As the Grau.2 squad is the least favored in Gran Turismo 7, I bring you some cars that could be included in the game.
The first group of cars would be the LMGTP models that would join the Toyota GT-One TS020 LMGTP '99.
Despite the negative episodes of CLR and R8C, I think that the presence of these beautiful and iconic cars would be very good in Gr.2 to keep company with the TS020.
The second group would be eight cars Daytona Prototype Gen3 (DP) cars that raced in IMSA at the end of the first decade of this century. The cars have an original and classic look.
The third group, and the largest of them, would be made up of Daytona Prototype International (DPi) and Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) cars. Considering the lap times of these cars, they are equivalents to the modern GT500, with Fuji Speedway as a reference. All of these cars basically have Oreca, Dallara, Ligier and Alpine chassis.
The DPi are my favorites because each one has its own very well-defined identity, with fairings full of personality. I've been dreaming about the addition of these cars since the GT Sport. With the commercial relationship established between PDi and IMSA, perhaps the DP Gen3 and DPi cars will be easier to introduce into the game. The others are the LMP2 Oreca 5 and 7 cars and others, the latter continues to run to this day.
Of course, bringing all these cars would not be realistic, but I believe it would not be that difficult for PDi to bring some units, especially since most of these cars are already obsolete, so licensing them would probably not be so expensive.
- Audi R8C LMGTP '99 (Gr.2)
- Mercedes-Benz CLS LMGTP '99 (Gr.2)
- Bentley EXP Speed 8 LMGTP '01 (Gr.2)
- Bentley Speed 8 LMGTP '03 (Gr.2)
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- Corvette Chevrolet DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Crawford Porsche Riley MkXX DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Riley Ford MkXXVI DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Fabcar Porsche FDS-03 DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Lola Pontiac B08-70 DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Dallara Ford DP01 DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Doran Ford JE4 DP '08 (Gr.2)
- Coyote Pontiac DP '08 (Gr.2)
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- Acura ARX-05 DPi '22 (Gr.2)
- Alpine A470 LMP2 '20 (Gr.2)
- Cadillac DPi-V.R '17 (Gr.2)
- BR Engineering BR01 LMP2 '15 (Gr.2)
- Dallara P217 LMP2 '19 (Gr.2)
- Ligier JS P217 LMP2 '21 (Gr.2)
- Ligier Nissan DPi '19 (Gr.2)
- Mazda RT24 DPi '21 (Gr.2)
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- Oreca 5 LMP2 '15 (Gr.2)
- Oreca 7 LMP2 '23 (Gr.2)
- Rebellion R13 LMP2 '18 (Gr.2)
- Riley Multimatic MkXXX LMP2 '17 (Gr.2)
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Tracks:
- Red Rock Valley
- Tokyo R246
- Rome Night
- Special Stage Route 5
- Special Stage Route 11
- Apricot Hill
- El Capitan
- Midfield Raceway
- Autumn Ring
1. Not only because of nostalgia and special layout, but because Red Rock Valley is the kind of "oval circuit" that needs to be in the game. There are very few oval circuits in GT7.
2. R246 needs to appear in a modernized version, and I hope that PDi reads this post and brings us several layouts of this circuit, as I suggested in this
post.
3. Rome Night is a purely fictional circuit, its routes do not exist in the city of Rome, but the original layout is fantastic and very creative. I believe that PDi could bring this layout in a version of a fictional race track, a permanent circuit, located near Rome, with floodlights on the track so you can race at night, living up to the nostalgia.
4. The same idea suggested for Rome Night would be applied to SSR5. As this iconic circuit is based on the Tokyo Expressway and since we have several layouts of this location in the game, PDi could bring SSR5 in a raceway version in another location or city, such as Los Angeles.
5. The circuit needs to go back. Its layout is fantastic. The same idea suggested for Rome Night and SSR5 could be applied to SSR11. And by the way, I believe PDi could bring a combined version of SSR5 and SSR11 as suggested in this
post. This would be truly incredible, even more so in a permanent racetrack version.
6. Some say that Apricot Hill will never return because Kyoto Driving Park is its modernized version. I do not think so. Apricot Hill has its own personality, it is a less fluid circuit and has much more significant and interesting descents and ascents compared to Kyoto. Additionally, Apricot Hill could be updated with new curves and length, as well as alternative layouts, as suggested in this
post.
7. El Capitan is a perfect circuit the way it is. Perhaps some changes could be applied, adding some run-off areas to make the circuit more realistic and less cramped for collisions in Sport Mode. It's a complete circuit. It has an awesome layout and has rally cross versions.
8. Midfield Raceway is too beloved a track to remain outside the franchise for over ten years. It would be interesting if, in addition to the original route, PDi brought us an alternative, longer route, considering the number of cars in Sport Mode.
9. The same argument applied to Midfield Raceway could be applied to the Autumn Ring.
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