NISMO CRS R35 GTR ORIGINS… N-ATTACK
Trying to find information about the NISMO CRS vehicle and aero development is VERY difficult from the US. The data available seems to be centered around a 2019 press circuit, in which NISMO offered journalists to see and drive in the NISMO CRS R35 GTR.
(The changes to the vehicle goes beyond just aero, with engine, suspension and electronics updates (I do personally love the NISMO 6-spoke wheels which are impossible to find). The engine updates utilize GT3 camshafts and MY11 turbos, coupled with tuned ECU and TCU’s, which I am sure work to pep up the car at low and mid speed. Suspension utilized a full-body Ohlins coilover to replace the Bilstein units, forgoing the electronic damper control.)
Before we got this updated, higher downforce mid-spec GTR, NISMO spent a SIGNIFICANT amount of time and resources to try to do one thing:
Break the Nürburgring production car record.
From the press release YOKOHAMA, Japan (July 23, 2014) “Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (Nismo) is offering the "NISMO N Attack Package," which takes the dedicated parts used by the NISSAN GT-R NISMO at the Nürburgring circuit, where it recorded the fastest time of any other volume production car, and combines them with assembly at the directly managed NISMO Omori Factory.”
”On September 30th 2013, at the Nürburgring circuit, the NISSAN GT-R NISMO recorded a time of 7 minutes 8.679 seconds, a time which shattered the NISSAN GT-R's own previous best time by more than 10 seconds. Behind the wheel of the NISSAN GT-R NISMO was a driver squad led by Michael Krumm that was supported by a team of engineers and mechanics from both Nissan and NISMO.”
The N-Attack package was kinda cheating.
NISMO was already planning the production NISMO GTR model for 2014; 600HP, GT3 turbos, massive aero kit, special rims, big rear wing bla bla bla… but quickly realized, it wasn’t good enough.
The video below highlights the massive effort that went into this development to “attack” the outright production car record.
Through the video, you start to see the car slightly change… some of which are here in the cover photo: a raised rear wing mount, front hood gurney, and front carbon fenders with a very visible rear flick. These changes, coupled with interior changes (seats, rear carbon bulkhead), and suspension changes (ohlins 4 way coilovers) all came together to help get dangerously close to the 7-min milestone (which has since been broken).
So after breaking the record, people obviously noticed the differences with the car being sold and the one in the record videos, pushing Nissan and NISMO to sell this kit to match the exact specification from the Ring.
These suspension and front end aero changes were directly carried over to the NISMO CRS development because of their success. That story starts now.
EDIT: Adding one more video below, an english explanation of the N-Attack package, before it was named! Watch and learn more!
Edit 2 - 10/20/24 Found two more videos on the N-Attack package, one from Stillen (the USA authorized installer) and one from RJN Motorsport (the European authorized installer):
