Ferrari F40 How do I make this car any good?

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So I bought the F40 and so far I've only dropped the weight on it, but its still slow, My Audi R8, Z06, and Lexis LFA10 all run circles around this car, yet none of those are super cars like the F40. I have a rule not to give up on ANY car I purchase in the game. What I want to know before I spend a few hundred grand in mods is does it get better?
 
You've got to remember it's an 80's car so does favour a more conventional slow in fast out approach. I did have to tune mine up to around 550hp and put a racing gear box on it. It's ok now but no competition for my ZR1. I think it's just a good car to have around sounds gnarly with a racing exhaust and race box.
 
Well I think you need to be more specific on what you mean by slow. Do you find it hard to control and resulting in slower times? Is the flat-out acceleration not fast enough?
Tuning, specifically the diff will make the car fly in and out of corners, most importantly, making it less of a handful to handle. But to answer your question, yes, the car is DEFINITELY worthwhile. I not only find it to be absurdly quick with the right mods and tuning but also a beautiful car.
 
Face it some cars do not stand the test of time well, many new cars can run circles around it, but not many can be evenly matched and perform as well as this car can. It's all relative though, play with it more until you come to grips with it's limits, then you can see how much fun it is.
 
I would expect all of those cars to be quicker than an F40. The F40 is over 20 years old and cars have come a long way since then.

The F40 will always have less grip and less chassis balance than a modern car because huge advances have been made in design and manufacturing techniques. That said, the F40 was "the" supercar at the time and, for that reason, will always be an amazing car regardless of how fast modern cars become.

It's the same as when the F430 Scuderia was made and it beat the Enzo's Fiorano lap. That doesn't make it more desirable than an Enzo, because when the Enzo was built it crushed every other supercar

I try to buy cars like the F40 and leave them stock (except for tyres) because it gives you an idea of what it might have been like to drive in real life. I enjoy comparing older cars to new ones
 
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Well I think you need to be more specific on what you mean by slow. Do you find it hard to control and resulting in slower times? Is the flat-out acceleration not fast enough?
Tuning, specifically the diff will make the car fly in and out of corners, most importantly, making it less of a handful to handle. But to answer your question, yes, the car is DEFINITELY worthwhile. I not only find it to be absurdly quick with the right mods and tuning but also a beautiful car.
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I think its slow and has poor acceleration, most cars are good at 1 or the other if not both, but this car is as useless as most muscle cars for me. I mean my base model 2004 Z06 beats it. I know this is an 80's car, but that's not supposed to happen. One more reason for me to hate the 80's.
 
This can be fixed by using the "Sell Car, Buy Another" exploit :D

Seriously... the F40 is an old fashioned car when you compare it with modern sportscars. It will give a lot of grunt in a straight line but won't like turning in.

Try to time your downshifts so that you're not braking through the powerband - this car pushes on like a cow on a greased sledge!
 
The F40 has anything but poor acceleration, where it falls down is in braking as it lacks the modern day braking systems (and carbon ceramic brakes) that are now common on super cars.

0-60 in under 4 seconds is not slow by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Ive done so many modifications to mine, got to 673 bhp and all I can say is the result is brilliant.

But yea, you do have to consider its age.

The only thing that I hate yet love about the F40 is the turbo lag, hate because it is torture waiting for it, but love it because it is authentic and really reminds me why the F40 is my most favourite car.

Not to mention it is so beautiful :drool:
 
Yeah the shape of the body alone will not permit this car to turn on a dime, but I at least want some speed. I don't have the racing tranny in it yet, but I already know I cant do much anything with it, considering how the car uses its power. Cant make it a 200mph car because it will get destroyed, cant tune it for acceleration because it will get destroyed. See what I mean? I guess I'll do my best and when I'm done with it set up a online lobby race with just F40's. It cant really compete against anything but its self.
 
F40..slow? Say what son, the car's a beast, careful with the brakes though, careful with it all around really.

I like racing my F40 against my gf's F430, she doesn't even have a chance. :P
 
This is my favorite car of all time and I fully intend to throw ludicrous amounts of money at it, we'll see if it's slow then.
 
i intend to keep mine fully stock and use it just for hot lapping or in a one make race.

I'll bet that it'll hold up against the stock cars from its era though - Countach, 512B, the classic muscle cars, etc.
 
