JGTC - Japan's Most Insane Cars In One Race

[@albonfilms]

Got a screwdriver in your bung hole?? Or been in a car accident, workplace injury, or other personal injury? Morgan and Morgan has got your back with any legal issues! Check them out: www.forthepeople.com/Albon Do you miss the glory days of JGTC? SuperGT is alive and well, but you ain't watching it, so what do you think they need to get back into the spotlight?

[@rusoplajofingerboard6749]

Best ad i've seen hahahaha

[@grizzlyaddams3606]

Now we know who supplied the facial skin for the masks used by Jason in the Halloween movies.

[@TamagoHead]

I miss it, but it’s hard to get good coverage. I’m not specifically interested in JGTC, since Balance of performance rules are freaky.

[@duckgoesmooo]

You're an ambulance chaser? Yeah makes sense. Retards follow that path.

[@tdchewy]

I have personal experience with Morgan and Morgan. I got the full payout from the insurance company just by telling them I was going to hire Morgan & Morgan to represent me. That's how strong their reputation is. I didn't even have to hire them, just threaten to.

[@TFSgaming12]

I've moved here from donut when the killed up to speed, it's amazing to see someone as talented as you and as smart keeping us into car culture!

[@Legobro427]

Me too rip

[@tungabunga4107]

Fr man that was all that kept me with donut

[@poppachoppa8956]

donut is so terrible now, it could NOT be more obvious that they are making videos with profit as a business venture as the priority instead of their old passion and love for the content.

[@jacobasuncion3132]

@Dimitar Sivov agree there Channel is really good

[@TFSgaming12]

@Dimitar Sivov I will do that!

[@AnsoyTheFox]

Gran Turismo 2 having licensed JGTC cars is what made me fall in love with Japanese motorsport and JDM cars as a whole. Not only were they absolute beasts, they looked awesome, are easily recognizable by their bodywork and liveries. Cars such as the Castrol Supra, the Calsonic and Pennzoil Skylines, the Mobile 1, Raybrig and even later the Arta NSX Honda's, those cars are absolutely stunning.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Same. I also love the ARTA ZEXEL R34GT-R from Shioriko Mifune, Unisia Jecs R33GT-R from Sumire Heanna, and Wise Sports Toyota Cavalier from Shiki Wakana (GT2 A SPEC MOD). Plus also Audi TT LM from Kanata Konoe.

[@Tylerc4xAF]

When i was 7 years old I was exposed to JGTC when I got to play Gran Turismo 2. I fell in love with JDM cars like the NSX, Skyline, and Supras. When I unlocked my first JGTC car I was infatuated. The Pennzoil Nismo R34 GTR. It was lowered, slick looking, and wide as hell. The aesthetic was beautiful. Since then, I've always loved the Japanese Sport.

[@sandasturner9529]

Same except I played gran Turismo 3. One of my faves was the Nissan r390

[@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy]

Gran Turismo 2 has to be the GOAT of racing games. Too bad they went the direction they did with the most recent GT7, trying to squeeze every nickel and dime out of us to enjoy the game. Future generations will never experience games like that without microtransactions again, which is very sad to me.

[@Delita22]

Skylines that I have to have in my GranTurismo games are Penzoil, Calsonic and Unisia Jecs...oh and also a R31 Silhouette.

[@adityairawan1843]

Gran Turismo 2 exposed me to those exotic GT500 and GT300 cars, Castrol Supra and Trampio FTO in particular. But, it's GTR2 community which make me love those Japanese race cars even more. They allowed me to experience multiclass GT500-GT300 racing as well as newer GT300 and GT500 cars such as Honda HSV-010GT and Mooncraft Shiden. Those two games are irreplaceable. Sometimes ago Speedster63 released a pack of GT300 cars, Trampio FTO included, and it's such a blast to play with.

[@miner2119]

@orionnash7831 huh, barely any microtransactions needed with the past updates. It's easy to get 2 million credits off 1 race

[@arba71]

I think Group A deserve a video of it's own. It might not been the fastest, most glamorous class of race cars, but it gave birth to many iconic performance cars that people can actually buy without selling their organs.

[@alexanderjackson2037]

Do your own research and make your own video. Don't watch people like this you'll only be mislead.

[@Gabbu_Plays]

Well the likes of BMW M3s, Ford Sierra Cosworths and Skyline GTRs are now very expensive!

[@jackarmstrong7285]

Group A was essentially the GT3 of the 80s and 90s

[@b.1570]

Wtf? This video alone makes it so much usefull to search for more about one topic. Seriously there aren't any other english video except this one that tells about the japanese motorsport history. Of course there are more information out there but this one is eseential.

