if was good, he would hold the world record even today, but no, instead to keep in track, these cars of that times wasted too much tire and TIME making the pilot compensating the angle. i really not miss these times, i'm glad that this lack of performance finally ended and today most cars obey our plan.
7:04 is such a great moment too, his rear suddenly snaps while exiting the Carousel, but instead of lifting or panicking he just keeps his foot to the floor and powerslides through the entire next corner completely sideways. This video is an absolute definition of perfect car control
@@istvanlorinczi2817 Yeah, I know. Thats why its great that he kept that powerslide whilst being under full control of the Yellowbird. And it looks badass af
You spend years behind the wheel and eventually are able to get your vehicle performing at what you assume must surely be close to the limit. Then one random afternoon you stumble upon some 1980s footage of a real driver taking corners at literally twice the speed you can, in a car that's orders of magnitude more difficult and dangerous to drive than your own... Feast upon the humble pie -
@@budlit1854 I put my channel pic when I was like 14, many years ago, but you are still below 14 mentaly, considering all your arguments are lame failed attempts at trying to offend someone.
There are 173 turns in the Nürburgring Nordschleife. That car attempted murder 174 times. God damn good driving though. Seeing newer cars (albeit lapping faster) looks boring because of all the driver aids and well tuned suspension, tires, etc. This lap was all driver input and no mistakes.
I'd take being faster over bragging about "hurr durr driving aids and good tires make it too boring" I'm sure pro drivers of that era would do the same.
@@michaelczesnozki1671 false... adaptive steering is never "turned off" also the ecu and overall "brain" if you will is much more advanced. These days its extremely rare to see a manual 6 speed gearbox. Some have sequential manual transmissions with up to 7 or 8 gears. That means no heel toe, no rev match, no moment where you have to let go of the wheel to shift. You put Lewis Hamilton in a formula 2 or formula car from the Hunt, Lauda, Regnezonni, Moss era hed be toast... id love to see Lewis Hamilton battle it out with James Hunt... poor kid would be so frustrated only to find out that James Huntt wasnt even trying.
Every time he got remotely close to the grass I winced. If one wheel goes into the grass in a porsche with the weight in the back you're going to find yourself driving backwards at 100mph into a tree like all the others that have been widowmaked
he lifts, just to get some weight on the front tires so he can turn, but he lifts, and the topspeed with this car at the end of the dottinger höhe is more like 180mph, maybe less
@@tormentorxl2732 if you don't know what you are doing, yes. but that guy knows how to drive a car. on an old porsche, you don't have a lot of weight on the front wheels, so if you want to turn, you need to shift weight
And it doesn't even have the big tires, and I think this used an engine configuration where the engine was farther back which had already been abandoned by porsche lol
yeah think about tires from the mid 80s putting up with this kind of torture. the skill it takes to keep this monster between the grassy sides is insane
This video gives me more adrenaline than any Ken Block video. It's real, not staged, this car is trying to kill you constantly, no tcs, no abs, nothing! It's like fighting a mad dragon and Stefan Rozer is the man who gives the finger to that dragon!
if that is just "driving" well the new porsche 918 or zr1 or p1... stefan is only playing if he drives it. This ruf is not a car made for normal people
This might be some of the most skilful driving I have ever witnessed. It is car control on a whole other level, how he didn't make 1 mistake I have no idea. As remarkably unbalanced as that chassis is, the way driver predicts it's movements and winds the oppo' lock on is absolutely mesmerising!
is not unbalanced,lol. This is the purpose. He use the weight of the car for turn in. if it was an 50 50 ,it will slughish like hell . thats one reason why Porsche is one of the best.
Notice how he hoons it like a madman, but slows down to pass other road users safely and respectfully. How it should be done at the ring... How times change...
Turistenfahren or Free laps for anyone that pay the toll ticket, should be for responsible fast driving and not about lap times. Overtaking during these rides is allowed left side only, just like german highways. Stupid things get you banned for the day, dangerous things get you banned for life.
As legendary as this performance is, it makes me wonder the amazing driving that happens all the time on Nurburgring and elsewhere and never gets recorded.
Nowadays any fool can go round the Nurburgring at a fast pace. Back then, and even now, only a true maestro could weave a furious "widow maker" around there and come back home to dinner.
+Demont Washington They arent evil...they got that reputation from Green or no driving skills of Lawyers and Doctors who thought they could drive. The tail happy character of 911's is well known. After that you use it to your advantage...no car communicates what it is doing or about to do better than these 911's. Not the cars fault if you dont speak its language.
It's probably to do with how most people simply aren't used to the way they handle. After all, 911's are the practically the only cars with a rear engine placement (some exceptions, but most of which were discontinued long ago). Most people might be trying to drive it like a front or mid engined car, but the 911 has always required a completely different driving style.
Yep, he hold such a drastic slip angle, which is why he is able to corner so damn fast. Amazing to watch when you realize what he is doing. He fully understands the typical Porsche characteristics, clearly
No traction control. No abs. No torque vectoring. No helmet. No shoes! All skill, and nerves of steel! It's been awhile since I watched this incredible display of REAL driving!
@@Ignacio.Romero It's funny you mention 1987, that's the year of my Starion ESi-R which does have rear ABS, but most cars definitely did not have TCS. This CTR though was based off the Carrera 3.2 which never came with ABS.
@@buckorooster Well, I did a bit more research. Like I said, most premium cars had ABS, but the yellowbird, f40 and others aren't premium cars, they are supercars. My wrong for assuming they would be equipped with ABS since other luxury cars (from Mercedes and BWM for example) did have ABS
The problem with having such a capable test driver is no matter how lethal the car is (like the CTR) he will always say "No it's fine. Easy to handle. I had no problem tossing it down the Nordschleife." - Result: EVERY CUSTOMER WILL DIE! :-) :-)
Anybody who thinks he can get in a car like that and drive like that without years of practice and unnatural ability is a good candidate for Darwin's sideroad.
this is just beautiful! a terrifying dance between man and machine. you can see the wheel being tossed back and forth from the front wheels and him fighting it back in line. just awesome, love 80s Porsche. those were real sports cars. race cars on the road
the amount of mechanical grip of cars being increased over the years is astonishing. This looks more rallying than track driving. Amazing skills, what a great driver!
this is just.... INCREDIBLE the amount of skill he has is just sickening... hats off to you sir! Everything about this is perfection... the track.. the car... the shifts, and drifts.. the countersteers... your a god among mortals at driving.
