The Sim racing technique you need to know is how to dodge dive bombers, especially in first corner

@cocosloan3748

4 жыл бұрын

Do that and 5 fast guys are already in front of you -dodging those bombers as well!

@Calcearius

4 жыл бұрын

Tha't's why you use the iracing rookie strategy of starting from the back then passing all the noobs at t1 to get in to P5 :D

@GMCRaptor

4 жыл бұрын

When you learn how to avoid dive bombing morons let us all know. They should be banned from online racing.

@eltisch

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose this guy should be banned from real life then? kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4qlpchrcZOxfso.html - I guess you guys are the same guys that expect people to just move out of the way in a race. smh.

@GMCRaptor

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Procter, Riccardo a professional with millions at stake on a calculated move. Online sim idiots , wanna be’s with nothing to lose.... big difference don’t you think?

I started applying this technique in real world when riding my motorcycle, and I have to say it helped me a lot, I'm now more confident while cornering, it's easier to judge how much speed and lean angle I need to carry through the corner because I'm looking far enough ahead 🙂

@hellobooom

4 жыл бұрын

Makes sense this'll definitely save your ass a biker too. Vision is everything

@bobmalarkey4621

4 жыл бұрын

It's well known and taught that on a motorcycle you will almost always travel to where your head is turned and where your eyes are focused. This is why so many new riders crash within the first few months, even days, of first riding. This also helps with your amount of lean and counter steer because your body will naturally perform those actions if you're riding in a normal fashion. When racing though, you really have to teach yourself to go beyond your natural movements, and new riders do not have that experience yet. They just rip down the road and immediately go for the most winding and twisting road they can find. I learned all this the hard way. Luckily I survived my first crash, being one of those noobs pretending to be Rossi. I low sided at about 60mph in a turn on a mountain road trying to keep with my friends. The only veteran move I made was to let go of the bike right before it topped and flipped over the guard, falling 80ft down a cliff.

@jammydodgerman

4 жыл бұрын

The biggest tip I can give, after viewing countless videos of people crashing their bikes, is don't target fixate when you think you're heading into a corner a little too quickly. Counter steer by pushing on the inside handle bar to the corner, look through the corner and you'll be fine!

@jverheul2

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobmalarkey4621 damn, what a story man haha Luckily you all good

@silentpact3432

4 жыл бұрын

@@jammydodgerman Absolutely. I'd add that if the bike has any chance of going around the corner ON the brakes, it'll damn well go around the corner OFF the brakes, so even if you're going too fast it's almost always better to ease off the brakes and just focus on where you need to go to make the turn. Never look at what you need to miss. Only look at where you need to go. Trust the bike and trust the tyres.

"The way you look is very important" Me : Oh I look good, don't worry !

Wtf? I did this and it took 2 secs off my laptime around bathurst... wtf? Magic... i can't fucking believe what a difference this made! Like literally mind blown.

Really appreciate your high level of detail and clarifying explanations. Your main channel has quickly become a go-to resource for me with sim racing, so super excited that you are starting a dedicated channel for it. This is such valuable info you are sharing about the why's and how's around car dynamics, balancing on the limit and techniques to improve race craft. Thank you!

Can you do a video on the best way to brake in a complicated braking zone, such as turn 1 in China, or turn 9 in Barhain? I'm really poor at finding the best techniques to tackle them.

@UmarIbnAlKhattab1

2 жыл бұрын

Manual transmission also helps (f1)

I'm so guilty of checking my braking point for way, way too long. This has helped, thank you!

since i find this channel my simracing performance improve almost 2 seconds per lap and my consistency is now very stable, just by using this looking ahead tec. thanks keep th good work up

Your channels are incredible. I’ve added 2-3 seconds a lap in sims since watching your tutorials.

Just started out on the sim side of racing games. This is going to help a shit ton. Thank you for taking the time to explain on where to look when braking.

