Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) under appreciated in GT5?

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Probably because absolutely everyone INSTANTLY does the race modification for the ZR1. As for why you're not seeing it online, maybe because the PP of the RM is too high, or there are other cars people like more at that PP.

Also, don't kid yourself, the ZR1 is no 911 GT1 competitor. GT3, maybe. GT2, definitely. 911 GT1's only competitors were the McLaren F1 and CLK GTR.

Exactly this. 👍
 
The ZR1 is debatablely the best American production car of its time and Chevy's answer the International criticism towards American car.
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has proven to out match even the best of foreign cars such as the Lamborghini Murcielago SV LP670, and Porsche 911 GT1, so why is it so under used in GT5? I usually never see people use the ZR1 unless they need it for a cheap, but fast car for an event. Where are the true blue fans? If your favorite car in real life and in GT5 is the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6), leave a comment and tell me what you think.
It is a great car, but in real life, the ACR owns it. :p

Long story short people can't handle the ZR-1. End of short story. :D
 
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I'll just leave this here.
God damn that's an ugly car.

For me the Corvette is my all time favorite car and has one of the richest histories in all of the automobile industry. My particular favorite is the 2004 Corvette Z06 with the Commemorative Edition package and I was shocked to see it made the roster!

But really nothing sends chills down my back like the ZR1. I saw one the day goin down the highway, and just knowing it has more horespower than all the cars around put together is really impressive. I've got one but it just doesn't capture the same brutalness of its real life counterpart. Just doesn't do anything for me... eh.

The Z06 is nice though, it has a nice little niche where it is competitive among its class.
 
I like the Corvette ZR1, but I couldn't own one. There's nowhere to drive it that can match its awesomeness. (Oregon's unsalted, and therefore rugged, roads make comfort a priority.)
 
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The ZR1 owns hands down :bowdown:.

If it's the RM or bone stock, it is a pure GM beast. This is one of my favorites. I may like the 911 GT2, GTR SpecV, Ford GT and a SRT10 ACR, but this LS9 supercharged sports car that can haul! If

I had the cash in real life, I would buy them all anyway. :D
 
God damn that's an ugly car.

For me the Corvette is my all time favorite car and has one of the richest histories in all of the automobile industry. My particular favorite is the 2004 Corvette Z06 with the Commemorative Edition package and I was shocked to see it made the roster!

But really nothing sends chills down my back like the ZR1. I saw one the day goin down the highway, and just knowing it has more horespower than all the cars around put together is really impressive. I've got one but it just doesn't capture the same brutalness of its real life counterpart. Just doesn't do anything for me... eh.

The Z06 is nice though, it has a nice little niche where it is competitive among its class.
Wow, considering many people have said the new Vette's are all but a straight up ripoff of Vipers, that's a very interesting thought process you have there, calling one ugly and adoring the other. :dunce: Kinda like thinking there's a "hot" and "ugly" identical twin.

I love both, as one almost has to if they love either, since they look very similar.
 
The ZR1 itself is never used.
The ZR1 RM is rather overused.

And only because it can win Like the Wind. :) I haven't used it in that myself, I used a Veyron and 787B to do it.

I personally don't mind it myself, but if I want something American, I'll call up my Mark IV for racing. It's the sound of that thing mainly...
 
How does the zr1 match the cars mentioned in the OP? It's just good for creating smoke...

It's well known for beating Lambos, well there are plenty of supercars that can beat the Lambo. The Lambo is known for not being a very agile car when compared to its competition. The GT1 on the other hand (the road car version) is a hypercar of the Mid 90s that couldn't do 200mph had 0-60 time of 3.9 which was great for that time. It's not a horrible car but with so many other cars since then that have come out it shouldn't be a shock that it is outdated compared to modern cars. So that should help sort of answer your question. 911 GT2s and Turbos seem to perform on par with the GT1 of back then or very close to it, I think the 918 RSR will put plenty of cars to shame and be what the GT1 was back then for supercars.
 
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Okay. And?

He's trying to show that it is better than the ACR. Which only got its fame for being a Viper that came out of no where and beat the ZR1 and GT-R at the Nurburgring which both had this big hype.
 
Wow, considering many people have said the new Vette's are all but a straight up ripoff of Vipers, that's a very interesting thought process you have there, calling one ugly and adoring the other. :dunce: Kinda like thinking there's a "hot" and "ugly" identical twin.

