Project Cars 2 - They Used To Race Here?!?! | VR |

[@solidshepard7812]

Lmao how Jimmy was handling the wheel reminded me of those old movies when the actors would constantly be doing it.

[@SHDWSKII]

Fr tho lmao

[@abujasm2223]

Wow! my thoughts exactly! when i was a child i used to imagine the actors cars going rapidly left & right in the street. and wonder why would they simulate car driving in such strange manner. xD

[@Dethmeister]

Old cars have a lot more play in the wheel. Especially the big land yachts from the 60's and 70's.

[@abujasm2223]

+Dethmeister You think 60s & 70s cars are land yachts? lol check 30s & 40s cars then judge. you'll laugh at the car & steering wheel dimensions.

[@Dethmeister]

Yes I think 60's and 70's cars can be land yachts. I have one. I meant any pre-90's big car. I figured the old movies he was talking of were from the 60's and 70's. I don't know how I'd check a 30's or 40's car, they're pretty rare.

[@flakers1337]

historic spa is sooo crazy. i watched a documentary on it yesterday and today here you are racing on it! GGs! back in the day racing was pure insanity. i remember the commentator saying "two drivers crashed, one car hits the electric pole, the other flips and catches fire. luckily both drivers got flung out of their cars and are ok. " what the hellllll

[@murphymoerf]

not only that, there used to be barbed wire in the grass next to the track. Poor Chris Bristow was beheaded when he crashed in 1960

[@AngelMakerSr1]

whats the documentary called?

[@mcrichton46]

Yep, he and Alan Stacey died within laps of each other

[@twertas]

finally found it, it's called 1962 Belgian Grand Prix on yt and consists of 3 parts

[@11Sparky111]

That's the main reason why they refused to wear seatbelts. Better to be flung free than crushed/trapped under a burning car.

[@cool4real82]

Jimmy should definitely be a race announcer. My heart was racing (pun intended) in the first part of the video.

[@jamesgeese]

Cool 4real that is what I was thinking

[@sagitta98]

He did it. He does a race announcer on Gran Turismo World Tour - Nurburgring.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

@@sagitta98 He is an announcer on all Gran Turismo Championships, including the one we had this weekend

[@lk101010]

I walked on the drove on the old track, last Saturday, when I went to the Spa grand prix. Most of the old track (that isn't part of the modern track) are regular roads. Seeing it in person is something special, but driving it gives a whole other impression of how insane it was. Going over 100KPH in a decent car is already enough to make you realise the brutality of 60's racing at Spa.

[@RJW14]

the modeling on historic spa is amazing, some of those houses are there in real life too (still)

[@gr0bbelaar]

Old Spa was hands down the best true road circuit there was. Drivers truly feared it. Shame they went for some sort of 1970-version with armco barriers though. But it looks awesome, memories of GPL and my hundreds of wrecks at Burnenville and the Masta Kink.

[@Quinney84]

gr0bbelaar the best and true road race curcuit still exists and still holds events each year. ISLE OF MAN TT go check out the racers with the BIGGEST balls in the world.

[@gr0bbelaar]

Yeah, the mountain course is brilliant, like all those British real road racing circuits, like Dundrod or the NW200. But in my post I was referring to auto racing. :-)

[@r.bartholemy1511]

Na actually i think he is right. The corner at Stavelot was famous for his spectaculair crashes.

[@michaelmartin9022]

Quinney84 It's actually kind of amazing the TT is still allowed in "Britain"(ish).

[@NiHi557]

for the Spa 6h in 2016 I got to drive the old track from Stavelot corner up to Curve Paul Frere where our parking spot was. Had absolute goosebumps cause I knew that it was the old GP track I was driving on :D

[@NiHi557]

Oh I just drove my dad's car and we were stuck in traffic, I just get too excited about stuff like that xD

[@JamesMossR33]

Whoa that was proper seat of the pants racing, I was on the edge of my seat just a real shame the game crashed. It gave a great sense of how those historic cars handled. Thank you. I'm still grinning now...and trying to work out how I can afford a new PC, wheel and VR!

