EX-STIG vs CHARLES LECLERC - SIM BATTLE!

[@thebolsta]

"Shhhhhhhh".... The moment Ben fully morphed into an F1 driver.

[@DrBoobY2K]

So funny. The guy looked so meek afterwards, poor bastard, I was expecting a very English apology at the end from Ben but still, probably worth it for that time.

[@thebolsta]

@@DrBoobY2K He's probably been in that situation so many times that he understands the level of focus required to drive on the limit, and that in the final sector of a lap, the nerves are getting more and more intense. Ben will have known how good of a lap he was on, and was bricking himself at the thought of messing it up.

[@155andRising]

Almost Kimi-esque , Yes yes I know what i'm doing 😂

[@BenCollinsGaming]

#KIMI

[@umairasif15]

Some say he drives a fake F1 car to break speed records and he may phase through the race track into the ocean..

[@ThomasDeverell]

For those with motion rigs, note the subtle movements and not the jerky roller coaster motion.

[@BenCollinsGaming]

yep the bumps were real and the yaw was unique to that system - the speed of the feedback ./ movement is what really sets it apart as well

[@silviutudorescu8114]

correct its all about quick movements

[@TC2290-wh5cb]

It's impossible to simulate the g-forces of an F1 car, you're not getting 5Gs out of a sim rig and this rig doesn't try to, so if it's just a bit of roll, pitch and yaw it helps a lot..

[@numlock9653]

It looks like they have this rig turned WAY down, the pistons have far more travel than what is being shown here. My guess is it was too hard to film if cranked to 100%.

[@therealmudafuka7200]

You can literally see the moment the Stig starts Stigging, 15 laps to reach competitive levels is insane.

[@BenCollinsGaming]

wrote off 4x F1 cars in the virtual world, but it improved my learning curve LOL

[@enzodeligny17c]

Nah more like 1 or 2 laps is insane

[@therealmudafuka7200]

@@enzodeligny17c I suppose he does have open wheel experience, could be quicker

[@QXZ9027MKII]

@@BenCollinsGamingO’boy,,,🤙🏼🤣🤣 so cold & dry.

[@OneIdeaTooMany]

​@@BenCollinsGamingwriting off 4 F1 cars is still probably less than Mick Schumacher.

[@craigm6921]

Those who have raced will be familiar with the sensations we saw towards the end when everything settled down, the inputs became more subtle and the car just seems to be where you want. The flow state. I only ever got as far as racing 2 stroke karts at club level but the objective is the same; temporarily leaving reality to access that bit of the brain where time doesn't matter.

[@bozzy-101]

I loved the “Shhhh!!” when the guy said “Make sure you complete this lap!” 😂

[@Stefano1475]

Loved the video!! And as a wise man once said “ box, box, box “ 👍🏻

[@BenCollinsGaming]

Yes! Thank you!

[@emccrapple2503]

Awesome, this channel just keep delivering. Great effort Ben

[@hmbrz]

the jump From GP2 (the game ) to this and going fast after 15 laps 😼

[@adamg1zhd]

Thanks Ben, great to see a real F1 sim being used and how you got to that point when you zoned in. Good stuff!!

[@Cloxxki]

If you didn't use A and Z for throttle and braking, you just weren't serious about your racing in 1992.

[@DOPYT1]

Haha this! And < > for steering?

[@Cloxxki]

@@DOPYT1 You know what's up!

[@clueless4085]

That was well impressive! The modern cars are too fast for my brain. Spa or something, okay. But Monaco requires a level that I don't quite have. Thanks for taking us along! Cheers.

[@MrBackflip500]

What a machine ‪@dynisma9516. Stig... excellent driving mate, always a pleasure seeing you on the egde.

[@BenCollinsGaming]

Thank you it was fun chasing mission impossible - was pretty surprised by the result

[@NewGuyRacing]

Loving these videos!

