I use a PTFE Spray. Its a Teflon Spray. I use it for the moving parts on the padel. Also the scrwes, were the the staff with the elastomers is connected to the pedal arm. The Advantage of PTFE is, that dust will not sticking so fast on the pedal.
Lots of great advice from everyone here but tbf everyone of us drives differently, At this stage Just put in the laps.. Get to know your rig, Get comfortable. Stick with one car and one series and it will come to you naturally. Youve got this mate. Good luck.
I subscribed to your channel, not because you're the best but because you're invested in learning and you like it. I like that mindset and it's relaxing to see you drive. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. You will soon become a beast.
@christinaruddell He just released a video an hour ago about....Braking!, and relaxing your hands. EDIT : He has a massive 50% discount on his course for 24hrs. Code ALIEN50. 10 hrs remaining as I write this.
You have already improved a lot since the last video. Don't be afraid to join races even if you think you are not ready, it will really help you improve your lines by watching others. Race will also help you improve your racecraft. Its refreshing to see a women taking sim racing seriously! Subbed and shared this to my girlfriend, I hope she picks up this hobby just like you. Your channel will blow up soon, cheers!
Hello Christina ! How do i break on a sport car ? The action on the controls. Part 1: When you press the brake pedal, you create a change in the mass distribution of the 4 wheels on the car. This changes the front/ rear grip distribution of the car. The front will gain grip and the rear will lose some. So you need to find the right brake dosage to get a balanced grip, to keep the car in control, while having the front directional. Not enough, the car "understeer". Okay, the "grip and turn" car. Too much, the car "oversteer". Far too much, front, or rear, or set, "block wheel" and respectively, "understeer", "oversteer", "no grip all the car leave". Part II: To keep it simple, the grip of the tires is obtained with the weight that acts on it. The weight that acts is the result of 3 phenomenals. Long G (brake action, weight movement from back to front, acceleration action, weight movement from front to back, no loss), G lat (steering wheel turned left and speed in turn, weight movement from left to right, vice versa), and the aerodynamic weight (the speed of the air circulating above and below the car, body height, fins). If the mechanical weight is never lost, the aerodynamic weight decreases with speed reduction, and vice versa. Therefore, the brake should be gradually removed, as the speed decreases, so as not to block the wheels and lose the grip of the tires. In addition, when the car turns, the tires shear and the contact surface on the ground decreases. The brake must be lowered faster when turning and slowing down. . The setup. Part 1: Depending on the model, it is possible to act on the operation of the brakes. BIAS is the distribution of the front/ rear brakes. To avoid blocking the front or rear first, it is important to adjust this setting, in order to brake effectively and over the shortest distance. (Telemetry => comparison of the rate of wheel slippage with the speed of movement of the car) Part Two: The "pads" affect the brake power. The harder they are, the harder and shorter the braking, and the more likely it is to lock the wheels. (Telemetry => comparison of the wheel slip rate with the evolution of the long G, shows the grip limits of the tires) Part Three: Master cylinders affect the increase in brake system pressure. With the help of telemetry software, this can be adjusted so that the front/ rear braking remains homogeneous and effective throughout the braking phase (Telemetry => comparison of the sliding rate of the front and rear wheels during braking) . Controlling the braking phase is the pilot’s most important and hard work.👍Good Luck. "Mu", to convert, and "MOTEC" to analyse telemetry, free, are the best soft to help you to set your car on iRacing. 😉
If I may add, changing gears in a bend can make the car unstable due to engine braking. Some people use this to get through faster, but with a rear engine and rear drive in particular, you can oversteer very quickly. This is clearly visible in bend 1 when you go into second gear.
Side note off subject, but it is really cool in my book seeing women get more involved in real and sim racing. Don't quit hun and you will get better and better in time.
Welcome back :) What a great practice session. Amazing that you was able to shave off 5 seconds in a matter of a few laps. Your analytical skills are definetly helping you. Very well done for a beginner. You will want to watch for your delta time. Especially after each sector. When it turns up in green it shows the time you have improved in that sector, compared to your best. There was a few times where you was questioning if you were faster, and you actually was. That tells you what works and what dosn't. To start off try and make sure you create healthy habbits for you driving. On of the first and most important ones is that you have to be calm and smooth with your inputs. Remember to breathe, like if you was working out, and try not to tense up, espeacially in the hands. It's impossible to be tense and smooth at the same time. As the old racing saying goes: "Smooth is fast". It also helps calm your mind and will give you room to focus on the right things. like trail braking, hitting the apex and not least your racing line wich determines your speed and balance of the car in the corner. Try and really feel those tires. It's the only part of the car that has contact with the road. Everything goes through them. Next time try to find your optimal lap and then try to keep doing THAT lap. It's a bit repetetive, but consistency is key. You want to be able to do the same lap again and again. Preferebly that optimal one, but get as close as you can. That target will then keep moving as you improve. Sorry for any spelling blunders, i'm Danish 🤪😅
NOBODY is ever ready for their first race. Real people on the same track (and in rookies most of them are as lost as you are in their first race) completely changes the whole dynamic of the situation. Mixing it up with real people changes everything
There is one golden rule in racing. Slow in -> Fast out. Once you fully grasp the concept you will understand when and why you lose or lost time on a lap. Quite impressed by your improvement. Keep it up :)
As a beginner to iRacing myself it is fantastic to see someone in real time learning. Learning by watching videos from Pro's or people that have been playing for years is one thing but watching a beginner is easier to relate to. Great job
Thank you for continuing to share your journey with us! Remember that it's a journey, and the most important part about that is to have fun! Especially given as you said, you put the kids to bed, it was a long day, so the last thing you want is more frustration. So just have fun. Don't worry if you spin or you crash. Just enjoy it. :)
The algorithm is in your favor, great vid!! I've mainly been playing f1 23 and have been looking to get into iRacing and this is a great beginners look into iRacing. Thank you!!
I have no advice to offer because I am new to it too. I just wanted to say that I think this is awesome and I think you're going to do just fine. You've got this.
Really interesting to watch somebody new, starting from a beginners point of view. I have a channel with about 18 subscribers so looks like you're doing awesome already. Well done. Subscribed!
Thanks for sharing your experience! You WILL get better. Keep going! Something that really helped me get better was to slow down and not focus on speed at first, especially when learning a new track. Instead of trying to be fast, try to be smooth. Instead of asking "what's the fastest way through this corner?" I'd ask myself "when do I need to brake and what gear should I be in so that I feel 100% confident I'll make this corner on a good racing line?" Keep doing laps focused on smoothness and confidence and the pace will naturally come up. Then I can start chasing those last 10% of little things that will bring the lap times down.
I just want to see more racing. After the first race my biggest tip would be to find exactly where to brake for each corner, looking at the distance boards or other marks. But it looks like you have already improved that a lot. Keep going!
Good video's. I left Iracing for 6 months to play wreckfest daily just for fun. Wreckfest is stress free for me. Watched your video and played Iracing last night. Yes I have two "A" racing licence's on Iracing. Iracing can be very stressful. My best advice with any game, instead of blaming others for accidents, see what you can do to learn and avoid the situation when you are in that position next time. I will say, I am 64 years old and a grandfather of 8. CHEERS!
Something really important, and that I still struggle with after an entire lifetime of arcade then sim racing, is vision. You should look where you want to go as much as you can, and what this often translates to is braking point -> apex (while braking) -> exit point (often the curb at the other side of the road) -> braking point -> apex -> exit point. Not only does this help you gauge the braking distances better, it also helps you feel exactly where you're going. If you focus on your vision and braking, you will improve massively in very short time. Keep going :)
Your trail braking into turn one looks good! Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet (too many comments to go through them all!), but one thing I did notice that might help is setting the steering wheel range and map range sliders to 900 degrees in iRacing and in your wheel software.
Most default setups carry a bit of rear bias braking. You'll find either carrying a bit of throttle during braking entry will stabilize the car, that and or 2 or 3 flicks forward brake bias helps a lot.
Just subscribed to your channel as a result of seeing your determination to get better in iracing. You appear to be very serious about it by the rig that you have purchased and the family responsibility that you have. I have an A class license on ovals and recently upgraded my gear by purchasing a simucube dd and load cell pedals and would like to get into road racing. Since i will start out like you as a rookie and do not have experience in road racing i cannot give you much advice except this, and this applies to ovals or road, nothing replaces practice on track by applying proper driving and racing techniques. Practicing by employing sloppy or improper techniques is a bad idea and will lead to frustration for you and to other drivers around you. It appears as though you already know this as i hear you talk in your videos about trail braking and apexes and watching and listening to videos of experienced racers. This is very good and i have another approach that has helped me on ovals and that is to enter a race in spectator mode and go incar camera view to the better drivers up front and try to figure out exactly what they are doing as to the gear they are in ,driving line, braking points etc. Always pick the top split as these will be the most experienced drivers. This mostly applies when you get to maybe a c class and above drivers as lower classes do not yet have this skill. Keep up the good work and maybe i will see you on track.
Genuinely very entertaining to see someone sharing the early stages of learning! Hats off for sharing it. You're doing great! It's very fun to see you enjoying working things out. Don't worry about pressure from the audience/subscribers, you're obviously already making interesting content if we are all watching. Hope you continue to enjoy yourself with sim racing. :) PS nice lil cameo from Dan Suzuki. 🙂 I like his calm and inviting tone, his videos helped me get into sim racing a couple of years ago.
Someone might have stated this advice already, or perhaps you already know, but I noticed on your concentration lap (around 12:00 ish somewhere) that you lost the tail on turn one due to a downshift mid corner. The Mazda has pretty aggressive engine braking, so use downshifts to slow the car on the straight, and turn in after your last down shift. This will allow the car to balance easier during the turn, and slow you down faster during braking on the straight. I only realized how valuable this can be after buying Suellio Almeida’s sim racing course. Been trying to improve as well. Good luck out there!
I am also new to sim racing the last five months and only on iRacing for a month, and I love it! I crashed out a few times and went to AI to work on a few things, and have jumped back in. It’s awesome! I let people pass who are clearly gonna pass me as I sort stuff out and I’ve started to get into some decent battles! Keep going! It’s so much fun! EDIT: Something I’ve done is turn down the screeching tires a bunch. I tended to react to the sound of screeching tires with not committing. It helped me with committing to turns and braking and being more into the turn.
Hey Christina, you're doing great! Keep practicing is the only way to improve! As an iRacer one piece of advice is, if you start losing control of the car just take your foot off the throttle quickly before you apply any brake and you'll be surprised how quickly the car will correct itself. Practice that for a few laps! Second piece of advise is just start racing folks, it's so much fun!
Welcome back Some good progress made there, you're already pointing out to yourself where braking is needed or a lift (or not at all). Some of those faster corners will require you to stay off the kerb on the inside and only get your inside wheel next to it to avoid unsettling the car. Gloves absolutely worth half a second, more if you get bright ones 😉
Practice, practice, practice. Don’t get too frustrated. And have fun. You’re already improving. Thank you for sharing this journey. Not easy with real life and being a busy mother.
Slow in fast out is a great piece of advice! Also practice slowing into a corner enough so when you reach the apex of a corner you are getting back on the throttle 100% at or before the apex.
