Hardest car to drive?

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I find the BMW 2002 an absolute pig. Especially tuned up!
 
I find the tuned viper (modern one) a real bitch in the corners.
 
Try the Zonda LM edition, it suffers from understeer then oversteer and finally no steer at all. Even when you nail it down on the downforce
 
I think most of the cars can be set up to drive decently. It's a matter of expectations.

But, some cars are incredibly difficult to get tuned correctly for balance, speed, tire wear, and 'feel'.

One of the perennial examples of a difficult car is the Lancia Stratos. It took me a long time to develop a good setup for the car that met the criteria above. Now, it's fun instead of difficult.

I've many posts about the Enzo, but in my opinion the car is fast and can be driven quickly around the track. It does take some effort to get good lap times, but it's worth it.
 
That old GTO with a supercharger. Handles like crap and thus eats (and I mean eats) tires. A car I was really looking forward to and really disappointed in.

Also I had a hard time with the R8 with full tune up but that was before I really learned the intricacies of throttle control :).

The citroen supercar is another I had issues with.

EDIT: my racing league did a cobra race with stock everything at Monza w/chicanes. Called it the "Cobra Slider Special" and let me tell you something about throttle control...
 
If your driving style and the car aren't in sync, you are going to have a hard time.

The car I have the most trouble with is the made up F1 car PD made. Hate that thing, seemingly random snap oversteer. It will go round the same corner the same way 10 times then 11th time I'm flying backwards into the kitty litter before I even detect it.
 
For my style it's the Enzo.Not a bad car but certainly not easy.

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I agree with him, Chromlien lambo is probably hardest car to drive, all aids off, abs - 1 = suicide, its just laughable because you think..wtf is this...!?
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Mine's on comf tires and has 15k miles on it,reckon it's a fun car.:p
But yeah it's certainly intimidating.
 
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It will go round the same corner the same way 10 times then 11th time I'm flying backwards into the kitty litter before I even detect it.[/QUOTE]
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For me it's either the Yellowbird, TVR Speed 12 or LP 640. The Yellowbird can be quite unpredictable, the Speed 12 can sometimes over and understeer at the same time and the 640 is too difficult to drive without a wheel, you need great brake and throttle modulation to stop the rear end lifting too much. I really hope the LP 700 has the engine mounted lower down...
 
The worst of my batch is possibly the Mini Cooper (the classic one, not the BMW mini, lol) Although that could be down the PD physics, as if you take the corner too quickly it'll lift both the inside tyres. Or if you try to bring the back end round with a tap of handbrake, it falls over! I've even had it do a forward roll after tapping a barrier!! Laughable!!

I also follow the votes with the Yellow Bird, Stratos and 512BB.

I managed to tame the Veyron slightly by adding height adjustable sports suspension, then matching the stock settings. Before doing this, my fully tuned V would stop even attempting to steer in any direction once it got past 220mph.
 
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