Yeah. Pd asked what kind of car Newey would make if there were no limits. Then Newey had some ideas, drew some sketches and maybe calculated some simple numbers. Like peak downforce, maximum lateral g and so forth. Then pd put the car into the game. Theoretical maximums became real numbers.
Theoretical maximums are easy to achieve on drawing board but a lot harder in real life. Surely the x10 in gt5 isn't all that realistic. After all how well does gt5 simulate ground effects, for example, which the x10 relies soo much?
With the upmost respect you are incorrect in your assumption regarding the design.
It was Kaz who had the initial idea, and it was Adrian Newey who took that idea and made it work in the "real world". Everything on the final car was designed in house by redbull on the same systems they use to design the current F1 cars and the technical specification was set by Newey right down to exact downforce levels, wet and dry kurb wieghts, engine specification etc etc etc. Trust me, this is very much a car
designed by Adrian Newey. Kaz may have had the initial idea, but Newey made it happen.
PD took the design and digitised it programing in the exact figures given to them by Newey, they didn't make some figures up for a Newey sketch.
There was a great article in
evo magazine on this car and the knowledge that went into it was everything Adrian Newey had.
A few quotes from the article and Adrian Newey as printed in
evo ...
'My initial involvement was the specification and the plans. Yamauchi did the first proposal and bought it to the UK. We went through various aspects, mad a second evolution and there was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing from there. I remember very clearly that my first sketches were done on a skiing holiday in February, though'
'Its refreshing to turn your mind to something where regulations aren't a factor, because obviously with my day-to-day work, regulations are key to how we design the car, so there's a bit of escapism involved, if you like. The X1 has been a fun "what if" project...'
When asked if the car could be driven by a human...
"It would be difficult to create and environment whereby the driver could survive those sort of G-Forces for a race distance rather than a single lap, but a combination of driver training and restraints - particulaly for the head and neck - mean it would be possible"
evo also printed the cars exact specs including the dimensions, weights, powers etc.
As for the tyre questions. Again, Newey is far smarter than you guys give credit. Remember the tyres in F1 are actually
not the absolute grippiest tyres the manufacturers can produce. They are designed like everything else in F1 to meet a certain regulation regarding the amount of time they last, amount of mechanical grip they provide etc. Throw that regulation out and the tyres can get way stickier.
Newey knows all this and the tyres on the X2010 are again to "real world" specification of what is possible now and the car has been designed accordingly with all the relevent tyre calculations carried out by Newey and Redbull. Tyre pressures, tyre loads, tyre friction figures, tyre temps... all these figures exist for the car and were factored into the design.
Again this is talked about in the
evo article in issue 151.
Love it or hate it the car could (according to Newey with a HUGE budget) be built today. Lets hope Redbull are insane enough to do it
It was also interesting to find out that the full size mock up was built in total secrecy and even most of the Redbull F1 factory didn't know it was being made until it was finished... and it was built in the factory in a room alongside them.
ps. Apparently when Newey was shown the full size mock up in the Redbull workshops he was totally "Gobsmaked". Not surprised.
