http://youtu.be/ScBCoOv50dA
Video about the fan f1 car ^^ oh and this is the x2014;
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Thanks for the video and image. I have seen that video as well as others including these:
I also have been reading much about the fan car technology and had lots of bookmarks stored on them. I evern had a CD-R disc full of information on rotaries. Ironically both of these technologies were part of FIA's unyielding ban.
The angle of the image (which is always the usual way of PD showing off premium cars) is hard for me to determine if the 2014 is actually any better. I can see the both the front and rear wings have been changed (front is much larger and rear looks a little smaller compared to X2011). The air inlet area has been lowered as well which was similar to what I had in mind as part of the ultimate "X2011m" (I use Tokyo Extreme Racer/Shutoko Battle chassis naming schemes funnily enough). Again it is really hard to tell what else has been improved. If it is only the three things that I have pointed out from what I can see then I must personally admit that is not much of an improvement.
Apart from that I am not too keen personally on the liveries and all the various "brandings". This was also partly the reason why I chose the X2010 Prototype as my one and only die cast car. In the game however, I have a few X2010 Prototype done up to how the way I want it.
If you were to improve on say X2011 (I have not seen let alone played with any sucessors of X2011 so I cannot add more arbitrarily), what would you improve? To me I have at least six or so improvements that I would add personally if X2011 for instance were to be the ultimate vehicle for speed and all. ;D
And on the discussion of F1 the reason why the regulations are they way they are is to make it more of a balanced sport, yeah the drivers are a large part of it but really the tiny diffrences in the cars design makes the biggest diffrence.
The technology that exists in the x1 comes from F1 tech that's been used and then banned from the sport because the teams with the most money were able to get them to work better than others or they invented something that worked so well with there car no one else could compete, Red Bull's blown rear defuser being a good example.
F1 cars are also equipped with insane levels of protection for the driver, meaning the chances of a fatal crash are tiny compared to previous years, something we can all agree on is a good thing. The x1 has no such features, which gives it a huge performance advantage over real cars and also meaning that it could never exist in that form because it would be a literal death trap.
That said I am of the opinion that F1 should be faster and it's a shame all the lap records for the older tracks all date from the early 2000s... I also think the late 00's cars looked the coolest and showed the insane level of innovation going on around getting the most from the air flow.
I somewhat agree on what you said in the first two paragraphs. I do not know much about Red Bull's blown rear diffuser thing (unless you are referring to the X1). However FIA could seriously try opening up a new group for experimental F1 cars where there are no boundaries on technology used as long as there are enough manufacturers (and their sponsors) that are willing to expand into experimental area. They (FIA) did it with LeMans 24h but not with F1 which is a little ironic personally.
The amount of small changes is somewhat trivial, sure they do make improvments (sometimes significant). However there is never something like a complete redesign of the wings that would for instance stand out completely different from the rest of these other competitors. I bet all the competitors had to also follow strict guidelines into what goes on the engine. Things like four valves per cylinder insteead of five as a bid to lighten the top half of the engine is forbidden. I mean really there is just such small changes that can be done but really all these manufacturers and their sponsors are not really allowed to do any "out of the box" thinking like how it was done historically. Hence this was why I pointed out that these days F1 seems almost like as if "one piece fits all" theory is being enforced. Little changes are allowed (yes they do make differences but also can come at a cost), anything more than little changes and FIA steps in with "ban hammer".
Yeah safety is important without a doubt, this was also the reason why several car manufacturers (not just within the racing motorsport realm itself) also push forth to comply with various governing authorities for more safer cars on the road. As a result which is more or less as you stated safer compared to older cars for instance however it is not like X1 cannot be improved for safety features. If I were to criticise X1 based on the lack of safety equipment (or part thereof) when it comes to a stock X1, sure it is a death trap. However I was more wanting to imply that should X1 be ever released as a real car (not that mould that went to exhibition at Goodwood's festival of speed) it needs to follow the exact specifications that it appears in the game but rather based upon a similar idea.
One sort of aspect that I did contemplate on should I be one day ever be able to build my very own X1 or mockup version was to also incorporate the idea of ejection seats (with parachutes obviously) just like fighter pilots. I mean if you look at how the window/door is designed it looked exactly like something that came from what fighter jets (modern ones that is) are featured on. Though of course maybe personally adding extra sensors to the car so that it should force eject the driver out of the car prior to a crash. This was amongst many of the other ideas that I had thought of for no particular reason other than the fact that I like to expand ideas that someone else has created (which would have to also interest me). At any given rate, my point really is that X1 if ever properly materialised can be improved in several ways if there are enougjh funds to go around on it also that whatever featured in the game should not be taken seriously (instead the idea is based off on it but has been changed to make do with reality).
Call me a dreamer, etc but I cannot stop musing the thoughts of X1 and improving it endlessly in my head. The more I look at X1 (even more that now I have the die cast) the lesser I can do to try and stop thinking of it.
I haven't followed much of F1, for some reason it never appealed to me until GT5 "opened my eyes" to something that I can sort of despise FIA on. I have no grudges against F1 drivers or the manufacturers (and sponsors) but the governing body needs to stop proclaiming and/or giving people the impressions of F1 being the pinnacle of mankind technology. It sickens me how they have banned various so-called "loopholes" whilst on the hand brag about F1 being the "best". Maybe the sponsors have some part to blame as well personally. Maybe FIA needs to print out in big words on media somewhere constantly that F1 is not the pinnacle of mankind technology. Nonetheless I am sure they are all too "thick faced" about it. Sure.. nobody cares for a "white lie" but that is just wrong.
X1 looks and acts ten times more sexy than any F1, I wouldn't care (out of selfishness) that I were to be killed in X1 than to be caught dead in F1. X1 has got the looks as well as the performance to boot any day over F1. That said, I am pretty sure I can't handle either of them but meh. X1 is still miles better, enough said. :))
