The 2009-2010 BMW M3 GT2 is a GT2 race car by BMW.
It appears in Forza Motorsport 3 and all subsequent Motorsport main titles up to Forza Motorsport 7.
Synopsis[]
Based on the E92 generation of the BMW M3, the M3 GT2 was the successor to the previous generation's GTR in the Group GT2 regulations. The car uses the 4.0L V8 from the road car, but it has been upped to now produce almost 500 hp (373 kW). To help with weight distribution, the gearbox has been moved to the rear axle of the car, while the engine has been lowered and moved farther back in the car.[1]
The #92 featured in the 2009 season of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) as a part of the GT2 class. The main two drivers for the car would be Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller, with Jörg Müller joining the duo for Petit Le Mans. The car and its sister car, the #90, would not have the best start in the car's debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, with the #92 missing qualifying due to mechanical problems and the #90 also suffering mechanical issues in the middle of the race, causing it to be the first car to retire after only 27 laps. Things would get better for the two cars however, as the #92 would end up taking three 2nd places and two 3rd places in class over the course of the rest of the season, while the #90 would give the car its first ever class win at Road America, with the #92 finishing just behind it in 2nd, also giving the car its first 1-2 finish. Adding in an additional 3rd for the #90 would push the team to 3rd overall in the teams' championship, while Milner and Dirk Müller would finish 4th in the drivers' championship.[2]
For the 2010 season, the GT2 class would be renamed to simply the GT class, while Milner would swap seats in the team with Bill Auberlen, with the former now driving the #90 and the latter now driving the #92. Dirk Werner would be the third driver for the #92 this year, taking part in the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. The car's would do even better then they did the previous season, with at least one car finishing on the class podium in every single race, except for Petit Le Mans, although the #92 just missed out on the podium in 4th. While the #92 would again have the better overall performing crew, the #90 would again be the car to take the sole win for the team during the season, once again at Road America. While all those podium results would allow the team to win the teams' championship, the #92 duo would not win the driver's championship, only improving one position up to 3rd. For the 2011 season, the #90 and #92 would be replaced by two newer chassis, now numbered the #55 and #56.[3]
The #79 competed under the Schnitzer Motorsport banner alongside its sister car, the #78, in a couple of major European endurance events over the course of the 2010 racing season. The first appearance for the car would be at the 1000 km of Spa, with Dirk Müller, Andy Priaulx, and Augusto Farfus at the wheel. The car would qualify 11th in class, but would manage to almost claw its way onto the podium, missing out by less than a second.[4] The next race for the car would be the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Werner replacing Farfus. While the car would once again qualify 11th in class, this time it would not manage to turn this into an almost podium, instead retiring after 5 hours due to a faulty fuel sensor.[5]
The final race for the #78 would be back at Spa, this time for the 24 Hours of Spa, with Dirk Adorf taking over for Priaulx. Unlike the previous two events, the car could not compete in the GT2 class for the event and instead had to compete in the GT National class due to the location of its transmission. The car would have its best qualifying of the three races, starting on the front row in 2nd overall and 1st in class, while the #78 would be a few rows behind it in 6th overall and 2nd in class, with the two cars only being beaten by one GT2 car. The #79 would take the lead of the race part way through the night after the two cars battling with it for the lead took each other out. It would maintain this lead until almost the end of the race, but would lose it with only 30 minutes left due to a minor suspension issue causing it to drift off track and let two cars through. The car would manage to maintain this position until the end of the race, finishing on the overall podium in 3rd and 1st in class, with the #78 just behind it in 4th overall and 2nd in class.[6]
The GT2 would race until the end of 2012, mainly in the ALMS. For the 2013 season, it would be replaced with the Z4 GTE.
Variants[]
It appears in the Forza series in two livery variants:
- 2009 #92 Rahal Letterman Racing M3 GT2 (All titles)
- 2010 #79 Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 (Forza Motorsport 4 only).
