@@thebananamelon5065 the LFA was a masterpiece of engineering. It was literally a perfect engine, with a car built around it. The materials in the engine, the materials in the car...the doors, windows, buttons etc...where engineered to vibrate on the same frequency as the pistons, crankshaft, connecting rods. Only F1 cars of the 90s-late 2000s can match that perfect sound
🎶You are my cinema, I could watch you forever Action-thriller, I could watch you forever You are my cinema, a Hollywood treasure Love you just the way you are My cinema, my cinema🎶 - Benny Benassi, Cinema (I just had to do it, I couldn't resist)
Fun fact: For those who did not know what happened with that RA302 F1 car, well... it was horrific. In 1968 Honda planned on replacing the less-than-successful RA301 with the lighter RA302 made from magnesium. Thing is, magnesium alloys are a bit... sparky. Even the lightest of spark will set magnesium on fire. And dousing water made thing even worse simply because magnesium is in the same bracket as lithium, kalium and natrium. All extremely reactive. John Surtees took a look at the RA302 and said it's a death trap, immediately refusing to race with it. So the memo went to Honda and they told Honda Racing not to race with it... except that they forgot to tell Soichiro about it during French Grand Prix, so Honda's French arm decided to draft Jo Schlesser to drive it at Rouen. On lap 2 he crashed. Jo, the magnesium car, and litres of racing fuel immediately went up in flames. It was so hot that firefighters can't even get close to put down the fire. It is said the driver can smell the burning human flesh as they went lap after lap after lap while the fire still burning, melting the tarmac. After John Surtees once again refused to drive the RA302, Honda pulled out as manufacturer in F1 until 2006. One of Jo Schlesser's friend was a man named Guy Ligier, a former tractor magnate leading a company called Ligier Travaux Publics, and racing with him in WSC under Ford France banner. He also raced in F1, but after Jo was baked Guy retired and instead ran his own racing team and racing car manufacturer, Equipe Ligier. Since then all his cars bear the initial of Jo Schlesser, such as Ligier JS43 that won 1996 Monaco GP with Olivier Panis and Ligier JSP217 LMP2 racer. Nowadays Ligier, as part of Onroak Automotive, build JS2R junior GT racecar, JSP320 LMP3 racers and also building Lamborghini SC63 LMDh racecars.
See, I didn’t know this, but when he said magnesium skinned chassis and then fatal my mind went “Hey wait a minute isn’t magnesium a notoriously flammable metal?” so I looked it up and…that’s what happened.
Not a very "fun" fact, but a well written and informative comment about something I didn't know the history behind. Bravo! A very minor correction: in English it's potassium and sodium, not kalium and natrium.
29:22 Both the ARTA HSV and CR-Z flashing their lights as they're finishing is surprisingly wholesome. It's like finishing a marathon with your little brother.
I don't know what kind of twist of fate it is that just last night, while I was looking up obscure cars (namely the Vector cars), my mind drifted back to Gran Turismo and I thought "man, I wonder if Roflwaffle would be interested in doing videos about some of GT's strangest cars". And here we are.
@@VinayKumar-db4qzthe thing is that the thought of Narain competing in Super GT didn't even cross my mind. I'm not saying he wasn't good enough, i'm saying that his appearance is unlikely. As a youtuber wich i don't remember the name of stated: "even when you're the worst of the best, you're still one of the best"
@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious Narain actually did a lot of racing in Japan, basically from the end of HRT till he retired from motorsport. I think it was a better fit for him that Europe was, since he was closer to home and had a better chance of picking up a pro drive.
@@BobbyBearhugTheWestHamFan96 Honestly if they made the car in production exactly how it looked in GT500 racing. I would of been on the fence on either that or the NSX, NSX is my Dream Car. HSV had a Ferrari front end (FF California) feel to it. Damn!!!
As a German I am ashamed to this day that DTM pushed for (presumably, not entirely sure though) a common regulation with SuperGT only to dissolve into a GT3 series. They pushed back the introduction of the turbo engines and Mercedes didn't even produce one. It's a huge let down.
The German manufacturers were said to be behind the delays. Mercedes did have an engine made in the end by HWA, which was used by the R Motorsport Aston Martin effort. Of course without the budget and development power of Big Merc that project failed miserably.
@@watchnocatch171 Yeah Mercedes, Audi and BMW really just killed DTM on purpose it seems. I guess they wanted to free up budget for other projects. DTM wasn't bringing in the publicity to justify staying in it. Seems like they saw it as a burden.
