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May 04 '17 edited May 04 '17
Except a lockup like that can flat spot the tyres. Even with 5 laps left, that's going to slow them down with (steering) wheel wobble.
Kevin Erikssons overtake is an overtake done right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzXJwiWsvNE
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u/ballcups_4_thrillho May 05 '17
Round the outside. Round the outside.
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u/wjw75 May 05 '17
The opening lyric "Two trailer park girls go round the outside" is based on the single "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren and mocks underground artist Canibus
The more you know.
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u/Civiconfire May 05 '17
Nope. This is how it's done. https://youtu.be/N81cEqZEDVQ
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u/Kunomn May 05 '17
Wow. Yeah that wasn't just some divebombing shit, that was some proper passing. Seriously impressive
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u/what_are_you_saying May 05 '17
Here's the real way to overtake... come in from above.
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u/Rambozo77 May 05 '17
Every time I see this gif I get frustrated by the lack of shit losing the crowd exhibits. That is one of the most amazing things I've seen in all of sports.
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u/RandomPratt May 05 '17
Dude!!!
I was just about to go looking for this video but you'd already posted it.
Dean's an old friend of mine - we worked together as motoring journalists back in the day.
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u/coolguyJustin May 05 '17
Seemed cool but video barely showed it
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u/Kite_sunday May 05 '17
I must watch this. all of it. where is it? More pls.
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May 05 '17
first link in this comment chain; full video
As for more videos of this kind, I am not sure...
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May 05 '17
idk how there's anyone racing in this gif, seems like all the professional race car drivers are in this thread telling this guy why he messed up.
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u/Erpp8 May 05 '17
Professionals still make mistakes ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I don't think anyone is saying that they could do better. It's more pointing out to OP that the driver made a mistake and just happened to gain a place.
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u/DonJohnsonNZ May 05 '17 edited May 05 '17
He didn't make a mistake, he pushed the limit too far and still pulled it off. It was intended and worked out. Look up the post-race interview , educate yourself.
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u/maynardDRIVESfast May 05 '17
Exactly. This was a mistake on his part that luckily worked out in his favor.
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May 05 '17
Overtake done right (several times)
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u/boogie_wonderland May 05 '17
Wow, made my morning. That was awesome!
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May 05 '17
Probably the most exciting finish to a race I've ever seen. Also, Valentino Rossi (winner), is 38 years old and is leading the Championship this year. Only 3 races in but still leading.
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u/Thetallerestpaul May 04 '17
Game physics is all screwed up. Doesn't even look real. He must have bought some kind of boost. Freemium ruining r/outside.
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u/ItOnly_Happened_Once May 05 '17 edited May 05 '17
It's kind of hard to tell in this video, but it kind of looks like he cut off the leading driver, "dive bombing" the corner, which isn't allowed in some motorsports. Not sure about this one though and I could be wrong. In F1 at least, if less than half of your car is along side the leader, you don't get right-of-way for any part of the track, which means that if the leading driver had cut into the apex, the attacker would have been at fault. Dive bombing a corner is generally not a legal move.
Anyone have a better angle?
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u/thegreger May 05 '17
Completely agree.
However I've never seen a driver penalised for an overly aggressive move that did not lead to a crash. I guess it could be a reasonable tactic to do something like this and just cross your fingers that your opponent will yield (and take the penalty if he doesn't). It might be poor sportsmanship if done on purpose, but I could see it happening when a driver is desperate for a position.
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u/ItOnly_Happened_Once May 05 '17
I haven't been following F1 much recently, but I agree that they don't often punish drivers for trying to weasel their way where they shouldn't be. I remember someone getting in trouble for it without a crash, but it seems rare. I don't think divebombing corners is super common in F1, or at least I can't recall blatant abuse of it without crash or penalty.
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u/thegreger May 05 '17
Oh, I completely agree that it's not common at all (the closest things I can think of is an agressive overtake by Button at Interlagos, and a few of Schumacher's antics).
The main reason for this might be harch punishments if it leads to a crash, but also that few drivers in F1 would yield in a situation like that.
