Where to start simracing with a controller!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Video contents:
00:00 - Where to start?!
00:41 - What you need
01:20 - Gran Turismo 7 (PS4, PS5)
02:07 - Get your license(s)
02:43 - Great controller experience
03:12 - Some flaws
03:45 - Automobilista 2 (PC)
03:57 - Graphics, Performance & Car variety
04:23 - RaceGPT
05:36 - DiRT Rally 2.0 (XBOX, PlayStation, PC)
05:55 - Accessible, but still pretty
06:17 - Rally is the best discipline
06:31 - Ideal competitive multiplayer
07:14 - Should you buy a used wheel?
07:36 - The type of driving you do matters
08:54 - Don't jump right into the deep end
09:35 - Conclusion
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Started racing on a psp in gran turismo, it was my first time gaming on kind of a controller but I was so in love and infatuated it inspired me to love cars, driving and racing in a whole!!
Nice! The PSP was such a great handheld, I picked one up at launch when I was 14. Good times.
My setup nowadays is pretty good but I started with a controller and believe it or not, Wreckfest. I think it's a very underrated racing game the physics are pretty good the racing is better than advertised. It's dirt to pavement transitions are better than a lot of sims. It's a lot of fun that teaches you the basics very well and you will become a Jedi master of collision avoidance😂 I still use the skills that I learned in wreckfest in the iRacing type Sims I play today.
Wreckfest is great. I've played it on all platforms and bought it again and again just to support the Devs. The mobile release is very well optimised considering what is going on. Totally underrated.
Wreckfest is great fun, definitely!
Another great video, I seriously hope this channel makes it big!
As a controller player for me AC on Xbox is utterly unrivalled when it comes to controller feedback, the vibration makes it sooooo easy to threshold brake and to know exactly when your losing grip, the controller stick completely reflects the Ingame wheel and while that does mean you need to practice smoothness a lot, it also means the wheel is as accurate as possible, no smoothness bollocks that smudges the accuracy of your inputs as seen in a lot of rally games and pretty much every other racing game
Unfortunately however Xbox has updated the controller making the analogue stick really quite bad. Instead of following you input it snaps with your input, so when it turn left instead of the analog input following my inputs, it snaps a couple degrees at a time, it has effectively made my driving style entirely obsolete
Thanks, mate!
Gotta love when big daddy Microsoft comes along to ruin everyone's fun...
There's also the Advanced Gamepad Assist script for Assetto on PC which can be freely adjusted to smooth out steering and countersteering to any level you want, and it is absolute bliss, even on my old PS3 contoller.
That's true! As good as AC is, I opted to recommend AMS2 since it's so much easier for a beginner to get up and running with. Much less tinkering and no mods required, and of course the ai racing is a weak spot for AC.
@@DiariesOfABadDriver Yep, I got AMS in that humble bundle sale last year, very fun in the Copa Classics
@@black_sn0w_ same! That's gotta be one of the best value things I've ever bought
I've recently started sim-racing back in late december of 2023, a few days before new years on my previous pc after getting a brand new controller, since then I feel like if you want to get as accurate as you can to a sim-wheel, is using a controller and configuring the dead zone settings and how steering feels. Coming from someone whose new to Assetto, with only 4 - 6 months of play time, I feel like controller is the best way to go if you're like me and don't have the money laying around for an entry level or higher level sim-racing wheel. If you want to stay within the 500 dollar range and have fun, go for the PS5 to get a chance to play Assetto or GT if you want realism. If you have a little bit more money, go for a pc and use controller. It can be just as engaging as when you're using a wheel.
I started sim racing a few years ago with a Thrustmaster TMX pro paired with Assetto coarsa on an XBOX ONE. But then after a few years when I 100% knew I liked sim racing bought the Fanatec CSL 8nm and started to play more ACC for multi player and recently bought the XBOX SERIES X.
Nice, I'm using the same wheel on PC :)
Great video.
Loved arcade racing games growing up, but got into GT7 last year and don’t think I could go back to the racers I used to play. Would love to get a wheel set up down the line, so your suggestions were super helpful. :)
@@Hoggy27 Thank you! A good wheel setup is really nice when you get there but there's no rush. Enjoy the journey!
I started sim racing on the ps3 colin mcrea dirt. But I have always had why for racing in both sim and real life. I am also planning making a rally car from a 64.5 ford mustang
A Mustang rally car sounds awesome!
Played a lot of Project Cars 2 and the F1 games in old crappy PCs until I finally got a Series S, and now I'm really enjoying the new Forza Motorsport.
Found a league in my country, and we race twice a week. It's been awesome, everyone is so helpful with the newer guys like me, until 3 months ago I used most assists and automatic gears and now I race without them, and I'm way faster.
Tried ACC, but I don't like it on a controller like Forza, I want to buy a G920 for it as I love racing with the GT3s
That's great! I'm starting to get the itch to try a league, I think it might be more rewarding and fun that just racing randoms every time.
It's not really "Sim Racing" but my earliest driving gaming memory is 1988's Lombard RAC Rally on an Atari ST and have been hopping in and out of the hobby ever since. Good vid as ever, not sure Dirt Rally 2 will be beaten as a modern entry point for anyone interested in diving down the rabbit hole.
Ooh, nice! I've come across the game before in my RUclips travels and I think it looks like it was quite impressive for the time period, the cockpit view really helps to sell it.
Similar to my first sim racing experience. It was that and Indianapolis 500. Played both of those with a keyboard until I could get a joystick. Both were tough games at the time.
@@DiariesOfABadDriver Yes, a drivable cockpit view was a revelation back then. Sunk many hours into it. My next step up in Rally games was Colin McRae on the PlayStation around 96 before I moved onto PC.
