Biggest Sim Racing Tips (sim driver analysis)

Sim racing technique and setup advise from Driver61's head coach, Scott Mansell. In this Driver's Analysis series, Scott takes a look at your laps to enable everyone to learn and become faster, more consistent and feel in total control on track.
Today's video rides onboard with sim racing driver Jamie Hunt in a Audi R8 LMS GT3 around the Brand Hatch GP circuit. Scott talks about sim racing technique, and later, about sim racing setup. Jamie is using Assetto Corsa software.
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[@Driver61]

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[@jamiedh3036]

Scott, thank you so much for this. I've enjoyed your channel for a few years now. All your advice is fair, and more importantly, makes sense. I have 25 notes from this video for room for improvement. I will be posting my progress to your advice in a few days here, if you're interested: kzbin.info/door/MTgiiAoO7mmDzD66kO6VMA?view_as=subscriber It's clear I'm not the best sim racer, but I do love my hobby. This advice is going to be invaluable for me to improve - thank you so much!! Keep up the good work!

[@CoyHere]

Wheres the car setup videos? About what does what as people have no idea like myself. I only have drifting tuning knowledge. Not how to steady a car..

[@bbogdanmircea]

Can I really upload my 5 seconds off the pace laps here and get some tips?

[@omergok940]

I'll as soon as my wheel arrive your advices really life and lap time saver :D good stuff!!

[@catfinger]

Hey Scott, are you still doing analysis by any chance? I'm doing a time trial with a friend on brands hatch in an mx-5, the send of competition is fierce and I'm really struggling to find any more time - would love to see where I can beat him!

[@roflcoptero]

When the throttle and brake bar change color(to yellow) that means TC and/or ABS kicked in. I guess it's good info for you since you were wondering what was that "orange" throttle bar.

[@dubtube6691]

Thanks for the information, the crew chief in Assetto Corsa Competizione didn't tell me about this, fired. It's really hard to implement this extra information into the game nowadays 🤔

[@anthcesana]

Sim racer myself here, loved the video and hope to see more in the future. I'm still yet to make it through the driver training program I've had favourited for AGES now, but these little short clips of valuable information are super handy. I understood everything you were saying.

[@MJTbreww]

Fantastic content. Love to sim race myself and analysing your own laps and other’s laps is a perfect way to find where you may be loosing time. Would love to see more sim content as well as real world Would be interesting to analyse different level of sim racers, beginner, intermediate and a world record run

[@shredreturnoftheshred4075]

Just wanted to say that I think the clarity of your input is awesome. I’ve learned so much from your channel and your site. I’ve knocked so much time off my laps. Thank you

[@dareonanderson5388]

I always love videos like this, the more knowledge the sim racers have the better the overall experience will be, bringing sim that much closer to real life.

[@jonathanteagle1040]

Thanks Scott, great channel. Your advice has helped me find me 5 seconds per lap at Spa. I kid you not! PS I have very happy memories of watching your dad power-sliding the Cortina out of the chicane at Thruxton, lap after lap, back in the 90s. :)

[@davidhomolicsan6956]

Amazing video, thanks for making this new series, noob sim racer here looking forward to learning more. PS: my only criticism is that the video ended up a bit to abruptly.

[@caan-zu5gm]

I will watch this episode 3 or 4 times. Lots of great information in here. Tank you driver61.

[@raminpartovi734]

Great video as usual! More of it please. And maybe talk about some guidance on what to look for when you self analyse your sim racing, how to interpret telemetry data and what kind of parameter to collect (and programs to use) in general. Thanks for making this content!

[@AdridevGaming]

Awesome tip about tunning the rebound, Thank you.

[@benbunch4159]

Starts around 12:50

[@zakkwyldesdmf13]

Thanks, finally I got it what effect changing the rebound actually has to your car.

[@moseidon946]

The zoom to fill option can finally be utilized, thank you racer61! 😊

[@SimRacing1978]

Amazing coaching! I never knew it took that much to be good!