[@BenCollinsDrives]

Thank you - this was a lot of fun and didn't exactly go to plan, but really cool experience

[@NewGuyRacing]

@@BenCollinsDrives my plan watching the video was to have fun and oh boy, i did 😂

[@mik9124]

👌👍👏 I gave you a close under 1.14 but Man , you did so quickly very well ... now imagine the hole race in this stress with other cars around . F1 is a realy hard job

[@BenCollinsGaming]

true - it's a whole different pressure

[@barksnbo3625]

It’s a bit safer than when we drove formula F1rst back in the 90’s, Ben!! 🤣🤣

[@biscuit8038]

Excellent video, keep them up!

[@BenCollinsGaming]

Thanks, will do!

[@biscuit8038]

Have you given any thought to doing instructional videos to improve sim racing skills? Or are you a bit sick of teaching people how to drive these days? You did it enough on Top Gear.

[@EritoKaio]

Would love to see you have a go in Assetto with the new VRC Formula Alpha car mod, I feel you'd love learning it.

[@szymonski1905]

Would love to see you doing some rally driving! Something completely different 😎🤓

[@BenCollinsGaming]

good call - seen some great Rally sims (beyond my SEGA RALLY days in the Delta vs Toyota!!)

[@szymonski1905]

@@BenCollinsGaming looking forward to it 😎 RBR and the recent WRC would be awesome to watch

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

@@BenCollinsGamingRichard burns rally is the must have rally sim, even if it’s 20 years old

[@biscuit8038]

Let's get track drivers in rally sims and rally drivers on track!

[@mikesadorf]

We need an hour long livestream of Ben's time trials with lofi beats to chill to

[@BenCollinsDrives]

haha - let's do it

[@williamyamm8803]

With the SIM it seems even faster than with inboard camera on TV. Welldone to the STIG. You improve quiky 👍 Greetings from France

[@BenCollinsGaming]

Thank you very much!

[@ianscott5293]

Fascinating to watch both Ben and the sim in action. A very strong demonstration that speech is a high order brain function, and he has to stop commenting in order to achieve his performance increase.

[@ItchingToLearn]

Well done mate

[@BenCollinsGaming]

Cheers!

[@Tj930]

The progression was impressive 👍

[@Prodriver33]

I’ve spent hundreds of hours on the gran turismos on that track. It’s seriously fun.

[@Andyyy1978B]

Brilliant lap! I wonder how much slower you'd be in a real car where the possibility of death is real? Maybe something for the future to look at?

[@AMC182xx]

Great to watch Ben 🤘.

[@owendavies6905]

Was wondering what your reaction would be when told you were cutting T1. Didn’t disappoint😂😂

[@fcbayerndotca]

In GP2 the space bar was for upshift and downshift. Brake and spacebar equaled down, throttle and spacebar was up. Brake was Z key, throttle was A. Turning was

[@mattmid7012]

What a great game that was for its time. What a shame they aren't making it now, imagine how good it could be.

[@canadiankrispybacon]

Ben, of all the tracks to pick from, imho one the most technical circuits in F1 🤣 This of all tracks has to be one of my least favourites and frustrating to drive. …my hats off to you 😃 This and the that damn R, PaddockHill Bend of Brands Hatch (my Achilles Heel) has to be hands down of over a decade of SiM racing has always been insanely difficult for me…

[@oscarfernandez7386]

Also try messing with break bias. Thought out each corner to see what makes you feel more comfortable at each specific corner

[@mrjerrythehamster]

I love these sim vids, but can you get the game audio in as well?

[@BenCollinsDrives]

we were short on game output for this one sadly but for future stuff, yes will get onto it - as it did sound a bit distant

[@ondrejkratochvil4589]

right into the hotel lobby :D

[@BenCollinsDrives]

and bet it all on black 🤣

[@AirTropic]

Nice send Ben, 🏁

[@djshotty]

Your next mission? Do a sim run in an Australian V8 Supercar around the Mount Panorama circuit Bathurst.

