1998 Subaru Impreza WRC




Extra info: S5

Chassis: GC

Mk: 1

Class: Racecar

Origin: JP Japan

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Contributor: Fisico9798

Contributor: Fisico9798

Contributor: Fisico9798


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UK carknower photo_librarymode_comment

2018-02-01 23:07
Subaru did lose the 555 sponsorship for the 1999 season, but decided to keep the blue paintjob despite that.
Although in later years, when the new gen 2 Impreza was launched they did use the 555 sponsorship on their cars in some rallys, not many, but a few.


DE Fisico9798 photo_librarymode_comment

2018-02-01 22:50
The original Subaru Impreza with the legendary 555 paint.
In later releases of the game the Subaru Impreza WRC driven by Colin McRae (legendary 555 paint) was replaced by the Subaru Impreza with Spike livery Toshihiro Arai: igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=1551

Interestingly, this is the only vehicle of the WRC cars in game that does not represent the 1999 season (in which the number 5 with Richard Burns), but the old one (1997-1998) with Colin McRae in the number 3 car.

Here is a comparsion between the Subaru Impreza WRC (1997-1998) driven by Colin McRae and the Subaru Impreza WRC (1999-2000) with Richard Burns.

1997 (McRae): i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/32/a2/ec32a22d2af2f3b30d25c22076ce9b05.jpg
1999 (Burns): www.ewrc.cz/images/1999/wrc/gr/F1000041.jpg

If you look closely at the two photos, you realize that the Subaru used in the game is still the one with Colin McRae. It is thus the only active WRC car in the game not from the 1999 season, but 1997/98.

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2019-05-02 16:34:49

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