Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - German Cars Guide Version 1.3.0 By: Palfy Email: vitzrs1_6@hotmail.com *********************************************************************** Last updated: 3/29/02 Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Why German Cars 3: German Cars in the Game 4; Special Competition for German Cars 5: German Car Power Ranking 6: German Car Ranking 7: Winning Strategies for German Cars 8: Improvements requested 9: Key Statistics and Ranking 10: Tuning Guide 11: Revision History 12: Legal ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Introduction Gran Turismo is one of the most covered games on the Internet. The following FAQ covers the German cars. I assume most people immediately jump to the car rankings, but I strongly urge everybody to read the rankings based on statistics as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2: Why German Cars So you won your first races, acquired your second car after your starter car and souped it up. Now what? I decided to explore German Cars. Not only do I own a German in real life, but there are several very good German cars in the game that can be used in many races and make you a ton of credits. But above all, it is just fun to race them. Even after racing many other cars in the game, I keep going back to my German cars to race them. As explained in my "Winning with German Cars" strategy, you could even make it through many parts of the game with just German cars (although often, there are better cars for certain tasks, e.g., I would rather start with the Toyota Vitz and the New Beetle). Plus, if tuning an Audi TT or New Beetle RSi for rally is not your thing, you should go with a real rally car. It's up to you. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3: German Cars in the Game The following cars are featured in the game Power Drivetrain Weight Make/Model Credits HP Weight and Engine Ratio Audi S4 39,730 261 1510 4WD V6 DOHC 5.785 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro 46,580 221 1395 4WD L4 DOHC 6.312 BMW 328 ci 50,690 190 1465 FR L6 DOHC 7.71 Mercedes Benz SLK 230 55,310 193 1325 FR L4 DOHC 6.901 Mercedes Benz CLK 55 93,110 347 1570 FR V8 SOHC 4.537 Mercedes Benz CL 600 133,950 361 1955 FR V12 5.4 Mercedes Benz CLK 55 Touring Car --- 443 1000 FR V8 SOHC 2.257 Opel Speedster 38,390 144 850 MR - 5.902 Opel Calibra Touring Car --- 449 1060 4WD V6 DOHC 2.36 Opel Astra Touring Car --- 453 1000 FR V8 2.202 RUF 3400 S 76,740 395 1300 MR Boxer6 4.248 RUF RGT 160,000 379 1330 RR Boxer6 3.509 RUF CTR 2 382,000 512 1380 4WD Boxer6 2.684 Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0 15,930 115 1256 FF L4 SOHC 11.115 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi 70,000 224 1156 4WD V6 5.137 Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car --- 123 840 FF L4 6.885 Volkswagen Beetle Cup Car --- 201 1170 FF V6 5.796 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4: Special Competition for German Cars Part of what makes German cars appealing is that there are special competitions just for German cars. Sure, you can use them in many of the other races as well, but the following competitions just for German Cars are featured in the Game Beginner Level -------------- Audi TT Race Car: Audi TT Rome Circuit 5,000 Credits Laguna Seca Raceway 5,000 Credits Trial Mountain 5,000 Credits Special Stage Route11 5,000 Credits Cote d'Azur 5,000 Credits Event Winner (1 of 4 cars + $10,000): All four cars are Audi TT 1.8 T quattro Comment: Pretty easy competition, you can win it with not too much tuning. No-brainer to go for. Sell the Audi TT that you win at the end, since you have one already Legend of Silver Car: Any Merc. Test Course 10,000 Credits Arrow Trial Mountain II 10,000 Credits Rome Circuit II 10,000 Credits Event Winner (1 of 4 cars + $20,000) All four cars are MB SLK 230 Comment: Pretty easy competition, you can win it with not too much tuning. Recommended car: CLK 55, since you can use it for the Amateur Levels later on. But even a modestly tuned SLK will allow you to win this competition. Good money-maker for a beginner competition. No-brainer to go for. Sell the SLK 230 that you win at the end, since you have one already or your CLK is so much better! Beetle Cup Car: New Beetle Rome Circuit 5,000 Credits RSi + tuning Grand Valley Speedway 5,000 Credits Seattle Circuit II 5,000 Credits Test Course 5,000 Credits Cote d'Azur 5,000 Credits Event Winner ??? Comment: This is a tough cookie, even in Beginner mode. You race against the Bettle Cup Car, so do not even think about showing up in the New Beetle 2.0. Get the New Beetle RSi, plus some