I love how most of the people submitting clips are actually the ones at fault.

It's when you're the victim of the typical R4M (Ramming 4 Money) move and get sent to the Shadow Realm.

You need to do more of these... for two reasons: 1. They're funny af. 2. SIM racers often have the opinion that because they're either a. faster or b. a few inches along side the car in front, that somehow that car needs to move or make allowances for them... I'm not sure if the in-built spotter in iRacing contributes to this or not because it will say as soon as a car is a touch alongside, but in any event people think that just because they manage to get alongside in the braking and turn in zone, that somehow the corner is now theirs, which it obviously isn't. People equally moan about dive bombs, but I also think these are ok (if you don't crash)... but in any event, more of these types of incidents with your expert, real world view would be cool to watch and maybe even help educate some SIM racers!

The track you're not recognizing is Okayama. Pretty fun driving the Mazdas there!

"There's a car on the inside!" *Turns inside* iRacing is pretty good about telling you if someone is beside you so a lot of these could have easily been avoided. And if they're using Crew Chief, even easier.

You really need to make this a regular series. There's so much for people to learn from videos like this and you explain it really good.

Hope you get a tons of views because there's a lot of people that need to learn this! You can always make an honest mistake, but it's so rare for people to admit it that having more and more references and analysis is much needed

I think a lot of mistakes in overtaking happens, because of wanting to overtake too soon. But I also think that is maybe the part of racecraft which is one of the more difficult things to learn. Recognizing opportunities and building up to a proper and solid overtake. But even if you are very skilled, you can screw it up sometimes. Look no further than F1 drivers for example.

Laughing is fine. I have come back to iracing after several year and it blows my mind how many people take themselves and others out. Qualifying is almost irrelevant, if you aren't happy where you started just wait for the first few corners!!

More iRacing drivers need to watch this, some have no idea of actual irl racecraft and that it directly translates into sim-racing

I have returned to sim racing after many years and because of you I have saved a lot of time to get back in better shape. Thanks a lot and keep it coming 👌👏

You should see T1 monza on public Ac servers

That last one looked like the 5 car may have hit the wall causing him to come down into the 19

19 and 5 collision got me rolling laughing

This helped me a lot, to all the cars you called out for being in the wrong I hope it helps them also. when a highly skilled and much faster driver gets behind you they make it look so easy as they pass and leave you behind. I watch those replays often. the way they can wait and set up a pass 4 or 5 turns ahead is like watching a chess master thinking 10 moves ahead. thanks for these videos.

7:38 is the most crucial concept of this video

More of these, please! Im learning a lot about car placement. Also, that last crash also made me laugh so dont worry.

I’ll start by saying that I agree with what you’ve said. Race craft really is an art. With the clip of the Repsol mx5, both cars were sidebyside, Repsol got in front and on the outside, turned in and made contact and was at fault. Repsol had to make the assumption that the other car was STILL there. With the AMG’s at CotA, they were only just sidebyside, the car in front and on the outside turned in and made contact but was not at fault. (Despite the fact that the KrakenAMG was never going to stay on track, even if he ghosted) There’s two pretty similar situations that are very hard to govern with a solid set of rules. I would hate to be a steward and can see how there would be a lot of “racing incidents” where both sides weren’t really at fault but also could’ve done more to avoid the issue.

It's great to see these analyzed with seasoned eyes. It's so easy to get huffed up about racing incidents and not properly detect fault due to bias or emotion.

Great video, I really appreciate the explanation of what occurred in some of these incidents! Tip for future videos: When viewing a replay in iRacing, you can press Ctrl+F12 to adjust your viewing axes. You can make adjustments using the menu or the WASD keys on the keyboard. This allows you to rotate the camera and see a side or top view of the cars.

Hi, thanks for this really good video. I'd like to add something here, as an iRacing regular driver who trained some beginners to race Endurances. If you don't want to be involved in crashes, it's not enough to make sure you don't cause a crash. In the end it doesn't matter if it was your fault or not. In real life racing, or in top pro simracing, you expect good racing around you and the intense pressure justifies to go for it a 100%. But if you are just a regular driver, trying to score some decent points or earn iRating, you have to finish your races and that means actively avoid risky situations. In iRacing you have a big virtual mirror. I always suggest to beginners in case they see any move from the car behind in the braking zone to leave a space on the inside. Most of the time you'll keep the position anyway. Sometimes, you'll lose it. But you'll avoid 90% of those crashes presented in this video. And of course, when you are the car behind, as you said, don't make something that require that your opponent should actually be good, to avoid the crash. If the car in front was that good, probably you wouldn't be able to overtake him (at least at a low iR level). This is my personal opinion and advice. Thank you !

