The most important thing I've learned in just 6 months of sim-racing is focusing on enjoyment and be patient about performance/speed improvements.

@briantwining86

3 жыл бұрын

I just bought my first wheel (G920 mainly for Nascar console) games but I’ve tried the Rfactor2 demo. I’m horrendous at that but, I have noticed a small improvement while driving the same track over & over lol no matter how many times I miss the corner or spin out, it’s still fun

@phoenixwright1749

Жыл бұрын

how can u enjoy playing if u mess up/lose every time

@nicolasoliveira4903

Жыл бұрын

@@phoenixwright1749 Learning is fun. If you like cars and driving. You dont care about winnings.

@a.j.oplinger2106

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolasoliveira4903 when you are competitive as fuck at everything you do and have grown up racing dirt bikes, it’s hard to have fun losing

@nicolasoliveira4903

Жыл бұрын

@@a.j.oplinger2106 Thats a YOUR problem. Most people dont care. Iam still playing, never won any race. Its fun learn from others people, Driving better than before...

Joining a beginner friendly league is what helped me a lot. It forced me to focus on a specific car and learn new tracks by the week. When I got started with ACC 1:44 on Kyalami was a "perfect" lap accodring to my then abilities, now about 6 months later anything above a 1:41.0 is a let down in qualy, racing with people of a similiar skill level also really improved my racecraft a ton.

@ThBlueSalamander

2 жыл бұрын

noice

@DINOzye

2 жыл бұрын

What league did you join

@ConanTheBavarian

2 жыл бұрын

@@DINOzye RCI had a rookie league for ACC back then, now they do it via an evaluation event to sort you in with people around the same pace.

@Randomii666

Жыл бұрын

I did the same. Being stuck in just one (semi-memey) car and having a week to practice a new track has really helped a ton. And the racing is an absolute blast... Well, as long as you don't get collected in the accidents. Having practiced the tracks, looked at some in-depth track guides and fiddled a bit with the setup, i usually end up getting around 4-5 seconds off the time i used to consider "best" i could do.

@dubhitradio

Ай бұрын

@@ConanTheBavarian is this still happening.

awesome thumbnail man!! 23 seconds in... Uhm WTF IS THAT!!! hahaha

@LupusAries

3 жыл бұрын

That's the real slap train! 😉😝

@BeryBelloney

3 жыл бұрын

They see the muscle rollin... They hatin.... 😂😂😂

@MPSC1490

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

This was such a great overall guide. I actually used this to add some minute adjustments to my current setup and I could immediately feel the difference in the level of information provided through the wheel. Such a great guide that I just had to share it with my Discord community. Thanks for sharing your knowledge m8.

@Ermz

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Glad it helped out.

I've been sim driving for two years and this was immensely helpful. Massive thanks.

Great video. Honestly, this is the best new-to-simracing help video out there now, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them all at this point!

Super work, Ermin. Very helpful. Especially the bit about practice. Thanks for making this!

Now that is just a BEAUTIFUL video. Very nicely done. I’ve been sim racing for more than an year now and it was still relevant. Thank you.

This is a great video, it really encompasses the basics required for newcomers into sim racing. I liked that you mentioned meaningful practice and car setups. When I was brand new, messing with the car setup was daunting. But its important that with good research, its okay to mess around and learn how those adjustments affect car handling.

As a sim racing beginner, I've watched hundreds of hours of youtube videos on the subject... and THIS video has been the most beneficial one yet. I'm anxious to watch more of your videos to see your suggestions on tracks, cars, programs, and hardware. THANK YOU for making this wonderful video.

Thank you for this video. For reference this was the first vid of yours I've watched. Truth be told I was on KZread for the exact reason you started this video with. Man do I suck, and I was feeling really down on myself tonight. But then I found this video and by the end of it you really made me feel better. It feels like I have a purpose to keep racing again. A new fire to continue practicing, and practicing with a purpose. Thanks again, I'm off to rinse, lather, repeat.

this may easily be the best beginners guide on youtube mate! great job on this video

0Such a very well put together informative video. All the different car setups, explanations of driving lines in corners & general no nonsense facts for me have been so good. It has been even more helpful to me as I have been practising on the Brand Hatch circuit. Incidently I live just 25 miles from the Circuit.

This video content and quality is incredible man. Amazing work!

