McLaren F1 GTR Race Car Base Model '95: This thing is unbelievable. So much grip. (I drive with all aids off except ABS 1, on a DS3) Even downgraded to sports soft tires instead of the racing hard it comes from the dealership with, you can floor it coming out of 90% of corners without over-steer. Very stable and predictable. Oh, and did I mention
faster than stink?? 1.75 mil (iirc) and a oil change, 630pp. Cockpit view is incredibly immersive, with its center seat configuration. I first ran it on a 3 laps of Sarthe event, and was turning in high 3:40's, and am not even close to being a great driver.
Mine's BNR34 SKYLINE GT-R N1 base '06: I picked this up for the I-B Tuned Car Festival, and it's absolute heaven. GT5 kind of turned me off of Skylines due to the AWD under-steer. It's old bad habits are nowhere to be found with the new physics model. 200,000 Credits, Premium, and after an oil change and stage II turbo, it sits right @ 601pp. No car has the right to have so much grip and power on Sport Soft tires. I have a feeling this car could absolutely slay online in a 600pp Sport tires class. Without turbo, it sits at around 580pp.
I've also had a lot of fun with the
TVR Tamora (360hp in a 1060kg FR car for 80k credits?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!)
Crunched some numbers, and it has the best power-to-weight ratio of all stock 480-500pp range cars, at 3.02 kg/hp. (!!!) For comparison, the
M3 CSL came in at 3.90 kg/hp.
Honorable mentions to the
Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Evoluzione '91 and
RE Amemiya FD3S RX-7 prize cars, had a blast with those too.