Speed 12

[Afrodeeziac]

In my opinion the speed 12 is the best car in the game.

I have 2 in my garage 1 regular and 1 race modified.
nothing and I do mean nothing in the game can come close to
the my race modified. except for the POS I hate the most escudo pikes peak. It handles just fine as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Shannon]

I have 1 race modified just to show off that I have fast cars in my garage and I've had heaps, but I sold 'em

There worth 500,000 cr so it's an easy way to build up money.

 

[sliderulz]

I only use them to get money!

 

[PeterF]

TVR Speed 12s are unmatched in hp. But a Viper can get close. Theres some Swiss company which can take some weight off the Viper, and tune it, including Nitrous Oxide, to about 770bhp. Very fast, and handles a little better than the Speed 12. Unfortunately, most are painted bright green, and it's not a 'production' car, so couldn't hold any records, even if it could achieve them.

 

[risingson77]

Yes the Speed 12 is insane. The body looks nice, but those little piggy headlamps have to go.

The trick to driving the monster is not to drive flat out. Take it easy; I think you'll be surprised.

I happen to like the "Vacuum Cleaner from Hell" exhaust note.

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

I when't atleast 272mph in it.....

 

[Firebird]

I remember the first time I had driven the Speed 12. The first turn I spun out. And then the second turn. After more practice, patience and skill I can now easily drive the Speed 12, even on normal tires.
The key is not to go flat out around corners. When approaching a corner, slam on the brakes (do not touch the steering), turn the corner and as you're turning tap the throttle to keep up speed, and when you are past the apex of the turn go full throttle.
To get to the point, unless you have only tried the game a couple of times the Speed 12 will be a car worth keeping. If you can't control it, you must really suck at this game... you just don't understand how awesome an experience it is when you go full out on a strait and pass everything else, going way over 200mph... 😈

Even the Escudo has trouble keeping up with it...

 

[slip2rock]

I've not used it in GT3 but the thing is georgeous.

Don't know what it sounds like or anything else. There's aTVR garage in Heathfield near where my folks live and i've lusted through the window a couple of times. i have to say i'd give my left nut for speed 12.

 

[Race Idiot]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh the speed 12 one of the few cars that I am realy looking forward to drive again. Man I remember killing my friends Escudos, Gt-One Roadcars and R390 Roadcars with it. I thought it was kinda hard to drive and it is more suited to smooth roads (well so are most reaaaly fast cars) but eventually I got the hang of it. I suppose you could say that it is the english equivalent to a dodge viper, but MUCH more powerfull and insane. I love it 😈

 

[Pupik]

Those who knock the Speed 12 can't control it, that's usually what I've found. Sure the exhaust note is annoying, but it's amazing through the faster turns...hairpins are another issue.

Okay, spend an hour or two making that car your bit...um, let's just say if you can make it do what you want, you'll be able to set up nearly anything to your liking!

A few cars need to be insane, rabid pit bulls on crack cocaine. That's what makes GT2 so much fun.

 

[Shannon]

that's true, but i don't mess around with settings and to get that thing set up would take eofrever

 

[ImportRacer]

Opinions are like assholes everyone has one

In my opinion the speed 12 is ok especialy on straights.
If you tune the gear ratio a little more towards acceleration it can do the 400m pretty quick and if you learn how to control it youve really got a beast on your hands. But if youre really looking for high HP take the GT-One road car and throw a stage 4 turbo into it. Youve got a massive 975 horsepower!!
I can kick the GT500 cars asses and sometimes even lap them with mine

 

[milefile]

I've finally messed with the Speed 12's settings some and gotten it to behave. It's still a pretty fussy car, though. And I can't say it's any better than the GT-One or the Cerb LM.

You gotta turn the TV way down. It actually doesn't sound too bad when your actually going through the gears. But that first gear from a stop is hienous.

 

[Burnout]

the speed 12 is freaking fast, but it is also ugly, and isn't the greates as far as preformance goes, even after messing with the tuning

 

[cerbera]

I think it looks bad to the bone. Sounds like grenades are going off under the hood. Gonna blow the hood off. She is a handfull tho. A tip that may help, try increasing the posi-traction for decelleration, let the rearend gear slow you down. And bring the gear ratios down to reduce throttle response. Wicked describes it best I think .