The F40 was my first big purchase at the used lot. I always loved the car, so it was a must have. The car shows it's aged turbo tech, and this is appears to be accurate- no intercoolers. That said the car suffers heavily from turbo lag. My answer was to reduce the weight of the flywheel and go to a race trans. The race trans helps by allowing you to select your top speed. As you lower the final drive, you effectively reduce some of the effects of the slow spool up by shortening your time in each gear. The car will accelerate better with these changes, however, you still need to mind your revs wisely (keep them high.) I went with soft race rubber and the car turns in great. Unlike many newer super cars, the F40 had a fairly short wheelbase. Combine that with mid-engine and you have Elise type handling- albeit with a turbo V8 in the boot. I think stock the car didn't have any camber setup- you'll want around -1.2 front, and -.5-.8ish in the back. The shortcoming you won't likely be able to address (without ABS set to 3 or 4) is stopping. I'm having a tough time finding a setting that won't easily lockup without ABS on. I still love the ride, but technology has come a long way since 1987. Interesting facts . . . The F40 was the first production car capable of 200mph, and the F40 was the last car commissioned by Enzo Ferrari himself.
 
The reason the F40 as it shows up in game is "slow" is because of the stupid transmission ratios they gave it.

They are not correct.

Leave the weight alone, leave the power alone, put some stickier tyres on and purchase the adjustable transmission and set the top speed to 201mph.

That will give a more accurate "feel" of a stock F40 in modern track-day trim.

The car needs to be driven like a high revving low torque turbo. Keep the revs up and manhandle it aroun dyour favourite circuit.

I love the F40.
 
RWB1213
The F40 was my first big purchase at the used lot. I always loved the car, so it was a must have. The car shows it's aged turbo tech, and this is appears to be accurate- no intercoolers. That said the car suffers heavily from turbo lag. My answer was to reduce the weight of the flywheel and go to a race trans. The race trans helps by allowing you to select your top speed. As you lower the final drive, you effectively reduce some of the effects of the slow spool up by shortening your time in each gear. The car will accelerate better with these changes, however, you still need to mind your revs wisely (keep them high.) I went with soft race rubber and the car turns in great. Unlike many newer super cars, the F40 had a fairly short wheelbase. Combine that with mid-engine and you have Elise type handling- albeit with a turbo V8 in the boot. I think stock the car didn't have any camber setup- you'll want around -1.2 front, and -.5-.8ish in the back. The shortcoming you won't likely be able to address (without ABS set to 3 or 4) is stopping. I'm having a tough time finding a setting that won't easily lockup without ABS on. I still love the ride, but technology has come a long way since 1987. Interesting facts . . . The F40 was the first production car capable of 200mph, and the F40 was the last car commissioned by Enzo Ferrari himself.
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F40 has no intercoolers? I highly doubt that.
 
I remember that the F40 in GT5p was a bit of a slow pig, but there were some great tunes out there for it that really turned it into a weapon.
I like some of the others in this thread, prefer to not tune/mod my cars and drive them as they come, but I dare say this is one that may need a customisable gearbox.
 
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I think its slow and has poor acceleration, most cars are good at 1 or the other if not both, but this car is as useless as most muscle cars for me. I mean my base model 2004 Z06 beats it. I know this is an 80's car, but that's not supposed to happen. One more reason for me to hate the 80's.
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slow? that car does 0-60 in 3.2 sec, but it has epic turbo lag, so build up the revs to about 3000-4000rpm and build up the turbo, and put your foot down, it'll feel a bit like a rocket lol
 
Buy a real one. It blows away all this modern crap like Audi R8 and ZR1, just put some modern ceramic brakes and tires.

This Audi R8 pig weight freaking 1600 kg. Also don't forget all this modern eco tech, when 200 hp engine barely move the car, but save you a bit of fuel and totally green
 
Lol as I said, I highly doubt it considering the two shiny intercoolers are right there underneath the CLEAR rear hatch.
 
Just to add to topic old vs new: the fastest car ever hit public roads was Dauer 962 Le Mans, which is basically street legal version of Porsche 962 from 1984.

It makes all this recent supercars look like grandpa's Buick, it's smaller brother 956 still holds absolute Nordschleife record 6:11.
 
If you are finding it hard to control under braking, change the brake bias so the front brakes are more powerful than the rear, being MR it suffers from lift off over steer so brake bias change plus some left foot braking makes the rear much more controllable.
 
How do you make a Ferrari F40 good Simple question so I will give a simple answer

Look how beautiful it is in photomode and how fast it is when it has the right tyres on It is the definitive supercar of the 80s not bogged down with all this eco nonsense we have these days its a proper supercar
 
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Just to add to topic old vs new: the fastest car ever hit public roads was Dauer 962 Le Mans, which is basically street legal version of Porsche 962 from 1984.

It makes all this recent supercars look like grandpa's Buick, it's smaller brother 956 still holds absolute Nordschleife record 6:11.
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Not trying to be an ass but I think you mean 1994. 👍
 
Sure does, that's scary when you consider that it takes an Enzo 7:25. Those guys had some serious knackers, no wonder they don't race f1 there anymore.

Speaking of which, I wonder what an F1 car from around 2006 would do?
 

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