[@Iceman07phi]

Acctually this is a very nice example of local weather in the game. When it starts raining most of the track seems to be just damp but at one point the track is suddenly totally wet. Then after some corners its damp again. The wet part of the track starts at 16:20 and ends at 17:30 in his video. So its raining more in one part of the track than in other parts of the track.

[@Aardvark892]

"Totally doing it on purpose now 'cause it's fun" That made my day, right off the bat. Another great video, Jimmy. Thank you very much!

[@StuartGarlick]

Oh. My. God. You are GOOD. Never seen anyone handle an old car in a sim straight off the bat with that much confidence on the edge.

[@willbarine]

Sweet dude some more great content! Im keen for another gt4 sesh, you have definitely inspired me to get my hands on a copy and relive those childhood memories! Peace out my man.

[@kingspeedwagon2271]

7:55 Jimmy: I JUST KILLED SOMEONE The guy in the car he thinks he killed: Thanks for the boost bro!

[@shynnynn]

These classic car races are some of the most intense racing videos I've ever watched. It gets so active when you see the wheel moving so much and the cars sliding all over the place and the AI crazy af when they drive. These videos are great.

[@bulathusainov8326]

VR quality is improved, much more pleasure to watch! Great content, as always!

[@gtjackson]

I think what I enjoyed the most about this video (or almost *any* of your videos for that matter) is how well you play the racer AND commentary at the same time. Not to mention your magnificent driving. The only other sim racer I watch that has great driving is ViporConcept. I'm glad I found this channel. Cheers✨

[@RobertS122]

So if you flipped over in this car you were basically dead

[@arekuisanda]

Robert S most likely unless a miracle

[@MadAlPlays]

that's why the didn't wear seatbelts, hopefully you got flung out somewhere safe... (wing and a prayer and all that!)

[@HandlesSuck123]

Mad Al and by safe you mean a tree or a barbed wire fence to get decapitated on like Bristow.

[@madmax2069]

Robert S hitting a bug in this car and you was dead

[@tankermottind]

A couple decades earlier and the driver would have a LEATHER helmet on. Talk about dead.

[@Cinzzano5]

Jimmy, you're probably one of the rare breeds to be driving with cockpit cam and I truly enjoy watching your videos. Most of racing games videos are driven with 3rd person and by my standards that's not how it should be done.

[@DeathBringer769]

Well, he is in VR in this video, kind of designed for first person with racing games. Third person would feel really weird and kind of defeat the point in this application. I have seen some cool overhead strategy/board games that worked well with a third person perspective in VR though.

[@seraphim552]

Ha. This is awesome. I can only imagine F1 drivers doing their own commentary in their heads like this when driving. You have a future in TV. Keep it up.

[@Rawsawn]

This looks a lot more fun than GT3 series where you either just keep the line or spin out like crazy.. this is hands on, love it, i wish racing was more like this

[@magzire]

jimmy drives like in a 50s movie. the fake steering lol

[@magzire]

show me a video with a driver constantly moving a wheel in straight line lol

[@CaroFDoom]

basically like a wannabe keiichi tsuchiya

magzire I guess you've never seen ANY race in the 50s or 40s then? Or you would know that with old suspension gemotry and skinny bis ply tires you basically steer the car with the throttle and oversteer and make a shit ton of corrections through the steering.

[@RKOzza]

+Magzire ???

[@djsnoopmike]

magzire these cars don't have the high speed stability like modern cars do. Skinny ass tires, negative camber, and zero downforce You always have to be making constant steering corrections, even on a straight line

[@paolostrada93]

This is the video that convinced me to get a wheel and start sim racing. Thanks jimmer 😁

[@janrdoh]

I loved that weather transition from hot day to light rain into quick shower just like where I live.

[@ProjektONE]

7:57 "Oh GOD IVE JUST KILLED SOMEONE" LMAO!! Love your commentary! Subscribed!

