expensive cars you wish you hadn't bought...damn it

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I bought the Toyota GT-One racer in the UCD (not collector's) and I bought it on impulse because I thought I could use it.... turns out I hate it lol. No better than the Minolta I won or the Peugeot 908 I just bought. Anyone need a GT-One? lol
 
Sorry, but that hasn't happened to me yet. When I first bought the Mclaren F1, I admit I was super disappointed, but it just got a little getting used to and it became good, but not worth the 1,000,000 credits.
 
I took a '90 Vette ZR-1 I had lying around in my garage for the most recent seasonal event and ended up having to dump ~$300,000 into tuning parts in order to barely win... no low end torque and those ruddy, bland, utterly uninspiring wet-noodle-style corners at the Indy road course only accentuate this issue. No amount of suspension tuning would completely eradicate the unsettled chassis, either. I should've bought a newer one - this is what I get for trying to save money by using what's on hand!:ouch:
 
I thought id waste my money buying the Schwimwagen for the seasonal event, but its SO much fun fully tuned!

Id have to say my Veyron... I bought it before realising I could of won it for free, Car is total *****.
 
Mike89
... the fact ive seen the formula gt 3 times at level 23, and not once since being level 24!
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Online dealership?

salacious
Sweet jesus I just bought this car and honestly you couldn't give this car away for free its just rubbish the trotters couldn't sell this car! So guess itl have to collect data dust!!!
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I must be different. I love driving that. It is just perfect IMO, may not be the fastest thing out there but it is beautiful and drives great.
 
GTCR
I thought id waste my money buying the Schwimwagen for the seasonal event, but its SO much fun fully tuned!
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Yes, I agree... once you sort out the viscous handling characteristics! I couldn't really tap the brakes in any meaningful sense without some invisible hand flinging the Schwimmwagen into the nearest immovable object on the course. some brake bias and suspension fixed the issue.

It was a fun enough event, except it had the dubious distinction of being the first Seasonal Event for me that was a money-losing operation.:grumpy: Not good when one is trying to save for the Bentley in the Online Dealer!:rolleyes:
 
Hemi 'Cuda 440. Modded it to 700-odd HP and tuned it a bit, B-spec Bob barely won the American Muscle race series. A couple of races later, won a Shelby Cobra series 1. A lot better without any mods needed.

Same goes for the TVR Cerbera Speed 12. It was going to replace the niche that my Viper ACR filled, until I found out it handled like the Veyron.
 
Mercedes SLR Mclaren. I thought it would of been a better car, but it was really iffy IMO. Not worth the 500,000 Cr price tag it has. 👎
 
Audi R10 TDI Race Car...

I was expecting some great handling from it and the result - slower (obvious) and harder to control than Peugeot 908......
 
Bought the Audi R10 and it is a great car but I didnt notice it was a prize car until I already put the credits down for it :(
 
Gillet Vertigo. Hands down, this has to be the worst handling car in the game. I'd rather drive the VW van.
 
Notacop
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I must be different. I love driving that. It is just perfect IMO, may not be the fastest thing out there but it is beautiful and drives great.
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Haha, I was just about to say the same thing! It's a natural drifter :sly:
 
pisquano
yesterday I bought carelessly a Castrol Tom's Supra, 900,000 credits, thinking it would be a thunderbolt and my new "top car" and I didn't have any cars of that league yet

little did I know that the car is not that fast at all, is almost non-tunable and I am left with having spent an enormous amount of credits for nothing:yuck:

also: the car cannot be painted or sold:grumpy::grumpy:

I admit is my own fault, but can anyone tell me what this car is good for?
I have several cars in my garage that outspeed it, and costed me a fraction!
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Sorry what? I absolutly love this car and it's plenty fast enough, maybe you left the handbrake on?
 
NISMO GT-R LM Road Going Version... I think its overrated. Slow, a bit fat, and IMO handles no better than a luxury sedan. Max HP is like 550hp, and the fastest I've been able to run it is just over 180mph. It hasn't set any considerable lap times, you can't change the paint, and it after a while it does look pretty ugly with its obnoxious bodykit. Complete buzzkill. It's just sitting in my garage... taking up space that could easily belong to the Mines R34 or Nismo GTR R34, and I can't even sell it to get money back.

Nice rarity though, it doesn't spark some interest online until everybody and their grandmas passes it. lol
 
ESCUDO Dirt Trial Car '98

I loved the car in GT3 since you could fly with it on the test track. But it is a huge disappointment in GT5. Although it has enough BHP and weighs next to nothing it's incredibly slow.

Comes in pricey, too. Next to 2 million Cr.
 
