The Toyota Prius in Gran Turismo? Awesome!
A while back Sebastian wrote an interesting post about racing. The question is whether racing can be a good thing even for green enthusiasts for the technology benefits gained in the process of beating the vehicles to death, or if the gains are too far outweighed by the harmful by-products of the actual process of racing itself. Well, this is along those same lines, but in reality... well, there is no reality because it's all just a game! But, if you ever wanted to see, hear and experience a Toyota Prius hybrid racing down the track at high speed (relatively, at least), then watch the video above. Unless someone out there who owns a Prius has some real footage, this may be the best you are ever going to see!
Oh yeah, let's just take this for what it is, so no technical comments on how quickly the batteries would wear out and all that. This is all just for fun, remember, and that is why I like it.
[Source: Youtube and Toyota, thanks for the tip, Linton!]
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Joseph 2:47PM (6/04/2007)
Cool!
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BILL 2:58PM (6/04/2007)
I have a Playstation 2, and I have Gran Turismo 4. I love the game. It is the only game I have. I have not bought a Toyota Prius, but I have purchased several Daihatsu Midget II's. The Midget is everything the Prius is not - really slow, noisy, impractical except for delivering Pizza in summer. I would love to have a Midget. I would not love to have a Prius.
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Joseph 9:46PM (6/04/2007)
What do you have against the Prius, BILL? It's a perfectly fine car! (Racing it however, may be less than exciting)
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Eleventeen 9:19AM (6/05/2007)
I bought a Prius in GT4 and maxed it out just to see how fast it could go. I could still lap it in a stock Miata.
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Mulad 9:24AM (6/05/2007)
Youtube doesn't have much for Prius racing, that's for sure. The only video I'm aware of that attempts to show actual handling is this from Top Gear's "Comedy Handling Award" in 2004: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfguxvWPRZE
Of course, given that show's bias against the Prius (and the fact that the course was soaking wet), I'm not sure if it's representative of actual handling by a sane person or not.
There are a number of videos on Youtube from racing the Honda Insight, though.
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ME 10:33AM (6/05/2007)
Its funny, I have had GT4 since it came out, and I knew the Prius was in there, I just never drove it.
This post inspired me to, and I was impressed.
Not with the car :) but with how the GT4 crew made the experience so different than other cars in the game. The dash is totally different with the diagram that shows when your full elec, and when your regen braking, battery level, real time MPG, and gallons used. The sound of the engine with the CVT gets kind of annoying, but its fun to try to drive it without the engine comeing on.
I did a lap of the Nordschleife, averaged 17mpg, turned a 9:45 something, and totally drained the battery. :)
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bill 1:21PM (6/05/2007)
Joseph, I have changed my mind. I will fire up the Playstation tonight to buy a Prius, add all of the goodies possible, take it to a track and then run it head-on into all of the other cars taking part in the race. Ha! Ha! Ha! I am killing myself with this. Where is Ed Begley when you need him.
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Chaz 6:41PM (8/12/2007)
I woz so bored with no life (i admit, but I refuse to slit wrists and die because I am 18 and my life has barely started), that I tested a prius stock on the test course and at 90kph over 6 laps (about 38miles) averaged 93mpg which is a far cry from the 69mpg quoted by toyota! Further more, I drove a Dodge SRT10 20 laps of 'new york' full throttle, upshifting at 2000rpm, max 70mph (according to automotive engineers this is the most economical way to drive) and used only 10% of a tank (34mpg)! Looks like GT4 got at least one thing wrong, but it's still the best game I have played (and i have played about 50 games).
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