Tuner Cars

"*For the fans of garbage trap music and retarded camber, Tuner Cars are here to satisfy your every desire and dream. While they might not have the highest top speed, they have blistering acceleration that rivals that of the Ice Racers. Once you engage the boost, you'll practically be a speck in people's eyes, in the sense that the tuner cars are notorious for their heavy nitrous, just like in the movies."*

**Tuner Cars** are a fanonical vehicle class created by The Cherrybomber. The class is generally known for having an insane amount of boost acceleration and top speed, while having some of the best general handling in *MotorStorm: Return to the Wild*. The Ozutsu Blacksun J-GT was reclassified as a Tuner Car in *Return to the Wild*.

## Stats

* Favors: Flat Ground, Long Bends, Technical Turns, Light gravel, Tarmac
* Special Characteristics: Best boost acceleration, Most maneuverable medium sized class, Has variable valve timing, Slowest boost cooling, Most customization options.
* Terrain Handling: 3/10
* Damage Dealing: 5/10
* Acceleration: 7/10
* Speed: 6/10
* Boost Speed: 7/10
* Boost Acceleration: 10/10
* Weight: 6/10
* Handling: 9/10
* Traction: 10/10
* Powertrain: Twin turbo 1.3L Wankel, Twin turbo 3.0L Inline Six, Turbocharged 2.5L Flat Four, or Turbocharged 2.0L Inline Four

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* The fact that tuner cars have the best boost acceleration in the game is a play on how nitrous in the *Fast and Furious* series was unrealistically powerful. However, their boost acceleration results in a much faster rising of the boost gauge than most other vehicles.
* When in critical boost just a few seconds before overboosting, one of the car's floor panels will fall off and the engine will start producing white smoke. This is a nod to how Brian O'Connor's 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse malfunctioned while using a second shot of nitrous in the very first race of the first *Fast and Furious* movie.
* When shifting gears, the wankel engined tuner cars produce a rather unpleasant rattling noise. This is a nod to how most wankel engined cars had trouble between shifts. However, this does not affect the vehicle's performance.
* Certain tuner cars can be fitted with liveries that greatly resemble cars that appeared in the *Fast and the Furious* movie series. Equipping the proper customization parts furthers the reference.
* The various powertrains for the tuner cars are nods to the engines their inspirations are powered by, especially due to the fact that most tuners are modified with turbochargers.
* When revving at max RPM, the tuner cars' exhaust makes violent pops. This is a nod towards what is known as *Two-stepping.*
* It is interesting to note that the V6 powered tuner cars share the same exhaust note as the rally cars in the original MotorStorm, which sounds like a turbocharged V6.