Lap around Nurburgring...

[disappoint]

Wow is it just me or is this guy fast?

It feels fast and I'm just sitting here. You don't usually get a sense of speed from just a video. Must feel insane to drive it IRL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS0-J6lrNBU&feature=related

 

[PlasmaBomb]

You should be able to tell it's fast within the first few seconds -

Opening screen is "Lap record smashed - 6m55s"

 

[Fenixgoon]

meh, it's a radical SR8. not at all streetable.

 

[amdhunter]

That was exciting in full screen. I wonder how much the guy in the silver car slowed him down. It was cool he waved him off too and wasn't a dick about it.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

^ I don't know how you watched that full screen, I though the quality was pretty low on the standard size (granted it was a video from 2005).

 

[DivideBYZero]

meh, it's a radical SR8. not at all streetable.

Wow, I know it's cool to call everything you see online shit, but what is the point of this post?

 

[amdhunter]

^ I don't know how you watched that full screen, I though the quality was pretty low on the standard size (granted it was a video from 2005).

lol, my MBP only has a resolution of 1280x800. It was horrible to watch full screen, but not unwatchable.

Just sit a bit further away and use your imagination.

This vid made me want to fire up Forza 3 again. I missed a few achievements.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Wow, I know it's cool to call everything you see online shit, but what is the point of this post?

because it's not an F1 car, yet it can't possibly be used on the street. it's a fantastic engineering achievement, of course, but it's in the bastard-child spot of track-toy-only. even an ariel atom or a KTM x-bow can be put on a road.

if i had to pick between watching a jet powered car break the sound barrier, or a badass street car run down the 1/4 mile, i'd take the 1/4 mile run.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Newer clip (2009) of an SR8LM on the Nurburgring, with the same driver, Michael Vergers. Sets a time of 6:48.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fqB7jZiLJc

I can only imagine how awesome this would look in HD.

 

[darkswordsman17]

because it's not an F1 car, yet it can't possibly be used on the street. it's a fantastic engineering achievement, of course, but it's in the bastard-child spot of track-toy-only. even an ariel atom or a KTM x-bow can be put on a road.

if i had to pick between watching a jet powered car break the sound barrier, or a badass street car run down the 1/4 mile, i'd take the 1/4 mile run.

If I'm not mistaken, the Radical is actually as street legal in the US as the Atom or X-Bow, so your point is basically nonexistant. This car was actually driven to the 'ring, legally.

Just 😕 to your second statement. So, go watch those instead of complaining about this video?

 

[thegimp03]

Here's an HD clip...Zonda R.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPd0ATqvoJM&NR=1

 

[CraigRT]

What I would give to do that around the 'ring.... So awesome

 

[Fenixgoon]

If I'm not mistaken, the Radical is actually as street legal in the US as the Atom or X-Bow, so your point is basically nonexistant. This car was actually driven to the 'ring, legally.

Just 😕 to your second statement. So, go watch those instead of complaining about this video?

i could have sworn it was not street legal :hmm:

the whole point was, when something is so ridiculous(ly awesome) that it's beyond practicality, it loses some of its magic.

breaking the sound barrier in a car is awesome, but it's much easier to appreciate a nice 1/4 mile run.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

i didn't know the radical and xbow could be made street legal

 

[DivideBYZero]

I can certainly drive an SR8 on the road in the UK legally. I don't want to, but that is beside the point!