Thats Not True!
There Were Many V8 Astra DTM Cars.
Starting With This One In 2001.
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The VAUXHALL Astra DTM is wrong, too. Their never was a Vauxhall Astra DTM car. Talk about padding the car numbers out!
And it had the same power numbers as the normal C5, I believe.I think they list the 2000 Corvette as a Z06 when in reality it was called the FRC back then. (Fixed Roof Corvette)
I'm going to break down why this is false, and you can feel free to rebut any of it at your leisure:Both exist in-game and in real life.
The Vauxhall Astra STC ran in the WTCC, the Opel Astra DTM ran in obviously) the DTM.
On the other hand, there is serious modeling problems with other cars: Like the V8 in the V10 R8, the mirrored BMW badge in the Z4 M coupe, the tachometer on the M5 as well as the S13 Silvia, the speedometer in both ZB Vipers and the McLaren F1, the gear stick on the hatchback Impreza, the "invissible sequential shifter" on the regular Ferrari F430 as well as the GT by Citroens, the incorrect shift pattern on the Ferrari 512 BB, the incorrect possitioning of the front brake calipers on the M5, the driver not ussing the paddles on the SL55, when it does have them, the Mustang GT sounding like a manual transmission car, the temperature gauge on the Ford GT acting like the oil pressure gauge, the XKR having the same rear bumper than the regular XK8 when on track but not on exhibition, and the anoying paddle shifting animations while racing.. If someone can mention a few others, that would be awsome.
I'm going to break down why this is false, and you can feel free to rebut any of it at your leisure:
- There was no WTCC in 2000.
- The ETCC, which was around in 2000 and is now known as the WTCC, used Super 2000 regulations (or maybe Super Touring. I'm not sure.). Which are about as far removed from the DTM regulations as possible.
- Even if there was a Vauxhall version of the Astra DTM that was raced in some other series (and there wasn't), it would not be identical to the DTM version because there was no other series where the regulations were close enough that the car could be entered.
PD made the car up. And they probably made up the older Vauxhall Calibra as well (I know less about that car, but it seems like a fair enough assumption). They are both just more examples of the pitiful amount of effort that they have put in the past towards accurate localization (see: Lexus).
maybe related to only my Mazda AZ-1 but, in a race, the seat are red/black and in photo mode, blue/black
This, basically. Or every other competitor to GT, for that matter.I like how it's a big deal in Forza 3 but not in GT5 when a car is not done properly
Thats Not True!
There Were Many V8 Astra DTM Cars.
Starting With This One In 2001.
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Not sure about the M5, but the S13's tacho was fixed in 1.06. 👍the tachometer on the M5 as well as the S13 Silvia.
This, basically. Or every other competitor to GT, for that matter.
There were quite a few times people claimed that T10 shot themselves in the foot, because the outsourcing to 'Viet Nam' caused so many flawed car models. PD would, of course, never let that happen![]()
As you can see, the car in the game is the CLK LM with the CLK-GTR wheels. This mix-up doesn't bug me too much, as the two cars are often mistaken on the internet as well. I just wish that the GTR-labeled LM in the game had the LM wheels.![]()
Not sure about the M5, but the S13's tacho was fixed in 1.06. 👍