[@richysracing9524]

Hi new sub, I can not stress that anuff you're hardware needs to be set up correctly, from force feedback, fov, steering degrees, and most of all the best thing I love with a decent sim, acc, ac, iracing, rf2, r3e, ams, is car setup, it really does take a lot of time to set up the car to how you like it, Glad I found your channel, don't know how I haven't already 👍💯🏁 Brilliant info

[@yeahnahsweetas]

There's so much insightful knowledge in this particular video, thanks Scott!

[@DanieleDugnani]

Thanks for the advices, now I know what I should correct to improve my lap times

[@LorenzoClara97]

Keep on with this series. It's amazing

[@arvidjohansson3120]

As always Scott thanks for the free content. Have you thought about offering coaching over the internet for simracers? I would personally be interested in that if the price was right.

[@paulrubens3048]

as usual, FANTASTIC tutorial

[@guidofoc7057]

Thanks for the video, very interesting. I am nitpicking here, but just FYI this is ACC (Assetto Corsa Competizione) and not Assetto Corsa which is the previous sim made by the same devs, Kunos.

[@Cmcmillen77]

New to sim racing. This is so much information I had no idea existed

[@CaptainCrunch99]

Most excellent analysis and comments!

[@zootalk]

Hi there, very nice video. Would like to see you do a commentary and tips on how to setup the car, talk about what every item of setup does and etc. That would really help alot of people to get up to speed. Cheers

[@theRACEAHOLIC]

Awesome!!! Thx for sharing your experience with us mate!

[@VMVarga-yf6eg]

Great video,have applied much of what you say and have improved more than I could ever imagine. thanks for the time you put in👍

[@darkblueturbo]

Very good. Trying real hard myself to be smoother coming off the break. Love the end ‘you kept it pinned’. Love it :)

[@saouke]

Fantastic video Scott :) FYI with this particular sim the race logic system is fully functional so drivers should be able to switch it to delta mode. Also worth noting is devs have fully integrated the Motec data logging system so might be worth letting people know they can do a data trace and send you their lap telemetry for further analysis :) look forward to more videos from you!

[@baccattack]

For anyone wondering, the racelogic display can be changed to show the delta time, among other things.

[@yesway]

This is a treasure trove of knowledge

[@slipstreamautosport]

Awesome advice

[@belleyy4810]

The tire pressures are way off for this car (should be 27.5ish all around for biggest contact patch) and suggests to me Jamie is a lot better than this single performance. However as usual I think the info that we get from driver61 is excellent, Thanks for all your efforts and content

[@VarietyLevel7]

#Driver61 🏎️💨👍🏿 Awesome. Like i said, i watch all of your videos (again & again) to get better at sim racing. Specially after i turned off ABS on all cars. Braking became a religion for me. Thank you so much Scott for all these tips. Cheers.

[@nfergistink110]

Brilliant, this is just the kind of thing I've been waiting for :-) x

[@kelmo1989]

Great video and instruction. You had your work cut out for you after reviewing the game footage on what looks to be played on a Sega Mega Drive with that frame rate!

[@David-yx5vx]

Just an idea, if you want to reach out more to sim racing as well and possibly have a community around it based off your channel, a discord server might not be too bad of an idea. Since most people here seem to be in for help and advise on improving themselves, it might be a nice place to gather around and exchange experiences, tips and each other’s improvements. And not to forget saying it: as always, amazing videos, keep the good work up! Your content is extremely valuable!

[@Driver61]

Hi Sam - I'm not sure what you mean? What's a discord server?! Help me out!

[@David-yx5vx]

Driver61 oh, im sorry, I forgot not everyone knows that. Basically it’s a program where you can setup several rooms on a server for voice chat or text/picture/video chats with different subtopics etc. People can join that community then and communicate there together. Basically like a communication tool for gaming communities. Most of the people i know use it to chat while driving in assetto or playing games or just to hang out and text, etc.

[@glutenfreesr9858]

@@Driver61 Most KZbinrs now have a Discord server now , it's not that complicated can be a useful tool as there's so much you can do with it.

[@richardsmith9615]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the upload!

