Removed from GT4?

[brainfade]

This recently came into my head, I was watching footage of Le Mans 1994 when I saw this: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1994/Le_Mans-1994-06-19-001.jpg

The SARD Toyota 94C-V, now I remember in the build up previews to Gran Turismo 4 I saw this car in a few screenshots, mainly on the Paris night course and I was bemused to a certain extent why it wasn't in the final game.

Any possible explanation as to why this game was removed?

 

[Heath_1]

got any screenshots of it in the game?

 

[Remy Zero]

Maybe they just renamed it the Minolta car? Looks like it anyways..

 

[peter_vod69]

Maybe they just renamed it the Minolta car? Looks like it anyways..

The Minolta was from 1992.

 

[daan]

Maybe they just renamed it the Minolta car? Looks like it anyways..

Apart from this one was from 1994 and the Toyota 88C-V (aka the Minolta car) was from 1988/89.

The Minolta was from 1992.

Er, no, the clue is in it's name.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

This recently came into my head, I was watching footage of Le Mans 1994 when I saw this: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1994/Le_Mans-1994-06-19-001.jpg

The SARD Toyota 94C-V, now I remember in the build up previews to Gran Turismo 4 I saw this car in a few screenshots, mainly on the Paris night course and I was bemused to a certain extent why it wasn't in the final game.

Any possible explanation as to why this game was removed?

I just had a look through all the GT4 pre-release screenshots here. There is a few screenshots of the Nissan R88CV on the George Paris circuit, but there's no Toyota 94C-V in sight. I'm sure that if it really was in any screenshots, someone would've noticed a long time ago.

 

[brainfade]

got any screenshots of it in the game?

I used to have some in an old issue of PSM2 magazine but I don't know where that went, but I distinctly remember seeing the car with Japanese characters instead where it says 'Nippon Denso' this car was one of the fastest at Le Mans in 1994.

It was also driven by three drivers who would later lose their lives: Roland Ratzenberger, Jeff Krosnoff and Bob Wollek

Im still trying to find the screenshots.