Nice video as usual. I really like the advice about staying focused on the road ahead and not worrying about the guy behind if he's going to wreck me or not cause that is a weakness in my defending but it does assume that the guy behind will respect the rules of passing. In this video there were examples that work only because the guy behind is talented and respectful. The forcing him to drive the line strategy is wholly incumbent on their driver skill.
Divebombing is going for a pass after the commitment point. In rookie though, just don't worry about it. Avoid people, drive like a grandma, avoid anything solid and just get the hell away from there. lol
I had to come back to this video to mention that I have been using these tactics and I have been having the best battles ever on iracing. This has changed my results as much as practice and learning the track. Thank you so much for these lessons. U rock!
Good see you don't get fazed by pressure Matt. I've gained positions through just tailing closely, though the more experienced the opponent the harder it becomes ie your video. Keep em coming we have still a lot to learn.
I also have a problem with the next example as well @18:40. This could have also been done if he aggressively passed you by getting close to your door early into the corner making you turn in later and losing speed. Instead the driver dived in to early allowing you to keep your line. It was an amateur attempt on there point.
The only thing I can say here is you raced against a respectful racer, that's why you finished in 2nd place. Don't get me wrong, you are an amazingly good and smart driver. I've watched almost all your videos on youtube and you most definitely deserve that place you finished in. I give you all the credit for that 2nd place but I always find myself trying to just finish a race and get out of the way of idiots dive-bombing rather than racing for position. I've tried the exact same techniques you just demonstrated and ended up retiring every time because of the other drivers. Awesome tips and videos by the way, maybe I just need to get passed the D and C class idiots and maybe I'll see some actual racing with people that know what they're doing. Cheers brother, and see you on the track hopefully! ;)
Thank you for posting all of these videos! I like to think I am a fairly decent road racer in real life with the karts and cars I race but your videos give me so much info and have helped me get faster on iRacing as well as in my cars. Thank you!!!
Thanks Empty Box. Awesome video. As some of the others have been saying, I'm Struggling to stay out of incidents when racing for position too. But I'm humble enough to know that its at least half my fault (if not more) compared to the driver behind. You've given me some great tips that I'll put into action.
A move that a lot of rookies fall for is the fake pass on ovals. If I'm close enough, I'll move to the left so it looks like I'm thinking about dive bombing them. A lot of the time, they'll actually move up the track and give me room for the pass even though I wasn't close enough nor had enough speed down the straight to make the pass. It allows me to get along side them going into the next turn to finish the pass. Don't fall for it unless it's the last lap. Always expect it on the last lap.
Another great video. You don't know how many times I was blocked off the track, got ran into when the opponent was driving in his mirror and crashed, or when I went to make a proper defensive move I got ran in the back when playing iRacing. It's one of the reasons I stopped playing.
Good stuff, sticking to your line is predicable and shows either that you dont look in mirrors or is quite confident. The driver of the green car is a bit of a rare type though, taking care not to hit you. Dont meet many of them online in Assetto Corsa.. I suspect that knowing who is trying to pass, plays a role in his behavior; -he doesnt want to look like a jerk on TH-cam.. :-)
Dunno about this 100% but from what I've seen in this iRacing, taking care not to hit someone is generally quite a lot more common than other racing game/sims
Tough. Best thing I can think of on the start is to mix throttle and brake shortly before braking for T1, basically turn the brake light on before you plan on braking. It gets people to take their position and calm down for the first turn I find, gets you breathing room. If you've done practice, you can drive the car. No need to worry about driving the car, because you've already proven you can drive it. The car doesn't magically become something different in the presence of other cars!
Completely agree. However you forgot to mention the technique of taking an in line/early apex to keep someone behind you. I was in the lead at road america and held off a much fast p2 driver for 20laps just by using this technique.
Thank you for your reply! I'll try doing that the first lap, since I'm racing with people from D 4.0 and up. And that's a lot of drivers that I know nothing about :) I really enjoy your videos man. You got me into sim racing :) So Thank you for that!
Another insightful and entertaining video! You, sir, have sold me on sim racing. Now to build the rig.....Hope to see you on track one day! Keep up the great work! IMO, iRacing should wave your fees!
