Hello my friend, where did you get that Maserati
? I bought 4 of them so far and they don't want to give me a Turbo kit . Can you please check your post to see what corrections that have to be made. Thanks, and don't worry I won't be more mean than usual 
. There's no rush, I won't have time to do this review until friday or saturday.👍
- Thank fails to postHello my friend, where did you get that Maserati
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ok next time abs=10, SRF on, Traction control =10, and, ..... on ..... ICE brrrr....You are either psycho or just plain evil
So I guess you win this time, but I will be back to try again this next time. That was just plain crazy, the only good thing was no red laps.NO ABS.......SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!
, you’ll be able to get better lap times, but I’m at the limit 
. I think this is case of a tune made made with a driving wheel using the smoother and longer gas pedal motion versus a PS3 controller, it’s much more difficult with the PS3 controller. I also found a small issue with the braking, but this may also be a case of poor gradient lever control.
& Mr. Hyde 
, hit the right line with this car and it feels smooth 👍, hit the wrong bump and it will be bucking and bronking like a wild stallion 
. I’ve tried quite a few of your car tunings and this one sits in the middle of them, I like the fact that you need throttle control but sometimes the PS3 controller isn’t the right tool for it., the car was one of the fastest but I never had a lap that I was satisfied with, I know a good driver would be able to get much better lap times. It was easier on this track to gas it up out of the curves, you could feel the back of the car push out and adjust the throttle cleanly, but in the ‘s’ curves the body tended to push the rear end out towards the walls. I would like to know if you could do some laps here and give me the lap times you get, would be useful for me to see how much time I lost with my control issues., and have some good thumb/finger coordination 
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@xande1959
- Maserati Gran Tourismo S '08 550PP - SS
Tsukuba:
I had a hard time coming out of curves with this one, with a PS3 controller 👎 there isn’t much gradient control to bring up the speed (at least for me that is), I know that with a good driver like you
Deep Forest:
It is a little hard to control on this track, it’s like Dr.Jeckyll
Special Stage Route 5
I’m kind of disappointed here
Summary
Good car 👍, might be a little of a learning curve for some drivers, but can be very fast if you are patient
CRITIC’S CHALLENGE
Rules:
1- I choose the track, conditions, and time trial regulations.
2- Tuner and reviewer use the reviewed car for the time trial.
3- Times are posted by each of the drivers, there is a gentleman’s agreement that each person will put down the true time.
4- You must have fun doing this, this is not an option.
CHALLENGE #4 Fly Me To The Moon (pun intended) (@xande1959 vs TurnLeft)
1- Track: Any Track
2- Car tuned as is.
3- Take 3 Pictures (Photos) of the car flying,
4- Winner will be selected by the members who want to vote (anybody), just post the name of which one has the best pictures.
Advice: Drive really really slowly
Here are my three pics. ( I used only the in game camera settings )
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It´s not GT6 but ACE COMBAT !!!@xande1959
- Maserati Gran Tourismo S '08 550PP - SS
Tsukuba:
I had a hard time coming out of curves with this one, with a PS3 controller 👎 there isn’t much gradient control to bring up the speed (at least for me that is), I know that with a good driver like you
Deep Forest:
It is a little hard to control on this track, it’s like Dr.Jeckyll
Special Stage Route 5
I’m kind of disappointed here
Summary
Good car 👍, might be a little of a learning curve for some drivers, but can be very fast if you are patient
CRITIC’S CHALLENGE
Rules:
1- I choose the track, conditions, and time trial regulations.
2- Tuner and reviewer use the reviewed car for the time trial.
3- Times are posted by each of the drivers, there is a gentleman’s agreement that each person will put down the true time.
4- You must have fun doing this, this is not an option.
CHALLENGE #4 Fly Me To The Moon (pun intended) (@xande1959 vs TurnLeft)
1- Track: Any Track
2- Car tuned as is.
3- Take 3 Pictures (Photos) of the car flying,
4- Winner will be selected by the members who want to vote (anybody), just post the name of which one has the best pictures.
