Recently, while whirring around the worldwide roadways of PGR4 (Project Gotham Racing 4, a semi-realistic racing game for the Xbox 360 alone) with my Xbox 360, I unlocked the Tesla Roadster (by beating a Ferrari Testarossa in an Invitational event on electricity alone, ha
!) I immediately went to PGR4's Michelin Test Track to assess this car's potential. The car's excellent handling and driftablility was hand in hand with...a 130 MPH top speed
. I was surprised: how could a 196 MPH Lamborghini Gallardo and a 192 MPH Ferrari Testarossa be beaten by a 130 MPH Tesla Roadster? All three cars have exceptional handling as well.I then found out that the Roadster was electronically limited to 130 MPH (in-game and in real life), most likely to keep the roads safer. The fact that the Roadster beats cars much faster than itself still remains a mystery; however the Roadster may be a giant killer...
Until a Tesla Roadster (or similarly powerful electric car) with no speed limiter is released, electric cars will still not be adopted by performance-minded drivers
. I wonder how fast the Roadster would go with no speed limiter installed...
Picture from:
http://www.teslamotors.com/display_data/pgr4_3.jpg
