Gymkhana 10

Don't be jaded, it's actually entertaining - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_KBvP0_8Tc

He does what we all wish we could. 

Very cool except for one thing. 

That truck is the worst sounding vehicle I have ever heard. 

In reply to Toyman01 :

You've never heard a VQ with an exhaust?

Neither of you have heard a 4.0 with a reverse mounted cherry bomb?

I'm about to crack a cold one and watch Gym10. Going in stoked!

This one didn't do much for me. Don't know why. I think part of it was just I felt like I spent the whole video waiting for the Hoonitruck to show up. Definitely coulda done without the whole part where they were running the Cosworth without tires as well.

I liked it.  Thought it was neat that I've been to all of the US locations completely by accident, driving Fords every time no less 

Maybe for the next one they'll have a roll call for Ford rally vehicles, I should go practice...

captdownshift said:

In reply to Toyman01 :

You've never heard a VQ with an exhaust?

I have a VQ. I've heard them with exhaust. This was worse. Much, much worse. Maybe it was all the time spent bouncing off the rev limiter. 

The talent, effort, and money required to make this video is enormous.  Watching bits of the Amazon series gave me respect for the fact that multiple takes (and the tell-tale tire marks they leave) are often not because of a driving error, but because a helicopter wasn't timed right or it was decided to add difficulty to the stunt.

I do wish that they would have added some coherence to the video, though.  I think it would have been neat if they would have had some device (driving onto a plane, blasting down an open highway, getting out of the car at the end of each sequence, etc.) to give a sense of how/why he was going from location to location.

What’s with the dude in an ape suit swinging from a crane??

In reply to SVreX :

That's how you sell cars, shoes, energy drinks, and flatbrim hats these days- a knockoff Chewbacca driving a UTV tethered to a crane.  Apparently.

Here is some recent additional chatter on the topic including a GRM connection to the films... 

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/the-gymkhaha-files/144540/page1/

NickD said:

Definitely coulda done without the whole part where they were running the Cosworth without tires as well.

Yeah I cringed hard at that one, especially since I'm been trying to save up for a set of new wheels for many years now...

I was entertained.

The engine in the truck is a V6 out of the current Ford GT race car.  It turns out the entire body on that thing was hand made out of aluminum.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

I wouldn't cringe too much, they were probably compromised wheels. He goes through wheels like we go through brake pads.

I love it, it's why we love cars. They're silly and a boring one would do it just as well, but why wouldn't you drive sideways with all four tires smoking if you can?

@13:16 I was legitimately impressed. That was a hell of a squeeze.

I liked Scotto in a respirator. Pretty rough around all that meth.

I know it's popular to E36 M3 on him and his films, but he's doing what we all want to do.  Mindless fun entertainment and cool stunts, well filmed that get's crazy cars in front of millions  and millions (it's at 1.5M so far in about 24 hours) eyeballs.  What's not to love.  It was also great too see Detroit in there.  Fun when you know to the inch every shot in a scene.  BTW, for those not from here, when he was doing donuts around the fist statue in Detroit (Joe Louis fist) that was also turn 10 of the Grand Prix circuit when F1 raced down town before the switch to Indy car and Belle Isle.  

I liked the making off videos on Amazon better than the actual video, but it still was a fun way to spend a few minutes.

GameboyRMH said:

NickD said:

Definitely coulda done without the whole part where they were running the Cosworth without tires as well.

Yeah I cringed hard at that one, especially since I'm been trying to save up for a set of new wheels for many years now...

I didn't care about the wheels, it was just the constant cuts back and forth made it hard to even tell what was going on or appreciate the driving.

In reply to NickD :

If you had Prime and watch the Gymkhana Files, you would see that not much actually went on there.  Just a couple of unrelated stunts/gimmicks, filmed separately, with much gnashing of teeth.

captdownshift said:

In reply to Toyman01 :

You've never heard a VQ with an exhaust?

You've never heard a 4 cylinder without an exhaust?

I've enjoyed all of the gymkhana videos, but I have to admit I think the magic has worn off a bit. There was no clear reason to jump from city to city and car to car, some of the stunts were head-scratching (gorilla in the UTV, bare rims, and how many times do we need to see Scotto on a Segway?), and the audio was pretty terrible (or else hearing nothing but rev limiter isn't that interesting).

That said, I did enjoy the junkyard setup, that was pretty cool. The Hoonitruck was neat. Loved Solberg's tandem, in fact I wish he'd do more stuff with other people and cars at the same time, THAT would be cool. The tunnel/bridge jump in Mexico was cool, too.

Javelin said:

The tunnel/bridge jump in Mexico was cool, too.

That was sweeeeeet.

I kinda wish for the 11th one they would do something Penzoil like? Maybe a bit more narrative - more money shots, etc. That said, I'm glad they exist and enjoy them for what they are.

This doesn’t look that hard. Someone should buy me all this stuff so I can show them how easy it is