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If you are a TVR fan, lets hear your views. Whats your fav model? what can you toast with a TVR? what do and dont you like about em?
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I like the Cerbera best. It handles better than most of the other models, which oversteer almost as bad as Lotuses do. It's pretty light for its competition range, and handles power well. The Cerbera looks better than all the other models, the Chemeleon Blue/Purple Speed 12 coming in second.
And we all know the Cerbera LM is outrageously fast.
And we all know the Cerbera LM is outrageously fast.
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Yeah I remeber the LM one from GT2 - my fav car and it could kick practically every other cars ass !!!!
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The TVRs are like British Vipers that don't understeer. The Cerbera's the easiest to drive, but still not easy. Then comes the Grffith, and the Speed 12. I can't get a fully-tuned Chimaera to stay on the track for very long without getting all loopy. But when it's all said and done, a TVR won't do you wrong.
How did the Cerbera LM get sacked from GT3...PD must have known it was a favorite from the past!
How did the Cerbera LM get sacked from GT3...PD must have known it was a favorite from the past!
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The Cebera is a great looking car, i find red is da bom. Is there really any diff between the Griffith 500 and Blackpool, besides the price and color variants?
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My love affair with TVR's began in the original Gran Turismo...I had already beat the game and was sort of bored with it...so I turned it on and started experimenting with cars for the fun of it....back in the day it was all about highest HP = best in my eyes (LOL young and foolish) The cerbera LM interested me in no way...I thought it was such a lame ass car with not enough power (wtf was i thinking) and way too much over steer so I had written it off early on while on my power kick....so anyway by the time I had beaten the game I had, incidentally aquired some skill and was starting to enjoy the simple act of driving and controlling my cars...Like I was saying I was bored and look ing for a way to make the game fun again so I get in this cerbera (can't even remeber why I chose it from the many) and I drove it around what ever my favorite courses were at the time...I had no problem with over steer I was like damn this thing is awesome it does exactly what I want it to do, no matter how fast you enter a turn you can save yourself from the wall and the most awful thing in the world (((UNDERSTEER III HAAATTTEEE ITTT))) but I really didnt think it was that fast...until I noticed my laptimes were faster than cars I had driven with hundreds more HP...I was like HOLY S***. No way...cant be, but sure as sh** it was way faster and I was like "I've been missing out"
Then GT2 came out...with its new and improved Cerbera LM and I loved it almost immediatley (more attractive and powerful, but more stable =( dammit) but I defintely grew to love it more and more...I have a buddy I used to play GT2 with and no matter what car he picked he lost to the cerbera LM...most of the time badly... by this time time I had so much respect for the car I began to research and found that is was every bit as bad ass in real life as what is in the game (felt sorta vindicated...you see no one around here was interested in TVR because its not a big name)...........AND THEN the speed 12 holy S*** I never thought id get used to this car.. so much HP so little stability once again a write off once again getting bored of the game I decide to experiment and conquer this "stupid" car...once again couldnt believe my eyes when I looked at my cornering speed...incredible if you could keep the TVR's back wheels where they belonged then you had an inconquerable monster of a car...but that was GT2....And now there is GT3 which was very disappointing to me NO LM CERBERA WTF why in the HELL DAMMIT DAMMMTIFADNIUF
and the speed twelve had somehow lost its abilities it still had the power but not the cornering and I quickley abandoned it (not much of a tuner...just a driver) still pisses me off... now that I have internet access Ive been looking for a setup to make the driving style similar to the old TVR Speed 12 CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?? please redeem my fallen idol
I know theres a database of drive setups but they dont say THIS ONE IS FOR EXTREME OVERSTEER which is sorta what Im looking for
Then GT2 came out...with its new and improved Cerbera LM and I loved it almost immediatley (more attractive and powerful, but more stable =( dammit) but I defintely grew to love it more and more...I have a buddy I used to play GT2 with and no matter what car he picked he lost to the cerbera LM...most of the time badly... by this time time I had so much respect for the car I began to research and found that is was every bit as bad ass in real life as what is in the game (felt sorta vindicated...you see no one around here was interested in TVR because its not a big name)...........AND THEN the speed 12 holy S*** I never thought id get used to this car.. so much HP so little stability once again a write off once again getting bored of the game I decide to experiment and conquer this "stupid" car...once again couldnt believe my eyes when I looked at my cornering speed...incredible if you could keep the TVR's back wheels where they belonged then you had an inconquerable monster of a car...but that was GT2....And now there is GT3 which was very disappointing to me NO LM CERBERA WTF why in the HELL DAMMIT DAMMMTIFADNIUF
and the speed twelve had somehow lost its abilities it still had the power but not the cornering and I quickley abandoned it (not much of a tuner...just a driver) still pisses me off... now that I have internet access Ive been looking for a setup to make the driving style similar to the old TVR Speed 12 CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?? please redeem my fallen idol
I know theres a database of drive setups but they dont say THIS ONE IS FOR EXTREME OVERSTEER which is sorta what Im looking for
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I hated the Speed 12 at first, sold it, then sold it again. Then I realized you could reduce the weight and give it a race mod, adding downforce. I'd tune it, get it to handle a little better, and then put the car aside every couple of weeks or so. Finally, I was winning races (after only spinning 2 or 3 times!) with it. It just takes a different disipline to dirve it right. It loves the high-speed stuff, but rejects slow stuff unless you're creful and precise with the throttle. It's just an amazing beast; One minute, you're going quite fast, you've smashed a lap record. And somehow, you're able to go 2 seconds quicker the next lap around! That's the Speed 12 for you...
