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- Wales, UK
- Snake55wildcat
OH MY GOD KEI CARS, HOW I ADORE THEE
Well this was a pleasant surprise to witness a battle between two pint sized pocket rockets, and among some of my favourite ones too!
The EA11R Suzuki Cappuccino is a very stable car to drive, it certainly feels at ease in the corners but not necesarily feeling as fast. On the other side of things, the Autozam AZ-1 is quite frantic, oversteering quite often under its own volition, but if your careful (or crazy) enough, it can still feel remarkably controllable, its acceleration is rather spunky as well.
In terms of each of the cars' looks, the Cappa is certainly much more rounded and refined, but the Autozam's robust, function over form look to it all (taking into consideration the gullwing doors) i like both of these cars, but its hard to say which ones i like the looks of more!
I drove both of these little buggers around Autumn Ring Mini R, and while the Cappuccino was faster (with a time of 49.443) and the consistency of getting 49 second times almost every lap of the 12 minute time attack session.. it lacked the feeling of self improvement, it didn't feel as satisfying to nail the corners right or get the right throttle amount to make the most of a corner. Sure the Autozam was slightly slower (with a 50.038 time) but i had to really get acquainted with it, you could feel yourself learning with every slip-up, and while its traction can be dubious, its still mostly in your control.
In terms of racing, i must hand it to the Cappuccino, but for some good fun and casual driving, and my real winner, has to be the slippery underdog, the Autozam AZ-1
Outside of this stock car comparison ive also had a fair bit of time with various modified versions of these cars in GT5 and 6, with a 400PP EA11R that proved to handle pretty well, and my first car in both PS3 GTs were indeed a Autozam AZ-1 (and a gokart) so ive had a fair bit of experience with these two
Well this was a pleasant surprise to witness a battle between two pint sized pocket rockets, and among some of my favourite ones too!
The EA11R Suzuki Cappuccino is a very stable car to drive, it certainly feels at ease in the corners but not necesarily feeling as fast. On the other side of things, the Autozam AZ-1 is quite frantic, oversteering quite often under its own volition, but if your careful (or crazy) enough, it can still feel remarkably controllable, its acceleration is rather spunky as well.
In terms of each of the cars' looks, the Cappa is certainly much more rounded and refined, but the Autozam's robust, function over form look to it all (taking into consideration the gullwing doors) i like both of these cars, but its hard to say which ones i like the looks of more!
I drove both of these little buggers around Autumn Ring Mini R, and while the Cappuccino was faster (with a time of 49.443) and the consistency of getting 49 second times almost every lap of the 12 minute time attack session.. it lacked the feeling of self improvement, it didn't feel as satisfying to nail the corners right or get the right throttle amount to make the most of a corner. Sure the Autozam was slightly slower (with a 50.038 time) but i had to really get acquainted with it, you could feel yourself learning with every slip-up, and while its traction can be dubious, its still mostly in your control.
In terms of racing, i must hand it to the Cappuccino, but for some good fun and casual driving, and my real winner, has to be the slippery underdog, the Autozam AZ-1
Outside of this stock car comparison ive also had a fair bit of time with various modified versions of these cars in GT5 and 6, with a 400PP EA11R that proved to handle pretty well, and my first car in both PS3 GTs were indeed a Autozam AZ-1 (and a gokart) so ive had a fair bit of experience with these two
The Supra is a handfull on CS tires!
