Very valuable tips. Unfortunately, many people rate Dirt Rally 2.0 very severely, which can be seen in the forums under the reviews. The most common complaints are the degree of difficulty of driving, which in my opinion is the biggest advantage of this game. In fact, all you need is a little patience, intuition, observation and conclusions to discover what's going on and then derive great satisfaction from the next perfectly defeated turns and victories. regards
I'm still a n00b (and Untermensch, cause xbox 60fps), but I do hope Codemasters won't make the next instalment any easier. The dopamine hit after that [admittedly rare] perfect-ish corner is out of this world.
I absolutely agree. When I bought the game, I saw a review complaining about how impossible it is to play that game and that "you have to set world record times in order to complete anything."
Yep, I remember going from my lancia to a stratos, and then an rs200 The r200 was an animal, incredibly fun, but you had to move around like you were having an epileptic attack, constant large corrections, but I guess it works pretty well for exercise
I can't stress how brave I felt for changing gears to Manual for the first time in a game after this. How satisfying it was when I shifted two gears lower and: Voilà! I was able to turn a corner!
General rule of thumb is, if you can see the extent of the corner and the road following, keep on the accelerator. If you can see the road up to a corner but can't see the rest, lift and trail brake, get the front pointed towards the inside of the corner. If you can't see shit and there's a hairpin somewhere from 50 to 300 m, just pray. :v Also, don't be afraid to stay in the same gear through a series of turns! Keeping your RPMs in the best range (known as powerband) will be better than gearing up and gearing down again (in the hairier places in New England, Argentina, etc)
i just bought a wheel but my issue is: i have no real life drive experience at all. Can you tell me what happens when you shift down two gears? Couldn't you just break before the turn?
The video games never had anything to do with him. Do you think Collin was coding games in his spare time? They just paid him to use his name so they could sell more games. Why do people need to remember his name in relation to Dirt Rally?
@@gupiwa Well fucking duh he wasn't involved with the game. Codemasters just paid for a license to use his name, license that expired with Dirt2. Then why is it important? Because many people got to videogames or rally through games that carried his name.
I'd say put the co driver calls back as far as you can manage, then look and think further ahead. The pros are always mentally a few turns ahead. Try it and it's amazing the difference it makes to the flow of your driving. Also try and think 'steer more, brake less'. Especially with a FWD car just hustling the wheel makes a big difference. Watch the pros again - huge steering input, sliding the car to slow down. Not the easiest with a normal wheel or if you're used to the kind of careful steering of circuit racing. Lastly; watch the replay. Not only does it add a break but answers the question 'How am I a minute slower?' Amazing how many corners I got wrong, how slow I looked there. Actual last thing. Go back to a circuit sim after Rallying. Seems easy doesn't it?
I'd say put them early enough so that you can process them and react properly. Putting them too early makes me really distracted because managing too much info while racing just confuses me and I get lost in those calls. But maybe that's just me and my low-RAM brain. You rarely need to know more than 2 corners ahead.
1:20 I think Dirt Rally 1 starting with slow cars from 60s is a good thing for that. You learn the mechanics of the driving easier with slow cars. Modern cars have better handling but they are too fast for beginners.
@@aduck4202 it really is. I recently got dirt rally 2.0 and after doing my first event i got the h2 rwd opel and it felt like hell. It really is super hard. I gave it some time n practice but gave up in the end and got the fwd h2 golf(since i wanna do all classes i n a row) But yea, rwd is hard😅
@@candle_eatist yeah i imagine, huge learning curve, and i think i kinda need a handbreak now. I just barely got into sim racing so i need some time for practice
Another important trick to learn for any proper sim (and this applies to real cars, too) is to control the weight transfer of the car. If you expect fast corner to be slippery / understeer, tap the brakes a bit just before turning the wheel. This compresses the front suspension and moves the weight of the car more over the front wheels. When you turn *after* that, the front tires will have much more traction compared to rear and you get temporary oversteer behavior which may help a lot to get the car turning. However, make sure to not rotate the wheel too much while applying the brakes or the front wheels will lock and understeer when you turn the wheels too much (again, this happens with real cars on slippery surface, too). If that happens, you have to rapidly turn the front wheels (near) straight and then start to turn the wheels again when you feel traction. The controller implementation in Dirt Rally 2.0 really doesn't support this because the wheel rotates way too slowly with the controller (no matter the config, I've tried and tried) so to fully execute this, you need a proper wheel. Something like G25, G27 or G29 should be good enough. A proper direct drive (DD) wheel will feel much nicer and give better (more realistic) feedback but that's not required to actually control the car accurately.
@@oxygengraphafonadelaverberator Avoid sliding. Basically you want to use similar cornering as in karting but you can slide a bit if you drive car with enough power. In practice, the braking must be on the spot, fully release the brake and then turn into the corner without doing so aggressive move that the car would slide too much. Basically try to run like Ogier in this video: th-cam.com/video/zFNqHaqnvHw/w-d-xo.html
@@MikkoRantalainen Yes I see. Ogier makes the hairpin with almost zero slide. That's fascinating how two top drivers approach the same hairpin in completely different ways. Ogier is ever so slightly ahead coming out of the turn.
@@oxygengraphafonadelaverberator I agree. The point is that for some situations the Latvala style is actually better. I think if the road surface is soft enough for car to dig into it, Latvala style is better. If the road surface is slippery and you cannot get better traction by digging wheels deep into the ground, Ogier's style is better. The really hard case is any corner where the road surface changes at the corner. And in real world the road surface detoriates so if you're the first car to go, the best style may be different than for the last car.
I’ve always found the hood view to be more realistic, reality lies somewhere in between cockpit and hood view, the cockpit view is just too much like driving with blinders on unless you have a triple monitor setup and in real racing you have a much larger FOV than in most cockpit cameras in video games but that’s just my personal opinion
I have a singlescreen and allways use cockpit view but as close as possible (not the view ahead of the wheel), while still having my head in the natural position. That way i'm having the best feeling of the car's balance and it also adds to the immersion. When getting used to it, nothing else feels right and i don't have to compensate for anything other than just driving it like in real life.
