In September, we shared news about a purpose-built electric vehicle setting a new world record for accelerating from 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in just 0.956 seconds. Now, we get the opportunity to experience what this feat feels like from the perspective of an average person.

YouTube’s Tom Scott was handed the wheel to “Mythen,” the EV designed by AMZ Racing that broke the record last month. Although he wouldn’t be able to beat the record due to his weight, he would get to experience the vehicle’s full power.

In the end, he managed to reach 62 mph in 1.4 seconds, which is still remarkably fast. It’s faster than any road vehicle, and most racecars. At its fastest, though, Mythen can accelerate nearly as fast as a jet being catapulted off an aircraft carrier.

Read: World’s Quickest Electric Car Does 0-100 KM/H In 0.96 Seconds

At world record pace, the driver, Chiara Lenz, was subjected to a monumental 3.8 G of acceleration. The only other place on earth that a normal human can experience that is on a roller coaster in Japan that Scott says has been closed because it kept breaking riders’ bones.

In order to achieve that kind of acceleration, Mythen can’t just rely on its tires. Team member Ben Weber explains that the car would only be able to reach 62 mph in about 1.5 seconds if it relied on mechanical grip alone. To gain that extra half-second, fans suck it to the ground to give a little extra grip. Meanwhile, the experience of actually driving the car is a little difficult to put into words.

“It’s absolutely difficult to describe because it’s only a second,” says Lenz. “It’s a really surreal experience, because you don’t really believe it just happened.”

In the video, Scott just shouts the whole time. It actually seems to take him longer to process the experience than it does to actually undergo it. After he comes to a stop and catches his breath for four seconds, he finally shouts, “WHAT?”

Weirdly, he says the car was so fast, it slowed down time. Although it took him just 1.4 seconds to hit 62 mph, he swears it lasted much longer. The experience of accelerating that quickly for the first time, then, has the same time dilating effect as a near-death experience.

“That was the longest second of my life,” he says. “Was that really only like one-and-a-bit seconds? That felt like five. That felt like five seconds.”