Take it easy when you receive the load cell pedals, I'm a rookie myself as well that recently switched from G27 pedals to load cell ones and it takes a hot minute to get used to it! Don't get frustrated, just run few laps solo and when you get the hang of it you can't possibly go back, adds so much precision and it feels so good! Just be sure to chose an elastomer/spring setup that feels comfortable to you and also calibrate those pedals to reach the max at a comfortable pressure (you don't have to apply the whole 100 or 200 Kg all the time, that is a bit insane). Good luck on your journey mate!
Take it easy, indeed. (consider following experience to be mostly for Novice Racer) When I gott my first ever loadcell set over a year ago, it took me about 2 weeks to get used to them and find a comfortable placement and calibration. I used Boosted Media's loadcell guide which has served me well. But the feeling and confidence on brakes came after like 5-6 days and I never looked back. Good bye muddy braking feel and lack of confidence on brakes! I keep readlusting my setup a bit here or there every few months, depending on how my legs feel over longer racing days. Sometimes my braking foot gets tired and once in the length of time I have them I had a slight muscle over-strain. Had to take 2 days off from racing and walk it off. I am currently using 45% of the range on the brake. It is the most my rig can tolerate at its current state and also it feels just right for me in races. I used to have 40% but in races I kept hitting the pedals more forcefully and overbraking a lot. 5% up fixed it. What also helps avoid strain is proper braking technique, which I am still working on, where you raise the heel off the resting plate of the pedals and modulate the brakes with how much you are pushing with your thigh. (using a method Suellio Almeida calls "press less" technique, where you dont try to lift the foot off the brake to lessen the force, but you just press less.) You lift the foot on the hall effect brake, so dont do that on the loadcell. When you dont do the correct braking technique, you put a lot of strain on your calf. And the two points of contact should be the ball of your foot (resting up high on the pedal for easier pressure application onto the loadcell) and the lower part of your back ("small of the back" or how you call it?)
Best thing to do is to set the FFB per car in iRacing. I have the Moza R5 and my Mazda is set to 16nm in game. GR86 is just above that at 18nm. The Ferrari 296 GT3 shoots all the way up to the high 40s. LMP cars even higher. You need to adjust per car or you end up with the faster/higher downforce cars being almost impossible to turn while the lower end cars like Mazda are fine
Tomorrow for the f4 series you need long beach and algarve international, for the mazda advanced cup you need canadian tire if you get C class by then. For gr buttkicker cup you need long beach circuit and possibly spa to cover yourself for a month
Also just a tip I can’t see your force-feedback inputs that iRacing show not sure if it’s hidden behind the face cam, but if the ffb is too high it can clip which means you won’t feel the actual track while it’s clipping which will generally be mid corner
@@TheNoviceRacerr this is slightly different though this is on iracing if you press f9 where you change camera angle the force feedback there is what I mean. So when racing also press F and it should show the fps and some bars the bar with F is force feedback and if you’re racing and it goes red it’s clipping
13:56 the 4x is because after he touched you (0x), he got hit harder by the car behind, and as it was a short amount of time after your contact the game considers you had a role in the second hit, so you got the 4x as well. Harsh but makes tough to abuse the penalties like on most games.
The problem I've found with the irating is that once you start losing points, it puts you in lower and lower splits. So you're getting worse and worse drivers. Mine dropped to 400 because of this, it's really difficult to bring it up and get safety points at the same time. Glad to see you using a DD now. Wait until you get the pedals, total game changer. GG Nick.
5k driver here who went down under the 1k in his beginnings👋🙂 The issue is about your state of mind when you start a race. If you get on the grid aiming to gain iR, you will lose it. If you aim on gaining SR, you will as well. The point is not about gaining this or that, it is about being satisfied with your driving. Whenever you face an issue, whether it is a spin, an off-track, a wreck, or just a slow lap, start by asking yourself "what should I have done better ?", don't go for the "low-skill drivers" excuse. The thing that should matter the most when you get in your car, is smoothness. Being gentle and subtle with the car will make it treat you well. Be harsh with and you'll pay for that. Aim to drive as perfectly as you can, and speed will come along, bringing you to the front. iR and SR are the consequences of your driving, not the causes. Also what I could recommend is to find a series with lower participation at first, because there the community state of mind is more widespread as fewer ppl drive the car and race against each other more than against randoms. There you will find more dedicated drivers, open to help and hang around, a much healthier environment than most popular series where you get to drive against the best and the worst, like in MX-5 or Porsche Cup.
