Whereas there should not that many mission particulars identified concerning the upcoming GTR-Revival sport/simulator, Straight4 CEO Ian Bell is teasing us with increasingly more attractive screenshots showcasing superior GT vehicles from yesteryear.
We just lately obtained to admire the sport’s model of the Lister Storm GT, a homologated racing automotive manufactured by the British Lister car firm. The manufacturing of the automotive began in 1993. The Lister Storm was designed by Geoff Kingston, who had beforehand labored on the Jaguar XJR-9 and XJR-11 Le Mans prototypes.
The automotive was based mostly on a tubular metal chassis with a carbon fiber physique. It was powered by a 7.0 L Jaguar V12 engine that produced 546 bhp and 583 lb-ft of torque. The Storm was able to accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and had a high velocity of 208 mph.
The Storm was a really profitable racing automotive, profitable quite a few races within the British GT Championship and the FIA GT Championship. It additionally competed within the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995 and 1996 however failed to complete each races.
One other iconic GT automotive teased to turn out to be a part of GTRevival is the Dodge Viper GTS-R racing automotive based mostly on its street-legal manufacturing counterpart and first launched in 1996. The Viper GTS-R competed in quite a lot of racing sequence, together with the American Le Mans Collection, the FIA GT Championship, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The automotive was powered by an 8.0 Liter V10 engine that produces over 600 horsepower. The automotive was additionally outfitted with a light-weight carbon fiber physique and quite a lot of aerodynamic enhancements. Profitable quite a few championships and races, the Vipêr was one of the vital iconic American racing vehicles of its time.
Apparently, the livery on the automotive represents the Zwaans Racing Viper as raced within the FIA GT by Henrik Roos who co-founded the well-known SimBin Growth Workforce along with Ian Bell and Johan Roos in 2003.
Final however not least, Ian Bell shared an attention-grabbing screenshot displaying a BMW M3 E46 GTR. The automotive was developed by BMW Motorsport to compete within the American Le Mans Collection (ALMS) in 2001. It was based mostly on the road-going BMW M3 E46 however featured various modifications. The automotive was powered by a 4.0 L V8 engine that produced over 450 horsepower.
The M3 E46 GTR received the ALMS GT class championship in 2001 and 2002. It additionally received the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001 and completed second on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003.
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