The Race Cars of Gran Turismo 2

[tankuroded]

This Subaru press release sheds some light on the Forester RM:

October 1996: The Forester sets a new world record with an average speed of 180.082 km/h in a FIA certified, 24-hour endurance challenge.

1) On October 30, 1996, the Forester set the new world record for average speed in a 24-hour endurance race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the result was certified by the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA) as well as by the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States (ACCUS).

 

[RACECAR]

Looks like it.

 

[tankuroded]

The Vivio RX-RA RM in GT2 is based on the car entered by Takayama College of Car Technology at 1997 Rally Malaysia, an APRC event:

Their race report page (Japanese)

 

[Mattiko88]

hi guys in this discussion I found this photo, I recognize them all but I've never seen that black skyline? second row, first right, can you tell me if I can find it? which model does it correspond to?

 

[pez2k]

hi guys in this discussion I found this photo, I recognize them all but I've never seen that black skyline? second row, first right, can you tell me if I can find it? which model does it correspond to?

It's the Skyline 25GT Turbo.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I'm bring back this thread to mention this. I haven't seen it posted yet. This Tom's JTCC AE92 Sprinter Trueno livery.

The stripes on it remind me of the 1997 MR-2 G-Limited RM in GT2:

 

[tankuroded]

Going to repost here from the GTS classic livery replica thread due to relevance (re: C3 RM):

This got my attention as I kinda don't remember it. Decided to see if I could find what this RM and livery is based on and sure enough, Found it:

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So effectively, PD modeled The Corvette L88 and more specifically the one driven by James Garner.

Car in question.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

One wierd observation, the 1985 Corolla Levin RM. I kept thinking it was like the #86 N2 Endurance Levin that I see a replica of on Speedhunters. But outside of the number, it looks more like this one.

 

[tankuroded]

Discovered what Dodge Neon's RM is exactly based on.

 

[tankuroded]

On that Camaro Z28 RM...

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

On that Camaro Z28 RM...

That is going straight to my wishlist.

 

[submaniac93]

hooooooooo finally some photos of the actual car!

 

[Snaky330]

The Alfa Romeo 156 Racing Modification found, the Group N Touring Car.

The one with carbon spoiler is actually a Super Touring car and the one with red spoiler is a group N car.
Also you can find the same livery in the fia super touring homologation.

So the gt2 racing modification of the 156 is about a generic Super touring