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Warning: Very long post
If you dont know what is GT500, LeMans, DTM.. or have some doubts or curiosities about it, heres the right place. This list have explaining about it and have the list of the cars that are on these categories and on GT5. It also does tell the difference between real cars and Polyphony fantasy cars. (*)
*Sorry about any english mistakes. The original list of categories was published in Brazilian Portuguese. This is a manual translation.
Part of the content give a concept, an explanation, about some of the words we use most of times, without knowing the meaning. Theres also some comments about what is a shuffled, balanced category in real world.
The list of categories carries 53 categories, divided in two parts: Real and Fiction. Every category has a description made to introduce it for you. Below of the most real cars has a link showing what website provides the information about it. You can try yourself search at the website more stuff about the car and the category by clicking the link.
For those who wants organize/host events with these categories, its very highly recommended to do a flatness (balance the category) first (be a category doesnt mean have balanced cars, not in Gran Turismo). More details about the flatness is at the attachment about it. At an attachment we have a link to the topic that have some balanced fiction and real categories for GT5 and more details about the flatness (link at gtplanet).
=> The 3 "kinds" of cars
The three types of cars are: Street Cars (road), Tuning Cars (tuner) and Race Cars (racer). The reason of the existence of the road car is to be sold in large scale, ready for consumption. They are ready to satisfy costumers, with high comfort, security and economy (we have some exceptions of course). Tuning cars are modified road cars for a different reason, like racing and drifting. And Race Cars are made for racing competitions.
Every car has a base. At the race car´s manufacture, they dont do a road car and then modify for race. The car is directly made, sometimes with the base of the road cars sometimes not. That´s the main goal about the difference between a Race Car and a Tuning Car. The Tuning Car is not directly made. The Tuning Car used to be a road car. RMs should be Tuning Cars, but most of them acts like the road car never existed.
=> The Concept of Categories
Basically, category is a group of cars that have some characteristics in common. Category doesnt mean group of cars made to race together, however at main cases thats the point.
Talking about the categories made for together racing, category means a group of cars that obey to a specific regulation (group of rules and specifications) that are made for making the race close and balanced. In GT5, this only applies to cars that raced together at real world (minority, or better: rarity). For others cars, category means only a group of cars that raced in a group of championships in a group of years. For trying to make it clearly, an example: GT500. Lets put together two cars: Yellow Hat Supra 2005 and Calsconic Impul GTR 2008. In categories concept for real life, they dont belong to the same category, because they didnt race at the same regulation (rules for Super GT 2005 are different from rules for Super GT 2008). At the concept of categories in game, they belong to the same category, because both of them belong to the Super GT championship.
From there rises a theory that explains the non equality of most of GT5 cars (not all of them are not balanced): Raced at different regulations. A regulation is made for shuffle the category, but different regulations are not made for equalize themselves.
=> The concept of Touring Cars
Touring cars are race cars based on comfort street cars. The comfort street cars are made for easy drive and to be comfortable for long distance travel. Touring cars also are trustable.
They are equipped for racing. At some Touring Cars Championship rules, the use of sophisticated technology is prohibited. The reason ? To not make the Touring Cars too much expensive. One of the main points here is to keep the some base car characteristics, specially the comfort and the design.
=> The concept of GT (Gran Turismo or Grand Tourer)
Grand Toures are race car with the body shape based on road cars. Part of the advantage characteristics are also imported. The main difference for Touring Cars is that these cars have to be a bit more different from the base cars, discarding the comfort and non advatange aspects (however, some categories and regulations rule that the GT car has to be alike the base road car). Another difference is that these cars aren´t based on comfort cars, they can have Super Sports Car on base (like Ferraris and Lamborghinis).
=> The Concept of Prototype
Prototype is a car designed for a special desire: Race. No base road cars. They usually have special aerodynamics, lower gravity center and less weight. They are popularly called LeMans, however not all Prototype is a LeMans car nor all LeMans car is a prototype. They also have some sophisticated technologies. Most of these technologies are used on the future on road cars, when they get cheaper (thats why the name is "prototype"). For example, a Formula 1 car is a prototype, even if has some singular specs, like open wheels.
=> The Concept of Stock Car
Stock, as the name says, are cars that are stocks, with no modifications. At it first moments, stock car was created for road car racing with no tuning. However, today stock car are category cars that have the same engines, brakes, body shape, suspension, etc. The variations are at minimal adjustments, like the car height, but these small changes can do big differences.
SUMMARY
Part I - Real Series
1) Well-known categories
1.1) Super GT e JGTC
1.2) DTM
1.3) Nascar
1.4) Formula 1
2) Less-known categories
2.1) LeMans
2.2) FIA GT/WTCC
2.3) Cups
2.4) Can-am+Group 7
2.5) D1GP
2.6) Rally
2.7) Nurburgring 24 hours
Part II - Fiction Series
3) Race cars
3.1) Touring
3.2) Cups
3.3) Formula X1
3.4) LeMans & DTM & Nascar
4) Tuning Cars
4.1) MTC
5) Road Cars
5.1) German League
5.2) Super Sport Cars
5.3) Prototypes and Special Road Cars
EXTRA: RMs list
EXTRA: Curiosities
EXTRA: Link to the official car list
Cars marked on bold: Allusion cars. Cars that arent a genuine copy of the real car, but very look alike the real one. Can have small differences at engine, weight (ex: 5 more pounds than the real car), horsepower or a in game car that is a newer version from the real one.
P: Premium
E: Expansion/DLC
S: Standard
Part I - Real Series
The most interesting part of the list has real cars from real categories that are inside the game, like Formula 1, Super GT, LeMans and many others. It starts from the most popular ones to the most unknown.
1 - Well-known categories
Most people at GT5 already know these categories, that are widespread at all players from world and some of them are included as a category in game (like GT500), at the options.
This part of the list is quoted from this list (very few modifications):
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=159182
1.1 - SUPER GT E JGTC
Super GT and JGTC are categories from the Japan Tourism Championship. The real championship happens one time per year, and have some interesting rules (like put ballast for winners) that are not performed on GT5.
Its very common confuse JGTC and Super GT. The game does this confusion, else PD knows about what is right. Super GT has the new cars (2005 upper) of GT500 and GT300. JGTC has the old cars, 2004 below. GT500 are cars with 500 hp and 1.100 pounds for Super GT and 1.150 pounds for JGTC. GT300 are cars with 300 hp and variable weight. So, when someone says that will do a Championship using Super GT GT500, means that will do a championship with cars with year 2005 upper, with the general specifications of Super GT for GT500. When someone says that are going to do a JGTC Championship, he has to say if it is GT500 or GT300. Or better: Should say. In practice, the mistakes are made, by someone's ignorance or by the interest of marketing or by other reasons.
In game, GT500 is JGTC GT500+Super GT GT500. The same happens to GT300. Notice that the category is made for weight and horsepower restrictions, not PP. PP would disturb it balance.
a) JGTC
GT300
S Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (JGTC) ‘03
S Nissan C-WEST RAZO SILVIA (JGTC) ‘01
S RE Amemiya AMEMIYA ASPARADRINK RX7 (JGTC) ‘04
S Subaru CUSCO SUBARU ADVAN IMPREZA (JGTC) ‘03
S Toyota SUPERAUTOBACS APEX MR-S (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota WEDSSPORT CELICA (JGTC) ‘03
GT500
S Nissan CALSONIC SKYLINE (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda ARTA NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda Castrol MUGEN NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda LOCTITE MUGEN NSX (JGTC) ‘01
S Honda Mobil 1 NSX (JGTC) ‘01
S Honda RAYBRIG NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda TAKATA DOME NSX (JGTC) ‘03
S Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 (JGTC) ‘00
S Nissan CALSONIC SKYLINE GT-R Race Car ‘93
S Nissan LOCTITE ZEXEL GT-R (JGTC) ‘00
S Nissan MOTUL PITWORK Z (JGTC) ‘04
S Nissan PENNZOIL Nismo GT-R (JGTC) ‘99
S Nissan PENNZOIL ZEXEL GT-R (JGTC) ‘01
S Nissan XANAVI HIROTO GT-R (JGTC) ‘01
S Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R (JGTC) ‘03
S Toyota au CERUMO Supra (JGTC) ‘01
P Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘97
S Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘01
S Toyota DENSO SARD SUPRA GT (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota WOODONE TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘03
b) Super GT
GT300
P RE Amemiya Amemiya AsparaDrink RX7 (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Subaru CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus Weds Sport IS350 (SUPER GT) ‘08
GT500
P Honda ARTA NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Honda EPSON NSX (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Honda RAYBRIG NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Honda TAKATA DOME NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus ENEOS SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus PETRONAS TOM’S SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra (SUPER GT) ‘05
1.2 - DTM
Putted in game as "Touring/Tourism cars", the DTM Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) is, like the name says, a competition for German touring cars ( its evolution made it accept non German cars too, but to simplify we say that are only German cars like it used to be). For those who Super GT is very familiar, DTM would be the German Super GT. GT5 miss dozens of cars here (as it does in many others real categories).