This is a very useful information, I'm an amateur racing sim driver but I'm learning from your videos. Thank you!

More of these please! I feel like I understand the rules around this but really would like to see your opinion in different scenarios. Plus it just plain entertaining!

I was expecting a minor mistake at the end but no the 5 car straight up yeeted himself into the other 😂

6:33 common problem in iracing, ppl want to dart up the inside instead of learning to stay behind, draft, get some speed and focus on the exit. He could of easily safely passed on the back straight but was too eager and ruined two peoples races. Unfortunately see this a lot!

Great to hear you point of view on incidents. Subscribed

Please make more of these videos! Absolutely brilliant. So many times I'm left wondering whether I was to blame for an incident and what I could have done differently, it's great to get an unbiased and professional viewpoint on what's the proper way to race. As a follow up question; Is there any definitive book/resource on racecraft?

Good video Scott, more of these please! The track with the MX5 cup action is Okyama Grand Prix in Japan

Entertaining and insightful video,we want more of these! 😁

We need more of your sim racing videos Scott!

Always excited to see your videos!

Love it ! We need more ! 😁

This reminds me of Broughy's steward room series, which is why I clicked on the video in the first place. Looking forward to more of this

More of these please, really interesting!

Great videos man. I try to take your tips into consideration when I race.

This was pretty good, i have been looking dor a video like this. Thanks

Wow you’re smart. I can definitely agree with all your decisions. Subscribed! Do more please

Hi, I'm an experienced sim racer (800+ starts) and also done some stewarding for a private league. It may be a bit different equiette/rule wise in real life racing but I disagree on the one @6:44 (Mazdas at Okayama T1). The outside driver should really know that the inside car has a decent chance of having some overlap at the apex, (had an overlap the entire straight) and for self-preservation reasons if nothing else, the outside driver should leave a car width on the inside in case this happens and 9/10 times he would get a better run on the exit anyway and stay ahead. In my opinion he is lucky to not be taken out and the inside car is allowed to make an attempt to overtake (but not claim the corner as their own - I hate when people say that).

You're spot on with your take on all the road racing incidents in this video. As someone who understands the differences in road racing and oval racing mentalities, let me note a few of the differences between the two when it comes to overtaking and fault in an accident. In road racing you need to be 1/2 way to 3/4ths alongside to consider the racing line yours for the corner. On an oval, if you've got a fender inside, it's your corner. You aren't required to back down, and if the opponent turns into you trying to throw a block and wrecks themselves out doing so that's their problem not yours. The drivers have spotters. There's no excuse to not know a competitor is to your inside. That being said, you do NOT have the right to dive bomb a competitor from 6 car lengths back at the last second into turn 3 at Martinsville Speedway and then blame the other guy because you didn't make it out of turn 4 in one piece. Oval racing is a contact sport. Casual contact is GOING to happen. Suck it up, move on and don't make it a demolition derby because you got a bump and got shoved up a groove. That's called the 'bump n' run" and that name exists for a reason. It's a legit tactic on short tracks and is NOT a reason to retaliate by turning your car into a wrecking ball...The only response for a bump n' run is to pay back in kind with another bump n' run if you catch that competitor again. NOT to escalate the issue and wreck them or both of you out of the race because you can't temper your emotion in a simulator.

Very nice video! Looking forward to many more.

Need more of this!

Like some other people are saying, I really would like you to do more of these as well. Not only are they funny at times, but they can also teach you a thing or two. It's hard not to laugh at some of these shunts so, no guilty feeling ;)

brilliant stuff as usual! :)

I really enjoyed this video. More please 👍

Our everyday life in Simracing... :D Greets from germany :)

I love this channel 😂

This was an awesome video!

More of this please! Lol best part of Iracing

super fun and even funny with you laughing at the incidents !

I agree with what you said about the rule of thumb being that you should be at least 3 quarters of the way next to someone but the Mercedes clip before that, it didn’t seem like the white car was close enough to go for that move so the blue car didn’t expect him and that’s why they crashed

@driver61 one thing is completely left out. by getting close, the drivers get informed that there is a car coming in like "car on the left" or "car on the inside", but that doesnt mean that you have to expect to be noticed and take care of not making contact while having a foot in the door. it's a risk/reward thing and to play it save the 3/4 side by side is a good call because going all in every time will raise the incident counter way quicker than taking your time and playing smart instead of holding on to the crowbar.