@@justinl8791I love fast cars and I have to admit the prius is one of the greatest cars ever created. Insane mpg and the reliability to match. The car is incredibly good and is surprisingly quick
Honda was working on both the V10-powered "NB" NSX and a rwd v8 platform that was to be utilized by Acura. However the new CEO, Ito Takanobu, canceled both projects. In its place we got the unwanted NC NSX with its ttv6 hybrid that nobody cared about, and the continuation of the underwhelming FWD Acura lineup. I remember how everyone was looking forward to the V10 NSX when it was first spotted on the Nordschleife, only for bitter disappointment to take over after news of the cancelation.
As soon as the Lotus Emira came out I said "That's what the 3rd NSX should have been", since it follows the original NSX philosophy far closer than Honda did (driver appeal over tech and outright performance).
I'd argue that both of you are correct. It should have been a high performance car (like the c8) and one that was driver oriented, like the Lotus. Hell, the NB NSX was going to be a mixture of the R35 GTR and the LFA. There's no way that it would not have been appealing. But that's not what we got, sadly.
The V6 twin turbo NSX that no one cared about. but they sold them for 10 years, they sold more than they expected, and they always sold out. It's a practical, usable, everyday supercar. The latest gen NSX is genuinely the epitome of Honda. It would have been cool to see a nsx compete with The Lexus LFA, and a smaller V8 Honda compete with the Lexus coupes. That was not in the cards unfortunately.
@@DrivingGod21 what the fuck are you smoking? I work for Honda and they totally missed the mark with the new NSX. First of all, they hyped up the car in 2012 and it didn’t come out for 5 YEARS! Second, it was only on sale for 5 years and dealers in North America couldn’t move them fast enough and were sitting in lots, hence why you barely see one on the road. Third, people just went on and bought R8’s and Corvettes instead because they were far more affordable and practical and had V8’s and V10’s instead of a hybrid hiding. Nobody cares for Honda’s hybrid sports cars. The CRZ is another prime example.
You can tell that there is a lot of passion and effort put into these kinds of videos and it makes it so much better to watch them. I'm honestly loving this and appreciate you doing these videos for people like me that only really know the cars from Gran Turusmo and know almost nothing about them or the motorsport in general.
HSV-010 GT, my beloved But seriously, the day I saw this on YT back on that day in 2010 during it's test days, I fell in love with it, the sound, look, the everything.
I remember seeing the black prototype too. Thing of beauty that was, reminded me of "what feels like an IRL S2000 GT1 from Gran Turismo 2", but also "what could be the next NSX maybe?"
@@test-tl8dt oh no doubt! They took the Class 1 cars and showed DTM how it's done 😎 they're basically front engine prototypes now with lap times they can achieve
IMO Honda seems to like to think their size and financial power is just as strong as Toyota, even though they are not, that's probably why so many of their projects and promises end up in the scrap bin.
Or brawn, even. Lmao, Mercades' entire f1 dominance stems from Honda bringing in Ross Brawn, quitting, brawn winning and being bought by Merc, and Ross and Michael building from there.
It’s the closest I’ve ever heard to replicating the Ferrari 355’s “scream”. Honda scrapping it will forever be one of the biggest examples of wasted potential.
Amazing vid. Enjoyed every second of it. Never thought I'd be getting such high quality JGTC content on YT. PS: loved the J-rock bgm at the end. Nostalgic vibe.
Watching that 2018 season and seeing Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button make that NSX-GT dance on track was amazing that thing looked so elegant in battle can’t wait to see the Civic Type-R GT carry the mantle
No way! I was waiting for the longest time for someone to make a documentary about this car. It was always so mysterious to me, from the euphoric sound of an engine to the way it looks. And you've certainly delivered. Thank you very much!
It's pretty cool that you do vids on JGTC/Super GT, since it's not that well known outside of Japan, but many people would likely want to know more thanks to Gran Turismo.
I found it really interesting that the GT500 cars, during the time frame between the end of life of the NSX and the HSV, they were as dominant if not more so than LMP1 cars. Which I thought was super interesting and really want to see a GT500 car race Le Mans as a Garage 56 entry (Like the NASCAR that did the 2023 race).
Sadly, super GT cars don't appear on GT Games and most modern racing games anymore it probably licensing, or it's just today's gen lost interest into the super GT sport itself, even in japan, half of them were cut off & never come back & i think PD don't care bringing most of them back
@@uhm175 or maybe because the way they model cars in GT7 is now more time consuming than before (6 months mind you) and more people would rather want road cars than race cars in GT7
You all should see Aussie Sports sedans Racing, its the real Forza Horizon online lobby race series that included a 1000hp R32 Skyline on Mount Panorama.
