SSC responds to backlash over \u2018faked\u2019 Tuatara 331mph record run SSC North AmericaFollowing a jubilant celebration of achieving an alleged 331mph, SSC North America have been forced to admit the video for their record run is inaccurate, following backlash from numerous media outlets. What should\u2019ve been an epic achievement of automotive technology and driving has transformed into a nightmare for SSC North America. After their Tuatara \u2018megacar\u2019 apparently broke the world production car speed record, a number of prominent automotive media outlets and YouTubers said the video was faked. These were not hollow, empty statements either. Even big-name YouTubers such as Shmee150 got in on the act, and presented several convincing arguments against SSC, including a number of mathematical analytics that could not be doubted. SSC did attempt to fight back, claiming that GPS company Dewetron had \u2018validated\u2019 the run, but even this has now been cast into doubt. Following the backlash, Dewetron themselves have issued a statement saying they \u201cdid not validate any data from world record attempts or preceding tests.\u201d SSC Tuatara record run video issues Now, SSC CEO Jerod Shelby has explained the situation, citing a \u201cvideo mix-up\u201d as the cause of the inconsistencies. According to Shelby, the \u2018wrong video\u2019 was overlaid with the data log displays, which lead to a \u201cvariance in sync points\u201d when media outlets had analyzed the video. Not only that, but according to Jerod there are \u201ctwo videos, each with inaccurate information\u201d that the team \u201chadn\u2019t double-checked the accuracy of the video before it was released.\u201d Given that this is a monumental event in the world of automotive performance, it seems strange that the quality control would not have been ultra-scrutinized before the video released on BBC\u2019s Top Gear. Does the SSC speed record still stand? While the video issues have finally been addressed by SSC North America themselves, there is no word as to whether the official record attempt has been impacted. According to Shelby, the \u201caccuracy of the equipment and speed sensor\u201d are both confirmed in a letter from GPS suppliers Dewetron, which was issued when they got the equipment. The official submission to the Guinness World Records Association is also yet to be made, due to waiting on \u201cthird-party pieces of information.\u201d Whether or not the record will be validated is still unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SSC responds to backlash over \u2018faked\u2019 Tuatara 331mph record run SSC North AmericaFollowing a jubilant celebration of achieving an alleged 331mph, SSC North America have been forced to admit the video for their record run is inaccurate, following backlash from numerous media outlets. What should\u2019ve been an epic achievement of automotive technology and driving has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}