Dp3 impression

I have to be honest here and say that the Escort is not one of my favourite cars to drive. It feels very "floaty", almost to the point of not feeling like it has much contact with the track.

 

What bothers me a little is the snappy way the back end recovers grip - I have to admit I've not driven a live axle car with racing tyres, but the ones on road tyres generally seemed to recover grip in the same progressive way they lost it in the first place. That floaty feeling I'm less bothered about, because I was expecting it given the tyres & softness of the suspension.

 

I'd like to have seen a 68 ETCC euro spec Escort as the standard version, then this one as an S1. The 68 ETCC car would have been a decent playmate for the GTA.

 

The 68 ETCC spec Escort would certainly have been closer in performance, but comparing laptimes at ETCC rounds at Zolder and Zandvoort, the 68 Escort TC was around 3 seconds a lap quicker than the 66 GTA.

 

Yes a Lotus Cortina would maybe be better. Possibly a BMW 1800, Mini Cooper S 1300, MK2 Jag, Mercedes 300SE...

 

Yeah the Escort, my little baby.

The under/neutral/oversteer balance is just like real life FR , the way it goes into Paddock Hill bend, a feel in the steering: neutral semi understeer , that moment/feel is also irl feelable on track.

The transitioning from that state alone and on throttle/steer to more neutral 4wheeldrift and some oversteer is just what it is. Real.

On the other hand I think the Escort Mk1 has a bit too much tendency to oversteer when entering a slower turn(not by braking per se) on default just by the steering alone: Those 70s slicks are wide etc... but also >40 years old. You can flick it like a rallycar.

Most difficult turn in the Escort to go rather neutral and make some speed for the next bend on Brands GP: Surtees... pff that's a challenge in that car.

Cheers
Robin

 

Would be incredible to get a Lotus Cortina, BMW 1800 and Mini Cooper S 1300 to go up against the Escort. Would be quite a car pack.

 

Personally I don't need a 'slower' Escort, we just need faster competition
A 1300 Mini Cooper? Drinking tea is more exciting imho...anyway each to their own.

A faster GTA(which is great in AC as well but lacks power) , a BMW 2002, a Capri etc.



Cheers
Robin

 

I guess you mean the Alfa GTA? They would all be choking on the Escort's dust.

 

The late 60s ETCC Escort less so but yes, the Escort is really a later generation of car. It's more early 70s than 60s.

 

And the one that's "hiding" behind Alfa on the right side.

Speaking of all those awesome cars, take a look at this, awesome battle between Alfa and Mini. And that's real racing, without voice in your ear telling you that "Fernando is faster than you".

 

The GTL Mini was great fun to drive.They seem to hold their own in those historic touring events.

The 60s big US Fords would be fun also. They were present at European and BTCC events.

https://drive-my.com/en/test-drive/item/2280-1964-ford-fairlane-thunderbolt-driven.html

 

<<<<<<<< look, look what I've got. DP2 and DP3. Yay

I hope it's not a problem for me to say but I got these packs thanks to Tim.

 

27 minutes of sublime action from cars that put modern day "racing" to shame.

 

That's for sure.

This is also a fine example of real racing.





Is our AC Escort MK1 fair competition to one of the AC Cobras?
Not in a straight line but on the twisties, I think so.

Cheers
Robin

 

OK, I just needed to revive this thread a bit with this video. If you have just over 15 mins of spare time you NEED TO SEE THIS from the beginning to the END!

The saying 'There is no substitute for cubic inches', make that 'There is no substitute for engineering and good drivers'.

What-A-Race! And the skin of the Escort in this video is somwhere around too afaik.



Cheers
Robin