Couple of Easy(?) Questions

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Couple of question I've been having, not sure where else to post them:

Is the S2000 CR or the Mazdaspeed miata in the game? There are a ton of variations of both, but most of them don't use the USA names and trim levels so I can't tell for sure what's what. The mazdaspeed appears to be the '03 1800 RS from the used lot but I'm not sure.

Second question, I took the Spoon CR-Z out for a test drive, and the HUD had what I assume is a battery indicator, or something related to the Hybrid system. After each lap of Laguna Seca one of the battery bars went away, so after about 5 laps I had no battery and the little 'electric wave' animation didn't happen anymore. I assume this means that I lost the extra couple HP from the electric motor? Does it recharge eventually or would I be out HP every time I do a race that's more than 5 laps?

Thanks for the help!
 
About the bars on the CR-Z, you need to brake to recharge them, I guess you completed Indy flat out, without braking, so that's why you didnt recharge them.
 
Laguna Seca actually. I figured that was the problem but I assumed Laguna Seca had enough braking to recharge, I'll try it out on something twistier. You do lose the extra HP though, correct?
 
You should, although I have only driven the CR-Z once, and it was the stock version, but I assume that it should work on the tuned version too, or maybe the tunners removed the recharging system and electric motor altogether, and PD left the same HUD for both versions. I'd use SSR7, the one with the big straights, and try to brake from high speed multiple times, then check any difference on acceleration times,
 
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Laguna Seca actually. I figured that was the problem but I assumed Laguna Seca had enough braking to recharge, I'll try it out on something twistier. You do lose the extra HP though, correct?
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You should, yes.
 
Cool, I'll give it another go then, maybe see if I can make sense of the data logger, it should show the loss in HP. I was hesitant to buy one before I figured out how the recharge worked.

Anyone have any idea about the Mazdaspeed or CR?
 

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