http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons ... page6.htmlDagon wrote:Speaking of lotuses, the newer Exiges (the 'serious' version of the Elise) have 243 horsepower which is a hell of an improvement for a similar weight. Also, comparing it to an RX7 is an unfair comparison since you're comparing a rotary engine to a standard engine - rotary engines have generally about 50 horsepower on their standard fourstroke counterparts but take a hell of a lot more fuel. If you got Lotus to design a new car with a similar size and weight to the RX7, you could more than likely bet on it that it'd be superior in most ways - though anyone with a streak of fanboyism will probably spaz out at the idea of this, it seems to me that Lotus is one of the best euro car manufacturers out there, particularily when it comes to handling and suspension though it seems to be allergiac to making a car weigh more than one ton or using an engine over 2 litres.You might need to watch some car test driving video, lotus lacks power seriously. Yap, Lotus is very very nimble due to it's weight at around 700kg, but it has only 120hp !. Its engine is refined for shaving off serious weight, but it's vulnerable to serious tuning. In other hand, Rx7 weights around 1300kg, but it has 280hp stock with alot of tuning capability. Comparing stock to stock, Rx7 has a better power to weight ratio than lotus. Due to its limited tuning capability, it's impossible to make a Lotus to attain a faster top speed and acceleration comparing most of the heavier car out there.
Anyways, in more real-life measures the argument is somewhat limited given that the size of the cars means it's kind of like comparing a mini cooper to a dodge charger; it'd be more fair to compare it to the MX5 which'd be easily buried by the Exige. It's more or less a rule of the thumb that the bigger a car is, the more power it can essentially put out since it can mount larger engines - while some of the modern technologies and such available today can increase a car's speed significantly, the old formula of bigger being faster is still generally proving true (so long as you don't bring any of those old Citroen engines into the equation).
On that page is a more updated horse power stat. Just as well, the Lotus is a car that can keep it's power coming all through the RPM's while some cars only get their HP stat from their highest point. The lotus can keep 190 HP coming the entire time you're standing on the pedal, and that includes through the turns. And in a recent test from Caranddriver, the Lotus finished best in it's class, beating out only one competitor of note, the Corvette C6 WHOSE HP IS 400, AND WEIGHT IS A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS MORE THAN YOUR RX-7. Just as well, there are plenty of tuned Lotus' that have 400-500 HP. But their are are not as many, because they are more expensive than your average RX-7. And I hate to say this but the 243 hp Exige is not the normal but the Sport Cup. The regular Exige has no power increase over the Elise, but now the new Exige S has a supercharged Toyota motor which makes about 220 hp. But still the basic Elise (the one in Carbon) has 190 HP and is capable of beating much more powerful cars (Like the Corvette).
. there are so many small bugs its unbelivable. but worst of all. u cant unlock all the cars !!! yes i probably would have played threw career a few times anyway. but for fun! now im going to be playing threw career 3 times to unlock all the cars. and if i strugel with sumthing instead of thinking oh well. im gona get pissed off cos i cant unlock a certain car.
lol. cops are much better. in cool down mode 2 ov em managed to trap me and find me again. altho they do seem to apear pretty randomly. canyon drfiting is brill takes a bit of time to get used to the new system but its cool. really tokyo drift esk. normal canyon duels can be anoying. especially in the high powerd cars. having to make 2 perfect runs to win is too much to ask of me (keeping my sanity in the proccess).
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, Emannuelle was great, much better actor than Josie maran imo. overall the storyline was average.
