Dodge Charger (1969) - Acceleration in 20 Games

[@Hopy]

This era of American muscle cars has to be one of my favorite ones, due to the fact the cars actually feel powerful and the body styling is just perfection

[@erso_returned2530]

Hey Hopy you hop? Or you hope?

[@fredphilips5320]

Yeah, powerful... But slow af.

[@generalpatton8468]

@@fredphilips5320 But back then, they were fast.

[@fredphilips5320]

@@generalpatton8468 Indeed, General.

[@hughmongous5089]

​@@fredphilips5320wym slow when they had 400-500 hp stock

[@andipajeroking]

Pro Street, what a gem of a game.

[@JAMESYQ24]

Pro Street still is one of my favourite games now, the only game other than GT back then that felt great to play with the wheel, and actually had a working clutch! I replayed it in 2022 and it still held up.

[@AnonAnonovskiy]

@@JAMESYQ24shift and shift 2 beautiful too. Nice physics, sounds, tunning, settings and view from pilot eyes with helmet and head. Night race. Grid/grid 2 same, but shift the most realistic

[@Maximus20778]

​@@JAMESYQ24the steering is crap tho

[@phillyleotardo4343]

damn gt4 had a really nice idle

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

The idle sounded realistic and nice af, but the sound of it actually driving and accelerating was weak... typical of the Japanese biased Gran Turismo games.

[@TheRageLivesOn]

@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 you say that like most of the japanese cars don't sound terrible too. it's just the way they recorded engine sounds, and i'm sure it wasn't easy recording as many cars as they probably had to for that game. i don't know if this is 100% true, but i saw that they only recorded cars while at a stand still and revving in neutral. if they did that, it explains why the idle sounds good but the acceleration doesn't because the sounds weren't recorded while the engine was under load

[@koriyagay]

​@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 it's really not that deep

[@Coelacanth97]

I thought the same thing, but the acceleration sounds were woeful.

[@Justapilot_9700]

You could do a faster time if you put on Manual and shifted earlier. Its peak horsepower and torque is between 2500 to 4000 RPMs and once it hits 4000 RPMs its power drops dramatically. NFS Pro Street, and Gran Turismo simulate it well, notice how the car bogs down when closer to the red line but gets a "boost" feeling after you shift up. In almost every case, big engines really likes to operate in low revs while tiny engines gets more and more powerful with high RPMs.

[@xacealienx]

The shifts in undercover are to die for

[@ANGEL_117TM]

I love Dogde Charger, especially the General Lee

[@Chiyochichi69420]

Yeah same here!! Love the Dogde charger

[@arkbird1580]

Впервые узнал про эту культовую машину из фильма Dukes of Hazzard

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

​@@arkbird1580 I grew up watching the TV series when I was a child. Sadly, the liberals don't like it and banned it because of the flag painted on the roof of the General Lee. I was born to be based.

[@arkbird1580]

@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 same)

[@JuanGamer0202]

As a Brasilian I hate the whole conflict on this, its such a cool car and people get mad at a flag, like I couldnt care less, its something that could be just changed to an american flag or something but instead people just try to stop any mention to it

[@roflman]

The first 3 NFS really capture the heavy drone of the 440 big block

[@inconspicuous7464]

The Charger from NFS carbon was a monster, especially when fully upgraded (Dodge Viper next?)

[@JAGUAR-GT]

When Chargers were mean machines, not 4 door street takeover criminal cruisers or police cars.

[@Maximus20778]

That's literally what they were back then😂 you definitely weren't around back then

[@OldIron2188]

Have you seen Bullitt? Or the dukes of Hazzard even?

[@Maximus20778]

@@OldIron2188 ikr like he doesn't anything

[@pedinhuh16]

Gran Turismo really doesn't know how to do muscle cars.

[@santhiagodefreitasbenedito9369]

Despite having very realistic driving and physics (to a triple A video-game) I think that most cars in the GT series are seriously underpowered in their "full stock" versions, especially non-japanese cars, like a little handicap both in handling and in power just so it encourages you to spend some time tuning the car, nothing wrong with that, but it always feels like that. I can run a "stock" car on GT4 alright, but it needs to have AT LEAST racing breaks.

[@ksuzvn_94-3]

The dodge charger rt 440ci reach 190 km/h max so gt is the best in this video.

[@pedinhuh16]

​@@ksuzvn_94-3yes, but the real car never had a rev limiter to cap it's top speed back down to 180kmh once it reaches 190km/h. So what is the point of that realism if they just gonna fumble it up and make the car not be good for racing?

[@UNO279]

Gotta love that good ol American v8

[@LITTLE1994]

Pretty cool video, since the 1969 Charger is my dream car.

