GT2 cars are very similar to the FIA GT2 classification, and are ' pure ' GT cars ; that is production exotic cars with relatively few internal modifications for racing.

The Porsche 911 is currently the most popular car in the GT2 class.

Currently, GT2 is defunct in the FIA, and only runs in Le Mans Series / ALMS ; however, the FIA has also announced that GT2 cars will be able to compete in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012 in a World Class along with GT3 cars.

This process is due to happen again in 2009 as a response to cost increases in GT1 and GT2 racing: for the 2009 season, GT1 and GT2 as they currently stand will be abolished.

* Two cars featured on the game are based on real life racecars: the Porker 2 is based on the Konrad Motorsport Porsche 993 GT2 from the BPR Global GT Series, and the Tashita2 is based on the Hasemi Sport Unisia JECS Nissan Skyline GT-R from the Group A era JTCC series.

The GT2 is the racing version of the Turbo.

The interior treatment of the GT2 is similar to that of the sibling Carrera RS.

This is the most powerful and fastest road-going 911 GT2 ever to be sold to the public.

The 997 GT2 has a twin turbocharged 3. 6 litre 6-cylinder engine based on 997 Turbo but Porsche achieved power increase through completely newly designed expansion intake manifold in which the distributor pipe is longer than in Turbo and the intake manifolds are shorter, a full titanium silencer is used also in GT2, even though the Porsche 911 ( 997 ) Carrera S variant has a slightly larger engine at 3. 8 litres.

This makes it the first Porsche 911 GT2 to exceed the top speed after the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Race Version ( which is not considered an actual Porsche 911 due to its mid-mounted engine and it only saw roads for homologation purposes ).

The GT2 is the first Porsche equipped with launch control.

The 1990s Porsche 911 GT2 based on the 993 is also a successor to the 935, but BPR series and FIA GT rules required a higher weight, and intake restrictors limited power to 550 hp, less than the first 935 / 76.

Built since 2006 by Ferrari Corse Clienti department in collaboration with Michelotto Automobili, the F430 GTC is a racing car designed to compete in international GT2 class competition, such as in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and FIA GT Championship.

Hence the 4. 3 L V8 engine in GT2 races is destroked to 4. 0 L in order to compete in the 3. 8 – 4. 0 L class, which is allowed to race with a minimum weight of.

However, due to the GT3 regulations stating that the car must have a power-to-weight ratio of around 2. 6 kg / hp, the car weighs in race trim ( driver and fuel excluded ), which is roughly more than the GT2 spec car.

Despite the higher power, it is significantly slower than the GT2 version ; for example, in the 2007 Spa 24 hours endurance race, in which both models were entered, the GT3 spec vehicles ' best qualification time was around 8 seconds slower per lap than that set by the GT2 spec vehicle.

In 2007 and 2008, the Hankook Tire drift driver Tyler McQuarrie used a GT2 to drift in the Formula Drift Pro Series.

The 996 platform was used as the basis for two lightweight GT variants called GT2 and GT3.

In comparison, the 993 generation 911 GT2, which was otherwise the company's highest-performance vehicle, used an air-cooled engine with only two valves per cylinder.

All of the categories ( with the exception of GT2 ) have their own championships / cups run by the FIA.

Rising costs coupled with declining entries led to the death of this class, and it was replaced by what was then GT2 ( FIA, which evolved into the current GT1 ) and Le Mans Prototype ( LMP, by the ACO ).

Various proposals exist to control technology and costs, mainly by abolishing the existing GT1 class and creating new class boundaries between current GT2, GT3 and GT4 cars.

It was joined in 2005 by the GT2 for the European market.

" GT cars are divided, from most powerful to least powerful, into GT1 ( formerly GTS and GT ) and GT2 ( formerly GT and N-GT ) in most championships, although the ACO has canceled further GT1 involvement not only in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but in every other Le Mans Series ( LMS, ALMS, ILMC, JLMC ) sanctioned by the ACO.

The Porsche 996 911 GT2 was superseded by the 997-generation GT2, on sale since November 2007.

The RB-X GT2 ( designed and built by REINIK ) is an engine specially made for the NISMO 400R.

In May 2010 Glickenhaus announced that P 4 / 5 Competizione a new car based on P 4 / 5's designs but built to FIA GT2 Standards would be built and Raced at the 2011 24 Hours of Nurburgring by Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in an Experimental Class under the Direction of Paolo Garella Former Head of Special Projects at Pininfarina.

* Side Table GT2 ( designed by Walter Gropius, 1936 )

Since the early 90s the team has concentrated on running Sports cars and GT cars running the works BMW operation in the French Supertouring Championship, winning the FIA GT Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours in the GT2 class with a Chrysler Viper GTS-R and overall for Mazda 787B in 1991, on their second attempt and first after a decade ; preparing the Renault Clio S1600 for rallying and winning the ice racing Andros Trophy with a Toyota Corolla driven by Alain Prost.

Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 saw its racing debut at the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach, driven by Paul Drayson, a former Minister of State in the United Kingdom, and Jonny Cocker, 2004 British GT Champion.

GT2 class was won by AF Corse's Ferrari F430 GT2, with Dirk Müller and Toni Vilander at the wheel.

A run of Derek Bell edition 962 road cars was planned, but only one completed, powered by a engine from the 993 GT2.

Auberlen currently drives a BMW M3 in the American Le Mans Series GT2 class for Rahal Letterman Racing and a BMW M3 for Turner Motorsport in the Grand-Am GS class.

Drayson-Barwell's V8 Vantage GT2 at the car's debut, the 2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.

Designed to meet FIA and ACO GT2 class regulations, the Vantage will become a customer car for use in the FIA GT Championship, American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2008 and 2009, Pastorelli has competed in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series for VICI Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3.

:: American Le Mans Series GT2-VICI Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR-22nd place ( GT2 drivers championship )

The team competes in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup GTE-Amateur class, and has competed in the American Le Mans Series GT2 class and the Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class.

Additionally, Krohn partnered with Houston-based Risi Competizione in a Ferrari F430 GT for four American Le Mans Series races nd the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they finished second in the GT2 class.

For 2011, the ACO split GT2 into two categories, GTE-Pro ( for all-professional teams with current-spec cars ) and GTE-Am ( for teams with one amateur and one professional per car using previous-spec cars ), as a way to entice rookies to enter one of the three Le Mans Series.

* Asian Le Mans Series – Series running LMP1 all the way to GT2 cars.

This engine was based on Nissan's Le Mans GT2 and GT500 racing experiences.

* Mika Salo – two time Le Mans GT2 winner

In 2009, he raced a Team Seattle Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430 GT in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans's GT2 class, and finished ninth in class.

In addition to Le Mans series wins, an Esperante GTLM won the GT2 class at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He also won the GT2 class in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, his team competed with a Honda NSX, winning the GT2 Class and finishing eighth overall.

The Lister Storm GTS initially debuted at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans as a competitor in the GT1 class, going up against cars such as the McLaren F1, Ferrari F40, Jaguar XJ220, and Porsche 911 GT2.

Drayson Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT2 racing in the Le Mans Series at Silverstone Circuit in 2009.