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timothy 08-01-2007 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
Imagine what this woman could do in that GT3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os16l7oeFjE&mode=related&search=

Love it! That video is a timeless classic. It never gets old and makes me laugh every time.

skip_168 08-01-2007 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by trogdor

you can see what happened there.. combination of an unloaded suspension at the top of the hill, correcting a wide line through the turn, and adding power, results in the spin...

Dr. Kill 08-01-2007 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perfectlap
Imagine what this woman could do in that GT3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os16l7oeFjE&mode=related&search=

That rolled over awfully easy.

porsche986spyder 08-01-2007 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by trogdor

Wow, that looks like the same track and the same turn as the other video. Both going uphill and then just after that section they both wreck.

zackwatt 08-01-2007 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perfectlap
Imagine what this woman could do in that GT3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os16l7oeFjE&mode=related&search=

OMG LOL LOL LOL, That is classic!

RandallNeighbour 08-01-2007 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
Wow, that looks like the same track and the same turn as the other video. Both going uphill and then just after that section they both wreck.

I believe you are seeing the same car from two different angles. The first is the cam on the driver's helmet. The second is the car he passed, who also had a camera in the car. Watch the first one again and you'll see the second cam-enabled car.

Back2DTM 08-01-2007 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
Wow, that looks like the same track and the same turn as the other video. Both going uphill and then just after that section they both wreck.

I think that camera car was the one who was passed in the first video.

Perfectlap 08-01-2007 09:36 AM

the onboard car is seal grey. the 2nd car is black.

either way the similarity of the two wrecks tells me the weight distribution of the car makes it prone to driver error in this particular type of corner. Which incidentally is one of the five most famous flat out corners in sports car world, used to be even more extreme.
p.s.
I bet you if I were doing that same speed in my BoxsterS I would not spin and if I did I wouldn't do a rear end hammer throw into the wall. The mid engine car would not travel far from the point of the spin.... far away from the wall, albeit with less warning than the 911.

porsche986spyder 08-01-2007 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
the onboard car is seal grey. the 2nd car is black.

That's what I noticed too. Makes me wonder if it is indeed the same track? It certainly looks like it. I can only asume that particular area of the track must be a difficult spot to get through in that type of Porsche. They both had the same problems. :cheers:

Perfectlap 08-01-2007 01:20 PM

Yeah its the same track Spa in Belgium. aka 'the driver's circuit'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps


always made me think of the big hill at Road Atlanta

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/gfx/...s/BLD_5388.jpg

boxsterz 08-02-2007 05:16 PM

It's the same track for sure. 2 different events. Vid 1 (1st person) doesn't pass cam car in correct location, besides Vid 2, car spins 360 degrees, Vid 1, no spin.

racer_d 08-03-2007 01:20 PM

It's only a flat out corner if

1) Your car is really slow or

2) Your cajones are amply sized or

3) your car creates mucho downforce ;)

F1 cars go flat out (then again, they create what, 2000lbs of downforce (on a 1300lb car?)

I don't want to critique our original GT3 vid, but I can see the car getting light as it crests, plus what seems to be a gentle nudge of the turtles/curbing.. it looks lit he was going to save it but seemed to overcorrect at that speed and whoosh.. smack.


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