Murcielago R-GT finns nu med i Project Motor Racing

Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT är en ytterst erotisk racekärra. En klassiker, såklart, som vi rände runt inom GT1-racingen mellan 2001 och 2004 med six sex liter stora, vrålande V12:a och detta mycket tack vare Audis dåvarande finansiering samt Reiter Engineering som hjälpte Lamborghini att bygga tävlingsversionen. Straight 4 Studios meddelar nu att denna bil kommer att finnas med i Project Motor Racing vid release (25:e november) och det ser vi på Gamereactor naturligtvis fram emot.

"By the early noughties, Lamborghini's history in motorsport had been a spotty affair. The 2004 Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT, however, signalled a turning point in the brand's modern racing journey. Designed as a GT-spec' race car, it was Lamborghini's first serious factory-backed challenger in top-level GT racing in over a decade, and a sensuous effort to bring the fight to many of the world's biggest motorsport brands. Looking back a quarter-century, it's probably safe to say the Murciélago R-GT never quite achieved the outright success for which it had been created. Equally, though, it is unquestionably a critical milestone for Lamborghini, symbolizing the Italian marque's commitment to endurance racing, and one that paved the way for future GT3 and Super Trofeo successes.

By 2004, Lamborghini's last major involvement in top-tier sports car racing had been in the early 1990s with the ill-fated Lamborghini LC90 Formula 1 engine program and the Diablo-based GT cars built for European GT and Japanese Super GT. These efforts, though, failed to establish Lamborghini in global motorsports, and it was only after Audi's acquisition in 1998 that interest was revived in developing a factory-supported race car. With Audi's financial backing and technical expertise, Lamborghini partnered with Reiter Engineering to build a race-ready version of the Murciélago, the company's then flagship V12 supercar. The result was the Murciélago R-GT, now waiting for you in Project Motor Racing."