Thank you so much for putting these videos out, getting to see these SUPER GT/JGTC stamps in time are awesome to watch. For those of us in the US, we really only knew of JGTC/SUPER GT either through Gran Turismo or if you lived in California i believe they did one exhibition race there. The quality of the highlights and the scope of the backstory you add is top notch.
One of the things i find really funny that you forgot to mention in the video was in 2018, Team Kunimitsu decided to casually hire Jenson Button. And then they won the title with him.
VTEC has nothing to do with fuel efficiency. It’s a way to have drivability at low revs while still maximizing power at high revs. It’s basically two engines in one: a tractable high torque engine down low and a screaming high-hp one up top. Genius.
This is such a good video dude, great work! Was really cool listening to Honda's Super GT story lol - like finding out about the history behind all the cool looking gt500 hondas (honda is my favourite brand lol). Also makes me wanna watch super gt even more lol.
Man, I just entered to watch a video about a curious Honda car and I ended up falling in love even more with Honda, epic. PD: you can take my like for putting Yummy Trip at the end of the video.
Man. Honda really won’t give up if they lose or win. And that’s something I like. Learn from the good and bad and keep going. So let’s see how the Civic GT500 goes this year.
Remember Honda HSV being featured in GT5. Because of the shape of the car I knew that the Acura NSX Gen 2 was based off of that car. Thankfully nothing was wasted from the prototype when they made the new NSX
Please do a video like for the other GT500 manufacturers: Nissan, Toyota/Lexus plzzzzzzzzzzz🥹 Or other GT300 cars would be great ☝️ Anyways, love the vids keep up the good work mate❤from🇦🇺
Been a fellow Honda supporter ever since I saw that Castrol Mugen NSX and the Takata Dome NSX in GT4. Especially the latter with its roof air intake looked so unique compared to the other cars in its class (in GT4). The first gen NSX is actually still my absolute dream car.
17:43 to 17:51 you can make any automobile enthusiast literally bust one at that heavenly sound, when you reminds of how badass it use to sounds that in F1 cars.
Love these jgtc/super gt videos! Both generations of this series for some reason sparked in me, possibly because of the class one regs and also the plentiful quirky gt300 cars, hopefully in the absence in the class 1 regs we get regs that maintain that awesome visual of gt500 cars, thanks for the high quality production man
Cool video, I think one of the side note in their Super GT runs in recent years was Jenson Button, a F1 WDC, won a Super GT title also as teammate to Naoki Yamamoto in the NSX in 2018....
Hey rofl. Maybe one day you can make a video about the early gran turismo super cars like vector and lister? I feel like i never would have known about them if it werent for those early games. I think it would be a cool subject to shed some light on since we dont really see them around anymore. Just an idea.
Awesome video. Very lovely stuff. Cannot wait to see how the new Civic GT500 would perform. I know this video is Honda-related but, I have a little side note/update in regards to your previous Super GT video: Team Impul will no longer have the Calsonic Blue and will be replaced by Marelli's darker shade of blue starting this coming Super GT season. Thus, completely ending an era for Team Impul's signature look.
Gotta love how those Honda NSXs at the start were almost all in various Gran Turismos ❤ in fact, most of those GT cars were in GT. A shocking revelation!
idk why, but the end of this video makes me sad. It gives me that sinking feeling of existential crisis. Seeing gt500 racing with class 1 spec from 2014 and was ditched almost 5 years ago, really gives me a real feeling of time moving on and that gt500 is a glimpse of a not too distant past. It hasn't really changed since I was in high-school and now doing 9-5. There's a sense of purity, nostalgia, comfort when I see gt500, but also sadness.
It really shows SuperGT's draw that I could notice some familiar names who were and are well known in endurance racing, such as Loic Duval and Benoit Trèluyer (Le Mans winners with Audi) and Frederic Makowiecki (Porsche factory driver in GTE/now LMDh)!
MANNNNNN! Thank you for this amazing video. Fell in love with Mobil 1 NSX after seeing it live in Sepang in 2001, so much memories. How about another video from Honda in the GT300 with the CRZ-GT? :D
An HSV-010 road car would be dope, sad that circumstances weren't on their favor back then. On the brighter side, the GT500 car belongs to a list of unique race cars in the Super GT history.
Man, after seeing this, and having researched a little bit into it some years ago, I kinda want to know more about team Dome, being them a classic team in Super Gt and having produce some concepts of their own, like the Zero, or the S102 Lmp. As always, great video!
