Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Raptor vs the Dragon, or RVD for short, is an annual event where Hyundai Veloster enthusiasts from all across the US meet up for a whole weekend on the Tail of the Dragon. The 7th annual event just concluded, and I was able to take part in it for the first time. Not only that, this was also my first time on the Dragon, and it was an absolute blast.
This video was taken on my 4th run of the Dragon (2 runs going down, and 2 coming back up). At the start, I had about 50 miles estimated 'till empty, I decided to try my luck and see if I could make the whole run on what was left in the tank. Well, I made it about halfway through when I decided to take the car out of N-mode to stop the exhaust popping and thereby reduce fuel consumption. Didn't really matter anyway since about 75% through, I hit E with no estimated distance left 😅
Fortunately I made it to the nearest gas station anyway, and after paying an arm and a leg for half a tank, I promptly continued sending the car until I ended up stuck behind a group doing grandma speeds, until we reached the Fontana resort. Regardless of the circumstances, the weekend was incredible. Having as many Velosters as we did in one place was mindblowing, and the car feels right at home on these mountain roads. I'll definitely be making future trips back to the Dragon!
Raptor vs the Dragon, or RVD for short, is an annual event where Hyundai Veloster enthusiasts from all across the US meet up for a whole weekend on the Tail of the Dragon. The 7th annual event just concluded, and I was able to take part in it for the first time. Not only that, this was also my first time on the Dragon, and it was an absolute blast.
This video was taken on my 4th run of the Dragon (2 runs going down, and 2 coming back up). At the start, I had about 50 miles estimated 'till empty, I decided to try my luck and see if I could make the whole run on what was left in the tank. Well, I made it about halfway through when I decided to take the car out of N-mode to stop the exhaust popping and thereby reduce fuel consumption. Didn't really matter anyway since about 75% through, I hit E with no estimated distance left 😅
Fortunately I made it to the nearest gas station anyway, and after paying an arm and a leg for half a tank, I promptly continued sending the car until I ended up stuck behind a group doing grandma speeds, until we reached the Fontana resort. Regardless of the circumstances, the weekend was incredible. Having as many Velosters as we did in one place was mindblowing, and the car feels right at home on these mountain roads. I'll definitely be making future trips back to the Dragon!
![NFS Payback Mod - Enabled Damage Scale on AI Cars + Hidden Police Pursuit Event [1080p60]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jgkGPVI0dxM/mqdefault.jpg "NFS Payback Mod - Enabled Damage Scale on AI Cars + Hidden Police Pursuit Event [1080p60]
This video spotlights two mods I wanted to demonstrate: AI cars afflicting damage and a cut escape point pursuit event.
Allow me to clarify on the first mod; basically, AI cars are incapable of damaging each other (except the Rhino and the Ford Explorer), if youre driving a police car and ram into one of the other police cars or house enforcers, they wont take any hits to their health. So, I made it so that all AI cars can damage each other like with any regular car (I also have damage scale dialed up to 11, so I can take out the AI with one tap like in my last video). This also applies to the AI between themselves, not just me ramming into them, they can take each other out as well now
The second mod featured in this video is a cut escape point event. Its titled Cop Feature Test Event, which obviously suggests that its some sort of test for the police system, and it would certainly seem so; this event has a fuckton of cops, way more than any other police event. It also has spike strips, roadblocks and rhinos spawning much more frequently than in any other pursuit event. Honestly, pursuits should be more like this, because it is a lot of fun")
![GTA V - Nissan GT-R VR38DETT Sound Mod [1080p60]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lSgzltFyJNc/mqdefault.jpg "GTA V - Nissan GT-R VR38DETT Sound Mod [1080p60]
Okay, due to certain comments, I feel as though I should mention something about sound mods; sound modding in GTA V is by no means perfect. Theres still a ways to go, for instance the audio configuration files are still yet to be unencrypted, and since there isnt a large number of sound modders, there also isnt a lot of interesting for these files to be cracked. What to take away from this then, is that sound modding is extremely limited, and there are things that can not be helped at the moment, particularly, the glitchy nature some sound mods have, or the extra sounds the game itself mixes on-top of and/or into the base sound.
With that in mind, as the title states, this short video is for a sound mod for the Nissan GT-R (R35). Its by a friend of mine, and should be released soon. I personally think the sound is very good. Of course it sounds slightly off because of whatever the hell the game does to cars sounds, and that cant be helped, but I think that this mod does a good job of sounding as close to the original sound as it can get.
