Max Verstappen Onboard | Last to 1st in Sebring International Raceway

[@ericmcmanus5179]

What impresses me most about max is his consistency. While it's true that he can carry ungodly amounts of speed through every turn, his ability to break at the exact same spot each turn of each lap. To shift at the exact same spot. To turn at the exact same spot. Every single lap of an entire race is just incredible.

[@STZYSaikou]

Consistency makes a driver faster

[@ericmcmanus5179]

@@STZYSaikou exactly

[@thelastpitstop3323]

it's a normal practice to be consistent in race. ofc consistency is more important than speed. there are many endurance races from 4 to 24 hrs (solo!) when you must not be fast but consistent. its a practice, caring tyres and special car settings. for example a good (consistent!, not fast!) driver can make 15 laps in a row within 0.05-0.1s.

[@Mobadabooba]

Have you seen the video of his eyes driving. The man blinks like 1x per lap it’s insane the focus

[@ericmcmanus5179]

@@Mobadabooba I have not. I'll look that up.

[@ipo7596]

What the hell was that start? Damn. Absolute savage.

[@PatrikFonos]

The thing I like most about Max is how he makes everyone cry no matter what he does 😂

[@kyzak]

what a great human characteristic

[@PatrikFonos]

@@kyzak I would say it tells more about the crybabies than about him 😂

[@searplays820]

@@PatrikFonos I didnt what the video yet, but I someone makes everyone is complaining, maybe the problem is not on everyone

[@joshflynn2173]

Yeah same with lewis hamilton I've noticed. People always have a problems with max and Lewis lol

[@Tristan.R.J.M]

@@searplays820you seem to think way too highly about ‘everyone’.

[@vitruviuszhang]

Put everything on the edge of the track limits in first lap when tyres were cold... incredible skill

[@babytoymania516]

its a game relax

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

You try and do it ​@@babytoymania516

[@dakair2]

@@babytoymania516 do it then

[@studid55]

31:40 ! OMG Superb racing!!! wow what an amazing smooth pass!!!!! wow :")

[@MichaelV92]

I still remember that moment @ 26:39 and I’m glad Max paid attention

[@Real28]

Dude the pit entry right after that where the proto just comes blasting into his door...wtf

[@VTiDOHC]

Alex Dunne is a serious pilot

[@Time4utube]

Yes he is only 18 too

[@JohnKickboxing]

32:01 He wrestles with Max, and is clipped at this point.

[@Jim_AC]

@@JohnKickboxingwhat happened there? why did he slow down so much?

[@runnerbaba]

@@Jim_AC wall hit

[@epicmeow12]

hes an f3 driver

[@ericmcmanus5179]

It's so funny seeing the picture of Hamilton on a podium in 1st place at the bottom of the screen. Totally meming teamLH.

[@fjnemo]

That's a reach, or maybe it's a racing fan who just likes both drivers and doesn't pick a side

[@ericmcmanus5179]

@@fjnemo or maybe I just thought it was funny.

[@Redlingstein]

If only ppl commenting watched more races…. In stead of only posting random hate towards Max. Watch more of iRacing and even Indycar, rolling starts are always with back starters making a calculated run to just get a legal start. Max didn’t overtake anyone before the clock started on 0.00. Haters should learn rules…. on TeamRedline Twitch each Wednesday his team, often including Max, race in all sorts of series. Its fun, it’s chatting, its serious racing. Gianni Vecchio is also TeamRedline. They also do 8hr races. If ppl watched it more, they would learn the rules…… and enjoy the banter and Max relaxing at his sim at home, with the big WC trophy next to his sim, on the Red Bull fridge 👊🏻

[@Evarakeus]

The fact that Max is as good as he is at rolling starts (see Vegas GP this year, Netherlands SC restart last year) despite driving a series that does grid starts is pretty impressive

[@ipo7596]

For anyone wondering about the time of the race start, it's at the lower bottom right corner. The race started and switched to 0:00 after 5:41 and had not overtaken anyone yet which you can check just above that timestamp.