Love the fact that the testing cars with the OF license plate mean they were fully road legal in Germany, which is also a requirement for driving on the Nürburgring outside of race competition
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Just when you thought the financial crisis wasn't bad enough you find out it robbed the world of a 5 litre honda V10
Yeah 😢
It would’ve been a legend right along side the LFA I swear
Who cares...we never even got the V8 in consumer cars thanks to brain-dead tree-huggers...that's the real kick in the nuts.
@@thebananamelon5065 the LFA was a masterpiece of engineering. It was literally a perfect engine, with a car built around it. The materials in the engine, the materials in the car...the doors, windows, buttons etc...where engineered to vibrate on the same frequency as the pistons, crankshaft, connecting rods. Only F1 cars of the 90s-late 2000s can match that perfect sound
@@thebananamelon5065 i think it would be even more of a legend
The cut from the Autobacs NSX retiring to Keiichi Tsuchiyas vacant eyes is pure cinema
We need a side by side of Alonso's and Tsuchiya's 1000 yard stares.
🎶You are my cinema, I could watch you forever
Action-thriller, I could watch you forever
You are my cinema, a Hollywood treasure
Love you just the way you are
My cinema, my cinema🎶
- Benny Benassi, Cinema
(I just had to do it, I couldn't resist)
@@CyanRooper uns uns uns uns
Not me thinking that HSV stood for Honda Strangest Vehicle 💀
And I thought back then that it stood for Hamburger Sport Verein😂😂😂😂😂
Considering I'm an Australian, that HSV made me laugh even more for other reasons hahaha
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Ayo Is that my fav aircraft replying lmao
He smart
Handsome, sensual velociraptor
From what I can gather with this strange car in super GT is basically:
"is it a road car based GT car or a bespoke prototype?"
Honda: "yesn't"
Organizers: “Ok, you're in! 👍”
“The car is ready for production, all we gotta do is say yes”
Super GT: “ok good enough, youre in”
Honestly this part of the comment section remains of Oversimplified
It kinda blows my mind that the very first JGTC race was held on the same weekend when Ayrton Senna dies at Imola...
Super GT : Well, we are a silhouette GT racing series, so I Approb
Man... Mk4 Supras, R34 GTR Nismo's and Honda NSX's all racing on the same grid... A Heavenly sight.
Eh I find them boring, I'm more interested in the weirder less common cars in JGTC. The NSXs and RX7s are my favorite of the popular picks tho.
We never know how good we have it until it's gone. 😭
@@dopey473my favorite is the autobacs MRS, my favorite in the GT4 😂
@@dopey473Fr, it was amazing seeing ex-rally cars racing detuned group C cars on the same circuit and same class, lol
i think the new z, supra & civic sounds good too
Fun fact:
For those who did not know what happened with that RA302 F1 car, well... it was horrific. In 1968 Honda planned on replacing the less-than-successful RA301 with the lighter RA302 made from magnesium. Thing is, magnesium alloys are a bit... sparky. Even the lightest of spark will set magnesium on fire. And dousing water made thing even worse simply because magnesium is in the same bracket as lithium, kalium and natrium. All extremely reactive. John Surtees took a look at the RA302 and said it's a death trap, immediately refusing to race with it. So the memo went to Honda and they told Honda Racing not to race with it... except that they forgot to tell Soichiro about it during French Grand Prix, so Honda's French arm decided to draft Jo Schlesser to drive it at Rouen. On lap 2 he crashed. Jo, the magnesium car, and litres of racing fuel immediately went up in flames. It was so hot that firefighters can't even get close to put down the fire. It is said the driver can smell the burning human flesh as they went lap after lap after lap while the fire still burning, melting the tarmac. After John Surtees once again refused to drive the RA302, Honda pulled out as manufacturer in F1 until 2006.
One of Jo Schlesser's friend was a man named Guy Ligier, a former tractor magnate leading a company called Ligier Travaux Publics, and racing with him in WSC under Ford France banner. He also raced in F1, but after Jo was baked Guy retired and instead ran his own racing team and racing car manufacturer, Equipe Ligier. Since then all his cars bear the initial of Jo Schlesser, such as Ligier JS43 that won 1996 Monaco GP with Olivier Panis and Ligier JSP217 LMP2 racer. Nowadays Ligier, as part of Onroak Automotive, build JS2R junior GT racecar, JSP320 LMP3 racers and also building Lamborghini SC63 LMDh racecars.
See, I didn’t know this, but when he said magnesium skinned chassis and then fatal my mind went “Hey wait a minute isn’t magnesium a notoriously flammable metal?” so I looked it up and…that’s what happened.
Not a very "fun" fact, but a well written and informative comment about something I didn't know the history behind. Bravo!
A very minor correction: in English it's potassium and sodium, not kalium and natrium.
