British Cars in CSR2: Lotus, Bentley, Jaguar and TVR Ranked

Britain’s two big names in CSR2, McLaren and Aston Martin, already have their own ranking in our best McLaren guide. But British cars go much further than that. Our CSR2 world records sheet has 70 more records from nine other British makers: Lotus, Bentley, Jaguar, TVR, Noble, Ginetta, BAC, Mini and Land Rover. The headline: none of them reaches the top 100 of Tier 5, but several are real contenders lower down.

Tier 5: the Lotus Evija leads

Car	Record	Rank in Tier 5
Lotus Evija	6.828	123
Bentley Continental GT3 (Pikes Peak)	6.971	246
Ginetta Akula	7.266	413
Bentley Batur Convertible	7.369	451
Noble M600	7.438	483
Jaguar XJ220 (E.C. Level 50)	7.473	510
Jaguar C-X75	7.937	739
BAC Mono	8.292	813

Best record per model at the time of writing, out of 890 timed Tier 5 cars. Purple-star records except the XJ220, a gold star.

The Lotus Evija, an electric hypercar, is Britain’s best Tier 5 car outside McLaren and Aston Martin, with its three versions at 123rd, 133rd and 167th. Our electric cars analysis explains why EVs like it sit well above the Tier 5 average.

After the Evija there’s a big drop. The Bentley Continental GT3 race cars sit side by side at 246th and 248th, and everything else is in the bottom half of the tier: the typical British Tier 5 record here ranks around 710th.

Bentley: one race car, then a long tail

Bentley has the most records of the group, 22, but almost all of its speed is in the GT3 race car. The road cars rank far lower: the Batur Convertible around 451st, the Bacalar around 688th, and most Continental GT versions between about 700th and 885th. The two Bentayga SUVs sit near the bottom of Tier 4, as our best SUV ranking shows. If you want a Bentley that races, it has to be the GT3.

Jaguar: the XJ220 needs Elite Customs

Jaguar’s best Tier 5 car is the XJ220, a Legends car, at 510th with Elite Customs Level 50. At Level 0 it’s 728th, so the upgrades matter; our Legends guide and Elite tokens guide cover both. The C-X75 is around 739th, and the F-TYPE SVR and Project 7 cars sit near the very bottom.

One record stands out for the wrong reason. Victor’s Jaguar Project 7 is the slowest car in Tier 5 on our sheet: 890th of 890, at 12.094 seconds. Its record uses a very unusual tune, including a final drive of 5.00 that only ten Tier 5 records run.

Tier 4: TVR and Lotus

Tier 4 is where British cars hold their own:

• TVR Griffith: 54th of 232 as a purple star, the best British car in the tier.
• Lotus Emira Vorsteiner LR-52: 77th.
• Roman’s Bentley BR9 (Fast & Furious): 80th.
• TVR Sagaris: 85th.
• Jaguar XE SV Project 8: 146th.

TVR, a small maker with just five records, has two cars in the Tier 4 top 90. For its size, it’s the most impressive British brand in the game.

Tier 2: the Mini that beats almost everything

The best British result of all comes from the smallest car. The Mini John Cooper Works GP ranks 3rd of 32 in Tier 2, behind only two Elite Customs Legends, the 300 SL and the 250 GTO. Lotus has a strong Tier 2 presence too, with Finn’s Exige 360 Cup at 13th and the Exige LF1 at 15th.

In Tier 1, the Mini Cooper S is 11th of 16.

Which British car should you build?

• For Tier 5: the Lotus Evija, ideally the blue purple-star version.
• A Bentley: the Continental GT3 race car, not a road Bentley.
• For Tier 4: the TVR Griffith, then the Lotus Emira Vorsteiner or the TVR Sagaris.
• For Tier 2: the Mini John Cooper Works GP, 3rd in the tier.
• Avoid for racing: the Continental GT road cars, the F-TYPE SVR and the Project 7s, all near the bottom of Tier 5.

Every car linked above is in our car collection, and you can browse Lotus, Bentley, Jaguar and TVR on their own. For every brand’s fastest car side by side, see the fastest car from every brand.

The verdict

Beyond McLaren and Aston Martin, Britain’s best Tier 5 car is the Lotus Evija at 123rd; nothing else from these makers gets near the top of the tier. Their strength is lower down: the TVR Griffith is a top-60 car in Tier 4, and the Mini John Cooper Works GP is 3rd in all of Tier 2. Bentley has the biggest garage but only one real racer, the GT3.