[@shamrock1ization]

I have to say really absolute top riders. It makes you dizzy just watching. With my standard setup, I can only dream of ever reaching such times. However, I'm also an old man. Great performance of all participants would ish say ,congratulations ! .

[@thomson765]

Pretty sure max’ controller account also has a ridiculously high rating

[@danbaranov]

There's also Alex Palou in the race

[@LogiForce86]

Who? 😅 How Max did the overtake on Palou... "if you no longer go for the gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver"... saw a gap and went for it in an instant, leaving no time for Palou to respond at all.

[@Evarakeus]

@@LogiForce86 Palou clearly let him by lol, they're teammates and they were losing time to Dunne

[@fruitygranulizer540]

@@LogiForce86 bro you just made up an entire scenario in your head. palou was his teammate, he was letting max past to fight dunne

[@Nickrapper73]

Whats an epic race of both of them. Dunne also drive extreme high level at the first half of the race. But as many of the comments say. Verstappens consistency is mind blowing. Like an god of driving 🙇🏼🙇🏼🙇🏼

[@LuizSPK]

This guy is pretty good. Someone should give him a chance of proving himself on real races.

[@fruitygranulizer540]

yeah! he might even be able to compete in f1 with some practice i reckon. i say put him an f2 car and see how he does 🤔

[@cobbomusic]

definetly should he seems like he could win multiple championships in f1 and have an exciting rivalry with another driver... i might be on to something

[@Jt7166]

3X F1 champ vs a 2X Indycar Champion. Pretty damn cool.

[@loicludwig429]

Both are members of team redline and did some endurance race together.

[@Jt7166]

@@loicludwig429 I’m aware lol

[@imthebest200]

4X

[@miguelmanyari8788]

That guy Dunne was pretty solid, traffic killed him a bit and Max seemed to be better managing that.

[@wife9571]

he's definitely a big talent in the feeder series. did himself proud at Macau this year

[@guillaume6525]

yes... and that guy is a kid !!! :D

[@Redlingstein]

Its so interesting to watch Max take different lines at some corners…. He does that in F1 too compared to Charles, Checo. That’s where he makes the difference

[@justamanchimp]

31:56 I think he might have squeezed him a bit too hard here, it looks like he left him just enough room, but then maybe not, not sure if it was a car and a half like F1 rules, that Alex Dunn could have just hit the wall by himself though, smart from max but only if it is legal

[@jackknife1796]

Alex had the inside so probably should have be more forceful. I reckon he had the right to push max wider

[@ipo7596]

​@@jackknife1796yes. I think he went a bit more conservative here as Max seemed pretty relentless and already committed to making the move. If Alex fought his line a bit more, I think they might have crashed or only Max would be taken out. Seems to me like Alex turned in a bit earlier to avoid contact from Max but in doing so hit the wall. I can't see enough visual cue that they made contact. We need to see more angles and replay.

[@momoloco99rh]

He left him enough room but Alex backed out of fear to be killed in the wall, Max had half car ahead of him at the entry of the corner, pretty ruthless move, Alex made a mistake half lap behind and Max doesn’t forgive

[@ipo7596]

@@momoloco99rh yes. It seems this way.

[@ramborabbit9590]

it was definitely RIGHT on the limit. You can slow the playback speed to 0.25 and there's barely enough for a car to get through. Max will take every inch you give him, especially when Max is leading by 3/4 to a full car length ahead.

[@mr.bufusimracing]

this dude makes it look like a Gran Turismo challenge with that move at the start

[@SuperL33CH]

That squeeze into T1 for the lead was masterclass.

[@clintonnkpa1728]

Yeah, forced him into a driver error, couldnt recover quickly enough and lost the slipstream through the end of the race. Brilliant

[@SuperL33CH]

@@clintonnkpa1728 kudos to Alex. He could have won that race right there and then if he wanted to. I reckon if it was anyone else he wouldn't have been so forgiving.

[@Tam.trg3b4zero]

Forcing a driver into a wall when side by side is not a masterclass!

[@SuperL33CH]

@@Tam.trg3b4zero Max left just enough room and Alex was side by side. He had the choice of not getting squeezed. Max just went with him. It was a matter of time anyway. Whether it was t1 or t2. Or a lap later.