[@noroardanto]

Is that rfactor pro? Still remember that rfactor font after all this years

[@kramnam4716]

Fascinating!

[@AaronSMcC]

Would love a realistic sim like this to feature the Goodwood Hill Climb

[@Tracertme]

Maybe not in a game but definitely on a real track….❤😂

[@teja_737]

Is that rFpro that is being used for environment/visualization?

[@Cloxxki]

Most time seemed to be lost in the second Piscine? Rest was pretty tight. Even with the pedals and force feedback cheating ;-)

[@DenisLupo35]

It would be great to know which vehicle and tyres models have been used. I strongly doubt Ferrari has provided their F1 model. Unless they did, Stig has driven a F1 inspired model with is missing an engineering correlation with the real car.

[@Pixrex]

Mate … brilliant .. just insane , how quickly the times came down ..

[@BenCollinsGaming]

my Microprose training must have been deeper than I thought !!

[@JK-pv6tu]

@@BenCollinsGaming if you controlled a car with spacebar look where it can get you!

[@kreshnik]

Looks like good old rFactor 1, or maybe rFactor Pro?

[@BenCollinsDrives]

it's a bespoke software system - "Canopy" is the vehicle model software

[@kreshnik]

@@BenCollinsDrives Oh wow, I haven't heard about this one before. I was just going by the HUD; it looked like the old rFactor HUD. Thanks for the answer. Love your videos.

[@Jezusbeznogi]

It does, doesn't it? The graphics are properly outdated and this arcadey-looking gear indicator :) The underlying physics engine may be bespoke, but the world has this rF look to it.

[@TedBeano]

​@@BenCollinsDrives not correct, it's rFpro

[@TranceFur]

@TedBeano He was there, he used the simulator, he talked to the team that operates the simulator. Why tf do you think you know better than him?

[@Cloxxki]

It's funny that racing games are to an extent more advanced, they can take a hit of too much curb, but your car may be damaged even if you don't crash.

[@gold333]

F1GP upvoted

[@AGTC009]

Had to laugh Ben ..but does wearing your helmet in a simulator get you into the groove ?

[@forresttm]

1.11.9 damn.. well done.

[@foxhound931]

He literally missed a lot of apex, braked early etc and got a 11.9 on Monaco? Just… how… 😶

[@dannifugl3188]

Well, he took a massiv cut in T1 every lap. Didn't bother with the curb, but look the pit exit lane instead.

[@erdems2]

@@dannifugl3188 09:50 they notified him of that and he looked like he minded it that moment on. Regarding @foxhound931's point, I felt like the left tire was out of bounds many times as it seems like the barriers actually do not do anything in this sim? I might be mistaking though. The entire run is not less impressive nonetheless.

[@sebulbathx]

If Monaco was tight in the past I can't imagine how tight it is with present cars that are the size of a pickup truck.

[@racerook7237]

So considering the price you'd think they'd have the curbs of turn 1 actually in place...

[@dannifugl3188]

It was, he just cut it every time.

[@Bulldog1878]

Hug the wall in the tunnel, as soon as you hit the crest, 1, 2 bang on the brakes

[@shadlad91]

Ben , lol I can tell we are the same when it comes to doing things. I can get pretty frustrated and cranky when simplicity starts being complicated lol. Me thinking ok , I can get into sim and get a good lap on this track I know very well. Fun times ahead 😁 Life is like. Yeah see Gary that isn’t gunna be how it goes today because I am going to F with you today. Me after 10 minutes 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@simonpayne8252]

Get your iracing licenses so you can race the F1 boys online

[@daveelson213]

i never knew alexander armstrong could drive soooo quick

[@BurtSampson]

What sim do they use as the base? AC or RF2 or something?

[@The_Pocisk]

rFPro with his own physics

[@BurtSampson]

@@The_Pocisk Thanks, dude.

