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5:49 · 12M views · Jun 29, 2018
Onboard footage of Timo Bernhard driving the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo to an all-time Nurburgring Nordschleife record lap of 5:19.
HN cites it as the benchmark lap record and recommends it even to non-car fans for its sheer speed and precision.
7 comments from Hacker News
Here's Porsche really at its best, on the Nurburgring's Nordschleiffe in 2018, which is arguably the most complicated and diverse track on the planet doing a cool 5m19s (in 2024 a Mercedes AMG GT One was a full 1min10s slower, for example): this video Any car lover who doesn't know that vid can safely watch it.
> Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO did it in 5:19 If anyone hasn't seen this, I highly recommend it, even if you're not a car fan. this video
>I almost feel stupid but I never realized they take the corners THAT fast. Holy shit. Respect. That's insane. The camera angles Rarely do the cars justice in protraying their speed (though its gotten better). There's a great vid on HN with a Porsche 919 sportscar at the Nurbugring that portays the quick factor fairly realistically (you can quibble about the various diffrences between a Sportscar and an F1 car in terms of capabilities--both are other worldy quick, and fast). I like to post that vid when talk here turns to self-driving cars, but I digress; F1 pilots are simply amazing. The cars are too. " this video
>> Anyway, big rigs have loose steering because they need precision at highway speeds. The opposite is actually true. Big rigs have loose steering so that the driver will Not jack knife the truck in a panic situation. A tighter steering rack is Much more precise. Street tires, and especially racing tires, work best (have the most grip) at very narrow slip angles. Here's a Wikipedia about the "friction circle" as racers call it. " [LINK] " Here's a Great video shot at the Nürburgring showing an astonishing lap record of the Porsche 919 Hybrid race car, precision personified... Enjoy! " this video "
I was going to post earlier that IMO the level they should be aiming at is that of a brilliant racer, otherwise who needs them. There was a vid on here recently of the Porsche 919 beating the lap record at the Ring, and one of the comments was "I don't have the balls to drive that fast in a video game" such is the skill level of humans at the wheel-a few to be sure, but still and all there it is. Here's the vid btw. And it is ridiculous... " this video