Driving failures. Real life videos.

We often have arguments about how difficult the realistic simulation should be. When it is too easy, or when it is too hard... Obviously, how can we know how most of the cars, which are available in the simulators, bites when being over the limit, and not carefully, skillfully enough, when we don't have that real experience.

However there are videos of similar or same cars, similar or same conditions, similar or same situations.... So we can have at least a rough idea what happens when **** happens.

I think it would be a nice thing to have a thread dedicated purely to loosing control of the car. Don't really need to have huge crashes with painful results, though it happens, sadly. Just video material of loosing control of the cars, failing to stay straight on the braking, failing to recover slides.... you get the idea.

Ideal would be classic cars, or cars which are available in Assetto Corsa

Obviously youtube is full of such videos, but some seems to document car behaviour better than others.

There is one video to begin with, I'd like to point out that this channel has many similar collections, which tells something about the limits of these cars. Well sometimes drivers limits too

 

For example. Lotus 27 locking up rear tires under braking. Anyone is familiar with similar issue with Lotus 25 in Assetto Corsa ? Soon will be able to try and at the same track. Though IDK how different Lotus 27 is, I suppose it should be improved model. But this video is one good example of rear wheels locking of RWD car.

 

Some interesting examples of mechanical failures

Rim spokes snapped off


Rear brakes disc shredded


And a few driving failures




Honda S2000 seems to be a fun car.

 

The Goodwood one shows why Caterham drivers have to fit arm restraints

 

A fellow who is simracer as well lost his brakes in the race, used shift lock as plan B. One of those situtations when "fail" becomes "win".