What I Learned in my FIRST SIM RACE (iRacing is FUN!)

Yesterday I completed my first ever sim race in iRacing. Apart from iRacing being a lot of fun, here's what I learned so you use it to help your sim racing.
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[@davidmann1871]

How to get good at iRacing: 1. Drive real race cars for twenty years 2. Coach racing for fifteen years 3. Crush Mazda noobs after fifteen laps of practice Seriously though, this was awesome to watch. It's interesting to see a pro racer getting into sim racing.

[@vitoaugello1677]

you forgot his last name is Mansell....

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

Check out David Perel's channel. Did pretty much the opposite, still a very impressive guy

[@A.i.r_K]

@Roger Crew not a good idea to be open about hacking your girlfriend's account

[@rafaelalves9864]

Scott, you said that you did only 15 laps before the race and that you've never raced in this track before. How about a video showing how you start practicing on new tracks, you process of finding de racing line and some tips on how to aproached unknown tracks?

[@Terry_Crouch]

Been simracing for about 25 years now (apparently, not very well). From just watching the few videos you've put up, I learned more in the past few weeks about what has been slowing me down than I did in the decades prior. You explain things that a normal person can understand, and instantly apply. Love this channel.

[@johnparker1290]

iRacing actually has a series of videos that are pretty good if you'd like actual schooling (and I've heard good things about VRS). I'm too damn stubborn at my age to do that so it has taken damn near 2 years but I should get my iRacing A license for the start of next season. (Like I'm good enough for that yet but at least I understand where I am and I can drive within myself now instead of crashing every few laps. I'm still not up to a 2 hour stint yet but that is my goal - join a team and do things like 12 and 24 hour races.)

[@markodarkovski5791]

25 years? What simracing game was available back in 1995 exactly?

[@Terry_Crouch]

@@markodarkovski5791 What a weird reply. My first was "Indianapolis 500 - The Simulation", which was actually Papyrus' first sim (as far as I know) in 1989. That was a good time, but it wasn't until they released Indycar Racing in 1993 that I got hooked. NASCAR Racing came along in 1994. So...several were available.

[@driver61simracing10]

Hi! There are a few comments about the audio being out of sync. It's because the frame rate variation, but no worries, I've sorted it out in the next video! Apologies.

[@MitchGreene]

Driver61 Sim Racing No worries man! Been using your videos to improve my sim driving for a bit now, excited to see you join iRacing. Hope to see you out on track!

[@gaddeath]

Might I suggest using/downloading Handbrake? It's a free program that will compress/convert videos so you won't have to deal with huge video files that are tens of gigabytes but it also converts the videos to a CONSTANT framerate. This is immensely useful since video editing software like Adobe Premiere don't handle variable framerates well which causes the audio sync errors.

[@scooter2329]

I learned more in a 12 :10 video than I learned turning practice laps. Thank you very much.

[@kimjunguny]

Don't read too much into this. Hes braking too hard and loosing so much speed in the highspeed corners. You should be doing 59s or 58s, hes doing 1.01. Just focus on confidence once you get to where he is in the video, practice will help, also watching people set good times while in the sim.

[@MisterMissingLogic]

This is fantastic, I've been playing iRacing for a few years now. A weekly chore of mine is to always look for track guides and video references of the track that is currently in rotation in iRacing. There are of course already video guides of these tracks but never the most recent video, iRacing updates the tracks on the quarterly-year basis and these changes in certain tracks make outdated videos unusable because there are significant changes in references. I would love it if you could do weekly races and possibly track guides for the weekly track rotation in iRacing. There a bunch of series, but seeing this as a driving coaching channel i think the main focus should be on rookie mazda, there are alot of iRacing like myself are looking good coaching channel like this. Thank you for providing us with these videos, me and my race craft sincerely appreciate everything you've done for this community.

[@ptmaline]

Tips for iracing: drive mazda until out of rookie, they are one of the best cars for close racing. You are split 1 speed easy with a small adjustment to the sim. Then new season openwheels or gt cars offer a huge amount of racing. Irating should climb with your skills fast.

