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hey Austin this is Austin and today I'm here in Austin Texas at Circuit of the Americas for one reason I'm about to go faster than I've ever gone in my life well I mean a car at least and I'm doing that thanks to Audi who not only were able to sponsor our video but also let me drive the r8 on the track the Audi driving experience starts by putting you behind the wheel of the car that I Drive every single day the Audi rs3 the day begins with this simple slalom and lane change exercise and ends with a braking zone you know like the license tests in Gran Turismo that I always missed the braking zone end next up I got some seat time with the autocross course in the TT RS now I'll admit even though it's the same 400 horsepower turbo 5 cylinder with all-wheel-drive as well as the 7-speed dual-clutch it feels a lot more lively I got the car sideways almost every single lap especially in the wet area which is just a giant test of patience so after a little bit of time in both the rs3 as well as the TT RS it is time for a full track session on the main circuit of the americas track in the r8 so this is going to be the full RA plus we've got the 600 plus horsepower v10 7-speed dual-clutch transmission huge tires and a whole lot of track to use it on so it is an incredibly hot day here in Austin right now the temperature reading is 102 degrees Fahrenheit but the cars are actually holding up pretty well and that dual clutch I mean it just feels so responsible I grab a paddle and I immediately there and with that v10 right behind us we're short shifting a little bit because I don't want to overheat it I may have overheated transmission earlier in the day listen to that putter miles-an-hour once end 1:20 125-130 and hard on the brakes hard of the brakes so the speed is serious in such a car like this and we're definitely a lot more in na so circle America is is an f1 track so they do other types of racing here and the Audi experience actually does take advantage of this track for events like this but this is really designed first and foremost as an f1 track and you can tell it's why it's fast it's very technical there's certain sections where if you get it a little bit off you can totally mess up the next couple of corners but the r8 it's forgiving I mean I don't have a ton of track experience but I feel really comfortable pushing the limits of at least what I can do definitely out what the car isn't capable of all right full throttle let's do it let's do it dude that ships are instant you hit a pallet you're a merely going and I love being able to really haul down on these ceramic brakes I mean we've been going it's a hot day and they have not faded one bit which makes sense right I mean that's why you buy incredibly expensive ceramic brakes on your very very pricey audi r8 pulling on the straight will thought let's go I'm like legitimately convinced mid-engine I've never really fully experienced what a mid-engine car feels like especially on a track but I get it now like that balance just being able to place the car exactly where you wanted this car this car is something else I mean first of all look at it it is absolutely beautiful with the performance on the track man I'm in love I'm in love v10 mid-engine all-wheel drive sign me up today was absolutely awesome I can't think audience response during the video but for letting me have the opportunity to drive the RA the TT RS in the rs3 you guys ever get the opportunity to do a driving school like this absolutely go for it