Great run there Ben! Bad start, then hit and knocked off the track in the chicane, yes it was his fault, but typical TC racing. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Ben the car looked like it didn't want to race at the start 😂😂 well done on the almost-comeback, too bad for that guy who punted you. The driving standards in this series are looking rough, not sure if it's the split - so many mistakes!
Haha this was bedlam! So rough out there, but I guess, as so many others have said, that’s touring car racing 🤣 the move on you into the chicane was a little too much though… he needed to be more alongside you at the braking point to earn a gap on the inside into the corner IMO. Also, honourable mention for the guy heading off down the full circuit on lap one… very amusing!
Wow these look alot tougher to start than the iRacing TCRs. Good driving and battling man, shame about the incident that put you to the back. Nothing you could have done there, they came from too far back
Don't worry you're not the only one who gets the start wrong, they re tricky to get off the line. You had a brilliant fight back though, twice 😂. Till next week
haha hey dude, cool to see al my fellow AC LFM content creators following each other.. im really enjoying the 296 but i really wanna try the audi on the TCRs once my SR fully recovers
hi ben, great fun content to watch as always, but can you make a video or share your graphic settings in AC? Easy these days with CM to do in a file. Yours looks great, and im fiddling a lot to get it good, or is it the replay file you are using to create the video? (always looks better than editing a live stream graphic wise) Cheers!
Great racing, for the start you need to build your turbo boost if you put your gears on in content manager you will see a little red line inside your rev and that’s you boost. The official launch doesn’t work in LFM races
All the best I just found balancing the clutch was really good last season. If you want to do full launch and don’t have a handbrake I watch a TH-cam vid to map the very top of my clutch pedal to work as a handbrake and it works amazing well
I use the clutch for race starts. The only time I don't use the clutch is with the mazda mx5s. They are low power enough that you can just slam full throttle and jump into first gear when the lights turn out and not have much wheel spin or stall out. This week I am doing the tatuus ft 60 and Ferrari 296 races and for both, I hold the clutch down with about 50% throttle on, when the first light turns red I go into first gear, the when lights are out, I drop the clutch to about 60% and then slowly fade it out whilst also increasing throttle. Gives me a decent enough start where everybody doesn't zoom past me. But it is also very complicated and occasionally I get the clutch drop wrong and lose 5 positions. I still can't figure out how other people get such good race starts. I have tried watching replays and looking on TH-cam for other people who post their races. As far as I can tell, they use the mx5 method I described but when I do that for instance with the 296, I just craw off the line and drop 10 positions.
UPDATE I finally got a helpful youtuber to tell me how they got a perfect start. Thanks @Virtual_Racer_1. The secret is an assist called auto clutch. I have been playing Assetto Corsa for almost 3 years and didn't know about this.This assist is allowed in the lfm servers so it will work there too. To enable it, when joining an lfm race, there will be an assists menu in the bottom left corner of the join screen. You can enable it there. Alternatively, go to drive menu in conten manager and there is a little menu next to "tyre blankets" where you can enable it. (It just occured to me that the reason I don't have this assist on is because my driving preset is set to ''pro" which disables all assists 😢😢) Using auto clutch for the race start is pretty simple. Hold the throttle at around 50% and when the lights go out, shift into first and floor it, the assist will do the rest. Feel like a complete idiot for not knowing. Also feels a bit like cheating since I was so used to engaging the clutch manually. But hey, its allowed and other people are using it. Can't believe I messed up my few pole positions because I was not using an assit. 😢😢😢😢😢
That's a really hard incident to call in all honesty, first thoughts would put it on Magnussen, it's already not a great idea to overtake there, he wasn't really far enough alongside, and then he just bombed the apex. Not a lot else you could really do without just letting it happen, and then that wouldn't really be racing in my opinion!
@@akunin417 yeah that’s basically my feeling but that ultimately it’s a racing incident and nothing malicious. Just one of those things at this track and in these cars. It did cross my mind to just totally open the steering but I was really trying to not get caught in the pack again having lost places earlier in the race when the field bunched up again. Never mind!
