Kazunori Yamauchi’s Hot Lap at the Nurburgring
Other November 21st, 2009 by Jordan
Remember when GT series creator Kazunori Yamauchi joined the Lexus team for the VLN race on the Nurburgring last month? AutoExpress has now also posted a complete on-board lap of the Nordschleife with Yamauchi-san at the wheel! As you can see, he’s a smooth, quick, and calm driver in what appears to be a very balanced and composed IS-F on the infamously bumpy track.
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wrong video!
Yeah, he is really fast! Clean racing.
Is it me or does that look like on of the logitech wheels?
@Will: What video are you seeing? I get the correct clip when I hit play.
OK this page has the right video… why does the lap start/stop before the straight?
Jordan, the front page plays the “making of PSP commercial” video instaed of this
Aren’t you guys uploading videos to your youtube channel anymore? These videos from giantrealm require you to allow a tracking cookie from vindicosuite as well as a bucketfull of other scripts before you can watch them.
He’s pretty quick… not bad Kaz
Will-
The reason you’re seeing the older video (on the front page) is because of your browser cache- reload the screen and it should be okay. And to the start of the lap- this is just his fastest lap from the 40min (or so) he was in the race- the IS-F differential gave in and he had to retire. The actual START/FINISH as with most 24 hr race at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife is probably in the newer Nurburgring GP track and not on the Nordschleife.
What is that with that crappy video, won’t play.
Back to youtube pls
not workin’…
Will we see corvettes streaking past the IS-F on GT5?
both youtube vids not workin :) too high demand :D ?
If you can’t see the video..get rid of adblock. :P
@ Jordan, getting the wrong video my end for some reason, all I can see is the making of the PSP trailer?
This video would be more conveniently served on Youtube. My hTC Touch Pro doesn’t like whatever scripts this other hosting site is trying to run…and why does a video-hosting site need to run a script on my device anyways?
I personally do not want additional tracking based ads delivered to any of my internet-enabled devices, thanks.
I hope this circuit configuration is available in GT5 :D
Great driving, Kaz!
So a lap time of roughly 9.4x something?
This is no surprise, he’s been racing for quite sometimes now. He got a lot of racing experience ever since he was making GT4.
Jordan, I don’t know if it’s my problem or GTP’s, but the video shown is the GTPSP commercial behind the scenes one. I just thought of letting you know.
He the man!
Thanks for the heads-up regarding the video player issues, guys, it should be fixed now. The problem was only occurring if you tried to play it on the front page.
I log on to this website to gain some more insight into GT5’s progress……but all i seem to get is Yamauchi’s constant world trip around various race tracks for his own pleasure. perhaps he should get back to the office and remember who and what puts money in his pocket.
big respect for Kazunori!!!
he’s great! he drives quite well and lets people pass very cleanly.
Great drive from Kazunori. Good stuff….;-))…
nice drivin’ KY! Fast’n'clean
I’m just wondering if in GT5 the same track as in the video will be included (Nordschleife & Gran Prix Track)?
Looks like they go on the GP circuit in lieu of the Nordschleife.
@Zmann42087: Well they start at Nordschleife then they take a turn at the GP Track (don’t know if it’s an full lap) and go back to Nordschleife for a (almost) full lap…that’s what I saw at least
The definitive example of why I trust PD and their physics engine over anything Turn 10 brings to the table.
Show me a Turn 10 employee turned real world driver competing and winning in a race, and I will acknowledge what they have to say.
With all the experience that KY has in real world racing, how can anyone doubt PD’s ability to properly bring about an accurate experience?
If I was Sony, I would use KY and his racing exploits as a marketing campaign for GT5.
Not just a Turn 10 employee. It’s got to be the lead developer or at least the physics guy that does the programing.
lets see Dan Greenawalt drive like this ;)
he would probably be like where is the brake button HAHAHAHAH
Nice driving by Kaz!
