35 now, watching the video showing its decline in the games is quite sad, still, my mate made the car take off in a race, literally downforced the outta the rear and sure enough it took off 😂
I was 13 in 1998, so Gran Turismo 2 was a critical part of my childhood. Many many nights of playing late into the morning. Love learning the history of the real car.
GT2 is what turned me into a gear head. I remember deciding to learn how to drive it properly and staying up all night winning an endurance race. I will NEVER forget the Escudo, it was the first time I'd ever seen it and this video was really fun since I never really knew the history of it.
I remember playing GT2 in high school. The Suzuki was one of my favorites. There was actually a funny design bug in the game that worked with Escudo and a few of the other high performance race cars. If you tweaked around with the downforce settings (depending on the specific car) on the track the entire front of the car would lift up and the car would have a huge burst of speed. You could go well past 300MPH. This fun little bug and only worked with a few of the games cars.
This brought back memories of my childhood! I loved the Escudo and it was super cheat mode when using it for most races. Tajima is still killing it at 70 years old too! Love your videos, i just finished my Pike's Peak Hillclimb video myself, which I couldn't make without this car!
after the announcement of the car returning to gt7, and despite i don't have a ps5, i'm glad to know about the story behind this car. a monster with a driver whose nickname is intimidating yet is a wholesome man. thank you so much, your presentation is truly something wonderful.
Excellent video! The Escudo is imo the coolest car in the world. Imagine driving it on the streets. And Tajima is a hero of mine since I learned of the pilot of the mighty Escudo when I was a boy. Keep making great videos! Awesome channel!
I used to use the escudo on the hi speed ring endurance race and tape the gas button down, leave get lunch, chill, come back to the game in first place with a boat load of prize money
Insane, I thought you had way more subscribers until I actually checked after the video ended. Superb editing and good story telling. I'd love more videos like these about the special cars (like the F1 Renault) and maybe even the history of tracks featured in the gran turismo games (like Fuji Speedway, Suzuka Circuit). Looking forward to it!
For real, thank you so much! These are probably the kind of comments which motivates us to keep making video! :D Actually we are already planning to make some contents about special cars and tracks. The idea is to cover as many arguments as possible from the world of motorsport, simracing and racing games like Gran Turismo! There is still a lot to develop from this point of view, but we are plenty of time to do so. P.S. little spoiler here, the very next video is going to be about another special car still from the Gran Turismo universe ;)
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA if I might add a little more support, UA-cam shorts are probably the best way to get more traction to your channel, for example to make a one minute preview (maybe consisting of a interesting fact about the subject) and then saying at the end of the preview that if you would like to hear more then check out the channel and watch the full video. Perhaps you know better and you already have a plan but I hope my idea can help boost your viewership because it definitely deserves it! An example would be like "The Amuse Carbon R34 is an R34 tuned by Japanese tuning company Powerhouse Amuse, the body is completely made of carbon fibre Weighing in at 1,123 kg with 601 BHP. If you would like to hear more about this car then check out the channel for the full video"
To be honest we've been evaluating #shorts for a long while: The idea was to create completely detached contents based on smaller arguments, with just a quick editing and storytelling, nothing too aggressive or challenging. We are still considering the thing right now. Your idea either is not that bad, we wanted to make something similar on social networks for example or in the community tab (in the future, as we haven't activated still none of them), rather than with the shorts tab, but still this is a good starting point from you, and i'm gratuful for it! Still a long time to maximize the efficiency of the channel, after all we are just a small group of 4 guys with jobs and university to take care of, but yeah we are totally looking to improve what we are doing here in this platform! Thank you anyway again for the support (and for hearing my words (video editor replying here)) ;)
The game and car stuck with me so much, I just wanted to go up the mountain. I didn’t know there was a gate, and on a 20 hour road trip I missed it by a mere 20 min. Sad but still surreal to even be at the base. The way games change your life. Did you know google maps says it’s about 50 min for normal traffic to reach the summit. That makes it insane for even a slow 15 min race is just amazing.
The only way I could win in GT2 when I was a kid was picking this and driving it flat out into every wall. You could still win easily. I didn't understand braking zones or racing lines. Great video.
