How Fast Can This 60's Formula 1 Icon Lap The Nordschleife?

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[@Jimmy_Broadbent]

For those of you who want to skip straight to the driving - 3:16

[@maxlucken5875]

Jimmy Broadbent good job on this 1 jimmer

[@jackthomas1959]

We Appreciate your work Jimmy!

[@Noa1nl-racing]

Love your vids mate

[@Holeecrab]

Jimmer 3:16 says i just whooped Nurburgring's ass love ya vid mate

[@vyepez500]

No Jimmy it's important to know the specificationd of a car specially if you are going to drive it :)

[@brodeur212]

Even without driving i cannot speak that fluently

[@ranchu8385]

ikr, jimmer is blessed with racing skills and speaking too

[@joeystrehle4890]

Yes I can't

[@joeystrehle4890]

How he brakes iuu can't sp3ek I a nooooooooooooooooooooooob

[@karinyman3436]

When im driving, can't listen my wife on go driver seat without missing every junction we supposed to turn in to😅

[@vakvanya1]

This car is so good that Jimmy didn't even say hello to the Rebel Tree

[@mcrider7776]

vakvanya1 don’t worry the rebel tree said hi to jimmy instead

[@orderandkhos6269]

McRider 777 that’s why I was worried, hopefully Rebel Tree’s feelings are intact and Jimmy didn’t lose a friend

[@linkery]

Sad

[@somenobody8599]

Those cars didnt need aero. The weight of the drivers balls kept it stuck

[@mcrider7776]

Some Nobody that makes more sense

[@ragexd_]

that's true to shit

[@gliderfs621]

C'est pas faux.

[@putzak]

Hell yeah!

[@daifuku9320]

@@daciasandero2758 Dacia Sandero

[@wes3391]

Fun fact: you can do donuts in 2nd gear with traction control on in this thing. Source: tried it last night

[@ICKY427]

...traction control....???

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

this thing doesn't have traction controll. If you turned traction control on you put the ingame tc which probably lets you get some slip in a low setting

[@katrinapaton5283]

@@Obi-WanKannabis traction control via a drivers right foot. Its a lost technology regretably.

[@silasalucard3204]

hahaha, traction control... hahaha.

[@williamhendrix3253]

there’s traction control in the game not the real car........

[@Kudaka96]

Skinny green thing sliding over squiggly german hardened ground

[@AcornFox]

comments containing alternate descriptions

[@Brassur]

Double green hell

[@frozensolid8968]

Green outdated kazoo*

[@megaaidanexplosion7885]

Not clickbait

[@jsleeio]

I giggled

[@Il_Dutur]

A bathtub with 400 hp and no seat belts. With zero downforce and zero safety stuff on tracks. Brave men then. Oh yes, the ones who survived. I remember when you drove the Matra at old Spa: pure madness.

[@ghostdog688]

Denis Corazza don’t forget; the drivers chose not to bother with seatbelts because being thrown clear of the car and taking your chances with the ground was considered preferable to being strapped to a car that was probably going to become a fireball. Self sealing tanks, nomex, and the avoidance of using combustible materials (like magnesium alloys) were still many many dead drivers, spectators, pit crew and Marshals away.

[@Speed_7545]

Rip Jim Clark

[@musicstewart9744]

I heard this description in a video from a film produced right after it debuted. Wonder if Mr. Chapman coined it?

[@Dimeocide]

I'd love to see you do some more classic F1 cars, obvious follow up would be the Lotus 49c, see how much difference some wings and tobacco sponsorship makes to the speed!

[@daenyboy8685]

Dale Barber lotus 72 would be interesting

[@Dimeocide]

Absolutely, a different F1 car from every era would be awesome

[@scullystie4389]

Cigarette liveries add 200hp

[@katrinapaton5283]

@@scullystie4389 Really? I always found cigarette liveries played havoc on air intake.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@katrinapaton5283 🤣

[@on_wheels_80]

A few comments before I'm going to watch this: - No other car is more terrifying on this track in VR - You have to be soooo gentle, most of all on the brakes - Answer to the title question: However fast Jim Clark would make it go

[@JontysCorner]

Love having you geek out over the car at the start.

[@scullystie4389]

Hey Jimmy, this got me thinking, how about a GP Legends stream one of these days?

