Need For Speed Payback - LV399 BMW M3 E46 GTR Performance is a disgrace to MostWanted 2005

June 19th has finally updated all cars to have the LV299 cap removed and now can be fully upgraded to LV399, including the BMW M3 E46. With the Most Wanted body style and livery, finally we can experience the BMW M3 GTR's full potential.... of disappointment. It's a bit unfortunate that it's performance is just average.
Played with keyboard, manual transmission.

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Timeline:
0:06 - Mountain Run V2, Sprint Race
2:02 - Fortune Valley Railway, Online Casual Speedlist Race
4:28 - Bait Crate Police Ambush
7:15 - Bridge Trial, Time Trial
10:23 - LV399 stats, performance and speedcards

LV399 BMW M3 E46 GTR Race spec Performance review:
As the title says, it's not going to beat 911 RSRs, Regeras, Volkswagen Beetle and even the old BMW M3 E30.

The overall drifting style is very heavy and you will need to use the handbrake. It's overall drifting speed is good but you will lose a lot of speed if the angle gets large. At low and medium speed, it does have a decent drift angle but as you get faster, it becomes shallow and limited which requires you to use the brakes mid-drift. It's similar to the Lamborghini Murcielago except the Murcielago is a bit more responsive. The M3 E46 does have good drift recovery speed.

It's overall acceleration is average at best unfortunately, both engine acceleration and NOS power. The combination of average acceleration and cornering makes this car... average among the other cars and the lap time on Mountain Run shows that too.

Soundtrack:
MW 2005 OST - We Control
NFS The Run Instrumental - The Limit
MW 2005 OST - Most Wanted mashup
MW 2005 OST - You Must Follow
MW 2005 - B-Side wins again