[@r4m_bockwurst_gt419]

He's seeing his delta in the top left but it's cropped off. Did 3 hours of practice yesterday in brands hatch. In the rain

[@lydiagould3090]

Very interesting to watch and listen. When I drive on my sim it doesnt seem to relate too well to real life driving. I find it a good way to learn a circuit, but havent really got he hang of it ,and make lots of mistakes I dont do in real life in racing on track. Maybe speak with you about it on 17th November

[@smoothacceleration437]

Brilliant, more like these at other tracks !!

[@piotr.kaczmarski]

Thank you for this video! I would also like to see some beginner and medium level sim racers videos analysed, please:)

[@ale-lp]

Really interesting and helpful video, thanks Scott! Now that you're getting more into sims you might do more circuit guides using different sims :D

[@ihababbas9863]

Thanks for your efforts and for your time❤️

[@paulpalm9464]

would it be possible for you to make some setup videos for sim racing? For Assetto Corsa on Fanatec Hardware for example or just some universal hints/ rules? I like your videos a lot. Thank you!

[@truekera]

this is huge! thanks!

[@proliciousgamer]

As a rookie I might ask, why isn’t he using the full width of the track?! Thanks again for the very helpful analysis. Helps me a lot! 🙏 I think I settled down for that track as my practice track. Any recommendations on what track you’d advice a novice to pick as a training track oppose to that one?

[@alexmutter5072]

Awesome stuff! More sim racing technique videos please! Very very beneficial for learning set up and I'll make sure to send my footage in soon! Looking to upgrade my current sim wear; any recommendations?

[@AlistairMcKinley]

Awesome video - very much appreciated. Thank you very much!

[@joaquincanay3979]

u are amazing dude, great video

[@RoscoePablo]

Should do more tracks on iracing. That would be awesome

[@Switch_X_Back3884]

I thank you sooooo much for your videos. Im not a professional, probably consider a noob to Sim-Racing. I have raw talent. I have family members who have raced go-carts. My dream is to get good enough to do the ESports F1 series. Ive played with a wheel and pedals for about 2 months. I have gotten within .6 secs of the World Record at Austria. So, with some help I believe I have potential to be really good. Not being bias, but come on. Within .6 of the World Record with about 2 months of play time vs some ppl have years of Sim-Racing experience. But, you Sir have helped me a lot just by watching your videos. I could only imagine if you taught me inside a car. Wow, I could be really good. But, thanks for ALL your videos. I watch them all. Wether I need it or not. I want to learn it all. Like this video. I was still able to take some points away from this video. Even tho, I, personally didnt need this particular info. Was wondering if your the son of the Great Nigel Mansel?? Former F1 Champion!!!!

[@David-yx5vx]

Stay humble tho... people don’t like arrogance, and you never know which important person you’ll meet. Good luck with expanding your skills tho, seem to have a good base to start off.

[@sevenbelow7]

Fantastic video. Subscribed👍🏻

[@CoyHere]

God I love these as a sim driver

[@JMartinni]

5:10 Yes, you can change the Racelogic to show the delta.

[@thatsimracer666]

i might try to make a 1 lap vid of my best lap at zolder in Assetto Corsa Competizione and see what ur thoughts are

[@JonJon-dk3nh]

With RWD cars, do you guys (real racers) also use the brake and throttle at the same time during corners to turn the car in and to also transition the weight balance more smoothly ? Excellent videos. Subbed!

[@86mystek]

I'm not sure, but he is doing about 1:28. I played a lot AC and ACC and loved much Brands Hatch (I actually love English tracks, because you have a lot of hilly tracks, you are not driving on flat tracks, so you have to think twice about car's balance). In my opinion Jamie is not using full of track (specially you can see it in corner exits, he is not using outside kerbs), secondly - he still didn't manage brake points - he is braking not constantly in same places, there is a little difference in braking points comparison lap to lap. I'm not an alien in this game, but easily can do 1:26 and probably even less in ACC (didn't play too much Brands Hatch in this game yet) but I can see many mistakes in his driving.

