In racing simulations like BeamNG Drive, vehicle physics demonstrate how mass, aerodynamics, and momentum interact during racing maneuvers. Heavier vehicles require more force to change direction, while aerodynamic drafting allows trailing vehicles to gain speed by reducing air resistance. Cornering involves balancing centrifugal force against tire grip, and braking zones require precise timing to maintain control. These fundamental physics principles govern vehicle behavior in racing, whether in real life or simulation environments.
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Oh, I hear somebody skdding. That's That's not me.
>> Everybody's skidding around this turn.
>> That was Spieler. I CAN OH MY GOODNESS.
GAV, YOU FREAKING IDIOT. BRUN AND Spieler's race here.
>> Oh no. OH, WE JUST MISSED. OH NO.
>> All right, Neil, it's been a while. Slow cars, big circuit, tons of death.
>> As usual. As usual. You ready?
>> It looks like your car has already been in a collision. Can you reset yours?
>> I was probably crushed by a massive duck. That'll make sense later. Yeah.
Okay, here we go. Oh, >> wait. How many laps are we doing? I don't know if I even set that. Maybe it's just one.
>> It's a big circuit.
>> Feel like all they can handle is one.
>> Yeah, I don't think it does. I'm about to say I think the mod might be uh might be slightly busted. So, just first person to get back across here is going to win.
>> Makes sense to me. When do we start breaking?
>> I don't know. I haven't done a slow car in a while. Oh. Oh, oh, oh.
>> Diane handles great, so it's fine.
>> Oh, yeah. That was great. Beautiful.
Actually, most people made it. At least somewhat.
>> I saw I saw a big puff of smoke. Who was that?
>> Somebody just definitely locked it up.
Oh man. Oh, Rusty kind of >> Oh, Gav. Is that Gavin the wall, idiot?
>> There is Gav.
>> Sorry, that was me. Gav, >> how am I going to get by Gav? Cuz he he's going to throw it into the corner and slide it and then completely miss the apex.
>> At least Octto's not here. H. We got to get Octo back in one of these recordings. Do >> you want We say that, but then when we start racing, >> maybe not a race recording.
>> Yeah. Do we have draft turned on?
>> I don't know. Stefan had a really nice uh section.
>> I could use it on the straightaway right here.
>> I >> He's pulling away.
>> Oh, I got tight. Why did I get so tight there?
God, the car just absolutely did not turn.
>> Yeah, these are not not exactly race cars. just feels like it got out of the groove and it just like decided that it was not going to turn at all.
>> Yeah. I don't I don't think we have draft on.
>> We're going to have to tell him we need turbo draft. It's slow car racing. You have to have turbo draft.
>> Yeah, exactly.
>> Who's behind me? Oh no, it's Ash behind me. I'm going to die.
>> Wait, how did No, it's definitely on a Ash caught me. Ash caught me down the straightaway.
>> Maybe that's what got you in the turn.
It must have been. I just watched uh I think Ash did all that effort to pass me and immediately slid off into the tire wall.
Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately, we don't have the timing here as far as being able to see what place we're in, but it's pretty obvious Segoya's winning.
>> Oh, yep. He's way out there.
>> I mean, we could miss the uh this this corner here and just like go. Oh, you can do what you just did and what I just did.
>> I I don't know if there's a checkpoint there or not.
>> I don't There's no timing right now. All we've got is the hold. Uh, I think O Rossi was having problems with the mod.
He He didn't bring it. He didn't bring it today.
>> I guess technically yes. Oh my goodness.
I got tight there again.
>> Somebody exploded by exploding.
>> I thought I I thought I saw fire back there. Was that Wait, well, how is Seigoya backward? Is he just showing off now?
>> He might be. Yeah, we're probably going to have to eventually make a rule about the uh the old uh uh do was it the hairpin? Is that what they call? The corkcrew. The cork screw.
>> Cork screw. Yeah.
>> Yeah. But until we make a rule, I guess it's fair game to kind of cut it a little bit.
>> I'm going to ask them to crank up the draft just a bit.
>> You want to do another Diane round?
>> Yeah, >> let's go for it.
>> Gavs is just a little too big.