I love both, as one almost has to if they love either, since they look very similar.
lolwut

I can dislike the way the way the Viper ACR looks. What is this telling me I shouldn't like either if I don't like the Viper???
 
Under appreciated? Every single lobby i join there is at least 2 or 3. Everyone buy's it just to RM it. I wont RM certain car's for the simple fact it ruins the sound. Once you RM the Vette is sounds like a Honda. And that's just completely unacceptable..👎
 
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I can dislike the way the way the Viper ACR looks. What is this telling me I shouldn't like either if I don't like the Viper???
I guess you didn't read the part where many people agree the C6 Vette's are one-off the Vipers.
You're entitle to your opinion, but when the cars look so similar (minus the functional aero kit) you should expect responses like mine.

He's trying to show that it is better than the ACR. Which only got its fame for being a Viper that came out of no where and beat the ZR1 and GT-R at the Nurburgring which both had this big hype.
Yeah, run enough laps and your times get better. We could go into detail about the Viper's lap, being driven by a driver that would rather bounce off the rev-limiter down the straight in 4th then shift to fifth, etc.

OR....We could just say GM's driver ran slower in one session then Dodge's driver did in one session.
FYI - What holds the Laguna Seca record?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjU0MyL10cg

Looks like another shoddy lap to me, but then real life's a lot harder than video games.
 
Before you guys begin an argument about which car is better then the other remember one fact. All cars carry a certain image behind them. Kids grow up worshiping manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche and so on because they are "High-End" and being that most people who play video games don't actually know that much about cars pick the ones that are popular for being fast and insanely good fun to drive.

The Zr-1 is my favorite corvette. I love that its soo much performance for the money.And that i could beat most supercars. But it really ends there. You have to understand that technology has moved on. High end sports cars offer things like paddle shift gearboxes and every single kind of electronic control. Even though a good 6 speed manual is probably the best feeling in the world its not cool anymore. Over 90 percent of Ferrari's customers ordered the paddle shift cars rather then the manuals when they still had the options. Now they stopped making that because there really is no point anymore. And they are not doing well in sales either. Most people who can afford to buy the car have enough money so that they buy the Ferrari or Porsche instead for the reasons stated above. The kind of people who buy ZR1s are car guys. And in this economy ,very few have the money. The depreciation of these things are sad. I have seen examples where a car with just 60 miles on it was 94 grand. That's about 10 thousand lower then the original price.

And you also have to remember that a corvette will never be a supercar no matter how fast it is or how good it looks. The reason being is that It has to look crazy enough so that 10 year old boys will hang it up posters of it in their bedrooms and dream about driving it, be luxurious enough that the 60 year olds who will buy don't complain about their arthritis problems and have a reputation of being expensive enough for the lucky few spoiled rich kids to pick up girls and show off to their friends.

I love this car and i wish more people recognized it for what it is truly capable of but because the badge says Chevrolet it will never be praised for how good it is.

BTW: the second run around the ring for the zr1 was faster because Michelin made better tires for most sports cars so a lot of cars have been getting retested in magazines and such with faster times because of it. There are many parts to a car guys don't forget.
 
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Before you guys begin an argument about which car is better then the other remember one fact. All cars carry a certain image behind them. Kids grow up worshiping manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche and so on because they are "High-End" and being that most people who play video games don't actually know that much about cars pick the ones that are popular for being fast and insanely good fun to drive.
The only legitimate complaints are about plastic, everything else is people not liking it just because. The only "complaint" about a Corvette or Viper on a race track is being "to hard to drive", which doesn't hold up well when other people do great with them.
Now, if you want to complain or dislike them for day to day driving, that's personal preference, but every true supercar sucks for daily commutes.

You have to understand that technology has moved on. High end sports cars offer things like paddle shift gearboxes and every single kind of electronic control. Even though a good 6 speed manual is probably the best feeling in the world its not cool anymore.
Wrong, real drivers know paddle shifting is a crutch (or "cheat") for poor driving ability, while paddle shifters may be cool to bad drivers around the world, and kids that don't know any better, getting made fun of for your car driving itself ends a cool image quickly.
When it comes to owing a badass ride, nothing, and I mean nothing is considered cooler than be able to drive it properly. Call it a crutch or cheat, it's just not cool in many people's book.

