Cars The Need For Speed

[gecco]

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Stunning, no other word for it!

 

[A3DR]

When seen in person, that "too wide" and low look makes it awesome in the same way as a Miura. Being in front of it in person is completely different than looking at pics.

It does look small, but depends on what you compare to. Next to other sport cars it fits right in

But placed next to medium size sedans... it's another story

 

[Dirk Steffen]

The Giulia truly dwarfs the Viper in this comparison !!!
Is the scale really correct in this render or are you pulling our legs ?
It truly looks like it is a tiny little car.

Of course what we perceive as mid size sedans today were a few sizes smaller back in the late 80's when the Viper was in development.

 

[CobraCat]

The Quattroporte GTS is 30 inches (or .76 meters) longer than the Viper.

176 inches for the Viper and 207 inches for the GTS. The Giulia is 182 inches long.

Be interesting to see a pic of the Viper with the Cobra 427. I couldnt find one online, well at least not a proper photo.

 

[386]

What happened to the custom sounds for the 512TR and the Diablo

 

[davewilliams000]

Viper is looking awesome. I really must get around to driving the 512 and the diablo, I've had them installed for months but not had chance yet. For me. there is really only 1 colour to have this in - red, as that's the colour in the Viper intro/showcase video from NFS - this got lots of plays (along with the diablo one) as far as I recall as I liked that music track way back when!

I seem to remember a yellow one for some reason too... maybe from a different game or something

 

[A3DR]

The Giulia truly dwarfs the Viper in this comparison !!!
Is the scale really correct in this render or are you pulling our legs ?
It truly looks like it is a tiny little car.

Of course what we perceive as mid size sedans today were a few sizes smaller back in the late 80's when the Viper was in development.

Sure the scale is 100% correct

it all depends on what you park next to it

 

[Dirk Steffen]

Haha ;-)

Those are some truly beautiful comparisons!

The brain really plays tricks seeing all these cars without much of a reference most of the time.
I could have sworn the Diablo has the size of a school bus compared to the Viper and the Testarossa would have been as wide as an airplane carrier, … and god did that Fiat gain some weight since it was invented!

 

[Dirk Steffen]

Viper is looking awesome. I really must get around to driving the 512 and the diablo, I've had them installed for months but not had chance yet. For me. there is really only 1 colour to have this in - red, as that's the colour in the Viper intro/showcase video from NFS - this got lots of plays (along with the diablo one) as far as I recall as I liked that music track way back when!

I seem to remember a yellow one for some reason too… maybe from a different game or something

Especially the Diablo is absolutely wonderful to drive (but I do admit I especially enjoy the Jota, Alberto made which doesn't belong into this thread but is an absolute masterpiece).

I got my Viper fix after NFS for PC when the very first Granturismo was released - if I remember correctly among others a Viper RT10 was available and I really enjoyed the setup and tuning aspect of GT back then … spent weeks just refining setups for a car, testing in practice and finding time on the track.
I can't believe we did that back then … and no, I didn't use a pad either but rather a namco negCon controller - best console controller ever made but I digress.

Thanks Alberto for the childhood memories

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

God that Cayenne is hideous even half covered by the wonderful sports cars in front of it.

I do see an RT/10 fairly regularly in my neighborhood and can confirm it really is tiny next to today’s ‘mid sized’ sedans. That said the current 5 series is bigger than the E38 7 series and my E30 parked next to anything including the Viper is ultra tiny - hence the superior driving dynamics and experience. It’s the same story for any Corvette, especially C4 and C3 very compact, light and well packaged cars.

They’re all just a testament to the great effect curves and lines in the right arrangement have on our perception of scale and proportion.

Love that Viper and can relate to the GT analogy, the GTS was one of the most detailed models in GT 5 and 6 and I enjoyed the **** out of that car!

 

[schnipp]

God that Cayenne is hideous

It's the Macan though.

 

[garyjpaterson]

Size doesn't matter folks...

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

It's the Macan though.

Shocker is I actually like the Macan, profile and front end are very much like the Cayenne though. I want to like them but just can't. Screw SUVs...

Best Porsche Ever Period The End

By the way, and this is totally OT, anyone who has a passion for cars and speed will love this and if you happen to like the 964 you will drool over it:

 

[CobraCat]

Shocker is I actually like the Macan, profile and front end are very much like the Cayenne though. I want to like them but just can't. Screw SUVs...

Best Porsche Ever Period The End

By the way, and this is totally OT, anyone who has a passion for cars and speed will love this and if you happen to like the 964 you will drool over it:

Now I want a proper 964 to drive in AC !!

 

[CobraCat]

The 512TR and Dodge Viper RT10 are essentially the same length. 176.4 for the 512 and 176.2 for the Viper.

 

[spadi211]

So i hope release of Viper will be so soon)

 

[Skython]

So i hope release of Viper will be so soon)

Depends on how you define soon.

Sure the scale is 100% correct

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What a wonderful selection of desktop backgrounds.

 

[9kret9]

So i hope release of Viper will be so soon)

Well probably not before whole class is finished, so we will still wait for 993 and vette...

 

[A3DR]

Well probably not before whole class is finished, so we will still wait for 993 and vette...

I will release the viper early, as part of the "Tournament Class B" pack, so when the other cars are done I'll be adding them to the same resource with updates

 

[CobraCat]

It's curious how in NFS1 the 512TR and Diablo were the only cars in class A, yet the Viper has the specs to be in class A as well.

http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Need_for_Speed