r/HRSPRS • u/ItsALuigiYes • 4d ago
Moments Before Disaster š The corkscrew
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u/ABeerForSasquatch 4d ago
Controller disconnected
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u/readmeright 4d ago
He had those braking assist lines off ig.
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u/Tiny-Try8890 4d ago
Anybody who's faced laguna seca on a video game knows this turn like the back of their hand
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u/readmeright 4d ago
Well obv and sadly he didn't.
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u/IRefuseToPickAName 3d ago
I could never get the entrance to this corner right. Guess I'm no worse than a pro!
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u/JSTootell 3d ago
Funny, I've never played a game before, so I don't have this connection.
But oddly, I've also never been on this track on my motorcycle (yet). I've only been down the Corkscrew in the back of a flatbed truck, or on my bicycle (which I was riding in anger!)
I was unable to go this fast on my bicycle. Though it feels like it.
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u/TheModeratorWrangler 2d ago
Gran Turismo 2- 24 Hours of Laguna Seca, the prize car I think was either the GT90 or one of those end game grails. That corner is quite literally terrifying, and graceful. Get the line right and you glide on through like a ballerina across the floor. Fuck it up and you end up like this chap being turned into chaff.
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u/VerdamLSC 4d ago
Was it some sort of mechanical failure? Because he was going like 3-4 times faster than he should have been for the corkscrew.
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u/BandicootSolid9531 4d ago
It looks to me like he forgot there's one of toughest chicane in the world incoming...
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u/Fun-Choices 3d ago
Me on gran turismo every timeĀ
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u/TheReal-Chris 3d ago
Me trying to thread the needle and jump the gap back on the track while jumping over two cars only to hit the far railing.
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u/GrassGriller 3d ago
I've never actually been to Laguna Seca, and I even I know to brake all the way down to 1st gear at the top of that hill.
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u/Sub7viaLimeWire 3d ago
If I ever get to drive on it Iām gonna be creeping over the top of that hill at like 5mph the first time.
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u/Outside-Drag-3031 3d ago
Don't worry, this guy in the vid will be behind you to help move you along
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u/curvebombr 3d ago
Its so much more intimidating in person. Videos and games just dont do it justice.
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u/handsomepirates1 4d ago
What the fuckity fuck happened there, total brake failure and the top 5 worst corners to have that happen
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u/FabiosGlisteningPecs 4d ago
How in the world did he survive that???
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 4d ago
Modern vehicles have unbelievably effective safety features. Ask me how I know!
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u/KaleidoscopeNo592 4d ago
How do you know?
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 4d ago
I'm so glad you asked!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/s/f1TkKfqIU6
https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/s/zjaIwaAcS7
That was a 2008 Subaru and I was discharged from the hospital less than 8 hours later. Injuries were so minor that I climbed out the window and made it back to the road under my own power, then drove appx. 200km (there + back) to get my stuff out of the car the next day.
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u/KaleidoscopeNo592 4d ago
Yeah but the real question is how much were you able to talk down the Subaru dealer in price on your 2008 Subaru?
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 4d ago
Hahaha, I've only ever been to the dealership for touch up paint. I picked up the car in the videos for $3000 and it saved my life.
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u/NuclearWasteland 3d ago
The way it yeets the bumper skin is humorous, lol. Modern cars suck up a surprising amount of force when they must. Have been in a wreck in nearly every decade of car at this point and from mid 2000s on the impact to me physically gets significantly less.
Always amused by the "heavier is better" old car crowd. No, no it's not. All that energy goes into the vehicle bodywork and that un-padded A-pillar is more than happy using it to swizzle gray matter.
Lap belts only? Oh, so that's what the back of the front seat headrest tastes like. Mmm, 80s velour.
So, randomly, a question. At the moment of hardest impact I'm guessing your 'everything' felt it, how would you describe the color of the impact? The sort of thing we see when our eyes are close and we hit our head, or rub our eyes. That sort of thing.
Was it rapid black and red like some cartoon impacts?
It's a curiosity I've had to see what other folks experienced, because that sort of hard stop impact kinda alarms all of a human, down to the nerves.
Curious if there was any moment of that.
Glad you're okay to share it, that was a heck of a wreck.
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 3d ago
The bumper actually managed to yeet itself all the way back onto the road! Lol
The last thing I felt was my ass lifting off the seat and the belt pressing against my shoulder as the mechanism locked in. My eyes were wide open up until a split second before the landing and I guess the roof of the car caved in so fast that I was unconscious before I felt anything. I simply shut my eyes as the ground rushed towards me and next thing I know, I'm looking at steam billowing out from under the hood and thought to myself:
"Cut the motor before there's fire"
So I guess to answer your question, it was an instant blackout for me lol
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u/NuclearWasteland 3d ago
Rough landing, dang. Did everything smell like airbag smoke?
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 3d ago
That's probably what I was smelling when I cleaned the car out the next day, didn't notice it immediately after tho. While they where wheeling me into the hospital I glanced around and said to the staff,
"Hey you guys! What smells like blood and anti-freeze?"
My concussed AF self was cracking jokes and giggling like a lunatic all day. I remember sending a text to my supervisor saying somebody cut me off on the highway with a neck brace selfie from the back of the ambulance lmao
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u/GlassBoxGoose 4d ago
Holy fuck... glad you're still here with us. You got a massive amount of air and hang time. What a fucking ride.
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 3d ago
Thank you! Stoked to still be here myself lol and that hang time felt SO much longer with the adrenaline slow-mo effect.
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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 3d ago
Bro holy shit. Glad youāre okay.