Great video! On a very similar path starting out with iracing and a busy parent to so grabbing wheel time it's hard. To help with positioning and speed at entry, mid and exit corner just put the racing line on for a few laps to get an indication of speed and position, look for brake markers and turn it points. Then turn it back off and try to replicate using your markers and new track positioning around the lap. Rinse and repeat and the pace will soon come! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, I try not to use the racing line because I found I was blindly following it and not learning the track, but now I’m more familiar with them I’ll put them back on for a few laps. Good luck on your journey ☺️
You've got some real balls to do what you do and put yourself out there on the internet, I have a lot of respect for that! You have everything you need to get good, just keep investing the time and you will certainly get good. First piece of advice I would like to give is stop worrying about being fast. You do not yet have the car control required to absolutely push the car to its limit. So what you should focus on is getting consistent. Try driving at only like 75% of your ability speed wise, but focus 100% on hitting all your breaking points and all your apexes. Then once you've hit a rythm where you can easily bang out 10 laps all within a tenth or two. Start looking at where you can go just a tiny bit faster, and repeat the process. I have about 14 years of high intensity sim racing experience at the top split. ALL of my lap records were set when I wasn't "pushing". They were all set when I was just in the flow. You're doing great so far, you've earned a follower in me!
Good JOb / You survived and made it to the end .. others did not . really enjoyed seeing a new person try this .. I have not gotten the first part . no computer , no rig no game etc.. but you and others are making me shop.. . keep up the good work and thank you for sharing
TH-cam Algo just recommended me this video. As a fellow Sim Racing Noob, started 3 weeks ago albeit in ACC, the most important thing is having fun. If you are having fun driving (not necessarily winning) you'll improve bit by bit. Getting to know the track and car limit is a thing done in days, not hours. At least for me, but maybe I am just bad :D Oh and don't beat yourself up about the the rejoin or pushing someone off the track. It happens and its part of the learning curve aswell. Keep racing!
Hi Christina, It's so frustrating isn't it! I have sort of plateau on my times and still well off the pace, and now trying to work out where I can gain those extras. I even decided to invest in Trophi ai and this has helped point out were I need to get my act together. I need to break some bad habits, like instinctively down shifting under breaking when sometimes I shouldn't be, and I am also very slow getting back on the throttle. Hey ho, just need to keep practicing. It always amazes me how these top drivers can batter round a track so smoothly. Good luck!
Yes... way harder than it looks! Glad you're finding Trophi ai useful. I tried it but couldn't figure out how to make it work for me and found it quite buggy, though it was still in its testing phase so maybe they've sorted it out now. Keep going!
Welcome to the world of sim racing. I've just started recently on assetto corsa and low fuel motorsport. Definitely worth taking a look at. Meanwhile I'd recommend Dave Cam, Aris.Drives and Dan Suzuki. I'm learning as well. It's definitely a difficult skill to learn. I find it hard to find the limit. Simulation wise I can land an Airbus 320 in Microsoft flight sim and do virtual ATC. The nearest track to Edinburgh of note is Knock Hill. The one thing I know from being a musician is slow practice makes fast work. Going for a slower car like the MX-5 is a great way to learn. It's useful to do some slower sighting laps to learn the track and work on the speed afterwards.
Christina, you're doing great!! If you want to see how you are doing relative to past laps...in the "garage"...click Options and look at "Split Time Delta" section...you can pick your best lap as well as turn on the "display deltabar"....this will give you how are are doing on a lap (though not sure that is turned on during a race)... Also on your laps at LRP...you are doing amazing...the turn before up hill you could take at speed...maybe just letting off the gas a bit to get some "weight" on the front tires at turn in...and the top of the hill, I lift off the gas real quick so you don't get that shift and then go flat out again...at the West bend I go from 4th to 3rd to make the corner and then accelerate down the hill and shift to 4th right before corner to the straight and give slight lift off...that could get you a second or so back
Hey Christina, As a fellow new driver of Iracing, the best advice I can give you is to move at your own pace and don't race to win until you learn the mechanic of the game, race yourself is the best way of getting better, trying to get better lap time at the moment and get out the way of other racers, Safety rating over Irating for rookies, I joined the discord server so ill be in there a lot when I am racing for sure. Good luck and see you on the journey, I know you'll get out of the rookie class in no time.
Practice, practice, practice. Until you know the track in and out. When to start braking, what gear to be in through corner. Maybe turn on the “driving line” until you feel comfortable. Good luck! Keep progress videos coming!
I love how halfway through your second video you're already pondering a track car 😁 Your closest circuit is Knockhill, just over the Forth. Just for reference 😉 Nice to see another woman with a sim rig. We built ours to learn tracks for trackdays (the Nurburgring and Spa so far) but haven't done any actual racing with it yet.
One suggestion, take some time to find the track limits from your view. So pull to the side of the track and mark where the white line is on your hood when you hear that your wheels are in the grass. You can widen the turns quite a bit by using all of the track.
Great editing, good to see the journey! My missus just bought me a Logitech g29 for gran turismo and I'm having a hard enough time with that! 😂 Also Knockhill racing circuit is great and do track days over by Perth! :)
The best piece of advice I have for braking in general: -While learning a car or a track, try to find the furthest braking marker for a corner without understeering -In big decelerating zones, press hard on the brakes (80-90% pressure max, if higher you lock the wheels) and release smoothly as you enter the corner (if it's too smooth you lose lap time but if it's too quick you understeer) 👍
Subbed to your channel not because your quick but because you're new to the hobby and it's honestly nice to see a woman making videos about her journey. Here's a tip: I saw you were wearing perhaps running shoes for your sim racing. That's not ideal as the soles are thick and squishy and won't let you feel the brake particularly well. Braking is THE most important aspect of our hobby and you really want to give yourself the most feeling you possibly can through the peddle. If you must wear some form of shoe, get yourself some good sim racing boots. You'll get so much more out of those awesome peddles.
@@christinaruddell Some good socks with a bit of grip on them yes. There's a company called IMB Racewear that sells SIM specific socks for about £10. You can also get sim racing boots from them too. They'll even customize them for you if you want.
@@christinaruddell I wouldn't go barefoot no. Some good quality socks with a bit of grip on them would be fine. A company called IMB Racewear sells socks specifically for sim racing for about £10 I think. They even do sim racing boots as well. They'll customize them and everything. I use their products personally and they are very good in my opinion.
Hi, I really enjoyed watching your new video. I think it doesn't make sense for a beginner to focus on things like trailbraking and shifting too early or late and other more advanced techniques. You just have to drive lap after lap like in this video. Learn a proper racing line, learn where to brake and where not to brake at all and start driving consistent laps. For example, on this track, drive lap in one minute and then drive at least 10 laps within a few tenths of a second. Concentrate on using the entire track, you do it quite well when entering corners, but you don't use the entire width of the track when exiting. It is very good to watch the replay of your fastest lap from the third person to see where you hit the apex and where you didn't and where you could have used the width of the track more. Anyway. I enjoyed your video, good luck for the future and I look forward to more videos.
Great to see another video out :) Pedal calibration, curve, and dead zones look good. It's been ages since I drove the Mazda, but from what I can remember it got some mad engine braking if you slap it into 2nd mid-corner, making it very unstable. On another note, you should add a noise cancellation for your microphone on OBS. We can hear you breathing ^^,
A tip to consider: you can set up a test session with the MX5 on one of the free short track ovals. You can get loads of braking practice and get a feel for the edge of control.
not sure if it was mentioned before. Check your power band and see where max rmp is and shift at that RPM. Every car is different. I play ACC and GT7. works perfect with both. don't be afraid to brake early while learning. Then learn to push it. Enjoy all the experiences, it's so much fun...
Honestly, you said you would try trail brake later after you learnt just braking straight. Your trail brake trace is good. Just need to work on initial power and timing for the let off. Keep it up. So awesome to see. I’d love my partner to jump in a sim! Hard for us to share - I’m too tall and she too short 😂
Thanks so much! It’s such a steep learning curve. And me and my husband have the opposite problem… I’m tall and he’s short! Ended up getting the pedal slider kit so he can jump on in too. 😉
You are awesome! I just got started with my first rig and am having to learn everything and it's so new I haven't yet figured out how to get the other two screens up and running but I have been pounding out laps at Lime Rock with a super Vee and trying to get my Muscle memory going by learning on one car and one track. Sometimes this is boring but if you are attempting to set faster times than yesterday it will get interesting pretty quickly.
Thank you! And welcome aboard! ☺️ I feel your pain with the screens. Even now they’re buggy and have moments they don’t want to work. I ended up using resize racoon. Worth a try if you’ve not looked at it.
people underestimate how much a solid rig helps you become consistent. Also on iRacing you can turn off border in the graphics settings and unlock your taskbar so you will effectively be full screen and you will keep your overlay
Calibration with the pedals will set 100% based on how how hard (brake is a load cell) it is pressed or how far the pedal has rotated (throttle). No need to push excessively hard when calibrating, just as hard as you want 100% to be for the brake, and to the end-stop for the throttle. There are knobs in the front bottom of the pedal if you need to adjust the throw to be shorter. Once you've calibrated, avoid doing it unless something is off. Because there is no static way to set the calibration (like with other pedals by specifying the kg/nm) this could throw off your muscle memory learning. Set it once and forget it. Calibrate with no dead zones, and see if the problem still exists for the throttle. 1-2% dead zone after calibration on throttle and brake are good in-case it drifts with time, or if you find yourself resting your foot and triggering the pedal.
That’s really useful to know. Thank you. I have contacted Sim Lab to see if something is off with the pedal. Maybe I’ll lower the dead zone on the throttle again and see if it’s still happening.
my advice is to concentrate on being smooth, not fast. speed will come with laps of being smooth. also, some more advanced techniques along with trail braking is that you can have light brake as you power out to avoid oversteer when the tires are cold or in slippery conditions. eventually you will learn to use the oversteer to exit corners faster. also, pay attention to the attitude of the car at corner entry and exit. if the car is still yawing forward as you turn into the corner, your back is more likely to come around. same thing on exit, if your car is yawing back from the power to the rear, you will have less weight over the front tires causing understeer. once you start to understand whats going on with the weight transfer at corner entry and exit, you will start to feel weight transfers in other places like going over a hill top or at the bottom of a hill. when you start feeling these things, you can start to change how you approach each area to get the most traction and speed.
You are progressing and that is what matters. Learning the tracks is the hardest thing. I used to focus 100% on the braking point, but I have learned that is not the best way when racing. It's OK for qualifier laps but in the race you need to be more dynamic.
