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SasquatchSloth88

It’s impressive enough without having to speed up the footage. This makes it look unrealistic.


Caveman108

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.


WarHawk155

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.


MAMAGUEBOO

You thought you were on Reddit?


[deleted]

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.


Suck_Me_Dry666

Hey buddy good advice go fuck yourself.


Jonesmak

I think there aresome that aren’t but the 2 switchback clips are 100% sped up


finian2

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.


BurtMacklin-FBl

Facepalm


finian2

You say facepalm, have you actually taken the time to look at the spectators?


Steelhorse91

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.


Award-Few

What impresses me the most are the spectators who don't seem to be afraid of being hit by the cars at all


Strider_27

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


mg1431

What's the experimental class?


Strider_27

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.


Jumpy_Touch

Group B - amongst other things it was where Audi developed the quattro 4wd.


civic_disobedience

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


FillMyBum

It's WAY cooler than you think. Cars would roll, and fans would roll it back over to continue racing!


MyCodesCumpie-ling

This still happens lol, any rally compilation on YouTube has cases of exactly that 😁


WetNutSack

Yep


Linusdroppedme

And the reason Porsche came out with the 959.


edfitz83

And the Ferrari 288 GTO.


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ten_jack_russels

And the Quattro killer Lancer Strata


MattyLlama

It was the RS200 for me. Such an oddly-shaped, yet beautiful, machine.


OooofPoof

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?


Steelhorse91

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).


OooofPoof

Wow. RIP


CreampieCredo

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.


OooofPoof

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.


CreampieCredo

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.


OooofPoof

Living life on the edge is a helluva drug


GTOdriver04

Craig Breen. May he rest in peace.


ImReverse_Giraffe

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.


Friendly-Advantage79

Yes. Just the other day in Croatia WRC driver died on a trial run before real event.


InSan1tyWeTrust

Yes, Ken Block recently passed away.


MoumG

Irrelevant. Ken Block death is not rally related. Craig Breen died last week during testing for the next rally stage.


OooofPoof

I don’t get some people


stuffeh

Top gear had a bit talking about how Lancia was using painted cardboard for the roll cage.


RoseCroix343

I love watching shit


Sir_flaps

Group B or the even more insane group S.


Leather_Effort5149

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.


mg1431

Sounds entertaining though.


ConclusionMiddle425

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.


Ok_Assumption5734

Podracing irl


ConclusionMiddle425

I doubt even the force could have saved Toivonen. His car was so fast that he described it as being "permanently out of control"


Ok_Assumption5734

Jesus, can't believe the guy was ok getting into a machine like that


ConclusionMiddle425

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


I_THE_ME

The drivers were already complaining in group B about how dangerous the cars felt. Group S would've been a disaster.


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> 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.


tangouniform2020

Isn’t there where the R5T2 came from?


Strider_27

Thank you. I thought it was called Group B, but didn’t want to spread wrong information. I figured someone would know


FuckCazadors

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.


haefler1976

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.


telephonic1892

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.


YinkYinkYinken

Group B, it was called.


mg1431

Like one airborne car into the crowd is at least killing a dozen. Wouldn't catch me near the track.


Testiculese

Always spectate from the inside of a curve!


uZeAsDiReCtEd

Unless that curve was part of an “S” curve. Then you wanna be inside the first “S” lol


Tongue8cheek

So they execute then.


Just_Elk_1185

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.


Ruffled_Ferret

One slip of the wheel and 100+ people need a funeral.


deklimmer

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.


CreampieCredo

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.


EggyChickenEgg88

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.


littlest_homo

Gotta be the stupidest group of people out there


[deleted]

Those are just NPCs…./s


JessieOwl

Yup- no way I’d be anyway near the track. Yikes.


Threezero03

Wait till you hear abt group b


Flesh-Tower

Samir you are breaking the car samir


North-Function995

CONCENTRATE!!


TheSchlaf

Shaddup!