[@christophmeier1457]

Mazda is like Wreckfest.... i have so good fights in Assetto Corsa, i have only crashkids in Iracing. For me, Iracing is a realy bad Game because the community is bad in the Rookie, D and C

[@ptmaline]

@@christophmeier1457 yeah, the huge divebombs, punts, crashes, more divebombs and telenovella rapido rants are a part of iPaying. But races are good in most cars, now that theres 20k online near eery hour. But yes, AC is goid, ACC in damn good.

[@christophmeier1457]

@Will.J i'm D...its like forza motorsport or need for speed. the people cant drive, divebomb and so on

[@WhiteRoseDrives]

As enjoyable as your other channel Scott! Loved the honesty about getting nerves in the sim too. A man of your racing calibre getting sim nerves makes all the rest of us feel so much more human :)

[@TomBoi]

I've been doing iRacing since last January, and just bought another year subscription when the Black Friday deal was still live. I love racing on this service. I mostly stick to asphalt and dirt ovals, but I have been dabbling a bit into road, although I haven't committed to a full road season. My heart is still in ovals and I love how high the competition is, and how hard you have to dig for times, especially on an oval circuit where being off the line by a few inches can cost you pole position. Road racing is super fun and gratifying. I highly recommend that if you do iRacing, try one of the other disciplines out that you don't mess with.

[@shed9155]

welcome to iRacing! you should check out VRS (Virtual Racing School) - you can use their service to record full telemetry from iRacing and analyze your lines/inputs, might make for good learning and good content. cheers

[@Rubiks694]

You dont need VRS for that. You can use MOTEC or ATLAS(only limited file size) to do the same with more customizability.

[@artemouse2007]

Ye i'm guessing they'll be snapping him up pretty quick :D Aggressive takeover! (overtake?!)

[@TheLoucM]

YES MORE IRACING CONTENT PLEASE !! awesome video :)

[@BedBug1984]

Just started a few weeks ago running Nordschleife tourist on Assetto Corsa, got stuck on running 6:25's with GT3 cars after about a week or so, watched some vids here, learned a few things and it's almost instantly run my PB from 6:25 to running steady 6:17's with PB of 6:14,9. Very helpful videos and info.

[@TheBeardedBrawler]

Nice Scott, Welcome to iRacing. Now redo the video because the MX5 now has the new tire model version 7, lol. iRacing is always changing. Really great showing the little bit of throttle to even out the balance of the car, I think that's going to help me a great deal. I've seen people just stamp on the throttle a lot coming out of corners and never understood how they could keep the thing in a straight line, but balancing the weight with the throttle and brake makes sense to me. Thanks.

[@driver61simracing10]

This was after the update yesterday!

[@TheBeardedBrawler]

@@driver61simracing10 ah brilliant. MX5s is where everyone that wants to do road racing in iRacing starts. Once you get out of Rookie license you can branch out a little more. This shouldn't take you long at all since you're a professional and know how to keep cars on the track. A lot of people go to the skip barber cars after rookies. Also there are the IMSA series at C licenses. You can check out www.iracingstats.com/ to see what series are popular right now. Looking forward to seeing a lot more on iRacing from your channel. Cheers.

[@robertbartelt6032]

I just started iRacing myself this year after a lifetime of loving motorsports but never getting to try it. When you start driving the other cars you really do start to understand how each one has it's own personality and characteristics that make handling them unique to each car/track combo. I learned so much from this video and look forward to learning more as you progress through the sim and try new cars and tracks.

[@Apotheotika]

Same here, I'm 3 months in. The iRacing community for the most part is incredibly helpful and friendly. I've been loving it!

[@AMPY_Motorsports]

Love that you are doing iracing now. Definitely do some videos with some higher powered cars like the Radical or the super popular F3 car. It would be neat to see you doing some oval or dirt stuff too. Maybe in the future you could do a video talking about mental fade and how to keep focused during endurance type races.

[@beardevil5969]

Really nice commentary! Explains a lot of things behind the going fast part :P And of course hearing from an actual Pro irl racer that those pixels are actually pretty close to Real Life is always a good thing! Hopefully we will see you in ACC too!