[@donaldfedosiuk1638]

The first Formula One season I followed was 1960's. In those days "following" GP racing from the States meant haunting a single newstand downtown where you could get a copy of The Autocar six weeks after the fact and read the race story and look at the grainy photos. Spa that year was a horrorshow -- Two promising British racers -- Chris Bristow who raced for (I think) the Laystall privateer team) and Alan Stacey, who was the third driver in the Lotus team behind John Surtees and Jim Clark -- were both killed. And no less than Stirling Moss, driving Rob Walker's Lotus 18, had a huge shunt in practice in which he sustained broken limbs and a head injury and was hospitalized for weeks thereafter. As Jimmy says, the cars of the time were just "great tubs of petrol" lacking self-sealing tanks, rollover bars and belts. It was not for nothging the Lotus 18 -- arguably the fastest car of the season -- was dubbed "The Flying Matchbox." Max Mosely has the line about remembering "when sex was safe and racing was dangerous" and he pretty much got in one. That said, it was an incredible era of racing and this video is one of the neater things I've seen in a LONG time!

[@beetesjuice]

And I get trolled for my wheel movements...bahaha Great video!

[@Prinz_Kasper]

At least your headmovement isn't this shakey :P

[@petrmiskerik]

I love Jimmy's videos. It inspire me to choose the same game/track and car and do the same as him :-)

[@JohannDaart]

Great vid! Thanks! It's always nice to see some historic tracks and cars :) I like historic spa a lot, although current version of it is also fun for me... Going down fast from Rivage to Pouhon (feels like roller-coaster), then fast Les Fagnes and Stavlot.

[@dasstig5274]

Really intense racing, and your commentary made it more so. VR looks like the future for sim racing!

[@touc2001]

7:55 proper LOL, great video cant wait for this game

[@coppermine64]

Great race. I play old Spa more than any other track at the moment. The old drivers must have been carrying cannon balls round in their pants. Great vid Jimmy.

[@ziggythecartoon]

I love your live commentary. It's exciting to listen to. Cheers!

[@Bandit-Darville]

Okay, that was weird and cool at the same time; While you where driving the first part, as the rain intensified, it also did right outside my door here and thunder sounded right where the game crashed.. Some VR experience aye!?

[@boijorzee]

I love the rendition of historic spa in PC2. GT3 racing is great and all but nothing beats rocketing down this track in a classic death box. It instantly gives you a +1 in manliness.

[@perpub]

Just recently discovered your channel. Subscribed! How is it that you only have 61K subscribers? You're an awesome sim driver and commentator. Nice channel.

[@ricky3698]

He is easily the most enthusiastic player I may have ever seen. Makes the videos more exciting lol

[@niklassilen4313]

This looks absolutely awesome!! Man I'm so tempted to get myself a new system just be able to play in VR.

[@YouNeverComeCloser]

despite the game crashing still the best game racing video i ever saw ..

[@LUNATIC75]

I was knackered just watching this! Brings back a few memories of GPL, back in the dark ages.

[@albertorossi2112]

Omg finally a driver youtuber that knows what is he doing

[@CFC-qu9kt]

Was looking in the menu´s where the commentary option was, than I realized it was you doing yourself. Great job.

[@munkytaint666]

i fell IN LOVE with the historic Spa layout when playing Grand Prix Legends back in the the day... been a love affair i've yet to quit.

[@xboxx706]

the guys who raced back in the days in these Death cars is the crazyest drivers ever raceing

[@Feintgames]

I don't have VR yet, but my god that was an exiting race. You looking over to see those gorgeous Aston's and the sense of speed, seems incredible.

[@briol912able]

Thank you. You are very entertaining. much better than watching the real thing.

[@RyanX1899]

Getting motion sickness watching this, your head is jinking around like crazy! Go easy on the caffeine hehe. Looks awesome though, love to try out these classic cars on this track.

[@cozza1991]

Great commentary. "OOH HES HAVING A HOT BATH IN PETROL!"

[@alexschmidt3692]

really liked the locallized weather when you hit the heavy rain at 16:30

[@fiutare1]

Whoopeee! The "Grand Prix Legend" feeling will be back soon! Made my preorder today. Can't wait. The Rift is ready!!!!

[@jimshoemaker1258]

Hahaha using a bit of the inside he's got the whole car in the grass nice video I love it

[@nicolesgaming8917]

I wonder what modern F1 cars would be like around historic Spa in the snow....

[@PaulMcElligott]

Aidan Millard did a video like that.