@@TheAntonioRHCP It's called a joke what I made right here. Taking your comment too seriously, like you were not buying anything else and go "haha". But for real I'd prefer to play with a xbox controller on PC than a wheel set on console.
just wanted to come back and say turning off the progress bar is truly a game changer, i’m in masters using the 95 Impreza and i’m easily finishing top 3. focus is definitely key, thank you sir
my tip : dont full throttle! be patient and focused also need fast reactions and steering wheel must be moving always! You need alot of energy to complete a lap at veryhard mode +FFB
For 4 WD cars you want to pump the gas instead of releasing the throttle if you feel that the car is getting out of control. That allows you to reduce understeering but doesn't increase the overall speed until you're again in full control.
@@matttondr9282 Pumping the gas on 4 WD car switches between understeering and understeering which helps it to catch grip again. Of course, you still need fast reactions after re-catching the grip.
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Dude, your charisma scales are off the charts! This was both informative and entertaining to watch! Keep being you! I'll hafta give you a sub for that!
One important trick is to learn "left foot braking" which basically means that you apply some brake at the same time with full throttle. It's a game changer on gravel. How the car behavior changes on left foot braking depends on a car and I feel it's most effective for 4WD cars. If you drive with a wheel and 3 pedals that means that your feet will be dancing a lot because you have to brake with right foot if you need to change gears with H-shifter while braking and you have to brake with left foot while applying partial brakes during full acceleration.
you'll probably find it's most advantageous in cars that have more turbo lag. That technique was common in group b rally in the 80's to help keep the turbo spooled up.
@@VelociRapT0M That's true. However, it helps with modern cars, too, because if (or when) your brake balance is not 50%/50% you can modify the balance between the rear and front by applying partial braking while the engine is still running at full power. If you have foot brake balance to the front (as is usual), you can apply partial foot brake to balance torque more towards the back and you can apply partial hand brake to torque balance towards the front. Rally1 regulations for 2022 no longer allow the high-tech center diff that was used in 2021 so left foot braking might give extra performance for cornering during the next season, too.
@@VelociRapT0M I'm not sure. It's either cost reduction thing, or they are intentionally changing cars to be harder to drive so that it's more about skill and less about the machine.
Best tip I learned is for RWD always apply the gas or the brake. 1/4 throttle will lock the back down pretty good for any curves. More gas as you come out.
Dude your content is so down to earth and level headed, in a sea of endless shit content of clickbait and sponsors this is some refreshing shit, love the videos on simracing stuff and thanks for doing it
Good advice. I have been having difficulties with this game until I started your "Scandinavian flick" move, and now I'm having a lot more fun and doing it in the RS200 or 450hp BMW M3 is a blast.
man your videos are gold. i hereby call upon the youtube sim racing community to pump this channel into the stratosphere. people need to see your content.
Back in 2000, NFS Porsche Unleashed required manual shift in a career mode stage: drive, spin 180 between pylons, drive further in reverse, then spin 180 again between another set of pylons. Having seen only stick shifts in real life, I never looked back after learning to drive manual in NFS. One hack was to drive in high gear at low(er) speeds on snow. The car won't accelerate quickly, still had a reasonable speed, and turn without skidding. Won many races in Lan parties.
Tip two: If the next track is Germany, quit and restart the championship. Germany 'rally' is just some haybales in a field and every corner is identical. It has no place in World Rally.
At first, I was like, this dude knows what he's talking about but his jokes are kinda cringey. Then I realized you're doing it on purpose. Good job!! I do the same thing except with stupid things and people at work and such take me seriously and don't get the joke lol.
One thing that helped me immensely was learning about trail braking, ie braking while throttling to slow the car but maintaining RPM for coming out of the corner.
Your last comment about cockpit view, spot on! And for the thrill, drive the opel manta with speed cleanly through a stage in cockpit view is just a rush.
I would have started with put the camera somewhere on the car (inside cockpit, hood, etc). That allows you to drive much more accurate when you actually know where the front of the car is actually pointing. In most corners you want to hit the apex just like in track racing but for rally cars that may require doing it sideways so you must have accurate control.
it took me months to get good at Dirt rally, even with a racing wheel. i cant tell you the numbers of times ive crashed and ive wanted to throw my racing wheel out the window, but i persevered and kept trying. and learned the different techniques to be faster.
A mental thing I always have in mind when racing on Dirt rally is always try to stay in the middle I remember I was going super fast down a hill with lots of trees everywhere but I stuck to going fast, also another thing about when losing control and not pressing gas and breaks is when you're car is back to facing onto the road just flat out to fight the the car to gain control, and don't break if you lose control or you'll just end up sliding off the road it's best just to get the car back into control by facing toward the road and then stepping on the gas, I only break if I have to do sharp turns and I know the road is more open if it's narrow I shift down instead.
learning to modulate throttle, downshifting/engine braking for more control and learning not to touch the throttle or brake when out of control from this video got me to masters. Fantastic video. Thanks.
Tip 3 is really important. Use your eyes for the road, use your ears for the co-driver calls. If you ask me, this game doesn't ask for concentration -- it demands it.
Very good tips but i think tip 9 isn't because your car becomes "loose" if you're not on brake or gas which makes gaining control back harder, so i would say depending on a situation you should either pump gas or pump brakes.
I think a very good tip would be to learn left foot braking and lift off oversteer. They are very useful (especially in AWD cars) because you can induce slight oversteer or even enough to get you through a hairpin without losing to much speed like a Handbrake would. Other than that this was a very good video and very informative.
Another really worthwhile tip is 'Set-Up'. Setting the car up properly is invaluable. Everything from being on the right tyres. To ride hight and suspension bump, rebound, spring rates and anti roll bar stiffness will all make differences to the handling of the car. Also your gearbox ratio settings can really help your stage times. There's no point is having really long gearing that makes car capable of 150 mph, when the stage is really tight and twisty and makes it virtually impossible to reach any higher speed than about 90-100 mph. By lowing the ratios, the acceleration of the cat will improve. Having said that, sometimes it can help if you slightly lengthen first gear. This will help to get off the start line by decreasing wheelspin. Try different settings over and over again until you have 'tweaked' the car to make it more suited to your own preference and driving style.
