Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Will Come to Gran Turismo Sport May 25

[Castrol96]

*cough*

The RX7 LM from GT3-GT4 was way better than this.

 

[CodeRedR51]

The RX7 LM from GT3-GT4 was way better than this.

We're talking about Gr4 though.

 

[Doomotron]

The RX7 LM from GT3-GT4 was way better than this.

That could go in Group 3.

 

[05XR8]

The RX7 LM from GT3-GT4 was way better than this.

Amemiya GT300 is better than that. PD work it's BOP magic and it's all good. Could have used the Base Model, if licencing was a problem.

PDLOGIC ™ would place it in GR.4 though.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

A BoP buff would just make it an inferior GT-R clone. Right now it lacks in acceleration, which is easily fixed by BoP, but the main problem it has is chronic tyre wear, which is almost comparable in severity to that of the GT-R, while having nothing to show for it. It handles like a dream, I'll give you that. But even in races without tyre wear, like this week's Race B at Red Bull Ring for example, where even the understeering mess that is the Memesubishi 5 Speed Evo has top 10 time spots in Asia, the Atenza is not even in the conversation.

Besides, if Mazda cars start getting buffs in BoP right after becoming partnered with Gran Turismo, it'd reek of favourtism, and I personally wouldn't want that as a Mazda fan. In the past few BoP changes, the Atenza Gr. 4 has been completely untouched, leading me to believe that PD thinks the Atenza is perfectly balanced.

Even with the adjusted tyre wear rates for FFs and AWD, the Gr. 4 Atenza is god awful. I think what it needs more than anything is an adjustible centre diff. The Gr. 3 Atenza is in my mind the best all rounder FR car in Gr. 3 alongside the AMG GT3, and I wholly believe that the sole reason why Mazda hasn't ever made a World Tour event by merit is because the Gr. 4 car is so hopeless. As hyped as I am for the RX-Vision to appear again after 5 years, Mazda right now doesn't need another Gr. 3 car - the Atenza Gr. 3 is perfectly fine. What Mazda needs right now is a firm kick in the balls in Gr. 4.

Or we can skip over all that and "just" get a RX-Vision GT4. Even the Amemiya FD on racing tyres would run circles around the freaking Atenza.

I'm not sure why the Atenza Gr.4 is so slow to be honest. Looking at the BOP stats on paper, it actually has the highest power out of all Gr.4 cars save for the Veyron and GT-R (and those 2 weigh a lot more). Weight wise, it's the lightest save for the FF cars, Alfa and GT86. Evo and WRX are only slightly lighter but they can put down much better laptimes Top speed wise, the Atenza is also faster than those 2 bricks. Handling and braking are similar. So that only leaves acceleration. I'm convinced the default gearing is the culprit here, because it's so sluggish compared to those 2. Even the Evo with only 5 gears out accelerates it

Tyre wear it's quite similar to the other 4WD and better than FF, but without the speed advantage that the others have early in the stint, you can't really run away from the pack before the wear sets in. Having said that, Akagi-san set the WR at Bathurst in the Atenza Gr.4 a few seasons back, so if you're an alien it's still possible to do well in it. Just not for us mere mortals

 

[ScottPuss20]

*cough*

This would be too fast for Group 4. It has too much aero.

 

[MisterWaffles]

This would be too fast for Group 4. It has too much aero.

It doesn't have any more aero than a Megane Trophy, and PD thought that was ok.

Honestly though, if they added that RX-7 it would probably land in N500 for some reason.

 

[ScottPuss20]

It doesn't have any more aero than a Megane Trophy, and PD thought that was ok.

Honestly though, if they added that RX-7 it would probably land in N500 for some reason.

The Megane isn't a ground up GT4 car though; it's not supposed to be there.

 

[MisterWaffles]

The Megane isn't a ground up GT4 car though; it's not supposed to be there.

True, but I think that when we analyze topics like this, it's better to forget about common sense and car design and think with PD-LogicTM instead.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Honestly though, if they added that RX-7 it would probably land in N500 for some reason.

N500 lobbies be like:


GT3 RS/GT40/X-Bow/F40: "ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU?!"

 

[CodeRedR51]

The Megane isn't a ground up GT4 car though; it's not supposed to be there.

Either are the FWD cars but we could nit pick for days.

 

[mastretta_mx]

This tease is like receiving a wrapped bicycle on Christmas

 

[05XR8]

Now we just have to guess the livery.

 

[GTFan24]

WEEEEELP.

See you all in GT7

 

[MisterWaffles]

Now we just have to guess the livery.

I'm guessing the livery is going to be straight metallic red and nothing else.

 

[05XR8]

I'm guessing the livery is going to be straight metallic red and nothing else.