[@bubbleman2002]

@@alexanderjackson2037 >says content creator is full of shit >doesn't provide any evidence of this claim >doesn't even name what the content creator got wrong >refuses to elaborate "Alexander Jackson" is a strange way to spell CHAD THUNDERCOCK

[@hobbies2902]

Even now Super GT is still very fun to watch, they post the full race on their channel after a few days of the race, super action packed.

[@ななころび]

Everyone in the community are talking about how its finally back, i'm moving back to motherland in a few months to work in a shop building super GT cars! Here is too hoping for more growth it the industry once again!

[@Fnyx_BodyWorks]

Hello viewers

[@SSilivone]

@@Fnyx_BodyWorks *Wroom* Super GT here, back with more shadowrealm!

[@NeedGT3]

@hobbies I like your username

[@23GreyFox]

Link to their channel? The only modern Super GT i get is some Gran Turismo gaming channel.

[@anusername8350]

This and 90s BTCC shows that the 90s/early00s were the best time for racing.

[@proxigenated]

lets be real BTCC is nowhere exciting compared to JGTC Gr A of the 90s

[@scordatura9259]

@@proxigenated btcc supertouring is arguably the most exciting racing series we've seen TBF. And imo atcc group a is better than the Japanese one due to higher levels of competition and more variety

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

@@scordatura9259 there was so much factory support then, but it eventually got out of hand. Yes, I'm looking at you Ford, spending £5 million per car for two cars (and this was just on the cars) in one season. Also, driver salaries were getting close to 7 figures.

[@scordatura9259]

@@typeoddnamehere2362 yeah for sure it was a spectacle but got way out of control. And to think ford spent all that to end up being mediocre and winning when everyone else is basically gone is always funny to me

[@pliiatz7534]

WRC, Formula 1, NASCAR, ChampCar, DTM - too many racing series had their best times in that period.

[@Caracatungas]

I'm glad someone is giving Super GT/JGTC attention, Gran Turismo sparked my love for those races

[@CL-rm6sb]

Honestly, you will never see another era like mid 90s JDM cars again. The world has changed.

[@Hamlet-wp2ri]

The 1990’s was my favorite decade, best cars, best music, best everything imo. Every Japanese car manufacturer had produced some special cars, Europe as well and even in the US. great video btw.

[@stealthworx4371]

This is my absolute fav era of racing. Growing up in Sri Lanka this was the pinnacle of racing other than F1 for all of us Asians. JGTC was and Japan in general was the place to be how cool.

[@alecwilliams8425]

Awesome vid but definitely have to shine some light on 10:23 10:26, this was the skyline that raced in the Australian Group A touring car championship, it had a completely different setup from front to rear compared to its Japanese counterpart. The entire car was redeveloped from ground up which included using their own engine block as the block that came from Nismo Japan couldn’t handle the heat and power being produced in the Australian climate. The Australian Group A GTR also ran higher hp/boost along with a revised/strengthened awd system. The Australian GTR was faster and far superior than the Japanese version which led to Nissan Japan banning the Australian group A GTR from competing in Japan. If you want to look into it a bit more search up Gibson motorsport r32gtr, there’s a video by HP Academy where they speak with the team manager about how the car was acquired and redeveloped/reengineered to race in Australia.

[@ewatfred]

It's also what earned it the name "Godzilla". The R32 specifically is "Godzilla", not any before or after, and the world needs to remember that it was specifically Australia, and most importantly Bathurst, where it earned it's title.

[@pelago_]

Straya

[@edvinassarulis7526]

@@ewatfred my guess whould be, that this particular car made aussies seperate v8 rwd cars races from other cars to keep them alive as part of them culture.

[@imblackmagic1209]

@@edvinassarulis7526 there are multiple occasions where an AWD car was too powerful or had an insane advantage over their competitors, so much the regulated the heck out of them pushing them out of the format, or simply changing the rules, audi quatro had that issue I think, even after several regulations nerfing them to the ground, they kept on winning

[@Emfourayone]

@@ewatfred nope the gibson cars weren't the ones who were named Godzilla the actual road cars were called Godzilla in 1989 by wheels? Magazine i think which was before the gibson gtrs were ever raced let alone perfected in 91/92

[@slayori.designs]

Every time a new Albon video comes out, it’s a good day.

[@albonfilms]

Thank you! 🙏

[@raptorpack67]

ONG

[@Elhamburitto]

Unless you're living with your psychotic alcoholic dad

[@tasteless_5915]

I misread your name as heroin Satan

[@Shadow-ro4wm]

@@tasteless_5915 lol

[@WilliFR]

The 90's was peak motorsports in every part of the world. F1, Rally, LeMans, BTCC, JGTC and sooo many other Championships

[@Nick-sd7um]

