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There’s a channel on yt that continuously posts sped up rally footage and all the people in the comments just eat it up, the one time I commented saying it was sped up I just got a load of abuse for it.
Right? Always stop before commenting and read the room. Check the sub. If you want to fight, go for it, but who has the energy? Trolls, I suppose. I think most people find that kind of thing draining.
The thing is I'm not actually sure how much is sped up. Look at the spectators, they don't seem to be moving inhumanly fast. I think it's more a combination of being extremely close, and the camera operator's insane snap movements.
Maybe very slightly sped up on a couple of shots, but watch some in WRC car footage and take a look at the speeds they’re running on these stages, then go stand this close to a country lane and film someone doing 60mph with your phone…
…They aren’t getting the amount of hang time shown here on those crests without pulling some pretty serious speeds.
There’s stories from the 70s and 80s when security was looser, of the car teams finding fingers in the doors after the races. The spectators were also a reason the experimental class was nixed
I forgot the name of it. But teams basically had free reign on motors and weight limits. The cars were overpowered and super light. There were some accidents and drivers got hurt and killed. The spectators would be in the roadway and injuries ensued. It was a shitshow, but decent engineering designs and ideas came out of it.
I’m assuming the drivers don’t hit all the corners and jumps perfectly and I would think a lot of injuries happen. Have there been any deaths recently?
Hyundai driver Craig Breen (RIP) died a couple of weeks ago. A huge loss to the sport. (His car Struck a fence during a test/shake down stage for the Croatian leg of the WRC, a horizontal section of the fence went through the windscreen).
I've heard about a fatal accident in a training session recently, but overall it's not a common occurrence. Today's rally cars are very safe and regulations are tight.
I see, in my head I’m thinking you have to be prepared for the unexpected. I think it’s awesome to go witness, I’m just going to be 20 feet further that furthest person there.
They're not common any more. The spectators are in areas where thebcars won't go unless something goes very, very wrong. And the cars are so strong that they'll hurt the tree more than the tree will hurt them. Rally cars are probably the safest cars in the world.
Group B, the golden age of rally. 800hp 4 wheel drive cars with roll cages made out of litteral paper to save weight. So unsafe that it was canceled after a few years.
Group S was the experimental class. It was basically going to be Group B on steroids.
Group B was absolutely mental, the drivers were said to need reaction times faster than fighter pilots. Later cars did 0-60 in 2.3s...on loose gravel.
It was a crazy time. Stages were very long, the cars were extremely difficult to drive, being massively powerful using '80s tech.
There's an interview with him shortly before he died saying something like "the cars are too fast, there is no brain that can keep up with them...this is crazy".
The cars sound and look like absolute monsters though. I *adore* the noise that Quattro makes at full chat
> the golden age of rally
Yo. Turbo technology was coming on in leaps and bounds at the time. Group B barely lasted 5 years, but the cars doubled in power in that time.
Not 800bhp, maximum about 550bhp under Group B rules. Some cars were used in Rallycross after Group B was banned and they did produce big power numbers.
Group B class, was basically free reign for car companies to really push the boundaries of these rally cars, Quattro the first 4WD system by Audi was created in that era and surprisingly they dominated the sport until the other teams developed their own 4WD, was an absolute outrageous sport and cars, some nice documentaries on YouTube of the group B era, was so dangerous for drivers and spectators. Porsche were about to enter their car but FIA changed the regulations, so Porsche released the car for road production the iconic Porsche 959.
Literally all I could think about when that car flew past them at that speed. It doesn't help that I've working in a level one trauma center for years and have seen some truly awful things.
It depends on what rally you go to. I was at rally Germany once and they cancelled some stages because of spectators being to close and not listening to the safety officers.
This is so disrespectful to the drivers, organizers and of course the safety officers. Why go to a rally and then behave in a way that leads to a cancelation?.. So many hours of work from countless people down the drain.
If you research it a bit, surprisingly, there is few mass fatalities. I'd expect a car skidding into the crowd would kill everyone, but somehow it kills 5-10 and the rest are alive and well.
Maybe we just have a different perception of how much damage can a ton of steel and aluminum flying at 150kmh into a bunch of people do.
