List of cars with "Turbo Lag"

[sumbrownkid]

That was that mental 430ish HP version that kept up with a Lambo, not the standard Evo X. It had an enormous turbo compared to the usual 300 HP one.
I'm not sure which is featured in the game though.

And he was in the top gear.

Common sense dictates that if you want to spool it up, drop the shifter to a lower gear.

And as for turbo lag, I don't really notice it, except in the Ferrari F40.

 

[AzNTypeR]

And he was in the top gear.

Common sense dictates that if you want to spool it up, drop the shifter to a lower gear.

And as for turbo lag, I don't really notice it, except in the Ferrari F40.

Going a bit off topic but when Clarkson tested the Cosworth Impreza..he claimed it had 'too much turbo lag' vut what do you expect from a rally car? Common sense dictates if you dont like turbo powered cars, get a big engined one..

 

[sumbrownkid]

Going a bit off topic but when Clarkson tested the Cosworth Impreza..he claimed it had 'too much turbo lag' vut what do you expect from a rally car? Common sense dictates if you dont like turbo powered cars, get a big engined one..

This is Jeremy "MORE POWER" Clarkson we're talking about here.

I have a feeling a lot of the stuff he says is just for the show, and not actual real hard facts.

Anyway, turbo lag is fun though when you're friend just started playing GT5.

 

[C Ronaldo 7]

Both Fiat 500's.

 

[friedi]

Don't say "you forgot" unless you follow with the Chaparral 2J, the steep gearing combined with the turbo lag makes this car USELESS below 70mph.

if you set the Highspeed a bit lower it goes really fast at 0-100kmh.
had this Prob @ this difficult classic race with the old Ford (wich is really the same prob), well the start allways was ****up because the transmission was about 320Kmh wich is useless for Monaco.

wich is ok in the End... its a really old Car the Powerband ends at some Point

 

[TT3AZ]

I hate turbo lag, not good in "drug" racing...i want boost all the way

 

[iamsupernasty]

I hate turbo lag, not good in "drug" racing...i want boost all the way

Definitely. When running drugs you want as much power as possible - those cop cars don't have much turbo lag.

 

[Crazed_Coupe]

Daihatsu OFC on low RPM with full tune and teh horrid racing exhaust is also fun.

Also, Honda NSX doesn't have VTEC in this game...
No kick or anything
Actually, not VTEC cars actually behave like VTEC.

Although you can't really hear a distinctive VTEC sound, more power is created at a certain RPM in most all Honda cars from my knowledge.

 

[Energizerrr]

Yellowbird.

 

[popcorn]

Definitely. When running drugs you want as much power as possible - those cop cars don't have much turbo lag.

That's quite possibly the best thing I've ever heard.

 

[Crispy]

That was that mental 430ish HP version that kept up with a Lambo, not the standard Evo X. It had an enormous turbo compared to the usual 300 HP one.
I'm not sure which is featured in the game though.

It wasn't even an Evo X.

And for the person who said the X1, that's not turbo lag, it's just a limiter to the engine to stop it destroying the rear tires every time you get to touch the gas pedal.

 

[jedi09]

The Option Stream Z has more lag in "stock" form than most cars do with stage 3 turbos in my opinion.

 

[CrashBandicoot]

The shiwimmer wagon (how ever you spell it) has a lot of lag, Just like the Kubel and Samba Bus have when tuned.

 

[Ecchi-BANZAII!!]

Although you can't really hear a distinctive VTEC sound, more power is created at a certain RPM in most all Honda cars from my knowledge.

Even a Honda CR-V '05 have a VTEC feel but none in GT5 have it and that CR-V was an automatic also...

 

[keldabest13]

Didn't know you can get turbo lag. How do you know when a car has it?

 

[noisiaturismo]

Didn't know you can get turbo lag. How do you know when a car has it?

I think it's slow acceleration and then a sudden boost.

I don't know for sure, not a expert.

 

[Tornado]

Didn't know you can get turbo lag. How do you know when a car has it?

You mash the throttle, the car starts off slowly for a little bit (generally half a second or so), and then the acceleration surges.




And very few of the people in this thread are bringing up cars that actually suffer from it.

 

[Bushby_23]

You mash the throttle, the car starts off slowly for a little bit (generally half a second or so), and then the acceleration surges.

And very few of the people in this thread are bringing up cars that actually suffer from it.

Are the escudo and the f40 both cars that suffer from turbo lag, your highness?

 

[Onboy123]

Well, the Supra RZ with 725hp lags like hell, as does the RS200 @ 419hp. But the RS200 is relatively mild compared to the RZ and Option Stream Z.

 

[Tornado]

Are the escudo and the f40 both cars that suffer from turbo lag, your highness?

Eeyup.


