Starting my iRacing journey... is rookies this hard for you guys?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2022
- Get in my head as I start my iRacing career, albeit in a very disappointing fashion. I finally have the sim in working order (go check out my latest videos for the setup process), but my racing skills aren't quite there yet.
How about you guys? What has your experience been with iRacing, and progressing through the levels?
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The key to get out of Rookie and actually improve is consistency. You have to feel confortable with the car and the track before jump into a race. A good load cell pedals also make a huge improvement. And always watch your replays on different camera angles. That makes you identify you own mistakes which can be focused on for corrections. It's a never end learning experience. Good luck
Thanks, good advice. I’ve managed to make my way into C class, and it’s been a challenge every step of the way so far.
The key to getting out of rookies is starting from the pits.
Enjoying watching your journey! Mine is just starting as well! Love your setup!
Nice, thanks and good luck!
This is very helpful to watch. I’ve been racing (autocross) real cars for many years, and your description about judging corner entry is spot on. Very tricky to get it right. You can tell when the car understeers because the FFB wheel gets light in your hands, but it’s tough to judge when the rear is stepping out. (The fun part of driving a real car).
I’m NOT getting a motion rig. lol!
funny thing is asseto corsa sends that infomation through the wheel.. its gives out forces you would normally feel with yer but. you can feel the back end stepping out through the wheel and catch it even though they may not be realistic in terms of what you would feel through the wheel irl.. so far its my favourite ffb
The trick to feeling oversteer unfortunately is to have a higher torque wheel. The wheel needs to have the power to push back against your hands to straighten the car out. I just upgraded to 6nm and didn't even know this was a thing till I did
This was highly entertaining, Im just getting into sim racing and I have the exact thoughts/experience haha!
Haha glad you enjoyed
Iracing routine..... crash than crash than crash....than i preferred start from pit line....than it's magic they crashed and i won
Hah that is accurate
I just started this also and can relate 100% enjoyed watching want to get out of Rookie also!
Thanks! Took me a little while but I eventually got to A
I love the rig and the screen! A buttkicker will give u that extra ffb , it makes your rig more alive and gives u the feeling when it starts to slide , i can't race without it anymore. Great video
Sounds like a buttkicker is in order. Which one do you have/like?
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 i bought the buttkicker gamer2 it was a easy fix
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 make your own bassshaker. Buttkickers are way overpriced.
@@jamirvillarosa7924 hmm was not aware of those
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 yeah. They're really easy to make and you can have multiple and still cheaper. You just need a cheap Amp with built in soundcard(nobsound) and basshaker transducer(dayton) then speaker wires. Check them out, there's a lot of tutorial on TH-cam. You really just have to worry how you'll mount them.
Glad to see you got things sorted with Fanatec. Remember Rookies gonna Rookie.
Haha thanks, I guess that’s the motto right?
Tires are usually cold unless tyre blankets are on before a race and check to have the tyre info on like heat and etc
I recently just started back into sim racing after about 6 years and started with the Vee. That thing is so finicky and I found out that even when you think you should be in 2nd gear, just stay in 3rd. It will save you so many spins. I did a couple races where I was actually racing some people and it always ended up with me getting wrecked out by either them not giving room or me getting a bit too eager into braking zones. Once I essentially stopped racing people I got out of rookie in a couple of races no problem. Also congrats on Class D!
Haha yep good advice. It’s definitely more of a momentum car. And yea, I’m realizing I shouldn’t focus as much on the racing until I just get comfortable with car control while on track with another field of cars. Thanks for the support!
sick set up bro...love the content
Appreeeshy bro 🙏🙏
What if you adjust your force feed back to help you with control of the car ? Also go into your settings for your steering and play around with the steering sensitivity and other settings that mite help.
Thanks! Been playing with the settings, getting better over time.
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 You're welcome. I am still trying to get my TR80 MK5 from Trak racer setup . And then still got get the Fanatic stuff setup to .
Got to get into this. i do GTsport on PS VR. Its great fun, but not serious enough. Theres always a clown around.
Plenty of clowns in iracing but also many very very strong racers so it’s worth it!
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273Cheers Gabe
I’ve just got my B license in road. I spent about a month just “testing” the cars I wanted to eventually race before I even entered a rookie race. There are tons of videos and articles on car setups. In rookie racing I only concentrated on finishing clean and didn’t worry about where I placed. I got out quickly.