[@mr_smilegaming8842]

How did he have oversteer at the corner before the last one?? What i usually experience is understeering. The steering wheel feels very light and i have to lift a bit, and then gently apply pedal linearly to get back front traction.

[@larrystarks3807]

Where can I find information on the best way to start a sim race? What do the pros do?

[@pedroferreiragomes3466]

What a great vídeo here, thank you 👍

[@yesway]

Yessss

[@gaspermedved5803]

Awesome stuff man, applying my entry right now but I just need to ask people, who still plays acc? and why? because it's worse than original ac.

[@thomasgoodwin2648]

Good as gold! TY so much!

[@stanis083]

Great stuff!

[@lolzlarkin3059]

Is the end cut off this vid?

[@benbunch4159]

(real world question, but sim applicable) if your car has 1-way adjustable suspension, meaning compression and rebound are adjusted together, would you still suggest increasing that setting in the scenario you describe at 12:50?

[@davidwilhelmsen980]

You make great content, but having the popup with subscribe multiple times over the video is just distracting. Having one at the start and one at the end is plenty. Just my thoughts. Again, great content, keep it up

[@escorpio5911]

Hi! For you, which is the simulator with physics closer to those of real life?

[@heikogehrig]

What about the amount of steering input? What is the maximum? Very generally speaking of course - there’s so many variables. Try to keep it below 90 degrees, 120 degrees in slow corners? I see some people put huge amounts of steering in a turn, but in theory they will just push the tires far over the amount of grip that’s available and create huge understeer? Effectively the tires would just be plowing or sliding over the pavement rather than steering the car with effect grip? Do I understand this correctly? I tried this in project cars 2 and asseto corsa competitizone (basically just completely over rotating the wheel 200 degrees, really over dong it, but the car didn’t seem to understeer or not turn in less effectively as if I did normal steering inputs). I’m confused! I still put in normal inputs, but my test did not help my feeling/understanding.

[@larrystarks3807]

I did 1:30.4 at sunset peninsula road track. Is that any good?

[@rkriger01]

What sim game was used for this video?

[@JohnyG29]

When you say "the car is rotating well" what does that mean?

[@TheGavranatar]

damn boy, you need some foam on those walls stat.

[@souldry]

Forcing my vision further down the circuit is insanely difficult

[@BlackSun2109]

Really good Video. But can you use next time a footage of an faster driver. 1.27. Lap times are not really good on this track

[@Psychoh90]

One advice I would give to this guy is just trying to adjust better to the circuit because there is a lot of space that he is not using coming in and out of the corners.

[@jimmyd1337]

When the bars change to yellow im pretty sure thats when ABS and TC are working.

[@Driver61]

Ah, thanks!

[@jimmyd1337]

@@Driver61 No worries. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@jamiedh3036]

@@Driver61 Yes, Scott, he is right. Plus, regarding set up: the sim allows for a customisable set up, but for the video I used a preset. Presets, be warned!! lol

[@jamespisano1164]

I love this channel... is this video actually about gaming? LoL.

[@rmpadilha]

A câmera de visão do piloto tá totalmente torta pra direita, parece que o piloto está correndo com a cabeça torta olhando pro lado! Regula isso, pelo amor de Deus! =/

[@WallyMast]

His tyre pressures are too low. They should be a touch under 28.

[@Gmanxxx1214]

If you don't know your car you won't be fast. If you don't know every turn, braking point and apex then you won't be fast.

[@pcholakov]

Fantastically valuable commentary, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! This has been really useful - I hope you'll continue to do both real-world as well as sim racing videos. Always great to watch.

[@BladeRunner031]

Low speed front rebound.Worth to mention cuz this car I assume has high speed rebound too but what I think is he just needs to trail brake a bit more into the corner and to learn to take corners in the way when he is on full throttle on exit that is it,to not need to lift on exits. Also,may I ask is it possible for me to sent you video to analyze my driving?I would like to know my mistakes and I want to be better.iRacing is sim?

[@tifjosi]

iR, AC, ACC are sims

[@whysoslow1999]

@@tifjosi and rF2, AMS, and some others.

