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The
Cars - General Facts
Having
enough money shouldn't be a real problem since you win money after the races,
this way you should always be able to buy new cars or to upgrade existing cars.
But there's another problem: many cars are not available from the "New
Cars"-menu, you can only buy them as used cars. Therefore you should always
save a certain amount of money (at least 15000, better 250000) in order to buy a
special used car at the time it appears on the "Used-Cars"-menu.
Example: the "356 Convertible D" or the "944 S2 Cabrio Turbo"
only appear for a short time and if you want to own these real good cars you
should have enough money...!
The used car market has an additional advantage: oldies go up in value with
every year, especially old cabrios get very expensive. Example: In 1980 you will
get up to 175.000 Credits for a "356A Super Speedster", whereas a
Coupe would only be worth about 65.000 Credits! This way you can get rich, it's
so easy. Just buy some cabrios at the beginning of EvolutionMode, wait for at
least 20 years, then feel free to sell them on the used car market.....you'll
get a lot more money back than you had to invest! By the way: even if you were
not good enough to win a Moby Dick or a GT1 as BonusCar, now you can just buy
them....you're rich!
Maybe you don't want to work for your money, in this case you should cheat! Read
the following lines in order to get to know how to modify the corresponding
savegame (if you do not have financial problems, continue below):
NFS:PU creates a SaveGame-File for every profile you're using in the game, you
can find the files in "X:\NFS5\SaveData". Now take a look for a file
named "?name.sav", whereas ? is a number between 0-3 and "name"
is the name of your profile. Now write down the exact balance of account (e.g.
21500), quit NFS:PU and use a HexEditor to open the *.sav-file (if you still
need a HexEditor, try "Hex Workshop" --> bsoft.com).
Now it's time to convert the balance of account (e.g. 21500) to an hex value
(21500 = 53fc). In order to do this, use the "BaseConverter"-function
or any other hex calculator. Next step: use the search-function and look for the
offset, where the above hex value is placed (e.g. Search for 53fc). Now
overwrite this value with "FFFFFF", save the modified save game,
launch NFS5 and you should have 16.000.000 Credits! Attention: Sometimes NFS5
gets unstable when using modified save games or if you own to much cars.
NFS5 features a completely new 4-point-physics engine in order to allow a
realistic handling. If you want to achieve good results, it's necessary to know
the specialities of each car, since all Porsches (1950-2000) have different
handlings. By the way: dare to take use of the hand brake, you won't loose
control over your car as easy as you did in NFS4!
All cars are divided in groups with similar handlings:
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Porsche
356 & 356A
All
cars of the 356-series have one thing in common: you can drive them with full
tilt, they are old and good-natured. But in reality, they are wolves in a
sheepskin!
More than 90 mph aren't possible, even if you drive the fast 356A Super with 75
HP. They are slow and heavy, that's why these Porsches won't take off on jumps
and you can control all their movements. But don't even think of driving them in
the border area....! As soon as one wheel looses slip or the car starts to lurch,
you're lost! So there's only one tip: while racing against other 356-Porsches,
drive slowly. If you want to overtake an enemy, wait until you have enough room
and speed, avoid crashes. Drive carefully through curves and don't leave the
asphalt......then you'll enjoy driving these old Porsche vehicles.
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Porsche
356B
The
Handling of these cars is nearly the same as above, but you can drive a little
bit faster and it's finally possible to slide through sharp curves (e.g. Carrera).
One problem: if you loose control over the car, you're lost! Avoid nervous moves,
since every change concerning the center of gravity might amplify your car.
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Porsche
911 (1965-73)
All
earlier cars of the 911-series (including "Coupe 2.4 S") seem to be
uncontrollable..... but as soon as you know how to handle this car (practice!),
they are good-natured. The trick for fast driving with this car is easy: let the
rear swerve! This works fine since "sliding" is one of the
specialities of the 911! At the moment the rear swerves, shift down one gear and
speed up, now the car should stop sliding, drive forward. But be careful: don't
speed up for too long, if you do so it's very hard to remain in control of the
car.
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Porsche
550A Spyder
This
Porsche isn't as fast as 911-Porsches and has a terrible handling, but this
doesn't matter... the car is pure cult! Let the 550A speed up to nearly 6500 rpm,
then you'll have a good acceleration and you won't loose too much speed when
shifting up one gear. The 550A has a "pity" disadvantage: bad steering.
That's why you should slow down before entering a curve, you can speed up again
after you've left the curve.
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Porsche
914/4
This
early version of the 914-Porsche definitely uses a weak engine, too weak to
reach high-speed levels. Therefore you should upgrade your car with a 2.0 liter
engine as soon as possible, otherwise the car won't be able to drive faster than
105 mph. Ok, the 914/4 is slowly, but it has an acceptable acceleration! By the
way: it's not worth to buy used 914/4-cars for 5000-7000 credits, since you
won't get back more than 20000 credits, even if you sell the car in the year
2000....!
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Porsche
911 Carrera RS 2.7
That's
the first "real fast" car. But what a pity, the chassis isn't prepared
for this performance...! The rear swerves easily and the excessive torque often
causes rolling motions. The Carrera RS 2.7 loves to oversteer, try to make
smooth movements, don't slide in bends. Another problem: the car reacts "interessting"
on bumpiness. If you want to win races with this car, you should tune it!