Thank you so much for the cool video! I've known you since the days of your cool work with sound (I work in the field of sound engineering myself). And now I found out very expectedly that you still know a lot about simracing. I recently purchased a Fanatec DD + McLaren V2 and train intensively. In this video, you touched on the aspects of customization in incredible detail for me. I could not understand why it was so difficult for me to drive some cars in the ACC, despite the fact that they are praised, I had one-on-one as in your video, the rear axle of the car was demolished and there were other problems with handling. Now you've clarified everything, for which I wanted to say a big thank you!!! The video is very informative and you perfectly explain everything in it.

The Meaningful Practice chapter is pure gold! If you glossed over this video, at least follow this part of the guide. Learning how to practice and race with other cars will lead you to the other areas you half listened to. Ermin is definitely on point with this guide, especially the practice section. Great work, Mr Hamsandwich!

Great video - Deffo worth doing a series.

Awesome video mate! Totally related to the topic of testing for hours to learn new things when we drive on the Sim, that's exactly what I do almost every day 😀 thanks for the video!

I've watched a lot of your videos, this is the best, thank you!

Anyone else using brake ducts to control the tire temperature? Great video as always Ermin, keep it up!

Nice work man Keep up with the good job

This was a very helpful video. Thanks Ermin.

Great guide, Ermz. Thank you!

Thanks ermin By adapting to some your ffb settings and changing from 900degrrw wheel lock to 640 on the Merc AMG straight away I was shaving time of my best oulton park times . Thank for the useful video keep them coming

@Ermz

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear!

Love your enthusiasm. Subbed!

As someone who's just getting into sim racing this was very helpful especially since I have a g920 and just bought AC. Haven't checked out the rest of your videos but an updated one would be cool. For sure have a new subscriber

New to sim racing and just got ACC & AC. This video is very useful.

For 'Meaningful Practice' I would add racing against other players' ghost cars from leaderboards (assuming the game supports it).

@emiraces

3 жыл бұрын

This one is huge, extremely useful

@notdreadyet33

3 жыл бұрын

What are you practicing for...hotlapping and time Trial, or racing? If your practicing to race, it's crucial to practice racing with other cars on track. Braking distances in a slip stream with a full tank and cold tires change everything. Too many people only practicing hotlapping is why public lobbies always have crashes on turn 1.

Great video for people who have started sim driving, great content for some experienced ones to, cheers :)

Great guide! :) The "perfect line" depends on what comes next. Short straight after, you're right. For a long straight after, brake later and harder, go deeper and turn sharper. You hit mid-corner slower, but in effect make the rest of the corner more open( this pushes the apex further around the corner), making a straighter exit with more speed coming onto the straight.

simply put this video should be required viewing for new comers to sim racing... concise information that will lead to improvements in any aspiring sim racers skill set. 26 minuets of great advice.

Fantastic video for a rookie like me. Thank you so much, subscribed!

Phenomenal info... thanks a bunch

Great video. I am saving this one so I can watching when I sobber up.

Thank you. I learned a lot from this video 👍🏻

Excellent video, loved it

Great video as always. I wish to see more setup videos to make us understand in dept tuning. But i have seen not many ppl are in for that😔

Thank you for your great video!

8:40 Dirt Rally 2.0 actually has the so called "Soft Lock" feature which basically does the same as what ACC does out of the box - adjusts the steering lock on per car basis. For example classic cars would have 900 degrees while modern ones would have 540 automatically if you enable this feature. One caveat is that it requires in game calibration before it allows you to enable it. Otherwise great, informative video, keep this up! 🙂

@playerone82

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i found this out the other day too.

@OkieDokieSmokie

Жыл бұрын

I’ve found it doesn’t actually work on my logitech and just divide 540 by 900 to get my saturation value to keep every car at 540.

Thanks. Very nice explanation on those ffb settings in acc. It took me awhile to figure out my g29 ..

Wow Ermin, did not realise you did racing sims as well. Followed your work since the Sneap forum was the place to be.

Great explanation of setup for the car dynamics. Appreciate your video by subscribing.

