The slow on entrance fast on exit, sounds simple and clear but it took me years to understand what it really means and it’s a game changer.

@TraxionGG

2 жыл бұрын

100%. It’s amazing just how important it is.

@efthimiossakarellos7150

Жыл бұрын

It can also be frustratingly confusing as advice for a new driver. "Slow in" is misleading because you actually need to carry as much speed through the corner as possible without compromising your exit.

Take a break is such an important and yet overlooked advice. I'd add to it, especially for ACC (since i found it most beneficial there) not only take a small break like 20-30 mins. Take a day or 2 off or change the car you are driving. Every other car than your main one, gives you another level of feedback of the driving physics and driving engine and helps you big time once you jump into your main car. It also helps you find out the strengths and weaknesses of you opponents on any track and sometimes even helps you unlock some hidden strengths of your car you didn't know existed. An example - it wasn't until i drove the BMW M4 that i found out it has quite good mid-speed build up from around 100 to 250km/h compared to the Audi, but was quite a lot slower at the top end above 260km/h and especially above 270km/h. It's also completely planted through mid and fast corners, but has a problem with the slow ones or the really long ones - tends to understeer quite a lot if you get on the power sooner. And since the Audi has much better mid corner rotation slow and long corners and big straights are the points to attack. So now you know when and where on each track to attack and when to defend against each opponent with different car then yours. At Missano for example i'll let the BMWs have the racing line in turn 8 (right after the big straight), brake a bit later, take a lot wider outside line with a bit higher mid-corner speed, but thx to my better rotation i can turn sharper, start accelerating at the same time as them and get to the outside curb before the opponent, making them keep a tighter line out of the corner, scrubbing off speed and forcing them to either lift off and tuck behind me or keep foot planted and have the outside line for turns 9 and 10, which will completely destroy their exit for the next big straight and flat out corners. This also helps not only for cars with different drivetrain layout, but the same as your as well. The McLaren for example is also a mid-engined car, but it just hates curbs. So when i find myself being tailgated by a McLaren at tracks like Spa, Monza, Snetterton or Imola, i start taking a more aggressive, more direct line through the curbs, loosing about 0.1 secs, but more importantly, making the guy behind who follows me unsettle a lot more, making him drop back by quite some time in just 1 or 2 corners. So yeah - learn not only your car's strong and weak points, but the ones of the opponent as well. Helps you big time throughout the race.

Thank you for this video, I really needed it. I started doing Simracing about 3 and a half years ago and I always struggled with my level wich I consider to be average at most. I have about 500 hours total driving time on different sims (acc, PC2, AC, F1, Iracing,...) Everytime I prepare for a race or I try to learn a new car I always feel like a complete beginner that doesn't understand anything he is doing, and it is really hard to improve my lap times. And when I feel satisfied of my training I just end up realising that my opponents are much more better at this than me. This is hard mentally because I never really feel a progression in my driving level. But of course, looking back 3 years ago I am obviously better now. Another thing that scared me was setups, until a few months ago I never dared touching the setups because I felt lost. Now that I took the time to understand it better, I like working on the setup of the cars even if I am not entirely familiar with everything yet. Simracing is a long an interesting journey with a lot of difficult moments when you are questionning yourself and your abilities to be a good driver, thankfully sometimes there are little magic moments when you do a nice overtake or when you finish in a good positions that makes it all worth it.

@TraxionGG

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment, it’s people like yourself that make sim-racing what it is! We wish you all the best, see you on track 🏁

@BodieMoto

Жыл бұрын

500 hours over 3 years is barely even a casual hobby lol you are competing with people who play sims for 100 hours a month. You gotta really put the time in if you want to be good, you can understand every thing aspect of being fast but not be able to actually apply it because 500 hours is still in the beginner category. It's "tougher" to put in the hours at first because you might not feel like you're good enough to have fun while playing that much but 20 hours in 2 weeks of practice is ALOT MORE efficient than 20 hours over 2 months, its not even close

I have one car/track combo where I’m quick but I’ve done thousands of laps there. It’s interesting the little things you start to learn about how to find time. It’s also frustrating to be slow at other tracks. There is so much to learn! Awkwardness is the key to accelerated learning. And boy am I awkward! Thank you for making this video!

Be chill while practice is definitely important, I am getting 1:57 at Nurburgring, after watching this vid I hop on and get a 55 within five laps

I have justed started racing, about 2000km in, so it's all new. Besides the 5 laps in all cars, to find the one I want, I am sticking to one car and most of that distance is on one track too! My additional tips (from a new to fellow newbs), ie. what I have learnt now after this short period. - stay your course, don't be distracted by others who are quicker - your "smooth" may be someone else's aggressive - my best times were driven when I don't look at the time - don't mess with ACC car setups when you don't know what you are doing

Hi there TraxionGG this is a beneficial video I have done some of it myself I was blocked and had to go away and come back I also had to improve my fitness like running push ups squats and stuff like that to get fit and I realized that I can even focus even better on the race these are very nice tips but a healthier fitter body and mind makes a better driver

@TraxionGG

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Glad you found it beneficial 😊

@studio9guy

Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to talk myself into working out - mainly to improve my racing. Unfortunately I haven't started working out - and wouldn't you know it, my driving hasn't improved either.

