This F1 Car Couldn't Do More Than 3 Laps Without Exploding

[@JibRule]

I love these historic Formula 1 videos

[@skraegorn7317]

Then you’d love GPLaps. Jimmy’s shouted him out but most of his content is historic sim racing.

[@swrt18]

Classic content with sandals😅

[@ferris5358]

@@swrt18 real men race with loafers

[@kingkaliber49]

I think he summed up the draw of simracing pretty neatly, "Drive mad cars in places I've never been"

[@sambrown6426]

So today was my first day (Not including last summer) of me working at an auto shop, and one of the guys there gave me a freakin' WELDER as a gift. And the cool thing about this welder in particular is that instead of needing a big oxygen tank, it includes like 2 pounds of solid oxygen pellets, and you literally set one on fire, then put it in this canister, which releases the oxygen this welder needs. It's absolutely bizarre, but it's so cool at the same time.

[@Thunderbolt3019]

god damn videos like this make me miss eras of formula one that where gone before i was even born

[@EAGYSL]

Formula RSS should make a Williams FW15C I would love to drive a car that has active suspension abs and traction control I want to know how such a car would feel. But probably a active suspension is not possible in AC.

[@Fergy00000]

Good on you Jimmy. You're like a fine bottle of red wine.. you just keep getting better.

[@andrewholaway4113]

Where does this fit in the ol' Nurburgring Hot Lap leaderboard? Inquiring minds must know!

[@bliu057]

the amount of skill to drive this around the nordschleife is crazy

[@SPITFIYAHproductions]

I missed your quick and easy prerolls!

[@ShoalVideoSolutions]

This looks like so much fun

[@Freakasaw]

i think someone should put this old performance in a car from the 2019 or 2018 i think the aero was best maybe still 2020. but that would be really nice

[@nicknyaa]

Jimmy driving around a completely bonkers car around the Nordschleife, what more could you ask for!

[@millennialchicken]

Turbo goes WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-BOOMMSMSHSHSHSHSHSHSHHHSH

[@phillewis1749]

Jimmy, going back to his roots :) - Crazy car: Check - Hot lap of Nordschleife: Check - Lots of "Oh my God!": Check

[@iBeerus-]

ah the jimmer i miss

[@CodenameDuchess1984]

this was why senna's technique was so OP/Necessary. In the slow speeds he would rev constantly to combat the turbo lag

[@sleepy450]

Yeah, great example of work smarter not harder 👍

[@loicalex]

He did that even with the atmo McLaren's. felt like a proto traction control his technique was. Incredible

[@ynk-4372]

@@loicalexhelps get the car to rotate, very risky though

[@EAGYSL]

Yes but I won't learn such a specific skill of throttle application just for those cars, that technique is not usable in modern F1 cars especially because of the hybrid system

[@russotusso1695]

​@@ynk-4372iirc I read he was doing that since go karting, it was something he figured out to help him turn the car around and it just so happened it was also very useful for turbo cars with huge lag

[@peterensor9689]

Jimmy and a classic F1 car. Already know this is gonna be a banger!

[@justinkrizenesky]

I'll say the same thing I said way back in the Senna Adelaide Pole Lap vid; the craziest thing is that these guys did this for real, with no regard for safety or fear of mistakes. Absolute madness.

[@robin_marriott]

As someone of 1986 vintage I am offended by the ‘old people’ comment. Or at least I would be if I wasn’t so tired.

[@somebloke2238]

I want to see a VR race in this

[@stenovitz]

I just 'did' this RSS car in my Quest2 @ Adelaide, and just with my T300RS-GT/G27 pedals and T8HA H-stick. Reminds me of the old days, myself lucky to witness too ❤

[@adamhuss9417]

Can you post a vr pov video

[@damonkofman8856]

from 100 to 200kph before the first corner, tears in my eyes

[@lepone2317]

Holy shite, this was an amazing lap, Jimmer! Loved the extra ingame angles that show just how fast and on the ragged edge that car was going throughout the lap! Superb job, mate!

[@LotusBoi1989]

so, technically. what jimmy showed in the beginning is turbo dwell. when the engine isn't moving enough air to get the turbo spooled up, because of being at too low of RPM. lag is the time it takes to build boost once you're up in the power band

[@DjDolHaus86]

I've always heard it described as spool and lag, spool being the time it takes for the exhaust gasses to overcome the mass of the turbine and get it spooled up and lag being the time it takes to pressurise the intake piping.