[@ale-lp]

NOOO! I can't believe the game crashed so close to the end! Nice video, PC2 AI looks fun and crazy to race...

[@_pjd]

Nice driving on a car that is more than a handful! Thanks for the video!

[@burdineestep4224]

J.B. The best videos. Funny as hell. Very nice J!IMMY !!!!

[@tranquilcoast]

it's so exciting the way you commentate, I'd imagine it's similar to the way the historic commentators did it

[@thegamer-gn7tv]

Jimmy please may you do a btcc series

[@thegamer-gn7tv]

On projectcars

[@glynnharvey4037]

that would be awesome

[@brendancarter3453]

Is this the car carol shelby drove at Le Mans before he became part of the Gt40 development? I can’t quite remember but I believe it was this car. I know he drove a winning car at Le Mans in the late 50s but that’s about it haha

[@PaulMcElligott]

Yes.

[@axellofgren7679]

Please do more of these! It was so exciting to watch!

[@arnardorvignisson5741]

love the video, the game crashed but it was still i think the most entertaining video on youtube love your channel btw

[@Dylan-W]

the angle the head sits when you do vr makes it kinda hard to watch jimmers. But still great stuff to watch man, killer commentating as always

[@NigraXXL]

Damn I'd love to see a 360° version of these videos. VR racing in PC2 looks like SO much fun but most of us can't afford it. I do have a cardboard viewer though :)

[@Erowens98]

A cheaper alternative to VR is Track IR. It's basically just headtracking, if you have a large monitor and or multiple it can be quite immersive, not as good as actual VR though but much cheaper. Not sure if PC2 supports it though, i used to use it all the time in warthunder.

[@spaceman-pe5je]

it supports eye tacking now@@Erowens98

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

How is the performance compared to PCARS1 (not VR)? Thank you! ps: Your driving style appears to be pretty much spot on from what I've seen in vintage racecars today. I just wish the AI behaved like 1950s racing drivers and not like Formula E ones...

[@mdegroat]

Enjoying the VR stuff a bunch.👌🏻

[@Ken_McIntosh]

I have not done any sim racing since my Grand Prix Legends days back in '98, '99 and 2000. I used to love this track in GPL.

[@ghostreconfreaks]

Youre a very funny guy. Youre voice remembers me the enthusiastic description of the villeneuve-arnoux battle in dijon in 79... nicevid welldone man..)

[@stunsisacul]

Looks really good. Go find the book "The Limit", it's about the 1961 GP season. It shows how insane the tracks and cars were back then. Sadly that season had a higher body count than a Friday the 13th movie.

[@nickygonzalez2276]

HAHAHA that number 6 tho! them moves, that dive. Perfect!

[@dalton-at-work]

this looks unbelievably fun, arguments on realism aside

[@RonniePeterson]

I cannot believe the comments from all the people below on steering wheel movement in cars of this era????? Stick to your modern cars and arcade racers if you want the steering wheel to remain straight on the straights lol

[@fl00rmatt64]

RonniePeterson very true

[@meeterhead462]

Awesome drive . To bad the software crashed . I was totally into the run .. only thing missing was a little more engine sounds. Keep up the cool videos .

[@TotoDG]

Vintage Indycar at Monza Oval! -If you go for the Watson, you can prove the front engined car's competitiveness. -If you go for the Lotus 38, you can have an easy time as it's the easiest one to drive. -If you go for the Lotus 56, you can dominate in the turbine and all-wheel drive racer. All my summaries suck, but hopefully, you should get the idea.

[@robinbarbieto1121]

It looks like Jimmy figured out how to record VR for KZbin, great video M8! 👍

[@GTI1dasOriginal]

Been watching your vids for about a week now, After watching this one: Subbed. ;) Merry Christmas!!

[@mmutch7575]

The amazing thing is that this version is not only less accurate, but in my opinion has worse graphics than the Spa '67 track mod released for GPL in 2014, a track created around the limitations of a now 20-year old sim. Seriously, what's with Malmedy in this version? If you go to google earth and find where Malmedy is, it looks nothing like that, it is in fact relatively flat.

[@Stevenchefjones]

Always love the content jimmy..

