Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Rm: worth it?

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Hmm. It's odd that Pd would implement Rm variants of both the C6 Z06 and ZR1, but curiosity finally got the best of me and i finally bought one for 264,000 credits. i looked at the specs in the garage and it turns out that it's actually a full 10 kilograms lighter than the ZR1 version. Not to mention the 580 horses that it churns.

When i first drove it, i noticed the different but better sounding exhaust note. It doesnt sound like a 7.0 liter V8, rather like a 4 or 5 liter. It's actually feels much better to use than the other vette because it's much more controllable and therefore much easier to drive. Not as tough on the tires as its more extreme brother. outside of that the handling is a tad bit easygoing.

The only real downside to the Z06 is that it will not keep up in a straight line with the more successful Gt1 cars like the ford gt lm, but i have a feeling it's not supposed to compete there. I'm just saying you shouldnt expect it too, it's more of an exceedingly affordable gt2 car.

So do you think it's worth not lowering your hp on your ZR1 rm to buy this car?
 
Yev
Didn't try Z06 RM but from what I know - ZR1 is GT1/GT2, Z06 is GT3.
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You dont know enough it seems, Z06 was the IRL GT1 car, a GT3 version was produced by Callaway Competition in Germany for use in the FIA GT3 series. The ZR1 is the GT2 car.
 
I have both, can't stand the zo6 because of that terrible exhaust note. still on my favorites though because it drives so well.
 
I turned my Z06 RM into a C6-R. Not sure which class it is, I just looked up the specs and it was already very close to the real car performance-wise. I think it was worth the cash, I have a lot of fun playing around with it actually!
 
Ok, so I need to try one of these Zo6 or Zr1; I've heard once maxed out there really isn't a much of a difference except Zr1 has 50 or so more HP.

But for the most part you will get the same laps; is this true?

I know with viper acr vs standard viper; yes the acr will get more HP, but you can't tune it's front aerodynamic; where as the standard viper you can thus getting a little extra handling tuning.

is this true with the corvettes?
 
The only difference I've ever heard between the 2, other than the ZR1 having more horses, is that the Z06 has better top speed acceleration. It must be the cc's ;)
 

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