Wait, what? AMG GT R? In COTA? Again? Didn't I done that before in that other game? Okay, you got me fair and square. I once tried driving that car on the said track on P******t C**S 2 just to get a glimpse of what it feels like driving Mercedes-AMG's beast of Green Hell on the venue of the F1 USGP. With Forza 7 featured the same car and the same track, it won't be long until I see the difference when I put the same car on the same track using two different racing games. So much for being a racing genius, eh?
Anyway, the Mercedes-AMG GT R delivers the motorsports knowhow from the AMG GT3 racing machine to the track while delivering some road-legal manners as an everyday sportscar.
It uses a specifically-tuned version of the AMG 4.0L V8 BiTurbo engine producing 585HP of power and 700Nm of torque while mated to a 7-speed AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT. It does 0-100kph in 3.6 seconds and onwards to 318kph.
The AMG GT R features a new aerodynamics profile in the underbody that when engaged in RACE mode, it sucks the car onto the road and reduces the front-axle lift by around 40kg at 25kph. Other noteworthy features of the AMG GT R includes the active air management system, AMG coil-over suspension, active rear-wheel steering, AMG TRACTION CONTROL, rear-axle LSD, and speed-sensitive sports steering.
That other day, I tried that other racing game to get the feeling of what is like driving the AMG GT R round COTA. Now with Forza 7, let's see if there is a difference between the two games when it comes to driving the same car on the same track, regardless of my driving style.
After a lap round COTA, the Mercedes-AMG GT R did it in 2:25.908, although not as fast as what a German industrialist would attempt in his spare time, there is of course one scientific conclusion we can all agree with.
Truth is, it doesn't matter which car you're driving at or which track you're on. It all depends on the games themselves. Forza 7 delivers a much customizable driving feel and when set to SIMULATION, it wants to give drivers a more realistic feel but on that other game I tried the other day, that true-to-life driving physics really sets the men apart from the boys when it comes to get a sense on how a car like this handles. Although not a very professional opinion as such, it really is a lesson I can really learn from these two games because by putting the same car on the same track, the difference between the two games are slightly profound but for me, they're much harder to match the reality of driving.
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