eSports Car of the Week: Renault Clio
By Kelly G.
Art of Gears brings you a different car, a different race, and introduces you to the world that is eSports racing. Our eSports Car of the Week is the Renault Clio in Forza Motorsport 6.
This week’s eSports race event focuses more on your ability to maintain good rpm management rather than on raw horsepower. To be competitive at racing in the D class league in Forza Motorsport 6, you need to concentrate on maintaining good speed through the corners to keep your rpm’s high once you hit the straights.
In fact, because the D class vehicles are not as quick to get up to speed as the other race classes, many of the top racers in these class events will hardly use any real braking when approaching a corner.
Instead, they rely more on getting off the throttle early and downshifting in order to maintain an rpm level that will ensure optimum exit speed through the turns into the straightaway.
The car we are racing in this week’s eSports event is the 2003 Renault Clio V6. This mid-engine, 3-liter V6 was a track superstar back in its day, and the current model year Clio is still being raced by young up and coming drivers in the Renault UK Clio Cup.
In 2017, the Renault UK Clio Cup season will have a total of 18 races, covering nine different circuits, including world class race tracks like Brands Hatch and Silverstone.
The Renault UK Clio Cup is also a natural progression for drivers pursuing their dream of racing in the BTCC and has produced some of the very best drivers in pro-touring cars and also GT and sportscar competition as well.
We took some time this week to check out some of the race videos from the Renault UK Clio Cup and thought this hot hatch would be the perfect car to compete with in this week’s eSports event.
Art of Gears eSports Event Details
The Race: Forza 6 Compact Sport League Event
Date: Sunday, December 31st – Sunday, January 8th, 2017
Time: Various (times to be announced on Facebook and Twitter @ArtofGears)
Game: Forza Motorsport 6
Highlights from the 2013 Renault UK Clio Cup Championship.
eSports – The 2003 Renault Clio Setup
Art of Gear’s Forza 6 2003 Renault Clio
Car: 2003 Renault Clio
Car Sponsorship Paint Scheme: Yellow and Black
Car Sponsorship Color: No. 73 Various
Car Class: D
Tune: Yes
Drivetrain: Xbox One Elite Controller (Manual Shift)
Car Assists: Traction Control Off; Race line: Turns Only
Vehicle Damage: Yes
Mandatory Pit: Yes
AOG Positives: Clio is quick in and out of the corners.
AOG Negatives: Lacks good top end speed.
Here is a quick video of Team AOG racing the Renault Clio in this week’s D Class League Hopper Event.
Next: eSports Car of the Year: 2017 Ford GT
As you can see, the D class races are all about keeping your speed through the turns to stay up with the leaders. Oh yeah, did you see that car brake check us in the video? If you scrub too much speed, good luck trying to catch up in this league!
Are you interested in racing the Renault Clio with us in Forza Motorsport 6? Dates and times will be announced on Facebook and Twitter @ArtofGears for you to join us this week.