Found you today. Watched all you have out. Great work. Good edits. Solid footage. Your voice is great. Your accent adds to it. Good script. Nice. Keep it up.
Watched your Euthasia video game and Delta Wing videos this morning. I then immediately subscribed. I'm shocked this channel doesn't have more subscribers.
Brings back so many childhood memories of Gran Turismo 2. I put so many miles on that Suzuki Escudo in the game that it’s really heart warming to learn about it’s history in real life!
I always remember the Suzuki Escudo. Some random times during a day, from inside me, I say Suzuki Escudo many years now because I played this car in Gran tourismo 2 and comes to mind the front part of the car and the aerofoil and the wide body kit. The sound the speed and the shape of this car is written in my mind.
Fantastic video, had a glass of wine while watching this. And you kept that Gran Turismo lounge music, lovely to hear. Legend of a car! P.S the Ridge Racer type 4 aesthetic at the end
I don't play any of the Gran Turismo games. Even I'm not into any racing games. But when my friend played GT on the PS and said to me that he had the fastest car in the game, which is of course the Escudo, that name still in my memory til today.
My dream is to drive my own replica 86 Audi Quattro s1 up piles peak. Not to win, but to show the majesty of that car flying up that hill one more time.
I remember the Escudo Pikes Peak! I thought it was the craziest car in the game. It was really expensive and my buddy and I calculated out the races we could do, how fast we could do them, and how much we got for winning them. We determined the fastest way to win the most amount of money, and would rotate playing until we finally had enough money to buy it. It was glorious! Back then GT didn't have a lot of realistic data on the cars per se, which they obviously added with each game after that. That's why it didn't work as well in later games. But man, seeing it again brings back memories!
I remember as a kid i used to grind money repeating the All Star Red Rock Valley Race, to win the Speed 12 and get half a milion credits after selling it. I repeated that race so many times that i started to speedrunning it with the Escudo, and was literally amazed by how fast that car could go with setup and super soft tyres. If i'm not mistaken i managed to make a lap under 50 seconds lol
I used to play this game so much as a kid, I mean hours straight doing the same course just time attack shaving milliseconds each time. I drilled holes in my controller to help desweat my hands when I was playing for hours straight at a time
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA yes then I grew up tried to do racing in real life. Spent $130k on cars and tools in the past 15 years. Realized this hobby is only fun for filthy rich people. Went back to playing video games 😂 and watching this video haha thanks
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA amen an education is expensive but I learned a lot. Feel bad for my older friends who are just getting into it and have to go through all the same mistakes.
That Was some good times in GT2, had 2 of them...the first one had 1990hp and the other one on GT3 had special setting were that beast went over 800km/h (only on the test course) One of the best childhood memories 💪🏽
Searched for Monster Tajima, got a good lesson on the Escudo. 10/10 will sub and watch again. Edit for rant: I still feel Pikes Peak is limp wristed since it went full tarmac, I do not doubt the skill of those who compete, I just feel that the prestige is less. Saftey is paramount, but it makes for boring/complacent drivers.
Thank you! I agree for the tarmac: it's a shame we don't have anymore the old road but unfortunately nothing in this world is eternal. And that's what makes thing special if you think about it :)
You should have mentioned, what to me adds up to amazment of Escudo, that Escudo in normal version is an 100% off roader. Unlike other rally cars which are in normal version street cars, Escudo is a slow off roader. I own the european version, the Vitara, and that car is slooow but really really capable off road car. When I first found out about this version, I was amazed how they managed to make a fast racing car out of the skeleton of Escudo/Vitara.
I used to do endurance races on circular tracks. With this car it rides the wall at 215 mph. Use rubber bands to hold down the acceleration then use another rubber band to hold the analog sticks so its rides the wall. Youll win every time and can farm money and cars.