If you think your mistakes are embarrassing, well that's nothing compared to mine as i ran out of fuel one lap from the end after lining up 7th and then battled my way up to 4th when i spotted i was not going to make !!! Now thats embarrassing mate !
Great run there Ben! Bad start, then hit and knocked off the track in the chicane, yes it was his fault, but typical TC racing. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Ah thanks Walt! A case of what could have been!!
This was entertaining!
More Sims need these cars or even an own title for them... One can dream ...
@@erikj8892 ah I wish more people drove them on iracing! Cheers Erik!
What a race! Utterly breathless! Really enjoyed that Ben, even if the result wasn’t the best for you.
Haha yes at the time I was largely gutted, but once I’d gotten over that it was fun to pull the video together.
Love these AC TCR videos and its gained you a new subscriber
Ah thanks man - glad you’re enjoying them!
just went to your old vids and i had no idea you started from RR , great to see a fellow RR racer
@@phoenixmd797 I did indeed! I remain a fan - just a shame development stalled for a while. Hoping the recent releases signal a change in fortune!
@@Ben_LaBroca well the new graphics update has caught my eye and they seem to be making more tweeks to the game.
A smorgasbord of overtakes! Great driving.
And whoopsies! 😂
Ben the car looked like it didn't want to race at the start 😂😂 well done on the almost-comeback, too bad for that guy who punted you. The driving standards in this series are looking rough, not sure if it's the split - so many mistakes!
Haha this was bedlam! So rough out there, but I guess, as so many others have said, that’s touring car racing 🤣 the move on you into the chicane was a little too much though… he needed to be more alongside you at the braking point to earn a gap on the inside into the corner IMO. Also, honourable mention for the guy heading off down the full circuit on lap one… very amusing!
@@chrisrogerssimracing haha I only clocked the guy taking to the other road in post edit. I like to imagine he momentarily thought he was leading 😂
Mate! It's all for the sake of learning. Nice video 👍
Nail biting stuff! I was really rooting for you to get that Top 10 finish after an excellent recovery drive. Shame what happened with Magnussen.
Thanks buddy - it was such an amazing 6 laps to race… and then… 😅😅
Wow these look alot tougher to start than the iRacing TCRs. Good driving and battling man, shame about the incident that put you to the back. Nothing you could have done there, they came from too far back
Ha it is tricky...but I'm also an idiot and just got my buttons muddled up!
Don't worry you're not the only one who gets the start wrong, they re tricky to get off the line. You had a brilliant fight back though, twice 😂. Till next week
Ha thanks man - I still feel quite daft, especially as I had practiced it prior to the race!!
haha hey dude, cool to see al my fellow AC LFM content creators following each other.. im really enjoying the 296 but i really wanna try the audi on the TCRs once my SR fully recovers
hi ben, great fun content to watch as always, but can you make a video or share your graphic settings in AC? Easy these days with CM to do in a file. Yours looks great, and im fiddling a lot to get it good, or is it the replay file you are using to create the video? (always looks better than editing a live stream graphic wise) Cheers!
What overlays are these? I love how clean it looks
Hey buddy - so it's the free version of CMRT found on overtake! www.overtake.gg/downloads/cmrt-essential-hud.69475/
I only race on weekends and can't wait to have a go in four days time.
I imagine you’ll have lots of fun buddy!
Great racing, for the start you need to build your turbo boost if you put your gears on in content manager you will see a little red line inside your rev and that’s you boost. The official launch doesn’t work in LFM races
@@neilblack1424 ah ha!! Thanks Neil - I will check that out! Maybe it’s third time lucky?? 😅
All the best I just found balancing the clutch was really good last season. If you want to do full launch and don’t have a handbrake I watch a TH-cam vid to map the very top of my clutch pedal to work as a handbrake and it works amazing well
A driver named Magnussen makes the ultimate divebomb and destroys his race and someone else's in the process..
Is this F1?
Haha - I'm going to give the Assetto Corsa Magnussen the benefit of the doubt and hope he doesn't get a race ban anytime soon like Kevin!
What are your graphics setting, they look amazing!
I use the clutch for race starts. The only time I don't use the clutch is with the mazda mx5s. They are low power enough that you can just slam full throttle and jump into first gear when the lights turn out and not have much wheel spin or stall out.