>> I was sitting there. I was like, "What is what do you mean by that?" I look back and just see. Are we going to allow him to have this still?
>> Uh, you know what? Why not?
>> Are you ready for the next race? Cuz I could do the countdown right now.
>> Do it.
>> Wait, does that mean he's faster or it just scales up power?
>> They're panicking.
>> Yeah, it's I think it it ends up being around the same, I think.
>> We gave Gav the biggest car to use.
>> He's He's definitely running you over.
>> I'm going to I'm going to go over here.
Oh, here's Octo. Okay, I'm going to Where's the breaking zone? It's a diff It's a different car. I don't know how these things break. Oh, he's >> Somebody just took it wide. I think that was Ash.
>> Those actually do pretty decent braking.
>> Seems kind of fun, honestly.
>> Yeah, I don't drive this car much. Sper Apex, at least give me a Thank you.
But he was just going to run me off the road. Oh, he's going to bump me here.
Oh, you can get these kind of sideways, too.
>> Yeah, buddy. Oh, we're going to get turbo drift down the straightaways. Oh, you almost hooked Seoya there.
Oh, I hear somebody skidding. That's That's not me.
>> Everybody's skidding around this turn.
>> That was Spieler. I CAN OH MY GOODNESS.
GAB, YOU FREAKING IDIOT. ALL RIGHT, I regret giving Gav the big car.
>> Oh, they're fighting up here.
>> So, I heard the skidding and I was like, that's probably Spieler. And of course, it was Spieler. And then I heard another set of skidding and I was like, "Oh, I bet you that's a giant green car." And yeah, I am totally missing the chicane because I'm I'm catching back up.
>> I wonder how much they cranked up the if they even saw my message.
>> I I think I saw a thing saying they cranked it up. So, we should get good draft down the straightaway.
>> Let me pull on him. Come on, please. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Slingshot engaged.
>> You think I could bump draft Gav?
>> Woo. I'm sure you could. I I think I would go literally under his bumper if I tried to bump my hand.
>> I might give you a little bit of a haircut.
>> A little bit.
>> No, I I guarantee you I get I get run over by a blue car here. He's behind me and I know he's going to miss his breaking zone.
>> Just go to pass because the draft is just go to pass you. Go to pass you idiot. There he goes. Okay.
>> When the draft is up high, breaking just is a suggestion.
>> Oh my god. You know, he actually he only somewhat missed the corner there. I'm surprised. So, what do we do here? Neil court screw time.
>> I'm skipping it and I'm not even going to attempt it.
>> I mean, there's a good chance nobody else attempts it.
>> Yeah, probably. Stfan might, though.
He's a >> Oh, yeah. Oh, I forced him off of it.
>> I got Sper still attempting to run me over. Oh, I see a green big car. OH, NO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE BAD. NEIL, you're going to die.
>> I have this.
>> You're going to die.
Get around the corner.
>> Oh my goodness.
>> Oh, buddy.
>> Hey, D.
>> Oh, wow. Oh, wait. No, LISTEN TO ME. NO.
WHAT?
>> How'd you Where'd you get the momentum?
You weren't falling, >> dude. I held it wide open through the last chicane and it it skid it sideways and it somehow stuck. I don't know how.
>> Oh my goodness.
>> Oh, look. We got our timing up now.
Where did that come? I didn't even notice that was up this whole Has that been there the whole race?
>> Yeah, I I think so, >> dude. Yeah, I I held it wide open in that last chicane and I was just dead sideways.
>> Yeah, >> I don't know how it stuck. Good little tires on this thing. All right, Derby Limos. Um, he's sticking to the bit behind you.
>> He didn't touch me last race somehow.
>> Oh, he ran me over. So, I got to one of the chicanees. I heard I told you I heard the skidding. I was like, "Well, there's Spieler." And then I heard another set of Will skidding. I was like, "Well, there's Gav." So, >> yep.
>> You just got to stay away from him. All right. You ready?
>> Oh, he's coming.
>> I like these onel shootouts. Good luck hitting the uh the cork screw with this.
Here we go.
>> Well, I'm just going straight through a Kimoto, not going to lie.
