This Race Shouldn't Even be Possible

[@mrbruh3541]

Super GT driving a Super GT car in Gran Turismo. What a time to be alive.

[@Vandyt842]

Ass suckers are a new species what a time to be alive 🫤

[@ensral]

Absolutely sensational!

[@Vandyt842]

@@ensral thanks I thought as much too 😏

[@mogwix]

absolutely incredible scenes

[@loganxmartucci]

super gt in a super gt on a track that’s on the super gt calendar?!

[@jamesgilbert124]

The Merc loses a bunch of time around turn 4, but going 188 mph on the straight activates the Flux Capacitor and it gains it all back.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

and that’s why they shouldn’t have put that in Gr.2. that car with no BoP is an absolute monster

[@benjackson6260]

It's a legend for a reason is it not... And I was literally think about commenting that its like is has N2O on and is just blasting past everything... But Steve took the words out of my mouth...

[@saturnascension]

@@GoatedAtNFS It has nothing to fo with BoP it just has way less downforce and that's why it sucks in the mid-high speed corners and makes it back on the straights.

[@raymondturner6784]

Pure gold!

[@boxy2k8]

Just like old British touring cars. The CLK's like the American V8s that would roar down the straights, the GT500's like the agile Minis that would catch them in the corners. Brilliant

[@johncarl5505]

I remember when the Sauber C9 would roar down the Mulsanne, the commentators would refer to its sound as very American. Now that Mercedes has used this sound for quite a while, the American identity is gone which is a shame. I wonder if the new Corvette Z06 can do the reverse of that. Cadillac will return the roar back to Le Mans and it will probably be the last, which is quite poetic since Cadillac invented the crossplane V8. Mostly for luxury reasons and not racing because a crossplane V8 is smoother than a flatplane V8 at the cost of weight. It's basically a halved version of Cadillac's famous V16, for the peasants who can't afford the V16 or the V12.

[@CrazyDog-kv9sw]

It's ironic that the GTR GT500 shares part of it's name with the Mustang GT500 which is a famous v8 muscle car.

[@CrazyDutchguys]

I think i remember a GT-4(?) Race a few years back on the TT Assen. Top two were a Camaro and a lotus, they were battling lap after lap, lotus winning in the corners, Camaro winning on the straights. Across the line side by side probably 5 laps in a row. Eventually the Camaro lost out due to higher tyre wear but it was great to watch live.

[@StarChaser027]

Thats the dynamic Polyphony was going for exactly 👌🏼

[@StarChaser027]

@ John carl American Cars haven't lost any of their defining identity in fact they've added handling to the American Thunder over the past 20+ years taking the challenge to the rest of the world, now American Cars are the ones to beat when you go to motorsport events.

[@re_negado]

For the Need for Speed fans, this is a Tuner VS Exotic race.

[@somberyu]

And it's true even outside just NFS logic if you think about it. The CLK is a bespoke European race car that has a homologation road-going version that is basically the definition of 'exotic'. The GT-R may be a bit too high-end as a base car for being called a 'tuner', but it still checks out otherwise, as a Japanese sports car that has been tuned to turn it into a proper race car.

[@re_negado]

@@somberyu I mean, yeah, but they're (we're) some of the most familiar with the concept. Ah, who am I fooling, it was just the easy joke.

[@AayanML]

This mashup reminds me of the touring car races in the '60s and '70s. You had the huge, heavy, but powerful American Mustangs and Camaros with their oversized V8s plummeting down every single straight, and you had the tiny, light and agile Minis which came pouncing right back at them in the corners. Such good racing in that era.

[@johncarl5505]

That was only in the mid 60s and by the late 60s, the Mustangs became even faster. There was one race where a Mustang BOSS started in last place due to a penalty and finished third. They issued displacement limits soon after, effectively banning any Trans Am cars. Australia didn't though, so Mustangs and Camaros reigned supreme in Bathurst for a while before the oil crisis happened.

[@johncarl5505]

I found the race. Just search 1971 Crystal Palace. The Mustang BOSS, despite starting in last place and having a delayed start, finishes in third.

[@SkiRacingOz]

@@johncarl5505 falcons and commodores Thankyou very much

[@trautsj]

The Merc is 100% a power build lol I feel like a good driver in a Merc should always be able to beat a good driver in the Nissan, but it's just so much easier to be a good driver in the Nissan.

