I believe the lights flicker in a rotating motion when the car is in Launch Mode as well as in reverse...

 

^sweet thnx for link. wont be bored for a while now

 

Download show 2 and then find out. I almost laughed to death from show 2.

 

I splooged. That race was simply awesome.

Thank you

I think there is a way to do that, but it wouldn't have helped. The built in launch control parameters should be near perfect.

 

The published 1/4 mile times I've seen for the Veyron have been faster than those of the F1, so this result was surprising to me. It might have been because the Stig was driving the F1. I guess you were prescient enough to anticipate this outcome.

 

The boys are at it again, both episodes so far were great. Hands down best show ever.

 

My guess is that the LED tails are not constantly on but rather flicker on and off very rapidly (like most LEDs do), and the frame rate of the camera overlaps the frequency of the LEDs, so instead of them appearing to be constantly on we see them turning on and off. It's the same deal as when you videotape a TV and see it flickering or see the lines moving up and down it because of its refresh rate. The cameras are just catching the lights at the times when they are off.

 

I like JB's explanation better

 

That was definitely cool.

 

I still love the F1 more..its a timeless supercar imo.

 

did you guys notice stig was making a copy of his helmet while the guys were making calls? haha

 

Why would you talk trash about the Veyron... did you see the gadgets in the car? He also stated how much was in the veyron, but at the same time beats the F1. If you stripped the Veyron of it's luxury, it would literally fly =\.

 

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the girl to the right was kinda cute

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For those of you who would like to see the McLaren F1 on a track, here's a Best Motoring video featuring the car at Tsukuba doing time attack with I believe Tsuchiya San behind the wheel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2xDwEYkMU

For comparison that lap time is about the same as the NSX-R.

 

There's a Best Motoring vid of the Mclaren going around the 'Ring, and it finishes it in an estimated 7:45. The NSX-R laps the 'ring in 7:56. The Veyron lapped it in 7:40.

 

All I was saying was that your comment was very John Maddenesque (like when he'll say during a football game, "The QB's gonna throw the ball and the receiver has to catch it.") I was just kidding around

 

I hope the owner of the F1 charges at least $10K/mile

My fav car of all time. I still have my diecast model from the early/mid 90's.

 

The shape is a bit round

 

Most LED's in tail lights are being driven with a constant current, there is no flicker at all. I know Mercedes and BMW now vary the brightness from normal to super bright in a panic stop, but I don't see any reason why you would flicker your LED's...

I believe that the tail light LED's were just displaying a pattern to indicate launch mode...

That or the Bugatti's got some VW electrical gremlins... haha

 

I remember hearing this.

 

OK, did some reading online... looks like the lights flash like that when the Veyron is in launch mode.



Also looks like there is now a kit for the G37 to replicate this... except on the G37 they only flash when in reverse (since a G37 does not have launch control)

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I've seen vids of Veyron lights doing nothing and vids of them all crazy like the one below. I think the camera taking the vid pics up the LED different as I don't see Bugatti adding this.

Blinking crazy.

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No blinking

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When I was at the New York Auto Show last year, there was an R8 there, and when you looked at the taillights through the LCD screen on my digicam, they flashed. But when you looked at the taillights with your naked eye, they didn't look like they were flashing.

 

First vid is in launch control, and lights are flashing. Second vid is the garage is just in park. He's not in launch control. From what I read the brake lights only flash in launch control mode.

So the videos you posted pretty much confirm what I've read and posted

 

They look like crap in the first vid, a millioin dollar car can't have all the lights blinking all around out of sequence like that, maybe they do blink and the camera also distorts the vid.

 

Hm, I thought they blinked to control the brightness.

 

As already said, the McLaren F1 is my favorite car as well. You have to remember, it was made in 1993!! That's 15 F'ing years ago! It took this long to make a Supercar that can beat it..well, the Koeniggsegg was in what, 1998? Idk but either way both of these cars are amazing and FINALLY they raced. I was waiting for this video..

Now I wanna see the CCX vs F1..

 

 

That's fast for an old car!

 

i lol'd

I call with the girl on the left and raise with the girl on the right!!!

 

Both of the girls are hawt

 

better picture.

 

 

Its funny how the good looking ones are always lined up in the front or right behind the camera, I wonder if they go through a sorting process

 

gee... you think?

 

Haha did you see the gold bricks on the desk behind james may. Woot next episode is gonna come out soon
gonna dl that right away and save it for the night to watch

 

I always download them from finalgear.com, which directs you to mininova and final gear has all the seasons. I have seasons 10,11,12 and 13 on my comp.

 

Episode 3 torrent:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2739671

 

Oh. My. God. KEN BLOCK FTMFW! YEAAAAAAAAAH!

You'll have to watch to see what I'm talking about.

YEAAAAAAAH! OMG I wish I had those driving skills.

 

+1, great episode once again.