How I Became a YouTuber & Racing Driver (MY STORY)
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- How did I manage to become a full time RUclipsr and racing driver? This video will explain all!
Timestamps:
[0:00] Intro
[0:47] Quick overview
[3:15] RUclips channel beginnings + growth
[5:42] First video with commentary
[7:37] Deciding to take it more seriously
[9:30] My first livestream
[10:28] My older setups + Improving the setup
[13:10] My first presenting job + first live event
[15:04] Deciding to buy a PS4 and GT Sport
[15:50] Going full-time with RUclips
[18:11] Moving from controller to wheel
[19:10] Adding commentated IRL content to the channel
[21:06] 2020
[23:51] 200 Laps of Nurburgring
[24:22] IRL racing moves in the right direction
[26:00] 2022 (GT7 arrives + car racing begins)
[28:57] Overview of my racing career
[31:59] The Future of this channel
[33:50] Closing remarks
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Your whole community is proud of what you‘ve achieved, Steve!
i'm not even part of the community and I'm proud of him
We love your channel Steve everyone that watches I know loves your videos thanks for giving us all so many laughs we all appreciate it
And jealous, but in a good way...keep it up. Steve!
I saw ur how to use the manual with clutch tutorial for Forza horizon two and then opened ur channel.
Your dry humor and meme jumpscares in the middle of an otherwise serious video are integral to what made your channel stick out to me. Been watching you since you had like 30k subs.
Same bruv! 🎉😂🔥🙏🏽
Same here!
Same. The shameful rammers video in particular made me subscribed and I've been a fan ever since
Yeah, exactly that. Also no over the top stuff, just clean, funny and interesting content.
The 200 laps of Nurburgring live stream is still to this day imo one of the greatest things you've done.
100%
I still can't imagine doing that. I did 3 consecutive laps of the ring on a full motion sim yesterday (not mine) and it was a lot
No joke I am pleased to be part of your journey
It’s always great to see nice people get what they deserved and worked for.
You are huge huge huge inspiration for everyone including me Steve! Thank you!
As Jardier said you are a huge insperation to many.
Yourself, Jardier and Jimmer are the reason I got into sim racing at 54, I am so happy to all 3 of you on your racing journey, you guys are perfect Ambassadors for sim racing and all deliver your unique take on it. I wish you all the best for your future.
Hello Super GT--viewer here! I've been watching you since the legendary "Shameful Ramming Attempts" video. It's always been a source of comfort and the driest humor of all time (which I love). Cheers on your continued growth; it's been beautiful to watch.
Long time viewer, first time commenter. You're modest when you say you originally stood out largely because few people were doing what you were doing. The reason you've always stood out is because you also just seem like a good guy. That alone is unusual in the youtube gamer space. I'm sure I'm not just speaking for myself when I say that watching you transition into real world racing, and then actually being good at it too, makes all of us who've been with you for a long time incredibly proud. You deserve your success mate.
Totally agree !
Steve, my dream is to be a professional drive in the FIA World Endurance Championship, im a competitive sim racing driver, and i justw anted to say that your the person who inspires me to keep pushing for that seat in wec. Thank you steve, your a legend.
Dude just keep trying, you'll make it one day!
@@supadan10 thanks mate! Ill keep on pushing for that spot.
I hope to be on board that boat with you as well. Goodluck man.
@@NeoGeo822 look foward to seeing you on track then!
The fact you’re an introvert and still got around to recording vlogs and livestreams shows your commitment so well done
Proud of you, consistency and publicity really did speak for you. GT world championships,WEC and IMSA Is the goal
I've commented many times how your content changed my life but here it goes again. I struggled with addiction for a long time. I tried many times to get clean but failed miserably. When I found your channel, I didn't even know about sim racing. I was immediately hooked and having something to pour my time and energy into was crucial in keeping me sober. I'm now 7 years clean and have an awesome sim rig; something I could never have afforded in the past. Seeing you succeed in racing reminds me of how far I've come. Thank you for all you do Steve. You quite literally may have saved my life.
7 year's clean ... Awesome stuff... keep it up, you're doing great 🙏😎✅👍
You're a legend my man!!! 7 years, keep it up!!!
