M25 Motorway (complete lap at actual speed)

On one morning, I hired someone to drive one complete lap of the M25 motorway for me, while I filmed the whole thing in one go, at real speed. For sake of completeness, we started at Mar Dyke and finished in Dartford, therefore the video features the QEII Bridge twice.

I think this is the first time someone has done this kind of video on YouTube. Many people have filmed complete laps of the M25 motorway before, but they were either timelapses or in sections: while definitely advanced for the time, cameras have advanced to a point where these kind of videos are now possible.

If you want to do this yourself, do not use an iPhone: the optical image stabilisation does not react well to vibrations from the car, and magnets will not fix the problem.

This video was inspired by the timelapse done by JenOnTheMove on 17 August 2020 (   • M25 London Orbital | Dartford - Thurr...  ). The technical specifications between the videos are generally the same (1920 × 1080 pixels, at about 60 frames per second).