Great tips! I started sim racing about a month ago and using my vision effectively made me improve with such a leap! This morning I was alone in last place with no opponent in sight, as per usual. After training myself to look in the right places, I was fighting for positions in the middle of the pack! Thank you so much

I play forza 7 on xbox with a relatively cheap set up. I have a TMX f/f wheel and a playseat. I've been playing now for just shy of a year and have found these videos are shaving time of each lap. I was using you're main channel for advice and it has really helped me be smoother and faster. Thanks.

I am fairly new to sim racing. I started to make a conscious effort to look further ahead of and pay closer attention to the apexes and exits earlier. It is amazing how much this helps. Thank you.

awesome! i learn'd so much from the other channel for sim racing:) Seat position, Mindset,And general info that never thought of . Without a doubt help'ed me step up my game. Cant wait to watch this ones! Thx for doing this!

Every sim racing tip video from this channel summarized: look further ahead

Hah, I'm so happy you demonstrated vision with T1 in Zolder - despite being a "simple" 90-degree left-hander, I had a frustratingly long time figuring out the braking and turn-in point for that corner, to be able to make it in one flowing arc. I always knew I messed it up if I had to change the steering angle mid-corner or if I wasn't on the throttle by that apex that comes up weirdly late.

@Punkologist

4 жыл бұрын

T1 in Zolder is one I find difficult too, always seem to get really unbalanced

@whaletail935

4 жыл бұрын

@@Punkologist Very difficult corner, and the next two as well.

@davidmitchell1929

4 жыл бұрын

Please check out the new simracing channel from FBR. Maybe give a Like or Subscribe? Xbox Simracing. Always entertaining. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKiE1M5whdGvnKg.html

@Ciyhilu

2 жыл бұрын

Just attack the corner, I think it’s one of those where u have to turn in a little bit earlier than what u think because more often than not u usually pick up some understeer at the mid point

@damientjeh

2 жыл бұрын

Fun random fact, Zolder means Attic in the Netherlands

32 years of real racing, and this is personally the biggest and one of the most important things you must do. It's alot like holding a weapon and aiming down the sights, you aim at what you want to shoot, not looking at your "target" you wont hit it! Great vid as usual!

Single most important video. I never knew how important this was. It felt awkward at first bc Where i had been looking for so long to look elsewhere. But it knocked .2 off my lap time in a matter of like 20 mins of trying. Absolutely great information. Cheers

I took this looking far ahead advice from last simrace analyze video. Although I can't say the definitive time improvement, because car was new and a handful (rF2 new Porsche GT3 Cup) and as I got used to car, my times improved anyways, but looking far ahead made taking corners so much more comfortable and smoother.

This knowledge is a must when you drive on a track that you do not knew well or you try to learn also this gives you the idea where the ideal line naturally is but if you want to be fast you absolutely got to know all corners by hearth and all breaking point markers .

Oh my god, this is so great. I drive in real life and in sims and I'm quite good, however I'm not the top tier. I didn't look properly on track and to be honest I still learn and adapt to what you've shown. I've already see a progress and I know that there's lot more, because sometimes I don't trust myself looking far away. Thank you for that!

tl:dr: Look ahead at the most important parts of the corner that you will take. BEFORE you hit the braking zone, focus on hitting it, BEFORE you hit the apex, make sure your steering is right, BEFORE you exit, look at where you are and look at how much space you have.

I was having a lot of trouble with turn 6 at Laguna Seca. Looking ahead was definitely the epiphany I needed to get that turn right. A lot of people who posted tutorials on the track never mentioned that key detail.

Would be really helpful and interesting to hear and see a video about vision being close to a car infront! I really struggle closing in, because I often lose the apexes from my sight and therefore make errors.

@Racepace74

4 жыл бұрын

when he talks about your peripheral vison thats really your main tool to use. even with turn in you can use a reference marker to help. the rest is down to you as a driver..

This was an amazing video Scott! Would be nice to see you drive with a tobbi eye tracker. So we can see a practical example of how we should do.

