The Crew Guide – Best Dirt spec car

Introduction

The Crew features 12 cars that can be equipped with a dirt spec. Which of these cars is the best? Obviously this will be hard because all cars have pro’s and con’s and there are a lot of different tracks. But let’s try to find out!

Just like in The Crew’s best street spec car all cars in this test have been equipped with Level 40 bronze performance parts (a tuner level 40 starter kit). Unlinke gold and platinum parts these parts have no additional bonus. Furthermore all performance enhancing perks were enabled (handling, braking, top speed, acceleration). These two factors combined make sure all cars have an identical performance rating of level 749.

The Crew’s Best Dirt Spec Car on Paper

The following table displays all raw values as displayed in The Crew on 19 January 2015. All stats were archived on screenshots.

Real World Testing in The Crew

It is good to know how the stats of the different street specs compare, but how does this translate in performance? The only way to know for sure is “real world” testing.

Top speed methodology: Accelerating across the salt flats until the approximate top speed is achieved. After that point no more nitrous was used and we let the car stabilize at its natural top speed. The delta row shows the difference between the highest value.

Acceleration methodology: Acceleration was tested at Speed Skill 83 at the Bonneville Salt Flats (Mountain States). All cars were “launched” while depleting their full nitrous charge. No further nitrous was used to complete the challenge.  The nitrous button was held down before accelerating to ensure identical starts. By using the map to fast travel on the Speed Skill itself we can be sure the car always started on the exact same spot. The delta row shows the difference between the highest value.

The Real World data

 Which of these cars should not be used for competitive racing?

Some cars are troublesome and disqualify themselves based on acceleration test:

• Dodge Challenger SRT-8 392
• Chevrolet Camaro SS
• Ford Mustang GT 2011
• Ford Focus RS 2010
• Dodge Charger SRT-8

If we look at top speeds then the following cars are lagging behind:

•  Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 2010
• Nissan 370Z

So if you are looking for the best competitive car you can likely skip on these.

What is the best Dirt Spec car?

Looking at the data a few “winners” emerge. The Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) has the highest grip rating and did best on the acceleration test. Unfortunately it is 5 KM/h slower on top speed. The Mini Cooper has has the highest top speed and scored very high on the acceleration test, it is only 56 points behind the Skyline. The mini also lacks 356 grip points.

Another interesting car is the Chevrolet Camaro RS 1969. This car has a high top speed (229 KM/h), did very well on the acceleration test  (-27) and scored good on the car stats. It is only 177 points behind in the grip rating.

Therefore GameplayInside recommends taking a closer look into the following cars

Nissan Skyline GT-R: has the best grip and acceleration but lacks some top speed (5 KM/h).
Mini Cooper S: has the best top speed but lacks some acceleration (-56) and loses 356 grip points.
Chevrolet Camaro RS 1969: seems to be a well balanced car; lacks only 177 grip points and 27 acceleration points.

Further testing?

Obviously there is room for additional testing. All these cars should be tested on a repeatable track so that the true effect of handling can be taking into account. This guide already took a lot of effort (and bucks), but it is planned for a future update :)!