[@sheonmybingbong]

So you’re telling me one of my favorite channels has a car channel. *I’m sold.*

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

The 2000s Black Box-era NFS may not be having the most accurate sound for Dodge Charger, but there's something so distinctively memorable about the tone, vibe and atmosphere that come out of the engine sound of classic Dodge/Plymouth cars in NFSC, that no other video game franchise imo comes close at replicating an identical feeling (with the exception of Burnout Paradise and first Criterion NFS games).

[@geesecouchtaming7223]

I'm a charger, that charges through the night

[@pliantimpala7858]

Like an orange bolt of lightning, passing everything in sight

[@junkstewy6990]

@@pliantimpala7858i'm the best pal the Duke boys ever had

[@ivanlebo832]

I’m thunder on the highway lookin’ baaad, baad, bad.

[@b_giggity2488]

The ones on Most Wanted 2012 and Grid 2 were 1970 Chargers. Loved the video btw.

[@user-md3ju1jy7r]

It would be cool if you also added real life acceleration, so you can clearly see which game best conveys the characteristics of the car

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

For real...some of these were pretty weak, a few were spot on.

[@user-ek4uk9yw4o]

Yesss 1969 Dodge Charger RT

[@jacobpugpoirier3350]

Gran Turismo did it dirty

[@KikuraKun]

Really? I know about the sounds until GT Sport, but Forza Horizon 4 and 5 in this video use the same 440ci. You can see it with their gear ratios. GT never reaches 200km/h because there's no torque at higher rpm.

[@65rivierags35]

I love the charger in its factory original liveries. But not in the general Lee graphics.

[@squidiskool]

I love the pure engine sound of Gran Turismo 4

[@xnotasweatx]

Sounds terrible apart from idle

[@squidiskool]

@@xnotasweatx Yes the idle

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

The idle sounded like perfection, but acceleration sound effect was just laughably weak.

[@NikitaRaven24]

а почему не представлен реальный замер??? весь смысл сравнения утерян в конце видео!!!!

[@kazutonaruse9001]

Juiced? Now that's a game which I do play right now, and which I see as a rarity in comparisions.

[@BayAreaMike99]

0:02 WTF IS A KILOMETER!!!!!!!🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍗🍗🍗🏈🏈🏈🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@EndingSniper101]

1969 mustang next?

[@awolf6473]

My favourite car! ❤

[@monstertrucker2004]

wow nfs undercover has a great rev limiter sound

[@ridwanhaque2369]

Woah when did nfs most wanted 2012 have a 1969 dodge charger?

[@TigerfieldCARS]

it's a dlc car

[@b_giggity2488]

That one was a 1970

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

I thought the '69 Charger had round tail lights like the '68, and they weren't rectangular until '70? Or am I mistaken? Also...I hated how slow cars were in the Gran Turismo games and their Japanese bias, LoL! Still played it a lot anyhow, but only because I didn't have an Xbox...otherwise I would have been playing Forza all those years instead.

[@Coelacanth97]

Only the '68 had the round taillights. '69/'70 had the same sickle-shaped taillights, though the lenses had subtle differences and had different bezels.

[@idexpro8263]

The acceleration in Carbon is skewed since you are doing it on a down slope

[@TigerfieldCARS]

I can't find a better place for that game. Carbon has one of the worst maps for these acceleration tests

[@ryosuketheberserker7701]

​@@TigerfieldCARS it actually has one highway but it's with traffic

[@mplewp]

times are all over the place lol

[@MiXedPlague]

i think the 6.9 second is most accurate, 0 to 60 in 7 seconds for a car from the 60's was good

[@EugiGonzales5221]

My favorite muscle car! Dodge charger!

[@v_stands_for_value124]

Nothing worse than gran turismo car sounds, Driver San Francisco and NFS most wanted 2012 tie for the best sounds counting every car

[@VSTRVvVGVNZV]

dodge ❤

[@sesasVM]

you should've make statistics from maximum realistic results to minimum realistic. but this video just showing how game designers related to this car

[@TriggerzConnors]

can you guys tell me why that car has only 4 gears and not all 6 gear cars?

[@akio3421]

Because this is a 1969 car, back then only 3 or 4 speed gearboxes were common

[@TriggerzConnors]

@@akio3421 ah ok.

[@SkiesFFS]

Any car made before the 2000s only had at most 5 gears (6 was more common in exotic cars)

[@kireta21]

more gears = more moving parts + less beefy components = faster wear + more breakdowns. Less issue nowadays, technology improved by quite a lot since the 60s. Original Corvette had 2-gear automatic because no other transmission Chevrolet had was sturdy enough to handle its 150HP engine. Even now, trophy trucks use 3-gear automatics almost exclusively, because 700-1100 HP engines + constant loss and recovery of grip would kill any normal transmission in hours.