[@clintonnkpa1728]

@@Tam.trg3b4zero thats racing, max didnt make alex to do anything, he just closed the gap on him since he had the racing and hes well within his right to do so. If you race in real life touring cars youll notice that its a very common behaviour for top drivers

[@jonzs4449]

Same Nico Rubliar from gran turismo championships… dude is crazy quick and if I’m not mistaken has won that before as well.

[@MrSilverfish12]

Damn multiclass races are so hectic and these guys make it look easy

[@cheo_pr]

you can learn so much by watching him drive in sim

[@Ivanoskyao]

That Start was worthy of his reputation. Its all or nothing 😂. Absolutely crazy! LOL and its only possible because they gave lots of space to cars in front, (LMdh) so officially the grenn was given way before, unlike the Real,IMSA, where there are separte starts for the different classes. Exploring a game flaw, thats why he doesn’t get a penalty (.the skills are obviously unquestionable )

[@racinghaus]

I have saved one of Max’s races from Sebring in IMSA. He finished P1 and Alex P2.

[@racinghaus]

Alex Palou**

[@ipo7596]

Can you share bro. Thanks.

[@danielcarroll6303]

27:00 Alex timed that to perfection, if it was intentional

[@elitexkaoz]

That dive bomb at 7:18 🔥

[@wdowa94]

31:25 interesting part

[@aledmb]

27:43 oh iracing... put that in the sporting code.

[@LtheDetective]

I am not his biggest F1 fan, but this isn't F1 so I gotta say... This dude is nice behind the wheel. For him to catch on so quickly to gt car simracing is crazy

[@Redlingstein]

He’s been driving GT in real life and on sim many years now, that’s his ‘hobby’

[@dijital4588]

@@Redlingsteincompared to the top sim racers, Max is relatively new to the service. His irating chart to the top is pretty unprecedented.

[@matta2738]

​@@dijital4588 Yes because his teammates were boosting his account so he could compete in top split.

[@boku5837]

@@matta2738yeah there was a situation where max had finished an F1 race irl, I can’t remember which one, and his Iracing account entered into a race approximately 20 minutes after the F1 race had ended. 😂😂😂 He’s a wizard I’ll tell ya.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Tbh its completely possible it was max, probably just did his quick 10 minites of fame for the journalists and went back to his rv which already had iracing running​,horner has said the first thing max does is go to his rv and rb pushed back their team dinners by like 2 hours because of it@boku5837

[@AlexBayes]

That rear camera view from the car in front needs to be used more. That was great.

[@Alp577]

I have to watch 25:25 a couple of times. That was a masterclass move!

[@emog7609]

Great battle but what happened into T1 31:56 is it possible to show another angle?

[@PabloGz205]

Front end of Alex touched the rear of Max and he lost the car imgur.com/ALflQE2

[@Rhythmic_Hammer]

@@PabloGz205So Max turned in like he wasn’t there. Thanks for confirming. 😂 Classic Max. Settled for P2 matey or we’re both crashing. That said, he’s the best I’ve ever seen. Unrelenting like no other.

[@jufejufinho]

Look in the rear view camera, verstappen pinched him to the wall

[@vincekussy9364]

@@Rhythmic_Hammer blind lol

[@cyg7462]

@@Rhythmic_Hammer Well from this picture the car inside has little room but enough for a car to pass, and the car ahead has the right to close the door as much as possible as long as a car wide has been given. So this is a aggressive move but within rules.

[@mrgusse]

What overlay app are you using in Iracing? I like the way the standings table look.

[@jamiemb17]

Wtf is that start 😭😭😭 does he just know when it's gonna go green???

[@PabloGz205]

He prepared a small run, also maybe they know when the green flag drops based in the Iracing timer 🤔 Or maybe everyone else felt asleep waiting for the leader start, but he waited too much, so the green flag started the race

[@ericmcmanus5179]

They probably assumed the race started when their group crossed the start/finish line and not when the GTP cars crossed the line.

