The engine meets most of the low
speed needs of car with electric assist.
Not exact matches
Car demand is waning now but the
need for
speed isn't, so the automaker is rolling out a fresh hot rod that's a sign
of the times: its first race - ready SUV.
I still
need to build my
speed with the VJM10 — it's about exploring the limits
of the
car and understanding how to manage the tyres during qualifying and the race.
Those designed to quickly stop and start a
car's petrol engine to improve fuel efficiency
need a quick burst
of power, but for smoothing a domestic solar panel's output, capacity might be more important than
speed.
A
car traveling at highway
speeds would not linger on any single charging pad for more than a fraction
of a second, so the pads would
need to be placed every few meters to provide a continuous charge.
Electric racing
cars have acquired the blazing - fast
speeds needed to compete with some
of the world's best
cars.
To work out whether the force
of gravity on the
car was less than or equal to the static friction force holding it on the wall, they
needed to include a range
of factors including the mass
of the vehicle, the
car's
speed and its centripetal force.
The game also features the largest roster
of high - performance
cars in
Need for
Speed history including race
cars such as the Pagani Zonda F,
Early 2014 Keaton had average supporting roles in two
of that year's bombs: the remake
of «RoboCop» and the
car racing film «
Need for
Speed», with «Breaking Bad» «s Aaron Paul.
The first trailer for the Dreamworks / Electronic Arts videogame adaptation «
Need for
Speed» blasted out
of the garage Wednesday morning, and from the looks
of things, it's all the bang - up
car - chase fun
of «Fast & Furious» but without the hammy acting and terrible dialogue.
At some point during the far too long running time
of Need for
Speed I lost track
of the number
of times where someone driving a
car way too fast puts someone else's life at risk.
Perhaps in the hands
of the Texas - noir loving Coen Brothers, who adapted McCarthy previously in their award - winning, No Country for Old Men (also featuring Bardem), we'd get more
of a concentration on the struggle between the desirousness
of good and corruptibility
of evil, the striving
of faith and the fickle finger
of fate, rather than just the exotic, James Bond-esque showcase
of fast
cars, motorcycles and cheetahs (the «
need for
speed» among crooks is one
of several curious motifs).
«
Need for
Speed»: A popular video game franchise, cool
car chase and Jesse Pinkman from «Breaking Bad» sure seemed like a recipe for success, but the video game adaptation failed to create much excitement amongst any
of the various fan groups that DreamWorks and Disney were banking on.
F1 2017, Forza Horizon 3, Forza Motorsport 7, Gravel,
Need for
Speed Payback, Project
Cars 2, The Crew 2, TT Isle
of Man: Ride on the Edge, and WRC 7 are the nine racers to take advantage
of the more capable hardware.
Like many, I hope Aaron Paul finds success, but his post - «Breaking Bad» big screen career gets off to a lackluster start in
Need for
Speed, an unintelligent and underwhelming racing movie that won't do much for anyone who isn't riveted by the sights and sounds
of fast
cars in motion.
Inspired by the eponymous
car - racing video - game franchise, «
Need for
Speed» is a visceral and evocative return to the great
car - culture movies
of the «60s and «70s.
While we've all been warned about strangers in
cars pulling up alongside us as kids, it appears EA's video - game series,
NEED FOR
SPEED, has done just that with it's big - screen adaptation set to be helmed by ACT
OF VALOR's Scott Waugh.
Later this year will see the release
of Gran Turismo Sport (the first in the franchise to come to PlayStation 4), Forza Motorsport 7 (which is turning into the Xbox One X's biggest hitter), Project
CARS 2 (which looks to improve in nearly aspect on the massively ambitious first game), and
Need For
Speed Payback (which seems like an entertaining blend
of the
Need For
Speed and Fast and the Furious franchises).
This is the first time BMW has ever debuted a
car through a video game, allowing
Need for
Speed Payback players the first opportunity to get behind the wheel
of the M5, the first M series to feature xDrive all - wheel - drive system, when the game launches on November 10th worldwide.
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Need for
Speed
In a Q&A stream with SpotTheOzzie on YouTube, Bell talked about the development
of Project
Cars 2, but also went on record to discuss why
Need for
Speed Shift never received a sequel.
Need For
Speed Drinking Game: 1) Drink for uncomfortable closeups
of Aaron Paul's face 2) Drink every time a
car hits another
car 3) Drink any time a character talks about «Pete» Finish Your Drink When: Monarch (Michael Keaton) says, «Six months in prison to prove your innocence.
First we have the sexy look
of Need for
Speed: Most Wanted U... and now we have beastly racing title for the Wii U that is Project
CARS!
ThinkSpace Education's partner institution, the University
of Chichester also has close links with the games community and the program liaison tutor Dr Stephen Baystead has a long list
of credits as a top game composer (
NEED FOR
SPEED, PROJECT
CARS and many more) as well as audio director at Slightly Mad Studios.
An exciting return to the great
car - culture films
of the 1960s and»70s, when authenticity brought a new level
of intensity to the action, «
Need for
Speed» taps into what makes the American myth
of the open road so enticing.
