We are all dead.

[Sharky.]

I killed a French track marshal

I was driving my 1000+hp Zonda 7.3 at La Sarthe II.
Coming down the curved "straight" after Mulsanne corner (heading towards Indianapolis and Arnage) I lost control before the kink - at a good 340+ kays - and spun all down the track and whacked the back of the Zonda into where the marshals are just before the kink.

May the unknown marshal rest in peace. My sincerest apologies to his family.

 

[scoobyonline200]

I killed a French track marshal

I was driving my 1000+hp Zonda 7.3 at La Sarthe II.
Coming down the curved "straight" after Mulsanne corner (heading towards Indianapolis and Arnage) I lost control before the kink - at a good 340+ kays - and spun all down the track and whacked the back of the Zonda into where the marshals are just before the kink.

May the unknown marshal rest in peace. My sincerest apologies to his family.

I bet that this HAS happend in the past at Le Mans...and I think more than once.

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

I just died today. Twice. I was running El Capitan in the Tuner Grand Prix, with a BTR (I actually found a way to make it drivable!) that was modded, and with no driving aids or TCS. Weelll, the 'ol BTR can be a bit of a handful if you're not watching yourself with no aids on an undulating track. First lap, I'm approaching the sweeper before the tunnel, and I went though full throttle. This gave me a bit too much momentum, I got sideways, over-corrected, spun, and went from 1st to last in three seconds while having four cars plough through my BTR. I had manged to claw my way back to 3rd, only to lose control at the beginning of the last lap, leaving me 31 seconds behind the lead CTR2 by the time I stopped spinning/colliding with cars. Broken and defeated, I limped to the finish to gain the one point that could save my ass if Tuscuba flopped. Luckily it didn't.

That BTR is a fun drive, but it sure can get squirrely if you don't pay attention...

 

[ND4SPD]

Flugplatz on the Nurb in my 1000+hp Pagani Zonda, caugh awesome air landed and the car got wobbly. Then lost control and hit headon into the wall at more than 160mph...

 

[SirBerra]

Sarthe II. Using a race car that had much chassis wear on it. It hit some rippled spot one-third of the way down the main straight just past the first chicane. The car went totally out of control and slammed into one of the side walls (I forget which side). Little did I know that there is some wall step jutting out and I must have gone from around 225 mph to about 0 mph in an instant. That really slowed me down. The G-forces would have turned me into chopped liver in real life. Why the heck did they put that thing sticking out there?

 

[Michael88]

Nürburgring with the Opel Calibra touring car at the Aremberg righthander..

I wanted to overtake a loctite NSX (left side) at 265km/h at the straight just before the Aremberg righthander and he pushed me very hard so my left back tire got into the grass at 270km/h.
My Calibra started to drift in front of the loktite NSX (Because I was still faster than the NSX) and he crashed right into my Calibras backside with full speed and I slided into the grass at the right site just before the righthander. After some 360° in the grass my Calibra crossed the righthander and crashed into the leeding Mutol Pitwork Nissan at whoppin' 260km/h. My calibra was still so fast, the other side of the turn caused him to fly into the air and to crash at full speed into the wall. The Motul Pitwork made some nice 360° in the sand.

That story may sound long, but that complex crash was done in 3 seconds.

Damn NSX.

That crash in real life would be very painful for the drivers, the Loktite NSX would loose his intire frontside included the front wheels, my calibra would loose its entire backside included the rear wheels....well I think the calibra would turn into a clump of metal after the crash into the barrier, the Pitwork would be totally destroyed by a flying calibra touring car at 260 into his right side.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Everyone has their stories...lol

 

[Limmy]

Well, I decided to do Like the Wind with a Ford GT. But I went backwards. While I was doing this I smashed into every car that I can. I probably died hundreds of times.

 

[GM]

Test Course, going around 290Mph in my Nissan R92CP, then as I come to overtake the Audi R8, it steered into me, I smahed the barrier now going around 270, and I flew iinto the air, landed, and did 1000 spins to end up being hit by a Gillet Vertigo.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Well, I decided to do Like the Wind with a Ford GT. But I went backwards. While I was doing this I smashed into every car that I can. I probably died hundreds of times.

That's smart lol. I did something like that at New York with a Nismo 400R.

 

[Dark Elite]

It's probably safe to say I'm invincible...


That's not nearly the most extreme picture I have from that incident, but it should give you an idea! I didn't hit anything, or spin.

DE

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

 

[GM]

It's probably safe to say I'm invincible

Your picture is'nt exactly looking like the driver would of been killed . . . .

 

[<_Spike_>]

Citi De Aria, hands down. Those buildings have bits that jut out onto the track that are hardly noticeable that could take a wheel off an F1, and at least cripple the steering of a normal car if you don't pay attention to the street.

Even worse on reverse, and you go up the hill (usually after the tight S sequence on Normal). Do that in a fast car and you fly up into the side of the building and practically crash round the following 2 corners...if that were real you wouldn't be walking away from that...or walking at all.

