Why is it that no-one makes "realistic hybrids"? I can't seem to find anyone that makes cars that actually could be built, in real life. I do it all the time, and it's really fun to drive these things.
For example I just finished building a TVR Tuscan Speed 500. This is an idea that I came up with some time ago. Basically it's a TVR Tuscan Speed Six with a 5 litre all aluminum V8, quadcam, 5 valves per cylinder. It's pretty good. All the specs, including downforce, are realistic. This thing goes like stink!
I've made lot's of cars like this. I made a GT40 Mk IV with a 427. I made a Vitz 1.6L Super 1600 rally car. I'm really surprised that no-one else does this kind of stuff. The cars are more challenging to drive because they are closer to the performance of the computer driven cars. Your not going to see a 2500 horsepower mini going 300mph, pass your Alto Works, while your doing the Lightweight K-Cup. It just doesn't happen in the game, and it doesn't happen in real life, either. I have nothing against making super hybrids. I for one have a 7400+ horsepower CL600, that weighs 459kgs, and goes over 400mph. I just think that the realistic ones are more fun. That's, of course, my own opinion, but I just want everyone to at least try out what I'm talking about.
What I'm asking everyone here do to is, think of a new car. Something that you have thought up yourself. It doesn't need to be super original, because there is very little to work with. But the one thing every car has to be, is realistic. Realistic downforce, realistic grip, suspension settings, engine, and above all, power! Spend some time doing this, and when your finally done, post up some settings, or copy and paste the INI, and possibly a magazine type article about the car. This way everyone can compare, what idea's they've had. When your done, I'm sure you'll find driving the car that you made, just as fun as a car with max downforce, and 5000 horsepower.
TVR Speed 500
The sky has now turned an erie shade of black. The rain has stoped pounding down on the motorways of Tokyo, for now at least, but the streets have become canals full of water. On a day like this Id be scared to get behind the wheel of a Toyota Vitz, never mind the new TVR Tuscan Speed 500 which awaits me.
A few quick facts about the Speed 500 are only adding to my apprehension: it boasts 500bhp and 235mph potential; it has no air-bags, no ABS, no traction control, no leather, and not even a sound system. Turning the ignition key provokes an amazing howl from the titanium exhaust, followed by five litres of V8 grunt sounding just as powerful at idle, as an XKR does at 5000rpm.
Even on a dismal day, the Speed 500 is a quite hearteningly startling thing to behold, as loud visually as it is aurally. The styling is an evolution of the gorgeous Tuscan, only lower, longer and with an even sleeker profile. Added evil is provided by eight tiny arachnoidally-arranged lamps set in the front wings.
I think Im doing well as five litres and 40 valves of TVRs self-built all-aluminium vee-eight go into action; 4,000rpm rattles up on the readout before the engines race-car-like set-up makes itself felt.
Although the huge peak power of 500bhp isnt served up until a foaming 7,500rpm, the back tyres have been spinning so hard from the 3k mark onwards that theyre set to fry. Green, amber then red shift-up lights glow on the dashboard and I grasp for second gear before exactly the same manic sequence happens all over again.
The Speed 500's tractability is almost none exsistant. The clean-shifting gearboxs ratios makes the 500 an easier car to get along with than any purist TVR out there. 0-60mph in an insane 3.5 seconds is only a minor part of the story; as our performance figures taken at the Midfield circuit will show, the Tuscan is capable of whipping up to 100mph from a standstill long before a Camaro SS has even reached 60mph.
On the move, the suspension is just soft enough to eliminate most of the edginess over the flowing roads of Japan. With a carbon fiber honey comb chassis and a bodyshell of the same material helping it to weigh in at only 935kgs, the Speed is an amazing lightweight car. Match this to quick steering and the TVRs agility becomes more obvious the harder the 500 is pushed.
The whole car has a very balanced, connected-together feel to it. The incredibly well-sorted chassis resists all front-end slip and grips hard. But one has to watch out for the throttle. You can be off the road, exiting out of a turn, before you can say "Traction". Youd need the safety of an airfeild to try anything more lurid, than just mingling about.
The simple way back to Tokyo is a quick motorway blat down the Route 5. After the noise and fireworks of my short lived adventure at Midfield, this proves to be a return to civility. Unlike the Tuscan speed six, there is no relaxing here. Even on the tamest of motorways, One has to watch the speedometer and keep the left hand ready for any quick downshifts with the sequential gear leaver. This serves as further evidence that, should you want to use your Speed 500 regularly and not merely as a weekend toy, theres a bit of a work out in it for you. Never refined when you want it to be but not that much of a trouble to drive gently, this TVR Tuscan is also able to provide the sort of unforgettable excitement that youd need to spend twice the asking price to find anywhere else.
Engine: TVR 5.0L, all aluminium V8, quad-cam w/ 5-valves per cylinder
Power: 499bhp@7500rpm
Weight: 935kgs (2062lbs.)