[@ThomasSWK]

If you go to your profile and scroll all the way down you will see 3 things required for getting to then next license level “Do x amount of races” “Do x amount of time trails” “Have safety rating above 3.0” If you have done all this, you will rank up at the end of the season. If you wanna rank up faster you need 4.0 safety rating. Note races only count if it’s a race that require your current licens level :p The term used by iracing is mpr

[@waclosh]

Guys in the race have been grinding this track for months and here comes driver61 with no knowledge of the track. Or car. Or game. And wins lapping a few.

[@FredbullGaming]

really nice to see u coming on iracing. i do know the mx5 for having done multiple season on it, finishing in top 30 all div included. that said, as u begin on iracing, dont forget u race with baseline setup wich is adapted for any level of simracer and really understeering. driving with a good selfmade setup absolutly change the car. The second thing to know is that last season (s4) the gar was still driving on v6 of tyre model, ut s important to know cos this tyre midel as an optimal pressure between 145 and 150kpa. min cold pressure on the mx5 is 175kpa, so f4om the start of tge race u are allready 30kpa too high, and will go up to around 225kpa at the end of the race, giving u a feeling of huge understeer on last laps. It should be interesting to see your feeling between the baseline and a good fast setup wich are used in advanced mazda cup availble in class C

[@Kraven83]

1:40 you're basically role playing in a sim 🤓 For me only 15 laps of practice would be way too little to be even remotely prepared, feel safe and not screw up badly 😬

[@chipsutcliffe7110]

Think about going to a new track as a new F1 driver and those 15 practice laps cost the team owners hundreds of thousands... and the whole world is watching. Their career and dreams depends on doing well, yet somehow they control all that and manage to go fast and not crash.

[@abhishekab1]

Chip Sutcliffe Yeah, but you see modern F1 drivers are lucky we have so many accurate sims now especially iRacing. Lando and Max regularly do sim racing and in fact max did practice a great high speed pass at SPA which he later executed in a real race

[@chipsutcliffe7110]

@@abhishekab1 The W series provided high quality simulations at all of their races of the next events' track, so the girls could get in some practice. I think many pros recognize the value, plus it is fun!

[@abhishekab1]

Chip Sutcliffe yeah true, just like the current gen of chess players get the most out of online chess. Players from smaller countries back in the 80’s and 90’s had to relocate to find competition. Not anymore

[@chipsutcliffe7110]

@@abhishekab1 There is pressure on developing young kart drivers in the USA to go to Europe to find the toughest competition. Teens are actually relocating in hopes of getting the best preparation to get to F1. Simulation is good, but there is nothing like actual wheel to wheel... It is crazy what it takes to get a shot at F1.

[@vinskilby3508]

Here's something that might help in terms of sr and irating sr is counted by inc per corner practice and quali both count towards this in a race server, second thing is you will gain irating finishing in top half of field and sometimes ahead of car number welcome to iracing and have lots of fun

[@themotorcycleroom549]

I agree mistakes in iRacing seem to happen way more! But it teaches you lessons about real life racing too.

[@formulah113]

The saint is for you to work on every aspect of racing. It allows you the opportunity put in enough locks so you can do the track with a blindfold on. It gives you the muscle memory and the opportunity to test your Fitness and fatigue levels. It will also allow you to work on the specific parts of a race weekend

[@CryptikGaming]

im tempted not doing this comment but will do it anyway Scott. So: First corner way less braking, around 60%, carring more speed into the t1. in turn 3 the long left hadner you can do a doble apex, braking much late and into the turn, going over the midle of circuit but not to much, relising the brake, turn in. and u will get yourself pretty much perfect for the second apex. exiiting into the next right hander with no lift after exiting t3 second apex. going into the right hand before uphill... u should brake just as soon as the shack at your right side desapears from your vision, with a small tap on the brakes and trail braking just a tiny bit into the apex, and full trhotle after.. if u make those changes u will probay gain just there 1.5 seconds at least..... some where in my "channel", you have a few races on that track with 45º, and a few laps as well, if not mistaken my best lap there is something around the high 57s low 58s .