@@Armunn01 Grand Prix Legends forced me to finally get a wheel / pedal setup after struggling with anything else. Love that game to this day.
@MatthewJohnCrittenden For me it was Indycar Racing by Papyrus. I bought a Logitech Formula Force
Love seeing some love thrown AMS2's way, such an underrated sim IMO and the devs continue to make it into one of the best pick up and play sims on the PC. Also thank you for not mentioning the latest Forza Motorsport in here, that thing is an abomination in comparison to some of its predecessors. As always, great video.
Agreed, it's a great Sim. I'm really looking forward to the 1.6 update, and it will be interesting to see if the LFM integration sees much traction, I'm definitely going to try it out.
I have actually never played a mainline Forza game! I was interested in the new one but have avoided it due to its negative reception. I hope it gets patched into something good.
i "simrace" on rFactor and GTR2, for me if you get your perfect configuration, it can still be a pretty fun experience, I used multiple F1 CTDP and FSOne mods, DTM, VLN 2005 and use the 25th anniversary patch on GTR2, I usually don't use force feedback because how much it uses the batteries on the Xbox controller, but it's a fun experience if you are on a kinda experienced, even if raceroom is limited to buy most categories, it can be fun on a controller too
R:I:P 8:58 Nice video bro i'm thinking of buying the moza r5 or PXN v12 lite DD as my second wheel (i also started on a chinese wheel named doyo that my dad bought in his vacation)
@@Rookie203. Thank you! I'm sure a direct drive will feel like a big upgrade. I got the CSL DD 8nm in November, and compared to the old Logitech dfgt I used to have, it was an enormous improvement.
If you're on the absolute low end side of things u should go for Automobilista 1. It has great controller support and the physics are second to none. Assetto Corsa may be also a great choice but it has alot of cpu issues especially when racing against AI, so u should need at least 4th gen dual core i3 or smt to run it properly or else the game will crash mid racing. So, yeah, definitely go for Automobilista 1
I've never tried the first one but I've heard good things about how it drives, good to hear the controller experience is good in that one as well.
@@DiariesOfABadDriver yeah it's underrated as heck. This is the only game imo which does not care much about graphics but provides pure racing. The only reason why it's not as popular as other titles is because of the Brazilian settings of the game, that goes from everything like the tracks and the cars. This is also a great game to begin your Sim racing journey
My favorite simcade title and racing game to play on pad PERIOD is Dirt3. Solid physics when you turn off the assists and working online servers despite being delisted from steam. Only thing is that you need to find a key reseller :/
I had a lot of fun with dirt 2 and 3 back in the early 2010s, very enjoyable arcade rally games.
I’ve been playing Assetto Corsa on Xbox with my elite 2 controller for a few years now, and have gotten kinda good at it. Here recently though, I have been looking at 2nd-hand mid-range thrustmaster wheels because my controller is vibrating itself in half. Both through the questionable build quality and amount of vibration used to provide proper feedback.
Ha, wow, that must be a lot of vibration! I think you'll really enjoy a wheel with Assetto Corsa, it's got some of the best force feedback imo.
from AC open lobbies to Iracing ,my pace was slow compared to others but I knew how and where the chaos would occur so I went from dead last to 3rd (could have been P1 got punted)
Yep, racecraft is important. You can't hotlap your way to victory.
Steering assist go brrrrrrr
what about raceroom?
ive been playing raceroom with a controller for a while, and actually just this week upgraded to a wheel, the day this video came out actually
Raceroom is good! However, I've never really gotten much into it because of the business model, and I feel that it's a somewhat unnecessary barrier for beginners. When starting out I think it's better to be able to make one simple purchase that gives you a bunch of stuff you can try, rather than needing to navigate the store.
@@DiariesOfABadDriver understandable
Ams2 is unplayable with controller for me, it recognizes my controller as a xbox controller even tho its a ps5 gamepad, when i loaded up the game the car would understeer and oversteer id spin like crazy, i wanted to play ams2 badly, i was determined to, i can play ams1 with controller but i constantly spin, i decided to get a used steering wheel near me, its cheap but decent, currently im struggling to get the right settings for ams2 and assetto, project cars 2 is a struggle, i do not have the space in the house for a simracing setup, so i have to play on the couch on the wheel it hurts my back, il try to find another method, im getting started with this hobby, il level my way up slowly.
Have you played around with the settings? I had to adjust a few minor things and then it felt pretty solid to me, though it might depend on what cars you're trying to drive.
You can enjoy simracing on anything you want, but in top simracing games, you can forget about being competetive with a controller.
I'm sure that's true in many cases, but I don't think being super competitive is high on the priority list for people just starting out :)
I think there's some dude who won a high level championship with a playstation 5 controller or something. Not sure tho
That's so true
i started on beamng doing bullshit with friends. good game.
Beam is an excellent bullshit simulator 🤣
I am a casual racer who has no patience to practice endless hours. Just wanna pick up my controller, play a bit of Forza/GT7/Grid Legends/Raceroom and have fun. I play games to have fun. If I want realism I borrow a Porsche for the weekend and go to my local racing track. I might in the future buy a Trakracer rig with a top end wheel setup but for now all I need is a controller.
@@sandorfuleki5060 I can't say I would ever describe my simracing experiences, with either a wheel or controller, as being 'endless practice'. The vast majority is race time and I simply learn and improve as I go.
Borrowing a sports car for a track day I'm sure would be a ton of fun, but it's not racing. That's why this thing exists.
There's no "sim" experience with joysticks....just racing.
@@M4theusIcaro People need to start somewhere, and I think there's value in lowering the barrier to entry.