== Major Micros ==
- R/A MM v1.0
- PD: 3.2%
- Character: Spry and quick, but unforgiving beyonds its limits.
First off, Major Micros and Spa are a terrible combination. Terrible. The cars are at nearly full speed coming out of any of the major corners, so the vast majority of your time is spent just holding down the throttle and waiting for the next corner to show up.
The Fiat’s far and away my favorite car in the Division. It has personality far beyond its size and, if set up properly, can offer a driving experience to match.
Two factors dictate the car’s behavior: Its diminuitive size and its RR drivetrain. Like most RR cars, it can get a little loose when braking or off throttle, but is typically very stable when you’re on it. However, the short wheelbase causes the transition between those characteristics to occurr lightning-quick, so you’ll need to be on top of your input corrections if you want to keep it under control. It also has a propensity for stepping out on some (but not all) steady-state corners that I haven’t quite sussed out yet, but I’m working on it.
That light weight and short wheelbase also means it stops and turns on a dime, so you can run it deep into the braking zone. Just take care not to get overzealous at turn in, or you’ll pitch the back end out from behind you and end up taking the corner backwards.
Shift point is at 5,900 RPM, but anything from around 4k-6.3k is usable if the situation demands. It’s not like you’re losing a ton of power if you short shift or stretch a gear a bit.
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MM v1.0 initial release.
== Sport GT Icons/A700 ==
- R/A SGTI v1.0
- PD (SGTI): 6.2%
- PD (A700): 7.3%
- Character: Eager and energetic, like a labrador/Jack Russell mix.
The Sagaris might not be my favorite TVR, but if I had the dosh to buy one it’s probably the model I’d actually be looking at. It’s the apex of everything the company was going for, and the last car they made before going into the lurch. Not sure if they made LHD versions, though.
In SGTI trim, the car’s a bit exciteable. 400 horses in a 2000 lb package is a lot, and the front-biased weight distribution just adds to it. Turn-in is quick and emphatic, and the rear just kind of dawdles around doing whatever it very well pleases after the fronts are halfway through the corner already. As long as you’re careful to squeeze onto the throttle to roll some weight back onto the rears before you stomp on it, it’ll dig in and go. Get on it too early or too harshly and you’ll smoke the rears six ways to Sunday and likely end up doing donuts on the lawn.
Also, the brakes are amazing. Between that and the tenacious turn-in you can run it really deep into the braking zone and still make your marks.
Shift point is at 7.7k according to the telemetry screen and 8.7k according to the in-car tach. Regardless of which number is correct (smart money’s on the telemetry), it’s just after the shift lights on the tach start to flash. The powerband is pretty broad and there’s nearly a thousand RPM before the fuel cut, so the shift lights are more a polite suggestion than they are a hard and fast rule. Coincidentally, the car should probably be set up as a four speed, but that just seems wrong to me.
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… Version History …
SGTI v1.0 initial release.