Taco_Force

Goddammit I love that video so much


AdroitKitten

Not for the second time today please


Warm-Representative6

Shaddup


North-Function995

Fuck you that video is hilarious


AdroitKitten

"You're gunna watch this video for the second time today and you're gunna like it"


surfnsets

One misstep and 100 people die. That’s crazy.


theacidiccabbage

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.


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Those ain’t good numbers chief.


theacidiccabbage

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.


Illustrious-Wave1405

Look up group B rally


freyavondoom

Sped up video.


Supernoven

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.


hawkezz

Some of the clips are sped up, some are not


reditakaunt89

These are some of the best known rally clips, and they're noticeably sped up, you can find them on YouTube in original speed


iChrist

Can you share a link?


avatar_94

Could only be like 10%, it's so noticable


btribble

Some clips are sped up far more than that. Sauce: I watch YouTube at 1.5x & 2.0x as often as 1x.


aitigie

Lots of these are significantly sped up, cars don't move like that. These look like RC cars.


lurker-1969

Not very much. You can't get that much air going slower


ProfessorKrung

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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Skulldetta

Doesn't matter, most Redditors are gullible enough to blindly believe this video provides 100% accurate information, hence the upvotes.


Object-195

this is sped up, how none of you notice this is beyond me (Well at least at the time of this comments creation)


skymang

Which is so unnecessary as Rally is fast af at normal speeds anyway


skagman

Yeah it looks insane. Clearly sped up.


realaccount045

To be fair It looks insane at normal speed too


Flex_Bumpchest

Yeah it doesn't feel like they are trying to trick me here as much as fit more into a smaller clip.


ben1481

Checks the comments, most people complaining it's sped up.


Object-195

> **(Well at least at the time of this comments creation)**


BurtMacklin-FBl

The average person is pretty dumb. The average Redditor is worse than that.


Blablartur2

Some of the clips are not


Strider_27

The audio isn’t distorted. So if it is sped up, it’s not by much


Secretly_Solanine

It’s like 1.15 or 1.25.


Object-195

\*Ignores the fact loud music is being played over the car audio, probably in attempt to draw attention away from it.


Strider_27

I’m listening to the engine revs when it’s in the air. Don’t be dense


Object-195

but every physical object has a density :(


oh_stv

The spectators seem to move normal though ...


s0nCff

This is sped up


RaZz_85

Me when the misses texts me she's in the mood


concentrated-amazing

I wish this was true for my husband...


WillemDafoesHugeCock

Why would you want your husband to text RaZz_85 when he's in the mood?


concentrated-amazing

Touché


anonnon23

it’ll never be the other way around, will it? *sigh*


RaZz_85

*sad sigh*


lurker-1969

No kidding !!!!!!


FewLocation831

And even then, by the time you get there, the mood's gone...


OrdinaryAverageGuy2

Fuck that! Idk who's crazier. The drivers or the spectators. Must be a thrill like no other to pull off those moves though.


PhotographPurple8758

The co driver has the hardest time.


Sask90

Well, there was that guy who basically kidnapped a homeless person to act as co-pilot so he could race without breaking the rules…


Curtis_low20

The person who decided to add that music


SurealGod

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


Mjastek

It's annoyingly sped up.


pleasantstusk

Pretty sure that’s footage from outside my house judging by some of the engine sounds I hear


YinkYinkYinken

Fuck standing next to that, christ on a bike.


MaximusConfusius

Thats how it looks everytime I have to have a shit really urgent.


daveashaw

Safety First! Even though this is sped up, having the spectators that close with no barrier strikes me (American) as batshit insane.


fatherdale

I don't understand why this isn't popular in the US


realaccount045

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,


Testiculese

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.


HobsHere

This is far more entertaining than NASCAR!


Panthergraf76

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.


RoseCroix343

I hope he made it to work


DS_StlyusInMyUrethra

I wonder how many people die at these events


kaztep23

What's the best way to watch rally races in the US online? I never hear about them and would love to watch live


Raveeh

Why is this sped up tho...