I'll say two colours. A first for a Gr.3 category car. Some shade of pearl white( 100th anniversary color) and Seoul/Soul Red. \_(^v°)_/

 

[CodeRedR51]

Probably Soul Red with a few decals.

 

[TonyJZX]

It cant be just one car right? right?

 

[MisterWaffles]

It cant be just one car right? right?

Well, what's interesting is this update doesn't fall on the last week of this month, so they might be trying to get this one out before some FIA deadline. I think there could still be a chance we'll be seeing the Lamborghini VGT and maybe one of the Porsches included a week after this one.

 

[tankuroded]

Amemiya GT300 is better than that. PD work it's BOP magic and it's all good. Could have used the Base Model, if licencing was a problem.

PDLOGIC ™ would place it in GR.4 though.

RE Amemiya is treated a separate manufacturer in the games, it would need some red-tape/code workaround for that to work. Also I have feeling that (later) JAF-GT300 cars might be in Gr.3 territory (they have to keep up with GT3 cars after all).

 

[XSquareStickIt]

I'm not sure why the Atenza Gr.4 is so slow to be honest. Looking at the BOP stats on paper, it actually has the highest power out of all Gr.4 cars save for the Veyron and GT-R (and those 2 weigh a lot more). Weight wise, it's the lightest save for the FF cars, Alfa and GT86. Evo and WRX are only slightly lighter but they can put down much better laptimes Top speed wise, the Atenza is also faster than those 2 bricks. Handling and braking are similar. So that only leaves acceleration. I'm convinced the default gearing is the culprit here, because it's so sluggish compared to those 2. Even the Evo with only 5 gears out accelerates it

Tyre wear it's quite similar to the other 4WD and better than FF, but without the speed advantage that the others have early in the stint, you can't really run away from the pack before the wear sets in. Having said that, Akagi-san set the WR at Bathurst in the Atenza Gr.4 a few seasons back, so if you're an alien it's still possible to do well in it. Just not for us mere mortals

It's interesting you bring that up. I never looked at the raw specs of the cars. I never knew the Atenza looked so promising on paper. Yes, the Atenza is a decent hot lap car. I'm aware Akagi-san set a WR at Bathurst, and then proceeded to win Manufacturers' for Mazda in that same season.

Here's a link to the Manufacturers' results for that season.

This is Akagi-san's results for that season:

Akagi

• XSquareStickIt
• May 17, 2020

Rounds 3, 4 ,6, 8 and 9 are Group 4 races. As you'll see, Akagi basically doesn't bother with any Gr. 4 races at all when signed with Mazda, save except for Round 6 at Interlagos and Round 9 at Bathurst. The race at Interlagos didn't count as his top 5 best points, and he did quite well at Bathurst. The point still stands though; the Atenza is very clearly garbage.

Then, gearing comes into it.

About the Atenza GR.4, it has 404bhp/1380kg(BOP). The programming just ain't right. It should be, proportionally, as good as it's Gr.3 variant.

The gearing is bad as well. 1st gear is too short. 2nd gear is too long. When I first started using it a couple years ago, I could hunt cars down at Bathurst, in the Daily Races. Top speed used to be good at DT Seaside. The BOP hasn't changed, but the performance somehow, has.

I think you hit the nail on the head, 05XR8. I can't comment on the performance of the Atenza back in the good ol' days, but I will say that I think the gearing is a very big part of it. First and second are painfully awful, but 3rd onwards doesn't LOOK so bad.

If anyone needs some visual aid on how god awful the Atenza is in Gr. 4, here's a video of me hemorrhaging positions in a Manufacturers' Race at Spa. Qualified 11th, dropped to 15th within HALF A LAP, finished dead last, with no major mistakes except for the end. Be warned: video contains explicit gore of tyre torture.

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It's mind blowing how quickly the tyres of the Atenza die. I can't adequately put it into words. I was getting left for dead on the straights, too. Granted, I was fuel saving, but that was the strat for that race, no?

Should this go into the bug report section? "Hey PD, the Atenza is too awful. Makes no sense. Please fix."

To bring this back to the RX-Vision, unless the RX-Vision is Audi R8 LMS levels of hot lap brilliance with 911 RSR levels of longevity, the RX-Vision hardly changes a thing for Mazda as a manufacturer in GTS. Highly unlikely it'd be that good given it's yet another front engined car. As of right now, to be a competitive FR in Gr. 3, you need to either be a Merc, or be a powerhouse like the GT-R and Supra. The only hope I have of it being a standout in any area is in fuel consumption, ironically, given its comparatively tiny displacement.

 

[symaski62]

new car ?

 

[Castrol96]

What's the point of the Silhouette when they already showed what it is months ago?

 

[sirjim73]

This tease is like receiving a wrapped bicycle on Christmas

Toughie! As I said in the other thread, is it, is it another AE86?