Let’s gooo
You are literally the reason I invested in a DD wheel. Only 1 video on my channel but if I learn anything from this I think I should be okay. Love everything you do and my Mrs literally calls me sad when I get excited for your live streams 🤣
You and Jimmy Broadbent are absolutely the reason I have a full sim rig and spend so much of my time churning laps. Watching your videos opened my eyes to how much fun it could be. I owe you thanks for that. My wife okayed the $5k I spent getting it all set up, so I owe her more thanks, but I never would've even known about this hobby without you two.
There are a lot of sim racers out there, but Steve and Jimmy have always stood out as the cream of the crop. Hope you both (plus Misha and Manuel) get a podium this weekend at the N24!
Steve, I consider you and Jimmer the OG of sim racing. Discovering you guys made me say I want to do sim racing. I appreciate all of the sim, karting, and special event videos. Watching your journey from part-time sim racer to now full-time sim racer/racing driver has been great. It's a success that's well deserved, I'm glad to be a part of the journey!
Before watching, you've become a race car driver because your yt videos are epic! Been watching for about 3-4 years, enjoyed since the first video!
Wow. Who knew Gran Turismo 2 was dropping today?! I’m here for it!
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@@mrdorifto bro it’s a joke shut up
@@mrdorifto🤡😂😂😂
@@mrdoriftoHe meant the movie
Been watching for 2 years now. Genuinely can’t believe how far you’ve come mate 💯
Having watched a couple of videos in 2017-ish for the first time, you honestly got me into racing and cars as a whole so much more than I already was. Because of you I've been actively watching more motorsport series, bought my own simrig and pretty much turned into the massive car-nerd I am today. It's been so humbling to watch you and this channel grow. Thank you so much for your amazing content Steve, don't you dare ever stop yeah!
Just heard about that mishap at the Ring, i am very sorry for you. You are just a human too, and mistakes do happen. I just hope you keep up the good work and come back stronger the next N24. Looking forward seeing you support the team from the pits, make the best of it and keep your head up mate;)
Words of encouragement, positive energy, and unwavering dedication to spreading fun and motivation have been and still are truly inspirational. I would say that the amazing Sim Racing community has in part been built by yourself, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. Keep doing what you do, because you are changing lives for the better. Thank you for being such a powerful force of inspiration! Sparks x
Steve, I want to thank you for introducing me to motorsport in the best possible way. Your videos got me hooked on racing and I haven’t looked back - you even inspired me to make some of my own racing videos. Watching your journey is incredibly inspiring and it’s been clear to all of us that you’ve always deserved a racing seat. And you’re only just getting started!
Steve, your channel and the Gran Turismo 7 videos that you’ve been uploading have been a key part of my newly discovered interest and passion for motorsport, I truly respect all that you have done and achieved and gave to me as a viewer and racing enthusiast. I’m happy to be experiencing your videos and racing every time you upload, and this video really made me respect you even more. Cheers, lad.
You cant hate this guy, Steve has an calm Charakter in combination with his professionalism which is really enjoyable to listen to.
Keep it up man we want to see you further up ! 🫡
Love from Germany ❤️
you've honestly inspired me to start racing, I may be late at 17 but I want to make it to either gt4 or gt3, I have a racing insta page already and posting sorta race reports and I'm starting to film races to make some sort of content on when I get the confidence to do voiceovers😅. you are honestly such a great guy, thank you
So happy for you mate ,keep upgrading and make us sleep everytime.
I want one favor from you is to give me a membership of your channel for the whole year❤
You’re an inspiration :) I’m in 88 and yet I’m starting to chase my dreams after all this years due to space constraints and put down by peers and family. I still decided to go ahead never too late!
You inspired me to want to take sim racing seriously and to fall in love with racing. You’re doing exactly what you hope to do Steve, thank you for all the videos.
Your sarcasm and humour is the MAIN reason I continue to watch your videos. At times you literally made my day from literally LOL 😂. I watch many channels about sim racing, but your videos are the only one that I would show to my wife cuz they crack me up so hard and it also cracked her up 😂 (mind you, she has zero interest in sim racing). Thanks for all the laughter and I’ll continue support you for a long long time 😊
I think what hoocked me to the channel around 10 years ago was the dry humor. And just the fact that i loved racing and didnt own a Playstation was what really made me interested in Gran Turismo and this was the go to channel for that.
