Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 grA Rally '87      J.Leman, Akina Style

This car is part of a pack that includes the following cars:

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 '87   4 skins

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 'Drift 87  6 skins

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 DTM 90s '90 18 skins

 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 grA Rally '87  4 skins

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500Group A '89 69 skins

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Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 in the 1987 Rally version did not win the World Touring Car Championship even if it conquered the pole position in 4 of the 5 races, for irregularities in the structure of the wheel arch panel. In 1988 he won with Klaus Ludwig the Wolf Racing and the Drivers Championship. In 1988 he won the Australian Touring Car Championships with Dick Johnson and John Bowe. 

Features

• Tyres model V10
• 5 gears with H-shifter
• Cockpit-operated brake balance
• 326 bph
• 402 Nm
• 1.130 kg
• 230 kmh

The 414 Mb .zipped file contains 5 groups of cars

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 grA Rally '87 group contains 4 cars

The basic performance of the car is as follows:

Skins:

Animations are few:

Driving impressions

It is not a very easy car to drive, it has a lot of power that develops after a few seconds by holding the accelerator fully pressed. This feature makes it very aggressive, but it creates some stability problems when exiting tight corners under acceleration. In this condition the car tends to skid and it is necessary to correct it in time or reduce the pressure on the pedal. In practice, it is always necessary to pay attention both when accelerating and braking.

Interior

3 carefully designed interior views contain a digital speedometer, an electronic tachometer and, further to the right, a button panel under the air vents. Pleasant appearance even if the steering wheel hides the upper part of the instruments.

The interior of simulated cars, even the best ones like this, always leaves something to be desired. We expect a reality that is hard to find for two fundamental reasons. A very accurate design would weigh too much on the total model so the car could cause some problems of slow execution on slow computers. The other reason has to do with time and obviously cost of execution: the more details there are, the more hours are spent to draw accurately. So, even if I agree that a dashboard more adherent to reality enhances the simulator and increases the reality and the fun, I must admit that you have to be satisfied and pay more attention to the external part.

Sound

All cars have the original Kunos sounds that render very well.

FOV

Except for the instruments view, the FOV should not be changed, but the steering wheel hides part of the instruments. The visibility is very good and by default reaches 3/4 of the windshield and part of the left door glass. Even the rear view mirrors are visible.

Brakes

The car, due to its power and weight, tends to brake poorly in the default setup, and I increased the Brake bias by at least 20%. With this modification, the car responds better and no other corrections are necessary.

Dampers

Great work and great possibility to stiffen or soften depending on whether you put the car on the road or on a dirt road. The rule is always: soft springs low values and stiff springs high values. 

With stiff springs the car is more responsive, but loses traction and grip on obstacles and dirt roads.

With soft springs the car loses less traction, but has a less responsive response.

Conclusions

What is impressive about this car is the 101 total professionally designed bodies (NWRAP and shadow118) that cover all groups. 

A great car for experienced drivers.