Godzilla Reclaims #1 as R34 Voting Surges Overnight
Mika Tanaka · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
It happened the way it always does on RateMyRide: quietly, then all at once. At 2:14am JST the Bayside Blue R34 known as “Godzilla” was sitting a comfortable second. By sunrise it had added more than 9,000 votes and bumped the Midnight Express Supra off the summit.
Crews have learned that the leaderboard rewards momentum. A car that climbs gets featured; a featured car gets seen; a seen car climbs further. The RB26 faithful know this better than anyone, and they organised.
“We don’t sleep, the car doesn’t sleep,” said the owner, who goes by rb26_brian. “People said the R35 made the old GT-Rs irrelevant. The board disagrees.”
Whether the Supra camp responds tonight is the only question that matters. History says they will.
Staff writer, RateMyRide. Lives in the comment section.
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