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Mummelmann on 05 December 2013
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wolfofthepack said:
Mummelmann said:


 
Tuning, more of it and more potentially extreme fits, perhaps at the cost of durability. Juicing up the power or other features while increasing the chances of mechanical problems would be cool and realistic. Being able to extract only about 650-800 horsepower and a moderate amount of torque out of some of the best tuning cars in world is a downright shame and the mechanical aspect is non-existant save for tyre wear, changing oil and filling up gasoline now and then during endurance races. How about hiring and maintaing your own team of mechanics and engineers? Different tuning providers that favor power over durability, some specializing in diesel or hybrids, some being better at aerodynamics etc. Depth and realism right there.


this right here is REALLY some excellent ideas! cause i have always loved the endurance races


Yeah, it sort of annoys me, you've actually lost peak power almost with every installation since GT 2. In GT 3, you could tune a Mitsubishi GT3000 to over 1000 Bhp, for instance, while in GT 5 it packs only about 800 Bhp or so at the peak despite a few more parts to fiddle with.

As far as tuning goes, 800 Bhp is nothing, especially for cars like these that are known among enthusiasts to be able to putput some serious forces. I know a guy back in Trondheim who owns a 1000 Bhp Skyline R34 and that's not even considered very extreme. Hell, I've seen people extract over 700 Bhp out of 1.8 litre and over 900 out of an old 2.2 litre 5 cylinder Audi. Some of the V8 muscle should also be able to output truly massive torque and power, producing in excess of 1000 Bhp out a 6 litre or bigger V8 engine is commonplace, there's a guy in Norway who has a Ford Granada that pushes between 1700 and 2400 horsepower at the flywheel, depending on fuel and conditions and boost.

800 horsepower is nothing, truly nothing. The tuning in GT needs more depth in my opinion. Imagine throwing a 3 litre V6 with twin-turbo into a Toyota Yaris or something like that (would require a rebuild/compartment expansion but still).