Car Testing
After growing increasingly annoyed at YouTube videos back in 2013 suggesting things like the Carbonizzare being the quickest car in GTA Online because it had the highest in-game stat total, I took it upon myself to use my racing game experience to find out properly.
Current Testing
Starting in 2024 I took all my learnings from 10 years of making GTA 5 testing videos to create the best possible series from scratch for GTA 5, then GTA 4, and continuing with GTA 6.
Previous Testing
In 2014 I started testing GTA 5 cars fully upgraded for lap time, adding top speed to the mix in 2015. With over 500 videos and 750 vehicles tested, this is my longest running series.
Original Testing
This is what started it all off back in late 2013 as nobody else was doing this at the time, with lap time testing for stock vehicles around the Rockstar created Cutting Coroners track.
Fact-Finding
While not lap time or top speed testing, the Fact-Finding series also aims to improve knowledge on other aspects of cars in GTA via proper testing and reliable information.
Car Testing By Year
I started car testing pretty early on in the life of GTA Online and it evolved significantly over the years. If you want a chronological exploration of new car releases and car testing videos, starting from old gen GTA 5 stock testing to GTA 4 and GTA 6, the playlists below contain everything.
Note: these playlists are somewhat editorialised and don’t stick strictly to when the videos were published. For example, the last few testing videos of the 2020 DLC will be in the 2020 playlist despite the car and video actually being released at the start of 2021.
Track Links
Rockstar’s Cutting Coroners was the initial track for my GTA 5 stock testing, but the longer GP version I made in 2014 has been used for all upgraded cars since. I took the same approach when making GTA 4 and GTA 6 testing tracks. Links for all can be found by clicking below.
Further Info
This section contains any extra relevant info related to my vehicle testing in the GTA games.
Testing Methodologies
I’ve always tried to be as transparent and scientific as possible with my testing, explaining exactly how it’s carried out and any limitations. I’ve chosen to focus on the two aspects I think are most important, and the full methodologies for both lap time and top speed are linked below.
Car Upgrades & Setups
I’ve done a lot of testing over the years to bust a number of myths, as well as prove a number of things, about vehicle upgrades and setups that Rockstar might not show you. I’ve written the articles below to cover all you need to know to make sure your cars are going as fast as possible.
Spreadsheets & Website
Something I’ve always done alongside my videos is maintain comprehensive spreadsheets of vehicle info for GTA cars, including my lap time and top speed testing results. GTACars.net also does this in website form. All spreadsheets and further website info are on the page linked below.
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