Well i haven't played iracing myself but i'm planing to hop in the fun soon... What i read about this sims tech it's that they laser scan the tracks and then they model it exactly as the scan is... So every bump that is on the track is in the game same as the trees etc... It's authentic no improvisations. Also cars are modeled fully to get the physics as authentic to the real world as they can be... I haven't felt the physics myself but by looking vids of iracing (mostly emptybox) it's very realistic. I can't tell the difference when i watch FPV real race and this honestly... Well one thing i noticed so far by watching vids is that crashes look dumb... I wish they could improve how crashes look. Besides that there are rules just like on real track. :)
First off, it's the passing car's responsibility to create a safe pass, it's the car being passed responsibility to not create a dangerous situation from that. I look up at the mirror before the corner, set up how I need to and go. Pick once, pick right. As much trust in the other driver I need, he needs just as much from me to not chop across him or swerve around, clean racing is a two way street. Everyone has been passed, it sucks, but this isn't an arcade racer, you can't win em all.
nice video and it pretty much shows everything. But obviously there are guys who just don't respect their opponents and whatever you do to keep them behind they will mostly try to force their way past you. I am pretty much aggressive when defending, but not in a way that I will do something dangerous. I will pick my line and stay on it, even if in most situations I finish in barriers because my opponent is forcing his way into my line to have better line for next corner.
well, this most surely will help me! now i'm just to scare to do any sorts of blocking because i ended up a couple times in a sand trap or in the wall by doing that, Thanks!
Thank you for the 101 videos. Would be awesome to see more of them :) As a beginner, I'm having trouble in traffic: I get to nervous, make mistakes often which will lead to a crash and hopefully I'm the only one involved. Can you make a video about how to deal with the other cars at the start of a race. Just a few pointers that I can keep in mind next time I'm racing. About trut in the other driver, you can only trust someone if you've done more than one race with them, to get to know them.
Thank you so much. One of the most interesting videos I´ve seen a long time about simracing. Please more vidoes like that. Greetings from a beginner. Dankeschön :)
Maybe 11.28 is you reacting to whats behind you? - Iam not sure, maybe he aint making much of a push there but it feels like a bit of a late reaction to cover that space? - I like this video anyway and iam with you in regards to a couple of "moving roadblock" comments.. The pass must be earned, that's racing, if we are just going on pace alone, we might aswell just have qualifying and no race.
+Sanazabaaar I think you might have the wrong time stamp? No, that wasn't a reaction to him, that's just the natural flow of the corner trying to keep my speed. He wasn't that close, the replay angle makes it look like he was close to achieving some overlap but there was still a few feet left. :)
imo, vs AI, fuck the AI, do whatever you want, vs people, YOU BETTER RUN A CLEAN RACE OR AS SOON AS THEY SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU'RE BEING KICKED OR EVERYONE'S GONE.
A lot of times i see a car on my right or left trying to pass me on the apex. What should I do in this case? Stay on the line? Cause then people would just spin me out.
As in they are along side you? Use your judgement if you can stick on the outside and actually have a chance of defending your position or concede it. If you have the inside line for the next corner probably worth sticking as good as you can, if not you've probably lost the position, so go for an undercut on exit to get a better run off the corner!
It is possible to steer with your mouse as well, it is more precise than with a gamepad, I think. I used to race as such for a while, long as you throttle and brake wisely with you keyboard buttons it can be done successfully.
Osfponikh - yes. You should not drive with your mirrors. Take the info from your mirrors to make the decisions that EB explains here. But thats it. Dont drive with your rear view, keep looking forward. Youll also make fewer mistakes.
Yes, you can. Check out Jimmy Broadbent's channel and you should see, his wheel went down so he was actually doing a league race with a 360 pad, and won. It's possible, though nowhere near as enjoyable. Some cars though would obviously be undrivable on a pad though, but for more tame cars it could work, but really... you want a wheel!