decent tuning, otherwise the Beetle Cup Car will simply cream you. Amateur Level -------------- Tourist Trophy Car: Audi TT Seattle Circuit 10,000 Credits Special Stage Route 5 10,000 Credits Trial Mountain 10,000 Credits Rome Circuit 10,000 Credits Deep Forest Raceway II 10,000 Credits Event Winner (1 of 4 cars + $40,000): Audi S4 x 4 Comment: The competing TT's look like the ones that you raced in Beginner mode, but that is where the comparison stops. These TT's pack quite a punch, so you better soup up your TT a bit. Still, once your TT is upgraded and tuned properly, you should be able to win this. Enjoy the winner's purse and sell the Audi S4 that you win, since your TT is way better. Legend of Car: Any Merc. Trial Mountain 20,000 Credits Silver Arrow Super Speedway 20,000 Credits Rome Circuit II 20,000 Credits Event Winner Mercedes Benz CLK Touring Car Comment: The Super Speedway and your upgraded CLK make you TONS of credits, so race it often! With a fully upgraded CLK 55, you better know how to race an FR car, but once you are half-way decent at that, you should be able to win all 4 and get the CLK Touring Car. No-brainer to go for. Keep the CLK Touring Car, it'll come in handy. Note: Except for the comments, most of the race info comes from the excellent Gran Tourismo 3 Strategy Guide that is published by Brett "Nemesis" Franklin and OrochiJin - Tim Garza. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5: German Car Power Ranking Please refer to my Power Ranking FAQ on the concept of Power Ranking and the formula used to rank all cars The Power Ranking for German Cars only looks the following: Drive Power train HP HP/W Torque/W Tuned Rating Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car FR 443 1.912 0.169 1.2 11.118 Opel Astra Touring Car FR 453 1.865 0.168 1.2 10.450 Opel Calibra Touring Car 4WD 449 2.000 0.297 1.2 10.181 RUF CTR2 4WD 512 2.273 0.169 1 8.119 RUF 3400S MR 305 3.601 0.304 1 7.587 RUF RGT RR 379 2.975 0.304 1 7.511 Volkswagen New Beetle Cup Car FF 201 4.915 0.364 1.2 7.508 Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car FF 123 5.793 0.506 1.2 7.053 Opel Speedster MR 144 5.000 0.354 1 6.478 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 FR 347 3.838 0.259 1 6.284 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi 4WD 224 4.345 0.308 1 6.269 Audi S4 4WD 261 4.902 0.318 1 5.823 Mercedes-Benz CL600 FR 361 4.578 0.319 1 5.775 Audi TT 1.8T quattro 4WD 221 5.344 0.42 1 5.736 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompresso FR 193 5.862 0.399 1 5.308 BMW 328ci FR 190 6.540 0.441 1 5.156 Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0 FF 115 9.443 0.624 1 4.859 In addition, if you want to know where you get the best bang for your credit, consider the following Credits per Power Ranking Point: Power Cost per Credits Ranking PowerRanking Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0 15930 4.859 3278 Opel Speedster 38390 6.478 5926 Audi S4 39730 5.823 6823 Audi TT 1.8T quattro 46580 5.736 8120 BMW 328ci 50690 5.156 9831 RUF 3400S 76740 7.587 10115 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompresso 55310 5.308 10419 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi 70000 6.269 11166 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 93110 6.284 14817 RUF RGT 160000 7.511 21301 RUF CTR2 182000 8.119 22415 Mercedes-Benz CL600 133950 5.775 23196 Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car 11.118 Opel Astra Touring Car 10.450 Opel Calibra Touring Car 10.181 Volkswagen New Beetle Cup Car 7.508 Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car 7.053 If you compare cars with similar cost, this table should help you to choose the better car. But then again, it depends on your strategy -- if you want to compete in the Mercedes Cup, the Ruf 3400S will not help you, even although you get a much higher ranked car for about the same cost per Power Ranking Point. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6: German Car Ranking I understand the following ranking is subjective, and you might have a totally different opinion. But following is my personal ranking of the German cars. Rather than ranking them in order, I sorted them into the following buckets: - Absolutely worth the credits: Get the car. Period. - OK to own, if you want to spend the money: You will have fun with the car, but it is not a must have - Absolute enthusiast, so I've got to have them In other words, it does not make sense to buy the car - Don't even think about it No matter how much you love the car. Absolutely worth the credits --------------------------- Mercedes CLK 55 AMG This might surprise you, but it's