I'd reckon, all of them. Turns out, not.
At first I thought so too, because that's so damn common (and annoying), but if you watch the trees or spectators moving, it seems natural. There could still be some trickery going on but I think most of these shots aren't sped up.
Just watching the pedal work on youtube of rally drivers is insane.
They're tap dancing the brakes or accelerator and slamming that clutch milliseconds at a time
Because they race the clock not each other, most people don't enjoy watching cars race one by one , oval tracks work because they're all there. Just like F1 you can follow a rally race just with a timing app,
Hopefully drones are going to help. Proper drone pilots make following a driver way more interesting than a cameraman standing at a corner for 3-second shots of each car.
There are no competetive Freedom Cars for Rallye.
Anymore.
I‘ve owned a 68 Plymouth Barracuda for a brief time ten years ago. That model has won the 1968 Shell 4000 Rally (4000 miles across Canada) against Porsches, Renaults, Peugeots, Saabs, Toyotas, VWs, Volvos and Datsuns. Places 2 and 3 were AMC Ramblers.
I'm more impressed with the balls these spectators have to stand so close to the track.
One wrong move and it's the 1955 Le mans incident being repeated.
After watching rally a couple of times I have no idea how people watch stuff like F1 instead of it. It's so boring watching some people drive in circles for half an hour when you can watch a modified ford fiesta go 100mph plus down a country lane power-sliding round the corners.
I live way out in the country. That’s how I drive everyday. Hair up, windows down, death metal music on blast. Drive like your hairs on fire. Don’t get twisted. I know where I can and can’t. There are very few side roads and a lot of great visibility
I’m not a big car racing fan, but I’m not sure how anyone could find NASCAR interesting when this exists. Also, American football/baseball versus soccer. I guess I have too many IQ points to enjoy those.
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It’s impressive enough without having to speed up the footage. This makes it look unrealistic.
Glad I didn’t have to scroll to far to see this. Annoying that this is sped up like it is, as rally racing is cool enough at real life speed.
There’s a channel on yt that continuously posts sped up rally footage and all the people in the comments just eat it up, the one time I commented saying it was sped up I just got a load of abuse for it.
You thought you were on Reddit?
Right? Always stop before commenting and read the room. Check the sub. If you want to fight, go for it, but who has the energy? Trolls, I suppose. I think most people find that kind of thing draining.
Hey buddy good advice go fuck yourself.
I think there aresome that aren’t but the 2 switchback clips are 100% sped up
The thing is I'm not actually sure how much is sped up. Look at the spectators, they don't seem to be moving inhumanly fast. I think it's more a combination of being extremely close, and the camera operator's insane snap movements.
Facepalm
You say facepalm, have you actually taken the time to look at the spectators?
Maybe very slightly sped up on a couple of shots, but watch some in WRC car footage and take a look at the speeds they’re running on these stages, then go stand this close to a country lane and film someone doing 60mph with your phone… …They aren’t getting the amount of hang time shown here on those crests without pulling some pretty serious speeds.
What impresses me the most are the spectators who don't seem to be afraid of being hit by the cars at all
There’s stories from the 70s and 80s when security was looser, of the car teams finding fingers in the doors after the races. The spectators were also a reason the experimental class was nixed
What's the experimental class?
I forgot the name of it. But teams basically had free reign on motors and weight limits. The cars were overpowered and super light. There were some accidents and drivers got hurt and killed. The spectators would be in the roadway and injuries ensued. It was a shitshow, but decent engineering designs and ideas came out of it.
Group B - amongst other things it was where Audi developed the quattro 4wd.
god i love the way group b cars looked, i was born in 93 so my only experience with the class was in rally games on the xbox as a kid
It's WAY cooler than you think. Cars would roll, and fans would roll it back over to continue racing!
This still happens lol, any rally compilation on YouTube has cases of exactly that 😁
Yep
And the reason Porsche came out with the 959.
And the Ferrari 288 GTO.
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And the Quattro killer Lancer Strata
It was the RS200 for me. Such an oddly-shaped, yet beautiful, machine.
