Nissan PENNZOIL Nismo GT-R '99

The Nissan PENNZOIL Nismo GT-R '99 (known in Gran Turismo 7 as the Nissan GT-R GT500 '99) is a race car produced by Nissan. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 2 and is featured in the subsequent mainline games except Gran Turismo Sport.
It appears to be the #1 driven by Érik Comas and Satoshi Motoyama, the former of whom would later go on to win the GT500 Driver's Championship of the 1999 JGTC season, with the latter finishing in 3rd place overall (due to Motoyama skipping the season's second round at Fuji in order to take part in pre-qualifying for that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans). Swedish driver Anders Olofsson would be Comas' co-driver at round 2 (Fuji) in place of Motoyama.
==In-game description==
"This Super GT race car was made faster by shortening its wheelbase and lowering its center of gravity."
===Legend Cars (GT7)===
The Nissan Skyline GT-R has a storied racing history. It established a tradition that has continued with these second generation GT-Rs. The 1999 Pennzoil Nismo GT-R was powered by an inline 6-cylinder RB26DETT engine... And won the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. Showing rock-solid performance over the years, it has proved itself to be a natural winner. While the R34 GT-R took the title victory again in 2003, its final year... The battle-tested GT-R engine under its bonnet had already been changed to the new V6. This means that this 1999 Pennzoil was the last GT-R to win the series title with the iconic inline 6 engine. There's just something special about this inline 6 model. For me, its achievements are nothing short of legendary.
===Café (GT7)===
====Chris====
This is a truly historic car... and an extremely valuable one. Erik Comas became Driver Champion behind the wheel of a GT-R at the 1999 All Japan GT Championships. In fact, the Pennzoil car finished in a point position in every race that season... And claimed 4 podium finishes out of 7 that year. It was also the last GT-R powered by an RB26DETT engine to claim a title victory in the GT Championships.
====Shiro Nakamura====
This is a good looking car. I think it's one of the more popular cars in Gran Turismo. The R34 Skyline... It was a car created with a clear intent by the developers, to make a sports sedan as the base for the GT-R. In the late 1990s, it wasn't normal to think about making a 4 door sedan that only had limited rear cabin space. But as a result, the R34 became a GT-R that really stands out even in the history of GT-Rs. That's why it'smiswritten as "its" in-game even more popular now. Even when turned into a race car like this, it still feels very much like an R34.
====Jeremy====
Ah, Car No. 1! I know this one! It's the Pennzoil Nismo GT-R that competed in the 1999 All-Japan GT Championships! Erik Comas drove the No.23 Pennzoil car to victory... and secured the precious No. 1 for this car. Oh yeah, I've got another piece of trivia, if you're interested! A lot of Nissan GT race cars are numbered 23, right? Well, guess what the first car to use that number was... That's right—it was actually the Pennzoil in 1998!This statement is correct only within the JGTC/Super GT series.
==Acquisition==
==Trivia==
*It appeared with fictional exaggerated specs as a 702BHP 4WD race car in Gran Turismo 2.
**In subsequent games, it was changed to more accurately reflect the real-life car.
*There is a typo in the internal name used from GT3 onwards, which is "penzoil_gtr_99".
*In real life, its chassis was later repainted into the #2 Castrol Nismo car (teammate to the #1 Loctite/Zexel car) the following season and then was written off during qualifying for the first round of that season's Twin Ring Motegi race. As a result, the car that Nissan exhibits in real life is actually the chassis that was formerly the Nissan Calsonic Skyline GT-R GT (JGTC) '99; the repainted car features the newer non-painted mirrors, the early 1999 spec hood and no canards.
**It appears that the car in GT7 is a recreation of the original destroyed chassis, as it features the original painted mirrors, the late 1999 spec hood and a pair of front canards.
*In GT7, GT Auto offers an option to install the GT-R emblem on the front grille. Additionally, if the prompt to remove the default livery is answered in the Livery Editor, the lower black paint will not disappear until it is repainted.
*It is one of three cars to be in more than one Extra Books, in this case No. 34: Nissan Motorsports and No. 39: Racers of the Japanese GT. As such, both extra books cannot be completed without the other being complete.
==Pictures==
File:N2gprl--.png|The vehicle banner as it appears in GT2.
File:Pennzoil Skyline Interior (GT7).png|The interior view shown in the State of Play segment of GT7.
Nissan PENNZOIL Nismo GT-R Vehicle Banner.png|The vehicle banner as it appears in GT4.
==Videos==
Pennzoil_Nismo_GT-R_-_1'01.148_-_License_S-4_-_Mid_Field_Raceway_-_GT2|GT2
GT3 NTSC License test Domestic S-4 1'10.318|GT3
GT4 Nissan Pennzoil Nismo GT-R (JGTC) @ Grand Valley Speedway|GT4
Gran Turismo 6 Nissan Pennzoil Nismo GT-R '99 (PS3)|GT6
==See also==
*Other GT500 R34 GT-Rs from the 1999 season:
**Nissan ARTA ZEXEL SKYLINE GT-R GT (JGTC) '99
**Nissan Calsonic Skyline GT-R GT (JGTC) '99
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