A tip: Get familiar with the track through repetitions! I'm not a pro in racing games, but in rally games, specifically, I personally think knowing the track by heart is key to conquer any track smoothly. There's no one, not even a pro, who get their personal best (PB) in one go the first time. Most of them, if not all, would keep getting their new PB after repeating the track for like hundreds of times. Co-driver can help you so far, but to conquer a track, you need to retry, and retry, and retry.
The best advice for this game is to just learn tracks, just to know when, where and how much to break and to steer makes game so much easier. Still if you change cars constantly that probably doesn't help much.
I just wanted to get on here and say you helped me enjoy the game so much I started a week ago and am progressing very much thank you bro your tips make me play so much better ❤
I'm still a newcomer to the sim rally genre, though I can finally consequently win on easy ;-). I found that actually listening and using the advice in Dirt Rally 1 in the tutorials is very very helpful. These take a few minutes each, but this is good knowledge. As for consoles and framerate - both Dirt Rally games are running in 60 fps on consoles (even the old generation), so this isn't bad at all.
Im not a newcomer and I am top 1,800 and top 5,000 globally on quite a few tracks, ny best advice is to control ur throttle and make yourself believe you are sliding on ice. It might help idk lol im not good with teaching
Hey bro, I’ve watch your video one month ago and I’ve followed everything you said. Just wanna say thank you so much, since then I’ve been having the time of my life playing this game! Long live colin mcrae. Cheers!!
I still comfortable with xbox controller. Reduce dead zone to 4 or less, and it will give brilliant smooth angling on 3-6 turns. Its very cool to play on gamepad from sofa with gaming laptop on the knees. I play mostly Opel Manta.
Dirt Rally 2.0 on the PS5 finally has a fairly high and (more importantly) rock steady frame rate with a good resolution. Makes the game easier to learn. Less guessing and less of the brain squeeze of trying to think ahead of the screen. Worth revisiting for PS4 players. Expect some stage records to be broken.
My tip would yo new players with steering wheels is to first drive without force feedback and then turn it on gradually. Speaking of my experience (I use a thrustmaster t80) the first time I played with the wheel I couldn’t steer well a 60 car because of the strong feedback so I toned it down got practice and then increased it, it was much easier like that
I use a dualshock joystick, with only buttons, so that means that my steer, brake, and accelerator are just max and min. The best way I found to help this is use driving assist, and also a good tune for the car to the stage, that helps a lot when you do not have a triggered joystick.
I usually drive the subies now(2001 mostly) and I prefer 2nd gear on tighter turns on them including most other cars. It really depends on the type of turn though and your car. Some cars have 4 gears so 1st is ideal (1st is better for hairpins though).That’s what I love about the game though is that it really gives you the realism of having to get to know your car more.
One tip I'd add, even as a newbie myself, is LEARN HOW TO TUNE YOUR CAR! Especially RWD cars. Cars like the Ford Escort Mk.II are completely undrivable and unforgiving with their stock tune. Just a couple changes to the wheel geometry, suspension, and differential, and the car feels like a drift king and even has solid straight-line stability for those fast stages like Finland.
Mostly right but iv had the expirience that if you loose it at low speeds, pushing the clutch and breaking a tiny bit helps to get back on track because the wheeles get pushed in the dirt so they burry themselves a bit Hope it helps :)
IMHO grab a good 27" IPS 144hz+ 1440p monitor and a good graphic card (rare nowadays but still managable to find) then a wheel set. The high quality video with high framerate don't need effort from you to make the road easier to read and match the instant you start an action and when it's displayed.
I have gave these tips to my cousin 'cause he's a newbie for rally games and sim racing as well: 1. Stay on the track: You don't have to be the fastest driver on the world - with calm driving you avoid more crashes 2. Use brakes: My cousin goes fast but he's not braking. Over using brake maybe slows you a little bit, but it helps you with tip 1. It also helps alot with turns, specially if you are new for rally games. 3. If you are unsure what's gonna happen at next, slow down. This also helps with tip number 1. 4. Free Roam: I have tested a lot of cars in Free Roam -mode. It's the best way to know your car. Sometimes when I'm thinkin: "Hmmm... Do I have skills to drive Group B cars? Am I ready to 4WD cars? How RWD cars feels? Should I buy this car now or not? Free Roam is the answer. 5. This tip is more for players, who has steering wheel, handbrake and also swifter: Know your gear: I got my devices in this order: Steering wheel -> handbrake -> swifter. Everytime I got new devices, I started to practice in Free Roam to know how to use them. After I felt comfortable, I tested in Time Trial. The result could be: a) I'm ready for real action, or b) Need more practice in Free Roam.
Set the car up for stability. This completely changed (saved) the game for me. It's rally, you don't need a twitchy super responsive car. For a starting point, increase (about 2 clicks) Slow Rebound and Negative Toe.
I gotta say as someone who hasnt had much experience with rally games (ive only ever played track based racers) its quite an adjustment, my issue is as you mentioned on one of the points i am too eager with the brakes and throttle and it ends up wrapping me around a tree, turning early is also something that i need to get used to as well, i often get lost with the pacenotes but am getting better at dechiphering when they come into effect
I bought Dirt Rally 2.0 thinking it was just a dirt racing game which I like then I learned it's a rally racing which I wasn't really familiar that much. I enjoy the game but I just really suck at it. I felt a bit good when I tried using slower cars and sometimes I feel like a pro because I shift, brake and gas quickly XD I do enjoy the game but it's just too hard for me to be actually good. But thanks for these tips, I'll try them when I play again :)
actually playing on a xbox controller and 1 tip, i saw most of the poeple setting up their controllers that way brake gas shift down shift upp i think that you get what i mean instead of that do brake gas shift upp shift down you dont gonna need to pull off your whole finger from gas for going on a higher gear
Some randoms: "If in doubt, flat out" is actually the best advice for driving at least Codemasters rally games. The only sure thing that can save your turn is the throttle. Also, when you feel like loosing control, the throttle will save you more than doing nothing. The weight balancing is crucial, more than anything else. When weight balance is mastered, rally feels like dancing and it becomes the most enjoyable driving game. For non-tarmac roads, pay attention to suspension feedback, because that's where the grip comes from in those places. Never hold tight to the wheel, instead try feeling where the front wheels want to go and just apply the needed corrections. When the FFB feels strong, the grip is good and that is the best moment to apply corrections. Use the right FOV for your setup. Avoid FFB clipping. Use manual gear changing. It's better than brake in most cases and you need horsepower when you flat out to save the turn.
here's a fun tip, if you are in a RWD and you are over-steering, at max counter-steer and are about to spin, press in the clutch. this will unlock the diff and it may come back around.
