CTR "Yellow Bird" '87

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Nothing is wrong with the car. Too much power in the wrong place in a chassis that's way too light? Check. Power-on over and understeer? Check. Lift-off over and understeer? Check. Over and understeer while braking? Check. Over and understeer in quick left-right transitions? Check. It can do everything, whether you want it to or not.
 
Sum1s2pid
Nothing is wrong with the car. Too much power in the wrong place in a chassis that's way too light? Check. Power-on over and understeer? Check. Lift-off over and understeer? Check. Over and understeer while braking? Check. Over and understeer in quick left-right transitions? Check. It can do everything, whether you want it to or not.
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Heh. :)

Given all that, and despite my dislike of the 911 shape, I really do enjoy trying to keep this thing under control. I used it for both levels of the German car events. And punished B-Spec Bob for his sins by making him do the same. :)
 
I love this car its always on the edge and makes racing a challenge. It can be tamed somewhat by tuning but will always surprise you.
Check out some of the tuning guides and take it for a spin you just might change your mind.
 
It can be made to handle rather well and predictably with suspension and limited slip tune.
 
The problem is the 700 BHP engine is sending power to ONLY the Rear wheels when it is sitting most of the cars weight right above them. Causing massive oversteer under tirespin and understeer when braking too hard.
 
I run my Yellow Bird out of the box with 434HP I do believe. Anymore than that and it's overkill for me.

Perfect to use in Schwarzwald Leaque B. I have tuned the handling on mine and use racing soft tires. As far as the aids go I have turned them all off except for ABS1. This really makes for a good tight race depending on what the AI brings for cars. Its always competitive.:)

Driving this car on the Nurburgring Nordschleife is worth the price of the game itself. 👍
 
Tried one for the first time today, first lap and a half was spin city. I'm just about to quit and put it back in my garage when I stab the throttle, back slides and I just used the throttle to hold the slide. Weeeeeeee okay, now I get it! Amazing fun on sport soft, too scared to use the stock hards on it.
 
WRECKU
I run my Yellow Bird out of the box with 434HP I do believe. Anymore than that and it's overkill for me.

Perfect to use in Schwarzwald Leaque B. I have tuned the handling on mine and use racing soft tires. As far as the aids go I have turned them all off except for ABS1. This really makes for a good tight race depending on what the AI brings for cars. Its always competitive.:)

Driving this car on the Nurburgring Nordschleife is worth the price of the game itself. 👍
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i guess i should give it another try then, huh! should i do the upgrades etc. couse atm the car is stock. :D
 
cleanLX
It can be made to handle rather well and predictably with suspension and limited slip tune.
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Philistine!

If you tune out the cars characteristics you may as well be driving any other car in the game.

RWD turbo 'Porsche's' have always been absolutely mental to handle, even the modern 997 based GT2. But in the right hands they can put in formidable laps once you use it's characteristics properly. The weight at the back gives masses of traction under power and that's the best way to handle them, to use power to control it.
 
Sum1s2pid
Nothing is wrong with the car. Too much power in the wrong place in a chassis that's way too light? Check. Power-on over and understeer? Check. Lift-off over and understeer? Check. Over and understeer while braking? Check. Over and understeer in quick left-right transitions? Check. It can do everything, whether you want it to or not.
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Sounds like about as much fun as crawling through broken glass...

I'll have to give it a try. :lol:
 
I bought mine when it showed up in the UCD, just about fell in love with it after a few laps at GVS.

It's almost like one of those cars that you have to be able to 'dance with, right moves at the right time or its all chaos 👍
 
Try driving an old 911 like you do in the game and you'll see that, if anything, GT5 makes it easier to drive than in reality. They are extremely tricky cars to drive fast. Oh, and do it on a closed course so you're less likely to kill yourself and others because you WILL lose it in a corner if you try to drive it like a modern sports car (i.e., recklessly). The 911 suffers no fools.


('73 911E owner)
 
I don't understand why people buy these rare cars in the game and then modify them to the point that they're something completely different!

It's an 80s RWD 911...of course it won't be easy to drive unless you learn it as others have said in this thread.
 
WolfpackS2k
I don't understand why people buy these rare cars in the game and then modify them to the point that they're something completely different!

It's an 80s RWD 911...of course it won't be easy to drive unless you learn it as others have said in this thread.
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It's like telling Monica Bellucci:

"Y'know, you're cute and all, but you could really use some implants, contacts, and a new hair color."

Just... no.
 
NTIV10
Try driving an old 911 like you do in the game and you'll see that, if anything, GT5 makes it easier to drive than in reality. They are extremely tricky cars to drive fast. Oh, and do it on a closed course so you're less likely to kill yourself and others because you WILL lose it in a corner if you try to drive it like a modern sports car (i.e., recklessly). The 911 suffers no fools.


('73 911E owner)
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Ive done four or five track days and on 4 separate occasions I've had Porsche spin in my vicinity (out of 5 spins, the other was a 350z). One would have been a early to mid 70's model, a 993 and two 996's. According to a few drivers in the Porsh Club here in victoria it seems once they step out sideways, they are very difficult to "save".
 
kayman
Ive done four or five track days and on 4 separate occasions I've had Porsche spin in my vicinity (out of 5 spins, the other was a 350z). One would have been a early to mid 70's model, a 993 and two 996's. According to a few drivers in the Porsh Club here in victoria it seems once they step out sideways, they are very difficult to "save".
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The 996 is much harder to upset than the older models, but they are all victims to the laws of physics. With all that weight on the rear wheels, momentum takes over once you've lost it. The key is not to lose it.

If you start to lose it in a corner, lifting off the throttle is the worst possible thing to do. You actually want to get on the power, if anything.

The mantra of the 911 owner: "Don't lift!!!"
 
NTIV10
The 996 is much harder to upset than the older models, but they are all victims to the laws of physics. With all that weight on the rear wheels, momentum takes over once you've lost it. The key is not to lose it.

If you start to lose it in a corner, lifting off the throttle is the worst possible thing to do. You actually want to get on the power, if anything.

The mantra of the 911 owner: "Don't lift!!!"
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Yeh, one of them was on a massive sweeping left, and I could see the dude in the 996 was going to lose it by the way his brake lights were pulsing mid corner (assuming trail braking as it was an auto/sequential box, and the driver was an ex-karter), once he lost it he was totally off the track in a matter of seconds.
 
Trail-braking? Mid-corner? Not good. Probably getting too much understeer and he thought he could bring the nose in line with a few taps...

Loved the Yellowbird in GT4... despite that game's lift-off oversteer modelling issues... I just bought one off the UCD (sacrificing money I was saving for a race car), and I'm about to try it out.
 
There's a reason big power Porsche 911s of that era were known as widow makers, they were incredibly difficult to drive on the limit and next to impossible to do so in the wet.
 
Its a Nutty Car , I keep mine chained to a lampost and chuck it small Children and lumps of Raw Meat to keep it happy :dopey:

The only other thing apart from the "Ring" thats harder to learn in the Game is the Yellow Bird the Car scares the crap out of me :scared:

Theres no way in the world i'd add more Power to it either :lol:
 

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