Insane record setting lap of the Nurburgring in a Radical SR8

[si|verfish]

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Mad driver, mad skills.

Walter Rohrl once said he needed balls the size of watermelons when setting a record lap in a Porsche Carrera GT. So, I wonder how big Michael Vergers balls were when he set this lap in a Radical SR8 (basically a glorified go kart)

 

[- J f D -]

Indeed. The corners come flying. A slight mistake and your off. Ran the Nurburgring in GT4 and i thought that needed balls.... this is just insane. Excellent display of skill

 

[nwar]

Total respect for this guy man....f-ing hell!that's blindingly fast!ahahaha....jezuz...I myself have a hard time lapping Nurburgring in GT4 n look at this guy drive in real life!Shit....it only takes 1 mistake n he'll crash!REEEESSSPPEECTTT!!!

 

[mag9556]

Wah!!! Takumi (InitialD) alive!!
Damn scary...but salute him...

 

[Edward Chew]

That video was posted on top gear official site as well. And there were some description about the run. Im sure after you read it, you will find it really really scary to lap in nurburgring. hehehe...
Do you know that the car was bottom out at the long last straight? haha...
Salute this driver. haha
Top Gear - Road Legal Ring Master

 

[links]

Indeed. The corners come flying. A slight mistake and your off. Ran the Nurburgring in GT4 and i thought that needed balls.... this is just insane. Excellent display of skill

yeah, that was scary, expecially in road cars...those race cars still ok because of better handling...

by the way, whats your best time in GT4 nurburgring? mine is 5mins45s something..with the modded toyota GT-1 racing car...calling ts01 or something.

 

[ultimatevolution7]

Does it run on a SBK engine?

 

[ultimatevolution7]

whats your best time in GT4 nurburgring? mine is 5mins45s something..with the modded toyota GT-1 racing car...calling ts01 or something.

 

[links]

that was fast...hahaha

but i have run out of determination to try already....happy with 5min 45s....

by the way...what car you used?

 

[stonebridges]

woohoo, damn nice one.. he got his ball right..

 

[ultimatevolution7]

that was fast...hahaha

but i have run out of determination to try already....happy with 5min 45s....

by the way...what car you used?

F1 with standard settings

 

[ultimatevolution7]

Links.. man you are pretty good...5.43 is the best i can get for non-F1 car, but the turbo lag can get really fucked up, particularly if you drive MT..

 

[links]

the fair lady Z or new skyline gtr concept LM edition have good potential, just i coudnt utilise it yet...i think it can go up to 5min43 or even less....but you know its quite tiring, one lap is 5 min plus, one mistake braking will ruin it and have to re-lap again....

now work very busy, cant have the luxurious time to do so already.

but its great you can feel the difference with and without the aero dynamics in the nurburing.....

 

[Edward Chew]

How bout this... hehe... is clean run.

 

[links]

i dont use F1 car because dont get use to the tyre....any tips to change the tyre?

 

[sumimasen]

i cant feel my leg after watching this vid :P hehe

 

[Edward Chew]

Ya. I thought we can lap in the real Ring after we have mastered it in GT4, after watching that video, only i know it is totally different... scary.. haha

 

[ultimatevolution7]

How bout this... hehe... is clean run.

shit, 5.29, you're insane...
well, i did not tweak my F1 at all..
i should..
but jeez, 9 seconds behind?
well i did make a few mistakes..

your R92's time is impressive too, when the Sauber and R92 has completely different handling levels..
but damn, exact same time!

 

[ultimatevolution7]

BTW can somebody answer my question? does the Radical SR8 run on a SBK engine?

 

[Edward Chew]

Nah. Im normal... haha
That F1 lap time was set without tweak accept the correction to the downforce.
Making mistake in the ring is really really a very big disaster as the height of the car is so low and there are so many unevan surface. haha
It was more fun playing with the R92 than F1. haha.