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

If the game wasn't a mess to get running on modern PCs he'd probably have done it already

[@leminent2489]

Well there's an F1 super mod called F1 challenge VB which has every single season of formula 1 in it. So you can do a play through from 1950 season all the way to 2018 (2019 is in development). It's a bit annoying to download if you have slow internet as there's a lot to download. But if you follow the set up instructions correctly, it'll run perfectly well on a modern PC :)

[@RonniePeterson]

@@Obi-WanKannabis The original GPL is easy to get running?

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

@@RonniePeterson I have tried multiple times and I haven't been able to make it run fine. Always has some errors, even installed all the patches that supposedly fix it.

[@novice6159]

Gpl runs best on windows xp, if you are installing any mods though you need to make sure you use GEM+2, which is the program for starting all the mods

[@rarewhiteape]

Thicc Brit expertly directs stressed member around girthy German mistress

[@Bacho_Grande]

Now this I can get behind.

[@cbr3220]

jimmy broadbent in jimmy clark's car on the nordschleife. what a historical moment to be seen. *sheds tear*

[@edgiebraahhh7280]

*shed* s tear

[@maxprentice9163]

Bit of a personal connection to this car, Jim Clark was my grans cousin and arguably the best driver of all time!

[@valentinbarrier]

I want all your "how fast ..." intros like this, jimmer

[@Wolf-6567]

That was pure madness well done Jimmy Without downforce the only thing keeping these cars on the road was the drivers weighty balls! 5 years on I still love that lap still cant come anywhere close to it!

[@gabehowe2778]

That giddy little giggle at 3:29 is what I live for

[@MySimRacer]

Great drive Jimmy! Not only keeping it quick and on the black stuff, but commentating the whole lap - that's a skill not many have! great job!

[@Acidicheartburn]

Now for the 1967 Ferrari 312 in Assetto!

[@Sceppie]

9:40 8:44 You're doing a fine job Jimmy. Nobody is suspecting anything.

[@bencebarta6918]

my favourite track-car combo. It's just so raw and enjoyable.

[@deformemvita]

Your Lotus 49 lap is 3.76 seconds faster than mine... I'm comin' for you, Jimmer lad.

[@zrspangle]

Did you ever make up that 4 seconds?

[@formulajuan5762]

These kind of old open wheelers are my favourite things to drive in AC. I just love how loose and free they are. You have to constantly dance with the car, feeling it's limits, and trying not to exceed them. Modern open wheelers are cool too, but I find them very razor sharp. When they snap they snap hard AF. These older beasts are more involving in some ways, yet more forgiving at the same time, as even though you lose time when you go over the limit, you can also usually go over the limit quite safely and continue driving. Whereas in a modern F1 car even putting a tip toe over over the limit often ends up with the car facing backwards or in the wall lol. You should do a video testing out the recently released early '60s 1500cc F1 mod cars. The sharknose Ferrari is a ton of fun to drive. I'd recommend '66 Monaco as the location.

[@Watchmedome3017]

The cosworth DFV was so good on its first race the only thing that happen was a broken timing gear. Once they figure out a timing gear damper the vibration was gone. It was game on. That’s another part still in used in modern f1 cars. The engine was literally unchanged for a bunch of years until the turbo Era where it died out. I love the DFV engine.

[@katrinapaton5283]

The kind of video, along with the Matra around the old Spa circuit, that I keep coming back to just to listen to the engine.

[@seanomatopoeia]

Jimmy I would love to see a 100% series with these classics around the vintage tracks. Especially with the Expanded Wanglecanon, we could watch his grandfather tear around Spa in a Lotus. Bonus points for the lack of wings, so Grandpa Wanglebork won't have any to break.

[@Arthurzeiro]

Keith Duckworth and his DFV V8 are abosulte hallmarks of F1.

[@dagatti1200]

5:57 "It's like a salsa full of flare, full of expression" Jimmy, 2K19😂😂

[@lukebell2683]

Haha I love that jimmy is even using the 60s wheel movements

[@LeoWuerde]

JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...

[@bryanmurray8011]

R.I.P. The GOAT Jim Clark.

[@LowCountryMack]

"Man that was hairy"! Way to hang on to it! Nice job.👍

[@Sammie_Sorrelly]

That sound is fucking unbelievable.

