Future McLarens may lock full power unless GPS says you’re actually on a racetrack

If you’re a supercar driver who likes to put their foot down, there’s a change on the horizon as future McLarens may lock their full power potential.

Not only could it be locked, it might even be hidden behind a track-only GPS system.

It seems that McLaren has submitted a patent for this exact technology.

If added to the fleet, it’ll hide the full power of future McLarens – unless you’re on a racetrack, that is.

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Could future McLarens be restricted?

If this becomes reality, future McLarens might be changed forever.

That’s because the iconic supercar brand has just done something very interesting and submitted a particular patent which could lock the full power of future McLarens behind GPS location rules.

These GPS location rules could preserve full power behind a ‘race driving mode,’ making it inaccessible on regular roads.

Normally speaking, a race mode is put on an extremely powerful car for track driving.

A sport mode, on the other hand, is often reserved for the roads.

There is one key reason why such an idea could actually make sense.

McLaren itself has actually outlined the reason why.

 “The race configuration of the suspension system may cause the vehicle to not meet one or more safety standards in order to be certified for use on public roads,” the company says.

Will this GPS system actually happen?

So, how would this GPS actually work?

From the looks of the patent application itself, future McLarens would have the race mode locked until arriving at a ‘permitted location’.

It looks as if future McLarens would recognize that it’s at a racetrack by going through the same waypoints a couple of times.

There is something extremely important to note here.

Before you get your pitchforks out, patents don’t mean that a company actually will implement them.

It could just be McLaren looking to the future of safety laws.

Any actual implementation of this technology could actually be highly unlikely.

For one thing, it would be extremely expensive to fine-tune and get right.

Plus, there would be the anger of supercar owners to deal with.

Looking forward to future McLarens could be about to get a lot more interesting.