a) DTM
S Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI Touring Car '93
S Audi A4 Touring Car '04
S Audi Abt Audi TT-R Touring Car ‘02
S Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5 – 16 Evolution II Touring Car ‘92
S Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car ‘00
S Opel Astra Touring Car (Opel Team Phoenix) ‘00
S Opel Calibra Touring Car ‘94
S Vauxhall Astra Super Touring Car ‘00
S Vauxhall Calibra Super Touring Car ‘94
b) 90´s DTM
S Vauxhall Calibra Super Touring Car ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5 – 16 Evolution II Touring Car ‘92
S Opel Calibra Touring Car ‘94
S Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI Touring Car '93
1.3 - Nascar
Nascar is the United States Stock Car. They are heavy cars, with high horsepower, that most of times races on ovals circuits (in GT5, Daytona, Indy and Special Stage Route X only), that are very look alike each other but for our surprise they are different and requires some skills. The category is also well known because of the accidents, because the cars race too close. Thanks to DrifterJoe for making this list.
P 2010 Tony Stewart #14 Impala
P 2011 Tony Stewart #14 Impala
P 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 Impala
P 2011 Jeff Gordon #24 Impala
P 2010 Juan Montoya #42 Impala
P 2011 Juan Montoya #42 Impala
P 2010 Jimmie Johnson #48 Impala
P 2011 Jimmie Johnson #48 Impala
P 2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Impala
P 2011 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Impala
P 2010 AJ Allmendinger #43 Fusion
P 2011 AJ Allmendinger #43 Fusion
P 2010 Carl Edwards #99 Fusion
P 2011 Carl Edwards #99 Fusion
P 2010 Denny Hamlin #11 Camry
P 2011 Denny Hamlin #11 Camry
P 2010 Kyle Busch #18 Camry
P 2011 Kyle Busch #18 Camry
P 2010 Joey Logano #20 Camry
P 2011 Joey Logano #20 Camry
P 2010 Brian Vickers #83 Camry
P 2011 Brian Vickers #83 Camry
2 - Less-known categories
Less fashioned categories that are not listed in game, they are less known. Most of times they are very incomplete.
2.1) LeMans
LeMans, the most known from unknowns, is a singular category. These cars have, at most of times, heavy rear and rear engine. Because of that they require skills from the driver. They also have extra aerodynamics. They are popularly called prototypes, but not all of them are prototypes
LMP1 and LMGTP are categories for brand new fast cars. They are lightweight and have many HP. The original category has complex rules.
Group C is a old version from LMP1 and LMGTP, with cars from 1987 to 1992. Less technology dont make them worse.
LMGT is a category that actually, is many categories. It started on 1980. They used to be very alike Nascar (old name: IMSA GT). But today they are Gran Tourer cars, but with the LeMans kind: Rear engines and some extra rear pounds. And extra aerodynamics.
The LeMans category is more diffused than it looks to be. It have many national versions, like ALMS (American LeMans Series). The national versions are not the same as the international ones, but they are very look alike.
a) LMP1
P Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Team Peugeot Total '10
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
P Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Team Oreca Matmut '10
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
P Audi R10 TDI Race Car ‘06
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2008/2008_06MidOhioResults.pdf
S Audi R8 Race Car ‘01
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2001/2001_01texas.pdf
S Audi R8 Race Car (Audi PlayStation Team ORECA) ‘05
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2005/2005_06PortlandALMS_OfficialRace.pdf
S Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 – Peugeot Race Car ‘03
h0ttp://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybride – Judd Race car ‘05
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo-Courage – Judd GV5 Race Car ‘04
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S BMW V12 LMR Race Car ‘99
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/1999/1999_04searspoint.pdf
b) LMGTP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Le_Mans_Prototypes
S Bentley Speed 8 Race Car ‘03
S Toyota GT-ONE Race Car (TS020) ‘99
c) Group C
http://www.imca-slotracing.com/1982-1993 GROUP C RACING part II.htm
P Mazda 787B Race Car ‘91
P/S Jaguar XJR-9 LM Race Car ‘88
S Mercedes-Benz Sauber Mercedes C9 Race Car ‘89
S Nissan R89C Race Car ‘89
S Nissan R92CP Race Car ‘92
S Peugeot 905 Race Car ‘92
S Toyota MINOLTA Toyota 88C-V Race Car ‘89
d) LMGT (todays name LMGTE)
(GT, GTE, GTO, GT1, GT2, IMSA GTU, IMSA GT, IMSA GTO)
P Tuscan Speed 6 RM
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Le_Mans-2003-06-15-091.jpg
P Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM '09
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
S BMW M3 GTR Race Car ‘01
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2001/2001_01texas.pdf
S Chevrolet Corvette C5R
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2003/2003_02AtlantaOfficialResults.pdf
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #91 '00
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2002/2002_01sebringalmsresults.pdf
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #51 '00
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2002/2002_01sebringalmsresults.pdf
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Sebring-1999-03-21.html
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car '97
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-024.jpg
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-046.jpg
S Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-057.jpg
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car '99
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-2000-06-18.html
LMP1 that fit better at LMGT:
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ‘98
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Sebring-1999-03-21.html
d) HLM - Historic LeMans, from '63 a '69
http://www.lemansclassic.com/en/the-eligible-car-list
P Ferrari 330 P4 Race Car ‘67
P Ford Mark IV Race Car ‘67
S Ford GT40 Race Car ‘69
S Chaparral 2D Race Car ‘67
S Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C2) Race Car ‘63
2.2 - FIA GT/WTCC
Different from most people thinking, FIA is not responsible only for GT1, GT2, etc. Actually, FIA is a institution with massive contributions, and organize many others championships like Formula 1, LeMans, Rally, etc. FIA GT is the Grand Tourer that is neither German nor Japanese nor LeMans. Its the international Gran Tourer Championship.
FIA WTCC are the international Touring Cars, that also have national versions like BTCC. In Super GT language, they are the international GT300.
a) FIA GT1
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ’06
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=3
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/nismo-fia-gt1-r35-nissan-gtr-002_100196092_l.jpg
http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/2011%20FIA%20GT1%20BoP%202011-05-11.pdf?Openelement
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) ’00
http://history.fiagt.com/gallerypic.php?countkey=17&key=8358&season=2009&event=1
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 51 ’00
<lost link>
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 91 ’00
<lost link>
S Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Race Car ’98
<lost link>
S Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 (JGTC) '00
<lost link>
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ’98
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=11
S Gillet Vertigo Race Car ’04
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=12
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car ’99
http://history.fiagt.com/stats.php
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/chevy/1098057201/1098057201ss.htm
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1_GTR
b) FIA GT2
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php
c) FIA GT3
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=12
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM '06
http://corvette-racing.tripod.com/id21.html
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2011/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=31
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=31
d) FIA GT (1,2,3)
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ’06
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) ’00
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 51 ’00
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 91 ’00
S Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Race Car ’98
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ’98
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
S Gillet Vertigo Race Car ’04
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car ’99
e) FIA WTCC
S BMW 320i Touring Car ‘03
http://www.bmwinfo.com/506.html
http://www.fiawtcc.com/Cars_Details.asp?idCar=25
2.3 - Cups
Cups are eventor small Championship, created to detach some road cars. They are sports cars based on not so horsepowerful road cars, like Clio. They have the emphasis at the manufacturer or a specific car (ex: Elise).
a) GT Cup
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM '01
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Spa-2003-08-31.html
P Lotus Elise RM '96
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-143.jpg
S Renault Sport Clio Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car '00
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-147.jpg
S Renault Sport Lutecia Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car '00
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-147.jpg
b) Lupo Cup
S Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car ‘00
S Volkswagen Lupo GTI Cup Car (J) ‘03
c) New Beetle Cpup
S Volkswagen New Beetle Cup Car ‘00
d) Renault Sport Trophy
S Renault Sport Clio Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car ‘00
S Renault Sport Lutecia Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car ‘00
e) mm-R Cup
S Nissan mm-R Cup Car ‘01
2.4) Can-am+Group 7
70´s cars, they have a different engineering from the normal cars at their time, else their aerodynamics were modest. I dont have many information about them because its a too old category.