0-60mph: 3.5sec. (tested)
400m (1/4 mile): 11.400sec.@134mph (216kmh), (tested)
Top Speed: 237mph (382kmh), (tested)
For example I just finished building a TVR Tuscan Speed 500. This is an idea that I came up with some time ago. Basically it's a TVR Tuscan Speed Six with a 5 litre all aluminum V8, quadcam, 5 valves per cylinder. It's pretty good. All the specs, including downforce, are realistic. This thing goes like stink!
I've made lot's of cars like this. I made a GT40 Mk IV with a 427. I made a Vitz 1.6L Super 1600 rally car. I'm really surprised that no-one else does this kind of stuff. The cars are more challenging to drive because they are closer to the performance of the computer driven cars. Your not going to see a 2500 horsepower mini going 300mph, pass your Alto Works, while your doing the Lightweight K-Cup. It just doesn't happen in the game, and it doesn't happen in real life, either. I have nothing against making super hybrids. I for one have a 7400+ horsepower CL600, that weighs 459kgs, and goes over 400mph. I just think that the realistic ones are more fun. That's, of course, my own opinion, but I just want everyone to at least try out what I'm talking about.
What I'm asking everyone here do to is, think of a new car. Something that you have thought up yourself. It doesn't need to be super original, because there is very little to work with. But the one thing every car has to be, is realistic. Realistic downforce, realistic grip, suspension settings, engine, and above all, power! Spend some time doing this, and when your finally done, post up some settings, or copy and paste the INI, and possibly a magazine type article about the car. This way everyone can compare, what idea's they've had. When your done, I'm sure you'll find driving the car that you made, just as fun as a car with max downforce, and 5000 horsepower.

TVR Speed 500
The sky has now turned an erie shade of black. The rain has stoped pounding down on the motorways of Tokyo, for now at least, but the streets have become canals full of water. On a day like this Id be scared to get behind the wheel of a Toyota Vitz, never mind the new TVR Tuscan Speed 500 which awaits me.
A few quick facts about the Speed 500 are only adding to my apprehension: it boasts 500bhp and 235mph potential; it has no air-bags, no ABS, no traction control, no leather, and not even a sound system. Turning the ignition key provokes an amazing howl from the titanium exhaust, followed by five litres of V8 grunt sounding just as powerful at idle, as an XKR does at 5000rpm.
Even on a dismal day, the Speed 500 is a quite hearteningly startling thing to behold, as loud visually as it is aurally. The styling is an evolution of the gorgeous Tuscan, only lower, longer and with an even sleeker profile. Added evil is provided by eight tiny arachnoidally-arranged lamps set in the front wings.
I think Im doing well as five litres and 40 valves of TVRs self-built all-aluminium vee-eight go into action; 4,000rpm rattles up on the readout before the engines race-car-like set-up makes itself felt.
Although the huge peak power of 500bhp isnt served up until a foaming 7,500rpm, the back tyres have been spinning so hard from the 3k mark onwards that theyre set to fry. Green, amber then red shift-up lights glow on the dashboard and I grasp for second gear before exactly the same manic sequence happens all over again.
The Speed 500's tractability is almost none exsistant. The clean-shifting gearboxs ratios makes the 500 an easier car to get along with than any purist TVR out there. 0-60mph in an insane 3.5 seconds is only a minor part of the story; as our performance figures taken at the Midfield circuit will show, the Tuscan is capable of whipping up to 100mph from a standstill long before a Camaro SS has even reached 60mph.
On the move, the suspension is just soft enough to eliminate most of the edginess over the flowing roads of Japan. With a carbon fiber honey comb chassis and a bodyshell of the same material helping it to weigh in at only 935kgs, the Speed is an amazing lightweight car. Match this to quick steering and the TVRs agility becomes more obvious the harder the 500 is pushed.
The whole car has a very balanced, connected-together feel to it. The incredibly well-sorted chassis resists all front-end slip and grips hard. But one has to watch out for the throttle. You can be off the road, exiting out of a turn, before you can say "Traction". Youd need the safety of an airfeild to try anything more lurid, than just mingling about.
The simple way back to Tokyo is a quick motorway blat down the Route 5. After the noise and fireworks of my short lived adventure at Midfield, this proves to be a return to civility. Unlike the Tuscan speed six, there is no relaxing here. Even on the tamest of motorways, One has to watch the speedometer and keep the left hand ready for any quick downshifts with the sequential gear leaver. This serves as further evidence that, should you want to use your Speed 500 regularly and not merely as a weekend toy, theres a bit of a work out in it for you. Never refined when you want it to be but not that much of a trouble to drive gently, this TVR Tuscan is also able to provide the sort of unforgettable excitement that youd need to spend twice the asking price to find anywhere else.
Engine: TVR 5.0L, all aluminium V8, quad-cam w/ 5-valves per cylinder
Power: 499bhp@7500rpm
Weight: 935kgs (2062lbs.)
0-60mph: 3.5sec. (tested)
400m (1/4 mile): 11.400sec.@134mph (216kmh), (tested)
Top Speed: 237mph (382kmh), (tested)