Enzo Ferrari, worth the purchase ?

[ghd765]

I actually think it's better than the Mclaren F1, more stable (not by lots) but enough to notice.

Are you insane!

 

[The piston]

Are you insane!

Yup Mclaran F1 is a legendary car, I've got a question (off topic), does Jeremy Clarkson like the Mclaran F1?

 

[stormbringer]

Imo, the Enzo is one of the cars PD ****ed up. It really should've been very competitive with the mclaren F1. On paper it looks up to the task, but all that changes when you take your first corner. Tis a Shame..

 

[stig's helmet]

Took it to the 'ring...with no ABS or aids....yeah needless to say I didn't finish a lap cleanly, still like it though. No not insane....just a different opinion Both are difficult....I just think the Enzo edges it.

 

[isildur]

Absolutely...buy it and you will recoup the cost in no time from the latest seasonals. The car is fun to drive.

 

[N99GT]

as with many other people, i would say just go for the McLaren F1, its a overall a better balanced and more capable car than the Enzo (personally that what i think) ESPECIALLY when racing them straight outta the dealership WITHOUT anyway parts what-so-ever.

 

[mykem]

Imo, the Enzo is one of the cars PD ****ed up. It really should've been very competitive with the mclaren F1. On paper it looks up to the task, but all that changes when you take your first corner. Tis a Shame..

That depends. The F1 measured performance is appreciably better than the Enzo. Better weight/power ratio, better 0-60, higher top speed etc.

While in real life, the McLaren doesn't run the same tires as the Enzo- it a slightly thinner tires on the F1 (especially the back) which is perhaps the reason on a real track, it's not as fast as the Enzo. But that could also be the reason why the skidpad performance of the F1 is quite dismal- 0.85g compare to 1.1 on the Enzo.

To replicate the same tire performance in GT5, you have to resort to Comfort Medium for the F1 and Sport Hard for the Enzo (someone did a good tire/car survey in GT5 and this was the result of his skidpad test). Personally I would go for Comfort Soft on the F1.

I'll do a test later today on a variety of track to see which of these two cars are actually faster. Stock and using appropriate tires.

EDIT- one important note is that unlike the Enzo, the McLaren F1 does not come with ABS brake which is one big factor why it's usually slower on twisty handling race course.

 

[ALMSDriver]

Until the recent seasonals I never bothered to drive the Enzo,now,after working with the tune a bit I really enjoy driving it...looks pretty good too!

 

[The piston]

Until the recent seasonals I never bothered to drive the Enzo,now,after working with the tune a bit I really enjoy driving it...looks pretty good too!

Woah, that looks pretty sexy.

 

[dio8501tw]

its not a car you would race with, but definately a very fun car to drive if you like challanges, its really fast on straight ways.
people in north america buys corvettes and ****, we all know it handles like **** and drives like a truck, but why do people buy it? because you like a beast with one.
i would buy it!!!!! hahaha
i dont have it because me and my friends decided that we would all have our signature car and we cant have eachothers signature car, his is the enzo so i cant buy it

 

[Recon]

buy it, get your money back with the seasonals and then buy the F1 too

 

[bombe32]

At the moment it only takes 8 minutes to get the money for it... PD is doing everyone a favor. BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY...

 

[mykem]

Did a quick comparison between the F1 and Enzo on the Nurburgring GP/D track. I was going to use the TG Test Track but Nurburgring offers better variety- a long straight with a few sharp turns to test the car handling especially understeer. I threw in the McLaren SLR and Corvette ZR1 as reference point(s) regarding real life performance.

IRL, the Enzo is faster than the SLR at the Top Gear test track by almost 2 seconds- 1:19.0 vs 1:20.9. Against the 2008/09 ZR1 on the Nordschleife, the Enzo is over a second faster- 7:25.2 vs 7:26.4 (although the recent ZR1 with higher spec tires is fastest @ sub 7:20).

The only known real world track performance comparison between the F1 and the Enzo that I know was the the one conducted by Evo magazine (they did the test on the older Bedford track). The F1 came out on top by 1/10th of a second, 1:21.2 and 1:21.3.

For the test I adhered to the fact that the F1 comes with no ABS. The brake setting for the F1 was set at 3(F):1 (R). For the Enzo, SLR and the ZR1, ABS was 1 and brake bias/strength were set at 3(F):2(R).

McLaren F1
Comfort Soft (recommended to obtain RL skidpad performance of .85g)- 1:43.262
Sport Hard- 1:40.528

Ferrari Enzo
Sport Hard- 1:39.213

McLaren Mercedes SLR
Sport Hard- 1:40.716

Corvette ZR1
Sport Hard- 1:40.349

(just as a footnote- the RL production car track record for the 3.7km Nurburgring GP/D is 1:39.31 by a Porsche 997 Turbo S)

With the FFB on my G25 set to my preferred "10" I can sense the difference in all four cars. The F1 wasn't as surefooted as the Enzo especially around corners and the centre of gravity felt somewhat higher but it doesn't understeer as much as the Enzo (which understeered less than the SLR). I was surprised that the ZR1 was the slowest but had expected the Enzo to be the fastest and the SLR slowest.

 

[FosterG]

It is a great car.

 

[JohnBM01]

I took the Enzo Ferrari out to the Ferrari Seasonal Events and went 6-0 with it. I did the Le Mans deal twice. I didn't want to keep re-doing the races unless I wanted to get suits to go with the offfered helmets. I did six races, won six helmets, then did six races in the Civic Cup where suits were offered as prizes.

The Enzo Ferrari performs fairly well and even more so when tuned. Even when I did my blog post in my primary blog stating my first impressions of the kiosk demo (PROUDLY linked to from GTPlanet), I noted how you seem to really fight with the Enzo Ferrari to keep it stable. I initially powered up the Enzo Ferrari as much as I could. Compared to my McLaren F1 (which is much better), the Enzo Ferrari is a very modest beast.

Especially if you're doing the Ferrari Seasonal Events, the Enzo is DEFINITELY worth it. How much so? Most of the time, the Enzo Ferrari is usually atop the leaderboard in these events much like the Toyota Tacoma is usually above the Pick-Up Truck Challenge events. I had previously used my F430 Scuderia for these events. Counting my runs with the Enzo Ferrari and F430 Scuderia, I am 6-1 in the Ferrari Seasonal Events. So yes- get an Enzo if you want to (at least) win the Ferrari Seasonal Events.

 

[Biobunny]

I thought GT5 didn't have kiosk mode?