I have been saying this for years. Nowadays and more or less since 2006 or so it's just been the same boring over electronic package.. All 'super cars' more or less look the same or are priced out beyond belief and are driven by people who'll never push them let alone put it on a track. The 90s to early 2000s of tuner cars was and (is) simply phenomenonal.. I remember buying my s14 in around 2009 (had an s13 and r33 before that, but my s14 was making 300-350hp (which was a lot at the time). It was just unbelievably fun.. kept up with various porche, ferrari etc.. Super light and fun.. no electronics.. no stupid ABS.. Just a pedal, loud spool, loud exhaust. Simple and fun as fuckkkkkkk

[@Calwinn]

The 90s was peak almost everything

[@asharipp]

MotoGP, WSBK, Nascar

[@flip849]

I would put also the early 2000s

[@Eruthian]

I`d say Ralley peaked in the mid 80s with group B. But that`s just talking about cars. I`d say every decade had it`s fair share of craziness and driver/car legends. Skillwise I`d even give it to the oldschool drivers cuz the cars back then were deathtraps driven to the limit. But there`s still cool and crazy motorsport out there today.

[@R9naldo]

90s were insane years for racing, the extremely competitive BTCC, Japanese racing, later years of Group C, CART and the technological rise of F1 not to mention the legends in early 90s F1.

[@shoutykat]

500cc GP bikes as well. Schwantz, Doohan, Rainey, Barros and all the others. Amazing racing.

[@MMR_LM]

Plus the peaks of Colin McRae, Tommi Mäkinen and Carlos Sainz Sr.

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

@@shoutykat Yes!!! I did not know about the 500cc two strokes until recently. They are mental. The old BTCC with Honda, Nissan, Ford, and Audi was so much fun

[@scareyaf]

Best time for racing hands down. On top of those, the 90's rally scene was batshit, Australia had the rise of the V8 supercars and some of the 90's DTM cars were straight mechanical porn. It's so hard to pick a favourite decade for racing, but the 90's are king I think. Just the perfect storm of overengineering and global prosperity.

[@htrspsupra2102]

Well said I personally like the Group C/IMSA GTP era the best. I used to attend IMSA GTP races in the mid 80's to 1993 when the series folded. I've always felt it was an awesome era to be a race fan and what inspired me to become a car guy.

[@themotorsportstory]

15:48 That weight penalty system based on points is super interesting! I wonder if any modern-day racing series have thought about adapting something like that? Great vid as always!

[@fawwazrafif5160]

Super GT still use the weight rule but to avoid sand bagging the weight are cut to half on penultimate race and lifted altogether in final round but only for the team that entered the whole season

[@colinbrassington3192]

TCR use success ballast in some of their national championships

[@nanobyte5567]

A lot of series which race GT3 race cars (Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari etc. so you’re not confused with the Porsche GT3) use balance of performance (BOP) as manufacturers use different cars. This means there’s a variety of engines, body shapes, engine placements etc. so BOP is used to make them as fair as possible. For instance, Porsche is usually slower on straights, but it can keep up with a car like Mercedes as the merc has weight added to it

[@zeultimate24]

iirc korea's super race series has a weight penalty system determined during qualifying

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

BTCC has that. Because of the switch over to hybrids recently, they changed it to limit how many laps you can use the hybrid boost instead.

[@prestonjay9863]

this guy needs his own news channel or something, i have never been so intrigued by how someone explain something. the way he explains all of this made it so simple but exciting, his words and transitions are fantastic. you sir have earned a new subscriber

[@purwantiallan5089]

Well true very worth it.

[@DesertStateInEU]

So a Japanese guy experiencing American life is what lead to an entire nation getting into racing, which lead to the development of some of the most famous cars like the Skyline and Supra. Now thats insane cultural influence the US has.

[@bennyb.1742]

I love your videos. JGTC was such a part of my automotive interest as a kid. The RE-Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 was the most amazing thing to me, and ruined my life by turning me into a rotary geek.

[@vectorster]

just sold my 13b RX-7 swapped RX-8 feels bad man

[@bennyb.1742]

@@vectorster I gave a like, but I have a sad. I'm thinking of buying an 8 with all that hybrid motor stuff Kyle Mohan is talking about. Might turn out to be a really affordable way to make 500ish in a CHEAP rotary platform. They're only a couple thousand for a mint but blown up one where I live.

[@vectorster]

@@bennyb.1742 Before I sold I was even considering a Kswap boosted, at the end of the day though the renisis has to many issues and the high comp makes it unfriendly to turbo setups for big power

[@Surooh333]

The “Calsonic” GTR is actually from team Impul. Calsonic was just a sponsor. they actually still run that same livery in their modern 400Z and won the 2022 Super GT championship with it

[@林泰平-q3u]

but sadly got replaced? for Marelli for the 2023 season

[@KevinAbillGaming]

@@林泰平-q3u At least Calsonic gets the last taste on its last title before a sponsor change after 27 years.

[@davidchau3228]

Why do you call it the 400z?

