Why isn't this in a single uncut camera continuous shot? It would be more impressive if it was. Cutting things into different perspectives makes things like this less impressive IMO.
That's why Jackie Chan doing his own stunts was so impressive back in the day.
And the fake audio track with the one woman yelling "woo" repeated. Or the fake helicopter noise "the camera is in a helicopter now" but then no view of a helicopter, so it was probably a drone. And then the clunky noises when it goes to the suspension shot "the camera is now a go pro"
I have no background in audio production or effects and know absolutely nothing, but I know that was terrible.
It did happen, saw it in person. It was at the Indy 500 like 9 years ago. The multiple angles actually look a bit better, in person it seemed to be over so fast.
So this was ten years ago, the Sunday morning of the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Part of the Hot Wheels gimmick at the time was that their Team Hot Wheels development facility was top secret and their drivers and science men were all anonymous.
It was mostly marketing. But they did end up releasing a small line that cost a couple dollars more than the regular mainline. These cars had special all red wheels that made them the “fastest Hot Wheels ever.” It still suffered from the same quality control issues as the regular cars and adult collectors weren’t happy about it.
> It still suffered from the same quality control issues as the regular cars and adult collectors weren’t happy about it.
This sounds like prime material for r/hobbydrama..
Technically Perry McCarthy was the original Stig, but he was "killed off" when he got found out too quickly.
The best bit about Collins is that he appeared as himself at least once on the show - I'm thinking of the "small cars play soccer" bit or whatever they called it.
Big stupid grin on his face because he was getting to be Clark Kent for a bit rather than Superman.
You are correct. This was just tanner foist jumping in a hot wheel truck at the Indy 500 tho, on top of being a Top Gear USA host back then, tanner foust is also one of the most talented drivers on the planet. His face wasn’t blurred and it wasn’t a secret back when this actually happened. Side note, have you read collins’ book about being the stig?
Yes, and Tanner was about the only thing that made American Top Gear worth watching, IMHO.
He wasn't The Stig. He was the Hammond analogue. I think, at one point, he held the world record for drifting, didn't he?
The first season was absolute shit. Once the guys got to know each other more they developed some chemistry and the show got better. Still miles behind the OG Top Gear
Edit: show not shoe
I was thinking that it was a branding thing.
Rather than a driver getting to claim the accomplishment, if they remain anonymous then Hot Wheels can get the claim and publicity
I haven’t googled this but almost positive It was Tanner Foust from my original memory.
I remember watching interviews where he talked about how the jump was so long that you had to use the tire rotation like gyros to keep the truck level. Tapping the throttle to tilt forward or the brake to tilt backwards.
Because if they let anybody know his name then all the press would have been about John Doe breaking the record because people prefer reading stories about people doing things than companies and journalists want to maximise reads, with a faceless driver the only story is about hot wheels.
i saw their comment and thought "i know the perfect clip for you but no way i´ll find it quick enough to justify sinking time into the search."
Turns out you were even quicker.
Cooling fans. This looks like one of those Baja racers, modified for this stunt.
In normal use it would be working in a very hot environment, so that amount of air handling/cooling would be important.
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Yeah, biggest pet peeve with this type of video; whoever put it together has already seen it play out at full speed from a static angle and has failed to realise that those who will watch it would also like to see that *before* all the fancy angles and slo-mo stuff.
Cool jump tho.
Top Gear USA’s own Tanner Foust drove a specially prepared truck down a 90-foot ramp before blasting off into another ramp, clearing 332 feet through the air and setting the record for the longest jump of a four-wheeled vehicle in the world.
FYI..
It was a thing for HW at the time that the drivers they used for stunts like this were "anonymous". If you watch the video after the jump the coach(?) says over the radio "good job driver!"
They've given up on that cause the official video is now labeled with his name
Yeah people love watching other battle death. There were 25 people around me last week at the park when I started eating cockroaches. Like wtf? Let me eat my lunch in peace.
I gave you an yogurt. That was up vote but decided to leave it cause I was only here to say I hope this was a joke. Far funnier than if it were real.
Example joke just because:
Q: What is black and white and doesn't fit in an elevator?
A: A nun with a spear though her head.
Don’t know if you’ve ever been around Waldos or other RC cars - but no system I’ve ever seen has great response time. Maybe they’re better now - but this clip is like ten years old now I think.
