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Call of Duty co-creator and current Battlefield director/EA executive Vince Zampella dead after crashing his Ferrari 296 GTO (archive.is)
posted 162 days ago by redman012 162 days ago by redman012 +45 / -0
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– MargarineMongoose 28 points 162 days ago +28 / -0

Maybe don't go joyriding like an absolute psychopath. I have zero sympathy for people who drive like this.

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– MargarineMongoose 1 point 159 days ago +1 / -0

Nigger.

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– TCDforver 2 points 161 days ago +2 / -0

I don't get people who pearl clutch like you do when we live in the sort of shithole world that we do now.

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– MargarineMongoose 1 point 161 days ago +1 / -0

You drive like that don't you?

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– TCDforver 1 point 161 days ago +1 / -0

Nah, I'm actually a really cautious driver, probably would if I had fuck you money though.

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– scruffyshoulders 11 points 162 days ago +11 / -0

If that was the plan it was a sick one as the passenger is dead too.

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– MargarineMongoose 3 points 162 days ago +3 / -0

Still unacceptable. There are better ways to kill yourself.

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– MargarineMongoose 3 points 161 days ago +3 / -0

You retarded faggot. Driving like that is likely as not to take out other people along the way. A good old fashioned noose, suck starting a pistol, jumping off a bridge, taking a nap on the railway tracks...there's plenty of options that don't involve endangering innocent people.

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– TCDforver 1 point 161 days ago +1 / -0

There's no fun or excitement to that though.

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– MargarineMongoose 1 point 161 days ago +1 / -0

Never get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle again.

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– ernsithe 15 points 162 days ago +15 / -0

>middle aged man decked out in Louis Vuitton logos

Could have told you without reading the rest of the article that reckless driving was the primary factor.

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– redman012 [S] 13 points 162 days ago +13 / -0

RIP. Single car crash, passenger is also dead

Video of the crash: https://x.com/OC_Scanner/status/2003223127384555884

Original article: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/

There's video because this specific road is a popular place for high speed runs and known in SoCal's car scene

Edit: 296 GTS, not GTO

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– AntonioOfVenice 12 points 162 days ago +12 / -0

RIP. What a bad and stupid way to go, chasing a stupid adrenaline rush that does you no benefit at all. But props to the people dragging him away. I'm not sure I'm going anywhere near a burning car, even to save someone's life.

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– horstshort 18 points 162 days ago +18 / -0

No RIP from me for someone who is clearly incapable of handling a car like that and drives like that on a public road. Fortunately he only killed his passenger and himself and not someone uninvolved.

Now he'll be remembered as a goddamn idiot.

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– cccpneveragain 14 points 162 days ago +14 / -0

Yeah, I freaking light into my cousin on the regular for being a dumbass with his car hoping he will listen before he's in one of these videos. I wouldn't have bought a teenager his car (Mustang) but he's spoiled and I wasn't asked. That thing is a death trap.

So first, don't drive like that on the road. Someone with his resources can afford all the track time he wants. There is no shortage of opportunity for rich guys with an actual passion for racing to do it. Second, if you are going to be a dumbass, know the damn road first. A champion racing driver wouldn't blindly do something like that on any road, because I'm guessing from the name "Angeles Crest" in the video there is a crest there. Which will kill you. As will a pothole, an oil slick, etc. Tracks are monitored for these things roads not necessarily.

I mean I don't wish the guy dead, but he was being a dumbass. These people are the ones that get cops all over these roads, speed limits lowered, and now the car people that don't care about showing off have to putter along at 35mph when the road could conservatively handle 55 because some idiot killed himself doing 100.

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– ZeroPercentCamoIndex 7 points 162 days ago +7 / -0

From the comments it sounds like they were dragging away the passenger who died later, Zampella was still in the car and died possibly due to the fire.

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– Benevolentdictator 6 points 162 days ago +6 / -0

I was wondering if the beaners were dragging the passenger's corpse still strapped into the bucket seat.

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– Ricky_CIA 12 points 162 days ago +12 / -0

Hope you die slowly while on fire, faggot.

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– ParadigmShift2070 10 points 162 days ago +10 / -0

As long as you're risking only your own life

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– AntonioOfVenice 1 point 162 days ago +1 / -0

Why is it based?

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 8 points 162 days ago +8 / -0

Wow, they stood a chance at surviving if that barrier wasn't there to impale the car.

Weird crash. I'd like to see a breakdown of how that happened. With high powered RWDs it's usually the rear end breaking loose like what happened to Paul Walker, but this was the opposite problem.

It really looks like he locked up his brakes, but a Ferrari has traction control systems out the wazoo so I don't know how that would be possible.

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– redman012 [S] 9 points 162 days ago +9 / -0

At the very end of the tunnel, you can barely see it but the road has a dip, so there's airtime. The combination of his speed plus the airtime means that Zampella lost control and died soon after impact.

The passenger died at the hospital

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 3 points 162 days ago +3 / -0

Makes sense, he was in his lane up until exiting the tunnel. He slammed the brakes long before though for some reason.

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– redman012 [S] 7 points 162 days ago +7 / -0

The curve of the road is sharp AF. The other side of the road is a cliff, so you kinda have to slow down there, but he was going too fast to begin with

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– ernsithe 12 points 162 days ago +12 / -0

Take any x.com URL and replace "x.com" with "xcancel.com" (or nitter.poast.org if you're feeling verbose). Now you can see all the shit without needing an account or begging in the comments.

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 2 points 162 days ago +2 / -0

Isn't that the road they did the audi car flip scene?

There are a lot of grey driving roads in California, but none are worth dying in.

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– CatoTheElder 11 points 162 days ago +11 / -0

Another slopmonger dead. Good riddance.

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– undecidedmask2 8 points 162 days ago +8 / -0

Don’t drive like an idiot on a public road.

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– YouAreAPirate 5 points 162 days ago +5 / -0

This kinda got me a little bit. Vince is pretty much the architect of modern FPS. He was the one of the driving forces behind the OG Modern CoDs, Apex, Titanfall and even managed to drag BF6 off the ledge and put it on the right path. His loss is going to have far-reaching effects on FPS and gaming as a whole.

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– BandageBandolier 5 points 162 days ago +5 / -0

RIP the tiny return to sanity battlefield 6 had.

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 4 points 162 days ago +4 / -0

F

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– CaptainTrouble 3 points 162 days ago +3 / -0

That sucks. Looks like he didn't know the road well enough for the speed he was driving.

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– DresdenFirebomber 2 points 162 days ago +2 / -0

Why does life take away actually useful people but Rowling still breathes? I don't like Battlefield 6, I think shooters focused on team play are garbage, but still...so many useless people live.

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– DresdenFirebomber 2 points 162 days ago +2 / -0

Rowling is double vaxxed but her heart didn't give out. Tell me how that's fair.

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– SarcasticRidley 7 points 162 days ago +7 / -0

It's fair because it hurts you faggot.

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– DresdenFirebomber 1 point 162 days ago +1 / -0

It doesn't hurt me. I'm just disappointed. Every day I hope she croaks.

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– SocraticMethod1 2 points 162 days ago +2 / -0

Requiescat in pace as he did have a golden touch in the video games industry making some of the biggest hits not to mention bringing Battlefield back after the disaster that was 2042.

I hope it wasn't just him that relied on and that his legacy is continued by a good team he built up. It's why we're all terrified about Gabe.

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– GoFukYurselfCommies 0 points 162 days ago +0 / -0

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/22/video-call-of-duty-vince-zampella-car-crash/

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