Talk:PORSCHE 917K/@comment-32155055-20180602210401/@comment-89.192.216.26-20180613052036

It was not designed for Can-Am racing, it was adapted for Can-Am at a later date, after its primary role as an endurance racer. The spare tyre, luggage compartment and a notional second seat were part of Le Man's regulations at the time.

Of course, the Motorsports series it finds itself in within this game shouldn't even be called Endurance Prototypes, The 917 was designed to meet the Group 5 regulations, defined as Sports Cars, notionally a production, not prototype, category. Prototypes were limited to 3 litre capacity, the idea being that a prototype would be more highly developed than a 'production' car, and thus faster.