Many gamers like me look beyond the glittering lights of the Premium 500-600bhp plus supercars and trawl the backwaters of the many Standards to find diamonds in the rough.
Take the VW 'New Beetle'. A MkIV Golf in a curvy retro-look frock. You have the potent RSi version already, but what about the cutesy cooking model? Admittedly on paper it's uninspiring: FF drivetrain, and VW's aged SOHC 8v 2.0 engine making a paltry 115bhp stock.
Turbos take it to 339 bhp plus, which is fine and dandy. But after various struggles with understeer, lift-off oversteer, wheelspin, I went back to basics and decided to keep aspiration natural. This is what happens when you take the mind of a DC2 Honda Integra Type R and mate it with the cute and innocent New Beetle. In other words, I merely took the settings of a stock '99 Integra Type R and used them on the Beetle to see what would happen.
This car now revs to 8000rpm and laps up sweeping bends. This has mostly eradicated understeer. Cornering speed pretty quick. On Sports Soft tyres it can beat cars with a much higher PP value. Best time at Tsukuba is 1:02. And. It will beat the Tuner Car Cup at Apricot Hill (thus far), with a best lap time of 1:34.
You don't have to spray it Championship White and fit white multispokes but it will add to the image. Also, keep the standard wheel size as smaller wheels mean better cornering.
Take the VW 'New Beetle'. A MkIV Golf in a curvy retro-look frock. You have the potent RSi version already, but what about the cutesy cooking model? Admittedly on paper it's uninspiring: FF drivetrain, and VW's aged SOHC 8v 2.0 engine making a paltry 115bhp stock.
Turbos take it to 339 bhp plus, which is fine and dandy. But after various struggles with understeer, lift-off oversteer, wheelspin, I went back to basics and decided to keep aspiration natural. This is what happens when you take the mind of a DC2 Honda Integra Type R and mate it with the cute and innocent New Beetle. In other words, I merely took the settings of a stock '99 Integra Type R and used them on the Beetle to see what would happen.
This car now revs to 8000rpm and laps up sweeping bends. This has mostly eradicated understeer. Cornering speed pretty quick. On Sports Soft tyres it can beat cars with a much higher PP value. Best time at Tsukuba is 1:02. And. It will beat the Tuner Car Cup at Apricot Hill (thus far), with a best lap time of 1:34.
You don't have to spray it Championship White and fit white multispokes but it will add to the image. Also, keep the standard wheel size as smaller wheels mean better cornering.
- Game Version
- 1.08
- Controller Type
- Game Controller
- Vehicle Manufacturer
- Volkswagen
- Performance Points
- 438 PP
- Max. Power
- 239 HP
- Weight
- 1031 kg
- Weight Distribution
- 53
- Displacement
- 1984 cc
- Drivetrain
- FF
- Tires (Front)
- Sports: Soft
- Tires (Rear)
- Sports: Soft
- Pit Service
- Change Oil
- Wheel Model
- OZ Racing Superforgiata
- Custom Parts (Other)
- Mine is in Mercury 'Cinnamon Frost' for something different.
Championship White paint optional!
- Suspension Kit
- Height-Adjustable, Fully Customizable Suspension
- Transmission
- Fully-Customizable Transmission
- Clutch
- Triple-Plate Clutch Kit
- Engine
- Stage 3
- Exhaust
- Racing Exhaust
- Weight Reduction
- Stage 3
- Other Parts
- Racing Brake Kit
- Fully-Customizable Mechanical Limited-Slip Differential
- Sports ECU
- Intake Tuning
- Isometric Exhaust Manifold
- Catalytic Converter: Sports
- Window Weight Reduction
- Carbon Hood (Body Color)
- Ride Height (Front)
- 135
- Ride Height (Rear)
- 135
- Spring Rate (Front)
- 4.66
- Spring Rate (Rear)
- 2.57
- Dampers - Compression (Front)
- 1
- Dampers - Compression (Rear)
- 1
- Dampers - Extension (Front)
- 1
- Dampers - Extension (Rear)
- 1
- Anti-Roll Bars (Front)
- 1
- Anti-Roll Bars (Rear)
- 1
- Camber Angle (Front)
- 0.0
- Camber Angle (Rear)
- 0.0
- Toe Angle (Front)
- 0.00
- Toe Angle (Rear)
- 0.20
- Brake Balance (Front)
- 5
- Brake Balance (Rear)
- 5
- Max. Speed
- 149
- Max. Speed Unit
- mph
- Transmission (1st Gear)
- 3.230
- Transmission (2nd Gear)
- 2.105
- Transmission (3rd Gear)
- 1.458
- Transmission (4th Gear)
- 1.034
- Transmission (5th Gear)
- 1.100
- Transmission (6th Gear)
- 0.787
- Transmission (Additional Comments & Instructions)
- Set max speed first. Then gear ratios. Then Final Drive. IMPORTANT: The Integra only has five standard so sixth is that, and I adjusted fifth accordingly using the chart. Only entered the value to match the format.
- Initial Torque (Front)
- 10
- Acceleration Sensitivity (Front)
- 20
- Braking Sensitivity (Front)
- 5
- ABS Level
- 1
- Traction Control
- 0