for purely economical reasons. This car is THE money-maker. Get this car, tune it a bit, then enter the Amateur League. Go to the Legend of the Silver Arrow and enter the Super Speedway race. With little tuning, you will win this race for 20000 credits in about 5 minutes. In other words, you can get around 200000 credits per hour doing just that. Also, it's not too tough to win the Legend of the Silver Arrows in both Beginner and Amateur Mode, although I'd recommend you have pretty good tires when racing the more curvy tracks, since this beast is hard to tame. When winning in Amateur mode, you will win the CLK Touring Car, a GREAT car to have! Mercedes CLK 55 Turing Car Once I had it, it became my "default" car for racing the championships in Amateur mode until I got my first F1 car. It's well tuned and is very competitive with the other GT cars. I find it more balanced and more fun to drive than the overpowered US GT cars, such as the Viper or the Corvette. Get the NA upgrade and slick tires for races with tire wear on and you will find out that you clock a lot of miles on this baby. After my F1 car(s), this car has the most miles on it! Opel Astra Touring Car Excellent Touring Car as well. Can be won in the German Touring Championsip in Amateur mode, so you can get this car pretty early on. This car is nimble, quick and lots of fun to drive. I like it a bit less than the CLK 55 Touring Car, though, but you might think differently. Upgrade it and this car will allow you to win the same races the CLK 55 Touring Car does. It could be the cornerstone of your racing efforts until you win your first F1 car. OK to own, if you want to spend the money ----------------------------------------- Audi TT 1.8 T quattro Good 4WD car to have. One of the few cars that you can take to the races immediately without tuning and win in the beginner mode. Great "basis" car for tuning, although the turbo upgrades do not give you too much more power. Also, try converting this beast to a rally car! Pretty easy to drive, does not slide/spin too much. Upgrade it, tune it accordingly and you will find that you will use this car often, although even with some decent tuning, it is still underpowered in many of the Amateur League Competitions. Don't be surprised, if you find yourself battling more for 4th place than first. On the plus side, this car has two dedicated events (Audi TT Race and Tourist Trophy); that does not exactly hurt, either. Without its own race, though, this car would be rated one category lower. Mercedes SLK 2.3 Cheaper alternative to the CLK, but unless you upgrade this car to the hilt, you will not be able to win the 20,000 credit races easily. However, if you struggle with the CLK 55 in the Amateur level Legend of the Silver Arrow competition, you might want to get this car just so you get the CLK 55 Touring Car. Still, the car is fun to drive and not too costly to upgrade. My recommendation: skip if for the CLK 55, or get both of them. Absolute enthusiast, so I've got to have them --------------------------------------------- Audi S4 While higher ranked in the Power Ratings than the Audi TT, the lack of a dedicated race makes this the Audi car to skip. You can try to tune it for rallye, but it's not that easy. I wish they had an Audi rallye car in the game, esp. given the history that Audi had in the rallye sport. BMW 328ci One would have great expectation for a Bimmer, but it is slow and overweight, esp. for the price you pay. Plus, it does not have its own competition, so why own it, if you get a much better car (e.g., Audi TT), for less. However, if you spend 100,000 credits on upgrades, this care becomes suddenly much better. But even then, heavy tuning is needed to make it a contender. Plus, the absence of a dedicated race for BMWs makes you wonder why you should really bother with this car. I played with it for a while, but ditched it for better cars. Mercedes Benz CL600 Great looking car, but more expensive than the CLK55 AMG, and as expensive to upgrade. Also heavier, thus not as nimble. You can use the CL600 to achieve the same things the CLK55 AMG allows you to do, but why spend an extra 40000 credit and fumble around more with the tuning parameters? Unless you really love this car, get the CLK55 AMG instead. Opel Calibra Touring Car Don't get me wrong -- this car is as good as the Opel Astra Touring Car. The reason why I rate this car lower is that you win it very late in the game (in professional mode races). At that time, you most likely have a F1 car, or you use one of the great race cars that you won already (such as the GT One) or you use a Touring Car that you are more