 

[Driving Park]

Mainly Test Course for me. Me and my friend take ZZ-IIs on economy tires and compete to see who can fly the highest by hitting the outside wall. If you do it just right, not only will you fly about 30 feet in the air, but when you land you'll also spin like a top, with 2 wheels on the ground at a time. Never 4.

:-)

 

[AOS-]

Wow, does this even relate to the topic title?
"Were all dead?" Its not the end of the world its just a game

Tracks that would be dangerous, let's See, hmm Let's go by category

Real Circuits:
-Nurburgring, if you don't race that track often
-Le Sarthe, if you got highly sensitive steering
-Laguna Seca, the famous Corkscrew, only if lacking experience of racing

Original Circuits:
-Test Course, If you have lack of steering control
-El Capitan, that one big Hill, not a real threat...

City Courses:
-Citi de Aria, pillars, confined spaces
-Costa De Amalfi, only if you cant steer

Off-road:
-Grand Canyon, the edges...
-that whatever Ice track, the one where you can do photo travel in.., lots of tight spots
-Cathedral Rocks, that big jump...

That's all I can think of right now.. but every track has a potential of being dangerous

 

[Kurei]

I don't think i've ever 'full-on' killed myself, but i've crashed a few cars to the point where they wouldn't be fix-able in real life

The worst was probably one time at Nurb', testing an old Red Evo IV i had some time back, i was approaching that 2nd-to-last right hand sweeper before T2, when i decided to brake too late, resulting in understeer, went right off the road, into the grass, and head-on into the steel barrier, after that i just spun around for a little bit in the grass, sliding back across the road, and then into the other lane of grass, rubing up against the other barrier, and riding that all the way into the sand, where i finally came to a stop long enough to ask myself, "what the hell ? "

I probably would of come out of that well beaten, but not killed 👍

 

[Parnelli Bone]

Oh lord...let's go all the way back to GT1 and the end of the long banked turn at High Speed Ring. I'm pretty sure that's where I first died...being a novice and not knowing exactly when to brake here...I'd fly into that wall on the right hand side a few times.

I haven't "died" in GT4 in awhile, actually. When I have,it's cuz some brain-dead Ai car pushed me or something. Classic example: the first chicane at Seattle Reversed. Entering here is tricky....I know there have been times when I slowed down too much and gotten pinged into the tire-wall by some loser.

 

[PeterJB]

Indeed it seems the Test Course could well be the most dangerous track. Fairly simple layout, fairly simple driving required, but once your hit the banked-barriers, after about 5 or 6 seconds of flight, thats it, your 6 feet under!

 

[TsukubaTrueno]

I've killed myself in a stupidly tuned Chaparral 2J, the one who is all boxy. I was driving the car around the 'ring!! That is one stupid idea..You can't even make a turn withought spinning out. xD

Anotherone was, when I first bought the game, I was so excited about all of the new cars and stuff, suddenly, I saw the Chrysler Prowler!! That was my favourite car back then. Anyways, I picked the car, in the gold color (my neighbor had one that color) and I was speeding on the straightway at N.Y I was all When I suddenly crash into the wall at like 165MPH, I swear I almost had a heart attack!!

 

[prisonermonkeys]

La Sarthe 2: car in front suffered the stupid AI glitch that pulls them to one side. I rear-ended him at almost 400km/h.

I win.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I've killed myself in a stupidly tuned Chaparral 2J, the one who is all boxy. I was driving the car around the 'ring!! That is one stupid idea..You can't even make a turn withought spinning out. xD

This is gonna sound funny but I think half the reason those 2Js were banned is cause they seem absolutely unearthly/scary to drive. If I were a race driver I would certainly think twice about piloting one.

 

[Stevisiov]

This is gonna sound funny but i think half the reason those 2J's were banned is cause they seem absolutely unearthly/scary to drive. If i were a race driver i would certainly think twice about piloting one.

I think the scary bit was, having to accelerate around the corner for the downforce to work. I wouldn't go near it.

As for the thread, I have died, bob has died, the pit crew have died, my whole team has died, it is a sad story, and incase you are wondering how the pit crew died, the highspeed ring allows you to drive through the pits at full speed if you don't enter at the first part, I was very surprised when I tried to make a last minute pit stop, and cut into the pits, the auto limiter failed to come on, it tore through the pits at 200mph with my group-C sauber, and saw the pit men standing there, I hit them accidentally. They do infact try to run or walk rather out the way, but they make slow progress.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I think the scary bit was, having to accelerate around the corner for the downforce to work. I wouldn't go near it.

As for the thread, I have died, bob has died, the pit crew have died, my whole team has died, it is a sad story, and incase you are wondering how the pit crew died, the highspeed ring allows you to drive through the pits at full speed if you don't enter at the first part, I was very surprised when I tried to make a last minute pit stop, and cut into the pits, the auto limiter failed to come on, it tore through the pits at 200mph with my group-C sauber, and saw the pit men standing there, I hit them accidentally. They do infact try to run or walk rather out the way, but they make slow progress.

OUCH!

 

[Venari]

Surprised no-one's mentioned SSR5. There's a 'jut' as you come out of the first complex, before you dive down right-left before the hairpin. If you inch too far left before the downhill right - you just stop.

