Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:09 pm
The GT-R launches today. Here is an email I got linking me to their website. http://www.gtrnissan.com/?Site=N09GTRE1 ... reative=19
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Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:18 pm
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:30 pm
WOW!! That was awesome. 
-John
-John
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:31 pm
I still can't get over that 7:38 at the 'Ring.
I'm officially impressed.
Damn shame it's so ugly...
I'm officially impressed.
Damn shame it's so ugly...
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:52 pm
[quote=""Gatecrasher""]I still can't get over that 7:38 at the 'Ring.
I'm officially impressed.
[/quote]
I'm officially impressed you are finally impressed.
Scotty
I'm officially impressed.
[/quote]
I'm officially impressed you are finally impressed.
Scotty
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:58 pm
lol I knew that 7:15 at the ring was complete BS. Still like I said, very impressive.
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:59 pm
Im not sure which shocked me more the time it set or the fact that i knew most of the track
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:59 pm
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Im not sure which shocked me more the time it set or the fact that i knew most of the track [/quote]
That reminds me, I still gotta do that endurance race in Forza 2.
[/quote]That reminds me, I still gotta do that endurance race in Forza 2.
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:07 pm
The races on the nur are a bitch cause the track is so narrow and the AI is cranked up on those higher races and they dont give way even though you clearly have the inside line.
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:30 pm
Meh, it's not that bad if you're a good driver 
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:01 pm
[quote=""Wolf_Zero""]Meh, it's not that bad if you're a good driver [/quote]
I have my AI set to hard Medium is far too easy.
[/quote]I have my AI set to hard
Medium is far too easy.Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:19 pm
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]I have my AI set to hard Medium is far too easy.[/quote]
Tru dat
Medium is far too easy.[/quote]Tru dat
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:46 am
Wow, in black = 
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:54 am
If only this beast was at the Sydney motor show. 
I'm madly in love with this car.
Scotty
I'm madly in love with this car.
Scotty
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:00 pm
[quote=""JagdStealth""]Yeah, this is a GT car now, not a sports car.
What they need to do is follow Porsches lead and make a GT3 model...something that is stripped out and 700lbs lighter.
[/quote]
How does 200 lbs sound?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/29/ligh ... g-in-2010/
What they need to do is follow Porsches lead and make a GT3 model...something that is stripped out and 700lbs lighter.
[/quote]
How does 200 lbs sound?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/29/ligh ... g-in-2010/
Nissan is finally releasing the GT-R fun to the US market next summer, and the Franco-Japanese automaker has no intentions of sticking with only one model. We've heard rumors about a lightweight V-Spec GT-R for a while, and Nissan officials aren't even denying it. Carbon fiber and light-weight aluminum will take a vehicle that has posted a 911 Turbo-beating 7:38 lap at the 'Ring and kick it up a notch. Save 200 lbs. on a 480 HP ball of hell-fire, and an already explosive sports car can turn in some of the best clock times of its day.
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:05 pm
Some pics from the link above...
Engine/turbos/intercoolers:
Confirms the Front engine, rear tranny configuration:
A pretty sweet cut away of the car:
Engine/turbos/intercoolers:
Confirms the Front engine, rear tranny configuration:
A pretty sweet cut away of the car:
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:07 pm
Anybody interested in pics of the GT-R 500 race car? Autoblog just posted them within the last few minutes...
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/30/phot ... at-suzuka/
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/30/phot ... at-suzuka/
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:25 pm
Paint me Nizmo and call me a fanboi!
Scotty
Scotty
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:33 pm
200lbs is a start...but it's still 500lbs heavier than it's competition
Re: 08/09 Nissan GTR launch next month. Speculation and banter
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:36 pm
Wow. The race car looks pure evil.
I am a little disappointed to see JGTC / Super GT getting further and further from the production car bodies though. They drastically lowered the nose on the R34s and the 350Z/Fairlady in order to keep them competitive with the NSX.
Speaking of the NSX, what's Honda running this year? Since the NSX has been out of production for a while, I'd think the rules will eventually force them to retire the race car.
I am a little disappointed to see JGTC / Super GT getting further and further from the production car bodies though. They drastically lowered the nose on the R34s and the 350Z/Fairlady in order to keep them competitive with the NSX.
Speaking of the NSX, what's Honda running this year? Since the NSX has been out of production for a while, I'd think the rules will eventually force them to retire the race car.