The fact that you are even interested in giving an opportunity to sim racers to experience the real thing is commendable in itself. This is a grey area that isn't being shown enough, so it is truly interesting to hear their input on things like their own sim setups, and other nuances that are harder to replicate in sim. Nonetheless its an experience in of itself and I'm sure a memory will cherish. I truly hope you continue to do things like this and bridge the gap between sim and reality just a bit more. Thank you for this video!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was so cool for me as well. It was an amazing experience to see these guys have their dreams come true. They did so well

@buzzbuzzard3809

8 ай бұрын

Motorsports in general is the most inaccessible sport there is. You really need to be born into it or have parents that are of above average means and absolutely dedicated to getting you in at a young age despite the risks. We can only guess how much talent is out there. The major manufacturers are doing NOTHING to develop sim racers or give opportunities. It’s just a circle jerk for rich people.

@big-R

8 ай бұрын

@@buzzbuzzard3809unfortunately very true, but at least driving on track in a street car (or a prepped street car) is fairly realistic.

I am SO glad that someone has finally addressed the "racecars have hard brakes" myth! I hate how hard load cell sim brakes are being made.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. They are not hard at all. You can push it quite hard near the end of the pedal, but it ultimately is pretty squishy for the most part.

@BruceKarrde

8 ай бұрын

It's something I don't like as well. Although I haven't sim-raced in years, some of the streamers have this exact approach. All the fancy equipment and adjustable gears and pistons, but at the end of the day, they're not sim-racing. Their adjustments may work for them, but it doesn't simulate the car or the experience at all. I think an Emree or Jimmy, with their actual racing experience, will have a better setup. But some have 15k-20k setups that is nowhere near an actual car. Especially when they go after "sim-cade" or "arcade" games, it's like ... isn't your setup more arcade as well? :)

@briarios666

8 ай бұрын

Yup only time I've ever had hard brakes when you brake on ice brake pedals are always squishy and even on my SIM rig my brake pedal is always easy to plant to the floor as a driver it just feels more right

@samuelschar8079

8 ай бұрын

it depends if you drive formula cars the brakes are stiff as hell

@josephyang8236

8 ай бұрын

Yes for open wheel cars, no for GT cars. That's all.

This easily could have been a 30 min video. Come on Dan, we know you got some more footage lying around somewhere 👀👀👀

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I’m definitely going to work on a longer version. I know that we can do something that’s 30 minutes long. There’s a lot of content.

@wagonet

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Longer form would be amazing. 🎉

@brilongenecker

8 ай бұрын

I'd totally watch a longer version of this. Full laps or at least some driving of the guys. Since I found your channel I absolutely love it. Keep up the great work.

@colinboone9920

8 ай бұрын

Easier to get views with shorter videos

@luisliz

8 ай бұрын

I would watch an hour.

I love how you got a range of iRating drivers. Anyone who watches will be able to associate with one of those drivers' iRating. What an amazing experience you've given these racers! Look forward to a long video of this one

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It’s completely relatable and that’s what I love

@TheVRRacer

8 ай бұрын

I was particularly interested in the fact that they mention seeing the other side of the car for the first time. I race exclusively in VR and love the visibility it gives.@@danielmorad

@BScalise97

8 ай бұрын

@danielmorad Did their iRatings relative to each other align with their speed in the car?

It would be great to have a list of the lap times and see if it was consistent to their irating.

I'm not a sim race pro. But I have been sim racing for quite some time now. And yesterday I went to the Extreme Experience drive. Drove a Porsche GT3 RS. And they are worlds apart. I was blown away at the grip. And the sensation of speed. I will say that throttle control, braking, trail braking and smooth steering inputs still does apply. But the forces involved are far greater than you expect.

you should do another one of these where you compare the drivers irl lap time with their irating! to see if there's any correlation between iracing skill and lap times. obviously not going to be very scientific/conclusive but would be fun to see!!

@davejuniorsimracer

8 ай бұрын

I thought the same. Would be interesting to see if for example someone with say 2k IR was faster than someone with 5k IR. Someone with lower rating might have a better technique that work for RL but struggles in sim vs the 5K person.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

That’s definitely the plan. We are already have a lot of content planned from this trip.

