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>I almost feel stupid but I never realized they take the corners THAT fast. Holy shit. Respect. That's insane. The camera angles Rarely do the cars justice in
by RaceWon 8y ago
>I almost feel stupid but I never realized they take the corners THAT fast. Holy shit. Respect. That's insane.
The camera angles Rarely do the cars justice in protraying their speed (though its gotten better). There's a great vid on HN with a Porsche 919 sportscar at the Nurbugring that portays the quick factor fairly realistically (you can quibble about the various diffrences between a Sportscar and an F1 car in terms of capabilities--both are other worldy quick, and fast). I like to post that vid when talk here turns to self-driving cars, but I digress; F1 pilots are simply amazing. The cars are too.
"https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug" https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug"
- Ntrails 8y agoOld top gear put a formula something car on the test track, and it was insane how the car moved compared to everything else i'd seen travelling "fast" on the same camera angles.
- felipelemos 8y agoYou need to remove the leading double quotes because it's being carried when clicked on mobile, and leading to a 404 on YouTube.
- RaceWon 8y ago>You need to remove the leading double quotes Sorry, pulled an all nighter, didn't notice. Too late to edit it now.
- jaytaylor 8y agohttps://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug Always fun and andrenaline releasing to watch the Porsche 919 fly around the nurburgring!
- james_s_tayler 8y agoHe takes one of those corners at 350kph I can't even. The fastest I've been was 185kph. I always think back to that experience when watching stuff like this and try and empathize with the feeling of speed. It was insanely exhilarating to go that fast and I felt like if I even make a tiny mistake I'm gonna end up in a flaming wreck. And that was just down a long straight. I simply cannot imagine going almost twice as fast and taking a corner.
- MR4D 8y agoHoly cow - I can’t even hit that speed in a freakin video game! Let alone someplace where I could actually crash in real life! Those drivers can’t be human. Proof positive aliens live among us. Wow.