Here is my review of the RKM Honda S2000
I want to start this review off with how I have switched my drivig view from bumper cam into the cockpit view with a wide angle setting. I have still yet to remove the onscreen data, but that will come as I get comfortable with this new view.
I only have one word to describe this tune. Godly! If there were any weaknesses in this tune then I can't find them. I ran two races with it one at Monza in the expert japanesse championship and the second at Grand Valley in the same championship. Monza tested the cars grip at high speeds and into transition of tight turns. Grand Valley tests every aspect of the suspension geometry of this car and let's you push everything to the limit and even a little beyond if you can control it. It is actually not too hard of task to control this car when it is out of control. It does what you need it to do and it takes a lot of effort to lose it just to test yourself beyond the limit.
Low speed turns - fast is all I can say about it. Fast braking transitions into a mild oversteer or understeer depending on how hot you come in. By mid corner you will have a hard time losing traction because once the suspension settles in the turn you can pretty much go WOT throughout the rest of the turn. Changing lines is no problem which gives you quite an advantage in any race when an opponent is trying to block you. The only thing I will suggest is not to WOT in 2nd gear if you don't want to lose it and spin on exit. Unless you know how to control it, DON'T WOT on exit in 2nd.
Mid speed corners - One word - Agile - you will be quite impressed on how fast you can enter. It is almost scary in the cockpit view and I found I was double guessig myself on corners. The dash displaying kph instead of mph does throw me off and it would be a lot more helpful if I could see the tach on th digital display when the sun is shining I to the cockpit. This car is solid throughout the whole turn with the ability to still change lines and go in out in, out in out, in in in, out out out, or any combination needed with confidence. Stable and speedy
high speed turns - yet again the only difference from mid speed corners to high speed corners is that changing your line might check you into the nearest emergency room due to the fact you are taking the turn faster then most cars can take a high speed turn at. Your velocity is greater then most tuned cars can take it at. Besides that, you should have all the confidence in the world tackling high speed corners.
So here is where I will start my new method of rating the. Cars I test.
Speed - 7.5 still for the amount of power this car has it could use more to be deadlier. However, it would upset the balance of this car
Braking - 9.5 I can't give it a perfect because I need some sort of baseline. But even in a high speed situtation while having to turn the wheel to keep on the race line and having to go full braking while you are fully committed to turning is stable and almost worry free.
Corner - abilty - 9.5 yet again I can't give it a perfect becaus this is now my baseline for any car.
- power - 9.0 you can plant the power and go from entry to exit in almost any situtation. Remember this is a baseline
overall - 9.2 for this tune. I am one with this car and tune. This will be a tough car for RKM to replicate in other formats. Phenominal job guys! Too bad we can put a RKM livery sticker on this car :-( I would proudly plant one on my windshield and trunk where the 'H' emblem is.
I want to start this review off with how I have switched my drivig view from bumper cam into the cockpit view with a wide angle setting. I have still yet to remove the onscreen data, but that will come as I get comfortable with this new view.
I only have one word to describe this tune. Godly! If there were any weaknesses in this tune then I can't find them. I ran two races with it one at Monza in the expert japanesse championship and the second at Grand Valley in the same championship. Monza tested the cars grip at high speeds and into transition of tight turns. Grand Valley tests every aspect of the suspension geometry of this car and let's you push everything to the limit and even a little beyond if you can control it. It is actually not too hard of task to control this car when it is out of control. It does what you need it to do and it takes a lot of effort to lose it just to test yourself beyond the limit.
Low speed turns - fast is all I can say about it. Fast braking transitions into a mild oversteer or understeer depending on how hot you come in. By mid corner you will have a hard time losing traction because once the suspension settles in the turn you can pretty much go WOT throughout the rest of the turn. Changing lines is no problem which gives you quite an advantage in any race when an opponent is trying to block you. The only thing I will suggest is not to WOT in 2nd gear if you don't want to lose it and spin on exit. Unless you know how to control it, DON'T WOT on exit in 2nd.
Mid speed corners - One word - Agile - you will be quite impressed on how fast you can enter. It is almost scary in the cockpit view and I found I was double guessig myself on corners. The dash displaying kph instead of mph does throw me off and it would be a lot more helpful if I could see the tach on th digital display when the sun is shining I to the cockpit. This car is solid throughout the whole turn with the ability to still change lines and go in out in, out in out, in in in, out out out, or any combination needed with confidence. Stable and speedy
high speed turns - yet again the only difference from mid speed corners to high speed corners is that changing your line might check you into the nearest emergency room due to the fact you are taking the turn faster then most cars can take a high speed turn at. Your velocity is greater then most tuned cars can take it at. Besides that, you should have all the confidence in the world tackling high speed corners.
So here is where I will start my new method of rating the. Cars I test.
Speed - 7.5 still for the amount of power this car has it could use more to be deadlier. However, it would upset the balance of this car
Braking - 9.5 I can't give it a perfect because I need some sort of baseline. But even in a high speed situtation while having to turn the wheel to keep on the race line and having to go full braking while you are fully committed to turning is stable and almost worry free.
Corner - abilty - 9.5 yet again I can't give it a perfect becaus this is now my baseline for any car.
- power - 9.0 you can plant the power and go from entry to exit in almost any situtation. Remember this is a baseline
overall - 9.2 for this tune. I am one with this car and tune. This will be a tough car for RKM to replicate in other formats. Phenominal job guys! Too bad we can put a RKM livery sticker on this car :-( I would proudly plant one on my windshield and trunk where the 'H' emblem is.
Perhaps you'd like to.....you know......race me?💡
I wish we could create sub-garages within our garage to house groups of cars. I could have an RKM-Tuned garage (my #1 go-to garage), a Race Car garage, a clunker garage, etc. I think it'd be a lot more organized than having a list of 300+ cars.
