The Spoon S2000 Race Car.

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What do you think of the Spoon S2000?

  • Its pretty cool.

    Votes: 34 52.3%

  • Meh, its okay.

    Votes: 21 32.3%

  • E-GAD, I hate with along with the Yellow / Sky Blue paint job!

    Votes: 10 15.4%
  • Total voters
    65
3 I think, theres the S200 race car, the tuned S2000 road car and the Spoon Civic.
 
Yup there's 3, the Spoon Civic Type-R, The Spoon S2000 and the Spoon S2000 Race Car. I never really liked the Spoon S2000 Race Car but after a few laps on some of the tracks I do see what alot of you have been saying, the car handles excellently. It definitely compensates for the lack of speed, I still have to test it out on some rally stages though.
 
I also have the Spoon S2000 race car with the crazy blue and yellow colour scheme, which this thread is covering
 
TruenoEightSix
Yuck, Honda. I'll stick to my shoes, thanks.
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Let's ignore great cars because we're too stuck up on labels! 👍

I haven't played much with the Spoon s2000 race car. I tried it once and like previously posted - I passed it off. I'll give it another chance, but I know i'll probably end up jumping back to the good ol' Spoon CTR. Goddamn, that car is amazing.
 
im a huge fan of the spoon s2000 race car... it could use some more power, yes, but the way it is it can be competitive in a lot of races. do the NA tune up to 355 HP and you're pretty solid. the 3 championships in the beginning of amateur can be won with this setup, some may depend on the cars you face. I used it for all 3 of them in my game, and won by a healthy margin.

the thing that i notice about this car is its braking. it brakes so quickly that you can pass everyone else while they're braking and brake late and then hit the corner at the same speed as them, only you're ahead of them all. then just keep speed up through the corners and you've got a decent race going.

it is actually quite possibly my favorite car to drive in close races that makes it competitive. anyone think it would be competitive against the JGTC cars? I'd like to find out... seems to me that it would be underpowered against them, but i'll try it out later.
 
I'd've thought it was overkill for the amateur league Japanese championship!
Way too much power if you tune it to 355HP.
If you get a field without the NSX present you can win this in a fully tuned Mini Cooper with only 178HP. :D
Maybe if you left it stock at 271HP it'd run well with the NSX, even then I think it'd beat them easily with the right tyre choice.
You're right about the brakes though, it'll stop on a dime. :)
 
Just a useless tid bit of information, The reason the base S2000 is more powerfull than even the Type V right next to it is the fact that it's the only one that can be turbocharged. And 560 hp is correct.
 
Otsuko
It's pretty good...for a n00bie. Seriously, the car does well, but there are better.
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actually i think this car would be terrible for a beginner. especially if its racing against cars of similar power and such. beginners wouldnt know how to drive the car right to get the most out of it, they would just want more power to go faster and use power to beat the AI...

granted the spoon s2000 race car wont keep up with the big boys of the JGTC, its still a damn good car IMO...good for NA races, FR races, early amateur league championships, etc. basically anything against road cars it can handle with a good driver behind it, its when you get into the race cars like the JGTC cars that you start to realize that its not going to be enough...
 
mynameisbob28
actually i think this car would be terrible for a beginner. especially if its racing against cars of similar power and such. beginners wouldnt know how to drive the car right to get the most out of it, they would just want more power to go faster and use power to beat the AI...
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I can vouch for that. The last time I drove the Spoon it did really awfully against the compitition, but that was a long time ago and I wasn't any good either.
This thread makes me think maybe I should give it another shot.
 
If it's anything that I remember any of my older friends yammering on about, it's how you can't just simply drive almost any ol' Honda and expect much of it immediately. Sometimes to get the best of one is to stop thinking, drive stupid and come up with ideas on the fly. Sure the S2K peaks at a little over 500 hp, but if tuned correctly, it can make Laguna Seca quite fun....and sometimes a joke.

The Spoon S2K......I'm not going to lie. It takes time. It won't beat a rally car unless you utilize the fact that on a race circuit, cornering is second nature for it. Acceleration, can ALWAYS be fixed. Top speed isn't needed if you can't brake. But the problem remains: Can you put it on a rally course and expect decent results? Well, one thing is certain. There are few MR rally cars as it is, with the whole 4WD conquering the rally world. Drifting into any corner more than 45 degrees will punish you severely and cost you time on any course (as you'll slam into continuous walls). For one fact, the Spoon is just about the one car that can counter-drift while braking but can stop almost immediately--even in mid-drift.

