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FH4 Subaru BRZ, Toyota GT86; FH5 Toyota GR86

And some observations about Forza aero. In the interests of research, I did some builds of these cars (RWD) in B and A class. The B-class versions are drivable, but in spite of the BRZ and the GT86 being same-actress-different-hair, the former had worse handling through corners, being prone to wheel spin and sliding. The curious thing here is that the weight distribution of the BRZ was 54% to the GT86’s 53%, but that 1% seemed to make all the difference. Overall, the cars are too chunky and too slow in B class to do more than struggle, but I was going for handling builds as I want to be able to tune these things. The GR86 has even less scope for upgrading to the top of B class, but in performance, is much like the GT86 in this class. The A-class build of the BRZ was much like the B-class one, being terrible through corners as it was still prone to wheel spin and sliding. The A-class GT86 continued to have superior handling, which got me curious as to why there was such a difference. I ...