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Gran Turismo 5 celebrates the 'Vette with new scans
Click the image above for a hi-res gallery of the 1960 Corvette from GT5
GT5 will come with a 1960 Corvette, and we heartily applaud the inclusion. The car looks like it's had an afternoon session at a tuner shop -- nothing fancy, just a slight drop, some rims and wider tires. The rims could be a bit questionable, not in themselves, just on this particular car. However, if the physics have kept up with the tires, then the car will be much easier to drive on the track as opposed to the pencil-thin whitewalls the car wore on the showroom floor. Not that you're going to be flying past any GT-R's, but a nice wind-in-your-helmet lap in a car that requires true finesse to get the best out of it will still be a lot of fun. Click the gallery below for hi-res images of the classic 'Vette.
[Source: PS3 Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John R 5:11PM (12/24/2007)
hopefully the sound of the motor equals the graphics. i have a fully tuned late 60s camaro (i don't remember the year) in GT4 that sounds more like a Hayabusa than a muscle car V8.
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Esprit bird 5:14PM (12/24/2007)
Just listen to how terrible a SHO Taurus sounds in game.
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Liquidfire3240 5:56PM (12/24/2007)
Its called the 3G corvette.
More info here, including facts from the builders themselves (post #4)
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=granturismo&thread.id=267255&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
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zamafir 9:51PM (12/24/2007)
Thanks! I was wondering why it looked like i had projectors in the headlamps.
Khanh 5:59PM (12/24/2007)
Kinda weird, but if you click on the article post, the gallery for me shows the "2007 Infinity G37 Coupe", not the Corvette. However, if you click the picture above, it will lead to the right gallery. Just pointing out something weird I noticed...
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Khanh 6:02PM (12/24/2007)
never mind my last comment, it's fixed now? that's weird though, because it wasn't until after i verified my comment that it "disappeared"
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Franz 6:04PM (12/24/2007)
I can hardly wait till GT5 comes out.
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chuck goolsbee 8:01PM (12/24/2007)
Ugh... those wheels look *awful* on that car.
Might as well tattoo a tramp stamp above Jacqueline Kennedy's ass or something equally visually jarring.
I won't put skinny whitewalls on a car built in 2007, so please don't slap goofy "billet rims" on any real classic machinery. You can actually put wider wheels on an old machine in a subtle fashion and maintain a completely period-correct look. I own a classic car ad I've put inch-wider wheels on it... if only to make tire buying easier. BUT I did it with a design that is almost dead-stock in appearance. Only a concourse judge would spot it.
But mixing up design bits from different eras without some overall aesthetic goal in mind just makes things look like... crap.
I realize this is a rendered car in a video game... but it is still ugly.
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
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why not the LS2/LS7? 9:14PM (12/24/2007)
No low-pro tires on classic cars ever. Just doesn't look right.
JD 9:29PM (12/24/2007)
I agree, those rims are horrendous on that classic. I think that the high profile tires that those cars came with just look right, and to put the absurdly low profile tires on classics looks awful. I'm hoping this obsession with low profile tires will pass. They look nice, but only within limits. Limits that many cars these days frequently pass.
why not the LS2/LS7? 9:14PM (12/24/2007)
Intentionally putting the Vette and GT-R in the same article? Bad autoblog...
As pretty as these cars are, I don't really need to drive one, even a simulation of one. I'll take the R35 GT-R instead.
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Jrunken 12:12AM (12/25/2007)
Dang, after reading up on the specs of that car I can't wait to drive it in GT5. 538hp, c5 suspension, 6(!) speed transmission and 14" brakes! The comment on the GT-R might not be that far fetched after all.
On a side note, I hope GT keeps adding interesting cars to their car list along with the 100 different GT-R variants that'll be in the game for sure.
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cowboy bob 5:49AM (12/25/2007)
I used to own both a '58, and a '62 'vette. Since they were basiclly a "54 chevy shortened down underneath, the handling was a little weak. (To say the least). However, the body and power helped put the car where you wanted to go, and with modern underpinnings, I would kill to have them back. They were pretty impressive in their day, and I was never seriously challenged on the street, or on the track. Aftermarketers are now building '62s with c5's underneath and LS7 power. What I wouldn't give to have one.
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