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I'm always seeing questions coming up for things like 'What is the best FF car? ' .
Stormbringer has already compiled a fantastic list of Good and Bad cars that I admit I use quite regularly.
But I'm classifying the cars into drive train layouts etc to answer those regular questions.
The Format
I'm looking for the best stock cars on the game. You can tune pretty much any car on GT5 up to an insane level but for the most realistic experience I still find driving cars as they come in real life to be very fun and rewarding.
So, for each test I have:
-Gone straight to the Dealership and bought a fresh car.
-Without doing anything to the car, except a tire change to the designated tyre choice for the test (No tuning or oil change (Nothing!)) I take it to the chosen test track
- The car then gets one clean rolling lap to post the fastest time possible.
Yes, the time's I will be posting will not be ridiculously fast, and yes you can probably beat them so I'm not interested in the whole "but I can get ____ round in _____"
The only way to keep a test fair is by keeping the driver the same so I really don't care if you've gone quicker.
And since I've given each car just one clean lap of the track there may be some unexpected results throughout e.g. The '05 cooper S lapping faster than the more powerful '11 cooper S.
I'm only testing premium cars to start with. I will test individual Standard Models on request IN THIS THREAD
Test 1 - FF Cars - Top Gear Test Track
- Test one includes all FF Road and Tuner cars (no pure race cars).
- So for example: The Spoon CRZ is allowed, but the CRZ Touring Car is not.
- I chose top gear test track as, not only is it in the spotlight with the new series of Top Gear being on at the moment but it has a good mix of high speed and low speed corners as well as a decent straight (ish) section to allow cars to show their true colours in all areas.
- All cars equipped with Sports Soft tires, to prepare for track use but keeping the characteristics of each car.
- No aids (ABS-1)
Results (Fastest To Slowest, Not numbered to allow for new entries)
- Trial Celica SS-II (ZZT231)'03: 1:17:508
- Volkswagen Scirocco R '10: 1:20:515
- Volvo S60 T-5 Sport '03: 1:20:564
- Ford Focus RS '02: 1:20:721
- Honda Integra Type R (DC5) '04: 1:21:237
- Acura Integra Type R '01: 1:21:322
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GT '95: 1:21:399
- Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R '97: 1:21:680
- Seat Ibiza Cupra '04: 1:21:837
- Ford Focus ST '06: 1:21:962
- Acura RSX Type-S '04: 1:22:138
- Trial Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231) '00: 1:22:800
- Renaultsport Megane '08: 1:23:058
- Honda Civic Type R '08: 1:23:602
- Volkswagen Golf V GTI '05: 1:23:683
- Volvo C30 R-Design '09: 1:23:732
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider GTS '03: 1:24:087
- Peugeot 207 GTI '07: 1:24:970
- Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0i V6 24v '01: 1:25:464 *** GT5 Car of the Week
- Mini Cooper S '05: 1:25:622
- Honda Civic Type R (EK) '97: 1:26:005
- Mini Cooper S '11: 1:26:013
- Citroen C4 VTS: 1:26:124
- Mini Countryman S '11: 1:26:784
- Mazda Atenza Sport 25z '07: 1:26:807
- Spoon CRZ: 1:27:146
- Volkswagen Golf IV GTI '01: 1:28:317
- Honda CRZ '10: 1:28:846
- Suzuki Swift Sport '05: 1:29:224
- Alfa Romeo 147 Ti Twinspark: 1:29:265
- Suzuki Swift Sport '07: 1:29:841
- Peugeot 307CC Premium '04: 1:31:641
- Toyota Prius G '09: 1:31:762
- Toyota Vitz RS 1.5 '07: 1:32:143
- Nissan March 12 SR '07: 1:32:543
- Nissan Leaf G '11: 1:33:711
- Daihatsu OFC-1: 1:38:478
- Suzuki Servo SR '07: 1:39:197
- Fiat 500 '08: 1:39:942
- Daihatsu Copen: 1:40:437
Google Docs Database Version (More Detail)
Stormbringer has already compiled a fantastic list of Good and Bad cars that I admit I use quite regularly.