 

[TonyJZX]

its the new 2.0 four a91 supra

 

[Crazy Taylor]

I'll say two colours. A first for a Gr.3 category car. Some shade of pearl white( 100th anniversary color) and Seoul/Soul Red. \_(^v°)_/

It will have the Subaru livery on it.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

It's interesting you bring that up. I never looked at the raw specs of the cars. I never knew the Atenza looked so promising on paper. Yes, the Atenza is a decent hot lap car. I'm aware Akagi-san set a WR at Bathurst, and then proceeded to win Manufacturers' for Mazda in that same season.

Here's a link to the Manufacturers' results for that season.

This is Akagi-san's results for that season:

Akagi

• XSquareStickIt
• May 17, 2020

Rounds 3, 4 ,6, 8 and 9 are Group 4 races. As you'll see, Akagi basically doesn't bother with any Gr. 4 races at all when signed with Mazda, save except for Round 6 at Interlagos and Round 9 at Bathurst. The race at Interlagos didn't count as his top 5 best points, and he did quite well at Bathurst. The point still stands though; the Atenza is very clearly garbage.

To bring this back to the RX-Vision, unless the RX-Vision is Audi R8 LMS levels of hot lap brilliance with 911 RSR levels of longevity, the RX-Vision hardly changes a thing for Mazda as a manufacturer in GTS. Highly unlikely it'd be that good given it's yet another front engined car. As of right now, to be a competitive FR in Gr. 3, you need to either be a Merc, or be a powerhouse like the GT-R and Supra. The only hope I have of it being a standout in any area is in fuel consumption, ironically, given its comparatively tiny displacement.

Yes the BOP specs don't always tell the whole story. On paper the WRX and Evo also has one of the highest horsepowers, but we all know how slow those cars are on the straights. Probably because of the aerodynamics. The Atenza has higher top speed than those two, but for some reason just cannot pull the same laptimes. I haven't driven Mazda over a whole season so I can't really comment on the handling subtleties.

Thanks for pulling up Akagi's results. I'm still not sure why Bathurst is an exception to be honest. Probably because half the track is downhill so it negates the slow acceleration somewhat, and you can easily block a much faster car in the uphill sections if you qualify well enough with a tow. But yes, choosing Mazda, you're basically forfeiting half of the races at the start...

With regards to the RXV, it really doesn't matter how good it is, because Mazda is an official partner and will go to the live event regardless. It's a bit unfair, because if Mazda isn't in top 12 by merit that means 1 manufacturer will be sacrificed even though they qualified on track. Lamborghini is the only other manu never to get to a live event, and in Oceania currently being driven by one of the fastest aliens (Dan Holland), and we are just hanging on to 12th world rank because NA/CSA doesn't pull the points.

If it ends up being powered by rotary, I don't even think it will have good fuel consumption How does the 787B compare to the other Group C's in that respect?

 

[05XR8]

Yes the BOP specs don't always tell the whole story. On paper the WRX and Evo also has one of the highest horsepowers, but we all know how slow those cars are on the straights. Probably because of the aerodynamics. The Atenza has higher top speed than those two, but for some reason just cannot pull the same laptimes. I haven't driven Mazda over a whole season so I can't really comment on the handling subtleties.

Thanks for pulling up Akagi's results. I'm still not sure why Bathurst is an exception to be honest. Probably because half the track is downhill so it negates the slow acceleration somewhat, and you can easily block a much faster car in the uphill sections if you qualify well enough with a tow. But yes, choosing Mazda, you're basically forfeiting half of the races at the start...

With regards to the RXV, it really doesn't matter how good it is, because Mazda is an official partner and will go to the live event regardless. It's a bit unfair, because if Mazda isn't in top 12 by merit that means 1 manufacturer will be sacrificed even though they qualified on track. Lamborghini is the only other manu never to get to a live event, and in Oceania currently being driven by one of the fastest aliens (Dan Holland), and we are just hanging on to 12th world rank because NA/CSA doesn't pull the points.

If it ends up being powered by rotary, I don't even think it will have good fuel consumption How does the 787B compare to the other Group C's in that respect?

At Le Mans Daily Races, it can do a no stop. It's a good all-rounder. 962 seems to be the best in BOP spec. C9 accelerates the quickest. XJR has mid-range to top end and the R92 is slightly below the C9.

 

[zzz_pt]

Probably Soul Red with a few decals.

Close

 

[eugene1]

Wishful thinking my dude

Well, what's interesting is this update doesn't fall on the last week of this month, so they might be trying to get this one out before some FIA deadline. I think there could still be a chance we'll be seeing the Lamborghini VGT and maybe one of the Porsches included a week after this one.