Start- straight 5th gear to 3rd gear break at or just after the 2 board. don’t use the first kerb. Roll into the middle of the track at the first corner, downshift mid corner into 2nd, (for better rotation) turn and Aim for the second apex. Keep 2nd gear. Next left turn minimum breaks, maybe 5% just to rotate the car, aim for a late Apex 2nd gear still, right turn flat out or lift so you don’t go wide into grass. Shift to 3rd. For the fast right hand that leads to the hill, put the tires on the rocks on the left, the white line should be in the middle of the steering wheel. Lift for a second and put the power back down when you hit the kerb on the right side. Still 3rd gear… This should put you on the left side of track as you come up the Hill. Up hill. Aim straight so you don’t lose the back end. For the next right, avoid hitting the kerb at the apex. Trail break into this one and at the service road put down the power. Use the outside rocks as you exit the corner on the left. And stay left. Bottom of the hill is the next turn in marker, you can shift to 4th, you want to be far left as you come down the hill. Avoid the inside kerb at the last corner. Lift half way. Shift into 5th and repeat. This track is very minimal breaking.. just send it.. really that first corner is just don’t hit the first kerb. These long corners are good lessons on double apex turns. You got a 1 minute. Honestly less breaks and a 0.57/0.58 is easy enough. You did awesome. This is a very fast track and very minimal breaks needed.
Recently my wife said to me; "I feel I need something else in my evenings" ... and I was like, "okay where is this going?" She then asked if she could learn iRacing. After picking myself up off the floor, I decided that the MX5 and Lime Rock were a good starting point. This video has been perfect preparing me for what it'll be like for a total newbie trying learning this combination of car and track. Thank you!
Me resulta muy divertido ver cómo te vas adaptando al rol de piloto. No entiendo una palabra de lo que dices, pero me resultas muy simpática. Sigue entrenando, más temprano que tarde lo dominarás.
Those mazdas have mad lift-off oversteer, took me ages to get out of rookies! As someone said above, keep an eye on your delta, it's probably the most important hud in any racing game (along with your pedal traces) and you can see where you're gaining/losing time in each corner. What I learnt is that depending on the car, you've gotta drive slow to be quick (as in not chucking it into corners, instead braking early and maximising exit speed) Enjoying seeing you progress again, your kit is impressive too - i have to make do with a G923 until the wife allows me to upgrade 😂
Subbed before 100k! Keep it going. You're doing great for a starter! I'd say, before I go into a new track, I watch a youtube video to learn gears and revs for corners. Once you do 5 laps you learn the track and from there it's just improving. I rev the mx5 a lot ahaha
Hi there, great to see you back ! I'm glad to see you progress regarding the braking as you could see it already makes you go around a track without losing control and faster. What regards the revs you can definitely red line it, what you should not do is hitting the rev limiter (that's whats slowing you down). Now back to the braking, I can see that you naturally feel where you need to start braking but you can improve on that like @simaddiction underneath suggested. By knowing your braking marks and hitting them accurately each lap will help you be more consistent and subsequently more confident in your car ! You did very well in this training session !
Based on your brake pedal input I’m assuming you have a Hal sensor brake instead of a load cell. A load cell brake is actually the single most significant upgrade you can make as a beginner. It measures the brake based off amount of force instead of distance traveled. It’s better for muscle memory and makes trailbreaking (look up a trailbreaking tutorial) much easier and more consistent. If you already have a load cell pedal, use its software to increase the max brake force to somewhere between 40 and 70.
Hello…. Awesome to see your journey into the deep end of sim racing… might I suggest you turn on the breaking line to aid you as you learn the tracks…. Also, a dedicated DDU (digital display unit) with leds will work much better for your shift points instead of that overlay you currently use. You can customize the leds for revs, flags, and spotter using sim hub. Happy racing 👍🏼
It’s interesting because some people say to use the braking line and others don’t. I found I was relying on it too much and not really learning the track, but maybe I’ll give it another go now I know the track better.
As long as you use it as a reference and not rely on it entirely as it is a guide. You will see that faster lines and breakpoints are more often than not outside of that line… but to learn a track and where to be cautious it’s great!…. At least for me 😊
@@christinaruddell It looks like you are already taking decent racing lines, and experimenting with different lines. So I would say you're probably fine to skip that step, but whatever feels right/ is most interesting/fun for you. 🙂 As you become more comfortable placing the car where you want, you will be able to more precisely experiment with lines and maximize the width of the track as you lap to find the optimal line. Just keep on drivin' and enjoying :)
Hi Christina, I see you doing better with breaking. Trailbreaking is very difficult if you want to do it right. Even I struggle with that. I also see you are not using all of the track. The next tip I want to give you is: Use all the track when going through a corner. So for a right corner start al the way on the left, hit the apex and go all the way to the left at corner exit. There are some exeptions like chicanes. Second tip is: Know the track so you know where you can step on the gas earlier because you have enough track on (blind) corner exit. Last tip is: Have fun!
@@christinaruddell To see how far you can go to the edge of the track, just drive (in practise) as far as possible to the edge of the track and see where the track edge meets the dashboard of the car. Thats how far you can go. And watch the Driver61 Driver University. I learned a lot from him. 👩🎓
I think the reason you've got so many subscribers is because you're very personable and sound entirely real. The mentions of your children and apologies to your Mum, combined with trying to get better at sim racing is very endearing.
some old quotes from legendary racing drivers: Smooth is fast, slow in and fast out, to finish first, first you need to finish, You're improving and that's the most important bit, you have massively improved your brakes and shifting routine, now you can slowly start thinking about racing line and steering application. As you drive MX5 that car needs to be on it's edge so if you can't hear tyres scream, you're going too slow. Also on top of that hill, car has to be straight or you need to anticipate that it will want to go sideway. In my opinion your screen is a mess, especially that you're only starting (later on you might add something that you really need), delete all the overlays apart from telemetry (for us to see what you're doing with your feet) and focus on the road, learn what signals car is giving you about shifting (led strip above display, rev counter). Near Edinburgh you might find Knockhill (great track by the way)
For your throttle, it needs a re calibration in windows and or the software, i have 4 sets of pedals 2 for flying and 2 for racing, they all do that if i unplug them or windows updates. I do a re calibration once every few months.
The idea around trail braking is to use the pedals to turn the car. Understeering will keep happening and you turn wheel too much. This will scrub tires and heat them up. It takes ages. But once you get it it's the same in all cars. Always use all the track on corner entry and exit. Your losing speed on exit. And usually end up in the middle of track. It'll come. Your already way ahead for a noob. Patience and practice
Aww thanks. I’m trying! 🙈 I try to not go too far to the edge of the track to avoid slipping off the edge of the track but know I need to be pushing it further over.
One thing I'll note is that you do are not using all the track on the exit of the corners, which shows you can carry a lot more speed through the corners and if you can, will be easy lap time. For example in the last corner on your PB lap you have half the track on the left side to use on the exit which shows you do not have to slow down as much (it should be easily doable with a slight lift). But for someone new this seems like a really good start, keep doing laps and building confidence and understanding.
Top of the hill you should open up your steering as you crest. Creating the hill will be making the car light at the front which will drastically reduce front end grip momentarily which is unsettling the car. Maybe a little lift on the throttle also to scrub a little speed. Then as you feel the grip come back you then you can resume steering
@@christinaruddell more than welcome anytime. We all start somewhere. Practice gets you started but guidance will get you there quicker. Might add don’t take it from me but there are guys in there that are ridiculous 😂
Early in video you mentioned throttle. That pedal set has adjustments to shorten the throttle pedal throw. If you feel you have to push too far. Shorten the travel length. If you really get into it you’ll be fiddling with stuff all the time.
Hi, I've just left Edinburgh for oz strange how your video popped up in my feed any ways. You should nip up to knockhill and do the hatchback and formula trackdays not overly expensive, or you can go up to a track nite in your own car or just watch which is great fun someone might offer to take you around but you will need a passenger band. Will help with perception and car movement. Turn the on screen overly off and just listen to the engine. Q can you press the brake pedal the full length of travel? Also make sure you have the delta bar enabled in the options and bind buttons to it you will get a green or red bar on screen. Also you can move all the icons around by pressing alt+k. Also just wondering do you understand cars when you weight transfer etc?? Am not the fastest person on iracing but if you need any help advice ask away.
Ah such a shame! Were you just visiting? Definitely looking into Knockhill! But don’t think I’ll be taking the V90 onto the track… 😂 I’ve never raced a car in real life so will defo help with the understanding.
I really applicate people like you taking sim racing serious! Ill start with nothing wrong with doing sim racing for fun and not really caring to get better but with me I love it and take it very serious. Just to put it in perspective Spa is my worst track and I did 350 laps in one sitting (finally cracked 2:17s yes I know thats not that fast)
First of all, don't beat yourself up over "mistakes", you learn more from them than you think. In the words of Robert McCall "Progress not perfection" (The Equalizer 2014). This is visible to us watching as you rapidly seemed to adjust lap by lap and avoid spinning out as much. There's your progress right there... Right now you're thinking about everything you should be doing, when to brake, when to turn in, when to apply power, when to shift up and down with practice and time, thought eventually develops into sheer instinct and you just do it, no thought required. You're using pretty good racing lines, setting your self up nicely for wide entries. You have decent apex awareness,. Make good use of the track width on the double apex corners, the trick there is to treat them as one corner, e.g. you're a little too tight through T1 between the 2 inner kerbs, compromising your corner speed and you're exit. If instead of hugging the right side of the track all the way, you want to allow yourself to move all the way across to the left of the track after the 1st one and then aim to juuust clip the end of that 2nd kerb, by doing so you can lower your chance of going wide on the exit, this will also allow you to carry more speed through the entire corner plus you'll be faster all the way to your next braking zone. I believe iRacing has tracks that rubber in, if possible when practicing, setting the track conditions to heavy rubber can be a huge aid as you'll see a darker line on the tarmac which is the best racing line plus, it gets much darker right where the ideal braking point is. Having some AI in practice sessions can also help with a lot of techniques, just by tailing them instead of trying to race them. You then have a mobile track guide and can set them to low skill level till you begin overtaking them, then increase their skill level and repeat the process. Racing is all about conservation of momentum, finesse on all the controls and preparing for each corner well in advance. You're automatically adapting pretty fast and spotting issues as they happen plus doing the right thing to remedy them. Right now you're a bit tentative at times (perfectly natural fir any beginner) making a fair amount of adjustments mid turn, this is perfectly natural and you're adapting nicely. Speed comes with confidence, confidence only comes from time, practice, track knowledge and cars behaviour. Biggest tip is this... RELAX! As soon as you tense up you'll begin to make sharp and jerky inputs, which unsettles the car, remember, smooth is fast. This is a vid of mine from AMS2, if you watch the pedal meters on the speedo you'll see me almost dancing on the brake pedal in the braking zones, hovering on the gas mid corner (conservation of momentum), setting myself up for corner sequences in the very 1st turn in order to get the best exit on the last, using the entire width of the track wherever possible, wide entry late apexes and early on the gas whilst being as smooth as possible. th-cam.com/video/aAkI8jhMgos/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rZXT4YZ234gPH8i1 Net result is I was within 0.2 seconds of Kevin Estres' WEC 2023 fastest race lap and beat the 2018 fastest race lap by just over 0.1 second. Keep at it, you're being very brave learning in a public arena, huge kudos for that! It's sooo nice to see so many people offering you good advice and more importantly being supportive on your way to making progress.