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@KevinAbillGamingnow in 2023, there is CALSONIC Z. It is obviously also Ayumu Uehara's new favourite Super GT500 car, along with Ayumu Uehara's Venturi Atlantique 600LM and Ayumu Uehara's Sauber C9. Ayumu chan's Sauber C9 is completely OP on both GT4 to 7.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@davidchau3228should've been CALSONIC 370Z.

[@septanos]

9:46 mk3 side exhaust pops ❤️‍🔥

[@brainsmatterpodcast]

“Godzilla” (including the nickname) was born in the Australian racing scene, the locally specced Aussie R32 GTR had a higher spec trim than the Japanese ones, and Nissan in Japan even sent folks over to Australia to see how they did it.

[@banchik]

Lol

[@hazardeur]

Australian racing scene? you mean that thing were guys roll around in wooden barrels down a hill?

[@Emfourayone]

Also Nismo banned the gibson team from bringing over their gtrs as they just outclassed the nismo delivered cars the other teams had and didn't want to have them be massively upset

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@EmfourayoneNissan should never ban it.

[@kernicterus1233]

It's 2am and the YT algorithm decided to present a 24 minute documentary to me about something I know nothing about. Well hell yes, thank you YT, that was the most interesting 24mins I've had in a long time. Great vid.

[@gapistan2335]

Great vid and story but just wanted to point out that Toyota themselves never used a 2jz in any of their supras in JGTC every Toyota/TRD factory entery was a 3S-GTE powered car all the way till 2003 where toyota switched to a 5.2L 3UZ-FE V8 engine and then in 2005 they used a different spec 4.5L version of the 3UZ-FE IN 2005 which was the supras final year of competition the only time a 2JZ was used was by privateers BLITZ and Gre-Co SHIFT POINT being the only two teams to run 2JZ powered cars AND Some sources I've heard qoute that all the 3S-GTE cars had completley bespoke engines enlarged to a 2.1 and others say that all the 3S-GTE cars where just 2.0L so I'm unsure about displacement but yeah.

[@CelicAWD]

Yup its called the trd 503e. Nothing like the rally spec version. Once they retired it for the supra they swapped it into the gt300 wedsport celica.

[@crutdawg]

See, by this comment you get very few comments. Why, because no one here probably realizes you are making a comment about an engine. This guy is a mouthpiece/future porn actor, reading a script.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@CelicAWDmore like Kosei Celica GT300. It has same spec as WedsSport Celica GT300.

[@PinnacleofRacing]

A N1 spec R32 GTR also raced in the USA at Daytona in 1994. The only R32 to race on US soil in an official race. This car was a joint partnership between a privateer team and Nismo to gather telemetry and data from the car racing at Daytona to use for future projects and various R&D. The car was in the GTU category and the chassis was an ex Japanese ran N1 car that won the Tsukuba 12hrs. The car at Daytona practice was immensely fast in the infield. This was because it utilized an AWD system and made a decent amount of power. Teams using RWD GTU cars complained about this so in typical IMSA fashion they added ballast and forced them to use a 38mm Restrictor on the turbo to put less air dumbing down the power. The car qualified 43rd at 2:06.121 and finished 20th overall. If it didn’t have these handicaps we could’ve seen a possible R32 GTR in class win!

[@Riskbreaker_Riot]

Mitsubishi AWD system you mean 😆 The r32 wasn't that great.

[@DulVids]

Racing itself is already crazy

[@lokipolers3000]

XD

[@dinosoarskill17]

as a floridian whose heard the morgan and morgan commercials pretty much my whole life, pretty crazy to see u have a sponsor from them. never seen them sponsor a yt channel

[@adamweger40]

The most beautiful era of race cars ever!🤤😍

[@CrashBandiii]

The weight handicap is such a brilliant idea

[@itisjustacomment]

The limits on other nations and regulations weren't. They bent the rules to make Japanese cars win. I used to watch it until I heard from teams outside of Japan, Japan would change the rules months before starting to trip up Foreign teams while telling Japanese teams the previous year.

[@john_F1266]

​@@itisjustacomment To be fair European GT series were doing the same thing in the exact same time period (1991-2010) against American cars.

[@itisjustacomment]

@@john_F1266 weren't they only restricted to HP due to the much larger displacement and lightweight body and construction materials? if I remember rightly they came over with the specially built race car tube built, carbon deposit materials of panels, etc, then fit a few normal car parts and claimed it was a road car, even though it wasn't at all. They even added a different back-end from a normal transaxle which they took out and the regular gearbox and fitted a sequential-shift 6-speed. If I'm right they cheated the rules and got called out for it.

[@michaelavrie]

this is the first video i've seen from you and I gotta say, I am really impressed with the consistency & quality of narration, not getting muddied in details, and the extensive footage from the era instead of a whole lot of talking heads. Thank you for making motorsport content.

[@alsa4real]

JGTC & BTCC in the 90 were breathtaking.

