GT by CITROEN

The GT by CITROEN (sometimes spelled as GTbyCitroen) is a concept supercar by Citroen.

Overview
The GT by Citroen is a collaboration project between Citroen and Polyphony Digital, the developer of the Gran Turismo game series. Making its debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show on October 2, 2008, the car was designed specially for that series, making its appearances in Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo PSP.

The car's exterior design was made by Takumi Yamamoto, a Japanese designer from Jean-Pierre Ploué's Style Citroën design team. Takumi Yamamoto was a childhood friend of Kazunori Yamauchi, director of Polyphony Digital and creator of the popular Gran Turismo franchise, also known as "Gegge". According to a Yamauchi interview at the Paris Motor Show 2008, he and Yamamoto started collaborating on this project back in 2003. A press release published on the North American Gran Turismo official website describes the Citroën and Polyphony Digital collaboration as a "joint effort first talked about at the Geneva Motor Show past March". Yamamoto convinced Jean-Pierre Ploué to submit his concept to Citroën's head office in Paris who agreed to start the production process and manufacture the real car. The concept car's rear was carefully designed to fit what the gamers will actually see in the game since it is the more powerful featured vehicle, argues Yamamoto.

Three versions of the car are available in game: Road version (510 hp (380 kW; 517 PS), Race version (615 hp (459 kW; 624 PS) and Concept version (793 hp (591 kW; 804 PS), with 2495 N·m of torque. The car in the game features a battery powering four electric motors delivering 780 hp (582 kW; 791 PS), however, the real car uses a modified version of the Ford Modular V8 engine, producing 646 hp (482 kW; 655 PS). The car's weight is 1,400 kg (3,086 lb).

In June 2009, Citroën confirmed plans to produce an extremely limited number of GTs for sale to the public. Only 6 will be built, each costing $2.1 million. In July 2010, rumors that production was suspended began to surface.

The GT also previously made its appearance in the discontinued Facebook game Car Town and appears in Racing Rivals as an unlockable car.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
The GT by CITROEN, added in the Multiplayer League Update, is placed as a top S Class vehicle, with a starting rank of 1584 (two points higher than the nanoFlowcell QUANT FE and the same MAX PRO rank of the Ferrari 458 Italia), a MAX rank of 1712 (three points lower than the Mosler Super GT), and a final rank of 1797 (one point lower than the Renault Sport R.S. 01), making it the sixth highest ranking vehicle and the second highest ranking French vehicle in the game. Despite the long size of the vehicle, and its weight of 3,086 lb (1,400 kg) and its 4WD layout, the car sports amazing handling and drifting capabilities, having a number of traits shared from the Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning, while its nitro duration is actually equivalent to the Sbarro Alcador and ONUK Sazan LM (7/12/17). In other words, the GT is described as an "upgraded version of the Silver Lightning". The GT by CITROEN qualifies as the fastest electric car in the game.

In spite of the GT's superb shared traits, it can only rival high-end Class A cars such as the McLaren 675LT, Aston Martin One-77, Mosler GT3, Jaguar XJ220S, and Ferrari 330 P4 and not other high end S Class cars as its rank would suggest, due to the GT's rather low top speed. The aforementioned Mosler Super GT, W Motors Fenyr Supersport (both are also R&D cars), TRION NEMESIS, Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid, and even the McLaren P1™ GTR and the McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 are capable of faster lap times for similar or lower buying prices. While the GT may have some use as Credits grinder with its 15th Mastery race, it has its own problem of having a Flawless race, unlike the 675LT's Unplugged race. Additionally, its Mastery Challenges do not award any alternate rewards other than credits and licences, meaning that players who own the car do not get any consolations except for a formidable farming race.

All in all, while the GT by CITROEN may have some niche use as a marginal upgrade to the McLaren 675LT, it is overall of little utility beyond as a collector's car.

The GT can be unlocked by completing its Research & Development event within the time limit or purchasable for during its limited offer. Its R&D event started on October 25, 2016 and players have 14 days to complete it. Its price to max out is at the most.

Availability
Following its debut in the R&D event, the GT by CITROEN will be made available from December 9, 2016 to December 13, 2016 in conjunction with an owners-only event named the GT by CITROEN Cup for the price of.

After that, the GT by CITROEN was made available as a part of the Car Blueprint Update, for 18 blueprints.