FITT British Invasion - Pro Touring GT Reviews
Anyone who knows me from testing/reviewing cars can confirm i'm a man of few words. Since this category of FITT was low on testers and since I always like to help my fellow tuner members who provide great tunes for us, sunday drivers
, I offered my help on this.
Since it is my 1st FITT participation, I hope my reviews and scores will not make tuners too mad, since I try to express it with most honesty. Therefore, my apologies if anyone is upset with any review/score.
In the spirit of fairness to all tuners, all testing conditions were the same (number of laps), even if I believed a certain ride would get a faster time with a few extra laps. So:
Test Session Conditions:
- Track - Silverstone GP
- Number of laps - 8
- ABS1
- Grip - Real
To the point:
Tuner: @787bcgr
Car: Jaguar XKR'S 11
Best Lap Time: 2:01:513
DC - 8.5
Review:
A very good tune. Great Braking, never failed when required. Responsive steering, with no understeer effects while in mid-cornering. The gearbox was very competitive, allowing great speed on low and high gears. Despite feeling that the rear was a bit loose in some corners, it was perfect controllable. Having made a great lap time, I felt the rear was stopping the car from going even faster. A small detail.
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Tuner: @Bowtie-muscle
Car: Jaguar XKR'S 11
Fastest Lap Time: 2:00:616
DC - 9.2
Review:
A joy to drive. All felt very good in this tune. Great gearbox, agility, speed, stability and performance. As all the tunes tested, pushed it to the limits and the car dealt with. The proof is a 2 minute flat lap, clean and fast. In all the Jags, I found something kind of hard to describe, gives the sensation of being slower, when actually is faster. Just noticed that the steering was a bit hard, it responded to the demands, but slower. Other then that, got the job done!
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Tuner: @DolHaus
Car: Jaguar XKR'S 11
Best Lap Time: 1:59:757
DC - 9.5
Review:
An amazing car to drive! Suited perfectly into my driving style, which was kind of a surprise. Solid brakes, only in case of tyre pressure (red) it was a tiny bit less effective. No understeer or oversteer present, even on exiting corner acceleration. This allowed faster recovery from the slower corners, allowing faster laps. Very responsive steering, with room to improve even more.
Excellent corner attack and line, while in the apex it was perfect, if by any mean it was missed, easily corrected by throttle management. My kind of ride!
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Tuner: @Motor City Hami
Car: Aston Martin DB9 '06
Best Lap Time: 2:01:296
DC - 9.1
Review:
Off all the cars tested, this one was perfect in terms of corner rotation, either in mid-corner acceleration or full cornering capability. Along side a great rotation, a superb steering reponse, extreme agile car in trajectory corrections.
The gearbox felt very evenly distributed (ratios), just felt the Final Gear could be a tiny bit higher.
The fact that the car felt loose (not in terms of loosing control) it showed supreme agility, which allowed a very quick lap time. One thing I noticed was the price to pay for all this agility and cornering speed was constant tyre pressure (red tyres), but did not interfered very much with the performance.
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Tuner: @Otaliema
Car: Jaguar XKR'S 11
Best Lap Time: 2:00:341
DC - 8.9
Review:
While testing this car, after the 1st lap (usually to know the car) I had the feeling it could be as fast as Dolhaus. A superb gearbox and ratios, responsive steering, great agility, no oversteer and almost no wheelspin and great brakes. The only thing needed was a bit more rotation, resulting on an even better cornering speed. Would have given a higher DC value if it wasn't for this. With that, it would certanly broke the 2 minute barrier.
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Tuner: @shaunm80
Car: Aston Martin DB9 '06
Fastest Lap Time: 2:02:126
DC - 9.1
Review:
Identical to Bowtie-Muscle, only difference is this one is an Aston. The car behaviour is perfect, rotation is there when needed, speed, agility on cornering and gearbox response. It may be a few tenths of seconds slower then the majority of other tuners choices (Jaguar), but it has that important factor: excelence in cornering. It can be taken to the limits, but not to extreme. If so, a small understeer sensation will appear.This one I believe with a few more laps on testing, it would be equal to the fastest Jags.
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Tuner: @sinoff1337
Car: Jaguar XKR'S 11
Fastest Lap Time: 2:01:358
DC - 8.8
Review:
Another great tune for a Jaguar. Excellent brakes, good steering, superb gearbox (one of the best, with incredible precision)... All this combined on a indeed fast lap. Just one small detail, a bit more rotation would make even better. On the test session, the final 2 laps I decided to push it to the extreme in order to get a even better lap time, sadly noticed a bit of mid cornering understeer in acceleration, which caused the car to starting running away, so I had to come-off the throttle to recover. But don't take it as a flaw, just a small correction.
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Tuner: @xande1959
Car: Aston Martin DB9 '06
Fastest Lap Time: 2:01:270
DC - 7.8
Review:
Im terms of looks, this one in particular had it all. I was looking foward to try it on track. 1st lap was more to feel the car, did a nice time. Next was time to push it harder and started to sense the car a bit underpowered and rear loose. The gearbox was OK, which allowed getting a decent fastest lap.
Sadly just not a tune I was able to get along with, did not fit my style. Perhaps another tester will get a better result for you.
Last edited: Nov 30, 2014