[@1997jankuschef]

I agree, simply because the Merc will be able to hold the Nissan off in the corners but the Nissan can’t block the Merc on the straight

[@saturnascension]

Very little about power more about downforce

[@sp6450]

@@saturnascension Exactly, the Merc doesn't have as much downforce and thus the drag of downforce does not slow it down on the straights.

[@ep1981]

Yes, though you have to go quite a long way down the global leaderboard to find the Merc.

[@IDeltic]

@@ep1981 There's a big difference between what's good on lap pace, and what works well in a race. Just Josh above explained why.

[@du33ed75]

Love this kinda race 1 car great on corners Other car great on straights Lots of switching places,back n forth 👍

[@ThePerks2010]

I was thinking this as well, reminds me of old touring car championships from the 70/80s with Cortinas vs Mustangs

[@Corvoreviews]

@@ThePerks2010 I was goingk about the mustang on dtm in the early 90's, slow on corners a rocket on the straight

[@phillipfernandez5533]

2 videos in a week, insane! Good work Steve!!

[@NFG-Nero]

I wish they could create events where you can only use cars from a certain era or type, like only 90s le mans cars or just touring cars from 2000 to 2010

[@trautsj]

I mean they COULD... they just don't lol

[@KepleroGT]

They can, there was a Daytona race only with Group C cars

[@BTouch454]

So you mean like in the missions.?

[@leonardo3689]

@@BTouch454 no in Daily races, sadly they did it only once, I don't get why

[@BTouch454]

@@leonardo3689 yeah I understood. I'm just saying, like in the missions.

[@aidenkarrer2681]

Hey Steve, i found something that might increase your lap times a little, but I can’t do it super consistently, probably cause I’m on controller. Anyway, you don’t actually have to brake for turn 3, if you let off right around the 100 meter board you can manage to stay on track if you apex perfectly (with the Nissan of course)

[@MisterModder123]

I'm going to try this later, I'm awful on turn 3. I have a 1:30.600ish time set, but I know I'm losing on that corner.

[@camerondavis731]

Bro I thought you died! I was worried. It was so good to see you post again yesterday and now following it up with another. ✨😌 Thank you. I work from home and my job is miserable without quality entertainment. You have no idea how much these videos mean to me!

[@DaniMacYo]

0:10 the zooming in gives me GT4 graphics vibes.

[@naffantait]

That red CLK livery is 🔥🔥🔥

[@badnews2222]

Its the ducati livery from motogp. Jack millers bike specifically

[@byron1745]

You know it's gonna get real super GT in "THE SUPER GT CAR" great video mate thanks for the upload

[@MrDaveJustice]

My Cat had six kittens today

[@Terence911]

Give me one 😫

[@matthieugazeau7885]

I'm a french student who just arrived in the US for the semester. Somewhat I find your videos very helpful to keep a smile on my face when I feel low and lonely. I never thought I'd find such comfort in this type of videos. Thank you for that, cheers from Raleigh, North Carolina.

[@michaelsmith4534]

Maybe it's his soothing, laid back commentary, makes you feel like he's talking directly to you, like a friend.

[@matthieugazeau7885]

@@michaelsmith4534 Yes exactly, it surely helps a lot 😊

[@alexhndr]

Also, this proves that Modern Super GT Cars, even after some downforce Nerf, *can indeed hang around with old GT1* Definitely deserved the title of the Fastest Closed Cockpit GT car in the world

[@imuda-6760]

“Babe wake up, Super GT just uploaded a new video again”

[@liondoggaming]

The GTR and Mercedes reminds me of GR1 with the 919 and GR010, two very different cars, 919 has insane downforce while the GR010 has insane top speed. It makes for interesting races when cars have very different ways of making up lap time.

[@maximilianmilesanhour6824]

6:50 you have to go into the assist settings to make traction on 0 by default. it doesn’t correlate with what you had it on last race for some reason.

[@Darklord_tK]

It has to do with not going into a qualifying/practice session during matchmaking that resets tcs to default even if you change it in the settings

[@maximilianmilesanhour6824]

@@Darklord_tK oh ok that sounds amazing

[@GokieKS]

Really enjoyed this video, because I had once tested the CLK-LM against the GT-R at Big Willow (which has two of those long sweeping right handers) and was really dismayed at how much worse the CLK-LM (a car that I like way more) was than the GT-R. Now I know that the the missing ingredient for the Mercedes to be good was apparently a 1.5km long straight. :D

[@Deleted_Alt]

At around 7:00 you mentioned TCS sometimes turns on. I think it defaults to your TCS that you set outside of races in the options menu.