As for the Cerberas; you just can't go wrong. The LM didn't appear to be anything special, but with a little tuning, I could take corners at ridiculous speeds, even without lifting. There's just something magical about this car. The other Cerberas would be perfect, except they all lack a 6th gear...but if you space the gears out right, it's not much of a limitation.
The Tuscan Speed 6 has one of the best exhaust notes in the game. I'd say the British cars seem to have alock on best engine notes in GT2.
As for the Cerberas; you just can't go wrong. The LM didn't appear to be anything special, but with a little tuning, I could take corners at ridiculous speeds, even without lifting. There's just something magical about this car. The other Cerberas would be perfect, except they all lack a 6th gear...but if you space the gears out right, it's not much of a limitation.
The Tuscan Speed 6 has one of the best exhaust notes in the game. I'd say the British cars seem to have alock on best engine notes in GT2.
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Ahhhh, TVR's.
.. .. .. .. .. .. Ahhhhhhhh.
Not only are their cars kick arse, but they are one of the only soley british manufacturers (Lotus is bloody owned by proton, although they are still a nice manufacturer).
In my current save I only have two TVR's, the Cerebra 4.5 and the Tuscan Speed 6. My Cerebra, only having 550bhp is easily able to tackle all the races in the GT Allstars cup and handles a dream, although maybe the suspension is set a little too hard on the rear of the car making it a little twitchy sometimes. I haven't used my tuscan yet but I plan to buy a Griffith and then get me a monsterous speed 12.
As for the Cerebra LM, it was nice but it just seems to have some sort of magical cornering power (it was even greater in GT1) that sticks the rear end of the car to the track no matter how hard you push the thing through corners.
As for the Chimaera's, I tend not to use them mainly because they aren't sporty cars and mainly designed for cruising allong the motorway very fast. Mind you I think that it's based on the Griffiths chassis.
I like TVR's.
Almost as much as RS prepped Fords.
.. .. .. .. .. .. Ahhhhhhhh.
Not only are their cars kick arse, but they are one of the only soley british manufacturers (Lotus is bloody owned by proton, although they are still a nice manufacturer).
In my current save I only have two TVR's, the Cerebra 4.5 and the Tuscan Speed 6. My Cerebra, only having 550bhp is easily able to tackle all the races in the GT Allstars cup and handles a dream, although maybe the suspension is set a little too hard on the rear of the car making it a little twitchy sometimes. I haven't used my tuscan yet but I plan to buy a Griffith and then get me a monsterous speed 12.
As for the Cerebra LM, it was nice but it just seems to have some sort of magical cornering power (it was even greater in GT1) that sticks the rear end of the car to the track no matter how hard you push the thing through corners.
As for the Chimaera's, I tend not to use them mainly because they aren't sporty cars and mainly designed for cruising allong the motorway very fast. Mind you I think that it's based on the Griffiths chassis.
I like TVR's.
Almost as much as RS prepped Fords.
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Man, I've raced ss5 twice and got two stupid lancers for my troubles.....like i raced apricot 8 times before mr stratos, i hope this game catches a wake up
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Tvr was discovered by me after finding the speed 12. Afterwards I investigated the cerbera then the tuscan, grifith and later the cerbera LM; never drove the chimera and he´s the only model I didn´t buy.
Both the tuscan and the griffith share a bit of the same feeling especially when braking hard under pressure. The griffith gets a bit more wheelspin than the tuscan. I tend to compare him to a cobra in that area.
The cerbera is a great car with the wheelspinning being more controlable and the steering proving to be more light than the previous models´s. The cerbera LM, well lets say that after I got to grips with the race modified elise gt1 I thought I would never find a more agressive cornerer than that. I believe the cerbera LM is quite simply one of the best performance cars in the game.
Then THE car. The speed 12 caught my eye the first moment I saw him, even when crashing against every wall even when spinning his wheels out in third gear or flying away tottaly out of control with a simple bump. Some cars are faster (not to many though ) some are less of a problem to keep under control (many actually) some take slower corners better but this car has a mixture of sound speed insanity beauty presence exclusivity power and performance that make him unique and definitly my favourite. There are many cars I like but this one is THE ONE. There´s just something about him.
Both the tuscan and the griffith share a bit of the same feeling especially when braking hard under pressure. The griffith gets a bit more wheelspin than the tuscan. I tend to compare him to a cobra in that area.
The cerbera is a great car with the wheelspinning being more controlable and the steering proving to be more light than the previous models´s. The cerbera LM, well lets say that after I got to grips with the race modified elise gt1 I thought I would never find a more agressive cornerer than that. I believe the cerbera LM is quite simply one of the best performance cars in the game.
