What would be the best car for me?

[nogait]

I completed the game at 3.5 % (yea, after 5-6 hours, I'm bad ^^) and I passed the B, A and IA licenses. I bought the HPA Motorsports Stage 2 car (the car like the Volkswagen Golf) with 552 HP, it rocks! It's a 4WD car, but now, I need another one that is good, and not a 4WD. I want a car with good speed and good control for 85,000 credits or less.

I thought of buying the 84,000 CR Dodge Viper with 499 HP but I'm not enough sure to buy it, do you guys have other suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Burn_Rubber07]

AHHHH, no no no. First off the Volks is a bad car. Just wait till you get some better 4wd cars and you will understand. Second, you must realize that all the Japanese cars in GT4 are much better than any of the American cars. So spend all those credits on some sort of Japanese car. I would recomend the Toyota Supra, found in the used car lots.

 

[SirBerra]

A Mazda RX-7 has a very good power to weight ratio and can be used for many FR races plus it handles very well. The top-of-the-line model (I forget it's name) is well worth the price. A mildly modified RX-7 can easily win the El Capitan Enduro to earn yourself a Minolta Toyota LMP racer.

Nothing wrong with purchasing a Dodge Viper, but it's more money than you need to spend.

 

[Mpower56]

AHHHH, no no no. First off the Volks is a bad car. Just wait till you get some better 4wd cars and you will understand. Second, you must realize that all the Japanese cars in GT4 are much better than any of the American cars. So spend all those credits on some sort of Japanese car. I would recomend the Toyota Supra, found in the used car lots.

I found the HPA to be one of the best cars for the price. I won so many races in that thing and i think it handles great.

 

[FormulaGT]

I found the HPA to be one of the best cars for the price. I won so many races in that thing and i think it handles great.

Hmm, have to agree with you there. The HPA is actualy one of the best cars in the game. Infact your, Burn_Rubber07, your post is one of the most biased i've ever seen! How can you say that the American cars are bad in GT4? I actually find them quite an enjoyable ride, Explain. A Toyota Supra isn't a bad choice, but the wheelspin, even with TCS 10, is terrible. Not to mention the oversteer that needs to be handled is quite heavy. If you fancy some overkill, you can win the Citta di Aria Easy in the special conditions hall to obtain the Cadillac Cien. Very powerful, slight understeer, but can easily get you through the Beginner and some of the professional events.

Hope this helps.

FormulaGT

 

[cerpin_taxt]

i have to say, maybe the corvette[ any] you might find a grand sport in the used car lots for about 46,000[i think.]

 

[jessekatianda]

Hmm, have to agree with you there. The HPA is actualy one of the best cars in the game. Infact your, Burn_Rubber07, your post is one of the most biased i've ever seen! How can you say that the American cars are bad in GT4? I actually find them quite an enjoyable ride, Explain. A Toyota Supra isn't a bad choice, but the wheelspin, even with TCS 10, is terrible. Not to mention the oversteer that needs to be handled is quite heavy. If you fancy some overkill, you can win the Citta di Aria Easy in the special conditions hall to obtain the Cadillac Cien. Very powerful, slight understeer, but can easily get you through the Beginner and some of the professional events.

Hope this helps.

FormulaGT

FormulaGT is right. And you can use the Nismo prize car from the License tests to win Citta Di Aria Easy (or your HPA Golf, at this point of time) and get the Cien.

 

[Danny]

Or win the easy Rally D'Umbria, sell the prize and buy whatever you want.

 

[amp88]

Or win the easy Rally D'Umbria, sell the prize and buy whatever you want.

Is that the Costa di Amalfi (or whatever it's called) - the one you get a 256,000 prize car for? If so, do that and buy a Mine's Skyline from Tuner Village. It's 4WD, but fantastic to drive and can lap extremely quickly.

 

[skoda_norman]

hmm...i'd recomend a Cien.

they are brilliant imo.

standard or modified.

 

[a112]

Is that the Costa di Amalfi (or whatever it's called) - the one you get a 256,000 prize car for? If so, do that and buy a Mine's Skyline from Tuner Village. It's 4WD, but fantastic to drive and can lap extremely quickly.