Can you imagine being one of the cars he rips by? This would be the equivalent of seeing a next-gen Koenigsegg drift by you on the track. There was nothing else that could match this car in the 80s.
The official Yellowbird time on the ring is 8:05. I cannot find the F40 nor F1 times for the full ring. I did find one for the F40 for the smaller ring config at 7:40. I made an error. It was the Jag Xj220 that broke the yellowbirds ring record
True, I wish I could go back in the 80's and see what "exotic" and "supercar" must've been like. Today they still, perform and sound amazing, can you imagine back in 1987?
The 80's really *were* crazy. People lived by mottos like "Nothing succeeds like excess." , "The sky's the limit." and "What can't be acquired with money can be with more money." The cocaine they sniffed embodied all those mottos perfectly both figuratively and literally. Ruf CTR - and outrageous car for an outrageous era.
Back in the 80's my Dad's best friend had one of these. I was at his house with Dad and remember him showing me the new exhaust he had just gotten for it. It did sound wonderful. I dont think he drove it a dozen times... for him it was a trophy with bragging rights. RIP Luke. Hope you and Dad are fishing in the Bahamas of Heaven.
This is a golden video. When I first saw it, it cemented in me the understanding that a good driver can anticipate the dynamics of the car and perfectly time their inputs to match. He would of course always be waiting for the car if he weren't timing the transitions so they end when he needs them to for the next input. Naturally he is still having to react to the car and road surface, but he does so in a way that returns complete control to him quickly. Also, you know you've got it sussed when the steering wheel is mostly straight going around corners!
@@m1co294it’s a bit more complex than that in a car like that. your sentence makes sense when he is on the straights, the moment he enters the corners, your sentence goes out of the exhaust
Zitat Walter Röhrl: „Am besten ist ein Mittelding zwischen untersteuern und übersteuern mit der Tendenz zum Drift!“ Nach diesem Video weiß ich was der Walter damit meint! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 Das ist eines der besten Videos die ich je gesehen habe 👍
114 times. Thats the number of times that I counted when he should have lost control and binned the thing. At least he had proper safety equipment. Gotta be hard to work the pedals like that with balls the size of church bells.
Well, that's the stuff with those rear engine cars. Indulge in the pendulum effect, make it do the work instead of fighting it and tame it by loading the rear tires as soon as possible. All sprinkled with smooth steering inputs. Stephan Rozer, a real master of that art.
@Timothy McSweeney Yes they do... damn algorithm have become smart but they will never be genious enough to drive a car round the ring like that. holy shit
Full send on the straights and "easy" corners, drifting around the "slower" ones. All that in a fully analog, bright yellow axe murderer. The amount of skill, balls, track knowledge and luck to perform this masterpiece of driving, on an open Nordschleife no less, is hard to comprehend. WOW!
This video is a great example of how difficult it can be to drive these rear-engined, rear-wheel drive cars. It also shows how bumpy nordshleife is, lol.
I have to admit, I didn't know about this car until A.C. I knew about the 911 though. A rear-engined rear wheel drive car is bound to be hard to drive xD but very fast and efficient.
Those car was realy rear engine , recently porsche have start to cheat a little by getting the engine closer to the middle and still calling it rear engine :P . Annyway im not against little moer stability when i seen that lol .
Topias Salakka I took about an hour trying over and over to finish a single lap of the tourist circuit in it on the default setup/tyres, finally managed a 7:56.36. Ragged as hell and a real monster to drive, great fun though.
I had the luck to know Stefan Roser and to drive 2 or 3 times with him (even the Yellow Bird :-) ) He was the Ken Block of the 80´s, but, without Internet and UA-cam he was not famous. There are cars, wich are easier to handle than a Porsche, but he "felt" the car perfect... I will never forget it!
Ken Block is a stunt car driver, not a racer. When he tried to compete in the WRC (World Rally Championship) he was nowhere near the special section times of the world's elite. Ken Block is famous *exactly because of internet and UA-cam* not due to his *actual* skill as a racer.
@@jamesshunt5123 True, but to his credit, his failure at WRC and at World Rally Cross had much more to do with the car than with him. Ford couldn't field a competitive machine.
yep, still my favourite car in Assetto corsa with Street vintage tires ♥ love that car,you cant hassitate on one second ! cause you are dead :D and thas why i love this car.. You have to give it all you´ve got...Im driving it on like 110% :D
This car is crazy, drives like it's on ice with the engine so far back. Sideways on straightaways. If I was one of those guys on a motorcycle seeing that thing coming up beside me, I would be terrified he is about to take me out.
I find myself doing the same thing playing RaceRoom lmao. Afterwards I say “wait I didn’t need that much countersteering, Jesus” and then I wince in embarrassment.
@@OxBlitzkriegxO these cars are butt heavy and notoriously understeery if you try to enter corners the traditional way. But yeah this dude's thrashing it around like it owes him money.
This might be the best driving video around the Nordschleife ever recorded. In a today's world where high-tech computer systems makes anyone a 10X better driver than they really are, this video is all balls and pure skill. Stefan Roser - wherever you are, I tip my hat and raise my Pilsner to you, good sir. No one will ever make a 911 dance like you did. #blackbelt
Oh please, I'm tired of this "back then everything was better" bullshit, with all due respect. If the current regulations allowed this, I'm 100% sure a nut pro driver would attempt to do something like this. I like current cars better, why? They have the best of both worlds. You have insane performance with enough driver's assistance tech to keep your ass alive. I guarantee you those folks form the "golden age" of cars would do anything to drive these new cars instead.
