Pro Touring GT
@787bcgr – XKR-S '11
2:02.857
DC – 9.3
A little bit tricky to find the right lines with this car but good fun when you got it right. I found that the car struggled a little bit in the slower sections of the track but felt really good on the faster bits. I encountered a bit of understeer on entry in the slower corners and the car did like to light up the rear tyres on exit, this was a lot of fun and very controllable but did cost it a bit of time. Didn't have any problems with the brakes or transmission, these felt predictable and easy to work and didn't throw up any unexpected surprises.
@Bowtie-muscle – XKR-S '11
2:02.971
DC – 7
I found myself struggling with this car quite a bit. The initial turn in felt really sharp and positive but soon after I hit a massive pile of understeer as the rear just didn't seem to want to follow the front. The car was extremely stable but just didn't want to rotate past a certain point. I think the front springs were right on the money but the rear was just way too soft and this was killing the rotation. The transmission was good, got the power down nicely and didn't cause any issues with the auto transmission. The brakes felt a little bit weak, I overshot the entry to a few corners on the opening laps as the car just wasn't slowing down and I had to adjust my braking points quite severely to compensate. I'm sure this car would suit some drivers because of the incredible stability but it just wasn't for me unfortunately.
@DolHaus – XKR-S '11
2:01.631
DC – 9
I don't like to give myself high scores but I'm really happy with how this car turned out
@Motor City Hami – DB9
2:02.735
DC – 8
Performed well but to me it felt really unnatural and I couldn't predict what it was going to do next. I can only really describe it as feeling “arcade like”, sort of like if you ported a car from Ridge Racer into GT. The car had surprising initial rotation thanks to the crazy toe angles but wouldn't really hold a line, instead it was like a constant series of small course corrections while turning. The transmission was good but a bit short, the engine was really running out of legs at the top end. Felt really good through the maggots/becketts complex but that was the only place it felt comfortable for me. This didn't feel like your usual cars and I found that slightly disappointing, felt like it was breaking physics rather than working with them.
@Otaliema – XKR-S '11
2:02.503
DC – 8.8
Good and aggressive, quite enjoyed pushing this car. Had a very direct feel to the steering, the car reacted sharply but didn't feel twitchy as a result. The brakes felt like they were maybe a click too high at both ends and this caused the front tyres to overload on entry occasionally if you went in too fast. There was also a bit of understeer in the mid to late section of the corner but was fairly easy to work around. I liked the transmission, felt like the car was really pushing through the gears and getting the most out of the engine. Good fun to drive, would have preferred the rear had been a little looser on the throttle so I could get on the throttle a little earlier but a good effort none the less.
@shaunm80 – DB9
2:03.899
DC – 7
Really struggled to find pace with this one, I just couldn't find much grip and the transmission didn't do the cars any favours. It felt like it had decent rotation, but it just couldn't hold on to the speed through the corners and loved to light the tyres up on exit. The car was always in a lower gear than I was expecting and that made it really tricky to get the power down out of every corner, unless you were pointing perfectly straight the car would start to squirm and then just snap loose. Its a shame really because the car felt good through the rest of the corner, the brakes felt all right, the initial turn in was good and it maintained decent rotation through the mid parts if lacking speed slightly, it just got let down by the transmission and the exit grip combined and that somewhat tarnished the experience. I think it would be easy enough to fix with wider gearing and would probably drop a fair bit of time by just taking the camber off , theres definitely a decent car lurking under there somewhere.
@sinof1337 – XKR-S '11
2:02.524
DC – 7.5
If I had to use one word to describe this car it would be predictable. It never did anything unexpected or out of the ordinary, the brakes were good without being too sharp, the rotation was good without being unstable and the transmission felt natural but unremarkable. Overall the car felt fine but lacked excitement, very consistent and easy to drive but never really showed much personality.
@xande1959 – DB9
2:03.221
DC – 8
The car felt fairly solid and predictable, had decent entry rotation and stability but seemed to run out of front end grip in the mid parts of the corner and start understeering. The brakes and transmission both felt quite good, didn't have any trouble with either. It was possible to get a bit of wheel spin in some of the slower corners if the car hadn't settled but it was easy enough to deal with when it occurred.
You can get a tiny bit of wheel spin on exit of turn 3 + 4 but the car stays straight and true if you keep your foot down, most of the time the car is a pussy cat unless you put it on the grass. Thank you for offering to retest it though, I wouldn't usually question a review but that just struck me as odd 👍
Fun but not conducive to a quick lap time. Thank you for the test and the review.
I still got space for four more testers with out having to do a crap load of work on the sheet.