@dadhats

8 ай бұрын

@@danielmorad very nice glad there's more coming 🙌

@perludierende_praesumtion

8 ай бұрын

Yes! I bet that it‘s random over 4000 irating, because 8 laps is too short to handle all this new inputs at once and apply your knowlege. They also don‘t get any feedback while racing of how fast they were I think. some will be more afraid of causing any type of damage as well, no matter how high the iRating. At this challenge it‘s all about having the one time experience and adapt as fast as you can to it without any bad mistake! It‘s nothing high iRating racers would train for.

Fantastic ! It’s such a blessing to make that bridge and offer some people this incredible experience. It makes the virtual racing much more real ! Congrats on what your doing on top of racing (now 1st position of your category and 16h22 to go at Daytona !) just so you know : it means a lot all the dedication you’re putting into this !

Love the initiative, sim racing and irl racing need more crossover events just like this! Would love to see more

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much emil. It was incredible to be able to do this.

Thanks a lot for the playlist for tuning! That's one of the most valuable info for players (to get as close as the real thing as possible).

This was so amazing to watch!! I’m so pumped and happy for these folks to live out their dream. Thank you and Winward Racing for doing this!!

I'm really loving what you're doing here! Each video I watch gets me that much more motivated to save up for a much better sim racing set up.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome. Hope to see you on track soon.

Totally amazing that you helped these guys get a feel of the real thing - this is what most of us simracers dream about - I myself stick to karting as that's what the budget allows 😅 epic video man - LOVE to see this kind of content. 🏎️

Wow, this video is mind blowing. First of all those cars look insane. And the video editing, wow, that transition from reality to your triple screen setup... Finally, your willingness to hoist more of this event tells everything about your channel and the added value you mean for the simracing community

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. This was an amazing opportunity and I’m so happy to be working with such an incredible team of people.

What a cool opportunity for everyone! Props to you guys for making a bunch of sim racers smile.

This might be the most unbelievable video I've ever seen on Sim Racing. I mean that in a good way, as in it's crazy someone actually did this. Kudos to you and your whole team. Just amazing.

Longer version, please... more feedback from the simracers and how it translates into driving the real thing would be wonderful, Dan. This short version is a nice appetizer but... you know. Having said that, it's a brutal experience for sure... some of the participants were like a kid in a candy store.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Asking you shall receive. This is definitely the appetizer. Wanted to tease this and see what the interest and appetite was for future content. It seems like there’s a massive trend between longer version of this video and a better understanding of how the car feels compared to the sim

It's so awesome seeing guys I have actually raced with on iRacing and the amazing opportunity they had... Good Job Guys!!!

Would like add the info your sharing with all the sim racing community is probably the most wanted information desired by many of us in the sim world. It's an area thats never really been focused on before in this way. I'm sure many sim racers out there can agree and I know for me I'm always looking for ways to adjust my sim rig to what I think the actual race car would feel like. So all your info on wheel strength and braking details from your perspective in the actual car is priceless! Can't thank you enough for time your putting in for this channel! I even got my 73 year old father invloved in sim racing about two years ago.and he's now upgraded to full triple screen setup, direct drive wheel and aluminum profile rig. And like me he is always looking to improve the sim experience and he tells me that your channel has helped a lot in capturing that emersion of simulating the real car. So thank you for the awesome videos and I hope you continue to find the time to put more content out there for all us race enthusiasts !!

Totally Awesome to see this! One day I hope to be as lucky as these chosen ones! Keep up the awesome content!

Would love to see a longer version of this. Longer interviews with all the racers and to see if their irating corresponded to faster laps or faster progression. Their thoughts compared to the sim. Great content!

Love it Daniel!! This is so cool for the community! We’d love to come next time. Great job to all the drivers and the teams for making this possible

Fantastic! Well done to everyone that makes these things come together. Huge effort.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Really cool for the race team and Daniel to put something like this together... very special opportunity. Congrats to all!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. It’s so cool what we could do

Huge props to Morad and Winward racing for making this happen! Daniel, your advocacy for sim racing is truly making a difference, and I hope it evolves into more than just giving some sim racers an experience of a lifetime. As someone who went from sim racing into IRL racing, I can 100% say it is a valid route into motorsports, and rookies with sim racing experience will outperform other rookies easily. How far they can go is then the same as with a normal motorsports progression (track time, sponsorship etc. play a role). But just giving them a start and allowing some talent from non-traditional background to shine is a huge achievement.