>> Well, the problem is when you go straight through, this thing is so long.
Like, there's somebody's getting turned in it and they're going to block the track >> for sure.
There we go. Give these buffoons plenty of room.
>> Uh, I don't know where the braking is.
>> He's stiffened me.
>> Oh, okay.
>> He barely hit me and it caved in my trunk.
>> I got to get going.
>> I think I was the only one that made the corner.
>> Do you see the back end of my Well, you can't cuz you're in front of me. But >> I'm trying >> I'll see you when I pass you in a second. I'm trying to just figure out where Ash is going and I don't want to get run over from behind >> there. Now you should be able to see my caved in truck.
>> I see it.
>> Ash, >> where do you get all that damage on the front of >> Ash? WHAT ARE WE DOING? OH NO, WE'RE STUCK TOGETHER. NO.
OKAY, we're good.
>> This is ridiculous. I'm in front for now.
>> Oh god, I just got ran over by a big limo.
>> All right.
>> Oh, buddy.
>> This is what happens when YOU DON'T YOU JUST DON'T EVEN want to lead in these races half the time. Like you just >> you know you're going to get like absolutely just take it out. Okay. Up >> did not take that that turn. Okay.
>> I'm trying to teach Stefan that he doesn't have to be a clean racer and he can he can cut that a little bit. Oh, this is going to be bad.
>> He's leading the race in an oversized limo. This is about to get bad because >> Why does it say he's in six though for me?
>> Maybe he actually Oh, maybe the timing is delay actually. Maybe it >> I'm just not going to pay attention to that.
>> Maybe it only updates. Gosh darn it.
Spiel, there's a wall there. He ran me into it. I'm going to I'm ruining Spieler's race here.
>> Oh no. OH, WE JUST MISSED OH NO.
>> I have just been taken out.
>> So I watched you die and me and Spieler took the drag strip. We I saw the opening and I went right.
>> You can hit that ramp at the end of it.
Get back on the track.
>> Oh, I think I'm going too slow to do that. I had my boost button. Well, I'm dead. So, and >> I'm going to rejoin the race here. I hope there's not a fence on the other side of this.
>> There is, but you can clear it.
>> There we go. Rejoining the race.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. All right, I'm going to go finish.
>> You're only about a couple football fields behind now.
>> You know, I completely forgot about that. If I would have held it wide open, there's a chance I could Wait, I That's an idea, Neil. If you go Anil, if you go off to the right and hit that fence, you're going to cut a big enough portion. I think you would come out in the lead.
>> Yeah, >> I kind of should have I should have done that. I'm stupid.
>> I think Gav is about to win this race.
>> Hold on. I'm about to overtake some cars here. They're They're wrecking.
Bye, losers.
>> Yep. Gav won the race. Wow.
>> You You got to be kidding. I'm going to freaking get a podium after that.
>> There was a huge crash in the um in the corks group. Uh-oh. Gab's blocking the track.
>> NO, RUSSY. NO. OH, RUSS PASSED ME AT THE LAST SECOND. Gosh darn it.
>> It's brutal.
>> The draft. Gotcha.
>> I hate this stupid car.
>> Yeah. How about say screw this car?
Let's get into something better. All right. So, we're ready to go. Why is Sper big now? We need to tell him to stop doing this.
>> It's just It's going to be part of this.
Just It's just another obstacle you got to avoid.
>> And kind of like the Do you see the limo back there? the the Gav 5 million limo.
>> Yep.
>> So apparently he got a lightning strike at his house and he joined back so he's duplicated. So he's just an obstacle. At least that one is.
>> We're just not going to question it.
>> I ain't either. I'm just going I'm just going to say let's go for it. Good luck everybody.
>> Oh, you know the big car bit could have died with the last race >> cuz now double it.
>> It's always the people that are the most destructive that are in the big car, you know. Y >> I can see him trying to run people over already. Oh, good luck everybody. Y'all are going to die.
>> These are a little faster than we what we've been driving.
>> Okay, the big car somehow made it through. I thought they were going to murder all the people, but didn't happen.
>> Rules.
>> H Well, that might be debatable.