I am a noob driver and i although, yes, i find that taking off gas and break while losing control of the car helps, i also found that quickly jerking both pedals also helps getting control back sometimes quicker than doing nothing
First tip is right on. I quickly discovered, slowing my ass down is cheaper for my in game money, penalty points, and time. No wrecks, i increased speed by 15-20 seconds and a couple thousand credits. I need a hand brake. And force feedback pedals would be awesome. Realistically, a better seat, but it is cheap and gets me playing...
i remember where i learned many smooth tricks when was in ColinS McRae Dirt 1, doing S1 on Pikes Peac(h)k on pro level. and than i realised that those drivers where aboun unlimited levels uper, meaning that they whole life in practice. quited driving car
Definitely enjoyed the video! Solid tips with some nice added humor. Time should be mentioned in how much time you can devote to a rally sim. I seldom get the time I want to enjoy my sims so when I do race, I tend to jump into the fastest car immediately. Thinking I'm going to be Walter Röhrl or something. Nope. Lots of frustration. Start slow in lesser cars; good points.
Yeah... no. He ended up in a ditch rather often and just kept on driving afterwards, sometimes pretty much rolling his car multiple times without zero regard. His fearlessness killed him and other passengers in the heli. There were no mechanical malfunctions there, he was just too close to the ground, showing off his lack of fear as usual. Unfortunately for him, rolling into a ditch with a heli gets you killed. I would take advice from someone who literally got himself and other people killed with a grain of salt.
Friendly tip; when they say don't cut, *do not cut.* No seriously, don't.
Absolutely, and otherwise take all the liberty of cutting
I always take "dont cut" as a challenge
Loved the video and the stupid jokes !
When he says "DO cut" thats just the homie hookup.
Me who barely knows what cutting means:
Very valuable tips. Unfortunately, many people rate Dirt Rally 2.0 very severely, which can be seen in the forums under the reviews. The most common complaints are the degree of difficulty of driving, which in my opinion is the biggest advantage of this game. In fact, all you need is a little patience, intuition, observation and conclusions to discover what's going on and then derive great satisfaction from the next perfectly defeated turns and victories. regards
agreed, i thoroughly enjoy this game every time i play regardless of how many times i crash and wreck and barely miss out on podium.
I'm still a n00b (and Untermensch, cause xbox 60fps), but I do hope Codemasters won't make the next instalment any easier. The dopamine hit after that [admittedly rare] perfect-ish corner is out of this world.
I absolutely agree. When I bought the game, I saw a review complaining about how impossible it is to play that game and that "you have to set world record times in order to complete anything."
why would people complain about their skill issue
@@kosulobi1229 Because people blame others/ other things for their problems.
"Drive slow cars"
Meanwhile Dirt Rally:
-Hey, I've seen you drive a 180HP car, why not to buy a 450HP one?
Yep, I remember going from my lancia to a stratos, and then an rs200
The r200 was an animal, incredibly fun, but you had to move around like you were having an epileptic attack, constant large corrections, but I guess it works pretty well for exercise
@@tiagobelo4965 for real idk how any of those group b dudes survived
@@k2beats785 Thats the neat part, they didin't
@ISAAC OWNBY gimme a cosworth please
@@tiagobelo4965 anything RWD is stupid to drive...lol
my best tip is use view with steering wheel, that way you get used to how much delay there is between steering and the car turning.
this helps even in Forza Horizon 4 btw and that game is not even simracing
@@sk8erbyern that games doesn’t have 360 degrees wheel rotation
I try to tell people this, they always say it’s too hard, when it actually ends up making you WAY better!
Yeah I'm broke so
Yea same here
I can't stress how brave I felt for changing gears to Manual for the first time in a game after this. How satisfying it was when I shifted two gears lower and: Voilà! I was able to turn a corner!
Feels so good doesn’t it 😍
General rule of thumb is, if you can see the extent of the corner and the road following, keep on the accelerator. If you can see the road up to a corner but can't see the rest, lift and trail brake, get the front pointed towards the inside of the corner. If you can't see shit and there's a hairpin somewhere from 50 to 300 m, just pray. :v
Also, don't be afraid to stay in the same gear through a series of turns! Keeping your RPMs in the best range (known as powerband) will be better than gearing up and gearing down again (in the hairier places in New England, Argentina, etc)
@@codysykes5568 oh thanks, mate!
Using paddle shifters helped me out although it doesn't feel very immersive when you're in the old vehicles
i just bought a wheel but my issue is: i have no real life drive experience at all. Can you tell me what happens when you shift down two gears? Couldn't you just break before the turn?
Another tip, for groupB cars the front window is mostly useless, you'll be flying diagonally 70% of the time if you're doing it right :)
Great video bro! I like the bad jokes and your lose vibe very much!
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@@freekshow uff man... didn't see some of that coming...anyways that was a good video ..keep it up!
@@freekshow good job with that hipster cough. That one really got me
I have to very much tank you for mentioning Collin. I remember when it still carried his name. Collin McRae Rally: Dirt. People keep forgetting that.
Well I'm sure there are reasons they can't use his name anymore.... mostly because he's passed away
The video games never had anything to do with him. Do you think Collin was coding games in his spare time?
They just paid him to use his name so they could sell more games. Why do people need to remember his name in relation to Dirt Rally?
@@gupiwa Well fucking duh he wasn't involved with the game. Codemasters just paid for a license to use his name, license that expired with Dirt2.
Then why is it important? Because many people got to videogames or rally through games that carried his name.
