An important detail i failed to discuss was degrees of rotation when calibrating the wheel. I recommend 900 degrees of rotation (in your profiler and in sim) when doing fixed setup oval racing. Trick #1 may not produce the same results with a setting other than 900 degrees (thank you to Niels Heusinkveld for pointing this out, go support his channel!)
Exactly no matter what I do my tires are done half way thru a run I had to move up out of arca to win races even tho it is my favorite car just so I can get yellows. Even if I back off almost half a second per lap my tires still get killed idk wtf I’m doing wrong
OMG! What a time to discover your videos. I hung up my wheel several years ago due to frustration and dissapointment. I've been back in iracing about a week now and so glad I now know the secrets. I was one of those on off switch throttle drivers and did not understand the steering ratio nor brake bias. This is a whole new ball game now. Thanks bud!
I finally got around to watching this video, you did very well at articulating and explaining everything. I would say that the 3rd tip is the absolute most important thing to be faster over a run. The 2nd tip is definitely important but will be useless kind of if you're not driving correctly in the first place. I am going to say the 1st tip is only relevant if you need a crutch with turning your steering wheel. I personally will never go above 12:1 on speedways, I prefer 10:1 on short tracks, and 8:1 on road courses. In the '87 Cup car since it only goes to 14:1, I actually have to do +18 offset because I have trained my brain to make me not turn the wheel past a certain point, lol. That's just my feedback, awesome video though and see you in more Winter Series races! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I stopped playing iRacing for around a year, just got back into it and was going through tires WAY faster than I used to. I'll admit, I've never been amazing at tire management, but it seemed like it went from a bit below average to the worst of the worst for no reason. I have a habit of over steering, and while it's always hurt me, it's never hurt me as much as it has now, and thanks to your video I know exactly why and what I need to improve the most. I asked some people I knew some ways to save tires, and they basically explained your third point, which is something I've always done, but am far from mastering. I didn't think throttle and break management was the issue, or at least the largest one, and it feels good to know that while I still need to improve it, it's far from the worst of things I'm doing. I seriously cannot thank you enough, you've earned yourself a subscriber man. I also love your weekly racing guides. Do you think you'd be able to add the Legends series to that as well?
Really awesome to hear this helped you, that's all I could hope to accomplish with these videos! My goal is to cover everything I possibly can - the FSORG has expanded so much already but it ultimately comes down to time. If I can keep quality high and add in more content, I will always try to do that. Thank you!
Thank you, as a I racer I never really learned anything other than balls-to-the-wall all out driving because for success in rookie class that is what you need
Thanks for this, the race before this video i started pole at kentucky, led half the laps but fell back to 10th as tires went off, next race i changed steering ratio, started pole again and led from start to finish, i made a video and linked yours in the description. cheers.
Hell ya, great video.. love the stupid proof approach of explaining everything! Please do more!! WATCH OUT schildhoused!! I'M COMMING FOR YOUR JUICEY IR!
Thanks so much man! After winning the pole like 3 or 4 times and losing cuz of this, I had a bad qualifying and started 13th but ended up winning the first time I used these!
In the Xfinity car at Nashville, my brake bias was all the way down to 53% and I still wanted less. I guess I like turning on brake... Also, my tire wear was significantly less than most of the other guys, by up to 15% on the right front!
Well produced video. Excellent in explaining why we should listen to your advice. A subject many You Tubers leaves out. Appreciate sharing some of the tips that can potentially help newer, and unknowing, (like me!) oval racers. Your presentation was nice and calm, rather than some loud carnival barker. Definitely will watch more of your videos
So nice of you to say, William - thank you! It was important to me that the information was presented in a manner that gave the "what" and the "why" in a clear and concise fashion.
This is the absolute best advice on how to attack iracing I have came across. Switched my driving style, gained 120 irating in the first 2 races. I knew I was doing something wrong, and this video finally gave me the speed I knew I had. Extremely grateful. Great content as always!
Great video!!! My only issue is that brake dragging technique. Completely correct and will improve lap times and tire wear, but in an official race where half the field is using the light switch technique, you will find yourself getting rear ended or pit manoeuvred on entry. Throughout the turn you will ultimately be way faster, but I’ve found on turn entry the people using light switch technique just use you as the brake instead. I’m at 2500ir , so I imagine once I get to the higher splits the situation may be different.
Mike, you are 100% correct and I thank you for pointing this mistake out. I hope it doesn't take away from the value of the information I shared in the video
I really appreciate this video! My friend sent me this video as this is how he has achieved such a good irating of like 6000. I have all the information. You can remove the video now. LOL
Do you know some tricks for f1 and lmp1 tyres? I tried many setups with different driving styles but i am still not able to reach the proper tyre conditions for the car to grip better.
