Yeah definitely, even with relaxing the challenge to just stock PI like I did a couple of weeks ago I only just about managed the Danger Sign with the 911 after quite a few attempts, but tried a bunch of builds on the M5 and the closest I got was an agonising 199.90mph, since around 197.5 was the closest I came before/after that though I gave up on it.
Were the stock gearing not so awful for the Lambo V10 swap (well mainly the issue is 6th being longer than the Nile so it starts miles away from that engine’s powerband) I’m sure I’d have been able to do it, stock engine suits the gears better but can’t fit enough power in, and the adjustable gearboxes cost 1-2PI which was enough to make the Lambo engine also lack the power.
That’s a really interesting restriction in its own right; I’m impressed with how close you managed to get on that speed trap given that I was a good 20 MPH away in the stock car on a clean run. My usual brute-force approach on stunts that demand an upgrade is to swap the engine if there’s room, then just start grabbing whatever random engine upgrades I can…and then I inevitably screw myself over because I always forget about upgrading the transmission so my creation is completely hamstrung by gearing.
For anyone looking to do the Hammer Down daily task stock, I can confirm that the Hammer Coupe easily clears 1000 feet on the Runway danger sign if you use the whole run-up. I’d imagine the same is true for both Launch Control and Los Jardines.