We are
Now for some serious stuff.. the weakness and the advantage of some of the IDAS4 cars
Sorted Overall Evaluation(according to popularity)
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S2000
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Pros:
- Its a 6 gear Trueno.
- A good all-rounder car.
- Command it and it will follow you. Turns like a dream.
- I feel a lot more stable using the S2K than my 86 at times.
- Sexy.
Cons:
- Torque. Also sluggish accel at low RPMs when you gear change.
- Not very wall-ram-friendly
- Also since its a 6 gear car, there are more chances to botch up gear changes (like shifting up while turning)
- Very very slippery on wet.
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AE86 Trueno (Racing Engine)
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Pros:
- Its not top car for nothing.
- Godly acceleration.
- Also turns really well
- Great anywhere
- Rapes the wall like it wants a death warrant (sorry, lame joke)
Cons:
- Slippery car
- You have to keep the butt in line because it always swings out.
- Startup sucks.
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RX7 FD
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Pros:
- Rotary. 'Nuff said.
- Great battle car.
- Can go everywhere AND wet.
- Great Torque. Accels really fast even after gear change or wall taps.
- Sexy.
Cons:
- I find this car very heavy.
- Sometimes hard to use.
- Doesnt turn as well as Trueno and S2K. Which means different timing on turning (or at least more effort on your part)
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BNR32:
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PROS:
- G-T-R!!!
- fast start up.
- high top speed.
- accelerating monster
- rather average on most courses.
CONS:
- totally dies on akina wet... slids out so much you have to take turns in 2nd or 3rd gear or ram inside wall or something.
- understeer... this car understeers... lol.
- body kits etc are all ugly for this car.
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BNR34:
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PROS:
- 6 gear
- performs above average on almost every course
- 148km 5th gear domination on tsukuba inbound
- fast start up
- high top speed
- accelerating monster
- good looks
- bodykits etc are awesome
CONS?
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GDBF
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Pros:
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~Has a modern and buff look to it that's worthy of a wild Subaru rally machine, though the front end design looks eerily similar to certain Chevrolet cars.
~It's size makes it excellent for blocking.
~Great start up as is to be expected of 6-speeds, and you can go from 1st~4th gear within seconds at FT, making it very TA-friendly.
~Lag will disappear when mechanical and electronic tunes are balanced equally.
~Speed recovery from penalty is great as is, Add PC to the mix and it'll work like a dream.
~Handles more like an FR than an AWD, thanks to the DCCD system incorporated to it. Delicate steering inputs, detailed pedal-work and body + suspension tunes are required to prevent over/understeer during cornering, but you have the option of using drift or grip-style driving (though it seems more inclined to drift.).
~You'll hear an incessant beeping sound upon redlining, so you can just listen and shift instead of stealing a peek at the tachometer.
~As usual, the EJ20 Flat-4 Boxermotor sounds ferocious, though as Shale said, the GC8V sounds more like the real one.
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Cons:
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~Definitely not a beginner's AWD car. If you're expecting AWD stability without technique to back it up, then this car will make you cry, especially in the rain.
~Rain + Multiple Sharp Corners = One hell of a struggle. Irohazaka DH/Reverse wet will be a total faux pas for total greenhorns.
~Wall-hugging kills the handling a whole lot.
~A certain corner in Tsukuba clips it from the back if you try to corner at high speeds.
~It's only real home course is Akina Lake, where you can use it's explosive power to the fullest. Any other course would require experience and technique to manage.
~The solitary ground effects kit available to it makes it look too much like a Lancer Evolution, which won't do since they're WRC rivals.
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LANCER Evolution IX GSR [CT9A].
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Pros
-bad handling
-average startup speed (depending on how u shift)
-freaking big arse to block ppl's view.
-pretty good battle car
*big arse means easy to hit as well
*the tail slides.
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EG6
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Pros :
- Easy to handle.. Most stable among others..
- Good start-up
- Unique
- Cancels under steer like eating cookies.
- short and dont hit wall easily..
- Easy to learn techniques..
- Pointy nose where ever u like and it just goes there..
- Will not slide off even cars hit from behind..
Cons :
- Lack of power compared to cars with bigger engine house..
- Can never drift too much (lose speed instantly)
- needs to keep at -30m till -40m to catch up in battles..
- Need loads of training for boost off battles
- 5th gear is nonsense.. stick to 4th gear whole course and only 5th if the car is desperate..
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SILVIA Q's(NA)
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Pros:
Strong powerband, acceleration in stock form is linear
Preety nice acceleration in lower gears
Lower gears are strong
It's quite stable... only suffered minor understeer in Akina and Myogi
Very easy to turn
You can rev pass the redline a little, [6000 redline, max rev is at around 6300]
Cons:
Struggling for grip in some corners
Tail sliding too violent, Iroh is the killer map
Weak 4th gear [only 142 in Tsukuba]
Doesn't do well in wet maps too...
Bus engine sound after muffler conversion... >.<
No "PSSH"
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SIL80
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Pro
- All rounder car, like downgrade of FD
-Stable on dry/wet
-nice Engine sound - Neutral : No BOV (up2 ppls that use it)
-easy to turn
-turns well in myogi
Con
- Heavy steering
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FC3S RX7
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Pro
- All rounder car like FD, downgrade of FD
- Less understeer than FD / easier to turn
- Ruler of Akagi DH lol~
Con
- lack stability unlike FD
- less power
- require more efforts on wet course compared to FD
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RX 8
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Pros
- Seems to handle a lot better than its V3 counterpart.
- Wet performance seems to be as good as before.
- Quite stable on all courses on both dry and wet.
- Startup SEEMS better to me.
Cons
- Accel seems to be weaker than its V3 counterpart
- Doesn't seem to have a homecourse anymore.
- They got rid of Yellow =_=
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GC8V
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Pros
--still a beginner-friendly car to say the least
--as expected in a 4WD, not too difficult to control when sliding out
--well-balanced everywhere, not too strong but not too weak either
--looks good even if it remains stock in terms of external appearance
--good turning ability despite being a 4WD (almost like an FR)
Cons
--like in v3, will most likely lose out to 6-gear cars off the line
--seems to have had more understeer unlike in v3
--2nd gear seems to be very laggy even if redlined
--5th gear can be a bit problematic after shifting up from 4th, esp. in tsukuba's high-speed twisty section
--last two gears take a bit of time to rev up
--almost non-existent BOV sound when doing PC with it
and there u have it the advantages of some of the popular cars in IDAS4. Which one is ur pick? My advice is choose which one u like most and just learn to get use to it. I am now having a hard time getting use to my s2000, is like a monster that is hard to tame compare to the FD3S. see u guys later.
