- "This race machine claimed the Super GT championship in 2016 equipped with a conventional gasoline engine.[1]"
- ―In-game catch text for the car, from GT7's car collection
The Honda NSX CONCEPT-GT '16 is a race car produced by Honda. It appears in Gran Turismo Sport (as part of Update 1.15) and Gran Turismo 7.
It appears to be the #100, driven by Takuya Izawa and Naoki Yamamoto, who achieved a 14th place finish in the GT500 Driver's Championship of the 2016 Super GT season. This is reflected by the name it had in GT Sport: Honda RAYBRIG NSX CONCEPT-GT '16.
In-game description[]
- "The RAYBRIG NSX CONCEPT-GT competed from 2014 to 2016 in the Super GT Series. It waged war in the top GT500 category. This particular model was based on the concept model of the new NSX. It's direct-injected turbocharged hybrid powerplant was designed specifically for racing.[2]"
- ―In-game description of the car, from GT7's Brand Central
Car Index (GT7)[]
The NSX Concept GT is a racing machine of Honda, which raced from 2014 to 2016 in the GT500 class of the Super GT series. The base NSX is a concept car announced by Honda in 2012, a car in development for production as the new generation NSX. The concept utilized a hybrid system, combining a midship mounted V6 with electric motors.
As with other GT500 cars, the NSX Concept GT is made under the new regulations introduced in 2014 which incorporated vehicle regulations of the DTM. The difference is that the 2 liter turbocharged inline 4, with direct injection that is uniquely developed under the same format between various companies, is mounted midship, and it incorporates a hybrid system in the same manner as the road car planned for production. However, in order to make it so that it does not give it an unfair advantage, a minimum weight was set, and the output of the electric assist and energy usage was also limited.
Though it experienced many issues in the initial year of participation, the NSX Concept GT started to pick up pace in 2015. However, in 2016, they experienced issues with supply from the battery manufacturer, and participated that year without the hybrid system. The Raybrig NSX Concept GT is one of those cars. In 2014 they placed 11th in the team rankings with Takashi Kogure and Hideki Mutoh driving, and in 2015 they achieved 3rd place in the series rankings with Naoki Yamamoto and Izawa Takuya at the wheel. 2016 was not a good year for any of the Honda teams, however, ending the series in 12th place.
Café Conversations (GT7)[]
Jeremy[]
This second-generation NSX-GT race car debuted in 2014. Does that sound odd to you? After all, the second-generation NSX on which it was based was released in 2016. To tell the truth, this car is and is not an NSX. That is, it was based on a car called the NSX Concept... Which Honda unveiled ahead of its production model in 2014. However, it was the competition car that took the GT name![3] In mid-2016, the second-generation NSX was officially released. Because of this, the competition car was also called the NSX-GT. The final spec model of the concept era, this car came in third in Round Five of the Super GT in Japan.
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo Sport (  v1.15+) |
Honda Brand Central | 800,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 7 | Honda Brand Central | 800,000 | --- |
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Trivia[]
The Esso logo on the car's rear "window".
- The default livery features an Esso sponsorship on the rear "window", which was not seen in a GT game since Gran Turismo 4 (on releases outside of North America). The Esso decal exists even in the North American version of the games.
- This would set a precedent for the Toyota GT-One (TS020) '99 returning with Esso branding in GT7.
- In GT7, GT Auto offers a high-downforce wing (used for races at the Fuji International Speedway), as well as for the other 2016 GT500 cars.