I've been watching you since what feels like forever, and whatching your channel grow and watching you grow into more fun races and challenges is the best feeling ever. I feel like a long time friend of yours, even though you don't know me nor have you ever seen me. But, your racing style, commentating style and overall style of creating videos just work. Educative and humourous, while being very skillfull at what you do makes such great content. Seeing you win in real life races is a cherry on top. Hope to see you in GT 3 soon and keep the content coming!
Steve, I was here on your channel when you had 30k subs. I remember watching your forza 6 videos, on how to shift with a controller. I was on a different account and posted a lot of sickxfth place memes, “thank you JSR Lee Campbell memes”. It is amazing to see how far you have come and you will get even further!
I've played driving games since Revs back in The Middle Ages and have been reasonably decent at them but leaned more towards arcade racers. Since I started watching SuperGT I've learned an absolute shedload that's made playing driving games way more fun but also made me way better. This is a channel that can teach an old dog new tricks. Fair play Steve
I started watching when Forza Horizon 4 came out and I've never looked back. You're the man Steve
Been here since the closing months of GT Sport-I’ve loved watching the journey!!
What a journey it was. We really proud of you Steve! You're a G!
Been following you since before the pandemic, over five years, I’m so proud of you. I’m proud to say that I’ve been following your story and life. Ended up starting track driving time attack, along with sim racing as well. Thanks so much Steve
Steve, All my life I've loved motorsport and cars, and DREAMED of racing something and ever since a started watching you videos you've made me realise how possible it is. I've always thought of you as an inspiration, and after a good few years of karting, I've been lucky enough to get my own junior rotax kart this year. I just want to say thank you for all of your content and I hope you never stop.
Congratulation Steve. It is so great to see someone else going from sim to real life racing driver. Inspiration for many young people out there.
Your sense of what's boring seems to overlap well with my tastes, as your videos have stayed interesting and entertaining for years now. You have definitively made me understand and appreciate the nuances of competitive racing on a much deeper level, both online and IRL. Let's see where the future takes you!
I loved playing Gran Turismo as a kid on PS2, when I finally picked up GT Sport after getting back into enjoying motorsport with Verstappen joining F1, I found I loved GT racing and stumbled across your channel in 2017 or 2018 which really started my love for simracing and Im still doing it now. lso still watching watching and it is crazy to see how much you have achieved over the years with real liffe racing, quadrant and much more!
I'm glad to say, I've been here since you started playing GT Sport - I played GT4 as a kid and haven't had time to play/buy the future games, so I wanted to find someone who played the GT games, and found your channel eventually! Been subscribed ever since; you're a testament to those who succeed in pursuing one's own passion. Cheers!
What you said about having nothing going on and wanting something to talk about and be proud of, that really resonated with me. I've been in the same position, but what I've put time into is writing and painting rather than sim racing. It really made me kind of emotional to hear from somebody who was in a very similar situation as I am now (I even have a warehousing job!) and who found something they cared about, put time into and kept with, and found success. Thanks for sharing Steve
Love the content. The regularity of your posts is truly inspiring. To be able to do that while working a fulltime job is incredible.
I remember casually being into Forza Horizon 4 and finding your videos, your style of video made me a huge fan of GT Sport and I found myself always watching your races. I've never been interested in any other racing/driving channels. Great job! :)
Still remember the time when you strictly posted FM and FH videos, as a long time GT player you were the reason why I picked up Forza and it was a great casual experience. I, and quite a lot of other people have seen you blossom into a bigger and better person. Please keep it up and hopefully that F1 seat will give you a call soon.
Been here since the FM4 days and honestly the growth of your channel has been fully deserved
I'm not a huge racing fan so what I enjoyed about your karting videos is that when someone made a mistake and you capitalized on it, the speeds were 'slow enough' that I could see and better understand the skills involved in motorsport racing.
Lando Norris is a great lad. Well deserved win recently.
This overview of all your hard work, things you've been through, and the amount of stuff you did was amazing.
You deserve it !
I look forward to your racing future! I've been following your channel for a long time now, and I'm happy to have seen your progress from cars to now GT4 (which is still just unreal). You're doing fantastic.
The part where you talk about motorsport racing games being dull was possibly one of the best things you realised early and capitalised on keep going and grinding
It’s amazing to see how far you can get in anything you want as long as you put the time and effort into it. You have proven that! I remember stumbling across your FM4 videos way back when I was a kid, however at this point I was more into the drifting side of the game. It’s crazy to see how much your channel has grown and it is definitely something to be proud of!
