7 Techniques EVERY Simracer Should Know!
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Many of you are dreaming about winning a race on a sim in their first few weeks. But there are so many things you need to learn and it can be easy to get stuck and don’t know where to improve. Luckily Emily has got 7 helpful racing techniques to improve your racing skills. Tune it and learn from one of the best!
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One thing my dad told me when i was motocross racing was that when the main lines off the track became difficult then find a way on the outside because you paid to drive on the entirety of the track
The analogy of paying for the entire laser scanned track is actually brilliant. I never even considered it in that way - I like it!
To add to the weight balance techniques, when you lift-off the throttle or break during a corner it can often give you a little extra oversteer as the weight transfers and shifts either forwards or backwards. Front engine cars can use lift-off breaking oversteer better, but rear/mid engine can utilize lift-off throttle oversteer better. That's how I see it.
Also you need to lift-off fast. If you lift-off slowly you don't get the same weight transfer from the springs bouncing back.
Great video with plenty of useful information. I just want to add a little to the "Use the whole track" tip. Make sure that the reason you end up driving to the edge of the track on exit is because of your speed, not because you just unwind the steering to take you to the outside.
At the right speed from the apex, your vehicle will naturally pull to the outside of the exit. So if you find you are having to unwinding the steering just to get to the outside, examine your entry and mid-corner closely; it is very likely that you simply are not carrying the speed into and through the corner that you could.
100%
Just came across your channel for the first time. Played GT since the first one, but never seriously.
Recently I've been trying to get better and although I was getting better, I was still making stupid mistakes, your section on trail braking is what was the issue got me.
I've always been very cautious with the brakes, but I've just started racing in manual, so I've realised how much more control I have in basically all aspects of driving, but after a few laps right now going straight to my braking pressure then engine braking and easing off, not only am I carrying more speed, but I'm keeping the racing line. I've tried watching the fastest laps in races, but there's sometimes so much going on I can't pinpoint what makes them fast.
Thank you so much, you've really helped me out!
The tip about learning how to not get killed by other cars is also very valid while driving on the road.
The best advice my dad gave me when I started driving was "remember that yure driving your car as well as well as other people's car" meaning to also oay attention to how other people are driving because it can help you avoid unnecessary accidents
That was great Emily, learnt heaps, even after studying driving for 40yrs. Made me feel better about getting taken out the other day and accepting that crashes happen as well as understanding how it can happen.🍻
Braking is not for stopping the car, it's for managing the cars weight to your advantage. Understanding that changed my entire perspective on cornering. You brake to get maximum grip in the front, which is why trailing is so important. Trailing is making sure you're giving maximum grip to the front tires by transferring the weight forward and allows you to go even deeper into the apex than otherwise and like wise allows you to exit faster since the car is well grounded because of this as you leave the apex as well.
She touched on those points but didn't connect the two.
I still consider myself a new driver. I been practicing spa with Formula Hybrid 2022 for AC for about a month. I have a decent hot lap but when I race a full grid with AI, I am lucky to make it half a lap without crashing. I been practicing at the back of the grid and been doing ok. My launch suuuuucks! I cant wait until I have a consistent launch off the line and better break control. Must be the hardware ^.^
Biggest thing I changed was the linearity of my clutch pedal. The bite point tends to be at the same time, on every car, in any given sim, so if you change that curve so the bite point is either higher or lower, depending on your comfort, you'll be much better off the line.
"Must be the hardware" You are already talking like a pro sim racer.
on starts keep your acclerator flat and control your speed by holding your brakes, then on the green light let the brake go and off you go!
Not a technique itself but really important. Make sure you have your button mapping setup. I was leading a race in our league in gtr2 many moons ago. Was having a great race until the pitstop. I had reinstalled and forgot to remap all my buttons. No ignition or starter. Couldn't fix it mid race either. Yay. Leaned a huge lesson that day.
Also, have your pit stop strategies ready if available, won a race in ACC once when I had just begun playing (I was seconds behind front of the grid) because it started raining and I was the ONLY one who had set a quick pit stop strategy that had wet tyres on it or didn't spin
If you’re not on the limit of the track, you aren’t on the limit
User name checks out 😂
You’re right though.
Depends on the corner, though.
@@TeamHorneyRacing My hard drive died on me so I’ve not been able to record any videos 😅 But I have improved a lot since my last upload and my long suffering wife bought me a Direct Drive base, which helped improve my “Average Pace”.
Which is the intention of the username (aside from the obvious self inflicted negative humour). My approach to practice is improving my average pace and not single lap speed. (I know I’m far from unique in this).