Love your videos!

Subbed, good to have you part of the sim racing side, now if i could only get into real life racing, we would be equally matched lol

The good thing about simracing shunts is that eventually you can just laugh about it as no one got hurt.

this was great because it was funny and informative! thank you for your information as always

Subscribed you deserve it❤️

I need to see more of this is this.

hey Scott i really like your videos. Can you make some videos on how you setup your cars? Tire pressure, Camber, Toe and so on? I think it would be really helpful

The first incident is a typical example of why you can't race quite as close online as you can in real life. For one, there's the inherent limitations of the experience in terms of what you can see/be aware of, as you touched upon. But, secondly, and this is very important, competitors don't share the same reality. Due to the client/server nature of the setup and the individual delays in moving information between participants, each racer experiences his own version of reality, which is ever so slightly different to what the next guy experiences or, even, what you might see in a server replay. Thus, a very slight "lean", which, in real life, would result in nothing but a scuff mark and, maybe, a tweaked rear view mirror, turns into "an incident" online. I know it's a killjoy, but one really has to be disciplined online and simply leave a margin. Many are incapable of this and that was a major reason for me to give up on it(*). (*): the other was, with age, I was no longer able to perform at the level I felt I should be capable of.

Great video!

I have very good looking me from my last iracing race. Guy was convinced it wasn't his fault but after watching these I'm convinced it was. Can be fun but the wrecks are frustrating.

You could analyse the iracing crash-compilations from Busch. That would be a life-task 😅

ill just add that even if the 1st car does not see the overtaking car, there is a crew chief that will tell you "right side-left side" if there is someone (in iracing)

This is a great video.

I think a lot of sim racers need to try this irl to learn the lesson many of us did: the safety of passing is 99% the responsibility of the one making the pass.

Brilliant, love these. Although as others have stated I disagree with the second example; the blue and orange car only had his nose in and should have backed out. I think a lot of incidence happen because people have differing opinions on what constitutes 'alongside'. I've heard some people say front wheel to rear wheel, or halfway. Personally I don't see how you can claim to challenge the corner unless you are equally, front wheel to front wheel, alongside. Scott, can you comment on why their isn't a common agreement on this point? Do more!

I'm glad I give room if we are going into an apex side by side.that's just how you race. Just have to get that sweet exit.

"You can't just cut down to the apex when you know the car is beside you..."....that is...unless you're Max Verstappen

More of these!

EDIT: tldr version:"Sneak through the window" scene from "Cars 3" movie. rule of thumb for newbies in racing: be the same as if you were riding a motorcycle. defencive driving i think its called? act like they don't even see you. assume everyone is trying to murder you. make the pass only when the car that your passing has NO CHOICE but to let you pass, because there is nothing they can do about it. you can dogfight when yall get better

For the last incident, I think that the 5 car checks up and touches the wall, which is what launches him down off the banking and into the 19... unfortunate, but that happens in oval racing.

Please guys, let's talk about overtaking, a strong overtake is 99 percent done **BEFORE** the apex of the corner I have 2 questions, if it were last lap, final corner, is it worth taking both yourselves out of the race ? ***if it were lap 18 of 44 is it worth taking both yourselves out of the race ? Obvious answer or at least it should be. A strong overtake is not a tap on the ass and taking both cars out... Pace, when you have the pace you have pace to overtake or pace to lead the race, stay in the lead and pull away. When you have the pace to overtake, slipstream, pull alongside before the apex of the corner then move on to take the lead of the race or whatever the case may be. @1.59 @5.47 @7.08 owns the corner, not because of being on the inside or not but because he has the lead clearly by the length of his car if the rule of thumb is three quarters alongside then please add **before the apex three quarters MINIMUM** if you're not 75 percent alongside before apex then it's not a clean overtake, back out or at least no contact then live to fight another couple laps until its a clean move. We know it's a clean move when you're up by at least a second in a couple laps, this is pace. Sometimes two drivers are better at parts of a circuit than the other so you have constant overtaking until one loses concentration and makes a small error. 04jul2022.dellthecomputer

My like for the video is thanks to the talladega nights livery at the end

Hi bud. Really appreciate the work you put into the educational videos. Im in GRT (GRT Esports on KZfaq) and there are many of us at many different levels of skill in GT Sport. A link to your videos has its own spot in our discord so we can all visit and study. The information you have provided is invaluable to us. Again, thank you so much!

