Iridium

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> ### MANUFACTURER:
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> Cobretti
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>  (2)
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> ### CLASSIFICATION:
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> C
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> Miscellaneous
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> ### BODY STYLE:
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> Muscle Car/Sports Roadster
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> ### VEHICLE CLASS:
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> Muscle Cars
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> ### APPEARS IN:
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> "Big Rig Boom" as Detonator Event (PSP)
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> ### MODEL NAME:
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> Musclecar\_03
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> ### VARIANT(S):
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> Iridium BBX
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> 6
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> ### UNLOCKED BY:
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> Console/PC - 100 Credits
> PSP - Reward for "Series Complete" achievment.
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> ### ENGINE NAME:
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> Muscle\_14
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> Vehicle List
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> ### PRECEDED BY:
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> Tornado
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> ### SUCCEEDED BY:
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> Indus V8R
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> *"This is a car to go just a little more sideways. It may not have the best acceleration and top speed, but if you master the art of drifting, it's a competitive* *choice."*
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> *-* Cobretti Iridium description*.*
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The Cobretti **Iridium** is a muscle car that is featured in Split/Second. It is the first muscle car that the player unlocks through Season Mode.

## Design

Taking the appearance as a classic and sporty muscle car, the Iridium's design is a combination of the AMC Javelin AMX for the front fascia and the hood, while resembling the Lotus Elise Series 2 for the majority of the body design, especially the rear end, something that the Elise is noticeable for.

The front fascia features one long grill with slats and two smaller lights on each end. The headlights are also another notable feature on the Iridium. It houses smaller LED bulbs with a smaller light bulb inside the housing. Each headlight is surrounded by black bodywork. Cobretti's logo is placed in the middle. The front fascia is separated by a long, white and thick piece of body work, in turn creating the second grille, albeit a tad thinner and a tad longer. The grille slats take inspiration from the Elise California Edition. It is angled from the outer edges and thins out to the middle thanks to the shape of the lower section of the front bumper. It holds two smaller light housings and a tow hook positioned near the left light housing. This opens up a lower section of the car and is topped off with an integrated carbon fiber splitter.

The Iridium has extended fenders to fit the wide tires, more so in the rear. the hood has a small but noticeable ram design. Just at the top of front fender flare has a long ridge, extending just near the end of the doors. The doors themselves are angled at a slight slope due to the beefy side skirts. The Iridium has medium sized side mirrors. The car has no window pillars and has a single rear side window.

As stated before, the Iridium has bulky rear fenders to fit the large rear wheels, as overall, the wheels are staggered. To the lower left side of the rear window is a racing gas tank. The rear consists of twin taillights with the outer ones having turn indicators and the inner ones having reverse lights. The areas surrounding the lights are shrouded with a carbon fiber finish. It is also fitted with chrome lining that pokes out a bit. It also has a license plate holder.

The rear also has a faint ridge just below the chrome lining. Parts of the rear also includes a black arch, followed by a large carbon fiber diffuser with two exhaust pipes on the far sides. A red tow hook is shown next to the left exhaust pipe. The Iridium comes fitted with a curved ducktail, which includes Cobretti's logo in the middle.

The Iridium is fitted with 12-spoke black rims (similar to the Tornado) with red center locks and thin "Spllt/Second" lettering. Most of the car is covered with orange and black vinyl stripes. A black thick stripe is shown on the hood, alongside two orange stripes. The orange color travels from the base of the front fenders to the sides and roofline. The roof itself is colored in black as well. The orange color fades into a red luster from the doors to the end of the rear sides before the taillights, as it fades into orange again. The black stripes curve around from the rear fenders to the deck of the car.

The rest of the car's body can be painted with 6 color assortments and they include the following:

* **White**
* **Blue**
* **Dark Blue**
* **Grey**
* **Black**
* **Orange**

## Performance

##### *Split/Second*

Off the line, the Iridium has decent acceleration, but can be amplified should the player continue to wiggle boost until it reaches a high rev note and a reasonable speed. It doesn't hesitate to get going and is good a maintaining it's general speed. It's cornering ability is good, similar but different to the Brawler. There is quite a bit of body roll but due to the car's bulky appearance, it remains stable in the corners.

The Iridium possesses good strength against shockwaves and can be corrected when sent into a slide, but caution is needed as the car can continue to slide when over-corrected. It is equal to the Brawer but falls a tad short to the Tornado.

Like it's description says, it is a suitable choice when it is paired with it's drifting capabilities. It's drift is excellent when in the right hands, as one premature drift entry can make the car go into wide drifts, often making contact with walls and forcefully straightening itself out, only to return to a drift again when leaving the wall. This also happens with the Pursuit.

While drifting, the car will either slow down or maintain it's speed but the real strength occurs after a successful tight drift. After exiting, the car will immediately accelerate, with the wheelspin aiding it. It will boost the car back up to good speeds and could pass other opponents with that alone, like the Nero GT400. The car could also be had fun with if players initiate small drifts to lightly increase the speed, creating gaps between their opponents. However, because it is in Class C, it can only hold a candle to its competitors in the same class.

## Gallery

FrontRightRearLeftIridium in PSP.The Hogan 350 GTS in the beta.Iridium on Dry Docks with a Mohawk, Nero GT400, and VortexPre-release screenshot of an Iridium and Cascade sporting different liveries.Ditto.
## Trivia

* The name "Iridium" is also named after a chemical element on the periodic table, it has an atomic number of 77.
* The Iridium was called the "**Hogan 350 GTS**" in the beta;
	+ It sported chrome rims and a solid but lighter orange color.
* The car, among a few others, were shown in pre-release screenshots of the game during development.
* It shares the engine sound with the Hanzo Kanobo.