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Viper makes a bad move.
http://www.break.com/articles/vipervsferrari.html?t=4422
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Dame that has to suck
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he walked away completely uh-hurt.. thats one lucky-mofo right there.
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What a dumbA$$!
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Hmm.
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So where exactly does the deadly curse come in to play if the driver walked away uninjured?
Ferrari > Viper
Now if you were the ferrari driver would you:
A. Stop immediatly and go for help.
B. Follow the Viper off the cliff so you can get to him faster.
C. Never look back and floor it all the way to the finish line. Idiot Viper driver. He got what he deserved.
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it's odd that at such a drop-off there isnt a barrier.
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That video is fake, watch it a few times, when he first goes out of control and slides off the curve there is NO sidemark on the ground. Then out of no where if you pause, play, pause, play, pause the video, right before he dumps off the cliff THERES A MARK IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. It is no where near where he was but it just shows up, then later in the video they show the mark and its huge, something that you would have noticed earlier in the video as he slides off the road.
Also i believe the wheels on the viper while its racing, then the after math are different. AND the wrecked viper doesnt have racig stripes.
Also, if you saw a car fall off a cliff, i dont think you would zoom in after the car dives off. You would probably run toward the cliff, right? Not the camera man in this clip, he just stands there, then zooms in.
Just watch it a few more times and see if you can find anymore flaws.
Damn good editing, but its fake.
Jason:
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It is most definitely NOT fake. The wheels on the car are the same. The racing stripe is present on the car at the bottom of the cliff. The skid mark does appear as the Viper is skidding.
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Post Edited (Dec 10, 2:10pm)
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Now I want to know, all points towards real from my point of view, but either way that is what they are intending.
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I didn't see the skidmarks before. But I don't think it's a fake.
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Oh crikey...do we have Steve Irwin doing the narrative?
That can't be real, that skid mark they showed the second time is WAY darker and extends longer than in the full motion of the Viper actually going off of the road.
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Yep, and in the beginning of the 'race' the viper has on board cameras... lets see that footage!
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Weird, almost like i said. Its just damn good editing...
Jason:
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Hrm, I'm usually a skeptic, but here I see that there are two skidmarks.. one further down the road that "fades" in as the camera focuses, and the other near the wheels as the Viper skids. The last camera show seems to be further back around the turn on the Viper mark (using the landmark in the background as a position). Also, the white sticker in the lower right of the dash is there in the wrecked car, as well as the Dodge sticker across the glass...
It's hard to tell, but I'd say it's real... I agree that the camera man is a little too calm.
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anyway you go real or fake it is a really crappy job of driving .
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Pause at 2:27 and look at the road in full screen. There are definite skid marks. It also has racing stripes, the windshield banner, and the same wheels. My conclusion: Not a fake.
It is interesting though, how the ONLY camera that's not attached to the cars should be set up RIGHT where the Viper happen to wreck. Also, seems like the road is closed. It looks fishy.
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Well let me just rap it up for you guys all Vipers come with ABS break system, So that is imposable that the Viper left those marks from breaking.
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Ok I cant view it but m sure i know of the clip it was filmed for one of the High Octane movies, part 4 if i remember right. You will be able to find out if its real or not by asking at http://www.highoctane.co.nz/forum/
and if anyone is looking to get any of their dvd's, i highly recomend part 5/overboost.
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Yea, and how believable is it that a Viper was in front of the Ferrari anyways :)
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Good editing, but it was fake.
First, the speed he was driving was NOT that fast. At that speed, unless he was sleeping, it was an easy turn for the viper considering it made harder turn earlier. Second, the skid was in the center of the road, but the point where the viper started to slide, until it felt down, was not at the center of the road. Third, the viper at the bottom look like it was there for a long time, see the interior? It was so dirty and look old and so was the paint. That was not the running viper as in the video.
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