How odd...

[longlivetheZ]

I find this strange...

...get a skyline in the last game and do all the engine mods and the biggest turbo and I/C upgrade and you're over 1000HP and the car will peel your skin off...

...get a skyline in this game and do the SAME EXACT SHIT and you're at...like...550 running high 12 sec 1/4 mile times...

...is it me or is it WAY harder to make REALLY fast cars in this game than the last one?

I was STOKED to see the Buick GNX in the game (among MANY other GREAT additions...). I had just won a couple series in the japan and professional leagues and had a bunch of money to burn so I bought the GNX with the intentions of crankin it up and using it in the RWD and American races...I was VERY disappointed in the performance I got out of this car...even in it's most modded state.

The only car that really impressed me was some little cheap ass MR-2 Turbo I bought...that's a fun little car.

What's up with the little tuner's area? Seems to me that they just sell the same shit as the dealer people...am I missing something?

[BP2K2Max]

i have a 95 R33 GTR v spec that i bought used. fully modded it only makes ~750 hp but it runs 10 flat with no nitrous and 9.2 with it.

[chevytrucks92]

Well, I have a 2004 GTO with 775 hp plus a 50 shot of N02, and the best 1/4 mile I can get out of it is 10.071(11.145 w/o the juice). That's with the TCS turned all the way up to 10 (w/o it, 10.596 is my best) and super soft rubber slicks.

I've fooled with the downforce, with the weight distribution, gearing, tried shifting it several different ways (does the best shifting it as soon as it redlines) and 10.071 is the best it will do. I just think it should be into the 9s becuase it crosses the finish line at like 150 mph.

So I don't know if that's good for a GTO on this game, or if there is something I'm missing, but 10.071 is my best, and I can get 10.10s pretty consistantly.

[rydinturbo]

i got my rs4 avant running tens with nitrous and without nitrous its weird for that car nitros only makes like .100secs difference

[2of9]

i gotta 870 Hp Sky GTR34 Nur Spec II, hittin low nines, but GT3 wasnt as accurate as GT4

[longlivetheZ]

Favorite project car...my R32. Bought it used as well. I'm still tweaking it. It's in the mid 10s right now on the juice and I only have the second turbo kit......still puts out less than 500HP. That thing's one of my favorite cars. It swallows up everything else I've raced so far...it's great. I'll have it into the 9s...or hopefully even the 8s...by the time I'm done with it. Still have TONS of stuff I can do to it...bigger turbos...stage 3 weight reduction...etc...I'm even running stock tires still! I'll keep you posted on it.

The best time I've ever run was with my LM 350 Z that I won...10s out of the box, but it's an all out race car.

Put a blower on an SS Chevelle I won for winning some race and it only runs in the low 12s...kinda surprising since it's...like...700hp or something.

[rydinturbo]

i got my rs4 in the 9s jus turned up the nos. i have ben driftting it too

[chevytrucks92]

I haven't seriously tried the 1/4 with anything else. I did take the 454 SS Chevelle when I first won it and it run like 13.50s, which is a little fast for what those cars run stock (like 13.80s or 13.90s) I thought, however, when I first bought the GTO, I run it stock and only got 13.994 (however, that was before I found the car's sweet spot for shifting, I think stock now I could get it into the 13.70s atleast), which is a little slow compared to the real deal (like 13.50s-13-60s).

Now since I posted last night, I have got the GTO to 10.068, but there is really no difference in 10.068 to 10.071, lol. I would think it should atleast go 9.90s, and its just not going to happen. I have to launch perfect and shift perfect to get in the 10.0hs. The only other way that I can see to improve it is with some kind of suspension tunring, and I (very slightlY) tweaked with the rear shocks and asborbers and the ride hieght and still nothing, lol.

[longlivetheZ]

I made it into the 9s today with my GTR. Only mod I did since my last post was bought some soft racing tires and a center diff controller...LOL...ran a 9.8xx while only using the nitrous for half the run. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THE BIG TURBO YET! That's on the way. That'll put me WELL into the 8s.

