I went back to basics recently: loaded up Mount Panorama, chose a Mazda MX-5, and just did some nice slow laps, gradually turning it up and braking later. Even once I was fully up to speed, I found time on every single lap. I only did 7 laps, but didn't put it in the wall at all and felt like I'd got better. One of the most rewarding sessions I've done and it was on my own, with a fairly slow road car.
its the same not just in sim racing. Started racing RC cars at club level, none of the fancy fast Touring Cars, just stock Tamiyas, but starting out slow, concentrating on putting in clean laps and being consistent is key....me? got to go back to basics ....last race was atroscious. My F40 looked like a pinball in a Nitro Circus episode. I dont think there was a single kerb I didnt launch the car from 🤦♂️😆
I did this on forza. I did like 3 series races and was doing well. But I wanted to chill and just do something I enjoy. I bought the 240z and raced at bother suzuka and laguna Seca for a good 10 laps each. It helped alot and it was therapeutic
having fun really is invaluable to learning. no feeling quite like actually looking forward to doing your next laps or rallye stages. fun and thrill did lead me to essentially learn sim racing with Dirt Rally 2.0 and WRC10, so I also shot myself in the foot a bit there lol
Haha, I bet you're fast with your feet though! Honestly, the techniques needed for Rally are a great way to expose any weaknesses in your driving. I know this, because I regularly humble myself every time I load up DIRT Rally 2.0 😂
@@ChrisHaye it's very different from circuit driving, I go through your experience in DR2.0 every time I try to drive ACC and have to consciously stop myself from drifting and mashing the throttle thanks to 4WD. Seeing the leaderboards in Rallye games is also kinda discouraging, even with stage knowledge you need to cheese the game in some way. Focusing on your driving and avoiding accidents is a far better experience than caring about whether you are 35s or 1m down through the stage
Chris, if you need help in Rally hit me up 😏 Facundo, the DR2 community’s great. Loads of people know the struggle and actively try to make everyone a better driver. Reddit is a good starting point 👍🏻
The center of mass of the car is a geometric property of the mass distribution in the car. It won't change unless the car itself (or its contents) changes. The center of mass will move forward a little bit during breaking because the vehicle's fuel (and occupants) will slosh forward a little bit, but that is not the cause for why load is transferred forward in breaking. That is because the braking force is applied on the wheels and the car's center of mass is above the wheel axles, so the braking induces a torque which tries to rotate the car forward. Same goes in reverse for acceleration. If the center of mass explanation were correct, you'd see the front always go down when breaking even if the wheel axles are mounted above the center of mass, or for a hypothetical f1 car braking while driving upside down on the ceiling. In both of these cases, you'd in fact expect the front of the car to go _up._
I always turn tyre noise up, really helps you know when you're scrubbing tyres, especially since ACC rejigged physics to make it a bit more important to bring tyres in gently. Also think notes about consistency and setups are spot on, still see far too many beginners thinking that the faster people just have better setups when often they're actually running something pretty close to default. iRacing's fixed setup series are the best way to dispel this myth
there’s a massive difference between downloading setups and tweaking your own i think biting the bullet and learning what the aspects of setup change are is hugely important
Can I just say, I love your smile that shows how much joy you have in sharing your knowledge to others looking to get into sim racing. Your joy is honestly really infectious and makes me want to get back on the tracks and keep racing.
This is the sort of advice that you want to come back and watch every few months! Thanks so much for producing a well thought out, and exceedingly important video!
Having fun is very important. Of course it sounds a bit off but if you're not having fun, sooner rather than later sim racing will become more of a chore and less of an experience. Great video Chris!
The weight isn't moving either (apart from sloshing of fuel and/or driver body movement). Both the center of mass and the center of gravity are geometric properties of the object. Load transfer is a rotation in response to torque from the wheels.
As someone who has been through all of this before truly to get to a competent level is by practice and having lots of patience on this, great video as always M8 😊
Honestly this was the first video I watched out of many as a sim racing beginner that covered helpful advice aside from bUy a FaNaTeC oThErWiSe yOu SuCc. Finally someone talking about braking and driving rather than equipment and video game settings. Thanks Chris!
Thanks Rod. Yeah, some things have changed, for the better... so let's call this a relaunch of sorts 😉 I've had a few questions about the track recently. It might be time to dust off the project!