Unfortunately, no - I do not race in either of those series so I don't have any helpful insight to share. If you learn anything, feel free to share with me 😁
Amen..The Holy Grail of videos after a year of What Am I Missing? The only things saving me was that line is my natural line and that I don't know enough of anything to have created any major bad habits. At least racing ones lol so i've Liked Subscribed and will be joining to. Even if the model isn't the same Ill just add what I do right and 50 years of driving on Ohio's crappy black ice covered roads in every vehicle imaginable. Big Time Thanks
Just tried this in practice using my current driving method, then tried this and it really works. Thank you so much for doing this video, it's going to make s big difference for me (need to practice it more though).
Before watching this video: running P3 at around half distance, tyres start going off and I finish P9. After watching this video: clean laps within a second for a whole 40 lap race, P1!
thank you for this video, im brazilian so its a little hard for me understand well english, but you speak calmy and make be easy to understand even for those who arent fluent
You sound like you could sell ketchup Popsicles to a person in white gloves. Fantastic video man ! Very comprehensive and informative 👌 The light switch method is definitely my Achilles heel. I will give this a try, thanks dude
Wow the difference started 14th finished 5th but wow I was able to be so much more competitive 3 wide beating them all through the corner with no incidence as well as crossovers it was just a lot more consistent and so much more fun
This is such a great video! I have struggled with tire wear for a long time and these tips, as well as the way you explained them, was definitely a game changer! Have you thought of making more videos like this? I have a feeling that this could become a hit series :D
With steering, you also have the potential variable of steering wheels calibrated to whatever rotation you set in your wheel software, and if you've calibrated it properly in iRacing. I don't know how the game does it, but perhaps you get non linear steering if you'd drive a 900 degree steering car with a 180 degree calibrated steering wheel..
Good tips hard to find anyone willing to help you on this sim, the only problem I find is it's hard to do drag braking in A class when you have to go wide open for 10 laps on mile and half's
Yep - trick #3 is really dependent on the track and pace required to be competitive. It may not apply every lap of the run like it does at the example track of Homestead - you may need to wait a few laps before it becomes needed.
1: Steering ratio has only to do with driver comfort. 2: Brake bias affects if you are loose or tight entering the corner. It has nothing to do with tire saving, unless you are wrecking 24/7. You also don't hardly ever brake on bigger tracks. 3: The middle wear is NOT the only important wear. As a matter of fact, it is the least important, as the inner compared to outer matters for camber. Otherwise, 3 is correct.
@@schildhouse I have been building setups on the sim for over a year at a pretty professional level. All points are valid. Brake bias comes with the driver, and can vary. Steering ratio comes down to response time from driver. I know many top tier drivers who use lower ratios at bigger tracks.
I would say that you are correct on 1, I run 12:1 almost all the time, works fine. It's about how much you like turning the wheel (I don't like turning it more than 30-45 degrees, so 12:1 works for me). Two however, is wrong in the context of this video. Since this applies to (mostly) fixed setup racing, most of the setups are so tight that you have to knock the brake bias down to get any rotation on corner entry, taking any bit of load off of the right front. 3 is the same with the context, people in fixed races like to read back tires after runs to compare, and usually use the middle wear % to compare.
@@willnorton8335 comes down to driver in final 2, but he states of a complete sweet spot, which I disagree with. As far as tire wear, you have to read lowest wear, and follow from that. If your inside is scrubbing more, you need to adjust your line for a better apex, ect. I do like your points though, and I am happy we can mostly agree on everything as far as range is concerned.
Did my first ARCA race last night and I was slow + my wheels were falling off. Really frustrating. This video is super helpful as you pointed out 2 things I was doing wrong immediately. Thanks a bunch!
And this is why road racers do well if they (accidentally 🙈) decide to give oval a go: We do „Tricks“ 2 and 3 all the time, because in road there’s just no other way. 🤷🏻♂️ If you don’t know about that stuff, you won’t succeed. We don’t have steering ratio, but of course in road we know about what will increase or decrease tire life, in setups as well as in driving. Especially in endurance races, when your tires need to be good for around two to sometimes three hours to give you a shot at a win. I do oval every now and then, but to me who is used to constant trail breaking, shifting, turning, oval is just too „robotic“ as I like to call it. But it’s fun, even when I‘m not totally knowing what I do, besides holding my line as best I can 😊 I will use trick no. 1 though next time I‘m testing the waters again 👍🏻👋🏻🏎
I love this perspective - thank you for sharing it! I've been doing more road this year and overall, I enjoy it quite a bit! Nice to hear from "the other side" on this too! Thank you!
