The World's Fastest Alien

[@tvLAND3458]

This man threw up and just pulled in all calm "I'm sick". Legendary

[@Super_GT]

This is a great story, love it.

[@blockhead330]

Hey I love your videos cool to see you here

[@HaVoXUnleashed]

u da best

[@nun6996]

love your stuff mate

[@SkreetVette]

Fancy seeing you here

[@joaopedrobarbosa3378]

Please no punterino... Wait, wrong channel...

[@demon1954]

Add fitness, extra upper body strength, and simply more chance to get used to real G forces, and this guy will find another 5 seconds.

[@RomanGalon]

I was about to say the same thing :) its distracting him and slowing him down but excellent driving !

[@HorseFromHell]

Or that sim racers who eat cheese burgers and drink diet coke are out of shape? lol

[@dazzaskillz9278]

Dave Moore Lol the virgin spewed lmfao!!!

[@vanagsss]

Dazza skillz you would do the same

[@davidwhite7002]

Ernest Dazza would do the same and would be 10 seconds slower.

[@mesirull1009]

Awesome supportive team who sets up the car and the pit crew. Awesome people.

[@thierryman]

Of course they included the bit where he puked while racing.

[@vanpenguin22]

Here's a thought. Let's have him be the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car!

[@LuizSPK]

+vanpenguin22 Would be awesome.

[@testacorsa150]

+vanpenguin22 That is a brilliant idea!

[@CMH-aviation]

vanpenguin22 nice top gear reference

[@alejmc]

Right? These racing car they put him through seemed a bit much for starters... My first time driving hard 'reasonably priced cars' I almost puked after a day of tracking it.

[@TheGozzila]

@@alejmc I mean I guess they really wanted to see what an excellent sim racer could do in a real race car. Kind of hard to that if the dude is training with track cars online, and then throw him into a civic and put him on an easy track.

[@reactor4]

jesus, trying to get Fin to talk.. god

[@yammmit]

reactor4 I think I still talk less than he does.

[@canertwo]

Even a real alien would have more charisma LOL

[@projectilequestion]

I think he may be the Stig.

[@Marc-zi4vg]

this makes conversation with raikkonen a miracle lol

[@bymafia2606]

canertwo just because you’re quiet doesn’t mean you have no charisma, idiot.

[@darthaeon]

remember he is not used to G-force so he kinda puts a limiter on himself without realising.

[@lilkris3008]

Nelson Armada biggest shock when I finally got to go around a track. You suddenly don’t want to plant it when your actual life is on the line lol

[@TheRacerChannel]

This story never gets old. Still so inspiring a decade later.

[@OhItsThat]

Goes to show you need to be in great physical shape to be a racer car driver..

[@icebox829]

Its mostly the G forces and hes not used to that too. But hes from finland and he went to Atlanta and that is a HUGE climate change.

[@dineontitan5170]

OhItsThat also goes to show sim racer can also drive in real life

[@LukasWanner]

OhItsThat I am driving karts

[@Drewbyy]

Lukas* good on you :)

[@BANG1681]

+icebox829 It's far more then just the G's, It's the fear. When you play a sim, you don't have to worry about what might happen if you crash.

[@rekcik15]

its nice to see everyone supporting him. i race in SCCA which is filled with either young guns, or the old school grassroots dudes - very few in between. The old school guys ive heard adamantly deny that iracing is real racing and they could never replicate that in a real car. almost like they would love to see someone like gregger fail. it was awesome to see a group of guys who wanted nothing more than for him to succeed

[@myhrcat]

Wow, I played that Indy 500 game when I was a kid and now I'm on iRacing!

[@AMRosa10]

I think that what this movie shows very well is that motorsports athletes are truly that, athletes. While reflexes, coordination, and decision making are key skills, there is a whole other aspect to the physical forces and conditions that the driver/pilot must overcome to even turn a fast practice lap. No doubt with the proper training and preparation Gregger and all of the sim to track racers will be successful, but in order to take that next step they need to become conditioned athletes to go along with their car control skills.

[@xBatboys4]

+AMRosa10 Exactly, that makes the difference.

[@bastianmann4936]

+AMRosa10 Norbert Michelisz, a hungarian touringcar driver, started his motorsport career in simracing. Now he is a decent racedriver in the real world. So what you said is very true, with some car experience and gym time one can make it to real life racing.

[@CanYouFoush]

Will Byron started by playing iRacing and he just won the NASCAR Xfinity series championship as a rookie.

