I second this, we are sending this to the Local Team of Racists, who after approval, will send it off the the Extreme Racists, who will give this the final Ultra Racist Approval.
Fighting games are kinda the same way. Ability is how good and consistent your execution is when performing combos or techs. Knowledge is knowing frame data, matchups, optimal strategies, etcetera, to gain any advantage you can. Confidence is getting into your opponent’s head. Being confident that your option will beat the opponents and committing to it. Cool video.
I remember sucking at racing games and then not playing them for a while. But recently, I played Roblox Rally Racing and Project Trackday, I now know to drive with more confidence, ability, and knowledge.
I feel like the points that you made in the video can all be generalized with just "experience". The more you play a certain game, the more your ability will improve, the more knowledge you will have about the game and naturally, the more confident you will be. But anyways, great video. I especially like the point at 19:48. I wish more people understood this especially in endurance racing. Its so common that we have a phrase: "You don't win an endurance race on lap 1"
Experience can be used to generalize it, but I feel that you can still play games for years and not get better still. I do agree it works for describing it, but I think subdividing it more gives a better idea as to what they should aim to improve.
I see a lot of mess ups especially when playing The Crew Motorfest. I actively apply pressure behind people, not ramming them, but enough for them to know I'm there and they get nervous around the corners or more worried about blocking me than the corner that's coming up. But the 'Losing seconds is better than crashing' statement is a real one.
Man this video really opened my eyes. All this time the two things i’ve been relying on to drive well in racing games is just pure instinct and knowledge. Guess i got more to learn lol
while i feel like this might fall under the characteristic of confidence, learning how to drive under pressure is honestly a must for me now i dont know about other people but i cave into pressure from others INCREDIBLY quickly, driving with someone that can keep up behind me / is constantly pressuring an overtake feels like the end of the world for me to an extent, and therefore i recommend Ondrej Svadlena's Beware, it's an incredibly well done game that revolves around you driving a 70s skoda through grimey and bleak eastern european landscapes all the while being chased by cars that outspeed you, such as ladas and dacias (and even tatras i think, even though none of those cars are fast by default, they are seemingly infinitely faster than your car, atleast enough to bully it around) your tiny skoda is essentially weaponised against you, having close to no traction, incredibly obnoxious brakes that lock up immediately, and more oversteer than an MR layout italian supercar also the game looks, feels and sounds really good and if you like a more horror-oriented driving game, i REALLY recommend it even without the experience gaining aspect beware is a great game for learning confidence/pressure, considering the fact that your pursuer is almost entirely modelled to be perfectly able to relentlessly chase you, pushing you to make mistakes considering theyre in faster cars and also on top of the pre existing fact that you car isnt your friend when it comes to handling
It sounds quite cool, and yeah I'd consider the driving under pressure aspect to also mess with me, way too much. One of my biggest struggles with becoming a faster driver myself, was my confidence. I used to crash every single time after I believed that I took a corner in such a way that I could never replicate it, and during the silence of racing at some parts my heart would start beating like crazy, and most times I'd crash. I found that the way to improve my confidence was racing 1 on 1 against drivers, and repeating that scenario multiple times. After many runs, you kinda start getting used to it and learning how to chill out.
In my experience with racing video games, it's always about learning the basics. Winning or losing can wait since I only just started the game. Sometimes I win first, because of pure luck, or simply because I had a decent car and pure luck together. To be honest, you can NEVER be on "Best driver" category forever. Because.... Well, I don't really play racing games everyday, which is the main reason why I get rusty and why I get 2nd instead of first. Overall, I don't mind getting 2nd, because I still am the best. It's just You and I need to play again to regain that ability, confidence and knowledge. Ability fades away from time to time, but it can be regained. Knowledge stays forever, unless you completely forgot about everything. This part is easy, sometimes hard for others. Confidence is the part where I mostly don't care. Not saying that it's useless or has no role or any impact on your skills, it's just this "I play and drive for fun." Soo you or I won't feel stressed about losing. Confidence does shows up whenever I am "Lock and Loaded!" Pure focus. In conclusion: I am both bad and good driver. And I don't really want to push myself being 1st all the time, because again, I am just having fun. But if I am too fast, then I am simply "Natural" at racing games.
