Kudos to the amount of editing and production you do... I can't think of another iRacer that does it this way. I know it's always there but it really shone through on this video.
Great video ben! Congrats on the Podium through some very interesting circumstances! Always nice when carnage happens around you than to you in iRacing as well!
As a new dad, would love to know how you balance sim racing with real life responsibilities? I feel like sim racing takes a lot of practice as opposed to other games you can just pick up easier
@@ginger-viking hey man! So it’s definitely tricky at times. Being a dad basically means I race maybe 3 times a week max, very often once or twice. To help with that I try to focus on cars and tracks I know to minimise practice needed, I focus on fixed setup races and shorter race distances. And I’m not very quick - tending to focus on getting home safely. iRacing is amazing for this because even at a lower iRating you can have really competitive racing! There’s a few sim racing dads in my discord - feel free to swing by and join the support group 😂😂
7:05 Hey mom ! Look I'm on TV ! I'm a bit mad that my race ended so stupidly. Like either reverse and go full left, or stay where you're are on the right. But don't reverse and randomly stop to be right on the middle lmao Great video tho !
Ah Kevin buddy - delighted you found the video, but less so that your race ended the way it did! You're spot on - as soon as the other guy moves, you're in an impossible situation. Hope you got some better races in this week too!
Love the content Ben - Nice to see a fellow Geordie doing well! Noticed you struggled on the starts so thought I'd share a quick tip that works for me. Max throttle at the start and clutch set to 20%. Give it a go in practice. :)
Welcome back! Gnarly end to the first race… just when you think you’ve survived the danger, it bites you HARD! Great driving in race two… definitely wise to use those run-off areas at the start. A slow-down and a 1x is definitely the lesser of two evils, compared to a missing wing or wheel! Great to see you back racing 😃
Cheers Chris buddy! Aye there's quite a few blind corners too, so you never know what you're going to be confronted with as you come around the corner! 😂
Yeha Ben wow, this video is absolutely incredible on the production side! Lots of improvements since I first joined the community when you were in around 1k subs 😂
The old unsafe pit entry penalty. Some great overtakes there Ben. Have to be happy. Need to work on getting it off the line. Super to have you back. Does this mean you have a new wheelbase?
i was “martin” at the start of the second race 🤣, sadly died lap 2 turn 3 chaos. had another race with yourself tho and was racing side by side for a bit, great racing
hey ben, glad you and the cannel are doing good :) i might reassemble my rig this weekend and race again after a long break from iracing. i want to focus on a single car but this might be a bit to dangerous for the beginning, isn't it? :P maybe i'll stick to the mx-5 for a few weeks or do you have a recommendation? my favourite car always was the F3. looking forward to catch up with your videos.
Hey Harald! Great that you’re thinking of getting back in the rig! I think you’d love the super formula lights to be honest - it’s a more planted F3 car! Let me know how you get on!
@@Ben_LaBroca i enjoy the Super Formula Lights a but i don't like the schedule. F4 has a great schedule imo but i don't get along with car. i also like gt3 and ferrari schedule. gonna be difficult to decide..
Cheers James - I know it was just too dull from my POV to make the cut! I haven’t done another open setup session yet - the fixed was the next one I made it into and then quickly started the edit! Will try to give it a whirl this weekend!
hey ben hope ya well great vid as allways,i finaly pulled the trigger and invested in iraceing and currently entering the gt4 season any advice,take care bud
Hey Nick! Great to hear from you buddy. Are you enjoying it so far? I raced a lot of GT4 but quite a while ago now. McLaren and Aston were my two picks but I’m too out of date now to offer much advice!
@@Ben_LaBroca ha the aston and the mclaren was my choice too,yes really enjoying myself,and have plenty of time to devote to it,btw your spend less race more vid was excellent,hope to catch you in track in the future
This week has absolutely tanked my safety rating, and I can honestly say that I’ve only 1x’d myself a few times on track limits all week. Everything else has been people losing their car into me, or braking so late they lock up and take me out. Over 1 whole rating point, down from mid 4’s to low 3’s… not a fan of this combo or this track with Super Formula either haha. Oh well, such is racing I guess. Gotta build it back next week hopefully.
Seeing the folks with F1 liveries always makes me nervous, my Formula IR is far higher than my actual pace simply from just keeping my head down and staying out of trouble.