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Porsche
944-series
All
944-Porsches are pure "fun cars"! You can go up to 155mph (using
turbo-version) without loosing control, even in bends. Just use your accelerator
pedal, the 944-cars are good-natured. Sliding is a little bit difficult, using a
front-engine the car tends to understeer. Attention: if you want to drive a 944
with anti-skid braking system, you have to take a cabrio, all the other
944-porsches are delivered without this feature. By the way: the only place to
buy a "944 Turbo Cabriolet" is the used car market!
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Porsche
911 Turbo
This
car is a real monster! It offers up to 400 HP (tuned only), that's why it's
sometimes hard to put all the acceleration-power on the asphalt. Everytime your
car stands and you have to accelerate, be careful with spinning wheels. Avoid
all types of ditches where the wheels (or even worth: only a single-wheel starts
spinning, the other wheels go on speeding) could loose traction, otherwise your
car might begin turning in circles....! The 911-porsche loves to amplify, so if
you've the choice it would be more intelligent to take the 944 Turbo. Tip: with
all upgrades and a good tuning it's sometimes possible to chase a GT1, but only
speed up on straight roads, not in bends!
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Porsche
959
The
959 has a nearly perfect handling and its road holding is very good, of course
not as good as the newer models (e.g. Boxster), but good enough to have real fun.
The reason for this is a "hydropneumatic" chassis also used in most of
Citroen-cars. Unfortunately the 959 (400 HP, 2.5l) isn't too fast, even a tuned
944-Porsche or a 911 Carrera RS 2.7 can beat the 959 on the road! The 911 Turbo
is faster, too, but its handling is that bad, it's usually not possible to win
against a 959. But why is the 959-Porsche not as fast as you could expect from a
car with 400 HP? The answere: the gear ratio of all six gears is more or less of
average quality, stupidly you're not able to change this, bulding in a new gear
unit doesn't work, too.
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935/78
Moby Dick
Although
this porsche has about 900 HP (3.2l), it still provides a good torque. The
handling is self-explaining, you won't have any problems driving this car, since
a high pressure cares for high-skilled road holding. Despite the fact, that the
985 has a lot more horse power, this car is slower than a GT1 (or a tuned 911
Turbo). Why? The problem is, that the 985 offers only four gears and the
car-turbo doesn't work below 5000 rpm! It's no problem to slam on the brakes
with the Moby Dick, in contrary, it's advisable to use the brakes intensively.
If you don't use 'em, you'll soon notice that the 985 with his 200 mph top-speed
is too fast for some bends :-)
But be careful: if you slow down too much, it might happen that the engine falls
below 5000 rpm (that means no turbo any more). If this happens on a hill, Moby
has real problems with accelerating...!
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Porsche
911/964
Most
964-Porsches provide you with all-wheel drive, therefore their handling is very
good on tracks with snow or rain. On tracks like Monte Carlo (dry street) it's
often better to use a 964 with rear-wheel drive because you can slide through
sharp bends. If you encounter difficulties with rolling motions, you should
upgrade your car with the "extrahard" brace.
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Porsche
911/964 Turbo
This
car has real problems to put all his power on the road, even if you upgrade this
second 911-Turbo with a whale-tail. Don't leave the asphalt or if you do, don't
accelerate or brake on the slippy grass (danger of turning in circles).
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Porsche
Boxster
This
stretched two-seater is a little bit slow for his time, the Boxster tends to
understeer. Because of his low top-speed and his good road holding, it's no
problem to take bends with full-speed. Since this car has a "meager"
acceleration don't brake too often, let the car go.....
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Porsche
993/993 Turbo
This
car has an advantage: you can upgrade it (only Coupй-versions)
with the GT2-spoiler. This way you get a fast car with excellent road holding!
If you've prefered manual shift up to now, it's time to think different. The 993
turns up the rpm very fast, if you select to shift the gears for yourself,
you'll have problems doing so. For your own comfort, select "Automatic"
and concentrate on the road, not on shifting down/up every second. Also pay
attention to these two particularities of the car: it takes off easily on jumps
and wheels start spinning when accelerating too fast.
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Porsche
911/996 Turbo
The
996 offers the most power among all 911-Porsches. Combined with electronic
driving-systems it's easy to drive this car. But be careful with the turbo: when
activated the car goes that fast, you should know the track very well in oder to
drive without crashes. Sometimes you may notice, that the car reacts very
nervous when driving it close to his limits.
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Porsche
993 GT2
This
car doesn't have a fantastic performance, but a beautiful design. Somehow EA
made the car a little bit too slow, that's why you should tune it before putting
a foot (a wheel) on the road. If you do not add any upgrades to the car, you'll
have problems to overtake a car like the 993 Carrera......so please tune it to
the max!
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Porsche
GT1
A
real dream-car! Although the GT1 has only 600 HP, he is indeed very fast! With
his six gears (good gear ratio) the car is able to go through bends with more
than 150mph (of course you should use the brakes from time to time...)! If you
feel the car sliding or understeering, make use of the hand brake and speed up
again at the moment you leave the bend. The handling of the GT1 is best on: Zone
Industrielle, Pyrenees, Autobahn, Corsica and Monte Carlo. Avoid using this car
on tracks with heavy jumps or bumpiness, you might loose control over your car.
By the way: GT1 with rain-tyres seems to be an excellent combination.
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