
"So, we've got technical information on how it works already. "We've got a direct contract with the company that developed the hybrid system, which is Compact Dynamics," says Jarniou. The team at KT Racing had to set out early to get this right.

You will see if you play the game, the small blue indicators that show pull power for acceleration, then recharge when you brake." Then, when you brake, you get the power back and then you can reuse your energy. When you when you get the power, for - depending on your mapping - something like 4, 3, or 5 seconds, then nothing. You can imagine in terms of the kinds of roads you have to drive and that kind of stuff. "3 is less torque, less power, for a longer time. And then you can change to 1, 2, or 3," he explains. It means you can have lots of power quickly, but not for long. "Exactly! Like in the real world, you have a choice of what they call maps. Jarniou laughs when I tell him how out of control I got.

Despite my inadequacies, it feels great and the cars definitely have that '22 season character. The force feedback kicked in as the rear totally escaped me, punching me further left and. Straight off the line, slamming my accelerator down obliterated any traction I had with the gritty, rough road twisting through small, brown hilltop villages. I found out quickly that keeping that kind of torque under control was tricky. In short, this means you get a serious pace off the line or out of a corner as the electric motor kicks in. This year, the change has been to hybrid rally cars using 100kW electric motors and 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engines using bio-fuel.