Excellent. Thank you

Righto here we Go Go GO‼️🏁 First of all, it’s great to listen to a fellow AUSSIE accent Oi 👍🏻. I’m a newbie to gaming 🕹️ in general at the rip ol age of 60 (the new 14 🤪🙄). What’s started with a recent Xmas gift “Oculus 2 VR set” that’s got me researching the mind blowing world of electronic games ((🤯)) looks like so much fun! I’m retired with a couple of mature age physical limitations but that ain’t gunna stop me! I own a 1969 Pontiac GP 455 stroker (noice), I can tell you playing ACC will most definitely be lighter on fuel ⛽️ costs 😂. I’m dipping my toes in Sim racing and purchased a budget Thrustmaster TMX steering wheel & a two pedal set + Wreckfest, BeamNG & ACC to start me off. Also having a semi limited budget I will build my own DIY Sim Rig to satisfy my needs. I am glad the universe has crossed our paths and looking forward to learning more from you & your channel. Cheers from the Westside 🏁🤝🏻🇦🇺

I was quite surprised by how well my NLR 2.0 stand stood up to my new 25nm Simucube 2 wheel! It's been rock solid. The most flex has been in the pedal tray, with a VNM Lite load cell brake attached, but it's not too bad. Thought about getting the full GT Track expansion but a Simlab Evo + entry level seat is close to the same price of the whole NLR rig and will provide more expansion options and rigidity. Just gotta resell this stand when it comes time for it.

Thanks for the FFB explanation, I never looked at it as an audio wave. Gonna go and reconfigure my TX !

@JZStudiosonline

3 жыл бұрын

It seems weird to think of it like that though. If that's true then the gain would be universal across all wheel bases since it's digital signal clipping before output, in which case the games signal should have a compressor or have a much lower limit so it doesn't clip. I suppose it makes sense, they just let you boost the shit out of the signal until it's almost always clipping, which is really stupid. Either way having your wheel set up like that makes it unnaturally heavy.

Thank you. Good points

Great vid!!! Thanks!!!

great video, thanks 👏👍

*_W00h000! Hatch!_* Glad so see someone drive GP!

Came for 7 Tips, got away with like 700 ;) thank you for the great work you put into this video!

@gamingforfun9000

3 жыл бұрын

Tip 8: you will encounter varied levels of toxicity and biased moderators depending on sim of your choice :)

My setup has flex. Wonderful, glorious flex! Its stiff enough to give me more details from my wheelbase, but it flexes just enough to let me feel the FFB fighting against my arms, through my pedals. Its amazing! I'm using a GTOmega Apex wheelstand. And I tethered my chair in place with a cargo strap. Good stuff!

Great content mate, my setup is nothing more than a ps4 and assetto corsa with a g923 wheel, can't wait to get a pc and play assetto corsa competizone, but for now if you compare my first lap a few months ago on the Nordschleife with the 919 it highly reflects my progress onto what ive done with a ferrari 488 gt3 car, will make sure to give the 919 another attempt soon and setup wise im getting soooo much better, Nordschleife is a great place to learn that

100% agree. I built my DIY (built, not bought) Steel full motion rig. Welded. Solid. Loadcell VR and EPIC! Just subscribe to your channel my friend! actually went the same route as you described here! Kudos from Mississippi USA! DMAX Motion Sim Ch

subscribed...not even brought a wheel yet, looking at the G923, gonna be far more technical than expected, looking forward to trying it...thanks for the help, very informative vid...

Great video love the content

Great advice!

Excellent vid 😀

I'm sticking with my Audi R8 V10 Plus road car for the time being in AC on the Monza track. It's been super fun and the upgrade to DD was worth every penny.

"I love you, Will" and aluminum back to back made me spit out coffee.

@ThBlueSalamander

2 жыл бұрын

lol

Dirt Rally 2 does have steering lock auto adjustment, the option for it is hidden in the menus, but it is 100% in the game. It was also in Dirt Rally 1 as well.

I've mentioned in the past but to no avail because many sim racers are too bone idle to put in the effort that one great way to maximise your ability is to take advantage of the sim by setting everything beyond what you are comfortable with where the car wants to oversteer in every situation. After a lot of frustration, slowly but surely over time a driver will get much, much better and will be doing the right things without realising it. This is absolutely essential. Ever wondered why Max Verstappen is so good? His dad used to send him out on slicks in the wet in a kart.

love the Northlane instrumentals in the background

Great video

That intro was cool

Thanks for the great video packed with useful info! How do I make Asseto Crosa to look as good as yours?

1. Rig, check. 2. Pedals/ brake, check. But not load cell can't afford that. 3. Force Feedback dialed in with my Moza R5, check. 4. Steer Lock, check. 5.FOV set, check. 6. Car Setup will have to figure out. 7. Practice, practice, practice. Thanks, Ermz!

