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Name: Aston Martin V8 Vantage LM
Livery: Either a Classic British Racing Green with a Yellow Stripe across it's grille (An Aston-Martin Racing Trademark) and a Black, Stylized "7" in a Circular Number Plate
OR a Bright Yellow Body with "54" in a Cicular Number Plate
Visuals: This:
Engine: 6.0 Liter, Twin-Charged V8
Drivetrain: Front-Engined, Rear-Wheel Drive
Horsepower: 730
Torque: 605 Lbs-Ft
Weight: 1,950 Lbs (Minus Driver but with Fluids)
Based on the incredible GT700R Silhouette campaigned by David Ellis Motorsports throughout Great Britain, The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a no-compromises racing car that's comparable to the equally-mad TVR Cerbera Speed 12; Both are Front-Engined, Rear-Wheel Drive monsters built purely for racing, both packing amazing power and acceleration in lightweight, surprisingly aerodynamic bodies.
The V8 Vantage LM differs, however, in it's overall detail design and overall execution. While the "Base" GT700R was a built around a Steel-Tube frame, the Vantage LM features a pure Carbon-Fiber Monocoque and an Engine that's not only Super AND Turbocharged (!), but sits in the dead-center of the chassis for aerodynamics and ideal weight distribution. This, along with a windtunnel-crafted body that sits only 41 inches high(!!), puts the V8 Vantage LM among the true elite of GT2. Now, if only it's hyper handling an brutal acceleration could be tamed...
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Name: Honda Prelude LM Edition
Livery: A plain Black Livery with either Red, Yellow or Purple accents, a blank number plate and BBS-Style "Mesh" wheels (Gold with Silver rim).
Visuals: Something like this:
Engine: Turbocharged 2.0 Liter Inline-4
Drivetrain: Front-Engined, Rear-Wheel Drive
Horsepower: 593 @ 7500 RPM (9000 RPM Redline)
Torque: 359 Lbs-Ft @ 5000 RPM
Weight: 2,169 Lbs (Without Driver, but with fluids)
Originally built to All-Japan GT300-spec, this particular Racing-Spec Honda Prelude was converted into an "LM Edition" via beefed-up internals, a larger turbocharger and wider Wheels & Tires (With bodywork suitably stretched to fit such wheels & tires). It's thought to be comparable to the Honda Del Sol LM, though it's power-to-weight ratio and acceleration aren't nearly as good due to the lower HP figures and the higher weight brought on by the car's FR configuration (Despite featuring a De Riguer Carbon-Fibre Monocoque Chassis with Steel-Tube Subframes Fore & Aft of the cockpit). Handling has been described as "Decent, if a bit wild" out-of-the-box though...
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Name: Ford RS200 LM
Livery: A plain, White body with either Blue, Red or Maroon stripes similar to the classic factory Ford Rs200 Group B Rally car's Livery OR a Plain white body with some small black "Associate" Sponsors (Goodyear, Bosch, Etc. Etc.)
Visuals: Basically This:
Engine: Turbocharged 2.1 Liter Inline-4
Drivetrain: Mid-Engined, All-Wheel Drive with a 30% Front/70% Rear Power Distrubution (Stock, but adjustable)
Horsepower: 693
Torque: 478 Lbs-Ft
Weight: 2,489 Lbs (Less Driver)
Though not the most obvious use one would expect when thinking of Ford's unloved RS200 "Rallying Supercar", the Ford RS200 LM was built solely for circuit racing and is derived from a Still-Born IMSA GTO-Spec "Silhouette" that was built and tested, but never actually raced in-period (1989-'91). This particular car features a Carbon-Fiber Chassis fitted with a custom-built running gear based on the Focus WRC car and powered by a 2.1 Liter BDT-E engine that Co-Developed by Cosworth and famed Engine Tuner Brian Hart.
This engine, along with the RS200 LM's All-Wheel Drive and surprisingly light weight, promises to propel the RS200 LM to some incredible (Sub 3-Second) 0-60 Times; However, it's relatively wide track coupled with a short wheelbase mean that it's not the most serene-handling car around...
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Name: Ford RS200 LM Pikes Peak Edition
Livery: A Plain White Body with a Black Rear Wing(s), a Black Front "Splitter" as well as a few subtle accents of Blue or Green in a "Pixel Dot" scheme plus a White, Italicized "9" on the (Massive) Rear Wing
Visuals: More-or-Less This:
Engine: 2.1 Liter Turbocharged Inline-4
Drivetrain: Mid-Engined, All-Wheel Drve
Horsepower: 800
Torque: 579 Lbs-Ft
Weight: 2,501 Lbs
This is what most people would assume a Ford RS200 is meant to be used for; As a Hillclimb Car pure and simple, built alongside it's circuit-based "Sister" using much of the same internals and construction methods and meant to run in the "Unlimited" Class at the famed Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, where the RS200 Lm "Pikes Peak Edition" aims to take on the likes of Rod Millen's Toyota Tacoma Silhouette & Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima's Suzuki Escudo, among others... It's acceleration is Breathless, the downforce levels produced from it's massive Front "Splitter" & Rear Wing are staggering and it's speed, while not quite "Excuiseo"-Levels, is definitely in the ballpark... The real question is, who's brave enough to drive it?
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Keep it the same simple livery as my red Castrol RX-7 LM edition, with the same top end performance as the full tune GT-C...
