Project CARS 3: The Perfect Storm

Storms, typhoons, hurricanes, cyclones, they're all slightly different but they share one thing in common; to destroy all walks of life from the skies above with its razor-sharp winds, torrential rainfalls, flooding, and in rare cases, thunder and tornadoes. Of all the storms the world face, there is one storm that can end all storms and it comes from the Lone Star State.

This is the Hennessey Venom F5, the perfect storm created by the Texans to take on the world's fastest hypercars and aims to become the world's fastest hypercar in existence.

Unveiled at the 2017 SEMA Show, the Venom F5 is an all-new hypercar designed and built from scratch to become the world's fastest hypercar ever made. While the previous Venom GT is built on Lotus components on steroids, the F5 featured an all-original design, chassis, and carbon fiber body in the hopes of achieving the lowest possible drag of 0.33.

Named after the most powerful tornado speed winds on the Fujita scale, the Venom F5 is capable of achieving over 300mph of top speed courtesy of its all-new V8 twin-turbo engine producing over 1600hp of power while mated to a 7-speed single-clutch paddle-shift transmission. It has a curb weight of 2,950lbs thanks to its lightweight chassis and carbon fiber bodywork.

It is capable of hitting 0-186mph in less than ten seconds and zero to 249mph and back to rest will be under 30 seconds.

In Project CARS 3's Style Pack DLC, the Venom F5 we got is the concept while the full-blown production version went out in the open with stats bigger than what the world expected. Still, this prototype gave players a chance to experience what's like to be in the perfect storm.

Of course, being an extremely powerful hypercar with so much power pumping out from what is known to be the Fury 6.6L V8 Twin Turbo engine, it's tricky to get its launch right by the time your foot is slammed on the gas pedal and the same goes at second and third gear because, with such excessive force, you'd need to be more careful with it while trying to navigate through the corners, which is surprisingly tricky for a Texan hypercar like this.

Navigating through the corners is like sailing through the rough seas in the middle of a storm but when you took it on the straights, this is where the Venom F5 shines. It does 0-60mph in less than three seconds, 0-124mph in less than five seconds, and has the potential of a 311mph top speed. Everything you want on a hypercar like this is all here and looks like I'm onto something here.

To see if the Venom F5 has the potential to become the world's fastest hypercar ever made, I went to the most challenging racetrack ever made to prove its worth and it's none other than the legendary Nurburgring.

It's mad for someone like me to bring the Venom F5 to the Nurburgring because I have a bold feeling that the Venom F5 could become the fastest car to lap the Nurburgring. I know it sounds herculean because Hennessey hasn't quite yet accepted the Nurburgring challenge but in the interest of science and speed, I virtually volunteer to take on this brave attempt to see if the Venom has the potential to become Nurburgring's fastest. Let's roll the tape.

After one brave lap at the Nordschleife, I've lapped the Venom F5 in 6:57.060, which is slower than the real-world lap time set by the Porsche 918.

That's the best that I can do but thank goodness, it's just a prototype. Of course, if Hennessey accepted the Nurburgring challenge, the Venom F5 has the potential to become the fastest to lap around the Green Hell, but it's best to leave it to the experts because, despite the result, I've made a huge impression about the Venom F5.

With such extreme performance that can upset the world's greatest hypercars, the Venom F5 is poised to be the perfect storm known the world over. Be prepared because, by the time the Venom F5 hits the road, the world's best hypercar makers should start praying.