[@Pursuit918]

I love how clearly I can see individual trees in the play button reflection lol

[@michaelomglol]

Curbs at the Nordschleife send you into orbit

[@slavking4277]

Hey Jimmy love the channel. I've been wanting this game when I found your channel. As soon as we move I will do what you do because you inspire me. Thank you and keep up the good work. Most of all stay well

[@JReaLBiz86]

That's one hell of a lap you just put down, man. That's sub 7 seconds while testing a car's off-road capabilities! lol I must be crazy, as much of a workout as that lap looked like it was, all I could think is how much fun I'd have driving that thing! In the sim, of course... I don't need a reason to shit my pants in real life.

[@AdminAbuse]

Minutes*

[@dario62589]

That was a nice time, just 7sec off form the WR, not easy to achieve trying to tame this beast. Good driving Jimmy 👍

[@travislivengood2744]

Those first few years of 3 liter cars were piloted by absolute madmen.

[@scooter1261]

Who else greeted the rebel tree while jimmer had his hands full with this lotus? Lol. Love what you do man!

[@AlfredBarron]

Wow that was a great vid such fun to watch. Completely cannot see what’s happening in the shadows just wonder if he’s still got control! Would be amazing to see this car driven for real

[@chrissss696]

Jimmy you really should do a Nordschleife lap in reverse (just disable penalties so you don't get teleported in the pits)

[@jamesbloomfield1589]

Please do more classic f1 car laps like a Tyrrell

[@FrankypankyV8]

The Six-wheeler!

[@Elios0000]

oh also the fan cars!

[@tepe6500]

Nice driving in this legendary car! Im one of those who drove it for hundreds of hours in gpl back in the day. It seems more forgiving to drive in asetto corsa. F**king awesome lap however impossible to do a lap under 7min in gpl. That lotus 49 had lots of more understeer. If u missed an apex u would have an accident. Much more poisonous backend which was easy to take over the limit. In this speed u would have gone of several times in gpl. Jackie stewart once tried the original and said it was really close to the real thing 😊 But a great performance drive Jimmy 👍👍

[@souldry]

One of my favorite cars ever :)

[@CES-dh4ut]

I love how that beast keeps spinning the rear if you rev up too high in first n second gear

[@ICKY427]

hell ya. one of my favorite cars to (attempt) to tame. its such a monster, what with wanting to be driven ever so slightly sideways due to the old bias play tires but making very difficult with that big surge of power at the top end.

[@Jacko2318]

I’d love to see the McLaren MP4/4 around the nordschleife. There’s a mod for it online.

[@bobm2637]

I'm a new subscriber. Great video. What are the various components of your sim rig? I'm researching sim rigs to buy one and this video had me on the edge of my seat just watching. It all seems very, very realistic.

[@SK-zl6sl]

I swear his outro is the best. I love the music.

[@oreofudgeman]

I know the F1 geeks always say fangio was the best driver in F1 ever but I always thought it was Clark. The type 49 had the speed of the golden age of F1, and the instability of the previous era. It was quite literally a rocketship on wheels.

[@supflake8373]

One of my favorite cars to drive, even with a G25

[@Jtngetabettername]

Was just reading a comment about this as a request on the Donington Park video, that's some nice timing

[@Jaidencharlotte]

Modern f1 drivers: my car slides too much Jim Clark: bitch please

[@linkery]

Damn colin chapman is a genius

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

Great lap Jimmy

[@esreverniytilaer3510]

That vr headset makes you look like a Borderlands 2 character

[@joshaldueza9618]

Hey guys, Jimmer didn't say hello to rebel tree so I did boi here

[@FoxiFyer]

Love old v8s, they just sound like pure anger in audio form

[@FoxtrotZulu750]

The best car and best track to learn racing from.

[@Robert-xc8yw]

I tried driving the 67 ferrari in ac, that car is so hard to drive yet so fun

[@chopperking1122]

would be even harder if the track was of the same era as this car , without the red and white kerbs to know what way the track goes , and trees right to the track edge

[@-CrippledNinja-]

I remember playing the GPL with my steering wheel and pedals, and Lotus was the twitchiest mf of all. The best soundtrack was obviously with the Ferrari. Damn that game was hard! And yes you actually steered the cars with throttle, that's how slippery these bullets were (and it was said in the manual too).

[@volpedoeseverything6791]

VW Beetle on the Nordschleife next? Trust me, the beetle is very fun to drive in race tracks

[@1320crusier]

Smooth driving is what made these cars quick. Its why Clark was so good.