Just a thought from me, if you are handy enough, design and assemble your own aluminium extrusion rig (some companies have design tools and/or will cut it to custom lengths for you). It will likely be a similar price to a next-level racing rig or slightly cheaper but will be future-proofed and much more rigid. Do research before that though! Great vid.

i showed my friend who is a pretty good driver me going around spa in the f2004 and he gave me some tips like sending it more as i was hitting inner curbs quite alot and to not slow down too much in turn 11

6:21 Being an audio engineering myself, this made a ton of sense to me

Awesome vid, I appreciate the solid content! Would you say your NLR GTtrack is the all-in-one bundle version versus starting with the NLR DD stand and then adding their newly released GTSeat add on? Would love to see a review of the GTSeat add-on! (reviews on it are virtually non-existent lol)

@AdamsOlympia

6 ай бұрын

It's basically the same thing as GT Track when you add the seat to the 2.0 stand. I have only the stand and it's been amazing as a starter setup -- handles a high end Simucube wheelbase + Load cell pedal with ease, but it's going on ebay when I have money for full sim rig. Consider this: 250 for stand, and another 500 for seat upgrade -- OR -- $400 for a Simlab EVO GT (Aluminum Profile kit) + a $200 entry level seat. The simlab = more expandable and far more rigid, for less than GT Track.

I absolutely need that mclaren setup for my league race at brands

Another option when it comes to setups is buying setup bundles, ESPECIALLY in ACC, if you don't have the time and/or know-how for making them.

I didn't watch the video yet but I give a biiiiiigggg like! 🙂

I just started with a moza r5(brake upgraded) on a trakracer rs6. Solid beginner rig❤ not very cheap but it will go a few miles

I definitely think I have watched this before. But as I am hold up in my bedroom w COVID and without my rig I am watching again. Great video indeed. Two things of interest you did not touch on was first the FFB section you did not mention where you set the baseline FFB of your wheel base. In game you mentioned 40-60% gain. Second I did not hear any mention of the long time lesson of looking to where you want to be next on track not at what is right in front of you. To look ahead.

I knew I’ve seen you somewhere first lol flatline is sick

I LOVE YOU, WILL !

I just want to throw this out there for the guys thinking that they need expensive setups to be fast, and therefore get discouraged. I was huge into sim racing from the early 2000s until 2016 and held many lap time/TT world records in various sims, and I did it all on a Logitech Driving Force GT with the stock pedals and no assists in game. Don't think you can't be fast with a cheap hardware setup. In fact, I have never raced a sim with a nice setup-maybe I'd be world champion if I did ;)

Although a pedal upgrade is important, I would consider a TV or monitor upgrade far more essential. It also benefits everything else you do with your PC or console as a bonus.

@tobieeck9676

Жыл бұрын

Or well... Vr hehe

@AdamsOlympia

6 ай бұрын

Not essential to pure performance -- though maybe for enjoyment and immersion. You stick a pro sim racer on a 60hz 24" entry level walmart monitor and they'll blow us plebs out of the water, even if we have a $3,000 triple screen Samsung G7 holy grail setup.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. I’ve wanted to get into driving since I was a kid. But I don’t want to spend the money it takes to race for real. Car problems, maintenance, waiting in line to race. I don’t want to give that much of my time. But aim racing sounds like a great compromise for me. Money wise, a solid mid-tier set up is a fraction of what even a low end track car costs. Spending $1k+ sounds crazy to people just to ‘play a game’. But that’s cheap in relation to irl racing.

Hello father its good to see you back on the grind thank you can we go play catch.

Please make a series teaching us the art of fine tuning the cars.

I’m fine with the Logitech wheel but would like better pedals. Trail braking is a lot harder and I set my max force a few ticks low to not lock up. I’m happy with a basic “Playseat” setup. It will take a big person too.

Great vid. I have one comment on your FFB advice. For lower end wheels you spoke about linearity of FFB but not really about clipping. Unless I misunderstood you...you sound like clipping is more of an issue with DD wheels. Clipping is a killer for low end wheels as it is extremally easy to get due to limited amount of strength of the motors. I'm not sure if it's a good analogy but I like to think about the clipping as water overflowing a funnel when you are pouring it into a bottle. Funnel being your wheel base motor in this example and water being your ffb signal strength: with lower grade wheels you have small funnel so you have to pour controlled. smaller amount of water through it to avoid overflowing (clipping). DD wheels with their 15 -20+ NM of torque can take much more water flow at any given time so it is much more difficult to "overflow" them in my example. In my experience it's easier to get my hands destroyed than to clip FFB on DD wheel. Dirt Rally has Soft lock setting which enable software controlled wheel lock. In ACC for some reason I have failed to achieve that feature. I tried multiple times setting both wheel and in game to 900 degrees of rotation, and then I get into McLaren and the wheel turns 900 degrees... So for the time being I am adjusting manually on a car to car basis. Not a big deal but slightly annoying for sure :D

