Saleen S7 Beryllium Paint

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This was one of the popular colors used on the Saleen S7s in magazines and photo shoots and has a copper metallic look (see below).
After numerous attempts, I have found a paint in GT5 that looks like almost perfect match. It is called "Santa Fe Orange" and I got it from the 1979 Honda Civic 1500 3DOOR CX.
I wanted to share this info in case someone else likes this color and is looking for a match.

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The best picture I could get with my crappy cell phone camera.

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I've got a few pictures of an S7 twin turbo I took with my phone. A real one which I believe the owner said he upgraded to 1000 hp. Unfortunately it was cherry red and not the copper you talk about. Pretty cool car regardless. And a genuine racecar for the street. Sorry to go off topic.
 
I bought Saleen S7 in game and it has nothing to do with reality whatsoever.

Sold this **** in ten minutes, I can pass turns faster with Corolla in real life. And it spins like 60-th cheap muscle car.

Lost 300.000$
 
otago
I bought Saleen S7 in game and it has nothing to do with reality whatsoever.

Sold this **** in ten minutes, I can pass turns faster with Corolla in real life. And it spins like 60-th cheap muscle car.

Lost 300.000$
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LOL

I was just about to buy this car, it just showed up. Thinking about passing now. 300k is a bit much to just throw around.

I did hear this thing has HORRID understeer.
 
I thought it handled just fine.
If you have any driving aids on it will understeer (as most cars do) but with the aids turned off it was easy to put the tail out and power through corners.
I enjoy the car very much.
 
Pretty sure it's established now that the used cars always have the same paint job, unlike GT4. The OP was making the point that he was able to find his fave colour on another used car, then used the free paint chip on his S7 to get it pretty close to the colour he wanted.

This is one feature about GT5 I really like, when you've done all the challenges there is so much more that can be done after, like buying cars you wouldn't otherwise buy to get a paint job that will look much better on one of your preferred cars.

I'm still looking for some gaudy greens and oranges for the 74 Countach, and I have pics somewhere of a sweet Triumph Spitfire with magenta paintwork so i'm already trying to find a match for that :)
 
Tyger
Pretty sure it's established now that the used cars always have the same paint job, unlike GT4. The OP was making the point that he was able to find his fave colour on another used car, then used the free paint chip on his S7 to get it pretty close to the colour he wanted.

This is one feature about GT5 I really like, when you've done all the challenges there is so much more that can be done after, like buying cars you wouldn't otherwise buy to get a paint job that will look much better on one of your preferred cars.

I'm still looking for some gaudy greens and oranges for the 74 Countach, and I have pics somewhere of a sweet Triumph Spitfire with magenta paintwork so i'm already trying to find a match for that :)
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I've been enjoying buying rare used cars, but I hate the way the paint color system works. Having to buy say a 300k car for just a matte paint so you can put it on another car is completely retarded.

There should just be a way to buy paints. This way you don't have to get a car, but you can also choose the paint you want instead of waiting for a car that has it.
 
Are you trying to say that each standard car (each used car) is only available in one color? This is not true.
 
BKViper
I thought it handled just fine.
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It's a race purpose build car. It jumps whatever you point, has a huge grip and rear axe is very hard to move

"On a winding, remote road through California's coastal hills, we were able the maintain 100-120 mph for some miles, and the S7 clearly "came in" under those conditions. It has massive grip, aided by substantial aerodynamic downforce, and it feels happy going most anywhere you point it. It gives the sense that, even if you found yourself overcooking a corner, you could mash the brakes, flick the wheel, and trust the tires to hold."

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0208_saleen_s7/engine_steering.html

"Because the majority of the car's weight is carried behind the driver, a steadily increasing throttle keeps the rear tires planted. Even sliding the car past the last cone with throttle-on opposite steering wasn't as spooky as we expected from a 550-horsepower mid-engine car. The S7 is supremely neutral--so long as the gas pedal is being pushed."

http://motortrend.automotive.com/91223/112-0309-2003-saleen-s7/steering-interior.html

In game it doesn't remind this kind of behavior even slightly.
 
otago
In game it doesn't remind this kind of behavior even slightly.
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It's a terrible shame if true. Again. The GT4 version... Did PD accidentally model the rear wheels as ice cubes?
 
Rossticles
Are you trying to say that each standard car (each used car) is only available in one color? This is not true.
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Are you sure? I've *never* seen a used car in more than one colour, have seen some many times over always the same colour and at least three times have seen two of the same car in the lot, in the same colour.

I'll check the other threads, perhaps i've just been unlucky or something but even prize standard cars (eg. the Veyron) seem to be the same colour they turn up in the lot (in the Veyron's case, black)
 
Tyger
Are you sure? I've *never* seen a used car in more than one colour, have seen some many times over always the same colour and at least three times have seen two of the same car in the lot, in the same colour.

I'll check the other threads, perhaps i've just been unlucky or something but even prize standard cars (eg. the Veyron) seem to be the same colour they turn up in the lot (in the Veyron's case, black)
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It has been established in several other threads that the used cars only come in a single color. You might see several different colored Skylines, but they are each different model variations.
New cars you get a choice, standard cars you get what's in the lot and the lot does not change.
 
otago
It's a race purpose build car. It jumps whatever you point, has a huge grip and rear axe is very hard to move

"On a winding, remote road through California's coastal hills, we were able the maintain 100-120 mph for some miles, and the S7 clearly "came in" under those conditions. It has massive grip, aided by substantial aerodynamic downforce, and it feels happy going most anywhere you point it. It gives the sense that, even if you found yourself overcooking a corner, you could mash the brakes, flick the wheel, and trust the tires to hold."