@tameem
No he might say where is the rewind button lol
@Skillcoil
LMFAO HAHAHHAHAH.. i bet translator san can drive better than Dan Greenwalt
this is what i imagine he will be like when he gets inside a race car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdA6uUqkh-4
I knew he could drive but DAAAAMM, HE CAN DRIVE!
“As you can see, he’s a smooth, quick, and calm driver”, you have to be on Nurburgring, it’s tricky circuit
He’s very, very good. And by the looks and sounds of things, it was quite damp in places, too!
What poise! Thank you Kaz for showing how it’s done. I don’t know how good his times were in relation to the leaders, but the smooth ride and “not driveing like a punk” is inspirational…
He drives like a granny, but I haven’t expected anything else from him. Moreover, it is difficult to risk more if you have no experience, so it’s smart.
I drove on the Nordschleife twice myself with a regular C6 (Corvette) and a Ford GT. I tried to drive defensivly myself. It simply is very narrow and the cars were pretty fast anyway, so I understand him. Obviously it wouldn’t be very difficult to push harder, and I would have loved to do so, but there is simply no room for error.
He might be a good driver, but is it me, or is he overtaking under yellow flag???
Look at 4:54 and you see a yellow flag, and just after that he overtakes the black car, and it is first in the next corner you see the green flag..
Now that is what i am talking about! I am too excited to watch the whole video because i have to put digital pen to paper. Here we have Gran Turismo’s God ‘playing’ on the green hell just like I have done. I think I will be able to sleep a million times better knowing that not only do we fans have a unique talent behind us but he can drive a race car well and proper. I know that he used to train at a race school but to show me/us fans that he is driving the ‘ring really hits home as to how great Kazanouri Yamauchi is.
Peace out my people!
@Dom
You’re playing too much arcade games.
Was he short shifting?
I dunno if the lights the left of his dash were shift lights, but if they were, he was shifting before they came on a few times, and it didn’t sound like he was ringing it’s neck out for performance. Not that I beasties to be able to do that… Haha
Do you know what this means? It means the gut knows what a racing car feels like and he will reflect that on his game, GT5 has the potential to be the best simulation period.
sorry for misspelling, gut-guy.
This circuit gives me the creeps, I would be better of in GT than in real life it seems very narrow and dangerous to me, you have to be defensive when driving out there it’s very dangerous no escapes not anything that could mean safety.Well done Kaz, his racing experience means better game guys !
PS “drive like a granny” whatever you say man, i’d bet he would kick your ass if you raced with him haha
People seems to forget that this is an endurance race and not a 2 laps racing that everyone is going flat out, it doesn’t work like that. The other guys said he drives like a granny. :lol:. I wanna see you drive in a same race as he does, and go flat out in a endurance race. I bet you won’t last long, either your transmission will fail or your engine will overheats etc. If not, worst, you’ll crash your car.
Should we be surprised that the guy who brought us Gran Turismo is actually very handy behind the wheel
@rubo
I thought this was just a hot-lap. If it is indeed a hot-lap, why should he yeild if he wouldn’t get penalised or if he doesn’t see anything particularly dangerous?
@ Ddag – the times he was short shifting were most likely to ensure sufficient grip – the track was damp in places, and coming through a corner in a lower gear with low grip could be a nightmare, hence, short shifting.
Perhaps he was just shifting 2 or 3 hundred RPM before the shift light was set to come on, the team bosses may have told him not to rev it right out for whatever reason. Maybe they were trying to save the over heating diff…
nice Yamauchi san….. very clean driver…
Not only was he short shifting because of the slippery track, he was doing it preserve the transmission. The feature says that they retired with gearbox problems; they would’ve been trying to save the gearbox as much as they could before they retired.
I think some are mistaking smooth for granny driving.
If you ever watch Sebastien Loeb demalish a rally track, it looks pretty boring compared to eg Marcus Gronholm, but in the end who’s faster? The fast boring smooth grandma driver, the racing prodigy Loeb.
http://i34.tinypic.com/20p4oyx.jpg
A picture of the car :D Respect to Kazunori!! ;)
He is not too slow, but i can do it faster.