If you aren't impeding the car's progress from behind, no. If you are breaking the draft, you are far enough away you aren't cutting people off left and right.
really good video :) nice explanation. but one thing, sometimes in corners from cockpit view you cant see where the other car is, so u have to imagine what he is probably doing, and i guess that comes with experience. ps: for me, you use the wrong sim :D live for speed or pcars are the sim to race ;)
***** yep dude, check the date of my post ;) To this time i was full of hope that pcars can climb the sim throne.... but today, i have to say, iam 110% with you. The devs have messed it up. PCars was a better simulation when it was in crowdfunding state.
that name christopher h...had a guy named the same in my simracing league (rfactor). was hella fast, had a terrible connection under certain conditions though. can't remember if he was fair to drive with o_o implying it is the same guy lol
interesting. When i´m racing, if i´m slower then the 2nd position, then i´l cut his line and rhythm approaching the apex, brake bit in the middle of the apex to cu his speed, and accelerate hard...if i´m faster, then i´m on his ass all the time, to force him on some kinda driving mistake or, on approaching corner, he´ll do defending the inner line, i go outside and try to accelerate better then hhim, b´coz he dont have the exit speed as i do while taking the corner bit wider....but so close as u drive with others, it´s hard to overtake. i think, only one way to force him into error otherwise there´s no way to overtake!
About divebombing: is running me wide on turn in from 1second back considered a divebomb? I was racing with someone I'm gonna call Divebomb Davey who did that exact thing three times in the space of about 5 laps... I'm in Rookies, of course.
Is it, yes. That said, for that move to have even happened the guy who got passed had to have let that one happen. It's like the car infront going into the turn just decided to let the other guy go, or he was off the pace through that corner.
Squeeze away! If you can "convince" a driver to move over further to give you more room, you've won the battle more likely than not, just make sure they they actually "agree" to it. I know I've tried it more than once without thinking, one time in an Indycar race that ended up taking out half the field.... :(
The definition between defensive and blocking would be intresting. Im realy struggling at road Atlanta in the mc. cant understand where everybody gets their speed. A god lapp in race is high 20 s for me. The fast gets mid or low 19s. Tryed low and high aero different brake bias etc. Dont ever get under 20s. I would realy want the cars to handle light rubbing better also. Their much to fragile now. Light Contact and race over.....
I have a Driving Force GT but it's linked to my PS3 and they're on different stories of my house... plus there's nowhere to put the wheel next to the computer... lol
@@TacticalCardboard - And you made the move as though you were going to turn in on him, knowing that he wouldn't have time to recognize the "open line" in the split second he had to react to your move. Eh, I agree with the criticism on this one. Lots of fast guys make excuses for their dirty moves, and this is an example.
I'm going to support Empty Box here, unless the driver attempting the overtake has his car alongside the car of the driver they are trying to pass, they are not entitled to a car's-width of space; and Empty Box actually gave that too him which he wasn't obligated to do. Further, it is the overtaking driver's responsibility to control his speed to be able to make the corner and the manouveur safely. He got squeezed because he was against an intelligent driver who knows how to control the lines of the corner. It tough, but it's fair. That's my three Shillings worth anyway.
You were wrong as soon as you said it's okay on the major console games. If anything, those are the games where people should be developing skills and etiquette. You're probably like the fast guys I encounter that bump me off my line or off track instead of finding the clean pass, which I never appreciate.
If someone are clearly faster and theres a couple off laps left let the faster guy be. Defending your position and making the faster eventually doing something stupid and taking you bouth off the race is not smart. Spa defensive racing gutted me big time. Defensive driving making you lose like 2 seconds a lapp. What do the slower guy gain by that in the long run???
I tried all of this and I got recked into the back of my car multiple times because drivers behind me keep drafting all the way and do not hesitate to brake. They brake only after the contact to keep their car on the track while my car is already in the wall. SMH. It looks like we are playing different iRacing. I don't know where do you find these reliable drivers. To me there are always some morons on the track that don't know where the fuck is brake pedal and what the fuck is drafting.
Justin Knight Exactly. Sim does not equal game. iRacing is more of a sport rather than a game, it is supposed to be taken with 100% seriousness. Which is what makes it phenomenal.
Thanks for this video! It helped me win a race for 19 1/2 laps until the guy just gave up and wrecked me...
Nice sponsor on the hood !! Thanks and love your vids
lmfaooooo right
lol. That's not Empty Box's car.
well. we all know this ain't gangi.
Now how's that one working out by now? xD
"You have to leave a space! All the time, you have to leave a space!"