the guy at the end was driving like a headless knob, but your move after 19:17 could be considered blocking, he was very close and you made the move quite late, almost into the braking zone. I think you deserve the outcome and you can be glad he did not impale you for DQ. I hope you adjusted the overall strength of the wheelbase in pithouse for balanced strength and feel, so it is not an insane workout everytime and also hope you set up the iRacing FFB stuff so it matches your new wheelbase. I use 80% in pithouse, I have iRacing set to 12Nm and the intensity it uses for auto calculate to 80%. Then after a few laps I press auto FFB and adjust totaste manually for each track in the cars I drive while making sure the FFB does not clip when driving normally. Curb strikes most often do. To avoid bad strength setup with auto FFB, drive laps while avoiding big bumps and high curbs, so it does not reduce everything else to get them in the limit. Do you use 900° rotation or do you limit it based on cars you drive? Me I set it for every type of car to their maximum, but maybe if I leave it at 900 it might soft limit the wheel in game based on the car's range. I will have to try both soon
You know what I actually did was I adjusted my seating position to be one step closer to upwright and i adjusted the height of the wheel to match so it's closer to my shoulders. It helped a lot and now my shoulders are more involved too and I don't get sore
@@TheNoviceRacerr dont under-estimate lowering the force a little so it feels strong enough but you still feel in control of the car instead of the other way around. Once you start fighting the car, you lose precision. Racing is not all about maxing out the force your tools can give you.
From hero to zero 😢 But not much you could do that’s just most rookie series for you I’m afraid. Great video though and glad you’re enjoying the upgrade of equipment 😂
TBH this race just highlights why I don't really want to get involved with iRacing, the standard of driving and etiquette from all drivers is pretty horrendous. I know its rookies, but this should be where people are learning good habits, not bad...
@@TheNoviceRacerr I get that, just frustrating when you get caught up in it. I moved to Moza R12 a month ago by the way and makes a huge difference. I doubt you'll be maxing out the FFB and getting any clipping unless you have it turned up too 100%....and I don't see you sweating that much yet!
hilarious first lap on the mazda and congrats on the new setup 😎
Thanks mate! 😆
Take it easy when you receive the load cell pedals, I'm a rookie myself as well that recently switched from G27 pedals to load cell ones and it takes a hot minute to get used to it! Don't get frustrated, just run few laps solo and when you get the hang of it you can't possibly go back, adds so much precision and it feels so good! Just be sure to chose an elastomer/spring setup that feels comfortable to you and also calibrate those pedals to reach the max at a comfortable pressure (you don't have to apply the whole 100 or 200 Kg all the time, that is a bit insane).
Good luck on your journey mate!
Take it easy, indeed. (consider following experience to be mostly for Novice Racer)
When I gott my first ever loadcell set over a year ago, it took me about 2 weeks to get used to them and find a comfortable placement and calibration. I used Boosted Media's loadcell guide which has served me well. But the feeling and confidence on brakes came after like 5-6 days and I never looked back. Good bye muddy braking feel and lack of confidence on brakes!
I keep readlusting my setup a bit here or there every few months, depending on how my legs feel over longer racing days. Sometimes my braking foot gets tired and once in the length of time I have them I had a slight muscle over-strain. Had to take 2 days off from racing and walk it off. I am currently using 45% of the range on the brake. It is the most my rig can tolerate at its current state and also it feels just right for me in races. I used to have 40% but in races I kept hitting the pedals more forcefully and overbraking a lot. 5% up fixed it.
What also helps avoid strain is proper braking technique, which I am still working on, where you raise the heel off the resting plate of the pedals and modulate the brakes with how much you are pushing with your thigh. (using a method Suellio Almeida calls "press less" technique, where you dont try to lift the foot off the brake to lessen the force, but you just press less.) You lift the foot on the hall effect brake, so dont do that on the loadcell.
When you dont do the correct braking technique, you put a lot of strain on your calf. And the two points of contact should be the ball of your foot (resting up high on the pedal for easier pressure application onto the loadcell) and the lower part of your back ("small of the back" or how you call it?)
Thanks guys, appreciate the help. I'll keep that all in mind when they arrive!
All modern race cars have power steering. Keep that in mind. Stronger is not always better (; the higher the downforce, the stronger the FFB
Thanks bro 🙏
Best thing to do is to set the FFB per car in iRacing. I have the Moza R5 and my Mazda is set to 16nm in game. GR86 is just above that at 18nm. The Ferrari 296 GT3 shoots all the way up to the high 40s. LMP cars even higher. You need to adjust per car or you end up with the faster/higher downforce cars being almost impossible to turn while the lower end cars like Mazda are fine
Tomorrow for the f4 series you need long beach and algarve international, for the mazda advanced cup you need canadian tire if you get C class by then. For gr buttkicker cup you need long beach circuit and possibly spa to cover yourself for a month
Do you use the auto FFB function on iracing? Makes the forces feedback much more manageable once you have set the max FFB intensity
I also just got the moza r12 and it's a great upgrade, I race the supercars series, you should try them,heaps of power and no abs or traction control
I will definitely give them a try
0:56 let's make that your signature move
It basically is at this point 🥲
Also just a tip I can’t see your force-feedback inputs that iRacing show not sure if it’s hidden behind the face cam, but if the ffb is too high it can clip which means you won’t feel the actual track while it’s clipping which will generally be mid corner
I will check but I just basically googled online for a good preset. I'll fine tune it over the next few weeks though
@@TheNoviceRacerr this is slightly different though this is on iracing if you press f9 where you change camera angle the force feedback there is what I mean. So when racing also press F and it should show the fps and some bars the bar with F is force feedback and if you’re racing and it goes red it’s clipping
13:56 the 4x is because after he touched you (0x), he got hit harder by the car behind, and as it was a short amount of time after your contact the game considers you had a role in the second hit, so you got the 4x as well.