[@joypinkink]

At 15:28 am I the only one that thinks that looks a bit weird? it almost looks like the wheel disconnects for a moment, but you can see the tires moving with his steering. Does anyone happen to know what happened there?

[@RJA]

It was just the feedback from the bump he hit. Didn't look completely realistic in the video feed, but the way he corrected the steering was excellent.

[@forresttm]

2 million sim. Gran turismo 4 graphics.

[@ElShogoso]

It's not really made to look nice, all of the development focus goes on making the simulation accurate. The actual sim is probably rFactor Pro, so a circa 2013 graphics engine.

[@sp33dou]

@@ElShogoso I heard rfactor has better tire model than this. Iracing has a tire and physics models just like in this video. Same instant 100% -> 10% traction change and high downforce cars flipping and doing other weird stuff from curbs.

[@rkwjunior2298]

Not sure even a 4090 could keep up with that giant screen

[@pharoahegypt]

You can appreciate why some drivers get so annoyed at their mechanic talking to them during the race. Imagine it while you're braking for most of those tight corners......

[@deaosatori216]

Is that a bit rude that he shushed the geezer? The geezers do seem a bit odd tbf. Nice to see the SIM running at 12fps at the end there

[@shadlad91]

I’m the same way. Although help is appreciated it can be annoying when I’m getting frustrated and trying to accomplish the task at hand. Hovering is annoying sometime haha 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BenCollinsGaming]

I think it was a bit rude. I did say sorry later but in the moment my inner chimp (who can be an a-hole) took control ;)

[@shadlad91]

@@BenCollinsGaming Bud , you ain’t the only human on earth who has told a “nanny ” where to put that “free advice” 😂. I’m 50 this year and the older I get the less patients I have for BS or other stuff 🤷🏻‍♂️. If that had of been me in your seat it would have been bleeped out lol

[@deaosatori216]

@@BenCollinsGaming I understand. In that moment you're using maximum concentration and you needed to communicate to them that you didn't need the coaching that lap. It's interesting to see!

[@AstralviewsUK]

Fuck me, that sim engineer is the life of the party 🎉

[@bfab7036]

Professional. I reckon it costs a lot of money to use that rig with them so there's no time to waste. Just like in an F1 team, everyone is 100% focused on the the effort. If Ben wasn't doing this a feature for YT, and was instead tuning the setup on his race car for an imminent event, he would be as laser focused as that engineer.

[@richardworth7037]

This video and others in this type of simulator would be way better if we could hear the sound your hearing Ben it's pretty uninvolving without the sound.

[@Haulinbassracing]

How's the development of that new sim going?

[@BenCollinsGaming]

its going well ! (completely new physics engine = big endeavour)

[@Haulinbassracing]

@@BenCollinsGaming in single player mode are you going to be the "final boss" so to speak. B.Collins will be the new M.Rossi lol

[@freestyil]

Yeah, but would you not want the feeling of the crash that's where it was unrealistic real you don't just go through a walls

[@BagOfH0lding]

We gonna see you on iRacing any time?

[@BenCollinsGaming]

yes once I'm allowed back on

[@jaydom8264]

This video: Click.. Click… Click Click… Click Click Drives me crazy

[@alfredtg]

Get me in that sim, I’ll beat the stig and leclerc.

[@buzzin-hornet]

I don't think I've ever seen the stig smile.. He takes everything very seriously, even when he is being light-hearted. A very dry sense of humour and definitely does not like being behind on track, or being told what to do lol. It's like he still has some kind of mask on even when his helmet's off.. lol 😐 EDIT: 19:11 He laughed! 👀👀👀(But all we saw was the back of his helmet...) 🤦‍♂🙄One day it will happen...one day! 😜😂👌

[@BenCollinsGaming]

so we've met eh 🤔

[@oscarfernandez7386]

On the hairpin you have to open up first slightly before turning into the corner other wise you will lock up going straight to the wall . Don’t turn early. Open up then turn

[@alexUKguy]

Wow. Still an absolute boss behind the wheel.