 

[Iceman_360]

Well a few things that I've noticed about the Speed 12 is that first, it's traction and weight tranfer are much different than other supercars. It's much lighter than most of the others and is a bit more powerful than the average supercar. Meaning that when you hit the gas, you'll be spinning those preety little Super Soft tires to the bone. One funny thing about an unmodded Speed 12 is that it'll keep burning out in 3rd gear, going at about 80 mph.

If you have the patiance, get the thing lightened, get the stability controller, and the traction control system, then get some good shocks and breaks.

Tweak the shocks to get it as low as possiable and as fairly tough. Have the traction contol up and the stability up. Then put the racing mod on there and put the downforce down on that baby. Do anything possiable to make the thing stay on the ground. Yes you will lose a bit of speed but the thing has so much power that it's new setup will be more than enough to get you out of corners at faster speeds than the Dukes of Hazard through the back trails of Tenessee.

The Speed 12 will spin out no matter what you do, you just have to know how powerful the steering is on the car, since if you try to pull it back at full power your just gonna end up spinning the opposite direction. Just make sure you lightly apply steering and hit the break BEFORE starting your turn. Meaning when you enter a corner you'd most likely wanna do somthing like this

stay outside, break hard, downshift, downshift, turn, apex as close as possiable without going over the rumble strips, gas, upshift, upshift, straighten out, prepair for stright/corner

Also the Speed 12 has a bad habit of being a bit shakey when hit by a wall or another car. Try to use this for good. Stay to the inside of other cars and use the S12's bad habit to bounce yourself incloser to the inside of a turn while keeping your speed up. Note that you'll never be able to do a wall ride and be able to come out good, you'll most likely spin out right after you exit.

If any of this was useful or it was all just repeditive ramble whatever. That's my thoughts. Later

 

[Dj Def]

looks bad in game....looks good in real life.....handles bad in game if u cant handle it....use TCS and it becomes easy to handle....but i dont like TCS helpin me so i steer myself

 

[Joey]

i never liked this car.
it's just too much, like the Escudo. i'm not saying either of them are genuinely bad vehicles, and i can assure you all that, if someone wants to give me one, i'll take it. they just represent overall excess and hubris. wow - a car with 981 bhp under 1 ton. what a blast, right? maybe for a few minutes - aside form it's endurance value. the Speed 12 is a bit over the edge in about as many ways as the Escudo, but they're different: the styling is absolutely horrendous (in the game), and who the heck thought to make it in purple?! it doesn't handle for crap - but, unlike the Escudo, doesn't tolerate wallriding. i can't find a purpose for the Speed 12 anywhere. if you can figure out how the heck to drive the thing, you have conquered the game. otherwise, there's just no point.

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by j2s
and who the heck thought to make it in purple?!

My thoughts exactly.

 

[nice7]

fast but ugly and has bad handiling

 

[nice7]

Its ugly and it sucks

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by nice7
fast but ugly and has bad handiling

Originally posted by nice7
Its ugly and it sucks

Is it sucky and bad to look at too?

 

[Burnout]

guess so

 

[Klonie Gun]

That car, of course, is ugly. May run extremely fast but spins out too easily, if you handle it incorrectly.

 

[milefile]

Everybody thinks it's ugly. But if someone wanted to give me one I'd definitely drive it!

Or maybe trade it for another TVR, a Cerbera.

 

[TVRKing]

As soon as I can find my old memory card I'll post the settings I used to let you go around corners at 280kph without spinning out or wallriding.

Speed 12 seriously rocks. 😈

 

[TVRKing]

As soon as I can find my memory card I'll post my settings for it.

I can take corners at 280kph with them.

 

[Garconis]

The Speed 12 rules! Its just too powerful for you to handle. Seriously, it may not be the easiest car to drive, and the wheel spin alone might cause you to lose to a Mustang, but once you get used to this insane awesome TVR, you will grow to love it. This is the fastest production car in GT3. The power to weight ratio is incredible too! Causing it to handle difficultly.

 

[Davey]

None of you guys can tune worth beans if you say the SPeed 12 sucks, so stop friggin bashing it ignorantly!

Just put dampers at 3, and if you are still having trouble, buy an ASM. Easy enough.

 

[askia47]

The speed 12 is just really powerful with unrealistic handling