This is some very in depth and very appreciated advice and support. Thank you. I’ll check out the video. This is such a supportive and helpful community. ☺️
@@christinaruddell Most of us are, we ALL were "the new peeps" once too after all (hate the word noob, to me that's like shaming people for no reason other than conceit), someone else helped US out in the past, time to pay it forwards. Whenever you meet or face the crass overbearing a*holes that say say things like "hur hur hur git gud noob!" should you DARE to ask them for advice, ignore them, it's THEIR loss not yours. Never be afraid to ask those aliens who race off into the distance for help, many of us will happily help you out, some will even setup live training sessions to observe and give advice then show and tell to clarify good vs bad habits and their costs/benefits. Hell I joined a time trial league a few years ago in AMS2 at the start I was wiping the floor winning the monthly competitions outright 8 times, I knew this could discourage people so offered to do some training sessions for anyone interested, within an hour or 2 these people were HOUNDING me like you wouldn't believe many surpassed me and the group grew as a result. Even I learned things I didn't know before because at the end of the day, it's a 2 way street.. The vast majority tend to hold a view that basically goes like this, "The more skilled racers there are, the better the racing gets, that way EVERBODY wins! Even if you lose the race" A good fair fight is WAAAAAY more fun than disappearing into the distance all on your lonesome! Which looks more fun? This... th-cam.com/video/Xg2oISCF6YQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=GE63P23gl_y-mT0b Or this... th-cam.com/video/wPf6N3bsLk4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CQl_IpuywCwl5qRb IMO If you're not being pushed to the limits? You don't make progress, it's then just you vs the track and the clock, that's your only incentive. When you ARE pushed to the point of sweating buckets? GOD DAYUM! What a thrill! GIMME MORE!!!!!! There's always someone better than you, just as there's always someone worse. I've been called an alien many times but, there's others out there that make me look like a total newbie as well. Don't fear online races due to any perceived, personal lack of skill, if you make a mistake that causes an accident? A simple "Sorry my bad, I'm an idiot" will earn you a LOT of respect plus can make you some friends and reduce misunderstandings. Even if you think you're not at fault, watching the replay later can change your outlook. Do your best to avoid them, no one can ask more of you, fight the fight for position and don't just roll over for people, sure make room for others by picking a line and sticking to it, but, don't give in till yon Opera lady belts out Ride of the Valkyries at the top of her lungs! My last YT vid I was involved in a major incident with members of a Discord group all 3 involved apologised (even to poor guy who had nothing to do with the initial contact, both in game and in Discord we all watched the replay from all cars involved and came to the conclusion it was a racing incident, we both made errors we COULD have avoided, we both bore SOME responsibility, we ALL earned each others respect for thinking before screaming "YOU BAR STEWARD!" at each other, added a few new friends as a result. It's worth considering joining some groups on social media for games you own like Discord, Facebook etc. you're likely to find many more helpful people there and get access to organised events, leagues and championships which can help avoid the random public lobby twits just out to cause chaos. Another thing to bear in mind, by displaying YOUR learning curve, warts and all, you're helping others in the same situation, plus with the amount of seriously helpful people you've gathered here commenting as they are, new players can immediately see how supportive the community is and ease their own fears and trepidation as they begin their own journey down this particular rabbit hole.. That alone is PRICELESS! Tuning can seem like a dark art that requires an engineering degree, it doesn't, yet it can make a MASSIVE difference to your confidence in the car and by default your performance, even the absolute basics can elevate you to the next level. Chris Haye did a fantastic playlist on car tuning, both for race what race terminology means plus explanations of their causes AND their remedies, he also created a short and sweet handling diagnosis/remedy sheet too. The link for this sheet is in Vid 11 description. I still refer to it at times.. th-cam.com/video/FNtXwBigDt8/w-d-xo.html
One more thing, (hope I don't overwhelm you) you should also start learning the correct reacing line of the track you visit. This will help tremendously with your lap times as you will hit corners with more speed and accuracy. Cheers !
I'm glad to see something else than those superhuman sim racers. I'm 44 and got into sim racing a few years ago. Adult life prevents me from practicing a lot. Right now it has been almost 2 weeks since I last touched my sim rig. It is shiny and cool looking though :).
Haha. That’s the main reason I started these videos! All I could find was the experts who made it look so easy. Though putting yourself out there as rubbish takes some doing, so maybe that’s why. 🙈 after putting the first video up I was super nervous. This community is so great though. It’s not easy… but make some time and jump back on and get back into the swing of things! ☺️
2 Things: 1- you seem to be braking too early in turn 1 and over-slowing which you try to compensate by going earlier on the throttle which is why you keep running wide there. I suggest you always challenge your braking point lap after lap trying to brake later until you find the perfect point 2- keep your grips slightly loose, listen to the cars body language talk to you through the steering wheel and over time you'll learn to understand it. keep it up
There's a video that Dan Suzuki made about calibrating the brake ini file in iracing to minimise the brake locking. I'd watch other hot lapers circuit guides on YT for car track combo. Can help with gear selection, braking points, racing line, etc.
You're doing good, this car lift oversteers a lot... try giving it a little throttle when you feel it's gonna loose the rear... it's like off brakes and straight to throttle, even if a little bit, just to put some weight on the back, otherwise it spins because you loaded the front during brake and rear is loose...
Thought I'd add another comment about your controller calibration..!! It is not uncommon to add a tiny dead zone at the top of the accelerator..!! You did it right..!! Don't mess with the curves, you want perfect linear rates..!! Calibrate your brake so it responds just like a real car brake..!! Don't push too hard for max brake force on a load cell,, it's not needed..!! I've been racing real cars and sims for almost 30 years now..!! Personally, I think the mx-5 is not great to learn on..!! It's short on power, setup options, and requires more finesse than something like a GT3, GT4, GTE, etc.. I'd recommend picking a car/track combo like GT4's on Brands Hatch and do a ton of test sessions with all driving aids off..!! No traction control or abs..!! You'll learn throttle and brake modulation using this method..!! You'll be pleasantly surprised at how much better you are when you go back to an mx-5 after driving unforgiving cars with no driving aids..!!
21:47 u exited the corner in the middle of the track , which leans u can slow down less next time, carry more speed which in turn will push you wider to the left on the exit of the turn but ts fine cause u still have a lot of room on your left there. In short, if you exit in the middle of the track , it means you could ve kept more speed through that turn. Take that with a pinch of salt too lol Have fun iracing.
Great new channel Christina, makes such a refreshing change from the norm and above all don't beat yourself up about braking in iRacing, it's simply not you it's the sim ! Let anyone else who has driven for years but never used a sim in their life jump on your rig and they too will go straight off the track at low speed and wonder why you have invested so much in something unrealistic. iRacing is so well established and invested in especially by those that can afford to that it doesn't even occur to many that it might not be perfect, it is great for what it is but far from perfect. There are now plenty of unaffiliated / agenda free pro drivers out there openly stating that the driving physics, especially under braking are not particularly realistic so just focus on "learning to iRace" rather than applying real world driving experience and you'll get a ton of competitive fun out of it, nothing currently beats it for diversity and online competition :)
Just seen the latest vid, entertaining as ever doing great ! Only tip I can think of is try moving the in-game seat height up (first option page) so the horizon is in the center of the windscreen, it will help you position the car much, much better .)
the exit of turn 7 try to put your left tyres on the outside curb. over the hump aim for the roof of the marshalls hut on the left side of the track. for the 3-4 Esses try entry from the far outside of 3 and wait till the wheel is strait before putting on the power. looking forward to the evolution of your iRacing adventure
@@christinaruddell re-watching again and another observation; you tend to look directly at the kerbs when cornering. try to visualize the entries and exits and using clues from the track surroundings. Lime Rock only has brake markers on the main strait the remainder of the track you need look at the barrier, marshals and the foliage.
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Does anyone else get a squeak from their brake pedal? Any solutions?
Apply some white lithium grease.
I use a PTFE Spray. Its a Teflon Spray. I use it for the moving parts on the padel.
Also the scrwes, were the the staff with the elastomers is connected to the pedal arm.
The Advantage of PTFE is, that dust will not sticking so fast on the pedal.
I use silicone grease on my T-LCM set
I had it, I solved it with a universal lubricating spray.
WD40 just a tiny bit will do.
This is probably the most well-dressed I have ever seen anyone sim race haha. Love it.
Hahaha. I honestly still had on what I was wearing all day. 🙈
@@christinaruddell I feel like I need to up my game and start wearing a tux when I race :D
Lots of great advice from everyone here but tbf everyone of us drives differently, At this stage Just put in the laps.. Get to know your rig, Get comfortable. Stick with one car and one series and it will come to you naturally. Youve got this mate. Good luck.
Absolutely! Thank you. ☺️
I subscribed to your channel, not because you're the best but because you're invested in learning and you like it. I like that mindset and it's relaxing to see you drive. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. You will soon become a beast.
Thanks for the sub! Hopefully I do get better, but if not, hopefully I’ll provide some entertainment. 😂
For all the students of sim racing (and irl to be fair)... I have two words "Suellio Almeida".
Great coach with videos that will help you immensely.
Oh yes, his videos are amazing and I watch him a lot! ☺️
@christinaruddell He just released a video an hour ago about....Braking!, and relaxing your hands. EDIT : He has a massive 50% discount on his course for 24hrs. Code ALIEN50. 10 hrs remaining as I write this.
Hell yeah Christina! Get his course! You wont regret it!
He currently has 50% off for 24 hrs. Probably only 12hrs left as I write this. Discount Code ALIEN50
Currently 50% off his course for 24 hrs. 11 hrs remaining as I write this.
Code is ALIEN50
You have already improved a lot since the last video.
Don't be afraid to join races even if you think you are not ready, it will really help you improve your lines by watching others. Race will also help you improve your racecraft.
Its refreshing to see a women taking sim racing seriously! Subbed and shared this to my girlfriend, I hope she picks up this hobby just like you.
Your channel will blow up soon, cheers!
Thanks so much! Defo get her on to it. We need more females sim racing!
Hello Christina !
How do i break on a sport car ?
The action on the controls.
Part 1:
When you press the brake pedal, you create a change in the mass distribution of the 4 wheels on the car. This changes the front/ rear grip distribution of the car. The front will gain grip and the rear will lose some.
So you need to find the right brake dosage to get a balanced grip, to keep the car in control, while having the front directional.
Not enough, the car "understeer".
Okay, the "grip and turn" car.
Too much, the car "oversteer".
Far too much, front, or rear, or set, "block wheel" and respectively, "understeer", "oversteer", "no grip all the car leave".
Part II:
To keep it simple, the grip of the tires is obtained with the weight that acts on it. The weight that acts is the result of 3 phenomenals. Long G (brake action, weight movement from back to front, acceleration action, weight movement from front to back, no loss), G lat (steering wheel turned left and speed in turn, weight movement from left to right, vice versa), and the aerodynamic weight (the speed of the air circulating above and below the car, body height, fins). If the mechanical weight is never lost, the aerodynamic weight decreases with speed reduction, and vice versa.
Therefore, the brake should be gradually removed, as the speed decreases, so as not to block the wheels and lose the grip of the tires.
In addition, when the car turns, the tires shear and the contact surface on the ground decreases. The brake must be lowered faster when turning and slowing down.
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The setup.
Part 1:
Depending on the model, it is possible to act on the operation of the brakes.