It looks like they're trying to run each other over. I don't know how to pass.
>> Big guys fight each other. Well, how do you pass a car that's that wide on the track >> carefully?
>> Oh, I just got shoved by Okay, he's going to definitely cut the chicane. I just don't know how to get around him right now. Like, I'm going to have to completely just miss the chicane here.
We There we go.
>> We got a We got a fierce battle up here.
>> No, I almost just Oh, I'm working on taking Stfan out. I'm sorry, Stefan.
>> I think he might have been honking at me. I'm just TRYING TO DODGE THE GIANT freaking vehicles.
>> I'm afraid to look behind me. I'm going to do it anyway.
>> No, it's don't. It doesn't look >> Who's queuing in the middle of the race, by the way.
>> I know. I could feel it. I could feel somebody queuing.
>> Oh, Baylor just spawned up there.
Oh god. Oh, I just got pushed. Oh man, it'd be a shame.
>> Did I?
>> Yeah, I've just got a big run on me.
Whoop!
>> Cues are lagging my game out.
>> NO, THIS DIDN'T WORK. I >> Oh, but I didn't launch. Did you try the shortcut?
>> Yes, I tried it, but I fell over the vents.
>> Well, >> well, I thought I was going to get forced over there cuz Gab was behind me, so I was like, I'm going to die, so I might as well just try this. It doesn't work very well. Like, if you had like a uh a dune kicker, maybe.
>> Yeah, this this race is a mess.
We're going to have to ask them to stop becoming big vehicles for a round, you know?
>> Yeah.
>> Feel like I'm bullying Stefon, but I have no control over my car.
>> I've And then there's just a limo because why not?
>> I have mastered cutting that last corner.
>> Hey, I finished a P.
>> Wow. What a disaster. Oh my.
>> Okay.
So, ban the big cars.
Just one round of not having those. If we ban the big cars, I will not take the shortcut.
>> What an absolute disaster.
>> What are you talking about? That was great, Neil. That was the best race we've had so far.
>> Totally.
>> This is like when everybody's already given up and I don't I don't get it. Do we want to try this one again? Like I'd like a legit race without big cars.
>> I I you know what? Yeah, I think I would like to try it again.
>> Okay. I said this car. No big cars. Oh, I'm in the wrong grid spot. Huh? Let me pull forward here real quick.
>> Yeah. I don't know what Spieler was doing. He said H series. I literally just said this car or they You know what? I'm going to start the race. You want me to start it?
>> Yeah. Rapid fire. Don't give him any chance. He's stuck in the H series. I don't know why he switched to it. So now he's stuck in it. Oh, he might he might he might have just queued out of it. I'm not going to let his >> his Q >> I still see it.
>> Oh, he's definitely in it. He's slow.
This is what happens when you switch cars before. Like we're like we're going to do this car. He's like H series. He's already switched to it.
>> There's no way he's going to hit this turn.
>> You know, he did a better job than I thought he would.
>> Oh, now he's trying to queue out of it.
I think >> Gab's like dead sideways every chance he gets. Oh, Segoya overshot the corner.
You don't see that very often.
Oh, yes. I smashed up the turn.
>> Okay. And so did Gav. What do we do here? I don't Do I try to take it this this time or am I going to >> I've been trying to take this one with the corks here. No way.
>> I cut that one every time.
>> Almost pushed Stefan off. Oh, we made it. You know, that was respectable except for I see Spieler back there in the box truck.
>> How was he even keeping up with us? I mean, I guess we're not in like speed stairs or anything.
>> I almost wonder if he did switch vehicles on his end and it just hasn't queued.
>> That might be right. Yeah, he just crashed into the wall. By the way, I saw >> we got turbo draft by the way. Okay, I got to make sure not to take Oh jeez.
Sorry.
>> Oh, I got bump d bumped.
>> That was me.
It's just us up here. So, uh, where's the braking zone at? I don't know where the break at.
>> I just pushed a off the track. Maybe.
Yeah, I made him go wide. Let's go.
>> Oh, we're almost three wide. I think I'm going to tuck back in.
>> My engine is screaming right now.
>> There was a car flying behind me. I'm going to ignore I even saw that.
