WHY SIM RACING IS AWESOME - 5 Reasons why YOU should get involved in 2020!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Sim racing has evolved massively over the course of the last 10 years in every aspect, from the hardware to the software and of course the community that surrounds it. To many people, sim racing is still nothing more than playing computer games, but you've only got to look at the sheer scale of the industry, and shows like to ADAC Simracing Expo in Germany to see it's a huge industry that's growing rapidly and particularly in the last few years, it's becoming more and more accepted by the masses as a legitimate alternative to real-world racing both for participants and spectators!
So in today's video, I wanted to take you through 5 reasons why sim racing is an awesome hobby to get in to for any automotive enthusiast or racer, and in many cases an awesome alternative to real-life racing for those who may not be able to get out on the track as often as they'd like. We'll finish up by summarising why I think 2020 is a particularly fantastic time to get involved!
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Let's keep the list going below guys! What are some other reasons you love sim racing?
This was excellent ! I'm thinking about getting the sim magic DD wheel and currently saving for it . Will you be reviewing it? It would be awesome to put together a list of more affordable DD wheels . Cheers!
Hoping to review it soon. Working on getting one here to test out at the moment.
@@boostedmedia can't wait!
Pure adrenaline rush!!! Especially in VR with a 4 point harness on 😬
Sorry if you have said it but you can race 5 min to 24 hours in Project cars 2. That is also very nice I think
I can race while having a beer and holding my newborn daughter.
Thanks for the shout out !
You’re welcome mate. Glad you came across the video :) I hope your channel gets some extra views out of it.
@@boostedmediaI have had many requests for some more..detailed videos.... and was thinking about a series that details this rig, along with tips on scaling it up. stay tuned... I destroyed the steering wheel yesterday... for obvious abuse reasons... Looking into a nice.... rugged ... DD unit....... take care bro!
In this hobby age is just a number...
Personally, it gives me something to focus on as I learn a practical skill I can apply in real life...vs going for kill streaks in COD. Also, to your point about racing any car on any track - after I spent quite a bit of time learning the Nords in the BMW via GT Sport, I pulled out the VR, selected a convertible car...think it might have been the KTM Oxbow, and slowly drove the course, just looking at things and soaking in the beauty of such a difficult course. (I forgot there was a castle off in the distance while driving down the straight of Döttinger Höhe as I was always so focused on the track lol). It was so beautiful it was like a religious experience to be able to take a car I'll never own around a track I'll never race. At that point I decided to further my sim library and build a PC/rig.
Now here's a video I'll share to my friends to justify why I got attached to this hobby and spent my time and money on. 🙂
I got into sim racing a few months ago mostly because of a good deal on the G29 and I've fallen in love with it! It's something that's somewhat relaxing for me when learning new tracks and how to drive and also fills that competitive drive when I decide to race. Although I'm not that good so I just try not to die when racing
Doesn’t matter how good you are as long as you’re having fun :)
Got into simracing over a year ago, and honestly for me it was the best decision I ever made. Always wanted to be involved in motorsport and this is a great way to be involved in a community as well. Highly recommend this to anyone who's thinking about getting into simracing.
Spot on. This industry is going to get much bigger. Thanks for adding 6DoF to the video :) I'm sure Christopher would be proud to see his rig getting recognition.
He deserves it! I LOVE seeing DIY projects like his! Hopefully someone shows him :)
I think my favourite thing about sim racing is that it gives me a chance to enjoy driving without dealing with tedious things like bad drivers on the road and looking after your car.
I also love that it gives me the chance to drive cars I would otherwise never be able to drive.
7. It's a great way to get the family (particularly kids) more interested in motorsport.
8. The Sim Community is an awesome place to meet new people and share the same interests. I've met really helpful people whom I might not have ever met in my life. The knowledge I have acquired from Sim Racing has greatly enhanced my experience of following real world motorsport events. And with the recent tests done, it can open pathways into real life racing.
Boosted Media Hi will I’ve been involved in sim racing since 2014 when I got my first wheel, i soon got enough money to buy a t300 and have had it since 2016, now I am only 13, but I have enough money to buy a new fanatec wheel, as I play on ps4 I will most likely be buying a ps5 for f1 2021 and I am waiting for confirmation of ps4 wheels compatibility with ps5, obviously mum is upset with the money that I want to spend on a new wheel plus the ps5, i am asking if you recommend buying a new wheel even if the ps4 wheels are compatible with ps5? This will be a good indication wether I should buy another one or not.