[@waqidj]

AMRosa10 it’s a sport. Regardless of the sport every professional from racing to gymnastics have a natural ability. There is no comparison. I don’t care for the argument that it’s a sport or not a sport. The fact is the 99.9% of people cannot keep up with a Tour de France cyclist or drive a car around SPA with 20 other drivers and keep consistent lap times and not fly into a wall. Most folks do not respect that which is foreign to them. For instance I always thought gold was a stupid sport until I tried it . I quickly developed a new found respect for what they do. What’s the difference between sport and game? Sportsman play a game. A sportsman is Driving a car trying to win the game which is a race. Stupid argument that I used to make which makes no sense now that I’ve broadened my mind. Oh how i wish others would do that as well...

[@Chris-xl6pd]

@@waqidj U wot m80

[@phatone911]

I feel bad for him that he got sick. I guess living down here all my life, just kinda normal (even though July/August SUCK!) to be so dang hot and humid. Glad they adapted and got him back out there. Good story and VERY humble guy. Hard to come by these days. Best in the world at this, even over pro drivers and as humble/normal as can be. Love it. This just sealed the deal for me and investing in some hardware and iRacing.

[@phatone911]

Yup...didnt think about that. Kinda unavoidable really

[@Vizual_Racing]

Iracing is by far the best sim out there. Been on the sim for about a year now and I still can't get enough of it.

[@the_runing_man3847]

Vizual1677 i

[@spectraleggings]

Been simracing for the past 20 years and it is by far not the best imho.

[@mikehawk1733]

what is the best? curious

[@jensmartinhedegaardanderse767]

Iracing

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Aside from Assetto Corsa, I agree.

[@justincox5939]

Pushing a virtual car to limits is one thing. Pushing a real car, pushing your body and pushing your fear levels to the max is what makes that extra 3 seconds possible. Great story

[@maxseidenstuecker]

After having done a few driver trainings and track days myself after ten years of sim racing experience I can tell that it really helps in understanding vehicle dynamics, racing line and how to control a car over the limit as well as with hand-feet-eye coordination. Of course it can't take away everything from real world driving, but it helps to connected the sensations to known pattern, its a joy. It takes so much of the learning curve on real competitive driving and learning the track away it phenomenal. For being out only those two days in those nimble race cars Gregger did awesome IMHO! I wouldn't have been able to do that quick on my first training. Thats talent! :-)

[@LuizSPK]

+Max Seidenstücker Indeed. And what's to be remembered is: he's far from the fitness of a regular racing driver. Greger isn't way over the weight, but he still not being an athlete. And to keep the focus dealing with the physical wear, it's a pretty good job.

[@Bracci0]

+Max Seidenstücker yeah it helps a lot, really. I have a friend who does simracing for like 7 years, and now he can take part in a kinda strong central-european suzuki swift championship, and he's damn good, podiums and stuff, even there are internationally experienced (WTCC 1 race, ETCC, TCR) drivers in the field yeah he is talented, but he woudln't be anywhere without simulators, because he lernt all the stuff there this century could be the century of the aliens on track

[@Chris-xl6pd]

Fear is the biggest change and the actual physical senses being battered by real driving. They talk about "seat of the pants feeling" which is jsut something you never get with sim racing, you think so much of your driving in a sim environment and in real racing you feel it.

[@BiggHoss]

dale having problems reading the que cards.. lol

[@PolishAlexx]

because of this video i bought a 3 months subscription with iRacing

[@buzzin-hornet]

Massively impressive and he's such a nice guy! No doubt he would find more time with a little more experience and on a day when he's not spewing he's guts up! Nice job Greger!

[@NicolasSoto19]

It is beatiful how the hard work of a very good driver can give him things like driving a real car. I see that Greger is like Kimi Raikkonen for the way he talks, even the voice i think is similar.

[@CiverBeats]

+Nicolas Soto it's almost the same voice hahaha

[@RawracingYT92]

I'm so glad I found this video... Iracing is an amazing sim/racing game. Its been really great to understand how it all started and where it started from. Iracing simulator has bought me so much fun and bought joy to my life even when times have been hard. What an amazing documentary. Thank you

[@georgegividen]

Very cool video. I love that you all did it right. Took it very seriously, worked within his limitations. Well done.

[@impact296]

that guy didn't look excited at all if it was me i would be fliping out of joy xD

[@gewoontimm]

the look of a men on a mission...

[@matta2738]

Hes just from Finland. That's about as emotional as they get.

[@filips989]

The guy is Finnish, what did you expect?!

