Well done.I'm new at iracing. I took up iracing, so I can save a lot of money in damage and track fees in real life. I'm 300mls from the Nordschleife.....I like to be prepared as much as possible. Your video helps me a lot for that. I wish You lots and lots of subscribers. You deserve them.
Man, this is simply amazing! I’m still barely staying alive in the Mazda for a few laps, but your guide makes so much sense! I’ve been spoiled by playing arcade racing games and now I’m binning every other lap, lol
this is exactly my routine! 🙂 Recently I ended up with a VRS subscription so just added three great tools: easy to find lap guide, video analysis (priceless) and blap file, so I can practice against coach lap (on sector basis)
Lorenzo, great content and great work over all, but the best part is how well organized you have it all here and the post production effort you put in. The organization, the ease of the information and the obvious dedication you put in here convinced me to follow you. Keep it up man! (and tell me, where are you from? I am Colombian but live in Houston. In Gran Turismo since it started but in iRacing since December 2023)
I just started iRacing one week ago, during the Season 2 Week 13 break. Competing in the MX-5 Cup, I've been making it my goal to learn the track as it switches every 24 hours. A lot of the circuits I've never even heard of before, save Oulton and VIR. On Day 7 now, Charlotte Roval being the final course and it is absolutely murdering me. Going to use your advice and try and keep pushing through because I'm in the top 500 for the series with a 3.4SR, and I want to get my C-class Fast Track Promotion before the start of Season 3. It being Charlotte gives me some bad ju-ju, so I'm hoping these races don't go sideways.
Lorenzo, that is a fantastic video. You prepare basically exactly the same way I do. 😂 I have found that it's incredibly similar to my classical piano training!
It’s a bit late but if you’re doing the rookie open wheelers (vees, fords), I’d recommend Sambo iRacing. I’m pretty sure he finished in the top 5 of every season this year. Id need to double check though.
yeah wow really impressed by this video didnt know there were tools and settings you can change to help with learning the track not to only be faster but to save time too thanks!
Good question! To be fair, not any specific reason - I just didn't know about G61 at the time of making this video. I heard it's just as good as VRS, if not better considering that it's free!
Great video! I took notes and will definitely be trying this out. I do have a question about the "ghost racing". I feel like AI racing might be better than this because the AI will react to you like a person would if you were in a real race. When you ghost race, isn't it true that the situations are not always realistic, because the other drivers are not behaving as if you are racing with them? Hope that question makes sense.
Thank you! Regarding your question, I think that in general ghost racing is more useful to compare your pace to other drivers, and also to see where the main "pain points" are on track, i.e. where people tend to crash and where you tend to have pile-ups. Figuring out that stuff in a ghost race will prepare you better for the real thing :) But yeah it's not the best option for practicing racecraft, which is what you are describing.
Thank for a very informative video. I think that's the dilemma I have right now: iRace it or not. I have just got my D-licences in almost every category and I do enjoy some of the races. At the same time competition is fierce and I'm always several seconds behind even when i try to do my best. So the dilemma is: should I go back to F1 and bots or should i stick and nerd it out. I enjoy racing and I do take my car and bike to track regularly. But I'm not sure if iRacing worth it. It feels like a job (and driving on the edge is indeed a big job) and you need to put a lot of time and effort into that comparing to just "riding with the bots". I like the "we are not the game" approach by iRacing and I do enjoy the physics but with so many accidents almost every race results in something happening outside of your control. Re-watching videos to make clips in order to report people is not fun and I feel like it's the after taste I get from playing iRacing. I guess everything has to do with your expectations: do you want to have fun and relax or do you want to focus, work and get better. I think I'm still undecisive on that. I think your guide is good as it can be applied to any racing game, not only iRacing. And even to the real track driving. We shall see where I end up.
You definitely have a point, it's not ideal for casual users. But bear in mind that, especially in series with high participation, you are very likely to end up in a split with people of your level! Of course, the driving standards may be lower and there may be more accidents, but learning to predict and avoid them is an art that can be learned!
theres always acc or ac. i took a break from iracing for a couple of years it was super toxic in the races. i just signed back up to give it another go and see.
Whenever you enter an official practice, qualifying, or race session, the damage is forcibly enabled. So you don't need to re-enable it at any point. I always practice with damage permanently turned off!
I'm new to simracing, just wondering in your experience, how much of a good baseline are those times you're using as a reference? being from a previous season under different weather conditions I suppose they may be misleading (faster/slower) depending on what the new conditions are for the current season..
Hi Horacio, you’re completely right! Still, I find that the times are usually mostly accurate. In any case, consider this as an indicative time, and not a definitive one! For me it’s more about knowing what the ballpark is.
I saw! It’s a real pity. What I do now to compare my pace is to look at the pace of drivers in official races on iracing. Would love it for that website to come back though.
Must watch the entire video. If you have ADDHD watch it in shorter sessions. !2k views and only 624 likes. Only 5% really want to get better everyone else are just obstacles on the track.