Harsh but makes tough to abuse the penalties like on most games.
The problem I've found with the irating is that once you start losing points, it puts you in lower and lower splits. So you're getting worse and worse drivers. Mine dropped to 400 because of this, it's really difficult to bring it up and get safety points at the same time. Glad to see you using a DD now. Wait until you get the pedals, total game changer. GG Nick.
5k driver here who went down under the 1k in his beginnings👋🙂
The issue is about your state of mind when you start a race. If you get on the grid aiming to gain iR, you will lose it. If you aim on gaining SR, you will as well.
The point is not about gaining this or that, it is about being satisfied with your driving. Whenever you face an issue, whether it is a spin, an off-track, a wreck, or just a slow lap, start by asking yourself "what should I have done better ?", don't go for the "low-skill drivers" excuse.
The thing that should matter the most when you get in your car, is smoothness. Being gentle and subtle with the car will make it treat you well. Be harsh with and you'll pay for that. Aim to drive as perfectly as you can, and speed will come along, bringing you to the front.
iR and SR are the consequences of your driving, not the causes. Also what I could recommend is to find a series with lower participation at first, because there the community state of mind is more widespread as fewer ppl drive the car and race against each other more than against randoms.
There you will find more dedicated drivers, open to help and hang around, a much healthier environment than most popular series where you get to drive against the best and the worst, like in MX-5 or Porsche Cup.
Yeah, it's always better driving with better drivers because the racing is cleaner.
Thanks bro!
living the dream my man. how long you been on iracing?
Absolutely mate. 😮💨 I've been on since March
the guy at the end was driving like a headless knob, but your move after 19:17 could be considered blocking, he was very close and you made the move quite late, almost into the braking zone. I think you deserve the outcome and you can be glad he did not impale you for DQ.
I hope you adjusted the overall strength of the wheelbase in pithouse for balanced strength and feel, so it is not an insane workout everytime and also hope you set up the iRacing FFB stuff so it matches your new wheelbase. I use 80% in pithouse, I have iRacing set to 12Nm and the intensity it uses for auto calculate to 80%. Then after a few laps I press auto FFB and adjust totaste manually for each track in the cars I drive while making sure the FFB does not clip when driving normally. Curb strikes most often do. To avoid bad strength setup with auto FFB, drive laps while avoiding big bumps and high curbs, so it does not reduce everything else to get them in the limit.
Do you use 900° rotation or do you limit it based on cars you drive? Me I set it for every type of car to their maximum, but maybe if I leave it at 900 it might soft limit the wheel in game based on the car's range. I will have to try both soon
You know what I actually did was I adjusted my seating position to be one step closer to upwright and i adjusted the height of the wheel to match so it's closer to my shoulders. It helped a lot and now my shoulders are more involved too and I don't get sore
@@TheNoviceRacerr dont under-estimate lowering the force a little so it feels strong enough but you still feel in control of the car instead of the other way around. Once you start fighting the car, you lose precision. Racing is not all about maxing out the force your tools can give you.
You need to show the replays (multiple angles) of the incidents.
If you're interested in seeing it then I definitely can do that
From hero to zero 😢 But not much you could do that’s just most rookie series for you I’m afraid. Great video though and glad you’re enjoying the upgrade of equipment 😂
Thanks mate! 😁
Hey, does your base have any coil whine?
not that I'm aware of
nah report that guy that crashed you at 3:30 he didn't just go deep that was intentional wrecking.
Yeah it was pretty daft...
Well, that first race was a typical low skill lobby one, I'm still amazed that this is the average driver experience
14:38 dead lift or bench press ? 😂
Bench press 😉
TBH this race just highlights why I don't really want to get involved with iRacing, the standard of driving and etiquette from all drivers is pretty horrendous. I know its rookies, but this should be where people are learning good habits, not bad...
You should give it a go. Some people are dicks but most people are just tryna learn and the higher classes get much better
@@TheNoviceRacerr I get that, just frustrating when you get caught up in it. I moved to Moza R12 a month ago by the way and makes a huge difference. I doubt you'll be maxing out the FFB and getting any clipping unless you have it turned up too 100%....and I don't see you sweating that much yet!