[@lifes-a-journey]

Thank you for this video Scott. I just joined iracing a couple weeks ago and it's my first time doing sim racing, so I've got a huge learning curve ahead of me. I've been making huge improvements in my lap times, but still find myself well off the average pace of other racers and had been struggling to know why. Now I think I've learned why from your video. This should help me a lot with how to work on improving now. 😊 Would love to see this kind of video on other circuits with different corner types

[@pastorcharles8856]

This is really great!!! It encourages me to keep trying to get better and not cut corners with practicing my techniques. I know that I am much faster in the real world since a real car gives you more feedback. Yet the sim really does provide an excellent platform to sharpen skills and learn more race craft. I'd love to know what kind of racing gear you are using, wheel, pedal, ect. And how you feel VR compares to the real thing!! A valve Index VR headset and a 2080ti graphics card almost makes it feel like you are there, I am adding some transducers to my racerig soon in order to get more actual feedback from the sim. Thanks for all of your videos, I really appreciate them and have already gotten faster from watching them :-) Can't wait to see you dominate in the gt class!!! Cheers!

[@jochenf7557]

Great Video, would have needed this when i started the Mazda in iRacing. Now you will need to get out of Rookie and then continue with the Skippy! Fun Race car to race in iRacing. Iracing is my favorite sim btw and i look forward to more iracing videos

[@BenFreedmanRacing]

Glad to see you also have the same mindset, the point of the Sim is to help us improve IRL

[@vberl9573]

iRacing is the place to be for good online racing against other drivers. Assetto Corsa is a good sim for just having some fun in. rFactor 2 is a sim that takes some dedication to get working well and is probably the most detailed, physics-wise, of all current simulators.

[@Arverni_Ursi]

I’m learning so much thanks to you and my lap times already improved by following your tips. I’ve also became more consistent. Awesome content !

[@arvidjohansson3120]

Love these videos! Have you thought about getting tobii eye-tracker? Would be amazing to compare how your vision changes from quali to the race.

[@FordEntertainmentGroupFEG]

Really....after your "first" race in iracing....now your going to tell us how to go fast. CMON MANNNNNN

[@WalterBurton]

Yes, a thousand times yes. It's easier to make a mistake in sim racing than it is in the real world. I feel like this is a thing that the sim racing world doesn't talk about enough. As awesomely immersive as sim racing is, it's not the same, and the G-forces aren't the only difference. The amount (and type?) of mental effort you have to put in to maintain your focus is, I would argue, at least as important a difference as the lack of G-forces.

[@dukebrown4396]

I learn so much from your clear and concise instruction. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise!

[@dwelzel]

Great video Scott! I would love to get your view on others sims such as ACC, rfactor2, etc and how they compare. It seems to me they all behave quite differently, but I don't have the real life comparison.

[@Alstevens83]

The safety rating is simple to understand if you go off or get caught up/cause in a crash. You'll get a small notification during the race (an off-track is x1 and crashes can range from x4) and you've got a set limit before being disqualified (That's normally around 16 if I recall rightly) Irating is slightly more confusing at first, but to try and simplify it, when you've joined a race you're given a number (like in this video you got #11), So the aim is to finish higher than the number given, so lower the number (using the #11 in the video), you would need to try and be higher than that number. However, the irating will also fluctuate depending on the strength of the field. I've been in races on there where I've finished 9th and got 500IR, and in other races I've finished 4th and got 250IR. Hopefully, anyone who knows the complete science behind Irating will be able to explain it a lot better than I have However, I would love to see more content with Iracing, while it's an expensive sim, for open lobby racing for me it's the best one out there. I think since using it in July this year, I've only seen one person get cursed out for a simple mistake. Of course, that probably changes when you're in the top split for a race and all that. But I've enjoyed racing on there and cannot wait to get back on to the service.

[@cjensen]

Great video. Would be cool if you shifted between the camera angles so that we can see how close you cut the corners etc. I'm definitely watching the next one. Like to see how you progress and keep comparing it to real world racing - it's interesting 👍👍👍👍

[@FelixKims]

Can't believe you've never tried iRacing before, awesome, you got my subscription. PS: In future iRacing videos, kindly change the Game title in the description to iRacing, it's currently Assetto Corsa. Cheers!

[@driver61simracing10]

Oops!

[@dank4522]

Loved this video and excited to see your journey into sim racing.