[@BladeRunner031]

@@tifjosi Hehe I ment I would record video for analysis in iRacing sim

[@Yozzeus]

If you call a 1.27.0 pushing ......well You haven't seen us pushing cars at Brands Hatch. I call pushing someone under the 24.5 mark But yes he's, pushing the car to the limits of his ability . Sir , Can you do this kind of content with a split screen with both footage of real car and SIM. I think your ability to differentiate driving styles and technique is top notch :) .

[@jasinow]

Awesome video, I’m getting myself a sim

[@mmcarfreak8328]

I've just watched this video and within 5 laps I improved from 1.28:6 to a 1.26:6 Thanks a lot for the great content

[@christianrubilar3120]

hi Scott, first of all, i want to thank you for make these videos (including the real racing ones) they´ve helped me a lot and that´s why i love them, but i have a question, i started to do what you said in the video , about pressing the brake during the corner to avoid or minimize understeer (because i´ve always had that problem, due i acelerate when recently start to turn), but in some corners (specially the hard braking ones) i lose the rear, and i still having a bit of understeer in others, so, is it a set up problem? or... what can i do? thanks in advance PS: sorry if i made a mistake while writing, i´m not good enough at english yet PS2: i´ve been driving audi LMS at spa

[@JustDevon]

Super useful info, thanks Scott👍🏻

[@arcelivez]

What a great job Scott! Thank you so much for touching on simracers cause we are watching your videos and really appreciate everything!

[@MrTycoon1995]

pff so much good information :D love this channel! i don't know how you are willing to upload these tips for free honestly!

[@steevo124]

Please tell me what I’m doing wrong. I’ve run Brans Hatch on ACC 1000 times and I can’t get any faster than 1:27-1:29. I can’t see making up 5-7 secs to get where my times should be. I’m on PS5 and running a dedicated cockpit with the Logitech Pro wheel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWHOZ3qDmJeCfKM

[@gfig515]

Great video. Very informative. Thank you Scott Mansell.

[@costinmihnea8806]

Your information helped me alot... thank you, but I still have a problem with braking without ABS, I reduce the pressure from brakes to reduce the blocking effect, and still... can you please make a video for this ? Thank you...

[@richardsracingmad]

Great video Scott..however when you were analysing this drivers approach to Druids, I think you focussed too much on telling him to change his rebound/ settings for that corner…..IMO, you either set up your car for Druids, or you set it up for the rest of the circuit, GP or Indy. Sorry if I sound like a troll, just saying my opinion.

[@jamiedh3036]

Dear all, I was the sim racer being analysed, my thanks to Scott for this. I have posted a reply to him on his comment. In a few days I will post a video on how I take this advice on board on my sim racing channel here: kzbin.info/door/MTgiiAoO7mmDzD66kO6VMA?view_as=subscriber There are a few things you sim racers may be interested in (1) FOV: Scott asked me to provide a video that showed the steering inputs so I used this view. I usually use a different FOV. 92) the sim is Assetto Corsa Competizione

[@tauttechminusmanagedmusic3778]

I've been watching your videos, but am always distracted by an annoying habit you have of fiddling with the volume level on the Mac. Stop it. You are asking us to concentrate on what is happening in the various inputs but the sudden volume fiddling kills everyone's concentration. Your habit is even being discussed on racing forums. Literally every video you do has you fiddling with the volume. Really, stop it. It makes your videos look very amateur indeed.

[@lohungwai3128]

One psp game from codemaster Toca driver3,Vauxhall car quick race no set up,it is very difficult to control, if you have the game,I hope you can help me how to control .my english is no good,hope you understand my what I worte.

[@Tyborg425]

More sims please!

[@Tyborg425]

Def more set up and reading telem data to help with that. I use motec with all my good sims.

[@walterswdf2]

As of today, 30 July 2021, the upload page is not working. (Google Apps script error message.)

[@thatsimracer666]

i noticed u show a gen 1 r8 gt3 lms but the car he was using was either a gen 3 or gen 4 or maybe a gen 5 which is the more lambo designed body which with the restricters hits 270kph