Buick 62 Special: WTF? Ridiculously good

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Why has PD made the Buick 62 so over the top? It handles like a dream. I get it comes with Tuned engine to level 2 and sports soft tires and a few others, but it weighs 1300 kg base!

Untouched it one the Pro level muscle challenge with no problem, I dropped a supercharger, level 1 weight reduction, exhaust etc to take it to 700 hp and it's beating Ferrari Enzo's and Zonda's on the Supercar festival.

That thing should handle like a boat, there's no way it should turn like it does, so any reason why PD has made it so good or just a weird glitch?
 
The '62 Buick Special was indeed a special car, IMHO. The motor was a monster engine, and after all the "restomods" seem like it would be a supercar. I like it.
 
Similar to the Ford Mustang Trans-cammer and the Art Morrison Vette, the Buick Special was a SEMA winner that was included in the game back in GT4.
 
it was way too good in gt4 aswell. there was one race for i think pre 70s cars and it was un-racable if the 62 special was in the line up. and it was way under rated in terms of A spec points
 
If there's any complaint regarding that car it should be that maybe it shouldn't be allowed to race in the classic and historic car races as it's only a Buick Special in name and looks only it's all modern performance underneath.
 
Against many different types of cars, the Buick Special 62 is like taking a M249 SAW to a knife fight.
 
Yeah ok its all custom underneath, but it still shouldn't handle like it does. The thing has no Aero (and can't have a wing added) yet I was cornering faster than a Yellowbird RUF on the supercar festival Pro level event.
 
Well there's no info I can find on the real "Bu'Wicked" ever racing. The SEMA prize is awarded for looks not for racing performance.

It's just not really believable to me that a hotrodder modified huge heavy old chassis FR with totally wrong weight distribution like a 62 Buick can corner as well as a modern MR supercar like a Ferrari Enzo, RUF or Zonda.
 
If I remember correctly, it was impossible to drive in GTPSP. It would literally sit in the one spot burning out its rear wheels.
 
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It's just not really believable to me that a hotrodder modified huge heavy old chassis FR with totally wrong weight distribution
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I hope you aren't basing that comparison on the Ruf CTR Yellowbird of all things. A 455 Buick engine may be heavy, but at least it is mostly in between the axles.
 
It's a race car with a Buick body. It's about as much of a Buick Special as a Chevy Impala is a NASCAR Impala.

It has a big lightweight engine, a race car tubular frame with a built in roll cage, huge slick tires, etc. It seems about as fast as it should.
 
I absolutly love this car, looks good, sounds great and goes like a bat out of hell.
No traction+heaps of hp= 4th gear power skids for the length of most straights.
Nice and smokey.
 
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It's a race car with a Buick body. It's about as much of a Buick Special as a Chevy Impala is a NASCAR Impala.

It has a big lightweight engine, a race car tubular frame with a built in roll cage, huge slick tires, etc. It seems about as fast as it should.
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So where's the race results of the real life "Bu'Wicked" that this was based on? Like I said it won an award for looks, there's no record of it ever racing and I seriously doubt it would be competitive.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZpnBAilCY

Art Morrison chassis just like the Buick special. This car is a shell on top of a modern chassis/drivetrain, capable of 0.94G lateral Gs (supercar territory)
of course its gonna be able to keep up with a Ferrari or RUF etc.

˝The only thing that's original 1955 is the body shell˝
 
I like how the description in the game says "American cars of yesteryear, when the cars had personality"

Talk about truth.
 
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So where's the race results of the real life "Bu'Wicked" that this was based on? Like I said it won an award for looks, there's no record of it ever racing and I seriously doubt it would be competitive.
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Why would you doubt it would be competitive? Anything with a racing frame, 1300kg weight, 600 hp, racing slicks, and a racing transmission is gonna be pretty damn fast.

It won't be competitive with an F1 car or something, but it would be competitive with most sports cars.
 
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Why has PD made the Buick 62 so over the top? It handles like a dream. I get it comes with Tuned engine to level 2 and sports soft tires and a few others, but it weighs 1300 kg base!

Untouched it one the Pro level muscle challenge with no problem, I dropped a supercharger, level 1 weight reduction, exhaust etc to take it to 700 hp and it's beating Ferrari Enzo's and Zonda's on the Supercar festival.

That thing should handle like a boat, there's no way it should turn like it does, so any reason why PD has made it so good or just a weird glitch?
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it drives the same way in gt4 so may be thats why its called "special"?
 

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