Whell i on one side agree and on other side disagree with you.It is a very nice car,but it's a pain on S tyres without aids!

 

[amp88]

Whell i on one side agree and on other side disagree with you.It is a very nice car,but it's a pain on S tyres without aids!

Driven with a bit of respect and common sense I think it's a great car on the standard S3 tyres. Yes, you can spin the wheels quite easily in 1st and 2nd, but I wouldn't say it's a pain in the slightest.

 

[PARAGON GT]

Is that 85,000 including a frame refresh?

Lets see. Just a short list of cars to choose from.

Corvette Grand Sport - FR
TVR Speed 6 - FR
RX7 - FR

GTO GP-R - FF

NSX-R - MR
MR2 - MR
Clio - MR

Just to name a few. These can all be found in the used car lots.

Now if you want another good 4WD car. I would suggest a '97 Skyline (R33).
And the only reason I suggested a '97 is because I did a compairison recently between the following Skylines- '96 LM Edition, '96 GTR-V-spec, '97 GTR-V-spec, '95 GTR-N1 and the 400R. All were stock w/ refresh and oil change.

Supprisingly the '97 v-spec came in 1st with a lap time of 1:58.xxx around Tokyo Reverse. And the '96 was close to last with a time around 2:01.xxx.
Now granted, its only 3 seconds appart. But it felt like I was fighting the '96 all around the track where the '97 felt more responsive.

 

[Hapul]

A Mazda RX-7 has a very good power to weight ratio and can be used for many FR races plus it handles very well. The top-of-the-line model (I forget it's name) is well worth the price. A mildly modified RX-7 can easily win the El Capitan Enduro to earn yourself a Minolta Toyota LMP racer.

Nothing wrong with purchasing a Dodge Viper, but it's more money than you need to spend.

good idea, but you need 25% done before you can do an enduro

 

[sidewinderl]

05 Mustang GT
Corvette Grand Sport
Mustang Cobra R
97 Z28 Camaro
89 Nissan 300ZX
Toyota Supra RZ

All great FR cars (well, maybe not the Crapmaro ) that can break 7'00" on the Nurburgring with a budget of only 50,000 credits for mods AND car purchase price. Granted, you have to pick the right mods (R2 Tires, Wing set at max df, 1 weight reduction, and power mods with the rest...If I recall correctly, the Cobra didn't have room in the budget for a weight reduction...getting it to 450hp was more important). Also, the 05 Mustang breaks the budget just a little, while you have to find the cheapest used versions for the others (as low as 8k for the Camaro, 13k for the 300ZX, 28k for the Cobra, ~18k for the Supra, and, believe it or not, 14k for the Corvette).

There are others, of course, but these are some of the best...

 

[GM]

TVR 350C - Around 70k, brilliant car 👍

 

[Danny]

If you can live with the inexplicable understeer...
Very pretty though.


I think the Clio V6 Phase II is worth a try.

 

[Kent]

Well,
First off, if you're using the HPA well and don't care about the alleged understeer problems ( ) I suggest you move on to buying both a FR and a MR for close to the target price of 85k.
Running events will give you money to upgrade each car and the cars availible will easily walk through the beginner races. Once the upgrades are on you should be able to get through some of the faster races (earning you fast prize cars).

My suggestions.

Honda NSX-R '92 (Under 35,000 Cr.)

Toyota Supra RZ '97 (Approximately 15,000 Cr.)

Both of those are excellent workhorses.
Eventually you can tune either of them to be killer.
Good luck.

 

[GotTorque]

Hmm, have to agree with you there. The HPA is actualy one of the best cars in the game. Infact your, Burn_Rubber07, your post is one of the most biased i've ever seen! How can you say that the American cars are bad in GT4? I actually find them quite an enjoyable ride, Explain. A Toyota Supra isn't a bad choice, but the wheelspin, even with TCS 10, is terrible. Not to mention the oversteer that needs to be handled is quite heavy. If you fancy some overkill, you can win the Citta di Aria Easy in the special conditions hall to obtain the Cadillac Cien. Very powerful, slight understeer, but can easily get you through the Beginner and some of the professional events.

Hope this helps.