Awesome! Loved it! Great vid, Daniel!

Wow. Thanks for sharing this. That would be a dream day for me. Its amazing that sim rigs can get you so close to what a racecar feels like.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It’s so cool and to hear the feedback from the guys validating that is amazing. It’s not just coming from me.

This is awesome to see people get a chance to experience driving a real racing car. That is my dream too. Just once before I die I want to get to drive a real racing car.

What an incredible experience that must have been! Awesome content Dan 🔥🔥🔥

Really cool idea Daniel! You've become one of my favorite sim racing channels. I decided to give iRacing a try after several years of ACC and RF2 after seeing your videos and man, it really is worth the money. Keep it up and good luck in your future races!

Absolutely awesome content! An extended version would be amazing. Videos like this really tempt me to pull the trigger on a sim setup.

@danielmorad

7 ай бұрын

That is something we are working on.

It's so cool that you did this! The smiles on everyone's faces !!! I've tracked my car at MSRH and do a lot of sim racing on ACC, if you do something like this ever again, where do I sign up? :P

Very cool video, Dan. Everyone seemed so relaxed and like they had a great time. Testament to you.

@danielmorad

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. It was a great time.

I think it's great you used a wide range of drivers, good to see everyone get a chance instead of the aliens.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. It’s something that’s so unique. Nobody ever gives regular drivers a chance to drive. That’s the unique beauty of our team. We don’t just take people that are fast. We’re taking people for their character and positivity. It pays to be a good person Haters on the outside are going to hate, but at the end of the day they will never get this opportunity because of how bad their character is. I’m always open for people to change, but we are very blessed with the group that we have.

@sausagedodgersracing

8 ай бұрын

@danielmorad well said 👏. It's an amazing hobby and it's fantastic that someone like you gives back, I'm only gutted I'm in the UK 🤣

What an amazing opportunity! Great video!

Came here for the Dion "Sanic" Fiallo content and was not disapointed! Simple and straight to the point. Gotta go fast 🏎

You are just great man. You made that possible for these guys. 🤗

Finally had a minute to watch this, i must say that i am jealous! So awesome that you, Bryce, and Winward were able to do this for sim racers! Id say this would be the experience of a lifetime!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much man!

Yes! Longer version please. Maybe also use a racing track that is available on Iracing next time? (Or is this track available on Iracing?) So we can even relate more to the actual experience. Thanks for this video. Great to see the happy smiling faces of the lucky ones.

im happy for every single guy there. They look so happy and i could feel how much fun they had. Was a nice video to watch :)

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was amazing. So cool to see their happiness.

Just brilliant content. Nothing but admiration for what you’re doing. I’d dream of being in your next one, but my health wouldn’t let me so the sim will have to suffice. Still nice to see other people living my dream though, so thanks for sharing it. You’re next to GPLaps as my #1, cannot miss it, sim racing content. Just brilliant.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Sorry to hear about your health, but really appreciate you supporting what we’re doing. Hope to see you on the sim soon.

Well done video, I already can’t wait for the full version! 👏👏

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It’s gonna be awesome. I can’t wait to make more content out of this.

awesome vid! thanks for putting this together! love to see more of this content!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

We’re definitely going to be rolling out more content from this trip

Wow, great transition from the event footage to your office.

Like someone else said it would be interesting to see more footage, way more footage of the individual drivers on track and then listen to their feedback

@Chill_Mode_JD

8 ай бұрын

👍💯

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

The plan was to do a short and very energetic video, and then a longer version where I am analyzing the laps of each driver

@Scientist-exe

8 ай бұрын

​@@danielmoradthen get on it lol

What an awesome experiment! DANIEL, my iracing rating is 0 however if you ever want an Aussie simracer! I'm here 😅

I met Nate at sim racing Chicago a few weeks before this so it was cool to see him in the video next time I see him I will ask him about it

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Yeah he did a good job.

Awesome content, this was very creative and cool to do. I can’t imagine what it felt like for those who were apart of it!

@danielmorad

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. It was such an amazing day for all these guys.

A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR YOU BRO !! Thanks for making this happen for these guys finally someone feels our pain .. Just please pick me for the next trip would love the opportunity to tryout for the Team !!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. It was an incredible opportunity and I’m so happy to be able to give these guys the opportunity of a lifetime and make their dreams come true.

