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Cars missing from racing games: #1 The Metro 6R4

May 4, 2010 By Dan Thornton 7 Comments

Even as racing games have expanded to contain a pretty wide selection of cars to choose from, there are still some great examples of automobile icons missing. So we’ve had a quick poll of the OnlineRaceDriver team to list a few – add yours in the comments, and in the next couple of weeks we’ll put together a vote for the most missed car in racing games. And then go and pester some games companies.

Dan’s choice #1: The Metro 6R4

For those unaware of the glorious Rover Metro, it was a truly horrible looking little car, normally seen in a beige brown colourscheme and piloted by pensioners since it’s launch in the 1980s.

And yet it’s proved popular as a cheap way into motorsport, with a possible 1.8 litre engine conversion (Normally seen in the MGF and Lotus Elise). And most importantly, it gave rise to the awesome and awe-inspiring Metro 6R4

A Metro 6R4 in action

A Metro 6R4 in action

Image by Chris_Ibbotson on Flickr (CC Licence).

Firstly, the 4WD mid-engined MG 6R4 Metro of 1985 had a seam-welded tubular chassis, a 3-litre V6, GRP bodywork which could end up damaged when someone pushed the car, and in the homologation Clubman version (200 made), it would develop around 250bhp. The Internationl version for rallying (20 cars) were putting out over 410bhp.

It was originally destined to be a Group B rally car, but halfway through the first full season, Group B was banned after a number of accidents and fatalities.

Which is when it reached Rallycross and I fell in love. At the time I was torn behind local driver Will Gollop in his Metro 6R4, Norwegian Martin Schanche in his Ford RS200 and Greek rally driver Dimi Mavropolis in his black Audi Quattro.

All of these cars and many more like them would career around tiny tracks such as Lydden Hill in Kent, or the modified Brand Hatch rally circuit, mixing awesome Tarmac acceleration with sliding sideways on the dirt.

And all that time I was trying to reconcile the fact that little old people were driving slowly around in a little old Metro at the same time as the 6R4 was breathing fire and flames against the bigger cars around it on the grid.

There may have been faster cars, or more successful ones (Although the 6R4 was pretty formidable in British Rallycross, and I believe Will Gollop won the European championship in 1992 in his distinctive Black, Red and Gold 6R4). But one look at a 6R4 and I’m remembering my first love. Plus, if Forza Motorsport 3 can contain a Ford RS200 (also a beautiful car in my opinion), then it should definitely include the British rival.

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Comments

  1. GTDon says

    May 5, 2010 at 7:24 am

    very interesting read, very informative too, I did not know about this car until now.

  2. ninjalion says

    May 9, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    This car is in a bunch of racing games. http://www.igcd.net/vehicles.php?make=MG&PHPSESSID=c18ff1&width=1280

    Thanks for playing.

  3. ninjalion says

    May 9, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Good article though. Well written.

  4. DanThornton says

    May 9, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    OK – I’ll admit that missing the appearances in Colin McRae was a bit silly – my only defence is that my Xbox had succumbed to the Red Ring of Death when I wrote the article! And I didn’t know about the igcd until now, which is one good thing to come out of it!
    I don’t feel quite so bad about missing it’s appearance in Paris to Dakar though!

    And we do have some other suggestions that don’t appear in the igcd yet….so check back in a few days!

  5. Tetchywayo says

    May 29, 2010 at 10:13 am

    Oh Badger, for shame! How could you not have used this little beauty in any of the CMR games but more than that CM himself pushed for the inclusion of this classic into the series 2nd game. It’s my favourite rally too, actually got to see one doing exhibiton stuff at Brands Hatch and the noise coming from it was scary for a Metro.

  6. Rob says

    April 8, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    There is a metro 6r4 coming on forza in the future

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