1996 · Roadster
Lotos Elara
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
- Body style
- Roadster
- Class
- A · Sport
- Price
- 4,500 Apexons
The 1996 Lotos Elara is a Class A roadster with rear-wheel drive. It tops out at 240 km/h and carries a Performance Index of 822. Buy it with Apexons in the garage, tune its power, and race it against friends and AI rivals on Tokyo's neon street circuits, all free and right in your browser.
Where it sits in the catalogue
- No. 54 of 89 by Performance Index
- No. 15 of 29 in Class A
- No. 62 of 89 by top speed
- No. 2 of 89 by handling
- No. 5 of 89 by lightest weight
How it drives
Rear-wheel drive makes the Elara a natural drifter: lift off or tap the handbrake on turn-in and the rear steps out. The flip side is that too much throttle on corner exit spins it.
Its strongest suit is handling: No. 2 of 89 in the catalogue, so it gains the most on tight, technical circuits.
Circuits that suit it
- Concept Car Circuit · par speed 104 km/h
- Midori Jigoku · par speed 108 km/h
- Akuma no Tōge · par speed 108 km/h
How to tune it
Top speed is its weakest area (No. 62 of 89), so put the first upgrades into power to raise its ceiling on the straights, then balance the rest to the circuit you race most.
Guides to get more out of it
Closest rivals
The cars either side of the Elara by Performance Index, with the gap to each in PI and top speed.
- Tomei Rally Y · PI 823 (+1) · 230 km/h (-10)
- Knightworks Nighthawk · PI 816 (-6) · 257 km/h (+17)