22 September 2009 - 15:00
It’s good to torque
Ever wondered what 3,319lb ft of torque feels like? Well, it's so damn torquey that it can only be contained by... the internet!
Yes, to celebrate the unveiling of its absurdly twistful R8 E-Tron concept, Audi has created a virtual universe in which the battery-powered supercar can safely play without creating, y'know, black holes and stuff.
To play, you'll need something called a ‘Playstation 3' - which we believe to be a gaming console of the Commodore 64 ilk - and head over to Audi Space, a sort of virtual headquarters for the German brand within Playstation Home. Can you hear Top Gear's technical understanding straining at the seams yet?
Anyhow. Once you're there, you'll be able to pilot the torquetastic E-Tron around the Vertical Run circuit, attempting to reach the highest top speed by gathering lots of electrical energy. 3,319lb ft of torque requires much electrical energy, we think.
The game goes live in December, by which time we’ll have figured out where all the wires sticking out the back of the Top Gear office telly actually go.
Oh, and - as a loyal TopGear.com reader has just pointed out to us - anyone know what Etron means in French? We've just found out. It's not good. If you know, please don't write it below or we'll get in trouble...
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I tried translating 'etron' from French to English and just ended up with 'etron'. What does it mean???
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I can only guess that the loyal reader added an extra 'e' to the name before translating it. As for the game in Home I'll be sure to look it up when it goes live.
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@ Mikeado - google it and you'll see soon enough. It's almost straight out of the Ratner book of marketing names........
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Nice looking bit of kit. Unfortunely the whole electric tech thing is a dead end unless you can pull up at a pump and fill up in mins. The logical move should be towards hydrogen fuel cells, the most abundant thing in the univers (apart from dark energy that is - scientists arn't sure what it's made of anyway so' that's a non starter).
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Time to buy a ps3 when gt5 comes out, and then I can play this too.
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what about xbox 360 users. thats it audi cancelling that r8 order i had in
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Oh no Audi what a mess (literally) you have made of that! Surely someone French works for Audi in Germany?! That bloke that changed his R8 badges to BMW might well have some Frenchists changing their Etron to Peugeot if it ever makes production!
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etron means "piece of excrement" or "*urd"
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maybe they put a capital E and T and a - for a reason
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http://www.wordreference.com/fren/Etron XD
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http://www.wordreference.com/fren/Etron XD
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Etron, means Crazy Shi, yeah well. You get the idea.
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Etron= Excreta
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why would audi,a german car company,name one of their cars after the french word for poo?
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Well, I'm french, and I don't think many people know this word... I actually never heard it... (And no, i'm not 12) But they should have check first... Anyway, with this torque, it should be smoky on the line.
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Assuming you have any tires left when you actually get off the line....
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Mikeado commented on this article
22 September 2009
"Can you hear Top Gear's technical understanding straining at the seams yet?" ____ Basically TopGear, PS Home is a sort of social online community thing where avatars walk around and interact and do leisurely activities and furnish their apartments and dance badly and stuff. It's all done through a PS3, which handily comes with a manual for plugging TVs in and all that mumbo jumbo. I'm assuming part of the walking-around area will be Audi-tacular come December. Shame I deleted all the data for PS Home because I never use it...
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