Need For Speed Payback - LV399 Herbie Volkswagen Beetle is a Koenigsegg Regera/911 RSR killer

An unexpected Beetle sleeper turns out to be the best contender for the overpowered duos of the Koenigsegg Regera and the Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. Lap times this Beetle is achieving don't lie, it is equivalent/better compared to the OP duos.
Fully Upgraded Level 399 572HP Herbie Volkswagen Beetle derelict race spec gameplay for Need For Speed Payback. Showcasing it's overall performance in 2 offline events and 2 online races.
Disclaimer: The Beetle can be faster on technical tracks compared to the Regera but you will still lose to in highway/top speed tracks in multiplayer speedlists. Also read my performance review below on the Beetle because it is an extremely difficult car to master. It won't be a Regera/911 RSR killer if you can't master the car.
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Timeline:
0:06 - Mountain Run, Sprint Race
2:10 - Multiplayer Casual speedlist, Ember Valley Highway
4:26 - Ember Valley Showdown, Sprint Race
7:33 - Multiplayer Casual speedlist, Scrapyard Takeoff
10:01 - Danza Macabra, Sprint Race
12:28 - Performance, Stats and Speed Cards + Live Tuning
Volkswagen Beetle Race Spec Performance Review:
I'm surprised, and I'm sure you are too. Excluding highway tracks, the Volkswagen Beetle could possibly be the fastest race spec car around a track, BUT I would still recommend the 911 RSR instead over the Beetle.
First the accel, the best acceleration in race spec. The most powerful NOS accel in the game. It also has the worse engine acceleration once you hit 6th gear. It after all only has 572 horsepower. It just can't maintain it's speed once you hit 6th gear, so it's pretty weak for highway races.
So for the handling, I split into 2. How fast it corners and it's "predictability". The Beetle can corner as fast as the 911 Carrera RSR. It is a fact. The Beetle also has the highest downforce in the game. It's like a road magnet. If you jump off the ramp and compared to the Regera, the Regera has wings while the Beetle sinks like a stone. In other words, since it doesn't fly easily, you can carry more speed.
This is the part where I talk about it's predictability. It is a very difficult car to master and achieve 100%. The way the Beetle drifts, starts of really heavy and understeery, and then suddenly becomes light, drift angle increased and you hit the inside wall because of how sharp the Beetle can turn once it reaches maximum drift angle. Because of this drifting characteristic, it is a very difficult car to master and you are much better of using the more reliable 911 RSR. Also, you can't use handbrake in the Beetle, it doesn't respond to handbrake, the same issue as the 240z.
At high speeds, the Beetle has terrible drift recovery speed and it is very difficult to microdrift shallow turns because it turns too much.
Combined with it's inability to maintain top speed, it's a terrible highway car. It also loses a lot of speed going off-road/switching lanes.
The Volkswagen Beetle can be a Regera/911 RSR killer if you master the car. The thing is, it is a very difficult car to master.
How does it compare with 911 RSR and Regera:
2.5 seconds faster. Yep. I may need to revisit the 911 RSR and Regera for Mountain Run.

[@RandomDuude]

Fun fact: In the movies, they equipped Herbie with a custom 200mph speedometer.

[@gaiustrollius9920]

Who will win? 9 supercars with 1500 hp each or one old german boi

[@misakipremixx]

Gaius Trollius Herbie always be a Winner!

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

NFS Logic 1,000+ hp RSR top speed 215 500hp beetle top speed 230+

[@dandman9373]

*Jump by Van Halen plays*

[@orangeman9237]

The one German boi

[@1013HotShot]

Josh Parrish power to weight ratio bro

[@m.akhtarfathurrahman5744]

4:05 you crushed that regera lol

[@djbtf2753]

imagine the feeling of getting destroyed by a beetle

[@Joao_gabriel92]

Braddles B Fusca*

[@Joao_gabriel92]

Braddles B hehehe

[@PmfSwavier]

“Who the fook is is wining in a beetle mate.... piss off mann” Conor mcgrorey voice

[@MidnightMan04]

Just uninstall at that point.

[@Liam-qp9ui]

Braddles B I'd be honored

[@luxtos1119]

Just waiting for the guy who comments the rankings under every video

[@shadow4cat972]

Deja Vu yeah me2

[@alejandroperalta1982]

Deja Vu hahaha I was looking for him too!

[@youssefashraf9676]

Just imagine having a well tuned supra and then a guy comes up in a beetle and destroys you

[@turbokiller5942]

4:00, that guy in the Regera reminds me so much of the Henassey noobs back in NFS2012, they've got a fast car but they're a terrible driver and can't drift around a corner without knocking into everything and everyone.

[@R.Counter]

NFS Rivals memories

[@usedusernameagain]

That's me in every race

[@FalbereChan]

Starts off understeery and becomes light the more you turn? Ah so it is like Initial D Arcade Stage 7 handling I can do that!

