Originally Posted by teamgp

The faster corner speeds of the 05 are definitely noticeable. The steering input is much less in order to carve up chicanes as well. I had my XRC 04 setup well enough to win a few stock A mains. But after a buddy of mine went from a BMI 04 to a stock 05, it was hard work trying to make up the speed he had gained mid corner. So I quite naturally jumped on the bandwagon and acquired an 05 after selling a rib or two to scrape up enough funds. He was an average B main driver before. But his lap times dropped immediately from 12.5's to 12.1's. The 05 seems to accelerate harder out of the corners as well.