Update Speculation thread

It literally has the civetta logo on it lol

 

I think he’s talking about the drawing

 

lmaooo I thought he drew that himself, my bad

 

and, if wasn't the front of the car, but the back instead?
(porsche sort of..)

it would be an awesome sport car bundle, with the already teased Civetta supercar

 

with the design of the 'light' on it looking much better placed on the rear, i can see this from a mid engined sportscar

 

it could possibly be a pre-facelift SBR..

 

and not to mention what kind of suspension you would need to keep it from bottoming out

 

Why not? The best probably would be V6/V8, but I don't see impossible to have V10 there as well. The car is literally mix of Audi R8/GTR, and Audi R8 has V10.

 

the car was officially stated* to be of gabester's own imagination, and it's smaller than a legran
putting a V10 in the SBR4 would be like putting a performance GT3 engine into a barstow: would ruin the handling, be uncontrollable, and bottom out constantly
it just doesn't make sense

*not sure but i think it was

 

We are talking about cca +100kg.
2.0l I4 weights about 160-200kg and V10 around 260-300kg. I don't see that as that big issue theoretically.
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Also, Audi R8 V10 LMS is gt3 performance engine. Look at Team WRT.

 

it just would not make sense in that category of car
a flat 6 or a V6 would make waaaaaay more sense
i could see this V10 going into the new civetta, but not an SBR4

 

The SBR4 is rear engined though, i assume a 100 kg gain at the very rear of the car would screw with the weight distribution

Also the SBR4 uses a flat-4, which is much smaller than a V10, I'm sure the devs would need to basically redesign the car to make space for it
(unless they're planning a mid-engined SBR2 or something)

 

Exactly, for a version faster than the SBR4 S2, a Flat-6 would make the most sense performance-wise and, also, packaging-wise, when we think that there's little air between the top of the Flat-4 engines and the glass cover doubling as the floor of the rear cargo room. The SBR was designed for Flat engines and, with this chassis design, Inline and V engines would almost certainly intrude into the rear cargo room, deeming the glass cover useless.

 

remember it has pushrod suspension at the rear that comes over the flat four, any other engine would need a complete redisign of the suspension.

 

There are V8 Porsche 911/Boxster/Cayman swaps so I guess a V block SBR may be possible, but I don't see that as a factory option, even as a race car. It was designed for an f4 and looking at IRL counterparts any race trims should get an f6.

A V8 would be pretty cool as a superbuild type aftermarket swap though... That would require pretty much an entirely new rear end though.

 

If we get an SBR remaster I could totally see a Flat 6. It could be available in configs similar to the porsche gt3, and gt2, maybe with a sort of STI/RS mashup for a lightweight package, since those 2 brands seem to be the main inspiration for hirochi, being awd focused brands with flatengines.

 

Totally forgot about the pushrod rear suspension and why it's there!

Exactly! Flat-6s can make for some crazy versions of the SBR, faster than the SBR4 (and named as SBR6, of course, for distinguishing them from the Flat-4 ones - this also requires the name of the ICE powered SBR4 be changed to just "SBR", with the numbers "4" and "6" being added accordingly in the SBR and eSBR models selector).
Hirochi needs to make Flat engines its standout feature, its USP. And the Flat engines of the SBR (both the SBR"4" and the SBR"6") can be the starting point for trickling this technology down to the more humble models of Hirochi, like the Sunburst and any other family car Hirochi will be making in the future (and has made in the past, since this is a game and the Dev Team is the one responsible for the vanilla lore development).

 

i'm starting to realize you're the vsauce/matpat of the update speculation thread

 

[(and named as SBR6, of course, for distinguishing them from the Flat-4 ones[/QUOTE]

SBR4 means Shooting brake, rear engined, 4 comfortable adults fitting in it. Would probably be a trim level with the F6

 

Well time to retcon the name again as far as I'm concerned. The eSBR already drops the 4, may as well officially make the 4th character refer to the engine/motor. SBR6 sounds pretty cool IMO