BIAS is the distribution of the front/ rear brakes. To avoid blocking the front or rear first, it is important to adjust this setting, in order to brake effectively and over the shortest distance. (Telemetry => comparison of the rate of wheel slippage with the speed of movement of the car)
Part Two:
The "pads" affect the brake power. The harder they are, the harder and shorter the braking, and the more likely it is to lock the wheels. (Telemetry => comparison of the wheel slip rate with the evolution of the long G, shows the grip limits of the tires)
Part Three:
Master cylinders affect the increase in brake system pressure. With the help of telemetry software, this can be adjusted so that the front/ rear braking remains homogeneous and effective throughout the braking phase (Telemetry => comparison of the sliding rate of the front and rear wheels during braking)
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Controlling the braking phase is the pilot’s most important and hard work.👍Good Luck.
"Mu", to convert, and "MOTEC" to analyse telemetry, free, are the best soft to help you to set your car on iRacing. 😉
Wow… I feel like I just gained a masters in brake control! 😂 thank you so much for this in depth insight!
If I may add, changing gears in a bend can make the car unstable due to engine braking. Some people use this to get through faster, but with a rear engine and rear drive in particular, you can oversteer very quickly. This is clearly visible in bend 1 when you go into second gear.
Side note off subject, but it is really cool in my book seeing women get more involved in real and sim racing. Don't quit hun and you will get better and better in time.
"hun,HUN" great way to be condescending dude
@@Smokeyr67 bro, he's just being nice, chill out
@@YGN09 no, I won't, he's being a patronising prat.
@@Smokeyr67 really dude shush
Women like cars and racing too ! Imagine that !
The production quality in itself is already very impressive
Thank you! I’m trying to make them as interesting as possible. ☺️
Welcome back :)
What a great practice session. Amazing that you was able to shave off 5 seconds in a matter of a few laps. Your analytical skills are definetly helping you. Very well done for a beginner.
You will want to watch for your delta time. Especially after each sector. When it turns up in green it shows the time you have improved in that sector, compared to your best. There was a few times where you was questioning if you were faster, and you actually was. That tells you what works and what dosn't. To start off try and make sure you create healthy habbits for you driving. On of the first and most important ones is that you have to be calm and smooth with your inputs. Remember to breathe, like if you was working out, and try not to tense up, espeacially in the hands. It's impossible to be tense and smooth at the same time. As the old racing saying goes: "Smooth is fast". It also helps calm your mind and will give you room to focus on the right things. like trail braking, hitting the apex and not least your racing line wich determines your speed and balance of the car in the corner. Try and really feel those tires. It's the only part of the car that has contact with the road. Everything goes through them.
Next time try to find your optimal lap and then try to keep doing THAT lap. It's a bit repetetive, but consistency is key. You want to be able to do the same lap again and again. Preferebly that optimal one, but get as close as you can. That target will then keep moving as you improve.
Sorry for any spelling blunders, i'm Danish 🤪😅
NOBODY is ever ready for their first race. Real people on the same track (and in rookies most of them are as lost as you are in their first race) completely changes the whole dynamic of the situation. Mixing it up with real people changes everything
Completely! It was unlike any of the practice sessions I’d done!
There is one golden rule in racing. Slow in -> Fast out. Once you fully grasp the concept you will understand when and why you lose or lost time on a lap. Quite impressed by your improvement. Keep it up :)
Thank you! ☺️
As a beginner to iRacing myself it is fantastic to see someone in real time learning. Learning by watching videos from Pro's or people that have been playing for years is one thing but watching a beginner is easier to relate to.
Great job
Welcome aboard! That’s why I’m doing this. There’s very little out there that shows just how tricky it is!
Thank you for continuing to share your journey with us! Remember that it's a journey, and the most important part about that is to have fun!
Especially given as you said, you put the kids to bed, it was a long day, so the last thing you want is more frustration. So just have fun. Don't worry if you spin or you crash. Just enjoy it. :)
Thank you so much. ☺️ the fact that I mustered up the energy to practice that evening was a small miracle in itself. 😂
The algorithm is in your favor, great vid!! I've mainly been playing f1 23 and have been looking to get into iRacing and this is a great beginners look into iRacing. Thank you!!
Go for it! I need to get F1 too!
I have no advice to offer because I am new to it too. I just wanted to say that I think this is awesome and I think you're going to do just fine. You've got this.
Thank you so much!!
Really interesting to watch somebody new, starting from a beginners point of view. I have a channel with about 18 subscribers so looks like you're doing awesome already. Well done. Subscribed!
Thanks so much! ☺️
Thanks for sharing your experience! You WILL get better. Keep going!
Something that really helped me get better was to slow down and not focus on speed at first, especially when learning a new track. Instead of trying to be fast, try to be smooth. Instead of asking "what's the fastest way through this corner?" I'd ask myself "when do I need to brake and what gear should I be in so that I feel 100% confident I'll make this corner on a good racing line?" Keep doing laps focused on smoothness and confidence and the pace will naturally come up. Then I can start chasing those last 10% of little things that will bring the lap times down.
I just want to see more racing. After the first race my biggest tip would be to find exactly where to brake for each corner, looking at the distance boards or other marks. But it looks like you have already improved that a lot. Keep going!
Thank you! More races to come. 👍🏻
Good video's. I left Iracing for 6 months to play wreckfest daily just for fun. Wreckfest is stress free for me. Watched your video and played Iracing last night. Yes I have two "A" racing licence's on Iracing. Iracing can be very stressful. My best advice with any game, instead of blaming others for accidents, see what you can do to learn and avoid the situation when you are in that position next time. I will say, I am 64 years old and a grandfather of 8. CHEERS!
Sub to your channel and supporting new sim racer. Keep it up and enjoy your journey in sim racing!
Thanks for subbing ☺️
Something really important, and that I still struggle with after an entire lifetime of arcade then sim racing, is vision. You should look where you want to go as much as you can, and what this often translates to is braking point -> apex (while braking) -> exit point (often the curb at the other side of the road) -> braking point -> apex -> exit point. Not only does this help you gauge the braking distances better, it also helps you feel exactly where you're going. If you focus on your vision and braking, you will improve massively in very short time. Keep going :)
Amazing advice, thank you. And something I'm trying to work on. 🙂
Your trail braking into turn one looks good! Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet (too many comments to go through them all!), but one thing I did notice that might help is setting the steering wheel range and map range sliders to 900 degrees in iRacing and in your wheel software.
Yes, I have changed that since. Thank you for the tip. ☺️
Most default setups carry a bit of rear bias braking. You'll find either carrying a bit of throttle during braking entry will stabilize the car, that and or 2 or 3 flicks forward brake bias helps a lot.
Just subscribed to your channel as a result of seeing your determination to get better in iracing. You appear to be very serious about it by the rig that you have purchased and the family responsibility that you have. I have an A class license on ovals and recently upgraded my gear by purchasing a simucube dd and load cell pedals and would like to get into road racing. Since i will start out like you as a rookie and do not have experience in road racing i cannot give you much advice except this, and this applies to ovals or road, nothing replaces practice on track by applying proper driving and racing techniques. Practicing by employing sloppy or improper techniques is a bad idea and will lead to frustration for you and to other drivers around you. It appears as though you already know this as i hear you talk in your videos about trail braking and apexes and watching and listening to videos of experienced racers. This is very good and i have another approach that has helped me on ovals and that is to enter a race in spectator mode and go incar camera view to the better drivers up front and try to figure out exactly what they are doing as to the gear they are in ,driving line, braking points etc. Always pick the top split as these will be the most experienced drivers. This mostly applies when you get to maybe a c class and above drivers as lower classes do not yet have this skill. Keep up the good work and maybe i will see you on track.
Thank you, and thanks for the tips! Maybe see you out there. ☺️
Genuinely very entertaining to see someone sharing the early stages of learning! Hats off for sharing it. You're doing great! It's very fun to see you enjoying working things out. Don't worry about pressure from the audience/subscribers, you're obviously already making interesting content if we are all watching. Hope you continue to enjoy yourself with sim racing. :)
PS
nice lil cameo from Dan Suzuki. 🙂 I like his calm and inviting tone, his videos helped me get into sim racing a couple of years ago.
Thanks so much! Dan is so easy to watch isn’t he?! Great guy.
Someone might have stated this advice already, or perhaps you already know, but I noticed on your concentration lap (around 12:00 ish somewhere) that you lost the tail on turn one due to a downshift mid corner.
The Mazda has pretty aggressive engine braking, so use downshifts to slow the car on the straight, and turn in after your last down shift. This will allow the car to balance easier during the turn, and slow you down faster during braking on the straight.
I only realized how valuable this can be after buying Suellio Almeida’s sim racing course. Been trying to improve as well.
Good luck out there!
He’s great isn’t he?!
Yes… the Mazda is a delicate beast isn’t it?! I’m trying to be more gentle in the corners. Thanks for the tip. ☺️
I am also new to sim racing the last five months and only on iRacing for a month, and I love it! I crashed out a few times and went to AI to work on a few things, and have jumped back in. It’s awesome! I let people pass who are clearly gonna pass me as I sort stuff out and I’ve started to get into some decent battles! Keep going! It’s so much fun!
EDIT: Something I’ve done is turn down the screeching tires a bunch. I tended to react to the sound of screeching tires with not committing. It helped me with committing to turns and braking and being more into the turn.
It’s so much fun isn’t it?! So addictive! And a great tip with the tires.
Hey Christina, you're doing great! Keep practicing is the only way to improve! As an iRacer one piece of advice is, if you start losing control of the car just take your foot off the throttle quickly before you apply any brake and you'll be surprised how quickly the car will correct itself. Practice that for a few laps! Second piece of advise is just start racing folks, it's so much fun!
Thanks for the tips! ☺️
Welcome back
Some good progress made there, you're already pointing out to yourself where braking is needed or a lift (or not at all).
Some of those faster corners will require you to stay off the kerb on the inside and only get your inside wheel next to it to avoid unsettling the car.
Gloves absolutely worth half a second, more if you get bright ones 😉
Haha. Thanks! Do bright nails count?!
Practice, practice, practice. Don’t get too frustrated. And have fun. You’re already improving. Thank you for sharing this journey. Not easy with real life and being a busy mother.
So true! Thank you. ☺️
Slow in fast out is a great piece of advice! Also practice slowing into a corner enough so when you reach the apex of a corner you are getting back on the throttle 100% at or before the apex.
Will do. Thank you!
Great video! On a very similar path starting out with iracing and a busy parent to so grabbing wheel time it's hard. To help with positioning and speed at entry, mid and exit corner just put the racing line on for a few laps to get an indication of speed and position, look for brake markers and turn it points. Then turn it back off and try to replicate using your markers and new track positioning around the lap. Rinse and repeat and the pace will soon come! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, I try not to use the racing line because I found I was blindly following it and not learning the track, but now I’m more familiar with them I’ll put them back on for a few laps.