It felt perfectly stable at this sort
of speed too, although the brakes are not the most encouraging part
of the
car (they're effective enough, but
need a good shove deep into the pedal travel) so it felt wise to leave plenty
of margin for slowing.
The electric powertrain ran out around 25 miles into the journey, not unexpected at highway
speeds, but the
car will still run in electric mode with the engine providing battery power instead
of actual propulsive force if
need be.
The GT3 gets its juice from a 4.0 - liter flat - six with 500 horsepower and 339 lb - ft
of torque, and is a
car our Georg Kacher says is like a drug on the Autobahn and packs «Gran Turismo,» «
Need for
Speed,» and «Forza Motorsport» in one amazing hyperfast machine.
««The
Need for
Speed» movie will embody everything that fans
of action racing films want to see — hot
cars, high - stakes street racing and mind - blowing stunts,» director Scott Waugh said in a statement.
If you find somewhere expansive enough to make an assault on the top
speed however, you'll
need a separate key that when turned sinks the suspension (by a further 15 mm at the front and 25 mm at the rear) as well as retracting the spoiler and performing a series
of checks on the
car's vital statistic to ensure it's up to the task.
Ford spokesman Alan Hall told us, ``... the
Need for
Speed Mustang is a movie
car, therefore we made sure to work with the production company to deliver an exciting customized Mustang that met the movie narrative, yet is also a genuine story in terms
of performance capability.
Just to put the ferocity
of that acceleration in context, a Ferrari Enzo would
need another half a second to hit the same
speed, a Lamborghini Aventador would
need an extra tenth and even the track - only 723 - hp Pagani Zonda R would be left trailing — and these are
cars that cost at least five times as much.
Koenigsegg doesn't really
need to break any more records to remain in the minds
of a few impressionable young
speed freaks, as the Swedish sports
car maker's very name brings to mind ridiculous feats
of acceleration and outright
speed.
«As we've seen hundreds
of times over the years — from «Bullitt» to «Gone in Sixty Seconds» — Mustang fits the bill perfectly, and it's really a
car that represents American culture at its best, which is why we chose it for Toby's ride in «
Need for
Speed.
Of course, these
cars need to offer more than just high -
speed capability.
More than any other
car in this year's formidable All - Stars field, the 720S left everyone who drove it gobsmacked,
speed - struck, and, frankly, in
need of a little quiet time.
The ergonomics are still hopeless for anyone over six foot in height, but it's a genuinely loveable
car that
needs neither high
speeds or the right road to encourage a smile on the face
of the driver.
As the electric racer only
needs to last the 12.5 miles
of the hill climb, the batteries will only cover a distance
of approximately 15 miles when the
car is driven at full
speed.
I still pine for that glorious old naturally aspirated V - 12, and I hope they find a bit more top - end energy for the BC, I'd still have a six -
speed manual over the paddle shift any day
of the week, and I think the
car needs a bit more front - end grip and some interior tweaks (primarily some clear shift lights to help connect with the bruising engine, which sounds similar from 3,000 right up to over 6,000 rpm).
«If you do that with the
speeds we are thinking
of, then you
need a lot
of sensors, a lot
of analysis, to make sure the decisions the
car makes are right.»
This
car will
need quite a bit
of fix - up, but the result will be a fine British sports
car in the spirit
of the 1950s, only with the
speed and refinement
of the 1970s.
This helps you build confidence quickly, piling on the
speed but always feeling on top
of the
car, knowing you can add the exact amount
of lock to neutralise a slide, whenever you
need.
When race drivers and other professors
of speed discuss how great sports
cars don't
need 500 or 600 horsepower, the Cayman is often the first example on their blackboard.
It is unlikely the
car charging can actually supply 1.5 kW to the outside, since the alternators get designed for about -LRB--LCB- everything the
car needs -RCB- + -LCB- what could possibly be added -RCB--RRB- * 1.3; so that usually leaves no more than 50 %
of the actual alternator power, usually less, to be gotten from the
car, while running at the engine
speed at which the alternator is at optimum.
Mitsubishi claims that since the five -
speed manual is
needed for the motorsport versions
of the Evo, it wasn't commercially viable to develop a six -
speed one for the road
cars, especially as the SST» box offers six cogs if that's what you want.
Whether that be the
need to accelerate hard to negotiate dangerous
speed differentials, or maintain a larger gap to the
car in front in case
of emergency, where the higher
speeds translate to exaggerated braking distances.
It's perhaps not the most subtle getaway
car but should you
need an emergency start it possesses a 0 - 60 time
of 4.6 sec (0.2 sec slower than the saloon) and its top
speed is limited to 186mph.
During this particular flirtation we chased each other with the enthusiasm
of Labrador puppies — and because both
cars communicate with their drivers so clearly at any
speed, we didn't
need to do 100 mph or even 70 mph to find thrills.
It feels less extreme, but it's undoubtedly quicker and less tiring on a sustained high -
speed drive, simply because you don't
need to remain quite so on top
of the
car.»
We were able to coax the iQ close to its 100 - mph top
speed up a steep incline and happily didn't
need to use any
of the
car's eleven -LRB-!)