Showing posts with label agera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agera. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2022

My FH5 Log: The Koenigsegg Agera

Obtained from Forza Horizon 5's Forza Horizon 10th anniversary series update's storm season playlist, the original Koenigsegg Agera's back for more as players are getting some throwbacks with the hypercar that reigned the early 2010s with an iron fist of fury, whatever that means.


The Koenigsegg Agera is the spiritual successor of the CCX that continues the Swedish supercar maker's tradition of pushing beyond the limits of speed. Unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the Agera is powered by a 5.0L twin-turbo engine, a huge departure from its supercharged predecessors, producing 960HP of power and 1100Nm of torque. The Agera was named Top Gear's Hypercar of the Year in 2010.


With the quick introduction done, it's time for the Agera to live up to its name and with that, it's time to take it to the skies and unleash its inner beast while slipping and sliding through the Hot Wheels tracks. This should be fun. Let's roll the tape.


This car packed some monstrous power but we survived, just.

Enjoy your new ride!

Friday, December 14, 2018

Forza Horizon 4: King Demon Beast

To a regular joe, that might look like the vividly insane Koenigsegg Agera, the great equalizer of the hypercar regime, but this is not your average Agera. It's the Agera to end all Ageras. Meet the Agera RS and here in Forza Horizon 4, I'm going to find out what's what with this monster.

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Unveiled in 2015, the Koenigsegg Agera RS combines all of the features and functionalities of the S and R. In other words, all of the the components come from different Agera models come together to create the Agera to finish it all. It uses the same Koenigsegg twin turbo aluminum 5,0L V8 from the S, which was optimized for regular gasoline use, but now it produces a massive 1160hp of power on normal gasoline alone. Running on E85 biofuel, it blows away with over 1300hp of power.

Apart from the engine and standard equipment, the weight of the Agera RS is lower than both the R and the S, courtesy of its advanced composites and layup techniques developed during the One:1 program.

The Agera RS is limited to 25 units with 10 sold in a pre-sale basis. In 2017, the Koenigsegg Agera RS smashed not one but five speed records that can easily embarrass the Bugatti Veyron. It has the recorded top speed of 447.19 km/h (277.87 mph), the highest top speed for a production vehicle, quickest 0-400-0kph time of 33.29 seconds, highest average speed for a flying kilometer (mile) on a public road of 445.63 km/h (276.9 mph), and the highest speed achieved on public road of 457.94 km/h (284.55 mph).

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At the hands of an unskilled driver, the intimidating performance the Agera RS delivers could result in a mega-disaster and for a car with this much power, you need some adequate training to master the beast of a machine. No wait, this is more than a beast. It's a King Demon Beast. That's what that is. The Agera RS like a King Demon Beast wreaking havoc in a quiet neighborhood and it juggles you in a world of pain. Even when you put your foot gently on the throttle, it still intimidates you and that's classic Koenigsegg torture to you. Koenigsegg says that this hypercar works in both road and track even with racing car-like performance but in my mind, feels like I can't use all that power in different corners because when I slam my foot hard on it, it really kicks me hard and no matter how many times you endure the torture, this torture chamber on wheels will still keep torturing you unless you throw in the towel.

The Agera RS handles like a torture chamber and it's fair to say that it should be better off in the straights. Speaking of which, here's the Agera RS in action, putting all of its record-breaking stats into action.



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Unless if you're ready, this Agera RS is not for you to drive it. If you fully understand its intimidating performance and use it well, you are fully prepared to tame the King Demon Beast with pride and humility. Knowing is half the battle, y'all.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Forza Motorsport 5: Ace of Aces

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These ultra-expensive, ultra-powerful, and ultra-rare machines can be considered themselves as "Aces" because they possessed superior capabilities, massive firepower, and road superiority a true ace should have. Whether it can be sophisticated or bewildering, to civilized to insane, the aces really are born in the perfect battlefield where only the best ace survive but which of these aces are "Ace of Aces?"

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First, let's get to know the aces and first up, it's the Koenigsegg Agera. Made as the successor to the CCX, the one that Stig almost got killed while he drove one round the Top Gear track several years ago. It was powered by a turbocharged 5-litre V8 engine that produces 940PS of power and 1,100Nm of torque. 0-100kph in under 3.1 seconds and top speed of 435kph while mated with a 7-speed double clutch gearbox. It was awarded Top Gear's 2010 Hypercar of the Year.


