Thread:Feuerrm/@comment-14.2.146.232-20170914110212/@comment-27736210-20170922170055

@Feuerrm

Unlike TheGoldenThunder (which seems to be a parody of The Silver Lightning), I'm not heavily biased towards an obviously inferior car, just because I can't afford the superior one (Sagaris vs Camaro SS).

I dont actually own the Sagaris, but ten minutes of watching my older brother complaining about how much worse the Sagaris is than the Camaro SS (after I asked him to test it out in ranked races) has demonstrated to me that its inferior. You just can't overcome that 30 km/h speed gap.

However, I do own BOTH the Cobra and the Camaro SS, at the tunes 0501 5050 (@1245) and 2502 5051 (@1500), with the Camaro SS being previously at 0500 3030 (@1394). Also, in terms of usefulness and how beautiful the two cars are, I love them almost equally. I would say that I like the Camaro SS a bit more (my user page says "I am Camaro" instead of "I am 16"), and I also love the Camaro Z/28 (which is why I always make the specific distinction of saying "Camaro SS" rather than "Camaro"). However, I would say that I find the Cobra to be slightly more useful, that is, better in Multiplayer.

It's a little difficult to compare the Cobra and Camaro SS, since they have such different strategies, strengths, and weaknesses, and since they fight at different ranks. In fact, I used to think that the Cobra was worse than the Camaro SS, after I pummulled Cobras by the dozen at rank 1394. However, I now own the Cobra (I've had the Cobra for 2 months and the Camaro SS for 3 months) and I've noticed something peculiar; the Cobra pummels the Camaro SS at rank 1245. It's like Yin and Yang.

I'm reasonably seasoned with both. Despite being a rookie, of sorts, I've been able to independently get to Champion League with both the Camaro SS and Cobra. I'm also decently skilled at using them. I'm possibly worse than Dr. Healusion at driving them. However, I do understand their matchmaking dynamics and strategies very well.

Unlike Dr. Healusion, I don't have the SLK SE, so I haven't abandoned the Cobra. Before I came to this Wiki, the Cobra page was a mess, saying that the BMW M2, TVR Sagaris, Camaro SS, Evoque, Hommage, Vulcan and SLK SE had rendered it useless. Dont you find it strange that a "useless" car managed to get me into Champion League twice? Also, the page was being vandalized with profanities.

Unlike Feuerrm (you), the bulk of my Asphalt 8 Multiplayer career hasn't been centred around the Hommage and Vulcan. Also, you seem to have destroyed your Camaro SS recently, and you have never needed to get good with the Cobra, since you have the Hommage and Vulcan.

Overall, the more I've used the Cobra and the Camaro SS, the more Ive been noticing that they aren't as different as I thought. They are actually extremely similar, not polar opposites.

At this point, there are only two differences between the Cobra and Camaro SS. And it all owes to the fact that nearly no one owns the SLK SE (less than 300 people?), let alone uses it. If the SLK SE were as common as the DS Survolt, I'd say the Camaro SS is superior to the Cobra in a heartbeat. But that's not how it works. Currently both cars lose to the SLK SE, and most SLK SEs prefer to target Cobras because the speed gap is larger. However, the second difference is that the Cobra accelerates a lot faster than the Camaro SS. This doesn't sound huge, since the Camaro SS @1500 is over 90 km/h faster than the Cobra @1245. However, fast acceleration is the difference between getting an early lead and falling behind. It's the difference between picking up nitro bottles and losing them to a Hommage. It's the difference between slowing down to 60% speed around curves and slowing down to 80% speed around curves. Most importantly, it's the difference between getting knocked down by swarms of Sagaris' and MP4/8s, and not getting wrecked by anything but Donkervoorts.

Overall, the Cobra vs Camaro SS fight is very tight, but I would rather face more SLK SEs with the Cobra than deal with the abysmal acceleration of the Camaro SS.