@@ChrisHaye Please do 🙂 I know RTB can be fussy lol, so I'm patient Thanks again my friend 2 years later with the g29, zero issues. you're recommendation. thanks
Even if I’ve been off for a month, I build up the speed gradually. Been off for four weeks, was slow as a brick on session 1 today. Second session I’d gained 1.6 seconds (with a fixed set up series)z Bit by bit I refined my inputs and was way quicker. All the time was maximising line, speed in versus exit speed.
I just started and bought a thrustmaster 458 ferrari yesterday. Its a cheap wheel but im really happy with it. So much more precise than a controller and its only a $130 wheel. No force feedback but im fone with that. Can't wait to get home today.
I learned a lot by switching car often, it helped me in adapting more easily and quickly I did like 30/40 mins with one, doing some laps for fun, trying to be consistent without exaggerating, and then i changed the car. I'm now able to jump from a lmp1 to a vintage gt and have fun, not overdriving the car, and being consistent
Start smol? Oh my.. Sthap it, being so spicy~ srsly though, while I'm not new new, this helped a fair bit! Decided to stick with the Mclaren 570s GT4, fun to throw around! Going to just do 20 or so laps and gradually ramp it up.
Really enjoyed this vid, learned a lot. May I add the idea of doing practice laps from the perspective of above and behind the car. Truly learn every track, I noticed ‘career mode” does not include practice sessions before a race.
I find this a little too late, years ago I got my first G29, boot up AC, choose 911 yellowbird in nordschleife with full turbo power and trackdays like crazy. fun times tho
So I'm a beginner in sim racing, but I've loved racing all my life, and I know barely enough about setting up my car to get what I want out of it. So here's my question: If I am practicing in a certain car for the race, and it's got some qualities that make it hard for me to drive, like really heavy front locking and understeer, super unstable etc. wouldn't it be good for me to start working on the setup first, since I'll be getting in more practice with the setup I'm actually gonna be using? This video drove the point pretty hard that setup is the last thing you should be thinking about, and I understand why, but I'm wondering if there's an exception in a case like this.
For a long while I thought it was better with more expensive and professional sim rigs. Well, that was until the pandemic came and I saw Jacques Villeneuve totally rip it with a standard wheel mounted on an ironing table and a standard office chair (or was it even a kitchen chair, not sure about that part atm)... Not doing any sim racing atm myself since I hardly can beat the AI on Highly Skilled in FH5 after a stroke in Nov -21 which threw me back from beeing between UNBEATABLE-PRO down to Tourist and kept driving day out and day in which resulted in me getting up to Highly Skilled in last couple of days in April and then sticking to it for good in May...
I try to not get too focused on where I fall when compared to my more talented sim racers. Just want to be happy with my ACC 1:44 imola laps. Now if I can just consistently stay on the road when racing on the British tracks 🙈
"yea you guys know all that stuff I said in the video? well forget about smooth driving and slow in fast out and chuck some F1 cars round the green hell" XD that final line gave me a laugh man
I made the mistake of buying a 100 dollar Xbox branded wheel. Doesn’t have force feedback and only has 180 degree radius. It’s way too sensitive for anything professional. I’m planning to get a Logitech g920 though, can’t wait for the 900 degree radius
I was totaly surprised there was one tip or rather consideration not included here. Drive assists. Braking, steering or even racing line assists should be important for beginners and not so beginners. As I have played and increased difficulty (in project cars 2) I was able to remove all assists except for the racing line.
As someone who's really quite new to sim racing, this video was incredibly helpful. The biggest tip was the one about choosing a slow car - I only have AC right now; and I've been mostly driving the LMP1 and F1 cars because that's what I seem to like the most. Does anyone have any good recommendations for some slower cars (stock or mod) to really work on technique with?
I'd say the m235i CUP car is the best starter car if you're ok at driving already, GRP a cars are fun, so are GT3. Anything that's forgiving and allows progression.
3:47 "corner markers get destroyed" if only I had realised this a couple days before... had a race at nurburgring GP in ACC the other day and someone took out T1 100m marker, I just didn't know where to brake and destroyed my lap times... luckily I was braking early and only lost a bit, people were braking late and running wide
Real pain kicks in when they take out the chicane markers. I used to get reference with an object outside the track on the right (a screen maybe), when it was exiting my monitor, was the time to brake.
I occasionally deliberately take out a marker board if I'm following close to someone but can't find a way past if I think he's using it on that corner. Then attack on that corner on the next lap. All's fair in love and war.