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars
S Toyota Toyota 7 Race Car ‘70
http://sportprototipos.blogspot.com.br/2010/06/toyota-7-can-am-japonesa.html
2.5) D1GP
D1GP is the professional drifting. Its a drift competition, with cars tuned to this desire. The game has these cars marked at the name (name(D1GP)).
P BLITZ DUNLOP ER34 SKYLINE (D1GP) '07
S BLITZ ER34 D1 SPEC (D1GP) '04
S HKS GENKI HYPER SILVIA RS2 (D1GP) '04
S Mazda BP FALKEN RX-7 (D1GP) '03
2.6) Rally
Rally is made for dirt roads...Its better not keep explaining because everyone knows what is a Rally Car. But two PS: First, WRC is one of the international championships and second, this list is from this link, with few changes:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=198168&page=1
And had a hand by our brazillian friend GTBR_Bonora.
a) RC - Rally Cars
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
S Citroen Xsara Rally Car '99
S Ford Escort Rally Car '98
S Ford Focus Rally Car '99
S Ford RS200 Rally Car '85
S Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Rally Car '92
S Lancia DELTA S4 Rally Car '85
S Lancia STRATOS Rally Car '77
S Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car
S Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Rally Car '74
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car '99
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Evolution Rally Raid Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Rally Raid Car '85
S Mitsubishi Starion 4WD Rally Car '84
S Nissan 240RS Rally Car '85
S Nissan BLUEBIRD Rally Car (510) '69
S Peugot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 2 Rally Car '86
S Peugot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car '85
S Peugot 206 Rally Car '99
S Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally Car '85
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype '01
S Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST185) '95
S Toyota Corolla Rally Car '98
S Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car
b) RC2000 - Modern Rally
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Evolution Rally Raid Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype '01
S Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car
c) WRC 2008
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
d) WRC
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC '07
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally car (ST205) '95
S Citroen Xsara Rally car '99
S Ford Escort rally car '98
S Ford Focus Rally car '99
S Lancia Delta HF Integrale Rally car '92
S Lancia Stratos Rally car '77
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally car '03
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally car '99
S Lancer 1600 GSR Rally car '74
S Nissan 240RS Rally Car ’85
S Nissan Bluebird Rally car (510) '69
S Peugeot 206 Rally car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally car Prototype '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '03
S Toyota Corolla Rally car '98
S Celica GT-FOUR Rally car (ST185) '95
e) WRC Group A
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95
S Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Rally Car '92
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car '99
S Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST185) '95
f) WRC Group B
S Ford RS200 Rally car '85
S Lancia Delta S4 Rally car '85
S Starion 4wd Rally car '84
S Renault 5 maxi turbo Rally Car '85
S Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 2 Rally Car ’86
S Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car ’85
g) RC70 - Old School Rally
S Lancia STRATOS Rally Car '77
S Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Rally Car '74
S Nissan BLUEBIRD Rally Car (510) '69
h) Rally Raid Car
S Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car
S Mitsubishi Pajero Rally Raid '83
S Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution Rally Raid Car
i) Pikes Peak
S Suzuki ESCUDO Dirt Trial Car '98
2.7 - Nurburgring 24 hours
The 24 hours of Nurburgring happens every year, and its an event based on 24 hours of LeMans. Like LeMans, it has categories inside, but the difference between the cars are not that far big, so I divided all 24h Nurburgring categories in two parts.
Its an welcoming event. It receives cars from international FIA events and Touring Cars. At starts, it had DTM (not listed because the DTM 24 h of Nurburgring categoriy had only DTM cars).
a) SP9-GT
P Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2009/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car '09
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) '09
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
b) SP8/SP7/SP6 & A8/A7/A6
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM '09 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Lexus IS F RM '07 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Amuse Nismo 380RS Super Leggera (SP6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2011/entrylist.html
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM '05 (SP6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2006/entrylist.html
E Mazda RX-7 Touring Car (A6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2004/entrylist.html
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) '00 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2006/entrylist.html
S BMW M3 GTR Race Car '01 (A6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Nissan FALKEN☆GT-R Race Car '04 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #91 '00 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #51 '00 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
Part II - Fiction Series
The fantasy cars created by PD are famous The famous TCs, the Formula X1 and other...Here we have too the concepts and road prototypes (the car that looks like a road car but is not aroad car. What it has to be special? Lets figure out!)
3 - Race cars
Fantasy Race Cars are based on real categories, that obeys to the real specifications, but doesnt exist. Or they have a real category, but they are listed again to a new fantasy category. Every category has the aerodynamic balance, or, in other words, all vehicles from these categories has the same aerodynamics points (warning: GTC and USAC are not with this balance).
3.1) Touring
Real and fantasy touring cars mix themselves here, obeying to the Touring Car concept. The division were made by HP, to make them look alike GT500 and GT300. RMs were included to make it bigger.
a) TC450 (Touring & RMs 430 hp up)
Group 1
P Chevrolet Camaro SS RM ‘10
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ‘06
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM ‘09
P Lexus IS F RM ‘07
P TVR Tuscan Speed 6 RM ‘00
E Mazda RX-7 Touring Car
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 Touring Car
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Touring Car
S Mitsubishi FTO Super Touring Car
S Subaru IMPREZA Super Touring Car
Group 2
P Dodge Challenger R/T RM ‘70
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 Touring Car
E Subaru Impreza Touring Car
Group 3
E Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Touring Car
E Dodge Challenger SRT8 Touring Car
b) TC300 (Touring & RMs, 270-330 hp)
Group 1
P Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) RM ‘02
S BMW 320i Touring Car ‘03
S Honda INTEGRA TYPE R Touring Car *Dont change the airfoil please!
S Mazda Atenza Touring Car *Dont change the airfoil please!!
S Mazda Mazda6 Touring Car
S Toyota ALTEZZA Touring Car
S Spoon S2000 Race Car ‘00
S S2000 LM Race Car
Group 2
P Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) RM ‘04
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM ‘05
P Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA RM ‘05
c) TC200 (Touring & similar between 190-230 hp)
Group 1
E Toyota Prius Touring Car
E Honda CR-Z Touring Car
Group 2
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM ‘01
S Honda Gathers Drider CIVIC Race Car ‘98
S Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Car ‘87
Group Lightweight
P Lotus Elise RM ‘96
P Lotus Elise 111R RM ‘04
E Mazda Roadster Touring Car
3.2) Cups
The same ideia from the real Cup cars, but for fantasy cars. But with one difference: We have also the preferred PD cars and a Cup with emphasis to a country.
GTC is a mix category with many categories inside. GTC and USAC are offline A Spec event.
a) S2000 Cup
S Spoon S2000 Race Car ‘00
S S2000 LM Race Car
b) Civic Cup
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
S Honda Gathers Drider CIVIC Race Car ‘98
S Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Car ‘87
c) USAC - United States Championship
P Ford Mark IV Race Car ‘67
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
S Panoz Esperante GTR1 Race Car ‘98
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
S Dodge Viper Team Oreca Race Car
S Chevrolet Corvette C5R
S Ford GT LM Race Car
S Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C2 Race Car ‘63
d) Polyphony GTC - Polyphony Gran Turismo Cup
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
P Citroën GT by Citroën Race Car
P Xavani Nismo Z 06
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
S Nissan GTR Concept LM Race Car
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
S Viper GTSR Team Oreca Race Car
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
S Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car
S Chevrollet Corvette C5R
S Pagani Zonda LM Race Car
S Ford GT LM Race Car
3.3) Formula X1
Sciencie fiction formula cars that can do a curve at 300 kilometer per hour.
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 '10
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 Prototype '10
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 S.Vettel '10
E Gran Turismo Red Bull X2011 Prototype '11
3.4) LeMans & DTM
Cars that some people or PD wanted to see on DTM and LM, but because of money or other reasons they couldnt make their project real.
a) LMGT F - LeMans Gran Turismo Fantasy
Group 1
P Citroën GT by Citroën Race Car
S Nissan Fairlady Z Concept LM Race Car
S Pagani Zonda LM Race Car
S Ford Ford GT LM Race Car
S Nissan GT-R Concept LM Race Car
Group 2
S Mazda RX-7 LM Race Car
S Mazda RX-8 Concept LM Race Car
S Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car
b) Fantasy DTM
P Lexus IS F Racing Concept ‘08
c) Fantasy Nascar
P 2010 Joey Logano #20 Camry (A bonus car obtained by pre-ordering the game from GameStop. Has a GameStop livery)
4) Tuning Cars
Fiction category that mixes real and fantasy tuned cars.
