Amemiya RX-7... road car?

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Hey,
Been racing online in a few rooms with the Amemiya RX-7, and seen many different opinions on whether it counts as a road car or not. I believe it is, since it was not designed as a professional racing car - just a modified version of an existing road car, and it does not come equipped with race tyres. However, I've been kicked from some 'road car only' lobbies for using it. What do you guys think?
 
It's a tuner car sold by a tuning shop to be street/track driven.
If the room was "production cars only" they would have a point.
 
Could go by career race requirements, for which it's not considered a normal car.
 
Road cars. Been in several that specify 'road cars' - some have been fine with me using it, and some kicked me. If it was designed to be driven on the street AND the track, then surely it is a road car? I mean, it's very unlikely to come across a car in GT6 online that ISN'T modified. Some rooms have allowed me to use it IF I use sport tyres, whereas they allowed themselves to use racing tyres. I see no sense in this...
 
I drive in a lot of "road car" rooms and they all have their own rules. Tuner cars are the grey area.
 
I think the adjustable front downforce and overall downforce potential is the real issue. You could lump the Honda NSX LM Road Car and Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car in with it. But to be fair the Amemiya FD has far narrower tires than either of those. I personally think the tire width should be considered as the C6 ZR1 has wider front tires than the FD's rears.
 
As far as I'm aware it was originally designed as development /PR tool for testing on touge courses.

I would class it and all tuner cars as road cars. They are road legal.

Equal tyres and PP and I'll race anything.
 

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