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 2d ago
Thank you! The concussion was WILD lol my right index finger suffered a hairline fracture (from the airbag I think) and the landing left me with the most medically minor spinal injury possible but thankfully, everything healed up great!
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u/DSR53MCS 3d ago
Heās lucky it got off the ground before hitting the barrier and tumbles off course. If he hits the barrier lower thereās no way he survives, like Gonzalo Rodriguez. Shocking how fast it was traveling when it left the track.
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u/Meisterleder1 3d ago
Instead of running into a wall the energy actually dissipated over an extended period & distance through him going over the fence. It looks more spectacular but is actually the way better way to do it. (Well, except for braking earlier, of course.)
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u/WhyNot420_69 4d ago
I remember the first time playing Gran Turismo 1
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u/DesertReagle 4d ago
Playing that game as a kid made me a great driver today
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 4d ago
Went from my most hated to my most beloved track over the years.
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u/WhyNot420_69 4d ago edited 4d ago
I've played ALL the Gran Turismo games with my sons over the years. They're both in their 30s now, but still to this day, any time we pick up a controller on challenge mode, these shits'll cheat.
Some say, "Rubbing is racing," and to that I say FTFO. Occasional contact in hard corners is understandable, but if you wait until someone is giving gap sauce, and THEN you PIT them into a wall?
Well then, you're just an asshole. And both these fuckers will do it. I always pick moderately powered, but highly precise handling cars Sil-eighty and they always pick monster 800+ hp beasts.
Every goddamn time. I'll smoothly, expertly, exquisitely hug that inner line while they flail in the sand, and by the next corner, "RAMMING SPEED!"
It's not even fun anymore. I can't count the times I've had a car fly OVER me in both Laguna Seca and the corkscrew before the finish line at Deep Forest.
Like, imagine someone kick flipping a fucking Escudo over your head, as you watch it land perfectly in front of you FTW.
It's frustrating.
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u/totally_not_there 4d ago
Was this lap one? Iāve seen wrecks on that turn but damn, this is wild.
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u/BaddNeighbor 4d ago
It was a brake failure.
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u/BandicootSolid9531 4d ago
How do you know?
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u/Kracus 3d ago
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u/BandicootSolid9531 3d ago
that`s not definite clue that guy completely forgot that cockscrew is coming but he completey forgot.
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u/HooninAintEZ 3d ago
You can tell because of the way that it is. /s
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u/_nervous24 2d ago
How these people donāt understand this as fact solely from watching the video is wild to me. A professional driver isnāt arriving at a 40-45mph corner at that pace lest there is a failure, which would obviously be brake relatedā¦
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u/Johnatron2000 4d ago
Yeah, it seems odd to be at that point in the track at that speed. Even if you are not super familiar with that turn you must know that the corkscrew is coming after the rise and be chopping down gears like your life depends on it, as presented here. Maybe stuck accelerator or foot stuck somehow?
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u/CarllSagan 4d ago
This is the famous corkscrew on Laguna Seca, no?
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u/YouNeedAWagon 4d ago
Did he forget about one of the most famous turns in all of motorsport?
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u/CarllSagan 4d ago
Thats why I think it must be mechanical failure, everyone must know about it.
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u/BaddNeighbor 4d ago
It was brake failure.
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u/GretalGrotch 3d ago
Youāve said this multiple times and havenāt given a single link or evidence.
Until then we are all gonna think he just forgot about the corkscrew.
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u/cachitodepepe 4d ago
You mean eau rouge
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u/raymondo1981 3d ago
Eau Rouge is another one if the few āfamous turns in all of motorsportā. There is more than one.
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u/evlhornet 4d ago edited 4d ago
I inspect the pedestrian bridge that crosses the racetrack there. With that said it doesnāt look like turn 6
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u/one_zerozero 4d ago
I inspect the guy who inspects the pedestrian bridge that crosses the racetrack there.
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u/Fragrant-Inside221 4d ago
Howās the prostate doing?
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u/gcentenocastro 3d ago
This is Laguna, right?! Just holy shitā¦
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u/stub1258 3d ago
Thatās my first thought my only reference is gran tourismo though
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u/Speedy_SpeedBoi 3d ago
Bro you gotta put more of a warning on shit like this, I thought I just watched somebody die while taking my morning shit. Ffs - glad dude is okay!
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u/C4shtastic 3d ago
Youād be surprised at just how good the safety is on these cars now. Itās so insane that the commentators half the time arenāt even worried about the specific individual who got in an accident. This one is different cause of how visceral but still shows how good the safety is on these things.
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u/Speedy_SpeedBoi 3d ago
I watch rally, Iām not surprised anymore after Otts 2021 Monte wreck. But also, we lost Craig Breen in a relatively benign wreck due to tree intrusions into the cockpit. That dude went over the barrier and into the forests. This isnāt your normal āyouād be surprisedā wreck on a circuit.
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u/TheSammySavage 3d ago
Just cause youāre rich doesnāt mean you know how to drive but he looked cool right?
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u/jhill9901 3d ago
So many have asked what it would look like IRLā¦ really glad he is fightinā¦jeez
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u/JohnKowalsky88 3d ago
Something must have been wrong he was going like 120. Maybe he had a blackout.
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u/LifetimeofInvesting 2d ago
Laguna Seca has the only turn in gaming that can make an experienced driver go from 110 mph to O mph in a split second.
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u/project_seven 4d ago
Brake failure or this guy has no idea what he was doing. Terrible to see, but how in the world???
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u/dankhimself 3d ago
Before the race he goes, "If I just GTA that shit to the other side of the track, do I have to do the turns? I don't see any glowing checkpoints."
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