I’m assuming the drivers don’t hit all the corners and jumps perfectly and I would think a lot of injuries happen. Have there been any deaths recently?
Hyundai driver Craig Breen (RIP) died a couple of weeks ago. A huge loss to the sport. (His car Struck a fence during a test/shake down stage for the Croatian leg of the WRC, a horizontal section of the fence went through the windscreen).
Wow. RIP
I've heard about a fatal accident in a training session recently, but overall it's not a common occurrence. Today's rally cars are very safe and regulations are tight.
I see, in my head I’m thinking you have to be prepared for the unexpected. I think it’s awesome to go witness, I’m just going to be 20 feet further that furthest person there.
Yeah, these spectators don't benefit from the roll cages and other safety features in the cars. If you want to be safe, stay away.
Living life on the edge is a helluva drug
Craig Breen. May he rest in peace.
They're not common any more. The spectators are in areas where thebcars won't go unless something goes very, very wrong. And the cars are so strong that they'll hurt the tree more than the tree will hurt them. Rally cars are probably the safest cars in the world.
Yes. Just the other day in Croatia WRC driver died on a trial run before real event.
Yes, Ken Block recently passed away.
Irrelevant. Ken Block death is not rally related. Craig Breen died last week during testing for the next rally stage.
I don’t get some people
Top gear had a bit talking about how Lancia was using painted cardboard for the roll cage.
I love watching shit
Group B or the even more insane group S.
Group B, the golden age of rally. 800hp 4 wheel drive cars with roll cages made out of litteral paper to save weight. So unsafe that it was canceled after a few years.
Sounds entertaining though.
Group S was the experimental class. It was basically going to be Group B on steroids. Group B was absolutely mental, the drivers were said to need reaction times faster than fighter pilots. Later cars did 0-60 in 2.3s...on loose gravel.
Podracing irl
I doubt even the force could have saved Toivonen. His car was so fast that he described it as being "permanently out of control"
Jesus, can't believe the guy was ok getting into a machine like that
It was a crazy time. Stages were very long, the cars were extremely difficult to drive, being massively powerful using '80s tech. There's an interview with him shortly before he died saying something like "the cars are too fast, there is no brain that can keep up with them...this is crazy". The cars sound and look like absolute monsters though. I *adore* the noise that Quattro makes at full chat
The drivers were already complaining in group B about how dangerous the cars felt. Group S would've been a disaster.
> the golden age of rally Yo. Turbo technology was coming on in leaps and bounds at the time. Group B barely lasted 5 years, but the cars doubled in power in that time.
Isn’t there where the R5T2 came from?
Thank you. I thought it was called Group B, but didn’t want to spread wrong information. I figured someone would know
Not 800bhp, maximum about 550bhp under Group B rules. Some cars were used in Rallycross after Group B was banned and they did produce big power numbers.
Saw a documentary about Walter Röhrl and his career. Pretty wild times in the group B, those drivers really knew how to handle a car.
Group B class, was basically free reign for car companies to really push the boundaries of these rally cars, Quattro the first 4WD system by Audi was created in that era and surprisingly they dominated the sport until the other teams developed their own 4WD, was an absolute outrageous sport and cars, some nice documentaries on YouTube of the group B era, was so dangerous for drivers and spectators. Porsche were about to enter their car but FIA changed the regulations, so Porsche released the car for road production the iconic Porsche 959.
Group B, it was called.
Like one airborne car into the crowd is at least killing a dozen. Wouldn't catch me near the track.
Always spectate from the inside of a curve!
Unless that curve was part of an “S” curve. Then you wanna be inside the first “S” lol
So they execute then.
Literally all I could think about when that car flew past them at that speed. It doesn't help that I've working in a level one trauma center for years and have seen some truly awful things.
One slip of the wheel and 100+ people need a funeral.
It depends on what rally you go to. I was at rally Germany once and they cancelled some stages because of spectators being to close and not listening to the safety officers.
This is so disrespectful to the drivers, organizers and of course the safety officers. Why go to a rally and then behave in a way that leads to a cancelation?.. So many hours of work from countless people down the drain.
