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Red Bull’s rFactor Pro-powered Formula One simulator is quite well known to sim racers thanks to the team’s steady release of track preview videos featuring drivers Sebastian Vettel & Marc Webber. Now, the BBC has sent former Red Bull driver David Coutlhard to try out the high tech piece of hardware. Check out the video below for some interesting behind the scenes footage that wasn’t shown in the normal simulator videos as the Scot gives virtual Monaco a try. |
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David Coulthard Tries Red Bull Simulator – Video
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Jason Plato Tries Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Sim racers are already quite familiar with Red Bull’s rFactor Pro simulator thanks to the videos in which the team shows off each upcoming Formula One track. Now, we get an even closer look at the simulator as Fifth Gear’s Jason Plato got to try it out first hand, having a little duel against Red Bull’s David Coulthard. Check out the video below for the full segment and watch the British Touring Car ace as he finds all-new ways to get around Silverstone in this state of the art simulator. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks. |
Interlagos in Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator – Video
Monday, November 22, 2010
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The Red Bull Formula One Team has released a video of the track in their simulator. The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a complete lap, giving us a chance to check out their virtual version of Brazil’s most popular circuit. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks. |
GT5 Red Bull X1 Prototype: Full Details
Thursday, November 04, 2010
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Polyphony Digtial has today fully revealed the "X1 Prototype", a project in conjunction with Red Bull Racing. All races that exist in today's world are restricted by regulations. However the X1 is a machine born from a fantastic "what if" dream of Polyphony; "What would the fastest racing car on Earth, free of any and all regulations look like?" Initially the X1 prototype was a single seater, canopied prototype wing car with covered front wheels. The performance brought about by the 1500ps direct injection V6 Twin Turbo would have been spectacular as is, with a top speed of 400km/h and a maximum lateral acceleration of 6G. But this concept showed an even greater advancement through the help of Red Bull Racing, who became a partner in this project.  Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer, the genius aerodynamicist Adrian Newey proposed that "Fan Car" technology, a dream that he had held to himself over the years be added to the X1 Prototype. A "fan car" is a vehicle having a fan mechanism which forces the air out from underneath the car, to reduce air pressure under the car's floor. The resulting suction draws the car to the ground surface and creates a massive amount of downforce. And because it can create downforce regardless of the vehicle's current speed, it dramatically raises it's cornering speed even in low speed corners. The incredible ability of fan cars has already been proven in history.  |
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 The Chaparral 2J fan car entered in the 1970 Can-Nam series was so fast that it was banned after just 1 season. Even in the F1, the BT46B fan car entered in 1978 by Brabham dominated the opening round of the series with extreme speed, and was banned just after that single race. With this proposal from Mr. Newey, the machine was transformed with a large fan added to the rear end of the body. With additional advice regarding the shapes of the front and rear wings and rear diffuser, its aerodynamics became even further refined. As a result, the X1 prototype attained an astonishing level of performance, reaching a top speed of over 450km/h, with a maximum lateral acceleration reaching up to 8.75G. This is a performance level that is at the very limits of what a normal human body can withstand. The driver who performed the shakedown test of the machine in Gran Turismo 5, was the world famous Sebastian Vettel.  In his very first run on the Suzuka Circuit, he shortened the record time of the course by over 20 seconds. And in the test drive on the Nurburgring GP Course, he marked a record time of 1 minute 4 seconds, drawing out the incredible potential of the X1 Prototype. This is the dream of the fastest racing car on land, brought to life through the collaboration between Polyphony and Red Bull. Witness for yourself the power of the X1 through the in-game "X1 Challenge", the first driving lesson ever in Gran Turismo to be performed by a top professional driver. The full details can be found here |
Red Bull X1 Prototype: Specs
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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The latest issue of United Kingdom’s Car Magazine has revealed the X1
Prototype created by Polyphony Digital together with Red Bull for Gran
Turismo 5.
The Red Bull X1 was created with help Formula 1 aerodynamicist Adrian
Newey and driver Sebastian Vettel to create what GT5 creator Kazunori
Yamauchi considers a prototoype for the fasted racing car on land. Here are the specs of the X1: • Engine: gas turbine, 1483bhp @ 15,000RPM, 527lb ft @ 12,000RPM |
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Spa Francorchamps in Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator
Friday, August 27, 2010
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The Formula One World Championship’s Belgian Grand Prix is coming up
and as usual, the Red Bull Formula One Team has released a video of the
track in their simulator. The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a
complete lap, giving us a chance to check out their virtual version of
what’s arguably F1’s most challenging circuit featuring the famous Eau
Rouge corner. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks.
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Hungaroring in Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator
Saturday, July 31, 2010
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The Formula One World Championship’s Hungarian Grand Prix is coming
up and as usual, the Red Bull Formula One Team has released a video of
the track in their simulator. The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a
complete lap, giving us a chance to check out their virtual version of
the twisty venue. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks. |
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Valencia in Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator – Video
Thursday, July 08, 2010
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The Formula One World Championship is racing at Valencia and as
usual, the Red Bull Formula One Team has released a video of the
upcoming track in their simulator. The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a
complete lap, giving us a chance to check out their virtual version of
the 5.4 kilometer Valencia Street Circuit. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks. |
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Istanbul in Red Bull’s rFactor Pro Simulator – Video
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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The Red Bull Formula One team has released another of their simulator
videos, showing the Istanbul Grand Prix circuit in their rFactor Pro
simulator. The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a complete lap, giving us a chance to check out the virtual version of Formula One’s most popular track. |
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Shanghai in Red Bulls rFactor Pro Simulator – Video
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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As it has done for all Grand Prixs this year, the Red Bull Formula
One team has released a new video, showing the upcoming Shanghai Grand
Prix Circuit in their rFactor Pro simulator.
The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a
complete lap, giving us a chance to check out the virtual Shanghai
version used by professional F1 drivers to prepare and practice. Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the rFactor Pro for their simulators used for both driver and crew training and other tasks. |
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