얼핏보긴 전혀 하이엔드 스럽지 않군요;

Each year, the Austrian Wörthersee lake is the site of a very large meeting of gearheads as over 140.000 VW and Audi fans head to the scenic site to celebrate their favorite makes.

This year’s meeting ended a few hours ago and the Audi booth had something very interesting in store for sim racers. The Ingolstadt-make did not just show off their new Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro but also gave visitors the chance to try a virtual version of the car in Need for Speed World, using a Fanatec simulator.

While all that isn’t very unusual, Fantec’s rig used a never before seen Audi wheel that is modelled after the real A1 Clubsport Quattro wheel. But not just the wheel itself is new, it also uses a completely new (and seemingly much bigger) base that looks very different to what has been used on their Porsche wheels.

It remains to be seen whether or not this wheel is intended to go into mass production, a extension of their Porsche-centered product portfolio to include Audi wheels would make a lot of sense as both makes are now owned by the same company.

Update: Fanatec’s Thomas Jackermeier confirms that the wheel rim has been specifically made for this simulator by Audi engineers, costing 17.000? to produce. While this rim will most likely not make it to a mass market product, the new wheel base is the prototype of what will used for a yet-unannounced upcoming Fanatec high-end wheel.

마지막만 보면, 17000 유로나 들여서 개발되었고, 아직 대량생산 준비는 전혀 안되어있고, 아우디 엔지니어와 함께 작업된 특별한 시뮬레이터 목적이고, 휠은 아우디 꽈뜨로 A1 클럽스포츠에 들어가는 휠이라고 하네요. 어쨌건, 파나텍 하이엔드휠의 모태가 될 프로토타입인거는 같네요. 근데 뭐 만칠천 유로는;; ㅡ,.ㅡ;;