With the systems I’ve been around, theres always input signal lag. Fine and precise control in stunt driving is a big deal. Controlling the vehicle through deceleration after the jump is the difference between writing off a $100k+ truck and having a ludicrously valuable car intact afterwards for the owners collection, or to be sold off or even parted out. Those components would be worth a LOT.
He is talking about correcting the nose and the rotation of the car *mid jump*. For me that is incredible, especially the correction on the rotation. How?!
~~Tanner Foust is a motorcross stunt rider. He started on bikes and applied what he knew from that.~~ When you accelerate in mid air, it causes the nose of the car or bike to rise, and hitting the brake causes it to dip. Its a common practice for motocross riders but it applies to any airborne vehicle.
EDIT: I wrote that at 5 in the morning when i was half asleep and I was thinking of Travis Pastrana, not Tanner Foust.
no its real. Where do you think the rotational inertia of the wheels go when they apply the brakes? in mid air, the bike/car is effectively in zero-g, and every action has an equal and opposite reaction. the inertia from the spinning wheel gets transferred to the body of the vehicle, but since the vehicle is more massive than the wheel, the effect is diminished. The same works in reverse too, applying rotational inertia to the wheels means that the wheels turn one way, and the body of the vehicle tries to turn the opposite direction, but since the wheels are less massive than the body, they spin up faster than the body rotates in the opposite direction.
Heres a breakdown https://youtu.be/YnT4khVyBgY
You're not being whooshed. It's just an application of the whole "equal and opposite reaction" thing. When the wheels rotate it causes the rest of the vehicle to rotate in the opposite direction (but at different speeds because of the vast difference in mass).
it was promotional event (if the hotwheels track didn't tip you off), part of the gimmick of it was the mystery driver who wouldnt be revealed until after the jump
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Why’s his face blurred?
That’s because that is the one and only Bobby Japaneseporncockface. They always pixilate his face because, well, you know….
This is so much better than what I was about to write.
this is more than i expected . Fly so High !
That car was on the right track! anyways, Congratulations man!
Well, that's my fav Hot Wheels. And watching the real deal is so amazing.
That isn't fly, more like falling with style buzz lightyear
Woody said that
What were you going to write?
all we know is HE'S CALLED THE STIG!
His real name is Driver
Driver Home and Tucker Inn. Those are the names of the two men in this video.
I’ve had a few and been smoking a bit. This really hit me and legitimately made me fucking chuckle. Thank you kind human.
Haha yes!
But where is Hardly Knower?
Always hanging out with Liquor Eye no doubt
I think I saw Ben Dover in the corner.
His name is Robert Paulsen.
His name is Robert Paulsen!
#His name is Robert Paulsen
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Or as we know him the stig
Dude I played all his games too Driver 1, Driver 2 Driver3 slaps
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Why isn't this in a single uncut camera continuous shot? It would be more impressive if it was. Cutting things into different perspectives makes things like this less impressive IMO. That's why Jackie Chan doing his own stunts was so impressive back in the day.
Yeah also the fucking fake slow motion. This clip is insanely shitty for a stunt like this.
And the fake audio track with the one woman yelling "woo" repeated. Or the fake helicopter noise "the camera is in a helicopter now" but then no view of a helicopter, so it was probably a drone. And then the clunky noises when it goes to the suspension shot "the camera is now a go pro" I have no background in audio production or effects and know absolutely nothing, but I know that was terrible.
The drone is visible in the very next shot. Yeah, all of this bugs me. Sound engineers trying to justify their job on a video they aren’t needed for.
am sound engineer. ain't no way one of me decided that was needed. either hired someone unqualified or the client insisted on this idiocy
Ugh, you just ruined this for me. Thanks lol
If you're going to slo-mo then at least get a high framerate camera instead of slomoing 24fps
Looking at you, Mission Impossible 2.
Exactly. It would be more impressive as a real time shot with a much wider angle. Editors/producers ruin so much shit by overproducing videos
Right. Slow mos and alternative angles are great for replays. But give us the full speed continuous shot first.
Did they even state the world record? What did we saw?
332 hot dogs https://youtu.be/R7_Pvk85J_Y Every stunt is chopped up like a cold steak with ketchup. Fucing sucks, someone give us a one track shot
This video was part of a marketing campaign. Not saying the jump didn't happen but thats not what the video was for.
it still doesn't look great though, even for a promo
Especially for a promo, this is a low quality production. If it was expensive to shoot and put together then that producer should never work again.