If you bear with me, when I return from holiday next week and get my first video up you’ll be (hopefully) genuinely surprised by my “Average Pace”. 😂
The issue is it's not always clear where exactly the limits are. Also, the kerbs might kick you badly with some cars or setups.
@@JiriNovakCZ Yep 👍 I see a lot of people in practice avoiding kerbs for this reason but never actually testing them. Some drivers are afraid to crash, or spin so they don’t even try. That’s the beauty of sims, we can test the absolute limits with no problems aside from resetting the car.
I'm always sceptical about videos with titles such as "x amount of tips about something that EVERYONE must know!" but these were actually some really good tips and tricks. Thumbs up from me!
Thank you!
Great video Emily and GG, reminds me when my Mum told me something similar when learning to drive, "imagine all the other people on the road are idiots", served me very well too.
The trail braking explanation was one of the clearest I've seen/heared so far actually. So kudos.
I would really like a video on the weight transfer of the cars
The way Gordie described weight transfer to Jimmy is just imagining the car like a bathtub, you're driving a filled bathtub, so if you're pulling it right, the water will slosh to the left/ect.
Thanks Emily, always presented in your way that always wants me to watch more 😊☕
You are a good coach. Thanks for the tips. Especially the breaking part.
I’m up for a nerdy weight transfer video.
Sick MS paint skills Em. 😂
This video will help me to improve my lap times. Great tips, great video! Thank you so much Ems (and what a lovely smile you have...)
That Mazda concept is so god damn sexy! I'd love to hear more about the weight distribution, as someone who started racing sims at the start of the covid lockdowns I am unfamiliar with the quirks of different engines and to be honest, alot of the minutiae of setups and car characteristics that people driving in real life are aware of. Thanks alot for your video, very informative. ps nice picasso impression lol
Best video for a beginner! Merci beaucoup!
You paid money buying the entire laserscanned track, its a waste of money not using the whole track. That was some deep phyloshophy.👌
Great tips! Love the Toro Rosso clip, btw XD
A couple of other tips:
- Make use of each sim's available HUD elements (such as Relative Timings Box; Track Map; Radar; Timing), especially if new to sim racing... they're generally there to assist the driver, so it's a good idea to make use of them... unless you want to go full HARDCORE MODE and turn everything off for a more immersive experience :)
- Throttle Steering is your friend when it comes to decent laptimes. This is the technique of using the throttle pedal to invoke some rotation into the car on corner exit, perhaps more useful through medium- and low-speed corners... such as at the exit of Bruxelles at Spa and the following Corner With No Name. It's essentially the technique of deliberately breaking traction in order to turn the car that little bit more, making the back end step out just enough to 'glide' through the corner, but not so much that the car does a pirouette.
Great vid, thanks.
For the best weight transfer uses and examples check out some rally stuff as its very easy to spot when weight is being transferred and how its being used as an advantage! great vid!
I had this vid as a add for ages and Im here now .
Thank you, I enjoyed the video a lot. Technique #7 was such great advice, it should be definitely talked about more. When you start learning to predict other drivers actions, you can have the upper hand in many-many scenarios, rather than just hopping aboard the complaint-train.
Racing-mind/strategy is super important for every single move (or defence) for sure! - Rene
Lovely to see a sister make racing vids❤ i will follow you Emily
All of this is useful info. Thanks 🙏
good compilation of topics, now I wish an hour long discussion on each of those ;)
Excellent. This was explained in a manner which was extremely accessible and not overly complicated. I am just at the stage of learning to trail brake and it's strange I can do it in some corners and not others. Seems I have more trouble with right handers than left ones ?
Useful tips. Works (up to some limitations) even for "strange people" who keeps racing with keyboard (GTR2 in my case) =))
You deserve a sub … thanks a lot for this insightful video
This is indeed very helpful. Thank you
Glad to hear that! 🙏
Loved the drawing!
Awesome vid , great job. I hope you make more vids
Thank you, we will!
Good point with letting off the mid-engine throttle to make turns tighter. I'm now thinking how many times that's been the case, but I never really thought to put it more into practice regularly. Thanks for the tip!
@SGTPaul-0891 you will learn quickly that you use the steering wheel to point the car in the direction you want to go but it's the Brake and throttle that you use for getting that angle perfect and at the correct speed.
@@Simlife101 Since they changed the mechanics on GT7, I've had difficulty on turns. I used to brake more in the middle of turns, but now I can hardly do that at all (with the exception of a couple of cars). It's taken a lot of getting used to - even though the update was a while ago now!