![Assoluto Racing: Suzuki Escudo @ Nürburgring [5:19:923] 1 Lap](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jfUx4lJkr1c/mqdefault.jpg)
THE ESCUDO IS RETURNING TO GT7. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
cant wait tbh
And we don't get the track
That's why I'm watching this video rn lol
I'm loving it...fuck the tomahawk :)
@@ANGELxINxDESARKNS amen
I love this car because of Gran Turismo ❤❤
I feel like Pikes Peak is where the heart and soul of Group B lives on.
it did but then they covered it with ash-fault
@@666willis666ass-fault😂
🤣🤣🤣
@@Group_Anonymous What's so funny nigga?
7 years old when GT2 came out, 30 now, Still goosebumps seeing it again
have you played gt7 ?
I would turn it into a rocket with a glitch and grind maps I could wall run on. 20,000hp.😳 Good times.
I put so much time into tuning it for road racing. It always just got faster and faster.
35 now, watching the video showing its decline in the games is quite sad, still, my mate made the car take off in a race, literally downforced the outta the rear and sure enough it took off 😂
Car was a cheat code
Me at first: "Awww hell yeah gran turismo sick car"
Me at the end: "I will follow my dreams"
The Initial D experience be like:
M O T I V A T I O N
When the East City theme played, goosebumps literally came out of me! #nostalgia
I forgot what is sounded like, but instantly recognized it. Goosebumps.
I still play that song often when I'm chilling at home.
You are a very good story teller. I very much enjoy these videos and hope more people discover them soon.
You brighten up my day, thank you so much! :D
I agree! Very eloquently spoken too.
I was 13 in 1998, so Gran Turismo 2 was a critical part of my childhood. Many many nights of playing late into the morning. Love learning the history of the real car.
GT2 is what turned me into a gear head. I remember deciding to learn how to drive it properly and staying up all night winning an endurance race. I will NEVER forget the Escudo, it was the first time I'd ever seen it and this video was really fun since I never really knew the history of it.
I remember playing GT2 in high school. The Suzuki was one of my favorites. There was actually a funny design bug in the game that worked with Escudo and a few of the other high performance race cars. If you tweaked around with the downforce settings (depending on the specific car) on the track the entire front of the car would lift up and the car would have a huge burst of speed. You could go well past 300MPH. This fun little bug and only worked with a few of the games cars.
This car will be comming in GT7 in the next update
done right, you could get over 1k mph at the test track.
My friends and i spent hours seeing who get it to go faster by playing with tune. I dont remember what we made it to but well over 300.
you can make it fly if you mess with the gear raito as well lol
One of my favorite “mods”
2:48 Damn i felt that.
:(((((
That was painful to watch
i was looking for this comment,feelsbadman :((
I remember being 8 years old using this car in GT2
This channel deserves multi million subscribers, the story line the music everything is worth every seconds, much love PROJECT DREAM
I remember the glitch that allowed the escudo to go over 1k mph by popping a wheelie. Ridiculously fun watching it hit the wall and fly in the air.
This brought back memories of my childhood! I loved the Escudo and it was super cheat mode when using it for most races. Tajima is still killing it at 70 years old too! Love your videos, i just finished my Pike's Peak Hillclimb video myself, which I couldn't make without this car!
motorsport history is really nice when someone explains it properly like you do.
Thaaaaank YOU SO MUCH SERIOUSLY! These words brighten up ours day! :))
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA you're welcome ;)
after the announcement of the car returning to gt7, and despite i don't have a ps5, i'm glad to know about the story behind this car. a monster with a driver whose nickname is intimidating yet is a wholesome man. thank you so much, your presentation is truly something wonderful.
Thank you for this beautiful comment aswell! :)
Such a high class video. Thanks.
Just found your channel out of curiosity about the escudo from gran turismo 2. Totally subscribed
Thank you so much!
I came here for some Gran Turismo nostalgia and got a great video and story. Thank you! :)
Bro the Escudo is comming back in GT7😉 I am sure it will come in the next update
Excellent video! The Escudo is imo the coolest car in the world. Imagine driving it on the streets.
And Tajima is a hero of mine since I learned of the pilot of the mighty Escudo when I was a boy.
Keep making great videos! Awesome channel!
