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I wasn't overly keen on the races last week so I thought I would test a few Group 4 cars and see if the popular cars were always the best ones.
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Dragon Trail Gardens - Kerbs and balanced track
Tokyo South Outer - Flowing 1st sector, fast 2nd sector & 3rd sector with chicane with big kerb
Big Willow - Long, fast corners
Suzuka - Balanced track with everything
For the 4 tracks I did about 5 laps on each car on each track, and then took the best sectors from that and added them together to give me the optimum.
Then I did a top speed test at Monza, taking the speed just before braking point into 1st chicane
Finally I did a tyre life test at Brands Hatch Indy(Easy track to drive consistently on). With tyre wear at 10x I put RM tyres on and then ran a 10 lap race after doing a few warm up laps. The difference between the fastest lap and the last lap gives an indication of how the tyres are wearing.
Fuel Consumption is taken from @rex1825 post at https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/gran-turismo-sport-fuel-consumption-list-tire-usage.372334/
I am not using CSM, ASM or traction control.
Porsche Cayman is probably the best car at the moment, but it is the tyre life which really makes a difference. Nothing can really touch it at the moment for the combination of Speed and Endurance. FF cars do very well over 1 lap but struggle over multiple laps with tyre wear.
It is worth noting that since I only did a few laps on each car/track combination there will be an obvious bias towards the easier to drive cars. That and I am only an AS driver, so better drivers will be able to make those tricky cars (I'm looking at you Alfa 4c) fly on certain tracks where I struggle with them. It could explain why the FF cars are so high.
There have been other tests by better drivers than me, so it is worth checking them out if you haven't already:
Group 2 BoP Test by @Windfire1010 - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-2-bop-test-by-windfire1010.383933/
Group 3 Bop Test by @Tidgney - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-3-bop-testing.375377/
Group 4 BoP Test by @Windfire1010 - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-4-bop-test-redux-by-windfire1010.379622/
I will update the Monza times over the next wee while. I stopped because the Tokyo track looked fun to learn and I was worried about accidentally cutting the chicanes too much at Monza.
Spreadsheet: Click Here
Dragon Trail Gardens - Kerbs and balanced track
Tokyo South Outer - Flowing 1st sector, fast 2nd sector & 3rd sector with chicane with big kerb
Big Willow - Long, fast corners
Suzuka - Balanced track with everything
For the 4 tracks I did about 5 laps on each car on each track, and then took the best sectors from that and added them together to give me the optimum.
Then I did a top speed test at Monza, taking the speed just before braking point into 1st chicane
Finally I did a tyre life test at Brands Hatch Indy(Easy track to drive consistently on). With tyre wear at 10x I put RM tyres on and then ran a 10 lap race after doing a few warm up laps. The difference between the fastest lap and the last lap gives an indication of how the tyres are wearing.
Fuel Consumption is taken from @rex1825 post at https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/gran-turismo-sport-fuel-consumption-list-tire-usage.372334/
I am not using CSM, ASM or traction control.
Porsche Cayman is probably the best car at the moment, but it is the tyre life which really makes a difference. Nothing can really touch it at the moment for the combination of Speed and Endurance. FF cars do very well over 1 lap but struggle over multiple laps with tyre wear.
It is worth noting that since I only did a few laps on each car/track combination there will be an obvious bias towards the easier to drive cars. That and I am only an AS driver, so better drivers will be able to make those tricky cars (I'm looking at you Alfa 4c) fly on certain tracks where I struggle with them. It could explain why the FF cars are so high.
There have been other tests by better drivers than me, so it is worth checking them out if you haven't already:
Group 2 BoP Test by @Windfire1010 - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-2-bop-test-by-windfire1010.383933/
Group 3 Bop Test by @Tidgney - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-3-bop-testing.375377/
Group 4 BoP Test by @Windfire1010 - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/group-4-bop-test-redux-by-windfire1010.379622/
I will update the Monza times over the next wee while. I stopped because the Tokyo track looked fun to learn and I was worried about accidentally cutting the chicanes too much at Monza.