But I'm classifying the cars into drive train layouts etc to answer those regular questions.
The Format
I'm looking for the best stock cars on the game. You can tune pretty much any car on GT5 up to an insane level but for the most realistic experience I still find driving cars as they come in real life to be very fun and rewarding.
So, for each test I have:
-Gone straight to the Dealership and bought a fresh car.
-Without doing anything to the car, except a tire change to the designated tyre choice for the test (No tuning or oil change (Nothing!)) I take it to the chosen test track
- The car then gets one clean rolling lap to post the fastest time possible.
Yes, the time's I will be posting will not be ridiculously fast, and yes you can probably beat them so I'm not interested in the whole "but I can get ____ round in _____"
The only way to keep a test fair is by keeping the driver the same so I really don't care if you've gone quicker.
And since I've given each car just one clean lap of the track there may be some unexpected results throughout e.g. The '05 cooper S lapping faster than the more powerful '11 cooper S.
I'm only testing premium cars to start with. I will test individual Standard Models on request IN THIS THREAD
Test 1 - FF Cars - Top Gear Test Track
- Test one includes all FF Road and Tuner cars (no pure race cars).
- So for example: The Spoon CRZ is allowed, but the CRZ Touring Car is not.
- I chose top gear test track as, not only is it in the spotlight with the new series of Top Gear being on at the moment but it has a good mix of high speed and low speed corners as well as a decent straight (ish) section to allow cars to show their true colours in all areas.
- All cars equipped with Sports Soft tires, to prepare for track use but keeping the characteristics of each car.
- No aids (ABS-1)
Results (Fastest To Slowest, Not numbered to allow for new entries)
- Trial Celica SS-II (ZZT231)'03: 1:17:508
- Volkswagen Scirocco R '10: 1:20:515
- Volvo S60 T-5 Sport '03: 1:20:564
- Ford Focus RS '02: 1:20:721
- Honda Integra Type R (DC5) '04: 1:21:237
- Acura Integra Type R '01: 1:21:322
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GT '95: 1:21:399
- Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R '97: 1:21:680
- Seat Ibiza Cupra '04: 1:21:837
- Ford Focus ST '06: 1:21:962
- Acura RSX Type-S '04: 1:22:138
- Trial Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231) '00: 1:22:800
- Renaultsport Megane '08: 1:23:058
- Honda Civic Type R '08: 1:23:602
- Volkswagen Golf V GTI '05: 1:23:683
- Volvo C30 R-Design '09: 1:23:732
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider GTS '03: 1:24:087
- Peugeot 207 GTI '07: 1:24:970
- Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0i V6 24v '01: 1:25:464 *** GT5 Car of the Week
- Mini Cooper S '05: 1:25:622
- Honda Civic Type R (EK) '97: 1:26:005
- Mini Cooper S '11: 1:26:013
- Citroen C4 VTS: 1:26:124
- Mini Countryman S '11: 1:26:784
- Mazda Atenza Sport 25z '07: 1:26:807
- Spoon CRZ: 1:27:146
- Volkswagen Golf IV GTI '01: 1:28:317
- Honda CRZ '10: 1:28:846
- Suzuki Swift Sport '05: 1:29:224
- Alfa Romeo 147 Ti Twinspark: 1:29:265
- Suzuki Swift Sport '07: 1:29:841
- Peugeot 307CC Premium '04: 1:31:641
- Toyota Prius G '09: 1:31:762
- Toyota Vitz RS 1.5 '07: 1:32:143
- Nissan March 12 SR '07: 1:32:543
- Nissan Leaf G '11: 1:33:711
- Daihatsu OFC-1: 1:38:478
- Suzuki Servo SR '07: 1:39:197
- Fiat 500 '08: 1:39:942
- Daihatsu Copen: 1:40:437
Google Docs Database Version (More Detail)
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