This video has been amazing helpful thank you! I watched this last week on tiktok and I had a wet to dry league race where these techniques helped me get 2nd in both races and the highest scoring driver that week! Amazing tutorials!!!
Hey Danny, great video! Been watching your videos for the past couple years and it’s inspired me to get back into racing, albeit through GT7 on controller. The same rules for wet racing definitely apply over there, lets you stay out one extra lap on the slicks. I just picked up a T300RS and a years subscription to iRacing but I’m having trouble feeling any slip (under or oversteer) through the FFB, no matter what settings I try. Is this just general iRacing behaviour without a DD? Advice has been to increase tyre volume but that seems like a poor workaround. I get great feedback in AC/ACC so it’s a bit disappointing that iRacing is so tricky to get dialed in.
great video! great win! say youre in a endurance race... the first few hours are dry then it rains for a few hours, does the rain eventually wash the rubber away and then the racing line becomes fastest again?
This video is really helpful! But there's something I don't understand, and that is the situations where you choose to put the tires on one side on the grippier part, while the others are in the dry line. On the one hand I get that if you can't put all four wheels on the grippier part then two is better than four, on the other I would say that the grip differential should make you spin (and obviously it doesn't). Maybe for acceleration that is good enough, but trying to brake in those conditions would make you spin?
The heavy braking corners, #1, Corkscew and the last corner, are done by him off the racing line. When turning the outside tires are the most important tires which is why he puts them off the racing line.
@@berserkerx7 and the reason that the outside tires are more important is because a lot of the weight goes onto the outside tires when turning. They will be able to use the extra grip and help you turn.
@@bananaZn it applies to both, but the effect is waaaaay more dramatic on slicks! If you HAD to drive on slicks on the rain then the 'wet line' off the racing line is your only option
What about hitting the breaks slightly to gain grip for turning? I seemed to have learned something like this the other day in the rain… I tap the breaks to turn almost at the same time seemed to give me better lap times.. Is this a thing or did I just happen to slow the car and maintain control?
Yes, and the effect is just as strong, if not maybe stronger. Definitely great for training wet line habits. Maybe not for other driving techniques though
Because the racing line's gravel has been used too much that it affects the grain structure or friction. If you were to look at a road that has been constantly used for many years, you can see the difference between a greatly used road and a different road that hasn't been used as much
GTomega's Prime cockpit might be a worthwhile option, but their ART cockpit is not. Speaking from experience, stay away from that and save your hard earned cash just a little longer.
@@Buhnanah It assembles crooked, even though the individual parts appear straight. The adjustment you can make for the distance between the seat and the pedals isn't strong enough for some decently strong load cell pedals. The instructions are basic, don't cover everything and even have some minor mistakes in them. They also don't list everything that's included. At least for Fanatec wheel bases you need to be careful with the screws or you will mess up your wheel base and possibly void the warranty because GTOmega provides no proper instructions for them. The seat, while comfortable, has issues with a straight backrest. The right side of your body will be well supported but the left side will not, so you feel like you're sitting in front of your wheel at an angle. And that's honestly not even all. Could just be my experience, but it's got so many flaws I'd say look elsewhere.
i'm a 7K driver oval and road and this video is really really informative tbh, great work
Cheers 🤝
Damn you are insane
The visuals are very valuable for this topic, good choice
By the time I do get on iRacing, I'm fairly confident I'll be an expert after all your videos, where do I post cheques to Danny!!
Fab stuff Danny - really helpful!
@@Ben_LaBroca Cheers Ben
Excellent video and breakdown! This definitely helped me understand where I was doing well (without knowing why) and where I was losing time.
Excellent video Danny! Really helps me alot! You da man!
@@JACKZERYT Thank you kindly 🍞
This video has been amazing helpful thank you! I watched this last week on tiktok and I had a wet to dry league race where these techniques helped me get 2nd in both races and the highest scoring driver that week! Amazing tutorials!!!
sim racing sure has come a long way. very nice video to help others!
Hey Danny, great video! Been watching your videos for the past couple years and it’s inspired me to get back into racing, albeit through GT7 on controller. The same rules for wet racing definitely apply over there, lets you stay out one extra lap on the slicks.