Sore really helpfull tipps, exept for the "disable car damage" part, i rather take it more careful. Creating a habit that it's ok to crash the car is a really bad thing in my opinion.
I completely understand that for realism and for the experience it may not be the most desirable option. However, I still find that disabling car damage is absolutely key when limit testing. When I test the limits of grip of a car, I tend to crash a lot. If I had to reset the car each time, practice would take waaaaay longer.
Awesome vid bro, very useful. Love the channel. Keep the vids coming !!!! 🤙🏻
Thank you Innes!
How on earth does this only have 4.7k views? I was genuinely expecting millions.
Thanks for the compliment mate, I wish!
As a newbie to IRacing this is an incredibly helpful resource. Thank you.
Glad it helps Russell, welcome to iRacing!
This video has less than 300 views? What is wrong with you YT?
Absolute brilliant work!
Hey mate, thanks a lot!! I appreciate it :)
Well done.I'm new at iracing. I took up iracing, so I can save a lot of money in damage and track fees in real life. I'm 300mls from the Nordschleife.....I like to be prepared as much as possible. Your video helps me a lot for that. I wish You lots and lots of subscribers. You deserve them.
Thanks buddy, I’m glad it helped and welcome to iracing!
Just came across this video, this is so clear and well articulated, just pure gold.
Hey bud glad you found it useful, thanks for the kind words :)
Thank you for taking the time to record this.
As a beginner, this is valuable knowledge for me as I was struggling to optimize my practice sessions🎉
Thanks for the kind words Jimmie!
This video needs more likes, this is exactly what I needed for VRS
Thanks mate :)
The amount of detail you provide here is insane very well made video
Amazing tutorial bro! I’m new to iRacing and this video has helped a bunch.
Subbed 👊
Cheers man, glad you found it useful :)
Fantastic video. Just bought my first ever sim rig and about to start up iRacing for the first time. I feel prepared. Subbed!
Thanks bud, glad it helped!
Man, this is simply amazing! I’m still barely staying alive in the Mazda for a few laps, but your guide makes so much sense! I’ve been spoiled by playing arcade racing games and now I’m binning every other lap, lol
Hi Wellington, thanks a lot for the kind words mate! Best of luck getting to grips with sim racing, you’ll get there soon!
This is excellent content. Probably the best primer video I’ve seen on how to efficiently get up to race pace. Great job!
Thank you so much Adrian
Amazingly helpful! Thank you
This is massive, thank you so much! I really appreciate the tip mate.
One of the best iRacing practice guides I have ever seen!
Thank you for the kind words :)
Showing me the replay function was enough for me to subscribe. Thanks a million times!!
You're welcome, thank you!
this is exactly my routine! 🙂 Recently I ended up with a VRS subscription so just added three great tools: easy to find lap guide, video analysis (priceless) and blap file, so I can practice against coach lap (on sector basis)
That sounds great mate, I’m glad to hear that you follow the same routine! Thank you!
Lorenzo, great content and great work over all, but the best part is how well organized you have it all here and the post production effort you put in. The organization, the ease of the information and the obvious dedication you put in here convinced me to follow you. Keep it up man! (and tell me, where are you from? I am Colombian but live in Houston. In Gran Turismo since it started but in iRacing since December 2023)
Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it bro :) I’m from Italy but live in The Netherlands!
I just started iRacing one week ago, during the Season 2 Week 13 break. Competing in the MX-5 Cup, I've been making it my goal to learn the track as it switches every 24 hours. A lot of the circuits I've never even heard of before, save Oulton and VIR. On Day 7 now, Charlotte Roval being the final course and it is absolutely murdering me. Going to use your advice and try and keep pushing through because I'm in the top 500 for the series with a 3.4SR, and I want to get my C-class Fast Track Promotion before the start of Season 3. It being Charlotte gives me some bad ju-ju, so I'm hoping these races don't go sideways.
Good luck in your iracing journey!
Thank you Lorenzo! As a new class D sports car iracing player, I find your suggestions about how to practice a new track most helpful!
Great to hear!
I finally joined iRacing 2 weeks ago and your video's are very helpful. Lots of good information. Keep it up! Subbed ;)
Thank you buddy, and welcome!
Lorenzo, that is a fantastic video. You prepare basically exactly the same way I do. 😂 I have found that it's incredibly similar to my classical piano training!
Thanks Rachel! Glad to hear that this preparation works for you as well :)
I'm just starting in iRacing, and found your video very informative for me to follow and learn. Thank you.
Great to hear, good luck and have fun!
this was all hugely helpful. tyvm for it
You're welcome!
This is excellent, thank you.
Learned some really useful stuff. Thank you so much. Really clear and well explained.
Thanks man!
It’s a bit late but if you’re doing the rookie open wheelers (vees, fords), I’d recommend Sambo iRacing. I’m pretty sure he finished in the top 5 of every season this year. Id need to double check though.
yeah wow really impressed by this video didnt know there were tools and settings you can change to help with learning the track not to only be faster but to save time too thanks!