Nice, that’s been my strategy too
Bring the G9 closer to you. Place this between the base and the steering wheel. I have a distance of 62cm between my eye and the G9. For me it greatly improved the immersion. The low height of the screen then no longer plays a role. I can also recommend using a HeadTracker. I don't play without it anymore.
That seems way too close. I don’t know how that would work.
Don't overtake on the outside unless it's a very long radius corner. The bit where you were wiped out he/she was always going to create a narrowing gap until you hit or go off track.
With the speed differential you have against some of these, hang back then close up just before the corner to a good length straight, get a good, fast exit and overtake before you even get to the next corner.
Thanks for the advice
Awesome video dude loving your setup and very envious lol a sub from me
Appreciate it Lee!
I'm in my second season of iracing now and I've learned it's not rookies so much as it is lower splits where carnage happens, that's not to say it doesn't happen at higher splits but it's less common. I'm sure as you get more experience in the sim and raise your irating you'll have a better time. As for needing to be smooth in the vee, well I've never tried it, as tin tops are my thing but I reckon you need to be smooth in any race car if you want to go fast. Good luck on your iracing career and maybe I'll see you on track sometime.
Yes you’re right about all of that. No question the racing quality gets better as you progress. Would love to have a good battle on track sometime!
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 I'm racing the Hyundai Elantra in touring cars this season and loving it, last weeks race at limerock was chaos but mostly the racing has been pretty clean despite the reputation touring cars has.
Na na na na na THUNDER ... foot....
Btw if you're ever interested I'd be more than happy to help you learn some iracing things to get going. I've reset my irating to speedrun 2k a few times and have learned a few things along the way. Subbed! Great content
Thanks! I’ll check out some of your videos to see what I can learn
You don't need Motion sim for more feedback, Sim Hub and some rumble motors on your pedals will give you the feedback os traction loss and lockups etc :)
Ohhh, good point. I need to look into that!
Hey mate, maybe turn your mirrors on and get crew chief if you haven't already to help with spotting.
Wasn’t aware either were possible. I’ll have to look into that.
I have fanatec v3 pedals and they rumble a little bit. Also, you can get a buttkicker. It's a lot cheaper than a motion rig.
Nice! Yea I gotta try the buttkicker
This seems an old thread. My simple observation, which you should have corrected in the interval time, is that you are not using any trail braking. THAT is what turns your front end; gas pushes you straight. So if you want understeer (or "push") use the throttle; if you want oversteer (or "loose") use the brake.
Thanks man!
Been thinking about starting the iRacing journey - A pricey one though..
Yea the sim can be expensive.
I got a 3 month subscription, and 1 month in i have uninstalled it. Dive bombing idiots, horrible tyre simulation, cars spin out way too easily etc etc. Just been a horrible experience. Back to AMS 2, rfactor 2, ACC and Le Lans Ultimate. Life is good again.
@@deadmanwalking1930 at least you gave it a try and have something you’re happy with!
beginning is hard. you have to fight yourself through the rookie, d class. but its getting better ;)
Yep gotta stay with it!
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 You got used to it to "read" your ffb on your wheel when your car will oversteer. It's a very small distance you feel it. But there is a ffb for it. But sometimes, the oversteer comes to fast that you can react to it.
For me, the best is to drive on the edge in qualifying, but in race I drive a little bit under it. So I often can get a top 10 result, because others are over the edge :)
But you will learn which strategy is the best for you with experience in this sim.
my rookie experience was fine. had ncie battles and everyone respected each other. im now going for F4 in the D class.
Nicely done
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 since joining f4 races. lost 0.15 safty rating cause people spin and dont hold brakes.. some even go straight onto the track again blocking half of it... crashed that way 5 times
You need to do an update on the broken fanatec
I did at the beginning of this video. It was defective and they sent a new one.
Getting a buttkicker gamer plus gives you quite a bit of seat of the pants feel of when the car is sliding. Highly recommend it.
So I’ve heard. Thanks for the rec!
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 I also have pedal rumble motors from Sim 3d that are equally good
Yes it is but the tirck about it is dont worry about winning. You just need good clesn fun patient racing. Thats the trick, enjiy stop putting pressure on yoyrself its to learn the tracks, learn how to be careful and be pateint rookie is not about winning or taking chances. Consitency is key but really its consitency with clean racing. Right now you should just be learning the trscks and having clean races. Thats it
Also remrmber tires being cold and hot matter even down to the track temps matter! So you will learn the limits of said car and wheels. Its realistic for a reason accounting for all of this stuff.
