Saturday, April 28, 2012

Welcome Back: 2010 Nissan GT-R Spec V

In an instant, the night air explodes around you...

The ground shudders under your feet...

The dizzying aroma of high octane fuel assails your head...

Your eyes watered...

Your eardrums vibrating...

Your limbics goes on hold...

All is right to the world...

The Race Across Japan...again

The 2010 Nissan GT-R Spec V returned on Forza Motorsport 4 and it does...none of these things I just said. It may have VR38DETT engine but you'd never know you'd listening to it. There's also the same feeling that it doesn't rattle violently and it does feel like, and this is only a hunch, like a Nissan Micra.

The old Skyline GT-R felt exciting in the eyes of teenagers but this one doesn't. It keeps on not feeling exciting even when you put your foot on the pedal and go completely bonkers. In the eyes of Jeremy Clarkson, this car was built for lap time purposes, not thrills.

Surely, you want to turn the traction control off to make the GT-R more exciting but according to the owner's manual that if you turn off the Traction Control, the event will be recorded on the car's blackbox and void the warranty. Sounds weird but since I'm playing Forza Motorsport 4...(clicks switch)

With TCS OFF, turning from the world's fastest laptop into a simple typewriter, it's still does exactly the same thing! Even with TCS OFF, the torque vectoring differentials are still working their magic, meaning that this GT-R still keeps on grips and grips and grips! GRIP GRIP GRIP GRIP GRIP!!!

This car can hurt you badly but it can't arouse my winning vegetables. For getting the best lap times possible, it's proven its worth but it leaves me stone cold. You'll never guess what comes next but this GT-R often disappoints me because...it's old. If only Forza Motorsport 4 included the updated version of the R35 GT-R this would be fun...


*with thanks to Jeremy Clarkson

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