[@brianrasmussen2956]

I have come to find that in simracing it is difficult to be fast mainly because there is no feedback through your butt. In real life learning the track, when to brake, when to accelerate and where to place the car is so much easier when actually feeling it. I also have a harder time focusing in sims, I think it’s because my brain knows I’ m not hurdling through the landscape at 100 km/h. Great vids, thanks for sharing.

[@rbpeirce]

Like you I've noticed sims, at least in Assetto Corsa, tend to be less stable than actual cars I know on tracks I know and that may be why its is easier to make mistakes. I think the key factor is I can't kill myself or destroy the car so I push harder. I actually find I'm about 5% quicker in the sim and that can cause small errors to become large. I'm trying to control that. There are other factors but that's a big one for me. In spite of all that I find it an exciting practice and learning medium.

[@driver8703]

I started this week for the first time and agree it is easier to make a mistake here than when I raced in real life. What I have found for me wether it’s iracing or just f1 games against AI is my mind can drift off and think about other things such as work, or life or friends because I am in a safer environment at home. While in the actual car there was nothing else to think about other than the task at hand and the feeling the car had over my entire body.

[@figmo4227]

Mazda cup is absolutely the correct place to start, I would also encourage you to try the Formula 3 rookie series aswell as the Mazda cup to help build iRating and SR.

[@jameswohler985]

Lime Rock is my favorite track, unfortunately you don't get the beauty of it in sim racing. Having driven it both in sim and real world I would concur that sim is more twitchy. For instance on the uphill turn that you say is difficult you really only need to lift and the compression of the car with the uphill give you great grip. (the danger at the top is real if you don't straighten the wheel). And that isn't with a Miata. The rest was spot on great video congrats on the win!!

[@iainrenton7527]

Would love to see how to drive the Porshe 991 cup car and your set up. It's a slippery bugger and the track is very unforgiving.

[@lucasalves0461]

You should do a video teaching how to practice to get better and better

[@Nik-zc5ro]

I think the reason why you feel you can make mistakes easier in the sim is because you dont get all the information of what the car is doing. It takes some time to adopt or forcast the car behaviour in the sim and also the kind of rig you are using can give you more information (like load cell brakes, DD Wheel, telemetry based transducers or a motion rig). I also find it quiet hard to get a sense of speed using monitors. With VR I felt confident much quicker. Nice to have a real world racer giving feedback on sims. That is very useful for developers to further improve there software 👍

[@PhilippeBouchardphoto]

I love these videos !! It's a really nice idea that you had. Keep em coming ! It would be nice if you could make a video talking about concentration or focus during a race. It seems that everytime I race for 30-45 min I can't stay focused all the way through. It's actually funny that you talked about this, I had the impression I was the only one. Thanks again for those awesome videos !

[@ChrisJdunks]

Yessss this is awesome! Please do more! I look forward to seeing how you battle in the mid field

[@tfadd12]

take the Radical SR8 to Lime Rock Park..very fun and fast..Thanks Scott for your help!! Would be awesome to go up against you one day..cheers!!

[@1xRacer]

Just so you know you can map a button for telemetry record and view it on motec. I believe it's ctrl t by default. As well as virtual racing school has their free telemetry app. Safety rating isn't really important in iracing, once you hit B class you can pretty much have everything available. Irating is a number which represents your talent or at least it tries to, but it also incorporates safety as you have to finish well to gain irating. Rookie is mostly mazada D Class is fixed bmw gte brand new this season, as well as vln when it comes back, and skippies C Class is imsa B Class is vrs and ilms A class is formula 1 which rarely is popular F3 and porsche 911 cup are also somewhat popular the cars are fantastic but I don't remember its licence. The cup car I would believe the to be the most realistic in all road series. Typically people stick to one car or one class as that is what is believed to be the best way to reach your max potential. If you want to run GT3 you can do imsa or vrs or vln. If you want to gte you can do fixed bmw gte, imsa or ilms. If races reach above a certain number of entries there are multiple splits, the higher your irating the higher split you will be in. Which generally means better racing in regards to predictable safety, pace, ability to fight. Lower splits are a complete wreck fest. There are three primary endurance events, vln which you don't need a team mate, 6h iELMS which are every other weekend starting off the 2nd weekend of the season, you require a team mate and the same with vrs which are 3 hour and every weekend. I would think for your channel: Most people drive gte, imsa is probably the most popular and would want your advice on those cars and tracks. There are three dominate purchasable setups, pure racing, virtual school racing and Craig's setup shop. Most competitive people will run these setups as is, or with a minor tweak. But people will also be interested to hear how you go about car setup. Team redline aka lando norris, Max Verstappen and others are notorious for making their own setups which are insane. Lastly being a real life racer people are highly interested in how sims compare to real life, you've done a video on this already but you could easily talk about it in every video as it's interesting as most have never driven a real sports car and want to know how big their e peen is. Thanks for another awesome video! BTW common apps people run are crew chief, kapps, sdk gaming, simhub or z1. If you press ctrl f12 in replay mode you can bring up the camera and adjust it. In options you can remove steering wheel, or remove steering wheel and hands.