For nerds like me who are annoyed by details: The "shifting center of mass" is a misnomer. The center of mass stays in the same place while you are turning, braking, accelerating. You *feel* as if it is shifting around because of the car's inertia trying to roll it opposite of the force applied resulting in more pressure on one end and less on the other. You're welcome (no one). I'll get my coat.
bro i have a wheel that doesnt generate force feedback, vibration, or basically anything to let me know my car status without taking my eyes of my lines
The best cars to learn all the solid basics in assetto corsa is the Ford escort and mx5 cup car. In the escort you'll learn how to dance a car and pick up car rotation and throttle/brake inputs, the mx5 will teach you precision without too much speed. The escort might just be my favorite car to run on the green hell
That time in history where you can give real life tips that real racers do in real life to sim racers that race in sims so real that these tips actually work. What a time to be alive.
That's why I love sim racing. You can just watch any informative content about motorsports and learn from it. I recommend "physics of racing" on RUclips for those who like theory
Solid advice. A lot of my overdriving was due to the time delta, if it went red I would end up pushing the next braking zone too hard and losing more time. Very useful tool if used correctly but I would suggest turning it off and focusing on using the whole track and driving smoothly before worrying about times.
Tip #10 Vision ahead is probably the most important tip to getting faster. It allows you to naturally control your speed while turning smoothly with pinpoint accuracy.
Wow , that must be the most important video ever produced for beginners 😃 If you watch that 100 times and really understand every single advice and work in that direction there is nothing more to add ! Well done Chris, outstanding work on this one ❤️
Chris, I always found your videos very informative...but what you have achieved in these 8:31 is impressive! For all these new sim racers, that video would be super helpful
You can learn more in road cars than race cars because everything is happening slower and mistakes are more noticable. And with their limits being so low you can really fool around with them when you get tired of chasing laptimes
This is a really timely video. On GT7, I'm losing the basics in my haste to try to chase the hare starting way off in front of me. It's leading to scrappy driving, frustration and rage quits. I'll take a deep breath, implement these steps, and rediscover the fun and pleasure again.
Kei car Cup has thought me a lot, aftee finally making the switch from pad to wheel. Its frustrating I've gone from easy s licenses to noob, but the mid engine crappy tyres on my little Honda has taught me a bit about catching snap oversteer, early power outs, and nose stability while braking on bad camber! That and unlearning my heavy-handed dirt2 inputs!
Chased all "new" crap (read: recycled shit from previous games, most commonly) every week on FH5 for a while. So when my GamePass went out and NO fixes for any mentioned/reported bugs that needed fixes were done I skipped renewing the GamePass. Went back and finished off left stuff in previous FH's and also helps kiddo thru 'em, one by one. And maybe, just MAYBE, I'll renew GamePass if I'm allowed to get it at the 1$ fee since I use it for 90-99% for FH5. FH5's current status where no Co-op races works, Convoys bugs out and game itself just chokes itself after a few hrs so I chose to go "back to basics". In this case returned to previous games. Oh, and just a couple days ago I manage to get my old noicey 360 going which haven't started up since 2013-2014... FM4, TDU2 and many other old "gems" did I find there. So my gaming heart still has some things to beat for even without the GamePass atm. 😎👍
it`s all good except: 1. best sim is ACC (if you wanna talk about you`re just lame another sim fan) 2. don`t use FOV calculator it`s stupid idea - anything good between 55-70
Thank you so much for this! I've only recently started getting into the hobby and it can all be rather overwhelming, so having a nice starting point like this is incredibly valuable! Especially the "start slow" is something I need constant reminders for - after all, racing is about winning, hurr durr, so I wanna go fast :D
I can't have force feedback because I don't have a pc or even a wheel that supports it, assetto corsa is a great sim, I got it the other day and I can't stop playing, acc is too hard and only focuses on one discipline, gt3 racing, but ac does pretty much all of them, have a great day!
Enjoyed this vid as much as a do Sim Racing. Great and helpful tips. Thank you so much Chris. And I have a request: can you give some info about gear shifting. When to pull through high revs or when to short shift etc...
