Evora owner feedback

The simulated version of the Evora is excellent! Just amazing that it feels very close to driving my real car. Mine is a modified NA and not an S so they can't be compared 1:1 but I do have some thoughts.

1: It seems the simulated car can hit the rev limiter in 5th gear. That is not possible in the real car, you hit top speed before you hit the rev limiter. 6th gear is overdrive only.

2: the centre of gravity seems very slightly too far back. I may be wrong but the sim car seems just a little bit more unstable than my real one if I brake too late into maggots for instance.

3: The rearview mirror gives too good a view. You have to sit at the absolute perfect angle to have the rear window fill the rearview mirror and you have a very low FOV. So when a car is close to you, you see only a small section of the following car.

4: There should be more "stuff going on" in the cockpit at very high speeds. At 230km/h and above, there is obvious wind noise and the cabin starts shaking a little bit. It's too calm in the sim.

5: the red display on the right side of the steering wheel should show alternative speed, not the same speed as the regular speedometer. So for a metric speedometer such as the one modeled in the sim, the red display should show mph.

6: the data overview for the car has incorrect figures. 0-100 is 4,6 seconds and weight is 1437kg for the S version.

7: the setup screen gives an option for semi slicks. But the evora uses 19" rear wheels that have no available semi slick tyres. So if you do offer semi slicks in the sim I think you should also model the 18" forged wheels from Lotus Racing to go with them (since it's not possible to put semi slicks on the rims you have modeled in the real world right now)

Nitpicking for sure but hey, your version is almost perfect already so there's not much to put the finger on!

 

Thank you for your input

 

By far it seems the best lotus if the game, much more neutral than the others especially in corner exit.. or at least it fits better my driving style. I like it

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Very nice feedback!
Maybe guys put 0-60mph (4.4s) instead of 0-100 (4.6s) result? TBH the data section should be corrected at one point - I found there many mistakes (or differences - especially in weights of the cars - sometimes it's almost dry, sometimes it looks like fully loaded+driver etc.)
Btw. do you have naturaly aspired or turbocharged engine? Maybe that has something to do with the rev limiter?

 

You're right I don't have the sports ratio gearbox!

And you're probably right about the balance as well. The S is 70kg heavier which translates to almost 5% more weight on the rear axles.

If you go to www.lotuscars.com you will see that Lotus does in deed list it as 1437kg. The numbers you have in sim look like they must be the 0-100 and weight listings of the NA automatic.

Another thing that's been talked about here and there is the throttle response. This summer, I had an ECU problem that limited me to 15% throttle input. I was still able to get up to 110km/h on the freeway after loooong acceleration, but this is impossible in the sim. Since the S has more torque, I'd expect it to be able to do at least 130.

Not sure about the sound because I have a different intake and exhaust so there's much more of a roar in mine. But judging from excellent the sound in the Exige Scura, I have no problem believing the Evora S is accurate as well. But there's seems to be a bit too little wind noise at high speed.

Fantastic job!

 

Excellent to hear personal reviews/comparisons like this!

 

That would not work in the real car. There is danger of rubbing with more than 245 in front with the stock suspension. You should model 245 front and 275 rear.

 

Right we're on the same page then. Advan AD08s is what I was planning to order myself next so we're definitely on the same page They're not proper semislicks as in R compound though. The treadwear is somewhere between stock Pirellis and A048s.

 

Well it sure sounds like you guys have great attention to detail!

Now somebody tell me how I can mod the damned thing to take away 29lbs torque, 45hp, 54kg off the back and change the 4th and 5th gears to match mine

 

you sadly can't. The cars made by Kunos are locked and not availabe for modding, due too licencing.

 

booo... but understandable I guess. But, I swear I saw someone at least change the colours of the interiors? It'd be nice to edit it to match the colours of my car.