Good luck on your journey ☺️
You've got some real balls to do what you do and put yourself out there on the internet, I have a lot of respect for that! You have everything you need to get good, just keep investing the time and you will certainly get good. First piece of advice I would like to give is stop worrying about being fast. You do not yet have the car control required to absolutely push the car to its limit. So what you should focus on is getting consistent. Try driving at only like 75% of your ability speed wise, but focus 100% on hitting all your breaking points and all your apexes. Then once you've hit a rythm where you can easily bang out 10 laps all within a tenth or two. Start looking at where you can go just a tiny bit faster, and repeat the process. I have about 14 years of high intensity sim racing experience at the top split. ALL of my lap records were set when I wasn't "pushing". They were all set when I was just in the flow. You're doing great so far, you've earned a follower in me!
Thanks so much! That means a lot. Hopefully I’ll still be going in 14 years! 🙈
Good JOb / You survived and made it to the end .. others did not . really enjoyed seeing a new person try this .. I have not gotten the first part . no computer , no rig no game etc.. but you and others are making me shop.. . keep up the good work and thank you for sharing
Get on it! You’ll be hooked. And thank you. ☺️
TH-cam Algo just recommended me this video.
As a fellow Sim Racing Noob, started 3 weeks ago albeit in ACC, the most important thing is having fun. If you are having fun driving (not necessarily winning) you'll improve bit by bit. Getting to know the track and car limit is a thing done in days, not hours. At least for me, but maybe I am just bad :D
Oh and don't beat yourself up about the the rejoin or pushing someone off the track. It happens and its part of the learning curve aswell.
Keep racing!
This is so nice to read. Thanks so much! I’m sure you’re doing great. 😊 keep at it and good luck!
Hi Christina, It's so frustrating isn't it! I have sort of plateau on my times and still well off the pace, and now trying to work out where I can gain those extras. I even decided to invest in Trophi ai and this has helped point out were I need to get my act together. I need to break some bad habits, like instinctively down shifting under breaking when sometimes I shouldn't be, and I am also very slow getting back on the throttle. Hey ho, just need to keep practicing. It always amazes me how these top drivers can batter round a track so smoothly. Good luck!
Yes... way harder than it looks! Glad you're finding Trophi ai useful. I tried it but couldn't figure out how to make it work for me and found it quite buggy, though it was still in its testing phase so maybe they've sorted it out now. Keep going!
Seeing you have fun made this great to watch! I'm a noob as well and waiting on my motion rig to get even more immersion in VR. Thanks for sharing.
Oooh… you’ll have to let me know what the motion rig is like. I want one so bad!
Welcome to the world of sim racing. I've just started recently on assetto corsa and low fuel motorsport. Definitely worth taking a look at. Meanwhile I'd recommend Dave Cam, Aris.Drives and Dan Suzuki.
I'm learning as well. It's definitely a difficult skill to learn. I find it hard to find the limit. Simulation wise I can land an Airbus 320 in Microsoft flight sim and do virtual ATC.
The nearest track to Edinburgh of note is Knock Hill.
The one thing I know from being a musician is slow practice makes fast work. Going for a slower car like the MX-5 is a great way to learn. It's useful to do some slower sighting laps to learn the track and work on the speed afterwards.
Thanks for the tips! As you’ll have seen by his little cameo, I love watching Dan Suzuki, but I’ll check out the others. 👍🏻
Christina, you're doing great!! If you want to see how you are doing relative to past laps...in the "garage"...click Options and look at "Split Time Delta" section...you can pick your best lap as well as turn on the "display deltabar"....this will give you how are are doing on a lap (though not sure that is turned on during a race)...
Also on your laps at LRP...you are doing amazing...the turn before up hill you could take at speed...maybe just letting off the gas a bit to get some "weight" on the front tires at turn in...and the top of the hill, I lift off the gas real quick so you don't get that shift and then go flat out again...at the West bend I go from 4th to 3rd to make the corner and then accelerate down the hill and shift to 4th right before corner to the straight and give slight lift off...that could get you a second or so back
If you push tab at the start of the race you will get the splits on screen i used opt sector or fastest sector
That’s super helpful! Thank you so much. ☺️
Hey Christina, As a fellow new driver of Iracing, the best advice I can give you is to move at your own pace and don't race to win until you learn the mechanic of the game, race yourself is the best way of getting better, trying to get better lap time at the moment and get out the way of other racers, Safety rating over Irating for rookies, I joined the discord server so ill be in there a lot when I am racing for sure. Good luck and see you on the journey, I know you'll get out of the rookie class in no time.
Thank you! Good luck with your driving journey, and hopefully I'll see you out there. ☺️
Practice, practice, practice. Until you know the track in and out. When to start braking, what gear to be in through corner. Maybe turn on the “driving line” until you feel comfortable. Good luck! Keep progress videos coming!
I love how halfway through your second video you're already pondering a track car 😁 Your closest circuit is Knockhill, just over the Forth. Just for reference 😉
Nice to see another woman with a sim rig. We built ours to learn tracks for trackdays (the Nurburgring and Spa so far) but haven't done any actual racing with it yet.
Oh cool! That’s a very good use for it. Very excited for a real life race one day…
One suggestion, take some time to find the track limits from your view. So pull to the side of the track and mark where the white line is on your hood when you hear that your wheels are in the grass. You can widen the turns quite a bit by using all of the track.
Great editing, good to see the journey! My missus just bought me a Logitech g29 for gran turismo and I'm having a hard enough time with that! 😂 Also Knockhill racing circuit is great and do track days over by Perth! :)
The best piece of advice I have for braking in general:
-While learning a car or a track, try to find the furthest braking marker for a corner without understeering
-In big decelerating zones, press hard on the brakes (80-90% pressure max, if higher you lock the wheels) and release smoothly as you enter the corner (if it's too smooth you lose lap time but if it's too quick you understeer) 👍
Amazing advice. Thank you!
Subbed to your channel not because your quick but because you're new to the hobby and it's honestly nice to see a woman making videos about her journey.
Here's a tip: I saw you were wearing perhaps running shoes for your sim racing. That's not ideal as the soles are thick and squishy and won't let you feel the brake particularly well. Braking is THE most important aspect of our hobby and you really want to give yourself the most feeling you possibly can through the peddle. If you must wear some form of shoe, get yourself some good sim racing boots. You'll get so much more out of those awesome peddles.
Ah ok! Thanks for the tip. Until I get some am I best off barefoot?
@@christinaruddell Some good socks with a bit of grip on them yes. There's a company called IMB Racewear that sells SIM specific socks for about £10. You can also get sim racing boots from them too. They'll even customize them for you if you want.
@@christinaruddell I wouldn't go barefoot no. Some good quality socks with a bit of grip on them would be fine. A company called IMB Racewear sells socks specifically for sim racing for about £10 I think. They even do sim racing boots as well. They'll customize them and everything. I use their products personally and they are very good in my opinion.
Hi, I really enjoyed watching your new video. I think it doesn't make sense for a beginner to focus on things like trailbraking and shifting too early or late and other more advanced techniques. You just have to drive lap after lap like in this video. Learn a proper racing line, learn where to brake and where not to brake at all and start driving consistent laps. For example, on this track, drive lap in one minute and then drive at least 10 laps within a few tenths of a second. Concentrate on using the entire track, you do it quite well when entering corners, but you don't use the entire width of the track when exiting. It is very good to watch the replay of your fastest lap from the third person to see where you hit the apex and where you didn't and where you could have used the width of the track more. Anyway. I enjoyed your video, good luck for the future and I look forward to more videos.
Thank you. Some great tips! Consistency is defo not my forte at the moment. 🙈
Great to see another video out :)
Pedal calibration, curve, and dead zones look good.
It's been ages since I drove the Mazda, but from what I can remember it got some mad engine braking if you slap it into 2nd mid-corner, making it very unstable.
On another note, you should add a noise cancellation for your microphone on OBS. We can hear you breathing ^^,
Good luck with your I racing just persevere and you'll definitely become a good racer
A tip to consider: you can set up a test session with the MX5 on one of the free short track ovals. You can get loads of braking practice and get a feel for the edge of control.
Ah ok. I’ll give that a go!
not sure if it was mentioned before. Check your power band and see where max rmp is and shift at that RPM. Every car is different. I play ACC and GT7. works perfect with both. don't be afraid to brake early while learning. Then learn to push it. Enjoy all the experiences, it's so much fun...
Oh, that’s a new one! I’ll have to see how I check the power band on iRacing. Thank you
Honestly, you said you would try trail brake later after you learnt just braking straight.
Your trail brake trace is good. Just need to work on initial power and timing for the let off.
Keep it up. So awesome to see. I’d love my partner to jump in a sim! Hard for us to share - I’m too tall and she too short 😂
Thanks so much! It’s such a steep learning curve.
And me and my husband have the opposite problem… I’m tall and he’s short! Ended up getting the pedal slider kit so he can jump on in too. 😉
You are awesome! I just got started with my first rig and am having to learn everything and it's so new I haven't yet figured out how to get the other two screens up and running but I have been pounding out laps at Lime Rock with a super Vee and trying to get my Muscle memory going by learning on one car and one track. Sometimes this is boring but if you are attempting to set faster times than yesterday it will get interesting pretty quickly.
Thank you! And welcome aboard! ☺️ I feel your pain with the screens. Even now they’re buggy and have moments they don’t want to work. I ended up using resize racoon. Worth a try if you’ve not looked at it.
Simply fantastic, keep going as they have a lot of potential to evolve. gained a new fan 😃
Welcome aboard and thank you so much :)
people underestimate how much a solid rig helps you become consistent. Also on iRacing you can turn off border in the graphics settings and unlock your taskbar so you will effectively be full screen and you will keep your overlay
Yeah there was something up with Resize Racoon and I didn’t notice. It’s a little buggy sometimes. NVIDIA Surround was a nightmare to work with!
Calibration with the pedals will set 100% based on how how hard (brake is a load cell) it is pressed or how far the pedal has rotated (throttle). No need to push excessively hard when calibrating, just as hard as you want 100% to be for the brake, and to the end-stop for the throttle. There are knobs in the front bottom of the pedal if you need to adjust the throw to be shorter. Once you've calibrated, avoid doing it unless something is off. Because there is no static way to set the calibration (like with other pedals by specifying the kg/nm) this could throw off your muscle memory learning. Set it once and forget it.
Calibrate with no dead zones, and see if the problem still exists for the throttle. 1-2% dead zone after calibration on throttle and brake are good in-case it drifts with time, or if you find yourself resting your foot and triggering the pedal.
That’s really useful to know. Thank you. I have contacted Sim Lab to see if something is off with the pedal. Maybe I’ll lower the dead zone on the throttle again and see if it’s still happening.
Thanks for sharing your journey. I hope the community is welcoming and you can avoid most of the "bros" Enjoy sim racing!
I hope so too!
my advice is to concentrate on being smooth, not fast. speed will come with laps of being smooth. also, some more advanced techniques along with trail braking is that you can have light brake as you power out to avoid oversteer when the tires are cold or in slippery conditions. eventually you will learn to use the oversteer to exit corners faster. also, pay attention to the attitude of the car at corner entry and exit. if the car is still yawing forward as you turn into the corner, your back is more likely to come around. same thing on exit, if your car is yawing back from the power to the rear, you will have less weight over the front tires causing understeer. once you start to understand whats going on with the weight transfer at corner entry and exit, you will start to feel weight transfers in other places like going over a hill top or at the bottom of a hill. when you start feeling these things, you can start to change how you approach each area to get the most traction and speed.