[@thexpto51]

Great work! I'm really glad that I found your channel! One thing that confuses me is how do we drive just by seeing the rev's counter? I know noob question, but I just did my first track day a few weeks ago.

[@dombou70]

Great video thank you. That said, there's a huge amount of time left on the table in your laps. You aren't flat in places you can be. Not using all the track. Wrong line into turn 2. There's an easy 3 seconds to be found. You should be mid 58's with the correct lines.

[@BMS_Bernd]

nice videos. start also with iracing. have so lot problems with braking and throttle. nice to found your channel. Hope you make more races...... and explanations for technique

[@nickhardiman2142]

Really enjoying watching your videos and hopefully I'm learning something 🤔. All the best Nick

[@ObjectifRacing]

😎 Welcome to the club and the pleasure of seeing you on the 😁

[@AgentJot23]

Great video. I would love to hear your thoughts on Porsche 911 Cup car.

[@michaelyip9610]

Top tip - pressing space bar will remove the information bar at the the bottom of the replay!

[@driver61simracing10]

Thank you! I was wondering how to do that!

[@BladeRunner031]

Happy to see you in iRacing 👍

[@FULLNinja69]

Really enjoy your channel. It's helped a lot. It would be great if you could do a team up video with the Sim Racing Garage and his new 6dof rig.

[@alexincognitoo]

Can you try the new tire model on iRacing in the Porsche GT3 Cup and give a conclusion of how real cars feel in comparison? Especially on cold tires. Thanks and keep it up.

[@FFFFindoor]

Also, I notice I sometimes lose focus on long stints in iRacing. I think it turns into too much muscle memory if no other cars are around you. Like I stop thinking about things like: did I turn in too early, did I understeer, etc. As for what to do next: I say keep with free content for a while. For fun try ovals - being in a pack of cars can be hectic but fun.

[@rwfracing]

Thanks for the video it showed me where I have been messing up.

[@TheCourage89]

Awesome video Scott! From my own experiences could I please request a video on weight distribution and transfer of weight for each corner on a track? I'll give an example. I've obtained my first wheel at christmas and have spent maybe 70 or 80 laps at a certain track and shaved around 10 seconds. However, looking at the leaderboard I'm about 9-10 seconds off the world's quickest pace and one of the things I've noticed I'm bad at is transferring weight from one side to the other quickly without reducing speed or sliding, do you have any tips on this? Also, are there any good tips you have for corners in which they come from a fast straight and have no visual markers to spot your breaking point? Regards, Mark

[@devioushk]

Was this before or after the newest update? They've updated the tire model for the mx5 recently. The new tire model is much more dynamic when it comes to grip levels and tire temperatures. The car is super slippery the first few laps until tires come up to temp. I'd like to learn and understand your approach to changing breaking points and finding the limit (while being competitive) with dynamic tire grip that can change dramatically over a race.

[@driver61simracing10]

This was straight after. Yes, I noticed the tyres were struggling for the first lap or so!