Great content buddy 👍 I have learned so much from watching this already, that i have my times improved drastically already. Thank you so much.! Keep up the good work.

Great work Scott I couldn’t agree more on the parts I knew and as always learned some great stuff like in all your Videos - please keep them coming you are getting addictive

I'm currently doing practice sessions specifically to practice this technique, and hopefully allow it to become second nature eventually. I've struggled with applying it for a long time (especially throughout longer runs), even though I've noticed that if I actually focus on looking further ahead, I'm faster immediately - even as much as one second a lap at Spa.

This was really helpful and helped me think differently about my driving. Cheers!

Great video, super useful. Great channel overall, thanks!

This channel is awesome. Really great and understandable explanations. Keep it up!

It is magic indeed. I tried it a month ago but for some reason it was very hard to force my eyes to look far enough, so I gave up. But yesterday I decided to practice it till I can do it naturally, and wow, minus 2 seconds at Sonoma! And more consistency, just as you said. Thank you for your videos!

Seems like such a simple and obvious tip. But I always find myself not looking far enough ahead. Once I consciously make sure I'm looking further ahead, boom - improvements in lap time. Good video!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I was in a serious rut over my racing and was slowly getting the fact I need to be way smoother in my braking, accelerating and steering. But it was this advice of looking ahead and the way you explained how the weight shifts to the rear during jerky acceleration that got me instantly faster than I had been in a week. by looking ahead I keep in mind to just have partial acceleration and as soon as my car is facing toward the exit I am able to accelerate much faster. You're an amazing coach

@ingers.4653

3 жыл бұрын

Also I kept spinning with TCS-0 out of a corner where the super elevation and road elevation changes abruptly but the idea of acceleration moving weight to rear was able to help me get through the corners.

Thank you for these tips :) I will be trying to use these in my next sim racing sessions. *misses braking point for turn 1 -> 4x* :D

Single greatest tip for major improvement

Great channel and content Scott, Subscribed.

This is absolutely fantastic, thank you so much!

Thanks a lot for the effort. Very helpful

Great clear advice as always from Scot. I am not sure “peripheral vision” applies to sim racing, especially on single screen setups unless I am checking where my dog is. Could be a subject of a bit of research. I would also add the importance of building speed slowly on new tracks, something Scott emphasizes on other videos. Especially busy circuits like Longbeach where it can be hard to pick out the corners on a low resolution screen. I am amazed at how the eye and brain learn to interpret a fast moving scene.

I'm not fluent in english, but I like your videos cause I can understand everything you say 😁

Another brilliant video! One suggestion is to drop the close up side video camera - it does not work so well, and actually distracts more than anything else. Better then to just stay with 1 camera angle.

This video should be entitled : the only video you really need to watch entirely ! Otherwise, i think it should be great if you could play a turn in slow-mo while showing exatly where you are looking at.

Thanks Scott!

I did practice in iracing trying to do this and gained a second on my best lap just from training to do this for about 30 minutes, pretty cool stuff!

It would be fun to see you and Jimmy Broadbent collaborate on a video. I'd like to see you do an evaluation on him or something lol

Omg I love this channel

Make one about the shifting in F1 2019. it took me 10 race lost because I did not realize that you cannot use downshift with brake to slow the car with compression and it blew the car each time. Thanks for the creation of your chanel

I still need a lot of practice to get rid of old habits, but I feel there's one more thing this technique has - the farther the object you're looking at the slower it moves across your screen, which reduces the strain on your eyes. This could be especially important in simracing because compared to real life you rely on visual information even more and your screen is not that far.

Ha, beeing a motorcyclist helps immensivly with vision, since this is how we drive on the road on a daily basis :D

Not sure who that driver is, but he is awesome..... Great video Scott, thanks!!!

I cant help it, but every video of yours, my brain hear "Hi, I'm Scott Manley"

@johntusting2467

4 жыл бұрын

Fly Safe.

