I know this track. It's Deep Creek #4, Walhalla Area. We've done this track a few times.
Lorgar wrote:One thing aside form that which leaps out at me, it looks to me like he's possibly running road pressures in the tyres.
Watch the tyres as he reaches the tops, bounces and settles, they hardly bulge at all when he comes down on them.
This is a screenshot where he is almost at a complete stop, and the left wheel is on a bit of pointed terrain. Look at the sidewalls, they're almost dead straight.
That section was really steep. We ran 16psi up there. Front tyres in vid have no weight on them so look higher pressure. I can tell by the tread, he has Symex tyres. People who bother to buy Symex know about pressures. That track also needed momentum, low first wasn't enough. I was in second/third (moist conditions).
For whoever said the track doesn't look overly challenging, video never shows steepness. The best way to gauge steepness is looking for how soft and bouncy the front end is. If it looks like it's bouncing on a pillow, the track is steep. The video gives a false perception.
There were a couple of things wrong. You could hear him trying to restart the engine after a stall, and he allowed the car to roll back while trying to restart it. Also, the spotter should have let him know the danger. Clearly, his back right dropped into a hole causing the roll backward.
They've blocked that particular section now. The last time we went (2016), there had been a side track cut and that section was completely blocked and you could barely see it.
Interestingly, the time previous we went while it was still open, we had to navigate around the film crew from one of the magazines who were filming.
They waste a hell of a lot of time with the crew setting up shots for filming.
We got ahead, stopped and watched them for while.
FYI, modern traction control takes a lot of the challenge out of 4WD'ing.
It's sad they demolished that section on DC#4. It was quite challenging in the wet and even in the dry, being such a loose surface, meant it was challenging.
The last time, after they'd blocked and modified, I reckon you could get through with an AWD.
Similarly Deep Creek #1. The last time we went, they'd put a grader through. The rock step at the exit was non-existent, and the off-camber climb up the hill had also been ruined.