Practice your plank, work that core, and pray that in the next 13 years you’ll be fit and rich enough to race a McLaren. By 2030, fat billionaires who lap their P1 GTRs won’t be able to squeeze inside the Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo.
Available to “drive” in the latest Gran Turismo Sport video game, the Vision GT is today a virtual model created by McLaren designers for anyone—yes, even those with beer guts—to thrash on their PlayStation 4. While the Vision GT uses a central driving position as in the iconic F1, here the (in shape) driver is in more of a motorcycle-riding stance, rather than sitting upright, with only his or her head and arms covered by the canopy. The driver’s torso and legs extend toward the back of the car, with the pedals mounted in the engine bay. Or maybe they’re modulated by mind control. Either way, the idea was to maximize the driver’s view of the track surface to “shave vital milliseconds off each lap,” as design chief Rob Melville put it.
The specifications on this video-game racer are as follows: 1134 horsepower and 940 lb-ft of torque combined from a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 and dual electric motors on the front axle, a 2200-pound curb weight, and a carbon-fiber body with active air inlets placed in strategic places. McLaren calls these air inlets Integrated Active Aero and says they’re not like the retractable spoilers, flaps, and air brakes on a modern hypercar. The carbon-ceramic brakes also are mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight.
How it compares to various Vision Gran Turismo cars from Mercedes-AMG, Bugatti, Nissan, Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Hyundai, and many more can be quantified on October 17, the game’s release date. And, of course, there now are real-life cars like the McLaren concept that aren’t far off in styling and performance: the Aston Martin Valkyrie and the Mercedes-AMG Project One take up genuine garage space, as will McLaren’s own P15, which promises to upstage the P1. All of those cars use relatively conventional seating positions, because the ultrawealthy gorge on pizza and beer, too.
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