@@Cristian-lv6sb I always recommend upgrading pedals first, but if you're playing on console that's going to be tricky without also upgrading your wheel.
Go on Will, great video! My main reason for sim racing is that it certainly gives an element of the real thing, the countdown board ahead of go time really gives you that feeling that you only get doing it for real. It is simply, superb!
Another top quality video, the industry that can only get better with more and more exposure from players, but also the media that will come with it
Spot on! I've never considered myself a 'gamer' but I love sim racing. Just getting back into it after not owning a proper PC for about 10 years - graduated college, stopped playing 'Doom' and life happened . It is amazing how far it has come and how far you can go with the equipment (but still allow folks to get into it at a reasonable price point too). Thanks for this vid and your others, love the channel.
Again great video 🙌🏼
Building a PC this weekend! Can't wait to get stuck into some sim racing, thanks for the inspiration with your content over the past year
Prepare your wallet
Alex Diaz I get the impression your wallet can never truly be ready for sim racing, just buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Very well said Will. For me VR and league racing/iracing flipped a switch from "I'm playing a game" to "This is real racing". Facing off against 20 like minded individuals that want to race hard but clean in a VR setup is an immense experience and gives me the same adreniline and emotional rush as a real track day/club race. I can still vividly remember my first league win and iracing win. To this day remembering those races gets the heartrate pumping.
6. When you have a fantastic race... what a buzz ! Ive had atrocious results for last 10 races or so... with being taken out way too many times after months of really clean racing... and once on purpose out of frustration by 1 guy after the race finished he made sure I lost a bunch of SR because he could not get past me....... stepped away for a couple of weeks from it due to that... then see Road Atlanta with the Skippy - right back to it... first 2 races good position right up to last lap ... 2nd from last corner and an inexperienced guy takes me out in exactly the same way in 2 races on last lap... arghhhh!!!!! Then last night 1 more race 2nd split again - sure enough plenty of way way over aggressive drivers in split 2 - gave them plenty of room and within a couple of laps they were off... then Andreas Moor (thanks Andreas!) reminded me just how good it can get - great fight for about 5 laps - he pipped me in the end but I did not mind - great great close racing! Could not sleep for another hour as was smiling so much :)
Not really a sim but I have had two absolute mental races in F1 2019, defending for the last 12 laps from Bottas in career mode at Germany fully physically exhausted me. And I battled for pretty much an entire race with a friend who was incredibly similar in pace. It is amazing
idk how to summarize it in one word or statement. But it is just amazing. I think for me learning the ins and outs of the physics of cars and the behavior of cars during a race! Just so intense!
I have one peice of advice for anyone looking into starting in sim racing. Find some kind of cockpit when you get your wheel, if you get your wheel home and just strap it to your coffee table, you'll very quickly find yourself wishing you had a cockpit, even if it's just a DIY cockpit. I have one made from pvc pipe.
it also could be very dangerous for people like me... once you addicted, the gear acquisition syndrome kicks in hard :D
Im in this slope.. IM IN THIS SLOOOPE
i agree to 100% what you say that sim racing is absolutly great, but, i have made many many laps on the nordschleife in every game/sim, when i made my first rounds on the nordschleife last year in real life i was completly speechless 😍😍🤩 it was so unbelievable hard to drive on it, the up and downs, the g forces even in a road car, soo much turns where you can see nothing what comes behind the corner, .... no sim or video can bring that feeling how it is in real life, always when i drive too the nürburgring and i‘m seeing the first things from it, or i drive under the bridge too the grand prix course, my heart is pumping like hell and i begin too sweat 😂😂 so a legendary place, it is amazing. what it is too drive the first time on the nürburgring, you can see on jimmy broadbend reaction video last year 😅😅
It is one of the hardest tracks out there so ya wouldn’t think there’s a comparison
i know exactly what you are talking about when, when you are talking about being hyper focused. i use to drive snow cats
(piston bully 400 park pro) i'm new to sim racing. just pre ordered a csl dd,v3 pedals and a wheel can't wait to get racing. thanks for the videos.
will i new to this but have big plans for my sim rig. looking at a px1 from sim-lab. will the csl dd fount to the face mount for a simucube, or should i be looking at the table style mount. thanks for any input. have a great day.
-Greener option for the planet perhaps?
Have shared this video to many people haha
Thanks Luke. And yes that’s a very good point!