@JZStudiosonline

3 жыл бұрын

That's not how clipping of a digital signal works. He's right, it's like an audio waveform... sort of. Very similar. In audio there's digital signal clipping before the output, and then physical speaker clipping if the gain is too high. In case A, it doesn't matter what speakers you use, the signal is clipped, you will get clipping. The signal has to be turned down before output send. In case B, technically it would go into ohms and resistances, but fuck trying to explain all that. Let's just say it's more like pumping a clean audio signal at high volume through small speakers that can't handle it and they blow. The speakers (or the amp they're plugged into) need to be down to get the clean signal and not overdrive. In the case of cheaper wheels like the Logitech, it's probably both. For direct drive, the assumption is that the "speakers" will handle any volume, as long as it's receiving a clean signal.

@kamael1125

3 жыл бұрын

@@JZStudiosonline Fair enough. I knew my analogy was not the best. So thanks for confirming that. But I think end result in both is the same...loss of signal. I know that ffb signal is not spilli g..its simply lost. My main problem with his video is that he talks about clipping in relation to dd wheels while dd wheels are less prone to clipping in the first place. As you said direct drives can take the powah. Low end wheels...have their limitations kick in much sooner. And by limitations I mean clipping.

The most important thing I learned in racing was patience. I soon stepped above the players who aren’t happy with being overtaken and was racing with people with awareness who would yield positions when they cut the track and wouldn’t rage-ram on the last corner. Get your ratings up kings.

Pro advice: when investing into an aluminium frame do not count on saving by taking a seat from a scrapyard. It will freakin stink but you will find that only when you're at home. Cheap (and clean) bucket will be much lighter and immersive

@jacobcisco7059

3 жыл бұрын

True i spent 150 on a simlab sf1 with brackets..gotta find them deals

Really should not underestimate the playseat challenge, i would even regard it better then the normal models because of having no pole in the middle. I have CSL loadcell pedals and a CSW V2.5 on there without issue, i did put a wood block between the desk and base so it doesnt move around so much. I can even do long races, got a p2 in a league race of 1,5 hours in ACC. Although a firm cockpit will always be better.

@4879daniel

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, I have the Thrustmaster load cell pedals on one and have never felt I'm missing out or compromised.

@AdamsOlympia

6 ай бұрын

Still wouldn't want to run anything higher than 8nm DD on one of those -- It's perfect for entry level fanatec or belt driven wheels though, if that's all someone plans to use on one. For the same price, you can get a NLR 2.0 stand that'll handle a 25nm wheelbase + load cell with ease -- Just gotta use a (more comfortable) office chair.

Mislim da bi bilo super kad bi testirao aggressive setup tj da vidimo koliko je stvarno dobar taj setup ;-) Pozdrav iz Njemacke

Hi, thx for vid. Maybe some settings for csw 2.5 - more precisely min. force also to 0?

3:30min in and already my suspicions have been validated

Ermin - you really gotta try out KartKraft lol it's ACC goes karting. It's so much fun.

Vary helpful! Thank you! I do not believe there is an ability for me to change the steering lock in dirt rally 2.0 on console..

This is awesome on psvr2

I just got acc, using ba g27 wheel, recognized by program, any recommendations on changes from the presets?

Great video besides one part - FOV. You explained FOV well and were on the right path with the suggestion of the FOV calculator, but you killed it when you failed to mention that the 'correct' FOV doesn't always work for everyone. A lot of people use 'incorrect' FOV because they're comfortable with their settings. For example, I use between 60-67 FOV on my 24" 1080p monitor because I can see everything, however on my 34" UW I use something like 54 FOV, because I can see pretty much the same amount of information, but not so much of the interior. There is no truly correct FOV, it comes down to what you're comfortable running, and if you're one of those people that can comfortably run warp speed 75+, so be it. Don't let elitists/purists tell you otherwise, who cares what they think.

@Maartwo

Жыл бұрын

Shh, the FoV police will come hunt us down.

Fanatec say to set the the road effects to 0 on CSL Elite which does seem weird to me.

I built a rig out of 2x4s and MDF. As an old car seat and boom! Rig that is better than $2000 rigs fire around $30 worth of materials.

Do you have any resources to recommend for set ups?

Okay so, a lot of this relates to steering wheel setups, which i get us valuable, but do you have more for people who play on keyboard like me?