My First Real Race Was… Eventful! Small Car, Big Racing Ep2

[@Jardier]

love it love it love it

[@ChrisHaye]

I gotta imagine you'd do some proper damage with a ka my dude! Who needs bhp! :)

[@GridFindergg]

This is absolutely incredible! Such a pleasure to be doing this with you Chris!

[@ChrisHaye]

The pleasure is all mine!

[@SimRacing604]

Amazing, man! Great video, and a big step in life. Congratulations brother!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man - it's a whole load of fun / work / stress. Loving every second!

[@company071]

The video came out great, those little Fords look like a lot of fun to throw around. Shame for the penalty but the start is always about learning! Good luck for the next one

[@ChrisHaye]

For sure. They're massive fun to drive. Always moving about under you, always either understeering or oversteering, plenty of smiles per mile!

[@deanothemanc5281]

Had to laugh at Toby saying stay out of the gravel lol!!That said the guy can't half race!!!Bloody rapid or what.

[@rag-tagracing7547]

Brilliant jobs chaps on behalf of car 64 at Autotech motorsport sorry about that you all drove like champs out there see you at round 2!!!! At least we got some screen time!

[@tobyowenracing]

Ahhh! It was you! 😆 No worries, I've watched it back several times and I have come to the conclusion, "racing incident"

[@NTMT1]

It's great to see more and more sim racers find real world drives. It would be amazing for this to emerge as another conventional route to a racing career.

[@ChrisHaye]

Definitely. This certainly isn’t a career shift for me, but something I’ve wanted to do my entire life. Who knows what will come of it! But I’m sure we’ll see more sim racers using their experience to get in the ladder.

[@nikolasnolde]

Really happy for you!!!

[@ChazDraycott]

MAAAAATE this is absolutely fantastic! It was a pleasure to share the event with you boys and an honour to have contributed to the video! 🙏🏼 You were far from shit - it was a solid effort in your first race! Best of luck for Cadwell Park and the rest of the season! 💪🏼

[@ChrisHaye]

Haha, there was no way that wasn't making it in my dude! ;)

[@ChazDraycott]

@@ChrisHaye Hahaha! I'm very grateful to have featured in it 😁 Hope our paths cross again soon mate.

[@steveclaeysgoesracing]

Your comment was the best bit. It spiced up the whole thing. 🤣🤣🤣

[@alberto.zanardo]

This video is much more intense than Drive to Survive and is 100x more realistic. Also, I could understand the race without having seen it

[@ChrisHaye]

Haha, thanks man. I’ll put more fake radio message in next time 😂

[@cbj4sc1]

Absolutely heartbreaking but it's such a good learning tool. Shows that what matters more is staying between the lines because if you don't all that position could be yanked from your hands. Good luck going forward, and can't wait to see you lot on the podium

[@ChrisHaye]

Definitely. No complaints from me. Looking back over the onboards, we definitely crept over the lines a few times, so more than deserved as far as I'm concerned.

[@positive.perception]

That's real life racing dude! Well done to you and the entire team for not ruining the epic livery!! Must chat to you about getting it on some merch... ;op

[@GavinNaylor]

Honestly even with those penalties you did such an amazing job you should be super proud of this achievement. First race completed and P27 ain't that bad only onwards and upwards from here!!

[@sandosimracing8729]

Awesome Chris!! So jealous! Enjoy this opportunity and have fun.

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man, it’s been a blast so far!

[@mooreanonumbers]

It's great that so many people are still racing those lovely little bugs Also so many cars on Donington National - sounds quite stressful for a first race

[@ChrisHaye]

It’s definitely keeping a fair number of them out of the scrappy! And 48 on the short circuit was pretty mad. It’s more akin to traffic on motorways, where you’ll go a while without seeing anyone, then all of a sudden there’s a mass of cars all clumped together! It’s a car that relies so much on momentum that even the fastest guys can lose several seconds if the catch a slower car at the wrong moment. It’s kinda the racing equivalent of coming up to a pair of HGVs on the motorway 😆

[@markbaxter-jones5546]

Well done to the whole team, it's a great achievement

[@ChrisHaye]

Thank Mark!

[@DuckReconMajor]

Congrats on the first race! Sitting for that penalty must have felt like an eternity but I hope it didn't take away too much from the thrill of it all. For those of us watching at least it looks like you all did an incredible job!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man. Yeah, lots of time to think when you’re sat waiting to be released from the naughty step! It’s like being 5 years old again! 😂

[@bobmcl2406]

I didn't realize you were going "real" racing. Congratulations! I know your sim experience will serve you well from the standpoint of developing race craft. I look forward to following your exploits.