Very good!
Awesome video. Make a video on weight transfer
I've just started with the Logitech pro DD wheel and load cell pedals and I know with these tips and tricks I'll get to grips with it much quicker. thanks!
Paying that much for a wheel you should have gone with fanatec or simucube
Traction circle is a good idea to cover
Fantastic video 💯
One tip I always relied on in relation to braking... I would adjust my brake so that its 100% point is as close as I can get WITHOUT locking up the brakes; brakes are useless when they lock up, so you're not losing anything by setting them up this way. You can then mash the brakes to that initial max braking target without worrying that you will lose control or lock up - you can then focus on practicing your ease-back to that ideal trail braking technique. Getting your braking just right consistently is hard enough; you shouldn't have to worry about locking up on top of that. 🙂
With the braking i can better understand when you need to be hard braking and trail braking with this. Hard braking is to get you down the gears to the gear you need for the corner. First chicane at monza for example you would hard brake from 6th gear down to 1st. The trail braking starts once you're in the gear you need for the corner as from that point you are looking to start turning in to the apex.
To know which gear you need for the corner, and when your hard braking ends, you need to look at the exit of the corner and make sure when you are accelerating out of the corner you are in the engines power band and can control the power so you don't spin up the rear tyres. Some cars, like F1 cars or cars without traction control, might require you to choose a gear higher than the optimum to avoid wheels pin especially if you don't have great throttle control.
This means when you are learning the track after learning the racing line the next key thing to learn is what gear you need on the exit of each corner.
what a lovely tutorial :) thank you
Glad you liked it!
Thank you!
I’m always on the grass… I always get a bang for my buck
Great help thanks
Glad it helped!
I've always thought of the traction circle as being like controlling the car with a single joystick (forward & backward accel/brake, side to side steering) - i.e. if you want to add braking/accel you have to reduce steering angle and vice versa, proportionally. As I approach a corner, I have an image in my head of all 4 wheels and nothing else, all my focus is on my weight/grip distribution and which tyres are under most/least load. I reckon mapping accel & brake to the y axis on a steering stick would be a good way to teach newbies
Great vid!!!
Thank you!
Honestly speaking trail braking depends on the car you're driving there are some cars that just don't need trail braking
excellent video
Id like to add to that one about low power cars and 100%, but rather the reverse: high power cars and the required feel for lower/smoother throttle inputs
Some (not all but some) like to short shift (i.e shift up the gear box sooner than the ideal shift). This aids in traction with higher power cars with harsher torque ranges in the mid to top rpm range. This allows the driver to put the pedal down faster., but you are at the mercy of the car's lower rpm pickup speed (i.e. acceleration might be lower than expected)
You'll have to play with this per track and obviously per car; but i find it helps me a lot in street circuits in formula/openwheelers, heres a brief list of what i've tried (note. im no pro just another novice trying his best to describe what hes feeling).
- Fronties like the praga t1 evo feel worse doing this, as you're not optimizing the grip a FWD provides at speed.
-WEC high perf cars (LMH, old LMP1, group C) this helps me wrangle these beasts a lot. Especially the older cars (you do give up a bit of time doing this though, good for the race, not great for qualy runs)
- Tin tops (Ginetta Fibre Glass cars). Really really track dependant, smoother the surface, the less i find myself needing to short shift, most likely the weight of the things, or lack there of.
have covered open wheelers above, but i must say the tatus on AC absolutely loves it after smashing the brakes hard at les combes (sorry if i misspelt that my Belgian frens) going to down the hill to rivage, again absolutely tap tap tap from 2-5 through that, and my throttle part of the brain barely feels engaged.
With all that being said short shifting is a mini art in its own, not all cars have the same ranges/ gearbox ratios, You've really got to play with the technique in practice.
I learned this technique from watching Jimmy Broadbent play a 90s f1 mod (cant remember if it was GT Legends or rFactor ). The amount he needed to do in melbourne in the Lola of the era, was staggering. But watching him miss the short shifts, i could see the importance of getting them right, as the car looked smooth (was a slow bag of bolts, but it was smooth) . The car looked hairier when he got it wrong.
Great advise thanks!
Glad it was helpful! ❤️
Glad it was helpful! ❤️
Spa has a few corners where it is faster to not use the full with of the road. It is more about sequencing corners the optimal way, not just to use the road more.