Stop your clucking, little chicken... It appears you completely mis-read my post. I'm not making a comment about which cars are better (modern versus old-school); rather, I'm simply making a comment about Stefan Roser's driving skills, especially considering the absence of various traction control systems, chassis control systems, double clutch transmissions, etc. It takes 10X the skill and 10X the balls to drive that Yellow Bird, than it does a modern GT3RS. The debate of which car is better is no different than arguing apples and oranges.
"It takes 10X the skill and 10X the balls to drive that " No it doesn't. It's slightly harder, not as safer, but definitely not as challenging as you make it seem. Pro drivers these days can definitely drive like this if not much better. The only reason it doesn't happen is due to new regulations. I guess what I'm trying to say is, drop the elitist attitude and quit sounding like a neckbeard. Ex: "I tip my hat and raise my Pilsner to you, good sir. No one will ever make a 911 dance like you did."
I have watched this a dozen times over a dozen years, & it is just as impressive as ever. Stefan Rozer's car-control is incredible, & the car is an absolute rocket-ship. All done with mid 1980s technology & (especially) mid 1980s brakes & tyres. I am amazed that the back tyres lasted a lap considering that 30% of the time they were going sideways as well as forward. Wonderful stuff.
These shitty comments always make the experience worse. Isolating the video itself puts me in a better mood until I move on to the cancerous comment section.
well it is still 911 meaning there will be that oversteer to understeer thing going on because weight distribution that gets us normies often off the guard, but it's not biggie for guy with this skill set drifting away.
When the car you are driving knows you perfectly and you know perfectly the car you're driving...Stephan Rozer was not the ruf's test pilot for nothing!!! Perfect technique ( his brake placement, steering and acceleration control are just impressive) and knowledge about what you can and can't do with a 911 !! again and again congratulations Mr Rozer and congratulations of course at you, beautiful "Yellow bird" 😃!!
to think that if his grip was weakened and the wheel jumped out of his hands he would be gone in an instant. The stress of doing what he's doing here is what makes this driver so incredible, he was doing this lap just for fun and not to set a good time. His response to critics saying he was slowing his time while drifting in the corners was something along the lines of "When my wife and I have sex we're not always trying to have children".
Don't know how or why this got recommended to me years after it was posted... but I am so glad that it was. Everything about this video is *mind-blowing!*
You have to take an oversteer turn with constant throttle. It's a scary thought, but if you let off the gas, kiss what stability you have goodbye, and say hello to possibly the wall.
That's what creates "lift-throttle-oversteer" ... that's why the C4 was invented. Porsche needed a less risky car for the masses. I'm one of the masses.
To me what makes it so impressive, is he is truly using the natural oversteer to his complete advantage. No time for E brakes, he trusts the heavy rear (and grip) of that car. As well as his lack of gear lol. Truly one of the best videos I’ve ever seen
This guy is not an amateur. He is a professional driver piloting one of the more powerfull car of the time. Incredible skills! There are only 28 RUF yellow bird and they worth $$$$
One of the best pieces of car control I've ever seen, all done on the world's most unforgiving track. Whilst wearing white socks!! Balls the size of spacehoppers
the driver must be Stephan Roser...Ruf`s test driver....THIS IS THE BEST LAP OF THE `RING....IN THE BEST CAR BY THE BEST....THIS IS THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF!!!!!!
Thanks for the info. It helps to understand his near-perfect understanding of what may well be home track. Such mastery of a course presumes long (very long) time spent in practice and, of course, great skiill. And the machine with turbo lag lends an even greater variable. Hats off to you sir!
@@giacomofilippin12 Road & Track tested the Ruf CTR at a *genuine 211mph* (342km/h) in their top speed shoot out of all supercars in 1987. Google the issue of this magazine and you can still read the article. No owner of a F40 ever saw more than 190mph (304km/h) and the claimed 201mph (324km/h) is widely believed to be a *theoretical top speed* . This was btw common for many supercar makers of the 80's and 90's. FEW really could PROVE their claims in top speed road tests. But the Ruf CTR did. End of story.
Near 470hp in a very unstable machine (early 911 turbos were VERY temperamental) and with 80s rubber compounds driving flat out on 'the Green Hell'... It is as if God of Racing himself was driving.
thing was, this wasn’t a Porsche, it was a RUF. It was lighter than a porsche, and a VERY conservative rating of 471 horsepower, with all of the power and most of the weight in the rear.
Yeah for real. If youre entering a corner and need to take your foot off the gas or god forbid break, you have to go from top center of wheel turned from 9 o'clock to 11:30 or you're going to fly into the left wall because of how much weight gets suddenly put on the front wheels. scary and fun
The steering wheel spends more time pointing to the outside of the turn than the inside. Absolute legend
Just a little kick into the corner, then holding opposite lock, guiding that pendulum. Insane skill.
@@FearlessLeader2001 Turn left to go right
That's the engine put in the rear
if was good, he would hold the world record even today, but no, instead to keep in track, these cars of that times wasted too much tire and TIME making the pilot compensating the angle.
i really not miss these times, i'm glad that this lack of performance finally ended and today most cars obey our plan.
@@FearlessLeader2001 that is true, this pilot deserve all the respect
Front axle: k let's take this turn
Rear axle: I WANNA BE FIRST
This is one of my favorite comments on UA-cam. Bless you.
@@littledramaboy does this car have a front axle lol? its kind of dumb tbh
@@JMB-gt6of good point, it would make more sense with "wheels" but it's still very funny.
@@littledramaboy indeed don't let me ruin it tho XD
@@JMB-gt6of well, the axles connect the wheels to the car so a car can’t drive without them
Two legends, one's a machine, the other a car
That’s really good. I’m stealing that to say about myself wherever I can
Bro my name is Esteban Lopez Hernandez
@@IloveGodGodcredit card digits? just to check if they're the same too
@@IloveGodGod Hello i also love God . Jesus Christ is Lord.
I want to like this comment, but I don't want to disturb the devil.
I'm glad to see he was wearing his safety socks.
It must be Ayrton Senna and his mocassim shoes.
This is the opposite of what Dutch people mean when we call someone a hero in socks
Nomex safety socks....
hahaahahahvavaahaahahhjykkdsha made my day
One of the best comments ever!