My biggest problem with racing games is the cars are not behaving like I am used to from real cars. For example in my car I feel what the tires are doing through the steering wheel, it’s a bit more difficult with drive by wire cars but it still gives some feedback. If you want a massive Ego Boost play Forza Horizon 5 on Unbeatable and without assists. It’s laughable
I'd say that the best way to improve is just practicing and acclimating to the controls themselves Switching between different physics does mess up your ability usually, but usually with repetition, those differences start to fade away Try to increase your vibration if you're using a controller, it might help with that feedback you're missing out on
@@EJBL18 I have a G920 which I used and the more I drove a real car the stranger it felt using the G920, as well as my times getting worse. For now I’ll just stick to the Autobahn and Touristenfahrten on the Nürburgring every now and then as I lost interest in sim racing and just hop on an arcade racer like FH5 to drift a bit with an Xbox controller.
I love racing games and have been playing them for more than 20 years. While I generally don't have a problem with CPU drivers, I'm always in the back of the pack when I play online. I have a good sense of how to control my car(Ability), but I lack confidence in myself. I suppose I fall into the "Good Driver" category; I'm not crashing everywhere, but I'm getting left in the dust. And because I'm usually playing on a casual level nowadays, I don't always start the race with the knowledge that the other players have. I actually quit competitive racing in Gran Turismo because I kept losing no matter how much I practiced the tracks. I want to give it another shot in the future, and when I do I'm not going to take knowledge for granted this time. I'm actually going to go back and look at pro players' replays and comparing myself with them. This video was a great guide that broke down everything you needed to be successful, and I like that you used examples from different games to get your points across. Thank you so much for making this video!
Glad I could help with such a big video ej, thank you for the in-depth dive on how to improve! Will take your advice so I can stop being the worst clan leader driver wise 😭
Trackmania Nations Forever is a good learning place for Knowledge, Concistency, Skill, and sense of control. You wont succeed if you dont push your vehicle to the limits, even if it means using bugs. The track Oach and Hockolitious is good examples
i think the best way to become a good driver is to 1- get a racing game you like 2- choose a track and a car you like 3- get the best tune you can make or have (or run stock if you dont like tuning or if the game doesnt allow it) 4- look at the top 50 drivers on that once track and watch closely what they do 5- Go on the track do 3 laps then look where you are faster and slower, when and where 6- ask advice from the best players you can contact 7- go on the track again and use your knowledge The final and most long task 8- Repeat this everyday if possible. If you follow all this you'll be a good driver in weeks or months. no need to play 10000 games or everything NO focus on only ONE thing so you wont get distracted and only try something different if you feel that you are good enough
@@EJBL18 Yeah to make it shorter its like 1 learn one car 2 learn one track 3 repeat it till you're confident Your video is very good to explain how but i thought it was a little long for people that want to get up to speed fast not saying that the video is bad its just that 30min is a little long in my opinion
There's this one game which can deal with all of these, and it's Trackmania Your ability to drive around on different surfaces and adapting to them, while being competitive against other player's times really pulls you in to push for a faster time and better line The only downside is that It's subscription based for the full 100% access of the game
@@EJBL18 It is, however it also does not have a tutorial for it’s tricks like Drifting, so that might bump it down a tad. Just keep that in mind if you wanna try it out :D
PS: I played MRT quite a lot a few years back but I stopped playing it cause the physics model is quite... Weird. On mouse steering, whenever I turn too much or too little, the game simulates what I can best describe as an extremely open and/or locked differential. Since I was also just getting into other racing games at that time (both Assetto Corsa and using PCSX2 to play Gran Turismo 4 and Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2) this threw me off a lot. The game is good, but this single flaw in its physics makes me push way less than I could because it feels as if either the car is about to snap out of control or it understeers badly lol Great vid btw
