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My 2 cents on the car selection:
Opel Corsa GTE VGT: Another electric car whose battery will probably run out in less than a lap of the 'ring, and being a VGT tuning will be limited, so if it handles like a pig, you can't really fix it. If PD allowed for more setup adjustments on VGT's you could work them into solid driving cars but eh, whatev's.
Hyundai Elantra N: This car I'm actually interested in seeing its performance potential, especially trying to turn it into a facsimile of the IRL Elantra Touring car. Will likely make a nice rival to the Civic, and GT7 is sorely lacking in performance FWD 4-doors as is, so no complaints in this department.
Toyota RAV-4: Will have to see what trim PD go with, but likely another Hybrid-CVT borefest that has no performance upgrade potential what-so-ever. Even as a person who generally dislikes "The Truckening" of the automotive world, I'd be more than willing to accept these types of vehicles if you could do that Gran Turismo classic of stuffing a bunch of performance upgrades to make them outrun vehicles they have no business hanging with, but the problem is you can't.
Toyota FJ: Another car I'm interested in seeing what can be done, especially on the visual side. With the classic Jeep and the 2 Jimny's, there is a reasonable little off-road category waiting to be built.
Mazda Miata 12R: On one hand it's yet another ND Miata, but hopefully PD will do what they did with the Z-Tune and give it some unique visual parts to make it worthwhile. Either that or allow for a level of fully tuned performance beyond what the standard-unswapped MX5's can achieve.
Verdict: All in all not a spectacular update by any means, but there are some interesting options in there that make it not a total waste. To me the highlight is the Elantra N, which sits in a similar spot to the Renault Avantine in the last update: A solid car in it's own right and one that's entirely deserving of being added to the GT7 roster, but is very much having to carry the update, of which I'm not certain if it's the right car to do so. The FJ and 12R do have some potential to surprise, while the RAV-4 and Opel VGT will likely be pushed to the dusty corner of shame pretty quickly.
Opel Corsa GTE VGT: Another electric car whose battery will probably run out in less than a lap of the 'ring, and being a VGT tuning will be limited, so if it handles like a pig, you can't really fix it. If PD allowed for more setup adjustments on VGT's you could work them into solid driving cars but eh, whatev's.
Hyundai Elantra N: This car I'm actually interested in seeing its performance potential, especially trying to turn it into a facsimile of the IRL Elantra Touring car. Will likely make a nice rival to the Civic, and GT7 is sorely lacking in performance FWD 4-doors as is, so no complaints in this department.
Toyota RAV-4: Will have to see what trim PD go with, but likely another Hybrid-CVT borefest that has no performance upgrade potential what-so-ever. Even as a person who generally dislikes "The Truckening" of the automotive world, I'd be more than willing to accept these types of vehicles if you could do that Gran Turismo classic of stuffing a bunch of performance upgrades to make them outrun vehicles they have no business hanging with, but the problem is you can't.
Toyota FJ: Another car I'm interested in seeing what can be done, especially on the visual side. With the classic Jeep and the 2 Jimny's, there is a reasonable little off-road category waiting to be built.
Mazda Miata 12R: On one hand it's yet another ND Miata, but hopefully PD will do what they did with the Z-Tune and give it some unique visual parts to make it worthwhile. Either that or allow for a level of fully tuned performance beyond what the standard-unswapped MX5's can achieve.
Verdict: All in all not a spectacular update by any means, but there are some interesting options in there that make it not a total waste. To me the highlight is the Elantra N, which sits in a similar spot to the Renault Avantine in the last update: A solid car in it's own right and one that's entirely deserving of being added to the GT7 roster, but is very much having to carry the update, of which I'm not certain if it's the right car to do so. The FJ and 12R do have some potential to surprise, while the RAV-4 and Opel VGT will likely be pushed to the dusty corner of shame pretty quickly.
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