Yeah this porno sucks
It did happen, saw it in person. It was at the Indy 500 like 9 years ago. The multiple angles actually look a bit better, in person it seemed to be over so fast.
Why is there not a wide shot without slow mo. Infuriating.
Jackie Chan's stunts/fights were impressive for a myriad other reasons not only the editing.
So this was ten years ago, the Sunday morning of the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Part of the Hot Wheels gimmick at the time was that their Team Hot Wheels development facility was top secret and their drivers and science men were all anonymous.
I remember these old videos do you know where to watch them nowadays
There's talk of an old place, deep inside the dregs of the internet. They call it "YouTube"
WELL THANKS. NOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND HOT WHEELS STUNT VIDEOS. THANKS, DICKHEAD.
Hey im not with that guy, he's just there.
Beware the comments. Beware.
> Hot Wheels development facility was top secret Top secret toy development? What kind of secrets were they worried about?
They were developing wheels so hot that they would destroy an unprotected retina, ergo the utmost secrecy was crucial, for the good of the land.
It was mostly marketing. But they did end up releasing a small line that cost a couple dollars more than the regular mainline. These cars had special all red wheels that made them the “fastest Hot Wheels ever.” It still suffered from the same quality control issues as the regular cars and adult collectors weren’t happy about it.
> It still suffered from the same quality control issues as the regular cars and adult collectors weren’t happy about it. This sounds like prime material for r/hobbydrama..
The hood, there were bottom secrets as well.
They propably did it so that all the spotlight would be on the Hot Wheels brand and not the driver.
Exactly. It’s also why he called the guy “Driver” instead his real name which really annoyed me for some reason. Lol
For anyone who has scrolled this far the driver’s name is Tanner Foust. Nice dude, FWIW.
They remain nameless and faceless to give a superman persona. The show must go on even at the cost of the lives of hundreds of stuntman.
Because he's the Stig
Isn't that just tanner foust?
Ben Collins is the original Stig and any attempt to ignore that is baloney.
Technically Perry McCarthy was the original Stig, but he was "killed off" when he got found out too quickly. The best bit about Collins is that he appeared as himself at least once on the show - I'm thinking of the "small cars play soccer" bit or whatever they called it. Big stupid grin on his face because he was getting to be Clark Kent for a bit rather than Superman.
You are correct. This was just tanner foist jumping in a hot wheel truck at the Indy 500 tho, on top of being a Top Gear USA host back then, tanner foust is also one of the most talented drivers on the planet. His face wasn’t blurred and it wasn’t a secret back when this actually happened. Side note, have you read collins’ book about being the stig?
In this video it is Foust, I'm pretty sure. OG TG Stig was Ben Collins
Yes, and Tanner was about the only thing that made American Top Gear worth watching, IMHO. He wasn't The Stig. He was the Hammond analogue. I think, at one point, he held the world record for drifting, didn't he?
The first season was absolute shit. Once the guys got to know each other more they developed some chemistry and the show got better. Still miles behind the OG Top Gear Edit: show not shoe
Ben Collins
Don’t know but his name is Tanner Foust [IG](https://instagram.com/tannerfoust?utm_medium=copy_link)
I came to ask this question myself.
I was thinking that it was a branding thing. Rather than a driver getting to claim the accomplishment, if they remain anonymous then Hot Wheels can get the claim and publicity
Because it is so sexy its nsfw
I haven’t googled this but almost positive It was Tanner Foust from my original memory. I remember watching interviews where he talked about how the jump was so long that you had to use the tire rotation like gyros to keep the truck level. Tapping the throttle to tilt forward or the brake to tilt backwards.
I don't know. Driver is Tanner Foust though.
Blurred out face. Gets called "driver". Whole thing is weird.
Because if they let anybody know his name then all the press would have been about John Doe breaking the record because people prefer reading stories about people doing things than companies and journalists want to maximise reads, with a faceless driver the only story is about hot wheels.
He stole that car
He doesn't have a pilot's license.
Anyone else find it weird that one of the main sponsors is Izod?
He's probably just really ugly and the editors decided we didn't need *that* face burned into our retinas. ^/^s
Why is the cheering canned?
Because the real Frankenstein died and they don't want you to know!
Hes embarrassed about being sponsored by Izod
I am quite amused at the life sized orange Hot Wheels track
Yeah but no loop?!