I'd say put the co driver calls back as far as you can manage, then look and think further ahead. The pros are always mentally a few turns ahead. Try it and it's amazing the difference it makes to the flow of your driving.
Also try and think 'steer more, brake less'. Especially with a FWD car just hustling the wheel makes a big difference. Watch the pros again - huge steering input, sliding the car to slow down. Not the easiest with a normal wheel or if you're used to the kind of careful steering of circuit racing.
Lastly; watch the replay. Not only does it add a break but answers the question 'How am I a minute slower?' Amazing how many corners I got wrong, how slow I looked there.
Actual last thing. Go back to a circuit sim after Rallying. Seems easy doesn't it?
That's interesting, I prefer late calls because I'm just reacting to the one that's coming up giving me more focus on each corner individually.
I'd say put them early enough so that you can process them and react properly. Putting them too early makes me really distracted because managing too much info while racing just confuses me and I get lost in those calls. But maybe that's just me and my low-RAM brain. You rarely need to know more than 2 corners ahead.
1:20 I think Dirt Rally 1 starting with slow cars from 60s is a good thing for that. You learn the mechanics of the driving easier with slow cars. Modern cars have better handling but they are too fast for beginners.
The heavier weight also makes you learn load shifting and makes you drive gentler/more precisely
H2 and H3 rwd is hell for new drivers tho
@@aduck4202 it really is. I recently got dirt rally 2.0 and after doing my first event i got the h2 rwd opel and it felt like hell. It really is super hard. I gave it some time n practice but gave up in the end and got the fwd h2 golf(since i wanna do all classes i n a row) But yea, rwd is hard😅
@@kechocker Just gotta be gentle with it, they're quite fun once you learn them
@@candle_eatist yeah i imagine, huge learning curve, and i think i kinda need a handbreak now. I just barely got into sim racing so i need some time for practice
Another important trick to learn for any proper sim (and this applies to real cars, too) is to control the weight transfer of the car. If you expect fast corner to be slippery / understeer, tap the brakes a bit just before turning the wheel. This compresses the front suspension and moves the weight of the car more over the front wheels. When you turn *after* that, the front tires will have much more traction compared to rear and you get temporary oversteer behavior which may help a lot to get the car turning.
However, make sure to not rotate the wheel too much while applying the brakes or the front wheels will lock and understeer when you turn the wheels too much (again, this happens with real cars on slippery surface, too). If that happens, you have to rapidly turn the front wheels (near) straight and then start to turn the wheels again when you feel traction. The controller implementation in Dirt Rally 2.0 really doesn't support this because the wheel rotates way too slowly with the controller (no matter the config, I've tried and tried) so to fully execute this, you need a proper wheel. Something like G25, G27 or G29 should be good enough. A proper direct drive (DD) wheel will feel much nicer and give better (more realistic) feedback but that's not required to actually control the car accurately.
excellent advice!
Nice tips. Any advice for keeping momentum in hairpin bends?
@@oxygengraphafonadelaverberator Avoid sliding. Basically you want to use similar cornering as in karting but you can slide a bit if you drive car with enough power. In practice, the braking must be on the spot, fully release the brake and then turn into the corner without doing so aggressive move that the car would slide too much.
Basically try to run like Ogier in this video: th-cam.com/video/zFNqHaqnvHw/w-d-xo.html
@@MikkoRantalainen Yes I see. Ogier makes the hairpin with almost zero slide. That's fascinating how two top drivers approach the same hairpin in completely different ways. Ogier is ever so slightly ahead coming out of the turn.
@@oxygengraphafonadelaverberator I agree. The point is that for some situations the Latvala style is actually better. I think if the road surface is soft enough for car to dig into it, Latvala style is better. If the road surface is slippery and you cannot get better traction by digging wheels deep into the ground, Ogier's style is better.
The really hard case is any corner where the road surface changes at the corner. And in real world the road surface detoriates so if you're the first car to go, the best style may be different than for the last car.
I’ve always found the hood view to be more realistic, reality lies somewhere in between cockpit and hood view, the cockpit view is just too much like driving with blinders on unless you have a triple monitor setup and in real racing you have a much larger FOV than in most cockpit cameras in video games but that’s just my personal opinion
cockpit is must for vr too.
I have a singlescreen and allways use cockpit view but as close as possible (not the view ahead of the wheel), while still having my head in the natural position. That way i'm having the best feeling of the car's balance and it also adds to the immersion. When getting used to it, nothing else feels right and i don't have to compensate for anything other than just driving it like in real life.
Well said bro! The wheel turning is distracting, and obtrusive
First step: spend 1000€ on a wheel and a driving seat.
I got the logitech one for like 350 including a nice steel frame for everything a year ago...got rly good at this game and learned alot about driving
500 USD
Sorry but first a good monitor and powerfull computer. You gonna look stupid on your seat with your wheel in the hands and nothing to run the game
@@TheAntonioRHCP It's called a joke what I made right here. Taking your comment too seriously, like you were not buying anything else and go "haha".
But for real I'd prefer to play with a xbox controller on PC than a wheel set on console.
@@Pronchonche Lol, I didn't get it ahahah
just wanted to come back and say turning off the progress bar is truly a game changer, i’m in masters using the 95 Impreza and i’m easily finishing top 3. focus is definitely key, thank you sir
Awesome video. The tip about downshifting gear to get more grip really helped me. Got a lot more control during corners now. Thanks a lot.
Your tone is perfect your humor is dry Love it
THE DOWNSHIFT ON ALMOST FLYING OUT! that is a new one for me, thank you!
my tip : dont full throttle! be patient and focused also need fast reactions and steering wheel must be moving always!
You need alot of energy to complete a lap at veryhard mode +FFB
For 4 WD cars you want to pump the gas instead of releasing the throttle if you feel that the car is getting out of control. That allows you to reduce understeering but doesn't increase the overall speed until you're again in full control.
Exactly! Seems so counterintuitive but it really works.
@@matttondr9282 Pumping the gas on 4 WD car switches between understeering and understeering which helps it to catch grip again. Of course, you still need fast reactions after re-catching the grip.