I went back to basics recently: loaded up Mount Panorama, chose a Mazda MX-5, and just did some nice slow laps, gradually turning it up and braking later. Even once I was fully up to speed, I found time on every single lap. I only did 7 laps, but didn't put it in the wall at all and felt like I'd got better. One of the most rewarding sessions I've done and it was on my own, with a fairly slow road car.
its the same not just in sim racing. Started racing RC cars at club level, none of the fancy fast Touring Cars, just stock Tamiyas, but starting out slow, concentrating on putting in clean laps and being consistent is key....me? got to go back to basics ....last race was atroscious. My F40 looked like a pinball in a Nitro Circus episode. I dont think there was a single kerb I didnt launch the car from 🤦♂️😆
@@friktionrc I also raced rc, and it really is even in the dirt, you have to be smooth!
LITERALLY JUST DID THIS 😂😂😂
Yep, ND mx-5 and couple laps of Nordschlife.
I did this on forza. I did like 3 series races and was doing well. But I wanted to chill and just do something I enjoy.
I bought the 240z and raced at bother suzuka and laguna Seca for a good 10 laps each.
It helped alot and it was therapeutic
having fun really is invaluable to learning. no feeling quite like actually looking forward to doing your next laps or rallye stages. fun and thrill did lead me to essentially learn sim racing with Dirt Rally 2.0 and WRC10, so I also shot myself in the foot a bit there lol
Haha, I bet you're fast with your feet though! Honestly, the techniques needed for Rally are a great way to expose any weaknesses in your driving. I know this, because I regularly humble myself every time I load up DIRT Rally 2.0 😂
@@ChrisHaye it's very different from circuit driving, I go through your experience in DR2.0 every time I try to drive ACC and have to consciously stop myself from drifting and mashing the throttle thanks to 4WD. Seeing the leaderboards in Rallye games is also kinda discouraging, even with stage knowledge you need to cheese the game in some way. Focusing on your driving and avoiding accidents is a far better experience than caring about whether you are 35s or 1m down through the stage
Chris, if you need help in Rally hit me up 😏
Facundo, the DR2 community’s great. Loads of people know the struggle and actively try to make everyone a better driver. Reddit is a good starting point 👍🏻
Funnily enough circuit racing has been helping me improve my rally driving. I look at corners with a different eye now
The center of mass of the car is a geometric property of the mass distribution in the car. It won't change unless the car itself (or its contents) changes. The center of mass will move forward a little bit during breaking because the vehicle's fuel (and occupants) will slosh forward a little bit, but that is not the cause for why load is transferred forward in breaking. That is because the braking force is applied on the wheels and the car's center of mass is above the wheel axles, so the braking induces a torque which tries to rotate the car forward. Same goes in reverse for acceleration.
If the center of mass explanation were correct, you'd see the front always go down when breaking even if the wheel axles are mounted above the center of mass, or for a hypothetical f1 car braking while driving upside down on the ceiling. In both of these cases, you'd in fact expect the front of the car to go _up._
I always turn tyre noise up, really helps you know when you're scrubbing tyres, especially since ACC rejigged physics to make it a bit more important to bring tyres in gently.
Also think notes about consistency and setups are spot on, still see far too many beginners thinking that the faster people just have better setups when often they're actually running something pretty close to default. iRacing's fixed setup series are the best way to dispel this myth
there’s a massive difference between downloading setups and tweaking your own i think biting the bullet and learning what the aspects of setup change are is hugely important
Can I just say, I love your smile that shows how much joy you have in sharing your knowledge to others looking to get into sim racing. Your joy is honestly really infectious and makes me want to get back on the tracks and keep racing.
This is the sort of advice that you want to come back and watch every few months! Thanks so much for producing a well thought out, and exceedingly important video!
Having fun is very important. Of course it sounds a bit off but if you're not having fun, sooner rather than later sim racing will become more of a chore and less of an experience. Great video Chris!
Load Transfer: the weight of the car may be moving about, but the centre of mass absolutely isn't. Mass is the physical object, weight is the force.
The weight isn't moving either (apart from sloshing of fuel and/or driver body movement). Both the center of mass and the center of gravity are geometric properties of the object. Load transfer is a rotation in response to torque from the wheels.
As someone who has been through all of this before truly to get to a competent level is by practice and having lots of patience on this, great video as always M8 😊
Useful info delivered in a calming but not boring voice? Thank you!
From someone who is already quite experienced in simracing: this video is really good, and i wish i had all these tips when i was starting out.
Fantastic amount of info in 8 and a half minutes. So many channels out there would have created a 40 minute video with tons of fluff. Kudos to you!