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The sound comes from Forza Horizon 3. It was extracted and converted to GTA V by Hippy
It replaces the Elegy RH8s sound
Download here: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/nissan-gt-r-r35-vr38dett-engine-sound
Authors YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/vHiqpy
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2015 Nissan GT-R converted to GTA V from Forza Horizon 2, Assetto Corsa, and NFS Rivals by YCA-y97y
Download here: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/2015-nissan-gtr-nismo-yca-y97y")
![NFS 15 is Surprisingly Solid With a Wheel [1440p60]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mMb9QykSomo/mqdefault.jpg "NFS 15 is Surprisingly Solid With a Wheel [1440p60]
I got a Logitech G920 yesterday and Ive since been in the process of relearning how to drive pretty much, as Ive never used a wheel before and its definitely something that I will need to work at to get good with
For what games I have that actually work with this wheel, Ive very quickly found that the excessive force feedback makes driving absolutely miserable, and unfortunately most games dont have any options to lower or disable FFB, so Im hoping that with time and practice, itll become more bearable
For now Im just slowly trying to regain the same skills I already have with a controller. In testing and practicing with each of my racing games, I was extremely surprised to find that NFS 15 (which is probably one of the worst racing games Ive ever played, due to its absolutely awful handling model) actually feels pretty solid with this wheel, more so than most other games Ive tried it with thus far
I do struggle to initiate drifts, reason being I cant go full throttle in most corners as I may end up spinning out and the FFB can make it a huge headache to regain traction, so most corners I end up holding grip through while applying the brakes to combat the understeer. Its a different way of playing NFS 15, its handling model quite clearly prioritizes drifting to grip, but at the end of the day Im having fun with it")
![NFS Most Wanted - Porsche 911 GT2 (997) Gameplay [720p]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmlqUDVkh9U/mqdefault.jpg "NFS Most Wanted - Porsche 911 GT2 (997) Gameplay [720p]
Well after my 2-month hiatus, Ive finally uploaded something. In my absence, I managed to get yet another HDD (those of yall that are unaware, my last HDD was an old piece of shit, that was dying from the moment I installed Windows on it, which is why all gameplay came out with moments of fps spikes), this one being a lot better than anything Ive ever had in the past, but havent felt like uploading anything until now. I kinda forced myself, being that I was banned from NFS World last night, I have to find something to do in my spare time now, since that was about 90% of my time over weekends and afterschool /: but yeah who cares? Gameplay is still low-fps, barely any editing done, really nothing making this or any of my videos unique, so why would anyone care about my problems? Enjoy, I suppose.
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2008 Porsche 911 GT2 (997) converted from Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed to NFSMW by F.R.
Replaces the Porsche 911 Carrera S (997)
Download here: http://www.nfscars.net/file/view/mostwanted/13730.aspx
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Music information: This is a DnB track by the author Penguin Soup, featuring Iris Eye, those who know me know that I think DnB is the perfect genre for racing to!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiAtMDCcvlg
http://www.youtube.com/user/OFFICIALPenguinSoup")
![Forza Horizon 4 - A Lap Around Goliath in a RWD Agera RS [1080p60]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfq8rtKE1OU/mqdefault.jpg "Forza Horizon 4 - A Lap Around Goliath in a RWD Agera RS [1080p60]
Well heres another FH4 video riddled with lag. Ive been trying to get this video recorded for like 3 afternoons now because I wanted smooth footage, and also driving this car can be very challenging
I tried using Game Bar at first because thats Microsofts native game capture tool, ideally thatd result in smooth footage right? Of course it didnt, if anything the footage came out worse and then when I imported the clip to Vegas I got no video at all, only audio. I tried OBS and that caused the game to crash immediately, I tried Fraps but it doesnt pick up FH4. Ultimately I resorted back to ShadowPlay and decided Id just deal with it because Id be damned if I put this much effort into making this video and didnt get some result
Again another reason this video took a while to record was because of the car itself; Agera RS gets 1,341 hp and 1,010 lb-ft of torque all going to the rear wheels. It has incredibly quick pick-up and one of the highest top speeds in the game, so as a result it can get away from you very quickly. Lose focus for half a second and its already spun out, so I pretty much had to stay on edge throughout the whole race and as yall can imagine, this took several tries
As insanely fast as it is, the car can handle pretty damn well when driven properly, and I imagine when AWD swapped its a whole new kind of beast. I dont like it that way though, I enjoy the challenge RWD poses. As yall can see in the beginning of the video, I dont use assists and the drivatars are on unbeatable. Seeing that over 10 second difference between me and 2nd place at the end was very satisfying (final lap time was 8:09.717)")
![NFS Rivals - FPS Testing [i3-4160/HD 4400 & i3-4160/GTX 750 Ti] [720p]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oRL9f7Qf_rE/mqdefault.jpg "NFS Rivals - FPS Testing [i3-4160/HD 4400 & i3-4160/GTX 750 Ti] [720p]
Yall can skip to 2:46 for gameplay on the GTX 750 Ti.