No helmet, no gloves, no fear, just a couple pair of balls and skills! This is one of the greatest videos I've seen!
No kidding, perfect example of A *REAL* DRIVER! HE EVEN DID IT IN HIS SLIPPERS HAHA! XD
cybertree LOL
Carlos Panades NO SHOES!
Greg V LOL true!
Greg V Still shoes but only slipper.
7:04 is such a great moment too, his rear suddenly snaps while exiting the Carousel, but instead of lifting or panicking he just keeps his foot to the floor and powerslides through the entire next corner completely sideways. This video is an absolute definition of perfect car control
It's rear engined, had he lifted there, he would've hit the inside wall
@@istvanlorinczi2817 Yeah, I know. Thats why its great that he kept that powerslide whilst being under full control of the Yellowbird. And it looks badass af
Powerslides are so satisfying.
Had he lifted, he would dhave spun. All Porsche 911's do that. He really knows that car.
@@Andrei-cp5jrmy guy that’s not not just Porsches. If your rear is swung out with no corrections being made you’re gonna spin regardless.
You spend years behind the wheel and eventually are able to get your vehicle performing at what you assume must surely be close to the limit. Then one random afternoon you stumble upon some 1980s footage of a real driver taking corners at literally twice the speed you can, in a car that's orders of magnitude more difficult and dangerous to drive than your own...
Feast upon the humble pie -
@@budlit1854 probably, why would it matter? So many woman drivers are LEAGUES above you.
@@1312_PV and your leagues under me.. judging by your channel pic. Fucking pussy hahahaha
@@budlit1854 I put my channel pic when I was like 14, many years ago, but you are still below 14 mentaly, considering all your arguments are lame failed attempts at trying to offend someone.
@Ryan Davidson I barely understood you, sorry, I'm not native.
@@budlit1854 Oh and also, BUD LIGHT is like drinking water, a 14 year old here drinks harder stuff than that shit ahahajahhahaha
How have I gone 30 years without seeing this video. Unbelievable driving.
Where are you from?
@@marcelk3847 30 years walk from here?
Wow, I never realized how beautiful the scenery around the ring was, I've always been to busy watching E36 BMWs bounce between the walls.
Well it’s name is the Green Hell after all.
Nice
Engineer: “Sir, here’s your helmet. Do you feel ready for this?”
Driver: “My what?”
Weight reduction bro
"Never wear one, it's a distraction"
Are we driving through a construction zone or something??
This was 1987. Almost guaranteed he didn't even have a seat belt 🙃
There are 173 turns in the Nürburgring Nordschleife. That car attempted murder 174 times. God damn good driving though. Seeing newer cars (albeit lapping faster) looks boring because of all the driver aids and well tuned suspension, tires, etc. This lap was all driver input and no mistakes.
I'd take being faster over bragging about "hurr durr driving aids and good tires make it too boring" I'm sure pro drivers of that era would do the same.
Its an absolute animal!....
I would take a well tuned car with good tires over a death machine anyday. Not only I will be faster, but also safer
You know they turn all the aids off right? That’s why Track Mode on cars almost always turns off ABS, Traction Control, Steering Assist, etc.
@@michaelczesnozki1671 false... adaptive steering is never "turned off" also the ecu and overall "brain" if you will is much more advanced. These days its extremely rare to see a manual 6 speed gearbox. Some have sequential manual transmissions with up to 7 or 8 gears. That means no heel toe, no rev match, no moment where you have to let go of the wheel to shift. You put Lewis Hamilton in a formula 2 or formula car from the Hunt, Lauda, Regnezonni, Moss era hed be toast... id love to see Lewis Hamilton battle it out with James Hunt... poor kid would be so frustrated only to find out that James Huntt wasnt even trying.
Example why no car movie with best effects can match reality. One of the very best motor video ever made. Raw power and skills.
Oh so well said mate!
Downforce provided by the sheer weight of the balls...
LOL
That must be why they didn't add any more aero bits or a bigger wing to the car. It just wasn't necessary ;)
And no Helmet !
They are very big and heavy steel balls
As much this thing is almost out of control, it must have street tires on it. He probably says soft compound tires takes the fun out of it.
Stefan Roser....legend. What a drive....skill WAY beyond us all.
Thank you for the name, I was wondering. Thats one to remember.
Respect.
Crazy how he doesn't lift After the big straight and doesn't panic when he's on the grass at ~200mph.
Absolute mad lad
Every time he got remotely close to the grass I winced. If one wheel goes into the grass in a porsche with the weight in the back you're going to find yourself driving backwards at 100mph into a tree like all the others that have been widowmaked
he lifts, just to get some weight on the front tires so he can turn, but he lifts, and the topspeed with this car at the end of the dottinger höhe is more like 180mph, maybe less
If you lift you spin out. Typical older 911 characteristic.
@@tormentorxl2732 if you don't know what you are doing, yes.
but that guy knows how to drive a car.
on an old porsche, you don't have a lot of weight on the front wheels, so if you want to turn, you need to shift weight
@Bread And Circuses he recorded a speed of 211 mph on this lap
470 HP with a 500 pound pendulum hanging off the back. As stable as a waterbed.
...balancing on a rocking horse
His 500 pound cast-iron balls balance the weight
Fred Garvin In the cars defense some of those slides were intentionally induced.
And it doesn't even have the big tires, and I think this used an engine configuration where the engine was farther back which had already been abandoned by porsche lol
yeah think about tires from the mid 80s putting up with this kind of torture. the skill it takes to keep this monster between the grassy sides is insane
This video gives me more adrenaline than any Ken Block video. It's real, not staged, this car is trying to kill you constantly, no tcs, no abs, nothing! It's like fighting a mad dragon and Stefan Rozer is the man who gives the finger to that dragon!
What stefan is doing is driving. Not being driven as most cars do for you.
Ken Block never claimed his videos aren't staged. They're both entertaining videos, no need to compare.