Honestly this was the first video I watched out of many as a sim racing beginner that covered helpful advice aside from bUy a FaNaTeC oThErWiSe yOu SuCc. Finally someone talking about braking and driving rather than equipment and video game settings. Thanks Chris!
ouch the poor g29 pedals lol
Chris - did you ever finish that track you were building?
Great to see you again - You're the best!
Thanks Rod. Yeah, some things have changed, for the better... so let's call this a relaunch of sorts 😉
I've had a few questions about the track recently. It might be time to dust off the project!
@@ChrisHaye Please do 🙂
I know RTB can be fussy lol, so I'm patient
Thanks again my friend
2 years later with the g29, zero issues.
you're recommendation. thanks
Even if I’ve been off for a month, I build up the speed gradually. Been off for four weeks, was slow as a brick on session 1 today. Second session I’d gained 1.6 seconds (with a fixed set up series)z Bit by bit I refined my inputs and was way quicker. All the time was maximising line, speed in versus exit speed.
I just started and bought a thrustmaster 458 ferrari yesterday. Its a cheap wheel but im really happy with it. So much more precise than a controller and its only a $130 wheel. No force feedback but im fone with that. Can't wait to get home today.
This is by far the best beginner's tips video for sim racing that ive ever seen
These aren't tips, this is just "an introduction to sim racing". (A massive compliment)
I learned a lot by switching car often, it helped me in adapting more easily and quickly
I did like 30/40 mins with one, doing some laps for fun, trying to be consistent without exaggerating, and then i changed the car. I'm now able to jump from a lmp1 to a vintage gt and have fun, not overdriving the car, and being consistent
Great video, thank you!
When I started out, I also made the mistake of thinking "I just have to find the right setup.... THEN I'm quick". 😄
Thanks Michael. I think pinning all your hopes on a good setup is a right-of-passage for every sim racer 😄
Really enjoyed this. Not come across your content before and you have it all on point - delivery, content and editing.
Liked and subscribed 😄
Cheers Chris, years later and I'm still learning new things and trying to improve! :) I've been having a blast lately instead of chasing car setups.
I’ve done sim racing for a year and I found the most important part is just having fun and keep racing not getting caught up in Ranking stuff
Loved the video Chris! Great stuff for all the new people in the hobby!
Thanks Mitchh. Enjoy the rest of your weekend dude!
@@ChrisHaye You as well!
Great work, Chris. Really enjoyed this as well as your Sim Racing Setup Playlist from a number of years ago. Keep up the great work!
I have no idea who this guys is but this was one of the best tip videos I’ve ever seen. Bravo my guy bravo
Start smol? Oh my.. Sthap it, being so spicy~ srsly though, while I'm not new new, this helped a fair bit!
Decided to stick with the Mclaren 570s GT4, fun to throw around! Going to just do 20 or so laps and gradually ramp it up.
Solid advice. First and foremost is enjoying your time racing.
Whenever I’m over-driving I always say “Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast”
Great advice 👍 you've help me fall in love with sim racing all over
Really enjoyed this vid, learned a lot. May I add the idea of doing practice laps from the perspective of above and behind the car.
Truly learn every track, I noticed ‘career mode” does not include practice sessions before a race.
I loved everything except for Nurburgring sprint mocking me 🤣 I'm incredibly new to sim racing and Assetto Corsa N2 is kicking my butt
Great content as usual Chris, you're getting awfully close to 100 000 Subs, nice!
VR is very important for me as a racer.
Thanks, I happy for you and your sim racing.
I find this a little too late, years ago I got my first G29, boot up AC, choose 911 yellowbird in nordschleife with full turbo power and trackdays like crazy. fun times tho
Great video Chris. One thing I would add is to watch other peoples laps. Preferably people faster than you :P
Single best tip video ever ngl
Another good one Chris, very important points!
fantastic content which is much appreciated. liked and subbed :)
So I'm a beginner in sim racing, but I've loved racing all my life, and I know barely enough about setting up my car to get what I want out of it. So here's my question: If I am practicing in a certain car for the race, and it's got some qualities that make it hard for me to drive, like really heavy front locking and understeer, super unstable etc. wouldn't it be good for me to start working on the setup first, since I'll be getting in more practice with the setup I'm actually gonna be using? This video drove the point pretty hard that setup is the last thing you should be thinking about, and I understand why, but I'm wondering if there's an exception in a case like this.
For a long while I thought it was better with more expensive and professional sim rigs.
