Much like Polyphony Digital’s Citroen GT, it looks like the Red Bull X1 Prototype will also be transitioning from the virtual world into reality – sort of. This is actually just a model, but these pictures from the latest edition of Evo Magazine make it easier to imagine what the real thing could actually look like.
According to Evo, first reports of the car’s gas turbine engine and continuously variable transmission were actually incorrect. Instead, it’s driven by an “F1-derived direct-injection 3-litre twin-turbo V6”, producing 1,483bhp at 15,000rpm and 526lb-ft. at 12,000rpm (that explains the sound heard in the first X1 gameplay video). This elaborate model will be unveiled to the world at the official GT5 Launch Party in Madrid, set to go down in just a few weeks.
Pick up a copy of the magazine at a newsstand near you for more. Thanks to Neal for the tip and the images!
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either they’re not going to be release a date cause it’s kind of pointless now and just expect all of to know that it can be out on stores any day now.
So.. who else keeps checking the front page every hour or so in the hopes of seeing in big bold lettering “FINAL RELEASE DATES RELEASED!!”
or something similar..
but alas..
At least 4 time a day
still no confirmation on the release date which is strange as the game has been shipped over already for the shops.
How about ‘GT5 release date get’s real’ and you can debut it NOW.
No doubt, you know I have plenty of patience with their ways of being secretive and quiet about the game and it’s features, but at this point with copies being pressed and ending up in peoples PS3 drives it boggles the mind why they can’t set the date. It will never be an overnight surprise like they want it to be, so I’m not sure if they’re still pondering the logistics part of it to make sure all copies make it to stores on time. I hope there is something they’re not sure about and that this is still a way of revving up excitement about this mysterious product. I’ve even been eagerly awaiting the Signature Edition to pop up on Germany’s Amazon which still hasn’t happened, even after their price has gone from 170 to 299 euros. Crazy that they can’t set things straight with their fans by now. But I still got more doses of patience left in me.
This car is already getting on my nerves
X1 = waitting period before GT5
Yeah.. that’s right.. i hate this ppl like Hideo Kojima.. that think is a regizor now.. and make the game like movies .. instead of working on, metal gear 4.. was a big delusion for me.. :(( and now Kaz.. creates this car :| is just a stupid game car! can’t be real. i love GT5 … but this things are getting on my nerves to..
The topic explicitly states “Red Bull X1 Prototype Real, Set to Debut in Madrid”. If you’re not interested in the X1, why bother clicking on this news page and commenting here?
Some people actually think it’s an interesting exercise.
First time I saw this thing I thought
*Cyber Formula!!!*
Now, I think
*Definitely a Cyber Formula car!!!*
Yeah, that’s exactly what I think.
The resemblance is uncanny. Now they just got to stick an engine in it and have two massive boosters!
I still reckon it would it could only do a few laps before running out of fuel, so a slower (relatively, e.g. F1) may have a chance.
I WANT IT!!!
It’s amazing what you can do with just a slab of wood!
That’s what she said!
So how do you change the tires? haha
Ya they better forge a close partnership with Bridgestone also to develop X3 tyres with at least half of it’s compound with materials from Mars. Everything from there is intended to withstand temperatures that exceeds that of sythetically produced rubbers. Heck, it would be in their best interest to partner NASA to get this concept of the ground.
They would not do a 3.0 V6 IRL :U
I knew this thing was stored in a vault at RBR HQs lol There’s no way they built it JUST for the game. Kaz wants to revolutionize racing.
B.S…this thing would break your neck “on the limit”
I hope their working on the engine not just the model.
Hey, I want a beer holder in it.
oh, wait..
Beer-holders are on both sides of your helmet :-D
Can anyone drive this car without dying if it’s built with the claimed spec? lol
You know that’s what’s kind of silly about this car. I mean who really wants to put their life at risk with those supposed speeds and g’s it would generate. Whichever track this car would be tested on in real life at it’s limit would have to have grass runoff for miles and a huge part of F1’s is that they’re built with incredible safety so that suspension arms and so fourth don’t penetrate the cockpit on heavy collisions. I’m not trying to talk down PD and RedBulls effort, cause it’s actually a proper partnership for bringing this thing to life and will probably end up in the Guiness Book of Records for highest lateral g’s created on land.
i want some more good news
Awgh! I’ve just had an orgasm! Oooh!