"understood?"
f. alonso ;)
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Nice video as usual. I really like the advice about staying focused on the road ahead and not worrying about the guy behind if he's going to wreck me or not cause that is a weakness in my defending but it does assume that the guy behind will respect the rules of passing. In this video there were examples that work only because the guy behind is talented and respectful. The forcing him to drive the line strategy is wholly incumbent on their driver skill.
Divebombing is going for a pass after the commitment point.
In rookie though, just don't worry about it. Avoid people, drive like a grandma, avoid anything solid and just get the hell away from there. lol
I had to come back to this video to mention that I have been using these tactics and I have been having the best battles ever on iracing. This has changed my results as much as practice and learning the track. Thank you so much for these lessons. U rock!
Good see you don't get fazed by pressure Matt. I've gained positions through just tailing closely, though the more experienced the opponent the harder it becomes ie your video. Keep em coming we have still a lot to learn.
This should be required watching for all iRacers...
I also have a problem with the next example as well @18:40. This could have also been done if he aggressively passed you by getting close to your door early into the corner making you turn in later and losing speed. Instead the driver dived in to early allowing you to keep your line. It was an amateur attempt on there point.
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I used to doing dummy pass a lot of times, because it's fun move, but I didn't know, that was Nigel's idea. Thanks Empty Box.
Thank you for continuing Sim Racing 101. There's a lot of drivers who should watch this video.
The only thing I can say here is you raced against a respectful racer, that's why you finished in 2nd place. Don't get me wrong, you are an amazingly good and smart driver. I've watched almost all your videos on youtube and you most definitely deserve that place you finished in. I give you all the credit for that 2nd place but I always find myself trying to just finish a race and get out of the way of idiots dive-bombing rather than racing for position. I've tried the exact same techniques you just demonstrated and ended up retiring every time because of the other drivers. Awesome tips and videos by the way, maybe I just need to get passed the D and C class idiots and maybe I'll see some actual racing with people that know what they're doing. Cheers brother, and see you on the track hopefully! ;)
Same here! Even in 2018 there are too many moronic drivers who don't give a fuck about the car in front and just fucking ram into it.
I rating is how you get into clean skillfull races not licence anyone can farm a licence you have to be good to get a high irating
All your videos are excellent. These techniques are awesome. Hope to race with you sometime.
fast forward to 2021 and we can see Verstappen vs Hamilton in a similar event.
just wanted to point out that you're doing fantastic job with these videos
Thank you for posting all of these videos! I like to think I am a fairly decent road racer in real life with the karts and cars I race but your videos give me so much info and have helped me get faster on iRacing as well as in my cars. Thank you!!!
Thanks Empty Box. Awesome video. As some of the others have been saying, I'm Struggling to stay out of incidents when racing for position too. But I'm humble enough to know that its at least half my fault (if not more) compared to the driver behind. You've given me some great tips that I'll put into action.
A move that a lot of rookies fall for is the fake pass on ovals. If I'm close enough, I'll move to the left so it looks like I'm thinking about dive bombing them. A lot of the time, they'll actually move up the track and give me room for the pass even though I wasn't close enough nor had enough speed down the straight to make the pass. It allows me to get along side them going into the next turn to finish the pass. Don't fall for it unless it's the last lap. Always expect it on the last lap.
Another great video. You don't know how many times I was blocked off the track, got ran into when the opponent was driving in his mirror and crashed, or when I went to make a proper defensive move I got ran in the back when playing iRacing. It's one of the reasons I stopped playing.
Good stuff, sticking to your line is predicable and shows either that you dont look in mirrors or is quite confident.
The driver of the green car is a bit of a rare type though, taking care not to hit you. Dont meet many of them online in Assetto Corsa..
I suspect that knowing who is trying to pass, plays a role in his behavior; -he doesnt want to look like a jerk on TH-cam.. :-)
Dunno about this 100% but from what I've seen in this iRacing, taking care not to hit someone is generally quite a lot more common than other racing game/sims
Tough. Best thing I can think of on the start is to mix throttle and brake shortly before braking for T1, basically turn the brake light on before you plan on braking. It gets people to take their position and calm down for the first turn I find, gets you breathing room.
