‘The Fine Line Between Legal and Illegal’
It’s one we all try to be on one side of or another, some enjoy playing by the rules, others thrive on living by their own rules
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On the Left, the leader of the Grip Runners M3 from the sanctioned world of Prostreet.
On the Right, An ex race car turned into a tribute for its previous gen racer which was a law breaking, cop wrecking machine that became Rockports Most Wanted.
And then there’s me, one amongst many drivers who have driven both these cars
in their respective games.
We’ll start with the normal M3, BMW’s first(and only) mass production M3 to have a V8 engine.
Handling was as you expect from an M3, but the brakes... could be better.
The manual gearbox like most manual cars in GTS is very slow shifting, but even the custom box is slow shifting too.
Engine sounds nice mind you.
I’ll give it a Neutral.
As for the M3 GT, take the negatives from the road car and throw them away and add some extra pops and bangs on the downshifts to boot.
The M3 GT is still a capable Gr3 car, but it lacks that little bit against the established Gr3 front runners.
But as solid all rounders go the M3 GT is alright.
Verdict: Sleeper
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Both cars have a great sounding engine, but in the past, they have done even better.
‘Three Is Company’
The 1994 Mclaren F1 is a car that frankly needs no introduction and while it seems underpowered these days for a NA engine(the Valkyrie is chucking out 1000hp from 6.5 litres of Natural Aspiration insanity.)
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, it still holds the title for the fastest naturally aspirated production in the world with the XP5 prototype running a 2 way average of 240mph thanks to its rev limiter being raised to 8,300rpm.
The road cars were good for upto 230mph, but that was in 6th where as we were touching 225mph at the top of 5th gear at SSRX
Well I say we, I think I was the only one to keep it in 5th and not shift to 6th and slow down.
Handling and brakes were quite interesting, the brakes didn’t feel like they were properly working as despite being quite light, it was struggling to stop.
The rear was quite soft sprung and hard to break loose, which is fine if the front tyres can grip otherwise it’ll lead to understeer, quite abit of it as it turns out.
I’ll admit it’s not the greatest to drive stock, but like the others I just can’t bring myself to call it a Beater as it’s a still an iconic machine.
So a Neutral verdict is a fair compromise, but I still reccommed you pick one up, just sort out it’s handling.
And finally, if all you want is a cheap, fun soft top sports-car then..
‘Miata Is Always The Answer’
Yep, the original MX-5 is back in its pop up headlamp glory and it’s dropped in right next to its modern day counterpart.
The new car is heavier, but only by 50kgs to its credit considering the differences in safety and tech, plus an extra 11hp from a smaller engine and a extra cog in its manual gearbox.
The newer car cost just under 25k while the older car is only 17K, but that’s expected.
On the track, the MX-5 is a prime example of ‘Slow car fast’, it’s fast enough to be fun and use all 100% of its performance, but not overwhelming to drive either.
But in a spec race, it does punish you if you lose any momentum so it still requires a degree of skill and finesse to get the most out of it.
At the end of the day the question you have to ask yourself is, When you already have the new MX-5, Is 17k too much for some rosie tinted sunglasses and the ability to have pop up headlights?
Well dear reader, that’s a question I’ll leave for you to answer for yourselves.
For me, Verdict: Sleeper 👍