Based on: 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4I feel I must preface this one with a disclaimer. The review process I used on this car is different from normal. First, since I already had used the car climbing up through A-Spec it had modifications already done to it making it obviously impossible to test stock. Second, my modification went all the way to stage 3 weight reduction so it differs again from the tune. Third, I did not test on Grand Valley as normal but through the Lamborghini seasonal events. Those that have seen these know that the cars are limited to 600PP, which the car exceeded handily. The power limiter was employed to get into the races (and had to be adjusted after each one due to break-in HP increase); I believe the actual HP number was down to 660HP. So, take this review with those lumps of crystalline seasoning substance.
Obtained: New Car Dealer
Drivetrain: AWD
Horsepower: 710 BHP (@302.7 miles)
Torque:---- 460 ft-lb
Weight:---- 1282 kg
PARTS
GT Auto
Front Aero Type A
Rear Aero Type A
Rear Wing Type C
Tuning Shop
Weight Reduction Stage 1
Lightweight Windows
Carbon Fiber Hood (Body Color)
Engine Tuning Stage 3
ECU Tuning
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Sports Header
Sports Catalytic Converter
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Semi-Racing Clutch
Carbon Driveshaft
Adjustable Center Differential
FC LSD
FC Suspension
Sports Soft tires
SETUP
Body/Chassis
Aerodynamics
Downforce: 0/20
Transmission
Transmission
1st:-- x.xxx
2nd:-- x.xxx
3rd:-- x.xxx
4th:-- x.xxx
5th:-- x.xxx
6th:-- x.xxx
7th:-- x.xxx
Final: x.xxx
Max Speed: xxx
Drivetrain
Differential
Initial: 5/7
Accel:-- 25/35
Braking: 10/25
F/R Bias: 25/75
Suspension
Suspension
Ride Height: -10/-20
Spring Rate: 7.5/8.0
Extension:-- 9/9
Compression: 6/6
Anti-Roll:-- 7/6
Camber:----- 3.5/4.5
Toe:-------- 0.15/0.15
Brakes
Brake Balance Controller
Brake Balance: 7/9
Intended Driving Options
Transmission: Manual (MT)
ABS: 1
Everything else: OFF
Tuner Comments:
Loud, low, incredibly tiresome to actually use on the street... The ultimate supercar, and the only one that you won't see rappers in. More power than the hottest Murcielago, less weight than the normal Gallardo Superleggera... Far more deserving of the name.
It'll bite you HARD if you treat it wrong. Treat it right and there will be the competition and perhaps a bit of smoke in your mirror and nothing but lapped traffic ahead. It won't beat up on LMPs and Group C cars, but then it's a “street car”. Not much of one, but still legal. Ish.
As this was tested in the seasonal there were five different tracks that saw action: Cape Ring Perimiter, Madrid, Trial Mountain, Nurburgring GP/F (?), and Toscana Tarmac. I will not discuss times, as frankly I did not record them and they would not be relevant anyway, but rather feel of the car, which at least should be close. And I have to say, once I got used to it's breakout character it was a blast to drive!
As I've said before I am not much of a drifter. I prefer something that will corner like it is on rails to something that will slide. But once again the RKM boys have made it easy on this poor ol' DS3 user and tuned a car that if/when it slides can be easily controlled. The First race through Cape Ring was pretty dull if I am honest. The perimeter course doesn't present much of a challenge to me, though it is still fun to drive. The jump is a bit hairy as the downforce will drop the rear pretty hard but nothing that can't be compensated for easily. The speed and controlability through the namesake ring is excellent even detuned or maybe because of it.
Madrid was easy enough. The corners are pretty slow and I was never real hard on the breaks into them. And with the big straights it was easy to pass and separate myself without having to worry about second place being anywhere close. Nothing very notable here either other than that the speed is definitely unmatched by anything the AI can throw at me here.
Getting through Trial Mountain was a bit scarier. With several corners that require high speed braking I was definitely in for some sliding. The braking is stable enough but my first time through the tunnel and into the big left hander was not a pretty or well-executed event. The picture below will be proof enough of that. By the end of the run here I was beginning to get a handle on when and how the rear would break and how much I had to counter.
Nurburgring could not end soon enough for me. I'm not a huge fan of the GP tracks to begin with and something as tail-happy and this bull didn't help matters in the slightest. I felt I was pretty slow here in comparison to the other tracks as I was definitely babying the throttle through the exits, waiting on many until I was out to apply any decent amount. I ended up winning but it was definitely ugly and not really worth mentioning.
Toscana was by far the most fun on this trip. Through most of the tracks so far I had taken first position on the fourth lap, usually about mid-lap, excepting Madrid which really wasn't much of a race. At Toscana I was out in front early on lap 2 so I had plenty of time to play around. For grins, I tried my old style of driving: break enough to enter and just mash the throttle through the corner. This worked far better than I had thought it might. Since I was already somewhat used to handling the slide I found it was easy to catch and control, especially through some of the banked corners on this course. Of course, all this playing around didn't lead to a huge margin of victory, but even when I didn't quite get it right there was plenty of potential on straights and higher speed corners that the car could easily make up time. Driving it at night was that much more exciting.
With as much fun as this was I am eager to get it out and do a proper full potential run. I used this car as little as possible before as it displayed some pretty bad understeer with the lack of front downforce and it was really a terrible drive. Now that it has some tricks to show me I am interested. I may use this as a learning tool to see if I can teach myself a bit better slide control with the DS3 and maybe get a handle on some other cars that are getting the better of me with their wild ways.
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