Comment by lallysingh
2 days ago
Best guess is that it's disabled for anything but track/trick stuff. There will be some cool videos eventually showing up with tricks people pull with this. I don't know what else it's for.
I can imagine the lateral thrusters helping it turn faster on the track. Although I wonder if the extra weight is going to net out positive for lap times.
But really, a few very rich people will buy the full-rocket version to impress their friends. They'll play with them on private property.
Solo track use at that. I can't imagine that other drivers are going to be all that happy if they get hit by the exhaust from one of the thrusters in a corner.
Gases dissipate very rapidly, even moreso if doing pulsing or whatever. Probably very unsafe for a human standing literally right behind it, but it'd likely have 0 effect on another car at typical driving distance.
Except for the bit where you can't see a thing.
Great idea to use something like that in a tunnel or a garage. Suffocation - no breathing ... and probably some blown doors/walls from the pressure
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The crash photos are going to be Darwin-award-worthy
I could see a safety feature where it launches itself into the air to avoid an imminent crash (providing the area above is free)
I suppose I can see this also. It sounds horrifying. A head on collision is a pretty terrible thing but having one of the cars suddenly fly 30 feet in the air and crashing into on coming traffic does not sound like a great option. Reminds me of the cybertruck "this would make the perfect post apocalyptic vehicle."
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That depends on the landing zone being available in a way that's hard for the onboard safety system to predict. But if the car is, say, spinning out you could use these to restore stability or try to recover from the other sorts of disasters that overpowered cars can end up in even on clear roads.
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What goes up...
That sounds like a surefire way to make a bad situation worse.
Perfect rich asshole vehicle. Add a ‘safety’ feature that wildly endangers everyone around you.
I think every buyer should receive a complimentary nomination for the award.
The award is reserved for people who actually died, you can only be nominated posthumously.
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it's a show it was not in any way a production car, stop being that gullible people