One of my favorite memories was watching your stream while I was in my office and it was raining outside. Pure bliss
Thank you for having provided me with company when I was in college.
I still watch your videos to this day and it is awesome seeing your progress.
Carry on, man!!!!
Steve your GTS videos got me through the pandemic, and helped me discover a new passion for sim racing and Motorsport. Thank you for everything!
You worked your ass off! Congrats Steve! I have enjoyed living vicariously through you!
I'm glad you did this! Been here for the whole ride and never getting off
Thank you Steve for sharing your journey with us, what an amazing life! Well done!
been watching your videos since around 2019. amazing to see how far you've come! you're pretty much the reason i got back into racing after many years, and started sim racing. keep at it, steve
Thanks Steve, this was realistic on expectation and your path up to this stage. You have a new stage to come, I hope it works out for you. You're an aspiration to the community you have created!
Your actually the whole reason i started really trying to improve in gt7 and watching u play makes me realize how much room i have to grow and i love knowing i can get better if i keep practicing so thank you for everything you do keep up the amazing work on the track and on the sim
I've been watching you since you started uploading gt sport when it was released back in 2017, and I've always enjoyed watching your videos and especially your dry humor. Thanks for giving me something nice to watch during my lunches since then man! All the love from the Netherlands
I am following you for like 3/4 years now and I enjoy every bit of all of your videos.
Due to you I also got into racing and bought my first steering wheel (Thrustmaster T248) and my pc last year and I enjoy every second of it. Thank you so much for everything ❤
Keep the good work and get that million subscribers!
Been watching you forever at this point. Love what you do, love seeing where you go. Can't wait to see where the journey takes us.
Love this video, Steve. I got into your channel about 6 months ago when I purchased GT7 and subscribed because I really like your laid-back commentary and style of humour. Thanks for creating this video sharing your journey with some of us newer subscribers! Keep up the great work. Love from NZ x
Great to follow your journey! Amazing what you have brought this to, thanks for the inspiration as well!
Started watching shortly after I got a ps4 and started playing GT Sport back in 2017, so watched a lot of your Forza Motorsport and Horizon back catalogue as well.
I had a long break from racing games myself from around 2007 to 2017, so watching your stuff was much a part of my re entry into playing racing games.
I appreciated the honesty in this one. Keep reaching for higher goals, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that it's been awesome seeing you grow. Truly inspiring.
I bought GT7 (controller) on a whim one day then found your channel shortly after. Since then I got into sim racing (GT DD Pro) and fell in love with F1. Got to go karting not long ago for the first time and it was such a fun experience to see how the sim racing skills transferred. I owe you a lot man. Cheers!
RUclips? You’ve clocked it mate. Incredible scenes.
I remember in 2013 looking for Forza 4 videos trying to learn how to drive/race (mainly because I had the rude awakening that Need For Speed was not as realistic), I found a video of you and literally learning a lot about the technical side of racing (im still trash). From your stuff I learnt about how apexes work, driving lines, fast in slow out and etc. That was a real eye opener and got me more interested in racing more than drifting. I was watching SLAP, AR12 and BlackPantha back then but they mainly showed drift or more street content which I was slowly weening off. I ended up buying GT6 too because of learning from your Forza vids and trying to race in a somewhat "Real Driving Simulator". But damn the channels grown since then and I'm glad I found the channel. You're literally the only RUclipsr that I've consistently watched since back then now that I've realized lol
I genuinely think this guy has any haters. Who could hate this honest, kind, selfless man?
Ive been watching you since the fm6 days, and to watch you grow has been one of the main staples of my life for however many years its been. Im really proud of you and so excited to see you drive IRL!!!
Wow, I think I’ve been watching you for 10 years? It’s been incredible seeing your grow, genuinely one of my favourite RUclipsrs! Thank you Steve!
You’re an inspiration Steve, I remembering watching you before 2019 when you were still playing on controller. You were great then and even better now.
Thank you. I love this for several reasons. 1, I’m always interested on people’s journey, it was cool to see your history of racing before you started doing videos. 2, I love when people do what they are passionate about and then become successful at it, makes work a little easier then doing a job you hate. 3, It’s so cool to see the progression of your RUclips journey. Hat’s off to you Steve. So cool! I wish I had followed my passion instead of worrying about money etc. Well maybe when I retire in a few years I’ll do something I’m passionate about. P.S. I have learned so much for watching your videos and has definitely improved my GT 7 experience. Thank you.