@aboriani

4 жыл бұрын

@@johntusting2467 Ahh... I see you are a man of culture...

@daveslow84

4 жыл бұрын

@@johntusting2467 " Hi, I'm Scott Mansley... DRIVE safe" ;)

@monty3854

4 жыл бұрын

Hullo

Thankfully, when I was learning to drive my instructor constantly told me to be looking 3 to 4 cars ahead so I would have plenty of time to react and I never stopped doing that. The one problem I dont have in sim racing is looking ahead. My problem is pretty much everything else.

I work at a motorsports resort coming over from asphalt and dirt ovals. Since the road course is the main deal there it took a while for me to make the transition. The first thing I learned was this is club racing and contact is deeply frowned upon. We even kept a tab on the number of impacts on a whiteboard in the marshal's office. The first time I saw this and joked, "This is for the year? where I race we get that in a heat race!!" My humor didn't make a hit. Our instructors used cones as a visual reference, 3 cones per corner. A red cone is first, showing where to start the approach to the corner. Next was a white cone to pinpoint the apex. The 3rd cone (also red) was to show the exit angle for the turn. This is probably old news for you but coming from a different discipline this was a new training method that helped teach me road racecraft and made me a faster oval racer..

😁 incredible! Thanks for making a channel for us sim racers!

Great tip.

All JOKES YOUR HELPFUL SIM TIPS ARE THE BEST OUT THERE!!!

@Niko-he4ji

3 жыл бұрын

What?

@Driver61 Sim Racing, Hi, One of the ideas I have put forward to struggling sim racers trying to look further ahead (because putting it into words can be hard to put into practice), is to learn to drive outside their comfort zone with oversteer within their ability. I know the Jim Russell Racing School teaches this with cars that are set up loose in a parking lot. With enough practice, this will ensure a racer will fluently drive with his peripheral vision , and always ahead of the next operation; braking > rotation > apex > exit. BTW, have you played GTS at all?

Holy crap, thank you so much for the tip, guess what, it works 😂😂😂

Looking farther ahead has another advantage, it buys you time to check your mirrors. (or your systems for that matter) Looking back is just as important. My tip to add to this, is broaden your view. Don't just focus specificly on one single point, but like juggling, try to keep many aspects in check. This technique also comes in handy while tailgating your opponent. Don't just stare it his/her rear bumper, but also check, in the corner of your eye, his/her break references, apexes... the full monty, so you can compare them with yours. Again like juggling, try to keep all the balls in the air. 😉 Who said racing was easy? 😂

thank you

About first point and partially following points - Looking ahead - it's not that easy to implent this, because many people think they are looking correct where they are at particular moment. I've got some some experience with Eye-Tracking in motorsport simulator and can tell that many people are late with looking at braking point, apex etc. The fastest way to learn this is that Eye-Tracking training, where you have shown your eyesight and you can record your stints/stages to check your improvement. The main disadvantage about this device/training is fact, that it is not cheap or very popular, even in simulators.

@vsm1456

4 жыл бұрын

I'd assume you can just force yourself to look further than you usually do and after some time your eyes will adjust to look where it's more beneficial for you…

There has not been a single tip that has improved my lap time more than looking ahead. Especially where the apex has concerned.

This might sound weird, that's why I've not said it publicly but, it's like trying to balance a broom on your hand or foot, for example. If you focus on your hand or foot you won't be able to control the required movement. However focusing on the very top, you'll have much better control. Can't believe I've said that..... 🤔🙈😂👍🏾👍

Subbed!🖖

For me what works is fixating on the apex and following that line slightly ahead of where the car is to keep up momentum, I never look directly at the exit or at brake boards because of two things 1. I know where they are 2. I’ve trained my peripheral vision so I can see the brake boards and I can see the exit very clearly without looking at them For example at zolder I look at the apex at t1 and I follow it round till I’m nearly through the corner, then my eyes go to the next apex. I don’t think it’s necessary to look at the exit or the brake boards. U can see them fine in your peripherals. Hope this helps 🙂

Eyes on main beam.