Your calm, clear explanations make it hard for me to disagree with you on any of these 'racing moments.'

my issue with the green MX-5 was that he didn't seem sure about what he was going to do. He seemed to hesitate going into the braking zone, and didn't commit to the pass, but didn't back out and tuck back in line.

That Corvette one if you look at the second to last angle shown, it looks like net lag that spun the corvette. If there wasn’t it would’ve been Scott free.

3/4 of the way up the side of the car for the corner to be yours only applies in road racing. In Nascar, it’s your corner if you have a nose inside anywhere of the car in front of you. If that car turns down it’s his problem.

6:45 bit unfortunate, this one. I feel like he was far enough to be given space, but he was in the RB Mazda's blind spot up until the apex.

The Repsol car @2.01... I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. Every series is going to have different rules, but in V8 supercars here in AUS, you need to be up to the A-pillar to be in the clear of something like that. Car behind should have backed out. He wasn't even close

Waltkins glen chase eliott vs, martin truex. NASCAR 2019 Banging doors but no crash. Pure talent.

The 19 car is probably a comedian.

In that last clip, those trioval front straights are in all fairness pretty difficult to get the hang of. That looked to me to be a classic example of too much throttle coming off the banking. Also his line being a little bit outside the groove driving where there's bound to be less built up rubber and more natural debris probably didn't help his case either. We would all be annoyed

It's simple, if your front bumper is behind the other car's B pillar you have to back off. If you are past the B pillar you have the right of way.

you should really try ACC in case you haven't done so yet. here's a quick beginners guide for your first races. don't bother with setting a qualifying time, the pole setters are way faster anyway. when the track goes green, wait 20 seconds and let the grid start the race ahead of you, pass 10-15 wrecked cars in the first turn (must be a game feature, idk, happens every time) and commence your lovely drive. congrats, easy P5.

Good video enjoyed

Final clip. Looks like the 5 car either tapped the wall very slightly or just got loose.

8:09 that wheeze tho

3 Quartes alongside... Daniel Ricciardo has entered the chat from 500 Meters behind

I'd chalk the ford and Corvette incident as netcode. There was still space visibly but apparently game thought otherwise.

Regarding the corvett vs ford incident. The ford driver was not at fault, it was the corvetts back end stepping out that caused the collision

I hope your videos will help me to overtake better and get a better understanding of what the AI in rF2/PC2 is doing wrong or right

Hi Scott, your videos are fantastic, thank you! Please make one for multiclass racing. How to behave being fast or slow car, being of another class, blue flags, etc. that would be perfect because the sim racing community is very poor and lacking in this kind of racing and everyone ends up being selfish and not understanding how it should be.

After review I really think the orange truck made a bit of a last second weckless approach in the chicane by late breaking and knew he would not have the space needed for him and the #5 truck. In my opinion that wasn’t a fair play and I certainly would take my revenge on him later on or in another race

1. That was the fault of the white car, all in all it seemed like a racing incident. He just tried a bit too much to close the black car out. 2. At first I was gonna disagree and say this was the fault of the teal/orange car. But Repsol took a really shallow entry, which you can't do while the spotter is telling you there's a car beside you. 3. Definitely the Ford, although it might've just been netcode lol 4. The slide was definitely the fault of the white truck. Entering the bus stop though, I can't fault either driver, racing incident. Orange truck lunges in, but the black truck turns in early knowing he was there. Probably was just frustrated for losing positions. 5. White car should've taken some curb, or if nothing else realized he didn't quite have position and breathed the throttle to fall in behind the other car. 6. Green car should have backed off. As a racer, you want to take any gap you see, and it wasn't a horrible move, but without establishing position it's not your corner. 7. Lol. Just lol.

Alot of those incidents are probably because of the virtual mirror. If you are on single monitor the virtual mirror can be deceptive in making you think you're clear when you're not.

I am racing at SRS mod in Assetto corsa and it is awesome clean racing. You can report dirty drivers and the will be baned. It helps a lot :D

Nice video. People might even learn someting they should totally research on their own. Hundreds of written resources where you can check how to overtake they are perfectly clear about it too. If you are being honest with yourself you suld be able to judge...yeah i wasn't quite there yet i shouldn't have tried to pass him/her. Still, great video.

Oof when the monster car comes chopping down on the 19 gotta love circle track. They should immediately dq people like that. Rubbing is racing but chopping all the way down the field like that is only to seriously hurt someone.

4:30 while black car should have braked and tucked in behind him, orange car seemed to be flying through the corner with no intention of actually being able to make the turn.