GT5′s X1 Prototype Officially Revealed
Shiny, and fast. Release now please.
Published: 9:15, 28/10/2010 by Alex C [nofi].
9We’ve been talking about this for a while, but today Polyphony Digtial has ‘fully revealed’ the “X1 Prototype”, the Red Bull Racing collaboration. Built on the concept of “what if?”, the X1 is the answer to “what would the fastest racing car on Earth, free of any and all regulations look like?”
“The results were thrilling. X1 is about evolution,” says Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer at Red Bull Racing. “Delivering the optimum combination of tested technologies in a single integrated design. This would be the future of racing were we not bound by regulations, but one that is achievable today.”
“Today thanks to PlayStation 3 and Gran Turismo we can test drive the future.”
Can we? Today? Well, it would have been next week, but we’re still waiting on that release date, guys. In the meantime, click the link below to watch the brand new video, which, by all accounts, is utterly fabulous (and there’s a rack of new screenshots too, which are well worth looking at).
Oh, and the specs of that game conquering car? 3 litre, 1483bhp. Zoom.
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28/10/2010 at 09:28
Member since: Jun 2009
that looks funny going round that track, it doesn’t look real lol
28/10/2010 at 10:22
Member since: May 2009
That’s because it isn’t real! It only exists in GT5 :-P
28/10/2010 at 11:48
Member since: Jun 2009
ahaaaaaa, thanks for that ;-)
28/10/2010 at 09:29
Member since: Aug 2008
Looks just like the Caparo T1 in Red Bull livery to me. Not that it’s a bad thing, mind.
28/10/2010 at 10:31
Member since: Jun 2010
It looks more like an F1 car to me. With no regulation constrictions the wheels have been covered for maximum aerodynamic efficiency, as with the cockpit. Whatever it reminds you of I’m sure it wont drive the same. lol
JET POWWWAAAARRRRRRRRR!! /clarkson
28/10/2010 at 18:28
Member since: May 2010
caparo t1.. True
28/10/2010 at 09:32
Member since: Oct 2008
I’ve seen thousands of clips about GT5 (release it now!), but for sure this is the one that excited it the most.
Not for the car (I prefer real cars to prototypes), but seeing how Vettel was focused at the wheel made me think “this is not just a driving game”
Great video
28/10/2010 at 09:34
Member since: Jan 2010
WOW!!! They should build it. But judging by the last 2 mins of that video, they already have! Either that, or the replay mode of GT5 is incredible ;)
GT5, now, please. Oh, and SCEE, for the love of god, please market GT5 properly! No vague weird surrealist nonsense. Just lots of shiny car porn with the words “ACTUAL in game footage, can you believe it!? We swear we’re not making this up!” at the bottom of the screen.
28/10/2010 at 09:37
Member since: Sep 2009
Shame Vettels name is on it, really puts me off. Would”ve preferred webber.
28/10/2010 at 09:45
Member since: Sep 2009
Also I thought it had a CVT, why is it changing gear?
28/10/2010 at 09:56
Member since: Aug 2010
I thought a CVT still had gears, it just hit them at optimal rev ranges. I’m probably wrong though…
28/10/2010 at 10:06
Member since: Sep 2009
meant to go to optimum revs and stay there, like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlWYTnaDnK0
28/10/2010 at 10:22
Member since: Sep 2009
It doesn’t sound like a turbine either…
28/10/2010 at 10:40
Member since: Jun 2010
I’m sure thats just a place holder. It sounds EXACTLY the same as the Ferrari F1 car in prologue so I expect it to be different by release. Apart from the actual replay of the Nurburg lap it does sound like a turbine. Or at least it did to me
28/10/2010 at 10:43
Member since: Sep 2009
Surely if it sounds exactly the same as the F2007 from prologue it can’t sound the same as a turbine. Unless you’re saying the F2007 in prologue did sound like a turbine?
I hope you’re right about the place holder, but it’s getting a bit too late for everything to be “oh it’s not final build” etc. like I read on GTplanet all the time.
28/10/2010 at 10:48
Member since: Sep 2009
Just re-read what you said, nevermind ;)
28/10/2010 at 11:35
Member since: Sep 2009
They bloody changed it
Type: V6 Twin Turbo (Direct Injection)
Engine Displacement: 3000cc
no mention of the box. Boring! I preferred the idea of the turbine + cvt. It was a bit unrealistic and out there, but that’s what made it interesting.
28/10/2010 at 11:46
Member since: Jun 2010
Boring!? I cast your mind back to the 80′s sir, where F1 cars were running 1.5litre engines with twin turbo at 1400bhp!! The idea of a turbine was brilliant agreed, but the performance of this thing will be far from boring :tup:
28/10/2010 at 15:08
Member since: Sep 2009
Yeah they were exciting because there was nowhere near the downforce levels, so nowhere near the grip, and they were unreliable.
Perhaps boring was the wrong word, too conventional would perhaps be better.
28/10/2010 at 09:48
Member since: Feb 2010
Ohhh, that looks pretty awesome, looks simply stunning visually.
The last time I went round the Nurburgring GP course (May 2010)
was in an BMW M5, I was the passenger and for sure, it was a white
knuckle ride (felt pretty sick too). This looks much more fun and
much less likely to result in an embarassing projectile ending.
28/10/2010 at 10:05
Member since: Jan 2009
That’s a ridiculous car, can’t wait to at least try and get it. If polyphony digital would let me do that anyway…
28/10/2010 at 10:28
Member since: Jan 2010
oh, I’m sure polyphony will let you go on it as soon as it’s released. I’m sure it’ll be one of the cars you start with alongside the Fiat 500 and Volvo sports hatch.
I doubt they’ll have it as the car you earn at the apex of your career when you’ve spent 100+ hours of blood, sweat and tears and your other half has started divorce proceedings and therefore 95% of gamers never get to race it….. ;)
I jest of course.
28/10/2010 at 10:15
Member since: Jul 2009
What a useless car. It looks like there’s nowhere to put my weekly food shopping. Is there space for a child seat for my son in there? No! The car’s rubbish!
28/10/2010 at 10:19
Member since: Jan 2010
Stop hating on GT5 you Xbox fanboy!
28/10/2010 at 10:20
Member since: Jan 2010
sorry forgot the sarcastic smiley….
;)
there we go, all better now.
28/10/2010 at 10:32
Member since: Jul 2009
Agreed. How is one supposed to go dogging in that?
28/10/2010 at 10:27
Member since: Mar 2009
Damn you TSA! You just made me add another game to my “to buy” list and I hadn’t cared about this until now… Plus I’ll need (want) the wheel..
28/10/2010 at 10:40
Member since: Jan 2010
Need/want are the same thing aren’t they?
I told the other half i need to convert the garage into a games room and I’d need a HD projector.
In this instance I fail to differentiate need and want!
28/10/2010 at 10:41
Member since: May 2010
JUST RELEASE IT!! *causes 80 nuclear explosions* sorry.:)