This video made me realize that to be the best, you need to pay to win. Racing experience alone could not stand a chance at being competitive if your equipment could not rely on you journey to be competitive. Having good equipment like a good computer, controller or racing rig but this might be the most vital among them is a great internet connection. If you want to be the best, you pay everything you need to become the best. There is no shame for display for having a humble devices because most of us start from this stage. I do not discourage low-end players to be good at the games you love but just like every other games, you need upgrades to become better but you need to be better at knowing yourself to become the best. Note: I apologize to anyone for my bad english and essay construction. English is not my first language. Note 2: For those who are confused to what I am saying is that you need better setups and better self. - Blitz (Hamburg)
Love it!!! well structured and extremely useful for ANY racing gamer. Pretty good refresher for me to have racing mastery boiled down to couple distinct points instead of lol saying it is all skill and how the game and car feel. To my youtube racing guide playlist lol. I want to recommend GT4 instead of GT7 because ummm too many reasons to list down but gt7 got that realism handling :/ IG assetto corsa is a good mid point but mouse skill issue boi here lol
I would have actually used GT4 had it not been for me accidentally deleting the emulator + my career save file 💀 I also didn't include assetto because there was no way I'm buying it for my PS4 just so that I could get some footage
Would BeamNG and Project Trackday help? Also, thanks for making this video! I was hopeless on mrt, and gave up, but you gave me motivation to come back!
Mrt is a good game, but i don't know how the controls work Even tho i used my keyboard i don't know how the gears work or what buttons i should push So yeah, I don't know how to play
Use auto to start off If you wanna try semi, use "Q" and "E" to shift up or down. If you wanna use manual, you have to press "Shift" before pressing Q or E.
you put some effort into this it shows, but your script feels improvised and redundant , you repeat yourself a lot and simple concepts become ambigous because of it, i feel like i sit trough all of it and get ebsolutely nothing in return, you could've talked about how some game's mechanics teach you different skills like gt7 licence challenges or grid's split second decision making, or how driveclub's cockpit view conveys the sense of gravity and momentum in order to get a feeling for the car and it's reaction to steering. i think the editing of this video is nice and all but you def need to explain yourself in a more cohesive way
Alright, thanks for the advice. I know I probably repeated myself too often to try and get some points to stick since I've always had issues with saying one thing, and then everyone not remembering that in future portions. The script wasn't improvised so much as I got tired probably, or because I rewrote it like 6 times that some portions got lost / cut. Originally the vid was around 40 mins, but I cut out some portions and that's probably why there's a lot of cuts in the voice or points that are repeated way too often. I'll try to revise most of my scripts to see if I can revise it, so thanks!
I give this video the racist stamp of approval.
pro racist 👌
I second this, we are sending this to the Local Team of Racists, who after approval, will send it off the the Extreme Racists, who will give this the final Ultra Racist Approval.
"except reset, those suck, and if you use them, I don't wanna talk to you" LMAOO
I'd be interested in seeing a video on how to get faster only in MRT
Some of these would help in mrt tho
@@dragonildreamy161 yeah I know, and they do, but there are some specific advices that could be given out just for mrt
@@GrandSenna fair enough
Try driving/racing with a car that handles horribly. If you can do decent with a bad car, you will do better with a good one
just remember, if you start to have fun, the devs WILL nerf your car
Fighting games are kinda the same way. Ability is how good and consistent your execution is when performing combos or techs. Knowledge is knowing frame data, matchups, optimal strategies, etcetera, to gain any advantage you can. Confidence is getting into your opponent’s head. Being confident that your option will beat the opponents and committing to it. Cool video.
I remember sucking at racing games and then not playing them for a while. But recently, I played Roblox Rally Racing and Project Trackday, I now know to drive with more confidence, ability, and knowledge.
I feel like the points that you made in the video can all be generalized with just "experience". The more you play a certain game, the more your ability will improve, the more knowledge you will have about the game and naturally, the more confident you will be. But anyways, great video. I especially like the point at 19:48. I wish more people understood this especially in endurance racing. Its so common that we have a phrase: "You don't win an endurance race on lap 1"
Experience can be used to generalize it, but I feel that you can still play games for years and not get better still. I do agree it works for describing it, but I think subdividing it more gives a better idea as to what they should aim to improve.
