This full carbon R34 GT-R is a Gran Turismo legend and a one-of-one Japanese powerhouse: The Amuse Carbon R can be yours for an eye-watering $1,000,000 in GT - or you could drive it in Assetto Corsa for free.
This fantastic piece of Japanese automotive history is available for free OverTake.gg thanks to the creator, blackwood91. Alongside his efforts for this crazy GTR, there is also another version of the car, the Tommy Kaira R '99, which is also available in our download section.
Amuse Carbon R in the Gran Turismo-themed showroom. Image: blackwood91
The original Nissan R34 GTR weighed in at a huge 1,500kg, once the incredible team behind the Japanese tuning company, Amuse, had finished their work on the car, the GTR weighed just under five hundred kilos less than it did from the car's stock form.
The single-exit exhaust is an iconic design choice from the tuning company, Amuse
Extracting 120% of the legendary RB26DETT engine was a massive claim, however, there are companies and insane individuals that have produced four-figure horsepower figures from Nissan's groundbreaking feat of engineering. Combine that level of engineering with a loss of 500kg and you have a brutal track-ready weapon.
Stripping so much weight from a regular-sized car is not a small achievement. The method behind the staggering 500kg drop is given away in the car's name, the Carbon R. Amuse stripped the GTR's body panels all the way back and replaced each one with custom-made dry carbon-fibre items.
With all the panels being carbon fibre, the repair bill for a major testing crash could have bankrupted Amuse when it was first built
Every panel received the full Amuse treatment including the bonnet, the front and rear wheel arches as well as the doors and the aero parts. Even the headlights were stripped back and treated in the same manner as the other parts. All that would stay untouched and unmodified would be the roof as well as the A and C pillars on the chassis.
The weight-saving doesn’t stop there. The Amuse Carbon R has incredibly light wheels with racing spec polycarbonate windows and a stripped racing interior. Amuse wanted to make their Carbon R so light, they even removed the fuel tank and added a tiny 20-litre fuel cell in the trunk.
This specific R34 is a one-of-one car, but millions of people have driven it thanks to its popularity in Gran Turismo 4.
For those of you who know your GTRs, the R34 is famous for its complex four-wheel drive technology. Unfortunately for the purists, not that they made it past the opening paragraph of this article, this technology adds weight. Naturally, Amuse Swifty disposed of it and converted the Carbon R into a rear-wheel drive monster using a gearbox and drive setup from the GTR's smaller brother, the 300ZX.
The Carbon R's custom wheels are on show with this mod. Image: blackwood91
The custom-made bodykit is a great addition and separates the car from its standard counterpart. The carbon effect is clear to see and whilst it makes sense that you can not change the colour due to the car only ever being made in this bare carbon effect, it would be nice to have a handful of colour options for the future.
What do you think about the Amuse Carbon R for Assetto Corsa? Do you remember the car from Gran Turismo 4? Let us know in the comments below!
This fantastic piece of Japanese automotive history is available for free OverTake.gg thanks to the creator, blackwood91. Alongside his efforts for this crazy GTR, there is also another version of the car, the Tommy Kaira R '99, which is also available in our download section.
Amuse Carbon R in the Gran Turismo-themed showroom. Image: blackwood91
The original Nissan R34 GTR weighed in at a huge 1,500kg, once the incredible team behind the Japanese tuning company, Amuse, had finished their work on the car, the GTR weighed just under five hundred kilos less than it did from the car's stock form.
The single-exit exhaust is an iconic design choice from the tuning company, Amuse
Extracting 120% of the legendary RB26DETT engine was a massive claim, however, there are companies and insane individuals that have produced four-figure horsepower figures from Nissan's groundbreaking feat of engineering. Combine that level of engineering with a loss of 500kg and you have a brutal track-ready weapon.
Stripping so much weight from a regular-sized car is not a small achievement. The method behind the staggering 500kg drop is given away in the car's name, the Carbon R. Amuse stripped the GTR's body panels all the way back and replaced each one with custom-made dry carbon-fibre items.
With all the panels being carbon fibre, the repair bill for a major testing crash could have bankrupted Amuse when it was first built
Every panel received the full Amuse treatment including the bonnet, the front and rear wheel arches as well as the doors and the aero parts. Even the headlights were stripped back and treated in the same manner as the other parts. All that would stay untouched and unmodified would be the roof as well as the A and C pillars on the chassis.
The weight-saving doesn’t stop there. The Amuse Carbon R has incredibly light wheels with racing spec polycarbonate windows and a stripped racing interior. Amuse wanted to make their Carbon R so light, they even removed the fuel tank and added a tiny 20-litre fuel cell in the trunk.
This specific R34 is a one-of-one car, but millions of people have driven it thanks to its popularity in Gran Turismo 4.
For those of you who know your GTRs, the R34 is famous for its complex four-wheel drive technology. Unfortunately for the purists, not that they made it past the opening paragraph of this article, this technology adds weight. Naturally, Amuse Swifty disposed of it and converted the Carbon R into a rear-wheel drive monster using a gearbox and drive setup from the GTR's smaller brother, the 300ZX.
What is it like to drive?
The Carbon R mod is a very well-crafted project that, whilst using some elements from Kunos' stock R34, builds upon an already fantastic base and makes it into what Amuse would have been proud of. The soundtrack is especially brilliant; when it works properly. A handful of times, the audio would dip in volume considerably just before a downshift, as if the clutch had been put in and left like that throughout the corner.The Carbon R's custom wheels are on show with this mod. Image: blackwood91
The custom-made bodykit is a great addition and separates the car from its standard counterpart. The carbon effect is clear to see and whilst it makes sense that you can not change the colour due to the car only ever being made in this bare carbon effect, it would be nice to have a handful of colour options for the future.
What do you think about the Amuse Carbon R for Assetto Corsa? Do you remember the car from Gran Turismo 4? Let us know in the comments below!
