Im doubt that the Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro will hit GT5, but GT6 is a possibility. I know Project C.A.R.S. has the Audi R18 TDi. And just for lols, the e-Trons already a Hyrbid (Electric/Diesel) so I think Audi beat you to it XD.
Im not really much for drifting either. Dont car for it. Or Drag Racing. Im a straight up track guy. GTs being my favorite cars to drive, I strongly enjoy racing them in Regulation style. (400-500HP/1240KG)
Also, Its kinda funny how that guy has yet to respond. He probably realised that he made a Bone-Head mistake but I hate it when people dont research theyre stuff before they go spouting off at others about it.
Oh and as for the LMP knowledge. If you ever have questions about them or GT cars for that matter, dont be afraid to ask. I know my research on them. And as for the ones in GT5, I can give you info on them as well.
It's too bad, looks sweet, and I love a car built with a competitor in mind.
His lack of response tells me he realizes he's had his foot in his mouth for a few pages.
I'm at the point I dabble around so much I'm the Jack of all racing series and master of none. The Weekend Warrior Racer lol looking to try a lil drifting.
Just so I understand the rational, what exactly is the objection to using a chassis file from an LMP? To me, they're just good chassis files to start from.
No objection to using them at all.
Lets be real though. It's more then just for tire looks (after looking over the hybrid pic pages I'm shocked my RX-7 had smack talked about the wide stance, the wide over cambered cars there are a lil hard to kook at.....)
The real reason they are used is the lighter chassis weight, adjustable downforce (justify it with ballast and reduced downforce all you like, don't change it in my eyes) The performance benefits that come with a wider stance and a more rigid chassis. All of this distorts the character of the platform, removing the character of the Body (more like the skin) being used.
ANY car using a LM chassis IS a LM car with a visible body of a different car floating around it. SERIOUSLY what handling character is in the body code? The last remaining character (after the chassis code) is in the suspension code (another thing I leave as is on a "Legit" swap and that's very cookie cutter in GT5. So far the only real changing variable in the sus code (after setting limits and default position) is the wheel rate that I believe to be pretty much the only variable in the suspension code aside from limits and default settings. So as the chassis character is in the chassis and suspension code, Ill take as much as I can get in order to recreate the IRL cars as much as possible, and keep my Swaps Legit.
These cars are usually as PP limited and equalized as any other car in GT5, while LMP chassis swapped cars are Wolfs in sheepskin clothing. Way beyond a sleeper, it's at the point of cheesing. However if a bunch of LMP swapped cars want to race or compare times that is cool, I just see them as different to a recreation of IRL swapped cars.
When hacking cars and trying to recreate swaps that are done IRL this in my eyes is to simulate the car that GT won't allow us to build in the game, I would think this would come with people wanting that experience simulated as best as possible (We are talking about Gran Turismo, not Shift) and when I call a swap "Legit" I'm NOT just referring to a engine swap that is done IRL, but a car that best recreates that car as if the engine swap is allowed in the game. IF GT5 did have a engine swap option in the game, there would not be a chassis swap option....
This is a Legit swap
5-Dime SR20DET
It's a recreation of a engine swap that is commonly done. You can buy a kit to swap a SR20DET into a 5-Dime just like there are kits to drop a LS1 in a RX-7, so as crazy as a LS7 RX-7 may be, it is one of the more legitimate swaps done. Or Honda 4 banger swaps, Hyundai's with 4G63 power plants etc, this is the stuff that gets done IRL and why I consider them Legit, Viper Engines in Challengers riding on LMP car chassis don't exist anywhere and most likely wont ever.........
As seen here
Not one has a LMP chassis swap lol...
I just see cars done to be serious recreations of legit swaps to retain the chassis of the car they are recreating.
I hope this clarifies what I mean by Legit, and the difference of a Legit Swap and a LMP chassis swapped street car. I don't condemn the use of LMP chassis, I just don't consider cars running them to be "Legit" swaps