I see a lot of mess ups especially when playing The Crew Motorfest. I actively apply pressure behind people, not ramming them, but enough for them to know I'm there and they get nervous around the corners or more worried about blocking me than the corner that's coming up.
But the 'Losing seconds is better than crashing' statement is a real one.
Man this video really opened my eyes. All this time the two things i’ve been relying on to drive well in racing games is just pure instinct and knowledge. Guess i got more to learn lol
while i feel like this might fall under the characteristic of confidence, learning how to drive under pressure is honestly a must for me
now i dont know about other people but i cave into pressure from others INCREDIBLY quickly, driving with someone that can keep up behind me / is constantly pressuring an overtake feels like the end of the world for me to an extent, and therefore i recommend Ondrej Svadlena's Beware, it's an incredibly well done game that revolves around you driving a 70s skoda through grimey and bleak eastern european landscapes all the while being chased by cars that outspeed you, such as ladas and dacias (and even tatras i think, even though none of those cars are fast by default, they are seemingly infinitely faster than your car, atleast enough to bully it around)
your tiny skoda is essentially weaponised against you, having close to no traction, incredibly obnoxious brakes that lock up immediately, and more oversteer than an MR layout italian supercar
also the game looks, feels and sounds really good and if you like a more horror-oriented driving game, i REALLY recommend it even without the experience gaining aspect
beware is a great game for learning confidence/pressure, considering the fact that your pursuer is almost entirely modelled to be perfectly able to relentlessly chase you, pushing you to make mistakes considering theyre in faster cars and also on top of the pre existing fact that you car isnt your friend when it comes to handling
It sounds quite cool, and yeah I'd consider the driving under pressure aspect to also mess with me, way too much.
One of my biggest struggles with becoming a faster driver myself, was my confidence. I used to crash every single time after I believed that I took a corner in such a way that I could never replicate it, and during the silence of racing at some parts my heart would start beating like crazy, and most times I'd crash.
I found that the way to improve my confidence was racing 1 on 1 against drivers, and repeating that scenario multiple times.
After many runs, you kinda start getting used to it and learning how to chill out.
In my experience with racing video games, it's always about learning the basics. Winning or losing can wait since I only just started the game. Sometimes I win first, because of pure luck, or simply because I had a decent car and pure luck together.
To be honest, you can NEVER be on "Best driver" category forever. Because.... Well, I don't really play racing games everyday, which is the main reason why I get rusty and why I get 2nd instead of first. Overall, I don't mind getting 2nd, because I still am the best. It's just You and I need to play again to regain that ability, confidence and knowledge.
Ability fades away from time to time, but it can be regained.
Knowledge stays forever, unless you completely forgot about everything. This part is easy, sometimes hard for others.
Confidence is the part where I mostly don't care. Not saying that it's useless or has no role or any impact on your skills, it's just this "I play and drive for fun." Soo you or I won't feel stressed about losing.
Confidence does shows up whenever I am "Lock and Loaded!" Pure focus.
In conclusion: I am both bad and good driver. And I don't really want to push myself being 1st all the time, because again, I am just having fun. But if I am too fast, then I am simply "Natural" at racing games.
27:37 "be clean" lol
This video really helps! Now i can go fast with the Beater with this video. Thank u so much💯♥️
Glad i could help my man.
Checo needs to watch this video
LOL
also Bandai, how've you been?
@@EJBL18 Good
Thank you kind sir for this video, however I still suck at racing games but this was fun to watch 👍
Hey Bosnia why did I get kicked in your discord server?
Holy shit, it's you lmao
I actually entered your discord a while ago, and I've been watching your vids for like 6-7 months at this point lol
Oh hi DoVe never expected to you here im a big fan love your videos man !
Sup dove
Why did I get kicked from your server?
