After finally seeing the video of the barrel roll...
He didn’t make good (hardly any?) use of his rudder and elevator controls to maintain altitude throughout the manouever. (I’m not the only one that noticed.)
He came quite close to putting it into the water at that point.
You can do it that way, and it’s even easy to practice on a simulator and get a good idea about how much altitude you need to do it that way, in whatever aircraft you choose in the game, but if he wanted to show off flying skill? Even simulator flying skill? Serious room for improvement.
(I’ve flown single engine a little bit. I am NOT an expert, but all my landings have been smooth. (Thank you Lord!))
Simulators are fun. Much safer than flying. Anyone remember the old Chuck Yeager’s Flight Simulator? One of the first things I ever posted on the “net” was me flying an SR-71 through a hanger, upside down, at mach 2+.
Surviveable only in a simulator.
I used to fly FLight Simulator, long time ago, I do believe I’ve screwed up a few barrel rolls like that my own self.