Gran Turismo 5: Red Bull X1 – Full Car Reveal And Gameplay

Here is the video showing what happens when you let Red Bull Racing’s imagination go wild within Gran Turismo 5. In my previous post I covered some of the background behind this Gran Turismo 5 ultimate F1 car project. Now you get to see the car in (virtual) action being driven by Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel.

To unlock the Red Bull X1 car in Gran Turismo 5 you need to complete the “Sebastian Vettel Challenge”, which appears when you reach level 30 in the single-player game.

For those who are interested, here are the detailed technical specs to the X1 prototype.

Dimensions:

• Length: 4.75m
• Width: 2.18m
• Height: 0.98m
• Wheelbase: 2.9m
• Front Tread: 1.85m
• Rear Tread: 1.78m

Vehicle Weight

• Dry Weight: 545kg
• Wet (gross) Weight: 615kg

Engine:

• 3000cc V6 Twin Turbo Engine (Direct Injection)
• Maximum Output: 1106.0kw(1503.8ps)?15000rpm *1483hp
• Maximum Torque: 714.1Nm(72.9kgf*m)?12000rpm

Suspension

• Full Active Ride Suspension

Downforce generated at the bottom by the Fan

• Maximum output 9800N(1000kgf), equal to 1.63G

Downforce acting at vehicle speed squared due to the wings/Venturi Effect

• At 100km/h: 1044.7N, (106.6kgf) equal to 0.17G
• At 200km/h: 4181.7N, (426.7kgf) equal to 0.69G
• At 300km/h: 9412.9N, (960.5kgf) equal to 1.56G
• At 400km/h: 16732.5N, (1707.4kgf) equal to 2.78G

Test Calculation: Cornering G at 300km/h

• Total tire load: Equivalent to 4.19G (=Gravity 1.00G+downforce due to fan 1.63G+downforce due to wing 1.56G)
• Coefficient of Friction of Tires: ?=1.97 (base?=2.16, model calculates a efficiency reduction to 91.5% under high load)
• Cornering G that can be exhibited by tires: 8.25G (4.19 * 1.97)

Performance Data

• 0-60mph: 1.4sec
• 0-120mph: 2.8sec
• 0-200mph: 6.1sec
• Maximum Speed: Over 280mph (450km/h)
• Maximum Longitudinal or Lateral Acceleration at 300km/h: 8.25G

Gran Turismo 5 should be released before the end of 2010 on PlayStation 3.