Well, that was until the pandemic came and I saw Jacques Villeneuve totally rip it with a standard wheel mounted on an ironing table and a standard office chair (or was it even a kitchen chair, not sure about that part atm)...
Not doing any sim racing atm myself since I hardly can beat the AI on Highly Skilled in FH5 after a stroke in Nov -21 which threw me back from beeing between UNBEATABLE-PRO down to Tourist and kept driving day out and day in which resulted in me getting up to Highly Skilled in last couple of days in April and then sticking to it for good in May...
I try to not get too focused on where I fall when compared to my more talented sim racers.
Just want to be happy with my ACC 1:44 imola laps.
Now if I can just consistently stay on the road when racing on the British tracks 🙈
"yea you guys know all that stuff I said in the video? well forget about smooth driving and slow in fast out and chuck some F1 cars round the green hell" XD that final line gave me a laugh man
What was that van clip you showed? I’d love a crack at that, I drive vans every day lol
Amazing video. Thanks
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
I just need more sim racing friends. My buddy that dove into it with me has barely touched it. Been playing FH5 on PC
I made the mistake of buying a 100 dollar Xbox branded wheel. Doesn’t have force feedback and only has 180 degree radius. It’s way too sensitive for anything professional. I’m planning to get a Logitech g920 though, can’t wait for the 900 degree radius
Thanks for this bro
I was totaly surprised there was one tip or rather consideration not included here. Drive assists. Braking, steering or even racing line assists should be important for beginners and not so beginners. As I have played and increased difficulty (in project cars 2) I was able to remove all assists except for the racing line.
As someone who's really quite new to sim racing, this video was incredibly helpful. The biggest tip was the one about choosing a slow car - I only have AC right now; and I've been mostly driving the LMP1 and F1 cars because that's what I seem to like the most. Does anyone have any good recommendations for some slower cars (stock or mod) to really work on technique with?
I'd say the m235i CUP car is the best starter car if you're ok at driving already, GRP a cars are fun, so are GT3. Anything that's forgiving and allows progression.
Where you are looking is extremly important.
Great inputs. But I think you have two #18 tips.
Excellent tips!
8:20, is that Seattle from Gran Turismo?
Very useful, thank you
3:47 "corner markers get destroyed" if only I had realised this a couple days before... had a race at nurburgring GP in ACC the other day and someone took out T1 100m marker, I just didn't know where to brake and destroyed my lap times... luckily I was braking early and only lost a bit, people were braking late and running wide
Real pain kicks in when they take out the chicane markers. I used to get reference with an object outside the track on the right (a screen maybe), when it was exiting my monitor, was the time to brake.
I occasionally deliberately take out a marker board if I'm following close to someone but can't find a way past if I think he's using it on that corner. Then attack on that corner on the next lap. All's fair in love and war.
@@garryhemmington9033 you evil son of a... but well played
GREAT video
thank you
Are you planning to make a video on the VRC Formula Alpha?
Extra, tip. Once you learn the ropes don't over think it.
I actually cannot drive without sound i use engine rev as how much i slowed on a corner like a muscle memory but ear muscles memory lol
Going into this vid, i thought: lets see if it has use, but actually, this was fucking helpfull
Where did chris go?!
For nerds like me who are annoyed by details: The "shifting center of mass" is a misnomer.
The center of mass stays in the same place while you are turning, braking, accelerating. You *feel* as if it is shifting around because of the car's inertia trying to roll it opposite of the force applied resulting in more pressure on one end and less on the other.
You're welcome (no one). I'll get my coat.
bro i have a wheel that doesnt generate force feedback, vibration, or basically anything to let me know my car status without taking my eyes of my lines
Laguna Seca, Lotus Evora GC, Xbox controller ;)
Thanks! You look way too happy for a sim racer tho
Whats the music at the start?
I mean, i learned myself sim racing with 2012 formula 1 car around the nürburgring nordschleife so ye :|
Anybody know what that wheel at 6:18 is?
Yep, yep. Pretty much it
Turn off the mph and map and anything else that might be blocking your vission of track markers
The setup bay. 🤣
transit van league when?
Slow in and fast out !
