It was, in Miami Vice.

the 365 GTB/4 Daytona, which looks like a poorly-assembled Corvette kit car.

Not performance related. Digital Foundry did an analysis and the game isn’t doing anything that wasn’t in the demo. The real issue is more a manpower thing. The cubemap used for the reflection in the demo was specific to that area. Having to do unique cubemaps for different areas would require much more time and…

Mostly because they're more convenient. You can just grab the handle from the top, instead of reaching under to open the latch. 

All it wanted was a perfect Kodiak Moment. 

What kind of idiot leaves thier car outside with the doors unlocked?

But step guard actually kept SC2 balanced with how safe the frame data for everything was. Trying to make a game without it is why frame data became progressively slower and unsafe from SC3 onwards. 

GIs cost meter in 5, because they added a new parry-like mechanic called Just Guard. 

That's a weird way to say Voldo. 

Have David Tracy meet you half way in one of his rustbucket Jeeps. 

If only I could dump more stars on this.

Actually, he's sponsored by Echo Fox (Rick Fox's team) so he gets paid whether or not he wins. 

He's not gambling anything because Rick Fox is paying him money to compete. 

Wait until you see the diffuser. 

Yes it does, as per the WTAC open class regulations, all internal sheetmetal must remain as stock. Strut towers must remain stock. Firewall must be the original, but can be modified for engine and transmission fitment. Replacing the chassis with a tube frame is specifically not allowed. 

Both modern time attack and Super GT have their roots in Japan. This is the same where people were replacing large portions of tgeir cars with racecar parts during the height of the Mid Night Club's heyday (one Porsche apparently even had the gearbox from a McLaren Honda that Senna drove swapped in). 

No, those are actual recorded lap records for the track, and not set as part of the event.

Glad to see more coverage of WTAC cars, or just top level time attack cars in general here (instead of the usual cheap time attack builds). These cars, especially in the open-class are the closest we have to the bonkers-ness we saw with Group B back in the days. The involvement of many professional engineers and…

It’s the interior from a Gen 2 Focus (actually a Mk.I in drag), so it’s already hideous even without the snot.

See, what they should have done is to put the engine in a stillborm Le Mans project first, before finally shoving it into the roadcar.