Virtual Road Test: American Rockets
Check out the Virtual Road Test showing the star-spangled horsepower of the 2006 Chevy Corvette Z06, 2006 Dodge Viper SRT10, and 2007 Ford Shelby GT
Virtual Drag Race AnimationsClick here to
download the "American Rockets" virtual acceleration test.
Booms echoing across a dry desert lake bed. Military bases and Space Shuttle assembly plants on a horizon of shimmering heat waves. Unmanned predator drones and inquisitive helicopters peerind down from above. Dreadful food wrapped in shrink-wrapped plastic.
Sounds like somebody is playing with rockets. And, through the miracle of Motor Trend's 3D Virtual Road Test, you can witness the star-spangled horsepower of the 2006 Chevy Corvette Z06, 2006 Dodge Viper SRT10 and 2007 Ford Shelby GT on your PC desktop.
So click below to download these racing rockets. And remember, this is a 3D world you're entering, so be sure to mess with your cursor to explore the action on the track from any perspective that strikes your fancy. Your chance to view these American Rockets from any way you want.
Additional features and hints • Hold "Shift" key and left mouse button while moving mouse to relocate your viewpoint.
• Click on the "View" tab and then "Multiple Results Window" to try different pre-selected perspectives.
• Click "View" tab and then "Show View Controls" to display sliders for zoom, rotate, and tilt.
• Click "file" tab to discover options to save BMP or JPEG images of your favorite scenes.
• The horizontal slider lets you scan through the animation to any time you wish.
• Be sure "Loop" is checked so that the animation will continuously replay/
• The "Performance gauge" should be green for the animation to play at actual speed. If it is red, or partially red, try lowering the frame rate to improve the player's performance.
• "Ghosts" is a function that repeats the preceding action up to 19 times at following distances selectable by the adjacent slider. Caution though - only very fast computers can utilize this capability, and we suggest leaving this setting on "0".
• For more detailed information, visit
http://www.carsim.com/downloads/animator_hints.php/Sorry, but currently, the Virtual Road Test doesn't support Mac viewing.