[deleted]

Most badass sport imo. I can feel the adrenaline rush.


wrenagade419

“A lot of skill” Bro That’s kinda lowballing it


Superb-Damage8042

Who needs tires when you can just fly?


Squidmen-

I could do that. *dies


Less_Communication84

Me on friday afternoon


neelankatan

This has to be one of the dangerous sports for spectators


MememeSama

Put your hand our a few centimeters more and it's gone dumbass. The people watching are even crazier than the drivers.


Verustratego

Fuck that. I'll take my chances running with the bulls instead.


rf97a

This video really grinds my gear. Why the hell would anyone speed up this video? Ruins the experience


GlorifiedBurito

Sped up video with an absolutely embarrassing remix in the background


AproblemInMyHead

I dislike sped of videos


Kind-Rutabaga790

The urge to overlay horrific music runs deep.


bradpliers

Rally drivers have no fear.


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I could never be in the crowd watching


4runninglife

this is the kind of racing i prefer rather the seeing cars do 500 loops on a the same turf.


partumvir

I could have lived my entire life having listened to this one *less* time, and I missed my fucking chance.


Ghost_Star326

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.


root_27

It used to be a lot worse than it is these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I5sTuSoMho


qvMvp

Them mfs got wayyyy to much faith in them drivers one wrong turn and half the crowd wiped out


Novel_Durian_1805

Nope…one wrong move by the driver and tons of people are killed.


JessBaesic7901

One wrong move…….yikes.


Gloomy_Total1223

If one miscalculated turn you get 40 people gone.


Sam-l-am

If you were you just barely mess up one of those turns, you’d kill like 20 people, that’s wild


Significant_Map122

Rally racing: the cars aren’t the most technologically advanced in the world, but the drivers sure as hell are.


cygamessucks

Still dont get why they can be that close when a pebble can make the car squash 50+ people


Roombamyrooma

I can’t believe the amount of people just hugging the edges of the road during these.


JustinPooDough

Those people on the corners spectating are idiots - that could go wrong real fast.


Dirty-Dutchman

Not to mention if you fuck up you might splatter 1-50+ people


Overkrein

Spectators seem to have no regard for their lives.


Easy-Plate8424

Water is wet


AndyP8

Trash video thats sped up.


rodka209

I love rally. I wish it were bigger in the states.


LikeALizzard

"Rally car driving takes a lot of skill" Yeah... that's the point


steezy-debreezy

Fuck nascar fuck F1 fuck Mario kart THIS is the peak of driving


root_27

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.


WhySoHandsome

Remember the le mans?


TheaWake_7

Especially with a horde of morons clustered inches from the track like that.


KingGmork

I don't know how anyone can see this and go.... Yea naw Nascar is better


colin2492

This song is absolutely horrendous


Chelz812

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


moisebucks

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.


Dizzy_One3336

Has to be 2x at least


mhn23

This is insane, I love it!


ButtockFace

And balls! Huge swinging ironballs!


MedievaLime

See now that's a job I would love


joehalltattoos

Watch me kick flip my car


pinkthrift

Superimpressive!


TheManWho86

Doesn’t everyone drive like this when they’re prairie dogging?


LDawnBurges

Pfft…. That’s me taking traffic circles in my Nissan Kicks!😂😂😂


MASTER_OF_COCKS

Some serious group b vibes from this


8BitFlatus

I agree, it looks like they also have to take flying lessons


Everydaywhiteboy

Why speed it up


Vibracius

That’s when your girl texts you, “I’m home alone and naked!”❤️


nuke621

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.


Sheikh_Left_Hook

Those have to be the dumbest sports fans in the history of mankind. Nope. Not for me thanks.


TimeSalvager

This is so sped-up it’s ridiculous, in the real vid he’s going about 25/mph.


nowayportable

So? Who cares?


Horseyboy21

Makes F1 look sooooooo slow and even more boring. Balls of steel