My biggest problem with racing games is the cars are not behaving like I am used to from real cars. For example in my car I feel what the tires are doing through the steering wheel, it’s a bit more difficult with drive by wire cars but it still gives some feedback.
If you want a massive Ego Boost play Forza Horizon 5 on Unbeatable and without assists. It’s laughable
I'd say that the best way to improve is just practicing and acclimating to the controls themselves
Switching between different physics does mess up your ability usually, but usually with repetition, those differences start to fade away
Try to increase your vibration if you're using a controller, it might help with that feedback you're missing out on
@@EJBL18 I have a G920 which I used and the more I drove a real car the stranger it felt using the G920, as well as my times getting worse.
For now I’ll just stick to the Autobahn and Touristenfahrten on the Nürburgring every now and then as I lost interest in sim racing and just hop on an arcade racer like FH5 to drift a bit with an Xbox controller.
now you have become viperconspect 2.0
I love racing games and have been playing them for more than 20 years. While I generally don't have a problem with CPU drivers, I'm always in the back of the pack when I play online. I have a good sense of how to control my car(Ability), but I lack confidence in myself. I suppose I fall into the "Good Driver" category; I'm not crashing everywhere, but I'm getting left in the dust. And because I'm usually playing on a casual level nowadays, I don't always start the race with the knowledge that the other players have.
I actually quit competitive racing in Gran Turismo because I kept losing no matter how much I practiced the tracks. I want to give it another shot in the future, and when I do I'm not going to take knowledge for granted this time. I'm actually going to go back and look at pro players' replays and comparing myself with them. This video was a great guide that broke down everything you needed to be successful, and I like that you used examples from different games to get your points across. Thank you so much for making this video!
Very nice video really , very in depth , you put a lot of work in it , keep it up !
BROTHER COOKED
this is definitely one of the videos ever.
The guide is amazing,i'd love to get the crucial characteristic on FM8
Glad I could help with such a big video ej, thank you for the in-depth dive on how to improve! Will take your advice so I can stop being the worst clan leader driver wise 😭
alot of work went into this its impressive
Golden Viper here
Trackmania Nations Forever is a good learning place for Knowledge, Concistency, Skill, and sense of control. You wont succeed if you dont push your vehicle to the limits, even if it means using bugs. The track Oach and Hockolitious is good examples
i think the best way to become a good driver is to
1- get a racing game you like
2- choose a track and a car you like
3- get the best tune you can make or have (or run stock if you dont like tuning or if the game doesnt allow it)
4- look at the top 50 drivers on that once track and watch closely what they do
5- Go on the track do 3 laps then look where you are faster and slower, when and where
6- ask advice from the best players you can contact
7- go on the track again and use your knowledge
The final and most long task
8- Repeat this everyday if possible.
If you follow all this you'll be a good driver in weeks or months.
no need to play 10000 games or everything NO
focus on only ONE thing so you wont get distracted and only try something different if you feel that you are good enough
yeah, I'd say that these steps can be easily separated and classed into those three characteristics tho
@@EJBL18 Yeah to make it shorter its like
1 learn one car
2 learn one track
3 repeat it till you're confident
Your video is very good to explain how but i thought it was a little long for people that want to get up to speed fast
not saying that the video is bad its just that 30min is a little long in my opinion
also btw what i meant by impossible to use mt i meant impossible to use mt on otsuki cuz you gotta use your thumbs for both clutch and steering
You realize you can switch the controls around right? I always used to have my clutch on O so it's near the handbrake
i meant on mobile
@@randomizerofficial17 oh..
There's this one game which can deal with all of these, and it's Trackmania
Your ability to drive around on different surfaces and adapting to them, while being competitive against other player's times really pulls you in to push for a faster time and better line
The only downside is that It's subscription based for the full 100% access of the game
I've heard trackmania is extremely good, but I haven't tried it yet
@@EJBL18 It is, however it also does not have a tutorial for it’s tricks like Drifting, so that might bump it down a tad.
Just keep that in mind if you wanna try it out :D
Remember to also tune your cars to fit your driving style. A good tune, no matter your skill level, will always go a long way!