[@Jimmy_Broadbent]

It's one of those technicalities that requires more explain than simply just saying "turbo lag"

[@arg8763]

Not sure where you are, but in the U.S. it is boost threshold, and turbo lag. If you are below the boost threshold you will never build boost, but once over it the amount of time to go from positive boost to max boost is turbo lag.

[@botzachary9891]

driving this insane formula 1 car while wearing grandpa slippers, never change jimmer

[@ValentineC137]

rotard spotted

[@andresilvasophisma]

Seeing this car brought me back memories. In 1988 my mother bought me a ZX Spectrum 48K with a bunch of games, one of them was Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix. I played that game a lot. Nigel ended up becoming my favorite F1 driver and Williams my favorite team up to this day. This car was on the cover of that game.

[@antmax]

Loved Nige. Used to watch the F1 with my dad in the late 80's early 90's. Miss the freedom with so few regulations compared to today.

[@sturmthe9472]

What I love is the fact the most powerful f1 engine ever, was a 1.4l 4 cylinder, it's hilarious to me

[@erikheijden9828]

More cylinders would have made it weaker because the cylinders would be smaller.

[@AlexJeffDust-RenAzuma66]

@@erikheijden9828 Not necessarily. It would have less torque, but power could go up due to it being able to rev higher

[@sule.A]

​@@erikheijden9828????????????????

[@samacw]

Derived from a road car block too.

[@tygobermind3640]

@@AlexJeffDust-RenAzuma66 It was about strength. That's why they chose 4 cylinders.

[@giovannieusebi955]

I don't know if you care about DTM (deutsche tourenwagen meisterschaft), but there is a mod that someone made that is the 1991 season. Absolutely amazing. recommend. Love the videos Jimmy

[@shaggy5561]

Tommy 78 mod ? Physics are so bad that someone had to release a fix on racedepartement.

[@codyC423]

I'm SO glad to see Jimmy back behind the wheel of a sim rig at the Norschleife. The commentary of the history of the car with this new editing was an awesome touch. This is one of his best videos ever

[@Erik_The_Viking]

They were also using exotic fuels back in the day as well, which also added to engines blowing up.

[@samacw]

Those fuels got banned because they literally gave people cancer

[@shaggy5561]

Ah yes Brabham "illegal fuel" that costed Prost his first championship. (Well to be fair engine reliability and Renault management did not help)

[@AagoMcFly]

Vids like this, where you truly do what you love are the best. Pure joy and excitement. Always tons of fun to watch this crazy combinations.

[@TheLocalSwede]

1400 hp from a 1.5L single turbo I4 put in a 548kg F1 car is no joke whatsoever, especially not the turbo-lag. The qualifying-spec Benetton B186 is the most powerful and truly the most insane F1 car to ever exist.

[@piereligio_mods]

This era was really so wild ahaha RSS do a great job, and this seems like another confirm of that. I'd love you to check out a mod I'm making from earlier than January, full time. It's a kart from sodikart, the rs4. I'm the guy who created formula DS BTW, this time for making the first well made simulation of a rental kart

[@Scoots1994]

One of the main reasons the cars didn't finish is because the rules were much more open so every team was pushing the limits far more. Now there is an emphasis on the cost and that means durability and standardized parts and a much more strict rulebook. When there are very few rules every boundary is pushed to the extreme.

[@turbo_marc]

f1 cars really had a severe boost addiction back then

[@DjDolHaus86]

Every racing series in the 80s had an unquenchable thirst for spooly bois

[@youtubasoarus]

What's one more bar really? 🤣

[@jameskubica5463]

I'd love to see RSS do a mod for some older Le Mans cars, like the Porsche 917 LH. I saw that car at the Porsche Museum and damn I fell in love with it, want to drive on so bad.

[@NoName-cu4gr]

Inner racing line on the carousel would likely smash the real thing to pieces. You'd have to run the outside line. Enjoyed the video thanks.

[@1zingero]

That's hectic. If I'm not mistaken the supra with 100% boost won't even make it a few corners without depositing a few engine pieces onto the track.