My struggle is mantaining speed and an ideal racing line when not under ideal/training circumstances. So in practice you're always taking the turns in an ideal manner, outside>apex>out, but in a race I might be on the inside, middle or off the ideal line because there are other cars around and the braking points and exit, and when to accelerate/brake preparation goes out the window in a scenario that's not the one I trained for. So adapting to changing circumstances is an issue atm.

Here's something I do... I'll do a couple of laps during practice, then watch the replays if available... I'm playing AC right now and the replays are quite good... Watch the replays and find out where you are screwing up, like missing apexes, missed braking points, bad lines, etc... You can learn a lot just watching replays...

Appreciate the video. Lots of good points in here.

@TraxionGG

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear it, thanks!

I think most of my improvements now come from braking, learning where to brake late and hard, to get on the power earlier or applying less pressure to carry more speed through the corner. There's definitely still a bunch of time to gain and my consistency while getting better isn't there yet, but I've managed to get within half a second of the fast guys at a couple of tracks this season.

Really really good video. Nailed it mate

@TraxionGG

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great tips!🔥

@TraxionGG

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Finally i can reach 1:13 times with the fbm in blackwood LFS

Great insight! I keep hearing practice makes perfect, however, practice makes permanent is much more fitting. Be sure practice the right things laid out nicely in this vid.

@TraxionGG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

i dont know, personally i think getting into setups as a noob is a good idea, just dont go overboard with it. First of all, if you wanna be good at simracing(or actual racing) you have to bite the bullet eventually, why not acclimatize yourself to it? also i think it just creates a really good practice routine: understand the car, understand the track, understand your behaviour. hop onto a practice session, start hotlapping, pay attention to all the little laptime drains and think about was it you or was it the car.(spoiler : it was likely you) things like: "i did understeer to T3 there, so either my inputs were janky, aero balance is crap or i have too much front ARB." then test it out and pay attention what solved it. also if you are in that "dont look at the laptimes, just focus on improving" mindset, it kind of takes the burnout away. if i'd look at the delta i'd rage after 5 or so laps, if i just sit there thinking noo i wanna go faster i'll hotlap till i eventually have to pee or poo.

Just what we need to hear.

im at the verge off burning down my rig and become a priest.. grinding for months and months now on monza with M4 and a 1:46 time setup. cant do under 1:48 and i cant always replicate that. mostly its 1:50's

Tip for iRacing, use all the grass

@studio9guy

Жыл бұрын

LOL

5:16 "slow in" i've tried this and the car behind hit me, he said, why you break so early?

A+

The track limits in iRacing and getting a 1x is probably my biggest complaint on that game. It is very harsh and because of that I have become overly cautious on some tracks. If I get off my rhythm I will often get more in off tracks than I do from bumping other vehicles. I think this more than anything else is what keeps people from getting faster on iRacing.

@cattocat4037

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think 1x for a off track is to harsch you should first get some warnings before you get a penalty or atleast if its just some inches of the track

4:16 Good grief, "every inch matters" and "could cause you to lose traxion"? My giggity-meter can only take so much!

any tips on how to get started with competition? not like online public lobbies, but actual organised events, it seems hard to find when these take place, what organisations host them and how to parttake. a lot of mystery from my perspective, being a mediocre online racer.

@studio9guy

Жыл бұрын

Check out Low Fuel Motorsports (LFM) for good on-line racing with better drivers. It takes time to get good enough to race there, but the regular servers can be a brutal place to try to get through a race in one piece.

Is there a 3rd-party, telemetry app for GT7?

Broo I drive whit that line turned on.. tells me where to break , should I turn off? How I’ll learn without? Thanks man

@TraxionGG

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great way to help you learn the track, but there’s only so much speed you can extract by following the line. It’s used as a general guide, and often won’t give you the ideal braking points or even lines, more just a safe example. Try turning it off, and learning how to pick out your braking points using other references. Look for braking boards, changes in tarmac colour, kerbs and white lines, even trees or buildings by the side of the circuit. It may take a bit of time but eventually you will be able to go quicker than you did by following the default line 😊

honestly through my 5+ years of sim racing (without a wheel at it), I've come to literally give up on lapping when i can't reach a certain time goal and dip from competitions i was planning to take part in due to lack of pace, at times i even thought i'd just be a bother to those going faster, but i realised that even if it does bother the fast ones it's the process to learn so if there's anyone out there that feels this just keep going at it and partake, you gain experience. I'm at 804h of AC. and remember, take breaks whenever you start feeling tired as from that point on it'll turn into pointless practice.

Say more things like this

@TraxionGG

2 жыл бұрын

more things like this

@Mix3dbyMark

2 жыл бұрын

@@TraxionGG 🤦‍♂

Watch the grass… iranking lmao