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Chizou2023
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Subaru Impreza WRX STI '11 hatchback rims only 7 spokes?

So, this is my favorite hatchback car in the game, and I'm wondering why the rims of this car are only 7 spokes instead of nine. In real life the hatchback has a 9 spoke STI rims, and the facelift version of the STI hatchback is the one that has the 7 spoke rims. But in Need For Speed 2015, Payback, and Heat, the STI hatchback is NOT the facelift version, but the wheels have only 7 spokes instead of 9, which the 7 spoke STI rims are supposed to be on the facelift version. I feel like the developers got the 7 spoke STI rims from the facelift version of the STI hatchback and put it here on the non-facelift version. Here's how it looks like:

NFS series (2015, Payback, and Heat), 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI hatchback, non-facelift version (the wheels are only 7 spokes):

In real life, Subaru Impreza WRX STI hatchback, non-facelift version (but the rims have 9 spokes):

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  • MrScarecrow's avatar
    MrScarecrow
    Seasoned Vanguard
    3 years ago

    @Chizou2023I did some googling, but I did find some pictures of this models having 7 spoke rims. Just like this one.

  • Chizou2023's avatar
    Chizou2023
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    Yeah, but the picture you showed me is the facelift version of the impreza hatchback. The facelift is the only one with the 7 spoke STI rims. The non-facelift has 9 spoke STI rims. I can see the canards beside the grille, and the mouth/lip is black. Here's how it looks like.

    Faceleft Impreza hatbacks have these two canards beside the grille and near the small head light and the mouth/lip is color black.

    The non-facelift version has no canards and the mouth/lip is not black.

  • Chizou2023's avatar
    Chizou2023
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    Besides, the Impreza Hatchback we have in the NFS series is the non-facelift version.

  • Chizou2023's avatar
    Chizou2023
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    And also, this is the Subaru Impreza in NFS No Limits, which has the correct rim spoke. Well, this car is not the hatchback version in No Limits, it's the sedan one, but it got the correct rim spoke. This one is also the correct rim for the Impreza hatchback non-facelift version. EA should've copied that rim from the Impreza in NFS No Limits to the Impreza in the 3 NFS titles (2015, Payback, and Heat).

    I hope in NFS 2022, EA will copy the 9 spoke STI rims from the Impreza sedan in No Limits to the Impreza hatchback non-facelift version in the next NFS game.

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