InZan3
the ac is cheaper i think..
I got an idea that they are both 500000 credits. I think the gearing is different - the AC cobra with a standard cog set has a higher top speed, I think, though I do not know how I found that out, unless one of the missions or licenses involves a Shelby Cobra and a long piece of road, or perhaps I drove the Shelby in arcade mode. The one I bought was the AC.
Price is not the buying incentive, since they both cost the same, and both are fast enough to at least win the 1000 miles! comp, so I don't think one is more competitive than the other. But, the Shelby is available in one colour scheme only, blue with white stripes, while the AC has some really rather nice colours which look particularly fetching on that curvy body. So if blue with white stripes is not your thing, the AC is your car. The catch, however, is the Shelby manufacturers cup. You can enter a Shelby Cobra or a Shelby Series x in these events, but every last AI goon I saw in any one of those races turned up in a Cobra, which was blue, and had white stripes. You cannot enter an AC Cobra.
So if you buy the AC, you need to purchase an additional car to win the Shelby series. So you either pay 500000 extra credits for a car that's exactly like one you already have except slower and blue with white stripes, but is eligible for the event and (probably) competitive, or you spend around 100000 on a Series x then take some brave pills before entering a whole stack of 200 point races where you cannot qualify on pole, and you are toast in a straight line.
The Series x (can't remember if it's a series 1 or 2) can win, because it is far better in the corners, but it's a tough series in that car, and I couldn't win on the long straights of New York without the great leveller that is nitrous oxide. Others might do better. Of course, you could probably spend 30 grand on the Series wotsit and have a car that utterly squashes the opposition for far less outlay than a 500000 credit Shelby Cobra, in blue, and with white stripes.
If you want an easier car to win this series easily with though.. get the Buick Special.
For a FR car, softening the front and/or stiffening the rear will help ease any understeer, you just have to make sure not to go too far. An fully-customizeable LSD is extremely helpful too. And actually, it is unlike real life, because generally in real life with a race car, stiffer is better, but in GT4 you lose too much grip when you stiffen the suspension, so a softer front suspension will make it hold the road better and understeer less.