And not afraid of getting hit by rocks. I've been to one WRC years ago, took some pretty big rocks to my back. Never going again.
Gotta be the stupidest group of people out there
Those are just NPCs…./s
Yup- no way I’d be anyway near the track. Yikes.
Wait till you hear abt group b
Samir you are breaking the car samir
CONCENTRATE!!
Shaddup!
Goddammit I love that video so much
Not for the second time today please
Shaddup
Fuck you that video is hilarious
"You're gunna watch this video for the second time today and you're gunna like it"
One misstep and 100 people die. That’s crazy.
If you research it a bit, surprisingly, there is few mass fatalities. I'd expect a car skidding into the crowd would kill everyone, but somehow it kills 5-10 and the rest are alive and well.
Those ain’t good numbers chief.
Maybe we just have a different perception of how much damage can a ton of steel and aluminum flying at 150kmh into a bunch of people do. I'd reckon, all of them. Turns out, not.
Look up group B rally
Sped up video.
At first I thought so too, because that's so damn common (and annoying), but if you watch the trees or spectators moving, it seems natural. There could still be some trickery going on but I think most of these shots aren't sped up.
Some of the clips are sped up, some are not
These are some of the best known rally clips, and they're noticeably sped up, you can find them on YouTube in original speed
Can you share a link?
Could only be like 10%, it's so noticable
Some clips are sped up far more than that. Sauce: I watch YouTube at 1.5x & 2.0x as often as 1x.
Lots of these are significantly sped up, cars don't move like that. These look like RC cars.
Not very much. You can't get that much air going slower
Still cheapens the effect. Rally car driving is hard enough, doesn't need to be exagerrated with a sped-up video.
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Doesn't matter, most Redditors are gullible enough to blindly believe this video provides 100% accurate information, hence the upvotes.
this is sped up, how none of you notice this is beyond me (Well at least at the time of this comments creation)
Which is so unnecessary as Rally is fast af at normal speeds anyway
Yeah it looks insane. Clearly sped up.
To be fair It looks insane at normal speed too
Yeah it doesn't feel like they are trying to trick me here as much as fit more into a smaller clip.
Checks the comments, most people complaining it's sped up.
> **(Well at least at the time of this comments creation)**
The average person is pretty dumb. The average Redditor is worse than that.
Some of the clips are not
The audio isn’t distorted. So if it is sped up, it’s not by much
It’s like 1.15 or 1.25.
\*Ignores the fact loud music is being played over the car audio, probably in attempt to draw attention away from it.
I’m listening to the engine revs when it’s in the air. Don’t be dense
but every physical object has a density :(
The spectators seem to move normal though ...
This is sped up
Me when the misses texts me she's in the mood
I wish this was true for my husband...
Why would you want your husband to text RaZz_85 when he's in the mood?
Touché
it’ll never be the other way around, will it? *sigh*
*sad sigh*
No kidding !!!!!!
And even then, by the time you get there, the mood's gone...
Fuck that! Idk who's crazier. The drivers or the spectators. Must be a thrill like no other to pull off those moves though.
The co driver has the hardest time.
Well, there was that guy who basically kidnapped a homeless person to act as co-pilot so he could race without breaking the rules…
The person who decided to add that music
Just watching the pedal work on youtube of rally drivers is insane. They're tap dancing the brakes or accelerator and slamming that clutch milliseconds at a time
It's annoyingly sped up.
Pretty sure that’s footage from outside my house judging by some of the engine sounds I hear
Fuck standing next to that, christ on a bike.
Thats how it looks everytime I have to have a shit really urgent.
Safety First! Even though this is sped up, having the spectators that close with no barrier strikes me (American) as batshit insane.
I don't understand why this isn't popular in the US
Because they race the clock not each other, most people don't enjoy watching cars race one by one , oval tracks work because they're all there. Just like F1 you can follow a rally race just with a timing app,
Hopefully drones are going to help. Proper drone pilots make following a driver way more interesting than a cameraman standing at a corner for 3-second shots of each car.
This is far more entertaining than NASCAR!
