Not many racecars come with an 8 liter engine. In this cars class it's overkill, so it hardly needs to rev before it hits max regulation horsepower. And it will last fantastically long as an endurance engine. Same with the Corvette C5R with the 7 liters.
@@joe125ful The Zakspeed vipers that raced with the VLN/24h nurburgring races had that loud sound. but that viper engine had 2 cil cut off to give it that raw v8 sound.
Fun fact, my grandfather (head engineer of team viper and the one overseeing the Viper GTSR’s development) used to tell me how they’d hand the drivers wads of cash to keep with them just in case they went off track, particularly into one of the gravel traps, because back then you could sometimes “get a little extra help” back on track by paying off the marshals. Reason I always find that funny is because even in the late 90s, drivers/teams were paying off marshals to try and get back on track faster or even stay in the race. Also, the original GTSR was supposed to utilize a dual element rear wing to reduce drag for the top speed sections like the Mulsanne Straight, but the FIA banned it essentially straight away, so the original wing is now currently sitting in my grandfather's house autographed by the entire development team as essentially a mantlepiece lol.
I hope you understand that this is bullshit and that your grandfather was a liar who loved telling stories. Or you are the liar who likes telling stories....
That’s one of the few cars I recall growing up seeing where I always thought, “If I had a chance behind the wheel, I’d stuff it into the woods every single time.” To this day, its proportions still gives me that same discomfort. Hats off to anyone with a pair big enough to turn more than a lap in one.
Yeah the chassis layout reminds me of what a Caterham might be if it was fed a steady diet of steroids and cheeseburgers. I'd imagine it'd take some getting accustomed to moving that much hood/bonnet around.
Growing up watching this as the dream! Now owning a Gen 5 ACR with a 9L motor. The experience is priceless. This car was made to race from the start and that's why it made history back then! This makes me happy to watch in 2021!
I spent many hours on Gran Turismo 2 racing the Team Oreca Viper against the Venturi, GT40, NSX, Saleen Mustang, Supra and of course the Lister Storm that was always in last place 😂
Weirdly the Storm was actually a highly successful GT car! But the daddy on that game was the Speed 12. Nothing bar a well driven Escudo Pikes Peak could catch me with my dialled in 12 🤌🏼
Ahhh... the GTR2 nostalgia intensifies. It hit me hard especially when I saw the blue Force One Festina livery at 6:45 which I always drove in the game. The second gen Viper is still a beatiful supercar and the most favorite of mine even today.
Labre-competition Vipers… sooo much nostalgic livery for me. I saw that car with that livery in GTR2 when I was a kid, thinking when I grow up, I wanna buy and drive that masterpiece. Reality is too harsh…
@@jclafi I feel like… I'm so old… Everything was beautiful back than compared to these modern era of racing. Pure powerful cars blazing throughout circuits. I miss good old FIA GT1 class.
@@jclafi Yeah, they're true production based race cars compeared to older gen GT1 class cars. And GTR2 is one of favorite simulators that I've played. Think I played until assetto corsa released.
Kinda i mean its not bad but not insane too. Corvetter C5.R V8 sounds much more better for example. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7rofyfD68mc.html
I remember being impressed with the in-game physics of Gran Turismo 2 back in the day. You could either buy (or was it win?) the Oreca Viper, or you could build up a street Viper. But if I tried them back-to-back I would notice the extra weight of the modified Viper under braking and in the turns, and I also noticed the additional downforce of the Oreca one. And then there was the obvious difference in lap time! It's impressive when I think about this now considering that this is just a Playstation 1 game. It also turned me away from other games e.g. Need For Speed because they just don't try to have the same accuracy in physics and suddenly they didn't feel like fun to me anymore. :)
Classica auto americana con motore da truck: a detta di molti piloti permetteva di affrontare le curve con una marcia più alta rispetto alle altre GT. Me le ricordo a Vallelunga all'orecchio non erano fastidiose come volume, ma la tribuna vibrava al passaggio! 😲😁😉
I once saw an oreca painted viper roll in the streets of my small town. I was very surprised to see that and the thing that surprised the most is that the girl I was hanging out with really liked the car.
That Viper was the car the FIA based themselves on in order to create the 2000s GT1 category, only major change was adding a bigger rear wing It's crazy to see that a vast majority of GT2 spec Vipers were upgraded to fit in GT1
Well they were originally for the BPR GT1 series, but the McLaren F1 was so ahead/ advanced of every car compared that they dumped all the other cars in gt2 including the vipers. Porsche and Mercedes would develop the clk and GT1 Porsche in response for the McLaren. That's why Porsche stoped development for the 993 gt2 evo to focus on the GT1. At first the vipers really weren't competitive But oreca kept on development each year.
I remember back in the late 90’s watching team ORECA crush everyone at LeMans back when Speedvision covered the races. So much nostalgia in this video!
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. As an American I love the fact that these cars raced and were successful. However, I never got used to the sound of the Viper. I prefer your Mercedes C11 vids for the sound. What a monster! But, the Viper is still an amazing machine.
It was great to see these, as I hadn’t seen one for a while. I Actually had the good fortune of driving a test vehicle of the GTS Road car, that happened to have GTS-R cams in it, for a Thanksgiving weekend, back in the 90s. It handled much better than I expected, at least on smooth surfaces 😉!
That fucking Oreca livery from 1999... just gorgeous. Not a huge Viper guy (more of a Vette guy), but I can say that the Viper is one of my favorite American cars.
Awesome. Really amazing to see back in action the cars from 2000s FIA GT Championships. I still love these cars better than modern Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Dodges ecc ecc.... the Viper is my favourite car in absolute. Luckily We still can play them on GTR 2 with mods.
The other cars sound like they are screaming and struggling, meanwhile the Viper's 8 Litre is just humming along, tearing up pavement. It's just awesome that such an unorthodox car actually WON LeMans 24hr in 1998. Other teams dumping MILLIONS on engine and aero advancements, and Dodge comes by with a roided out truck engine, slaps on a big ass wing and diffuser and takes home the trophy- the first time for America since 1964. It's like winning a fancy cooking competition with a burger!
@@wyvern4588 Im actually genuinley suprised that an american car has not won the GT class since 64. gt40s are an outright win 66 67 for shelby 68 and 69 JW automotive actually with a mk1 gt40 of all things. Mind a lot of private teams have used americans engines. back in the day mclaren use to power there cars with big block chevys.
no idea they had the same underhood setup as the Gen V vipers in regards to the wheel wells and x-bar. Also didn't know it had a carbon fiber intake runners/covers (which helps lower IATs). The red/white/blue Team Oreca Viper is sooo clean, only thing missing was a red/white Team Oreca viper.
I am very surprised Dodge/Chrysler doesn't have another go at with the Viper considering how successful its original run was. I think they would see plenty of customers
@@Marvin-sl4fu Yes you can adjust the stiffness by rotating the flat part (if you look careful you will see some numbers on it) , by doing so, you can increase or decrease the flexural rigidity. In this case the flat part is almost horizontal that means you are close to the softest setting if you put it vertical you will be in a stiffer setting.