The best cars to learn all the solid basics in assetto corsa is the Ford escort and mx5 cup car. In the escort you'll learn how to dance a car and pick up car rotation and throttle/brake inputs, the mx5 will teach you precision without too much speed. The escort might just be my favorite car to run on the green hell
😂the setup bay
Der Kam’sche Reibkreis
Great video, very good
SIMDID recently released a new formula steering wheel, it's great, the price is super discount, come and see
This was fun to watch. Sometimes I get caught up in all the “technicalities” I tend to forget what it’s all about.
... endless forum debates about tyre models right? 😅
Thank you
No, thank you! 😄
That time in history where you can give real life tips that real racers do in real life to sim racers that race in sims so real that these tips actually work. What a time to be alive.
That's why I love sim racing. You can just watch any informative content about motorsports and learn from it. I recommend "physics of racing" on RUclips for those who like theory
Oh you haven’t gotten the half of it yet. Every road racer is a sim racer to some degree. Everyone uses sims.
Solid advice. A lot of my overdriving was due to the time delta, if it went red I would end up pushing the next braking zone too hard and losing more time. Very useful tool if used correctly but I would suggest turning it off and focusing on using the whole track and driving smoothly before worrying about times.
Tip #10 Vision ahead is probably the most important tip to getting faster. It allows you to naturally control your speed while turning smoothly with pinpoint accuracy.
The MX-5 really is a terrific little car to learn the basics- made my stock car driving (dirt and asphalt) so much better and cleaner
Wow , that must be the most important video ever produced for beginners 😃
If you watch that 100 times and really understand every single advice and work in that direction there is nothing more to add !
Well done Chris, outstanding work on this one ❤️
Chris, I always found your videos very informative...but what you have achieved in these 8:31 is impressive! For all these new sim racers, that video would be super helpful
You can learn more in road cars than race cars because everything is happening slower and mistakes are more noticable. And with their limits being so low you can really fool around with them when you get tired of chasing laptimes
This is a really timely video. On GT7, I'm losing the basics in my haste to try to chase the hare starting way off in front of me. It's leading to scrappy driving, frustration and rage quits. I'll take a deep breath, implement these steps, and rediscover the fun and pleasure again.
Kei car Cup has thought me a lot, aftee finally making the switch from pad to wheel.
Its frustrating I've gone from easy s licenses to noob, but the mid engine crappy tyres on my little Honda has taught me a bit about catching snap oversteer, early power outs, and nose stability while braking on bad camber!
That and unlearning my heavy-handed dirt2 inputs!
Chased all "new" crap (read: recycled shit from previous games, most commonly) every week on FH5 for a while.
So when my GamePass went out and NO fixes for any mentioned/reported bugs that needed fixes were done I skipped renewing the GamePass.
Went back and finished off left stuff in previous FH's and also helps kiddo thru 'em, one by one.
And maybe, just MAYBE, I'll renew GamePass if I'm allowed to get it at the 1$ fee since I use it for 90-99% for FH5.
FH5's current status where no Co-op races works, Convoys bugs out and game itself just chokes itself after a few hrs so I chose to go "back to basics". In this case returned to previous games.
Oh, and just a couple days ago I manage to get my old noicey 360 going which haven't started up since 2013-2014...
FM4, TDU2 and many other old "gems" did I find there. So my gaming heart still has some things to beat for even without the GamePass atm.
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Awesome video Chris. A really nice overview of the key fundamentals👍🏻Top job👌🏻
Gracias! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
it`s all good except:
1. best sim is ACC (if you wanna talk about you`re just lame another sim fan)
2. don`t use FOV calculator it`s stupid idea - anything good between 55-70
Thank you so much for this!
I've only recently started getting into the hobby and it can all be rather overwhelming, so having a nice starting point like this is incredibly valuable! Especially the "start slow" is something I need constant reminders for - after all, racing is about winning, hurr durr, so I wanna go fast :D
Centre of force moves, not centre of mass :P
But I guess you already saw that comment coming ^^
Another one more tip: Take a break from time to time. Everyone gets tires or burned out and 2 weeks or 1 month break can do wonders to your psyche.
I can't have force feedback because I don't have a pc or even a wheel that supports it, assetto corsa is a great sim, I got it the other day and I can't stop playing, acc is too hard and only focuses on one discipline, gt3 racing, but ac does pretty much all of them, have a great day!
Enjoyed this vid as much as a do Sim Racing. Great and helpful tips. Thank you so much Chris. And I have a request: can you give some info about gear shifting. When to pull through high revs or when to short shift etc...
I actually use abs off in all games to warm the tires every time I brake, is that good or bad?