Ken Block just child))))
Artel295 Artel295 just fetus))))
if that is just "driving" well the new porsche 918 or zr1 or p1... stefan is only playing if he drives it. This ruf is not a car made for normal people
This might be some of the most skilful driving I have ever witnessed. It is car control on a whole other level, how he didn't make 1 mistake I have no idea. As remarkably unbalanced as that chassis is, the way driver predicts it's movements and winds the oppo' lock on is absolutely mesmerising!
is not unbalanced,lol. This is the purpose. He use the weight of the car for turn in. if it was an 50 50 ,it will slughish like hell . thats one reason why Porsche is one of the best.
Notice how he hoons it like a madman, but slows down to pass other road users safely and respectfully.
How it should be done at the ring...
How times change...
How it should be done at any track
"hoon" implies that it was staged and practiced while wrecking a bunch of cars.
This is real.
@J.D. Turner barely sideways at all, tires were quiet
Seems like people have got that backwards.
Turistenfahren or Free laps for anyone that pay the toll ticket, should be for responsible fast driving and not about lap times. Overtaking during these rides is allowed left side only, just like german highways. Stupid things get you banned for the day, dangerous things get you banned for life.
driver slows down after completing first lap*
rear tires: "ITS FINALLY OVER, THE TOTURE IS FINALLY OVER..."
driver: "but wait there's more..."
Are, Are you, are you talking about porn?
Tires: here we go again
They didn't call it the Widow Maker for nothing. Absolutely insane.
Nobody called the yellowbird the widow maker.
@@tapsofosiris3110 because they are all dead for taking their foot off the gas.
As legendary as this performance is, it makes me wonder the amazing driving that happens all the time on Nurburgring and elsewhere and never gets recorded.
Nowadays any fool can go round the Nurburgring at a fast pace. Back then, and even now, only a true maestro could weave a furious "widow maker" around there and come back home to dinner.
@@dazzledonkey You're right. But these monsters will always exist, and they drive like this guy all of the time.
That's a hell of a piece of driving. Man, the transitional behavior of that thing is just pure evil, but he's clearly mastered it. Amazing skills.
+Demont Washington I assume its the boost that's making him fight it.
+Demont Washington They arent evil...they got that reputation from Green or no driving skills of Lawyers and Doctors who thought they could drive. The tail happy character of 911's is well known. After that you use it to your advantage...no car communicates what it is doing or about to do better than these 911's. Not the cars fault if you dont speak its language.
It's for people who know what they are doing but it's still dangerous. And that's why we all marvel at the results. Like a lion tamer!
It's probably to do with how most people simply aren't used to the way they handle. After all, 911's are the practically the only cars with a rear engine placement (some exceptions, but most of which were discontinued long ago). Most people might be trying to drive it like a front or mid engined car, but the 911 has always required a completely different driving style.
Ian Wilmoth I think a lion would be a lot less scary than this car XD
I've watched this about 100 times...the driver is a MACHINE! This is 'changing direction with your right' foot at its best....🤩
Yep, he hold such a drastic slip angle, which is why he is able to corner so damn fast.
Amazing to watch when you realize what he is doing.
He fully understands the typical Porsche characteristics, clearly
No traction control. No abs. No torque vectoring. No helmet. No shoes! All skill, and nerves of steel! It's been awhile since I watched this incredible display of REAL driving!
In 1987 both ABS and TCS already existed
Ignacio Romero TCS and ABS were both rarely used in cars though around that time, and the CTR definitely didn't have either
@@buckorooster All premium cars at that year had, at least, ABS
@@Ignacio.Romero It's funny you mention 1987, that's the year of my Starion ESi-R which does have rear ABS, but most cars definitely did not have TCS. This CTR though was based off the Carrera 3.2 which never came with ABS.
@@buckorooster Well, I did a bit more research. Like I said, most premium cars had ABS, but the yellowbird, f40 and others aren't premium cars, they are supercars. My wrong for assuming they would be equipped with ABS since other luxury cars (from Mercedes and BWM for example) did have ABS
The problem with having such a capable test driver is no matter how lethal the car is (like the CTR) he will always say "No it's fine. Easy to handle. I had no problem tossing it down the Nordschleife." - Result: EVERY CUSTOMER WILL DIE! :-) :-)
Lol indeed. But i have to wonder if this guy actually thought that....That cabin is full of arms and legs every second of the drive.
LOL...the gap between truth and fantasy
Anybody who thinks he can get in a car like that and drive like that without years of practice and unnatural ability is a good candidate for Darwin's sideroad.
Then he is a rubbish test driver. But I get your point.
😂
this is just beautiful! a terrifying dance between man and machine. you can see the wheel being tossed back and forth from the front wheels and him fighting it back in line. just awesome, love 80s Porsche. those were real sports cars. race cars on the road
30+ years later, that's still FAST.
That set a record for a long time actually, but yes you are correct sir! That shit is still fast
Drive it like you stole it!
Sliding often means you are losing time.
F1 cars don't slide
@@alphatrion100 man shut up
@@alphatrion100 Depends, if that were the case, rally cars wouldn't slide
The dude seriously flicks it into every single corner and then countersteers, even at 150 mph. I'm in love.
13:17 Never noticed, before, you can hear the helicopter crew talking and laughing as he exits the carousel.
😂
What a time
That sound at 14:51!
It's like the anguished scream of a frustrated evil spirit.
Lmao, well said.
It's screaming because it's trying as hard as it can to kill him but is in anguish because it's unable to.
hands down the best clip. they needed more of those angles to catch his insane drifts.
the amount of mechanical grip of cars being increased over the years is astonishing.
This looks more rallying than track driving. Amazing skills, what a great driver!
this is just.... INCREDIBLE
the amount of skill he has is just sickening... hats off to you sir!
Everything about this is perfection... the track.. the car... the shifts, and drifts.. the countersteers... your a god among mortals at driving.
His name is Stefan Roser. Maybe one of the best test drivers ever.
Can you imagine being one of the cars he rips by? This would be the equivalent of seeing a next-gen Koenigsegg drift by you on the track. There was nothing else that could match this car in the 80s.
It took the McLaren F1 to break the yellowbirds ring record in 94.
really? not even a f40?
jonsku321 Yeah I doubt it. F40 wasn't nearly as fast.
