Skyler
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The Pennzoil would do nicely in the wet because of it's FR drivetrain, much the same as why the AE86 will do so well in the wet. The other reason the AE86 is good in the wet is because of it's very light weight. However, even a Pennzoil on that track will be easier to achieve a better time on, simply because mistakes in the Pennzoil cost you less because of it's insane acceleration. On R5 Wet the AE86 needs you to drive it near perfectly around the corners and to maintain steady acceleration out of every corner without wheelspin, this is very hard to do fast for most people because it's so delicate. If you come out of the corner and need to accelerate in the car you are penalised greatly because of it's slow acceleration, especially if it's going slightly uphill it's power seems even less and it costs you far more time. The Pennzoil doesn't have this problem because it's power will pull it out of any corner and along any straight very nicely, regardless of the gradient...
In order to achieve fast times in slower cars you need to be very consistent in your driving and achieve good exit speeds on every corner, slower cars reward better cornering more.. the corners is where they will have the advantage over heavier faster cars... however if you don't exit that corner spot on you will lose so much time building up speed on the straight. A heavier faster car such as the Pennzoil can exit the corner pretty averagely and still accelerate as fast as you like down the straight, this helps it achieve faster times. I personally find it far easier to achieve a fast time in a fast car like the Pennzoil compared to a slower car and I believe most people will too.
As for handling a 1000HP Viper around a track for a decent time, that's fairly easy providing you can control the car due to it's pathetic handling. It wouldn't be that hard to achieve a good time in it on most tracks providing you kept it neat as it will cover up a lot of mistakes with insane acceleration.
Oh and the relative difficulty of Concept does matter because I was rating getting gold on the Licenses mentioned above in GT3 as 'good times' and if you assume Concept Gold times are 'good times' you're mistaken because they are slow and very easy to achieve.. that's what I meant
In order to achieve fast times in slower cars you need to be very consistent in your driving and achieve good exit speeds on every corner, slower cars reward better cornering more.. the corners is where they will have the advantage over heavier faster cars... however if you don't exit that corner spot on you will lose so much time building up speed on the straight. A heavier faster car such as the Pennzoil can exit the corner pretty averagely and still accelerate as fast as you like down the straight, this helps it achieve faster times. I personally find it far easier to achieve a fast time in a fast car like the Pennzoil compared to a slower car and I believe most people will too.
As for handling a 1000HP Viper around a track for a decent time, that's fairly easy providing you can control the car due to it's pathetic handling. It wouldn't be that hard to achieve a good time in it on most tracks providing you kept it neat as it will cover up a lot of mistakes with insane acceleration.
Oh and the relative difficulty of Concept does matter because I was rating getting gold on the Licenses mentioned above in GT3 as 'good times' and if you assume Concept Gold times are 'good times' you're mistaken because they are slow and very easy to achieve.. that's what I meant