And you also have to remember that a corvette will never be a supercar no matter how fast it is or how good it looks. The reason being is that It has to look crazy enough so that 10 year old boys will hang it up posters of it in their bedrooms and dream about driving it, be luxurious enough that the 60 year olds who will buy don't complain about their arthritis problems and have a reputation of being expensive enough for the lucky few spoiled rich kids to pick up girls and show off to their friends.
Wrong, they are supercars, the only difference being people who don't like them try to claim they're not supercars just because they don't like them. They fit into every single criteria there ever was for the definition of "supercar" until they came out, then all of a sudden people started talking about "supercars should be more expensive" or "have better interiors" "not have plastic", etc.
Read a review of an F40 sometime, they're terrible cars for real world driving, but they're supercars. ;)
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I love this car and i wish more people recognized it for what it is truly capable of but because the badge says Chevrolet it will never be praised for how good it is.
Not true, people do worship them, I have a brother who has worshiped them over all else since... well ever.

I just like the Vipers more because they always looked better, even after they got "copied". :p
 
Thank you albteman015. You just said the whole purpose of this thread. The Corvette ZR1 is under appreciated in the sense that most people in GT5 & real life do not appreciate it for what it is. People use it because it is cheap and gets the job done yet no one recognizes the true stride and history behind the ZR1 thus making it a joke. I want to find true enthusiasts of the Corvette ZR1 C6 so that I can have a sparing partner (Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car and Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 RM are true rival cars in GT5) and to finally find someone who can appreciate the ZR1 as a whole and not just the 'bang for the buck.' So far I have found little results.

Let me remind you all that the ACR may be a great car but has nothing to do with this thread. :)
 
The ZR1 is debatablely the best American production car of its time and Chevy's answer the International criticism towards American car.
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has proven to out match even the best of foreign cars such as the Lamborghini Murcielago SV LP670
, and Porsche 911 GT1, so why is it so under used in GT5? I usually never see people use the ZR1 unless they need it for a cheap, but fast car for an event. Where are the true blue fans? If your favorite car in real life and in GT5 is the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6), leave a comment and tell me what you think.

This statement is based on what? On the fake Nordschleife lap times?

Lap times don`t prove anything, aslong as all cars which should be compared don`t drive under the same conditions.

At Fiorano the 599GTO was almost a second faster then the Enzo. At TGTT it was 0.7s slower.

At the Nordschleife the ZR1 did a 7:19, but they used slick tires. The only known LP670-4 time at the Ring is a 7:42 which is slower then a LP640 or Gallardo LP570, which means that the driver was bad or the track was in bad conditions because no way the LP670-4 is slower then these two cars.
Oh and the only know lap time of the C6 ZR1 with stock tires is a 7:26.
And you can be sure that all those lap times from big manufacturers are faked. Comparisions like the Evo test with the Enzo, Zonda F and MC12 under same conditions are better.

edit: Im a european but I love amercian cars especially corvettes, eventhough it hurts to see them beating Ferrari at LeMans each year :) A stock ZR1 is one of my favorite cars in this game.
 
One cannot base their superiority of their ZR1 on it's racing heritige, since the ZR1 is not based on the race version of the car; in fact, it's vice-versa:dunce:

ZR1 is a stable drift car, and Drag rocket. It isn't, however competitive online due to the layout: online, many people go towards 4WD, and only the Extremely skilled can win an online race with a high powered RWD like the ZR1, Viper, or other cars.

My ZZII can beat your ZR1 any day, but not within my capabilities...
 
Real drivers know paddle shifting is a crutch (or "cheat") for poor driving ability, must be why they use them in F1, theres me thinking they allow you to keep your hands on the wheel. These big USA cars are industrial and primitive, as long as Americans think paddle shiftings a cheat they will remain old fashioned cars. Good fun and fast in the game though and thats all that matters to me.
 
Real drivers know paddle shifting is a crutch (or "cheat") for poor driving ability

Real drivers know paddle shifting improves your performance whilst having to take your hand off the wheel to shift can make you lose focus somewhat. Plus, the C6.R this year has paddle shifting....
 
I guess you didn't read the part where many people agree the C6 Vette's are one-off the Vipers.
You're entitle to your opinion, but when the cars look so similar (minus the functional aero kit) you should expect responses like mine.
Get off your high horse, I don't expect anything from anyone. You're probably the type of person that doesn't notice the difference between WHITE and OFF WHITE. White is white, amirite? 👎
 
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