PS3 Gran Turismo 6 Photography: Audi Quattro S1 Rally Car

Here is a 1986 Audi Quattro S1 Rally Car from Gran Turismo 6, thanks be to my amazing photography skills, including those you need to make GT6 pictures.

The track is Toscana.

 "From the WRC to a hillclimb version, this car set new records at Pikes Peak."

Audi introduced full-time 4WD technology into the World Rally Championships in 1981, and showed incredible performance right from the outset. In 1982 they achieved a double victory for both the manufacturers and driver titles, a driver title victory in 1983, and a double title again in 1984.

Year-on-year the car continued to improve, and in the autumn of 1983 they sold 200 of the 2133 cc 5-cylinder turbo-powered Sport quattros for Group B homologation, and it entered racing from 1984.

In 1985 at Tour de Corse, a further improved Sport quattro made its debut. This was the Sport quattro S1, also called the Sport quattro E2 in some countries.

The engine itself was basically unchanged but it incorporated improvements such as the misfiring (Anti-lag) system, and the final output of the engine was increased to 591 BHP. One improvement of note was also the transmission, a 6-speed semi-automatic with a clutch sensor in the shifter. Later in the year it was also given an aerodynamic body with front spoilers and large front wheel arches to match, together with rear arches with air inlets and a rear wing. By this time the car had matured into the ultimate rallying quattro.

In the same period, Audi modified a WRC spec Sport quattro S1 to hillclimb specifications and took part in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The results were spectacular, with Michèle Mouton and Walter Röhrl winning and resetting the track record in 1985 and 1987 respectively.

More Gran Turismo Music: GT4 Race Playlist Longer

A longer version - about 1h22m.

My GT4 race playlist in a longer version - pulled it straight from the GT4 Jukebox via TV headphone out.



Gran Turismo Photo Dump: GT4 Race Playlist Longer

Gran Turismo 4 Racing Playlist

A Gran Turismo 4 racing playlist.

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: Gran Turismo 4 Racing Playlist: My racing playlist in Gran Turismo set to pictures from this very blog. This is the Shortest version. I have also the longer Shorter vers...

My racing playlist in Gran Turismo set to pictures from this very blog.

This is the Shortest version. I have also the longer Shorter version and the still longer Longer version of my Gran Turismo 4 racing playlist and might yet upload them too.

This is NOT the default racing playlist in GT4, just my favorites - in the shortest version.

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R

Promoting Gran Turismo Photo Dump, my blog of Gran Turismo game series car pictures. 

The basic premise is to post pictures that I make or made as part to walking through GT4 (currently), GT5 and GT6 and later possibly future Gran Turismo installments (but who knows) and to write a few words about each car, not too much -- not to be too verbose; recently I have started to quote the in-game car description for each car posted.

Here is a recent post.
 

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R: Today's car is the GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R. The car is painted something black - I forgot to look up the name of this particular colo... 

Today's car is the GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R.

The car is painted something black - I forgot to look up the name of this particular color option. EDIT: all NISMO 270Rs were painted black with a white stripe down the side of the body.

The photo travel location this time is Togakushi Kogen which is an icy winter road with a backdrop of beautiful snow-capped peaks somewhere in Japan.

The 1994 NISMO 270R is a tuned car based on the S14 Silvia K's produced by NISMO which is an abbreviation of Nissan Motorsports being a Nissan motorsport arm and factory tuner.

 

An excellent and most complete car hardly requiring anything else to win GT4 challenges and/or events. 

Even with my driving style it netted me some fairly easy but honest wins in the 150+ a-spec points bracket, though I usually win only at below 20 or 30.

The GT(5) file on the car says:

Nismo's special edition 270R went on sale in 1994, limited to just 30 units. Nismo, Nissan's motorsports arm and factory tuner, was among the first factory tuners in Japan, and the 270R represented one of its first complete-car projects.

Based on the S14 Silvia, the 270 in its name referred to the power output of its engine, rather than the displacement, as was the case with the 180SX. Nismo increased the power of the engine, not by installing larger turbos, but incorporating custom cams, an intercooler and a revised ECU (Electronic Control Unit aka "chip"). Low to mid-range torque was retained in order to not compromise its on-road civility. An upgraded clutch and driveshaft were incorporated to match the engine's extra output.

The suspension was set up for the street, but slight modifications to the chassis were made to sharpen the car's handling. Ride height was lowered 0.3 inches, and the shock and springs were firmer. Improved bushings were also added.

Those who liked being noticed had nothing to worry about when driving the 270R because Nismo's body kit certainly stood out. It featured a vented hood that allowed excess engine heat to escape, as well as a flashy rear wing. All 270Rs were painted black, with a white stripe down the side of the body.

I'll admit to touching up these pictures some but only to light them as GT4 pictures often appear too dark... well, on my computer screen anyway.

This kind of landscape looks familiar to me. This is what we get in Russia in winter. In terms of snow, Japan has nothing on us.