Just noticed the car description

[Ignit0n]

What engine Does the 2j have in it? It doesn't say anything in the description.

 

[TouringBubble]

Well, you consider a "bank" as a group of cylinders in-line... which is why even if the cylinders are in the same block casting, the VR6 is still considered a V6. Two banks. It's just that then angle between the banks is narrow enough that you can put both in the same block.

This is debatable in my opinion. Yes, in terms of piston angle the VR6 is a V configuration ... but show me another V engine that shares a head and cams between all 6 banks.

The VR6 has 1 head, 2 cams (I/E), one plenum feeding 6 intake runners to the one head and one exhaust manifold. I would argue that it has more in common with an I6 than a V6.

My understanding is that the VR6 was designed with offset banks to make the block shorter to be used in transverse applications where a standard I6 would be too long.

 

[TouringBubble]

Also, I think the term "block" is being used 2 different ways here. One being block, as in the casting that makes up the "bottom end" of the engine, and the other being block to mean "group of cylinders."

To be clear, the W16 has one solid cast block (bottom end, not multi-piece like a boxer engine) with 8 offset cylinder banks on either side.

 

[Griffith500]

The Veyron has four camshafts... and it's not a joke, it has four banks of cylinders, so it really is, essentially, two V8s fused at the crank.

I agree with others, the Veyron's "W16" is two VR8s amalgamated to a common crankshaft.
Cylinder pairs from opposite short blocks are paired on the crankshaft, but with separate pins (like a 60° V6, or a boxer engine) EDIT: here's a nice collection of pictures. And it seems con-rods share crank pins... which would make it uneven firing.

I miss the extra info from previous GTs; e.g. I think it was GT2 that would state whether your car was turbo (well, supercharged was usually listed as turbo, too) or normally-aspirated, so you could easily find a car for the turbo challenge, for example (back when not so many NA cars could be turbo'ded).

They obviously have the info, so why can't we read it? This sort of stuff can be found online if you look hard enough, so it shouldn't be an issue.