Ferrari has revealed its latest creation in the form of the Vision Gran Turismo hypercar – a digital creation built specifically for racing simulation Gran Turismo.
Like many ‘Vision GT’ creations before it from various brands involved with the Gran Turismo franchise, the Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo is only designed to be driven in the virtual world.
It’s specs list, albeit impressive, doesn’t really need to be held up to much scrutiny, so Ferrari is able to claim figures like a 1250kg dry weight or power and torque figures like 758kW and 900Nm just from its 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6.
And that’s before considering the extra power and torque from its F1-derived MGU-K hybrid system, which brings an extra 240kW and increases torque to a total 1100Nm for the all-wheel drive hypercar.
That power and torque is transferred via an F1-borrowed eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
In terms of speed, the Vision Gran Turismo is able to hit 100km/h in 2.0 seconds, taking only an additional 3.0 seconds to reach 200km/h. Ferrari claims a top speed of more than 350km/h, something you’ll only be able to test in Gran Turismo 7.
Something else we may never be able to prove is the lap time Ferrari claims the Vision Gran Turismo is able to achieve at the brand’s own Fiorano test circuit: less than one minute and ten seconds.
For reference, Michael Schumacher once lapped the track in 55.999 seconds in his 2004 Ferrari F1 race car, while the 2020 Ferrari SF90 Stradale is the fastest road car to run the circuit at 1:19.00.
Ferrari says it will display a full-scale model of the Vision Gran Turismo, despite the car only functioning in the virtual world, at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello from December 15, 2022 until March 2023.
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