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0208_saleen_s7/engine_steering.html

"Because the majority of the car's weight is carried behind the driver, a steadily increasing throttle keeps the rear tires planted. Even sliding the car past the last cone with throttle-on opposite steering wasn't as spooky as we expected from a 550-horsepower mid-engine car. The S7 is supremely neutral--so long as the gas pedal is being pushed."

http://motortrend.automotive.com/91223/112-0309-2003-saleen-s7/steering-interior.html

In game it doesn't remind this kind of behavior even slightly.
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Just finished driving my S7 (which incidently is in a colour i found called 'mandarin' which is very similar to the colour in the OP) and i have to say i'm not sure what you're talking about. My S7 is completely stock and handles very well. I find it extremely neutral and well balanced, and frankly very quick. My only problem with it is its extremely short 2nd gear, which i find a little distracting. Of course you have to be careful with the throttle at very low speeds, but its a rear wheel drive supercar with 500+ bhp, so you sort of have to expect that.

I might add that I was using Sports:Medium tyres, with Sports:hard you get a little more understeer but its still very drivable.
 
Always thought the colour was a rip off of McLaren Volcanic Orange, which you can get on the MP4-12C in GT5 but strangely not on the F1. Strange because it was a popular colour for the car IRL.
 
Chronoslol
and i have to say i'm not sure what you're talking about.
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I'm talking about GT5 S7 can't turn and spinning all around the road.

It can't pass turns faster than cheap trash, go out from moderate Suzuka band at 70 mph. I can pass such turn with Corolla at the same speed in real life without going out and I did.

All MR cars in GT are complete mess, and always were. Somebody told this Polyphony guys that MR cars do nothing but spin all around, and they follow religiously this strange opinion since then
 
otago
I'm talking about GT5 S7 can't turn and spinning all around the road.

It can't pass turns faster than cheap trash, go out from moderate Suzuka band at 70 mph. I can pass such turn with Corolla at the same speed in real life without going out and I did.

All MR cars in GT are complete mess, and always were. Somebody told this Polyphony guys that MR cars do nothing but spin all around, and they follow religiously this strange opinion since then
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Well you're wrong, maybe the problem is not with the car, but with you?
 
Chronoslol
Well you're wrong, maybe the problem is not with the car, but with you?
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Nope.

Same thing was in Prologue, when mighty Ford GT Le Mans prototype couldn't pass turns faster than Mustang, with twice smaller tires and fancy semi-dependent rear suspension straight from 50-th. Some GT physics deep holes.

And for info: MR cars don't spin twice easier than FR, like in GT. This is bull. They spins more of a sudden and harder to recover and this is pretty much it
 
I loved the s7 in gt4 it was a handful and required a good tune to get it stable on the ring but when you had to dialed in you could push about 6 min laps when the thing was totally upgraded.

Would be nice if one of the best american made cars got a premium model tho find it odd saleen did not get a premium treatment cause it is arguably one of the best american supercars.
 
cool thread has potential to become a massive chart of something along the lines of real chart [CAR][COLOR][WHERE TO FIND]
each having a column

This will be great in the end since I would honestly believe 9/10 of us have a color from a car that we all really liked, but for some reason isn't easily found.
 
I believe that colors are randomized, whatever you saw the car with that's the color you will continue to see, I guess they did that to ensure that you collect 256 different colors. I seriously would have liked if that paint chip thing would have made more sense. Once you get a color chip, you can use that color as many times as you want, cut the bull crap of buying a car to get a pain color then having to pay 3g to paint. Dumb idea, makes no sense whatsoever.

To the guy trying to drive MR cars, learn the difference between handling of FR, MR, FF and AWD cars. MR car tend to be on the limit of supreme handling and insane, all depends on throttle control, some cars are more on the insane side like Ford GT Spec II and the Lotus Elise, but the S7 and McLaren F1 both handle like they are FR cars with the quickness of MR. Nothing is wrong with the S7, as I used it in GT4 almost exclusively, even in some of the online contests on GTP back in the day. It's still the same thing from back then, but now handling is even more sublime. You need to start out with a slower MR car to learn the nuances of them, try the MR2. Seems weird that someone is having trouble controlling an S7, it's one of the easier MR cars to handle.
 
SavageEvil
I believe that colors are randomized, whatever you saw the car with that's the color you will continue to see, I guess they did that to ensure that you collect 256 different colors. I seriously would have liked if that paint chip thing would have made more sense. Once you get a color chip, you can use that color as many times as you want, cut the bull crap of buying a car to get a pain color then having to pay 3g to paint. Dumb idea, makes no sense whatsoever.
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That's possible though not sure why they would bother randomizing them for each user? Also you would end up with non-stock paint options (OK i know some are funny but most are at least factory colours)

We should compare notes perhaps...I can start with the following:

Corvette Convertible (1950s model): Black
Veyron: Black
Plymouth Superbird: Metallic Green
Fiat Coupe: Yellow
Hommel Berlinetta: Yellow
Stratos: Lime Green
74 Countach: Silver

Anyone seeing these in different colours?
 

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