familiar with already. Why switch then? If there was a dedicated race, maybe. If you want to re-race the Amateur level competition in this car, feel free to do so. But I saw that as a waste of time, so I raced it once or twice in Arcade Mode, then sold it. Too bad, it is a great car. If you could only win it earlier in the game. Opel Speedster Decent car, hugs the road great, fun to drive, but always feels underpowered, despite its low weight. Since there is no turbo option, you have to go for the 70000 credits NA Tune-Up Stage 3. Then the car rocks! Relatively easy to tune and balance, but compared to other cars, the upgrades are too costly. No dedicated race, so why spend all this money? VW New Beetle RSi OK, you need one to win the Beetle Cup, don't you? I recommend to try to win the New Beetle Cup Car in the German Touring Championship in the Amateur mode. The Cup Car is better balanced and tuned. If you want to go for the RSi, be aware that you will spend more than 50000 credits for upgrades on top of the 70000 it takes to acquire the car. All that for just one series of races? For me, that price is too steep. So win the Cup Car, use it to win the New Beetle Championship, and then sell the Cup Car, since you will not need it again. Don't even think about it ------------------------- New Beetle 2.0 This car will win you ZIP in the Beetle Cup. Save your money for the New Beetle RSi. 'nuf said. VW Lupo Cup Car It's good that you cannot buy this car -- why would you? Actually, it's a pretty decent car, but it has no dedicated race and is by far not as good as the Beetle Cup Car. Can be won in the German Touring Championship in Amateur Level. If you win it, sell it immediately. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7: Winning Strategies for German Cars Be forewarned: Like in real life, German cars are expensive. If your strategy is to be as cost-effective as possible, quit reading this FAQ. Unlike some other cars, e.g., the Lancer, you will not be able to make money by buying a German car, entering a dedicated race, then selling it after you won the race(s) and making a profit overall. But I do not see making a profit as my goal for playing GT3 anyway. I want to have fun racing the cars, and you can have tons of fun racing German cars. Well, your only option to start with is the New Beetle 2.0. As outlined above, this car is pretty much a dog, so you will need patience and lots of races in the Sunday Cup, Clubman Cup and the FF Challenge. There's the Beetle Cup, but as stated above, don't even think showing up with this car, since the Beetle Cup Cars will cream you. You should invest in a turbo early on, so you can enter the Race of Turbo Sports just to win more credits per race than you can do in the other competitions. I would seriously recommend to start with the Toyota Vitz (as outlined in my Toyota Vitz Strategy), since it will allow you to earn credits much faster. Your ultimate goal will be to get the CLK and soup it up, since it is the quickest way to lots of credits per race (Amateur Level Legend of the Silver Arrow, Super Speedway, 20000 credits in less than 5 minutes) Also, it is the quickest way to win a Touring car. To get there, if you start with the Beetle, I would recommend to buy the Audi TT as quickly as possible, so you can enter the Tourist Trophy races in both Beginner and Amateur level. You will have to spend credits for upgrades to win on the Amateur level, but it should come pretty easily. If you follow the Toyota Vitz strategy, win it three times to be able to buy the CLK. Once you have the CLK, you can enter the Legend of Silver Arrow races in both Beginner and Amateur level. Beginner level is pretty easy, but you will need upgrades to win the Amateur levels. Since the CLK is not the most stable car in tight curves, I would recommend buying pretty good tires early on, at least mediums. Sell the SLK you win in the Beginner level races, but your goal is to win the CLK Touring car, since it will be the first Touring car (and quickest one) you can win. Also, as mentioned above, the CLK 55 is your ticket to 20000 credits in 5 minutes, just in case you need more money. If at this time you have not bought the Audi TT, buy it and win the Tourist Trophy races in both Beginner and Amateur mode. Sell the two Audi's you will win as a result of this. Also, the TT is a good car you could take into the 4WD Challenges on both levels. Once you have the CLK Touring Car, the fun starts. Head for the Gran Tourismo Championship in Beginner Level first, then the first five championships in Amateur Level. You should be able to win them all with your CLK Touring Car. Don't