Does that mean that the people who said they suffer from turbo lag were actually describing turbo lag when they brought them up?


Nope.


You can be right about something and still not have any idea what you are talking about. And considering several people have mentioned normally aspirated cars as suffering from turbo lag just because they have a narrow powerband, my statement doesn't seem out of place in the slightest.

 

[Onboy123]

Another one to add to the list is the GTRs, starting from the R32. Whack a high RPM kit on it and get your stopwatch out! Ok, it's not that bad, but still not as responsive as it should be.

And the turbo charged LMP cars like the Minolta 88-CV something or other and the Mazda 787B, though that may just be the high power high revving nature of the engine…

 

[Bushby_23]

Eeyup.

Does that mean that the people who said they suffer from turbo lag were actually describing turbo lag when they brought them up?

Nope.

You can be right about something and still not have any idea what you are talking about. And considering several people have mentioned normally aspirated cars as suffering from turbo lag just because they have a narrow powerband, my statement doesn't seem out of place in the slightest.

Yea, I see where you are coming from. I know my naturally aspirated cars have invisible turbos on them, they all do

 

[Bottoz]

For cars listed with Turbo Lag, take a look at the Dyno Charts in game. If you see nothing... nothing... nothing... nothing... POWER!, then it has Turbo Lag.

(post pics if you can)

 

[Tornado]

for cars listed with turbo lag, take a look at the dyno charts in game. If you see nothing... Nothing... Nothing... Nothing... Power!, then it has turbo lag.

(post pics if you can)

That is NOT TURBO LAG.

 

[Bottoz]

That is NOT TURBO LAG.

It's not? Please explain then.

If it has a trubo, and the dyno chart shows no power until very late in the RPM band (or, a dramitic change), then I'd call that turbo lag.

All I'm asking for is the dyno chart for cars with claimed turbo lag.

 

[Smuttysy]

That is NOT TURBO LAG.

Since you are the "All knowing" one here, how about you actually participate, and put forward cars yourself, rather than simply commentate on people's perceived ideas of what turbo lag is.

I agree that Boost Threshold is being confused with Lag, but they equate to the same end result - no power until the turbo kicks in, therefore both are perceived to "lag" in comparison to the control input.

 

[Tornado]

It's not? Please explain then.

Turbo lag is the amount of time it takes for the turbos to spool up after the throttle is applied. The period of the RPM range where the turbo kicks in is the boost threshold. They are completely different concepts.




Or, in other words, boost threshold is how fast the engine has to be spinning to make the necessary exhaust to power the turbo. Turbo lag is how long it takes for the turbo to start making power after the engine is already spinning at a high enough speed.

All I'm asking for is the dyno chart for cars with claimed turbo lag.

That wouldn't show anything. The McLaren MP4 has a very flat, very wide torque curve, and the car still lags.

Since you are the "All knowing" one here, how about you actually participate, and put forward cars yourself, rather than simply commentate on people's perceived ideas of what turbo lag is.

For a topic about a specific piece of terminology regarding how turbochargers work, it generally helps if the people in the thread are actually using the term correctly. I've only seen a couple of posts in the thread which were, and I've attempted several times to explain why it was being used wrong, including stating what the proper term for what the OP was referring to in my first post. And keep in mind that people misusing the term is almost certainly the reason that, again, people were saying normally aspirated cars were suffering from "turbo lag," and is why Bottoz was asking for RPM graphs to show cars with turbo lag.

 

[Onboy123]

It's not? Please explain then.

If it has a trubo, and the dyno chart shows no power until very late in the RPM band (or, a dramitic change), then I'd call that turbo lag.

All I'm asking for is the dyno chart for cars with claimed turbo lag.

Ok, take a look at a the dyno chart of a 470hp NSX. Very little happens till 5000-6000, but does it have a turbo? Nope. Look at a N/A Civic Type R, awful powerband, nothing much happening till very high up, but since it's N/A, it's not turbo lag. Final example, Ferrari Enzo, no turbo, pathetic low end grunt, stupidly fast @ the high reaches of the rev band.

It's easy to confuse a car with turbo lag and a car with an engine tuned to run at high RPMs while sacrificing low end torque.

 

[Bottoz]

Tornado... what's this?

Onboy123 - That's why I said "If it has a turbo..."

If you floor it, and wait wait wait for boost/power, I call that lag. But hey, I'm just some guy...

 

[Toyzri]

All turbo assisted power plants suffer from lag, just to what degree. Large turbo spools suffer the most but are best in situations of continuous high RPM runs, small spools have a faster response to throttle controlled situations. Small straights try small spools, large straights try Large spools. And if all you do is tell people how wrong you think they are without putting some positive help here for them to work with then use this as advice. If you have nothing good to add then you have nothing at all to add.