[@AuroraRacing]

It's shown at the right bottom, after 5:41 minutes is goes to 0:00:00 then the race starts, everyone was sleeping

[@jamiemb17]

@@AuroraRacing but he is already accelerating before it shows 0:00, so he knew it was going to happen before it did, no?

[@fredericleunissen1087]

@@jamiemb17 he slows down and then catched up with the slower cars before the start. So this is allowed, also as he perfectly timed it, it looks like a jump start, but isnt

[@brandondonovan5791]

Nice of Alex to let him by, Max’s pace is insane

[@NullPro1x]

awesome vid

[@jerl.980]

The amount of speed he carries into the apex on braking is the obvious difference to Dunne who is very solid in this race.

[@estefanobarrera]

Bro overtook esprots drivers as if they were a bunch of 2k ppl 💀💀

[@norbertjanssen814]

I hope Max goes for the triple crown after 2028. He's got the ability and age to do so.

[@rkwjunior2298]

He slowly eats that time by fractions of a second every turn. Crazy

[@superhoss95]

Everyone's lap times on fresh tires was in the 1:59's while Max's was in the 58's. 😮

[@gorandjukic90]

is this his actual view from cockpit he uses in the game?

[@PabloGz205]

No, he uses a position aligned with the steering wheel

[@stevenst6337]

He absolutely dumped on everyone on the start holy shit 😂

[@phate466]

How does it work? Each type of car race it's own type?

[@PabloGz205]

Every different car model behaves differently, also there is race classes like irl

[@thomasbecker6059]

He turned his lights on and off at 6.40min!! Very funny 😂

[@bryant.p1215]

It was a glitch in the replay you can see every single car behind him did it exactly at the same time

[@ladamdrift]

what cameras are these? just regular iRacing ones??

[@PabloGz205]

@@ladamdrift iRacing ones modified by me

[@ladamdrift]

@@PabloGz205 oh interesting! Thank you

[@fercaastro_]

Is Lucas Perez the football player?

[@PabloGz205]

No

[@stephan1958]

Simply the best!!

[@5950ziel]

Why no replay from turn 1? What are we supposed to think of that? That Max killed him? That Alex spun on his own?

[@VTiDOHC]

Max squeezed him to the wall, standard Verstappening

[@ipo7596]

Squeezed. Sure but we gotta know if there was contact. If Max simply cut Alex off, Alex would've crashed Max too as a result. But this looks to me like Alex instinctively turned in a bit earlier thus hitting the wall trying to avoid contact with Max. We gotta see the other angles though.

[@AlertConsument-py6te]

​@@VTiDOHC nope, it's called racing my boy. Don't watch DTS so much, it kills your one braincell. LMFAO.

[@timothyhairston2051]

Max with the ice cold squeeze to take the lead. He’s seriously not the same species of human as the rest of us

[@JonesyTerp1]

He's not a different species, he was simply raised to do one thing, be a racing driver. Jos Verstappen had a middling F1 career and sacrificed blood and treasure to train Max. And since Max shared the obsession the results are observable. Max once said his fathers goal was to create "Verstappen 2.0" This isn't a new story.

[@zero_udk]

Alex clipped the wall when max made his move on the right side. If he would've gave up the spot he mightve had another chance to pass like when the traffic hit max acouple min earlier.

[@brkinwrx6200]

Alex Palou was also in this race...he's the indy car champion

[@jasonzbell]

Looks like he was holding up faster GT3’s behind him most of the race.

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

@@jasonzbellwhat was he supposed to do? Just let them pass?

[@jasonzbell]

@@TheOfficialRandomGuy You definitely live up to your random reply guy name, huh? 🤪 If you carefully read my simple statement, it was just that. A statement. From the start, Alex’s pace was holding up the cars in back of him. Created a bit of a train behind him as the P1 car continued to pull away from Alex’s slower pace and fending off Max. Alex never has to give up a leading position like this. But Alex didn’t have to. At just over 4 minutes in, Max made the easy pass and the rest is history. Easy peasy. 👍

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

@@jasonzbell I stopped reading after the first sentence. You wrote a novel for nothing.