4.1) MTC - Modified Tuning Cars
Group 1
P Amuse Nismo 380RS Super Leggera
P AEM S2000 (SEMA Gran Turismo Awards 2005)
P Mines BNR34 Skyline N1 base
P Amuse S2000 GT1 Turbo
P HKS CT230R 08
P High End Perfomance G37
P BLITZ DUNLOP ER34 SKYLINE (D1GP) '07
S Amuse S2000 GT1 04
S BLITZ ER34 D1 SPEC (D1GP) '04
S HKS GENKI HYPER SILVIA RS2 (D1GP) ‘04
S Mazda BP FALKEN RX-7 (D1GP) ‘03
Group 2
P 2007 HPA FT565 Audi TT [nome abreviado]
P Amemiya FD3S RX-7
P Nissan 370Z Tuned Car (GT Academy Version) '08
Group 3
S Nissan Option Stream Z 04
S Amuse Carbon R (R34) 04
S Mines BNR34 Skyline GTR base 00
S Nismo Fairlady Z Tune (Z33) 03
S Opera Performance S2000 04
S Lotus Motor Sport Elise '99
Group 4
P Spoon CRZ
S Mines Lancer Evolution VI '00 *Dont tune airfoil
S Mungen S2000
S Nismo 400R '96
S Nismo Skyline GT-R S-tune (R32) 00
S Nismo Skyline GT-R R-tune (R34) 99
S Amuse S2000 R1 '04
S Amuse/Opera Performance GRAN TURISMO 350Z RS
S Mazda Mazdaspeed Atenza '05
S HPA Motorsports Stage II R32 (SEMA Gran Turismo Awards 2004)
S Spoon CIVIC TYPE R (EK) '00
S Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT-APEX (AE86 Shuichi Shigeno Version) ‘00
S Nismo 270R 94
S Toyota Modellista Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231) 00
S Spoon Integra Type R (DC2) 99
S Nismo Fairlady Z S-tune concept by GRANTURISMO (Z33) '02
5) Road Cars
Road car categories like these doesnt exist. Competitions between Ferraris and Mercedes are truly street racing... But its good to dream them on tracks. In olds GTs, PD had divided for these cars and race cars. The classes were A,B,C and S. In GT5, they abandoned this division and they made some road and street category, like the german league (an offline A Spec event) and Super Sport Cars. Prototypes and Special Road Cars are only for listing the famous "Concepts and Prototypes road cars", not for category purpose.
5.1) German League: B League of Schwarzwald
German Sports Cars. BMWs, Audis, Mercedes...
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic ‘07
P BMW M3 Coupe ‘07
S BMW M5 ‘05
S Audi RS6 Avant ‘08
S BMW M5 ‘08
S Mercedes Benz SL 600 (R230) ‘04
S BMW M3 GTR ‘03
S Mercedes Benz E 55 AMG ‘02
S Audi RS6 ‘02
5.2) Super Sport Cars
Super Cars. Dreams of consumption. Dont need explanation.
a) Super Sport Cars (all)
P GT By Citroen Road Car
P Citroën GT by Citroën Concept '08
P Ford GT ‘06
P Mclaren MP4-12 C ‘10
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 '09
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce '09
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Ferrari 458 Italia ‘09
P Ferrari 430 Scuderia ‘07
P Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 ‘08
P Mclaren F1 94
P Enzo Ferrari ‘02
P Lexus LFA ‘10
P Ferrari 599 '06
P Ferrari SP1 ´08
P Dodge Viper STR10 ACR ‘08
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic '07
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C6 ‘06
P Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro ‘09
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) '09
P Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
P Nissan GT-R SpecV '09
P Shelby Cobra 427 '66
E Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 '11
E Nissan GT-R Black edition '12
S R390 GT1 Road Car
S Cadillac Cien Concept ‘02
S Dodge Viper GTS R Concept '00
S Volkswagen W12 Nard Concept ‘01
S Mazda Furai ´08
S Cizeta V16T ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ´03
S RUF CTR2 '96
S Saleen S7 '02
S TVR Cerbera Speed 12
S TommyKaira ZZII
S Jaguar XJ220 ‘92
S Bugatti Veyron 16.4 '09
S Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3
S Audi Nuvolari quattro '03
S Ford GT '02
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Ford GT '05
S Ford GT (No Stripe) '05
b) Super Sport Cars (no Prototypes, Concepts nor race-car-based Street Cars)
P Ford GT ‘06
P Mclaren MP4-12 C ‘10
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 '09
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce '09
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Ferrari 458 Italia ‘09
P Ferrari 430 Scuderia ‘07
P Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 ‘08
P Mclaren F1 94
P Enzo Ferrari ‘02
P Lexus LFA ‘10
P Ferrari 599 '06
P Ferrari SP1 ´08
P Dodge Viper STR10 ACR ‘08
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic '07
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C6 ‘06
P Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro ‘09
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) '09
P Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
P Nissan GT-R SpecV '09
E Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 '11
E Nissan GT-R Black edition '12
S Cizeta V16T ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ´03
S RUF CTR2 '96
S Saleen S7 '02
S TVR Cerbera Speed 12 ´00
S TommyKaira ZZII ´00
S Jaguar XJ220 ‘92
S Bugatti Veyron 16.4 '09
S Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3
S Ford GT '05
S Ford GT (No Stripe) '05
5.3) Concepts, Prototypes and race-car-based road cars
Concepts are models, outlines, for future cars, with some extra aerodynamic that exist to study the vehicle dynamics. race-car-based road cars is when the Race Car come first (and in some case when the tuning car is distuned) , and then is created a road version based on it, with a better price. At this list I didnt put the Race Car concepts.
a) Concepts
P Citroën GT by Citroën Concept '08
P Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype CN.0706 '67
P Daihatsu OFC-1 Concept '07
P Isuzu 4200R Concept '89
P Infiniti Coupe Concept '06
P Lexus IS F Racing Concept '08
S Mitsubishi HSR-II Concept '89
S Oullim Motors Spirra Prototype '04
S Mitsubishi i Concept '03
S Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04
S Acura DN-X Concept '02
S Acura HSC Concept '04
S Mazda Furai Concept '08
S Dodge Viper GTS R Concept '00
S Dome DOME-ZERO Concept '78
S Honda HSC "The 37th Tokyo Motor Show Concept Car" '03
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Nissan GT-R Concept (Tokyo Motor Show 2001) '01
S Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept '02
S Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z Concept '88
S Honda Dualnote Concept '01
S Honda NSX-R Concept '01
S Cadillac Cien Concept ‘02
S Chevrolet Silverado SST Concept '02
S Hyundai Clix Concept '01
S Hyundai HCD6 Concept '01
S Infiniti FX45 Concept '02
S Mazda Atenza Concept '01
S Mazda KUSABI Concept '03
S Mazda Mazda6 Concept '01
S Mazda MX-Crossport Concept '05
S Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-I) '01
S Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-II) '01
S Audi Nuvolari quattro '03
S Ford GT '02
b) race-car-based Road Cars
P Citroën GT by Citroën Road Car
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Amuse S2000 Street Version '04
S NISMO GT-R LM Road Going Version '95
S Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car '98
- RM list
P Acura NSX RM ‘91
P Chevrolet Camaro SS RM ‘10
P Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RM ‘69
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ‘06
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM ‘09
P Dodge Challenger R/T RM ‘70
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
P Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) RM ‘04
P Lexus IS F RM ‘07
P Lotus Elise RM ‘96
P Lotus Elise 111R RM ‘04
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM ‘05
P Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) RM ‘02
P Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA RM ‘05
P Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) RM ‘95
P TVR Tuscan Speed 6 RM ‘00
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM ‘01
-Curiosities
1) Wikipedia says that the BMW Mclaren F1 GTR Race Car has all the specs to be a JGTC Car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_GT
2) The Lexus IS F Racing Concept 08 obey most of the brazillian Stock Car specifications.
3) Amuse S2000 GT1 is not a FIA GT1 car.
4) WRC 2008 and LeMans Group C (I cant confirm Group C) are categories with cars that raced together at the same regulations, they are the best balanced car from game by the concept of Categories.
- Official Car List
http://www.gran-turismo.com/local/jp/data1/products/gt5/carlist_en.html
- Topic with the balanced categories
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7101468#post7101468
Any opinions and suggestions are welcome.
If you dont know what is GT500, LeMans, DTM.. or have some doubts or curiosities about it, heres the right place. This list have explaining about it and have the list of the cars that are on these categories and on GT5. It also does tell the difference between real cars and Polyphony fantasy cars. (*)
*Sorry about any english mistakes. The original list of categories was published in Brazilian Portuguese. This is a manual translation.
Part of the content give a concept, an explanation, about some of the words we use most of times, without knowing the meaning. Theres also some comments about what is a shuffled, balanced category in real world.
