I'm just a plebian controller player, but:
Huayra BC: Feels noticeably stiffer than its "base" counterpart, with an overall similar but more responsive feel. Frustrating without some TC, but still manageable if you stay within your limits. I do wish it had a customizable gearbox to make the ratios a lot closer, but other than that it is a very emotional and climatic car to drive. It definitely is hard to try and go back to driving the vanilla Huayra, it really is that much of an improvement. Every time you drive the vanilla Huayra, you will be expecting a bit more.
Sesto Elemento: Feels rock solid, a lot less body roll than Huayra. A bit slower, but a hell of a lot more planted and predictable. Although, as someone else already stated, didn't feel as RAW and race-cary as one would expect from a track only Lambo. Still a hell of a car none the less!
Huracan Perfomante: Somewhere in between the Sesto and Aventador SV. All modern Lambos tend to have a sense of familiarity, although it's not hard to pick out their subtle handling differences to really get the full picture of their character. In short, a solid car but not as fast as it feels. Unlike the Huayra which may feel slow because you're often fighting the traction limit, you actually are faster in that.
Maserati Alfieri Concept: Heavy car, likes to understeer. Make sure to not drive with stock alignment settings, they are kinda ridiculous. Good acceleration for the weight, suspension is GREAT at absorbing bumps (you can take some corners flat out easier), and the gauge panel looks pretty cool. Very much feels like a luxury car, which most modern Maseratis are. So it's no surprise there are some performance sacrifices in the name of road use.
Alfa 33 Stradale: Wow, what a sound! Also, has the typical classic car handling in one sense, but doesn't quite have the terminal and snappy oversteer that I feel a lot of classics in this game suffer from. It's setup well enough that there is more forgiveness than most classics I find. Weird feature, but you can set the engine limiter to above 100%, all the way to 109% more precisely. Doing this allows revs to 10k, Or maybe just under that like 9,800rpm. When you do rev that high, it sounds like it's ready to blow, but in a good way of course. Another handling note, the brakes are really solid too. Much less touchy and fragile than most classic brakes, at least I find.
Have not driven the Guilia QV yet, but I suspect it will leave me feeling a bit like a lot of the BMWs in this game; a bit too understeering and squirmy on the limit. Although the BMW racecars usually feel great. One thing I might add is, I still haven't achieved bronze on the Nordschleife special event with the 4c, so I don't know how I'm suppose to go even faster in a heavier Alfa (alluding to the much lower time requirements for this car's Nordschleife special event).
Hope at least 1 person gets something out of my impressions. I've been eyeing a wheel for a couple weeks now, I think I may finally bite the bullet within the next few weeks.
EDIT: Forgot I didn't drive the Quattroporte either. But hey, what else is there to expect from a big grand tourer? Maybe I'll be surprised, but I doubt it!
Last edited: Dec 21, 2017