The official Yellowbird time on the ring is 8:05. I cannot find the F40 nor F1 times for the full ring. I did find one for the F40 for the smaller ring config at 7:40. I made an error. It was the Jag Xj220 that broke the yellowbirds ring record
True, I wish I could go back in the 80's and see what "exotic" and "supercar" must've been like. Today they still, perform and sound amazing, can you imagine back in 1987?
The 80's really *were* crazy. People lived by mottos like "Nothing succeeds like excess." , "The sky's the limit." and "What can't be acquired with money can be with more money." The cocaine they sniffed embodied all those mottos perfectly both figuratively and literally.
Ruf CTR - and outrageous car for an outrageous era.
WeRnotDone WithU Damn I sure wish I was alive back then. It was peak America basically
word!
Not to mention Group B :D
@King Brilliant why ? Did you live in soviet union ?
@King Brilliant transformers, gi joe, masters of the universe,...............
Back in the 80's my Dad's best friend had one of these. I was at his house with Dad and remember him showing me the new exhaust he had just gotten for it. It did sound wonderful. I dont think he drove it a dozen times... for him it was a trophy with bragging rights. RIP Luke. Hope you and Dad are fishing in the Bahamas of Heaven.
This is a golden video. When I first saw it, it cemented in me the understanding that a good driver can anticipate the dynamics of the car and perfectly time their inputs to match. He would of course always be waiting for the car if he weren't timing the transitions so they end when he needs them to for the next input.
Naturally he is still having to react to the car and road surface, but he does so in a way that returns complete control to him quickly. Also, you know you've got it sussed when the steering wheel is mostly straight going around corners!
4:30
He is assisted by lack of power steering, tc, abs. Just the raw driving experience, basically.
Rear engine explains the straight wheel. Old (pre 1995) porsche explains the car trying to kill him
The wheel moves according to where the car wants to go, it's not all totally calculations.
@@m1co294it’s a bit more complex than that in a car like that. your sentence makes sense when he is on the straights, the moment he enters the corners, your sentence goes out of the exhaust
i love how the trees grew so much since then hahaha
Zitat Walter Röhrl: „Am besten ist ein Mittelding zwischen untersteuern und übersteuern mit der Tendenz zum Drift!“
Nach diesem Video weiß ich was der Walter damit meint! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Das ist eines der besten Videos die ich je gesehen habe 👍
114 times. Thats the number of times that I counted when he should have lost control and binned the thing. At least he had proper safety equipment. Gotta be hard to work the pedals like that with balls the size of church bells.
Well, that's the stuff with those rear engine cars. Indulge in the pendulum effect, make it do the work instead of fighting it and tame it by loading the rear tires as soon as possible. All sprinkled with smooth steering inputs. Stephan Rozer, a real master of that art.
@bryanfle Hahahahhahah 😂 lost it with the “church bells” 🔔 😂🔔
😀😁😂
But the more traction you loose on the rear the slower your lap time.
@@Paulman50
Showmanship
14:49 I mean, are you kidding me?
you don't see much stuff like this anymore. that's because it's forbidden to upload sexual content to youtube.
@@herberthans7015 I see you too were recommended this video recently lmao
@Timothy McSweeney Yes they do... damn algorithm have become smart but they will never be genious enough to drive a car round the ring like that. holy shit
And 4:11. That much counter street at that speed. Insane.
That driver blew my mind. Masterful. 🤯
seriously one of the greatest Ring videos ever made. this guy hangs it all out! in a bone stock Bird. stunning and beautiful!
Came here straight after watching Yellowbird featured on Jay Leno's Garage.
Really amazing car control, I would've binned it after 2 corners.
same
So do I.
I would have binned it milliseconds after turning the ignition key
I would go straight in t1. :D
Likewise lol
This guy has two sets of balls running in SLI.
opmike343 Sack linking interface
+Whatsit Tooyah LMAO
EPIC LULS
sli sucks tho
@@lucywucyyy but the jokes on it do not
Full send on the straights and "easy" corners, drifting around the "slower" ones. All that in a fully analog, bright yellow axe murderer. The amount of skill, balls, track knowledge and luck to perform this masterpiece of driving, on an open Nordschleife no less, is hard to comprehend. WOW!
Luck? You had me until that
@@SuperLeafyman Luck with the traffic
7:07 Jesus, it just won't quit oversteering!
Thats the lovely turbo reminding the driver that it will kill him if he gets too cocky lol
This video is a great example of how difficult it can be to drive these rear-engined, rear-wheel drive cars. It also shows how bumpy nordshleife is, lol.
This car came to Assetto Corsa and it is indeed very hard to drive, even in a simulator :/
I have to admit, I didn't know about this car until A.C. I knew about the 911 though. A rear-engined rear wheel drive car is bound to be hard to drive xD but very fast and efficient.
Hempflakes Same here. Its a tough old bugger to drive fast in AC but they have nailed the sound.
Those car was realy rear engine , recently porsche have start to cheat a little by getting the engine closer to the middle and still calling it rear engine :P .
Annyway im not against little moer stability when i seen that lol .
Topias Salakka I took about an hour trying over and over to finish a single lap of the tourist circuit in it on the default setup/tyres, finally managed a 7:56.36. Ragged as hell and a real monster to drive, great fun though.
This is art guys, remember it for generations like a Beethoven symphony.
8:41 drones were really noisy back then
Ah yes, we called those "Helicopters" … it's one of those weird drones with only 2 propellers, very strange!
Grumpy ol' Boot r/wooosh
And fast!
@Obese Taco double whoosh.
@@Grumpy_old_Boot it's not even a propeller
at 4.05 he takes his right hand off the wheel while doing about 150mph to re-adjust his LARGE kahunas. great vid
I didn't notice, seems that he usually does readjusting on the edge LOL!
dryjointdave «Kahunas» 😂😂😂
He was just shifting the ballast
@@TheMediaparc
👍 yes!
... cajones
But yeah, funny either way
@@GewelReal
Exactly! ... ballast
Gewel ✔ = Genius
this video alone is the living embodiment of "Turn left to go right." what a fucking legend.
