This video was on my backburner for far too long, so here it is. The Mazda 787B in racing games. A good sample of the video games you would find this car in are shown here.
The Mazda 787B is known to me as the powerhouse of a race car in Gran Turismo 3 and later being the rotary powered Group C car that's absolutely mad. It can rev really high, sounds great, and it was very reliable in endurance racing. Well, I know that because it won the 1991 24 hours of Lemans by simply outlasting its opponents on La Sarthe.
Notes:
- I apparently used Circuit de la Sarthe 4 times and well; that wasn't on purpose. I just really like driving on that track. That and it was the main track for one of the games it's featured in.
- A common misconception I've heard about this car was it being banned after the year of its LeMans win for being too fast, but that's not true. The FIA was altering its rules for the following year. Also while the 787B won LeMans in 1991, that was it's only win out of the whole championship. It lost the championship overall to other cars.
- With that said, it was still quite an impressive race car and very fast. It's just that other cars were faster.
- Personally, I still enjoy driving the 787B and it's one of my favorite Group C cars to drive. The others being the Sauber C9 Mercedes and Porsche 962.
Alright, if you want to see more cars in racing games; check out the playlist here:
• Random Car Showcase
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Le Mans 24 (Arcade)
1:04 - Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
1:49 - Gran Turismo 4
2:35 - Enthusia Professional Racing
3:22 - Race Driver: Grid
4:54 - Gran Turismo (PSP)
6:01 - Forza Motorsport 4
7:33 - Gran Turismo 6
9:04 - Grid: Autosport
10:17 - Assetto Corsa
11:49 - Forza Motorsport 6
13:21 - Forza Motorsport 7
14:53 - Gran Turismo Sport
22 сен 2020
