TVR Griffith 500... Has anyone tuned it?

[Jimellow]

Greetings.

I am a new GT4 player (haven't played since GT2 on PS1), and I've recently completed all the liscense tests (minus the Super Liscense), and for my first car, I opted to buy a TVR Griffith 500 '94.

The car has nice power, but the handling seems loose, with understeer. Generally, I am not familiar enough with car tuning, and the game, to be able to improve the car through my own tuning, but I feel it might need some tuning to be able to compete in races.

Has anyone played with a TVR Griffith before? Do you remember tuning it, or making any noticeable changes to it that made it more competitive, and possibly easier to handle?

I opted to take the car instead of my other preferences (Honda S2000/Nissan 300ZX), primarily due to it's looks, uniqueness, and power. Unfortunately, having not been able to test drive prior to buying, it seems I may have purchsed a car that is too powerful and loose.

Thus, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, feedback, or even tuning settings for the TVR Griffith 500.

Thanks!

 

[Dragonistic]

i have tuned a Griffith (in my prefered colour, yellow) and it is possible to fix the looseness problem although i cant remember my set up off the top of my head, i did lower and stiffen the suspension, as well as fitting some racing tires (but in a lot of the first events you cannt use the race tires so i suggest a softer sports tire and not increasing the power substansially)

 

[Dave A]

Stifen the front suspension and have the rear softer, that will reduce and understeer tendencies. The Griffith is a very, very capable car, you just need good throttle control to get the most out of it. Other than the suspension you want to make sure the front brakes arn't so powerful they're locking the front wheels, racing tyre's will help but I don't like fitting them to most cars, they don't offer the right experience for me but that's personal preferrence. Adding a wing and spillter can come in handy, you can then give the car a good level of front downforce which will help even more.

 

[VQuick]

Great car. Only thing I don't like is only having five gear ratios to work with. Most of the TVRs suffer from that, unfortunately.

 

[Dave A]

5 gears is not a problem, you can get a 5 geared TVR just as fast as you could if it had 6 gears. 6 gears is generally better ofcourse, but 5 gears or 6 gears isn't going to make or break a car if the ratios are right.

 

[HiQQory]

I love this car, just bought it and bought some stuff for it, and i must say it sounds frickin awesome! 👍

 

[Dragonistic]

5 gears is not a problem, you can get a 5 geared TVR just as fast as you could if it had 6 gears. 6 gears is generally better ofcourse, but 5 gears or 6 gears isn't going to make or break a car if the ratios are right.

i could agree more on this, 5 gears can be just as good as 6 if you know what your doing with them.