Advice: Drive really really slowly
Here are my three pics. ( I used only the in game camera settings )
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nice test !!
), tune and specs), it is another blue beauty, she is not shy and likes to cause an impact...
- The brakes. The overall test session was fun, but the element that failed were the brakes. Almost like they were sleeping, I needed to mash the button in order for the car brakes to respond, causing precious tenths of seconds loss for a faster lap. all!
Review Maserati GranTurismo S'08 550pp (SS), by @xande1959As i'm not a guy of many words, this is my review for "Car of the Month" Maserati GranTurismo '08, thread by @Bowtie-muscle, of xande1959 GranTurismo'08.
I know it's a late review, but better then never, right?!
The tuner - @xande1959 ... This is my first review of a well know tuner in GT. Despite, this is the first car I do of Mr. X, so I truly believe it will be a great one... So let's see how it goes:
The car - Made exactly has the tuner specs (color (almost
Before the review starts, just want to say that this review was done out of curiosity, to see how a car tuned for wheel settings would behave on DS3... For now, let's just say it may have some surprises...
The review - Wheel vs. DS3...
It was made in form of Time Trial, 5 Laps at Spa-F. with ABS1 only.
Fastest Lap - 2:26:523
Driving Sensations/Car Behaviour:
Surprisingly then car felt quite nice. Fast and steady, responded afirmative to all the inputs I asked for. As most other cars, on low gears (2nd below) a natural oversteer appeared, but perfectly controlable and maybe a bit fun...
The steering was precise, but have to say a bit hard, in some fast corners, mainly due to low rotation, a bit of understeer was present, corrected by gas input to apply that rotation...
The gearbox did his job, making the car be on the right revs and competitive to deal with the mix of corners in Spa. Very well tuned...
On the fastest lap, the car was naturally pushed to the limit and did great, some extra caution was needed on throttle, but perfectly adapted to the DS3...
Negative Point:
Yes, I found one...
I believe the BB is the cause (4/3), maybe some higher values will fix it... I'm sure xande1959 will fix it quickly...
Overall:
Like said previously, it was indeed a surprise that a car tuned for wheel managed to be fast, stable and competitive on DS3... Being the 1st car I did from Xande1959, it was a pleasure to test and confirmed what I was expecting from it...
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, I’ll just cut the crap out, when a tuner put’s out their reference time I just can’t help myself and see how I fair against that, my competitive edge, my curiosity or whatever you want to call it, I have to try it, if I do bad chances are I’ll just keep my mouth shut (keyboard in this case), but if I do better .... I’ll try (really really hard ) to be humble and supportive 
( do you believe in fairy godmothers?). We all need our little egos to be flattered once in awhile. So yeah, I went to Laguna Seca, on my 4th and last lap I did 1:33.542 (with PS3 Controller), so close enough not to hide my face in a brown paper bag 
, but not good enough to give myself a gold star and give my name to that track., that’s right in reverse . It’s pretty amazing how a car that had real good track grip suddenly loses most of it.
. and floor it all the way .
Great that you joined in 👍, give me a couple of days and i'll try that tire shredder of yours.Had a blast tuning this one. Keep up the good work Bowtie!
Maserati GranTurismo S `08 518pp
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can you tell me if your running any camber and toe in your setting? ThanksHad a blast tuning this one. Keep up the good work Bowtie!
Maserati GranTurismo S `08 518pp
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It helped immensely. It turns so much better now.
. Must have had a slight brain cramp as I set it to +50 instead of the listed -50. Well that will change things quite a bit I would think, and it made a ton of difference. May not seem like much weight, but this car already has enough to the rear. Gone is the exit rear swing and wheel spin, better planted thru mid corner and no longer fighting the rear weight on entry. Much more like what I would expect out of Shaun, much more enjoyable. Two things I did notice however, 1 - the brakes did not like late heavy braking. Normally, my style is more finesse, half braking power just to slow the car down and keep it pointed where I want. As long as I drove it that way, there was no problem. If I tried push too hard and brake later, the nose would push and refuse to turn. Again, easily manageable and avoided.