[@cHackz18]

Also, if you haven't done one already, take us for a trip around your sim racing setup! :)

[@jacobpeddycord9218]

Love the video! I would love to see more videos like this, and I was wondering if you could do a video in the Mazda with the new tire model. I found it really cool and realistic, but go-karts are a little different on cold tires than racecars. Also, let me know how your first 10 races go in the Mazda. I won 6 out of 10 of them, and I am curious to see how I compare with a real driver. I am sure yours will be 10 out of 10. Finally, on the last corner, as soon as you hit that little dip mid way through the corner, you can floor it. The tires will bite and it may help you gain a tenth or two. Overall, you can be a little more aggressive on the throttle in the Mazda, but once you move on to the other cars, you have to roll onto it like you were doing. That's my 2 cents worth, but overall, I love the video. I watch a lot of iRacing videos, and the way you are doing yours makes it a lot more enjoyable than what other people are doing. Thank you, and keep them coming plz!

[@shaunconley8229]

Found your Channel a while ago now and I have watched most of them. I'm only a casual racer in video games but love the science behind racing in most things competitive. You speak and explain clearly in a way I very much like. Looking forward to more videos for the help. Especially ones in regard to sim racing.

[@zretil]

Try some of the classic GT cars in iRacing when you get a chance, like the Audi GTO and the GT1 cars, you will absolutely love them!

[@BlindGoose1]

Great video. Now I'm really looking forward to when you get to the GT/ GTE cars. :)

[@jaydee8478]

Nice Video. Good Tips and well explained! Go on!

[@rafaelalves9864]

Amazing video! I set my goals to 1% of the best time, like you did on that 61 laps challenge, but I'm still 3 to 4 seconds behind. I'm trying to adjust my vision and be gentler on the inputs, but still a lot of time behind...

[@AzrilNazliAlias]

Invest into VR equipment. iRacing VR implementations is one of the best

[@RRgaming2322]

Awesome stuff. Welcome to iracing 😀

[@driver61simracing10]

Thanks! It's amazing!

[@stephaneboyer4286]

Thank you! Very informative on driving the mazda. I have difficulty driving the porshe 991 cup car, would love your input on it, very lively car :)

[@iainrenton7527]

Your not alone Stephane, The track is hard and the car want's to kill you. Moving the break balance towards the front makes braking easier I'm using 52%. I'm a total newbie to iRacing, learning as I go, so my advice may not be the best. Just done practice laps so far, I think staying at the back and watching the mayhem in front is the best method if you are not on the front row of the grid. Iain

[@maxcalder1010]

Nice race! Try the f3 or the formula Renault’s with the new tire model! They are very realistic now. It’s pretty cool

[@olvnat5130]

great channel man thanks for this!

[@TheJustulis]

Love your channel, great videos!

[@meninoxico]

Excellent video. Thanks for this.

[@talladeganights24]

NOT BAD NOW time to do some OVAL RACING

[@deeboh1629]

Is the Mazda supposed to be driven in manual or sequential? Really informative video and perfect timing as I just got iRacing for black friday.

[@skilewis74]

It would be great for you to give insight in how to best drive and set up cars in iRacing that are unpopular bk they are considered problematic, like the Daytona Prototype Corvette, & a bit less so, Radical SR8.

[@ThalisUmobi]

iRacing is the way to go! Very soon you will be racing super fast and consistent guys. Can't wait to watch!

[@cocosloan3748]

We love this idea! Hope you will dominate! Will follow you for sure!

[@BigMeanyVids]

Id like to see your lap on same config of Limerock in the Mazda with the new tire model just released onto it.

[@guidogi8259]

Hi,on project cars 2 we can map the wheel to change brake bias and antirolls bar during a race.could you explain when in theory would be advisable to do só.thanks from Brazil

[@esIworld]

iRacing is not very intuitive. I'm still struggling with what to to do next sometimes. Getting out of the rookie season was easy. For the non-pros, be sure to pick tracks that are forgiving and let you get away with making a mistake here and there. I hear that people can get stuck, but It can easily be done in 2 races. My biggest problem with iRacing was choice of cars after the Mazda. I bought a GT3 Ferrari, but that's just too big of a jump. Only now, they are introducing a GT4 car and, that is a far better continuation.

[@TheBeardedBrawler]

I did the same, jumped to the Ferrari GT3. It was a big jump I felt like. If i was going to do it again I probably would go to the Skippies and then to the IMSA Pilot series with the Audi RS3 LMS. I've actually gone back to MX5s for a little, I feel like things in my technique are missing so sometimes a step back to go forward is a good idea.

