Amazed at the Mclaren F1 being mentioned, it hits 60 in 3 seconds, excellent grip and very nice traction considering the power. I was able to win the final extreme event (Dream Car) using this car with completely stock parts, on Hard Racing tyres. So you got 0-60 in 3 seconds and a top speed of around 225mph and plenty of gear left to draft (Though the real life car is faster in top speed), makes it second only to the bugatti veyron for straight line speed of a stock road car, and around a track its faster than a veyron.
If you upgrade/tune it, the Racing gearbox is hopeless for a lot of tracks as the ratios for the 1st/2nd gear are too short, making it very hard to control at the high rev range (something common in high powered NA cars).
The cars handling is really close to the videos i have seen, the way the back end comes out, it was well known that the road car version was very much a handful and for racing it had to be modified to make it more stable (Hence the longtail version at Le Mans), the Mclaren F1 Road was a notoriously difficult car to drive, some even described it as a "Bit of a dog"
Personally i think its one of the best done cars in the game, though i'm disapointed with the racing gearbox ratios, and the fact that it will not reach 240mph, the sound of the car could have been a lot more menacing, though about 90% of the cars in game have quite weak sounds, The handling and the vibe from the car itself is brilliant and it looks absolutely beautiful, which does it for me. This is my favourite car to drive in the game.
I was dissapointed with the 98 Mini Cooper, fully tuned it should be a beast as its powerful and light, but it handles and drives as if it is a lot heavier than it really is. The Lamborghini Miura is far too fast to be realistic, the Formula GT is a shockingly bad representation of a fantasy F1 car and i despise it.
I am assuming you are aware that the Gallardo is AWD.
