What do you think the most common mistakes are for Rookies in iRacing and Sim Racing? Let's try to be civil about it :)

Also, make sure you don't run over any cones.

Good tips! Another very common rookie mistake: over-defending against much faster opponents early in the race. If both drivers are experienced, they might have a race long battle (albeit while loosing a lot of time). However, if one or both drivers are inexperienced, the end result is either that the faster driver makes the pass or a wreck. You need to learn to pick your fights, knowing when to defend and when it’s better to simply yield, to avoid unnecessary risks and loss of time.

No cones were harmed in the making of this video

I wouldn’t consider myself a beginner when I joined iracing but something I learned really quickly from my time in rookies is don’t try to overtake a person who is aggressively defending. They are most likely going to be as aggressive in every aspect and chances are they will take you out of the race. Bank the position you have or wait for a following driver to pass you and try to pass the aggressive defender and wait for mistakes. This not only saves your safety rating but also disappointment/anger as many times you report a driver for this and nothing is done,”racing incident” by stewards all while you had your race ended and SR ruined.

Another good point to make about being passed is to recognise when the driver passing you is faster, and that they may be able to drag you up to the next cars if you just follow them, stay in their slipstream, and drive cleanly. I had that happen to me in the GT3 Challenge last week at Road Atlanta. A car passed me mid-way though the race. They didn’t qualify to started at the back, but were obviously fast enough to catch me, so I let them have the spot. Five laps later I was on that car’s tail when it passed another car and they made contact and spun, so I ended up gaining two spots! Easy fourth place for me.

06:30 well you heard him folks, "once a driver is up inside you...just gotta let it happen" That's some dark advice and a tip you shouldn't take if you're in jail. Just on the track.

I would love an in depth video about perfecting the pit stop, or maybe a tips and tricks in the pits video. It's something I struggle with honestly, that alone cost me many positions. I can keep up with many fast players, but as soon as it is time to pit I'll lose a position or at least a couple seconds to whoever I'm racing with. RIP

Just started last night.... I have YEARS of bad habits from arcade racing to get rid of an learn the proper way all over again. It's a challenge, and frustrating, but damn it's pretty fun

These videos are helping me I’m starting to pick up on those mystery two second that have eluded me for so long I’ve got it down to 1.5 secs now just gotta learn and practice

key to not over driving the car is to limit input smooth is fast some of my best laps felt slow as hell. learn to set up the car for the corner brake in s straight line and roll into the corner then accelerate out. also dont try and defend in rookies if you dont know how to do it. your not only going to make yourself slower but your likely going to cause a wreck and potential find yourself on a nice vacation from the subscription. learn the car the series and the track before you even think about competitive racing. IR should be a consistent 1500 + before you even consider it. anything lower then that just focus on running clean and getting decent finishes. as soon as your confident and in a decent split with other competent driver then you can get to racing. too many guys view rookies wrong and want to win it all end up wrecking every race destroy IR and SR and never get passed D class. for me i was A with 2k IR before i started actually racing.

Great stuff man!👍🏾

Thanks always great information

Great video as always, would love to get your opinion on setting up sim equipment to help get the most realistic feeling out of the steering wheel/ pedals, for example, how many newton meters of torque you feel is realistic to the cars you have driven in real life, just an idea for a future video. Thanks for helping make everyone a better driver!

Thanks for the video

Nothing irritates me more than when I catch someone by like 1 second per lap and then the guy just defends or blocks everything. Like all you’re doing is slowing down both of us, just let the guy by if he catches you by so much per lap unless there’s like 2 or 3 laps from the end

2 more from me: 1. Being in the wrong gear. Newbies often feel like they need to be in the highest revs when exiting, when actually, you can cost yourself speed/time with a gear change (especially with the rookie cars with small power) you need to carry as much speed through the apex and out of the exit as possible. 2. Only using steering to turn the car - this was a game changer for me. Understand where the grip limit is and start to use controlled amount of brake and throttle rotate/slide the car whilst keeping it stable. This way you can get the car turned in with less braking and get on the throttle early. You can also use small amounts of lift off oversteer to the same effect

Over driving corners in road and oval. Diving in at a high speed thinking the car will stick or not push. I see this all the way up to A class

So glad I found this video.. Just got 3 month sub and going to jump on now..all looks overwhelming and I'm not sure where to start? Does anyone have any tips like where to go first.. Thanks.

5:42 Hello Mr Cone!

Great tip knowing when to give up the position.. especially if someone is up your inside, depending on the corner you can usually like Scott says retake the racing line, leaving your rival on a compromised line.

1:38 decided to take the cone with ya huh? Lol.

DONT DEFEND UR POSITION if someone is behind u it meas it is faster than u so let them pass. When u r good and drive for money and u r good u can start defending

Thaks

Just focusing on reducing steering angle took 4 seconds off my spa time

you didnt comment once about your car bringing along the orange cone underneath. helping on the brake?

Another problem is other drivers who brake too late. You learnt to brake earlier to get the car smooth through the apex, but the other driver behind you does not, and crashes into you from behind. If this happens a few times, you get disqualified.

I have a question are the braking points on the iracing race line optimal?

