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As a big fan of GT4 and Inital D I’ve seen many JDM sportscars and therefore they have gotten a special place in my heart. Naturally, if you like a certain type of car, you try to create a car in Automation following that formula, right? That’s what I’ve done with the cars in this post.
1999 Jin Tsubaki Xtream Racing edition
This is the first of the JDM sportscars that I’ve made on this PC. I, once again, made this for a challenge of TwinTurBros. It was based on one of my earlier designs: the Jin Tori GRX, as you can clearly see by the recycled headlights. However, the stock JDM bumper that I’ve used for pretty much every JDM car at that time has been changed into something more unique. The rear had also been changed, the Tori’s rear end looked like a knock-off Supra, while on the Tsubaki I’ve mostly designed it from the ground up: only the lower part was inspired by something I can’t remember the name of. Personally I think the rims should have been a bit larger, but I couldn’t due to the rules of the challenge and also the side vent looks a bit out of place. Still, I’m pretty chuffed with this design.
2003 Jin Tsubaki MID6 GT-vision
One day I was watching a video about Gran Turismo Vision concepts and I thought to myself ‘How would they look like if they were made for GT4?’. So I had set off to design a concept car for GT4. I wanted to create a mid-engined version of the Tsubaki. So I picked the mp4-12c body and basically slapped on the fixtures of the front engined version and slightly tweaked them. The result was kinda what you could expect from that. The problem was that it looks more like a production car and less like an early 00’s concept, so I might give it another shot another time. It’s still looks kinda cute though…
1994 Jin Hakone Turbostar
In my previous post I mentioned the Jin Hakone GT300, this is road-going version of that car. As you can see the front design is mostly the same, except for the new front bumper. The rear is a lot more different and fits more into the overall design. I really like this design, but I feel like it places better in 2004 than 1994.
Final verdict:
I’d like to say I’m decent in creating these types of cars, period-correctness is an issue however.
Satisfaction rating
Tsubaki: 7,8/10, this is honestly one of my favourite designs, especially the rear.
MID6: 7/10, while I think the design is fairly good I don’t think I’ve achieved my goal of creating a 2003 vision concept.
Turbostar: 7/10, I think it’s a good design, but it looks way too modern for 1994…
Download:
Tsubaki: Jin_FR90_-Tsubaki_Xtream_RACING_edition.car (44.2 KB)
Tsubaki I6 version: Jin_FR90-Tsubaki_S6T.car (42.8 KB)
Tsubaki MID6: Jin_MR03_Tsubaki-MID6_Gran_Turismo_Vision_Concept.car (34.1 KB)
Hakone Turbostar: Jin_FR92_Hakone-_Turbostar.car (40.3 KB)