rec.autos.simulators

> >What is "Taxi"???

> It's a french action film with some pretty cool car chases.

> >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris in
> I haven't heard of a motorcycle ride. Sure it wasn't a car ? If so the short
> film was called "Rendezvous" 1977

> This from a movie review page:

> The most famous motoring footage of all time, or more perhaps infamous. A
> breathtakingly insane sprint across Paris in a Ferrari. Claude Lelouch has gone
> for the minimalist approach in the documentation of 'the bet' as legend puts
> it. No dialogue, no plot, just the sights and sounds of a headlight's eye view
> of Paris early in the morning as Lelouch tries desperately to traverse
> the Paris CBD in under 8 minutes. The boy racer in everyone will enjoy the
> enthralling ride - equal to any racecam footage modern motorsport provides -
> the roar of a 60's Ferrari - to the enthusiast a sound now made mechanically
> impossible by noise regulations. While Lelouch desperate flinging of the car
> through Paris is a joy, half the fun is the reactions of pedestrians,
> animals and other vehicles as Lelouch thunders through.

> >only 7-8 minutes.
> >I knew it's out there somewhere in mpeg format and size about 50 Mb.

> >Anyone got a working link??

> >/Lasse

> --
> Don Scurlock
> Vancouver,B.C.

>Sudesh

>> >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross
>> >Paris in
>> I haven't heard of a motorcycle ride. Sure it wasn't a car ? If so
>> the short film was called "Rendezvous" 1977

>> This from a movie review page:

>> The most famous motoring footage of all time, or more perhaps
>> infamous. A breathtakingly insane sprint across Paris in a
>> Ferrari. Claude Lelouch has gone for the minimalist approach in
>> the documentation of 'the bet' as legend puts it. No dialogue, no
>> plot, just the sights and sounds of a headlight's eye view of
>> Paris early in the morning as Lelouch tries desperately to
>> traverse the Paris CBD in under 8 minutes. The boy racer in
>> everyone will enjoy the enthralling ride - equal to any racecam
>> footage modern motorsport provides - the roar of a 60's Ferrari -
>> to the enthusiast a sound now made mechanically impossible by
>> noise regulations. While Lelouch desperate flinging of the car
>> through Paris is a joy, half the fun is the reactions of
>> pedestrians, animals and other vehicles as Lelouch thunders
>> through.

>> >only 7-8 minutes.
>> >I knew it's out there somewhere in mpeg format and size about 50
>> >Mb.

>> >Anyone got a working link??

>> >/Lasse

>>     Lord, I hope not!!!  Have you ever noticed how other drivers react to
>a
>> highspeed pass on the freeway? I have.  I've watched my wife just about
>take
>> us into a ditch because someone sped by us around 100mph.

>100mph faster than your wife? Or did he drive 100mph, because 100mph is not
>really superfast imo. And is a freeway the same as a highway?

>Harald