If you've done practice, you can drive the car. No need to worry about driving the car, because you've already proven you can drive it. The car doesn't magically become something different in the presence of other cars!
Completely agree. However you forgot to mention the technique of taking an in line/early apex to keep someone behind you. I was in the lead at road america and held off a much fast p2 driver for 20laps just by using this technique.
Thank you for your reply! I'll try doing that the first lap, since I'm racing with people from D 4.0 and up. And that's a lot of drivers that I know nothing about :)
I really enjoy your videos man. You got me into sim racing :) So Thank you for that!
Another insightful and entertaining video! You, sir, have sold me on sim racing. Now to build the rig.....Hope to see you on track one day! Keep up the great work! IMO, iRacing should wave your fees!
You make it? Update?
you mention at the beginning maybe doing one on passing to compliment this one on defending. i'd love to see a passing video.
this shows that more than pure skill and talent,racing requires a but load of intelligence
Damn. There's so much more to racing than 'go fast!'
Great, nice tips
Never mind, I heard you say it later in the video. Spent many summers there enjoying the racing as a spectator.
Nigel isn't the only guy to ever use it, though the pass at the 87 British GP sort of made it "his".
i wish i could play iracing but those subscriptions just for one game.. ehhhh
nice driving though dude
It's worth it. Instead of paying 60$ for a game you pay 5 dollars per month so calculate how many months u get to play with 60$...
You guy me beat with that logic
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How is the physics
Well i haven't played iracing myself but i'm planing to hop in the fun soon... What i read about this sims tech it's that they laser scan the tracks and then they model it exactly as the scan is... So every bump that is on the track is in the game same as the trees etc... It's authentic no improvisations. Also cars are modeled fully to get the physics as authentic to the real world as they can be... I haven't felt the physics myself but by looking vids of iracing (mostly emptybox) it's very realistic. I can't tell the difference when i watch FPV real race and this honestly...
Well one thing i noticed so far by watching vids is that crashes look dumb... I wish they could improve how crashes look.
Besides that there are rules just like on real track. :)
First off, it's the passing car's responsibility to create a safe pass, it's the car being passed responsibility to not create a dangerous situation from that. I look up at the mirror before the corner, set up how I need to and go. Pick once, pick right. As much trust in the other driver I need, he needs just as much from me to not chop across him or swerve around, clean racing is a two way street.
Everyone has been passed, it sucks, but this isn't an arcade racer, you can't win em all.
nice video and it pretty much shows everything. But obviously there are guys who just don't respect their opponents and whatever you do to keep them behind they will mostly try to force their way past you. I am pretty much aggressive when defending, but not in a way that I will do something dangerous. I will pick my line and stay on it, even if in most situations I finish in barriers because my opponent is forcing his way into my line to have better line for next corner.
Good stuff man! This video should be part of the iracing driving school!
empty box teaching us how to box 😂
well, this most surely will help me!
now i'm just to scare to do any sorts of blocking because i ended up a couple times in a sand trap or in the wall by doing that, Thanks!
Thats awesome, only game ive seen that has this track. I live like 30 minutes from this track.
Senna was the only one in F1 to resist Mansell's dummy moves
Thank you for the 101 videos. Would be awesome to see more of them :) As a beginner, I'm having trouble in traffic: I get to nervous, make mistakes often which will lead to a crash and hopefully I'm the only one involved. Can you make a video about how to deal with the other cars at the start of a race. Just a few pointers that I can keep in mind next time I'm racing.
About trut in the other driver, you can only trust someone if you've done more than one race with them, to get to know them.
learning alot from your simracing 101 series.thanks.
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought you were driving a Prius lol, Nice video
Thank you so much. One of the most interesting videos I´ve seen a long time about simracing. Please more vidoes like that. Greetings from a beginner. Dankeschön :)
Maybe 11.28 is you reacting to whats behind you? - Iam not sure, maybe he aint making much of a push there but it feels like a bit of a late reaction to cover that space? - I like this video anyway and iam with you in regards to a couple of "moving roadblock" comments.. The pass must be earned, that's racing, if we are just going on pace alone, we might aswell just have qualifying and no race.
