RC Nissan GT-R down the left Silverstone

13 October 2017

Nissan GT-R is one of the fastest sports cars on the planet. What if the car on the radio?

Nissan GT-R is one of the fastest sports cars on the planet. What happens if you make his car on the radio? An unusual experiment was done by Nissan's engineers. They have installed the interior control mechanisms, which rotate the wheel, push the gas pedal and brake, and also switch the gearshift lever.

To keep delays to a minimum, was used a modern computer modules that transmit the signal from remote controls 100 times in a second. But here's the controller was completely standard is the DualShock 4 from the PlayStation 4.

The pilot was Explained Jann (Jann Mardenborough). According to the company Nissan, he is the ideal candidate for this job. All the matter in that and RC Nissan GT-R, Jann put together two races in the world: virtual and real. To 2011 he was a regular gamer, days on the span hanging in Gran Turismo. But then he decided to take part in the GT Academy program, in which Nissan held a selection of riders among ordinary players.

Matebore was the third and youngest GT Academy winner. For the last years he competed in various series GP3, GP2, Super GT, Super Formula, "Formula 3", some times even participated in the"24 hours of Le Mans". And although major victories rider not have experience with different motor vehicles him not to take.

Nissan GT-R with remote control sped through Silverstone, on which he was able to accelerate up to 211 km/h. Average speed was 122 km/h time best lap — 1:17,47.