This week I am doing the tatuus ft 60 and Ferrari 296 races and for both, I hold the clutch down with about 50% throttle on, when the first light turns red I go into first gear, the when lights are out, I drop the clutch to about 60% and then slowly fade it out whilst also increasing throttle. Gives me a decent enough start where everybody doesn't zoom past me. But it is also very complicated and occasionally I get the clutch drop wrong and lose 5 positions.
I still can't figure out how other people get such good race starts. I have tried watching replays and looking on TH-cam for other people who post their races. As far as I can tell, they use the mx5 method I described but when I do that for instance with the 296, I just craw off the line and drop 10 positions.
UPDATE
I finally got a helpful youtuber to tell me how they got a perfect start. Thanks @Virtual_Racer_1.
The secret is an assist called auto clutch. I have been playing Assetto Corsa for almost 3 years and didn't know about this.This assist is allowed in the lfm servers so it will work there too.
To enable it, when joining an lfm race, there will be an assists menu in the bottom left corner of the join screen. You can enable it there. Alternatively, go to drive menu in conten manager and there is a little menu next to "tyre blankets" where you can enable it. (It just occured to me that the reason I don't have this assist on is because my driving preset is set to ''pro" which disables all assists 😢😢)
Using auto clutch for the race start is pretty simple. Hold the throttle at around 50% and when the lights go out, shift into first and floor it, the assist will do the rest.
Feel like a complete idiot for not knowing. Also feels a bit like cheating since I was so used to engaging the clutch manually. But hey, its allowed and other people are using it. Can't believe I messed up my few pole positions because I was not using an assit. 😢😢😢😢😢
Hey mate what overlays are you using in this video ? Cheers
Ben what is your fov / camera settings I need to know the neck fx
Hey buddy - I’m away just now and don’t know off the top of my head. Will reply when I’m back next weekend!
@@Ben_LaBroca awesome keep up the good work and hard racing
what overlay is this? is it all racelabs?
Sorry for the lazy question, what overlay apps are you using? Thanks!
Hey buddy - so it's the free version of CMRT found on overtake! www.overtake.gg/downloads/cmrt-essential-hud.69475/
its race labs but im struggling to get them t show up
It’s not racelabs actually buddy - see the link above
@@Ben_LaBroca thanks.. looks so similar.. grabbed it and looking forward to replacing the ones i use
That's a really hard incident to call in all honesty, first thoughts would put it on Magnussen, it's already not a great idea to overtake there, he wasn't really far enough alongside, and then he just bombed the apex. Not a lot else you could really do without just letting it happen, and then that wouldn't really be racing in my opinion!
@@akunin417 yeah that’s basically my feeling but that ultimately it’s a racing incident and nothing malicious. Just one of those things at this track and in these cars. It did cross my mind to just totally open the steering but I was really trying to not get caught in the pack again having lost places earlier in the race when the field bunched up again.
Never mind!
Where and how can i play this series?
@@mit1s hey buddy - head to low fuel motorsport website and you can sign up there. You’ll need to get a licence first but all instructions are there.
Your FFB (meter) is also working hard 😅
Ha I know! I'm not entirely sure why - trying to configure that better week to week in AC..
did you lose SR in this race? because if so it is very unfair.
Nice video, congrats!
Thanks buddy. Mercifully I still gained safety rating so that was a relief at least!
Brother dont you have a clutch 🤣
Haha I do! But I messed up the sequence of gear in, launch control and handbrake.... 🤦♂️
@@Ben_LaBroca thanks for the reply 🤩 addicted to your content
@@Hya6Jo ah mate that’s amazing to hear - thanks for all the support!
If you think your mistakes are embarrassing, well that's nothing compared to mine as i ran out of fuel one lap from the end after lining up 7th and then battled my way up to 4th when i spotted i was not going to make !!! Now thats embarrassing mate !
@@SimRacingJason haha I live in fear of that happening to me!! Unlucky chief! It’s why I try to run fixed setups whenever I can!
Typical BTCC/TCR/WTCC race 😂
@@fullayrton07 haha yes definitely!!