The list of categories carries 53 categories, divided in two parts: Real and Fiction. Every category has a description made to introduce it for you. Below of the most real cars has a link showing what website provides the information about it. You can try yourself search at the website more stuff about the car and the category by clicking the link.
For those who wants organize/host events with these categories, its very highly recommended to do a flatness (balance the category) first (be a category doesnt mean have balanced cars, not in Gran Turismo). More details about the flatness is at the attachment about it. At an attachment we have a link to the topic that have some balanced fiction and real categories for GT5 and more details about the flatness (link at gtplanet).
=> The 3 "kinds" of cars
The three types of cars are: Street Cars (road), Tuning Cars (tuner) and Race Cars (racer). The reason of the existence of the road car is to be sold in large scale, ready for consumption. They are ready to satisfy costumers, with high comfort, security and economy (we have some exceptions of course). Tuning cars are modified road cars for a different reason, like racing and drifting. And Race Cars are made for racing competitions.
Every car has a base. At the race car´s manufacture, they dont do a road car and then modify for race. The car is directly made, sometimes with the base of the road cars sometimes not. That´s the main goal about the difference between a Race Car and a Tuning Car. The Tuning Car is not directly made. The Tuning Car used to be a road car. RMs should be Tuning Cars, but most of them acts like the road car never existed.
=> The Concept of Categories
Basically, category is a group of cars that have some characteristics in common. Category doesnt mean group of cars made to race together, however at main cases thats the point.
Talking about the categories made for together racing, category means a group of cars that obey to a specific regulation (group of rules and specifications) that are made for making the race close and balanced. In GT5, this only applies to cars that raced together at real world (minority, or better: rarity). For others cars, category means only a group of cars that raced in a group of championships in a group of years. For trying to make it clearly, an example: GT500. Lets put together two cars: Yellow Hat Supra 2005 and Calsconic Impul GTR 2008. In categories concept for real life, they dont belong to the same category, because they didnt race at the same regulation (rules for Super GT 2005 are different from rules for Super GT 2008). At the concept of categories in game, they belong to the same category, because both of them belong to the Super GT championship.
From there rises a theory that explains the non equality of most of GT5 cars (not all of them are not balanced): Raced at different regulations. A regulation is made for shuffle the category, but different regulations are not made for equalize themselves.
=> The concept of Touring Cars
Touring cars are race cars based on comfort street cars. The comfort street cars are made for easy drive and to be comfortable for long distance travel. Touring cars also are trustable.
They are equipped for racing. At some Touring Cars Championship rules, the use of sophisticated technology is prohibited. The reason ? To not make the Touring Cars too much expensive. One of the main points here is to keep the some base car characteristics, specially the comfort and the design.
=> The concept of GT (Gran Turismo or Grand Tourer)
Grand Toures are race car with the body shape based on road cars. Part of the advantage characteristics are also imported. The main difference for Touring Cars is that these cars have to be a bit more different from the base cars, discarding the comfort and non advatange aspects (however, some categories and regulations rule that the GT car has to be alike the base road car). Another difference is that these cars aren´t based on comfort cars, they can have Super Sports Car on base (like Ferraris and Lamborghinis).
=> The Concept of Prototype
Prototype is a car designed for a special desire: Race. No base road cars. They usually have special aerodynamics, lower gravity center and less weight. They are popularly called LeMans, however not all Prototype is a LeMans car nor all LeMans car is a prototype. They also have some sophisticated technologies. Most of these technologies are used on the future on road cars, when they get cheaper (thats why the name is "prototype"). For example, a Formula 1 car is a prototype, even if has some singular specs, like open wheels.
=> The Concept of Stock Car
Stock, as the name says, are cars that are stocks, with no modifications. At it first moments, stock car was created for road car racing with no tuning. However, today stock car are category cars that have the same engines, brakes, body shape, suspension, etc. The variations are at minimal adjustments, like the car height, but these small changes can do big differences.
SUMMARY
Part I - Real Series
1) Well-known categories
1.1) Super GT e JGTC
1.2) DTM
1.3) Nascar
1.4) Formula 1
2) Less-known categories
2.1) LeMans
2.2) FIA GT/WTCC
2.3) Cups
2.4) Can-am+Group 7
2.5) D1GP
2.6) Rally
2.7) Nurburgring 24 hours
Part II - Fiction Series
3) Race cars
3.1) Touring
3.2) Cups
3.3) Formula X1
3.4) LeMans & DTM & Nascar
4) Tuning Cars
4.1) MTC
5) Road Cars
5.1) German League
5.2) Super Sport Cars
5.3) Prototypes and Special Road Cars
EXTRA: RMs list
EXTRA: Curiosities
EXTRA: Link to the official car list
Cars marked on bold: Allusion cars. Cars that arent a genuine copy of the real car, but very look alike the real one. Can have small differences at engine, weight (ex: 5 more pounds than the real car), horsepower or a in game car that is a newer version from the real one.
P: Premium
E: Expansion/DLC
S: Standard
Part I - Real Series
The most interesting part of the list has real cars from real categories that are inside the game, like Formula 1, Super GT, LeMans and many others. It starts from the most popular ones to the most unknown.
1 - Well-known categories
Most people at GT5 already know these categories, that are widespread at all players from world and some of them are included as a category in game (like GT500), at the options.
This part of the list is quoted from this list (very few modifications):
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=159182
1.1 - SUPER GT E JGTC
Super GT and JGTC are categories from the Japan Tourism Championship. The real championship happens one time per year, and have some interesting rules (like put ballast for winners) that are not performed on GT5.
Its very common confuse JGTC and Super GT. The game does this confusion, else PD knows about what is right. Super GT has the new cars (2005 upper) of GT500 and GT300. JGTC has the old cars, 2004 below. GT500 are cars with 500 hp and 1.100 pounds for Super GT and 1.150 pounds for JGTC. GT300 are cars with 300 hp and variable weight. So, when someone says that will do a Championship using Super GT GT500, means that will do a championship with cars with year 2005 upper, with the general specifications of Super GT for GT500. When someone says that are going to do a JGTC Championship, he has to say if it is GT500 or GT300. Or better: Should say. In practice, the mistakes are made, by someone's ignorance or by the interest of marketing or by other reasons.
In game, GT500 is JGTC GT500+Super GT GT500. The same happens to GT300. Notice that the category is made for weight and horsepower restrictions, not PP. PP would disturb it balance.
a) JGTC
GT300
S Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (JGTC) ‘03
S Nissan C-WEST RAZO SILVIA (JGTC) ‘01
S RE Amemiya AMEMIYA ASPARADRINK RX7 (JGTC) ‘04
S Subaru CUSCO SUBARU ADVAN IMPREZA (JGTC) ‘03
S Toyota SUPERAUTOBACS APEX MR-S (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota WEDSSPORT CELICA (JGTC) ‘03
GT500
S Nissan CALSONIC SKYLINE (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda ARTA NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda Castrol MUGEN NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda LOCTITE MUGEN NSX (JGTC) ‘01
S Honda Mobil 1 NSX (JGTC) ‘01
S Honda RAYBRIG NSX (JGTC) ‘00
S Honda TAKATA DOME NSX (JGTC) ‘03
S Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 (JGTC) ‘00
S Nissan CALSONIC SKYLINE GT-R Race Car ‘93
S Nissan LOCTITE ZEXEL GT-R (JGTC) ‘00
S Nissan MOTUL PITWORK Z (JGTC) ‘04
S Nissan PENNZOIL Nismo GT-R (JGTC) ‘99
S Nissan PENNZOIL ZEXEL GT-R (JGTC) ‘01
S Nissan XANAVI HIROTO GT-R (JGTC) ‘01
S Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R (JGTC) ‘03
S Toyota au CERUMO Supra (JGTC) ‘01
P Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘97
S Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘01
S Toyota DENSO SARD SUPRA GT (JGTC) ‘00
S Toyota WOODONE TOM’S SUPRA (JGTC) ‘03
b) Super GT
GT300
P RE Amemiya Amemiya AsparaDrink RX7 (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Subaru CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus Weds Sport IS350 (SUPER GT) ‘08
GT500
P Honda ARTA NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Honda EPSON NSX (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Honda RAYBRIG NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Honda TAKATA DOME NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus ENEOS SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Lexus PETRONAS TOM’S SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z (SUPER GT) ‘06
P Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
P Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra (SUPER GT) ‘05
1.2 - DTM
Putted in game as "Touring/Tourism cars", the DTM Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) is, like the name says, a competition for German touring cars ( its evolution made it accept non German cars too, but to simplify we say that are only German cars like it used to be). For those who Super GT is very familiar, DTM would be the German Super GT. GT5 miss dozens of cars here (as it does in many others real categories).
a) DTM
S Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI Touring Car '93
S Audi A4 Touring Car '04
S Audi Abt Audi TT-R Touring Car ‘02
S Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5 – 16 Evolution II Touring Car ‘92
S Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car ‘00
S Opel Astra Touring Car (Opel Team Phoenix) ‘00
S Opel Calibra Touring Car ‘94
S Vauxhall Astra Super Touring Car ‘00
S Vauxhall Calibra Super Touring Car ‘94
b) 90´s DTM
S Vauxhall Calibra Super Touring Car ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5 – 16 Evolution II Touring Car ‘92
S Opel Calibra Touring Car ‘94
S Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI Touring Car '93
1.3 - Nascar
Nascar is the United States Stock Car. They are heavy cars, with high horsepower, that most of times races on ovals circuits (in GT5, Daytona, Indy and Special Stage Route X only), that are very look alike each other but for our surprise they are different and requires some skills. The category is also well known because of the accidents, because the cars race too close. Thanks to DrifterJoe for making this list.