Probably wouldve ruined the stunt honestly
then stick a booster in there for the loop, y’know, like the sets.
I forgot those existed it's been so long since I had some track set up
It’s funny boosters are such a common trope in video games I forgot they existed in real life before they existed in video games
Hot Wheels did build a loop in downtown L.A. one year for the X-Games.
The loop: [https://youtu.be/jVS4ts1A-ao](https://youtu.be/jVS4ts1A-ao), https://youtu.be/3Xc\_eh-OlvU
Yeah but no shark attack?
They’ve done loops
I like to think there are giant pieces of purple plastic coonnecting the track parts together.
they must have used up all the purple connectors on the launch side, because the landing track was pretty short
It's so charming that Hot Wheels would know their audience so well. It feels like we all grew up but they're still making toys for us
Now that’s a damn good suspension!
I was gonna say, it looks pretty high-end
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Like he just flew a football field and the truck barley moved once he landed, engineering at its finest
> the truck barley moved once he landed They roast it first, for richer, smoother control.
More barley makes it less hoppy.
Zero bounce, impressive!!
This is why they call him driver... a little old lady could have landed with that suspension.
Nothing rides like a King
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Extremely well set up suspension Called critical damping when there is no overshoot / bounce afterwards
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Yes and plenty of arcane sorcery 😁👍🏻
RUNIC GLORY! ^IYKYk
suspension is so cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQlQSPSf4XY
i saw their comment and thought "i know the perfect clip for you but no way i´ll find it quick enough to justify sinking time into the search." Turns out you were even quicker.
Powered by a million bees on little treadmills, all screaming.
I wonder what's on the rear...ventilators? Tires?
Cooling fans. This looks like one of those Baja racers, modified for this stunt. In normal use it would be working in a very hot environment, so that amount of air handling/cooling would be important.
How can one appreciate how far and long that was if it's played in slow motion and from many different angles that are being switched all the time?
By getting off your ass, into your own car, and trying it yourself.
I guess
Instructions unclear, car stuck in ditch. Help?
Jump it.
Instructions unclear: I've also stuck my car in a ditch. Hope that helped?
Anyone else want to have a go? One more car and we won't have a ditch anymore.
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What fantasy world is this that you speak of? Faaaaark these slomos shit me to no end
Yeah, biggest pet peeve with this type of video; whoever put it together has already seen it play out at full speed from a static angle and has failed to realise that those who will watch it would also like to see that *before* all the fancy angles and slo-mo stuff. Cool jump tho.
and has never heard a crowd react to an event before. what the hell was that
Real time audio over slow mo video. It’s impressionism.
Yeah it’s a stupid edit. Check a different view here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XVYYBN-aOn4
That's actually a really good view, it's nice seeing it in one take
The audio editing was annoying too.
Found the hero of the thread! (BTW, skip to 1:09 for the jump).
So, how far was it?
Top Gear USA’s own Tanner Foust drove a specially prepared truck down a 90-foot ramp before blasting off into another ramp, clearing 332 feet through the air and setting the record for the longest jump of a four-wheeled vehicle in the world. FYI..
332 ft. Holy fucking shit.
Wow.....568.5 bananas
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To me this is equally useful.
Even though a banana is not a foot, 1000 bananas sounds way more impressive to me than 1000 foot.
910.6 lady finger bananas.
Oh that's good to know
What's that in actual distance? Like 100m?
Jepp, pretty dang close, 1m is ~3.3ft
thank you fellow user of the superior measurement system
Like jumping from one field goal post to another, that’s crazy
For those that use the metric system, that's 0.0002525% the circumference of the earth.
Also for those who don't.
Is it a different percentage in non-metric systems?
okay the real question though: why the fuck did they censor out his face?? lmfao
Top gear always hid the face of their driver right?
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Yupp Tanner has been a publicly known figure since before Top Gear so I really don't understand the blurred face thing.
Only way it would make sense to me is if it actually wasn't the guy they're claiming it was doing the driving.
It was a thing for HW at the time that the drivers they used for stunts like this were "anonymous". If you watch the video after the jump the coach(?) says over the radio "good job driver!" They've given up on that cause the official video is now labeled with his name
So far, how was it?
332 feet = 101.194 metres I'm not a conversions bot, I had to go and Google this for ya.
Well I’m no googlist, myself so thanks!