[@von...]

I live less than 20 minutes away from where the Elgin Road Races took place & never once heard about them... thank you for filling me in that I essentially lived at one of the places where motorsports was born - you are doing a good thing here man

[@travischang5565]

Malaysian here and I did watch a few races at Sepang when Super GT circus was there. The atmosphere was amazing, with good racing, great cars and lovely GT queens. Ya your video left out another Super GT's spectacle, where race queens are a great attraction. Malaysia supposed to return in 2020 replacing Thailand but got postponed due to the pandemic. It supposed to return in 2023 but perhaps let's wait till official announcement. Great video btw! Yup, I enjoyed the screaming and fire-breathing rx7 at Sepang. The Honda HSV (successor to gen 1 NSX) had an F1 soundtrack too!

[@JeremyBX]

Initial D: Exists Japanese Race Event Directors: "Write that Down WRITE THAT DOWN"

[@G.O._MEDIA]

Albon i love the fact you've taken the place that donut refuses to do, (even tho i still love donut) as a community i feel we need more "up to speed"-like content, more people need to know what the roots to the culture are and making it accesible with great videos like this one is amazing an amazing way to do so

[@WesllyOni]

Thank you youtube algorithm for recomending this, I didn't know I needed to know about Japanese motorsport history outside of F1 or MotoGP, I just wish I was able to live that era of the JGTC and the fantastic cars I met on Gran Turismo. I hope for better times for the Super GT, will make an effort to follow it this year. Thank you for the amazing video, you now have a new subscriber. Cheers!

[@joeyjojojr.shabadoo915]

I am glad that you mentioned 'Japanese Pressure' towards non-Japanese makers/teams. There is a ton of corruption in Japan in regards to propping up 'homegrown heroes' in Motorsports and the Auto Industry in general (you need to look no further than Carlos Gosn's story with Nissan). In 2001 JGTC , Nissan were allowed to run a 2.8L Stroker Kit in the RB26 (for huge TQ increases thanks to the added 4mm stroke and 1mm bore increase) in order to keep the BNR34 competitive (at this point, the Honda was pretty potent) and were even given an extension to run the BNR34 in 2003, even though the BNR34 production ended in 2002. With the 2003 Model exemption, Nissan switched to the VQ35DETT V6 (out of the 300-Z) for better packaging/front to rear weight distribution thanks to the shorter length of the V6 vs the I6, eventually switching platforms entirely, to the Nissan-Z in 2004. Toyota were also given a pass in 2003 for the Supra, even though it's production ended in 2002 and switched to a 32valve DOHC N/A V8 engine straight out of a Lexus and swapped out the 4cyl Turbo. When pride is on the line and you have zero outside Countries to worry about, you can make all the rules and exemptions that you want. Japan will do EVERYTHING in it's power to make it's homegrown heros look good, even against each other.

[@That_Stinger_GT5]

I swear I love these style videos. Please never stop them, I love the stories and the knowledge of the hobby I love. Keep this going bro! It's your golden ticket!

[@SpacialGamesElite]

the golden era of JDM racing

[@mattl1962]

Small correction from the beginning The RX7 was never in the GT500 class. Always only in GT300. It also had a 20B (Triple) Rotary Sourced from the Eunos Cosmo. This engine theoretically could make it easily competitive in the GT500 division. Eunos was a luxury division of Mazda that never took off outside of Japan. Aside, the historical context of the JGTC is fascinating! Good work! (Also had no idea the 2JZ was used in circuit racing Supra?!) from my reasearch most were using a prototype 3SGTE single turbo 4 cyl engine, not a sequential TTV6 Supra engine. The engine itself was actually Le Mans and Group A derived from Motorsport so not really a production engine. The engine itself was actually not a production model as the block and the headers are owned by TRD. The Nissan RB26 as far as research goes, was pretty standard, with custom pieces on the production block, which makes it stand out as the only genuine one closest to being a production model and not a Silhouette race car. The Lark McLaren was pretty cool. The most competitive JGTC car in the year 1999 was the Pennzoil (NISMO) Skyline. Which had a weight handicap in game Gran Turismo 3 Aspec. Year before and after that it was the TOM-S Castrol Supra that dominated in 1997 and then skylines before in the R33 era. The Castrol Mugen won in 2000, then lost to the au Cerumo Supra but was dominant for a few years after - JGTC ultimately banning mid engined cars some seasons after the NSX unbroken winning streak. There was also an entry by HKS who entered a Mercedes Benz CLK DTM styled race car entered in the GT300 class for a fun fact.

[@sebastiansoumpholphakdy834]

I can’t thank you enough for how much effort and information you put into your videos. I grew up playing Gran Turismo, but never looked up all the facts about the history behind all of Japan racing. Keep up the great work man!

[@БлогФедора]

17:04 Ralf Schumacher and Naoki Hattori, that's huge duo.

