Awesome Driving

Since 2021, automotive journalists and animal lovers have gathered to help rescue dogs. Founded by Nik Miles with Animal Rescue Rigs and supported by automakers, Operation Frodo helps relocate abandoned and abused dogs. The crew gathers in the Midwest and caravans to the Pacific Northwest, helping adorable beagles find their way to their forever homes.

Between the Ford Bronco, Land Rover Defender, Jeep Wrangler, and other SUVs, there are more ways than ever to enjoy off-roading. But it’s easy to make mistakes if you’re not an experienced trail rider. Off-road expert Emme Hall of Edmunds Cars shares valuable advice to make your driving adventures more satisfying, safe, and better for fellow off-roaders.

This driving combat game from Atari and MNSTR Studio sends players on high-speed missions through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. As you tear through its 20 explosive levels, you’ll fight off enemy vehicles and big bosses as the landscape and buildings crumble around you. Coming to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Driver Romain Dumas took a Porsche 911 higher than anyone has ever driven a vehicle on Earth. But taking a sports car to the 22,000-foot summit of the Ojos del Salado volcano was no easy task. TangentVector’s 50-minute film Edith: Volcano Ascent documents this extraordinary feat and will debut on 8.16.24 during Monterey Car Week at the Golden State Theater.

We can’t think of a good reason that you’d want to drive your car while upside-down. Still, we’re impressed that someone figured out how to do it. YouTuber Chris Rollins built a custom vehicle that requires its driver to lay face down to drive it. You definitely wouldn’t want to test its ground clearance with your head.

So you’re driving down a road in your Jeep when a wild rhinoceros comes out of nowhere. You could try to go around the beast, but you’d risk an impact. Based on this video, the better move is to back away as fast as possible. We’re equally impressed with the driver’s skill and the speed at which such a heavy animal can move.

Elite military forces like Seal Team 6 and Delta Force have been sending soldiers to Cameron Advanced Mobility for off-road driving instruction since 2001. CAM was founded and is led by Ken Cameron, a veteran not only of the U.S. Army but also the Camel Trophy, where he and his team crossed the jungles of Borneo in 1996 to earn 2nd place overall.

Before making this video, the world record for the tightest parallel parking was just 8 cm (3.15 in), and a professional stunt driver did that. Overdrive hosts Will, Callum, and Scott attempted to break the record by squeezing into a smaller and smaller parking space using handbrake turns. Can one of them get it done?

Driving a car without using the brakes seems like a terribly unsafe idea. But Ethan and Jack from Car Throttle wanted to see if driving around a closed track without braking would help them become better and smoother drivers. To discourage braking, they rigged up their BMW E36 with an ear-splitting high-decibel alarm.

If you’ve never experienced the Tail of the Dragon, you owe it to yourself to ride down to Tennessee or North Carolina and take a spin. Though there’s little chance that you’ll drive it as quickly as RallyCross champ Scott Speed, who slayed the dragon’s 318 curves and 11 miles in his Red Bull Subaru rally car. (Thanks, Patrick!)

Vet-owned Black Rifle Coffee Company celebrates Veteran’s Day with a stunt driving film starring sports icon Travis Pastrana and elite rally car and off-road racer “Texas” Dave Carapetyan. “The Final Send” shows ‘em shredding the streets of a small Texas town, Dukes of Hazzard-style in customized Hoonigan vehicles.

Most driving games involve competitive racing. But Anslo’s driving game is about relaxation. The browser-based Slow Roads drops you behind the wheel of a virtual car as it drives along an endless, procedurally-generated road filled with scenic vistas. You can control the car using your keyboard or mouse, or enable autopilot.

David Parke took some 1988 video footage of a drive on the 405 from Culver City to Sherman Oaks, and copied the route precisely in 2022 to see what has and hasn’t changed. He had to speed up and slow down the footage to sync the two drives at times, and left the original 1980s audio track.

We’ve always enjoyed watching videos generated using the vehicle physics simulator BeamNG.Drive. This clip showcases various vehicles driving over a square-edged pit in the middle of the road. Place your bets now: which cars will make it over, and which will fall in? Need more car vs. pit action? You’ve got it.

Inspired by a vehicle in the 1960s action show Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Tom Scott wanted to test whether it is feasible to drive a vehicle forwards via a video screen while facing backwards. The folks at Sparkmate helped put together a rig that let Tom test the idea using a custom go kart steered by a video game controller.

Turning around on a one-lane road is difficult enough, but when it’s a mountain road with a steep drop-off, it can be downright deadly. That didn’t stop this driver from pulling a U-turn with the rear of his vehicle dangling precariously off the road. We can only assume the minivan has most of its weight over its front wheels.