Best Prize Car for Low Speed Courses (Opera, Hong Kong)

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What is the best prize car (I prefer not to purchase) to compete at Hong Kong and Opera? These two courses require very low speed agility and I can't seem to find a car and setup that gets around well at either of these courses. I've turned down the assists to 1 and that helps a little but I get far too much understeer at the very tightest curves such as the chicane at Opera. I'm not sure if it's bad tuning on my part or just not using the right car.

If someone can post car and setup, that would be really helpful. I really don't want to use the F1 or LM cars if possible.
 
In what race series? If you are asking about the Professional GT World Championship then these courses have been won using the 787B (not prize car), CLK GTR and the 88C-V (both prize cars).
 
I'd use a modified street car. Like the Audi LeMans Quattro, or a Lotus Elise.

My personal opinion
 
As Moloch said, it depends on what race event you're trying to compete in. If you're talking in general, then I would say there are many cars capable of fast times at these two tracks. From recent racing there myself, I've used a TVR T350C (stock), a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII GSR MR (stock), a Mazda MX-5 1800RS (moderately tuned), and a Lotus Espirit V8 (stock), though the last one was a bit of a haul around those tracks.

Personally I would recommend RWD cars (or nimble 4WD). But that's just my driving style, I detest FWD cars, RR, and anything that understeers horribly (the TVR is a handful in mid- to high-speed corners but very nimble at low speed). If you're tuning your car, be mindful of the bumpy track surface at Opera and raise your suspension/soften your spring a tad and you'll see a world of difference in handling and laptimes.

Hope that helps.
 
I'll take a gamble and suggest that the Elan could slay a few giants around a twisty track. Same goes for the Alpine 1100S, which can also punch above its weight on a tight track.

Short wheelbase and RWD should point to a decent tight city track racer.
 
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Same goes for the Alpine 1100S, which can also punch above its weight on a tight track.
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Yeah, IF you can keep it from spinning. Those RR cars without driving aids are impossible for me to drive. I so much as turn the wheel under throttle, trailing throttle, no throttle, hell just turning the wheel causes the back end to swing out dangerously :scared: :scared:
 
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Yeah, IF you can keep it from spinning. Those RR cars without driving aids are impossible for me to drive. I so much as turn the wheel under throttle, trailing throttle, no throttle, hell just turning the wheel causes the back end to swing out dangerously :scared: :scared:
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I gotta agree with that, though after pirouetting through the Alpine race series in the 1600VE or whatever its called, the S felt wonderfully planted.....

I found it's a big problem in faster corners where it gets particularly uncomfortable. In slower corners the swinging tail helps me turn in (I tend to turn in late so I find understeer more of a problem than oversteer), and rear engined traction makes it poke out of the corner rather well, as long as it didn't scrub off too much speed while I was looking out the side window to see where I was going :scared: I have not tried driving it on Dual Shock.

I haven't taken the Alpine anywhere near a fast track like The Nurb, because I'd probably fling myself so far off the track that I'd end up reversing down the Mulsanne straight :lol:
 
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