[@Jak_White38]

Jimmer, ur lap started for some reason when u loaded in so by the time u started the lap it was 1 minute and 8 seconds into the lap so the lap should be in the 5:17’s

[@Lacquerhead-TX]

Ah, the good old days when a quali engine has as much chance of blowing up as it did finishing three laps, four at most. Add manual boost control for each bank of the engine adjusted by hand wheels in the cockpit at 100mph exiting Stowe. You should get Nigel's son to run that sim then have a sit down chat with him about how MENTAL his dad had to have been to drive that thing!

[@izzmus]

Wasn't the aero on these so crazy that merely letting off the throttle at 180mph would have the car decelerate at 2g just from wind resistance?

[@YourLovelyJesus]

I know this may not be very relevant to ask, but out of the other high tier wheels why did you end up choosing the ES steering wheel? When the others are round, some have even clutch paddles and maybe "better" quality? I don´t mean to attack in any way, I am just curious why out of all wheels you chose this specific one

[@AnyaKittyMeow]

that split screen view was AMAZING! also in the description, project cars? lol

[@KrozMcD]

Love this! The editing, seeing you drive, the fly by clips, the added music, I was really drawn in to watching the whole way. Great video!

[@benmarron2545]

you must take a trip to santa pod jimmy. They bring some crazy quick fast cars up there

[@K0r0n1s]

I have to stress again: I LOVE the editing in this vid, again. All the small sound details, the jokes in between, the mini-YTP elements here and there: just *click* noice ❤🎉

[@Quasimo.]

Many thanks😁

[@patrickwilliams6143]

Just because I remember these cars doesn't make me old. It makes me classic.

[@hughstark4882]

Are you gonna be at Goodwood this weekend jimmer?

[@DankeSeb5]

We should bring these engines back.

[@felixculpa6240]

we should bring 1986 back!

[@pluemas]

These engines were stupid and dangerous, let alone wasteful and typical of idiotic 80s excess. I'm glad they were banned.

[@TheExitKerb]

@@pluemas I see you are a modern f1 fan then

[@pluemas]

@@TheExitKerb No, my favourite era was the 60s. I'm more of a DTM Touring car fan, but F1 is pretty good. I've not been particularly interested in modern F1 since Vettel was in the red bull. I catch some races now and then.

[@youtubasoarus]

@@pluemas I disagree. These engines prove they were pushing the limit. What is F1 today but a bunch of predictable podium finishes and boring bullshit?

[@willemzuidersma4357]

A Williams FW15 with the experimental CVT gearbox would be interesting in the sim

[@HATECELL]

I kinda miss these "money isn't an issue" times in racing. Nowadays they have tons of budget restrictions and limited testing hours to ensure that there isn't just one guy who wins every race

[@M1ggins]

Yeah, but that clearly isn't working.

[@ValentineC137]

actually it's to ensure that it's atleast remotely possible for manufacturers to enter the sport and stay in it, it doesn't have much to do with the on-track fairness

[@themindgarage8938]

Budgets were probably far smaller back then. They used multiple engines per weekend but they were cheap. Now they're only allowed 3 per season which is meant to cut costs but all it did was make engines cost $10 million apiece.

[@laurenmp7486]

With that drag race, it's not just the turbo lag that's an issue, it's that those old F1 cars had almost comically anemic levels of torque, like you could go buy a nice every day four door car with more torque. And oh god I am so happy someone recreated one of those old F1 cars properly.

[@jonnyj.]

Um what? Thats not true... like, at all. This is only true for the recent v8's and v10's. Hp is torque x rpm. They have similar rev limits and the 86 car has more hp. Its just due to turbo lag and the manual trans at launch

[@joelambert7128]

Wikipedia claims peak torque for the M12/13/1 as roughly 900 lb.ft in qualifying trim.

[@Yobleck]

Hey editor is 7:02 the first time we've seen that dual camera view? I like it!

[@akil.2839]

Highly recommended Race Sim Studio cars to anyone looking for mods for Assetto Corsa. The quality, sound, textures and details are all insanely well built. The mods are occasionally on sale too and are pretty cheap.

[@Wyd4]

Jimmy's concerned face reminds me of the Lotus 98T on 100% boost at Bathurst. So much fun, into a tension migraine afterwards :P

[@LIKWID]

How dare you say sorry old people? I'm 36 not 37 lmao! Always enjoy these videos when you pull out some motorsport legends Jimmer!

[@RealJeiku]

Love every video you make Jimmer keep up the great work!

[@adammodan8030]

I tell you what we need more in sim racing. Sheer TT servers for these things around a circuit like this or classic Adelaide. THAT is peak simracing.

