The F687/S is a race car produced by Polyphony Digital. It only appeared in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.
It is based on the 1987 Lotus 99T driven by Ayrton Senna and Satoru Nakajima. The F687/S has the second-highest peak power of NTSC's six F1 cars, though it also has the lowest grip of all F1 cars due to its low rear downforce.
Colors[]
There are four colors available for this vehicle, they are unnamed in-game:
- Dark Green (#5)
- Yellow (#12)
- Black (#15)
- Red (#11)
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec | --- | --- | Random draw prize from: Formula GT (1/4 chance) Seattle 100 Miles (1/4 chance) Special Stage Route 11 All-Night Endurance (1/4 chance) |
The car is not available in the PAL version of the game (see instead: Polyphony001 or Polyphony002)
Pictures[]
Yellow colour scheme
Black colour scheme
Red colour scheme
The vehicle banner as it appears in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.
Trivia[]
- While it is intended to resemble the Camel-sponsored 99T, the car's livery closely resembles the John Player Special-sponsored Lotus F1 cars, such as the 97T and 98T. This is best seen with the black color option, which also featured gold decals.
- This alludes the appearance of the Lotus 97T in GT6 as a part of the Ayrton Senna tribute content.
- As such, this is the only Formula One car in GT3 to have a livery based on a real-life F1 car. Additionally, the yellow color option features the car number #12, Senna's car number that year, as well as blue decals, much like on the actual 99T.
- The "Powered by Ikiuo" text (instead of Powered by Honda text in the actual car) is a reference to Seiichi Ikiuo, one of Polyphony Digital's programmers.
- It is shown to use Pirelli tires, despite the source car, the 99T, used Goodyear tires instead.
- Internally, the car is named "lotus_99t", alluding to the base car.
- The F687/S is the only F1 car that has a maximum of 1.25 rear downforce. All other F1 cars have a maximum of 1.50 rear downforce. This reduced rear downforce greatly impacts its cornering stability, particularly when tuned.
- As the F1 cars have the highest drag coefficients of all cars in the game, the F687/S is unsuitable for Test Course races such as Like the Wind, as wind resistance greatly limits its acceleration beyond 200mph. The opponents in these events often have top speeds of 235+ mph, making it near-impossible to catch up without slipstreaming.
- The livery on this car was revised slightly for the PAL version of the game before it was deleted, with the Elf logo on the nose and the front wing sponsors being replaced by new stickers. This version of the model exists as an unused content in the Chinese-language release of Gran Turismo Concept 2002 Tokyo-Geneva.
- Like all F1 cars in GT3, it is equipped with a special “F1” compound. This compound provides the best grip of all tyre types in the game, far exceeding that of super softs, with the caveat of having the same wear rate. The compound cannot be changed, appearing as “Medium” in-game.