Ruf CTR "Yellow Bird" full laps on Nürburgring Nordshleife 1987

[GregOr1971]

Dunno if anyone has posted this already, but there's something to see (and hear)

*do not try this at home

 

[eran0004]

Now that looks like the car in the game alright.

*I try it everyday at home - on my PS3

 

[FussyFez]

Uncanny resemblance to how it handled pre 1.03... Not tried it since.

 

[GTboyz]

I remember being scared watching this whenever the car approaches the corner

 

[ron86]

Wow, it really sounds (!!) and handles like in GT6

 

[Stotty]

Stefan Roser

I remember seeing this video (on VHS) over 20 years ago and it's still a very impressive piece of driving... sideways round the outside of bikers during some of the fastest parts of the laps

Unfortunately very difficult to replicate in GT as the tyres don't really allow you drive it like that... when you get it sideways on entry off the throttle, and then try to pick up the throttle to balance the weight and the slide, the tyres have zero grip

The Yellowbird look positively easy to drive compared to a proper old 911...

 

[GregOr1971]

What surprised me is fact that driver had guts to drive it without helmet or any racing equiepment. Like he was going to buy some groceries on a sunday morning and decided to do a lap or two on Nordschleife. Crazy 80's

@Stotty : I found it easier to replicate this (in a way) if I put CS tires . Car has less grip than with default SH tires so it is a bit easier to slide round corners.

 

[GTboyz]

What surprised me is fact that driver had guts to drive it without helmet or any racing equiepment. Like he was going to buy some groceries on a sunday morning and decided to do a lap or two on Nordschleife. Crazy 80's

Yeah, the first time i watch this, it blew my mind how crazy this guy is. Did you all see he's gunning it down the whole course ? He had the car control on his hands, he's just a badass. The car looked like its going to spun out every second.

 

[lintels123]

This video is amazing. I care about life too much to attempt that in real life.

 

[FussyFez]

I've watched it about 5 times now. It really is amazing how committed he is at points. Genuine, full nutcase petrol head if ever I saw it. All or nothing for 99% of the lap. Epic.

 

[pyrates]

I remember being scared watching this whenever the car approaches the corner

Great driving but I am more terrified because of the black shoes and white socks. Ahh, the 80s.

 

[solidboss07]

Makes you appreciate the tyre squeal in GT6.

 

[Stotty]

IIRC from way back, the car was specifically set up to allow Stefan to showboat his drifting skills

The most impressive bits for me, however, are not the drifting in the slower and medium speed corners... it's the way he controls the car in the really fast stuff when it's bucking about on the bumps at well over 100mph on what's clearly quite soft suspension. I've driven more modern 911's (that are inherently a lot more stable), and even these start to feel uncomfortable when cornering at 3 figure speeds when there are big bumps... the YB looks properly frightening, and any error in car control at those speeds will be a BIG accident

@Stotty : I found it easier to replicate this (in a way) if I put CS tires . Car has less grip than with default SH tires so it is a bit easier to slide round corners.

Agreed 👍

Almost all cars feel nicer on lower grip tyres... they are certainly much easier to slide about and suffer from far less of the vicious snap you get on higher grip tyres.

Another way to make them nicer is to fit a custom LSD and lower the initial and accel settings vs stock (to something like 5,20)... the stock diff is far too tight in most cars and lowering these settings makes them much more predictable.

 

[Pete05]

IIRC from way back, the car was specifically set up to allow Stefan to showboat his drifting skills

The most impressive bits for me, however, are not the drifting in the slower and medium speed corners... it's the way he controls the car in the really fast stuff when it's bucking about on the bumps at well over 100mph on what's clearly quite soft suspension. I've driven more modern 911's (that are inherently a lot more stable), and even these start to feel uncomfortable when cornering at 3 figure speeds when there are big bumps... the YB looks properly frightening, and any error in car control at those speeds will be a BIG accident



Agreed 👍

Almost all cars feel nicer on lower grip tyres... they are certainly much easier to slide about and suffer from far less of the vicious snap you get on higher grip tyres.

Another way to make them nicer is to fit a custom LSD and lower the initial and accel settings vs stock (to something like 5,20)... the stock diff is far too tight in most cars and lowering these settings makes them much more predictable.

Dunno if anyone has posted this already, but there's something to see (and hear)

*do not try this at home

Amazing vision. Respect to Stefan.

I can get most cars around the 'ring in a decent way, but, if I feel like a true challenge, something that will have me not breathing through sections of the track, I saddle up with the mechanical beast that is, The Yellowbird.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Was there any corner in the entire video where the car actually had any grip?

What a car. Such a stunning machine to behold. It looks, sounds and handles like a doombringer sent from the underworld to kill all that is unworthy. Such a vicious machine. Absolutely beautiful!

 

[Vegard]

The run from Bergwerk to Klostertalkürve is just scary (3:45-4:30) Angstkürve especially

I remember an interview where Roser was asked why he drove those laps in such a sideways manner, surely it was not the fastest was around the track.
His reply was something like: You don't always make love to your wife to make babies

Epic driving.

 

[GBO Possum]

Dunno if anyone has posted this already, but there's something to see (and hear)

*do not try this at home

Epic!

 

[PsuPepperoni]

He takes an interesting line into the Little Karussell