Congrats drivers...that was pretty epic TBH! Very cool and original content Daniel!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. It was an amazing experience to see

Loving what you do mate. Freshest sim racing content there is!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I’m trying to do something a little different.

Man you guys are awesome! I've always wanted to do a program that would essentially build a racing team off sim racers, they would compete for a seat in game to make the dream a reality. I wish WEC and F1 would do stuff like this. You guys are leading the way in something that could become a trend. Well done!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I’ve always wanted to see the same thing. I wanted to take ordinary Sim racers, and just put them in a race car. Just to see if they could go better than a regular person. It clearly shows that the simulator is a great preparation tool. Maybe it won’t translate exactly but it definitely helps. It’s one thing to drive a car and another thing to be elite.

@brandono6718

8 ай бұрын

I hope this can become a thing and make it international, this is the stuff I love to see. Daniel was awesome making this opportunity happen.

I wonder if these sim racers will now go back and adjust their brake pedal settings. Great video.

This is so sick Danny! You don’t see to many pro drivers streaming on twitch, racing in Imsa & GT America , and put on an event for fans that are sim racers to experience their dream!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. It was a dream. Come true for me as well to be able to give these guys the opportunity to drive. A massive thanks to Winward Racing for giving these guys the opportunity.

@Shredlordtv

8 ай бұрын

@@danielmorad Oh absolutely 💯 Windward Racing FTW bby!!! I’m so happy for the team all around for you Dan , because it must feel refreshing to work with a team that not only try their hardest but just seem like the most funnest, warm welcoming, striving motivating individuals to achieve such victories!

8:34 that transition though... 😍 What an experience these guys got. Super jealous! (If you need an Irish guy for this next time, I'm there!)

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

The transition is insane. I’ve always wanted to do something like that, so I shared my thoughts and we were able to pull it off.

This is so amazing. It's Genius. They just released a certain movie like this. How sim is that. Poor Brockway. What an awesome team

So awesome to see someone giving sim racers this opportunity. Brake travel hmmm is there a way to measure this while you are racing Daniel ? that would be really cool if you could to replicate the exact amount. I'm on Iracing, I mainly drive the Supercar series, you should give them a go if you're after a different challenge

What an incredible, fun opportunity - looking forward to the deeper dive into the laps!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to break it down even more. We are going to talk about the laps and watch each video to break down their driving. Also thinking about showcasing what they thought about the positioning and ergonomics of the race car and how everything felt in relation to the simulators at home and show references.

I'll go! Bucket list for sure! Congrats, Daniel on everything!!!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was so cool for the team to do that

This is grade A content, keep it up!!!

I’d love to see this same experiment done offroad in a rally type setting 😅😂

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I wish I had resources to be able to do that

Kudos to Morad for putting out a rad video and taking all the comments from asshats in stride. No one out-sasses Daniel. 😄 The people want moooore even if they don't express it well lol. "Suffering from success."

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! That’s a great comment. Really appreciate you.

Great video, id agree with that statement at the end about equipment being dialled in. Unless you have any major racing experience, which most of us don’t we are kind of guessing what are the best settings for our wheels and pedals.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Definitely. It was such a cool experience for them to be able to compare what they use to what the real car feels like. They’ve all told me that they’ve made changes and have actually gained comfort and speed on the simulator. There’s going to be more on this topic.

@supermayneracing

8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to it mate. Keep up the great work

Good stuff! Really enjoyed that. I make small adjustments after almost every HPDE event to my RIG and FOV.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome.

I mean the question to if a Sim racer can translate sim skill to real world has been answered a good few years ago I mean look at Jimmy Broadbent for example. Still this is awesome and love that you gave the opportunity to do this!

@danielmorad

7 ай бұрын

At the end of the day, it was just an opportunity for these guys to drive the real car. The title of the story or video is irrelevant. I wanted to give it a good twist, and ultimately, it is a good question to ask if they can drive the car properly. The next video will showcase Sim, racing drivers from different skill levels and showing how they drive

OMG, the production value of this video is on a whole other level! Congrats

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It’s insane. Such a great production.

