Where are the cars for the Japanese 80's Festival?

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I'm 45% through with the games and have yet to win a car that I can use in the Japanese 80's Fetival. I've also gone and looked through both used car dealers and the normal Japanese Showroom and haven't found one that meets the criteria. Every Japanese car seems to be from 90 up or its not a production model if it is from the 80's. Am I just missing something or do I have to wait a really long time before I get a car that can compete in this series?
 
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I'm 45% through with the games and have yet to win a car that I can use in the Japanese 80's Fetival. I've also gone and looked through both used car dealers and the normal Japanese Showroom and haven't found one that meets the criteria. Every Japanese car seems to be from 90 up or its not a production model if it is from the 80's. Am I just missing something or do I have to wait a really long time before I get a car that can compete in this series?
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i used to the nissan skyline gt-r (r32) ('89) i believe i found it in the used car lots.
 
you honestly cant find a japanese 80's car? how many showrooms are you aware of? you say "both" showrooms, so i presume somehow youve managed to get to 45% whilest totally missing the third one out. congrats! :indiff:
 
There's lots of good cars in the Historic Showroom for this event. My top picks are:

Mazda MX-5 '89 (versatile, but probably not the pick of the litter)
Nissan Fairlady Z '83 (bonus points for looking awesome)
Toyota Sprinter Trueno '83 (probably only if you're into Initial D)
Toyota Supra 3.0GT Turbo A '88
Nissan '89 (r32 or z32)

Those aren't all, just some of the higher-powered options.
 
I bought a nice used Mazda Miata MX-5 '89. It was a tuned :

Racing Exhaust
Full NA Tuning - 225 HP - no NOS
Super-close Tranny
Triple-plate Clutch
Racing Flywheel
Stage II weight reduction
Rollcage

Own S-1, S-2 and S-3 tires for various races.

It was a good set of races. Here are the points:

Aspec 27 points + 34 + 10 + 19 + 1 BSpec (I was tired).

It has won the Mazda Roadster Cup, the World Compact Car Race, the Roadster 4 Hours Endurance, and the Japanese 80's Festival.

All good tight racing. Very good investment. Plus I love Miatas - I own a 2001 Special Edition BRG in real life.
 
MadduckUK
you honestly cant find a japanese 80's car? how many showrooms are you aware of? you say "both" showrooms, so i presume somehow youve managed to get to 45% whilest totally missing the third one out. congrats! :indiff:
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Ha. so true. 99% of the cars there are Japanese.
 
The Japanese 70's, 80's, and 90's challenges are all very easy to find cars for. 70's is probably the trickiest, but there's several new cars from the 70s that you can purchase if you dont want to wait around for the Bluebird '79 in the historic showroom.
 
MadduckUK
you honestly cant find a japanese 80's car? how many showrooms are you aware of? you say "both" showrooms, so i presume somehow youve managed to get to 45% whilest totally missing the third one out. congrats! :indiff:
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Is he for real?! Nearly halfway through the game and he has yet to visit the Classic car lot? :eek:


Um....ok. When you are in Gt mode avatardd, look beside the Special Conditions hall....there should be a pale-ish car icon. This is the 60's-80's car lot. Here you will find the cheap thrills, as well as some awesome classics. If you see the Nissan 240RS, don't hesitate; buy it on the spot. It only shows up once in 700 days.
 
Yes it is true I had never visited the Historic Showroom as I completely overlooked it. I love GT4, but I really hate the map setup that makes you go back and forth a million different places. It also seems kinda dumb to me to label 80's cars as "Historic" but nevertheless I looked through and bought a Nissan 300ZX 2 seater (Z32) and won all the races easily without having to do any modifications to the car. Thanks to those that gave useful help and I'll leave the rest unsaid to the one that just felt like sounding like an @$$hole.
 
Yeah i'll second the 89 300Z, it was basically a ringer for me, all stock i was able to win no problem, probably one of the cheapest ways to go, if you need more power the lightened flywheel and chip should be enough tot give you the win
 
i had the same problem, couldn't find an 80's car to use that met the criteria. i guess i wanted to get to 57.8% complete and even pass mission 34, clean i might add, before deciding to go to gtplanet and find out why i can't find an 80's car. :dunce: anyway, i bought a toyota supra 3.0GT turbo A '88. hmmm, i guess i'll go finish the japanese 80's cup now
 
Wildhalcyon
There's lots of good cars in the Historic Showroom for this event. My top picks are:

Mazda MX-5 '89 (versatile, but probably not the pick of the litter)
Nissan Fairlady Z '83 (bonus points for looking awesome)
Toyota Sprinter Trueno '83 (probably only if you're into Initial D)
Toyota Supra 3.0GT Turbo A '88
Nissan '89 (r32 or z32)

Those aren't all, just some of the higher-powered options.
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I used the Nissan 300ZX z32.
 
maybe this should be added to a FAQ just incase someone else has a problem.. just an idea though.