At around 5:00, you talk about the a-pillar obstructing the apex, but I can't help but notice how far back you're driver is positioned in the cockpit, meaning the field of view is much higher then what is necessary or ideal. Maybe this is just for educational purposes, but I would think that in a video specifically about visualization, the importance of a proper fov would be discussed right along with your eye points.

Always look where you want to go. Not only in video games. On a motorcycle, driving in traffic....and sim racing.

I learned this in my motorcycle classes

Would you consider doing a video like this but focused on driving in traffic, or would the vision more or less be the same and using more of your peripheral vision to keep track of other cars.

Please make a Video about Trailbraking in GT3 Cars at Silverstone!

You know a tip for sim racing that no one thinks about and usually applies to people struggling to get over 1k iRating in iRacing? Calibrating their pedals and steering correctly. These drivers usually have a Logitech or Thrustmaster. So with a wheel they don’t know that when it asks to turn the steering wheel 90 degrees to the left that it wants to see 900 on the calibration screen. I’ve seen people have their steering wheel over 1000. Or with the Logitech pedals they don’t realize the brake has a rubber stopper and they don’t use it so their braking is all jacked up and super sensitive.

Would’ve been cool to see this with the app that tracks your eyes

sim racing school, a geeks wet dream, yes please

Do you have any videos for racing line vision tests? I feel as though I lacking in that area and its prohibiting me from racing with the best.

Great video, really useful. I think what it also highlights is for good vision you need a good FOV. The pillar in the Aston a case in point. Drivers eyes position similar to the replay is great for VR or play back, but closer Field of View is required for screen use as you are already seeing wheel in your hands in real life, this will then allow you much more screen estate to view apex’s and exits.

@Spyker8921

4 жыл бұрын

FOV is limited on iRacing. You can't always use the FOV that you need.

@paulmurphy7626

4 жыл бұрын

@@Spyker8921 really? Because the fov in this video is WAY off. I don't play iRacing, but if I had to sit this far back in the cockpit, all the other points this youtuber is making about visualization are self-sabotaging his viewers' (and clients'?) efforts.

@Spyker8921

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulmurphy7626 I mean in iRacing you can't have a FOV lower than 45°.

Can you give me advice pls . In slow corners on f1 2021 i lose time because i go to soft on the accelerator because i dont wanna spin , can you help me

As much as I understand this concept I have such a hard time doing it in cockpit view , in chase cam sure I have all the panorama to see where I want to go etc but in cockpit view I find my view range very limited and obstructed that I always end up looking just in front of me In real life I apply this "technique" all the time successfully but is something about how the camera is angled in games that I can't figure it out

Nice mate, love your videos, thank you for the tips. Could it be interesting for you to try project cars 2? What do you think about it? I know a lot of people hate it, but I think it's a valid sim that nails the immersion with some cars and tracks, thanks to the dynamic weather and time

As we in Australia have just kicked off the GT Sports 2020 world tour What is your thoughts on IRacing compared to GT Sports on the PS4 pros and cons

When moving vision from exit to the next up apex, how can you find the apex so quickly and look at it? Is it needed to first look as far ahead around/throughout the corner so the brain can feel where the apex is, and only then look at the apex? Otherwise how can one know instantly where the apex is? Surely there needs to be some searching for it up ahead. thanks, great content for the racing world 🌎 🏎

A guide for absolute beginners would be the better title for this video

idk in real life driving is just.. something else.. i can look far enough ahead on the road (unlike most people who break at the last moment before a city enter or a red light instead of letting the car roll), but in sim i dont have the depth or i m genarelly aware its a sim and not giving everything i could idk i cant focus or see the corner like i would in real life

If you’re not looking to the apex and beyond what the hell are you even looking at.