What I'm trying to say is, The Spoon and the S2K both take tactical driving skill. Attacking any course in a Honda will result in massive--PAIN. (And a headache.) Try numerous different driving strategies before completely giving up. Hell, if push comes to shove, try to change your driving style. In most instances, it helps. Otherwise, The S2K in an entirety, is......intriguing.
 
I'm not even sure if I have ever responded to the topic of discussion in this thread. :confused:

However, after taking a quick look at the original post. :D

Darin (regardless of what you thought of him) was right.
In some ways that is. :lol:

The Spoon Race Car is faster than a mini. ;)
But the spoon racer is not as fast as it should be. :(

With a full mod on the racer you get about 355hp.
With a full mod on the street spoon s2000 you get about 444hp.
That instantly says to me something is wrong.

Thing is, the spoon s2000 racer is meant to be a jgtc300 race car and for some reason the game makers wanted to keep it at that, nothing more.
They could have easily made the spoon race achieve hp like the mrs autobacs or the silvia, but they just didn't do it. :(

If the racer had enough hp it would be super duper bad arse. :dopey:
But for what it is, I would only say it's good. 👍 :lol:

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One thing to note about these cars is that the road car by honda gets more than 500hp, the maxed spoon road gets about 444hp, and the maxed spoon race gets about 350.

:dunce:

Any one with a need for high horsepower S2000s can just use the LM race car. :lol:
If that 900hp isn't enough than nothing will be. ;)
 
With a full mod on the racer you get about 355hp.
With a full mod on the street spoon s2000 you get about 444hp.
That instantly says to me something is wrong.
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Yes, it's called boost. Something I really don't see an S2000's engine handling much of without a significant drop in the compression ratio. Here's what I have figured out so far. As I said before the regular S2000 can be turbocharged. but if you only N/A tune it it gets about 415 hp. The Spoon S2000 as mentioned before gets 444 hp. And as for the Spoon S2000 race car? Well, it's a race car. And GT usualy only allows a stage 3 or 4 turbo / stage 2 or 3 N/A tune for race cars. The Spoon race car only gets 355 hp, but if it could recieve a full race exhaust, engine balancing, racing chip, port poilish, and whatever else I might be forgetting, that number would get pushed up fast. Also, in reference to the other GT300 cars like the silvia, If the Spoon S2000 race car could be turbocharged like the silvia it could produce those levels of power. So, it's not all turned upside down.
 
Well don't forget that the Spoon Race already has all of the other modifications on it.

It's just the same as all of the other race cars in the game.
No chip, no exhaust... They are already equiped on the car.

This also works for every other part of a race car that you can not buy.

The fact is, the spoon race is off pace in many ways.
Not entirely, but very off pace compared to other S2000s.

So, what makes my opinion even close to valid?
I'm glad you ask. ;) :D

I spent a bunch of time research all of the S2000s other than the LM.
Specifically, a detailed comparison of 4 S2000s.
Spoon Race
Spoon Road
Honda Built
Mugen Tuned

(btw, my findings suggested that a 1100kg race is pefectly setup for an even PWR race)
That is, perfect for all except the spoon race which is always at 1050kg.

Any way, regarding this comparison.

It turns out that all of the cars are capable of a nearly perfect match up with the Spoon race lagging in pwr and overall power.

However, this is also where the really important point comes in.

The Spoon Race is the only 1 of all 4 listed with adjustable downforce.

That very fact is what makes the maxed out Spoon race the car that it is.

Without the adj. downforce is would just be an under-powered S2000 with a custom paint job. However, since it has that df it is capable of being a driver's car and not just a fast car. :sly:

This isn't to say I know everything... I don't.
But I do know some and basically it boils down to the Spoon race being off pace in the overall, but still capable of being an excellent car.

Sure it doesn't have the power to keep up, but in the right hands for the right race it is one of the best handling cars in the game. 👍

btw, just to show that the spoon race (like all other race cars) has race parts and most mods already applied in default form...
Here is a pic from MKS of the brake systems availible to cars, notice the default Spoon Race sitting in this cropped list between the gt40 and the subby rally. :D
 

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It's just the same as all of the other race cars in the game.
No chip, no exhaust... They are already equiped on the car.
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Well thats what I figured as well, but consider that the production Viper GTS makes more power at full tune than the Viper GTS/R team oreca. Why? because the GTS/R can't recieve the little nickel and dime mods just like any other race car.

I admit that the standard equipment such as breaks and driveshafts and other things are of the same or higher quality than the upgrade parts in the tune shop. and that's why those cant be purchased. But I still stand by my theory that when it comes to the engine parts, they are just horsepower modifiers that increase an engines power by a preset percentage. no car comes stock with them.

However, to throw a major wrench in my theory I have seen that most if not all race cars come with a racing ehaust equiped standard.

I to, do not know everything.
 

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