Viral Video Of Dramatic Car Chase Has Been Digitally Created

A video has circulated in South Korean social media posts that claim it shows a real-life car chase where a vehicle purportedly dodges the police by jumping over a road barrier. The claim is false: the video has been digitally created using 3D graphics software and does not show an actual car chase. 

The video was shared here on June 6, 2021 in a post on Daum Cafe, a popular social media platform in South Korea. 

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The post's Korean-language title translates to English as: "Real-life situation..." The caption below the video reads: "Is it a [Mercedes-Benz] G Wagon?"

The video appears to show a black car chashed by the police. The car drives up a ramp, flies above a barrier and safely lands on the other side of the road. 

The video was shared alongside a similar claim on South Korean social media websites Bbaggome, Tcafe2 and Ajegag; as well as here and here on Naver Cafe. 

The claim is false: the video has been digitally created using 3D graphics software. 

Through a Google reverse image search, AFP found the original video uploaded here by an Instagram user called "2ncs" whose profile description reads: "Graphic Designer. Just playing with reality".

The video caption includes hashtags such as "Autodesk" and "3dsmax". 

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Autodesk is an American software company.

3ds Max is a professional computer graphics program widely used by designers to create 3D animations and models. 

Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared in the misleading posts (L) and the original video from Instagram (R):

This video, uploaded to YouTube by the same graphic designer called "2ncs", shows the making of the car chase video through 3D rendering software.

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The video has inserted computer graphics of three vehicles onto a video footage of a real street.

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