Project Motor Racing - Car List

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So, is the Chrysler Viper GTS-R effectively the equivalent of a GT2 machine and the Viper Competition Coupe is a GT3 spec machine?
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Well yes, but actually, no...
The Viper was built as an FIA GT2 car, but this was in the late nineties. When GT1 collapsed because of spiralling costs, the existing GT2 class became the new GT1 (with a bit more aero freedom and a bit more power), with existing cars all eligible from the year 2000. The old GT3 class (hence the earier Marcos Mantis GT3 comment) then effectively became GT2, but this was renamed in FIA/SRO series as N-GT (but not in IMSA or at Le Mans, where it was GT2).

As for the 2nd generation Viper: It was more commonly seen racing in GT3, but this was to a modified form, as the 'new' GT3 ruleset didn't really appear until 2006/2007. The Viper was built to an odd regulation (can't remember which), and ran as G3 in FIA series from 2004. It was one of the existing models selected to bulk out the new GT3 class from it's inception.

Hope this helps! (people who know more feel free to correct me)
 
Someone more knowledgeable than me hopefully knows this, but why is one Viper listed as a Chrysler Viper in the game, and then from the same era, different class, the next one is a Dodge Viper? Was it to do with which manufacturer officially homologated the car for entry or just an oddity?
 
MagpieRacer
Someone more knowledgeable than me hopefully knows this, but why is one Viper listed as a Chrysler Viper in the game, and then from the same era, different class, the next one is a Dodge Viper? Was it to do with which manufacturer officially homologated the car for entry or just an oddity?
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Yep, the gen 1 car was labelled Chrysler in europe for homologation reasons (Dodge didn’t sell cars in europe at that point).
 
MagpieRacer
Someone more knowledgeable than me hopefully knows this, but why is one Viper listed as a Chrysler Viper in the game, and then from the same era, different class, the next one is a Dodge Viper? Was it to do with which manufacturer officially homologated the car for entry or just an oddity?
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My gut tells me this is an oops.

Mercedes bought Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge, then Cerberus bought Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge, then Stellantis bought Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge,(and are trying their very best to destroy C/J/D with the awful product line they have now).

Vipers were always sold through Dodge dealers.
 
MagpieRacer
Someone more knowledgeable than me hopefully knows this, but why is one Viper listed as a Chrysler Viper in the game, and then from the same era, different class, the next one is a Dodge Viper? Was it to do with which manufacturer officially homologated the car for entry or just an oddity?
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To add to what @CalumAstro said about Chrysler/Dodge Vipers there is a fun story about Zakspeed's Viper at the Nurburgring 24 Hours and how it changed identity to try and get around a rule bought in to nerf their advantage:

It's about half way down this article under the heading "When is A Chrysler Not A Chrysler?"


Edit: From YouTube, all cars and liveries at launch:



I'm a little disappointed with the livery selection, especially the lack of real world paint schemes for some of the cars.
 
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964 less expensive than the MX-5?
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Oooo. Even though I'm an MX-5 owner, might be a toss of the coin to start my career.
 

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