PS: I played MRT quite a lot a few years back but I stopped playing it cause the physics model is quite... Weird. On mouse steering, whenever I turn too much or too little, the game simulates what I can best describe as an extremely open and/or locked differential.
Since I was also just getting into other racing games at that time (both Assetto Corsa and using PCSX2 to play Gran Turismo 4 and Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2) this threw me off a lot.
The game is good, but this single flaw in its physics makes me push way less than I could because it feels as if either the car is about to snap out of control or it understeers badly lol
Great vid btw
@@SNiPER_76 yeah that has recently been one of my huge issues for time attacking lately
I've learnt how to make it better through turning though
how does this not have 100k views
This video made me realize that to be the best, you need to pay to win. Racing experience alone could not stand a chance at being competitive if your equipment could not rely on you journey to be competitive. Having good equipment like a good computer, controller or racing rig but this might be the most vital among them is a great internet connection. If you want to be the best, you pay everything you need to become the best. There is no shame for display for having a humble devices because most of us start from this stage. I do not discourage low-end players to be good at the games you love but just like every other games, you need upgrades to become better but you need to be better at knowing yourself to become the best.
Note: I apologize to anyone for my bad english and essay construction. English is not my first language.
Note 2: For those who are confused to what I am saying is that you need better setups and better self.
- Blitz (Hamburg)
glad to be in a KING EJ video
Who?
Please try RR3 and make a guide and tips video on it.
And definitely a big thanks for the wonderful video 📹.
Love it!!! well structured and extremely useful for ANY racing gamer. Pretty good refresher for me to have racing mastery boiled down to couple distinct points instead of lol saying it is all skill and how the game and car feel. To my youtube racing guide playlist lol.
I want to recommend GT4 instead of GT7 because ummm too many reasons to list down but gt7 got that realism handling :/ IG assetto corsa is a good mid point but mouse skill issue boi here lol
I would have actually used GT4 had it not been for me accidentally deleting the emulator + my career save file 💀
I also didn't include assetto because there was no way I'm buying it for my PS4 just so that I could get some footage
@@EJBL18 completely understandable but show some love to PC gamers ;-;
Would BeamNG and Project Trackday help?
Also, thanks for making this video! I was hopeless on mrt, and gave up, but you gave me motivation to come back!
Yeah of course
@@EJBL18 Id think beamng is very well at upping your confidence especially with the bolide because that thing Is a death trap.
Mrt is a good game, but i don't know how the controls work
Even tho i used my keyboard i don't know how the gears work or what buttons i should push
So yeah, I don't know how to play
Use auto to start off
If you wanna try semi, use "Q" and "E" to shift up or down.
If you wanna use manual, you have to press "Shift" before pressing Q or E.
@@EJBL18 how does the auto one work?
Most of games i tend to only use manual if necessary, so it's still weird to me
@@saeki_san game shifts for you
I use manual since it's the fastest way though
@@EJBL18 hm so if i press shift it switches between auto,semi and manual?
That explains i guess
@@saeki_san if you press M you'll switch between modes
you put some effort into this it shows, but your script feels improvised and redundant , you repeat yourself a lot and simple concepts become ambigous because of it, i feel like i sit trough all of it and get ebsolutely nothing in return, you could've talked about how some game's mechanics teach you different skills like gt7 licence challenges or grid's split second decision making, or how driveclub's cockpit view conveys the sense of gravity and momentum in order to get a feeling for the car and it's reaction to steering. i think the editing of this video is nice and all but you def need to explain yourself in a more cohesive way
Alright, thanks for the advice.
I know I probably repeated myself too often to try and get some points to stick since I've always had issues with saying one thing, and then everyone not remembering that in future portions. The script wasn't improvised so much as I got tired probably, or because I rewrote it like 6 times that some portions got lost / cut. Originally the vid was around 40 mins, but I cut out some portions and that's probably why there's a lot of cuts in the voice or points that are repeated way too often.
I'll try to revise most of my scripts to see if I can revise it, so thanks!
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