Easiest car in the game for a beginner driver?

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My wife got me a G29 wheel for Christmas. She’s never driven a car in her life. I want to teach her a bit using GTS.

Need to find the best car for the job. Need to build her confidence slowly otherwise she’ll lose interest fast.

I’m sure I could experiment around with all the slow cars that I’ve never driven but I may as well shot circuit the process and ask for feedback here; what’s the easiest car in the game to drive?
 
I think the 4wds above would be a good suggestion.

Other than that, I would suggest one of the small hatchbacks, maybe the 208, Roadster or Mito as they would probably be closest to the first car she would drive for real? If she feels confident in one of those in GTS, at some point she might feel confident to drive one in real life.

What car(s) do you have in the family? Why not look for the same or something similar, that she is already familiar with the look of? Familiarity might ease her nerves?
 
CustomX
My wife got me a G29 wheel for Christmas. She’s never driven a car in her life. I want to teach her a bit using GTS.

Need to find the best car for the job. Need to build her confidence slowly otherwise she’ll lose interest fast.

I’m sure I could experiment around with all the slow cars that I’ve never driven but I may as well shot circuit the process and ask for feedback here; what’s the easiest car in the game to drive?
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I think that's a question best answered on a class by class basis. In the N classes you could start her off with one of the slower front wheel drive cars, like the Golf GTI, then move up to something like a WRX. Lower end front and all wheel wheel drive cars in general are a good place to start. In Group 4 the WRX is probably one of the more accessible ones for a beginner. I wouldn't recommend jumping into Groups 1 through 3 right away.
 
The gr.4 evo and subie cars are good to start with. Gr.3 would be the beetle and Hyundai I think
 
Suzuki Swift around the nordschleife on comfort hard tyres. Just tell her to drive as if it’s a normal road, in that you don’t know what’s coming up ahead and to take things slowly. Best to drive slowly but assuredly than fast but bashing into the Armco every 30 seconds.
 
cjr3559
Fiat 500. 17 horsepower. And don’t choose the Ring. Pick a simple flat/wide track like the oval or maybe Big Willow.
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Fuji is wide and has the long straight at the start which gives time for gear changes.
 
cjr3559
Fiat 500. 17 horsepower. And don’t choose the Ring. Pick a simple flat/wide track like the oval or maybe Big Willow.
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But with the wide open tracks it’s hard to get a sense of speed and this is what newbies struggle with most I’ve found. They think they’re going slow but in reality they’re doing 90mph going into a hairpin and then wonder why they’re totally missing the corner. At least with the Nürburgring there’s a proper sense of speed.
 
The old Mini Cooper. It is slow and predictable and the front wheel drive will pull it out of some mistakes. I think that the first track should be considered as well. I would suggest something with only fairly simple corners. No big amounts of sequence corners or corners with multiple radii. Maybe use the racing line feature of GTS for guidance combined with the cones.
If you want to explain something try to explain the theory behind it, not how it should be done. Let her ask questions and keep constantly in mind that what is logical to you might not be logical at all for a novice.
But most of all: Have a good time!
 
phil_75
Any Porsche.
They have the most balanced handling
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Even as an avid user of three N-class 911s in the game, I beg to disagree.

They have a rather steep learning curve (especially the 996). The 997 could be the “easiest” among the three because of its turn-in understeer.

The FWD and 4WD cars mentioned above are definitely much better for beginners.
 
crooky369
But with the wide open tracks it’s hard to get a sense of speed and this is what newbies struggle with most I’ve found. They think they’re going slow but in reality they’re doing 90mph going into a hairpin and then wonder why they’re totally missing the corner. At least with the Nürburgring there’s a proper sense of speed.
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The Fiat max speed is around 75 mph going downhill with a tailwind. I think most newbies need to learn to steer at slow speeds first, they don’t need to be driving faster than most legal limits around the world. Not to mention learing the basics of throttle and braking.

Someone who’s never even driven a car needs something flat and wide open. Placing them into the most demanding track with narrow blind corners, dips and valleys is only going to frustrate them. Plus the Fiat can barely make it up some of the hills at Nord if they even make it that far before quitting.

Another option is having them do the license tests.
 
86/BRZ seems like a solid choice to get to know how rear wheel cars drive without breaking your back too hard, these cars have a pretty decent safety net.
 
If someone 7-77 has never driven a real car, the licence tests only prepare a person for full acceleration and hard braking.

When first driving in real life, a person has to learn smooth acceleration and smooth braking at legal speeds.
A slow car on Tokyo Expressway with its lanes, would be the closest environment to normal road conditions.
We've also got Bathurst, as a real 60km/h road in the game. She could learn on that. Shame it can't be driven the opposite way.
 
Definitely something low powered and on Tokyo or Nordschleife to best replicate a real road. Just take your time and like real life be afraid of too much speed.
 
Thanks for the help guys. Some good suggestions. She's literally never pressed an accelerator pedal before today. Defo aiming more at the n100 end of the range. She had a spin in the Mini cooper on Dragon Trail seaside (I figured she'd like the scenery) earlier and sort of liked it but lost interest after about 10 minutes. She's done Tokyo with the ds4 a few months ago. Walls to pinball off are a good thing. She'd hate Big Willow ending up 200m from the track stuck in the sand. Yes, I know its strange that she doesn't drive. She's European. I've driven since age 16. She's never had to and has little interest in learning.
 
cjr3559
The Fiat max speed is around 75 mph going downhill with a tailwind. I think most newbies need to learn to steer at slow speeds first, they don’t need to be driving faster than most legal limits around the world. Not to mention learing the basics of throttle and braking.

Someone who’s never even driven a car needs something flat and wide open. Placing them into the most demanding track with narrow blind corners, dips and valleys is only going to frustrate them. Plus the Fiat can barely make it up some of the hills at Nord if they even make it that far before quitting.

Another option is having them do the license tests.
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The Fiat is too slow though. Every corner is pretty much flat out, especially going up hill!

At least with the Swift you actually have to use the brakes.
 
Suzuki Swift, even slightly detuned with comfort hards is a good choice imo. Alsace is extremely wide but you can at least practice keeping it within the correct lane. Pretend the speed limit is 50 mph/80 kph around there
 
VW Samba Bus if she initially wants something tall, old and slow..

"They see me rollin', they hatin'."

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crooky369
Just tell her to drive as if it’s a normal road, in that you don’t know what’s coming up ahead and to take things slowly. Best to drive slowly but assuredly than fast but bashing into the Armco every 30 seconds.
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This is the most important advice one can give before choosing the appropriate car.
 
I would recommend any n100-200 car on any dirt track. Better feel of car sliding, spinning tires, hills, turns, bouncing car. You have everything except weather.
 

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