Audi RSQ: The perfect drift machine?

[GTurtle]

Hi all,
Something struck me while looking at this photo:

and remembering that, in an interview with Will Smith about I, Robot (where the car was used), this car was actually manufactred, and it has spherical wheels.

So if you were to try and drift with this car, there'd be no friction associated with hanging the rear out in order to make the drift happen, but because the wheels are complete spheres, they would simply spin L-R instead of forward-backward when initiating oversteer (if you know what i mean), therefore drifting perfectly without any fuss?
In other words, what I'm saying is it could glide over bitumen as if a normal car glides over ice, but at the same time not be as uncontrollable.

What do you think?

 

[neanderthal]

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[Emohawk]

Well, if it worked you could go in any direction you wanted at any angle. It doesn't work though.

 

[Takumi Fujiwara]

It wouldn't be a drift anymore, though, as the car would merely be driving at an angle, and not sliding.

 

[Dave A]

The car was built and it does work, but not like the one in the film. It has little wheels underneath it and it can't go over 10Mph or something like that, the spheres only drove it in the movie, they don't on the real car.

 

[Drifting Thunda]

It wouldn't be a drift anymore, though, as the car would merely be driving at an angle, and not sliding.

Agreed.

 

[McLaren]

Just a bit off-topic, but where does the Concept reside today? I mean, is it still continuing on Auto Show Tours or does it reside in someone's museum?