DC5 Type R vs Civic FD2 Type R

[skingg]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f6LQkP-yJZo

The verdict is out. Civic FD2-R is a quicker car round the track, though the DC5 was driven by a lesser known driver cos its suppose to lap in the 1m 8s mark as the S2k in Tsukuba. :cry:

 

[Raffe]

Gutted, I will have to sell it now :x :x :x :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

[timp]

shit and i was gonna go there for the weekend and kick arse

 

[chunman81]

nice vid.

 

[C&S Evo7]

dc5 driver sucked

can't see it could be that different to the civic, the gap was a couple of seconds,

oh well better call litchfield and order a civic

 

[Dave SS]

I've seen 1:08.8 laps from the dc5 before, either way - 1:07.9 is seriously fast for the FD2 :shock:

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

It does look impressive but the lines the DC5 driver takes are poor, and I notice he changes up out of VTEC.

I have a vid somewhere of the 2 being a match on track.

 

[Ezza]

Looks quite staged to me, watched the first few minutes and the driver of the DC5 kept changing gear around 7 - 7.5k rpm :evil:

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNk2BKf ... ed&search=

That is even worse!

I am quite happy to admit its a better car than the DC5 but this is iffy.

Let me move out the way for you!

 

[Dave SS]

....regardless of how bad the dc5 driver was, it's still a faster car.
It could be something as simple as it having sticky tyres mind.

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Odd the DC5 is the only one they didnt bother putting up the price / tyres / other stats for?

Maybe missing something in the translation...

 

[C&S Evo7]

Gotto agree a bit with it being staged or a fix, his lines were bad as were the gearshifts,
It seems (to me anyhow) whenever a new car comes out there is a battle with it creaming everything.

 

[Dave SS]

are they still for sale in Japan?
the NSX isn't though is it :?

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Not sure about the DC5, but the NSX has the prestige of being their finest achievement so I doubt they would want it shown up!

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/stoc ... sp?inc=161

22k!

I think it costs about £12k new in Japan :|

 

[azriDC5R]

should have Gan San Kurosawa behind the teg's wheel, but i supposed its part of marketing gimmick by honda too, pushing harder on newer cars...
BM n honda are closely knitted

 

[C&S Evo7]

exactly

 

[Dave SS]

should have Gan San Kurosawa behind the teg's wheel, but i supposed its part of marketing gimmick by honda too, pushing harder on newer cars...
BM n honda are closely knitted

normally I'd disagree with that but when they tested the facelfit DC5 and raced it against varius cars inc the JDM ep3 at Tsukuba you could quite clearly see the ep3 driver let gan-san past at the end of the first lap.
Granted he scared the shit out of most of them but it still looked dubious.

 

[G4Z]

I've seen 1:08.8 laps from the dc5 before, either way - 1:07.9 is seriously fast for the FD2

Yep A 1,07.9 is an amazing time. I love the DC5 but it wouldn't have mattered who was driving it as its never been able to achieve that kind of pace. The pace it was carrying around those tight bends was very impressive. It was giving the NSX alot of trouble in some areas of that track

 

[conoroneill]

I can't believe how gullible some people are or maybe they just don't know what they're looking at. Observe how far off the racing line the DC5 is in the majority of the corners and also how sluggish and ill timed the gear changes are.

It would be a case of roll reversal if there was a new Integra on the way with the NSX doing the same job to make it look believable to the impressionable average Joe.

A DC5 is capable of lapping Tsukuba in sub 1:05 from what I've seen. How standard the car was is debatable but the cars in this video certainly don't even sound standard.

In real life I doubt there would not be much in it between the 2 cars.