What is the fastest car tuned at 550p?

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Online race coming up. Limited to 550p premium road cars (ie not race cars). Sports softs. All tuning allowed.

I usually do not do this type of race. So my question is which car is fastest given these rules?
 
Lexus LFA and Audi R8 4.2 are very fast. If you also want the best handling, Honda NSX Type R '02 will be the car for you.
 
GTPorsche
Anything ridiculously lightweight. I.E: Elise, Caterham, Suzuki GXR-4.
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Only the elise would qualify since he asked for premium cars...but a fully tuned elise at 550pp...surely interesting
 
I think the OP's definition of "premium" is non race cars, not necessarily from the NCD.

Cars above plus the BMW M3GTR, Zonda C12 on bigger flatter tracks, HSC, GTR's, Aston Martin V12 Vantage is good. A few others are good too. There is lots to choose from.
 
The RUF RGT and Nissan R35 GT-R(any model) are great to. The Ferrari F430 and Corvette C6 Z06 are decent as well.
 
Johnnypenso
I think the OP's definition of "premium" is non race cars, not necessarily from the NCD.

Cars above plus the BMW M3GTR, Zonda C12 on bigger flatter tracks, HSC, GTR's, Aston Martin V12 Vantage is good. A few others are good too. There is lots to choose from.
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I think premium means premium. As in premium, not standard. And by non race car, I mean non race car.

The track is the Nurb GP track. So what I really need is a car that is not going to get destroyed on the straights, but will destroy in braking and cornering.
 
The Elise 111R RM is around that PP range and can hold it's own in the straights as it rips out of the corners far quicker than anything else near that PP range. It's fantastic at mid to high speed corners and it's super lightweight so doesn't struggle pulling away from low speed corners either. Look for some tunes for this in the Tuning forum. Definitely worth a shot

EDIT: I understand you're looking for a non race car so you could just go with the Non RM version but well tuned. It's not too different and still possesses many of the characteristics stated above for the RM car
 
I'd go with the zo6 vette. It handles like a dream and has great power for the long straights. Plus 550pp with sport/soft will be just about right for good traction.
 
Part of my past victories have a result of theVettel approach. Quali first, build a gap that neutralizes the draft and stay there.
 
paskowitz
I think premium means premium. As in premium, not standard. And by non race car, I mean non race car.

The track is the Nurb GP track. So what I really need is a car that is not going to get destroyed on the straights, but will destroy in braking and cornering.
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My mistake...
 
The fastest 550pp non-race car I've tested (using several laps in each around Trial Mountain) is the GT-R SpecV '09, followed by the Nismo 380RS Supera Leggera and Amuse S2000 GT1 Turbo. The LFA, Camaro SS '10, and HEP G37 were also towards the top of the list. This is on sport medium tires with whatever power and weight combination worked best at 550pp.

The M3 CSL is also really quick and handles fantastic, but I don't remember exactly what pp it was at... and don't have it listed at 550pp in my spreadsheet. Also, the Shelby Series One SC is very nice for 500pp, but I cant' remember if it will get to 550pp or not.
 
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I think the McLaren MP4-12C is one of the fastest cars at 550pp. It's the only car I use at 550pp and I win a lot with it. Not to mention I only mess around with the drivetrain, and leave everything else stock. Maybe it's because I'm used to its handling because it's pretty much the only car I use, but I think the McLaren's probably one of the fastest in the 550pp range.
 
calan_svc
Just about everything beats it at 600pp, so I don't think I even bothered testing it at 550pp. :)
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Maybe it's not the car. ;)

Anyway, it'd never hurt to try this car at 550pp, it's actually fun. It's just that some people think the car's handling is a little unpredictable and will give up on it not realizing how easily they could win if they were just patient with the throttle. I've seen enough people that are terrible with this car, but in the right hands, it can wipe the floor with most of the cars listed in this thread. Whatever though, just my opinion.
 
Premiums in my top 5

Nismo 380 superleggera
Camaro SS2010
BMW M3
Z06 Corvette
Gt1 turbo

The 380z and the GT1 may be illegal depending on the host's rules. Also try the NSX R but it needs to be broken in first and the 370Z Fairlady can post very good times on this track.
 
paskowitz
I think premium means premium. As in premium, not standard. And by non race car, I mean non race car.

The track is the Nurb GP track. So what I really need is a car that is not going to get destroyed on the straights, but will destroy in braking and cornering.
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NSX Type R and Evora are the fastest full stop!
 
GTPorsche
Anything ridiculously lightweight. I.E: Elise, Caterham, Suzuki GXR-4.
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You actually want to stay away from anything too lightweight because you want to balance weight with bhp to get best results when tuning with pp.
 
calan_svc
Just about everything beats it at 600pp, so I don't think I even bothered testing it at 550pp. :)
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At 550PP the MP4-12C is much more competitive than at 600PP (where it's indeed lacking). From my experience LFA's are still quicker though.
 

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