Trophy Tourers

*"While not the hottest on dirt, these guys are easily able to bring the power down on gravel, due to their specialized tires. They can accelerate quite well, thanks to their real time all wheel drivetrain. However, on tarmac, these beasts feel quite heavy around the turns, but nevertheless still hug the tarmac better than most other cars. They have relatively simple construction that allows them to be conveniently repaired and put back into the competition. Most 'Stormers from England who grew up in the 90's remember seeing these monsters racing in the BTCC." - Return to the Wild Garage Description.*

*"We were originally on the fence on benching this class, just like the R-GTs, but instead we had decided to outfit them with full time all wheel drive, four wheel steering, studded tires and limited slip differentials. While they may be running only 295 horsepower, they can still play with their more powerful brethren in the more technical sections, on any track, since they have a cornering ability that is virtually unmatched by any vehicle that isn't in the puny division. Pair that with the driving mindset of an actual touring car driver, you'll easily be able to bully anything that isn't heavier than a bruiser weight vehicle and below. However, be aware, their steering axles are still weak and too many heavy frontal or side impacts can lead to your wheels coming loose and you'll wreck."- Untamed Tundra garage description.*

*"When gravel is the main terrain and technical sections are what the track mostly consists of, and any type of rally car isn't an option, your best bet is the trophy tourer. Even though they only produce about 299 horsepower, and don't have any type of aspiration, the power to the wheels may immediately given, and the RPM goes to 10,000 RPM, you'll still have to keep in mind that this class gets most of the power to the front wheels, despite still getting 40% power to the rear wheels. There's no four wheel steering either, so it would be recommended to take high speed turns, or really any type of turn below 80 miles per hour, seeing that understeer and snap oversteer does happen to occur when taking any corner too hard." - King of the Hammers garage description.*

*"295 horsepower with a lightly modified gravel setup is the order of the Trophy Tourers. While they originally used specialized gravel tires back on Pandrosia, they now use the same all terrain racing tires that all of the rally car based classes utilize. While they do only make 295 horsepower, they have extremely high revving engines that can go up to 10,000 RPM that can stay in redline without blowing the engine, due to use making our own variable valve timing mechanism. Anyways, we've also fitted these fine specimen of machine with the same type of all wheel drive system of a Super 2000, alongside self-locking central differentials, and automated limited slip differentials that lock when entering loose terrains." - Transylvania Unleashed Garage Description.*

*"They're definitely a bad choice for anything that isn't flat ground or gravel, since their tires are only meant for solid terrains. Since most of the races in this festival are in deep water and heavy mud, these vehicles can only be used in locations where any vehicle above the bruiser weight division would suffer due to their slow speed and clumsy maneuverability. We do have good news, which is that for this festival, we've upped the horsepower to 385. Yes, they still retain the same automated limited slip differentials, all wheel drive and four wheel steering, so these machines will have a good semblance of competitiveness against all of the speed based classes." - Off the Grid Garage Description.*

**Trophy Tourers** are a fanonical vehicle class appearing in *MotorStorm: Return to the Wild, MotorStorm: Untamed Tundra, MotorStorm: Transylvania Unleashed, MotorStorm: King of the Hammers and MotorStorm: Off The Grid*

These vehicles are essentially supposed to be treated as a *highly* specialized Rally Car meant for twisty back roads and gravel. With this class, it is recommended to keep the vehicular combat with vehicles larger than Wagoneers to a bare minimum, as Trophy Tourers' axles are prone to snapping off, making the wheels stuck and severely damaging the vehicle's suspension. In order to make the best of this class, it is recommended to keep an assertively defensive racing line while denying the other classes a chance to overtake.

A good majority of the vehicles in this class are based off of 90's BTCC or JTCC touring cars, while a very small minority are based off of Pro-Touring Hot Rods. Even fewer are based on the 1st-generation FIA Class 1 touring cars.

## Stats

### Return to the Wild

* Favors: Gravel, Flat ground, Ice, Tarmac, Wet Tarmac, Uphill roads
* Special Characteristics: The only vehicle class with gravel tires, Front brake bias, Highest revving class, Least aerodynamic medium-sized class, Only medium sized vehicle class with locked differential.
* Terrain Handling: 5/10
* Damage Dealing: 5/10
* Toughness: 6/10
* Speed: 5/10
* Boost Speed: 5/10
* Boost Acceleration: 9/10
* Acceleration: 10/10
* Traction: 10/10
* Powertrain: Naturally aspirated 2.0L Inline 4 producing 290 horsepower, Naturally aspirated 3.0L V6 producing 294 horsepower, Naturally aspirated 4.2L V8 producing 300 horsepower, or Supercharged 4.6L V8, producing 305 horsepower.

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## Trivia

* The fact that Trophy Tourers' axles can snap off is a reference to how most 90's touring cars' wheels were prone to falling off camber under heavy braking and steering, which is contributed to by how technical the tracks the cars raced on were.
* The reason Trophy Tourers do well on uphill and gravel tracks is due to the fact that 90's touring cars are commonly used in hill climb races all over Europe, which are usually peppered with *highly* technical gravel sections.
* Surprisingly, the namesake Trophy Tourers are more popular than the Hot rod based ones,
* It is interesting to note that the Nova Touristin and the Logan 460D turbo have their own unique handling line, being entirely front wheel drive, and generally having the same weight as the Wagoneers, as well as having the same exhaust note as the Inline-5 powered Wagoneers, being a turbocharged 2.4L Inline Five.
* It is also interesting to note that the hot rod based Trophy Tourers also have their own handling line, which gives them generally worse handling, and worse damage tolerance.