[@JDStoneCreations]

I actually DON'T understand why we can't have excitement in motorsport like this any more. With safety standards as high as they are and how much better they are compared to the 80s or even just 90s and 2000s, having more technically adventurous cars just sounds better. If its anything to do with politics or environmental concerns then its nonsense as we have wars going on and nuclear waste thrown everywhere so saving a few engines in a single season means nothing in the long run! Bring back excitement to motorsport!

[@stenovitz]

Glad I was able to witness those times on location when they were. But just even so happy that newer generations find interest in those eras, too. Thanks, Mr. Broadbent ❤

[@JakePetrolhead]

RSS's historics never miss - their Formula 70 and 90 were absolutely amazing, and this is no exception. Between this stuff, Sergio Loro's excellent old tracks, and VRC's 90's BTCC pack, Assetto Corsa is in such a wonderful place at the moment - I just wish it had better Ai, which I know is being worked on.

[@tommcglone2867]

Just glorious. Along with the V10s the mid 80s V6 Turbos are legendary. And they sounded amazing. The turbo whistling on the downshift and the backfiring shooting flames out the pipes is monstrous.

[@delaray7]

Wow Jimmer. 0 to Jesusssss in 6 seconds. Mansell, Schuie, Damon and all the rest 'raced' these wheel to wheel! They say Mansell could drive up the wall and along the ceiling of a tunnel, upside down, it had so much downforce. I remember and love those races. Thanks so much for this nostalgia. No punterino Jimmer.

[@tygobermind3640]

Tunnel myth has been debunked so many times already. It's impossible for the engine to keep running when it's upside down.

[@delaray7]

@@tygobermind3640 haha, It's just a hypothetical scenario to do with the downforce! You didn't think that the real car woul . . . .oh my God, you did ! Please go away.

[@tygobermind3640]

@@delaray7 No shit

[@youtubasoarus]

Brilliant! This is what I wanna see! 🤘👍

[@SATLAB90]

Just for information. At 1:19 the sign says: Ferrari, you got the power. Let show who you are. (Ferrari la potenza ce l'hai, fai cedere chi sei)

[@stevecleaver8933]

Yet another brilliant video Jimmy, love the way you referred to the F1 engines as "hand grenades" ..... very true of the time, though were you aware that in actual fact the YAMAHA F1 engines used by the 1989 Zakspeed team WERE ACTUALLY hand grenades !!! And were often referred to as exactly that because of the regularity (even when turned down for the race) with which they BLEW UP !!!

[@jonnyj.]

YES! I cant believe RSS finally made a williams fw11 mod. Probably my all time favourite racing car. Ive been hoping they will eventually make a 86 f1 car ever since i first heard of them years ago. Cant believe its actually here :D Also a 5:26 is fucking MINDBLOWING, crazy how much more drivable it is compared to the 98t. No wonder williams won the constructors :D

[@trautsj]

Boost gauge literally buries itself 359 degrees, almost back to full zero because it's not even close to enough to measure the turbo power lol

[@GhostOfLorelei]

Apologizes for mentioning I'm old (I know, it's fine) then reminds me that I was around when F1 involved 1300hp BEASTS.... Kinda feel like I should be apologizing to you now Jimmer, sorry you missed it :P

[@gtsupreme]

3rs are good mods for ac, but not perfectly flowered as original voitures in ams2 for example . Tire grip of gt cars and its lap time show they are not.

[@potatogirlcultist19]

1:18 Dammit Jimmy why did you have to leak the SF-24 like that. NOW OUR SECRET FOR ETERNAL SUCCESS IS GOING TO SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE ACCROSS THE WORLD!

[@v0ldy54]

"No more than 3 laps without blowing up" ... sooo, can't see the appeal here, looks like my average experience with any car in the sim. Btw, I just hope this car isn't massively overpowered like the RSS 919 was, cuz I expect realism from a sim...

[@reldwob22]

I'm 54 and not old! ;) The mid eighties turbos were.... sublime. Watch full race reruns. OMG. The best era of F1? Maybe its just about what you watched as you grew up. But Senna, Prost, Mansell and Piquet in these monsters? Just the best.

[@edwardburek1717]

Oooooh baby. This made me grin from ear to ear like a moron. I was so overcome, I hardly had enough time to say, "THICC Brit hoofs Didcot dynamite way, way, WAAAAY right round the Eifels"

[@Zonda1996]

Devastated Nissan didn’t make an engine based off their RB platform for this era of F1. 1.5L I6 with a big turbo surely would’ve made a similar exhaust note to the high revving drag built Skylines of today.