29:22 Both the ARTA HSV and CR-Z flashing their lights as they're finishing is surprisingly wholesome. It's like finishing a marathon with your little brother.
more surprising was 911 and SLS behind the CR-Z 😂
I don't know what kind of twist of fate it is that just last night, while I was looking up obscure cars (namely the Vector cars), my mind drifted back to Gran Turismo and I thought "man, I wonder if Roflwaffle would be interested in doing videos about some of GT's strangest cars".
And here we are.
Narain winning the MR NSX's last race is honestly a 1 of 10000 chance occurrance
Why? He was very good even in F1, considering there is not much motor sports in India, he made it to F1, I think it's a great achievement.
@@VinayKumar-db4qzthe thing is that the thought of Narain competing in Super GT didn't even cross my mind. I'm not saying he wasn't good enough, i'm saying that his appearance is unlikely. As a youtuber wich i don't remember the name of stated: "even when you're the worst of the best, you're still one of the best"
@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious Narain actually did a lot of racing in Japan, basically from the end of HRT till he retired from motorsport. I think it was a better fit for him that Europe was, since he was closer to home and had a better chance of picking up a pro drive.
I wish it became an actual sports car, such ashame ngl
A damn shame
@@Aintyourbuddy_guy Yeah I actually love the body ngl
@@BobbyBearhugTheWestHamFan96 especially the engine, sounds freaking amazing.. could have been a classic like the Porsche Carrera GT
@@Aintyourbuddy_guy Yeah I agree with that too
@@BobbyBearhugTheWestHamFan96 Honestly if they made the car in production exactly how it looked in GT500 racing. I would of been on the fence on either that or the NSX, NSX is my Dream Car. HSV had a Ferrari front end (FF California) feel to it. Damn!!!
Fun fact, VTEC originates from their motorcycle tech! And the precursor, REV, was also something they made for motorcycles.
Whoa did not know this. Thank you for the fun fact!
W comment hearing about rev for the first time
It's easier to test something on a smaller scale then adopt it to a much larger one, so it's make sense
Yeah it totally explains the high rev factor as well. 😂
@@georgesanchez8051 Honda is an engine builder first and foremost. BMW engines also have the same impact.
i was super confused when this thing first showed up during Super GT testing. kept thinking "what the bloody hell is that?"
As a German I am ashamed to this day that DTM pushed for (presumably, not entirely sure though) a common regulation with SuperGT only to dissolve into a GT3 series. They pushed back the introduction of the turbo engines and Mercedes didn't even produce one. It's a huge let down.
The German manufacturers were said to be behind the delays.
Mercedes did have an engine made in the end by HWA, which was used by the R Motorsport Aston Martin effort. Of course without the budget and development power of Big Merc that project failed miserably.
@@dylansmit3883 Oh, I forgot about the Aston Martins actually... doesn't make the whole point better in any way though.
@@watchnocatch171 Yeah Mercedes, Audi and BMW really just killed DTM on purpose it seems. I guess they wanted to free up budget for other projects. DTM wasn't bringing in the publicity to justify staying in it. Seems like they saw it as a burden.
@@dylansmit3883 DTM needed a budget cap really bad. Costs did kill it everytime and some teams are quitting DTM even now because of it, crazy.
I loved the Prius GT300 Racecar. Looked proper mad
WE GETTING MPG'S WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Quite possibly the only Prius that isn't boring or crap.......IN THE WORLD.
@@justinl8791I love fast cars and I have to admit the prius is one of the greatest cars ever created. Insane mpg and the reliability to match. The car is incredibly good and is surprisingly quick
Prius GT300 is that cousin that somehow got a glow up so bright it beat the sun
Honda was working on both the V10-powered "NB" NSX and a rwd v8 platform that was to be utilized by Acura. However the new CEO, Ito Takanobu, canceled both projects. In its place we got the unwanted NC NSX with its ttv6 hybrid that nobody cared about, and the continuation of the underwhelming FWD Acura lineup.
I remember how everyone was looking forward to the V10 NSX when it was first spotted on the Nordschleife, only for bitter disappointment to take over after news of the cancelation.
As soon as the Lotus Emira came out I said "That's what the 3rd NSX should have been", since it follows the original NSX philosophy far closer than Honda did (driver appeal over tech and outright performance).
@@deanchurI would argue the C8 Corvette is more like what the new NSX should’ve been. Simple, practical and affordable.
I'd argue that both of you are correct. It should have been a high performance car (like the c8) and one that was driver oriented, like the Lotus. Hell, the NB NSX was going to be a mixture of the R35 GTR and the LFA. There's no way that it would not have been appealing. But that's not what we got, sadly.