There has to be more of a reason than just the steering ratio. The tires are still turning X amount to get around a corner. Whether I'm turning the steering wheel 10 degrees or 90 degrees to get the tires turning X amount shouldn't affect tire wear.
It's not about whether you turn the wheel 10 or 90 degrees, it's about how smoothly you turn it and putting the bare minimum turn in to get the maximum end result. The less you turn the wheel, the less your tires will wear - that's the bottom line. I agree with your assertion that you have to turn the tires X amount to make laps but the steering ratio trick helps you reduce the impact of turning the wheel as you do it. Smoother input (turning) results in better output (tire grip) - that's a fact in sim and real world racing.
Holy Smokes! After watching this and about an hour of practicing the recommendations, I saw significant drops in my lap times at Cali and massive improvements in tire wear. Just wow man, how can we get more from you?
At tracks like Atlanta, and Chicagoland you shouldn't be using the brake at all. Of course there are a lot of people who like to go into the corner hard. If that's how you drive then your brake method is a great tool. Backing up your corner entry will do the trick as well. Only problem with that is some people are inpatient and don't pay attention to the car in front of them to realize their not going in as hard as you are lol.
I don't have to many issues with tire wear in the ARCA car. But I noticed it in a xfinity race at Homestead last night. And Homestead is not one of my best tracks.
Had to subscribe after watching this! This is some of the best iRacing instructional content I’ve ever seen. I’ve made it to Class B and these longer races have people with less tire wear passing me towards the second half of the race. Looking forward to using these tips! Thanks
i'm new to iracing been doing alot of oval i got my d class in like 1day now i got the Monte Carlo ss imma try to save my tires cause at lap 25+ i can tell that my tires are shot lol
Slow down, don’t slide the tires, don’t drive through the push. You should be opening up the steering on the exit. If your still trying to turn the car on exit you are already loosing. Be smooth on the steering. Brake bias is all user preference. Same with steering ratio. Heck I used 8:1 everywhere for years.
I am an A class driver that barely have any races under my belt (Time Attack lol). This just saved me a lot. I was struggling with long runs and I quickly found out I was doing all the wrong strats.
Just Won Fixed race last night trucks at IOWA doing this, great video and was running the same lap times from lap12 to lap 30 of the green flag run caught the leaders from 3 seconds back during this run then built up a 3 second lead on them. and didnt know about the brake bais I will mess with it to get better thanks
Speaking as a top split broadcast Indy 500 starter, I'm embarrassed about how often I *still* find myself using the lightswitch method on my throttle. It's not just a beginner habit, and I wish I would have fixed it sooner.
You say 16:1 but I use a 15 in mpi and I’m turning the wheel less and guys in real life are using no more than a 12:1 most of them! The 16:1 is just so slow and so hard to catch slides!
This video is so stupid rolled my eyes and chuckled threw most of it. Guy talks like hes a pro or something with his 6% win percentage lol. It really just comes down the driver and feel really most of this video is just style and preference not secrets.
Great video David. I followed the info and went from a 92% right front to a 97% in a ten lap run. Anyone can throw together content to get fast views. You actually put time and effort into this. I've watched you for a while now on twitch. (SUNDAY MONEY) Keep it up. We should run some laps I still have a lot to learn and you have a lot to teach.
I hate about the 16:01 is yes it works great on but as someone who races in real life and trying to get experience and get myself better for real life it just isn't the way it is I drive a super late model late models and other things and it honestly they're all like 8:1 pretty much you barely turn the wheel even if you look on board with the best drivers in the cup series they all barely have to turn the wheel.
i hear this fully - it's so dumb and unrealistic to run a 16:1 box at an intermediate to save tires, completely incorrect and not representative of real world racing. But, it is a game at the end of the day and it's not perfect so we do what we must to gain an advantage.
Hi Brenden - unfortunately, no, I do not. I would say throttle management is the big key there, not full-throttling the turns as the track slicks off will most likely be a good start
I am guilty of doing the light switch thing, thanks for those tips I really needed that help, I never could figure out what I was doing so wrong but now I know!
Awesome to hear, Michael! When you're ready to jump in, I can provide a referral link for you to use when you sign up - feel free to message me on my Discord or on Twitter to get it!
This is an awesome video definitely learned alot off this video my whole race has changed breaking is a big learning curve but this is something I have been looking for to help understand a little more about getting better amazing video man
I love you for this video. Thanks a bunch. Speedway tire wear has always been my struggle and could never figure out how people take care of them so well.
Hi Cantu - this video is specifically aimed at fixed setup oval racing, not road. That's not to say that some of the information shared wouldn't help but I cannot say that it'd have the same impact with that discipline of racing. Pedal technique will absolutely help, no matter if it's road or oval - that much I can say with confidence. Thank you!
