What all new cars do you want to see in GT7?

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Something I really like in car games is just getting to drive older race cars to the limit, from weird ones that never really got their chance to incredibly iconic ones I just always find it really cool, so here's some old race cars I'd like to see.

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Abarth X1/9 Prototipo '74

Take a light Fiat, juice it up with parts from Lancia's and Abarth's racing parts catalogue and top it off with a high reving i4 making 210hp at 8000rpm and you've got a winner right? This thing was tested to be easier to manage and faster than the Stratos and was all set to become the next huge rally success with a road going version to homologate it for Group 4 before it was unceremoniously canned due to internal politics at Fiat favouring a rally car based on the Fiat 131 instead.

210 hp
2l NA i4
720kg
MR

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Marcos Mantis XP '68

Mantis XP almost just looks too outrageous to exist, a late 60s GT Vision racer. And armed with a Brapham-Repco F1 V8 and fully independent suspension tuned by John Cooper it was far more than just a flashy concept car. Sadly a leaky cabin, electrical faults and the costs involved with re-engineering doomed the Mantis XP's racing career to mere 13 wet laps of Spa. It seems like it really was just too outrageous to exist.

310hp
3.0l NA V8
650kg
MR

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Lotus Type 62 '69

An evolution of the Type 46 which itself was an evolution of the Europa, the Type 62 ended up sharing nothing but a scant few body panels with its road going version. In Lotus tradition it was a fantastically light car with beautiful handling and stunning looks yet it was throughly unmatched against the massive beasts it was competing against such as the 917.

240hp
2l NA I4
741kg
MR

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Iso Grifo A3/C '64

Designed by Giotto Bizzarini the man behind Ferrari 250 GTO. His independent follow up featured a Corvette V8 mounted halfway into the cabin and a body made from alluminum alloy that had to be riveted in place. And that was enough for it to win top of it's class at LeMans in 1964 and 1965.

405hp
5.3l NA V8
1220kg
FMR

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Maserati Tipo V4 '29

Don't let the name fool you the V4 stands for V as in engine configuration and 4 as in the amount of liters. The amount of cylinders is 16. And unlike most early 16 cylinder engines this one wasn't created for a smooth quiet ride, nor was it created for fuel economy which granted by 1929 was barely invented. The thirsty 16cylinder drank a special mix of benzine, gasoline and ether and it drank on average 52 liters of it at a 100km stretch giving it a ridiculous mpg of 4.52. But what this thing was above all else was properly fast, clocking 124.2mph at Monza, a circuit record which stood until 1954.

305hp
4l Twin-Supercharged V16
1050kg
FR
 
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In 1982, the Innocenti opted for the abandonment of the British Leyland engines in favor of the more modern Japanese Daihatsu three-cylinder engines and in November 1983 the range was renewed: the new TURBO DETOMASO version arrived. The engine of only 993cc but 72 horsepower thanks to a small but portentous turbo, which pushes it to 165 kilometers per hour and takes it from 0 to 100 in 10 seconds !!! The Daihatsu turbocharged engine of the Mini was at the time a concentrate of technology, the smallest turbocharged engine in the world.
This is the direct opponent of the A112 Abarth present on the GT7
 
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It would be great if GT7 provided some cheap LMP1s from private teams to be available at the used car shop. If someone does not have enough money to buy a factory Gr.1 car, such as the Peugeot 908, Audi R18 or Toyota TS050 Hybrid; alternatively you can buy a used LMP1 chassis from smaller constructors like Zytek, Courage, Lola, Reynard, Dome, Pescarolo, Creation, HPD, Dallara etc.

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Well, after 20+ years of GT playing (missed the first one game), my nickname was and is still Kobrix. Yes you guessed it, it's based on Cobra, and yes Cobra like ... the car. It will be the first time I post this publicly.

Simple: Weineck Cobra. Please PD, please Mr Yamauchi, have a look at what the Germans did with the Cobra, an absolute beast, well I think we can even say mega beast, of 780 cui, 12.9 liters. There is really not that much information on the web for that car, but I'm pretty sure PD can find more than me.

I do tend to think that that car would be undriveable in a game, but we still can try and have fun with it.


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And the EP3 was in GT4, GT5, and GT6, so doesn't belong here.
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Ok, specifically a facelift UKDM model then, we only got the JDM :)

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Nissan Skyline R33 GTST (Single Turbo 2.5 RWD) version has, I don't think, never been in a GT series game. I do recall the R32 GTST featuring in one of the older games (GT4?).
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Yep, 32 GTST was in most of them, but we've never seen a 33 GTST or a 34 GTT :(
 
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I know I've said I think forza's drivetrain swaps can be too much customisation when it comes to everyone online having over the top builds, but at the same time I'd like to turn a FWD honda into a RWD because I'll drift anythinggg

As for what car I'd like to see in game? There's dozens but guess I'll pick the Toyota Mark 2 and the Holden VL
 
Pontiac Tojan
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Chaparral 2F
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Chevrolet Cheetah
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Pontiac Fiero
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Third-gen firebird
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Ford probe 2nd gen.
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Eagle Mark I (T1G) plz with 1968 season front and rear wing
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Eagle Mark III
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Distinctly American list, sure. But aside from the dedicated race cars. I feel as if Gran Turismo has no American cars in the 80's period that ISN'T a strict muscle car. You go from 60's and 70's and jump straight to the 2000s. So far the only car to somewhat break from this is the C4
 
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Pontiac Tojan
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Eagle Mark I (T1G) plz with 1968 season front and rear wing
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Eagle Mark III
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Distinctly American list, sure. But aside from the dedicated race cars. I feel as if Gran Turismo has no American cars in the 80's period that ISN'T a strict muscle car. You go from 60's and 70's and jump straight to the 2000s. So far the only car to somewhat break from this is the C4
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I agree, more 80’s American cars are needed. If I could only choose one car to add to GT7, I’d probably choose a third gen Firebird/Trans Am. I’ve driven one both IRL and in The Crew 2 and I’d like to race that car in a game with GT’s physics and realism.

Plus, imagine if PD let you swap the motor from a ZL1 or Hellcat into it…
 
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