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The Lotus Motor Sport Elise '99 is a race car (treated as a road car up until GT4) produced by Lotus. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 2 and has been featured in all subsequent mainline games up to Gran Turismo 6.

Colors[]

There is only one color available for this vehicle in GT2. It is unnamed in-game:

  • Green

In GT3 and onwards, seven additional colors were added:

  • Blue
  • Light Blue
  • Light Green
  • Black
  • Red
  • Orange
  • Light Yellow

In-game description[]

"A special Elise with racing equipment."

British sports car manufacturer Lotus introduced its first compact, distinctively styled Elise back in 1995 and, true to the company's heritage, it was a featherweight fighter, tipping the scales at a mere 700 kg.

Adopting a technology commonly used in the assembly of race cars (Lotuses have scored victories in both Formula 1 and the Indianapolis 500), the Elise featured a chassis composed of extruded aluminum that was bonded together with an epoxy adhesive. This not only gave the chassis a very high degree of torsional rigidity, but also the added benefit of light weight, only 68 kg.

Another philosophical carryover from the race track was found inside all four of the Elise's wheel wells: A double wishbone suspension design that featured uprights composed of extruded aluminum (for low-weight/high strength), complemented by aluminum MMC (Metal Matrix Composite) brake rotors, the latter element a production car first.

Originally, this mid-engine sports car was powered by a 1.8-liter DOHC inline-4 from Rover that produced 116 HP, but with the introduction of the Sports 190 in 1996, its power output was bumped up to 137 HP, thanks to a modified exhaust. A year later, a variable-valve-timing-equipped model saw its peak power elevated to 143 HP. Impressive, but the ultimate Series 1 Elise was the radical 340R, with its swoopy race car-like bodywork and mighty 176 HP engine.

Acquisition[]

Game Buy From Location Credits Win From Event
Gran Turismo 2 Lotus Dealership 100,000 ---
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec Lotus Dealership 100,000 ---
Gran Turismo 4 Lotus Legendary Showroom 97,180 ---
Gran Turismo PSP Lotus Dealership 100,000 ---
Gran Turismo 5 Used Car Dealership 98,502 ---
Gran Turismo 6 Lotus Dealership 100,000 ---

Trivia[]

  • The version appearing from GT3 onwards is actually based on the 2000 version of the car, while the version GT2 is based on the concept version of the car shown to motoring press in 1999.
  • Although the in-game description of this car in the NTSC version of GT2 states that this car is "meant for competition use only", this car was treated as a road car in its appearances in the Gran Turismo series until GT4. This was fixed in GT PSP and onwards, where this car is now treated as a race car. As a result, this car has "Racing: Hard" tyres by default once bought in GT5 and GT6.
    • This could be justified due to the absence of race cars that could compete with this car in equal terms in GT2 and GT3.
300px-GT2-Elise-Soft
  • In GT2, this car cannot be racing modified normally, however, it does have an body file for a racing modified version of the car, internally named "iomsr". Even more surprising is the fact that if, using a cheat device to obtain the unused body, the car's "racing" body is not actually a race-modified version of this car, but the unused soft-top version of the Lotus Elise '96. This body was used to represent the Elise in demo builds of the game. It also reflects the following interesting properties:
    • It will display a value of 0 Credits, as it does not have a valid purchase price defined. If the car is sold, the player will receive no credits (this, and the following properties, except for the night headlight and replay name, do not apply if the car's body is used to replace another car's body in the garage).
    • The vehicle banner will default to the Mazda RX-7 A-Spec LM Edition (the first entry in the "carlogo" folder; this folder contains the car banners).
    • The home garage list will now simply read "[R]No Name No Name", while the car appears as "Delete" in replays, as defined in the .carinfoa/.carinfoe/.carinfoj files.
    • Because the car also uses the parameters of the Mazda RX-7 A-Spec LM Edition, the specifications are derived from that car, and only racing tyres can be installed. Additionally, viewing the specifications of the car also reflects the RX-7 A-Spec LM Edition's spec sheet.
    • If the car is taken to a night course, the headlight surroundings will change into silver, irrespective of the actual body color.

Pictures[]

Videos[]

GT4_Lotus_MotorSport_Elise_@_El_Capitan

GT4 Lotus MotorSport Elise @ El Capitan

Lotus Motor Sport Elise'99 in GT4

GT4_Deep_Forest_Raceway_1'25.159_(Good_Quality)

GT4 Deep Forest Raceway 1'25.159 (Good Quality)

Lotus Motor Sport Elise'99 in GT4 driving on Deep Forest Raceway

Gran_Turismo_2_-_Lotus_Motorsport_Elise_VS_Ford_GT40

Gran Turismo 2 - Lotus Motorsport Elise VS Ford GT40

Lotus Motor Sport Elise'99 in GT2

GT-PSP_-_Lotus_Motor_Sport_Elise_`99

GT-PSP - Lotus Motor Sport Elise `99

Lotus Motor Sport Elise'99 in GT PSP

Notes[]

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