How fast were they going?
This is truly an awesome, face-paced experience, but I was wondering how fast exactly?
I examined the speedometer closely during the first race, but the numbers on it don't seem to make sense. Around 10 minutes into the movie, there's a closeup shot of JP's speedometer, and it looks like it's reading 240 at the max, but you can clearly see that the left side of the speedometer must peak at 260 before spinning to the right side. Perhaps some strange alien symbols for the numbering system?
If you look in the inner circle, you can see it goes to 200, then a slightly modified 2 for the next set of 100, then 300, and 400. Does this mean the speedometer was actually maxed at 340?
Also, what units were they using to measure? I know the outer circle was kilometers per hour, but what was the inner circle (it read k/m)? Certainly not kilometers per minute, as that doesn't convert correctly.
Perhaps I'm overlooking something simple.