Your favorite cars from the new pack?

@Vel , take it as a challenge to yourself, and realize you're going to be slower than in a LHD for a while. When I tried to immediately drive at the limit, hotlaps, I ran into trouble. Start with some relaxed, "spirited motoring" until you get more comfortable with the cars' placement.

 

Are we talking about real world cars here? There is no difference between LHD and RHD cars in AC, unless you take it to extremes by swapping the position of the gear shifter from one side of the steering wheel to the other. I guess doing that makes it super authentic, but that still leaves me to deal with the office chair on wheels, and the slippers acting as racing boots

 

you know IRL the first big issue is to find the seatbelt, it took a couple of minutes of swearing before realizing i was searching it on the wrong side

 

The things that stick out as traits of the actual car that I notice in AC are:

The steering feel - by which I mean the ratio and how the steering effort changes as you turn the wheel and also how it changes with the dynamic state of the car.
There's a twitch to the rear end as the car settles following turn-in that shows up in AC as well as IRL.
The power delivery and accompanying sound feel right and in AC you hear that rotary two-strokeish note under the turbo noise a little more than IRL, which is cool becuase it reminds you just how different this car is to everything else.
Overall the car in AC feels lightweight as in IRL. You have to drive the heavier cars to really sense this, and the even lighter race cars to give you a sense of how the range of light weight and low inertia feel in AC. Try the modern GTR and the Lotus 25 to feel the extremes. The RX7 model fits right where a real one feels in these terms.
One thing you don't get is how cramped the cockpit is for tall people with helmets on. There's a lot more headroom in my home office!

Pic of the LSx RX: http://imgur.com/0TsyTkl

 

I bet you can fix that seating position with aftermarket bucket seat and steering wheel + spacers

 

Yeah. That's sort of the plan really. Give it time. Haven't necessarily been trying to push the limits of speed/times either. Silly issues occur when driving into the pits, or out onto the Nords tourist at the beginning.

 

Another amazing combo, 370z is definatelly my favorite from the pack

 

My first favorite on the pack was the stock RX-7. It's so nimble and balanced, for that sound, and the lack of TC that makes the car surprisingly playful, but the power still isn't enough to make me swear for TC. Both the 370Z and Supra drive really good and forgiving, but the R34, despite being my favorite poster car on this pack, was the last I to find my preference after a session with all cars in Nords (as less aggressive driving seems to highlight corner entry understeer). But after trying it in the Nurburgring Sprint Time attack I'm converted (argh, 5480 points, dang!). Given a good amount of track, it's a joy to throw it around slow corners, going to power a bit too soon and let the electronics do their magic on those long 4 wheel slides where the car keeps responding to the direction input as if it was going straight. It's completely unique in this game.

 

I'm loving the 370z still, just so good to drive. Just wished we had a step version or a GT Academy race car version.

 

seems like this car doesn't really like trailbraking, try to brake earlier and do corners on power

 

i was referring to the r34

 

Yes. I can quite readily adapt from driving on the right in rl and on the left in AC it seems.

Although I'd still like the option to drive from the right but as in rl you can adapt quite quickly to lid or rhd in the sim. The wailing and gnashing of teeth over having a few rhd cars in the sim for once is quite amusing to read though I must admit