forget to change your oil in between championship, or to buy an additional set of tires, since the CKL Touring car comes with Medium tires. After that you have enough credits to do pretty much what you want to do. If the Beetle is your thing, try to win the Beetle Cup Car by winning the German Touring Car Championship (please refer to other FAQs on how to win a specific vehicle in a championship), then take the Beetle Cup Car to the Beetle Cup. Alternatively, you can buy the New Beetle RSi, but you will need to invest in upgrades to win the Beetle Cup. You might have noticed that there's no German rally car in the game. There are three ways to address this problem: - Take your trusted Audi TT and tune it for rally. You will need time to find the right setup, but you should be able to win races with the TT, although not all of them - Take any of your German FF or FR cars, or even your 4WD New Beetle RSi and tune them for rally. I'd recommend the Audi TT, though - Alternatively, give up on German cars for rally, buy or win a Mitsubishi Lancer, upgrade it a bit and win the Mitsubishi Evolution Meeting races on the Amateur Level to win the Lancer Rally Car. That's the most cost- effective way, since buying the Lancer plus upgrades will cost you less than you make by later selling the Lancer Rally Car. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8: Improvements Requested GT3 is a very balanced game and not many things should be improved. With respect to German cars, I can see the following improvements that could be made. 1. I'm 75% through the game and have yet to race a RUF in simulation mode. They are too expensive to race them early on and you win them too late in the game when you have much better cars already. Recommendations - Porsche is such a racing dynasty, arguably the second most important after Ferrari, so license the real thing, not the tuner. Add more cars. - Add a dedicated championship for just Porsche/RUF - When entering the Boxer races with a Subaru, don't just let these Subarus race against each other. Let them race against the RUFs, thus forcing you to enter the championship with a RUF car. 2. There's not a single German rally car. Audi invented the quattro and made it the cornerstone of its rally strategy. Yet, there's not a single Audi rally car in the game. Add one. 3. Mercedes has/had excellent race cars, but only Touring cars from Mercedes are featured in this game. Add one or more of the original silver arrows. 4. Great game, but only one Bimmer? And such an underpowered one? I'm sure you can do better than that. What about the Z8? Or a 750? 5. Speaking of Audi, the A8 would be great as well, esp. in a race of the "big" sedans (CL600, 750i, A8 against Aston Martins, Lexus LS 430) 6. The only Volkswagen I would like to see is the new Bugatti concept car. Now that would be a cool car to race! 16 cyl., almost 1000 horses, WOW! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9: Key Statistics and Ranking OK, here are the facts -- as with all statistics, they are utterly debatable. First, the test methodology: To determine the data needed for the comparisons, I did the following - went to the dealer and bought a brand-new version of the vehicle - took it to the test drive and ran the 1000m test run three times - each time, I also captured the time at 400m and the highest speed - at the end, I kept the best speed and the quickest times for both 400m and 1000m. - went to the tune-up shop and upgraded the car (see below) - set the gear ratio to Level 27 (only tuning performed) - took the car back to the test drive and performed all tests again as described above. Upgrades: These upgrades are probably debatable as well, but I puchased the following upgrades, since I normally buy them (and more) on most of my cars. I did not purchase upgrades that have no influence on the test results, e.g., sports brakes or brake balancers. I always put these into my racing cars, but not into these test cars. After all, even my funds are limited. - Engine & Intake System - Muffler Racing, Port Polish, Full Engine Balancing, Racing Chip - Drivetrain - Clutch/Triple Plate, Flywheel/Racing, Driveshaft/Carbon, Transmission-Full Racing - Turbo - if available, Stage 3 and Intercooler/Racing, - if no turbo option was available, I bought NA Tune Up Stage 3 instead - if both turbo and NA Tune Up were available, I bought Turbo only - Stability Control - Leightweight Stage 1+2 Next are the rankings (based on all the test data), followed by the actual test data, so keep on reading: Rankings -------- Here, I ordered the rankings by how affordable/expensive it is to achieve a result, e.g., how