[@jasonzbell]

@@TheOfficialRandomGuy That is a novel to you?! You may want to go back to middle school if that's the unfortunate case. Also, you asked two questions, right? I simply answered your questions, right? You took the time to reply back to my so-called novel, so two thumbs up my man! Maybe jump straight to a GED. Whoa, another novel. Knocked out in less than 30 seconds. I have found another calling. ;) All in good fun. Have a great week. :)

[@NerdonWheels]

When was this

[@PabloGz205]

About March 2023

[@jeremysumpter8939]

was gonna say...old ferrari @@PabloGz205

[@Time4utube]

​@PabloGz205 link more alex dunne if is any

[@Naindurth]

When was this? what car is he driving?

[@brunob1765]

When did this take place ? 2021 ?

[@PabloGz205]

March 2023

[@ipo7596]

​@@PabloGz205wait. Is that during the f1 season?

[@PabloGz205]

@@ipo7596 max races sometimes mid F1 season

[@ipo7596]

@@PabloGz205 wow. Now if only he and Alonso can also participate in WEC while still racing in F1, that would be sick. I feel like they are currently the two f1 drivers that people would still be closely watching even if they raced other series outside F1. Sadly, I think the Kubica incident prohibits this from happening.

[@srthebox4946]

@@ipo7596yea, teams are very worried (rightfully so in my opinion) about drivers injuring themselves and such in other motorsport series or just other sports in general (like schumacher’s skiing incident or how some drivers would injure themselves just cycling), nowadays they have clauses in their contract that prohibit them doing certain sports, though that doesnt stop some drivers, I remember Kimi Raikkonen would snowmobile race under the fake name of “James Hunt” while driving in F1 since his team banned him from doing so

[@TineFangaming]

World Champion F1 driver

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Max loves Lewis so much, that he has his picture on his dash 😂😂😂😂

[@happyracing3359]

Is that you that have put that Lewis picture? 😂

[@PabloGz205]

No, each driver upload his own picture.

[@happyracing3359]

@@PabloGz205 hahaha love that.

[@NullPro1x]

LMAOOO

[@polo424242]

why is there a picture on lewis on his dash? is he obsessed or something? that don't seem normal

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

That's not maxs view...... This view is from whoever uploaded this video Are you actually stupid enough to think max verstappen keeps a lewis hamilton pic on his dash when he's racing?

[@jasenburke4135]

When was this event? old 488.

[@collink7145]

yeah that's what I was wondering...

[@Cockpit_Racing]

No jump start ?

[@justinwitt6364]

it's absolutely a jump start he is carrying more speed than the field after leaving a gap and then takes more than a second before the green flag is waved average max verstappen driving his fanboys will argue that because he didnt overtake anyone till green it wasn't a jump start but this is 100% an illegal advantage and something iracing directly has rules on because it happens so much in ovals

[@timevortex5524]

Alien. Too bad that top sport drivers aren't interested and/or are afraid to tarnish their reputation in other categories and esports.

[@isaacm2374]

You literally have drivers on the grid like Alonso, Hulkenberg who won Le Mans and Fernando won the WEC, 24 hour Daytona. That's far better than sim racing.

[@timevortex5524]

@@isaacm2374 Yes, Alonso and Max are the ones I can think of that are still on the grid that competed professionally in diferent categories at the same time as they were competing in F1. It"s really rare to see champions do that nowadays, and I really applaud that, usually only "less successful" drivers do that because they've nothing to lose.

[@isaacm2374]

@@timevortex5524 sim racing isn't a different category. You're comparing sim racing to Le Mans, WEC, Indycar, Dakar. I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. When Max races in the WEC, you can say that. Also other drivers like Leclerc, Norris and Russell do sim racing as well.

[@timevortex5524]

@@isaacm2374 I didn't call esports a motorsport category, but a professional motorsport competition, yes; you don't need the "vroomvroom" for it to be motorsport racing, you just need the racing driving aspect skillset applied in motordynamics. It is ridiculous to be obtuse and not keep up with something that has been part of most big categories for years and years as a data gathering, car development and driver skill training tool that has now advanced into a professional competitive sport more accessible to the masses. Takes an enourmous amount of hours and dedication to be able to be somewhat competitive. Leclerc, Norris, Russel and even Alonso do simracing but not professionally. You see them streaming and playing for fun, and although Norris is part of a team, but they don't take part in world championships.