Randomly stumbled upon this in my recommended and what a great decision it was to click. Perfectly dry humor mixed in with good info lol, 👏😂 great stuff here
Hey yeah I just tried dirt rally 2.0 still struggling might make a video on it tho:)
I actually laughed out loud with the your mum joke. Fantastic video. I’m glad I stumbled on it.
Dude, your charisma scales are off the charts! This was both informative and entertaining to watch! Keep being you! I'll hafta give you a sub for that!
Just got my wheel setup…. Started out with Dirt 5 and thought I was a natural….until I started this game….Very difficult but a lot of fun.
So here's my tip. Went with the t38a gear shifter, converted it to sequential with no clutch, then assigned the clutch to the ebrake. Game changer.
One important trick is to learn "left foot braking" which basically means that you apply some brake at the same time with full throttle. It's a game changer on gravel. How the car behavior changes on left foot braking depends on a car and I feel it's most effective for 4WD cars.
If you drive with a wheel and 3 pedals that means that your feet will be dancing a lot because you have to brake with right foot if you need to change gears with H-shifter while braking and you have to brake with left foot while applying partial brakes during full acceleration.
i just recently figured this out on accident i panicked and hit the brake with my left foot and was like...." oooohhhhhhhhhh i can use this foot !!!!
you'll probably find it's most advantageous in cars that have more turbo lag. That technique was common in group b rally in the 80's to help keep the turbo spooled up.
@@VelociRapT0M That's true. However, it helps with modern cars, too, because if (or when) your brake balance is not 50%/50% you can modify the balance between the rear and front by applying partial braking while the engine is still running at full power.
If you have foot brake balance to the front (as is usual), you can apply partial foot brake to balance torque more towards the back and you can apply partial hand brake to torque balance towards the front.
Rally1 regulations for 2022 no longer allow the high-tech center diff that was used in 2021 so left foot braking might give extra performance for cornering during the next season, too.
@@MikkoRantalainen what are their reasons for no longer allowing that center diff?
@@VelociRapT0M I'm not sure. It's either cost reduction thing, or they are intentionally changing cars to be harder to drive so that it's more about skill and less about the machine.
Best tip I learned is for RWD always apply the gas or the brake. 1/4 throttle will lock the back down pretty good for any curves. More gas as you come out.
Use both as you've entered the curve and until the apex. Then full throttle on the adequate hyperbolic trajectory
Dude your content is so down to earth and level headed, in a sea of endless shit content of clickbait and sponsors this is some refreshing shit, love the videos on simracing stuff and thanks for doing it
Good advice. I have been having difficulties with this game until I started your "Scandinavian flick" move, and now I'm having a lot more fun and doing it in the RS200 or 450hp BMW M3 is a blast.
man your videos are gold. i hereby call upon the youtube sim racing community to pump this channel into the stratosphere. people need to see your content.
Great sense of humor, man! And, wonderful demonstration and tips. Right on!
Back in 2000, NFS Porsche Unleashed required manual shift in a career mode stage: drive, spin 180 between pylons, drive further in reverse, then spin 180 again between another set of pylons. Having seen only stick shifts in real life, I never looked back after learning to drive manual in NFS. One hack was to drive in high gear at low(er) speeds on snow. The car won't accelerate quickly, still had a reasonable speed, and turn without skidding. Won many races in Lan parties.
Not a newcomer but realize now I play like one. Love dirt rally and rally in general. Great video new fan. Thanks for your time to put this together.
Tip one: Don't try to beat the AI. Because you won't. If you have a family or a job, forget it. You will never beat the AI.
Tip two: If the next track is Germany, quit and restart the championship. Germany 'rally' is just some haybales in a field and every corner is identical. It has no place in World Rally.
Tip three: Your co-pilot is lying. No way was that a 5.
Tip four: I'm so bad at this. So, so bad. Don't copy me.
I say course memorization. Play the course a few times and learn where you can hit the throttle and brake.
At first, I was like, this dude knows what he's talking about but his jokes are kinda cringey. Then I realized you're doing it on purpose. Good job!! I do the same thing except with stupid things and people at work and such take me seriously and don't get the joke lol.
One thing that helped me immensely was learning about trail braking, ie braking while throttling to slow the car but maintaining RPM for coming out of the corner.
Your last comment about cockpit view, spot on! And for the thrill, drive the opel manta with speed cleanly through a stage in cockpit view is just a rush.
I would have started with put the camera somewhere on the car (inside cockpit, hood, etc). That allows you to drive much more accurate when you actually know where the front of the car is actually pointing. In most corners you want to hit the apex just like in track racing but for rally cars that may require doing it sideways so you must have accurate control.
it took me months to get good at Dirt rally, even with a racing wheel. i cant tell you the numbers of times ive crashed and ive wanted to throw my racing wheel out the window, but i persevered and kept trying. and learned the different techniques to be faster.
A mental thing I always have in mind when racing on Dirt rally is always try to stay in the middle I remember I was going super fast down a hill with lots of trees everywhere but I stuck to going fast, also another thing about when losing control and not pressing gas and breaks is when you're car is back to facing onto the road just flat out to fight the the car to gain control, and don't break if you lose control or you'll just end up sliding off the road it's best just to get the car back into control by facing toward the road and then stepping on the gas, I only break if I have to do sharp turns and I know the road is more open if it's narrow I shift down instead.
learning to modulate throttle, downshifting/engine braking for more control and learning not to touch the throttle or brake when out of control from this video got me to masters. Fantastic video. Thanks.
Tip 3 is really important. Use your eyes for the road, use your ears for the co-driver calls. If you ask me, this game doesn't ask for concentration -- it demands it.
and use your ears for engine revs so u know when to shift and yeah
Very good tips but i think tip 9 isn't because your car becomes "loose" if you're not on brake or gas which makes gaining control back harder, so i would say depending on a situation you should either pump gas or pump brakes.
I think a very good tip would be to learn left foot braking and lift off oversteer. They are very useful (especially in AWD cars) because you can induce slight oversteer or even enough to get you through a hairpin without losing to much speed like a Handbrake would. Other than that this was a very good video and very informative.
