r-35 gtr

[scoutman75]

heres some pics of the gtr that came out and played with us at midwest z fest

[veilside180sx]

They are sweet, but quite large cars when you see them in person.

[a_ahmed]

ive seen one in person, silver, it didnt look that large, but i was passing him in my volvo lol... it actually looked really hot imho... i asked the guy to punch it and he did hehe... I wana test drive one...

[McCoy]

The only local GT-R that I know of took a Pax FTD on it's first autoX outing... not to shabby.

[racepar1]

The r-35 is definitely dope, but it just has too many electronic gizmos and gadgets for my taste. I want to drive the car, not the car to drive me. The cobb GTR went out for a few runs at the autocross event at the performance nissan meet and was clearly out-gunned in that situation. I ran a second and a half or so faster in a course that was less than 30 seconds. Granted it was not being driven 100% as hard as it could, but still it's weight and size really showed there. Dope car, but I want to see the v-spec version and whatever special model comes out after that. I also wanna see somebody build a TRUE time-attack R-35. I'm pretty sure it would rule the friggin world if somebody turned it into a real racecar.

[floodo1]

yeah gtr might rule if it dropped at least a 800lbs

[Bumnah]

v spec is suppose to be 400 lbs lighter.

gtr doesn't fit my definition of a sports car either, but it's a fantastic car none the less.

[turtl631]

400? Wow...that's a lot for an OEM to drop.

I don't really buy into the heavy AWD car hype either. Maybe it's because I'm poor and have only had 240s, but a lighter RWD car seems like the most fun and most pure way of driving. I think you learn the most generally applicable knowledge driving cars like this, as FWD cars are just so different on track, and AWD cars are mostly new and therefore saddled with several electronic drivers aids. I'm no ace shoe so I'm sure I'd be quicker with all this stuff, but I wouldn't be learning as much, and ultimately I think it'd hold me back. Shoot, I'm a Nissan fan for sure, but if we're talking $80k dream cars, I'll take a used GT3 instead of a GT-R.

Monty, I know you said you have buddies who ditched their Evos and STis for RWD cars like Elises and Vettes. What was their reasoning?

[McCoy]

Monty, I know you said you have buddies who ditched their Evos and STis for RWD cars like Elises and Vettes. What was their reasoning?

These were both guys that do alot of track days on the west coast, instruct at BMW driving schools, and also are a part of the local race team that run endurance races.

That being said, from talking to both of them, it came down to the basic fact that the cars were just to easy to drive at the limit and at a certain point weren't finding enjoyment in it anymore. Granted both of these guys did very minor mods to the cars as they drove them to the track and sometimes that was over 10 hours.

After driving my friends Evo on track, it felt very similiar to my turboed sentra with the exception of having alot more power/grip out of the tighter turns. I found my sentra pretty easy to drive at the limits -vs- the 240, which got alittle old after awhile.

[turtl631]

Interesting. I think an AWD car that basically uses electronics only to send power to the front wheels when there's slip would be a lot of fun, but I don't know of any other than Skylines that fit the bill. An older swapped Impreza could be sorta cool, but eh, seems like they're heavily front biased in weight and power distribution.

[nismoskyz]

just had to share these...

[Matt93SE]

The steering wheel is on the wrong side.