[@KhaledKimboo4]

1:57:9

[@AdiBacea]

when was this?

[@fervunk1143]

I kinda miss the sound of the 488

[@lucascoelho5637]

so we just gonna ignore that senna move for the lead lmao

[@Barry.R]

Not a jumped start?

[@Alp577]

Nah, he timed it perfectly. Race starts at 0.00 and he didn't passed anyone before going green.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Max was one of my very best students.

[@Vikingkinggaming]

This guy is unreal

[@ac27272727]

Max Pinched Alex Dunne into that wall, greeasy

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

He had the racing line, Alex got scared and turned in too much and hit the wall, That's just racing

[@symckr]

When was this?

[@PabloGz205]

March 2023

[@guymears2340]

I always wondered if sim racing like this when you are a professional driver, can lead to bad habits or even bad techniques. I get that it can be incredibly realistic & with the best equipment even better, but surely you can do things you can't in a real car.

[@srthebox4946]

I think Iracing teaches more good habits than bad habits, max has been racing in Iracing for a few years now and I havent seen it affect his f1 racing in anyway negatively, if anything it seems racing in Iracing made him a better, more ruthless but calculated wheel to wheel racer too.

[@Tam.trg3b4zero]

Embarrassing start from most of the grid, must be their first race surely 🙃

[@fruitygranulizer540]

you cant do much in the way of accelerating early unless you're in last since you're not allowed to overtake or fall back behind the car behind you. when you have space to fall behind and do what max did.

[@vicp1990]

Just based off the start bro literally sees real people as NPC's on iracing 😬

[@justamanchimp]

It was annoying me that Alex Dunn wasn't learning from the corners max was gaining on him, it should be instinct to work that out and do something different

[@Tristan.R.J.M]

Man, what a thing to say if he’s second in leading the best group of cars in this field. Sometimes it’s not just only driver related. Setup and strategy play a big role too. Identical lines in non identical cars will end in very non-identical performance.

[@justamanchimp]

@@Tristan.R.J.M it’s true but a lot of it is also driver related, he was conservative on a few corners, turn 2 for example, he just wasnt carrying speed into the corner like max was, I don’t think that’s setup, could be but could also be the guy not realising quite what the car can do and what line to take, but you are right tho

[@fruitygranulizer540]

its very well could be a car setup thing, which he couldn't have changed after the race started. i know max and team redline spend days perfecting their setup before races.

[@justamanchimp]

@@fruitygranulizer540 Yeah but so do the other drivers, everyone taking part in this will have practiced and spent a lot of time working on setup, granted max has money to hire the best people to help him, but even the most optimal setup won’t help a sub optimal driver Setup is just thing that accommodates characteristics of the track and driver, but it’s mostly the driver that takes advantage of it and performs. You can still perfect racing lines and carry decent speed with almost no setup at all, it’s mostly about how you adapt to the setup and carry optimal speed around it I think Dunn wasn’t optimising certain corners basically, I think max has a particular technique where he finds the very edge of grip of every corner in practice and then with that knowledge and confidence takes the widest smoothest line possible through most corners, maximising the track and curbs perfectly, most drivers are too scared to do this because it’s hard and it’s risky, max can do this every lap over and over again

[@artjenkins6767]

Did actually somebody recognize, that the Avatar of MaxVerstappen is a picture of LewisHamilton?💡

[@thesecretcouncil]

that was just his mates trolling

[@David.Maughan]

How is he not given a penalty for that start? Haha

[@enekkers]

Because lights where green. Brilliant start 😂

[@FredbullGaming]

When lights are green, lights are green

[@revirdkcalb]

​@@FredbullGamingWhere do you see the lights? Or anything indicating that the race has started? I been watching the start multiple times, still have no idea, other than the race clock. Which, if you would only consider the clock, it does seem like he jumpstarted.

[@FredbullGaming]

@@revirdkcalb you dont see the green light because it s not verstappen streaming. But max do see the lights

[@revirdkcalb]

@@FredbullGaming But I mean, how can we then be sure he didn't jump start? Or do you get immediately penalized if you do (and he didn't, so that's how we know)?