+Sanazabaaar I think you might have the wrong time stamp? No, that wasn't a reaction to him, that's just the natural flow of the corner trying to keep my speed. He wasn't that close, the replay angle makes it look like he was close to achieving some overlap but there was still a few feet left. :)
Empty Box No, that is the time stamp I meant.
imo, vs AI, fuck the AI, do whatever you want, vs people, YOU BETTER RUN A CLEAN RACE OR AS SOON AS THEY SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU'RE BEING KICKED OR EVERYONE'S GONE.
Car Of Doom A-Fucking-Men.
+Car Of Doom 380 -500 HP I'm ticked I-Racing doesn't have the ford F-150
Man you wasted no time getting this up. Good job EB.
A lot of times i see a car on my right or left trying to pass me on the apex. What should I do in this case? Stay on the line? Cause then people would just spin me out.
As in they are along side you? Use your judgement if you can stick on the outside and actually have a chance of defending your position or concede it. If you have the inside line for the next corner probably worth sticking as good as you can, if not you've probably lost the position, so go for an undercut on exit to get a better run off the corner!
Hey mate. Love these videos but this one isnt added to the playlist. Just a heads up!
It is possible to steer with your mouse as well, it is more precise than with a gamepad, I think. I used to race as such for a while, long as you throttle and brake wisely with you keyboard buttons it can be done successfully.
Your gonna get the CHROME HORN from me after those moves
Uuurrrrrrnnnnhart
good defensive driving can be a lifesaver when you're slower than the guys behind you
Seems like the general rule is the same rule for the practice of many other things: don't work harder, work easier.
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Osfponikh - yes. You should not drive with your mirrors. Take the info from your mirrors to make the decisions that EB explains here. But thats it. Dont drive with your rear view, keep looking forward. Youll also make fewer mistakes.
Yes, you can. Check out Jimmy Broadbent's channel and you should see, his wheel went down so he was actually doing a league race with a 360 pad, and won. It's possible, though nowhere near as enjoyable.
Some cars though would obviously be undrivable on a pad though, but for more tame cars it could work, but really... you want a wheel!
Guys always get's angry at me and say i can't drive, when i'm holdning my line and they bumb into me in race07..
great video man.
The dive bombs in iRacing are #real ... yes a virtual simulator is #real
Very informative video, good work.
Good video Mr. Box.
Would you consider weaving-to break a tow (so there not close enough that your not blocking their line) a legitimate move?
If you aren't impeding the car's progress from behind, no. If you are breaking the draft, you are far enough away you aren't cutting people off left and right.
really good video :) nice explanation. but one thing, sometimes in corners from cockpit view you cant see where the other car is, so u have to imagine what he is probably doing, and i guess that comes with experience.
ps: for me, you use the wrong sim :D
live for speed or pcars are the sim to race ;)
***** yep dude, check the date of my post ;)
To this time i was full of hope that pcars can climb the sim throne.... but today, i have to say, iam 110% with you. The devs have messed it up. PCars was a better simulation when it was in crowdfunding state.
that name christopher h...had a guy named the same in my simracing league (rfactor). was hella fast, had a terrible connection under certain conditions though. can't remember if he was fair to drive with o_o implying it is the same guy lol
Thanks for this fine 101.
nice vid mate!
How about of racing again?
Really like your racing and post that race :)
so what you kind of say is, dont' worry about what is going on behind you but infront of you + what is coming next
if I'm on the racing line and someone tries to go up the inside should I give him space or not?
interesting. When i´m racing, if i´m slower then the 2nd position, then i´l cut his line and rhythm approaching the apex, brake bit in the middle of the apex to cu his speed, and accelerate hard...if i´m faster, then i´m on his ass all the time, to force him on some kinda driving mistake or, on approaching corner, he´ll do defending the inner line, i go outside and try to accelerate better then hhim, b´coz he dont have the exit speed as i do while taking the corner bit wider....but so close as u drive with others, it´s hard to overtake. i think, only one way to force him into error otherwise there´s no way to overtake!
The only Prius you will ever see on this channel is the Super GT Prius. (that is if it exists for a sim) :D
About divebombing: is running me wide on turn in from 1second back considered a divebomb?
I was racing with someone I'm gonna call Divebomb Davey who did that exact thing three times in the space of about 5 laps...
I'm in Rookies, of course.
Good stuff.