Another really worthwhile tip is 'Set-Up'.
Setting the car up properly is invaluable.
Everything from being on the right tyres. To ride hight and suspension bump, rebound, spring rates and anti roll bar stiffness will all make differences to the handling of the car. Also your gearbox ratio settings can really help your stage times. There's no point is having really long gearing that makes car capable of 150 mph, when the stage is really tight and twisty and makes it virtually impossible to reach any higher speed than about 90-100 mph.
By lowing the ratios, the acceleration of the cat will improve.
Having said that, sometimes it can help if you slightly lengthen first gear. This will help to get off the start line by decreasing wheelspin.
Try different settings over and over again until you have 'tweaked' the car to make it more suited to your own preference and driving style.
A tip: Get familiar with the track through repetitions!
I'm not a pro in racing games, but in rally games, specifically, I personally think knowing the track by heart is key to conquer any track smoothly. There's no one, not even a pro, who get their personal best (PB) in one go the first time. Most of them, if not all, would keep getting their new PB after repeating the track for like hundreds of times. Co-driver can help you so far, but to conquer a track, you need to retry, and retry, and retry.
The best advice for this game is to just learn tracks, just to know when, where and how much to break and to steer makes game so much easier. Still if you change cars constantly that probably doesn't help much.
Holy moly, I knew almost none of these. Just got my T300 wheel for Dirt 2.0 and my first go at it and booooyyyy was it a humbling experience.
I just wanted to get on here and say you helped me enjoy the game so much I started a week ago and am progressing very much thank you bro your tips make me play so much better ❤
I'm still a newcomer to the sim rally genre, though I can finally consequently win on easy ;-). I found that actually listening and using the advice in Dirt Rally 1 in the tutorials is very very helpful. These take a few minutes each, but this is good knowledge.
As for consoles and framerate - both Dirt Rally games are running in 60 fps on consoles (even the old generation), so this isn't bad at all.
Im not a newcomer and I am top 1,800 and top 5,000 globally on quite a few tracks, ny best advice is to control ur throttle and make yourself believe you are sliding on ice. It might help idk lol im not good with teaching
Hey bro, I’ve watch your video one month ago and I’ve followed everything you said. Just wanna say thank you so much, since then I’ve been having the time of my life playing this game! Long live colin mcrae. Cheers!!
I don't know this game, but I love your humor
Do Mario Kart Wii next
Ik ook niet, iets met grasmaaien ofzo
I still comfortable with xbox controller. Reduce dead zone to 4 or less, and it will give brilliant smooth angling on 3-6 turns. Its very cool to play on gamepad from sofa with gaming laptop on the knees. I play mostly Opel Manta.
4:37 it’s giving me literal anxiety.
Btw you’re a highly underrated TH-cam. Instant subscription
Dirt Rally 2.0 on the PS5 finally has a fairly high and (more importantly) rock steady frame rate with a good resolution. Makes the game easier to learn. Less guessing and less of the brain squeeze of trying to think ahead of the screen. Worth revisiting for PS4 players. Expect some stage records to be broken.
Got my sub because of the amazing jokes 😂
My tip would yo new players with steering wheels is to first drive without force feedback and then turn it on gradually. Speaking of my experience (I use a thrustmaster t80) the first time I played with the wheel I couldn’t steer well a 60 car because of the strong feedback so I toned it down got practice and then increased it, it was much easier like that
this guys sense of humor is so refreshing
I would like a video talking about car configuration. Great vid btw
Yeah that's something Im still getting into myself as well. I'm far from a car mechanic xD
Especially on realwheel drives, pushing down clutch does help regain control, as the real wheel are No longer engaged to the power source
I use a dualshock joystick, with only buttons, so that means that my steer, brake, and accelerator are just max and min. The best way I found to help this is use driving assist, and also a good tune for the car to the stage, that helps a lot when you do not have a triggered joystick.
Bro your advice helped me get from average to slightly above average
Much love ❤️❤️
I usually drive the subies now(2001 mostly) and I prefer 2nd gear on tighter turns on them including most other cars. It really depends on the type of turn though and your car. Some cars have 4 gears so 1st is ideal (1st is better for hairpins though).That’s what I love about the game though is that it really gives you the realism of having to get to know your car more.
Tip 13: The Opels are usually fairly easy to drive.
Tip 14: Avoid the Lancia Delta S4 Group B like the plague, unless you are expert level.
What you can say about Audi Quattro Group B?
the Lancia is fun lots of FUNNNN
@@uncleizya8760 Very decent and very stable. I'd say it's the second easiest Group B to drive behind the Opel Manta 400.
@@zironemegeaz The Lancia can be a ton of fun once you figure out how to deal with it's quirks.
It's the Peugeot I'd avoid more than anything. The turbo lag is ridiculous and it tends to oversteer quite a bit.
One tip I'd add, even as a newbie myself, is LEARN HOW TO TUNE YOUR CAR! Especially RWD cars. Cars like the Ford Escort Mk.II are completely undrivable and unforgiving with their stock tune. Just a couple changes to the wheel geometry, suspension, and differential, and the car feels like a drift king and even has solid straight-line stability for those fast stages like Finland.
youtube is trying to tell me something aha, the moment i put up a mini crash montage i get recommended this :')
Boy am I glad that stepping off the pedals in a lose control situation is my natural response.
Mostly right but iv had the expirience that if you loose it at low speeds, pushing the clutch and breaking a tiny bit helps to get back on track because the wheeles get pushed in the dirt so they burry themselves a bit
Hope it helps :)
IMHO grab a good 27" IPS 144hz+ 1440p monitor and a good graphic card (rare nowadays but still managable to find) then a wheel set. The high quality video with high framerate don't need effort from you to make the road easier to read and match the instant you start an action and when it's displayed.
Legit tips for beginners:
1. Use assists by setting it a medium.
2. Learn on how to use hand brake at the right time in turns.
I have gave these tips to my cousin 'cause he's a newbie for rally games and sim racing as well:
1. Stay on the track: You don't have to be the fastest driver on the world - with calm driving you avoid more crashes
2. Use brakes: My cousin goes fast but he's not braking. Over using brake maybe slows you a little bit, but it helps you with tip 1. It also helps alot with turns, specially if you are new for rally games.
