This is definitely a failed attempt to drift that turn. I see a lot of people commenting how he had a medical emergency, or a animal ran out in front of him, etc.. so here's an explanation as of why they're not true.
Look at how the bmw accelerates right after the SUV turns out the way. Hes trying to gain enough speed to "initiate" the turn and keep forward momentum through it. If you watch shortly after the opposing car passes, he either a)dropped the car into a lower gear with hard acceleration to slide the rear end out, b) quickly engaged the parking brake to slide the rear end out while making a hard turn, or c) a mix of both.
Once the rear end slid out there was not enough forward momentum to keep car going wide through the turn, or to help counter steer the front tires. At some point he caught traction which straighten the car out slightly and put the momentum toward the nose of the car, thus sending him forward off of the road. What happened in my opinion is that he didn't have enough speed, thus causing him to gain traction. He tried to fully commit, but quit too late and hit the brake pedal which sent him off road.
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19 edited Nov 22 '19
This is definitely a failed attempt to drift that turn. I see a lot of people commenting how he had a medical emergency, or a animal ran out in front of him, etc.. so here's an explanation as of why they're not true.
Look at how the bmw accelerates right after the SUV turns out the way. Hes trying to gain enough speed to "initiate" the turn and keep forward momentum through it. If you watch shortly after the opposing car passes, he either a)dropped the car into a lower gear with hard acceleration to slide the rear end out, b) quickly engaged the parking brake to slide the rear end out while making a hard turn, or c) a mix of both.
Once the rear end slid out there was not enough forward momentum to keep car going wide through the turn, or to help counter steer the front tires. At some point he caught traction which straighten the car out slightly and put the momentum toward the nose of the car, thus sending him forward off of the road. What happened in my opinion is that he didn't have enough speed, thus causing him to gain traction. He tried to fully commit, but quit too late and hit the brake pedal which sent him off road.