The Sauber race car in the Online Dealership right now doesn't turn at all, and is far inferior to the Peugot, BMW M3 race car, and many many other cheaper options.

Waste of five million. We need a test drive option before you buy a car for use on other tracks. Top Gear Test Track would be worth it.
 
For me the biggest let down has been being forced to buy an FGT. They could have left the fantasy cars out of my game. I'd have rather had the option of racing with the real F1 cars from Ferrari in the same style of event as the FGT series. I don't care how well a fantasy car handles or how quick it is. I guess I shouldn't care because it is just a game after all. I really can't be bothered to try for the X2010 or whatever it is called since I have no interest in it. I still haven't bothered to try the FGT series and frankly don't care to run it. I've run some of the shorter endurance races but I'll probably skip the 9 and 24 hour ones as well. In real life endurance racing you have to keep the car alive to the finish. In GT5 not so much. Seems like most just use a too fast to be challenging fantasy car to build up a huge lead and not risk losing the races. What is fun about that?
 
Mercedes Sauber... 5.5Mil from OCD.
Thought it would be a fast and handleable car...
turned out.. Ford LM Car, ZR1 RM is better handling than that thing..
two of my best buy at OCD are a FGT and a Minolta 88V. [still have a Minolta 'Ticket' in my UNused car. that I won in the event that gives u a Minolta as prized car.]
Minolta 88V is one of the best standard car in the game...
BUT...
I Prefer "Premium" Cars.
 
Tenacious D
Gillet Vertigo. Hands down, this has to be the worst handling car in the game. I'd rather drive the VW van.
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Agreed. After I bought and tuned this car, I thought it would be a beast. That is until I took my first corner in it. Thoroughly dissappointed. Not only does it handle like a brick, it burns through rubber far too quickly. Terrible, terrible, terrible car.

At least it accelerates like a champ.
 
pisquano
yesterday I bought carelessly a Castrol Tom's Supra, 900,000 credits, thinking it would be a thunderbolt and my new "top car" and I didn't have any cars of that league yet

little did I know that the car is not that fast at all, is almost non-tunable and I am left with having spent an enormous amount of credits for nothing:yuck:

also: the car cannot be painted or sold:grumpy::grumpy:

I admit is my own fault, but can anyone tell me what this car is good for?
I have several cars in my garage that outspeed it, and costed me a fraction!
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The Supra is top notch and in my opinon easy to tweak on to get it fast..
I mostly run it online though and has always been a solid back up.
NOW...The Trans Cammer?? Different story. Love the looks of it and is a beast in a straight line but outside of that it's a handful.. I can run faster times in my Mach 1 and thats not saying much.. Looks like it'll stay a garage queen for a while.
 
Neocodex
The 08 Challanger.
When I started, my first big purchase was the Mustang Mach1 and I loved it to death. For some reason I purchased the 08 Challanger, sunk every dime into it only to find it goes around a track about as good as a bag of **** with a sail.
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Check your tuning, that car is great. Well the '08 Challenger is at least - not sure about the Challanger..
 
will4noobs
please tell me your kidding?

1. the FGT has 200+ extra BHP
2. You can actually use FGT in every game mode
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I would prefer the f2007 and f10 to the fgt. I like the fgt and had a great time in the fgt championship, but all I seem to do with GT5 nowadays is buy famous race cars and compare them in time trials and try and find my limit.

You'd be amazed how much I enjoyed just lapping suzuka in gt5p in the f2007.

It was pretty much all I used gt5p for after a few weeks of playing.
 
I may cop some abuse for this.. but the Ferrari Enzo. There's many words I can use to describe that car and not one of them can be used on this forum. I hate it, I only bought it because I had to use the son of a B.

I like supercars and hypercars and enjoy driving them, but ones like the Enzo need practice, you need to learn the car and get used to it and that's good of you're a hardcore Ferrari fan or don't mind some difficulty.. but if you ask me they're a waste of money if you put them in comparison to a Skyline GTR which, fully tuned, can do faster laptimes than a Zonda R, Enzo and obliterate the LP670.. so why bother?

Back on topic, yeah the Enzo is crap in my opinion.
 
FosterG
Man, that is disappointing, I was thinking about buying it :(
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No, you should definitely go ahead and buy the XJ220 LM! I think it's a beast! No, you usually can't take the Group C or Prototypes, but it'll make mincemeat of almost everything else. It's light, stable, and you can put a turbo on it to bump it up 100 HP to ~625. The car is extremely capable for a variety of purposes and I very much enjoy mine!

Go buy it. You know you want to.:)
 
There are some car's who are expensive and unusefull in my Garage..... at first the Ferrari Formula 1 2010. 10mio and not one race possible... second, the GT by citroen race car, expensive but slow..
 

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