Then THE car. The speed 12 caught my eye the first moment I saw him, even when crashing against every wall even when spinning his wheels out in third gear or flying away tottaly out of control with a simple bump. Some cars are faster (not to many though
) some are less of a problem to keep under control (many actually) some take slower corners better but this car has a mixture of sound speed insanity beauty presence exclusivity power and performance that make him unique and definitly my favourite. There are many cars I like but this one is THE ONE. There´s just something about him.- 24
Originally posted by bla
Tvr was discovered by me after finding the speed 12. Afterwards I investigated the cerbera then the tuscan, grifith and later the cerbera LM; never drove the chimera and he´s the only model I didn´t buy.
Both the tuscan and the griffith share a bit of the same feeling especially when braking hard under pressure. The griffith gets a bit more wheelspin than the tuscan. I tend to compare him to a cobra in that area.
The cerbera is a great car with the wheelspinning being more controlable and the steering proving to be more light than the previous models´s. The cerbera LM, well lets say that after I got to grips with the race modified elise gt1 I thought I would never find a more agressive cornerer than that. I believe the cerbera LM is quite simply one of the best performance cars in the game.
Then THE car. The speed 12 caught my eye the first moment I saw him, even when crashing against every wall even when spinning his wheels out in third gear or flying away tottaly out of control with a simple bump. Some cars are faster (not to many though
Well said...I'd have to agree
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54:781 in tahiti road with no proper gear adaptation. Roaring with the speed 12 in 4th gear trough corners all the way with the exception of a single one And if the gears were shortened it would probably be 5th in some.
...and I thought bumpy up-and-down tahiti would pose too much of a stability problem. I´m glad it didn´t
And if the gears were shortened it would probably be 5th in some. ...and I thought bumpy up-and-down tahiti would pose too much of a stability problem. I´m glad it didn´t
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smokes.....i mean....that is what the tyres musta been doing after the race
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Quoting Jeremy Clarkson from top gear: "When I first tested the cerbera I remember thinking that it was fast, I mean indecently stageringly phase-distortingly fast... but I had no idea" what fast really meant in the case of the cerbera LM till a few days ago.
Simply seeing the cornering potencial of the car made me realize I had just aquired one of the best cars in gt2, but "we really need to put that in perspective".
So I took the cerbera LM to tahiti road and in the 3rd lap I think while driving easy the speed 12´s time was beaten. It was a mix of sadness and joy. I mean the car was excelent but beating the speed 12´s time that easily didn´t feel right.
I took the speed 12 for another spin. This time I reduced the LSDs. The incresing and decreasing of the accel and deccel were more like ways to drive the car differently but the initial torque was the question at hand.
I´ve been trying to determine what this thing really does and now I know. When I reduced the initial torque, from 20 to 5, acceleration was greatly improved returning the speed 12 to his former self. In the straight before the thighest corner of tahiti I went from 289-290kph (180mph) to 300-305kph (189mph). Maybe this device takes more effect in the speed 12 due to lots of wheelspin but the fact is that I managed to get, in a pretty sloppy lap, a 53:171. Maybe the cerbera can improve that time (and I will definitly try) but so can the his big brother. I´ll also pit the elise gt1 against these two.
Simply seeing the cornering potencial of the car made me realize I had just aquired one of the best cars in gt2, but "we really need to put that in perspective".
So I took the cerbera LM to tahiti road and in the 3rd lap I think while driving easy the speed 12´s time was beaten. It was a mix of sadness and joy. I mean the car was excelent but beating the speed 12´s time that easily didn´t feel right.
I took the speed 12 for another spin. This time I reduced the LSDs. The incresing and decreasing of the accel and deccel were more like ways to drive the car differently but the initial torque was the question at hand.
I´ve been trying to determine what this thing really does and now I know. When I reduced the initial torque, from 20 to 5, acceleration was greatly improved returning the speed 12 to his former self. In the straight before the thighest corner of tahiti I went from 289-290kph (180mph) to 300-305kph (189mph). Maybe this device takes more effect in the speed 12 due to lots of wheelspin but the fact is that I managed to get, in a pretty sloppy lap, a 53:171. Maybe the cerbera can improve that time (and I will definitly try) but so can the his big brother. I´ll also pit the elise gt1 against these two.
The Speed Six is the british Viper..The Speed 12 is way out of the vipers class..The Speed six however IRL would more than likely be out handled by some model Vipers..because Vipers now adays I believe the ACR's can handle well over a G on the skidpad...And I just did some searching..And I can't find any skidpad results on the Speed 6..But if GT2/3 portray it well then the Viper can outhandle it No prob
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Yay. won the cerbera LM this here weekend. Very grippy for such a powerful car, but is it really faster then a GT-ONE? Someone sold my toyota, so i cant compare it just yet...
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If you´re asking if the cerbera can get better lap times than the gt-one, probably not; if you´re asking if he could take corners faster, well in the exit the gt-one will be faster as for entry speed and high speed mid-turn cornering... I don´t know. The gt-one is quite fast so I´d have to test them
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