G.T.R Lamborghini Special
Part 1: Prologue- Final Bid Goodbye
A small tribute to a truly great legend
Welcome. You join me here at SSR7, which is, depending on whether you drag or not, either one of the fastest or most boring tracks in GT5. Or rather, it’s boring when you’re
not in a Lamborghini. If you are, it's just like any other drive in a Lamborghini. Loud. Fast. Exciting. And this Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce, the lightened, fettled, loudest and most hardcore version of the biggest, baddest and one of the most legendary Lamborghinis ever, is just about the most perfect example to demonstrate my point.
In order for a Lamborghini to wear the SV badge, it
needs to be on the edge mad. And…well, would you just look at it. Yes, it’s nothing like as shocking as a Countach, but just…wow. I mean, wow, look at that wing, it’s not really a wing, it’s a bench. Then there’s the absolutely awesome exhaust pipe which looks like a missile silo. And around the front, you have black, menacing chicken wire housed by the front splitter, long and deep enough for it to work as a plough on snowy days. And to wrap it all up, it’s in a orange so bright it makes Rudolf’s red nose look like a dying light in comparison.
Just look at it! I’m sorry, if you don’t find this car attractive, you just lack something known as a child’s spirit.
I’m equally sorry if I seem…a tad hyper, a tad too like my normal self. You see, this is a pretty special car. I’ve long harboured my love for this big bad bull, having adored its elegant yet oh-so-typically Lamborghini mad styling and apocalyptic noise from the day I saw one. It’s one of my all time favourite cars of the 21st century. And its recent demise was like the loss of a childhood friend. So, in tribute to this legend and the equally legendary engine that, too, has died with it, I’ll take this chance to reenact a famous scene from Top Gear. Parked up at SSR7’s tunnel made famous by drag racers is the SV, and keeping with Top Gear, I’m going to go for a quick straight line sprint, to see if it really can crack the magical 200 miles an hour mark in the space of the 2 mile straight.
But wait…what’s that speck in the distance?
Well, well, well, what do you know? I call out for one run out special, I get two. How lucky is that? The way these things just…show up. Anyway, yes, for the eagle eyed car nuts in you, that is a Mclaren SLR. Only here, it’s a bit more. It’s a replica of the SLR 722, sporting the same 640hp as the factory fresh Lambo, but a heck of a lot more torque. However, the Lamborghini has a higher top speed, is lighter and let’s be honest, it’s already won the fight in the looks at the sound department.
But what about simple, pedal to the metal pace? If Top Gear is to be believed, the SLR should have it, but I’m still not convinced about that.
So…2 run out special supercars, 2 drivers…one immensely long straight…thinking what I’m thinking?
2…
1…
We are off!
And instantly, the bad boy Lambo pulls away! 4WD might have crippled its launch, but the SLR can’t get the power down any better, wasting precious moments spinning up smoke. That’s the downside to having the huge power going through those rear sport hard tyres.
At 150 miles an hour, the Murcielago is steadily pulling away, inch by inch, faster and faster, the SLR isn’t going to be so lucky this time it seems! This is it, the Murcielago’s final task before making way for the Aventador, can it hold off that monster McMerc?
180…190…200! Both cars thunder pass the double ton speed barrier, the SLR catching up, pulling hard, narrowing the gap. 202, 203, 204mph…is it enough, is the SLR’s epic torque enough to take the lead back?!
Nope, as you can clearly see. At 206mph the SV has clearly taken it! The SV has won, taking its rightful place above the SLR as its final sendoff gift.
So, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV. A supercar priced, top of the line raging bull which has enough guts and go to rub it into 600k hypercars like the SLR. But it has been here for the best part of a decade now. It’s time its retired, time it handed the crown down to its offspring. Bring it on, Aventador. You have a lot to live up to.
Thanks to uMadson? for driving the SLR replica!