*Ok I did some searching and I found this, but I don't know if it has the right info though he was looking for....

Requirements Per Racing Hall:

Japanese 80's Festival (5 races)
- Game mode : Single race
- Car type : Normal cars
- Tyre : Normal or Sport
- Origin of car : Japan
- Cars : models from 1980-1989
- License : Domestic A license for A-spec, not required for B-spec
- Prize : Cr. 300,000/100,000/50,000/40,000/30,000/20,000

but I dont think thats any helpfull info on what "CAR" to use.
 
I used an '81 Isuzu Piazza XE. You will need to buy some sort of Isuzu in any case to complete the Isuzu one-make race (you can't win an Isuzu anywhere else), and I believe that the '81 Piazza is both the cheapest Isuzu and the most powerful.
 
All the info you need for the races are in the game guides

Japanese 80's Festival (5 Races)

- Race Type : Single
- License : Domestic A
- Nationality : Japanese
- Year : 1980 - 1989
- Tyres : Normal or Sports

Tracks :

* El Capitan
* Clubman Stage Route 5 Reverse
* Tsukuba Circuit
* Apricot Hill Reverse
* Suzuka Circuit

Observed AI Opponents :

* Toyota Celica GT-R (ST183, 4WS) '91
* Nissan Skyline HT 2000 RS-X Turbo C '84
* Nissan Skyline HT 2000 Turbo RS '83
* Toyota MR2 1600 G '86
* Honda CITY Turbo II '83
* Nissan Skyline GT-R '89
* Toyota Celica 2000 GT4 (ST165) '86
* Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1800 GSR IC Turbo '83
* Isuza PIAZZA XE '81
* Toyota CARINA ED 2.0 X 4WS '89

Prize Money : 3,000 / 1,000 / 500 / 400 / 300 / 200
Prize Car : MITSUBISHI HSR-II Concept '89

https://www.gtplanet.net/guides/index.php/Japanese_Hall
 
daan
All the info you need for the races are in the game guides
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Except it doesn't list the cars that you can enter, and is missing some of the AI cars that can show up on race day.


The best performing car you can enter the Japanese 80's Festival event in is the 1983 Nissan Silvia 240RS (S100). Even in stock form and no tuning adjustments it will dominate all the cars, even the mighty 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32). My guess is that it'll give you about 25 A-spec points each race - depending on the AI cars that show up of course.

The 240RS only costs $25k... Unfortunately, it also only shows up for two weeks (71 & 94) out of the 100 week schedule. The GT-R on the other hand only costs $16k and is very common, showing up during 70 weeks of the 100 week schedule. You can also even get it during week 88 with only 6 miles on it, but it'll cost you $38k for the pleasure. :)

Here is a list of all the cars I know of that you can use in this race (ranked by P:W ratio):
  • 1983 Nissan____ Silvia 240RS (S100)
  • 1989 Nissan____ Skyline GT-R (R32)
  • 1989 Nissan____ 300ZX 2seater (Z32)
  • 1989 Nissan____ Skyline GTS-t Type M (R32)
  • 1983 Nissan____ Skyline Hard Top 2000 Turbo RS (R30)
  • 1983 Nissan____ Fairlady Z 300ZX (Z31)
  • 1989 Mitsubishi Galant 2.0 DOHC Turbo VR-4
  • 1984 Nissan____ Skyline Hard Top 2000 RS-X Turbo C (R30)
  • 1987 Nissan____ Skyline GTS-R (R31)
  • 1988 Nissan____ Silvia K's (S13)
  • 1988 Toyota____ Supra 3.0GT Turbo A
  • 1985 Mazda_____ RX-7 GT-Limited (FC, J)
  • 1983 Honda_____ City Turbo II
  • 1983 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1800GSR IC Turbo
  • 1983 Toyota____ Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex (AE86)
  • 1986 Toyota____ Celica 2000GT-R (ST162)
  • 1981 Toyota____ Celica XX 2800GT
  • 1983 Toyota____ Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86)
  • 1986 Toyota____ Celica 2000GT-FOUR (ST165)
  • 1983 Honda_____ Ballade Sports CR-X 1.5i
  • 1986 Toyota____ MR2 1600 G-Limited Super Charger
  • 1989 Mazda_____ MX-5 Miata (NA)
  • 1988 Nissan____ Silvia Q's (S13)
  • 1983 Honda_____ Civic 1500 3door 25i
  • 1986 Toyota____ MR2 1600 G
  • 1981 Isuzu_____ Piazza XE
  • 1988 Nissan____ EXA Canopy L.A.Version Type S (N13)
  • 1989 Toyota____ Carina ED 2.0 X 4WS
  • 1989 Mitsubishi Minica Dangan ZZ
  • 1988 Honda_____ Accord Coupe
  • 1987 Nissan____ Be-1
  • 1989 Nissan____ PAO
  • 1985 Honda_____ Today G
 
I used a Nissan Skyline GT-R from the 80's/Historic Showroom, only around
13 grand and gets the job done nicely.
 

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