[@AcornFox]

Also having a sixth sense for being on the car's limit. Pretty much impossible to perceive with only audio-visual feedback.

[@billyp.bertrand7990]

Would be amazing to see the Brabham BT46B fan car! If you want downforce, you'd have it with that car!

[@prematuredgravy8033]

I want someone to make a mod where you're in an actual bathtub with a chassis of one of these F1 cars

[@MaxAinscoughRacing93]

Should try this on the Nurburgring '75 mod, which is so much more difficult, as there aren't any walls lol. 917 round there was an arm workout even on my lil TX wheel

[@weltraumprasident9603]

Thank you Jimmy.

[@antothemanto77]

Though I am NOT a pro driver by any means, I think you should try and steer the car more with the throttle, rather than playing with the wheel. I know there’s some footage of Jim Clark driving and it’s just so smooth. He’s a legend. Regardless, fantastic car, great content, and great driving!!

[@dakotaireland4312]

Near the start of the race thats the fastest I've ever heared you speak

[@alexandredomingues8733]

what about a lap on the lotus 25?

[@samivwow]

Now do it in the rain! :-)

[@ThePippin89]

Even more amazing when you consider they actually raced on this track. 14 laps of it for a grand prix. Do a full race jimmer! Haha

[@LukeMelto]

This is my favorite non-mod car in Assetto Corsa. So hard but so fun to drive

[@Akira42]

Enjoyed that, cheers Jimmeh

[@a.g.vianello5881]

Hi Jimmer, why you give throttle when you shift down? Sorry for the ignorance but I'm a beginner and I want to learn more. :) Lovely car in an amazing circuit.

[@gflo2781]

Great car, love it in assetto, such an adventure every lap! Now I got a time to aim for finally, though don't think I'm coming close to that Jimmer!

[@mattgn39]

I didn't think you could drive until I watched this.

[@T_Crushed]

This is a yearly community event in Project CARS 1. I've taken part in three of them and current PB is 7:51:928. I got videos of my attempts on my channel.

[@Nevets9719]

Skip your rant? NEVER!!! ,♥️

[@musicstewart9744]

Since Mr. Clark isn't with us anymore, I'd love to see how Sir Jackie Stewart would do with this ride!

[@Nexciting]

When going around KZbin corner it would be cool if we could see the angle of the camera man on the side of the course

[@ziptiejedi5658]

I can't imagine the size of the balls you need to drive this car flat out in real life. Those old F1 drivers like Jim Clark and Andretti are true legends. Its a absolute travesty that the world lost Mr. Clarke so early in life.

[@Phos9]

Was that little hitch right around 9:03 present during the original lap?

[@thundermover4258]

I race that thing a lot on pcars 2 and it is rewarding fun and stupidly difficult to drive

[@jasonirwin4631]

Highest speed achieved during lap was 305 kph/189mph. Damn that is fast for that old of a car.

[@jamieharrison7835]

Yes Jimmy!!!! Long time waiting!

[@moby1kinobe912]

You had me at monocoque...

[@littleseal833]

That car is a slippery boi!

[@unitoftemp]

Lotus 79 @ Nordschleife. The RSS version or the Iracing one

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

If it wasn't for this car breaking down, Jim Clark would have won the 1967 Italian Grand Prix from being one lap down!

[@geoffheard5768]

Ran out of petrol...team topped it up when he pitted for the fresh tyre, but he drove it sooo hard to catch the field and unlap himself, that it drained the tank dry.

[@natmetal7328]

Everytime i see this car , i think about mario's kart on mario kart ds , im starting To think it was inspired by that lotus

[@f1matt]

Next up Graham Hill's 1968 winged Lotus 49B?

[@tommyvercettygt]

Basically an engine with wheels

[@beany1987]

When your this close to the ground everything looks sped up really fast

[@derekwbooker93]

I did that lap on forza 6 in 7:34 using a controller with no assists and holy God that was terrifying.

[@Flamamacue]

If you think the stock sound is good (which it is), go and get the sound mod for this thing. I could drive it all day

[@paulhelfer1544]

Hey! Jimbo, you didn't say hello to rebel tree( Now that's just rude.

[@Mbrazzers]

not really a f1 fan, but im a jimmer fan for sure