Agreed much greener
as someone that does Time attack, sim racing is the best, less stress, less cost. and better competition!
Greetings from Finland!
I have been playing casual racing games for the last 20+ years such as like Grand Turismo, Forza franchise, The old colin mcrae and V-rally games etc...
Over the last months i have started growing a big interest in simracing and i am now follwing several youtubers like yourself on a daliy basis.
Im a father of 2 daughters and with a motorbike in my garage that have been on the road 300km combined the last 3 years im going to sell it and invest in a beginners sim-rig.
A Thrustmaster TX is on its way and i am ordering 2 additional 27" screens in a couple of months once i get it up and running.
Keep it up and race on!
Awesome mate! Was a similar story with my cars. Can’t wait to see you on the track!
You can compete with profesionnals. By example I raced with Scott Speed and Mitchell Dejung in rallycross, jt was crazy !!! IRL this could not be possible as I can't afford a 500k$ car.
Fun fact : I am competing in a drift competition tomorrow (SQDC drift) which is a big deal to all of us in Quebec, Canada (50 guys that gained acces to this competition after we passed our drift licencing event). It still a new series, but the player base is increasing drasticly. In fact, there is 2 profesionnal drivers from formula drift that joined us this season (2nd season). It will be live streamed in french for this event, but there is plan to hire an english speaking commentator that you might all know :)
Is this mostly a Canadian event ? I'm in Alberta and would love to join haha. Assetto ?
@@tonyyimbo It's not only for Canadians. Note that the chat is mostly in french at the moment but most of us do talk in english too. There is like 3 english drivers at the moment and Will have many more in the next season. Joins us on discord. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=discordapp.com/invite/NHTzVKt&ved=2ahUKEwjdp5TJgYznAhUtZN8KHd4WCbIQjjgwAHoECAEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1zTPlyROe_tk9vDMHvp9Pz
Having been racing for a while now, increasing the amount of time racing online against other people in 2020 is something I'm hoping to achieve!
What sim are you currently running?
Felix Kims recently reactivated my iRacing account for 3 months, also have plenty of hours in Assetto Corsa and Raceroom solo. Also have other titles like ACC, PC2, Automobilista and rFactor 2 in my steam library but not played much in comparison
2020 is the best year for simracing..
Sim racing is great if u live a life where u dont have time or money to get a car and go to actual tracks and race, not to mention how else would I be able to drive some legendary cars or prototypes, nascar, f1. That's my biggest reason I love sim racing
We LOVE being sim racing broadcaster for the iRacing platform 👍
Great video Will, explains what I have been telling people for years, its the same with flight sims
Will are you going to try and go to the Sim Expo in Germany this year? I'd love to see you vlogging at the show.
Will do my best but it's half way around the world from me.
I used to love this stuff, then all my money went into mods for my car. Would love to get back into it
Balance
Two days in to iracing, absolutely loving the little mazda so far!!
You can practically do anything you want to it and it just delivers! Accept acceleration of course haha
I've just brought a G920 and it's kinda driving by its self! 😝 Tried doing a recalibration but not sure it's worked. I've seen other videos about the same problem, is it the wheel or something to do with the games? (Project Cars 2)
3:41 @Boosted Media Where can I get that picture you showed briefly with all the famous tracks? Looks like there's even a rally stage (I'm guessing Pike's Peak?) and I'm guessing Targa Florio is the border for the whole thing?
Was just off google. I think I searched “global racetracks”
whats the best setup for ~500 with a manual shifter ?
6. Only safe way to drink and drive if you are into that sort of thing.
Lmao very true!
The BeamMG challenge!
Well said
In VR I feel like im driving cars ill never get to drive in real life
Driving the ol Cobra at Spa... Man what a feel, I don't even want to go fast.
Sim racing is also good for the business of real racing! I am not an advocate of sim to replace real life experiences but I make an exception here, absolutely hooked and see no cons!
It's fun -reason enough!
The ability to compete against people from all over the world
I'm now a sim racer because; my lungs are shot so just the air at the track would literally kill me, my bank account won't allow for a set of tyres or fuel for even one weekend of racing, I can't travel much anymore because of my health and there are no tracks where I live, maintaining even a basic mx5 track build would kill me physically and finacially, and finally I can enjoy everything motorsport has to offer without any of those drawbacks I've previosly mentioned. So I've bought me a full Fanatec Clubsport rig and some cheap (under$400) 50 inch screens and did't spend ten percent of the $80k that that it would take for a season of IRL racing, and I won't die! Big win IMHO.