P 2010 Tony Stewart #14 Impala
P 2011 Tony Stewart #14 Impala
P 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 Impala
P 2011 Jeff Gordon #24 Impala
P 2010 Juan Montoya #42 Impala
P 2011 Juan Montoya #42 Impala
P 2010 Jimmie Johnson #48 Impala
P 2011 Jimmie Johnson #48 Impala
P 2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Impala
P 2011 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Impala
P 2010 AJ Allmendinger #43 Fusion
P 2011 AJ Allmendinger #43 Fusion
P 2010 Carl Edwards #99 Fusion
P 2011 Carl Edwards #99 Fusion
P 2010 Denny Hamlin #11 Camry
P 2011 Denny Hamlin #11 Camry
P 2010 Kyle Busch #18 Camry
P 2011 Kyle Busch #18 Camry
P 2010 Joey Logano #20 Camry
P 2011 Joey Logano #20 Camry
P 2010 Brian Vickers #83 Camry
P 2011 Brian Vickers #83 Camry
2 - Less-known categories
Less fashioned categories that are not listed in game, they are less known. Most of times they are very incomplete.
2.1) LeMans
LeMans, the most known from unknowns, is a singular category. These cars have, at most of times, heavy rear and rear engine. Because of that they require skills from the driver. They also have extra aerodynamics. They are popularly called prototypes, but not all of them are prototypes
LMP1 and LMGTP are categories for brand new fast cars. They are lightweight and have many HP. The original category has complex rules.
Group C is a old version from LMP1 and LMGTP, with cars from 1987 to 1992. Less technology dont make them worse.
LMGT is a category that actually, is many categories. It started on 1980. They used to be very alike Nascar (old name: IMSA GT). But today they are Gran Tourer cars, but with the LeMans kind: Rear engines and some extra rear pounds. And extra aerodynamics.
The LeMans category is more diffused than it looks to be. It have many national versions, like ALMS (American LeMans Series). The national versions are not the same as the international ones, but they are very look alike.
a) LMP1
P Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Team Peugeot Total '10
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
P Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Team Oreca Matmut '10
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
P Audi R10 TDI Race Car ‘06
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2008/2008_06MidOhioResults.pdf
S Audi R8 Race Car ‘01
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2001/2001_01texas.pdf
S Audi R8 Race Car (Audi PlayStation Team ORECA) ‘05
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2005/2005_06PortlandALMS_OfficialRace.pdf
S Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 – Peugeot Race Car ‘03
h0ttp://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybride – Judd Race car ‘05
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo-Courage – Judd GV5 Race Car ‘04
http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h-du-mans/live-2011/live-timing.html
S BMW V12 LMR Race Car ‘99
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/1999/1999_04searspoint.pdf
b) LMGTP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Le_Mans_Prototypes
S Bentley Speed 8 Race Car ‘03
S Toyota GT-ONE Race Car (TS020) ‘99
c) Group C
http://www.imca-slotracing.com/1982-1993 GROUP C RACING part II.htm
P Mazda 787B Race Car ‘91
P/S Jaguar XJR-9 LM Race Car ‘88
S Mercedes-Benz Sauber Mercedes C9 Race Car ‘89
S Nissan R89C Race Car ‘89
S Nissan R92CP Race Car ‘92
S Peugeot 905 Race Car ‘92
S Toyota MINOLTA Toyota 88C-V Race Car ‘89
d) LMGT (todays name LMGTE)
(GT, GTE, GTO, GT1, GT2, IMSA GTU, IMSA GT, IMSA GTO)
P Tuscan Speed 6 RM
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Le_Mans-2003-06-15-091.jpg
P Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM '09
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers...011_combined_classification_free_practice.pdf
S BMW M3 GTR Race Car ‘01
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2001/2001_01texas.pdf
S Chevrolet Corvette C5R
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2003/2003_02AtlantaOfficialResults.pdf
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #91 '00
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2002/2002_01sebringalmsresults.pdf
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #51 '00
http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2002/2002_01sebringalmsresults.pdf
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Sebring-1999-03-21.html
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car '97
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-024.jpg
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-046.jpg
S Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1995/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-057.jpg
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car '99
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-2000-06-18.html
LMP1 that fit better at LMGT:
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ‘98
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Sebring-1999-03-21.html
d) HLM - Historic LeMans, from '63 a '69
http://www.lemansclassic.com/en/the-eligible-car-list
P Ferrari 330 P4 Race Car ‘67
P Ford Mark IV Race Car ‘67
S Ford GT40 Race Car ‘69
S Chaparral 2D Race Car ‘67
S Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C2) Race Car ‘63
2.2 - FIA GT/WTCC
Different from most people thinking, FIA is not responsible only for GT1, GT2, etc. Actually, FIA is a institution with massive contributions, and organize many others championships like Formula 1, LeMans, Rally, etc. FIA GT is the Grand Tourer that is neither German nor Japanese nor LeMans. Its the international Gran Tourer Championship.
FIA WTCC are the international Touring Cars, that also have national versions like BTCC. In Super GT language, they are the international GT300.
a) FIA GT1
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ’06
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=3
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/nismo-fia-gt1-r35-nissan-gtr-002_100196092_l.jpg
http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/2011%20FIA%20GT1%20BoP%202011-05-11.pdf?Openelement
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) ’00
http://history.fiagt.com/gallerypic.php?countkey=17&key=8358&season=2009&event=1
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 51 ’00
<lost link>
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 91 ’00
<lost link>
S Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Race Car ’98
<lost link>
S Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 (JGTC) '00
<lost link>
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ’98
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=11
S Gillet Vertigo Race Car ’04
http://history.fiagt.com/cars.php?market=false&key=12
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car ’99
http://history.fiagt.com/stats.php
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/chevy/1098057201/1098057201ss.htm
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1_GTR
b) FIA GT2
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php
c) FIA GT3
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=12
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM '06
http://corvette-racing.tripod.com/id21.html
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2011/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=31
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
http://gt3europe.com/cars.php?market=false&key=31
d) FIA GT (1,2,3)
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ’06
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) ’00
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 51 ’00
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car 91 ’00
S Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Race Car ’98
S Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Race Car ’98
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) ‘09
S Gillet Vertigo Race Car ’04
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car ‘09
S Lister Storm V12 Race Car ’99
e) FIA WTCC
S BMW 320i Touring Car ‘03
http://www.bmwinfo.com/506.html
http://www.fiawtcc.com/Cars_Details.asp?idCar=25
2.3 - Cups
Cups are eventor small Championship, created to detach some road cars. They are sports cars based on not so horsepowerful road cars, like Clio. They have the emphasis at the manufacturer or a specific car (ex: Elise).
a) GT Cup
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM '01
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Spa-2003-08-31.html
P Lotus Elise RM '96
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-143.jpg
S Renault Sport Clio Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car '00
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-147.jpg
S Renault Sport Lutecia Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car '00
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2003/Spa-2003-08-31-147.jpg
b) Lupo Cup
S Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car ‘00
S Volkswagen Lupo GTI Cup Car (J) ‘03
c) New Beetle Cpup
S Volkswagen New Beetle Cup Car ‘00
d) Renault Sport Trophy
S Renault Sport Clio Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car ‘00
S Renault Sport Lutecia Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car ‘00
e) mm-R Cup
S Nissan mm-R Cup Car ‘01
2.4) Can-am+Group 7
70´s cars, they have a different engineering from the normal cars at their time, else their aerodynamics were modest. I dont have many information about them because its a too old category.
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars
S Toyota Toyota 7 Race Car ‘70
http://sportprototipos.blogspot.com.br/2010/06/toyota-7-can-am-japonesa.html
2.5) D1GP
D1GP is the professional drifting. Its a drift competition, with cars tuned to this desire. The game has these cars marked at the name (name(D1GP)).