I used to use the escudo on the hi speed ring endurance race and tape the gas button down, leave get lunch, chill, come back to the game in first place with a boat load of prize money
I used the same strategy as a kid ahahahahaha, glad to hear i wasn't the only one
Amazing job on putting the video together. Then music, the editing was 👌🏼
This car goes from 200 HP to 800 HP in less than a second, at 4500 rpm.
Only car in the game with such massive turbo lag!
That "East City" theme, is pretty sure the best GT song ever!!!!
Perhaps even better than Moon over the castle!
Oooooh that's a difficult argument, i love everyone of them, can't seriously choose lol
Man, I love this ridge racer type 4 aesthetic you're using at the end.
Really glad you paid respects to both Monsters.
Insane, I thought you had way more subscribers until I actually checked after the video ended. Superb editing and good story telling. I'd love more videos like these about the special cars (like the F1 Renault) and maybe even the history of tracks featured in the gran turismo games (like Fuji Speedway, Suzuka Circuit). Looking forward to it!
For real, thank you so much! These are probably the kind of comments which motivates us to keep making video! :D
Actually we are already planning to make some contents about special cars and tracks. The idea is to cover as many arguments as possible from the world of motorsport, simracing and racing games like Gran Turismo! There is still a lot to develop from this point of view, but we are plenty of time to do so.
P.S. little spoiler here, the very next video is going to be about another special car still from the Gran Turismo universe ;)
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA if I might add a little more support, UA-cam shorts are probably the best way to get more traction to your channel, for example to make a one minute preview (maybe consisting of a interesting fact about the subject) and then saying at the end of the preview that if you would like to hear more then check out the channel and watch the full video. Perhaps you know better and you already have a plan but I hope my idea can help boost your viewership because it definitely deserves it!
An example would be like
"The Amuse Carbon R34 is an R34 tuned by Japanese tuning company Powerhouse Amuse, the body is completely made of carbon fibre Weighing in at 1,123 kg with 601 BHP. If you would like to hear more about this car then check out the channel for the full video"
To be honest we've been evaluating #shorts for a long while: The idea was to create completely detached contents based on smaller arguments, with just a quick editing and storytelling, nothing too aggressive or challenging. We are still considering the thing right now.
Your idea either is not that bad, we wanted to make something similar on social networks for example or in the community tab (in the future, as we haven't activated still none of them), rather than with the shorts tab, but still this is a good starting point from you, and i'm gratuful for it!
Still a long time to maximize the efficiency of the channel, after all we are just a small group of 4 guys with jobs and university to take care of, but yeah we are totally looking to improve what we are doing here in this platform! Thank you anyway again for the support (and for hearing my words (video editor replying here)) ;)
I dont think that there are much exciting info about that f1 renault espace, its an espace with an f1 engine and... thats it :D It was only a show car
@@johnnyhun1 ua-cam.com/video/GIvNLHgqS4k/v-deo.html show car?
I don’t think so
The game and car stuck with me so much, I just wanted to go up the mountain. I didn’t know there was a gate, and on a 20 hour road trip I missed it by a mere 20 min. Sad but still surreal to even be at the base. The way games change your life.
Did you know google maps says it’s about 50 min for normal traffic to reach the summit. That makes it insane for even a slow 15 min race is just amazing.
The only way I could win in GT2 when I was a kid was picking this and driving it flat out into every wall. You could still win easily. I didn't understand braking zones or racing lines. Great video.
Found you today. Watched all you have out. Great work. Good edits. Solid footage. Your voice is great. Your accent adds to it. Good script. Nice. Keep it up.
forsureeee!!! I watched my brother play Gran Turismo! Told him to get that car!!!
Excellent production quality.
Thank you! :)
Keep it up dude! Very underrated channel :)
Thank you for the support! You bet we'll keep it up! :D
gosebumps for the story and the brilliant way it is told, thank you so much for the effort!
Thank you aswell for the support! :)
An amazing story behind a crazy and unique car, makes me appreciate it all the more.
Thank you!
Watched your Euthasia video game and Delta Wing videos this morning. I then immediately subscribed. I'm shocked this channel doesn't have more subscribers.
Love your videos man! They bring back so many good childhood memories Keep up the great work!
