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Slopoke B500 Chrysler Crossfire

Ratings at a glance:
Speed 5.6
Handling 6.0
Acceleration 5.8
Launch 6.0
Brakes 5.8

HP 342
Torque 321 lbs ft
weight 2935 lbs
AWD

First Impressions: The Red, White and Blue colour scheme on this car is a winner. It looks terrific and fits the car so well, I like it a lot. The Crossfire is a big heavy car, and you can feel it when you brake, although it’s not so obvious when cornering if you get it slowed down. It feels fast though..

On The Tracks: North America hosts the B Class tour for this car to compete at, starting with the fast and furious Sunset Club Circuit in Reverse direction. The Chrysler launches hard, and leaves the AI far behind in a few moments. Then at the end of the fast sweeping turn you feel the weight as you brake to go left. Then it’s back on the gas and feel the acceleration again. The top speed that I saw on the straight/sweeping left was 150mph, and could still make the turn. It handled the high speed corners with aplomb too, helping me to a new P.B. with a laptime of 1:03.584 at #749 on the Leaderboards.

Moving along and my enthusiasm drops as Sedona Club Reverse is next. The Crossfire feels good, or as good as it’s going to get with my hamfisted driving on this track. It handles some poor lines, it takes some braking whilst correcting the line and everything else I throw in the mix, and still makes it around, so the car is good. The best lap I get is a 1:14.805 which would have placed it in the 800’s on the leaderboards.

Next is Laguna Seca, a track I should know well but for some reason I still never do any good at. The Chrysler is doing all it can and doing it well, but again is let down by the driver. A 1:38.816 best lap is a long way from what it should do, and should be a few seconds quicker if piloted correctly.

Next on the list is Road Atlanta Club, the heavyweight Crossfire pushes a bit wide up the hill, and I had difficulty getting a clean fast lap. I could get a fast lap, but usually picked up a penalty, or I got a clean lap which was slower. The fastest clean lap was a 59.646, but 58’s are easily possible from the Chrysler.

New York Full track in reverse including those damned chicanes rounds out the series. Another of my pet hate tracks, the chicanes ruin the speed and flow of the old track. But anyways on with the show. For a car which could do with losing a few pounds the Crossfire makes short work of the chicanes, and handles beautifully. Acceleration between the traffic calming additions is also brisk and makes short work of those sections before the next chicane looms out of the shadows. All this leads to a new P.B. for me of 1:10.172 for #2275 on the LB’s. A practised driver in these chicanes should be able to knock a chunk out of that time too.

The Verdict: An excellent car all round. The paint looks incredibly good, simple but very effective. The Chrysler drives great once you get used to the weight for stopping purposes. The cornering is extremely good and you don’t feel the weight at all once you hit your corner entry speed. It accelerates well, and hits a good top speed. With some seat time this will be a great car to use on a lot of tracks, but it will need the effort up front to get used to it. A very unusual car to pull from the garage, but will serve you well when you do. Should do well for almost any level of driver as it has no real bad traits to overcome. Search the Storefronts for Slopoke to pick up this one, or find out more at http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/thread/3443611.aspx

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