On 1.5 mile tracks where you don't have to lift entirely into the corner early in the run, do you just drag the brake along with your normal feathering input?
@@schildhouse Copy that. One of the big things I"m noticing is I'm losing too much time because it feels like im lifting too much. trying to find a nice balance.
An important detail i failed to discuss was degrees of rotation when calibrating the wheel. I recommend 900 degrees of rotation (in your profiler and in sim) when doing fixed setup oval racing. Trick #1 may not produce the same results with a setting other than 900 degrees (thank you to Niels Heusinkveld for pointing this out, go support his channel!)
Okay I’m going to try this. It was recommended to me to go higher, say, 1080.... So as to lessen my input on steering.
G29 only has 900 anyway so I always wondered if there was an advantage of going higher or lower
I just tried arca cars at Charlotte. Ran 10 laps like you did. Used everything in the video. My lowest was 98 on the right front
Is this the setting where when calibration iracing asks you to turn the wheel 90 degrees?
Jokes on you, I do all of these and still burn my tires off.
Truly legendary
Lmao im in a league with u
Literally same lol
Exactly no matter what I do my tires are done half way thru a run I had to move up out of arca to win races even tho it is my favorite car just so I can get yellows. Even if I back off almost half a second per lap my tires still get killed idk wtf I’m doing wrong
Finally, a tips and tricks video that doesn't put me to sleep!
Awesome to hear, Palmer! Thank you!
Jeez man, I've been looking for a video of this caliber. Everyone always says "Save tires" but this shows exactly how it's done. Thanks man
thank you, that feedback means the world to me!
You sir, are a beautiful human being. This is low key the tip video I've needed for months. Good lord I was doing so many things wrong
Glad I could help!
17 dislikes are from people mad that their tricks were discovered
We are up to 20 dislikes now.
OMG! What a time to discover your videos. I hung up my wheel several years ago due to frustration and dissapointment. I've been back in iracing about a week now and so glad I now know the secrets. I was one of those on off switch throttle drivers and did not understand the steering ratio nor brake bias. This is a whole new ball game now. Thanks bud!
Boom! Go get some results with all that new knowledge, Alex!
So you're telling me that I cannot just drive it in deep every corner and hope no one is on my outside? Ridiculous..
No, keep doing that so I can beat you - oh wait, I'll just get wrecked lap 2 LMAO
@@schildhouse aye that catchfence taste kinda good ngl
I try to pass everyone in turn one and hopefully I’m clear by 2 because I’m coming up regardless
I'm pretty sure they throw the checkered flag on lap one just off of turn 2. Ya gotta dive bomb into turn one. It's the only logical way.
I finally got around to watching this video, you did very well at articulating and explaining everything. I would say that the 3rd tip is the absolute most important thing to be faster over a run. The 2nd tip is definitely important but will be useless kind of if you're not driving correctly in the first place. I am going to say the 1st tip is only relevant if you need a crutch with turning your steering wheel. I personally will never go above 12:1 on speedways, I prefer 10:1 on short tracks, and 8:1 on road courses. In the '87 Cup car since it only goes to 14:1, I actually have to do +18 offset because I have trained my brain to make me not turn the wheel past a certain point, lol. That's just my feedback, awesome video though and see you in more Winter Series races! :)
Appreciate it, AJ, see you out there!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I stopped playing iRacing for around a year, just got back into it and was going through tires WAY faster than I used to. I'll admit, I've never been amazing at tire management, but it seemed like it went from a bit below average to the worst of the worst for no reason. I have a habit of over steering, and while it's always hurt me, it's never hurt me as much as it has now, and thanks to your video I know exactly why and what I need to improve the most. I asked some people I knew some ways to save tires, and they basically explained your third point, which is something I've always done, but am far from mastering. I didn't think throttle and break management was the issue, or at least the largest one, and it feels good to know that while I still need to improve it, it's far from the worst of things I'm doing. I seriously cannot thank you enough, you've earned yourself a subscriber man. I also love your weekly racing guides. Do you think you'd be able to add the Legends series to that as well?
Really awesome to hear this helped you, that's all I could hope to accomplish with these videos! My goal is to cover everything I possibly can - the FSORG has expanded so much already but it ultimately comes down to time. If I can keep quality high and add in more content, I will always try to do that. Thank you!
Thank you, as a I racer I never really learned anything other than balls-to-the-wall all out driving because for success in rookie class that is what you need
My pleasure to help - may it bring you a lot of success down the road!
I just wanted you to know that this video is actually helpful to me now that I have a computer that isn’t garbage/I got iracing
Thanks for this, the race before this video i started pole at kentucky, led half the laps but fell back to 10th as tires went off, next race i changed steering ratio, started pole again and led from start to finish, i made a video and linked yours in the description. cheers.
