The fanboys on this forum are ridiculous. Really? It’s content they sell for money and Turn 10 themselves are are always talking about how much they care about authenticity so the car not being the exact car they claim it is is kind of a big deal.
You claim this, but prove it. I’ve compared it to many online photos of the 2015 car and cant tell the difference.
Additionally, how do you really know? Things like dive planes, canards, and side skirts can easily be changed slightly from race to race or during a season. These are small aero items that may vary depending on the needs for aero on a particular track or possibly evolve over the course of a season.
So what specifically is different and do you know for a fact that it wasnt something that changed on the 2015 car?
T10 is known for doing this many times in the past:
In FM3, there were two racing versions of the Nissan R390. They included the '97 & '98 models, but they were both modeled after the '97 just with different liveries. Interestingly, the '98 road-going model was correct and should’ve been nearly identical to the racing version of the same year. Somehow this was missed. The incorrect '98 model carried over to FM4.
Another instance of this can be seen with the Peugeot 908. In FM2, the initial '07 version was added as DLC. In FM3, this model was carried over and the '09 model was added as a copy with a different livery. Unfortunately, the '09 should’ve been a different model as the aero package changed substantially for '09. This was overlooked, but fortunately fixed in FM4 with the model updated correctly. This can be seen in FM6 as the two 908’s here feature different aero packages, as they should.
T10 has not been perfect in the past and errors like this are still bound to happen. I myself don’t really mind the hiccups, but as you see, I can spot the inaccuracies.
This isn’t even the strangest nomenclature error in the game. Somehow the Rebellion R-One originally had the word Lola in its name, despite actually being constructed by Oreca. I just checked and noticed that they’ve fixed this one; it’s now just “#12 Rebellion Racing R-One” instead of “#12 Rebellion Racing Lola R-One” as it was originally.
I wouldn’t call that strange. It’s funny no one caught it, but in Rebellion’s first race of 2014 the 6hrs of Silverstone they ran their old Lola’s because the R-One was not ready yet. The Lola and the R-One used identical liveries, engines, racing numbers etc. just different chassis. I can at least conceive someone writing the wrong thing and it slipping through the cracks.
It’s time that whe have to accept that most people didn’t care about details. If whe want talk about such details whe should whait for arsetto corsa. Or maybe pcars. There lot of people who care about such details.