[@FTRRacingTv]

lol true its too cold to go outside so they have to find something else to do

[@sirsparv6427]

He finnishes the races quickly

[@JDeezle21]

Also you guys did a good job with communication and adapting to his personality

[@Otakahunt]

Our motto is proven to be correct time and time again. :P "Finland, world's fastest country"

[@3DWHIZZ]

I'm from Canada,... I won't argue 👍

[@tloh141]

RIP skip barber, you will be truly missed in the south.

[@124swag]

This guy needs an ice cream

[@Balleknack]

Greger Huttu is such a nice guy!!! Helpful and really nice! Used to race against him in GPL and he gladly shared setups, tips etc.! Totally awesome guy!!!

[@Icosiol]

Oh man...I was not ready to see Justin Wilson. So sad to have lost him the way we did. He was a great talent.

[@fatimasmb]

R.I.P Justin Wilson

[@austinjohnson9059]

Yeah :,(

[@mysticadvance4653]

+FixedLizard9 NVRS hey fixed

[@austinjohnson9059]

oh hey

[@SteamKing2160]

RIP indeed

[@LightGesture]

?huh

[@SairAerwyn]

What a great video you guys. It's awesome to see this 'star level treatment' on a guy who obviously is a star. Nice work.

[@annekedebruyn7797]

Surely sim racing will never compete with real racing but this showed the worst case scenario for someone (heat, no driving license, stress of never driving a car or being on a plane) and still holding his own on the track. That's really something for simracing.

[@basstrammel1322]

Good point! And his sim driving is way more lucrative if he manage to monetize it. Risk free as well, and no jet lag.

[@Notinserviceij]

This comment has aged quite quickly

[@annekedebruyn7797]

@@Notinserviceij In what way?

[@Notinserviceij]

@@annekedebruyn7797 leaving being the only racing at the moment 🤣🤣

[@annekedebruyn7797]

@@Notinserviceij Ah yeah but it's still not the same as real racing.

[@mybigtuba]

Congratulations Hutu! You deserved that experience. I really hope that you enjoyed the moment. I also agree that you should be proud of your achievements! The video of your lap is amazing :)

[@FabulousFab72]

Great story. I had the privilege to race once with Gregger in a GPL race back in the days. To be honest never saw him much in race, I was so far away behind ^^

[@Loganberrybunny]

Sounds familiar! I had a similar experience. Nothing fancy, not even a league, just a plain old pickup race on VROC sometime in the early 2000s. I think it might have been Spa, but I'm not 100% certain; I could be blurring memories together. I remember I was in a Brabham, which I really liked driving at Spa and got down to the low 3:19s -- I was only ever faster in the Eagle. Not exactly WR material even back then, but competitive enough that I won races from time to time. Suffice to say Mr Huttu was faster. Okay, he was (I think) in a Lotus, but that wasn't the reason; he was just faster. A lot faster. A lot lot faster. Than everyone. He won the race by a street, unsurprisingly. Even back then he was a superstar of sim racing, so I think some of us were a little starstruck that he'd just wander into a pickup race with a bunch of random people and have fun racing. :)

[@woopteedeewoopteedye]

Great initiative from everyone involved. I remember Jacques Villeneuve mentioning way back that he used a sim back then to learn tracks he wasn't familiar with.

[@chrismiksworld]

How amazing this was I ove how everyone was just so on board with the whole thing so cool

[@evanforst7272]

I love the finns, they're so straight forward about everything... Exept corners

[@Sendit77]

love the lap at the end he is on it hard and only getting warmed up

[@thetalkingelement2415]

Yeah, fitness is the obvious key here for true success. Is there an update?

[@mybadvette]

Awesome job Gregor !!!!

[@petertimowreef9085]

Looks like a pretty serious piece of kit for a first time driver. Maybe an old MX-5 or something would have been better.

[@leksasdf]

Only 150hp? You have any idea how much that thing weighs??

[@leksasdf]

Completely besides the point, you wouldn't give a 1000cc bike to a first timer on a track would you? Also don't forget he also drove the star mazda sufficiently with 110hp more and almost 100kg less.

[@alejmc]

+Nanderlizer Nanderlizer: I don't know about you, but driving just normal 75+hp go karts for 20mins is a physically taxing activity. Do they at least have assisted steering?

[@chuckystang]

what go kart do you drive with 75hp!? hah

[@chuckystang]

I simply can not imagine what that must be like!

