Lotus Espirit

[AmericanPower]

I was wondering if anybody has has success using the Lotus
Espirit. Is it worth it? Does it have any potential? Your comments
and sugestions would be appreciated.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

This sounds like it's a post that should be in the GT3 forum...

I personally haven't used the Esprit, so I can't comment.

 

[andy2005]

i have the espirit but havent use it much. if u do get it, dont put a stage 4 turbo on it cause it becomes uncontrolable. i know it's fast and has ok handling though if that helps

 

[Angel O'Death]

the second car i purchased was the Esprit Sport 350. i love the car. it's got almost 2000 miles on it. made me alot of money, and it won me many an awesome car (like the 787b). fully tuned, its one of the fastest cars in the game. definetly within the top 3. it handles great, and it looks superb. a warning though, as with any high powered car, it takes alot of control to get this car moving fast and stayin on the road. if your just some dufus who only know stop and go, then don't bother with it. unless you don't plan on upgrading it. :darkside:

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by Angel O'Death
the second car i purchased was the Esprit Sport 350. i love the car. definetly within the top 3. it handles great, and it looks superb. a warning though, as with any high powered car, it takes alot of control to get this car moving fast and stayin on the road. if your just some dufus who only know stop and go, then don't bother with it. unless you don't plan on upgrading it. :darkside:

I love the look of the 350 handles like crap though

Still it gets my vote for best looking car

 

[Angel O'Death]

it was only a matter of time before you made a post here

 

[Kelly]

Yes indeed

 

[AmericanPower]

I'm going to purchase a Lotus Espirit and fully tune it. I'll post my results right here and let eveyone know my results.

 

[captainkirk]

Cool beans dude!! I would like a fresh opinion....

 

[too cold]

It's a beatiful car, sounds pretty good to if i remember right. The handling does take some getting used to.

 

[TVRKing]

It's the only car in the game that can reach terminal velocity on the widest gears settings avaliable.

 

[AmericanPower]

This car is a handful!!! As Andy mentioned it's dificult to handle
with Stage 4 tuning. I've been running it at Midfield and my
best time so far is 1:05.051. You have to feather the throttle
around fast turns beacuse it understeers a bit. I'm not going to post any settings beacuse I feel there's something left. I'll keep
you posted.

 

[jaw1]

Is it Espirit or Esprit ?? If you check the replies to the thread we seem to be undecided ??? Perhaps its a country thing like colour and color ?? Dunno ?

 

[Angel O'Death]

its esprit. i used to think it was espirit also, then i actually payed attention to how it was spelled

 

[Talentless]

i knew it was esprit

 

[sn00pie]

Originally posted by AmericanPower
This car is a handful!!! As Andy mentioned it's dificult to handle
with Stage 4 tuning. I've been running it at Midfield and my
best time so far is 1:05.051. You have to feather the throttle
around fast turns beacuse it understeers a bit. I'm not going to post any settings beacuse I feel there's something left. I'll keep
you posted.

I remember running 1:03:xxx (Probably a high one) at midfield with a fully blown 350. I don't have my PS2 on right now but maybe I'll post the settings later...

 

[AmericanPower]

That would be cool SNOOP. I'm still struggling with the Lotus!!

 

[sn00pie]

Do you at least have ASM off? Because the Esprit@1000horsies+ can get real screwy with ASM on!

 

[AmericanPower]

I'll try it with ASM off. I was running it at 8 ASM. Thanks

 

[modik]

My esprit is at some 1000+ Hp an it handles the worth of $h..t !!

But on the straights it kicks serious butt... Never hit the trial mountain with it though !!

 

[TVRKing]

Btw modik, I have the CLK Touring Car.

 

[Race Idiot]

The Esprit 350 has been a fav of mine scince I sat in one a while back. I have to say when I set it up it seems to handle better than a few Japanese and american cars with less HP this is with 1000 that car rtocks

 

[AmericanPower]

Mind sharing you settings?

 

[troy]

Have yet to try this car...done this game 5 times already (not getting 100%, but close...98.8) and still havent tried it.

 

[Race Idiot]

Originally posted by AmericanPower
Mind sharing you settings?

Ok i will post the settings when I get home from work.

 

[Race Idiot]

Here we go settings By the way this is with all the best stuff bought including LSD and weight reduction. Oh yeah I used hard tyres with it but you can try others.
Front Rear
Spring rate 12.0 14.0
Ride Height 95 100
Bound 3 3
Rebound 6 5
camber 2.0 1.0
Toe 0.0 -1.0
Stabiliser 5 5

Brake Both 18
Lsd initial 10
Lsd Accel 60
Lsd Decrease 20
Gears leave everything the same change auto setting to 38
Asm 0
TCS 0

Im not saying its the best setup but it works for me.

 

[AznAbyss86]

its a good car alot of power. not very much controll but good if u wanna power slide.

 

[Simon Tibbett]

I like it. But you need to spend time on setup!

 

[hb2uk]

:ital: :argue:

I have not tried the lotus, esprit but the elise doesnt handle as well in gt3 as in 2. the best was the jet balck elise in gt2 was dissapointed it was not put in gt3!!!

The best car to slide has got to be the viper or the vertigo as haven't tried the 350 yet. 😈