I love your vídeos, best "documentary" racing there is in the perfect amount of time
Brings back so many childhood memories of Gran Turismo 2.
I put so many miles on that Suzuki Escudo in the game that it’s really heart warming to learn about it’s history in real life!
What a wonderful little video. Thank you so much!
Thank you instead for the support! :)
Wonderful story about this iconic car... GT2 must have car
Wasn't ready for my eyes to be that sweaty at the end... Thanks man, great video, I'm subscribing right now ^_^
Thank you so much! That last song is one of my favourite GT OST aswell!
Beautiful video and perfect narration.kudos !
I always remember the Suzuki Escudo. Some random times during a day, from inside me, I say Suzuki Escudo many years now because I played this car in Gran tourismo 2 and comes to mind the front part of the car and the aerofoil and the wide body kit. The sound the speed and the shape of this car is written in my mind.
I love the jazz under the narration. Its perfect. Watching those beautiful instruments of violence carve up that mountain??? Oh yeah. Its perfect.
Fantastic video, had a glass of wine while watching this. And you kept that Gran Turismo lounge music, lovely to hear. Legend of a car!
P.S the Ridge Racer type 4 aesthetic at the end
Ahahahahaha thank you, loved so much Ridge Racer Type 4 aesthetic that i decided to use it for this channel ;)
Oh wow, what a video! Thanks for the throwback man, it was perfect
i don't believe that u only have 3k subs, i thoight u'd have 3M
wish u the best, ur a good story teller
Thank you so much!
Amazing car and story! Thank you!
Cheers from Portugal
Wow I thought this was made by someone who has like 100k subscribers. This is a very good video and your voice is easy to understand. Like it!
With the background music of Gran Turismo, nice! Nostalgia ❤
Finally !! a well deserved documentary for Escudo 🏁🚘.
Thank you! :))
great video, nice story teller, already subscribed!
Thank you :)
I loved that game and to this day STILL own it as well as a memory card with 90% completion. Just had a couple endurance races left!!!!
what a legend , great vid thanks for sharing
You are welcome! You are the real legend here
Thanks you gor thoses good memories, nice video, good pace
Amazing mini documentary! Looking forward to more!
Thank you so much!
Thank You! Awesome work on the video!
Thank You! :)
I was looking for the history of this escudo car, n I found it 👍
I remember how fast that car was in Gran Turismo 2
a class of its own
you bring me sweet memories!
Cultus and Escudo was my two faves. Third place was Ford GT40 🤩
Great the video, the car is gonna return to GT7 now!!
YEEEEEEESSS I'VE SEEN IT YAAAAAJSHKLFLHFJDSHFSDLJKFS CANT WAITDSAAAAAAAAAA
yo, sorry the videomaker just had an attack because of the Escudo news and the extreme happiness, i am his friend, you can speak with me now
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA XDDDD
I was like that in this morning!
Made me happy watching this…this car made me love the game…awesome story
i love that u used actual gran turismo menu soundtrack, so much nostalgia lol
I don't play any of the Gran Turismo games. Even I'm not into any racing games. But when my friend played GT on the PS and said to me that he had the fastest car in the game, which is of course the Escudo, that name still in my memory til today.
YOUU NEEEED MOREEEE SUBSCRIBERS CMONNNN YOU MAKE VIDEOS LIKE THIS OMGGG
AHAHAHAHAHA WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GROW
My dream is to drive my own replica 86 Audi Quattro s1 up piles peak. Not to win, but to show the majesty of that car flying up that hill one more time.
I remember the Escudo Pikes Peak! I thought it was the craziest car in the game. It was really expensive and my buddy and I calculated out the races we could do, how fast we could do them, and how much we got for winning them. We determined the fastest way to win the most amount of money, and would rotate playing until we finally had enough money to buy it. It was glorious! Back then GT didn't have a lot of realistic data on the cars per se, which they obviously added with each game after that. That's why it didn't work as well in later games. But man, seeing it again brings back memories!
I remember back then when I play Turbo races and win HKS R33 Drag. Win ten times and sell the HKS, and but that Escudo.