[@toupac3195]

This was a great video. Well done, good sir. Racing "production" cars that fans want to see is key to popularity.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

As a Gran Turismo player, JGTC racing is my favorite in the world!! I quickly fell in love with all the cars from the GT 500 category especially!!

[@Desert_Rogue_Tanker]

I think it's good that the series is back in it's home.

[@burgerman-nb3cv]

Japan make the coolest cars man.. Skylines, evos, supras, imprezas, rx's. Just so many iconic cars

[@gathel8574]

But all of them are dead. Also Supra and 400z sucks anyway

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

Fun fact : In 2000 JGTC championship, Ryo Michigami driving a honda nsx won both championship, without getting a single pole and win.

[@metaliczic96]

Ah yes the green no.16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX GT.

[@pmayo7894]

The same can be said for the au Cerumo Supra in the next season. EDIT: And the Xanavi Nismo GT-R in the 2003 season.

[@endless_touge]

Alzamora of JSGT

[@hum___h]

This video is filled with passion. I grew in China now lived in the US for 10 years. It HURTS to hear that Motorsport in China never became a thing when I was growing up.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

It's a shame that IMSA and JGTC couldn't work out a shared ruleset for cars back in the '90s. The old GTO/GTU categories were great and would have paired well with the GT500 and -300 classes respectively. I swear this isn't just a scheme to get Skylines in IMSA and Camaros in JGTC. 🥺

[@proxigenated]

Camaro would get slapped around if it entered jgtv

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@proxigenated Considering how open the rules were, it's probably a question of budget. When GM throws enough money at a goal they tend to win.

[@LeoMkII]

@@proxigenated nah man, the new Camaros are as agile as they're ugly

[@proxigenated]

@@LeoMkII very ugly im thinking

[@Corvilux52]

@@proxigenated The idea American cars can't turn hasn't been a thing since the 80s. In all honesty even the Camaros of the 90s weren't straight line cars. They had light-ish OHV engines, made a ton of torque and about the same power, but where it really shined was in corners. Basically everything people think American cars are is what the Supra actually was. It was aerodynamically slippery and could not be touched on the straights, but with how heavy the 2JZ was, the weight distribution was massively shifted forward and paired with the more narrow tires and a rear diff that couldn't get out of its own way, making it do as you wanted was easier said than done. Although if you address it's issues, it's a phenomenal base.

[@raijinjigokuoni7202]

Your vid are always a trip down memory lane for those that grew up in 90s . Hearing about that one car in japan that has been dominating all the races and then to be able to play it on GT1 & GT2 on PS1. And then there was the whole concept of "boost" and to dream with boys on owning a MK4 and "boosting" it. Finally, the formula for next run is simple - good economy and making next cars just as much fun as the 90s. Latter will not come to pass sadly with EV. Yeah lap times are meant to be shattered but quietly . Great to see your vids ; @Albon. keep the historic JDM spirit alive bud.

[@mr.izanami1796]

Always nice to see an Albon vid in the upload list!

[@sakuya1185]

I think we should have an Asian (literally) series, where its limited to Asian teams only, foreign teams can participate, but only if they partner up with an Asian team. Because as of right now, Asia unironically has more manufacturers now then there were back then, so it would be funny and interesting to see a Geely and Isuzu having a sports car that also race in such a series.

[@sava3786]

og JGTC was one of the best periods in Motorsports, I discovered it when I went to Japan a long time ago and it caught me instantly. Since then I watched religiously (often illegally). But man peak Motorracing

[@YourFavouriteDraugr]

Super GT right now is literally the best pure racing series around. Doubly impressive given they literally call themselves entertainment, rather than racing, and yet are the most strict in upholding proper racing etiquette, something completely lost in all FIA-run competitions currently.

[@GeeShocker]

It almost went the same way the DTM did in the '90s where it outgrew Germany and became the ITC. And FIA did what FIA does when something's starting to challenge F1. They undermine it and put it to trash.

[@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и]

As a russian fan - of F1, i can't even agree more. All true. The most cool era - then Schumacher brothers was on track (That's why i have all their official F1 merch), and such. I believe 2000-2010 (Even Ma-a-a-ybe - put here 2015) years - was a GOLDEN era for Modern F1. Now it's become so much BS and Clown Circus, with entitled black guy in 1-st place every race - i didn't care anymore about F1. Especially - when it was been sold to some American Media (Liberty Media, if i not mistaken?).

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1иDia Kurosawa also a big fan of Schumacher's (Michael & Mick).

[@pierreaugustevinluan]

Toyota Supras, Nissan Skylines, Even Lamborghinis, & McLarens all on one track, racing all out. The Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the most insane and thrilling race series to come from the east. But when the organizers wanted to expand at all costs, they paid a price that they never expected... Albon Great Job For The Video And We Love It.