I used to think that people should start online racing as soon as possible, because it teaches you a lot. And I still think it's quite beneficial. That said, now I also think most people overly disregard racing against AI, including the devs, unfortunately. At some point sticking to chaotic online races will create an impression that it's ok to be a chaotic driver, pushing over your limit in search of high rewards hidden behind high risks, like in a racing roulette, as that's how far too many drivers online behave. Any transgressions stop being relevant once the race ends, and you can proceed to another one with clean slate. Safety ratings can be farmed easily enough for it not to be a sufficient discouragement.
That's where AI races can be very beneficial, as the unified, semi-robotic nature of AI field basically enforces developing a discipline that's not required online until you get to a certain level. Add some kind of championship mode or - hopefully in some sim at some point - a proper career mode, and they will put additional long-term consequences to mistakes, overdriving yourself and careless maneuvers, encouraging focusing on consistency over hectic pace, as a mistake can cost you an entire season, not just a single race.
Maybe you guys at Overtake could do a vid on benefits of racing against AI? I'm sure there are a few more.
Highly disagree that people should drive online right way. If you don’t know the track stay offline to learn the track. Learning how to drive online just creates chaos.
@@imJGott By "as soon as possible" I meant as soon as you're not a huge hindrance to other drivers. So yeah, knowing the track well enough is within that.
AI will not teach u to drive save. AI allways moves out off the way. Drivers/Players habe to except the fact, that the only way to learn to drive clean and fair is to practice. Accidents will happen. Important is the attitude to want to learn and be a better driver.
@@ulenn4633 You completely misunderstand. It doesn't even matter if they move out of the way, if you can't catch them. And in order to catch them, you need to be consistently faster. That's not the case in rookie online races, where people make mistakes, because they overdrive themselves, creating a competition in making the least mistakes, not in actual consistent pace. That's how racing against AI teaches consistency.
On top of that, bad AI will move out of the way, but there are a few good ones that won't. You need to try out more sims, apparently.
@@ulenn4633
I didn’t go online until I had 80% of the career mode completed with ACC. Going online to drive just creates a grid with unsafe drivers. Unless you do LFM where there is a system in place to vet your driving stats.
When talking about crashing I want to give you a quote from my best friend; "It takes two idiots to cause a crash"
I suggest turning ideal line off as soon as possible. It messed with my braking.
A hard reality everyone needs to understand on point #7. If you've done 100 races and you "were crashed into" 95 times... Well I hate to break it to you but the only common denominator in that equation is you! Your own behaviour on track, your car placement, your spacial awareness and the respect you show other drivers on the track need to change first, before you see any improvement on those figures.
And as always, the only way to get better is practice, practice, practice.
Ok, the Torro Rosso joke made me LOL.
Braking puts pressure on the front wheels which helps with rotation.
great tips! but you could use more visual cues to help you make your point.
When I started doing the gt7 time trials at the beginning I was getting in the top 3% with the pad. Today I am getting 5 to 6%. Either everyone is getting better or I am getting worse. I have been trying to improve but I have found my reaction time is getting slower and slower.
7:05 took me out. toto and lewis probably still hear that in their nightmares 😂
I'm new to sim racing. Having a hard time getting the fiat 500 around a track in a career mode lol.
I mean front wheel drive cars can fe floored when comming out of a corner without spinning. Good video tho it is pretty well made 👏 👏 👏
Just recently started and my first day was full of pain in my left leg lol.
Love it
Treat the brake like a gas pedal. Nice an smooth, let off nice an smooth, let off smooth turning str8 chillin G
I learn my lession,alway driving with gauges and rear mirror on,se when I see somebody is about to dive bomb into me,push start to ghost myself,it worked 98% and usualy diver quit race 😅😅😅
Which TR Seat are you using? Great video!
Edit: and is it comfortable or do you wish you went for a different one?
I struggle with this for ages, be it in sim racing or go carting etc. you mention in a straight to step on the brakes fully as hard and as fast as possible, but in that case, do you not lock up and in the end brake inefficiently?
There should be a graphic in game purely for tyre % usage, it would be much easier to reach the potential of the tyres.
to point 7: yesterday I've got 12 points because ppl crashed into me (iRacing, MX5, Charlotte). at the end got a - rating. it was really frustrating. i know, i'm a rookie, but haven't done any offtrack stuff...
Yes we do straight up yo, straight up.
Thx...
Wow! Being taught in the principles of sim racing by a (beautiful) girl is really nice experience for me! :-) Thank you miss! 🥰
This is the kinda lady that you let drive your car on Sunday after lunch, lol.