I just picked up a T300RS and a years subscription to iRacing but I’m having trouble feeling any slip (under or oversteer) through the FFB, no matter what settings I try. Is this just general iRacing behaviour without a DD? Advice has been to increase tyre volume but that seems like a poor workaround. I get great feedback in AC/ACC so it’s a bit disappointing that iRacing is so tricky to get dialed in.
Iracing had pretty poor force feedback unfortunately, compared to ac
great video! great win!
say youre in a endurance race... the first few hours are dry then it rains for a few hours, does the rain eventually wash the rubber away and then the racing line becomes fastest again?
This video is really helpful! But there's something I don't understand, and that is the situations where you choose to put the tires on one side on the grippier part, while the others are in the dry line. On the one hand I get that if you can't put all four wheels on the grippier part then two is better than four, on the other I would say that the grip differential should make you spin (and obviously it doesn't). Maybe for acceleration that is good enough, but trying to brake in those conditions would make you spin?
The heavy braking corners, #1, Corkscew and the last corner, are done by him off the racing line. When turning the outside tires are the most important tires which is why he puts them off the racing line.
@@berserkerx7 and the reason that the outside tires are more important is because a lot of the weight goes onto the outside tires when turning. They will be able to use the extra grip and help you turn.
does anyone know if other racing games use the same type of off-line grip when in the wet? i mostly play f1 but also forza and some other games.
Maybe maaaybe Assetto Corsa Competizione. I googled it today and looked at a couple of reddit posts that had conflicting answers.
@@GurtMan100 so for games that don’t would you just take the similar racing line? i almost never drive in the wet it scares me 😅
@@jimjimsaucein my point of knowledge acc also doesn’t have rain physics except lower grip so yea, normal racing line
Maybe it's a dumb question: Does staying off the racing line also apply on rain tyres? Or only for slicks?
@@bananaZn it applies to both, but the effect is waaaaay more dramatic on slicks! If you HAD to drive on slicks on the rain then the 'wet line' off the racing line is your only option
Do the tips in here work in other racing games such as ACC?
What about hitting the breaks slightly to gain grip for turning? I seemed to have learned something like this the other day in the rain… I tap the breaks to turn almost at the same time seemed to give me better lap times.. Is this a thing or did I just happen to slow the car and maintain control?
Does this work on Gran Turismo too? I don’t have a PC yet so I am trying to hone my skills in on that before I can join iracing!
Yes, and the effect is just as strong, if not maybe stronger. Definitely great for training wet line habits. Maybe not for other driving techniques though
does everything in this vid also work for Assetto Corsa Competizione?
Idk but I can’t see the rain and the diffeeence either heavy rain or light or spotty the track looks exactly the same
Danny i have a question: Why is the racing more slippery, i thought after cars drive on the racing line, it dries off than have more grip ?
It is due to the rubber laid down on the racing line, it is pretty simple really, wet rubber on wet rubber slips, wet rubber on wet tarmac grips
@@bjarulez ohhh that make sense thanks for the explanation
In none of these videos do you explain why being off the racing line has more grip in the rain
Because the racing line's gravel has been used too much that it affects the grain structure or friction. If you were to look at a road that has been constantly used for many years, you can see the difference between a greatly used road and a different road that hasn't been used as much
GTomega's Prime cockpit might be a worthwhile option, but their ART cockpit is not. Speaking from experience, stay away from that and save your hard earned cash just a little longer.
Why?
@@Buhnanah It assembles crooked, even though the individual parts appear straight. The adjustment you can make for the distance between the seat and the pedals isn't strong enough for some decently strong load cell pedals. The instructions are basic, don't cover everything and even have some minor mistakes in them. They also don't list everything that's included. At least for Fanatec wheel bases you need to be careful with the screws or you will mess up your wheel base and possibly void the warranty because GTOmega provides no proper instructions for them.
The seat, while comfortable, has issues with a straight backrest. The right side of your body will be well supported but the left side will not, so you feel like you're sitting in front of your wheel at an angle.
And that's honestly not even all.
Could just be my experience, but it's got so many flaws I'd say look elsewhere.
The bmw just sucks in the rain. Especially if his setup was made for dry.
I hate rain.