My FH5 Log: THE M4

In its glorious past, BMW made some of the coolest cars speedo boys love to drive. Now, the world's best luxury carmaker has just gone south of the border because of questionable designs that draw flak from the motoring crowd. One such example is this...

That's right, what you're looking up here is the G82 BMW M4 Coupe, in Competition spec, which I've just won from FH5's Rami's Racing History playlist. The Bimmer with the terrifying kidney grille caused a perfect storm from the motoring crowd is here and it's ready to upset almost everyone.

The G82 M4, like its 4-door G80 M3 equivalent, features the controversial vertical kidney grille slapped on the front, which caused outrage from the motoring community. Putting aside its controversial front face, the G82 M4 is armed with the 3.0L turbo six-cylinder engine that can be mated to either a 6-speed manual or an 8-speed automatic gearbox if you're into the more powerful Competition variant with 510PS of power, 650Nm of torque, and a 0-100kph time of 3.9 seconds. It also comes with an upgraded suspension and chassis setup to make it wider, lower, more rigid, and more enjoyable to drive than its predecessor.

The particular M4 that I've won from the said playlist is the Competition model in a standard rear-wheel-drive configuration, which is great if you're in the mood for smoking. Of course, I can have this G82 M4 in all-wheel-drive Competition configuration but I'll think about it because it's a little surprise that I'm experimenting later on. Anyway, while not have a single comment about its front face, the new M4's dynamics are what fancied me to get one. It drives like every M car should and I'm starting to find great reasons to enjoy it.

Well, well, looks like the time's come to compare two generations of the BMW M4. With the F82 and G82 now living under one roof, it's time to find out which version is the best.

With the streets of Guanajuato my makeshift laboratory, both M4 versions will lap around the cathedral in the fastest time possible. Without further ado, roll VTR.

After letting loose with their hot laps, here are the results;

F82 M4 - 1m08.552s

G82 M4 Competition - 1m08.819s

What a shocking result! Despite being more powerful than its predecessor, the G82 M4 couldn't beat the previous F82 M4 by around 0.3 seconds. Guess the big kidney grille wasn't the only problem with the current generation.

Sure, the face is not what you called friendly and it's not nearly as good as the previous model but hey, at least I got the chance to drive the all-new BMW M4 in Forza Horizon 5. 

Having a blast with this car, I have learned a very valuable lesson about this car. I don't know what that is but it's time to grow up. There's room for improvement for the new M4 and this is something we can all agree on.

Anyway, enjoy your new BMW M4.