Consistency is my weakness in racing
good video but if its for beginners and how tf are they supposed to know what trail braking is
in regards to avoiding crashing into slower drivers. backing off and giving them a small lead can let you pass them and save lap time. when you're right on their bumper going into the corner any mistake they make becomes your mistake. meaning you may be faster but they force you down to their pace assuming you didn't hit them. since you're both in similar cars you wont be able to accel past them out of the corner. the answer to this is to back off enough so that when you go into the braking zone you have all the room you need to go at your pace and then be on their bumper coming out carrying more speed. in most cases dogfighting is terribly inefficient. classic example is the long straight at the nordschleife. why waste time and tires fighting for position in the slalom when you can let them keep the lead until you come out onto the straight using the slipstream to take position uncontested. you can even do this to save gas if a driver has a similar enough pace to you just stay in their slipstream and over the course of the race they will pit more often than you and in general have worse tire degradation. it also wreaks havoc on the psyche of less experienced drivers. just having someone on your tail the entire race, knowing that every lap they could have just chosen to pass you on the straight, but chose not to. realizing that the move is going to happen on that last lap. being forced into the pits on the last couple of laps for fuel. being passed in the pit and frantically chasing to regain position only to see them ignore the pit lane for the rest of the race and finishing with a several second lead on you.
When overtaking avoid the "vortex of danger"
My advice is not really simracing related, but a pop filter would be nice :)
Porsche lift of oversteer
Hey i raced you in gt sport I few times had some good battle's
Whats the name of the speedometer that has track map in the center?
No one in LFM races need this video.
how do you know whether you want 100 or 80 for that initial brake pressure...?
I think we need more videos about this. Also how does ABS not kick in on hotlaps online when the person brakes at 100%, but for me, braking in a straight line with ABS set to 1, it INSTANTLY kicks in on the same car?
@@gogox98 In most replays the info is not shown for some reason
Even in ACC when driving/riding with someone you cant see the ABS activation or the Traction control lighting up
@NoobDaddyRaces
This will depend on your cars set up and the track conditions and your driving style
@@larryfoster423 Yeah - i guessed that would be the case... but in practical terms therefore, it's still a complete mystery to me
Use as much brake as is required to maintain the highest possible speed directing the car in the most straight line possible through the turn. It’s all practice.
How does that only have 870likes?
Interesting, this video started as an autoplay. The last video was also OverTake_gg (diff. person) saying to always ease on the brakes very slowly.
Hey there, yes we are a team of different people so we can cover more topics :) regarding the brakes, that sometimes depends on which car it is or what class. Same with trailbraking. While that is in sim possible with nearly every car, there are specific ones that allow for even more control while doing so (for example cars with engine in rear rather than front or mid). - Rene
Most days I finish top 5 on iracing.. rookie and D class 😂
ngl this might be silly but when it comes to the thing with taking the full size of the track i mostly got this sentence in my head talking "if you dont hit the curbs, you do it wrong"
It definitely does matter what car your in but this is a great rule
There's your first problem right there: plugging in your wheel and pedals and immediately joining an online race. Who does this? I'd recommend sticking to small private sessions with a few friends while you learn your chosen sim and focus in on a particular car and getting your hardware dialed in. That process alone can take weeks.
One thing is that in very old F1 cars, applying lots of pressure quickly will often result in a spin.
While your tips are very good for most racing it's really aimed at GT style racing and similar categories where they are mainly point and shoot. Historic and TCR (and others) require a significant understanding of the nuances of those types of vehicles. Low downforce cars require a great deal of throttle control and much less steering and brake input. The main lesson is to drive as fast as the vehicle will allow and then some and understand why the car responded the way it did. Your comment on consistency is spot on and critical in all classes. The takeaway for all drivers seeking consistency in any car is to know the braking and acceleration markers and steering inputs as well as tyre wear and fuel load impacts as they change. Nascars for example might have multi tenths tyre degrading per lap and consistency is then adjusted for that expectation. As others have said, practice offline as much as possible with the tracks, cars and your own abilities before subjecting yourself onto others. Online you gain practice with actual traffic and that only helps once you have the rest. I've been sim racing for 30 odd years and still don't like the general online experience (prefer private online sessions).
You blink your eyes unevenly. Your left eyelid seems to droop and is slower than your right eyelid. It is worth going to the doctor, it may be a pre-stroke condition.
Was any of this footage played on a controller?
Great insight
Would someone tell me which track it is at 7:17 please.
Sandown Australia
What is song name at the end?
What's the track in the first 7 seconds?