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| Acceleration comments | Accelerating in the Corvette it upshifts at 6400 rpm right before the 6500 rpm redline, and the upshifts themselves are excellent. No excessive banging or noise, just a solid shift that shoots the car forward as it should. With the traction control turned on it spins the tires a bit and then launches hard. With the traction control completely off we didn't notice much of a change, but it did allow for some additional tire spin off the line which actually got our 0-60 times down into the mid fours, which is impressive. Another interesting thing to note is that the transmission is learning and holding gears longer after making full throttle runs, so it knows we're looking for max performance. Stomping on the gas with the traction control off seems to be the best way to get the fastest times, power braking it simply burns rubber but doesn't do much in terms of performance. |
| Braking rating | Average |
| Braking comments | The pedal feel is a bit to squishy for a high performance sports car, there's a hint of ABS vibration in the pedals, but not really any ABS noise. The feel is not particularly progressive or confidence inspiring considering this is a sports car, and I wasn't particularly impressed by the fact that the passenger seat flops forward under heavy braking. The only other thing we noticed is that the Corvette always seems to pull to the right on each braking run, so between that problem and the lack of pedal feedback we're only going to give it an average brake rating despite the fact that the numbers were impressive. |
| Handling rating | Good |
| Handling comments | The Corvette's slalom performance was a little dissapointing because it needed a little extra muscle in the steering to get it around the cones, yet it didn't have any better feel then, say, a Mustang for half the price. It seems to have a slower ratio than the Mustang as well, which is unfortunate. Other than the steering the car is very good and handles very flat. The tires have great grip, and even without putting it in competition driving mode I was able to get very good times, meaning the standard amount of slip allowed by the system is adequate for pulling fast times, so its nice that they dialed back the traction control even in its default setting. This is a very capable car overall, I just wish the steering had a quicker ratio and felt a little lighter. — Karl Brauer |