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Next, it's the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. While the Veyron is highly respected as the world's fastest machine, the Super Sport pushed the machinima to its extreme levels and with its 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) top speed, the Veyron SS set the benchmark for the fastest production vehicles.

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And lastly and notably a fierce one, the Hennessey Venom GT. This purpose-built speed demon from the Hennessey Performance Engineering possesses some record-smashing speed records with its fastest 0-300kph time of 13.63 seconds. It has clocked a max speed of 270.49mph on a runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, making it unofficially the fastest car in the world and because it's unofficial, it's not quite matched to the production numbers of the Veyron SS.

The aces are set in the Top Gear Test Track and the fastest time is the winner.

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At the starting line, both the Venom GT and the Agera are struggling to get it straight because the massive torque of these two sent these two on a catastrophic wheelspin but for the Veyron Super Sport, thanks to its 4WD powertrain, got off to a rocket start smoothly but in the corners, since the Veyron Super Sport is the heaviest of the three, both the Venom GT and the Agera glide through the corners with ease. This could be very one sided.

Mind you, the Venom GT has the most powerful engine compared to the Veyron SS and the Agera and because it's lighter, this ace sweeps through the corners and straights faster than you can say "Fox Two".



At the end of the lap, here are the results;

Veyron SS: 1:15.161
Venom GT: 1:15.122
Agera: 1:17.337

Which means, that the "Ace of Aces" goes to the Venom GT because not only its twin-turbo LS9 V8 engine possess a massive firepower but its lightweight bodywork has greater superiority on the track making it the ideal multirole in the high speed stakes and track days. This million-dollar hypercar is by no means the Ace of Aces in an all-out ace combat on Forza 5.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg Agera

Oh come on. Don't worry. That's just a joke. Of course I can spell "Koenigsegg" correctly because if the Koenigsegg Agera's got featured in Top Gear and once The Stig lapped this, it may end up looking like this on their lap board:

"Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg Agera"

Whoa! Just like what happened on the past models tested on Top Gear such as CC8S and the CCX (notable for Stig's accident round the Top Gear Test Track).

Agera vs. CCX at the Ring

So what is the Koenigsegg Agera? At first glance, the Koenigsegg Agera is the spiritual successor of the "Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg" CCX and when I say spiritual, there is some "ghost" badge located at the Agera's 5.0L twin-turbo engine that produces 940HP of power. If performance is getting a bit more better, it's somewhat as powerful as the Bugatti Veyron or a Ferrari Enzo. No wait, the Agera is somewhat lighter than the Veyron but it's a bit heavier than the Ferrari Enzo, so there's a bit of a gap if I'm honest.

Agera for another Top Gear episode

Of course, as I'm sure you know, this car is part of the Launch Bonus Pack, a bonus available for those who've preordered Forza 4 before the release but it's too late. If you think you're too late for that, don't worry because thanks to the Launch Bonus Pack became available for the public for just 560 MS Points, you can now try the ultimate Koenigsegg ever built to satisfy your passion for cars.

As our passion for cars keeps on burning through our veins thanks to continuous gameplay of Forza 4, the Koenigsegg Agera served as a perfect example of "car passion" on this game. I once tried it round the Top Gear Test Track and it was made to be somewhat faster than the "Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg CCX with Top Gear wing". I was thinking about 1:15.4, my personal best on this car, and yes, it was proven to be quicker than the CCX but a bit problematic than my seriously problematic Pagani Huayra. Who cares?

The Agera speeds through Japan

With the 1,400,000 CR pricing, it maybe seem to be difficult to get the Agera but if you belong to a certain car club, your best bet is to borrow the Agera from your fellow car club member if you want to try it out on online races. However, if you have the allowance, you can buy the Koenigsegg Agera, tweak its performance figures, or even do a Top Gear Power Lap Time with your Agera. It may seem to be difficult to master the Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg (sorry again) Agera because of the speed that can't keep up with its handling but with practice, you have a Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg that has a force to be reckoned with.