Glad I could help!
Thank you! Clear, efficient, smart!
Thank you!
Wow, Great video!
Appreciate the kind comments!
Hey thank you so much! And thanks for all you do for us sim racers trying to learn tracks. Absolutely essential channel right here!
Lorenzo, Thank you so much for this video so much great information.
Thanks mate, you’re welcome!
Brilliant vidio mate
Thank you!
incredible work! im gonna try it thanks alot buddy!!
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful!
Very Nice Video, thanks for the effort :)
Glad you liked it mate :)
Subscribed!
Thanks mate!
great video! thanks for this! Exactly what i was looking for...
Hi Carlos I’m glad you found it useful buddy :)
Great tips and good video. Thx for the info!
Hey thanks a lot for the kinds words mate, appreciate it :)
+ 1 sub! Great work
Thanks for the sub!
Awesome vid, cheers.
Thank you!
Great vid, just saved the vid for future use.. got 1 question.. why VRS over Garage61 for part 3 just curious.. Keep up the good work .D
Good question! To be fair, not any specific reason - I just didn't know about G61 at the time of making this video. I heard it's just as good as VRS, if not better considering that it's free!
Great video! I took notes and will definitely be trying this out.
I do have a question about the "ghost racing". I feel like AI racing might be better than this because the AI will react to you like a person would if you were in a real race. When you ghost race, isn't it true that the situations are not always realistic, because the other drivers are not behaving as if you are racing with them? Hope that question makes sense.
Thank you!
Regarding your question, I think that in general ghost racing is more useful to compare your pace to other drivers, and also to see where the main "pain points" are on track, i.e. where people tend to crash and where you tend to have pile-ups. Figuring out that stuff in a ghost race will prepare you better for the real thing :) But yeah it's not the best option for practicing racecraft, which is what you are describing.
Thak you. I will use this tools.
Good luck Fred!!
❤ excellent
Thanks Kamal :)
Thank for a very informative video. I think that's the dilemma I have right now: iRace it or not. I have just got my D-licences in almost every category and I do enjoy some of the races. At the same time competition is fierce and I'm always several seconds behind even when i try to do my best. So the dilemma is: should I go back to F1 and bots or should i stick and nerd it out. I enjoy racing and I do take my car and bike to track regularly. But I'm not sure if iRacing worth it. It feels like a job (and driving on the edge is indeed a big job) and you need to put a lot of time and effort into that comparing to just "riding with the bots". I like the "we are not the game" approach by iRacing and I do enjoy the physics but with so many accidents almost every race results in something happening outside of your control. Re-watching videos to make clips in order to report people is not fun and I feel like it's the after taste I get from playing iRacing.
I guess everything has to do with your expectations: do you want to have fun and relax or do you want to focus, work and get better. I think I'm still undecisive on that. I think your guide is good as it can be applied to any racing game, not only iRacing. And even to the real track driving. We shall see where I end up.
You definitely have a point, it's not ideal for casual users. But bear in mind that, especially in series with high participation, you are very likely to end up in a split with people of your level! Of course, the driving standards may be lower and there may be more accidents, but learning to predict and avoid them is an art that can be learned!
theres always acc or ac. i took a break from iracing for a couple of years it was super toxic in the races. i just signed back up to give it another go and see.
In which stage do you re enable the car damage that you disabled in stage 1?
Whenever you enter an official practice, qualifying, or race session, the damage is forcibly enabled. So you don't need to re-enable it at any point. I always practice with damage permanently turned off!
+ 1 sub great work
Thank you! Welcome!
I'm new to simracing, just wondering in your experience, how much of a good baseline are those times you're using as a reference? being from a previous season under different weather conditions I suppose they may be misleading (faster/slower) depending on what the new conditions are for the current season..
Hi Horacio, you’re completely right! Still, I find that the times are usually mostly accurate. In any case, consider this as an indicative time, and not a definitive one! For me it’s more about knowing what the ballpark is.
@@LDFR understood. I’ll follow the same approach as you for the next week I race. Thanks for the video. Keep them coming 👍
Any alternative to the old simracingstats? it doesn't work anymore :/
I saw! It’s a real pity. What I do now to compare my pace is to look at the pace of drivers in official races on iracing. Would love it for that website to come back though.
Must watch the entire video. If you have ADDHD watch it in shorter sessions. !2k views and only 624 likes. Only 5% really want to get better everyone else are just obstacles on the track.
Thanks a lot mate :)
Sore really helpfull tipps, exept for the "disable car damage" part, i rather take it more careful. Creating a habit that it's ok to crash the car is a really bad thing in my opinion.
I completely understand that for realism and for the experience it may not be the most desirable option. However, I still find that disabling car damage is absolutely key when limit testing. When I test the limits of grip of a car, I tend to crash a lot. If I had to reset the car each time, practice would take waaaaay longer.
You should have charged for this info. No joke.
Appreciate the kind words mate :)