Though Simucube Active Pedals is beyond average person’s reach, I find this is where their pedals are absolute game changers and a must for me when it comes to braking. They have this amazing g-force feature I use and solely depend on now that I pass over sims that don’t support it. You have incredible connection to where the car is at on braking each and every time. I find that I don’t even need damping and judge how far I’m into the car’s braking based on how much g load is pressed against the pedals. This feature beside ABS if not more so Simucube should advertise for these pedals because its that good.

Thank you Nils! You eloquently formualate how I've been feeling about LMU. I commented on the tire noise issue in one of your first LMU videos and I have done so on the LMU discord, too. I got all sorts of backlash, because it's not "realistic". Now I've been sim racing for 35 years. The "realistic" and "not realistic" debate doesn't age well. Because it never is. With every new sim you get the fanboys raging about how it's the only realistic sim out there. And every "it's the most realistic" fanboy looks pretty silly when you look back with a bit of perspective. I call BS. It's a sim. If you want realistic, go drive a car. And, not knowing what your car is doing is not really realistic either is it, cos in a real car you do know what it's doing. I love the racing in LMU and I've enjoyed a lot of the driving. When you're in a flow some of the car/track combos feel absolutely fantastic and the racing is great. But the more time I spend the more the shortcomings like lack of tire sound and other means of communicating what the car is doing rise to the surface. I simply miss them. It takes away from the immersion for me. Something is lacking. Something just feels a little off. So yes, it may have the best FFB and it may be the most realistic. But I'm having less fun then with other titles, which also claim realism. Or communicate the realism in a different way. The good thing is that we are spoilt for choice. If LMU want to go the hyper realistic "you're not getting any feedback, be it sound or other cos that's not realistic" route, then good luck, I've enjoyed my time, now I'm off again, cya. If they choose to add tire sounds and/or other feedback, I'll happily come back. For now I simply enjoy AC/ACC/AMS2/rF2 more - but I'll happily keep reading LMU patch notes to see if some day they decide to at least gove us a choice. I mean, if you hate tire sounds, just turn them off ... but now I'm starting a whole new debate .. I know ... I've been around this niche long enough :P So now the realism brigade who weren't even born yet when I was already racing cars can join in and call me an arcade player. Scrolling down the comments I see that some of them have already arrived ... bless them ... :P

Thanks! You have illustrated exactly the feelings I have on rF2. Now I can link this video instead of repeating the same things over and over again! 😂

I love hearing Eduardo Freitas before the race start, it’s so cool. Can’t wait for more to come in this amazing sim

I see both sides. If we want it to be an over-the-top "realistic" sim then it should be as real as possible with the info it supplies you. But that should also mean, no radar, no tire widget, no spotter, no return to garage shortcut, no making setup changes on a server after a session has started or at least put a realistic time delay simulating the crew changing settings. Nobody really wants that because at the end of the day we play these to have fun and it's a game on a computer, it's not real. I personally think we need more info from the FFB and audio than real life so we can understand what is happening. After all, i don't recall the last time a driver crashed his car IRL because a dog jumped in his lap while driving.

I really got a lot out of this video. Couldn't understand why the cars felt clumsy and frustrating to drive, but this explains it. I really love WEC and Porsche so I definitely want to drive the Porsches in this game, but Nils is right, only the Ferrari LMPh car gives you enough feedback to the driver and it's the ONLY car in the game to drive until Studio 397 adds some complexity to the tire modeling for better feedback to the driver than it has now. My other wish is an improvement to AI because you can't drive close to them without them colliding with you.

Its amazing the quality and detail of the feedback you get from unpaid beta testers of this game. I hope it converts to quality force feedback developed in the game.

Hi Nils, interesting to hear your thoughts on the vague FFB in very low speed turns. Apparently in most hypercars this is a product of their front suspension geometry where you have a sort of caster gain, which adds more turn in forces. Now here I am guessing but I think the suspension is also built to be quite anti-dive because they only have one adjustable aero part, so thats why perhaps the car rotates less on braking? But overall i quite agree with your analysis

Thanks for the video, as always very useful! The latest modification in tyres for Hypercars has made the dropoff after peak, especially on the rear axle, really abrupt. You have to adjust the acceleration inputs. Tracktion on some cars, like the Ferrari, less the BMW, hass gotten tricky. In tracks like Le Mans partly based on chicanes and traction, it's harder to go on power as early. Also the Hypercars have lost a bunch of sec per lap in some tracks, like Le Mans. Also the air density and effectiveness of the front diffuser have increased, you need to adapt the setups otherwise they're oversteery at high speed. There are some kph lost on straights too. They also need to adjust the BoP as different cars responded differently to the changes.

When I tested it yesterday I came to exactly the same conclusion with the GTEs: Compared to before the patch, the window of grip on the rear is a lot wider and you can push way harder than it used to allow you before spinning out. And if you go too far, now it abruptly robs you of all control and spits you out. This will take a bit of getting used to certainly.