[@3ur0Tra5h]

Head up, celebrate the positive and analyze the negative to help propel you forward. Endurance racing is by far the most rewarding thing I have ever done and when it's good, there is nothing like it. When it's bad, it can darken even the brightest day. Amazing series so far, your videos are always fantastic and these are no exception.

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks Jason. There are plenty of positives to take forward, and lots to learn from. Loved (almost) every second of it!

[@toonknapen2639]

You really captured the thrill of endurance racing. Great stuff !

[@dscmotorracing]

Duuuuuude..... this is just an insane edit.. LOVE it!!!. cant wait to do more with you.

[@OllieRacing]

Well done for your first race! Lots of sensors on corner exits at MSV circuits. Definitely worth finding them all on a track walk and making a note. IP Racing driver here by the way (although I wasn’t at Donington) 👋🏼

[@ChrisHaye]

Track Walk… that would have been a good idea! But point very much taken. 😂

[@misterdog7]

You didn't let down the team at all Chris, accumulated penalties and no radio coms so you were handicapped from the start ;) Looks like good fun amazing that there are so many Ka's around still from that era haha

[@ChrisHaye]

Haha, yeah they’re all in scrapyards or on the track it seems. I’ve only seen one out in the wild since I signed up in November! You’re right about the penalties of course, but it’s much easier to think about that in the cold light of day. I was really careful not to change the tone of my initial reactions with the editing and voiceover, I’d much rather this was as real as I can make it.

[@teklan5382]

Heads up! You are living the freakin dream of All of us!

[@Thunspeed]

This channel deserves way more subs.

[@sxemontague1]

Congratulations on making the transition into real life racing that so many of us would like to do. Think it was a great result for you all and looking forward to the next one.

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man. First of many I hope!

[@TKMRacer28]

Great vid, excellent job and great to meet you guys :) see you all at Caddy! Congrats 🔥

[@ChrisHaye]

Heh, thanks man. I get the impression that track limits at Caddy are enforced more strictly… with a trip into the barrier! 😂

[@john_KRG]

Loved this video! Congrats Chris! What a great filming though. Especially the opening scenes. It felt like I was watching a TopGear episode 😁. Thanks for sharing. Keep up at it lad!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks John. I love making these, lots of work, but very rewarding. And I can’t deny the top gear influence 😂

[@patrickmccrimedog9844]

It has been so cool watching the sim reviews to THIS!!! I’m LOVING all of it!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thank man, much appreciated!

[@CdH94]

Remember when this guy had less than 1k subs and a few mods on his hard drive? Great to see!

[@ChrisHaye]

I mean, I’ve still got the mods! Thanks man, hope all is well dude?

[@CdH94]

@@ChrisHaye Busy boy, not very active in sim racing anymore outside of the RCI World Tour.

[@Tony-Tech]

Great job telling the story Chris! Nice work on the video!

[@colhapablap]

this is brilliant and inspiring! so jealous 😋 and a well-put-together video to boot.

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man, love the username btw!

[@colhapablap]

@@ChrisHaye thx!

[@pedrokaonfire]

Found this today and cant wait to see more, amazing work and very fun

[@blairmcconachie]

Well done Chris, I’m a caterham racer and sim racer too. Your first race is always very memorable and I’m sure you have picked lots of points to work on for the next race. Knowing the exact location of those pesky track limit sensors is key too!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks dude. Yeah, it’s a steep learning curve for sure. Track limit sensors are definitely off of my Christmas card list! 😆

[@samuelmumby7982]

Such a good video, can't wait to see more!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man, these are a lot of fun to make!

[@danjones7584]

Why didn't this come up in my sub box? Only just found it?! Incredible stuff

[@Boonatix]

This is so cool! And hopefully just the beginning, looking forward to see you spending more time on track ^-^

[@ChrisHaye]

Me too dude! Hopefully we’ll keep it between the white lines next time 😂

[@michallacki9462]

Head up Chris ! Awesome job

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks Michal!

[@ab8jeh]

Great stuff, but not your fault... sounded like a collective thing. Had you done your stint first you wouldn't have had to serve the penalty. Also the risk of a black flag without radio coms was possible, so nice one making sure you noticed you had to serve it from the pit wall only and not get black flagged. If anything it sounds like you did well to bring it home in the situation you were faced with. Well done Chris.

[@ChrisHaye]

Yeah, I’m inclined to agree, but that’s not how it felt at the time. And I was keen to make sure the video was as ‘real’ as possible, so didn’t want to add anything that came up in the cold light of day 😅

[@PedroSantos_83]

Amazing! What a beautiful adventure this is.

