My Emotional First Lap Of The Nordschleife

hey guys you can see a reflection of me in my paper boy here and welcome to a video that's been a very long time in the making now at the end of August I went over to the Nurburgring to the sim racing Expo because it's awesome to go there it's a great chance to meet fellow sim racing and also just talk to people about well our strange little hobby and whilst I was there had quite a surreal experience in which I was approached by BMW who essentially asked Jimmy do you want to go and do a lap on the Nordschleife er with gt3 racing driver Niki Capps Berg next to you and after a minor panic attack I said right yep okay once-in-a-lifetime opportunity let's do it why the hell not now the reason why I'm telling you this is because there have been so many things that unfortunately got in the way of this video first of all we had a lot of issues with with SD cars we thought that we lost the vast majority of our footage and why I say we myself and Keira man Steve who worked tirelessly to get the footage back so thank you so much Steve you're a hero but then after we had all the footage recovered and Steve put forward a first draft we were then told that there were a bunch of restrictions of the Nurburgring had that we weren't told about and this is despite having a filming permit so the video is about 10 minutes shorter and it originally was but I think it's still really well capped as the experience of what it was like for me to drive and an all leather for the first time when it was like to ride around with a proper racing driver there's definitely quite a big difference in skill between him and I surprisingly but I wanted to throw that up as an explanation because there are a couple of places in the video where it kind of jumps around a little bit and that's why but time to throw back to pass me and yeah this is my experience of lapping the knowledge like that for the first time ever in real life so for the power of editing magic I've been joined by Nicky cats blog and the reason why he's here today is because whilst I have an instructor here at apex I have someone maybe a little bit more qualified here at the end of agreeing that he's raised here in 24 hour races and three BMW GT drivers so you kind of know kind of know where you're going a little bit yeah I mean you never really know the track I mean especially in the world it's so difficult but I should know my way around luckily today it's not raining I think if it was raining I'd probably not do this - no but same here it's a bit spooky out there what would you recommend to someone who maybe it's that first time here you know they're not too familiar with the car but just take it easy be any kind of thing or I would say definitely take it easy you see it all the time people come to the track and they kind of think you don't have to break any more but you still have to you arrive at very high speeds and then the corners are pretty pretty slow so you have to break it's come as the deceptive thing about a road car isn't it it's a quote that's so fast now but they kind of still have Road car brakes - well this is a pretty beefy brakes but it's still Road car oriented so gonna be careful with that so yeah I guess this is quite surreal for me I've driven thousands of laps of this track in simulators and driven stupid cars around there and they're here I am now feeling yeah quite nervous but also really excited it's that we're kind of anticipation that hopefully results in something good and not the bad thing into it am i you're cool with me okay Jimmy so no crashing fees and I crashing that like when I drove down here earlier yeah this bump here is he got insane automatic aware you're going to shift yourself it just just push the better ones are used to sitting on this side no no it's um it's like waving over here all right so Nikki made me a good driver okay I would try [Music] the first portion [Music] there's a big one there flat out on the curb and like you doing the same it's either completely or not at all this is really about this is extremely tricky can you tell that I'm my kids I would be but it's the same on this one and do it on the next one it has somebody I said this morning okay so you know the next time you come office thank ya looks like that's the thing I don't I wanna see no I didn't see the first time the instructor what there's accountant to grab right on and again here you No [Music] because this is brand-new does it realize they compare to this now that's actually one going to be a one get higher than yeah pretty much more than the berries me now [Music] but you know what it's awesome to see a guy that's never never driven it yeah you really know the track yeah very cool well I descried the other it's like we never saw you know that's not how it feels I'm gonna go the people it's able to translate that into doing it dear friends take no prisoners the next baby Raven [Music] so because it's needed yeah I never liked them okay now we come to the [Music] and early is the victim I can see healthy we'll make a mistake here because you'll be on the Internet's definitely turn it off I think this is the not a good present I