I guess we’ll have access to the trial category when the update goes live in a few?
High Performance Dailies
Alfa Giulia '17
Audi RS6 Avant '15
S1
RS4 Avant '18
RS5 Coupe '18
RS3 Sedan '20
RS7 Sportback '21
E-Tron
RS6 Avant '21
BMW M4 Coupe '14
M2 Coupe '16
M5 '18
M3 Competition Sedan
M4 Competition Sedan
M2 '23
Cupra Formentor
Ford Fiesta '14
Focus '17
Focus '22
Fiesta '23
Honda Civic Type-R '16
Civic Type-R '18
Hyundai Veloster
i30 N
Ioniq 5 N
Jag XE-S
XFR-S
Kia EV6 GT
Lexus RC F
Lynk & Co 03+
02 Hatchback
Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe
E63 S
GT 4-Door Coupe
MG MG6 XPower
MG7
Mini JCW Works GP '21
Porsche Panamera '17
Taycan Turbo S
Taycan WP
Taycan Cross Turismo
Renault Megane R.S '18
Toyota GR Yaris
Camry TRD
Vauxhall Corsa
VW Golf R '14
Golf R '21
Golf R '22
Volvo V60
Xpeng P7
Looks like a lot up there but for the 1st Trial?
Nope, excluding downgrades there are 18 cars, 2 of which are the new Fiesta and Camry which aren’t obtainable yet, all starting in B class apart from the Corsa which is at 584PI.
MG7, Civic '16, both Lynk and Co’s and GR Yaris = weak at B700, many of the remaining ones are native AWD so auto players will either have to put up with shift penalty or sacrifice a good chunk of the limited PI available to clutch + transmission upgrades.
I may just be stupid here and go for the downgraded Kia on drags, A class would open up every car in the list barring the Taycan WP but this restriction really kind of sucks in B class.
For the track I haven’t looked in-game so can’t say this with absolute certainty but it looks like the new Valle Del Rio course, the thumbnail is definitely in the Sierra Verde part of the map and it makes sense for them to start off on one of the newly added tracks, they did that last time with Vista Del Mar on the first Trial after that group of VDM/Marigold/Aeródromo/Linea were added.
probably, they used the new races for Trial last time
here’s the screenshot video for the entire playlist
You’d think they’d want their new tracks to reach as wide an audience as possible but I guess not…
This is just the normal Sierra Verde Sprint, so we’re opening with mostly cars that are just meh at B700, on a track we’ve seen more times than the sunrise in nearly the last 3 years, and who’s first corner is a heavy braking zone into a 90 degree right that is perfect for idiots.
All credit goes to @x_ShadowsBane_x for finding the spot.
Kia on drags is the move
Did some test builds, and I count [26] eligible Trial Cars that reach B700:
Audi S1
Audi RS3 '20
BMW M2 '16
Cupra Formentor
Ford Fiesta '14
Ford Focus '17
Honda Civic '16
Honda Civic '18
Hyundai i30
Hyundai Veloster
Jaguar XES
Jaguar XFRS
Kia EV6
Lynk 03+
Lynk 02
MG6 Xpower
MG7
Mini JCW '22
Renault Megane '18
Toyota Yaris
Vauxhall Corsa
VW Golf '14
VW Golf '22
VW Golf '21
Volvo Polestar
Xpeng P7
[edit: removed Hyundai Ioniq 5)
worst omissions I’ve seen yet are BMW 1M and AMG A45
So Super Saloon and Super Hot Hatch?
Would be surprised if one of the new sprints is not included. Sierra is typically track 2? Maybe throwing a curve ball?
possibly, we should know by Wednesday night at the latest.
maybe the AI didn’t test well on new races so they skipped using them for the trial
Xpeng eh…
I may do a small test but only between the silly/less likely to be used options (Formentor, Ioniq, Kia and all 5 Chinese cars).
Is the Formentor included? (Listed as Sport Utility).