I had the luck to know Stefan Roser and to drive 2 or 3 times with him (even the Yellow Bird :-) ) He was the Ken Block of the 80´s, but, without Internet and UA-cam he was not famous. There are cars, wich are easier to handle than a Porsche, but he "felt" the car perfect... I will never forget it!
Ken Block is a stunt car driver, not a racer. When he tried to compete in the WRC (World Rally Championship) he was nowhere near the special section times of the world's elite. Ken Block is famous *exactly because of internet and UA-cam* not due to his *actual* skill as a racer.
@@jamesshunt5123 True, but to his credit, his failure at WRC and at World Rally Cross had much more to do with the car than with him. Ford couldn't field a competitive machine.
@@316creative2
Pretty sure if you spoke to Ken, he would admit that he was the problem, and not the car.
I am officially jelaous of you, sir!
@@316creative2 lol he can't drive for shit...he crash every car he gets in... useless...
The amount of adrenaline in his body during this is probably enough to kill most normal animals.
Man, you could almost feel the car get nearly weightless at the top of some of those crests, all that weight up in the air just flying...amazing run!
No motorcyclists were harmed in the making of this video
.....but local underwear sales were up considerably.
A few of those corners had brown hazards after some of those drift passes though
Based on Assetto Corsa and this amazing footage, this car is one of the rawest and craziest driving experiences you can have
yep, still my favourite car in Assetto corsa with Street vintage tires ♥ love that car,you cant hassitate on one second ! cause you are dead :D and thas why i love this car.. You have to give it all you´ve got...Im driving it on like 110% :D
In project cars this car is mental as well 😂
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That is more impressive than the newer faster times to me. Lively would be an understatement. Great driving.
This car is crazy, drives like it's on ice with the engine so far back. Sideways on straightaways. If I was one of those guys on a motorcycle seeing that thing coming up beside me, I would be terrified he is about to take me out.
Watching a 32 year old video, that was uploaded nearly 6 years ago and I'm loving every second of it. Bravo driver, bravo 👏🏻
Still arguably the best Nurburgring video. This is a guy who knows the car 100% and knows exactly what it’s going to do with every input. Fantastic!
Probably the most counter steering needed I've seen on the ring. The true widow maker, hands down.
a lot of that counter steering was forced. the car didnt need to be turned in like that on many of the corners.
I find myself doing the same thing playing RaceRoom lmao. Afterwards I say “wait I didn’t need that much countersteering, Jesus” and then I wince in embarrassment.
@@OxBlitzkriegxO these cars are butt heavy and notoriously understeery if you try to enter corners the traditional way. But yeah this dude's thrashing it around like it owes him money.
This might be the best driving video around the Nordschleife ever recorded. In a today's world where high-tech computer systems makes anyone a 10X better driver than they really are, this video is all balls and pure skill. Stefan Roser - wherever you are, I tip my hat and raise my Pilsner to you, good sir. No one will ever make a 911 dance like you did. #blackbelt
Word! Absolutely
Oh please, I'm tired of this "back then everything was better" bullshit, with all due respect. If the current regulations allowed this, I'm 100% sure a nut pro driver would attempt to do something like this. I like current cars better, why? They have the best of both worlds. You have insane performance with enough driver's assistance tech to keep your ass alive. I guarantee you those folks form the "golden age" of cars would do anything to drive these new cars instead.
Stop your clucking, little chicken... It appears you completely mis-read my post. I'm not making a comment about which cars are better (modern versus old-school); rather, I'm simply making a comment about Stefan Roser's driving skills, especially considering the absence of various traction control systems, chassis control systems, double clutch transmissions, etc. It takes 10X the skill and 10X the balls to drive that Yellow Bird, than it does a modern GT3RS. The debate of which car is better is no different than arguing apples and oranges.
"It takes 10X the skill and 10X the balls to drive that "
No it doesn't. It's slightly harder, not as safer, but definitely not as challenging as you make it seem.
Pro drivers these days can definitely drive like this if not much better. The only reason it doesn't happen is due to new regulations.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, drop the elitist attitude and quit sounding like a neckbeard.
Ex: "I tip my hat and raise my Pilsner to you, good sir. No one will ever make a 911 dance like you did."
AmericanPsycho73 for sure, he was on the edge every second, he was correcting his steering constantly with precise precision.
Lol those two rocket ship powered rear wheels are just pushing that car & it’s front wheels all over and around the Nurburgring!
Bravo to the pilot!
I have watched this a dozen times over a dozen years, & it is just as impressive as ever. Stefan Rozer's car-control is incredible, & the car is an absolute rocket-ship. All done with mid 1980s technology & (especially) mid 1980s brakes & tyres. I am amazed that the back tyres lasted a lap considering that 30% of the time they were going sideways as well as forward. Wonderful stuff.
you know you're playing too much forza when you know every single turn on a track that is 14 miles long. what a driver, what a car
+ledzeppelin27 Soooo true! Got my start on that track in GT4, moved up to Forza, now I'm honestly tired of it.
+LegacyMuse Time to do it in real life :p
@@musewolfman blasphemy!
Pas d’électronique pas de boîte auto juste du talent comme on en fait plus
A l’époque on pilotait vraiment!
Bravo et respect!!!
No fear for his own life or the car, this is the definition of balls to the wall. Holy Sh*t!
16 minutes of glorious driving followed by 2 hours of laughing my ass off at the glorious comments!!!!
These shitty comments always make the experience worse. Isolating the video itself puts me in a better mood until I move on to the cancerous comment section.
@@dividedstatesofamerica2520 Um, you realize you don't have to read the comment section?
@@smokeyrandy7572 Suck it up and take some fucking power dumps.
@@smokeyrandy7572 No but i have to scroll down and the only things my eyes see are the comments
This car and the footage is now a piece of history in the automotive world. I was always a die hard 911 turbo fan but Ruf took it to the next level.
This guy is at one with his car, probably some of the most impressive skills I've ever seen.
Out of all the nurburgring lap vids out there, this is by far the most entertaining to watch. This driver is a mad man and I love it!
13:42 OMG YES BABY!
Hell yeah! I love that still shot, see the CTR flying through that corner sideways...