I don't even like cars! At least... I didn't think I did. I thought I was just a VR nut. The G29+Dirt Rally is making me wonder about that first point now, though...
Dude... this was exactly me. Tried racing in VR with a xbox controller and my whole fucking world changed. I am now setting up to become a real racing pilot lol.
Hi Will, enjoying my "private" racing in F1 2019 Nearly all the assists off now, but still have the opposition dialed down to 50%. Would like to try on line, but I am hesitant. I hear some "nasty" comments about noobs and poor skills etc. Would like to see your comments about "jumping in to the deep end". Is is that scary?
Great channel BTW
Join the OOR league mate. I organised online racing on F1 games is awful. Lol.
💯 Percent Agree!
I’d love to get into sim racing but I’d never get any work done. I already find reasons to break up the day and just go for a drive in my Hemi Challenger :-)
Will ! - The track-stickers on the wall - Did you make those yourself or ?? ( They are great )
Got them here:
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I’m not old enough to drive yet on a track with a car but I also do Motocross racing I would like to try sim racing
Unfortunatly the first reason is one of the reasons why you should do real motorsports, yes it sucks when you crash and have to fix/rebuild but wheres the fun in knowing youll be fine if you crash...the risk is the best bit about motorsports
True but not realistic for a lot of people.
0:50 *Stares at race car outside* I need a track STAT! :(
I’ve raced with Max Verstappen, something that I would have never thought would happen!!
It`s the closest I will ever get to actual racing. Been league racing since 2005.
Since getting an Oculus Rift S it`s even better. A Butt Kicker adds to the realism.
Next item up is a 3 DOF motion simulator to add to my rig. One day,,, :)
Well articulated Will.
You got the first point wrong though. Didnt your wife hurt her finger on your wheel haha
Haha true. You’re unlikely to put yourself out of action with a serious injury though ;)
Im actually about to get my first wheel 😃
Also anyone know if the rseat n1 any good
Looking for a modular brand
Haven't heard too many bad reviews but will also depend on what wheel you're getting?
The Rseat does have good reviews, however as Will says below it depends on your equipment. It is a great rig if you are using the "cheaper" belt driven wheels and pedals. But if you are instrested in going the direct drive route you are better off getting an 80/20 rig such as the GT1 Evo from SimLabs, which i think is quite similar in price to the Rseat.
Im starting with a csl elite :D
@@Harley_ashtonn wow, nice place to start!
The people I've met
I've spent more money for sim than my real car!!! 😂😂😂
Anyone who knows or owns the Thrustmaster Ferrari GTO vintage add-on wheel? Is there any way I can use it with my Fanatec dd base? Is there any hall pattern behind the Ferrari logo? I love that wheel, might even get it just to have it on my shelf!!!
Boosted Media you have my sincere apology for my previous post. I have no excuse.
As for the comments on my mental state, you are indeed correct, I suffer from PTSD, this not an
excuse for my previous post, just a statement of fact.
Again I apologise for my previous post.
I am an ass............
Well lets face it ..nothing beats VR.... u can just walk around the pits and then step into your 500.000€ car and crash it and nobody will be pissed.....
I discovered how to be the finest vr/g29 driver in the world...Drink a small barrel of grandad flashes popskull bourboun. It'll put steam into your stride.
now that ive learned about 5 reasons why I should play sim racing, lets learn 5 reasons why I cant afford it.
1: I cant afford it
2: I cant afford it
3: I cant afford it
4: I cant afford it
5: I don't have the money for it.
Wait? You keep your pants on when you race?? 👖 🔥
What is this, "trying" sim racing? Given the investment required, you don't just "try" it, you "commit" to it!
Nope! If you have a game console you can spend $300 on ebay and try out the hobby then if you don't like it sell the stuff on ebay again, simple. I purchased a logitech g29 setup with stand and shifter for only $277 this past week and I'm sure if I wanted to sell it it'd be bought from me at the same price or higher. But it is true that if you start this hobby you will want to stay with it and thus spend mo money on lots of cool gadgets and software.
@@SinSear001 Yeah. I currently own an old Thrustmaster wheel, and craving for a Fanatec setup. Doesn't come cheap.
Wil is a BAD influence on this old guy... if I do this the BOSS will kill me...
1 reason why you shouldn't... YOU'RE NOT RICH.