FormulaGT

Agreed. The Ford GT is one of the best cars in the game. And the C5 Z06 is really a "roll your own" supercar. The 04 GTO is like a fat Silvia, and even the 64 is damn good. And then there is the Cobra.

They take proper driving technique and setup (particularly the Cobra), but they will give great results with the effort put in.

The C4 Grand Sport is also a great car. And so is the C1. It's power limited, but it will handle like you can't beleive. (just like the Kappa Coupe Concept as well)

And referencing a comment made about the camaor - it's ugly, and the cheap econo-box version, but it is still a good platform (just wish PD would finally do the right thing and put the better F-Body in). People always underestimate those cars. Particularly with the LS1.

My '00, with S2 tires, semi-race suspension, custom gears, and a massaged engine (about 389hp) beats my friend's S-14, modded to the same P:W ratio and using S3s with a full race suspension. We do competitive hot lapping all the time.

Oh, and I got an LS1 F-Body around the 'ring in about 7:30'ish without a wing, and on S3 tires.

 

[The Driver]

One car that I bought fairly early is the Audi RS4 - I don't know how that makes it into the game at around 40,000 cr!! It understeers a bit and there's a bit of body roll, but other than that I can't really fault it (and if you've got 89,000 cr then some minor mods will make it a very quick car).

 

[GotTorque]

Well,
First off, if you're using the HPA well and don't care about the alleged understeer problems ( ) I suggest you move on to buying both a FR and a MR for close to the target price of 85k.
Running events will give you money to upgrade each car and the cars availible will easily walk through the beginner races. Once the upgrades are on you should be able to get through some of the faster races (earning you fast prize cars).

My suggestions.

Honda NSX-R '92 (Under 35,000 Cr.)

Toyota Supra RZ '97 (Approximately 15,000 Cr.)

Both of those are excellent workhorses.
Eventually you can tune either of them to be killer.
Good luck.

MR can be a real bear if one is used to AWD. In fact, MR didn't work for me at all until GT4 when I changed my driving style sufficiently (I've been with the series since GT1, lol).

But, a good cheap MR car is the MR2. It needs modding, but it really has serious potential. (Lancia Stratos is my favorite pocket rocket, but it's super expensive. The late model MR2 can be found used for fairly cheap, and in purple. Reason enough to buy it. lol )

 

[Kent]

I'm sorry to hear you had trouble with MR cars for all this time (btw, you're not alone in being a GT'er since GT1).

Like I said, if he has used the HPA as much as possible, it is time to move on to something that isn't 4WD. 👍
Hopefully he used the HPA to beat everything it could and so now it would be best to get something from another country as well as something in different drivetrain formats (hence my suggestion for moving onto FR and MR).

While I do agree that the MR2 has potential, I do not see it as anywhere near the level of the '92 NSX-R.

One problem with the MR2 in my opinion is related to its handling.
The MR2 is a tricky ride and by the admission of PD (which is all that really matters in the game) the MR2 has odd handling because of the short wheelbase and high engine placement.
Controlling the MR2 can be much more challenging than controlling the NSX-R '92.
I still strongly suggest the NSX-R '92.

As for the FR suggestion, that's not too important to me. I said the Supra because it is cheap, comes with over 300hp stock and with weight reductions can go all the way down to 1250kg.
On top of all that, the fully modded Supra is a favorite for most of the straight-liners around this board! Once modded, the Supra can hit 900+ hp and over 200mph. 👍
That could be a great car for the "Like the Wind" race as well as just about any FR race against other street cars.

 

[Duke]

I played a lot using license prizes. The first car I bought was a used FD RX-7; I can't remember which specific flavor of it, but any last-gen RX-7 is a great choice. They handle well straight out of the box and they can make big power. They're also in the 30-40,000cr range on the used lots.

 

[Danny]

I played a lot using license prizes. The first car I bought was a used FD RX-7; I can't remember which specific flavor of it, but any last-gen RX-7 is a great choice. They handle well straight out of the box and they can make big power. They're also in the 30-40,000cr range on the used lots.

To add to this, the RX-7 drift car you win from the Tuned car championship (the name escaped me) is pretty useful too.