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Cannon Fodders Naked B500 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI GSR “Bullet”

Ratings at a glance:
Speed 5.4
Handling 5.9
Acceleration 5.9
Launch 6.5
Brakes 6.0

HP 312
Torque 334 lbs ft
weight 2371 lbs
AWD NO AERO

First Impressions: I was blown away by the quality of the graphics on the Evo. Da Fods has done a terrific job of

the HKS bullet from the gunman. The black and white Livery is clean and perfectly done. Big thumbs up on the

paint. The tune also feels good, it’s no aero so we might have a little less grip than most but make up for it in straightline speed..

On The Tracks: The B500 Asian Tour was a good place on the evnts calendar for this car, so starting this series of races puts us at Tsukuba Short. Immediately my overzealous driving brings out the worst, and I got a little oversteer in some corner exits, and understeer on the way in. Braking a little earlier, and holding off the throttle a little longer stopped that, but in between you can hold a lot more speed than you’d expect to. The result was a fastest lap for me of 44.559 a new P.B. at #792 on the almighty leaderboards, pretty good then on the tight track.

Motegi East is next up, and on this track I found the Evo could be pushed very fast into the corners, and blast out of them quickly. I was enjoying the drive so much, it was fast, grippy and has excellent brakes and worked so well at Motegi East. The fastest lap and another new personal best at 1:30.380 puts me at #530. Great so far.

Moving forward through the events brings us to Suzuka to run the West end of the track. The Mitsubishi again puts in an excellent performance. Every type of turn is handled with the same precision and then the car powers out along the straights. Another good laptime for another P.B. 1:24.763 puts me at #1019 here.

Motegi returns, this time for 4 laps of the full track. Not my best track, and I mess up in the first lap, but the second lap feels good and I get a clean lap. The only one though as I mess up the 3rd lap, and then at the end think it’s a 3 lap race, and get ready to cross the line sideways (I’m not the only one, come on admit it you do it too right?) As I cross the line I realise that the race is still on. DOH!. So the best lap was a 2:07.613, and it could have gone faster, but it still beats my old P.B. and puts me at #2037 so it’s not all bad.

The final race comes back around to Suzuka. Full circuit but this one really is only 3 laps. Again I love the Suzuka track, but a good laptime on the full circuit always eludes me. The Evo again feels fantastic, and holds every corner wherever you place it. Fast or slower corners all feel good, but a little more speed is useful on this circuit too. In the end it’s another new P.B. from the best lap of 2:15.262 which gets me to #1574 on the leaderboard for this track.

The Verdict: A stupendous looking paint with excellent details, and somehow Fods has made Black and White look cool again. I love the paint. Then onto the tune itself, 5 new P.B.’s from 5 races, and two in the top 1000 says a lot. I am not the fastest guy in the game, and running no assists this Evo had to do a lot of the work. It did and how. A really solid tune, and a very easy to drive car. Yes it has a little understeer, and can be made to oversteer if you get too hamfisted with the throttle, but it doesn’t let go of the track easily. All I’m gonna say is go get the car as soon as you can it won’t disappoint. Details of availability to follow….

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