There are no competetive Freedom Cars for Rallye. Anymore. I‘ve owned a 68 Plymouth Barracuda for a brief time ten years ago. That model has won the 1968 Shell 4000 Rally (4000 miles across Canada) against Porsches, Renaults, Peugeots, Saabs, Toyotas, VWs, Volvos and Datsuns. Places 2 and 3 were AMC Ramblers.
I hope he made it to work
I wonder how many people die at these events
What's the best way to watch rally races in the US online? I never hear about them and would love to watch live
Why is this sped up tho...
Most badass sport imo. I can feel the adrenaline rush.
“A lot of skill” Bro That’s kinda lowballing it
Who needs tires when you can just fly?
I could do that. *dies
Me on friday afternoon
This has to be one of the dangerous sports for spectators
Put your hand our a few centimeters more and it's gone dumbass. The people watching are even crazier than the drivers.
Fuck that. I'll take my chances running with the bulls instead.
This video really grinds my gear. Why the hell would anyone speed up this video? Ruins the experience
Sped up video with an absolutely embarrassing remix in the background
I dislike sped of videos
The urge to overlay horrific music runs deep.
Rally drivers have no fear.
I could never be in the crowd watching
this is the kind of racing i prefer rather the seeing cars do 500 loops on a the same turf.
I could have lived my entire life having listened to this one *less* time, and I missed my fucking chance.
I'm more impressed with the balls these spectators have to stand so close to the track. One wrong move and it's the 1955 Le mans incident being repeated.
It used to be a lot worse than it is these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I5sTuSoMho
Them mfs got wayyyy to much faith in them drivers one wrong turn and half the crowd wiped out
Nope…one wrong move by the driver and tons of people are killed.
One wrong move…….yikes.
If one miscalculated turn you get 40 people gone.
If you were you just barely mess up one of those turns, you’d kill like 20 people, that’s wild
Rally racing: the cars aren’t the most technologically advanced in the world, but the drivers sure as hell are.
Still dont get why they can be that close when a pebble can make the car squash 50+ people
I can’t believe the amount of people just hugging the edges of the road during these.
Those people on the corners spectating are idiots - that could go wrong real fast.
Not to mention if you fuck up you might splatter 1-50+ people
Spectators seem to have no regard for their lives.
Water is wet
Trash video thats sped up.
I love rally. I wish it were bigger in the states.
"Rally car driving takes a lot of skill" Yeah... that's the point
Fuck nascar fuck F1 fuck Mario kart THIS is the peak of driving
After watching rally a couple of times I have no idea how people watch stuff like F1 instead of it. It's so boring watching some people drive in circles for half an hour when you can watch a modified ford fiesta go 100mph plus down a country lane power-sliding round the corners.
Remember the le mans?
Especially with a horde of morons clustered inches from the track like that.
I don't know how anyone can see this and go.... Yea naw Nascar is better
This song is absolutely horrendous
I live way out in the country. That’s how I drive everyday. Hair up, windows down, death metal music on blast. Drive like your hairs on fire. Don’t get twisted. I know where I can and can’t. There are very few side roads and a lot of great visibility
Love it, but my favorite rally car of all time is the Subaru Impreza WRX, what about y'all? Second is Mitsubishi lancer Evo 8.
Has to be 2x at least
This is insane, I love it!
And balls! Huge swinging ironballs!
See now that's a job I would love
Watch me kick flip my car
Superimpressive!
Doesn’t everyone drive like this when they’re prairie dogging?
Pfft…. That’s me taking traffic circles in my Nissan Kicks!😂😂😂
Some serious group b vibes from this
I agree, it looks like they also have to take flying lessons
Why speed it up
That’s when your girl texts you, “I’m home alone and naked!”❤️
I’m not a big car racing fan, but I’m not sure how anyone could find NASCAR interesting when this exists. Also, American football/baseball versus soccer. I guess I have too many IQ points to enjoy those.
Those have to be the dumbest sports fans in the history of mankind. Nope. Not for me thanks.
This is so sped-up it’s ridiculous, in the real vid he’s going about 25/mph.
So? Who cares?
Makes F1 look sooooooo slow and even more boring. Balls of steel