The Ultimate Supercar!
Okay its officially my favorite car in the game after taking it to the Supercars in an epic David VS Goliath match. I already loved it but this was of mythic proportions!
What is this Wünder Car you ask?
What car could possibly have Harvey Wallbanger, GT5s own lovable outlaw, dancing a jig and singing its praises?
Ladies and gentlemen it is my honor and privilege to present to you...a car I have affectionately dubbed the "Pocket Monster"...the one...the only...
Daihatsu Cuore TR-XX Avanzato R (J) '97 "Pocket Monster"
Yes folks that's correct! A Kei car has won a race in the Supercar Festival!
Okay so by now your probably wondering how to setup your own "Pocket Monster". Never fear because Harvey and the rest of the gang here at the Cafe & Outlaw Motorsports garage are ready to reveal all!
Start with the engine overhaul and the chassis adjustment from GT auto. Then pick up the following parts from the tuning shop:
Body/Chassis; weight reduction stage 3, window weight reduction, chassis reinforcement
Engine; ECU tuning, engine tuning stage 3
Intake System; sports intake manifold, racing air filter
Exhaust; sports exhaust manifold, catalytic convert sports, titanium racing exhaust
Turbo Kits; If you are using an automatic transmission (this is what Harvey uses) then get the high rpm range turbo kit (stage 3). If you drive with a manual transmission then get the mid rpm range turbo kit (stage 2).
Transmission; fully customizable transmission
Drivetrain; clutch twin-plate, flywheel semi-racing, adjustable LSD
Suspension; fully customizable kit
Tires; racing soft
The Tune:
ACSR421
Transmission
1st: 1.960
2nd: 1.383
3rd: 1.063
4th: .853
5th: .703
Final: 4.910 adj. per track
Max Speed: 137 MPH
* First set to default. Move final all the way to the right then max speed all the way right and back to far left now back to 137 mph. After all this set the final and individual gears to posted settings. This sounds like alot of work but it gives the best gearing for the unrestricted Coure.
Lsd; initial 8, acceleration 20, braking 5
Suspension settings as follows:
Camber; front 1.0, rear 1.0
Toe; front -0.20, rear 0.00
Ride height; front -25, rear -25
Spring rate; front 12.0, rear 11.0
Dampers (Extension); front 5, rear 5
Dampers (Compression); front 5, rear 5
Anti-Roll bars; front 5, rear 5
Brakes; front 7, rear 7
Fully tuned with the high rpm range turbo kit the car has 486 PP, 191 HP and max torque of 141 ft/lb@5400 rpm with an 8900 rpm redline. There is only a slight dip in torque between peak power and redline on this version.
Fully tuned with the mid rpm range turbo kit the car has 502 PP, 202 HP and max torque of 197 ft/lb@5400 rpm with an 8900 rpm redline. All this extra HP and torque comes at a price however as the mid rpm range turbo kit makes this a very peaky power curve with a serious drop in both HP and torque between peak power and redline.
That's all there is to it folks, your own "Pocket Monster"!
As a bonus here's the adjustments I make when chasing the low time in the Lightweight K Cup Eifel race (current best for me is 2:49.350)
Chassis/Body; Add 200 kg of ballast in position 43. This should result in a 50/50 weight distribution.
Engine; With the high rpm range turbo kit installed set the power limiter to 92.1%. With the mid rpm range turbo kit you'll need to set the power limiter to 81.7%.
ACSR421
Eifel circuit Daihatsu Coure trans. settings
2.238
1.618
1.249
1.005
.832
final 5.100
top speed 137 mph
*reset to default then top speed to 137 mph. Now set final then each individual gears.
That's it folks your now ready for the Lightweight K Cup races.
Note: Daihatsu sold this car as the Mira TR-XX Avanzato R '97 in its domestic Japanese home market.
Note 2: The Kei cars appear to be slightly more prone to engine fatigue than some other cars. This means that final HP and Torque numbers could see some variance from the numbers listed above depending on mileage. Conversely if the maximum numbers are slightly down you can use a lower amount on the power limiter to attain the 420 PP limit for the Lightweight K Cup seasonal.
Until next time...
Drive hard and have fun!
Photo of Supercar Eifel finishing times
As requested by XDesperado67, here's a review on one of his cars. Not my best, as it was typed out at 1AM and early in the morning (the two times of day where you're at your laziest and most uncreative) due to a lack of time, but the review is much like the car. Short, quick, nothing complicated, and very child-ish in some areas.
Daihatsu Cuore review-
This car was set up for the Kei car seasonals. The car’s power, the weight, where that weight is placed, all of it has been taken into account to make sure that this will rip up the tarmac of the Eiffel circuit as quickly as those skinny little tyres can get it around. But speed only makes up half of this car. This tune. What it can also do, is turn the world into a cartoon. It’s so much fun! The noise, the grip, the pace, all of it, only does one thing. It makes you feel…happy. It flies past traffic like its suddenly been gifted 1000 horse power. There’s the same feeling of the wave of never-ending power pushing you along as you’d get in a X1. And then you get to a corner. Now, since I know next to nothing about Kei cars, my first thought was, ‘Is this a 4WD?’ And after a few more laps, this suspicion just kept on coming up. I kept thinking ‘Did Nismo or Ralliart have something to do with this? Why does it feel like I’m driving a GTR??’ It’s amazing, it’s only a FF, but with a 50/50 weight distribution and those racing softs, it feels, and handles, like it’s been possessed by Godzilla. It never understeers. Not only that, but get aggressive with it and you’d get something very few FF’s have. Lift-off oversteer. The moment when the rear tyres lose grip as opposed to the fronts giving in. That is something very rare. And very enjoyable. Which sort of defines this car really. Imagine this as the downsized offspring of a GTR and a NSX. The grip of the GTR, the purposeful-ness of the NSX, mixed in with some japanese lunacy/idiocy, and then get someone with a good touch with tuning to do it up. That’s what this has become. A perfect blend of FF grip, and FR oversteer. And now, I’m asking my self an important question…should I keep this car, risk getting reported and banned, or bid it a final farewell…well, although I’ll be sad to see it go (It made me feel so happy and young! Try it, trust me, it’s a fantastic little car, earned me 1.2 mil
, didn’t even notice the time go by), at least I’ll know that I’ll have done it (some) justice with writing this. I hope.
(This section was added just because there’s so much I like)
Things I like-
-Very quick for its size
-Corners like a 4WD/FR
-MASSIVE FUN!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
-Grips like a GTR
-Very agile
-Sleeper-y looks
Things that need improvement-
-Unrestricted it!!!!
-Try to make this work on sport soft, it would be even more fun and just as competitive as it would be on racing soft
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you would have to bring that up.