P BLITZ DUNLOP ER34 SKYLINE (D1GP) '07
S BLITZ ER34 D1 SPEC (D1GP) '04
S HKS GENKI HYPER SILVIA RS2 (D1GP) '04
S Mazda BP FALKEN RX-7 (D1GP) '03
2.6) Rally
Rally is made for dirt roads...Its better not keep explaining because everyone knows what is a Rally Car. But two PS: First, WRC is one of the international championships and second, this list is from this link, with few changes:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=198168&page=1
And had a hand by our brazillian friend GTBR_Bonora.
a) RC - Rally Cars
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
S Citroen Xsara Rally Car '99
S Ford Escort Rally Car '98
S Ford Focus Rally Car '99
S Ford RS200 Rally Car '85
S Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Rally Car '92
S Lancia DELTA S4 Rally Car '85
S Lancia STRATOS Rally Car '77
S Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car
S Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Rally Car '74
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car '99
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Evolution Rally Raid Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Rally Raid Car '85
S Mitsubishi Starion 4WD Rally Car '84
S Nissan 240RS Rally Car '85
S Nissan BLUEBIRD Rally Car (510) '69
S Peugot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 2 Rally Car '86
S Peugot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car '85
S Peugot 206 Rally Car '99
S Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally Car '85
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype '01
S Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST185) '95
S Toyota Corolla Rally Car '98
S Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car
b) RC2000 - Modern Rally
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally Car '03
S Mitsubishi PAJERO Evolution Rally Raid Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car '03
S Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype '01
S Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car
c) WRC 2008
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08
d) WRC
P Citroen C4 WRC '08
P Ford Focus RS WRC '07
P Subaru Impreza WRC '08
P Suzuki SX4 WRC '08
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally car (ST205) '95
S Citroen Xsara Rally car '99
S Ford Escort rally car '98
S Ford Focus Rally car '99
S Lancia Delta HF Integrale Rally car '92
S Lancia Stratos Rally car '77
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Super Rally car '03
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally car '99
S Lancer 1600 GSR Rally car '74
S Nissan 240RS Rally Car ’85
S Nissan Bluebird Rally car (510) '69
S Peugeot 206 Rally car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '99
S Subaru Impreza Rally car Prototype '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '01
S Subaru Impreza Rally car '03
S Toyota Corolla Rally car '98
S Celica GT-FOUR Rally car (ST185) '95
e) WRC Group A
P Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95
S Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Rally Car '92
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97
S Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car '99
S Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST185) '95
f) WRC Group B
S Ford RS200 Rally car '85
S Lancia Delta S4 Rally car '85
S Starion 4wd Rally car '84
S Renault 5 maxi turbo Rally Car '85
S Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 2 Rally Car ’86
S Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car ’85
g) RC70 - Old School Rally
S Lancia STRATOS Rally Car '77
S Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Rally Car '74
S Nissan BLUEBIRD Rally Car (510) '69
h) Rally Raid Car
S Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car
S Mitsubishi Pajero Rally Raid '83
S Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution Rally Raid Car
i) Pikes Peak
S Suzuki ESCUDO Dirt Trial Car '98
2.7 - Nurburgring 24 hours
The 24 hours of Nurburgring happens every year, and its an event based on 24 hours of LeMans. Like LeMans, it has categories inside, but the difference between the cars are not that far big, so I divided all 24h Nurburgring categories in two parts.
Its an welcoming event. It receives cars from international FIA events and Touring Cars. At starts, it had DTM (not listed because the DTM 24 h of Nurburgring categoriy had only DTM cars).
a) SP9-GT
P Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2009/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car '09
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
S Audi R8 LMS Race Car (Team PlayStation) '09
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
b) SP8/SP7/SP6 & A8/A7/A6
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM '09 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Lexus IS F RM '07 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Amuse Nismo 380RS Super Leggera (SP6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2010/entrylist.html
P Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports '11 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2011/entrylist.html
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM '05 (SP6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2006/entrylist.html
E Mazda RX-7 Touring Car (A6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2004/entrylist.html
S Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (C5) '00 (SP8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2006/entrylist.html
S BMW M3 GTR Race Car '01 (A6)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Nissan FALKEN☆GT-R Race Car '04 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #91 '00 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
S Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Race Car #51 '00 (A8)
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/...nuerburgring-nordschleife/2005/entrylist.html
Part II - Fiction Series
The fantasy cars created by PD are famous The famous TCs, the Formula X1 and other...Here we have too the concepts and road prototypes (the car that looks like a road car but is not aroad car. What it has to be special? Lets figure out!)
3 - Race cars
Fantasy Race Cars are based on real categories, that obeys to the real specifications, but doesnt exist. Or they have a real category, but they are listed again to a new fantasy category. Every category has the aerodynamic balance, or, in other words, all vehicles from these categories has the same aerodynamics points (warning: GTC and USAC are not with this balance).
3.1) Touring
Real and fantasy touring cars mix themselves here, obeying to the Touring Car concept. The division were made by HP, to make them look alike GT500 and GT300. RMs were included to make it bigger.
a) TC450 (Touring & RMs 430 hp up)
Group 1
P Chevrolet Camaro SS RM ‘10
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ‘06
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM ‘09
P Lexus IS F RM ‘07
P TVR Tuscan Speed 6 RM ‘00
E Mazda RX-7 Touring Car
E Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 Touring Car
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Touring Car
S Mitsubishi FTO Super Touring Car
S Subaru IMPREZA Super Touring Car
Group 2
P Dodge Challenger R/T RM ‘70
E Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 Touring Car
E Subaru Impreza Touring Car
Group 3
E Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Touring Car
E Dodge Challenger SRT8 Touring Car
b) TC300 (Touring & RMs, 270-330 hp)
Group 1
P Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) RM ‘02
S BMW 320i Touring Car ‘03
S Honda INTEGRA TYPE R Touring Car *Dont change the airfoil please!
S Mazda Atenza Touring Car *Dont change the airfoil please!!
S Mazda Mazda6 Touring Car
S Toyota ALTEZZA Touring Car
S Spoon S2000 Race Car ‘00
S S2000 LM Race Car
Group 2
P Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) RM ‘04
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM ‘05
P Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA RM ‘05
c) TC200 (Touring & similar between 190-230 hp)
Group 1
E Toyota Prius Touring Car
E Honda CR-Z Touring Car
Group 2
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM ‘01
S Honda Gathers Drider CIVIC Race Car ‘98
S Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Car ‘87
Group Lightweight
P Lotus Elise RM ‘96
P Lotus Elise 111R RM ‘04
E Mazda Roadster Touring Car
3.2) Cups
The same ideia from the real Cup cars, but for fantasy cars. But with one difference: We have also the preferred PD cars and a Cup with emphasis to a country.
GTC is a mix category with many categories inside. GTC and USAC are offline A Spec event.
a) S2000 Cup
S Spoon S2000 Race Car ‘00
S S2000 LM Race Car
b) Civic Cup
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
S Honda Gathers Drider CIVIC Race Car ‘98
S Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Car ‘87
c) USAC - United States Championship
P Ford Mark IV Race Car ‘67
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
S Panoz Esperante GTR1 Race Car ‘98
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
S Dodge Viper Team Oreca Race Car
S Chevrolet Corvette C5R
S Ford GT LM Race Car
S Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C2 Race Car ‘63
d) Polyphony GTC - Polyphony Gran Turismo Cup
P Ford Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
P Citroën GT by Citroën Race Car
P Xavani Nismo Z 06
S BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
S Nissan GTR Concept LM Race Car
S Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II
S Viper GTSR Team Oreca Race Car
S Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car
S Chaparral 2J Race Car ‘70
S Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car
S Chevrollet Corvette C5R
S Pagani Zonda LM Race Car
S Ford GT LM Race Car
3.3) Formula X1
Sciencie fiction formula cars that can do a curve at 300 kilometer per hour.
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 '10
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 Prototype '10
P Gran Turismo Red Bull X2010 S.Vettel '10
E Gran Turismo Red Bull X2011 Prototype '11
3.4) LeMans & DTM
Cars that some people or PD wanted to see on DTM and LM, but because of money or other reasons they couldnt make their project real.
a) LMGT F - LeMans Gran Turismo Fantasy
Group 1
P Citroën GT by Citroën Race Car
S Nissan Fairlady Z Concept LM Race Car
S Pagani Zonda LM Race Car
S Ford Ford GT LM Race Car
S Nissan GT-R Concept LM Race Car
Group 2
S Mazda RX-7 LM Race Car
S Mazda RX-8 Concept LM Race Car
S Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car
b) Fantasy DTM
P Lexus IS F Racing Concept ‘08
c) Fantasy Nascar
P 2010 Joey Logano #20 Camry (A bonus car obtained by pre-ordering the game from GameStop. Has a GameStop livery)
4) Tuning Cars
Fiction category that mixes real and fantasy tuned cars.
