The straked vents look almost like an afterthought, as if they remembered that strakes were their thing at the very last minute, drew some lines and called it a day.

I think it comes from following an era of handsome, if understated (almost anonymous, as with the 612's predecessor, the 456) Ferraris.

While the Scag is ugly, that’s only down to its inspiration–the 375MM Scaglietti-Bergman that Roberto Rossellini had commissioned for his wife, Ingrid Bergman–being questionable in the looks department as well.

Counterpoint, my A/C is one of the things I fiddle with the most, living in a tropical country where the weather can go from blazing hot to sopping cold and wet in the blink of an eye.

Need to point out that there’s some doubt on the “official” story of how the Silver Arrows started. The first mention of this came from Alfred Neubauer’s memoirs in 1958 and if there was anything old Alfred was known for, it was embellishing stories to suit his narrative and create excitement. Moreover, no reference…

A race team would more likely be using a pneumatic wheel gun. 

Looking around, pneumatic wheel guns tend to go for $6000 or more, on top of the cost of the compressed air system. 

I mean, he did just buy a Carrera GT. 

$5000 is a decent price since something like a Paoli wheel gun can go for more and still needs a compressed air system to work. 

Licensed cars also help turn the game into a marketing tool. That’s literally what Gran Turismo is these days, what with all the GT concept cars (plus Kaz being a car guy who literally wanted to make something that would become relevant to the industry).

Jason Cammisa explained it quite well in the Hagerty video on the Ferrari Roma. It’s all about managing an image to create a “mistique.” It’s something that the company leaned into heavily under Luca di Montezemolo, turning Ferrari’s from “a car into a dream.”

There’s a difference in perception of race vs road cars. This is why Ferrari used cheat at comparison tests (or outright refuse to participate) to guarantee that their cars came up on top.

Gran Turismo is also more realistic because you can break track limits and whether the stewards will notice is a coinflip, just like in real life Formula 1.

I assume it’s meant to be close to real life, but with a lot of adjustments here and there for whatever purposes. Like, I’m guessing that getting F1/Senna fans playing to get the MP4/4 in the Hagerty shop is worth enough of a playerbase bump than the F1.

It was canceled as part of what WBD’s accountants called “content impairment and development write-offs” which themselves were part of “pre-tax restructuring charges” recognized in its fiscal third quarter. Basically, canceling it reduces the company’s taxable income by the $90 million it cost to make it.

That bit about the roof never being allowed to be damaged reminds of that clip of one well known vtuber, known for her bad driving, flipping a GT3 Hurracan at Monza and stopping the entire race in ACC. What would have been a serious wreck IRL becomes hilarious in game, especially as the race being red flagged and the…

That's me on my Reddit account. 

But then they can’t use it as the tax writeoff that cancelling it serves as, meaning they’d have to lose money on paying those taxes.

Because those didn’t happen at a time where they needed a tax write off.

The Acuras were the only turbo cars that had both finish on the lead lap though. You’d think that Porsche, with more testing time, would have the more reliable package.