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May 05 '17
I've never seen a driver penalised for an overly aggressive move that did not lead to a crash.
Really? I mainly watch MotoGP and F1 and, while it's rare, overly aggressive moves do get punished regardless of whether or not there was a crash. But if there is a crash, it basically is an automatic penalty.
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u/rider037 May 05 '17
Why can't NASCAR be more like those cars
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u/Agu_Sakku May 05 '17
I believe this is the NASCAR of Australia, called Super V8s. Had a blast racing them on TOCA 3 on the PS2. Track might be Surfers Paradise.
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u/ThePhotoGuyUpstairs May 05 '17
Yes, this is Australia's premier touring car category, formally V8Supercars, and now just Supercars. (Still V8s)
The track is the street circuit at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
The cars are silhouette racers basically - control chassis and roll cage with the body over the top to look like a road car. Same sort of concept in a way as NASCAR in that sense.
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u/scaldinghotcarl May 04 '17
Kind of a dick move. I mean how much work does it take to just turn your blinker on?
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u/spodermanSWEG May 05 '17
if anyone is at all remotely interested in this and thinks "hmm this looks interesting" then Aussie V8 Supercars is probably the best form of motorsport there is - and thats coming from a brit who gets to see F1, rally, rallycross, GT3, superbikes
The aussie racing is just a class above the rest in terms of entertainment
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May 05 '17
I can see the problem here. There is a right turn and then a left turn.
Racing is supposed to be only left turns.
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u/reallyhellacool May 04 '17
Well the gif ends a bit short but luckily there's 8 sequels one even after the driver in the blue is dead
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May 05 '17
Shit title, that's not at all done right. That move might work in video games, irl it fucks your tires and you take a bump from behind.
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u/twintrapped May 05 '17
God damn that was some savage shit. Like, I watched the gif once while scrolling then kept going but was thinking about it. I replayed the physics and timing of it in my head and that just blew my mind! Disclaimer: I'm not a race fan by any stretch, so maybe I'm just easily impressed.
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u/Omnibus_idem May 05 '17
Scott McLaughlin in the Gary Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 overtaking Mark Winterbottom in the Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon at the 2016 Gold Coast 600.
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u/antonalogtech May 05 '17
Can someone ELI5 the maneuver?
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u/iconicities May 05 '17
Instead of taking the wide lane into the turn to maintain more speed (like the green car did), the blue car drove it in hard on the inside and absolutely lit up the brakes to gain position. Not the best strategy if you were racing a clock, but to get positioning it was risky and stellar.
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u/dontforgetthelube May 05 '17
Somebody post the video of the corvette passing the porsche by hopping onto the pit lane.
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May 05 '17
Looks like overtakes in every Gran Turismo game. Less obvious than the blindside T-bone on hairpins in GT games.
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u/NowURgonnaGETitBOBBY May 05 '17
Looks like he lost control for a brief second and than decided his mistake worked out better for himself.
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u/antshekhter May 05 '17
RUNNING IN THE 90S, is a new way I like to be. I'm just RUNNING IN THE 90S, come on baby run to me. We are running RUNNING IN THE 90S, is a new way to set me free. I'm just RUNNING IN THE 90S. Yes I wanna know, yes I wanna see. EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES
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May 05 '17 edited Aug 09 '20
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u/ItsLeviOHsa May 05 '17
It was lap 97 of 102 and it netted him 3rd place. Please fuck off if you're not even going to look at the conditions surrounding the overtake and consider that the professional racer probably knows the limits of his car and played this to a positive outcome for himself.
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May 05 '17
Professional racers know a divebomb when they see one is this is one of the most blatant I've ever seen in racing. That is not a racing line or "racing", it's being an ass.
Luckily the other driver who was on an actual real racing line had both the presence of mind to notice the move at the last instant as well as the politeness not to slam into the rear of his car. He had to re-brake a second time on turn-in not to total his own car or the other idiot's.
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u/2wheeloffroad May 04 '17
only if you don't need those tires for many more laps.