That's a major league GG, Olly - thank you and congrats on finding that success!
Hell ya, great video.. love the stupid proof approach of explaining everything! Please do more!!
WATCH OUT schildhoused!! I'M COMMING FOR YOUR JUICEY IR!
Hahaha....happy to share some iR with ya!
Thanks so much man! After winning the pole like 3 or 4 times and losing cuz of this, I had a bad qualifying and started 13th but ended up winning the first time I used these!
Love to hear it, Jeremy!
The first race I did after watching this was in the xfinity series and I was challenging for the lead and I had better tire wear. Thanks!
Hell yeah, that's what I love to hear! Thank you!
In the Xfinity car at Nashville, my brake bias was all the way down to 53% and I still wanted less. I guess I like turning on brake...
Also, my tire wear was significantly less than most of the other guys, by up to 15% on the right front!
good to know these tips are still helpful nearly two years later!
Well produced video. Excellent in explaining why we should listen to your advice. A subject many You Tubers leaves out. Appreciate sharing some of the tips that can potentially help newer, and unknowing, (like me!) oval racers. Your presentation was nice and calm, rather than some loud carnival barker. Definitely will watch more of your videos
So nice of you to say, William - thank you! It was important to me that the information was presented in a manner that gave the "what" and the "why" in a clear and concise fashion.
This is the absolute best advice on how to attack iracing I have came across. Switched my driving style, gained 120 irating in the first 2 races. I knew I was doing something wrong, and this video finally gave me the speed I knew I had. Extremely grateful. Great content as always!
Amazing how it works, right? Thank you!
This tips&tricks is simply amazing, gonna give it a try today.
You sir, are a legend and you now have a new subscriber!
Awesome, thank you!!
Great video!!! My only issue is that brake dragging technique. Completely correct and will improve lap times and tire wear, but in an official race where half the field is using the light switch technique, you will find yourself getting rear ended or pit manoeuvred on entry. Throughout the turn you will ultimately be way faster, but I’ve found on turn entry the people using light switch technique just use you as the brake instead. I’m at 2500ir , so I imagine once I get to the higher splits the situation may be different.
What is the light switch technique?
Maybe I'll learn how to drive now.
We can only hope
@@schildhouse hopefully
I hope so Nathan
I doubt it nate
the intro sounded like one of those scam videos where they tryna give u life tips and make u buy there stock or something
😂😂😂
Pretty much what it was honestly
Thank you for the help 👊
Happy to help!
i won my first race after watching this and i had never won in a stock car before
That's pretty awesome to hear, Billy! Glad it helped and here's to many more victories!
Hey man, this definitely helps alot 👍 appreciate the time you took to explain
My pleasure to share this info and help others - thanks for watching!
Thank you so much man!!! U Helped me tons
Glad this is still helpful, awesome to hear!
@17:39 your saying the tyres are 95% worn, sorry but thats completely wrong, theyre 5% worn. Thats why it says 'Tread Remaining'
Mike, you are 100% correct and I thank you for pointing this mistake out. I hope it doesn't take away from the value of the information I shared in the video
@@schildhouse everything else was spot on and a great help - thank you
I really appreciate this video! My friend sent me this video as this is how he has achieved such a good irating of like 6000.
I have all the information. You can remove the video now. LOL
😂 awesome that your friend sent this to you - use it well!
Wow this is gonna help me alot I thought my setup was just getting tight on the long run
Awesome to hear, Caleb - go get those good finishes!
@@schildhouse have to avoid the wreckers first lol
1:45 is where he starts to mention the real trick. The most important trick too.
Do you know some tricks for f1 and lmp1 tyres? I tried many setups with different driving styles but i am still not able to reach the proper tyre conditions for the car to grip better.
Unfortunately, no - I do not race in either of those series so I don't have any helpful insight to share. If you learn anything, feel free to share with me 😁
Amen..The Holy Grail of videos after a year of What Am I Missing? The only things saving me was that line is my natural line and that I don't know enough of anything to have created any major bad habits. At least racing ones lol so i've Liked Subscribed and will be joining to. Even if the model isn't the same Ill just add what I do right and 50 years of driving on Ohio's crappy black ice covered roads in every vehicle imaginable. Big Time Thanks
Appreciate you very much - a lot of this is still relevant
Tires, safer now they are. Thank you, I must. Win a race this year, I will...
Just tried this in practice using my current driving method, then tried this and it really works. Thank you so much for doing this video, it's going to make s big difference for me (need to practice it more though).
You're welcome, I'm glad this video is still helpful years later!
Before watching this video: running P3 at around half distance, tyres start going off and I finish P9.
