FR-S/86/BRZ cruise, race, or hang out in Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3.

[Jeredin]

Awesome! Add my as a friend when you get a chance, I will hook you up with some cars--especially the 86 GT! Let me know what other brands/cars you like, too!

[Jeredin]

Update! So, the FR-S has been added to GT5 and and being able to drive on the left side of the car unlike the right side in the 86 GT, has been great in the cockpit perspective. Other than the other stylistic differences it handles just like the Toyota 86.

Recently I decided to create a reasonably tuned FR-S. I added a sports crank pulley, intake, headers, exhaust, ECU and new wheels. The hp went from 200 to 240 (max tune in GT5 is around 350). One interesting point was that I added weight to the base 1240 kg to 1274 to represent the automatic (though I use paddles in manual) BRZ Limited weight with lighter wheels. The weight is difficult to nail down but I'm sticking with what I have for now. I did change the suspension (spring rates and so on) only to show the difference from the FR-S to the BRZ (wish the BRZ was in game). Not sure if I have all the suspension settings right as I don't have enough information for Compression and Extension settings.

Here are some pictures of my tuned BRZ (FR-S in WR Blue) at the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course. Note the new sports exhaust and "lighter" wheels (doesn't actually modify weight in game). Love to drive and race this car!

[onbooSTi]

Looks great! How is it with the extra HP?

[Jeredin]

Well, given that I kept the suspension and weight stock, it handles the hp really well. Although, I changed the stock tires from sports hard to sports medium to represent a wider tire and slight stickier compound. Tires can help a lot in GR5, but the FR-S/86/BRZ doesn't improve through turns as well as it does in breaking and acceleration. Motegi Road Course is a long track and with slightly better tires I gained 2 seconds over stock tires and 3 on a solid lap. Looks like you can max the Hp for the FR-S at about 400 and so long as you equip good enough tires, the chassis can handle the power; would need to modify the suspension though.

[lex]

This is a great idea. Will upload my handle once I log in.... its been a while.