The V6 twin turbo NSX that no one cared about.
but they sold them for 10 years, they sold more than they expected, and they always sold out.
It's a practical, usable, everyday supercar. The latest gen NSX is genuinely the epitome of Honda.
It would have been cool to see a nsx compete with The Lexus LFA, and a smaller V8 Honda compete with the Lexus coupes. That was not in the cards unfortunately.
@@DrivingGod21 what the fuck are you smoking? I work for Honda and they totally missed the mark with the new NSX. First of all, they hyped up the car in 2012 and it didn’t come out for 5 YEARS! Second, it was only on sale for 5 years and dealers in North America couldn’t move them fast enough and were sitting in lots, hence why you barely see one on the road. Third, people just went on and bought R8’s and Corvettes instead because they were far more affordable and practical and had V8’s and V10’s instead of a hybrid hiding. Nobody cares for Honda’s hybrid sports cars. The CRZ is another prime example.
21:43 can't be a Roflwaffles vid about Super GT without the JLOC Lamborghini
It is inevitable.
Lmao, nice eye! I like that funky thing.
You can tell that there is a lot of passion and effort put into these kinds of videos and it makes it so much better to watch them. I'm honestly loving this and appreciate you doing these videos for people like me that only really know the cars from Gran Turusmo and know almost nothing about them or the motorsport in general.
HSV-010 GT, my beloved
But seriously, the day I saw this on YT back on that day in 2010 during it's test days, I fell in love with it, the sound, look, the everything.
Man I remember watching those are YT years ago as well! Shame Class 1 killed what made Super GT unique. I still watch it though.
I remember seeing the black prototype too. Thing of beauty that was, reminded me of "what feels like an IRL S2000 GT1 from Gran Turismo 2", but also "what could be the next NSX maybe?"
@@Mr.Waffullz well, now that dtm is dead class 1 is what makes super gt truly special as the only series that uses these amazing cars.
@@test-tl8dt oh no doubt! They took the Class 1 cars and showed DTM how it's done 😎 they're basically front engine prototypes now with lap times they can achieve
FINALLY someone acknowledges this thing exists! The NSX that never was
Both good and bad. As I kinda wish this could exist alongside the nsx and not as its replacement.
Was coincidentally watching one of your older videos and then this popped up. Keep up the good work!
Honda and Stillborn projects, name a more Iconic duo *Looks at the Acura ARX-01A and its cancelled Indycar engine*
IMO Honda seems to like to think their size and financial power is just as strong as Toyota, even though they are not, that's probably why so many of their projects and promises end up in the scrap bin.
Or brawn, even. Lmao, Mercades' entire f1 dominance stems from Honda bringing in Ross Brawn, quitting, brawn winning and being bought by Merc, and Ross and Michael building from there.
When you look at the GT500 grid and see the Mclaren F1 running against supras, that's wild.
It kinda blows my mind that the very first JGTC race was held in the same weekend as the 1994 San Marino GP... The darkest weekend in F1...
It says alot about the modern NSX that I didn't even know it was sold in 2020, let alone that it had an updated look
That exhaust note and tone, utterly exquisite, I don't think I've heard a better V8 in years possibly ever!
You haven't. Those exhaust notes were sent from Heaven. Never knew a V8 can sing that perfectly!
It’s the closest I’ve ever heard to replicating the Ferrari 355’s “scream”. Honda scrapping it will forever be one of the biggest examples of wasted potential.
Amazing vid. Enjoyed every second of it. Never thought I'd be getting such high quality JGTC content on YT. PS: loved the J-rock bgm at the end. Nostalgic vibe.
Watching that 2018 season and seeing Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button make that NSX-GT dance on track was amazing that thing looked so elegant in battle can’t wait to see the Civic Type-R GT carry the mantle
The Civic Type R GT looks pretty cool.
The Civic is Honda's money machine, so it's a natural progression, Honda should however offer a RWD to the public. I'd be all over it
No way! I was waiting for the longest time for someone to make a documentary about this car. It was always so mysterious to me, from the euphoric sound of an engine to the way it looks. And you've certainly delivered. Thank you very much!
It's pretty cool that you do vids on JGTC/Super GT, since it's not that well known outside of Japan, but many people would likely want to know more thanks to Gran Turismo.
I found it really interesting that the GT500 cars, during the time frame between the end of life of the NSX and the HSV, they were as dominant if not more so than LMP1 cars. Which I thought was super interesting and really want to see a GT500 car race Le Mans as a Garage 56 entry (Like the NASCAR that did the 2023 race).