After watching this video: clean laps within a second for a whole 40 lap race, P1!
Boom - success!
thank you for this video, im brazilian so its a little hard for me understand well english, but you speak calmy and make be easy to understand even for those who arent fluent
Happy to hear that, thank you for that feedback - really appreciate you checking out the video and being in the community, Lucas!
You gonna do one on the next tire model
Definitely will!
21 minute video for this is a waste of time. You’re just talking in circles. Click bait video
I'm talking in ovals, not circles
You sound like you could sell ketchup Popsicles to a person in white gloves.
Fantastic video man !
Very comprehensive and informative 👌
The light switch method is definitely my Achilles heel.
I will give this a try, thanks dude
😂 that might be the funniest compliment I've ever heard, thank you Joe! You got this!
Getting almost 4 minutes in without discussing anything of substance is pretty impressive
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks!!!
You're welcome!
He said brake bias doesn’t work on short track, where is the experience lol
Hi Ryan, can you provide the timestamp where I say that?
Ok now if you could just private this video please lol
😂 😂
Wow the difference started 14th finished 5th but wow I was able to be so much more competitive 3 wide beating them all through the corner with no incidence as well as crossovers it was just a lot more consistent and so much more fun
great to hear, Cory!
This is such a great video! I have struggled with tire wear for a long time and these tips, as well as the way you explained them, was definitely a game changer! Have you thought of making more videos like this? I have a feeling that this could become a hit series :D
You're so welcome! The thoughts have already started swirling about what to make next - stay tuned!
@@schildhouse Subbed to learn and watch the GROWTH
Couldn’t agree more
With steering, you also have the potential variable of steering wheels calibrated to whatever rotation you set in your wheel software, and if you've calibrated it properly in iRacing. I don't know how the game does it, but perhaps you get non linear steering if you'd drive a 900 degree steering car with a 180 degree calibrated steering wheel..
A very good point, indeed! I failed to mention that I recommend 900 degrees of rotation for fixed setup oval racing. Thank you, Niels!
Good tips hard to find anyone willing to help you on this sim, the only problem I find is it's hard to do drag braking in A class when you have to go wide open for 10 laps on mile and half's
Yep - trick #3 is really dependent on the track and pace required to be competitive. It may not apply every lap of the run like it does at the example track of Homestead - you may need to wait a few laps before it becomes needed.
Really good video! 💪🏼👍🏼
Appreciate it!
1: Steering ratio has only to do with driver comfort.
2: Brake bias affects if you are loose or tight entering the corner. It has nothing to do with tire saving, unless you are wrecking 24/7. You also don't hardly ever brake on bigger tracks.
3: The middle wear is NOT the only important wear. As a matter of fact, it is the least important, as the inner compared to outer matters for camber. Otherwise, 3 is correct.
I'm sorry but I can't agree with any of your counterpoints, JRS. I appreciate your feedback.
@@schildhouse I have been building setups on the sim for over a year at a pretty professional level. All points are valid. Brake bias comes with the driver, and can vary. Steering ratio comes down to response time from driver. I know many top tier drivers who use lower ratios at bigger tracks.
I would say that you are correct on 1, I run 12:1 almost all the time, works fine. It's about how much you like turning the wheel (I don't like turning it more than 30-45 degrees, so 12:1 works for me). Two however, is wrong in the context of this video. Since this applies to (mostly) fixed setup racing, most of the setups are so tight that you have to knock the brake bias down to get any rotation on corner entry, taking any bit of load off of the right front. 3 is the same with the context, people in fixed races like to read back tires after runs to compare, and usually use the middle wear % to compare.
@@willnorton8335 comes down to driver in final 2, but he states of a complete sweet spot, which I disagree with. As far as tire wear, you have to read lowest wear, and follow from that. If your inside is scrubbing more, you need to adjust your line for a better apex, ect. I do like your points though, and I am happy we can mostly agree on everything as far as range is concerned.
For anyone reading through the comments #3 matters 1000x more than one and two. Just start there.
These are standard techniques in GT OPEN AND CLOSED wheel classes
Cool story bro, some don’t know that.
Did my first ARCA race last night and I was slow + my wheels were falling off. Really frustrating. This video is super helpful as you pointed out 2 things I was doing wrong immediately. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you so much man, I won my first race from watching this video!
now that is the perfect testimonial for the information shared in the video, thank you and congrats!!
A great info vid for iRacing Oval racing. It's extremely helpful to know how to save. Thanks so much for making this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@schildhouse Yessir. It was outstanding.