That sounds painful man. Take it easy
Too painful. Ow… THAT’S A MEASURE OF HOW BADLY I WANT THIS GAME! Come on Polyphony!!
I was reading the text when my eyes wandered to the pictures and then HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG
Thats bonkers!
And than some.
Tinted window. Must be standard.
hahahaha
Cool! That car looks awesome. Let’s see if Vettel can repeat his virtual lap time in real life :p
Let’s see if vettel can keep his head on while doing that lap
3 LIter V6 Twin Turbo ? Can such an engine even produce 1485bhp ?
The early(early eighties) F1 BMW engines produced about 1500hp from a single turbo 1,5Lt.
They used to get 1500bhp out of the old 1.5l V6 turbos, and that’s 20yrs ago.!! As i recall, they were running over 3bar of boost which the drivers could tweak, kinda like brake bias now. So with modern manufacturing methods and materials, the X1 motor is probably pretty reliable with it’s power.
Actually they were 1,5lt 4 cylinder engines running at about 50 to 60psi(That is around 6 bar),the block came from the M10 engine which started life in the BMW 1500 from about 1961.
vroooooooooooooooooooom ! :D
That explains the sounds…
Not the most exciting car for me to drive, but its damn fast and i´d like to try it
Seems like the release date will fall on the same day as the launch party. Seems to all go together now. I really hope so. I’m guessing the release date will fall on a Tuesday, so it could be the Nov. 23rd, or 30th.
the last launch party was scheduled a week before the alleged november 3rd release so it will probably be a week after the new sate, or thereabouts.
If they actually make this thing it would almost be worth a few years in jail to steal it and drive it for an hour or so. I’m not saying they’d catch you, but you would have to put fuel in sometime. ;)
So what is meant by model is that this is made of materials that are of no use to be driven on the track. Like plastics and so on? Or is this the real deal with the F1 engine housed beneath the body?
Never mind, I see it clearly states it’s just a model so no engineering has gone into it.
most the time their made of clay, not sure what they used to make this one. it maybe fiberglass.
its definitely clay
@whiteman Sup
@whiteman and blackman…gimme my land back
This model mock-up must have cost quite a fair penny.
No problem, if you are a billionaire like the owner of RED BULL
I wouldn’t drive that thing on the ring with that low suspension. But track times on La Sarthe would be interesting
+1
just raise the ride height!
+2
+7 :S
wish it drove, can’t wait to see this thing on the track
Launch party seems to be on the new release date. I’m sure you’ve seen the images, and Amar.
The future is here. LOL
Only a matter a time before spy shots start appearing on the web of the X1 being tested on the ‘ring. At least I hope so!
Not before it’s in the rest of our hands, the car would take a lot of work to unlock i imagine.
Nice!! No release date yet?
I wonder if that car is legal to drive on regular streets… :) Oh Sony. Now give us the release date before I …
Without mirrors, it would be illegal to 90% of racing events too!
Batmobiles away! Looks gorgeous.
Pwwwaaaaaaa ! The crumple zone is your faace
Lol. You ARE the brakes!
^^
How come the chase view on the photo is so stiff????
@WHAT? Yeah WHY? is that I wonder.. hmm.
@WHY? What?
@HUH? HUH?
^^^ you two why? and What? are stupid lol.
@WHY? dude we’re really getting sick of you whining about that. Stop trolling. Everytime there’s a news post here you whine about that over and over. I even caught you whining about it on you tube also. If the chase cam was any less stiff, it would be even harder to see where exactly the car is pointed and thus very difficult to place the car. It already is hard enough to get fast times with that view. Nobody cares about you’re lame ass complain bro so stop crying like a little sissy. or in the words of Arnold AKA Detective John Kimball in kindergarten cop, STOP WHINING!!!
@HugoStiglitz_420 Haha now look who’s whining, you just sounded like a bitch right there.
I’m only typing what others are thinking, so you should keep your lame ass words to yourself next time and don’t bother typing about other people who you disagree with, that’s just straight bitching, it has to stop you heard.
this can only mean the game will be launching early december?
At least he isn’t using 3 different pseudonyms to talk to himself…