You are progressing and that is what matters. Learning the tracks is the hardest thing. I used to focus 100% on the braking point, but I have learned that is not the best way when racing. It's OK for qualifier laps but in the race you need to be more dynamic.
Good to know. Thank you
Start- straight 5th gear to 3rd gear break at or just after the 2 board.
don’t use the first kerb.
Roll into the middle of the track at the first corner, downshift mid corner into 2nd, (for better rotation) turn and Aim for the second apex.
Keep 2nd gear.
Next left turn minimum breaks, maybe 5% just to rotate the car, aim for a late Apex
2nd gear still, right turn flat out or lift so you don’t go wide into grass. Shift to 3rd.
For the fast right hand that leads to the hill, put the tires on the rocks on the left, the white line should be in the middle of the steering wheel. Lift for a second and put the power back down when you hit the kerb on the right side.
Still 3rd gear…
This should put you on the left side of track as you come up the Hill.
Up hill. Aim straight so you don’t lose the back end.
For the next right, avoid hitting the kerb at the apex. Trail break into this one and at the service road put down the power. Use the outside rocks as you exit the corner on the left. And stay left.
Bottom of the hill is the next turn in marker, you can shift to 4th, you want to be far left as you come down the hill. Avoid the inside kerb at the last corner. Lift half way.
Shift into 5th and repeat.
This track is very minimal breaking.. just send it.. really that first corner is just don’t hit the first kerb.
These long corners are good lessons on double apex turns. You got a 1 minute. Honestly less breaks and a 0.57/0.58 is easy enough.
You did awesome. This is a very fast track and very minimal breaks needed.
Recently my wife said to me; "I feel I need something else in my evenings" ... and I was like, "okay where is this going?" She then asked if she could learn iRacing. After picking myself up off the floor, I decided that the MX5 and Lime Rock were a good starting point. This video has been perfect preparing me for what it'll be like for a total newbie trying learning this combination of car and track. Thank you!
Amazing! Good on her! I hope she loves it. And glad it’s been useful. ☺️
U doing it very well. 👍
Stay on and u will be better and faster every day. 😉
Just enjoy the sim and be yourself. 😁
Thank you, I will
Welcome back. I just discovered you channel yesterday and i’m so curious of your progress
Me resulta muy divertido ver cómo te vas adaptando al rol de piloto. No entiendo una palabra de lo que dices, pero me resultas muy simpática. Sigue entrenando, más temprano que tarde lo dominarás.
Thank you! I’ll have to see how I can get subtitles! Though maybe it’s best you can’t understand my pointless chit chat… 😂
Hey you’re doing great! The braking will get better with more seat time, you will gain muscle memory for different types of corners. Good luck 👍🏻
I hope so!
Those mazdas have mad lift-off oversteer, took me ages to get out of rookies!
As someone said above, keep an eye on your delta, it's probably the most important hud in any racing game (along with your pedal traces) and you can see where you're gaining/losing time in each corner. What I learnt is that depending on the car, you've gotta drive slow to be quick (as in not chucking it into corners, instead braking early and maximising exit speed)
Enjoying seeing you progress again, your kit is impressive too - i have to make do with a G923 until the wife allows me to upgrade 😂
For practicing corners and braking try using Active reset in offline practice.
I keep meaning to do that!
Subbed before 100k! Keep it going. You're doing great for a starter! I'd say, before I go into a new track, I watch a youtube video to learn gears and revs for corners. Once you do 5 laps you learn the track and from there it's just improving. I rev the mx5 a lot ahaha
Haha. Thank you! I do need to do more track research. 🙈
Hi there, great to see you back ! I'm glad to see you progress regarding the braking as you could see it already makes you go around a track without losing control and faster. What regards the revs you can definitely red line it, what you should not do is hitting the rev limiter (that's whats slowing you down). Now back to the braking, I can see that you naturally feel where you need to start braking but you can improve on that like @simaddiction underneath suggested. By knowing your braking marks and hitting them accurately each lap will help you be more consistent and subsequently more confident in your car ! You did very well in this training session !
Based on your brake pedal input I’m assuming you have a Hal sensor brake instead of a load cell.
A load cell brake is actually the single most significant upgrade you can make as a beginner. It measures the brake based off amount of force instead of distance traveled. It’s better for muscle memory and makes trailbreaking (look up a trailbreaking tutorial) much easier and more consistent.
If you already have a load cell pedal, use its software to increase the max brake force to somewhere between 40 and 70.
It’s the sim lab XP1 load cell brake. I just clearly have strong legs. 😂 but yes, I am working on not maxing it out.
Hello…. Awesome to see your journey into the deep end of sim racing… might I suggest you turn on the breaking line to aid you as you learn the tracks…. Also, a dedicated DDU (digital display unit) with leds will work much better for your shift points instead of that overlay you currently use. You can customize the leds for revs, flags, and spotter using sim hub. Happy racing 👍🏼
It’s interesting because some people say to use the braking line and others don’t. I found I was relying on it too much and not really learning the track, but maybe I’ll give it another go now I know the track better.
As long as you use it as a reference and not rely on it entirely as it is a guide. You will see that faster lines and breakpoints are more often than not outside of that line… but to learn a track and where to be cautious it’s great!…. At least for me 😊
@@christinaruddell It looks like you are already taking decent racing lines, and experimenting with different lines. So I would say you're probably fine to skip that step, but whatever feels right/ is most interesting/fun for you. 🙂 As you become more comfortable placing the car where you want, you will be able to more precisely experiment with lines and maximize the width of the track as you lap to find the optimal line.
Just keep on drivin' and enjoying :)
Hi Christina,
I see you doing better with breaking. Trailbreaking is very difficult if you want to do it right. Even I struggle with that.
I also see you are not using all of the track. The next tip I want to give you is: Use all the track when going through a corner. So for a right corner start al the way on the left, hit the apex and go all the way to the left at corner exit. There are some exeptions like chicanes.
Second tip is: Know the track so you know where you can step on the gas earlier because you have enough track on (blind) corner exit.
Last tip is: Have fun!
I know… I feel like I still struggle to even know where the car ends. 🙈 I’ll work on it, thanks! ☺️
@@christinaruddell To see how far you can go to the edge of the track, just drive (in practise) as far as possible to the edge of the track and see where the track edge meets the dashboard of the car. Thats how far you can go.
And watch the Driver61 Driver University. I learned a lot from him. 👩🎓
Great to see another video. Ill show my daughter when she finishes school as she loved your last one abd likes that other 'girls' like cars too 😊
This is great motivation for me to continue! I can’t wait to get my girls in the sim rig when they’re a bit bigger. ☺️
I think the reason you've got so many subscribers is because you're very personable and sound entirely real. The mentions of your children and apologies to your Mum, combined with trying to get better at sim racing is very endearing.
Thank you so much 😊 it’s just little old me and a crazy sim rig. 😝
some old quotes from legendary racing drivers:
Smooth is fast,
slow in and fast out,
to finish first, first you need to finish,
You're improving and that's the most important bit, you have massively improved your brakes and shifting routine, now you can slowly start thinking about racing line and steering application. As you drive MX5 that car needs to be on it's edge so if you can't hear tyres scream, you're going too slow. Also on top of that hill, car has to be straight or you need to anticipate that it will want to go sideway. In my opinion your screen is a mess, especially that you're only starting (later on you might add something that you really need), delete all the overlays apart from telemetry (for us to see what you're doing with your feet) and focus on the road, learn what signals car is giving you about shifting (led strip above display, rev counter).
Near Edinburgh you might find Knockhill (great track by the way)
Great tips. Thanks
You're killing it!! fun to watch :D (I JUST GOT IRACING )
Oooh welcome!! You’ll love it 😊
For your throttle, it needs a re calibration in windows and or the software, i have 4 sets of pedals 2 for flying and 2 for racing, they all do that if i unplug them or windows updates. I do a re calibration once every few months.
Yeah, the strange thing was I’d not long recalibrated and it would start dropping mid-race. 🤔
The idea around trail braking is to use the pedals to turn the car. Understeering will keep happening and you turn wheel too much. This will scrub tires and heat them up. It takes ages. But once you get it it's the same in all cars. Always use all the track on corner entry and exit. Your losing speed on exit. And usually end up in the middle of track. It'll come. Your already way ahead for a noob. Patience and practice
Aww thanks. I’m trying! 🙈 I try to not go too far to the edge of the track to avoid slipping off the edge of the track but know I need to be pushing it further over.
One thing I'll note is that you do are not using all the track on the exit of the corners, which shows you can carry a lot more speed through the corners and if you can, will be easy lap time. For example in the last corner on your PB lap you have half the track on the left side to use on the exit which shows you do not have to slow down as much (it should be easily doable with a slight lift). But for someone new this seems like a really good start, keep doing laps and building confidence and understanding.
You’re right. It’s something I’m trying to work on. Thank you!
Top of the hill you should open up your steering as you crest. Creating the hill will be making the car light at the front which will drastically reduce front end grip momentarily which is unsettling the car. Maybe a little lift on the throttle also to scrub a little speed. Then as you feel the grip come back you then you can resume steering
Awesome advice. Thank you!
Nice to see someone else from Bonny 🏴 I am from Aberdeen but race in a series with lots of fellow Scot’s.
Hey! 👋🏻 would love to race with you guys when I’m a bit better.
@@christinaruddell more than welcome anytime. We all start somewhere. Practice gets you started but guidance will get you there quicker. Might add don’t take it from me but there are guys in there that are ridiculous 😂
Early in video you mentioned throttle.
That pedal set has adjustments to shorten the throttle pedal throw.
If you feel you have to push too far. Shorten the travel length.
If you really get into it you’ll be fiddling with stuff all the time.
It wasn’t pushing it too far, it was having to push stupidly hard to the point of it hurting my hip! Will shortening the travel length help with that?
Hi, I've just left Edinburgh for oz strange how your video popped up in my feed any ways. You should nip up to knockhill and do the hatchback and formula trackdays not overly expensive, or you can go up to a track nite in your own car or just watch which is great fun someone might offer to take you around but you will need a passenger band. Will help with perception and car movement. Turn the on screen overly off and just listen to the engine. Q can you press the brake pedal the full length of travel?
Also make sure you have the delta bar enabled in the options and bind buttons to it you will get a green or red bar on screen. Also you can move all the icons around by pressing alt+k.
Also just wondering do you understand cars when you weight transfer etc?? Am not the fastest person on iracing but if you need any help advice ask away.
Ah such a shame! Were you just visiting? Definitely looking into Knockhill! But don’t think I’ll be taking the V90 onto the track… 😂 I’ve never raced a car in real life so will defo help with the understanding.
A track near Edinburgh? Absolutely! I recommend one of the experience days at Knockhill racing circuit🏎️
I'll check it out! 😊
I really applicate people like you taking sim racing serious! Ill start with nothing wrong with doing sim racing for fun and not really caring to get better but with me I love it and take it very serious. Just to put it in perspective Spa is my worst track and I did 350 laps in one sitting (finally cracked 2:17s yes I know thats not that fast)
You did 13 hours of Spa in one sitting?!