And this is why road racers do well if they (accidentally 🙈) decide to give oval a go: We do „Tricks“ 2 and 3 all the time, because in road there’s just no other way. 🤷🏻♂️ If you don’t know about that stuff, you won’t succeed. We don’t have steering ratio, but of course in road we know about what will increase or decrease tire life, in setups as well as in driving. Especially in endurance races, when your tires need to be good for around two to sometimes three hours to give you a shot at a win. I do oval every now and then, but to me who is used to constant trail breaking, shifting, turning, oval is just too „robotic“ as I like to call it. But it’s fun, even when I‘m not totally knowing what I do, besides holding my line as best I can 😊 I will use trick no. 1 though next time I‘m testing the waters again 👍🏻👋🏻🏎
I love this perspective - thank you for sharing it! I've been doing more road this year and overall, I enjoy it quite a bit! Nice to hear from "the other side" on this too! Thank you!
@@schildhouse My pleasure! I think both sides benefit from „racing across the aisle“ every now and then 👍🏻😊
There has to be more of a reason than just the steering ratio. The tires are still turning X amount to get around a corner. Whether I'm turning the steering wheel 10 degrees or 90 degrees to get the tires turning X amount shouldn't affect tire wear.
It's not about whether you turn the wheel 10 or 90 degrees, it's about how smoothly you turn it and putting the bare minimum turn in to get the maximum end result. The less you turn the wheel, the less your tires will wear - that's the bottom line.
I agree with your assertion that you have to turn the tires X amount to make laps but the steering ratio trick helps you reduce the impact of turning the wheel as you do it. Smoother input (turning) results in better output (tire grip) - that's a fact in sim and real world racing.
I'm surprised being progressive on the pedals wasn't #1 but i guess you gotta save the best and most obvious for last
Holy Smokes! After watching this and about an hour of practicing the recommendations, I saw significant drops in my lap times at Cali and massive improvements in tire wear. Just wow man, how can we get more from you?
Awesome to hear, Bill!! What else would you like to see?
Could we just get some live racing?
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Great video. Thank you Sir
Thanks, Roddy! Glad you found it to be helpful!
At tracks like Atlanta, and Chicagoland you shouldn't be using the brake at all. Of course there are a lot of people who like to go into the corner hard. If that's how you drive then your brake method is a great tool. Backing up your corner entry will do the trick as well. Only problem with that is some people are inpatient and don't pay attention to the car in front of them to realize their not going in as hard as you are lol.
I don't have to many issues with tire wear in the ARCA car. But I noticed it in a xfinity race at Homestead last night. And Homestead is not one of my best tracks.
Had to subscribe after watching this! This is some of the best iRacing instructional content I’ve ever seen. I’ve made it to Class B and these longer races have people with less tire wear passing me towards the second half of the race. Looking forward to using these tips! Thanks
Thanks, Clarke - glad to be of help, keep up the good work!
(EnvisionDF)... Good stuff man... Following your guidelines will hopefully help me improve the long green flag lap times.... I appreciate it.
And for the four dislikes to the video... F YOU!!!
Awesome to hear, I hope you find these tricks to be valuable!
HOLY HELL, you are the MAN
Nahhhhh....I'm just a man, not THE man 😁
Btw this also works with real life setups to on short track's idk about super speedways haven't made it that far in life
i'm new to iracing been doing alot of oval i got my d class in like 1day now i got the Monte Carlo ss imma try to save my tires cause at lap 25+ i can tell that my tires are shot lol
practice practice practice! You got this!
Slow down, don’t slide the tires, don’t drive through the push. You should be opening up the steering on the exit. If your still trying to turn the car on exit you are already loosing. Be smooth on the steering. Brake bias is all user preference. Same with steering ratio. Heck I used 8:1 everywhere for years.
Yup! Pointless video of him just trying to sound likes hes a pro.
This power....this knowledge......
IT WILL MAKE ME UNSTOPPABLE
YOU HAVE THE POWER!
I am an A class driver that barely have any races under my belt (Time Attack lol). This just saved me a lot. I was struggling with long runs and I quickly found out I was doing all the wrong strats.
nice, glad it still helps!
Just Won Fixed race last night trucks at IOWA doing this, great video and was running the same lap times from lap12 to lap 30 of the green flag run caught the leaders from 3 seconds back during this run then built up a 3 second lead on them. and didnt know about the brake bais I will mess with it to get better thanks
Hell yeah!! Love to hear it, thank you!
great video..thanks
Glad you liked it!
lol FPS locked on 69 lol nice
Nice eye for detail
Speaking as a top split broadcast Indy 500 starter, I'm embarrassed about how often I *still* find myself using the lightswitch method on my throttle.
It's not just a beginner habit, and I wish I would have fixed it sooner.
It really is one of the most common pedal behaviors to see (myself included) but it's never too late to fix it!
