takahashi

Not at home yet. So not downloaded and watch it.

Congrats on the experience.... I am so jealous and so want to have some fun there! Hail about your time, driving there has already proven you are a champ!

Top stuff... congrats again

rex

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Great video! Nice quality too.

Wow! You had a really clear run! Other 'ring videos I've seen have had heavy traffic. I love that stretch from 05:35 - 6:24.

So, is it true? Is the 'ring addictive? How much do you want to go back and run it again? and again? and again?

tuj

You can run 5 laps for 60 Euros, which doesn't sound like a lot, but on the Ring it is! A lot of the bikes have to change tires if they are running at full speed after just a couple laps.

Traffic is usually only a problem when someone goes off. The corner workers put out a local yellow, which tends to back everyone up. The queue at the start tries to space people out, so generally its not bad. The only traffic problems I encountered were getting back on the track after they closed it for a bad accident.

There are a bunch of great places to watch people lap, and even just on open lapping days, there are a lot of spectators. Driving there is definitely addictive, but you have to be careful. Its easy to get sucked in trying to keep up with someone. Other than that, everyone seemed to be a pretty good driver on the track, and all of the passing was respectful, and on the left.

mdmaclean

Thanks for posting the great video... very interesting to see how the 8 handles on such a famous track.

Spin9k

Excellent! Nice driving and video....I can see it would be easy to go a bit faster in a bunch of pleaces with repeat practice...but it's so long it would take a while to get the corners repeated enough to try. Can you 'buy' an instructor? I've found tracking with one is the absolute best learning tool there is...experience shared is priceless and your confidence on-track is way improved as you have someone right there with instant advice and pre-warnings!

You are so lucky ... I can only do this in GT4 Thanks for the great vicarious action!!!

L8APEX

this is as close to the ring as I am going to get. but if i ever have the chance, at least i have had some practice.

goodstick

Ok, having just tried that on Xbox's Forza motorsport and getting a 10:50 I have to amend that "nice driving" to excellent driving. But I do have to say the car seems a little underpowered in the game but the track is amazingly realisitc when compared side by side with the video.

L8APEX

in my rx-8 on PS2, with 560 HP, :D , i can go around in 7:25+, with a couple spins, and off course excursions. something about no fear, and a reset button.

Nemesis8

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Up on Two Wheels - that was a great shot

RPIRX-8

I am probably the most jealous person on the planet right now. Thank you so much Kenndac for posting this and taking a chance on getting the video. For any of us track junkies here in the States, this is truly our Mecca. I've always said when I make my millions, I'm going to ship my car to Europe just to drive it on this track. Great driving!

BlueFrenzy

Great vid! Despite how cool it looks, I don't think I have the guts to do that track ... too fast for me. I'll stick with GT4!

BigOLundh

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This is the sharpest video i have ever seen on the internet. I am still impressed by the quality of it. The first clip looks amazing and is still under 2megs.. NICE!!

iKenndac

Thanks! Having a good camera to start with helps. Then, you compress the video in this format. Awesomeness.

iKenndac

Yeah - I drove the track on a Monday - not much traffic around. On Sunday (when my car was broke) there was a lot more traffic around. I have a ton of video clips of all the cars in the 'ring carpark and them going out onto the track and stuff. From 2CVs to Porsche Carrera GTs. Would you like me to make a little compilation and put it up here? It gives a great idea of the atmosphere of the place!

And yes, the Nürburgring is addictive. I first drove it in April in my Vauxhall Astra (125bhp) and loved it, then went back with my new RX-8. Now, I'm hooked...

- For around Easter next year, I'm arranging a trip over there with a few friends. Currently we have my RX-8, a Porsche Boxster S, a BMW Z4, a Focus ST220 and an MR2 coming along. Can't wait.

- My Mum lives down in the South of France. Every time I drive down to visit her, I'll take a quick (2-day) detour through Germany to visit the ring.

- I've already vowed that I'm gonna take every new car I ever get around the ring.

iKenndac

Unfortunately, they put the entrance/exit halfway down the straight, so you can't go really fast down it. My fastest point was the sweeping bend starting at 2:24 - 132mph through that.

tuj

I hit 220 kph (136 mph) on the straight before the queue (in a 190 Kompressor).

Glyphon

nice video, and excellent quality. also, thanks for having a rhd and putting the camera on the left. it felt very natural (except the missing steering wheel, guages, etc.).

btw, what is the little doohickey you have on your dash (right side of the screen). it looks like a flat piece sticking up.

L8APEX

looks like a wireless radar detector to me, is that what it is? cause I want one too. :D

Theelectricchild

Wow a $2000 camera, your RX8, the car you just showed us on your blog and then the Boxster, the Z4 and those other cars!?

You must be raking in the money from your business--- and at only 20 years old! Did you work as a software engineer before or were you always into programming and webdesign?

iKenndac

Yup, that's the one. It's a Snooper, you get them in the UK. It uses GPS and has a database of all the fixed cameras of the UK in it. When you get near one, it tells you that it's there, what the speed limit is and how fast you're going. If you're speeding, it beeps at you. If you're not, it shuts the hell up.

It also has a radar/laser/etc detector attached to it. On my 8, it's installed down in the front spoiler, looking through the front rotary accent.

Hahaha... that car on my blog is a run of the mill hatchback, equivalent to a Mazda 3. I sold it when I got my 8. The other cars don't belong to me - they all belong to friends, relatives and friends of relatives.

Software/programming is been something I've been into (I'm an extreme geek) since I was around 13-14. I released my first program before I started my Computer Science degree - many of my friends have commented that I'm at Uni to get a piece of paper to tell people I can do what I've been doing for years!

This year, I've taken a year out of my degree to work on my business full-time. Now I have an office and an employee (just the one), but I fully intend to return to Uni next year and finish my degree. I'm not chucking those 2 years of work down the drain!

shinka213

thanks for the thrill....what an awesome video....I am so freakin jealous...
I dont think I'll ever get to Germany in my 8
thanks for letting me do it vicariously... :D

AutoBahnRX8

This thread makes me feel bad, i live 3 hours from Nurnberg, and the time I went there I only went to the Zoo! I think I better plan a road trip before it gets too cold!

iKenndac

There's a zoo?

BigOLundh

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Lol