one day i was high out of my mind scrolling twitter short form videos at 4am and i came across this and it was genuinely the funniest thing i had ever seen in my life and i still think about it every single day
"The European mind cannot comprehend this" would be the perfect caption to describe this truck race... except it actually takes place in Europe. Turns out they get down too.
1966 Formula 1
Naturally aspirated V8s and V12s. Five and six speed manuals. Rear wheel drive only.
No semi automatic gearboxes. No seamless shifts. Just a clutch pedal, an H pattern shifter, and drivers doing everything themselves.
Danger was part of the sport. Remove the danger, and it becomes a simulation of what it once was.
In 1998, Sega’s Japanese Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro starred in his final commercial.
A missile is launched at Sega headquarters.
He tackles it into space and dies protecting the company.