[@vpreggie]

“Just be conservative on these slow corners.” It’s Monaco, they are ALL slow corners!! And I wont be satisfied until Ben is on fire in the drink like that character from the Grand Prix movie.

[@BenCollinsDrives]

Apart from Swimming Pool - couldn't believe it was flat out

[@ronniewilson6597]

Why can’t we hear Murray Walker. He’s crashed he’s crashed. 😀

[@narek_kona302]

I wonder why it looks like its potato quality? All the effort was put into the physics I'm assuming?

[@Dub1978]

Lewis and Ben in ferrari next year 🙂

[@BenCollinsGaming]

who told you?

[@stabbawivagun]

Watch this @ 1.25 speed to see how Charles does it lol

[@duddsification]

My pb at the tracks 1.10.4 on F1 24

[@BenCollinsGaming]

I'm coming for you

[@duddsification]

@@BenCollinsGaming bring it would love to see what you can do on your rig on F1

[@GridbossRSA]

I have actually beaten his time in F1 2019

[@xboxplay5903]

That's an arcade game

[@WB-14]

Can't even respond to basic questions!

[@sonicstep]

What questions? 😕

[@floatingpeaks4584]

2.5 million 😂 they could have bought a ps5 and gt 7 instead

[@xboxplay5903]

You serious?

[@osiris7800]

2.5M rig and the gear shift sounds like something you would get from Temo. Seriously??

[@DEMONTIMEDEV]

Great content but I wish you would have maintained seriousness throughout the whole video like you did at the start and I say this because I’m tired of arguing about how sim racing is not me just playing video games. Some of us either use it as a tool to better ourselves and others do it for passion or monetary reasons.

[@sp33dou]

So they are using same or similar garbage hard surface tire model as iracing. Quite insane that a 2,5 $ costing Assetto Corsa has better tire model at least in some aspects. I wish there was more actual inhouse effort put in to this, as most sim makers seem to be just buying the same physics engine and tire model.

[@TheSnaveeelPlaysGames]

This is really cool to watch but the camera switches view way too much. I don’t know about everyone else, but literally the only interesting thing to look at is the screen, and you keep switching to different views so it’s hard to enjoy it, and follow you around the track

[@pyrho1]

I think I can beat the Stig around Monaco

[@therealmudafuka7200]

Can you do it in Canopy tho?

[@shadlad91]

@pyrtho1, Not in that rig or in a real car you can’t . 🙂

[@BenCollinsGaming]

fighting talk / love it 🥶

[@jaybraham85]

I hate the fact they use sims to develop cars, bring back the good old days of testing the car

[@stgeordie2638]

I guess it's to replicate the experience of being in a car, but why wear a helmet in a sim?

[@andrewcrawford2093]

Click, click, click..🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣..are its this and that ,but it looks shit,,,ill stick to my triple 4k set up..

[@buzzin-hornet]

5:19 "You're either on the track or you're off" He should've put a clip of Rosberg instead, in 2014 with his "accidental" lockup that ended the qualifying session and got him a pole position at Monaco. "Woops-a-daisy, I locked up and turned left instead of right to park up in a very conveniently placed runoff area and at a very convenient time..sorry guys!" 🤔🙄👎

[@benbarker7534]

Oh my god that guy is such a bore

[@TheDornado]

bro video games went mainstream like 20 years ago, get some better writers

[@BenCollinsGaming]

broooooooo.. I'm 80's brah I can call it whateva-i-liyke

[@davegreenslade4539]

@@BenCollinsGaming hahaha

[@billymcintosh6384]

I ain’t gonna lie for u being the “ex stig” ur not very good ur far too slow how can someone who’s the ex stig be so slow around Monaco 🤣