Quick question, do you think this is dive bombing? QUESTION
TYIA
Is it, yes. That said, for that move to have even happened the guy who got passed had to have let that one happen. It's like the car infront going into the turn just decided to let the other guy go, or he was off the pace through that corner.
Cheers for the advice mate!
Squeeze away! If you can "convince" a driver to move over further to give you more room, you've won the battle more likely than not, just make sure they they actually "agree" to it. I know I've tried it more than once without thinking, one time in an Indycar race that ended up taking out half the field....
:(
Amaizing video thanks alot man :)
Great stuff
But I wish all drivers were as trustworthy as the number 3 car in iRacing. Still quite a few people who will spin you off track!
Very nice . thanks i enjoyed this, :)
2:23 damn, that's a high resolution!
Hey Empty Box, do you think I could play something like rFactor or another sim racer offline with a gamepad instead of a wheel?
The definition between defensive and blocking would be intresting. Im realy struggling at road Atlanta in the mc. cant understand where everybody gets their speed. A god lapp in race is high 20 s for me. The fast gets mid or low 19s. Tryed low and high aero different brake bias etc. Dont ever get under 20s. I would realy want the cars to handle light rubbing better also. Their much to fragile now. Light Contact and race over.....
I have a Driving Force GT but it's linked to my PS3 and they're on different stories of my house... plus there's nowhere to put the wheel next to the computer... lol
You should make a podcast
"Simply put"
-EmptyBox 2013
Did #3 know he was a case study? haha
15:08 that second line change is not clean and you know it.
He had too much speed to make the corner. There was a lane for him had he been able to make the corner.
@@TacticalCardboard - And you made the move as though you were going to turn in on him, knowing that he wouldn't have time to recognize the "open line" in the split second he had to react to your move. Eh, I agree with the criticism on this one. Lots of fast guys make excuses for their dirty moves, and this is an example.
I'm going to support Empty Box here, unless the driver attempting the overtake has his car alongside the car of the driver they are trying to pass, they are not entitled to a car's-width of space; and Empty Box actually gave that too him which he wasn't obligated to do. Further, it is the overtaking driver's responsibility to control his speed to be able to make the corner and the manouveur safely. He got squeezed because he was against an intelligent driver who knows how to control the lines of the corner. It tough, but it's fair. That's my three Shillings worth anyway.
Look up racing lines in real life. I do Karting and I use the experience in defensive lines and attacking lines etc.
every time you had to leave a space!
You were wrong as soon as you said it's okay on the major console games. If anything, those are the games where people should be developing skills and etiquette. You're probably like the fast guys I encounter that bump me off my line or off track instead of finding the clean pass, which I never appreciate.
Summation: If you can't beat 'em, block 'em...
its as if you had a gopro mounted on your roof.
Hey that track looks like Mosport up near Peterborough. AM I right?
thank you captain obvious
If someone are clearly faster and theres a couple off laps left let the faster guy be. Defending your position and making the faster eventually doing something stupid and taking you bouth off the race is not smart. Spa defensive racing gutted me big time. Defensive driving making you lose like 2 seconds a lapp. What do the slower guy gain by that in the long run???
I always get some Spaniard blocking me!!
His name is Christopher Payton O.o
I tried all of this and I got recked into the back of my car multiple times because drivers behind me keep drafting all the way and do not hesitate to brake. They brake only after the contact to keep their car on the track while my car is already in the wall. SMH. It looks like we are playing different iRacing. I don't know where do you find these reliable drivers. To me there are always some morons on the track that don't know where the fuck is brake pedal and what the fuck is drafting.
that's a chop haha
Why the fuck was there a justin beiber underwear commercial before this
HunterMasta Storm ...one of life's many mysteries right there...
HunterMasta Storm It's based on your interests. Now we all know!!
#busted
Pretty much.
Holy crap i just noticed it's a game LOL
Not a game.
... Confused.
It SAYS Sim Racing 101..
Justin Knight Exactly. Sim does not equal game. iRacing is more of a sport rather than a game, it is supposed to be taken with 100% seriousness. Which is what makes it phenomenal.
thanx4allthefish Its a game lmao. It may be a simulator type game, but its still a game.
15:17 that was a block..
Mosport isnt that narrow dude