Now with our dating life squared away for a minute or three, we can focus some energy back into racing. Let's see what Group b has in store for us.
First up a NSX.
10.59 vs 11.19. Still got it. Who's next?
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Taro, it's about time you got to the starting line.Your opponent is ranked 71st.
Ahhh, it's the beautiful 300zx Fairlady Z, our inaugural championship winner from Zero4Champ 1.
Damn! 10.59 vs 10.7. It was a close one, but we just got beaten by the skin of our teeth.
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I lost.
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Damn, there's no prize money.
: Let's hurry and go home.
Since we didn't qualify into finals this time, the race is over.
We've reached the point where we need to think about whether we modify the Celica further, or instead look into the next car.
Time to check out the Shop
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Shall I go to the shop my daughter told me about? Yes / No
Alright, looks like we're going to the new shop that Big Bird's family owns.
Taro, you probably should avoid calling her your daughter. Your relationship isn't at the stage she's calling you daddy yet.
In fact I think we completely blew our chances with her entirely, unless we want to only be a 'sugar' daddy.
And here we are in a new garage / workshop. The universal constant of these shops must exclusively play rockabilly music holds true here too.
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Is that the store called Pro Street?
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Yes, that's right
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My daughter introduced me to this place.
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Oh really? You?
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That girl from this store…
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That girl is my sister.
Well, if she's our daughter, that must mean you're our son.
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She's a fashion model and she's going to New York.
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I've heard about you from Ai. They've asked me to make it cheaper.
We didn't know about her going to New York...
Though I guess we didn't know her name was Ai either. We've been calling her Big Bird.
At least she asked for us to get a discount! We must have made some sort of impression, at least.
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New York... When is she coming back?
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Now, will it be two years or three years?
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She will never do this until she becomes popular. She says she won't be coming back...
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That's right
Wait, she's already gone for good? We only just got back from our date!
...Boy Taro, you really have a way with women.
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You're doing zero-yon? We're extremely good at zero-four.
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We have a great selection of cars and parts.
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However, there are only ones in the 2000cc class or larger.
Why Big Bird has a prejudice against cars with two litre or less displacement is starting to make sense...
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If you're going to do zero-yon, that's probably the better option.
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Now we have cars like this.
Oh ho ho! The mighty Mk4 Supra. Star of Fast and the Furious and Toyotas halo car of the 1990s.
That's an interesting fact that this is the first japanese car to feature a six speed.
It's available in red, black or white.
The Skyline R33! Like the Supra it appears in this game the next generation has finally arrived.
It's available in red, black or green.
Though interestingly we can only get the single turbo GT-ST model, as...
We can still buy Godzilla herself, the R32 GTR!
This game must have been released in the in-between period where the R33 GTR had not been completed yet, with the R32 GTR still on sale.
It's available in red, black or white.
The mighty Fairlady Z should need no introduction, as we used her to defeat the King and claim the Zero4Champ 1 champion title.
Still an amazing car.
It's available in red, blue or black
Ahh yes. The Mitsubishi GTO aka 3000GT. The one JDM halo car that has largely missed out on the crazy legacy some of it's contemporaries like the Skyline and the Supra have gotten in recent years, but was a phenomenal car at the time, and was their equal.
It's been in all Zero4Champ games this far, but this one marks the first facelift, where for some unknown reason they decided that pop up headlights weren't in vogue anymore and quad headlights were in... So they awkwardly added quad headlights into a housing that fit into where the pop-up headlights were...
This is a terrific car, but I've been avoiding it since there's not a good BeamNG model yet. However - I have found some lower quality mods and cars that are 'like' it - and so I have ways of making it work should it be selected!
It's available in red, blue or black
Ah yes, now for one of the JDM halo cars that is quite well known and fetches a very strong price today - the FD RX7.
Some say this is one of the most beautiful cars ever. I would agree. It's hard to go against it's streamlined and functional design.
Also with the performance bonus of a rotary engine, with none of the mechanical headaches, since this is a videogame, it's a strong contender .
It's available in red, black or yellow
And last but long last is the Honda NSX... The Japanese Ferrari, matching the Italians in good looks, price tag, and thankfully, being the complete opposite for reliability.
You might be familiar as it was one of our penultimate cars in Zero4Champ 2. That game it was the most expensive car, and here it seems the same. It's almost twice everything else!
Red, yellow and white.
Ok. That's all the cars that are available now, and I suspect, the for the rest of the game, barring any hidden cars the game may have.
Thing is, we can't really afford any of these yet - but we can start putting up some pictures on our dream wall to inspire us in earning that cold hard cash.
What do you think Goons? Should we go with something we haven't had before? i.e. FDRX7, R33 GT-ST, Supra Mk4 or the 3000GT?
Or should we stick with some old faithfuls, like the Fairlady, the GTR or the NSX?
And bonus question, what colour should we pick? The options for each vehicle are as of above.