Thanks for the tips!
@gabeorlowitzracing8273 yeah man, just enjoy don't overthink go by feel.
Most yt make their vids with a capture card and webcam kinda like a streamer would. Or they show the wheel and pedals on the webcam.
That’s true
your first race I tried to overtake on the outside of a corner in Rookies? come on man you have to know why that didn't work?
Check out OC Racing's iRacing playlist for inspo. His editing and story telling on his iRacing journey is awesome! It's like the sim racing version of Drive to Survive 😂
Will do!
Use logi capture and a webcam to capture yourself and screen at the same time.
Thanks for the tip!
Never start in the pits, never start at the back. Although many experienced (and not so), iRacers will advise these two strategies to avoid the Rookie mayhem that sometimes happens (especially lap one, turn one), but honestly, it’s bad advice. You will never learn how to read trouble, or impending trouble ahead, if you spent your entire time in Rookies never being in the thick of it. That is why the ‘start from the pits’ advice will often still be seen/heard in the lower splits of D, C, B & A Series and it’s always advocated by the folks who complain that everyone else around them are lunatics and crazy wreckers.
Do yourself a major solid and get stuck in right from the start and ensure you are learning race craft right from the get go.
Yea makes sense. I’ve made my way to C and definitely don’t enjoy the “fakeness” of starting from the pits, so generally I tend to qualify and start wherever that lands me.
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 enjoy your journey. Be prepared that frustration is 70% of the racing experience. Just like real life, it’s mostly a dreadful pastime, interspersed by short moments of euphoria. 👍
@@cmdreffietrinket good perspective, and certainly true so far in my experience!
Brotherman first off I admire your positive attitude and guts to show failure that puts you ahead right there now sometimes in life we become to careful/comfortable so then we just gotta say to ourselves fudge it and drive it like ya stole it..Then find a middle ground to where your uncomfortable..Like that cat that used you up I would’ve damn sure held my line it’s your track as much as his..In Racin you gotta be little bit Greedy Hungry and take that @#&t like your life depends on it. Was gonna say take it like it was his girlfriend but it’s a family show. I think you’ll be fine 🏁🏁🏁
Hah thanks for the support
Worst part is all the people crashing into you dropping safety rating
Yep
i Dont do road but in oval when i was getting out of rookies i just drove like literally 60mph let everyone pass me and so on and just keep my foot on my break pedal. its not the rookies i look out for its the more high ranked players i dont qual because if i end up top 5 with some decent people they will ego and youll end up in a barrier lol. just race at your own pace and youll get out of rookies
Luckily I’m out of rookies and into C at this point, but I tried your approach and it didn’t really work. Eventually traffic finds its way back to me and people still crash into me either for going too slow or just because they spin out near me. Maybe it’s easier to just stay out of the way on an oval, not sure.
Number one lesson in Iracing is stay away from other racers! Great video! We have all gone through those experiences. My advice. Start from the pits until you reach 1800 iRating. Also remember to enjoy, It will get better! Cheers.
Thanks, it’s gotten a bit better since then 🙂
Wdym start from the pits?
@@relic0 That's a very bad advice imo. You get to 1800 and then what? you crash the entire field because you never raced someone before? Rookie is certainly tough, but it's made to learn
i know this is old but you are getting yourself into trouble... if it wasnt obvious. what rank are you now?
Haven’t been on much lately but was able to work my way up to A rating last year.
Check out boosted media, dan Suzuki and Dave cam for some video ideas also Dave and dan have a few videos on iracing rookies and tips and tricks witch works like a treat, motion rigs is more about g force then force feed if your looking for abit more feeling on what the car is doing check out buttkicker gamer v2 or bass shakers they are like rumble motors but way more stronger more watt also you have abit more options like car rev shifting gear road feel tyres sliding ect. I'm subbing to grow your channel great video
Awesome info, thanks for the sub! Good point about not necessarily needing motion to get more feedback. Sounds like I gotta look into some buttkickers 😁
Yea my Fanatec stuff was also doa. Never touching that brand again.
Yikes!! What is it with them??
Fucking rookie hahahaha
Keep going man you'll get there.
Those formula v have a heaaaavy rear weight bias
Going into those turns too hot
Common rookie mistake
@@gabeorlowitzracing8273 iRacing can be like driving on ice 🧊 😂 iCE Racing
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