>> I I think they're just doing whatever back there.
>> There no rules.
Okay.
>> Ash tried to take the corks here. What are you doing, buddy? Get with the program.
>> He's definitely going to uh probably run in the back of you here. Can you Can you take this turn full speed?
>> Uh, yeah, you can. Good luck with that, though.
>> Yes.
>> I Did you see what happened to me in my face?
>> Oh, yeah. I saw that.
Why even have a chicane back there at this point? You know, >> I need to be pushed across the U finish line. I mean, it's either you make a rule where everybody has to do it or there's going to be like two or three people that don't take it. So, you you have to be on an even playing field. So, I'm assuming just don't take the chicane.
You can wide open that chicane. You just got to be able to hit it right and get the car super sideways.
>> See, I I was doing that, but Ash just was trying to kill me, so that's what he did.
>> Yeah, he probably didn't like that thing before. You You want to do some uh >> do some micro machines?
>> Let's ignore Spieler in the chat. He said, "Y'all want to do box trucks now?"
No, let's do my car machines.
>> Hey, are they ready? Oh, looks like Hey, they they're all cute. Wait, why did everybody pick my car? I was in this thing first.
>> I'm starting in mine.
>> I'm start What's that? You got Spieler and a duck. I'm starting to think, Neil, that they think that there's actually a difference in speed on some of these cars.
>> I don't think there is.
>> 10 laps long track. I'm >> just going to ignore that even he even said that. I'm about to start it. You ready?
>> Yep. Gab wants to be here all day.
>> Many cars. We wouldn't s We can't even survive one lap. 10 lap.
>> These cars are indestructible.
>> Oh, that means you're going to encourage everybody to die. Dude, these things I don't know what to think of these.
They're like They're kind of cool.
>> I'll know what to think after the first turn.
>> Yeah, about say do they Yo, they don't >> It's not terrible.
>> Just wiped everybody over. There's the duck. I just saw a duck slide underneath.
>> Yeah, I got a good view.
>> I'm winning.
>> I got a good view of the duck there.
>> You know, they they're heavy feeling.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my goodness. We're bouncing off each other. Oh, nice.
>> This thing doesn't corner too great, but it doesn't slide, so that's good.
>> It corners like a semi truck.
>> Oh god.
I'm starting to think the grass is a more attractive option to make this thing turn.
Hit that E bra.
>> No, the grass actually does a really good job of getting it to slide sideways.
>> I just cut that big time. Hope nobody saw that.
>> No, we were totally not behind you. So, there goes the duck.
Poor Seigoya.
>> I refuse to lose in this race to a duck.
>> The duck just died, I think. No, never mind. The duck's still here.
>> Oh, I got some distance. Are can you even draft me right now?
>> Well, me and the duck can draft. There's going to be some people questioning the track limits after this video.
>> Yeah.
>> What are those?
>> They don't exist.
>> I definitely don't with this group.
>> This is like NASCAR on a road course type beat.
>> There we go.
>> That's the track limits we're working with.
>> I'm breaking. They break in three to five business days. Oh god. I I thought I broke Oh, okay. I made it somehow.
>> I don't think I I don't Did you get over 100 miles an hour on that straightaway?
I'm not even sure I did.
>> I was too busy like staring at the duck trying to see where the duck was going to go.
>> Oh no.
>> All right, let's see how this thing handles the sand. We do have a big shovel on the bottom.
>> Racing these mistake.
>> The duck is trying to Oh, never mind.
The duck just hit the inside wall.
>> So, Gav won the race according to uh timing and scoring.
>> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Careful, careful. I almost lost it on that last turn, but I think I got it. I'm going to come in second still somehow.
>> Let's go. Whoa. Oh yeah, Gav was up here. He just spawned at the finish line.
>> Here we go. Boom. Oh god.
>> Bumper cars.
>> So, what do we learn?
>> I kind of like these things. Also, we should do more slow car racing cuz it's fun.
>> It's fine. HERE COMES THE OH NO, THE DUCKS GIANT.
>> OH, BUDDY. OH, it's time to end the video.
>> Get out of here. Get out of here. Ded in the video.
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