85th Running Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, 17-18 June 2017Sports Cars 

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Man, the 68 car almost jack-in-the-boxed the 86 Porsche as the crew pushed it out of the garage.
 
Is that an Aston the the kitty box exiting Karting?
 
LumpiestFish
The Gulf paint scheme has really lost its charm ever since they started sponsoring lesser known teams. Manufacturer ties and strong performances are what kept the paint scheme legendary.
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Yea the Gulf design has lost a bit of it's shine somewhat for me too. Apart from sponsoring just about every race car known to man (which usually isn't issue), it's design has been altered and lost it's appeal as it's become more dull.

Personally I really like the shade of blue and orange used on the '96 Mclaren F1. If that shade of blue and orange was used, with the classic Gulf layout, not the perhaps neutered design we have nowadays, then it'd be much better.
 
Oh man, those poor Japanese fans on world feed, waking up with their Japanese flags :scared:
 
LumpiestFish
The Gulf paint scheme has really lost its charm ever since they started sponsoring lesser known teams. Manufacturer ties and strong performances are what kept the paint scheme legendary.
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I think Ford lost out on not putting it on one of their cars last year. But "muh ecoboost" branding.
 
RandomCarGuy17
Speaking of that song, I've kinda been playing songs featured in the Gran Turismo games while watching the footage. They just suit the race somehow.
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Especially Stop the Rock from GT2
 
That looked like a nasty hit. :scared:
 
Michelin Man
Yea the Gulf design has lost a bit of it's shine somewhat for me too. Apart from sponsoring just about every race car known to man (which usually isn't issue), it's design has been altered and lost it's appeal as it's become more dull.

Personally I really like the shade of blue and orange used on the '96 Mclaren F1. If that shade of blue and orange was used, with the classic Gulf layout, not the perhaps neutered design we have nowadays, then it'd be much better.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. Every Gulf scheme is the same retro one, except for that awesome art car Aston ran a few years back. That dark blue would be a lot more appealing.

sumbrownkid
I think Ford lost out on not putting it on one of their cars last year. But "muh ecoboost" branding.
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Yeah, "Ecoboost" never sounded too sexy.
 
Ambulance was sitting at the side of the track.

Quite a heavy hit, not too sure which car it is.
 
Michelin Man
Yea the Gulf design has lost a bit of it's shine somewhat for me too. Apart from sponsoring just about every race car known to man (which usually isn't issue), it's design has been altered and lost it's appeal as it's become more dull.

Personally I really like the shade of blue and orange used on the '96 Mclaren F1. If that shade of blue and orange was used, with the classic Gulf layout, not the perhaps neutered design we have nowadays, then it'd be much better.
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sumbrownkid
I think Ford lost out on not putting it on one of their cars last year. But "muh ecoboost" branding.
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Opportunity lost on them to integrate it anyway. Pretty sure both can occupy the same door/hood space

EDIT: we got a safety car. Oh lord this is gonna wreak havoc on my Dragon Ball Super viewing
 
Safety car, big crash in karting
 
sumbrownkid
I think Ford lost out on not putting it on one of their cars last year. But "muh ecoboost" branding.
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To be honest, I'm glad they didn't go down the cliched route, and have a Gulf sponsored livery on the GT. If they were to pay homage to the old GT40, I'd much rather they had either the Gold-Red design of the #21 (?), or the black with grey stripes and Gold wheels of the #2 (?) from the 60's, as two examples. Or better still, mix and match with the 4 cars.
 
It's the TDS Racing #28, there wasn't a Ferrari to stop it this time.
 
The #2 is back in the top 10, this safety car won't be helping them catch up though.
 
RandomCarGuy17
Fixed, it was in GT3. Though, there is an Apollo 440 song in GT2 called "Cold Rock the Mic".
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My bad. I got crossed up since Apollo 440 has a song in many of the GT games
 
RandomCarGuy17
Fixed, it was in GT3. Though, there is an Apollo 440 song in GT2 called "Cold Rock the Mic".
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Funny you mentioned that song


Apollo 440 - can't stop the rock was one of the main songs used in the remake of gone in 60 secounds, as I also have the soundtrack to the movie, lol
 
Northstar
The #2 is back in the top 10, this safety car won't be helping them catch up though.
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He was on track to catch the leading P2 in the 22nd hour, so he should still be on track for that.
 
Porsche #2 back in the top 10, but another 4 laps worth of catch-up time before it starts climbing anymore.
 
Michelin Man
To be honest, I'm glad they didn't go down the cliched route, and have a Gulf sponsored livery on the GT. If they were to pay homage to the old GT40, I'd much rather they had either the Gold-Red design of the #21 (?), or the black with grey stripes and Gold wheels of the #2 (?) from the 60's, as two examples. Or better still, mix and match with the 4 cars.
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Personally I think they should have done the colors from their first win if not one of them being Gulf sponsored.

In other news, I hope GT Sport includes the Ferrari 488 GTE/GT3 and the Ford GT GTE.

The Ferrari because why not? The Ford because I can sandbag the online lobby during qualifying. :p

But it's the best looking car on the grid imo, even with that god awful livery Ford forced on it.
 
B_rad88!
Funny you mentioned that song


Apollo 440 - can't stop the rock was one of the main songs used in the remake of gone in 60 secounds, as I also have the soundtrack to the movie, lol
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Huh. Didn't know that. Sounds fitting enough for that movie

EDIT: @sumbrownkid I wanna see both cars go against the C7.R... and inevitably blow up the livery editor lol
 
RandomCarGuy17
Fixed, it was in GT3. Though, there is an Apollo 440 song in GT2 called "Cold Rock the Mic".
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Ahh yes, loved that Apollo 440 song in GT2, in fact I adored PAL GT2's track-list (along with the game), the best of all regions IMO, especially my personal favourite The Stereophonics Bartender and the Thief. Oh and who can forget Fatboy Slim's ****ing in heaven (or "illing" in heaven as one of it's clean titles).

Man, you've got me on a nostalgia trip there...
 
@AMPMROCKETFANN Yup, Apollo 440 stuck around for quite a bit of the series.
@B_rad88! Ah, I haven't watched that movie in a long time to be honest.

Michelin Man
Ahh yes, loved that Apollo 440 song in GT2, in fact I adored GT2's track-list (along with the game), the best of all regions IMO, especially my personal favourite The Stereophonics Bartender and the Thief. Oh and who can forget Fatboy Slim's ****in in heaven (or "illing" in heaven with one of it's clean titles).

Man, you've got me on a nostalgia trip there...
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My favorite songs in GT2 are Rob Zombie - Dragula (Remix) and Garbage - "I think I'm paranoid".
 
sumbrownkid
Personally I think they should have done the colors from their first win if not one of them being Gulf sponsored.

In other news, I hope GT Sport includes the Ferrari 488 GTE/GT3 and the Ford GT GTE.

The Ferrari because why not? The Ford because I can sandbag the online lobby during qualifying. :p

But it's the best looking car on the grid imo, even with that god awful livery Ford forced on it.
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I don't think I've seen a Ford livery that wasn't forced since Dale Jarrett's #88 Ford Quality Care NASCAR in the late 90's
 
RandomCarGuy17
@AMPMROCKETFANN Yup, Apollo 440 stuck around for quite a bit of the series.
@B_rad88! Ah, I haven't watched that movie in a long time to be honest.
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Yeah the scene when they start picking up all the cars, "otto" was saying girls names and crossing off cars from the list. Before the mercedes scene.

"Why do they call'em girls names?" Lol
 
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