Fastest car in GPL?

I've seen lots of posts for the lap times people have set but only fleeting references to the cars they were in at the time.... Is there a big difference between the cars? Are some much quicker/easier to drive than others or does it depend on driving style? (My own style usually consists of flying across the grass at various angles)..... What order would they be in if you had to rank them? Interested to hear your views..... Pete

IMHO, fastest to slowest: Lotus Eagle Ferrari or Brabham (not sure which of these two is fastest) Coventry/Cooper Murasama/Honda BRM For sliding across grass fast, I would pick the Lotus. For sliding in style, I'd go with the Ferarri. -- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

I think it all depends on your driving style. I think the Lotus is probably the raw "fastest" car since most of the record hotlap drivers seem to use it for hotlaps, but personally I find the handling of the Lotus is too nervous for me to drive consistently, so I choose to drive the Eagle due to the "decent" handling combined with good supply of power. I've also driven the Ferrari which also looks like it has great controllable handling and great medium range power, just not as much top end, which means it could be great at twisty tracks where you are not concentrating on top speed. For me, the question is less which car is the absolute fastest, but which car can I drive consistently fastest at most of the tracks. In online racing GPL so far, I've even been on the grid 3rd or 4th place eagle with a couple of lotuses ahead and managed to pull off a win with consistent driving, not even having the fastest lap of the race. Personally this is more satisfying than getting fastest lap and crashing a lot. But that might be just me. Eventually I hope to master all the cars in GPL, I can tell that like GP2, I will be playing GPL for a long time to come. I'm just glad that Papyrus chose to model the different feeling car models since this will give GPL a whole added dimension in mastering the different cars as well as mastering the tracks. Seeyas on the track. --John (Joao) Silva

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>I've seen lots of posts for the lap times people have set but only fleeting >references to the cars they were in at the time.... >Is there a big difference between the cars? Are some much quicker/easier to >drive than others or does it depend on driving style? (My own style usually >consists of flying across the grass at various angles)..... >What order would they be in if you had to rank them? >Interested to hear your views..... >Pete

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> >I've seen lots of posts for the lap times people have set > >but only fleeting references to the cars they were in at > >the time.... > >Is there a big difference between the cars? Are some much > >quicker/easier to drive than others or does it depend on > >driving style? (My own style usually consists of flying > >across the grass at various angles)..... > IMHO, fastest to slowest: > Lotus > Eagle > Ferrari or Brabham (not sure which of these two is fastest) > Coventry/Cooper > Murasama/Honda > BRM

for my less-than-good driving style, i'd rank them: eagle - very stable and FAST brabham - quickest and best brakes cooper - hard to mess up ferrari - great corner handling lotus - squirrely honda - a boat BRM - a tank. a beautiful tank, but still a tank. VROOOMMMMM!

Yes... I agree, the BRM handles quite well on the grass and in the ditch, and is OK through the air :-). I would say though that the Lotus should be much higher on the list *if* you can drive it.... I can't, to be honest, except for the odd time I do put in a clean lap and can stick to a good line, it's usually the 'fastest' laps I post, I wish I could drive it cleanly consistently in a race situation. For me, the top two are Eagle/Brabham. I would rank the Eagle only slightly higher, just because I find it is much more comfortable for me to hop in and do a race (from a decent starting pos. to a full lap finish). I prefer to finish 75% of the races in the top 10 or so, then to DNF on 50%, but place in the top 5. Cheers Joe Walsh

lotus ferrari eagle then others of course it fdepends on your driving style too. Joe Conklin For Central PA Online Gamers: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/network/5312/ For Grand Prix Legends: http://members.xoom.com/gplegends/ remove spam to reply

Sounds like you drive like I do! :)