And now it's time to do
THE COOL WALL!!!
*cue applause that always just has to clap when I say that*
Suddenly, update! I know, right. Don't worry this time: no April Fools here. It's gone 12, sorry, I know it's unlucky to do jokes after then on 1 April. Though I so, so wish I could get the free car before hand...damn!
So anyway, let us begin with this, the
Honda CR-X del sol LM Edition.
Now, I've been playing GT1 again as of late, having started a new game and all that jazz, and having got this, and having tried to get used to it, this has been the most recent addition to my small garage. It's in red rather than the black you see here and that looks better IMO. No pictures I could find of an HQ red model though...
This has not been seen since GT2 where it was one of the LMs that was left as a difficult one to get. But in GT1, the physics engine of the game makes this a truly insane car - a Concept Car for dummies if you must. Firstly, it's a CR-X del sol put up to some 560hp and with the engine shoved into the back, weighed down to 900kg and given RWD. This makes it incredibly hard to drive, incredibly bouncy and with all the extra power, very turbo-laggy too.
But the things you can do with this are amazing. The bounciness gives some stupendous angles for this, and the ability to get around a corner simply by braking and turning on this is, or was, second to none. Now such things wouldn't quite be as possible, but back then this was a D1GP car for the game. It was amazing. This is truly one of the reasons to get GT1 still among all the other LM Editions, and this is why I have this in my
Sub-Zero section. Class.
Up next, the
Nissan Pulsar GTi-R.
Much like the CR-X this has not been seen since GT2. It was mainly starred for GT1 use again, and there it was a pro as well.
As potent in the highly dangerous AI's hands as a normal player's, this was one of the fastest Class B spec cars and one of the most usable 4WDs around. This was and is truly a spectacle of what 4WD can do - a Skyline among hatchbacks. This would be an easy match for stuff like the Focus RS today and Nissan needs to find a way to bring the spirit of this back. Good job Nismo's coming in to bring production models to the UK...
This is definitely
Sub-Zero though. One of the legendary hot hatches. Get it NOWWWWWW
Moving on, we have the
Subaru BRZ.
Ooh, now, Subaru. This gives me a chance to take out something.
Oh no it doesn't. Because this is basically a Toyota GT86, and that is super cool.
This is pretty much the same thing but with a different badge. However, the fact it is still a Subaru, plus the engine is Subie no matter what means it cannot be absolutely cool. The GT86 is better because it was largely what all the concept led it up to be, and also because of the slight badge change. But not bad here for a Subaru, to be pretty much the only cool Subaru ever minus 22B.
Cool.
Next up,
Singer 911.
Ooh, a classic 911 here. Well, a modern classic 911 if that makes sense, but you know what I mean.
This is an old 911 for today. -Oh wait, Porsche already make that? Oh, damn! Still, all seriousness considered, this is a true blast from the past, and one of the main signs of retro among cars I guess. It still looks great today, far better than modern 911s, and perhaps looks better than the classic RUF-age (BTR/CTR) 911s they used.
Sub-Zero, surely.
Next,
Audi R18.
I don't like Audi's Le Mans cars very much. They always keep winning. Peugeot only stopped them once, and now they've left...what are we gonna do?
Still, for the 2011 Le Mans itself, it looked promising when two Audis crashed out when large conspiracy theories starring Ferrari appeared. Many were thinking "Oh god, what happens if the third one goes as well? It'll be all over, surely!" I was imagining it: the third Audi crashes out, the first failure of a German thing ever and as a result the first German thing to have style at all, was it gonna happen...?!
It never came. Oh.
Still, props to #2 for actually surviving the whole race amidst its team-mate's failures. I hope it enjoys winning next year as the whole number of competition to come at Audi is about none.
Uncool.
We now come to the
Alpine A110 AND
Alpine A310.
Basically, two Alpines. Right, whatever.
The A110 is the faster of the two and actually somewhat of a cheap shot in GT5 at least, since it pwns everything French like it. Bad start to that then. It won the first WRC, yes, but then you have to take into account how it looks. And it's...bad. Oh.
Seriously, it's ugly. That loopy back does not look good. Nor does that loopy front. Of course, as it's RR, the two ends do not look any different, and as a result, the A110 suffers.
Uncool for that.
The A310, meanwhile, is far better. It can actually fail sometimes, it's been a TV star...I...guess...and it also looks a great, great deal better. It looks like a true coupe should - whereas the A110 looks like a shrunken down 60's-70's political leader's car. This looks like something soulful, and it is something soulful. Plus it goes like heck on track too.
Sub-Zero, definitely.
And to finish, we have the
Ford Mustang.
You might be wondering why there's just a 'Boss 302' version on the picture (it doesn't make any 🤬 difference). Well, I'm talking about the Mustang name in general, and I just chose this. Whatever.
I have never cared a whole lot for most big, long lasting American names like this one. But too many people go on PR/fan rants about it too often. A single conversation involving any American car leads to a Mustang, and it leads as a result to someone backing it. Of course, this being GTP, no one usually argues against it...I...think, but still, too many people look for Mustangs where they're not necessary or practical. Seriously, you want something? Buy a Golf. And no, do NOT follow the traditional Cars in General forum direction of 'NA' because that's BOOOOORING.
Uncool here though lol.
So, that concludes this installment of the Cool Wall, and no, there are no holes in it. This is not a 'most stressful game on television' like every ITV show in the working hours is (barring stuff with houses), this is GT5/real life SERIOUS STUFF!!!
Text by C-ZETA