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man, and yeah, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time, so I’m loving every minute!

[@jean-pierresarti7069]

Great video, looking forward to more in the series.

[@SteelRiverSims]

Nice one Chris 👍 Amazing mate! This looks like a lot of fun. Any plans to do a video on the cost of getting out of the sim and into real racing?

[@paulcox9059]

Marvellous content! Well done and thank you.

[@davids2361]

Great race guys! Keep your head up. Made it to the finish on your first race! 👍

[@cavemanindustries5102]

I hope to see more of these videos!

[@ryan302turbo]

you should be on a car tv show. you are so underrated and you needs more subs!!

[@CaptainCrunch99]

Great video, and congrats on finishing!

[@babaogluemin]

Amazing recap, that was fascinating to watch.

[@johnmunro1512]

Love to see it! Well done all😊

[@stevetaylor1085]

This is awesome! Great job man!!

[@TommyD1230]

Yo this is awesommmme. Are those cars front wheel drive? They remind me of the Clio Cup car. I ran an rFactor 2 championship with those cars, super fun. I love the filmic cinematography. Very exciting to see sim racers turn laps in the streets. Really get me going. Congrats on your first race. Stoked to see more!

[@ChrisHaye]

Thanks man. Yeah, FWD, semi slicks, roll cage, racing springs/dampers and better brake pads, otherwise the same as the street version. It does handle a lot like the Clio cup car, though doesn’t have as much power… which just means less time on the brakes 😂

[@baccattack]

I see you went for the Jacques Villeneuve look!

[@Odysseus38]

Id be so down to do this. I wish i had the money to get into real racing. I barely had enough to get a sim setup. Its cool to see you race in real life as well as sims

[@CJDirtyEwok]

Well done buddy

[@ChrisHaye]

Hey man, thanks dude. Hope all is well with you and yours?

[@CJDirtyEwok]

@@ChrisHaye doing just fine bud, club ticking along nicely. Enjoying watching the rig to track journey with you and Tom.

[@mikekael941]

As usual very professional video

[@parkerpolgar292]

Well done dude! amazing

[@ChrisHaye]

Thank man!

[@tgafronk]

Well done mate I enjoyed that

[@danacwsf]

Amazing stuff! Again just bringing it home it's a good result. I think the track limits situation could use a better explanation because I can't really tell when it happened or what's the track limit in this category (White line/Kerb)

[@tobyowenracing]

Anything outside the white line or red & white kerb is classed as "beyond track limits", so it was the run on to the green concrete that triggered it - but yeah fair point, track limits are interpreted differently by different countries and sometimes even different series within the same country!

[@danacwsf]

@@tobyowenracing yeah I thought it could be that but the angle doesn't help telling where the car is either. As long as they are more consistent with it than F1 track limits it's just a lesson to learn from hehe

[@ChrisHaye]

To be fair to the organisers and stewards, the limits were clearly explained and enforced, so no complaints from me! 🙂

[@MattBeardless]

Of course Chaz would say that. 😆

[@ChrisHaye]

The man knows his brand 😂

[@simracer1256]

You going for the Jacques Villeneuve baggy overalls look there Chris?

[@Clear_Ski3s]

Is this series not continuing?

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

Why dont you take the stickers off the tires?

[@ChrisHaye]

I think it’s an old-school thing. If the stickers are on, there’s no debate that the tyres are brand new. They work themselves off within a few corners anyway.

[@bertram-raven]

Every YT sim driver is becoming a driver IRL.

[@ChrisHaye]

Not surprising really. We’d have all done it as kids if we had the funding I’m sure! Just another way to scratch the itch!

[@christiantaylor1495]

Wow

[@spikarooni6391]

yEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BOI

[@ChrisHaye]

Flava definitely wouldn’t lift at the Old Hairpin!

[@guillaumehamling1267]

Editing mishap around the 5:05 minute mark? Seems like there has been some sounds that got mixed up, car sounds don't match what we see Otherwise great video, really enjoy the content Chris!

[@ChrisHaye]

Yeah, I spotted this after upload. It was fine in the timeline, looks like premiere lost sync with some audio when rendering. Frustrating!

[@clumsygarage1578]

Not last!

[@ChrisHaye]

That was the secret goal! 😁

[@Beni10PT]

Those track limits are garbage then :p

[@ChrisHaye]

Haha. To be fair, they were very clearly defined and enforced. Which is how it should be!

[@Gr00t]

Fuck track limits, all the homies hate track limits.

[@camerone397]

Chris, please stop compelling me to spend money I don't have...

[@steveclaeysgoesracing]

Get the experience to drop in. Speed is not everything.

[@ChrisHaye]

Definitely!