[@Apunte]

If you enter a race without doing practice laps. TC will set to 3. Even TC is set to 0 en options menu.

[@nebuc72]

Nah it's just broken, it defaults to 3 sometimes if you don't enter the practice session, no matter your settings.

[@Deleted_Alt]

@@Apunte Oh that's just weird. I hope they fix that soon.

[@Sinflux420]

Man I love the CLK-GTR, was my favorite car to race online in Forza motorsport 2 with. Always fun battles between that and the saleen s7. Just a beautiful machine.

[@SuperHumaneater]

I found this class and race track a very fun race as you have to choose agility or straight zoom power.

[@oskarfreeski]

I absolutely love your content man, keep it comming🙏🏼

[@gamer197730]

I used to watch you all the time back when you were playing one of the earlier Forza games (forza 3?), but I stopped watching for some unknown reason. I just started watching you again last week and I’ve been binging your videos and I’ve been really enjoying them. Dude your dry humor is beyond funny. I’ve had so many good laughs in the past week because of you. I lost my mom, who was my best friend, from Covid and so I really needed a good laugh. So thank you for that. God bless you and your family.

[@TChapman500Gaming]

Leader: "Just one lap to go!" Network Card: "I quit!"

[@T3RROR]

The snarky comment at 6:36 had me laughing so hard 😂

[@Jibril_Adaov]

I like that you don't swear. It has a casual/classy feel to it. Quite entertaining as well.

[@TheRealShedLife]

Loved the commentary and strategy shown here, and the comparison of such different cars, the differences something I never would have suspected.

[@georgeengland2797]

15:30 - Lights Speed's too slow, we're gonna have to go right to - LUDICROUS SPEED! That Merc is just a rocket on the straights.

[@alfonsolopezunda6625]

i am absolutely loving the frequent uploads.

[@brandon_png9743]

If they eventually add more late 90s GT1s to the game I'd like them to have their own class, even though it is kind of cool to see the two different era cars battle it out on tracks like this.

[@Supersonic150]

9:20 Steve, dont think we didnt notice the oil not being excellent !

[@Super_GT]

Don't worry, I did top it up just after =)

[@Supersonic150]

@@Super_GT Good boy!

[@ghost-ce1zo]

Reminds me of the Neoclassical Challenge around this track, where there's group B rally cars pitted against gr. 2 cars (such as the CLK-LM) pitted against literally anything else from 1980 to 1999, all at ~800PP

[@SRC2387]

So glad to see another South African performing well this week, my PB's came from race A. A father that was a racing mechanic in the 90s and 00s helps with setups😊

[@thegreat0220]

Share setups mate

[@datfatpug]

cool dad

[@SRC2387]

Sorry that was him. Yah we are lucky, I will share the Twitter account tomorrow if he's over mate

[@thegreat0220]

@@SRC2387 Which racing series? And was it in Kyalami?

[@arkeys74]

Watching the gap between the Merc and Nissan go up and down like that almost made me sea sick! 😃

[@kalex6961]

Steve, the TCS doesn't go on by chance. It always sets to "3" when you didn't come from Qualifiying TimeTrial but just waited on the matchmaking screen. Hope that helps in the future!

[@mkaleborn]

Hehe I still loved his joyrider story though.

[@theconduit21]

Super GT car x SuperGT x GT7 = Super Squared GT Cubed Seven Car Super GT GTVision car confirmed.

[@ringsonatung8528]

So glad I discovered this channel. Good video as always and hope you hit a mil soon

[@Zeo--]

6:15 Nissan driver: Noo you can't just pick the CLK and win. CLK driver: Haha merc go brrrrr.

[@halfpolecat278]

I’ve been using the Honda NSX GT500 and I’m consistently in the top 5. Love seeing a trail of GT-R’s behind me 😎

[@brunobarracosa2992]

that's what the GR supra has been doing for the last 3 years on super GT 500 on Fuji IRL. have u ever read ronnie quintarelli speak about "the fuji curse" for nissan? 🤣, i cant understand why there's no GT 500 cars post 2016 in this game :(

[@samueljones3668]

@@brunobarracosa2992 They'll probably be coming soon.

[@brunobarracosa2992]

@@samueljones3668 i would love to be so positive, but data mining ingame says other things :( we'll be gettin' gt300 for sure (amemiya rx7) but i highly doubt we'll get the new gt500 machines. i hope im wrong cause i would love to get the GR supra GT500 and the new Z

[@samueljones3668]

@@brunobarracosa2992 ugh, fucking Polyphony, I'd love to drive this or last years season of cars for a nations cup race series.