Descriptions[]
- #92 Rahal Letterman:
"Few teams have a more interesting combination of owners than Rahal-Letterman Racing. Co-owned by famous late-night talk show host David Letterman and legendary CART racer Bobby Rahal, the team competed mainly in Indycar racing, but returned to ALMS with a M3 GT2 in 2008. The 2009 season gave the BMW Rahal-Letterman team their first-ever program victory in ALMS, as well as their first 1-2 finish, with the #92 car achieving a second-place podium spot at Road America. It was an impressive result for the talented team, and a tribute to the prowess of the M3 GT2, refined through ruthless weight savings and increased power from the 4-liter V8 when compared with the previous GT2 car. It looks the part, too, with a bold white livery sporting prominent BMW M-Power tri-color stripes and topped off with a bare carbon fiber roof."—Official description[7]
- #79 Jeff Koons:
"When Jeff Koons was asked to paint the BMW M3 GT2’s graceful form in a bespoke design as the 17th BMW Art Car, not only did he contemplate the works of previous Art Car collaborationists—Andy Warhol, for example—he got some seat time in past M-division models. Then he rode along for a couple of laps in the M3 GT2 itself, and the car’s staggering performance inspired the motif: the streaming lines down the sides and bursting forms at the rear suggest both savage acceleration and explosive power. Unlike most works of art, however, this piece is designed to stun both standing still and on the track—and to improve with the grime and battle-damage of actually racing, an intentional component of Koons’ design. Under the vinyl wrap, the M3 GT2 is just as impressive as any of its other siblings, with enhancements to the road car’s already potent V8 and fitted with all manner of racing parts to do battle in the ALMS series. It will be tough to miss the #79 Art Car battling through traffic, and is sure to be a favorite among both ALMS fans and Forza players."—Official description[8]
Statistics[]
#92 Rahal Letterman[]
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Speed 6.4 Handling 7.1
Acceleration 7.8
Launch 7.0
Braking 7.1
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R3 743 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 380,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: GT2
Value: 380,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 177.8 mph (286.1 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.400 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.280 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 105.4 ft (32.1 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 260.0 ft (79.2 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.37 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.56 g | ||
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Speed 6.9 Handling 7.7
Acceleration 8.9
Launch 7.9
Braking 7.7
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R3 756 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 1,000,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: GT2
Value: 1,000,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 180.4 mph (290.3 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.400 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.280 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 101.3 ft (30.9 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 248.3 ft (75.7 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.22 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.41 g | ||
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Speed 6.7 Handling 6.6
Acceleration 8.9
Launch 8.6
Braking 7.2
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R 802 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 650,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Family
Body Family: GT Racing
Value: 650,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 180.4 mph (290.3 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.400 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.280 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 89.0 ft (27.1 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 216.4 ft (66 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.42 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.64 g | ||
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Speed 6.7 Handling 7.0
Acceleration 8.9
Braking 6.9
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R 827 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 650,000 CR | ||
Performance & Division
Division: Modern GT Racing
Value: 650,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 181.1 mph (291.4 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.400 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.280 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 98.1 ft (29.9 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 237.0 ft (72.2 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.44 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.66 g | ||
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Speed 6.7 Handling 7.0
Acceleration 8.9
Braking 6.9
Super Rare
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R 827 |
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Unlock Requirements
Unlock:
Purchase from the car dealer for 400,000 CR | ||
Performance & Division
Division: Forza GT
Value: 400,000 CR
Collection Tier:
Tier 4 - Super Rare (+720)
Speed:
Top Speed: 180.4 mph (290.3 km/h)
1/4 Mile: missing data
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.417 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.352 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 115.4 ft (35.2 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 269.5 ft (82.1 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.44 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.66 g | ||
#79 Jeff Koons[]
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Speed 6.9 Handling 7.7
Acceleration 8.9
Launch 7.9
Braking 7.7
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R3 756 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 1,000,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: GT2
Value: 1,000,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 180.4 mph (290.3 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 3.400 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 7.280 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 101.3 ft (30.9 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 248.3 ft (75.7 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.22 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.41 g | ||
Conversions[]
- No conversions available.
Gallery[]
#92 Rahal Letterman
#79 Jeff Koons
(Front)
(Rear)
Promotional[]
References[]
- ↑ "BMW M3 GT" . racecar-engineering.com . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "2009 American Le Mans Series" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "2010 American Le Mans Series" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "2010 1000 km of Spa" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "2010 24 Hours of Le Mans" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "2010 24 Hours of Spa" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 08-05-2025.
- ↑ "Forza Motorsport 6 - Cars" . forzamotorsport.net . Retrieved 08-17-2018.
- ↑ "Forza Motorsport 4 - Cars" . forzamotorsport.net . Retrieved 08-17-2018.