Please PICK 2 from the poll to go to a final poll for the Season 10 car. Ferrari Dino 246 GT '71 Ferrari 365 GTB4 '71 Acura/Honda NSX CONCEPT '13 Ford GT '05 Renault Sport Mégane R.S. Trophy '11 As always please sign up to the entry thread for your votes to count
Updated quick review: Ferrari Dino 246 GT '71 - 201bhp - 1080kg - SH Very nimble handling car and feels surprisingly quick. Balance dances between neutral and easy power slide depending on throttle application. Ferrari 365 GT '71 - 363bhp - 1200kg - SH Front end feels heavy with slight understeer in most corners. Feels fast on the straights and mostly stable handling. Honda/Acura NSX Concept '13 - ???bhp - ???kg - SS Mid corner understeers a lot, whether on power or not. Requires slightly longer braking distances than expected, feels a little overweight. Ford GT '05 - 577bhp - 1451kg - SH Car feels heavy in braking zones and through corners. Generally understeers on turn in and very easy to light up rear tyres from mid RPM and up. Ford GT '05 - 577bhp - 1451kg - SS Still needs a long braking zone but is more compliant and willing to turn in on soft tyres. Less wheel spin and very fast top speeds. Renault Sport Mégane R.S. Trophy '11 - 274bhp - 1387kg - SH Accelerating and steering don't really mix, doesn't oversteer at all. Brakes are ok but not great for its top speed.
After a decent session testing all of the cars for me it came down to accessible performance. I felt that the 2 Ferraris allowed me to get closer to their limits faster without getting into trouble, especially on SH tyres where the Honda and Ford would get out of shape very easy. As for the Renault, I could see myself snapping a brake pedal or 2 in a full season of racing, down a hill leading towards a tight corner, the thing just won't pull up. So for me it's the Daytona and Dino. Not sure if it's appropriate to suggest tracks for them, but ones I can think of for these cars (in no particular order): Daytona Road 80's Monza Mount Panorama Tsukuba (Sprint) Monaco (Street) Ascari (Enduro) Willow Springs
Just tried all the cars on SS... Did not like the dino very much... back end steps out waaayyy too far all at times... ford gt was a little better but still not to my liking. nsx went ok but the megane and the 365 were the standouts for me. megane should provide very close racing and the 365 can be thrown around so easily without spinning
After driving the Dino and Daytona back to back on 80s Monza, it's gotta be said that the Daytona feels more planted, especially around sweeping curves such as the 1st lesmo.
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If a Ferrari gets picked for this season (as is increasingly likely), I would like to see the following tracks: Monza 80s Rome reverse Ascari Sierra Daytona Road (for the Daytona, not the Dino) Côte d'Azur Matterhorn Rotenboden Streets of Willow Springs (for the Dino, not the Daytona)
It was running at Matterhorn Rotenboden that helped me choose the 2 Ferraris to vote for, it takes a well sorted out car to feel comfortable around there.