many credits do I have to spend on average to buy one HP. Credits spent per HP gained BMW 328 ci 368 Audi S4 433 Mercedes Benz SLK 230 468 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro 574 Opel Speedster 620 Credits spent per kg gained Mercedes Benz SLK 230 427 Audi S4 570 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro 611 BMW 328 ci 985 Opel Speedster 2088 Credits spent per mph in speed gained BMW 328 ci 2107 Mercedes Benz SLK 230 2425 Audi S4 2799 Opel Speedster 2982 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro 3487 Credits spent per second gained on 400m and 1000m test Mercedes Benz SLK 230 29356 14358 BMW 328 ci 29618 13589 Audi S4 33269 16889 Opel Speedster 40918 19061 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro 49293 20853 Conclusions: The Audi TT gets the least bang for the upgrade buck, so watch your wallet there. The BMW and the SLK are pretty cost-effective when it comes to upgrading, so it makes sense to upgrade them. The Speedster's upgrades are also very expensive, so I would stay away from the car as well. And the Audi S4? Decide for yourself. Test data --------- Audi S4 Power Top Acceleration Weight Speed 400m 1000m Credits HP Weight Ratio (mph) (sec) (sec) Normal 39,730 261 1510 5.785 123 14.357 26.547 Tuned (Turbo) 134,880 481 1343 2.792 157 11.497 20.913 Difference 95,150 220 167 2.993 34 2.860 5.634 Difference % 239.5% 84.3% 11.1% 51.7% 27.6% 19.9% 21.2% Credit / Difference 433 570 31791 2799 33269 16889 Audi TT 1.8 T Quattro Power Top Acceleration Weight Speed 400m 1000m Credits HP Weight Ratio (mph) (sec) (sec) Normal 46,580 221 1395 6.312 116 17.151 30.276 Tuned (Turbo) 140,730 385 1241 3.223 143 15.241 25.761 Difference 94,150 164 154 3.089 27 1.91 4.515 Difference % 202.1% 74.2% 11.0% 48.9% 23.3% 11.1% 14.9% Credit / Difference 574 611 30479 3487 49293 20853 BMW 328 ci Power Top Acceleration Weight Speed 400m 1000m Credits HP Weight Ratio (mph) (sec) (sec) Normal 50,690 190 1395 7.710 114 15.862 29.022 Tuned (Turbo) 141,290 436 1303 2.988 157 12.803 22.355 Difference 90,600 246 92 4.722 43 3.059 6.667 Difference % 178.7% 129.5% 6.6% 61.2% 37.7% 19.3% 23.0% Credit / Difference 368 985 19187 2107 29618 13589 Note: Intercooler/Racing not available for this car Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Power Top Acceleration Weight Speed 400m 1000m Credits HP Weight Ratio (mph) (sec) (sec) Normal 55,310 193 1395 6.901 115 15.568 28.578 Tuned (Turbo) 147,460 390 1179 3.023 153 12.429 22.160 Difference 92,150 197 216 3.878 38 3.139 6.418 Difference % 166.6% 102.1% 15.5% 56.2% 33.0% 20.2% 22.5% Credit / Difference 468 427 23762 2425 29356 14358 Note: Intercooler/Racing not available for this car Opel Speedster Power Top Acceleration Weight Speed 400m 1000m Credits HP Weight Ratio (mph) (sec) (sec) Normal 38,390 144 850 5.902 116 15.232 28.093 Tuned (NA T/U 3) 163,640 346 790 2.283 158 12.171 21.522 Difference 125,250 202 60 3.619 42 3.061 6.571 Difference % 326.3% 140.3% 7.1% 61.3% 36.2% 20.1% 23.4% Credit / Difference 620 2088 34609 2982 40918 19061 Note: Driveshaft/Carbon not available More cars to come -- keep on watching ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10: Tuning Guide In the works... meanwhile, read the Tuning FAQ at gamefaqs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11: Revision History Version 1.3.0 - added "German Car Power Ranking" Version 1.2.0 - added "Improvements Requested" - finalized the "German Car Rankings" section Version 1.1.0 - added "Winning Strategies for German Cars" - added to the "Why German Cars" section - changed "Conclusion" for Audi TT races - minor updates for the CLK 55 and the Audi TT in the "Rankings" section Version 1.0 8/11/01 - First Edition. Here it is ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12: Legal This FAQ can only appear on the following sites: • GameFAQS • CoreMagazine • GameSages • Vgstrategies.com • GameShark.com • FAQ Domain • Happy Puppy • ZDNet/Videogames.com If anyone finds it on any other site, please inform me ASAP. E-Mail Address: vitzrs1_6@hotmail.com Copyright: © Copyright 2001 Palfy. This FAQ and everything included within this file cannot be reproduced (physical, electronical, or otherwise) aside from being placed on a freely-accessible, non-commercial web page in its original, unedited and unaltered format. This FAQ cannot be used for profitable purposes (even if no money would be made from selling it) or promotional purposes. It cannot be used in any sort of commercial transaction. It cannot be given away as some sort of bonus, gift, etc., with a purchase as this creates incentive to buy and is therefore prohibited.