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The Ticket to Ride FR-S was really good on corner exit compared to the stock car even though it had quite a bit more power. You could get hard on the gas much earlier. We wish we could have a test day to dial it in more. The car would be a very potent track or autocross machine with some tuning.
The Ticket to Ride Mustang was so much improved over stock. The stock car was pretty difficult to hustle around the road course while the Ticket to Ride car was much more responsive and fun. If we had some time with it, we could have probably doubled the lap time improvement over the KW/Whiteline off the shelf suspension baseline settings and taken several seconds off the lap times.
The stock FR-S was so underpowered, it could not drift an entire medium speed banked turn, the supercharged Ticket to Ride FR-S could at least do that. Although even our pros could not link the entire course on the Ticket to Ride car due to the car having too much stick for the power, it could drift nicely around single medium and tight radius turns no problem. The firm, well damped suspension made it easier to be smooth while drifting.
The stock Mustang was hard even for our top pros to drift anything more than low speed turns. The thrashing beast either wanted to understeer or spin. The Ticket to Ride Mustang did much better although the engine didn’t have enough power to link the whole course. It was the better drift car of the two due to its smooth V8 power.
Tyler and Michael discuss the characteristics of the stock FR-S.
The Ticket to Ride Mustang had corner exit oversteer issues due to the power of its V8 engine, but unlike the stock car, it was easy to catch and bring back under control. Look how flat the body is.
Unlike the stock FR-S, the Ticket to Ride FR-S had enough power to get the tail out with power oversteer. It was also much easier to catch the oversteer compared to stock.