Wow, some terrible racing decisions there. To be fair, the Red Bull Ring does seem to bring out the worst in drivers. Close racing, tricky corners and needing to be on the edge of track limits to have decent pace. Funnily enough I've been exactly where O'Connor was, getting a P2 across the line and getting a post race penalty due to a mistake in that very series of corners (though this was SF23).
Kudos to the amount of editing and production you do... I can't think of another iRacer that does it this way. I know it's always there but it really shone through on this video.
Ah thank you man - been trying out some new stuff recently so glad you're enjoying it!
This is the truth.
How tf does this channel not have 100k subs. This is entertaining even when im not simracing regularly.
Ah bless you mate - and thanks for signing up as a channel member again, I really appreciate that!
@@Ben_LaBroca No worries. Hopefully I'll see you in an iracing lobby sometime 🙂
Great passes and recovery! I had my first race yesterday after a break as well and it was a total disaster. Good to see you back!
Haha I definitely got lucky! Thanks for the support buddy and good luck in your next one!
Absolutely love your commentary, such great energy!!
Thank you buddy - appreciate the kind words!
Some great moves out there, Ben! And mega job on the editing of this video as well.
Ah thanks mate - really appreciate that and v glad you enjoyed the vid!
Great video ben! Congrats on the Podium through some very interesting circumstances! Always nice when carnage happens around you than to you in iRacing as well!
Cheers Nick! Hope you’re well buddy!
As a new dad, would love to know how you balance sim racing with real life responsibilities? I feel like sim racing takes a lot of practice as opposed to other games you can just pick up easier
@@ginger-viking hey man! So it’s definitely tricky at times. Being a dad basically means I race maybe 3 times a week max, very often once or twice. To help with that I try to focus on cars and tracks I know to minimise practice needed, I focus on fixed setup races and shorter race distances. And I’m not very quick - tending to focus on getting home safely.
iRacing is amazing for this because even at a lower iRating you can have really competitive racing!
There’s a few sim racing dads in my discord - feel free to swing by and join the support group 😂😂
@@ginger-viking oh and I tend to stay with a single car for a while these days - it helps build up practice even if it’s over weeks and weeks.
@@Ben_LaBroca Ah thanks. Will join the discord! Yeh I dont think im good enough to only race 1-2 per week 😂
@@Ben_LaBroca Do you have link to discord? Couldnt see one in the video or channel description
7:05 Hey mom ! Look I'm on TV !
I'm a bit mad that my race ended so stupidly. Like either reverse and go full left, or stay where you're are on the right. But don't reverse and randomly stop to be right on the middle lmao
Great video tho !
Ah Kevin buddy - delighted you found the video, but less so that your race ended the way it did! You're spot on - as soon as the other guy moves, you're in an impossible situation. Hope you got some better races in this week too!
Love the content Ben - Nice to see a fellow Geordie doing well! Noticed you struggled on the starts so thought I'd share a quick tip that works for me. Max throttle at the start and clutch set to 20%. Give it a go in practice. :)
Ah cheers mate that’s very helpful - will try that out next time!
Howay the mags!
Great video Ben!
Thanks Martin mate!
absolutely stunning overtakes, wow!
Ha thanks buddy!
Welcome back! Gnarly end to the first race… just when you think you’ve survived the danger, it bites you HARD! Great driving in race two… definitely wise to use those run-off areas at the start. A slow-down and a 1x is definitely the lesser of two evils, compared to a missing wing or wheel! Great to see you back racing 😃
Cheers Chris buddy! Aye there's quite a few blind corners too, so you never know what you're going to be confronted with as you come around the corner! 😂
Yeha Ben wow, this video is absolutely incredible on the production side! Lots of improvements since I first joined the community when you were in around 1k subs 😂
Ha thanks Aron buddy - and congrats on your channel growth recently too buddy 🫡
The old unsafe pit entry penalty. Some great overtakes there Ben. Have to be happy. Need to work on getting it off the line. Super to have you back. Does this mean you have a new wheelbase?
Cheers Russell! Yes indeed re a new wheelbase! There’s a clue or two in the video if you look closely enough 😄
I think I have spotted it. Well the manufacturer! Nice, I hope you enjoy it. And again what a great result in this one 🏆
Try starting the SFL with about 80% gas.