[@whoisthecoppacnk]

This HAS to contribute to why Max is so good.

[@wolfe1970]

i went from 5th to first in my 5th every online race, so i must be as good as Max right 🤣

[@alltheboost5363]

He should have given dunne the position after pitching about the wall. If he's not much faster than everybody pass them clean. If you really watch how he drives he did it intentionally.

[@GLnoG420]

Huh, so thats why they say its lonely up there

[@dct124]

I know it's just a video game. But the speed in the game is 1x to 1.5x too slow. Watch On Board footage of Sebring from the C8 which is also a GT3 car. This and in about every racing sim, is too slow. The LMP cars are moving how the GT3 cars should move. They need to increase the speed of the LMP cars, give GT3 the LMP cars speed. This feels like I'm watching maybe 70-80mph. When I watch onboard footage it feels like the car is going over 100 mph.

[@JonesyTerp1]

I think you are asking for the impossible. No game can provide images that simulate the small important variations in color, light and shadow compared to real world footage. Those variations create depth and a sense of three dimensions, and hence "speed." The game will always look less three dimensional than the real world. I will say I spent nearly 5 hours this weekend driving Sebring in a GT car on IRacing, using VR head set, and the images move past your eyes in a way that is comparable to this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHLbl3R6gLpnntU . In the game, holding the wheel, moving your focal points to braking points and apexes etc., it feels a lot faster than it looks from a static view on youtube.

[@questtech2698]

So this is how he trained for F1. P20? No problem.

[@dreadsdomain]

Bro almost did last to first before T1 😂

[@loganm2766]

Looks like he spun out Alex dunne at 31:56

[@Tam.trg3b4zero]

Usual from crashstappen when he's in a battle on track

[@ipo7596]

Looked like no contact. Need replays to check more.

[@stereoptr]

The lapping skills in GTP seemed shockingly low.

[@jimmyj.c.cokerjr.1171]

Is this the real Max Verstappen. If not he drives a lot like him

[@PabloGz205]

Is the real one

[@makracing9361]

Is he drives Alex to the wall?

[@ipo7596]

Hmm. Looks like it but there was no very distinct visual cue that they made contact. Would be good to see more angles of what happened.

[@chrisparry4461]

Imagine a someone of that calibre playing a sim with one of the worst tire physics!

[@empii911]

We all wonder but in the end there is no other sim with even close as many professional racing drivers. Across all categories (Open Wheelers, GT, LMP) for every 100 professionals on iRacing, all other sims combined have about 1 professional racing. I personally don't compete on iRacing anymore since 4 years, but there must be something about it that keeps the Pros there...

[@Sele81]

I think Max cut him off and he had to catch the car. Not very fair, as usual.

[@SPxUMADBROYOLO]

1st toaster

[@john_ehardt]

Max in a Ferrari… ❤❤❤

[@Divebomb]

🖖

[@DirectDrive-Simracing]

can we get rid of the lewis picture somehow?

That start LOL LOL LOL TROLOLOLO xD amazing guy

[@csmoments2363]

Hola bona tarda

[@jakubm6525]

Pic of Hamilton bro 💀💀💀

[@KevinColt]

Do these people even know who theyre racing? Who he is?

[@PabloGz205]

Yes they know

[@fruitygranulizer540]

the esports drivers are more involved in racing than any fan every will be, no shit they know who max verstappen is

[@jamisusvoid1491]

That start is illegal under iracings starting rules, and is cheesy imo but still a great race.

[@Rathead69]

someone said : They probably assumed the race started when their group crossed the start/finish line and not when the GTP cars crossed the line.

[@jellegeeftreacties3698]

He overtook no one before the 00:00 clock came (start race). He simply sped up earlier, which is allowed. You just can’t overtake anyone, you bet that he read the rules, most likely more than most iRacing players since he is one of a handful of drivers with almost 10k irating

[@Jev6]

If the software were up to date (iRacing's engine is over twenty years old), it would incorporate basic penalties into the race start.