Following yesterday's teaser, Aston Martin has officially introduced the DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Developed in-house by the Design team at Aston Martin, led by Design Director Marek Reichman, the DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo is a new virtual-only GT racer which will be available for Gran Turismo 6 owners to download in July.
Starting with nothing but the traditional 'blank sheet of paper', the design team and design engineers worked for six months to create the new addition to the Vision Gran Turismo stable of race cars. Clearly pushing the boundaries of what an Aston Martin could be, the DP-100 not only looks beautiful but also boasts a high degree of engineering integrity.
The twin-turbo V12 mid-engined racer offers up to 800 hp, endowing it with blistering performance fully in keeping with the high octane nature of the game.
Created utilising many of the same techniques as applied in the development of Aston Martin production sports cars - hand sketches and 3D modelling, followed by full realisation in the virtual world - the DP-100 provides an exceptional level of detail with a fully functioning suspension system and state-of-the-art electronics.
Design Director Marek Reichman said "DP-100 has been an exciting and intensive project for the team here at Gaydon. Features such as the car’s revolutionary ‘active aerodynamics’ are there not just as a way of enhancing form, but also to support the car’s function in-game. As with the CC100 Speedster Concept, many of the design cues visible in DP-100, such as the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we’ll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated."