4.1) MTC - Modified Tuning Cars
Group 1
P Amuse Nismo 380RS Super Leggera
P AEM S2000 (SEMA Gran Turismo Awards 2005)
P Mines BNR34 Skyline N1 base
P Amuse S2000 GT1 Turbo
P HKS CT230R 08
P High End Perfomance G37
P BLITZ DUNLOP ER34 SKYLINE (D1GP) '07
S Amuse S2000 GT1 04
S BLITZ ER34 D1 SPEC (D1GP) '04
S HKS GENKI HYPER SILVIA RS2 (D1GP) ‘04
S Mazda BP FALKEN RX-7 (D1GP) ‘03
Group 2
P 2007 HPA FT565 Audi TT [nome abreviado]
P Amemiya FD3S RX-7
P Nissan 370Z Tuned Car (GT Academy Version) '08
Group 3
S Nissan Option Stream Z 04
S Amuse Carbon R (R34) 04
S Mines BNR34 Skyline GTR base 00
S Nismo Fairlady Z Tune (Z33) 03
S Opera Performance S2000 04
S Lotus Motor Sport Elise '99
Group 4
P Spoon CRZ
S Mines Lancer Evolution VI '00 *Dont tune airfoil
S Mungen S2000
S Nismo 400R '96
S Nismo Skyline GT-R S-tune (R32) 00
S Nismo Skyline GT-R R-tune (R34) 99
S Amuse S2000 R1 '04
S Amuse/Opera Performance GRAN TURISMO 350Z RS
S Mazda Mazdaspeed Atenza '05
S HPA Motorsports Stage II R32 (SEMA Gran Turismo Awards 2004)
S Spoon CIVIC TYPE R (EK) '00
S Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT-APEX (AE86 Shuichi Shigeno Version) ‘00
S Nismo 270R 94
S Toyota Modellista Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231) 00
S Spoon Integra Type R (DC2) 99
S Nismo Fairlady Z S-tune concept by GRANTURISMO (Z33) '02
5) Road Cars
Road car categories like these doesnt exist. Competitions between Ferraris and Mercedes are truly street racing... But its good to dream them on tracks. In olds GTs, PD had divided for these cars and race cars. The classes were A,B,C and S. In GT5, they abandoned this division and they made some road and street category, like the german league (an offline A Spec event) and Super Sport Cars. Prototypes and Special Road Cars are only for listing the famous "Concepts and Prototypes road cars", not for category purpose.
5.1) German League: B League of Schwarzwald
German Sports Cars. BMWs, Audis, Mercedes...
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic ‘07
P BMW M3 Coupe ‘07
S BMW M5 ‘05
S Audi RS6 Avant ‘08
S BMW M5 ‘08
S Mercedes Benz SL 600 (R230) ‘04
S BMW M3 GTR ‘03
S Mercedes Benz E 55 AMG ‘02
S Audi RS6 ‘02
5.2) Super Sport Cars
Super Cars. Dreams of consumption. Dont need explanation.
a) Super Sport Cars (all)
P GT By Citroen Road Car
P Citroën GT by Citroën Concept '08
P Ford GT ‘06
P Mclaren MP4-12 C ‘10
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 '09
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce '09
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Ferrari 458 Italia ‘09
P Ferrari 430 Scuderia ‘07
P Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 ‘08
P Mclaren F1 94
P Enzo Ferrari ‘02
P Lexus LFA ‘10
P Ferrari 599 '06
P Ferrari SP1 ´08
P Dodge Viper STR10 ACR ‘08
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic '07
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C6 ‘06
P Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro ‘09
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) '09
P Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
P Nissan GT-R SpecV '09
P Shelby Cobra 427 '66
E Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 '11
E Nissan GT-R Black edition '12
S R390 GT1 Road Car
S Cadillac Cien Concept ‘02
S Dodge Viper GTS R Concept '00
S Volkswagen W12 Nard Concept ‘01
S Mazda Furai ´08
S Cizeta V16T ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ´03
S RUF CTR2 '96
S Saleen S7 '02
S TVR Cerbera Speed 12
S TommyKaira ZZII
S Jaguar XJ220 ‘92
S Bugatti Veyron 16.4 '09
S Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3
S Audi Nuvolari quattro '03
S Ford GT '02
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Ford GT '05
S Ford GT (No Stripe) '05
b) Super Sport Cars (no Prototypes, Concepts nor race-car-based Street Cars)
P Ford GT ‘06
P Mclaren MP4-12 C ‘10
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 '09
P Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce '09
P Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘10
P Ferrari 458 Italia ‘09
P Ferrari 430 Scuderia ‘07
P Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 ‘08
P Mclaren F1 94
P Enzo Ferrari ‘02
P Lexus LFA ‘10
P Ferrari 599 '06
P Ferrari SP1 ´08
P Dodge Viper STR10 ACR ‘08
P Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic '07
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C6 ‘06
P Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro ‘09
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) '09
P Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
P Nissan GT-R SpecV '09
E Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 '11
E Nissan GT-R Black edition '12
S Cizeta V16T ‘94
S Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ´03
S RUF CTR2 '96
S Saleen S7 '02
S TVR Cerbera Speed 12 ´00
S TommyKaira ZZII ´00
S Jaguar XJ220 ‘92
S Bugatti Veyron 16.4 '09
S Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3
S Ford GT '05
S Ford GT (No Stripe) '05
5.3) Concepts, Prototypes and race-car-based road cars
Concepts are models, outlines, for future cars, with some extra aerodynamic that exist to study the vehicle dynamics. race-car-based road cars is when the Race Car come first (and in some case when the tuning car is distuned) , and then is created a road version based on it, with a better price. At this list I didnt put the Race Car concepts.
a) Concepts
P Citroën GT by Citroën Concept '08
P Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype CN.0706 '67
P Daihatsu OFC-1 Concept '07
P Isuzu 4200R Concept '89
P Infiniti Coupe Concept '06
P Lexus IS F Racing Concept '08
S Mitsubishi HSR-II Concept '89
S Oullim Motors Spirra Prototype '04
S Mitsubishi i Concept '03
S Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04
S Acura DN-X Concept '02
S Acura HSC Concept '04
S Mazda Furai Concept '08
S Dodge Viper GTS R Concept '00
S Dome DOME-ZERO Concept '78
S Honda HSC "The 37th Tokyo Motor Show Concept Car" '03
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Nissan GT-R Concept (Tokyo Motor Show 2001) '01
S Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept '02
S Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z Concept '88
S Honda Dualnote Concept '01
S Honda NSX-R Concept '01
S Cadillac Cien Concept ‘02
S Chevrolet Silverado SST Concept '02
S Hyundai Clix Concept '01
S Hyundai HCD6 Concept '01
S Infiniti FX45 Concept '02
S Mazda Atenza Concept '01
S Mazda KUSABI Concept '03
S Mazda Mazda6 Concept '01
S Mazda MX-Crossport Concept '05
S Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-I) '01
S Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-II) '01
S Audi Nuvolari quattro '03
S Ford GT '02
b) race-car-based Road Cars
P Citroën GT by Citroën Road Car
S Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car
S Amuse S2000 Street Version '04
S NISMO GT-R LM Road Going Version '95
S Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car '98
- RM list
P Acura NSX RM ‘91
P Chevrolet Camaro SS RM ‘10
P Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RM ‘69
P Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) RM ‘06
P Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) RM ‘09
P Dodge Challenger R/T RM ‘70
P Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) RM ‘97
P Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) RM ‘04
P Lexus IS F RM ‘07
P Lotus Elise RM ‘96
P Lotus Elise 111R RM ‘04
P Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR RM ‘05
P Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) RM ‘02
P Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA RM ‘05
P Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) RM ‘95
P TVR Tuscan Speed 6 RM ‘00
P Volkswagen Golf IV GTI RM ‘01
-Curiosities
1) Wikipedia says that the BMW Mclaren F1 GTR Race Car has all the specs to be a JGTC Car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_GT
2) The Lexus IS F Racing Concept 08 obey most of the brazillian Stock Car specifications.
3) Amuse S2000 GT1 is not a FIA GT1 car.
4) WRC 2008 and LeMans Group C (I cant confirm Group C) are categories with cars that raced together at the same regulations, they are the best balanced car from game by the concept of Categories.
- Official Car List
http://www.gran-turismo.com/local/jp/data1/products/gt5/carlist_en.html
- Topic with the balanced categories
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7101468#post7101468
Any opinions and suggestions are welcome.
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