[@SommerAdric]

I saw these Race in 1986 Adelaide. I was 4 years old. Still remember the noise, my Dad made me use ear plugs all day 😅 You could even hear these cars racing 20km away in the nearby hills. Not even joking!

[@RubyRoks]

Yeah, with cars this rowdy on tracks like old spa and the green hell, i can understand why so many lost their lives. I'm glad we're passed that now

[@Adarisa]

One big difference of this compared to archive footage of the FW12 it's made to look like is this thing is absolutely stuck to the ground everywhere whereas if you look and Mansell and Piquet the car is bouncing around all over the place. So either you have way too much downforce on or (much more likely) the track isn't bumpy enough...still looks great though!

[@mattiaspinoni633]

I've been racing in a r1c racing league that was using 1986 cars. So far, out of 7 races, 4 of them saw a williams retire due to an engine failure

[@Scoots1994]

If you think about the 1950s F1 cars ... Minty would probably destroy them in lap time. The tire technology alone is world bending.

[@DoctorUmbraTV]

I'm 38. This car is nearly as old as me and yeah, they made everything absolutely fucking bonkers back in the day. Just look at Senna and his black and gold Lotus 98T. Stupidly mad car. Same era.

[@sp1tf1r33]

“F1 is about reliability” immediately shows Ferrari afterwards, I see what you did there. Edit: for a car from 1986, being 7 seconds slower than the 919 evo on the ring is insane.

[@PaulMcElligott]

If they’d raced these monsters at the Nordschliefe, no one would have survived the 80s.

[@arkinsol]

Don't forget they chilled the fuel as well because the regs didn't ban it. Yet. Therefore, they squeezed more volume in the tank, thus pressurised the fuel and gave more HP...and more chance of a grenade 😂

[@nicholashawks9288]

Wouldn't these cars have been dogbox h-pattern back then? basically no need for clutched up shifts, just a quick lift, and blip on downshift?

[@JasonSnow-zq2ve]

Ahh, back when F1 was good. (Cue the resident safety worshipper to fun police me.)

[@alekhine3424]

What an obnoxiously pandering thumbnail, someone clearly needs some money for Skyline maintenance...

[@hadorstapa]

Great value at £4. And kind of appropriate. Computer games on cassette tape in that era were typically £3.99

[@burblingbarbacoa4944]

I just said 'fuck it' recently and purchased everyting Race Sim Studios has to offer for AC

[@chefcc90]

This video is literately going out a day after Magnussen blew up on track with fire coming out the back of his car... So about that modern reliability. Still an issue for some teams!

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Jimmer going with the Senna technique for driving fast. Appears in hilariously innapropriate footwear and boots it lmao

[@Pig_Man06]

And imagine the lunacy required to pilot these things in real life at full pelt while having to dance with death every time you made a mistake or a mechanic stuffed up. The gonads on those lads must have been ginormus!

[@stevenmacdonald9619]

Does anybody know the track used behind the 1980's F1 engine spec section?..please

[@thejulinks]

Also important to mention that those cars used some... "exotic" fuels, that were banned pretty soon after because they were extremely toxic and carcinogenic.

[@mito-pb8qg]

Danger breeds excitement. Health and safety took that from us. Not that my opinion matters, but I miss the crazy days.

[@princesspupcake1269]

Oh, that livery says RSS, I legitimately thought it was ASS Performance.

[@GODEES77]

Floor and ground are not the same. A floor is an internal surface eg car floor, building floor ect. Ground is an external surface eg earth, road, pathway ect

[@seanonraet8327]

My glorious kia rio with a broken EGR valve had similar turbo lag but with not quite as much power

[@lordmagnos703]

I wonder what would happen if you keep pushing the accelerator when changing gear or in low speed corners to keep the turbo spooling... As far as i know thats what senna did, mansell too

[@GregzVR]

It was an INSTA-buy as soon as I saw it dropped.

[@gaul849]

A racing team wouldn't put Senna at full boost around the Norschleife. At least we can dream we can Handel the cars like them in real life.

[@quality_kontent8669]

Someone needs to mod in the 93 Williams prototype with the CVT so this guy can hot lap that time bomb of a drivetrain