Red Bull X1 Gran Turismo car brought to life

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By Brett Davis | November 10th, 2010

One of the main attractions to the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 driving game has been brought to life; the Red Bull X1. It was a concept developed digitally in conjunction with Polyphony creators as well as the Red Bull technical development centre, but now the car is for real.

In the game, the car features a gas turbine engine, but in the flesh it ‘only’ gets a twin-turbo V6 producing 1106kW of power. It’s also said to be the pinnacle car, the fastest car in the game. We’ll have to wait and see this thing on the track to see if reality measured up to the virtual world though.

A release date for the game is apparently set for just after Christmas, with Gran Turismo 5 creator recently saying the discs are been stamped as we speak… but when the game actually goes on sale is anyone’s guess.

Check out the latest trailer and Sebastian Vettel wrestling the virtual Red Bull X1 in the videos below for more anticipation-building teases.

Sonic

December 9th is probably the day GT5 will be released in Australia. That’s my bet, considering they are already being shipped.

But it’s great to see the X1 come to life. I wonder if it’s actually possible for a real person to drive this thing. The human body has its limits.

Radbloke

Don’t hold your breath. GT6 will probably come out before GT5 at this rate.

Sonic

Yeah, you’re probably right.

Also, I’d like to mention that the car pictured is actually a 1:1 model of what the car would look like IF it was created for real. The car in the game will have a V6 TT (no gas turbine), and this physical representation doesn’t actually have an engine.

Devil’s Advocate

That is interesting Sonic considering the article says “in the game, the car features a gas turbine”. However when you watch the video it doesn’t sound like one! Maybe CA got their wires crossed again.

http://caradvice.com.au Brett Davis

Hi mate,
Having never played the game – or driven the car – we were simply going off the information that’s out there. You’re right though, it certainly doesn’t sound like a jet.
Cheers,
Brett

Mick

Fingers crossed for the 9th of December. I preordered my copy months ago and getting pretty sick and tired of the constant delays.

Andronicus

That doesn’t make any sense
DonIsGood

Put Webber’s name on the car and I’m sold
http://www.formalcars.com.au Tony

When are they going to put Webber first instead of the Vettel, maybe its because we live in Australia but I don’t really know any one that likes him
http://www.caradvice.com. Mahmood

The game is out!
And we all have The game!!
So how the heck do we get The Car!!?