The Lexus IS 200 GT-1 '04 (Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car '04 prior to Gran Turismo 6) is a race car produced by Lexus. It appears in Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo PSP, Gran Turismo 5, and Gran Turismo 6.
The car appears to be the #10, driven by Hwang Jin-woo, who achieved a 3rd place finish in the 2004 BAT GT Championship.
In-game description[]
"One of the star players in South Korean Motorsports which participated in the South Korean BAT GT Championship."
The Toyota Altezza (also known as the Lexus IS 200 in the U.S.), with its relatively compact sport-sedan dimensions and rear-wheel drive configuration, made it an ideal candidate for endurance racing. And not long after the car's 1998 introduction, Toyota's in-house performance race shop operation, Toyota Racing Development (TRD), created a number of highly-competitive Altezza-based touring cars and sent them abroad to do battle in everything from the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in the U.K. to South Korea's biggest motor racing series, the BAT GT.
In the GT1 class of the BAT GT, the Lexus IS 200 GT1 race car saw numerous competition upgrades, including a wider body (to 71.8 inches) and fatter tires. Other changes included an aerodynamic front spoiler, revised side skirts, a new rear diffuser and rear spoiler for better aerodynamics. The hood and fenders on the race car were composed entirely of carbon-fiber and helped bring the car's weight below the 1,010 kg limit.
Under its hood was the 3S-GE, a 2-liter inline-4 that, in endurance racing tune, pumped out 276 BHP at 8,600 rpm with torque peaking at 180.8 lb-ft at 6,800 rpm. Power was routed to the rear wheels through a 6-speed sequential gearbox.
In its first year of competition in the South Korean series in 2004, the IS 200 GT1 scored a race victory in its inaugural season and took the BAT GT title the following year.
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo 4 | Lexus Dealership[1] | 450,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo PSP | Lexus Dealership | 400,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 5 | Used Car Dealership (Lv. 10+) | 97,246 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 6 | Lexus Dealership | 100,000 | --- |
Pictures[]
Trivia[]
- The Gran Turismo logos above the car's number boxes and on the sunstrip have been inserted as a replacement for the British American Tobacco logos used in real life. It should be noted that British American Tobacco was the title sponsor of the competition where this car competed ("BAT" is the acronym of British American Tobacco).
- Although there was no tobacco product/brand being advertised (rather, the company itself was being promoted), it is possible this change is due to tobacco advertising regulations, or due to obscuring of racing series references due to licensing issues with series promoters that affected many cars in GT4.
- It is labeled as a Korean car in both GT4 and GT5, as car country flags are set per car in the game's database files, not per manufacturer.
- In GTPSP and GT6 however, it is labeled as a Japanese car as with other Lexus models in order to maintain consistency.
Notes[]
- ↑ Available in NTSC-K version only