I am mad for doing this, to be honest. I kept insisting myself that this rally car can do nearly 250 mph despite the power being below the 1000 Horsepower borderline. To give you an inspiration, the fastest and most expensive production car the world has ever seen, the Bugatti Veyron, has a top speed of 253 mph and has a 1000 HP. That’s quite close for the rally car and what’s amazing is that the rally car achieved it over 2 kilometers only, with 1 whole kilometer for reaching 200 mph and another kilometer for reaching another 52 mph. I cannot recall how long was the track for the Veyron to clock 253 but as far as I can remember, James May of TopGear drove the car flat-out on a 5 mile stretch, part of Volkswagen Test Track in Germany. Happy to do more testing to beat Veyron~!
Interesting. But do note that GT2 is a driving sim. As accurate as we would like it to be, the physics doesn’t exactly match the real world.
Yep. We need to consider a lot of factors. Road temperature, humidity, coefficient of friction, etc. Even the earth’s rotation comes into play at that speed. Even if its physics is as accurate as it can be, it cannot simulate real-life conditions.
I think when Polyphony Digital created this game, I think they also considered these factors. It’s just that the engines they have for realistic processing isn’t that good yet during those times. Also, I think they know their limits, especially simulating a real-life car while seating on a sofa and not feeling the G-forces. With that, they made the most of what they can to give a sure 80-90% simulation.
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