Gran turismo 2 nostalgia right here
My absolute favourite Car in Gran turismo. That music gave me goosebumps EVERYWHERE
Nice touch using the GT2 menu music!
At 2:49 a crushed soul has been born
The music was so perfect!
Gotta love the GT2 soundtrack in the background . Ahhh brings back sooo much good memories
Gran Turismo 2. The ultimate beast to win every race.
I remember as a kid i used to grind money repeating the All Star Red Rock Valley Race, to win the Speed 12 and get half a milion credits after selling it.
I repeated that race so many times that i started to speedrunning it with the Escudo, and was literally amazed by how fast that car could go with setup and super soft tyres.
If i'm not mistaken i managed to make a lap under 50 seconds lol
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA I don't think a lot of the races were hard locked to classes either. I rode the escudo and R34 every race possible.
This is quality content, keep it up.
Thank you so much! :))
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA np
GT2!!! We share so many memmories man, thanks for this movie!
Honestly this car was all over my childhood but one car that didn’t get attention that I liked more was the cultus
I used to play this game so much as a kid, I mean hours straight doing the same course just time attack shaving milliseconds each time. I drilled holes in my controller to help desweat my hands when I was playing for hours straight at a time
Damn that's some serious resilience here! It remembers me of the time i used to make time attacks on GT Sport, 1-2 years ago!
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA yes then I grew up tried to do racing in real life. Spent $130k on cars and tools in the past 15 years. Realized this hobby is only fun for filthy rich people. Went back to playing video games 😂 and watching this video haha thanks
@@latenttweet Well at least it was a great experience! Am i right?
@@PROJECTDREAMMULTIMEDIA amen an education is expensive but I learned a lot. Feel bad for my older friends who are just getting into it and have to go through all the same mistakes.
Thanks for making this video
That Was some good times in GT2, had 2 of them...the first one had 1990hp and the other one on GT3 had special setting were that beast went over 800km/h (only on the test course)
One of the best childhood memories 💪🏽
I loved the video!
The escudo will forever be the absolute legend love the east city music there from gt2, still my most favorite game ever
This is just one of the most awesome cars ever made.
The escudo is my unicorn fable creature with the horn impossible to capture🏎️🔥
The Escudo is my favorite Gran Turismo car. I even cycled through the used cars a thousand times (not literally) to get it in Gran Turismo 5.
Searched for Monster Tajima, got a good lesson on the Escudo. 10/10 will sub and watch again.
Edit for rant: I still feel Pikes Peak is limp wristed since it went full tarmac, I do not doubt the skill of those who compete, I just feel that the prestige is less. Saftey is paramount, but it makes for boring/complacent drivers.
Thank you!
I agree for the tarmac: it's a shame we don't have anymore the old road but unfortunately nothing in this world is eternal. And that's what makes thing special if you think about it :)
That Gran Turismo East City sound hits, goose bumps all the way 1:51 holy ghost
You should have mentioned, what to me adds up to amazment of Escudo, that Escudo in normal version is an 100% off roader. Unlike other rally cars which are in normal version street cars, Escudo is a slow off roader. I own the european version, the Vitara, and that car is slooow but really really capable off road car. When I first found out about this version, I was amazed how they managed to make a fast racing car out of the skeleton of Escudo/Vitara.
That's one curious thing i've never thought about to be honest. Really interesting stuff, thanks!
I did not expected that suzuki can make a race car/rally car
I used to do endurance races on circular tracks. With this car it rides the wall at 215 mph. Use rubber bands to hold down the acceleration then use another rubber band to hold the analog sticks so its rides the wall. Youll win every time and can farm money and cars.
The GT2 music.... Ah the nostalgia. Makes me so happy.
With the GT music is more intense 🤩
GT7 this back !
Man thanks for the GT music. I felt 11 again.🥲
I got the Escudo on GT and damn that car is like a rocket. The downforce is just crazy. Good luck with the build
I love the jazz in the background
Yeah i can remember it , it can fly in GT .
That's my first time i saw it in real footage.
Thanks 😊 .
It's a pleasure, thank you for your support aswell!
I remember the grind you had to go through to get it. 300 laps IIRC