[@brunobarracosa2992]

@@samueljones3668 it would be sweet! also 2020 DTM cars (same specs as GT500 cars), sadly DTM switched to GT3 cars for 2022 season, they're cheaper to produce.

[@Fosten12]

Glad youre doing more videos regularly now!

[@gmdascensia]

This is like watching Red Bull vs Ferrari on French GP, one is an absolute rocket down the straight, the other one is a stop and go mosnter on low speed corner and sticking so much to the track on high speed

[@omarabarca8443]

i watch these videos at work whenever i have nothing to do. best videos to chill to.

[@ashermorales8276]

The clk gtr and LM have been some of my favorite cars since gt4

[@Liger_Soba]

17:36 “If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious ‘Shadow Realm’ shit!”

[@raymondturner6784]

That was a great analysis! I always saw the CLK LM as kind of a hybrid. Personally, I always liked the CLK-GTR with the V12 better for racing games. I saw earlier today that despite the AI for this game making it around tracks faster than the best online racers, it still has a hard time with navigating around regular players. I was playing GT6 earlier and was racing the Dream Car cup. I was in a 1967 Mercury Cougar going around the 24H Nurburgring course. I caught the 1999 BMW LMR on the last lap 3/4 of the way through. The LMR was on my bumper most of the time after that. I got to the end of the longer straight and came up on thst last corkscrew turn. As I did, the LMR pushed me for about 2 seconds straight forward and I slid through the grass right into the wall. There's no way I want to buy another game with AI like that. GT7 doesn't even flag down other players for wrecking the way they did in GT Sport. I bought the newer PlayStation systems every time a new one was needed to play the newest Gran Turismo. I wanted this game so bad before I found out it was almost solely an online game. Once they shut the servers down, that's it. I'm not buying a PS5 for that, and I'm not buying a new steering wheel set for my PS4.

[@MidTennPews]

Merc is like a seal running from great white sharks through the slower bits.

[@jiffypineapple8880]

Nah the fact that he admitted he lost to a child got me dying laughing🤣

[@jordyberny1]

Bro just started watching your videos again your content is always intreating to watch and the commentary pretty solid keep being you stay safe out there 🤜

[@driftyboizz]

3:38 8 years of his life lmaooo 😂

[@abhishekkarajgar522]

Love how every commenter adapts the characteristics of the KZbinr's voiceover in every video

[@Blobber.t]

Nobody: Mark Webber: g’day g’day thanks for flying CLR LM airlines here at Le Mans. Sorry I haven’t really practiced my landings but holy shit that backflip was sick.

[@1EnZBosS1]

That was the mercedes CLR similar looking yes but not the same one.

[@Blobber.t]

@@1EnZBosS1 shhhhhh. Let me enjoy my funnie. I know I am wrong

[@thegreat0220]

Was Nark Webber the driver in that flying car?

[@Drnken229]

17:42 That dude got unexpectedly sent into the shadow realm.. scary.

[@Johnmr23]

Love seeing the gt7 videos

[@defnotatroll]

The CLK vs the Nissan is like Ducati vs Yamaha

[@MrMeowmixcookies]

It's actually literal real life. Science wasnt there so focal point back than was top speed straight line speed and figure it out in the corners guy. Present day w technology the cornering ability and downforce spent gluing down during G force but also smaller engine restrictions as well in present day. Bravo GT7

[@antoniomargallo5317]

So, you're saying ... ah, I don't even care, like speed doesn't takes tech, like there wasn't a car with a fan just to get more downforce. Rather than getting the "than" and then the "then" right, you became a mechanical engineer.

[@mattcarper9853]

Super GT commands the Shadow Realm to do his bidding....confirmed!

[@bwxmoto]

I think that TC turning on bug happens when you don't do the time trial and jump right into the race, even if you did the time trial before. I noticed that a few times.

[@Fatal155]

This was pretty much a Forza powerbulid vs a balance bulid most annoying thing to deal with in online racing.

[@jeffreybarbieri3862]

The Mercedes had so little downforce that it flew into the woods going down the backstretch at Lemans

[@RallycrossGT]

This is very similar to when I hosted a Gr4 vs GrB event in GT Sport. Both cars had BoP on but it was Racing Soft vs Hard and both cars would do very similar lap times on some tracks. I do like this kind of races and it's nice to see this in GT7 too

[@dimm__]

that lookback at 1:40, impressive

[@gothops154]

It’s baller asf that Mercedes put a hood ornament on a racecar

[@ItsEphora]

Legend has it that if you remove the Mercedes badge, the drag reduction allows this car to go faster than light.