[@eagleone5456]

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah." For real though, great story and really shows how athletic these drivers are

[@bbbbBEOTCH]

22:16 looks like he prolly got more motion sick than anything, dudes a bobble head lol...or cuz of the adrenaline...i gagged and almost yaked when skydiving once the chute was pulled lol

[@brockbain8656]

NoSkillzJustGillz or it's because he lives in one of the coldest countries in the world then spent the day in a racing suit in Georgia...

[@waqidj]

NoSkillzJustGillz they siad he had a touch of the flu or a bug. That with hot weather doesn’t help.

[@neomeg2232]

Road Atlanta also has a ton of elevation change

[@garyholbrook9951]

Been Iracing for 4+ years now and (sim) racing is an awesome hobby while some may talk about the cost its really cheap in my opinion with all the promotions they have and the fact that they pay you to race it cost me little per year ... You don't need to buy all the car's and tracks , I mostly oval race so really don't buy much on the road racing side... Iracing all so pays you to race up to $10. every quarter so if you race there is half the yearly membership right there and wait for member promotions you can really save... anyway great hobby love it !

[@Chris-xl6pd]

"mostly oval race" Congratulations for not even fake racing correctly.

[@bigbluexxxl2493]

@@Chris-xl6pd tell me you know nothing about racing without telling me…

[@BryonLape]

What an experience for him.

[@TheLinkMedic]

The guys at the race school seem really friendly and professional

[@aidenperry2900]

Rip 3:57

[@yommish]

Impressive showing and seems like a cool guy. I have no doubt he would be seriously quick with a little more experience and acclimatization.

[@JuniorNitroJunki]

What an AMAZING video!!! GREAT story and what a DUDE!!! Well done guys

[@11green11]

You guys answered so many questions with this video! Go Gregor!

[@pcnazz]

Hi Greger , I'm aka rocky9mm or JayRock , I'm new to sim racing just one month in . Congrats to you on your recent F1 win and your great experience you had driving in the real world car . Best of good luck to you in the future , I'll be watching for more from you , take care man .

[@Forde3654Eire]

Looking forward to come across Gregger Huttu in a race :) I'll be joining iRacing soon!

[@besiktassiyah]

He should say " I know what i am doing.. leave me alone "

[@lefthook613]

Goes to show us though just how effective mental training alone can be (Huttu playing IRacing) when you want to get into racing! Amazing. Impressive I think.

[@OGmolton1]

Indy 500, I loved that game on my 12MHz computer, not as much as Iracing with the vive though

[@ZBoogie-tz7tm]

Roses are red Violets are blue There's always an alien That's faster than you

[@ZBoogie-tz7tm]

@FILIPE SALVINO yes

[@jbot6902]

What a great story !! Humble genius !

[@docsgearheadgaming2503]

Huttu using modified tire friction files. (Joking of course) But it makes me feel faster :D Lmao. Huttu is crazy fast. Huttu and Kimo.... 2 of the fastest guys ive come across in iRacing. Glad Huttu got a shout out :D

[@dimag0g]

Guess I'm gonna put a 10+ years experience in Starcraft on my CV and apply to a position in middle management =)

[@mynuggets_oz779]

nice lap time and he isnt used to being overheated in the suits and cockpit, pretty impressive and great story. im a new iracer :)

[@chrisr236]

Come on iRacing, please invest more into this guy. I'd love to see how good he could get.

[@mad-b264]

Fair play this proves a valuable point, in learning the track inside out, if you a good driver the two will go hand in hand, I only just got into sim racing an can understand how sim racing can make you faster, I prefer the rally myself but still, this guy done well, oh an I never seen him stall on the take off, take my hat off too him...................

[@Hanzales077]

I like how David smiled after he said "so we'll see how this works out" :)

[@tedthemoose]

i've been racing online for years now -grand prix legends, gtr, and iracing, but it wasn't until last year that i had my 1st go in a 'real' racecar. while iracing can teach you the car control physics, braking points, etc, what it doesn't prepare you for is the sensation of speed and how you need to manage your heart rate and breathing (my first thought after one lap- "holy cow, I wish I was fitter!!") considering that, he did a great job! hope for iracers everywhere that one day, maybe...

[@JDeezle21]

You guys should do a yearly or semi annual contest to bring new top sim racers to skip racing school.

[@RomanBelan505]

I had the same story. I won virtual Motul Challenge in Russia, and received a 1 full day on Sochi Autodrom in Mitjet 2L. It was my first time in a real race car,and after 3 practices(20min each) I made a time,that was about 3 sec slower than ProDrivers.