Awesome video!
Hey Damian! Cheers for the ongoing support mate - and top tip re getting off the line. Will look to improve on that!
That driver at the start line let the inside thoughts win LOL!
😂 I feel sorry for the lad behind who also jumped when he saw him go!
i was “martin” at the start of the second race 🤣, sadly died lap 2 turn 3 chaos. had another race with yourself tho and was racing side by side for a bit, great racing
Ah hey Aaron! Yeah great stuff buddy, sorry this race didn’t go so well for you! Hopefully see you on track again 👍
Wow what a race! Drama left and right!
Haha the combo has definitely kept me on my toes this week!
hey ben, glad you and the cannel are doing good :) i might reassemble my rig this weekend and race again after a long break from iracing. i want to focus on a single car but this might be a bit to dangerous for the beginning, isn't it? :P maybe i'll stick to the mx-5 for a few weeks or do you have a recommendation? my favourite car always was the F3. looking forward to catch up with your videos.
Hey Harald! Great that you’re thinking of getting back in the rig! I think you’d love the super formula lights to be honest - it’s a more planted F3 car! Let me know how you get on!
@@Ben_LaBroca i enjoy the Super Formula Lights a but i don't like the schedule. F4 has a great schedule imo but i don't get along with car. i also like gt3 and ferrari schedule. gonna be difficult to decide..
This combo didn’t disappoint mate 😅
Haha I thought about our chat as I passed the fourth wreck on lap one! 😂
Can't get enough of the turbo off the gas in these cars
Yeah they sound pretty good considering it’s a low powered car!
great video as always, shame our race didnt make it in! how did you find the setup i sent you?
Cheers James - I know it was just too dull from my POV to make the cut! I haven’t done another open setup session yet - the fixed was the next one I made it into and then quickly started the edit!
Will try to give it a whirl this weekend!
hey ben hope ya well great vid as allways,i finaly pulled the trigger and invested in iraceing and currently entering the gt4 season any advice,take care bud
Hey Nick! Great to hear from you buddy. Are you enjoying it so far? I raced a lot of GT4 but quite a while ago now. McLaren and Aston were my two picks but I’m too out of date now to offer much advice!
@@Ben_LaBroca ha the aston and the mclaren was my choice too,yes really enjoying myself,and have plenty of time to devote to it,btw your spend less race more vid was excellent,hope to catch you in track in the future
Hi. Nice Videos...can you tell wich overlay you use?. I am using iOverlay but i am not that happy whit it.
Hi Miguel! The overlay is RaceLab Apps - there’s a free and a paid for version. Google it and you should find it!
This week has absolutely tanked my safety rating, and I can honestly say that I’ve only 1x’d myself a few times on track limits all week. Everything else has been people losing their car into me, or braking so late they lock up and take me out. Over 1 whole rating point, down from mid 4’s to low 3’s… not a fan of this combo or this track with Super Formula either haha. Oh well, such is racing I guess. Gotta build it back next week hopefully.
Haha aye there was violence out there this week. I suspect next week at Silverstone will be pretty rough too!
How are the Super Formula Lights to drive? Might get in on the action
They're fantastic Tom! A more planted F3 car where you brake very late. Good fun racing to be had!
Fun and high participation
Seeing the folks with F1 liveries always makes me nervous, my Formula IR is far higher than my actual pace simply from just keeping my head down and staying out of trouble.
I love the Red Bull Ring, but much like Spa it brings out the worst in iRacers.
Ha yeah I don’t think I’ve ever had a run of clean races there - happy to have gotten lucky with one this week!
With the super formula lights cars off the line just pin the throttle they don’t wheel spin
Ah thanks buddy - this highlights my rustiness after a period away!
Yeah, if you want to go quick its so easy to incidents that it is stupid even to join the race as you getting 8x min 😂
Ha yep - a safety rating destroyer!!
Wow, some terrible racing decisions there. To be fair, the Red Bull Ring does seem to bring out the worst in drivers. Close racing, tricky corners and needing to be on the edge of track limits to have decent pace. Funnily enough I've been exactly where O'Connor was, getting a P2 across the line and getting a post race penalty due to a mistake in that very series of corners (though this was SF23).
100% David - deceptively simple track to drive but to go quick the margin for error is super small!
SFL… Nurburgring is 10 times worse lol