Posts I’ve seen lately have me leaning towards getting 2 copies of the F40, for a stock setup and engine swap.
This made me wonder what other cars people enjoy having an extra copy or two of. I’m thinking from a performance standpoint, not appearance from the situation people are in after collecting everything and getting copies for different liveries.
From either “engine swaps”, “weight reduction”, “permanent engine upgrades” etc…
Which of your car copies are you happy with? (From Legendary & Brand Central)
Really depends on if you tune or not. If you do, at least 3 copies of every car that can have permanent upgrades, focusing on LCD over BC, obviously. 1 stock, 1 partially upgraded, 1 fully upgraded.
If the model doesn't have permanent weight reductions/engine upgrades than 1 is enough. Like I don't buy copies of the race cars aside from the old 50's/60's examples that have some upgrades available.
Cars I'd focus on since they are so dominant in the only three races that matter: F1 road car. Yeah, it's stupid expensive and unless you did the Tomahawk script/Tokyo glitch it's probably not feasible. Best road car in the game for these three races as it can win at Tokyo/Sarthe/Sardegna more handily than others in its class due to it's good fuel mileage when you down-tune the power but it still pulls as if you're running 600+ horsepower. Though the TVR Tuscan Speed 6 may be a strong candidate as a replacement to the F1 that is much more affordable.
F40/F50 are both great as well, though their fuel consumption makes them a little less versatile. They're both able to win all three though not as easily as the F1. The Corvette's, Vipers, the two original NSX's, RX-7 FD and FC, M3 E46, are all great to upgrade. ALL the air-cooled Porsche's, though I might skip the 993 RS Since the 993 RS CS is the exact same car with slightly lower base weight. I've got at least 5 of the 930, 964, each 993, as well as the 997 GT3 and a couple Carrera GT's. Got 3 of the Cayman road cars as well. Miura is an amazing car that is great for Tokyo/Sarthe, GT40 Mk1 same as the Miura. 288 GTO can just barely win at Sardegna, so it's worth at least one spare. Mazda RX500 is pretty good for Tokyo/Sarthe. I could go on and on...
Idk, that's just me though, lol. That's the way I've always played these games, though we didn't really have to save up and wait for a dealership to cycle in order to get the cars we wanted, so the psychological aspects of that makes this game unique (which is 100% by design in the hopes people like me will buy credits)
Edit: Almost Forgot the older Ferrari's! I have 3 of the 250 GT Berlinetta as it's an amazing car (better than the 250 GTO, imo, and undoubtedly faster). 512BB, 365 GTB/4 are the more useful of the four 70's Ferrari's but they're all great. The Diablo and both Countach's as well. I've got like 5 Diablo's, four '74 Countach's and a couple Anniversary Countach's. If the '74 had front downforce options there wouldn't even be a reason to buy the Anniversary as the '74 is better in every way except for downforce.
Merak SS is a good one to own multiples of as its a fantastic car.
As far as engine swap cars (the one's that can receive) those that get a racing donor are hands-down the best. 930 911, either the BRZ drift or Amuse S2K (I've got the GT500 NSX swap in the '02 NSX and it just doesn't have the downforce options to make it as good at Sardegna, NSX is still a good swap for 700pp though) the M3 E46, '73 CSL, Z33 (or Z34... Can't remember which one gets the GTR GT500 engine) and the king of them all, the RX-7/787b swap. As for road car swaps the Eunos Roadster is a good one, not sure about the F40/Enzo as it seems like a crime, lol. The S14/C7 ZR1 swap is a monster! That one gets a pass for sure.