[@benclimo461]

Wow that's amazing very well done man!

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

Every sim racers dream for sure. Great video.

[@Satanjugend]

yeah

[@FBIIlIlIlIIlIl]

Yeah.

[@pdb7110]

Yeah

[@EdBert]

Papyrus' Indy 500 was the 3rd PC game I ever bought. Still have the box and the 5.25 floppies!

[@ComdrStew]

Looking back at the graphics of those old games, I remember when those graphics were extremely good lol.

[@MrSpetsnaz]

The FIA and GT6 have a partnership which in an Online racing series will be made for 2015. Why they didn't get into contact with iRacing I'll never know..

[@timwhiskerd2133]

what a surprise !

[@trent3727]

i hope iracing do more of these experiments

[@randomdude8877]

Very cool story!

[@askperts1]

Very cool. I suspect he simply got some motion sickness. Like riding a roller coaster for the first time. That feeling in your belly. He just needs to get acclimated to the g-forces and movement. In shape and confident, I think he could be magical behind the wheel. If he was hungry enough to make the transition. Well done video

[@Toshirozawa]

What a fantastic story!!

[@RichardSchouteren]

He is a boss. Looked like he didnt puch at all in his hotlap, could do much quicker.

[@JesusIsGod222]

wow nice story it touches me ... you go gregg

[@HawkOfGP]

Actually, having read Greger's account of his trip, he was coming down with a fever that day he drove the Star Mazda. He said he spent the next couple of days in a haze while traveling home in a plane. Just some bad luck with the timing.

[@daisect2676]

He's a man with many words.

[@crazymxrider]

He is Finnish, we Finns never show any emotions or talk much, we are cold as ice, that's why Kimi Räikkönen is called "Iceman"...

[@shoent]

very cool stuff! I can hear Greger thinking: these graphics are amazing

[@yhd4711499]

and gforce too

[@MadJDMTurboBoost]

I wish they had more racing footage like from his perspective

[@illiteratethug3305]

5:17 Great game and everything, but Finland isn't in Scandinavia...

[@WETREPUBLICTV]

Bono Huis vs Gregger Huttu! This would be awesome !

[@MrNeverlookbehind]

not much to say it to speaks for itself we the race it's already know it in the rest of the world finely saw proof awesome day at the track. Dave Kaemmer you are one true visionary.

[@MiniCHAMP7]

The only way I was able to beat Gregor was when I had the Lotus. This is GPL I'm talking about. They had a bracket style elimination championship and in the final matchup it was Gregor and myself. The ace was at Spa. I jumped out to the lead but he quickly ran me down, passed me cleanly and went on to an easy win, to take that title. I'm honored to have raced with Gregor, and I hope to do it again some day. - SAVATS

[@PaweStepien92]

"yeah"

[@ugn669]

Oh wow, i didnt know that its the same people behind iracing as were behind indy 500. I remember playing countless hours of that game... had no clue what indy racing even was, i was like 11. Managed to figure out what to do by trial and error.

[@gradermancat9819]

I've been racing 35 years dirt track late models and street stock's 1000 HP and I've done the online stuff it's fun and gives you the basics but nothing compares to the real deal the sounds smells and vibration and the traffic and bumping and rubbing and the fear

[@SyLens1]

Give this man a real training and he can beat any racing driver out there

[@Duuk_the_Dog]

15:38 nice and safe run off areas

[@randomi38]

it's the pitlane

[@Duuk_the_Dog]

@@randomi38 fair enough!

[@philc3912]

sim racer on iracing "If i push really hard i might win" -puts foot down. sim racer on a real track "if i push really hard i might wake up in hospital with no legs -if i get lucky" -eases up on the gas.

[@danielwood8864]

haha.. it's Bottas with different hair!! brilliant driving!

[@tamezzodiac2862]

If they only kept the NASCAR license think of how good nascar games could be.

[@midnoob1650]

But is the world interested in Nascar?

[@n8lang]

Mid Noob1 I am

[@TacticalJay62]

NASCAR isn’t for the world it’s for Americans like football we all enjoy it

[@flashpeter625]

Like a boss, Mr. Huttu, like a boss.

[@Ztex]

HA! Makes Kimi look like a party animal! lol Very cool.

[@SuperColossal33]

@ProdriveHD iracing gave the winner of the first Jetta TDI a real racecar and entered him in the real raceseries, he won a few races and rookie of the year last year (Wyatt Gooden)

[@FatalMistake465]

the force feedback quality must have been great!!!!!!!!