First of all, don't beat yourself up over "mistakes", you learn more from them than you think. In the words of Robert McCall "Progress not perfection" (The Equalizer 2014).
This is visible to us watching as you rapidly seemed to adjust lap by lap and avoid spinning out as much. There's your progress right there...
Right now you're thinking about everything you should be doing, when to brake, when to turn in, when to apply power, when to shift up and down with practice and time, thought eventually develops into sheer instinct and you just do it, no thought required.
You're using pretty good racing lines, setting your self up nicely for wide entries.
You have decent apex awareness,.
Make good use of the track width on the double apex corners, the trick there is to treat them as one corner, e.g. you're a little too tight through T1 between the 2 inner kerbs, compromising your corner speed and you're exit.
If instead of hugging the right side of the track all the way, you want to allow yourself to move all the way across to the left of the track after the 1st one and then aim to juuust clip the end of that 2nd kerb, by doing so you can lower your chance of going wide on the exit, this will also allow you to carry more speed through the entire corner plus you'll be faster all the way to your next braking zone.
I believe iRacing has tracks that rubber in, if possible when practicing, setting the track conditions to heavy rubber can be a huge aid as you'll see a darker line on the tarmac which is the best racing line plus, it gets much darker right where the ideal braking point is.
Having some AI in practice sessions can also help with a lot of techniques, just by tailing them instead of trying to race them.
You then have a mobile track guide and can set them to low skill level till you begin overtaking them, then increase their skill level and repeat the process.
Racing is all about conservation of momentum, finesse on all the controls and preparing for each corner well in advance.
You're automatically adapting pretty fast and spotting issues as they happen plus doing the right thing to remedy them.
Right now you're a bit tentative at times (perfectly natural fir any beginner) making a fair amount of adjustments mid turn, this is perfectly natural and you're adapting nicely.
Speed comes with confidence, confidence only comes from time, practice, track knowledge and cars behaviour.
Biggest tip is this... RELAX! As soon as you tense up you'll begin to make sharp and jerky inputs, which unsettles the car, remember, smooth is fast.
This is a vid of mine from AMS2, if you watch the pedal meters on the speedo you'll see me almost dancing on the brake pedal in the braking zones, hovering on the gas mid corner (conservation of momentum), setting myself up for corner sequences in the very 1st turn in order to get the best exit on the last, using the entire width of the track wherever possible, wide entry late apexes and early on the gas whilst being as smooth as possible.
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Net result is I was within 0.2 seconds of Kevin Estres' WEC 2023 fastest race lap and beat the 2018 fastest race lap by just over 0.1 second.
Keep at it, you're being very brave learning in a public arena, huge kudos for that!
It's sooo nice to see so many people offering you good advice and more importantly being supportive on your way to making progress.
This is some very in depth and very appreciated advice and support. Thank you. I’ll check out the video.
This is such a supportive and helpful community. ☺️
@@christinaruddell Most of us are, we ALL were "the new peeps" once too after all (hate the word noob, to me that's like shaming people for no reason other than conceit), someone else helped US out in the past, time to pay it forwards.
Whenever you meet or face the crass overbearing a*holes that say say things like "hur hur hur git gud noob!" should you DARE to ask them for advice, ignore them, it's THEIR loss not yours.
Never be afraid to ask those aliens who race off into the distance for help, many of us will happily help you out, some will even setup live training sessions to observe and give advice then show and tell to clarify good vs bad habits and their costs/benefits.
Hell I joined a time trial league a few years ago in AMS2 at the start I was wiping the floor winning the monthly competitions outright 8 times, I knew this could discourage people so offered to do some training sessions for anyone interested, within an hour or 2 these people were HOUNDING me like you wouldn't believe many surpassed me and the group grew as a result.
Even I learned things I didn't know before because at the end of the day, it's a 2 way street..
The vast majority tend to hold a view that basically goes like this, "The more skilled racers there are, the better the racing gets, that way EVERBODY wins! Even if you lose the race"
A good fair fight is WAAAAAY more fun than disappearing into the distance all on your lonesome! Which looks more fun?
This...
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Or this...
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IMO If you're not being pushed to the limits? You don't make progress, it's then just you vs the track and the clock, that's your only incentive.
When you ARE pushed to the point of sweating buckets? GOD DAYUM! What a thrill! GIMME MORE!!!!!!
There's always someone better than you, just as there's always someone worse. I've been called an alien many times but, there's others out there that make me look like a total newbie as well.
Don't fear online races due to any perceived, personal lack of skill, if you make a mistake that causes an accident? A simple "Sorry my bad, I'm an idiot" will earn you a LOT of respect plus can make you some friends and reduce misunderstandings. Even if you think you're not at fault, watching the replay later can change your outlook.
Do your best to avoid them, no one can ask more of you, fight the fight for position and don't just roll over for people, sure make room for others by picking a line and sticking to it, but, don't give in till yon Opera lady belts out Ride of the Valkyries at the top of her lungs!
My last YT vid I was involved in a major incident with members of a Discord group all 3 involved apologised (even to poor guy who had nothing to do with the initial contact, both in game and in Discord we all watched the replay from all cars involved and came to the conclusion it was a racing incident, we both made errors we COULD have avoided, we both bore SOME responsibility, we ALL earned each others respect for thinking before screaming "YOU BAR STEWARD!" at each other, added a few new friends as a result.
It's worth considering joining some groups on social media for games you own like Discord, Facebook etc. you're likely to find many more helpful people there and get access to organised events, leagues and championships which can help avoid the random public lobby twits just out to cause chaos.
Another thing to bear in mind, by displaying YOUR learning curve, warts and all, you're helping others in the same situation, plus with the amount of seriously helpful people you've gathered here commenting as they are, new players can immediately see how supportive the community is and ease their own fears and trepidation as they begin their own journey down this particular rabbit hole.. That alone is PRICELESS!
Tuning can seem like a dark art that requires an engineering degree, it doesn't, yet it can make a MASSIVE difference to your confidence in the car and by default your performance, even the absolute basics can elevate you to the next level.
Chris Haye did a fantastic playlist on car tuning, both for race what race terminology means plus explanations of their causes AND their remedies, he also created a short and sweet handling diagnosis/remedy sheet too. The link for this sheet is in Vid 11 description. I still refer to it at times..
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One more thing, (hope I don't overwhelm you) you should also start learning the correct reacing line of the track you visit. This will help tremendously with your lap times as you will hit corners with more speed and accuracy. Cheers !
I'm glad to see something else than those superhuman sim racers. I'm 44 and got into sim racing a few years ago. Adult life prevents me from practicing a lot. Right now it has been almost 2 weeks since I last touched my sim rig. It is shiny and cool looking though :).
Haha. That’s the main reason I started these videos! All I could find was the experts who made it look so easy. Though putting yourself out there as rubbish takes some doing, so maybe that’s why. 🙈 after putting the first video up I was super nervous. This community is so great though. It’s not easy… but make some time and jump back on and get back into the swing of things! ☺️
2 Things:
1- you seem to be braking too early in turn 1 and over-slowing which you try to compensate by going earlier on the throttle which is why you keep running wide there. I suggest you always challenge your braking point lap after lap trying to brake later until you find the perfect point
2- keep your grips slightly loose, listen to the cars body language talk to you through the steering wheel and over time you'll learn to understand it.
keep it up
Thanks for the tips! ☺️
There's a video that Dan Suzuki made about calibrating the brake ini file in iracing to minimise the brake locking. I'd watch other hot lapers circuit guides on YT for car track combo. Can help with gear selection, braking points, racing line, etc.
No need anymore since iracing implemented max braking force in the options
Good to know, thanks!
You're doing good, this car lift oversteers a lot... try giving it a little throttle when you feel it's gonna loose the rear... it's like off brakes and straight to throttle, even if a little bit, just to put some weight on the back, otherwise it spins because you loaded the front during brake and rear is loose...
Thought I'd add another comment about your controller calibration..!! It is not uncommon to add a tiny dead zone at the top of the accelerator..!! You did it right..!! Don't mess with the curves, you want perfect linear rates..!! Calibrate your brake so it responds just like a real car brake..!! Don't push too hard for max brake force on a load cell,, it's not needed..!! I've been racing real cars and sims for almost 30 years now..!! Personally, I think the mx-5 is not great to learn on..!! It's short on power, setup options, and requires more finesse than something like a GT3, GT4, GTE, etc.. I'd recommend picking a car/track combo like GT4's on Brands Hatch and do a ton of test sessions with all driving aids off..!! No traction control or abs..!! You'll learn throttle and brake modulation using this method..!! You'll be pleasantly surprised at how much better you are when you go back to an mx-5 after driving unforgiving cars with no driving aids..!!
Interesting! I’ll have to give that a go. Thank you. ☺️
@Christina maybe in the last video u made it feel more like a convo…rather a general video….love it.
Aww thank you! ☺️
21:47 u exited the corner in the middle of the track , which leans u can slow down less next time, carry more speed which in turn will push you wider to the left on the exit of the turn but ts fine cause u still have a lot of room on your left there. In short, if you exit in the middle of the track , it means you could ve kept more speed through that turn.
Take that with a pinch of salt too lol
Have fun iracing.
Love watching, doing an amazing job 👌
Glad you’re enjoying it. 😊
Great new channel Christina, makes such a refreshing change from the norm and above all don't beat yourself up about braking in iRacing, it's simply not you it's the sim ! Let anyone else who has driven for years but never used a sim in their life jump on your rig and they too will go straight off the track at low speed and wonder why you have invested so much in something unrealistic. iRacing is so well established and invested in especially by those that can afford to that it doesn't even occur to many that it might not be perfect, it is great for what it is but far from perfect. There are now plenty of unaffiliated / agenda free pro drivers out there openly stating that the driving physics, especially under braking are not particularly realistic so just focus on "learning to iRace" rather than applying real world driving experience and you'll get a ton of competitive fun out of it, nothing currently beats it for diversity and online competition :)
Thanks so much! Glad it’s not just my driving. 😂
@@christinaruddell Hey no biggie, just tellin' it like it is, keep the entertainment comin' :)
Just seen the latest vid, entertaining as ever doing great ! Only tip I can think of is try moving the in-game seat height up (first option page) so the horizon is in the center of the windscreen, it will help you position the car much, much better .)
Try some formula Vee or FF1600. It might be more enjoyable for basics than MX-5. Great job and keep on uploading :)
Thanks, will do!
the exit of turn 7 try to put your left tyres on the outside curb.
over the hump aim for the roof of the marshalls hut on the left side of the track.
for the 3-4 Esses try entry from the far outside of 3 and wait till the wheel is strait before putting on the power.
looking forward to the evolution of your iRacing adventure
This is some great detailed advice and just what I need! Thank you.
@@christinaruddell re-watching again and another observation; you tend to look directly at the kerbs when cornering. try to visualize the entries and exits and using clues from the track surroundings. Lime Rock only has brake markers on the main strait the remainder of the track you need look at the barrier, marshals and the foliage.
Looking forward to your career in this awesome hobby :D
You and me both!