[@IsuckAtDriving]

Problem is S-turns it is very difficult to get the angle for the 2nd turn. And it does not gradually become light... it suddenly becomes light :P

[@7tteen]

IsuckAtDriving (MSWGR) Don’t mind if i asked, does the beetle handling similar to any of the cars in-game?

[@7tteen]

IsuckAtDriving (MSWGR) Well except the 911 RSR

[@IsuckAtDriving]

The only car that comes to mind is the BMW M5. The rest is straight forward where the drifting weight is constant.

[@ReagyNyan]

I love using the M5 online, might be worth me trying out the Beetle if it handles similarly in drifting. Also quick question, are you using any mods/edits to get all your cards to 3 stacks or are you seriously sitting there rolling for hours like everyone else hoping rngesus lands you that good card. Because I'm frankly sick of this card shit and love a way to just outright skip it all, its bad enough using CE to give myself unlimited number of cards but after going through 100~ rolls over the pace of like 40 minutes, it makes me not want to play anymore.

[@guadalupemontero902]

Now that's German engineering.😏👌

[@UnBR0k3enAngel]

Guadalupe Montero Awaken, my Germans.

[@doppiodagger7233]

UnBR0k3enAngel yes, the jojokes I'm not the only one who thought of that then

[@REP_GAME]

It’s a Road Magnet. So basically the Payback version of MW2012’s F1-LM with Aero body Standard. That’s the one and only hypercar they also need to add in this game. I need it.

[@jag7371]

They had it in NFS:R but only as a cop car. But holy shit that thing was amazing.

[@REP_GAME]

We should tweet this to EA or Ghost.

[@jag7371]

REP_GAME, YES!!

[@REP_GAME]

Random Guy Lmao It shouldn’t be *too* hard. We all just make a statement that we want the car really bad. They could even replace the P1 or Aventador with this.

[@unkindled6410]

the P1 and the aventador are good there too, replacing it would be kinda dumb TBH, also, although i think the F1 could fit in this game, maybe even as an abandoned car (really like this events, they should use for releasing new cars outside these that should had been there all along) i know they are all low tier but thinking about the fact the F1 is old and the cars seem to be some sort of the house deal or something like tech traffic or something, it may actually fit, also i think we should get a buggati or even a venom GT to compete with the regera because he is the only true high tier hypercar in the game (the huayra and the vulcan should also be in such tier but seems like ghost didnt wanted too and nerfed them)

[@RMBII91]

3:55 Holy mother of lag

[@hmhey1062]

TP man

[@vincethatwonderfulboi7374]

The thing went 200 in 5 seconds, tf is this car?!

[@nonenothingnull]

One giant meme

[@Spinomaks]

CiiphyR probably has 4000 Horsepower

[@garyross8237]

CiiphyR to bad I went for an off-road build... *GOOD THING I CAN BUY IT AGAIN AS A RACE BUILD*👍🏻

[@DarthVader-nw5cs]

NOS my friend

[@djrealdyl6894]

Spinomaks it’s funny because it makes like 600 HP maxed, it’s the cars weight and specialty parts that make it so fast

[@ineedbeanz7555]

Lol look at the flying barrier at 6:28

[@R.Counter]

It Wanted payback

[@torquejx875]

Woah, didn't expect that out of such a small car! Gorgeous driving as always!

[@darknessshadowgaming]

Hell yeahh I've been waiting to see this,thanks ma mann haha 🤣👍🏻

[@HeversonNRodrigues]

4:06 LOL

[@gioabucay7919]

that's what happens when you threaten a cop regera, they be territorial

[@Vin80_]

Dallas I meant the Regera.

[@TrustonLeongTheDriftPro]

Top 10 epic finishes

[@completemist2]

The music make it tho 😂

[@zakygayagi]

That was epic😂

[@Pluvillion]

If anyone's wondering about the races in the video... 1. Mountain Run (near the Braxton garage next to Gallo: Mano a Mano) 2. Ember Valley Highway (online track iirc) 3. Ember Valley Showdown (after finishing Liftoff [starts on the west part of the airfield], head straight then turn left. Go straight ahead and you'll reach the race) 4. Scrapyard Takeoff (online as well) 5. La Catrina: Danza Macabra (near Fortune Valley Casino)

[@TheRealBleach]

Was waiting for this for sooooo long

[@krocialblack]

I was feeling down. I dunno why. But this video cheered me up.

[@suphi6368]

It give you hope that a small old car can beat new hyper cars

[@nozebleedtv2]

👍😏

[@clarktooncrossing3975]

Man, I wish these Need for Speed videos that had Herbie in them would at least edit his catchy little theme tune into- (hears the song starting at 2:09) YES!

