race on, and on a track like this with fast corners (turns 3 and 4 come to mind) you can be sure that once one of your wheels slightly grazes the water, you either meet Barry R or miss him by a few millimeters. So, if you make a mistake, this track punishes you for it. Positive note, at least the track won't worsen the more time goes on.
Second, if you do meet Barry R, getting a 5 seconds penalty that can ruin your race is something you need to be careful of, especially once your tires start to wear out in the last bits of the race, or you need to overtake an ai in this narrow street circuit. I legit had to restart more than once because said penalties ruined my race, and I can tell you, throwing 20 minutes of my time out of the window was not fun. You can still win the race if you get one penalty, but you're going to have lots of traffic to deal with.
Third, unlike the WTC 800 or 700, in which the ai uses cars you can easily outpace (for example, by detuning respectively a gr.2 or gr.3 car), here your car's performance will be roughly the same as the ai's, which makes this race the most skill based imo out of all the three grind options available as of 1.13 (again, unless you are using a pp exploit, in which case this race is a cakewalk). In my case, I tuned up a widebody Corvette C7 that was sitting in my garage unused, and it turned out to be a fast car indeed for the event, but the ai was able to keep up with my pace without major problems, which was surprising to say the least. Obviously you can still overtake it easily in some spots, f.e outbreaking it on turn 1, 5, and on the last corner (turn 13 iirc) + everywhere else on the track whenever you can, but it does have pace here.
Fourth, car selection: I would usually win easily these WTC 600 events with my RCZ gr.3 road car because of its far superior handling, but on this track, handling doesn't really matter if your car if 40 km/h slower than the ai on that massive straight per lap, so I had to resort to something else, and the Corvette mentioned above was the right car for the job. Some other cars I think would be good for this race could be the Audi TTS or the Mercedes 45 AMG, but I've yet to try them (or any other 4wd car for the matter, you can never get enough grip on this track in these wet conditions).
So, yeah, overall I'd recommend everyone to give this race a try without pp exploit at least once before update 1.14, you are going to have a fun half an hour of racing and you can also prepare yourself for when the exploit will be patched to grind money on this track, hope this post was useful for some people ^_^
BAC MONO is perfect, intermediate tyres, power set 1 and just 1 pit. The event last about 27 minutes and win 8-10 seconds advantage.
The IA pace is very variable in this game, so the final margin means next to nothing.I too found this surprisingly balanced to drive,i went with comfort mediums as that dropped the pp so was able to bump up the hp to 833 and top speed at a shade over 180 coming out of the tunnel.The CM dont have the same grip as the SH but enough to keep ahead of the others.
The downside being that i pitted at the end of lap 8 as the tyres werent good and i needed a quick splash and dash,but still won by 18 sec.Not to bad a race except you cant really short shift as it goes off boost.lol
Tbf when I first tried the event it genuinely felt challenging, though that was mostly because I was not used to it, but now that I am, well, it's indeed very easy.Dont think it's as hard as the title suggests but it has a good level of challenge