[@ElShogoso]

For me JGTC was the pinnacle of motorsport as a kid, because of all those cars in Gran Turismo 2, 3 and 4 that I admired so much for being some of the coolest in the game. I didn't know anything about the cars or even the discipline itself, but those liveries became so iconic to me before I even got into watching real world motorsports and into simracing.

[@clp543]

Golden era of JGTC, this time will go enter to history.

[@thedude5805]

i love how an entire class of racing in the ALL JAPAN touring car championship was just e30s lol

[@josephkhouri8015]

Dude I'm literally addicted to these videos I never get tired of revisiting them. Keep up the amazing work!

[@ATLRIOT]

This was an excellent video I've always wanted to know more about the history ever since I was a kid playing GT.

[@jtkgaming9763]

I have been wanting a documentary for JGTC so bad dude I’ve been googling it and can’t find a proper documentary of how it was created so thanks for this .

[@b.1570]

You could just read about it. Of course there weren't videos since it's mostly in japanese. Which im so glad to learn more with this video.

[@zip3704]

you make Super GT sound like its bad right now at the end. I would argue its one of the better racing series right now. Though there is a big problem of nationality bais against non Japanese cars after the Gt3 Specs dominated for a short while, and the grid seems to be getting older not younger like other series, which is a problem in general for Japan and its population. It still has some of the most intense, close and exiting racing out there. Dare I say even more than F1 some seasons.

[@Downloadfreak]

I don't think anyone could watch the 2022 season finale and claim that Super GT is in a poor state. Dude cares more about JDM nameplates (which there are still plenty of in SGT) than a healthy racing series.

[@jeffwischhof5752]

Im 47 & just wanted to say, I appreciate the level of knowledge you bring to the table. Always great content, and cool shit... Continued success bro, really great work!👍🏼

[@UguisuAnko12]

Finally, I've been waiting this kind video to be covered and now it is here!!!! Man, this really almost teared me up for joy to see these authentic Japanese Touring Car Events being covered!!! Imo, besides the underground racing scene like the Midnight Club, touge race/drifts, this is the peak Japanese car culture on its era where you could find every big tuning houses are going all-out into this series!!!! I genuinely enjoy this content my man!!! And lastly, I've been watching this thing ever since I was a kid and I was really happy to see my favorite cars competing in this Touring Car Championship events!!! Anyways, keep on doing these kind of contents and hopefully, you could be able to also cover the Time Attack Racing (which is basically originated in Tsukuba Circuit in Japan) and how it became popular worldwide, and also more documentaries about the iconic Japanese tuner shops there like FEED, Seeker, Maou, Spoon Sports, Mugen, Car Shop Glow, J's Racing, JUN, and last but not least, RE Amemiya!!!! These are the shops that made me fall in love in car culture even more especially watching them testing their aftermarket machines on touge tracks and circuits which you could watch them on Best Motoring Official's YT channel and their old CDs!! Fun fact that most of car culture in Japan that we know nowadays are mostly based or inspired on this JGTC or JTCC events especially the Super Silhouette Skyline Group 5 that which gave birth to the Bozosoku Culture and Bozosoku cultures eventually led to the Rocket Bunny and Liberty Walk culture that we know nowadays!! Since Porsches competed in those series, it also inspired and led to the RWB culture by Nakai-san which he basically modify old Porsches and gave them track inspired widebody kits which is literally inspired on those racing series that I've mentioned above recently!! Amazing isn't it?! What a great time to reminisce to their glory of car racing and culture and hopefully, I'd be able to have a budget to go and live in Japan and build my car life there!!! Really wanna explore their shops out there and experience their raw, authentic car culture there!!! It's not all about hype or brag and rights, but rather to experience the real connectivity between a man and the machine!!!! So yeah, thanks for posting this, Guff!!!

[@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и]

You also, forgot to mention Super GT - made racers like Tsuchiya or "Drift King". Yes, the ORIGINAL Drift King of Drifting. And he was driving/Drifting (yes, LIVE, in Super GT races, back then) on famous Toyota AE86, which later became a staple and a mascot of JDM and Drift Community.

[@pmayo7894]

Albon already covered the Drift King.

[@FZVideos9630]

19:40 seeing JGTC headed to Malaysia in year 2000 , that's just makes the pro racing more special

[@thebroskis6364]

JGTC and Super GT is the most underrated series of all time

[@WasteManagement563]

Amazing video! Also my favorite would be the r34 Skyline.

[@syncmonism]

It's always amazing when a car from a lower class is able to beat not just some, but ALL of the cars from a higher class. Whether it be for qualifying or for the race itself, either way, that's extremely rare and extremely impressive. Even more impressive if you can beat cars from two classes above.

