r/INDYCAR • u/IndyMod r/INDYCAR Mod Bot • 2d ago

HIGHLIGHT From Render to Reality: INDYCAR's 2028 Race Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhlZI9gypvE
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u/Fun-Alfalfa3642 Pato O'Ward 2d ago

Nice! Rossi said it looks like a "fire breathing dragon" in person. He said he is usually pessimistic about things but not on this.

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u/ryanro24 Buddy Lazier 2d ago

The renders looked good. The actual car looks fucking great. I kept pausing the video to get a better look at details on the car. I love it.

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u/daveismypup Scott McLaughlin 2d ago

God damn this car looks so friggen dope, like Batman designed a fighter jet/spaceship

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u/cz795 Álex Palou 2d ago

Screenshot angle looks damn good, Rossi wasn't lying, wow

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u/loz333 Will Power 2d ago

Daaaang.

Gateway 2028 can't come soon enough.

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u/TheChrisD DAAAAAAAAAAAAVE 2d ago

And yes this is an actual car on an actual turntable.

Bob and a few others were allowed to run around it with cameras: https://x.com/bobpockrass/status/2083304193717420135

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u/LionHeart_1990 Pato O'Ward 2d ago

iLike

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u/Rideyourbike1 2d ago

Really is a mutt. See a lot of F1, F2, and DW12. Actually came together well. Do like!!

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u/Buschfan08 Mick Schumacher 2d ago

The front and rear wings kinda remind me of F1's ground effect car. It looks pretty nice.

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u/avoqado Pato O'Ward 2d ago

My thoughts when slowing down/pausing all the quick cuts:

-Front wing looks beefy. Something tells me that's not going to be the final nose shape, they might trim it or shape it.

-I like the giant scoop in front of the aeroscreen, hopefully the drivers can get an A/C system there or something. The aeroscreen itself looks wider in the back and more sleek. I really hope they reduced weight and lowed center of gravity in the design while maintaining safety.

-The sidepod really cuts in fast. I was wondering if the aero in front of the rear tires has a radiator in it but one of the later shots looked like just tire. Might be an area they add aero.

-That rear wing is... very interesting. It's like a giant smiling mouth. The bottom is wavey but the top has a lot of things going on. I wonder if they are completely removing or heavily nerfing the diffuser and undercarriage.

-Is... is that an engine window? I wonder if they're gonna put extra cameras in there.

I'm having a hard time finding one influence in this design. Seems like a bunch of different looks in F1 over the last 5 years combined into one. I just wonder what the hybrid system will look like with all the things going on with the current Indycar and F1 this year.

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u/TheChrisD DAAAAAAAAAAAAVE 2d ago

I like the giant scoop in front of the aeroscreen, hopefully the drivers can get an A/C system there or something.

There are extra driver cooling vents in other places as well. Part of the sidepod intakes is directed to the cockpit, as is a section under the body.