Sadly, super GT cars don't appear on GT Games and most modern racing games anymore
it probably licensing, or it's just today's gen lost interest into the super GT sport itself, even in japan, half of them were cut off & never come back & i think PD don't care bringing most of them back
なるほど🤔
@@uhm175 or maybe because the way they model cars in GT7 is now more time consuming than before (6 months mind you) and more people would rather want road cars than race cars in GT7
The Honda that i always wondered how would it look like if it was a road car.
You all should see Aussie Sports sedans Racing, its the real Forza Horizon online lobby race series that included a 1000hp R32 Skyline on Mount Panorama.
That was a combined saloon car race. Made up of up to a dozen racing classes.
@@fbboringstuff thanks for the correction, we need people to see this race series
The Sierra Cosworth is legendary too.
YT just happen to reccomend this video.
The amount of detail present and pace of it made me subscribe. Brilliant!
Keep it up man!
Right, now can you also describe the SC430? Or GT500 cars which has road versions that look the furthest from sportscar possible?
36:49 no waaaaaay, a technology from GAZ-3102
And here I am wanting roflwaffle to make Super GT season reviews because I love the way they cover the subject
Great video! The H.S.V has some resemblance to the new Prelude. My opinion.
It would be insane if Super GT makes a video about Roflwaffle next
Thank you so much for putting these videos out, getting to see these SUPER GT/JGTC stamps in time are awesome to watch. For those of us in the US, we really only knew of JGTC/SUPER GT either through Gran Turismo or if you lived in California i believe they did one exhibition race there. The quality of the highlights and the scope of the backstory you add is top notch.
Ooh I'm here for the deep dives on Gran Turismo vehicles, especially ones not in GT7 yet!
we got a new nsx back then and we didn't even realize it
It's a good thing to have a channel with this much info about Super GT, I wasn't aware of many of these facts and events
One of the things i find really funny that you forgot to mention in the video was in 2018, Team Kunimitsu decided to casually hire Jenson Button. And then they won the title with him.
VTEC has nothing to do with fuel efficiency. It’s a way to have drivability at low revs while still maximizing power at high revs. It’s basically two engines in one: a tractable high torque engine down low and a screaming high-hp one up top. Genius.
Omfg!!!! This was my favorite car in gt6🔥🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣🔥
This was my favorite race car growing up. Glad to know it wasn't forgotten
This is such a good video dude, great work! Was really cool listening to Honda's Super GT story lol - like finding out about the history behind all the cool looking gt500 hondas (honda is my favourite brand lol). Also makes me wanna watch super gt even more lol.
Man, I just entered to watch a video about a curious Honda car and I ended up falling in love even more with Honda, epic.
PD: you can take my like for putting Yummy Trip at the end of the video.
Oh man, the super gt 2020 season.
I love these types of videos! They're just incredible to put on in the background and listen to.
0:15 F1 2015 ost is so underrated
might be 2016, still same composer
This video shows how the HSV Arc was a blessing in diguise and that merging DTM and Super GT Regulations was the worst mistake ever.
As a sportscar racing fan its still odd to me how Loic Duval was a Honda ace before driving for Peugeot and Audi.
14:08 Damn, that GT-R in G35 shell look sick ngl 🗿
They should've just produced the G35 as a GT-R so the Skyline badge would still be relevant
@@d9zirable The Skyline no longer has a GT-R and is a sedan like before. A little sad But the new Skyline has more than 400 horsepower.
Man. Honda really won’t give up if they lose or win. And that’s something I like. Learn from the good and bad and keep going. So let’s see how the Civic GT500 goes this year.
Remember Honda HSV being featured in GT5. Because of the shape of the car I knew that the Acura NSX Gen 2 was based off of that car. Thankfully nothing was wasted from the prototype when they made the new NSX
Please do a video like for the other GT500 manufacturers: Nissan, Toyota/Lexus plzzzzzzzzzzz🥹
Or other GT300 cars would be great ☝️
Anyways, love the vids keep up the good work mate❤from🇦🇺
HSV = Holden Special Vehicle.
Been a fellow Honda supporter ever since I saw that Castrol Mugen NSX and the Takata Dome NSX in GT4. Especially the latter with its roof air intake looked so unique compared to the other cars in its class (in GT4).
The first gen NSX is actually still my absolute dream car.
Another cracking video, fabulous story telling and editing. Really enjoying these real world racing video essays. Great work mate.
Who would have thought that Gran Turismo could be responsible for the evolution of a GT TH-cam channel this much.
Super GT vs DTM really is my perfect dream, combining my two favourite 90’s racing series’.
17:43 to 17:51 you can make any automobile enthusiast literally bust one at that heavenly sound, when you reminds of how badass it use to sounds that in F1 cars.