[@rzt430]

one big factor is the fall of the japanese economy. it plays a big part into all of this. the industry, the people's interest in cars in general, when you're overflowing with cash you get to think about cars, and when you're not, you get 21st century japanese people mindset

[@worminator15]

a Group C car, an F50 and GT cars all competing in the same class That's like a Gran Turismo special mission

[@milanhamsvoord6544]

Thank you for making me love cars man! Love your video's ❤

[@tdchewy]

I was ready to comment that drifting is not racing, but I was wrong. This is actual racing. Well done video

[@forey121]

Would love to see you do a video on those Aussie GT-Rs - so much of an insane Group A machine compared to the Japanese NISMO-sold GT-Rs that Nissan refused to let them race in Japan.

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

R32 GTR managed to do the impossible - unite Holden and Ford fans against them

[@matthewgallant3622]

Honda’s been a serious force in racing for a long time, people all think of them as slammed Civics or grocery getters today but they are also very much involved with motorsports and have a huge long history in the sports.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

_Saido Bai Saido intensifies_ What is special about Japanese racing is the continuity. While in Europe and elsewhere teams, drivers, team chiefs, etc are changed, introduced and retired almost every year, the ARTAs, Calsonics and Kunimitsus racing in Super GT are the ARTAs, Calsonics and Kunimitsus that have been racing for decades, building long histories. And then there's the racing, which is simply unprecedented.

[@AlexMartini.]

Absolutely WILD.

[@kikomartinez9062]

SuperGT just had an epic season and another win for the iconic Calsonic team with the first year of Nissans new Z platform 🙌

[@nicholascanjuga6000]

YES! Finally! Albon is covering JGTC!

[@messeduplad]

Never knew us to be the first aboard nation to be reached of the JGT's global expansion. Love from Malaysia ❤️

[@DarkSwordsman]

Wow, it's great to know the Skyline's roots in racing. I didn't even realize.

[@kukki_tm2975]

JGTC back then is the best! Ended up buying diecast of them...such a big fan

[@d34dm3n1]

i still following Up to Speed series in Donut but they leaving it hanging but finally there's successors (and more in-depth) like Albon's, Hunter's Moon, The Squidd and Project Dream Keep it up, man!

[@toddventura7191]

Great video mate and so well put together. Arta NSX, Calsonic GTR, and the Castrol Toyota are some of my favourite machines of all time. Very interesting to hear the history of all this!

[@RobsonRoverRepair]

This for me is the direct formula 1 is heading with the FIA and American TV influences. Its tradgic, I used to buy tapes and dvds of Japanese races back in the early 00s from my local car parts shop. Used to sit and watch them on night shift working a 2nd job ad a security guard. Man those where great shows. Even picked up some basic Japanese at the time. サンキュー・ジャパン

[@jesterokjones4954]

1996 JGTC was the pinnacle of my favorite type of racing.

[@stews7]

Very good video. Mid to late 90s was the best of the best. I went to Japan in 03 and tried to schedule my trip around a JGTC but ended up going to a Super Takayu race at Fuji. The Sard Supra is my fav of the Gt500 cars.

[@samcooper1761]

Homie delivers each and every sentence with 150% intensity. "It wasn't just Datsuns on the grid," delivered with the same emotion as a doctor telling someone they only have months left to live

[@andreww8941]

Phenomenal!!!! One of the best on KZbin with car content... Hands down

[@CeLautrec]

Those early 2000s gt cars are so iconic. The penzoil gtr and the Castrol supra

[@805drifter]

Went to JGTC race in California. That was 2004!? Dang. Time flies. Well it was amazing. I didn’t know they were still racing with a new name. Thank you for the video!

[@purwantiallan5089]

I still remembered the classic 1997 Super GT cars especially the CASTROL TOMS SUPRA from Gran Turismo 5 and Kanan Matsuura's ZEXEL R33GTR from Gran Turismo 2.

[@Annihilator225]

I love how the in-video advertisement is so amusing.

[@Syncopia]

Great video. The Golden era of Japanese motoring might be over, but that doesn't mean another one can't happen.

[@jmstlouis1]

You missed Funabashi Circuit (right out side of Tokyo) before Fuji Speedway was built. This small circuit helped to spread motor racing in young generation without too much funding.

[@CMDRSweeper]

The thing that really killed the JGTC was that the legends that brought on the golden era of Japanese cars, all died off from production one by one. This left empty shells and holes of lack of interest, and with there now being mostly boring cars in the manufacturers lineups compared to what was back then... Well getting the same launch even when staying in Japan isn't going to be easy. But with the focusing on electric cars, I estimate that the chances of getting legendary cars like the Supra, Skyline GT-R, RX-7, Impreza and the Lancer Evo will be next to impossible to achieve.

[@DrkNinja_]

This is a really well thought out and well spoken video essay!

[@KBell119]

Thank you for bringing this league to my attention.

[@kevin_heslip]

Kinda crazy seeing a Morgan & Morgan ad on a YT vid.