This movie tries to state that in LFS (and real racing too I think) it's more important to have a good close race than actually winning it. I've had a few finishes like the one in this movie after fights that lasted for rounds and rounds, in the end it doesn't really matter if you win or if you fought for 10th place. Your heart beats like mad, you're sweaty and you just had so much fun!
the lines are flash animations, made with Macromedia Flash.
but the rest is made with sony vegas.
thx for all these comments, i'm glad you like it
and imprezzer is right, this movie is not about winning a race, its about having just nice racing. to fight for rounds and rounds, trying your best, pushing to your limit but in the end its possible that you lose by a 1/1000 of a second and you think, "damn, i have lost but this was an awesome race..." thats racing!
Despite all its technical qualities (nice choice of music BTW), I watched the vid with a detached mind. Not exactly bored, but... Something was missing.
There lies the problem, methinks. The message (quoted above) does not fit the medium. Slow motion video is great if you want to express the beauty of car control, the "dance" of driver and car. But not if you want to give an impression of the thrill and frenzy of online racing, of long close fights. In that case you should use slo-mo sparingly, only for the close finish, say. You need normal-speed footage, hands working the wheel, roaring engines, screaming tyres, switchbacks, ...
wow, great video. The music was perfect as an introduction type video, really expresses your intent clearly. Personally I thought the beginning was just slightly too slow, maybe a start the race scenes slightly earlier, but my opinion is irrelevant. GREAT JOB.