GTP Cool Wall: 1999-2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)

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1999-2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)

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I'm glad I live in my own bubble, I've never watched a F & F movie nor had to endure fanboys ruining the car for me. I must have seen this car about five times only in the wild and I got very excited each single time that I saw it, it instantly brought memories of GT2. Cool.
 
I love them to bits and I squeal a bit whenever I see one. However, it goes into the same category as an Evo or any of those "tuners" for me though and that, sadly, is uncool.

Also, I'm loving how divisive this vote is. Nearly equal votes for everything except for meh.
 
SZ, drive one to know why, like a mild modded condition Bay Side Blue with NISMO Manta Ray rims, 300+kW at the wheels of raw power :P
 
Not many cars on the road have the presence of these - IMO even better than the current GT-R monsters. If I had my way it would be a SZ, but in reality outside the world of petrol-heads it's a solid Cool.
 
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I don't know what to think of this. It's stupid, but it works. It's not pure rice, it's not a humble tuner, but it's what I call "tasteful rice." I don't like what they did to every car in Fast 2 Furious, case in point that Honda S2000 they ruined.

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It's a love/hate relationship I have with those cars. As much as I like the Jetta from the first movie...yeah. It looked like a gaudy rally car...

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Point is, it's hard to like what Fast & Furious did to the R34 or any tuner, but honest to god I wish they kept the series like it was instead of what it is today.
 
Also that chick who drove the S2000 was paraded all over the promotional materials and constantly treated like an unparalleled hottie in the movie but she looked like someone put a pug face on a 15 year old girl.






And the Jetta was awesome. Pull off the blue on the side and it looks like a touring car.
 
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Also that chick who drove the S2000 was paraded all over the promotional materials and constantly treated like an unparalleled hottie in the movie but she looked like someone put a pug face on a 15 year old girl.
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Because, you know, any car girl is best girl :P
 
If it had been the Z-Tune being polled, I would have given it a cool. As much as I like the R34 in Bayside blue or Midnight purple, I just can't give it a cool.

R33 and R32 on the other hand..
 
I have already mentioned this in the Prelude cool wall, but I'll say it again. The fact that the Skyline R34 is wildly overrated, frequently riced, and commonly associated with "JDM STANCE BROS" or annoying fanboys, will not change my vote at all. I will determine this car's coolness solely on it's looks, performance, and build quality.

That aside, all Skylines, GTR or not, have been a favorite of mine. I knew about these cars before I entered the world of Gran Turismo, even though GT has heavily increased my knowledge on Skylines, and make me like them even more. The R34 GTR is my favorite of the Skyline GTR's, and in my opinion one of the greatest Japanese cars to come out of the nineties. Thanks to it's strikingly good looks, responsive handling, and fast acceleration, it is an excellent performer.

High cool.
 
By 1999 it's performance wasn't really that excellent anymore; or at least wasn't the scrappy giant slayer that it was in the R32 and (to a lesser extent) early R33 years. It was still fast, but there were a lot of fast cars in 1999 and not all of them were more expensive.
 
I loved these cars when Gran Turismo showed me they existed, and I eventually grew to dislike them for a period of time for their wild popularity.

I'm back to loving them again, as I learned that having to explain that a car sucks because of some movie, and then explaining the bad movie, is more uncool than being a diehard FnF fan that thinks whatever it is they think.

SZ
 
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By 1999 it's performance wasn't really that excellent anymore; or at least wasn't the scrappy giant slayer that it was in the R32 and (to a lesser extent) early R33 years. It was still fast, but there were a lot of fast cars in 1999 and not all of them were more expensive.
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I do wonder how the R32 and R33 got their reputation for being super special awesome. I understand that they won many races in the JGTC, but was that it? Because by 1992 there was the NSX-R which was at least equal in performance to the GT-Rs.
 
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I do wonder how the R32 and R33 got their reputation for being super special awesome. I understand that they won many races in the JGTC, but was that it? Because by 1992 there was the NSX-R which was at least equal in performance to the GT-Rs.
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4WD was a large fad for a while. The NSX also cost a lot more. A lot.
 
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I do wonder how the R32 and R33 got their reputation for being super special awesome. I understand that they won many races in the JGTC, but was that it? Because by 1992 there was the NSX-R which was at least equal in performance to the GT-Rs.
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The R32 absolutely blew out Group A racing when it debuted, completely dominated JTCC racing (to the point that it was abandoned in favor of JGTC) and N1 time attack races, and also won out in a few of the National level racing series (especially Australia). It also cleaned house in a few of the big name endurance races too (won Bathurst 1000 twice, Spa 24 hour once). The R33 wasn't as successful (because that was also the time that the Porsche 911 GT2 started becoming ubiquitous in races, most of the international series were already supercarfests under GT1/BPR rules and a lot of National level series changed their formula mostly to keep the GT-R from coming back), but Nissan had decent results with the car in Le Mans both years and did pretty well in JGTC (a couple teams even held on to the R33 after the others switched to the R34 in 1999).


In comparison the NSX never really did anything in racing besides JGTC and a couple good finishes at Le Mans because teams generally just weren't interested.
 
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I do wonder how the R32 and R33 got their reputation for being super special awesome. I understand that they won many races in the JGTC, but was that it? Because by 1992 there was the NSX-R which was at least equal in performance to the GT-Rs.
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Well in Australia at least, between the R32 and the Ford Sierra Cosworth the ATCC became the V8 Supercars because of those two. The R32 won 9 of 11 races in its first year and was subsequently neutered (weight penalties and lowered boost) then outright banned, turning it to Falcons and Commodores.

Then as mentioned there's the JGTC performances and Le Mans.

Wheels Australia was the publication that gave the GT-R the Godzilla moniker.

The R33 on the other hand was only truly memorable for being the first production car to run the Nordschliefe in under 8 mins, as well as its performance in N1.
 
I wish if someone just keep cars like this stock and not molest it with all those "modifications" *ahem*... HUGE STICKERS, BODYKITS...etc

I want it as close to stock, not huge spoilers, massive "cool jdm's stickers" or super stanced wheels.
 

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