@wenisinvietnam

4 жыл бұрын

AntiViruz42 honestly as someone who used to have awful racing vision: the road directly in front of me. Took me a lot of practice to break that habit because I fossilized the shit out of it.

@larryhaines7109

4 жыл бұрын

The people not looking at the apexes are the ones who complain about the spectators and the trees only being represented in 2d. I never understood this. If you are looking at the trees, you're not doing it right.

@jverheul2

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryhaines7109 lmao

@antiviruz42

4 жыл бұрын

Larry Haines This was always something I found hilarious when people complained about VR rendering. Car detail = ultra. Track detail = ultra. Trees = low. “resolution sucks dont buy it” Like for real man. lol

@47279J

4 жыл бұрын

Many people are just looking like 10 meters ahead, so each turn is an individual challenge. It's quite easy to get stuck on that and you see people doing that on the freeways all the time. People driving 120 km/h and not looking further that 20 meters.

WOW I learn all that on 16bits super Nintendo games.

Do you drive on the Shutoko revival project ? (Assetto Corsa)

looking to the outside on the exit I'd say is generally a bad advice. I will be aiming for the furthest ahead also during the exits, which will be most often the inside unless it is blocked by a wall, guardrail or something. That way I feel I can point my car to the direction I want it to go much earlier, thus being able to give throttle that earlier as well, than minding myself against the edge of the track on the outside.

I follow this advice since I watched the other lessons. Problem I find is that not having any feedback but visual (and FFB on the wheel), looking forward I cannot catch in time if the car is unset or sliding, so that I have to keep an eye on the cockpit too. For the same reason I do not find helpful the functions to “look at the apex” that many sims have; it unsets my “virtual spatial awareness”.

@kaasupoika3363

4 жыл бұрын

In that case your FFB might be set wrong. You should fiddle with the settings, maybe set it stronger?

Helps if your frame rate is good enough to see where you're actually going might help aswell.. I play these games on an old system like I'm in the 80's!! Can't see shit even if you wanted too hahahaha

Are you running this with eye tracking?

This changes my driving drastically. But distant eye focus is very hard to Master in simracing for me. Distant viewing while the eyes don't have to focus in the distance, they still keep it to close eye focus because there is no real distance. If you understand what I'm saying? How do real-world drivers handle that, and doesn't it lazy the eyes focus after long period of time, decreasing proper sharp vision focus??

Basics!

Hi can you make a video about Daytona road Please?

Interesting topic. I use a head tracking thing (based on head movement not eyes so sort of stupid I guess) which would show this effect even more so I guess. By the way, and forgive me for asking but what's the point of the 3/4 angle headshots when you talk, I don't really see the benefit 😁

Sir cam we apply this in Real Racing 3?

Can anyone help me i have the feeling my breakpedal stuck . I have a g29

How do you deal with blind apexes? I find those corners the most difficult.

@Vindisify

4 жыл бұрын

You learn the corner and all it's properties and then you visualize it in your head, like you could see through whatever is in the way.

1:56 - 2:20 sounds like a rapsong :P ;D

Just the show I wished existed, now all I need is advice on what gear is the smart way to go . iRacing or rF2 or ?

@sandrino5

4 жыл бұрын

This channel combined with Sim Racing Paddock for equipment and Chris Haye setup tutorial is the way to go. (Many good alternatives to SRP too)

@joecizin9357

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandrino5 Thanks, spot on for what I was after, All the Best

@Yorkie065

4 жыл бұрын

You don't need expensive gear in order to be fast. Most pro's and esports competitions are using G29's or Thrustmaster T300's as their main wheel and pedal set. Some do then go upgrade the pedals to get better feel and consistency out of them by going for something with a load cell, but they keep the wheel the same as the FFB is good enough for the detail they want. As for what sims to go for, each has things that they do better (or worse) than others. Look more at what content is available and how you want to play the game in a multiplayer vs singleplayer career kind of sense and make your choice based off that.