Especially if they're
not racecars on tires two feet wide (an exaggeration, I know...).
I've just done a few hours with the Cizeta... and you know what? It was pretty decent. Last time I drove it, it was in a mega-comparison with about twenty other "supercars" and "tuner cars", and it was near dead last.
Last night, I drove it around for kicks. Obviously, I didn't set any lap records anywhere (it's a second or two slower around the track than a Tuscan or a Corvette... sportscars with 200hp less), but it wasn't a particularly
horrid car.
Obviously, it's understeery, both in acceleration and under braking. It also doesn't take sweepers as quickly as most supercars do. You've got to drive it a little like a Porsche (RUF), use lift-off oversteer to get around corners, brake a lot earlier than in other cars so you can line up and get on the gas quickly. Don't try to trail-brake. The car's weight and body roll won't let you get any steering done under brakes. It's most balanced and neutral with just a little gas to get the weight to shift. There's very little wheelspin when you romp on the throttle, and the car settles down after you've rolled onto the gas.
Remember, it's a heavy and wide car. Modern "supercars" like the lardy M5 and SLR have spoiled us with their gravity defying handling... the Cizeta isn't a magical extra-grippy supercar engineered by Bavarian supermen, just a very exotic sports
tourer with a huge engine designed by a... designer.
I know, it sucks because you're expecting so much more, but if you think of it as a sportscar with too much engine rather than a supercar with too little handling, it fits.
And it's probably as close in handling to a Countach as any car in GT can get.