Under twitchy in the dictionary it says, "see RUF Yellow Bird"!
Hahaha
Obviously not the Coventry English Dictionary... 😄
well it is still 911 meaning there will be that oversteer to understeer thing going on because weight distribution that gets us normies often off the guard, but it's not biggie for guy with this skill set drifting away.
@@edwardburek1717 It's the Nurburgring English dictionary.
When the car you are driving knows you perfectly and you know perfectly the car you're driving...Stephan Rozer was not the ruf's test pilot for nothing!!! Perfect technique ( his brake placement, steering and acceleration control are just impressive) and knowledge about what you can and can't do with a 911 !! again and again congratulations Mr Rozer and congratulations of course at you, beautiful "Yellow bird" 😃!!
0:45 is probably the most ballsy part of the video, even on playstation I'm too scared to go flat out on that blind hill
thats Flughplatz, fly place, it has that name with a reason ( ;
But for race cars with ground effect it's flat out trough flughplatz
I think I'd evacuate my bowels upon landing g forces and shear terror every time
to think that if his grip was weakened and the wheel jumped out of his hands he would be gone in an instant. The stress of doing what he's doing here is what makes this driver so incredible, he was doing this lap just for fun and not to set a good time. His response to critics saying he was slowing his time while drifting in the corners was something along the lines of "When my wife and I have sex we're not always trying to have children".
TheGoodChap Never heard that one before, that's hysterical!
TheGoodChap
you don't always make love to have baby's he said, but i guess its the sqme
I was visibly sweating just watching this video.
tr comet mee too
This vid never gets old.
ruf ctr "yellow bird" - the most efficient way to get rid of tyres.
probably to get rid of yourself as well...:D
Don't know how or why this got recommended to me years after it was posted... but I am so glad that it was.
Everything about this video is *mind-blowing!*
This video is an absolute legend.
driving on nordshleife like a rally stage
Well, before they decided to renew the asphalt it was very comparable, like one big asphalt rally!
You have to take an oversteer turn with constant throttle. It's a scary thought, but if you let off the gas, kiss what stability you have goodbye, and say hello to possibly the wall.
That's what creates "lift-throttle-oversteer" ... that's why the C4 was invented. Porsche needed a less risky car for the masses. I'm one of the masses.
Couldn't tell you how old I was when I first watched this, but I can for sure say this footage is why I fell in love with the Nordschleife.
Most legendary onboard footage ever captured at the Nürburgring!
Amazing! Is this driver even human? Sick skills.
some says...
Andreas Karlsson
it's a stigg
To me what makes it so impressive, is he is truly using the natural oversteer to his complete advantage. No time for E brakes, he trusts the heavy rear (and grip) of that car. As well as his lack of gear lol. Truly one of the best videos I’ve ever seen
As often luck is mistaken for skill...
This guy is not an amateur. He is a professional driver piloting one of the more powerfull car of the time. Incredible skills! There are only 28 RUF yellow bird and they worth $$$$
11:53 Best scene EVER!
One of the best pieces of car control I've ever seen, all done on the world's most unforgiving track. Whilst wearing white socks!! Balls the size of spacehoppers
What a car, what a circuit, what a DRIVER! Respect!
+Petju Tenshi Germany at it's best.
It s TheRing my friend .. the reason, german cars have no need for cupholders ... they are ... driving machines
the driver must be Stephan Roser...Ruf`s test driver....THIS IS THE BEST LAP OF THE `RING....IN THE BEST CAR BY THE BEST....THIS IS THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF!!!!!!
Thanks for the info. It helps to understand his near-perfect understanding of what may well be home track.
Such mastery of a course presumes long (very long) time spent in practice and, of course, great skiill. And the machine with turbo lag lends an even greater variable.
Hats off to you sir!
This is not "clean", this is absolutely beautiful, incredible! Agressive!
It's so easy to ignore the constant corrections that Stefan makes. Legend.
That "Yellow Bird" was the baddest ass car on the planet in 1987. The skill shown here is breathtaking!
And then came the F40 lol
@@giacomofilippin12 it was still faster than the f40
@@JJ-wc9wp so was the 959
@@giacomofilippin12 Road & Track tested the Ruf CTR at a *genuine 211mph* (342km/h) in their top speed shoot out of all supercars in 1987. Google the issue of this magazine and you can still read the article. No owner of a F40 ever saw more than 190mph (304km/h) and the claimed 201mph (324km/h) is widely believed to be a *theoretical top speed* . This was btw common for many supercar makers of the 80's and 90's. FEW really could PROVE their claims in top speed road tests. But the Ruf CTR did. End of story.
When you take an already dangerous car and crank up the boost to Ludicrous speeds.
This is the best driving video of a production car I've ever seen. Hands down, share it as often as possible. This was a masterpiece
Stephan is 100% in sync with the car during this run. He knows exaclty what she is going to do and wont do.
You can litteraly hear the tires saying "Please, have mercy !!!". Amazing driving skills and what an insane machine.
Driving in Nurburgring with the Yellowbird without any type of helmet and overall... This guy is a absolutely madlad!
Near 470hp in a very unstable machine (early 911 turbos were VERY temperamental) and with 80s rubber compounds driving flat out on 'the Green Hell'...
It is as if God of Racing himself was driving.
Trades46 The green hell is the Südschleife.
the Venturi 400 GT made 70 horsepower less than the them, but both are good cars (the Venturi is more stable but still a very powerful car)
thing was, this wasn’t a Porsche, it was a RUF. It was lighter than a porsche, and a VERY conservative rating of 471 horsepower, with all of the power and most of the weight in the rear.
470 was the lowest output they could find in production, so that's the numbers they sent to the TÜW. Real output figures should be in the 550 region.
in gran turismo i thought this car cant be as bad in real life, but il take my words back they had that handling in the game accurate like a mf
Yeah for real. If youre entering a corner and need to take your foot off the gas or god forbid break, you have to go from top center of wheel turned from 9 o'clock to 11:30 or you're going to fly into the left wall because of how much weight gets suddenly put on the front wheels. scary and fun