Great story! I hope you're on track of where and who you want to be. You've certainly worked hard for this and I wish you well. I've only recently picked up (casual) sim racing as a hobby and you've been a huge influence. I don't even care about winning that much, just enjoying the experience and improving my own track times.
you influenced me to get a racing sim setup about 3 years ago. You've created a lot of great memories for me, thank you
I've been watching since the FM4 days, it is especially great to see you on the Nurburgring with the team. I think it is a great inspiration to a lot of people
Very inspirational story. Start of your story is very relatable. And just shows what can happen if you dedicate to something. Its been a great journey. Thank you.
Man, this is wild. Glad to have followed part of this journey. So proud of you, dude. Hope you can keep both going, maybe?
Thanks dude for all your work. You and jimmer have made me proud and shown me that hard work can achieve your dreams. Xx
I love what you have done.
I'm an old guy that spent boat loads of time on a PC based GT racing sim back in the late 90's. I had the force feedback wheel and pedals. I loved it !! Working out tire pressure and brake bias on different tracks and I got really good.
There is nothing boring about Racing if you can translate the experience effectively whether it's in Sim or IRL.
This is what you have done.
While there is no physical threat when Sim racing, Your heart rate will go UP in a massive spike, Your grip on the wheel and determination to "manage" the situation to not only survive, but come out ahead.
This is what it's all about.
Love your channel.
Can you hook up a heart monitor and show it during your races ?
It would be absolutely Wild.
All the hats in the world off to you lol! 💜 Quite inspiring story to be honest! Thank you for all the good & entertaining stuff you ever posted on this channel! I will keep continuing the support in the future as well! I hope it is going to be just as promising, eventful and successful as it's been ever since you decided to take RUclips more seriously!
i have been watching you since 2019, the times where i approached sim racing on GT Sport. safe to say, you are my favourite youtuber ever since and much love for you, steve
You’ve worked so hard and come so far.. I am glad I was able to discover your channel. You deserve all the growth coming to you and more
I’ve been with you since 2019. It’s been incredible to watch what you’ve done. It’s really impressive and it could not be happening for a cooler guy. I really hope it grows as much as you hope.
Hey Steve, I just wanna say that I think you’ve already done great with your goal of making racing more approachable. I never cared at all about motor sports or racing beyond playing Need for Speed until I came across one of your Gran turismo videos last year and thought it was so interesting how you commentated in such detail about what you were doing in the race. That got me watching more of your videos and ultimately lead to racing games and Motorsports being my number one hobby. I really appreciate what you do, keep it up!
Been here since 10k subs or so. I don't watch every video, and quite frankly, I'm not on RUclips all too often, but I always come back from time to time. Keep it up man, you've earned it and more.
Been following your channel since GT Sport. Always liked the down to earth style, good work man!
Keep it up Steve. You're a huge inspiration and your hard work continues to pay off. Super excited to see how this channel and your irl opportunities continue to evolve!
It has been amazing to see how far you have come. I have been a subscriber since the very early days, and it's fantastic to know where you are now. Keep it up!
As a long time viewer it's incredible to see the hard work pay off into something that can further hone your love of motorsport! Good job GT!
You really inspire and motivate us! we love you Steve!
So proud of everything you’ve achieved and its so cool to see you and the other guys drive at the Nurburgring!! 💙
I have been watching you since the forza 4 days, and what I love about you is the sarcastic and deadpan delivery of your jokes, it really makes me chuckle. I watched the odd dirt 3 tutorial back then as well
Its really awesome to see you succeeding. I know nothing when it comes to racing but you have always made some fun and genuine videos and can see the passion you have for racing. Just cool to see it done
I found you in about 2018, just before you gave up your day job, through your streams and karting vids. I loved the fact that it felt like I was watching an improving driver who wasn't yet the finished article. It's been amazing to watch you take it from karts, to GT7, to real life GT4 cars. Awesome to see, I hope to see it continue long into the future. Well done mate, miracles do happen!
Been around since the Forza 4 days, it's been truly awesome to see the growth over the years. Thank you for years of entertainment!
thanks for this video steve. im just starting to take content creation more seriously and this gives me a lot of good ideas and even more of a push to continue to grind and have fun with my audience!