[Dreamspawn]

The tuner sells differnt turbos/shocks then the manfactures. They are call ORG also turner exhaustest will sound differnet then manfacture. Like for the FF challenge i bought a Integra type R with normal exhaust raced a race then went to spoon and was like hey i'll put one ther exhaust on to see what sounds like. It sounded mean as hell. Also put a Mines exhaust on my Evo 8 MR it sounded differnet as well.

[longlivetheZ]

Love the sig, dude. You can describe my music like my cars...loud, fast metal.

I got the big turbo kit yesterday for my R32 N1. It's now WELL over 700 horse without the nitrous. It's so amazingly fast now. Took it to the strip with the new turbo and blasted off a 9.200. Thought I'd be in the 8s and I'm so friggin close. I should be there after the stage 3 weight reduction and maybe a bit more tweaking. 8s is my goal. I'm probably faster than 98% of cars on the game already, but I must make it faster...I EASILY swallow up even the fastest cars I've raced so far. When I get into the 8s, I'll post a pic.

[Dreamspawn]

Thanks u should check them out awesome band. I recommend these songs :
The princple of evil made flesh
Cruelity brought by 3 orchids
Her ghost in the fog
Promise of Fever
*Ne thing Live thats is when they are at there best*
So many more those are just a few i could name like 20 lol. But now back to the topic on hand.
Going into the 8s Damn the quickest i've ran was a high 9 and that was with the Bentley speed 8 * i got curious* i mostley just race.

[longlivetheZ]

I'll definately check those songs out. If you like really heavy shit, check out Killswitch Engage "Alive or just Breathing"...that whole CD is killer. Just go buy it. I got my acceptance letter to Berklee College of Music a couple weeks ago for a week long guitar seminar in august. I'm into basically anything with A) some feeling, B) some creativity, C) some talent or any combination of the above. That's why most of this popular bullshit just pisses me off. Killswitch...shadow's fall...chimaira...some pretty good guitar stuff...check them out, man.

Anyway...enough rambling...

I got into the 8s today...ran an 8.9-something in my R32 N1. Forgot exactly what it was. I'll post a pic if I can get my phone to send the pic like it should.

Anyone have a faster car?

I'm about done with the Japanese and Professional races so I decided it was time to take my winnings thus far (over 500,000 Cr) and search for a car to kill the competition with in the American league. Thought about the Saleen S7 but it was too expensive...thought about the Mustang Cobra R but I hate mustangs...thought about the Corvette Z06...
...then I found the Ford GT...such a beautiful car...not too expensive...I know it's fast...decided against the Z06 that I was going to buy and bought the GT, did a couple mods and hit the track...

...what a worthless, understeering, uncontrollable peesashit. I'm so pissed I spent all that money on the car and a couple mods. If NOTHING else at all, it's fast. It's up to 770 hp (and still not faster than the 740-something hp R32 N1) now and I put nitrous on it...it just DOESN'T FUCKING TURN and the brakes BLOW NUT! I think bicycle brakes would work better...AND I put the racing brakes on it. I think some super-soft tires would make the car decent, but those are worthless on anything longer than a 2 lap race.

Moral of this story: If the GT drove as nice as it looked, it'd be tough to beat...BUY THE Z06! More modding options (there are no turbo options available for the GT) and I'm SURE the Z06 is more driveable.

[Dreamspawn]

yah the GT and S7 have had ALOT of complaints bout not turning. I'm guessing that the R32 is so quick b/c of its lightness i'm thinking bout grabbing one later and giving it a shot.

[longlivetheZ]

That R32 is fast as FUCK. It's a combination of a few things...it's not too heavy, it's AWD (I put the variable center diff at 50/50 for 1/4 mile runs), it's quite powerful and I tweaked the fully customizable transmission. Got the gearing right, got the traction control right, set the center diff up, got the power up there...I knew the 8s would be mine...