I love the new Formula Ford, butwhat happen to all of the turbo noise? There is no blow off on this at all. The stock FF EcoBoost is a noisy little car with constant spooling and blow off sounds, the FM5 version is… well, rather boring. Here are a couple of videos to prove my point.
FM5 - - YouTube
Real Life 1 - - YouTube
Real Life 2 - Formula Ford EcoBoost. Street Legal Racer on Road and Nürburgring - /CHRIS HARRIS ON CARS - YouTube
The ford was first car I tried out of the pack. To my surprise I found it very prone to slid and drift, apply gas or apply brake to go sideways. I thought it would be grip car, boy was I surprised how eager it is to go sideways.
it can be tuned to be a leaderboard car on the shorter tracks
Mine still struggles in certain off gas scenarios but it sits #25 at Road Atlanta Club.
Someone has #2 on Catalunya School and I have made some progress at the shortest Long Beach track.
Still not the easiest of cars to drive though.
I do like the raw sound of the engine but sure we need to hear the turbo. After all we hear it on the new Audi lol