3. If you are unsure what's gonna happen at next, slow down. This also helps with tip number 1.
4. Free Roam: I have tested a lot of cars in Free Roam -mode. It's the best way to know your car. Sometimes when I'm thinkin: "Hmmm... Do I have skills to drive Group B cars? Am I ready to 4WD cars? How RWD cars feels? Should I buy this car now or not? Free Roam is the answer.
5. This tip is more for players, who has steering wheel, handbrake and also swifter: Know your gear: I got my devices in this order: Steering wheel -> handbrake -> swifter. Everytime I got new devices, I started to practice in Free Roam to know how to use them. After I felt comfortable, I tested in Time Trial. The result could be: a) I'm ready for real action, or b) Need more practice in Free Roam.
Set the car up for stability. This completely changed (saved) the game for me. It's rally, you don't need a twitchy super responsive car. For a starting point, increase (about 2 clicks) Slow Rebound and Negative Toe.
"Racing is all about focus"
*Me listening to Eurobeat
I gotta say as someone who hasnt had much experience with rally games (ive only ever played track based racers) its quite an adjustment, my issue is as you mentioned on one of the points i am too eager with the brakes and throttle and it ends up wrapping me around a tree, turning early is also something that i need to get used to as well, i often get lost with the pacenotes but am getting better at dechiphering when they come into effect
I bought Dirt Rally 2.0 thinking it was just a dirt racing game which I like then I learned it's a rally racing which I wasn't really familiar that much.
I enjoy the game but I just really suck at it.
I felt a bit good when I tried using slower cars and sometimes I feel like a pro because I shift, brake and gas quickly XD
I do enjoy the game but it's just too hard for me to be actually good. But thanks for these tips, I'll try them when I play again :)
actually playing on a xbox controller and 1 tip, i saw most of the poeple setting up their controllers that way
brake gas
shift down shift upp
i think that you get what i mean
instead of that do
brake gas
shift upp shift down
you dont gonna need to pull off your whole finger from gas for going on a higher gear
Interesting tip, taking that in mind for the future
Some randoms:
"If in doubt, flat out" is actually the best advice for driving at least Codemasters rally games. The only sure thing that can save your turn is the throttle.
Also, when you feel like loosing control, the throttle will save you more than doing nothing.
The weight balancing is crucial, more than anything else.
When weight balance is mastered, rally feels like dancing and it becomes the most enjoyable driving game.
For non-tarmac roads, pay attention to suspension feedback, because that's where the grip comes from in those places.
Never hold tight to the wheel, instead try feeling where the front wheels want to go and just apply the needed corrections. When the FFB feels strong, the grip is good and that is the best moment to apply corrections.
Use the right FOV for your setup. Avoid FFB clipping.
Use manual gear changing. It's better than brake in most cases and you need horsepower when you flat out to save the turn.
“If in doubt, flat out” only really applies to 4WD/AWD cars. Mashing the throttle in a RWD/FWD car isn’t going to save you if you overcook a turn.
here's a fun tip, if you are in a RWD and you are over-steering, at max counter-steer and are about to spin, press in the clutch. this will unlock the diff and it may come back around.
I usually wait to "Like" a video, but I did it a minute in. I can't help laughing because that looks like me driving!
I think this is a good video. Thank you for being a wholesome and supportive member of the internet
Look ahead should be part of the tip, right after steer early. You can't tell how early you need to steer or straighten if you don't look ahead.
Look way ahead, keep eyes up and focus on the next to dont be late. Trust your peripheral vision
I am a noob driver and i although, yes, i find that taking off gas and break while losing control of the car helps, i also found that quickly jerking both pedals also helps getting control back sometimes quicker than doing nothing
can we just respect how well he recited t e r m i n a l so quickly and perfectly
First tip is right on.
I quickly discovered, slowing my ass down is cheaper for my in game money, penalty points, and time.
No wrecks, i increased speed by 15-20 seconds and a couple thousand credits.
I need a hand brake. And force feedback pedals would be awesome. Realistically, a better seat, but it is cheap and gets me playing...
especially in dirt rally 1 the cars have so much grip that you can go +130kmh almost all the time if u just have balls to turn the wheel very much
i remember where i learned many smooth tricks when was in ColinS McRae Dirt 1, doing S1 on Pikes Peac(h)k on pro level. and than i realised that those drivers where aboun unlimited levels uper, meaning that they whole life in practice. quited driving car
Definitely enjoyed the video! Solid tips with some nice added humor. Time should be mentioned in how much time you can devote to a rally sim. I seldom get the time I want to enjoy my sims so when I do race, I tend to jump into the fastest car immediately. Thinking I'm going to be Walter Röhrl or something. Nope. Lots of frustration. Start slow in lesser cars; good points.
Came across your video, love the humour, found myself laughing a few times.
I didn't understand why im stuck and after your vidéo im understand thank you so much for tips i like you ! +1 sub comes from France ! ^^
Honestly i was struggling while driving fwd and awd cars.
When i gave up and just drove e30 m3,
That was the most easy and comfortable car.
Dude, you sound like you should have a few hundred thousand subs! What the hell!? Underrated.
both comedy gold and extremely informative I have the pedal to the metal badge and its still helped me alot thankyou!
The video should be an “April Fools” joke.
Him: recommends in car camera for the extra realism
Me: maybe I want to sit on the hood
Only legends understand Colin's advice in the right way
Yeah... no. He ended up in a ditch rather often and just kept on driving afterwards, sometimes pretty much rolling his car multiple times without zero regard.
His fearlessness killed him and other passengers in the heli. There were no mechanical malfunctions there, he was just too close to the ground, showing off his lack of fear as usual. Unfortunately for him, rolling into a ditch with a heli gets you killed.
I would take advice from someone who literally got himself and other people killed with a grain of salt.
"when in doubt flat out, it always work for me"
-Collin McRae
And here it was, waiting for me, the answer to all my questions.
Basically, turn right to go left.
Best Advice Ever.
i spend thousands just for dirt rally and still enjoying it daily