So honda civics are now gt500 contenders with a slightly bigger engine and rwd went from HSV to NSX to civic
Honda is always in motorsports in one form or the other, which shows their love for everything automotive they not just in it for the money
Honda made a Japanese Viper and didn't put it into production T_T
The latest gt500 nsx looks like evangelion angel
ahh finally, after a long wait, HSV-010
0:31 Glad to see the Chapparal 2J getting some recognition.
Another great video, thank you. The work you put into these really shows.
Love these jgtc/super gt videos! Both generations of this series for some reason sparked in me, possibly because of the class one regs and also the plentiful quirky gt300 cars, hopefully in the absence in the class 1 regs we get regs that maintain that awesome visual of gt500 cars, thanks for the high quality production man
I bought this car in gt6 JUST because of how good it sounded.
The HSV has to be my all time favorite, it’s almost a crime that it’s wasn’t made, guess at least we can drive it in past GT…
Cool video, I think one of the side note in their Super GT runs in recent years was Jenson Button, a F1 WDC, won a Super GT title also as teammate to Naoki Yamamoto in the NSX in 2018....
Honda is wild. They made great cars like the 3rd Gen Prelude and the original NSX Type R, and the world's most daring motorcycles imo.
My favorite part about Honda, they do it because of passion!
Hey rofl. Maybe one day you can make a video about the early gran turismo super cars like vector and lister? I feel like i never would have known about them if it werent for those early games. I think it would be a cool subject to shed some light on since we dont really see them around anymore. Just an idea.
Awesome video. Very lovely stuff. Cannot wait to see how the new Civic GT500 would perform.
I know this video is Honda-related but, I have a little side note/update in regards to your previous Super GT video:
Team Impul will no longer have the Calsonic Blue and will be replaced by Marelli's darker shade of blue starting this coming Super GT season. Thus, completely ending an era for Team Impul's signature look.
We deserved a production version
Drinking game: Take a shot every time the GSR Hatsune Miku car shows up in the video. You’ll be wasted about 8 minutes from the end of the video.
As a diehard NSX fan and owner of 18yrs this was inspirational. Thanks for producing it!
This should be the Gen 2 NSX all along…
Or a Prelude...😊
Gotta love how those Honda NSXs at the start were almost all in various Gran Turismos ❤ in fact, most of those GT cars were in GT. A shocking revelation!
HSV?... I just want one.
Aussies will get that.
This sounds exactly like a V10 Formula1 car.
6:12 MAN!! talking about nostalgia right there. I had 3 out of those 4 on GT2 ♥
idk why, but the end of this video makes me sad. It gives me that sinking feeling of existential crisis. Seeing gt500 racing with class 1 spec from 2014 and was ditched almost 5 years ago, really gives me a real feeling of time moving on and that gt500 is a glimpse of a not too distant past. It hasn't really changed since I was in high-school and now doing 9-5. There's a sense of purity, nostalgia, comfort when I see gt500, but also sadness.
The grand turismo 2 ps1 theme songs damn
It really shows SuperGT's draw that I could notice some familiar names who were and are well known in endurance racing, such as Loic Duval and Benoit Trèluyer (Le Mans winners with Audi) and Frederic Makowiecki (Porsche factory driver in GTE/now LMDh)!
I remember the Nurburgring test videos of the road car! Sadly we never got to see what it was going to look like
MANNNNNN! Thank you for this amazing video. Fell in love with Mobil 1 NSX after seeing it live in Sepang in 2001, so much memories. How about another video from Honda in the GT300 with the CRZ-GT? :D
An HSV-010 road car would be dope, sad that circumstances weren't on their favor back then. On the brighter side, the GT500 car belongs to a list of unique race cars in the Super GT history.
Man, after seeing this, and having researched a little bit into it some years ago, I kinda want to know more about team Dome, being them a classic team in Super Gt and having produce some concepts of their own, like the Zero, or the S102 Lmp. As always, great video!
Love the fact that the testing cars with the OF license plate mean they were fully road legal in Germany, which is also a requirement for driving on the Nürburgring outside of race competition
Seriously well made documentary, with well versed historical details that ties the whole story together
The sound of this thing always reminds me of the V8 F3000/F2 cars.
And here was me thinking HSV stood for Honda Special Vehicle. And, given the whole story of the HSV-010... I think that acronym seriously fits.
they should have made these as production cars. they would have sold better than the last NSX
That's a LOT of efforts to avoid to produce a JGTC/GT500 S2000 😂
We need you to start making videos about the GRID franchise because honestly this soundtrack in the back is sooo good