The X-1 prototype for GT5

[Otto-Matic]

That is slick as hot cat crap on a cold doorknob! I'd definitely watch a field of those!

i can't wait to see all the different liveries and paint jobs in a full field once GT5 is out
Enjun's posting about the McLaren T1 got me thinking: how cool would it be to have a race series based around the X1, using GT-1 type regulations(concerning % based on the production model like the FIA GT1 series) but based on the Hypercar/Supercars like the T1, Enzo Ferrari, Bugatti Veyron, the Hennesey venom, etc.
I did some looking on Wikipedia, look at all these Hypercars that are already in retail production (retail in thi scase being a relative term. unless you got major $$$ you'll probbaly never even be close to driving one of these).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperca...t_of_HyperCars

use the X1 template for body design, make them open cockpit (just my personal taste) and voila!

[Otto-Matic]

check this out, this is the virtual shakedown Sebastian Vettel did. the second half of the video shows a complete lap w/corner speeds for refrence. Vettel says the X-1 is between .20-.30 seconds a lap faster than his current F1 car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxMEOO4a_E

[Chris R]

The more I think about this awesome concept the more I realize that the IRL really choose mediocrity over innovation... Sad sad sad..... This thing is exciting - it was the moment I saw it and the moment I saw it I knew it could be done... The Delta wing took me a while to warm to because it seems technically difficult at best, the new concept was just plain boring - it is to the current Dallara what the DP-01 was to the Lola - simple evolution and cost control - nothing new or exciting.....

arguh.....

[Otto-Matic]

The more I think about this awesome concept the more I realize that the IRL really choose mediocrity over innovation... Sad sad sad..... This thing is exciting - it was the moment I saw it and the moment I saw it I knew it could be done... The Delta wing took me a while to warm to because it seems technically difficult at best, the new concept was just plain boring - it is to the current Dallara what the DP-01 was to the Lola - simple evolution and cost control - nothing new or exciting.....

arguh.....

agreed. The cool thing about the concept of the X-1 is that all the technology already exists. This car is completley realistic. Newey was adamant that this car was not something of the "future" in terms of un-realistic technology/sci-fi gadets that are pure fantasy, but rather it's something that could be built tomorrow. the fan concept has been around since the 70's. wasnt that the Chappreal (sic)?

[Mark in Oshawa]

That car is just so sick....man there is no way any one would be fit enough to exact that kind of speed out of the car. 126km/h thorough that first curve at the ring? ITS A HAIRPIN F1 cars take at about 70km/h...maybe....my god the g's...

Oh that is just so bad ass..but not reality...

[Otto-Matic]

That car is just so sick....man there is no way any one would be fit enough to exact that kind of speed out of the car. 126km/h thorough that first curve at the ring? ITS A HAIRPIN F1 cars take at about 70km/h...maybe....my god the g's...

Oh that is just so bad ass..but not reality...

haha +1.
drivers coudl always were G-suits, like Navy pilots. at some point if we want motorsports to go to the "next level" of speed i think G-suits for drivers are the only real option. or the engine could be de-tuned. maybe the brakes less exotic so that you have to brake earlier in a turn.