Trying Not to Crash the 1,390 HP Nissan GT-R World Record Drift Car

Of course you do. After all, we don't get to see 193 mph slip angle stunts too often, do we? Well, the automaker has now asked a series of British journos and Vloggers to step inside the Spec-D Godzilla. Screw it, we'll just call the thing Driftzilla.

With the car still wearing its Dubai plates (the record stunt was pulled off by driver Masato Kawabata on the Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates), it was brought to the RAF Cottesmore base.

Basically, we're talking about a 1.7-mile runway and if pilots can land jet fighters there, this sould be enough for manhandling a car, no matter the power, right?

Forget the power. The "issue" with this thing is that it was built to dance, so you don't get proper traction regardless of the speed or gear ratio you're in - the Spec-D uses a six-speed sequential tranny.

The piece of footage at the bottom of the page sees Youtuber Shmee1500 trying hard not to crash the sideways monster. Come to think of it, since the outside temperature sat north of 30 degrees Celsius on the day of the shenanigan, the tons of sweat in the mandatory fireproof clothing didn't exactly help.

Then again, it's enough to remember how Le Mans drivers can't pause their stints to hit the toilet during the race to understand that handling racecars require a bit more sacrifice than most road car drivers are used to.

As you can imagine, each of the guests got a limited time behind the wheel hydraulic handbrake of the Nissan, but the experience was enough to give us a taste of the tire-torturing action.