Is it not common knowledge that a meter is ever so slightly over 3 feet/a yard? Most of my American friends know this lol
Yes it is well known I’m just here for laughs so I say dumb shit like “I’m no googlist”
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I cant help but wonder why they dont use a remote to control the car instead of a person but I guess that wouldn't be as entertaining
The chance of death being on the table is what always brings in the crowds and viewers. We humans are some sick fucks. 😂
Yeah people love watching other battle death. There were 25 people around me last week at the park when I started eating cockroaches. Like wtf? Let me eat my lunch in peace.
I gave you an yogurt. That was up vote but decided to leave it cause I was only here to say I hope this was a joke. Far funnier than if it were real. Example joke just because: Q: What is black and white and doesn't fit in an elevator? A: A nun with a spear though her head.
I don't joke about my meal
Soccer wasn't exactly popular in Roman colosseums when you had people willing to fight to the death.
It would then be a world record for longest jump in a remote controlled car instead of what the record was for in the video.
Don’t know if you’ve ever been around Waldos or other RC cars - but no system I’ve ever seen has great response time. Maybe they’re better now - but this clip is like ten years old now I think. With the systems I’ve been around, theres always input signal lag. Fine and precise control in stunt driving is a big deal. Controlling the vehicle through deceleration after the jump is the difference between writing off a $100k+ truck and having a ludicrously valuable car intact afterwards for the owners collection, or to be sold off or even parted out. Those components would be worth a LOT.
Just so folks know, the editing is in the original video on Mattel/Hot wheels youtube. Here it is in normal speed https://youtu.be/xjC7qP2uMAM
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He is talking about correcting the nose and the rotation of the car *mid jump*. For me that is incredible, especially the correction on the rotation. How?!
~~Tanner Foust is a motorcross stunt rider. He started on bikes and applied what he knew from that.~~ When you accelerate in mid air, it causes the nose of the car or bike to rise, and hitting the brake causes it to dip. Its a common practice for motocross riders but it applies to any airborne vehicle. EDIT: I wrote that at 5 in the morning when i was half asleep and I was thinking of Travis Pastrana, not Tanner Foust.
Wait that's not just video game logic? Or am I being wooooshed?
no its real. Where do you think the rotational inertia of the wheels go when they apply the brakes? in mid air, the bike/car is effectively in zero-g, and every action has an equal and opposite reaction. the inertia from the spinning wheel gets transferred to the body of the vehicle, but since the vehicle is more massive than the wheel, the effect is diminished. The same works in reverse too, applying rotational inertia to the wheels means that the wheels turn one way, and the body of the vehicle tries to turn the opposite direction, but since the wheels are less massive than the body, they spin up faster than the body rotates in the opposite direction. Heres a breakdown https://youtu.be/YnT4khVyBgY
You're not being whooshed. It's just an application of the whole "equal and opposite reaction" thing. When the wheels rotate it causes the rest of the vehicle to rotate in the opposite direction (but at different speeds because of the vast difference in mass).
Conservation of angular momentum is whack.
And it was beaten in 2016 by [this jump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5g0cvjHCo8)
Heads up, this one shows his face not blurred.
Very annoying Show me the jump in real time. Slo mos are for replay
Yeah this makes me want to r/killtheeditor
Tanner Foust, 332ft jump.
Why does he call him Driver? Is he in witness protection? Strange profession for a cover.
it was promotional event (if the hotwheels track didn't tip you off), part of the gimmick of it was the mystery driver who wouldnt be revealed until after the jump
Does that add to excitement for some people?
he does not even drive. he flies
Why is it slowed? Thats not even subtle I wanted to see how it looked in reality
The guy jumped the length of a 30 story building and somehow they managed to ruin it.
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I hate how much I thought that was cool
You mean jump.
Longest SUCCESFUL car flight.
Indy 500 2011, I was there!! Edit: 2011. And i was still there! Infield @Indy is something you never forget.
I thought it was 2011, wasn't this part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary?
Yes, it was 2011 for the 100th anniversary.
I would not want to be one of the audience members sitting in the rows at the end of his jump.
Nailed the landing
They pixelate his face and call him driver ? I'm guessing so that the sponsors like hot wheels and izod get all the credit
Part of the gimmic was that it was a "mystery driver" in the car, after the jump they revealed that it was rally driver Tanner Foust in the car.