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    What is the fastest Circuit Spec Car? [Test results]

    (Edit: Everything you see here is completely outdated since the Wild Run patch from 17th November 2015. Well to be honest it was probably already outdated in March/April 2015 )


    This question has bothered me quite some time. I decided I need an answer and went on to test this.

    So I bought all 14 circuit spec cars and tuned them up to 1299. All of them have the same lvl 50 platinum bonus parts equipped: 4 Grip, 4 Brake and 3 Top Speed bonus parts. These parts were pretty much the only parts I have, I didn't spend the time to grind for 11 Grip or Acceleration parts.



    Now I needed a track where I could get consistent times. I tried the "Bottom of the Ninth" mission first, but it was too long and the traffic was too random. So I chose "Circuit Breakers" instead. There is no traffic, the AI cars aren't interfering and the track is pretty smooth... well it better should be, it's Laguna Seca.

    I did between 10 and 20 attempts for each car within the last 2 weeks, until I was satisfied or couldn't improve the time anymore. Overall I spent well over 10 hours on this track. These are my results:



    Keep in mind that I'm driving on hardcore handling, so this list will look different with full assists. I'm also not a machine - some runs were better than others, sometimes I did minor mistakes. Some of these times could still be 1-2 seconds faster with more luck or more optimization. But my results definitely show the potential of the cars and it's completely clear that the SLS and the Ford GT are two of the best circuit cars. Also the Alfa and the Hotrod are two of the worst cars (no doubt).

    I added the Grip, Accel, Top Speed and Brakes values so you can compare them. There is a tendency that cars with high grip are faster, but the individual handling is sometimes very different, even when the grip values might be similar.

    Edit #1: I forgot to mention that I'm driving with an automatic transmission. Also, with some of the cars I didn't use nitrous a single time, because I only lost time with it. Examples are Lambo Murcielago, Hotrod, Alfa - these cars would be faster with full assists. Some of the other cars also don't make much use of the nitrous - so consider this a hardcore ranking. It would be interesting to test the cars again without nitrous... but I don't want to see this track anymore

    Edit #2: The Point scores are varying so much because of the "lead percentage" bonus points. Cars with alot of wheelspin lose some points at the start.


    Finally I have some video footage to give you an impression how these laps looked like. This is my best lap with the Mercedes SLS, which is also my best time overall and the current world record on Circuit Breakers:



    I'm planning to test street, perf and dirt spec, too. But I'm still currently busy collecting all the cars. Let me know what you think
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    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...GoEJr49f0M_lQ4

    Here I show the speed of the cars, maybe we can do sth. together
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    Nice work there, been wondering what circ car's the fastest for a while now.
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    Awesome work.

    I'm a bit surprised to see 12C so far down on the list. I thought it was one of my better circuit spec cars. Though, I don't have many to compare it to. Currently also have Ford GT, Hotrod, Viper and Murcielago.

    Looks like I might give the SLS a shot. Was thinking of maxing SLS circuit spec out, now that I've almost run out of performance cars.
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    Originally Posted by hest0 Go to original post
    This question has bothered me quite some time. I decided I need an answer and went on to test this.

    So I bought all 14 circuit spec cars and tuned them up to 1299. All of them have the same lvl 50 platinum bonus parts equipped: 4 Grip, 4 Brake and 3 Top Speed bonus parts. These parts were pretty much the only parts I have, I didn't spend the time to grind for 11 Grip or Acceleration parts.



    Now I needed a track where I could get consistent times. I tried the "Bottom of the Ninth" mission first, but it was too long and the traffic was too random. So I chose "Circuit Breakers" instead. There is no traffic, the AI cars aren't interfering and the track is pretty smooth... well it better should be, it's Laguna Seca.

    I did between 10 and 20 attempts for each car within the last 2 weeks, until I was satisfied or couldn't improve the time anymore. Overall I spent well over 10 hours on this track. These are my results:



    Keep in mind that I'm driving on hardcore handling, so this list might look different with full assists. I'm also not a machine - some runs were better than others, sometimes I did minor mistakes. Some of these times could still be 1-2 seconds faster with more luck or more optimization. But my results definitely show the potential of the cars and it's completely clear that the SLS and the Ford GT are two of the best circuit cars. Also the Alfa and the Hotrod are two of the worst cars (no doubt).

    I added the Grip, Accel, Top Speed and Brakes values so you can compare them. There is a tendency that cars with high grip are faster, but the individual handling is sometimes very different, even when the grip values might be similar.


    Finally I have some video footage to give you an impression how these laps looked like. This is my best lap with the Mercedes SLS, which is also my best time overall and the current world record on Circuit Breakers:



    I'm planning to test street, perf and dirt spec, too. But I'm still currently busy collecting all the cars. Let me know what you think
    Pretty cool stuff man, would like to see more and also looking forward to the dirt/perf tests
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    Very nice work.

    I was planning to do the exact same thing and maybe I will still do it, since I am playing with automatic and full assists and maybe there are some differences. At least in PvP I have definitely been better with the Ford GT than with the SLS so far.
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    Nice work. Was wondering if you have the Ferrari 458 Speciale and the LaFerarri and how they stack up in this list.
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    Thanks alot

    Originally Posted by Paragleiber Go to original post
    I was planning to do the exact same thing and maybe I will still do it, since I am playing with automatic and full assists and maybe there are some differences.
    Definitely, there will be differences. With some of the cars (Hotrod, Alfa, Lambo Murcielago) I achieved faster times without using nitrous one single time, so at least these 3 are alot faster with full assists. I should add that information to my post now that I think about it


    Originally Posted by Uhtomik Go to original post
    Nice work. Was wondering if you have the Ferrari 458 Speciale and the LaFerarri and how they stack up in this list.
    The Ferraris only have the performance spec available. This was a test for cars with circuit spec only.
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    Super Cool...Nice work Bro. LOVE IT! Give him an AWARD!!!!!
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    Great work.

    Would love to see a similar Perf comparison.
    The video? very nice driving. I might review that one a couple of times to improve my own momentum.
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