Another thing that needs to be pointed out(and should be obvious to anyone who has any business on a race track) is that when someone has come alongside you, that means you hold your current line. Too often do I see idiots continuing the normal racing line, going for apexes when they have someone driving beside them, and knocking them both out of the race because they don't grasp the concept of overtaking. If someone is beside you, and is clearly faster, and you're coming up on a corner, you need to back the fuck off and let them through. Do unto others is a crucial rule in racecraft. If you don't respect those overtaking you, and give them the proper amount of room, then don't expect anyone to give you any. In fact, play another game.

Isn't it better to go off throttle a second before braking for longitudinal weight-transfer to the front? In iRacing it seems mandatory like in other titles and if you go on the brakes just after throttle-release the braking-performance is horrible in many cars. How is it in real racecars?

What does he mean here @1:28? We need to add deadzone to our break pedal? Having difficulties understanding this part.

Can someone please do a video on how to not lose the back end of the mazda in areas where you have to brake mid corner, like VIR or LimeRock

Damn I love ur videos sober but now that I’m high I get the images of these videos being like a PSA of learn how to fucking drive on iracing from the more experienced racers😂😂

About defending, a lot of times I’ll be defending by holding the inside line and sweeping through corners to block off attack and the person behind me will spin. Is this my problem or are they being too aggressive? Also sometimes when I’m behind people attacking them I won’t make contact but they’ll go wide on a turn or spin By sometimes I mean a noticeable amount of times

How do I gauge threshold breaking on the MX-5, which I believe has ABS? I don't feel it in the FFB in my wheel.

Idk of this is just a me thing, but im breaking too early, im finding myself playing it too safe and having a hard time finding the limit of the car. I would consider myself "safe" as a new iRacer, but its a drag being the slowest guy on the track. Also wider turns that demand a downshift mid turn, my rear end breaks out on me, ive tried coasting in 4th skipping the down shift also getting my shift out early berore the apex, enter the turn balanced, but thats costing me so much time. Driving fast is SO MUCH HARDER then I thought it was going to be. Im terrible at it. Takes every bit of tenacity I can muster not to give up. My competitive spirit wears thin.

meng i need to fix my traction and so does lemanek, help needed urgently!!!!

Those pesky cones under your front axle will Really mess up your breaking! lol driver 61 did you leave that in just for the lulz?

When you try brake earlier, you get hit at the back. This is currently my biggest struggle. Any advice?

I don't wanna get into it, but I use a controller, and I have a real problem with braking. I always either brake past the apex or slam the brakes too hard and have to gas it again before the apex. I need help on controller with braking and turning, but it's not a thing everyone does, so I don't know who to ask for tips. If you know any tips, that'd be awesome.

It appears the fundamental mistake I am making is thinking I am going to practice my way into having more talent

I don't think those mistakes can be attributed to just rookies. The vast majority of drivers in any sim, are people with a monicome of knowledge in regard to proper breaking techniques and other skills that separate the pros from those of us who are just looking to have a bit of fun.

there's a cone under your car :D

Is this video specifically for iRacing, or for sim racing games in general?

Braking too early is better than breaking too late.

The demoralizing effect that these have is when you are doing all of the things right, none of these are news to me.. and i've even had private lessons in simracing and i'm still 1.2secs behind the top. I don't get it, how people can brake so late and still make the turn. I'm close to 10 000 hour mark.. My racing craft is excellent, if i say so myself but statistics also agree. I am wicked quick at corner exits and i have good apex speed, my car is more balanced than the competition when it matters, i don't hop the curbs, don't push understeer and have fairly over steering setup preference. And i'm still 1.2 secs behind.

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What is the telemetry app you're using ?

Today on "Turning a 2 minute video into 7"

did anyone see the cone under his car

Ive been having a hard time.

Defend too aggressively? tell that to Max :P

So you are telling me there are people who drive racing cars with only 1 foot?

Sim racing like music, You need to stay in sync with the rythem of the road, lol, Nor hitting brakes like hitting piano key soft touch soft sound, Hard hit an hard sound, Same as brake its true the brakes got that sweet spot, Its like riding a bike lol, Im one of those sim racers who like people faster than me in a race, I can learn the track from the fastest person, It no shame next manz faster than you, Thats the buzz of it, Trying to beat the best, But its good to learn to drive with the best before, You change you name an kick ass, lol, What gets me is people who cant drive but still jump in thinking they fast, Just glad my SA is 83 on ACC so i can join lobbies that actually want to be good at sim racing an not some need for speed nut..... But yeah learn how to brake an pull off first before jumping into races...... Its a pretty simple concept that can be complicated, No 2 corners are the same in a tight bunch of cars during a race, If you think about it can sim racing be a form of brain exercise?? Driver 61 explains far better than i ever could, Lucky dude racing the amount of cars he have thats for sure, lol......

Oh if only we could get the last two points out to every iRacing driver defending like morons when they are over a second slower per lap

"under sterering"

WRONG!! IF YOU ARE ROOKIE DONT DEFEND.

turn 'to' agressively.. ur briiiiiii iiish

how to be real sim gamer, buy a game and all of its dlcs for 3000$ :D

Under....sterering? 😂

Bah.. stop telling them stuff.. 😂😂

Just be dirty

One good iracing tip is to trick an opponent into saying the n-word on voice chat and get him banned.