wouldn't do me what did you say maybe the same to the tree it's $3 just use the mannequin throw it in [Music] every ministry to carry traditional new carry-ons illustrate the thing is I trust you yeah I think you trusted me first as a passenger it always feels quick and you own your mistake was trusting me I think thank you buddy all right you know sometimes you do you do life with someone and their timing yes so off which is nine out of ten times one of the most important things when your timing is wrong you just it's just a crash waiting to happen and you I never had the sense of okay we're gonna crash oh really well never like some corners while I know okay this is a tricky bit and you arrive quick I'm like oh but the timing is always right and some people they go on power before the corner scrubbing the tires and you just know okay something's going to happen now we do I never had it so that's that's pretty cool I think we know through a bit gone love you kind of take what you what you do what you do know that the stuff in this amazing hit the lines and they work yeah for the most part and they're a couple of comments well you have to adjust it slightly a bit they work and then it's just a matter of being pumped on the brake maybe being a little bit less happy on the throttle and the exit and stuff like that yeah I mean I I truly believe that if you give all the top guys in simracing no chance for sure nine out of ten will be pretty damn quick as well on the real car I know yeah I've always thought that too so yeah well I'd rather have them staying in those simulate the world there's less competition yeah yeah so I I pride let me finish did you read it here it was a I know it's like a dream in there Hey hey you're doing it you're doing it man good work so yeah a little sir calm down a bit after that what I don't really know what to say it's what experience is when you're out there like I was so scared that I wouldn't drive faster I wouldn't try because I'd be too scared to I've in the car or crashed into someone but literally as soon as he pulled away I overtook someone because they would slow off the end for right okay and so something like woke up inside me I thought okay what would do that because you don't just when you that's what you want the sim but you just don't get an idea of like amber you don't get an idea of elevation all those things you just don't your brain doesn't deal with that also weight transfer as well you just don't get that idea cool okay so a quick update trackers clothes you might have heard a beep in one of the edits just before we cut I'm not sure it could have snuck in a bit so that means something's happened maybe a car's broken and that happened whilst most Nicky was on circus so it'll come back round now and we essentially will have two laps after that maybe we'll see I mean I think that the track closes around 7 p.m. or so half 7 then we're kind of fast approaching that but even even if it doesn't happen now about my lap so can I fear that we'll see hopefully let's go out again I would love to have another go all right I like the way you sit in the college usually however tiny the person is I always have to move forward yeah except you have to move backward oh really it's always a good sign yeah [Music] like this one I am really of it really if [Music] [Music] but impress to help how far back in came yes it was a long way of Allah yeah oh yeah yeah let's go you stayed really calm by the way for the race drive to think oh my god but I didn't have any moment I don't know moments zero moment thank you very much thank you yeah no ball tonight no no no no why were you listening all right no okay so then that was my first experience of the Nordschleife for driving and a hell of an experience with nicky at the well you guys would have seen that footage right now the thing is we haven't seen it yet but I lived it looking forward to it yeah it was awesome Nicky I've been asked the question I mean there's any future for me I think so I mean like I'm not I'm not trying to catch your ass here but some any time no no I rather not but you did really well like I always like to see the timing in a driver and it's almost like you have driven a lot on on the actual racetrack so that's crazy I was impressed it's crazy what simracing can do the kind of always appropriate to be doing this of a sim racing Expo going on yeah that going really of course but Nicky thanks so much be an absolute pleasure I hope you guys in doing it too if you did of course like comment subscribe do all the good stuff and yeah maybe I'll come back here soon in the master who knows take care Hamilton day see you next time

Channel: Jimmy Broadbent

Views: 639,670

Keywords: Formula 1, Senna, Hamilton, Prost, onboard, crash, wet weather racing, Simulation, sim racing, racing simulation, virtual reality, VR, Oculus rift, oculus, rift, htc, htc vive, vive pro, crash compilation, sim rig, Nordschleife, Nicky Catsburg, rFactor 2, iRacing, Project Cars 2, Project Cars, Assetto Corsa, WRC 8, F1 2019

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Length: 20min 51sec (1251 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 28 2019