[@mixswist]

This remind me about last week Super GT in GT300 class. BRZ GT300 VS GT-R GT300 battle was a really good one.

[@chatmaigre]

every time I tell myself that you come from another planet and I like that +1👍

[@Sticks1318]

Group 2 has to be my favorite car category. I feel I drive best in that class of cars. Not sure if it has to due which the downforce or power, but I am always eager to race when it shows up.

[@mrfranky17]

The clk acceleration is crazy! I stick with my GTR for these G2 races and every time I’m fighting a clk in the straights I back off because I’m not winning that, even with the tow. I always saved the fight for the turns, that’s where the GTR shines for me.

[@xxmanikin7374]

i never thought the movie looper would ever be mentioned in a supergt video or in my life ever again

[@onixik4676]

first time i hear a gtr getting called a “handling car”

[@ElGoogKO]

Grip vs power machine. The power machine has the advantage because it overtakes the grip machine in a straight line, where there is minimal opposition. But the power machine can ruin the grip machine's overtaking where the grip machine is strong, in the corners. Compromising the grip machine in a few corners can make the difference between win and loss.

[@valentipratgrau2530]

we NEED Scott Chegg to do this race with the CLK from the back!

[@alix5566]

Different philosophy is exactly what modern motorsport needs imo, car's which aren't tightened so much to the rules and regulations, but that'd mean more risk for teams to lose money, so I guess that's a no

[@lawgivagaming5892]

The NSX GR.2 car is the dark horse of this race

[@kevin_m]

“Kidnapped through time” you hate to see that.

[@lgc9652]

it’s like old skool BTCC with the V8’s vs the mini. amazing racing

[@uncavallo2580]

My fav race in a while. I love gr2 cars. I raced with my beloved RCF and timed in a modest 1.29.8, winning 13/19 races. Quite funny but the way you're playing with a super gt car, quite a momentum

[@trueno2336]

What really should not be possible is that Super GT uploading two consecutive days.

[@AtlasJotun]

I remember watching Jason Plato driving his N.A. Chevy Cruze against boosted Hondas in the BTCC some years ago... the difference on big straights was usually 5-7mph in favor of the Civics, and it seemed negligent that those cars were deemed equivalent. The difference between the GT-R and the CLK in the video is large enough that they appear like two different classes on the straights.

[@namelesscrx]

The viewers are glad your back

[@sinfito0243]

thanks for the content steve! keep it coming man :)

[@Sam.RS6]

The thing that you Steve among many other top players is how well and quick you can adapt to driving a different car that requires a different driving style 😎👏💪

[@FourFour2theFloor]

Hey man, great content as always. Will you be streaming/playing F1 manager when it comes out? I know it isn't typically the type of game you stream but I think it would be fun to hear some of your commentary on it. Keep killing it man, take care.

[@Moshins11]

There seems to be a bug with TC. I've found that if you don't go into warmups it seems to reset your TC to default 3 sometimes. If you go into warmups, you don't actually have to get on the track. You can sit in the pits. But going into warmups seems to acknowledge your TC settings.

[@CCXJack]

The kidnapped gtr was a paid actor

[@coppapasta9235]

3 minutes in and will now be taking a shot everytime he mentions how they are two very different cars.

[@juliorodrigues2694]

geez that south African guy had a ping of probably 140. he did really well in that merc

[@RicQuintanilla]

have a SUPER weekend Steve! thanks!

[@brandona6231]

A Merc using a MotoGP Ducati livery, with Ducati GP characteristics, Jack Miller #43 would be proud.

[@fowrunnah]

Never boring these masterclasses😊

[@nicolav9239]

Thanks for uploading a new video so quickly!

[@frickin_robin]

NEW TWO SGT VIDS IN ONE WEEK HELLLLL YES!!!! LOVE U STEVE

[@AndyMac508]

This man got a penalty on the str8 and still topped out higher than the gtr lol

[@victorlucena988]

I would like to see the DTM cars there too.

[@MadmanJnr]

This type of race is why I like the TranzAm servies different styles of cars hitting similar laptimes but in different ways 👍

[@Exponaut_R-01]

14:03 No! I will NOT reflect light!

[@maarten_smit]

I think both cars archieve their laptimes in both different ways

[@Evilope]

No one does it better than SuperGT!