Loved this, good job putting everything together. what program did they join to do this? I play iracing a lot with my fanatec setup and i might be moving to houston so id love to do this. I usually have my FFB on like 13-18nm so im curious how it compares haha

“Houston…. we have a skill issue.” 😭 In all seriousness: What a dream, Daniel. Thank you so much for allowing me to be apart of it all!!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was such an amazing weekend. I’m so happy that we all got to hang out and do that.

Love your videos! Keep up the great work

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man

Awesome! Would love to see this as a video series.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

We are going to make a longer version of the video. We wanted to make a short one that was high energy and also a longer video with more information.

@StevenFurio

8 ай бұрын

@@danielmorad Stoked for it! Thank you 🙏

Morad you are the coolest! Really love your channel, thank you!!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. That’s awesome to hear.

I’m working so hard towards getting here man, good stuff guys

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Best of luck to you. Thanks so much.

we need onboard footage and from inside the car, raw footage. nice video!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

That’s coming soon

Awesome video! Wish it was way longer!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

We are going to make a longer version of this. We wanted to make a short and energetic version and then we will make a longer version as well.

Aw man I wish I could do something like that so badly haha, just getting even a small taste of the real machines

Great video! Such an experience for those guys I’m so jealous 😂

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was an insane experience. So happy for these guys.

Editing was on another level this video. Well done!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. We definitely put a lot of thought into this one. Ideas were flowing back-and-forth.

Great experiment👌

Ahh MSR Houston. My favorite track. I ride my Ducati Panigale V4S there. 👍 Great content. Yeah we really like to know how a real GT3 car feels compared to sim setups.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I will definitely work on a piece in the future about the guys explaining their experience a little deeper. We have so much content already. This is only the beginning.

One interesting thing you could have done. Is footage of their actual rigs along with adjustments made to better replicate the real thing. I def agree that most run far lower FFB than reality in a quest for easier lap times.

life time experience, we need more crossovers like this! :D

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I hope we can do this some more

This track is 45 mins from my house! I really need to go. Now I got to find this track for AC lol Amazing vid!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much.

Great video. Way too short but like always, amazing content

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

We are going to make a longer version for sure. This was a high paste and high energy version. Glad to see so many people interested in a longer version. It will come.

we need more and longer videos, amazing subject

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

We are already working on a longer one

Great stuff!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

This could be turned into a Netflix Show, e.g 10 sim racers all learn and do challenges to compete for a seat in a 1 off race or something

Really cool clip!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great editing in this video. Thanks for sharing the event.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Our pleasure. It was such a fun one to make.

dang i wish i could find this opportunity some time. how cool is that

You were in Houston at a track I know well (granted motorcycles :) ) and did not call me? Hurt ;) lol. Looks awesome

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Haha I’ll call next time

So amazing. I would love to do this for real

Give this machine to me and you will be surprised ;) Great idea Mate, thanks for doing it for sim racers. Massive respect! ❤❤❤

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

I’m sure we will all be surprised because we’ll start seeing a ballerina spinning down the track lol

Super cool experience for everyone! You should include the driver’s rating and their pb for the day. That’ll help add more perspective to the experience and how it translates into real track pace. May I ask what your benchmark pace is? Thank you!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Great idea. We didn’t get a video on every single driver but we believe based on the visuals, closest was around 5.5 seconds off. I did a 1.37.2 and best recorded video was 1.43.7. They only had 4 laps of driving on their own and 3 laps behind me in a lead and follow run.

@fightingcarrot

8 ай бұрын

@@danielmorad a 43 after just a few laps is really really good! That is awesome to see. (I’m a member at MSRH, though I race motorcycles and *just* got a sim racing rig to train during the offseason/colder months) Also a 37.2 is cooking! My pb on my race bike is 40.1.

Dan. I can do this. Only thing is my Irating = ACC 😅 Awesome video and thank you for doing this for people.

unbelievable production value mate keep it up

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. It’s an incredible opportunity that we were given and I’m so happy to have done this for the guys.

What a video, what an experience!

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

It was an incredible experience

Super ironic the timing of this video as I've been eyeballing MSR Houston for the NB2 full comp program and poking around for the best representation of it in AC. Double ironic that the AMG GT3/GT4's are some of my favorite in iRacing ( Which I'll finally have time for again :D )

Awesome video Daniel!🚀

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

This is REALLY well edited.

@danielmorad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Fantastic! I'm jealous!