I'd flip a coin to see whether you break the seat anchors and fly through the screen first, or the car would spin so violently, you'd break your neck as your helmeted head shattered the sideglass...

There's one just at the beginning of the corner before the straightaway too... although that might just be a paralysis job due to broken back.

Motorsport is dangerous, folks.

 

[Alfaholic]

Dunno the first time but the most memorable was at La Sarthe (without the chicanes on Mulsanne, does that make it La Sarthe II?). I was doing speed trials in a ZZII, with big turbo and nitrous, and on N2 tyres, in race meeting mode. I was trying to touch 300mph down the Mulsanne straight and was using the other traffic to slipstream. I slipstreamed a W12, got to about 230mph, pulled out and overtook it, hitting the nitrous at the same time. The car stepped sideways, which should have been a warning, but I kept the boot in and went chasing the next car up the road, which was a Merc, I think. I was doing something over 270mph when I pulled out of his slipstream, but I misjudged it and clipped the back right corner of his car. That punted me into the barrier on the right, which I clipped, lost control and spun across to the other side of the track, where, still travelling at very high speed, I went sideways into the barrier at the exit of the second chicane, hitting that one almost perpendicular. The car then went airborne and spun back across the road. I don't think I'd have walked away from that one

Another one that nailed me was The Nurb. Can't remember what I was driving but I was doing roughly 200mph down that long straight near the end of the lap. Just after the bridge, and just before I was going to swing left into that kink, I hit a bump at just the wrong angle and before I knew it I'd been bounced into the barrier on my right. It took me a while to stop spinning from that one, and it would have been messy in reality..

I've died lots of times other than those but those two are my standout moments.

Oh, and at El Capitan... down at the bottom of the map, there's a left hand kink just before a bridge, which leads to a slow left hand corner just before the road opens up into multiple lanes. If you understeer wide at that kink it's not difficult to plant yourself face first into a big block of concrete marking the start of the bridge

 

[Falcon787B]

Surprised no-one's mentioned SSR5. There's a 'jut' as you come out of the first complex, before you dive down right-left before the hairpin. If you inch too far left before the downhill right - you just stop.

Ive done that before, also on GT2 Tahiti Road I think i overstepped the grip of my trusty Prelude somewhat on the final turn and ended up spearing the pit wall.GT4? Well, the Test course springs to mind, but also Infineon Raceway Stock Car Course, where the 90degree turn coming down the hill has a large concrete runoff but the wall suddenly comes up on the outside very quickly...can be very painful if you misjudge your angle of getting back on the track or just run wide from the corner

 

[superberkut]

This is gonna sound funny but i think half the reason those 2J's were banned is cause they seem absolutely unearthly/scary to drive. If i were a race driver i would certainly think twice about piloting one.

Really? I read somewhere that the 2J was an exercise in grip-enhancement, not grip-detriment. (however that makes sense)

You probably know this, but for any other person losing sleep at night wondering why the 2J is so unusual, those two fans prominent on the back of the car were two snowmobile engines used to power the fans in an attempt to create a vacuum, helping the car stick to the road. The 2J was banned for obvious reasons, but, given that the car was unreliable and very unusual, I guess that it would make sense to avoid them: they wouldn't be very good points-winners.

So, you could say that the 2J "sucks" in more ways than one!

Or, do you mean that the machine has an unsettling presence, rather than a scary experience in trying to win with the car?

P.S: I was killed instantly after, in an accident eerily similar to that of Stirling Moss, my car somersaulted over Turn 2 at Infineon raceway... in a road car!

 

[Parnelli Bone]

Really? I read somewhere that the 2J was an exercise in grip-enhancement, not grip-detriment. (however that makes sense)

You probably know this, but for any other person losing sleep at night wondering why the 2J is so unusual, those two fans prominent on the back of the car were two snowmobile engines used to power the fans in an attempt to create a vacuum, helping the car stick to the road. The 2J was banned for obvious reasons, but, given that the car was unreliable and very unusual, I guess that it would make sense to avoid them: they wouldn't be very good points-winners.

So, you could say that the 2J "sucks" in more ways than one!

Or, do you mean that the machine has an unsettling presence, rather than a scary experience in trying to win with the car?

P.S: I was killed instantly after, in an accident eerily similar to that of Stirling Moss, my car somersaulted over Turn 2 at Infineon raceway... in a road car!

Wow, that sucks!

Yeah, I guess I'd rather race a car that creates its downforce naturally... the thought of artificial downforce caused by a snowblower engine frightens me...if one of them fails, you'd hope your kids have some serious life-insurance coming their way.

 

[Stevisiov]

Wow, that sucks! j/k.

Yeah, i guess i'd rather race a car that creates its downforce naturally... the thought of artificial downforce caused by a snowblower engine frightens me...if one of them fails, you'd hope your kids have some serious life-insurance coming their way.

That was the problem, they allowed higer cornering speeds which is dangerous in itself. The main problem, if the vacuum effect breaks, e.g. a bump in the road, then massive amounts of downforce is lost, this is why highspeed cornereing became a big problem. As you said a fan could fail, its a big risk to take. Needless to say ground effect is heavily restricted these days.