Great video! Even though I know this stuff, I feel like I learned something. Shared n subbed.
Thanks Jon!
I think it's majorly time for an update on this video. A LOT has changed going into 2022 S2.
Aside from the NextGen and its rack/pinion setting instead of steering ratio, what's changed?
Dude thank you! Setup tips. explanations on what things do, and how it all works in game... Love it
Glad to help!
You say 16:1 but I use a 15 in mpi and I’m turning the wheel less and guys in real life are using no more than a 12:1 most of them! The 16:1 is just so slow and so hard to catch slides!
This video is so stupid rolled my eyes and chuckled threw most of it. Guy talks like hes a pro or something with his 6% win percentage lol. It really just comes down the driver and feel really most of this video is just style and preference not secrets.
This is so dumb. It sounds like a late night infomercial.
_"What the pros don't want you to know"_ ? Are you serious??? lol.
Thanks for watching, Dave!
Great video David. I followed the info and went from a 92% right front to a 97% in a ten lap run. Anyone can throw together content to get fast views. You actually put time and effort into this. I've watched you for a while now on twitch. (SUNDAY MONEY) Keep it up. We should run some laps I still have a lot to learn and you have a lot to teach.
That's amazing - what a huge gain! Incredible, thank you for letting me know it helped you!
I hate about the 16:01 is yes it works great on but as someone who races in real life and trying to get experience and get myself better for real life it just isn't the way it is I drive a super late model late models and other things and it honestly they're all like 8:1 pretty much you barely turn the wheel even if you look on board with the best drivers in the cup series they all barely have to turn the wheel.
i hear this fully - it's so dumb and unrealistic to run a 16:1 box at an intermediate to save tires, completely incorrect and not representative of real world racing. But, it is a game at the end of the day and it's not perfect so we do what we must to gain an advantage.
Great video! I am a road/formula 3 driver, but this information is still useful and can be converted for use in my driving. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Question? Would you happen to know how to save your tires on dirt? Specifically dirt late models?
Hi Brenden - unfortunately, no, I do not. I would say throttle management is the big key there, not full-throttling the turns as the track slicks off will most likely be a good start
I am guilty of doing the light switch thing, thanks for those tips I really needed that help, I never could figure out what I was doing so wrong but now I know!
You are so welcome!
Looking to subscribe to iRacing this Christmas. Will definitely be looking back at this video as I do my first car tests.
Awesome to hear, Michael! When you're ready to jump in, I can provide a referral link for you to use when you sign up - feel free to message me on my Discord or on Twitter to get it!
Great video dude. iRacing needs a youtuber who can make videos this well! Keep it up brother
I appreciate that! Thank you very much for the kind words and I plan on making more videos similar to this to continue helping the community improve!
How do I put on the throttle monitor on my screen ?
Anyone here use 14:1 with g29?
Thanks for this video. So, is steering offset not as important? Or maybe a driver feel thing?
Offset is purely personal preference, correct
This is an awesome video definitely learned alot off this video my whole race has changed breaking is a big learning curve but this is something I have been looking for to help understand a little more about getting better amazing video man
Thank you, David - it is a steep learning curve so anything that I can do to help smooth it out a bit is something I'd love to pursue!
Game must have changed a lot since I last tried it. Because the base setups always got crazy loose near the end of the run.
When's the last time you used the sim?
Should have been four easy tricks including offset to tighten or loosen the racecar but good vid.
Offset has no affect on the handling of the car, it's simply how the wheel is indexed in relation to "center" for the steering shaft
I love you for this video. Thanks a bunch. Speedway tire wear has always been my struggle and could never figure out how people take care of them so well.
Happy to help!
Good stuff
Glad you enjoyed!
Even a year later I still don't understand it completely some runs I save my tires and other runs I still burn my tires up
might be fun to do that
Awesome video. Would love to see more of this type of content
More to come!
Hi. Thank you first for the video. I wanted to know if this works for road?
Hi Cantu - this video is specifically aimed at fixed setup oval racing, not road. That's not to say that some of the information shared wouldn't help but I cannot say that it'd have the same impact with that discipline of racing. Pedal technique will absolutely help, no matter if it's road or oval - that much I can say with confidence. Thank you!
On 1.5 mile tracks where you don't have to lift entirely into the corner early in the run, do you just drag the brake along with your normal feathering input?
Whatever takes load off the RF and keeps heat down, that's what matters most. A little brake drag goes a long way.
@@schildhouse Copy that. One of the big things I"m noticing is I'm losing too much time because it feels like im lifting too much. trying to find a nice balance.
I love you
i love you, too
Thank you!! It worked at Vegas C-Trucks tonight, the field slowly came back as they burned up their rubber.