The Spoon S2000 Race Car '00 is a race-tuned car produced by Spoon. A racing version of the Spoon S2000 (and by association, the Honda S2000), It first appeared in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and has been featured in all subsequent mainline games up to Gran Turismo 6.
In-game description[]
One of the purest sports cars to ever come out of Japan was the Honda S2000. Possessing the spirit of the classic S800 roadster, the S2000 was light, fast and exciting to drive. Spoon took all that was good about the S2000 and made it even better.
Spoon, established in Tokyo in 1988, is considered the prominent Honda tuner and race car builder in Japan. The business, which started out making racing computers, branched out to producing customized parts and racing cars for Honda.
In 1999, Spoon created an S2000 race car and entered it in a nine-hour endurance race at Tsukuba Circuit. The car finished 1st in class and 2nd overall. The next year, with driver Tetsu Ikuzawa, Spoon entered the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with an S2000 decorated with the Japanese flag, similar to Ikuzawa's S800 race car from 1967. He finished 1st in class and 32nd overall.
In Japan, the Spoon S2000's main battlefield was the Super Taikyu endurance race series. Because Super Taikyu cars were primarily designated as touring cars, the S2000 had to obtain special permission to compete in this series and adhere to weight handicaps.
Nevertheless, the S2000 flourished in Class 4. Because of its rigid and lightweight body, the Spoon S2000 exhibited excellent handling, and while the body could not be modified due to vehicle restrictions, the engine was tuned to produce much more than the stock car's 247 BHP.
Acquisition[]
Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
---|---|---|---|
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec | --- | --- | Win the Amateur Stars & Stripes event Win the Grand Valley 300 km |
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue | --- | --- | Complete the Lesson #31 in Driving School |
Gran Turismo 4 | Spoon Tuner Village | 200,000 | Available from the start in Arcade Mode |
Gran Turismo PSP | Spoon Dealership | 200,000 | --- |
Gran Turismo 5 | Used Car Dealership (Lv. 11+) | 85,000 | --- |
Gran Turismo 6 | Spoon Dealership | 125,000 | --- |
Trivia[]
- In GT2, one of 2 racing liveries for the Honda S2000 '99 resembles this car. There, the car was seen with a soft top instead of a hard top.
- This car also appears in Gran Turismo Concept, but it's unplayable. It does, however, appear as a CPU car.