Gran Turismo 350z RS vs Nissan Nismo 400r Comparison/Review
4wd vs Rwd Tuner cars from Nissan, who will grip this victory?
This week I had to scrap all of my information that I collected, because I was using my old 350z RS without buying a fresh one from the dealerships, so it was fully maxed and beat the 400r everywhere. After that I bought a new one and collected all my info a second time over.
Times:
350z: 2:21.030
400r: 2:23.821
Gap: +3.709
The 400r feels very nice to drive, with a good turbo range and good handling, with a little bit of the characteristic understeer of most 4WD cars, The 350z felt quick out of the corners and very grippy. I was satisfied with both cars overall.
Point goes to the 350z RS
In the drag race, the more powerful and faster accelerating 400r stayed in front the entire race despite only having 4 forward gears (as far as I can tell).
Point goes to the 400r
The 350z easily comes out on top for paint chips, it has more colours than the 400r, but also has more shades too. The colours are generally more exciting over the solid colours of the latter's selection. The 350z RS also has the ability to be painted in GT Auto, so bonus points there too.
Point goes to the 350z RS
Both have no aero parts, but the 350z has one more inch bigger in rims, and as you know, gotta have more inches.
Point goes to the 350z RS
You can tune the tuned cars... Moving on....
I find that the 350z RS's sound is like a meatier version of the 400r, I like it better. The turbos on the 400r sound good, but not today...
Point goes to the 350z RS
I think I actually prefer the older looks of the 400r over the 350z RS. I think the 350 looks a little fat around the edges thanks to it's donor car having the colossal hatch in the back, if they made an open-top 350z RS I would probably die. But that doesn't exist and the 400r has all the nice-looking go fast bits that a GTR would ever need!
Point goes to the 400r
This time I mixed it up a bit, since I never see these cars online I took them down to Tsukuba for a sector drift trial. The 350z is made for drifting with it's RWD layout, while I had to repeatedly pull the E-Brake for the 400r to even score any points. In the end the 350z RS got 7,621 points and the 400r got 6,163 points.
Point goes to the 350z RS
This is another case of the TVR vs NSX we had weeks back. Why do all these awesome cars need to fight all the time?

Come on guys, get along! There's room in my digital garage for the both of you!
But alas a victor must be crowned. The 350z RS gets the vote and wins this week's head to head.
And the verdict is...
Tune your own car, Lazy!
See you next week!