[@mustafaahmedsalahaldeen9767]

This new asphalt 9 gameplay sure looks good

[@whatthe999]

@Azriel Tuangco wooosh

[@ryo_qi]

I've never thought I'd see Herbie turn them corners so quick😝😝

[@henriquetriaca245]

That Herbie sountrack is way too good

[@doppiodagger7233]

The carbon music when you showed the tuning and upgrades 👌👌👌👌

[@lennartscooter]

Hoppas nice too see that car is back!

[@Salah_Creative]

Superb driving!

[@redfire480]

Loved the video because there is classic Herbie music :')

[@somestupidnpc1895]

The true definition of sleeper car

[@gladdy6412]

Please '65 Mustang next.

[@banneduser72688]

It's whatever tbh

[@matithelegend9579]

Siema Daniel

[@dandman9373]

4:09 *to be continued*

[@BenjaminSTahir]

Haha very nice that u add the herbie theme

[@mightyalois5046]

2:08 Love your music choice!

[@onivlasbrony7432]

Thanks for the movie soundtrack ^^

[@unkindled6410]

they really need to buff the top speed of some of the cars in the game and also make every car reach 399. Making every car cap at around 370-380 KM/H while the regera can reach over 420 is just kinda stupid, one car that can obliterate all others on top speed tracks. cars like the viper, huayra, aventador, vulcan, P1 and some other supercars and other cars with very high HP should also get over 400 KM/H

[@Arakij11]

the goal of the game is to promote the Regera so... but yes, every car should be able to hit the 399 the Hakusoka GTR can be upgraded to this lvl but not the r32 nor the r34 lmao what

[@unkindled6410]

Suika Same logic to many other cars, RX7 and lancer are the only iconic tuners that can reach 399, and only the abandoned and derilick cars are proper sleepers for the same reason

[@Arakij11]

yeah, I'd love to get my r32 lvl 399 >.> or the E46 and the other JDM cars And I'd love to get the subaru impreza wrx sti too but i haven't seen it for a while

100% agree about the 400km/h. Don't OP just one car!

[@in5aneguy597]

if you start with regeras top speed is op than rsr beetle f132 nitro is op who needs a nerf, and their handling is op to in comparison ? while yes the topspeed might be op but so are these "technical" cars on technical tracks right ? even with 400 to 420 the regera would still crush those cars like he does now won't happen anyways but it would be better to just remove those boring highspeed tracks for at least semi technical ones.

[@manslaughter_012]

Not just the Regera & the 911 RSR, but the M3 E30 killer too.

[@mchatin696]

Nice gamer tag

[@Nickboy84nfs]

Danza macabra 😳🤪😵🤯 Im sure it's WR 👍👍👍

[@danielesquivel5656]

2:08 Herbie's theme song of The Love Bug 👍

[@lil14]

Nice to see tht people still remembers about herbie 😏

[@valeripetrov6599]

I lost words when I saw the description. This B O I writes so much

[@GamingWithBlitzThunder]

You really to pimp the ride !

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

"THAT CAR HAS A MIND IF ITS OWN!"

[@KYoop1]

Does Live Tuning To low to downforce in the beetle even change a thing? Or does it make it even worse in the (race) drifting criteria?

[@danielmiklos4656]

Ur the best racing game youtuber🖤🖤

[@braindeadduck]

Herby iz back at it again

[@thewatcher1175]

Ive heard that a lightweight live tune for a runner beetle is even more broken. Is this true? Ive always had one but i never took the time to over engineer it. I might have to tho

[@BigBlooper2]

That Herbie soundtrack 😆👌

[@MsMonster454]

65 mustang please , brake reaction is like no other and the second to 5th gear is really fast

[@IJCQ]

I know this is 2 months old, but it's faster to say fourth gear other then saying second to fifth gear :p

[@freaky45]

I fuckinng love the herbie song man. I remember watching the movies with my grandma :D

[@dxrkalchxmist8493]

I had a problem...i update my herbie(i love that movie) to superbuild and upgrades to slow .I updated when it was 304 i make one race and win my speed card didn’t updated .I make 7 seven mire races,and i level up it just 306.The go to the tune-shop and all speed-cards were bad.(sorry for bad english)What i need to do for level up my herbie???

[@justinlee2122]

nfs carbon sound at 12:34 i guess its just near the ending

[@juliuschua247]

What sensitivity would you recommend to the people on console platforms like ps4

[@christiefitzgerald5843]

where is herbies back? did he fall of a cliff on the way to the 1st race and luckily (or unluckily depends on what herbie intended!) came out with just one part gone? also nice you included herbies theme

[@NJDJ1986]

How long did it take you to master this Beetle? Also can you build the Beetle in NFS Heat? I wanna see how you can race with it

[@chassingheaven]

This Is an old vid; however I just wanted to say your cornering is excellent...... sheesh.