Well, I finally got a new GPU, an NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti with 2 GB of dedicated VRAM. Rivals was the first game I tested on the new card, and I was absolutely dumbfounded when I realized I could now play the game at maximum settings. I included two clips in this video, one documenting Rivals performance on my previous Intel HD Graphics 4400, and one documenting Rivals current performance on my GTX 750 Ti. As yall can tell, the different in performance is absolutely major, having gone from having to manually down-size the game window to 800x600 just to get the game to stay at 30 FPS for the most part, to being able to play at max settings and the framerate dropping to 28 FPS at the least.
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PC Specs:
Dell Brand Inspiron 3847 Desktop PC
Processor (CPU): 4th Generation Intel Core i3-4160 Dual-Core @ 3.6 GHz 3 MB Cache
Graphics Card (GPU): NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2 GB Dedicated Video Memory)
System Memory (RAM): 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz (7.9 Usable)
Hard Disk Drive (HDD): Seagate 1 TB Internal Desktop HDD 7200 RPM SATA III 6 GB/s + Toshiba 2 TB External USB 3.0 HDD
Operating System (OS): Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Display: HP S2031 Series 20 16:9 HD LCD Desktop Monitor 1600x900 @ 60 Hz
USB Ports: 2 USB 3.0 + 6 USB 2.0 Ports
Mouse: HP x4000 Wireless USB Mouse
Keyboard: Dell KB113p QWERTY Wired USB Keyboard W/ Keypad
Controller: TTX Black Wireless USB PC Gamepad 2.4 GHz
Speakers: Durabrand UC-280 2-Channel USB Speakers")
![GTA V - Circuit de Monaco Gameplay [1080p60]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oYCypOfb2AQ/mqdefault.jpg "GTA V - Circuit de Monaco Gameplay [1080p60]
Back again with another GTA V race circuit video, this time for Circuit de Monaco, otherwise known as the course that the Monaco GP is raced on
Compared to the last course I did a video for, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit de Monaco is much more narrow, and a single lap is a lot shorter. it has some tight corners and not as many straightaways so as a result it isnt as fun to drive around as Spa-Francorchamps in my opinion, but its still plenty enjoyable of course. Those tight corners arent a bad thing either, in fact that hairpin about halfway through a lap and the multiple chicanes are probably my favorite parts of the course
One more thing, for those of yall that have seen my showcase video for the McLaren Senna, this is the same race course that was featured in that video
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Download this map mod here, it was converted from Assetto Corsa to GTA V by GTA Belgium: https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/monaco-grand-prix
Additionally, you will need this mod to be able to drive around the entirety of this course. The author placed this map in a location that is outside of Vs default boundary limits, as such No Boundary Limits (by Unknown Modder) is required: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/no-boundary-limits-unknown-modder
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Download the cars featured in this video here:
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio converted from Forza Motorsport 7 & Assetto Corsa to GTA V by [YCA] Se7enmoon: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/2017-alfa-romeo-giulia-qv
Aston-Martin Vanquish (1:53) converted from racing titles by developers Naturalmotion, Zynga & Turn 10 Studios, to GTA V by [YCA] ANSWER: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/aston-martin-vanquish-2013
BMW Z4 GT3 (3:34) converted from NFS Shift 2: Unleashed to GTA V by [YCA] Vsoreny: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/bmw-z4-gt3-e89
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (5:24) converted from Forza Motorsport 7, Forza Horizon 3, GRID & Project CARS to GTA V by Vans123: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/1954-mercedes-benz-300-sl-hq-lods-animengine
Lexus LFA (7:22) converted from Forza Motorsport 4 to GTA V by [GOC] Peng00820: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/2010-lexus-lfa-add-on
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk (9:03) converted from Forza Motorsport 7 to GTA V by Soongae: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/2018-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk-series-iv-add-on
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Music information:
This video features a couple of instrumentals and probably my favorite song from Forza Horizon 4s soundtrack. The first track featured is an instrumental of Mask Off by Future, presumably reproduced by John Bruh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTmIK7iFCEU
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YpKFSyhZL_KZtQQWVSYkQ
The second track is 2 MUCH by Flosstradamus, featuring 24hrs. It also comes from FH4s Bass Arena radio station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9P8WWKevU0
https://www.youtube.com/user/flosstradamus
And the last one is an instrumental of SICKO MODE by Travis Scott, featuring Drake, reproduced by Beatstacks. This track has 3 beats to it and theyre all dope. Id recommend listening to the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHftQBBsT6I
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm7-jCJ3-20CUPCz1p_0tbg")
