One thing characterises your view of the GT world as far as I can make out - it is new to you. Those if us who came from pan car classes to GT12 have had no trouble at all making any of these cars work.
I built my SS and raced it with a set-up from the Schumacher web site. Understanding how foam-tyre case behave I made a few small changes to suit tracks. The car was predictable, fast and totally reliable.
I had exactly the same experience with my SSGT and with my Zen. However, most people would not notice the subtleties of my set-up, nor the attention to detail of my build. I suspect that anyone moving in to any new class would experience these sort of 'growing' pains. That's what I passed on to you guys.
I think you are unfair on both the cars and the people when you put problems down to a wrong choice of car. Properly set up an SS 'RTR' kit will give hours of pleasure and I would wager that with a top ten driver they would beat you with your Zens.
If you really want fresh blood in GT12, then embrace their choice, help them get the best from it and help people get their cars built and set up for reliable racing.
XRacer is right - the class has matured quickly and it is a couple of years away from having got as much it can from the rules as set. Once that point is reached there will be three or four cars out there that go well straight out of the box.
I know you all want this class to succeed and to promote it through things like this thread and helping new drivers. However, dissing one car or praising another isn't the way to do that.
All the cars are good, it is how they are set up and driven that counts. That's where we come in - helping people get the best set-up and build on their car so that first driving experience is the beginning of a happy time racing GT12, whatever car they choose.
Let's get back on topic- we haven't had an excited Stu update on his racing for while. There is advice to be given!!
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