"Top 10 Saddest Anime Betrayals"
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Well, here we are at the end. It's been a fun ride and I'd like to thank everyone for contributing to this little community which has been the primary reason GT6 has had replayability for me ever since our humble beginnings back in 2015. It's been a ride, all thanks to our original fearless leader
@Cowboy who got this started, and our current fearless leader
@MrWaflz55 who kept it going after Cowboy stepped down. We've had some fun times, but now it's time to do the final write-up for GT6.
None of our combatants this week are strangers to our thread here. Over the course of the previous 125 contests we've had, we've run into these cars once or twice. What was interesting from the discussion that Waflz and I had prior to kicking this duel off for real was that each of these cars come from a different era of sports car, while also bringing together the fact that they're each from a different continent.
Kicking it off for America and the classic era of sports/muscle cars is the Shelby Cobra, (which I guess one can argue is actually a British car if we pay respect to the original AC Cobra.) The past times we've reviewed this car it hasn't quite come out on top as the fastest, but definitely the most fun to drive compared to other cars we've pit it against, and that still holds true this go around. The roll and the ability for it to kick the tail end out definitely makes it fun to just joyride.
Moving on to the "poster-on-the-wall" car from the glitzy 80s is the Italian stallion, the Ferrari F40, and the first production car to have a top speed surpassing 200 miles per hour. In contrast to the Cobra, this car's characteristics feel a lot more stiff than fun. I've stated the past times we've tested this car that it's got an odd sense of being stiff while also being oversteery. It's a surreal sort of sensation throwing this into corners.
Last but not least, we have the first production year of the R35 GT-R hailing from Japan, having separated itself from the Skyline nameplate five years prior. The R35 has been in production for close to eleven years now, which is a lot longer than the previous iterations of GT-R. This boasts comparable power to the other two cars, but one dramatic edge that it has over the other two is the 4WD which grants it a lot of stability at the cost of being considerably heavier and understeery.
How did these three fare on the Matterhorn Rotenboden course? (One of my old testing tracks at the beginning of my involvement in the Duel of the Week I might add)
Matterhorn Rotenboden Trial:
Cobra - 1:44.586
F40 - 1:45.150
R35 - 1:42.047
Unsurprisingly, on the very steep elevation changes of the Rotenboden, the GT-R held its ground and stability better than the other two, especially the F40 which felt extraordinarily awkward on the downhill. The Cobra had its share of problems as well, but at the very least it was fun to ride.
On the Trial Mountain Drift Trial (I killed that old gag dead, dammit) things were noticeably in the Cobra's favor, and most decidedly not the GT-R's. The F40 still felt awkward, but driftable. The Cobra's fun bouncy nature made it easy and natural to take corners sideways. The GT-R required fairly liberal application of the handbrake even on Comfort Hards.
At this point is where I'd end the post with my verdict, but at the same time, we are at a transitioning phase. It just so happens that these three cars are also available on GT Sport (only difference being that the GT-R is now the newest model instead of the oldest). I couldn't help but take each of them for a run. I adopted my old rules for their run around Suzuka. Each car gets three laps, and the best one is the one that gets recorded.
I recorded each session, with a quick run-through the settings to prove that I was running each of the cars on Sports Hards, no traction control, and stock settings. First immediate difference was that all three cars were a lot more of a handful than they were on GT6, to the point where I even wiped out with the GT-R (the most stable of the three, ironically).
Suzuka Trial:
Cobra - 2:26.716
F40 - 2:23.921
R35 - 2:22.792
Pretty clear winner there with the GT-R. It just seems to be that the 4WD system is what gives it an edge, which makes it faster and thus would get my vote.
Make no mistake though, if you want a fun car on either GT6 or GT Sport, splurge on the Cobra. It's a joy to drive, and probably the one I'd buy.
GT-R wins.
So far, we have
@Vic Reign93 that's participated in the Open-Swim Drift Trial, absolutely smashing my record. We've still got plenty of time yet before the events close, so let's give them a go! Don't forget the Down and Dirty Finale too. I've put one of each permitted car around Toscana and have set some fairly decent times. Do me a favor and take me down a peg in your chosen off-road sports car. Oh, and if you don't have enough time for one more lap, but still have plenty of time to kill, do a 180 after the start line on the first corner, yank the parking brake, and admire the sunset as the trial ends at 2100 in-game time. It's breathtaking to watch, and a good ending to a wonderful era.
see you guys at the finish line.
. So I decided to take the cars for a spin around the current intermediate seasonal event.
, I didn't even get to 4th or 5th gears.