[@defnotatroll]

and hes playing on a keyboard 🤯🤯

[@shadow4cat972]

Lol carbon music best ending ever xd

[@CR36111]

Gained a sub in me great gameplay wow that bug Is fast

[@mbdz]

That second win 🤣👌🏻

[@djrkcryt2568]

So this is where herbie went after all these years

[@SateLight]

" *IT'S ALIVE!* "

[@Jotriev]

for most of the time do u use brake or handbrake?

[@irfanprinceprinceirfan2425]

AMAZING.......!

[@AndroidBguz5]

hell yea i just built a 399 beetle but i didnt know it was so op

[@mohamaddavarzani7997]

Superb...I drift awesome but .you r drift FlasH. hot drift vid.

[@puro124]

Holy shit thats quick

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

I like how you were clearly ahead of the Regera, but the game decided that you were 2nd anyway.

[@xbvnzo2123]

That Regera was the second place regera. 1st place was way ahead.

[@GurdeepSinghThaper]

More herbie online races pls! That stuffs awesome hahaha

[@patricknintemann924]

very nice that you still became second place despite the regera chrashed into you. hey, i would like to see the honda civic or the s 2000. or some other level 299 cars. also what i would like to see is a video where you only drive on the arc tower track but with different cars. to see wich cars are the best for that track. i think the fastest one is the regera for that. but what else is fast on there? what comes after the regera?

[@folo_x3434]

Patrick Nintemann beck kustoms

[@lilgabone]

No need to show 299 cars since they can't compete online and are (obviously) worse than 399's

[@patricknintemann924]

aren't the cars online matched? i don't know because i don't play online. but this would be a good idea. it also would be a good idea to have online lobbys that allow maximum level 299 car's. there are some really nice cars in that game that only go to 299. he used some of them in his videos. but i havent seen the honda civic and the s 2000.

[@IsuckAtDriving]

The ark tower track to me isn't interesting, it's just an oval and you need to wall ride the final turn. I don't plan on doing lv299 cars because there is a possibility they will be updated to lv399.

[@patricknintemann924]

ok. thank you for your answer. i hope they will make the old honda civic and golf1 as a drag car. there are no fwd cars as drag cars. only rwd and awd. and the honda civic is often used as a drag car in real life.

[@ninjaassassin9537]

Nice

[@wildfire389]

The nfs carbon music at the end lol

[@Brackeen_]

I need this game now

[@TheGoliath]

The secret has been revealed! I got 1:31.15 with the beetle on mountain run. It can certainly break 1:30.

[@nathankirkha]

That id is bomb ♥️

[@claudiojeff9806]

Can we just get need for speed underground 2 remastered with the same cars and new ones with battle field graphics? Thanks

[@jaydeiyt]

how do you get perfect speed cards?

[@NeXoCoRRe009]

DAT PLAYER!

[@KilosFoxo]

my online vehicle loadout is almost the exect same as yours except herbie is replaced with a ford gt p.s imagine the speeds with only outlaw cards with the same perks

[@watchtrap]

This is ridge racers levels of fast.

[@JacobM-zl5nq]

I love Herbie I turned him into drag spect

[@a_v___3444]

that is is a monster damnnnnn

[@dresensway3196]

what a monster

[@afiqueshafon343]

Legend....

[@dj_spinogalaxy2730]

At this point its not even suprising to be destroyed by a beetle

[@emirhanbudak6824]

Old but gold

[@rizenandkash2754]

4:24 Blur OST??? Duuude nice.

[@shadow4cat972]

1:33:12

[@falcongamer58]

Shadow4Cat what do you mean ?

[@juancamilotorresbonilla1181]

I understood that reference. Those numbers are astonishing.

[@valeripetrov6599]

the time on mountain run ! Such a genius

[@valeripetrov6599]

I really mean it

[@LittleLightIsaOnce]

Shadow4Cat lol i didnt get it so i clicked and it sent me to a nother video

[@mistermadmachine6311]

You should do an off-road beetle

[@zwill8778]

Lil Herbie quick than a bih bout 2 build 1

[@saxdimegjivezi1361]

Why is the beetle so good? I feel like it shouldn't be but it just is.

[@joshuagarcia5028]

How do you lower the gear?

[@internationalhoez5039]

you should do a video on how you grt your speed cards

[@lucasis5910]

I see you and fast n loud

[@ware6054]

*Hyper herbie activated*

[@claresaprama499]

Herbie fully loaded 2 has been discovered by Tyler

[@9nineofdiamonds]

OP ASF

[@gladdy6412]

Kurobayashi2476 not exactly, because if you aren't good driver, it won't be good either.

[@driftter-_-3318]

You should see the beetle in drag

[@luqman8193]

So fast man..

[@crishokage2076]

Are you racing on Hard Difficulty?

[@rustysteel3388]

Please tell me what you put on it