[@ragsmartel5629]

Great commentary. You'd be good as a Murray Walker type on TV.

[@WillHancock]

Wow! Really working that wheel!

[@MikeM-mo1kq]

Worrying that the track suddenly becomes wet just after 16:20. The sound effects change as if a switch has been turned on. I hope livetrack 3.0 hasn't been over-hyped :(

[@xcruzrr6]

Old Spa! Haven't raced there since Grand Prix Legends. Fast and EXTREMELY dangerous track. One mistake and it's over...literally.

[@caverntaylor4773]

Jimmy's racing is looking like spongebob's driving lessons lol, constantly moving the wheel left to right lol

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

that's how force feedback works...

[@kpag3030]

The VR racing is so freakin cool. One day I’ll pick up some VR.

[@jeremywilliams9470]

great announcing skills Jimmer

[@georgejones8895]

My all time favorite version of Spa.

[@mr_dub]

Not sure how i feel about the menu's but god damn i'm excited for Project Cars.

[@coffinbunnyzoey]

handling the steering wheel just like classic james bond would with his aston lmao

[@ExtremeMusicPromotion]

youre a great commentator dude, you could be on TV for sure.

[@rickygreene3205]

Sick bro keep up the good work man 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@geetuz]

Always loved this version of Spa in GPL. With my Thrustmaster T2!

[@Nanogrip]

Wow looks like fun, and you'd definitely do great as a racing commentator!

[@frankschroder3179]

Jimmy I´m afraid you have to repeat the lap at Spa in the snow: set the season = snow instead of winter so you´ll get a snowy road instead of a wet track only. Choose the studded tyres and enjoy! :)

[@sawyerlawler2489]

jimmy's sawing the wheel in order to maintain control of the car... spa's track is notoriously bumpy and features many high speed turns with dangerous low shoulders, elevation changes, hills etc. The car he's driving is old af, so the suspension isn't great and neither is the chassis; the car will feel much 'softer' and will react to bumps in weird ways due to the loose steering feel, requiring much more... animated inputs to correct body roll

[@Xraid32]

Great video. Can you bring back the pedal cam? Not sure why you removed it. Would be nice to see footwork on these older cars that require a lot of it.

[@zacharyjoseph6096]

Such great commentary👌🏻👍🏻 Just subscribed keep up the good work bro👍🏻❤️

[@psychosp3ctr313]

FRIGGIN BRILLIANT JIMMY

[@kimmossige263]

Love your videos. Just a little tip though. If you're gonna continue to use VR in your videos, you should try to avoid the temptation of erratic head movements when recording. Makes it easier for us to watch :)

[@00UltraNick00]

I wonder if like endurance or f1 drivers ever say, "the guys in the crowd are still in shorts and t-shirts, they just give no shits about the rain"

[@paultreneary]

Wow! I remember fighting the steering on the '67 Spa in a Lotus in GPL (with the classic Wingman Formula Force wheel), but these are awesome graphics (kinda how I saw it in my head in GPL at the time!). So tempted with VR and PCars 2 - currently have a 22" monitor and a G27 with PCars at the moment (with an i5 and a GTX970) - I'd be interested to know how much grunt you need to play PCars2 with a headset (could be my xmas pressie to myself). Keep it up.

[@jcgabriel1569]

How crazy old Spa is? Well, the races held at Spa back then had the smallest grids of all the major European circuits because drivers TEND TO AVOID IT. For example, at the 1951 Formula 1 season, the number of entries at the Belgian GP is only 16, whereas on the other Championship rounds the number of entries range from 20 to 25. Hell, the German GP, held at the old Nurburgring Nordschleife, had 26 entries!

[@DrewMaw]

WOW! Can't wait to play this! GR :)

[@SkateGeneva]

Hey jimmer ! Can you do a video with really downforce heavy car such as a formula or a prototype car ? It woulld be really interesting to see how the game works arround the downforce loss at low speed : for example in AC as soon as you slow down and lose all your downforce the car behaves as if it was on ice, and you break traction and lose grip in places you should not. Thanks mate I love your videos keep it up !

[@MrsTrggo]

Try masta kink when driving formula X, I crashed into building every time.