I really appreciate this review. Love the comparisons to iRacing and ACC. Your approach of, these games are just different and here's how they differ so this is what you can expect, is so refreshing and informative. Thank you, Nils!

The tip about using specific monitor (brand) drivers was something I had missed.

When you do more than 200 laps in LMU, you will see how you don't need to increase the sound of tires to feel the grip, the car and if you are oversteering or not, but if they put the tire volume as an option like in rF2 everyone happy, IMHO increasing the volume of the tires is not real and is not necessary in LMU/rF2 or AMS2. Also, although you know it, if you want more rotation with the brake at the entry and mid-corner you can adjust the brake distribution further back and/or the differential settings, among other things. The base setup is very stable for all drivers. Thank you for your review, I hope you dedicate more hours in LMU and later do another one with more experience in the sim.

Thank you Nills, really great, informative material.

As someone that got the game today this is an awesome breakdown video. I have hundreds of hours in GT7 and I've recently had my hands on ACC and iRacing as well. I've been enjoying this one today and I'm glad I found this vid so I could get a better understanding of it. So just to make sure I have it right, in this you can be sort of aggressive with the breaks but careful with the rotation right? I have abs off along with everything else so I want to build up good habits. Thanks!

Sehr gute Analyse. Das Problem mit der Bremse und fehlendem Reifensound ist genau das, was das fahren in LMU sehr unintuitiv macht. Wobei - Bremse war im letzten Patch schon besser, jetzt wieder toter Fisch Und Reifensound war auch mal mehr da - glaub ich. Dafür gibts jetzt keine Softs mehr, fahr mal bei unter 25°, dann wirds erst richtig lustig :D Dein Video steh auf nicht gelistet, btw.

Hi Nils! How are you? How does de vrs feel on LMU? I would also like to know if the vrs makes loud sounds when running on a kerb (i saw a clip when the game was released and the noise was crazy). Trying to make a decision between vrs or fanatec club sport dd+. Thanks in advnace :)

Interesting video. I gave up on ACC after the last physics update as I thought the feeling and handling was really strange. I tried the Porsche GT3 and tried paid setups from 2 different sources and felt the car when sliding at the rear felt very strange. It nearly felt as if it had rear wheel steering in that the back rotated so much. I have always liked the feel of rF2 and I suppose that's why I like LMU. I felt iRacing was somewhere in the middle. All the previous is from the perspective of a slow sim racer who just wants a sim to feel as realistic as possible but has never driven a proper race car 😂

What do you think - should sims step away from sticking to irl feedback no matter what, or should we get additional sensations cause we're stripped of g-forces?

Just for referencethe Wec Le Mans Qualy highlight. There are similarities with how snappy the loss of grip has become. Even Kobaiashi is tricked by a curb: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aqiUfreh2t2nnas.html

Is this game still early access??

good stuff! not everyone likes an honest analysis lol . too bad :D

Best sim currently on the market!

When i told them the feel isnt direct enough..they come up with so much bullshit.. That any conversation remains obsolete!

Hi Nils, why do you want tyre sound of the tyres when irl it doesnt exist? Did you find the sound option?

Even after the update the performance of the game and the game crashes are still terrible.

what you want is arcade not me.

Thanks. I shall avoid this title now

I want it to be realistic cause race drivers can't hear the tires.

I stopped months ago because of some strange behavior with locking the tires. I drove LMP. I even tried capping my max brake at 50%. But those little lock ups of the inner wheel had huge consequences. That tire was always 15-20C warmer than other tires. And after 10 minutes / 5 laps, my FFB was shaking like I was driving with a blown tire. But I could do the same laptimes!!! It was just so unpleasant/tiring holding the wheel. I asked around, and they said I should run Interpolation at 6-10 on my Fanatec DD 8nm. That is insane. I stopped, because I don't have time to fool around. I'm rather doing races in iRacing. And after watching this report, I'll stay away. They won't fix the game, because I think their core physics and graphics engine are just wrong. The game feel like Patch upon a patch upon a patch. And always crashing for different reasons. And when crash happens, the Wheel goes in one direction and spin indefinitely. This is a safety issue. I had hopes because I want to see more competition. But my hopes died with this patch.

Because they took the tires from iceracing now, they were forced to do extremely understeery setups to avoid online chaos with cold tires.. So now you see, some cars doesn't react to inputs mid corner. Worst tires update since the beginning of rf2 in 2013, hands down.

I never wanted to have this person/video in my recommendations. Go back to talking about the FFB and sensations on ACC and we'll see you in a few years' time., well finally no, please stay where you are and don't come, because coming from someone who does nothing but criticise in order to exist, without making any real argument or even speaking from knowledge, I don't feel like it.