[@ImmortanDan]

@@kireta21Well, that and when you have 1100 hp you don't *really* need more than 3 gears, either. Traction is a limiting factor then.

[@Bully_Lera-fp8sl]

Dom torreto:its ma boi!

[@ImmortanDan]

I wonder if the real-life Charger actually came with a final drive so stupidly short that it needed 2 shifts before 62mph. That seems so unnecessary! Also, you suck at managing grip lmao

[@Lock98k]

better you compare the car original in all games, in some he have supercharger, in other he are original...

[@LegacyIvyTerascale]

you missed NFS Payback

[@Sebastian_castillo]

The vast majority were modified

[@Ноча]

Juised and carbone top

[@Idiotic45]

Isn’t that the general Lee?

[@ANGEL_117TM]

Yep

[@Idiotic45]

@@ANGEL_117TM such a legendary car

[@SkiesFFS]

...which is a 1969 Dodge Charger

[@Idiotic45]

@@SkiesFFS aka the general lee

[@Worker_Drone_dude]

​@@Idiotic45 actually the general Lee was a 68 dodge Charger..

[@pyro_02]

Forza motorsport is forza horizon from wish

[@Unknown-q1v2j]

Family car

[@orest395]

Classic muscle cars are extremely inaccurate in their performance in all racing games

[@randymarsh4748]

maybe because they would be way to slow to be fun stock in an arcade game

[@orest395]

That’s why you upgrade them, a stock charger doesn’t have 5 gears, I cringe every time I see that, the best game to come close is nfs pro street

[@Maximus20778]

​@@orest395literally none of the cars in this vid have 5 gears

[@orest395]

Forza horizon’s muscle cars do

[@Maximus20778]

​@@orest395I'm literally looking at fh4 and 5 they don't have 5 gears, get glasses would you

[@elker7862]

gran turismo = not fun

[@kaikxavier6497]

Esse carro n chega a 200

[@Lock98k]

pesquisando no google ele fala que chega a 132 mph que dá mais de 200 de top speed, e mesmo sendo antigo ele é um v8...

[@matthew1562]

Sometimes it doesnt reach 200 because of the gearbox , most of the muscle cars had short gearbox for acceleration and 1/4 mile drag races

[@JuanGamer0202]

Como dizer que não entende de carro, sem dizer "eu não entendo de carro"

[@Coelacanth97]

The Forza Horizon series sounded pretty nice for acceleration, though the tunes had the early shifts coming on too soon, from the sounds of it. And wtf's with the backfiring, flames-popping-out-the-tailpipes crap? That was NEVER a thing with vintage muscle cars. I can't stand it when these games make classic muscle cars sound like Orville Redenbacker popcorn in the microwave.

[@chehystpewpur4754]

this is a pretty bad comparison since your comparing mph and kph. and calling them the same thing. look at the speedometer. half of them are in mph and the rest in kph.

[@Aqua-ok1kl]

You are just wrong man km/h and mp/h are both speed units, so basically they are the same. 124mp/h is the same speed as 200 km/h. So it's actually a great comparison

[@chehystpewpur4754]

@@Aqua-ok1kl no just shut up ad read what i wrote. i dont think your qualified to even respond to me. 100 kmh and 100 mph is not the same thing and op is using that as the same thing. 200kph is not 200mph he is interjecting those terms its a pointless comparison because the scale flips but its still claimed to be kmh. go drive 200 mph in a 200 kmh zone let me know how that goes. ohh their both units of speed so i can just do whatever i want.

[@raregods]

Does it bother you that when the speedometers had miles on them, they only measured to 60, not 100?@@chehystpewpur4754

[@TigerfieldCARS]

You are wrong here. Everything in this video is measured at exactly 100 kmh and 200 kmh. Nfs shift for example has mph on that speedometer but it's still measured in kmh. That's just the style of that car speedometer. Look closely and you"ll see when it says 100 kmh, the needle is near 60(mph), as it should.

[@raregods]

@@chehystpewpur4754 Internet smart guy trampled and destroyed

[@aksGJOANUIFIFJiufjJU21]

Better than the camaro ss

[@sweetdude1298]

Great! Now add in the Drift, Drag and Speed versions of the Pro Street Charger

[@jere6791]

What is the point of this exactly?

[@thelizardking3807]

Of what

[@LonelyHearts.Co24]

My nuts?

[@Nightmareof94]

Didn’t know it was in most wanted 12 sounds awful in that one

[@Behruz120]

Why owful?