[@CryptikGaming]

for both of you i would advise after the mazda going into the skipbarber, that way you are able to test both sides of the coin, open and non open wheel cars. And have a good feel for both cars.getting out of rookie everyone does. rookie its just to settle your IR and know where to place you on splits. i not sure anymore but would be something like 6 or 7 races needed to get D license. after that, its up to you to improve to the next licenses. in open wheel cars, after the skip you have the formula renault 2.0 ,and the mazda formula. after this ones you should already understand the sim better to make your choices. in non open wheel cars, after the mazda mx5 u have the caddilac. wich you should learn how to drive a bigger more powerfull car and much harder to handle. with the need of a more refinned pressing of the pedals and subtle wheel control.and the new audi ( the one FWD). wich also provide very good battles and a different kind of control than the mazda needs. hope this helps you making choices..and better ones, instead of jumping into GT3 after mazda :)

[@巻木トリスタン]

its a big jump, the GT3 ferrari is too hard to drive, in most of the races it looks like a GTA race, i bought it and now after some months i can control the car but its the same evetime you race, in the first lap there is an accident and it is not an accident who involved two or three cars, in one race in Tsukuba we had 9 cars involved in an accident in the first corner, in one race a guy hitted me and i ended up in last, because of the accidents i finished in 5th, if you want to drive a Ferrari or a Porsche have in mind that you need to be smoother because all the weight is in the back so it tends to oversteer more.

[@AMRosa10]

First race in iRacing: Pole. Flag to Flag first place. Win. No incidents. Community sees this video. iRacing experiences mass exodus of players who finally realize that they actually suck at racing.... Why are you not in F1 or WEC?

[@johnparker1290]

It would be good to talk to the noobs about using practice right. Too many of them treat it like a race. If someone is closing on you and obviously faster during practice don't block - let them by then follow them and figure out their line so you can get faster. Same thing with braking points. If someone almost hits you entering a corner don't complain - figure out how they are pulling off that late braking. You can't 'win' in practice - the point is to get faster... If you can't keep up use the replay system to watch their laps to see what they are doing that you aren't.

[@FFFFindoor]

What do you think of the recent tire model change on the Mazda? Based on the version of Limerock, I assume you made this prior to yesterday's update.

[@Yorinorico]

Loving this, thank you!

[@hob3k]

Hey. Can you please make another video or check with Mazda after update to V7 tire model ? Now car feels different for me and a lot slower than before.

[@jonclark25]

I've always thought of doing some sim racing.... is a set up on the Xbox with a good wheel and pedals good enough or does it really have to be a PC sim racer on a high spec PC?

[@TrackDaysDude]

1:55 on and off the accelerator. Why? Re your video "Are you using the throttle all wrong?" where you suggest to avoid this.

[@logo8009]

I really enjoy your content. Could you touch on the new iracing tyre model. Since the release cars are like driving on ice and never seem to get the grip as before. Are they really that slippery in real life? I understand the heating up but, then they should have better grip. I'm 3 seconds slower a lap and it's the same for everyone but, I feel like it's almost not realistic.I have gained so much from watching your videos and feel like I have taken a larger step back now not able to get near the edge and pushing the car because it's on the edge the whole time.. Thanks

[@driver61simracing10]

I'd say the new tyres on the Mazda (the only car I've driven) is correct. iRacing have done a good job.

[@logo8009]

@@driver61simracing10 Thanks for the reply but, I though the update was after season 4 I see you were on Lime season 4. It was right after that week 13 is when I had noticed the change. Thanks for the rely please keep the videos coming.

[@abdullamohammed2637]

1:41 i know its subtle but why are you steering slightly left here?

[@TheGamingHungary]

According to your driver profile, your first race was a P8 finish ^^

[@driver61simracing10]

I didn't realise my clutch didn't work... And jumped the start, so I quit.

[@sosovoo1]

How stiff do you run your brake pedal? Would you stay its stiff or soft?

[@yuccafarmergaming1479]

great information!

[@bensoniusprime]

Keeping focused is such a challenge for me...