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[MrDarkSide]

Hello everyone!

Inspired by another thread (http://srmz.net/inde...showtopic=12830) about everyone's favourite tracks, I just wanted to see what all of your favourite cars are for each mod.

I'll go first with the mods that I have played to a significant degree:

1955 F1: Ferrari 555. I hated it at first. I found it extremely twitchy. Then I drove it at some high-speed cirucits and from then on I just love it.

1965 F1: I'd have to say the Cooper T77. I just find it to be an overall well-behaved car. Very nicely balanced. A good all-rounder.

1966 F1: McLaren M2A. From pure behaviour, I would say Ferrari 312 or the Cooper T81. But I just have more fun driving the McLaren. I well remember nailing a lap at Brands Hatch, placing me much further up the grid than I expected to be and just feeling extremely satisfied.

1967 F1, original and historical: Ferrari 312. The car that I've driven most of all in GPL. Once again, it's the most well-behaved car. It does not tend to understeer as the Lotus does and it's quicker than the Cooper, which I otherwise like.

1969: Ferrari 312. This is more of a sentimental thing. I haven't driven the 69's in quite a while, but I seem to remember it being slightly twitchy, which I didn't like at first but like the 555 then tried at another circuit - this time Montjuïc - and then falling completely in love with it.

Overall, for me the general trend seems to be that I like cars that have a slight tendency towards oversteer and, on a more sentimental level, that comes with a badge of a prancing horse.

Edited by MrDarkSide, Jul 09 2019 - 05:32 PM.

[JonnyA]

Agree with the Cooper T77 in 1965 - a superb handling car and the best one to use to learn GPL, IMO.

The McLaren M4A in the Formula 2 mod is also a brilliant car that somehow just seems sharper than the rest.

But my outright favourite is the Alfa T33 in the new version of Sports Cars. It's a beauty in every way, to drive and look at.

[Cookie]

The car that brought me 2011 to online racing is in my avatar, it's even better now with the moving wing in SCX

in 1967 I found a ChapF lexan body for my 1:24 slot racing chassis,
due to the first and only winged slot car, I won 1967 our regional championship on a big 8 x slot car track!

[Claudio Pablo Navonne]

Beautiful letter Cookie, for that time my dad gave me for my birthday a Porsche 908 tail long scale 1/32, since that day I was a fan of Porsche.

[Millennium]

In general I like the Brabhams, but for the 1965 mod I really started to appreciate the Honda RA272 since last year. It's not the best car, sometimes it feels sluggish and unprecise while at other times it feels very powerful and nimble. Those flaws make it interesting. Had great races with it, but also terrible ones.

Edited by Millennium, Jul 10 2019 - 02:11 PM.

[twinpotter]

First car Escort MK2
Land rover 1972 Series3 SWB Diesel
Yamaha SR 500 Single (70's)
Present Harley Sportster 2006 last of carburettors 😁😁🤭🤭👋👋 Slap slap Lol 😂

No seriously without highjacking and opening up this thread more (sorry MrDarkSide) only one fave car in GPL the first one I drove in 67 the BRM 🤔🤭🏁

TP:

[MLGathome]

My three favourite cars are based on sound.
1965: Ferrari 1512
1967: Eagle-Weslake T1G
GT/SC: Porsche 910, with the sound of 2010

Greetings, Marcel

[fajanko]

Favourite cars according to GPL Weekly stats

1955 - Lancia D50
1965 - Lotus 33
1966 - Brabham BT19
1967 - Ferrari 312
1967x - Ferrari 312
1969 and 1969x - Matra MS80

F2 - Brabham BT23

GT and SCX - Ferrari 330 P4

CA 1966 - McLaren M1B
CA 1971 - McLaren M8F

Thundercars - Lubetech

Personally, I like BRM in any mod, the GT Porsche and the red cars - they look great in the green environement

[GrandPrixYannick]

1955 - Maserati 250F
1965 - BRM P261
1966 - Cooper T81b
1967 - Ferrari 312 / Eagle T1G
1969 - Matra MS80

F2 - Mclaren M4A
CA66 - McLaren M1B
CA71 - Lola T260
GT/SC - Ferrari P330

[leon_90]

Ferrari.

If a mod doesn't have one, I just don't drive it

[MrDarkSide]

JonnyA, on Jul 10 2019 - 05:55 AM, said:

Agree with the Cooper T77 in 1965 - a superb handling car and the best one to use to learn GPL, IMO.

Yep, I remember the first time I tried the 65's and after the first lap with the Cooper, I knew it was one of my favourite cars.

Millennium, on Jul 10 2019 - 02:08 PM, said:

In general I like the Brabhams, but for the 1965 mod I really started to appreciate the Honda RA272 since last year. It's not the best car, sometimes it feels sluggish and unprecise while at other times it feels very powerful and nimble. Those flaws make it interesting. Had great races with it, but also terrible ones.

Perfectly understandable, it's much the same for me with the 1966 McLaren. The imperfection makes it interesting. I would guess that's why some (looking at you, twinpotter and fajanko) like the 1967 BRM, which I personally have never fallen for.

leon_90, on Jul 11 2019 - 01:01 PM, said:

Ferrari.

If a mod doesn't have one, I just don't drive it

I find that reasonably unreasonable. When a new mod comes out, the first car I try is always a Ferrari. Even with the 55's, where the iconic cars aren't necessarily from that team.

Edited by MrDarkSide, Jul 12 2019 - 03:46 PM.

[quico]

I see that some of you have noticed the Mclaren M2B 1966. One day I was driving it and I had the feeling of driving a real car. I do not know if what I felt corresponds to the driving of a Mclaren M2B, but it was that of driving a real car. Some time later, someone else from the pdlr.gaiztor forum commented that he had had a similar feeling with the same car and I was curious about the coincidence. And, of course, I was driving it because its a favourite!.

Nice thread!

[fajanko]

MrDarkSide, on Jul 12 2019 - 03:43 PM, said:

Perfectly understandable, it's much the same for me with the 1966 McLaren. The imperfection makes it interesting. I would guess that's why some (looking at you, twinpotter and fajanko) like the 1967 BRM, which I personally have never fallen for.

BRM (Papyrus original) with its six gears and the H16 engine made it really special for me.

Edited by fajanko, Jul 13 2019 - 10:00 AM.

[db312]

leon_90, on Jul 11 2019 - 01:01 PM, said:

Ferrari.

If a mod doesn't have one, I just don't drive it

[marco lenarduzzi]

There's just something about those scarlet red Ferraris I can't resist !

[Lord]

1955 - Ferrari 555 SuperSqualo
1965 - Ferrari 1512
1966 - Ferrari 312/66
1967 - Ferrari 312/67
1969 - Ferrari 312/69
1967 F2 - Matra MS5.

Yup, quite predictable: an Italian guy that drools all over when he sees a red car

[Treetop64]

65 - F1512, BT7 or BT11
67 - Eagle Weslake with Duk's Eagle Weslake sound.