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This has been one of my greatest childhood mysteries. I had the USA version of GT2 so this image was used as the simulation main menu.
You probably have seen this image thousands of times, but do you know what it is from? I feel like this was an unspoken mystery because nobody had an answer to. So I contributed time to investigating what it is. Looking at its construction, my guess was that the GT stamp was on an intake plenum rather than a valve cover as the cam sensor was sitting underneath. As for that cam sensor, if you look very closely, it says Ford on it. So I began looking through all Fords in the game and their engines. No match. I realized that Jaguar, Mazda, and Aston Martin also used Ford components. Nothing from Jaguar, no match for Mazda. As for Aston Martin, I just searched through Google Images at various Aston Martin engines for 5 minutes when suddenly-THERE IT IS.
Do you see it? Have a Photoshop image for proof:
This engine is a V12 from a 1999 Aston Martin DB7. You're welcome.
You probably have seen this image thousands of times, but do you know what it is from? I feel like this was an unspoken mystery because nobody had an answer to. So I contributed time to investigating what it is. Looking at its construction, my guess was that the GT stamp was on an intake plenum rather than a valve cover as the cam sensor was sitting underneath. As for that cam sensor, if you look very closely, it says Ford on it. So I began looking through all Fords in the game and their engines. No match. I realized that Jaguar, Mazda, and Aston Martin also used Ford components. Nothing from Jaguar, no match for Mazda. As for Aston Martin, I just searched through Google Images at various Aston Martin engines for 5 minutes when suddenly-THERE IT IS.
Do you see it? Have a Photoshop image for proof:
This engine is a V12 from a 1999 Aston Martin DB7. You're welcome.
