I Let My Wife Race GT7 Online… It was a BAD IDEA

[@YTViewer-m5z]

This is the content we’ve been waiting for! Lady Tidge are you watching!?! Literally this is how everyone started though so no shame in anything we’ve just witnessed. Excellent video Alexanders. Hoping this video smashes through the ceiling!!

[@EERIEISSSS]

Fingers crossed, I put my marriage on the line for this!

[@YTViewer-m5z]

@@EERIEISSSS no way! She’s a natural star. Thanks for making and sharing. I also love the music overlay and the editing is bang on. Good luck with it all.

[@Half_of_The_World]

​@@EERIEISSSS As someone that has only ever played with a controller, how badly would moving to a wheel setup mess me up?

[@djbucky16]

​@Half_of_The_World A lot. You have more data to process and as a result it'll affect how you drive. However, once you get used it, it's incredibly rewarding. Definitely go for it

[@AS-rh5dg]

​@Half_of_The_World there's definitely a learning curve. The biggest focus i had was making sure to stay smooth and the speed will come. Although for some it is more intuitive to race on a wheel

[@murtazakanarya2716]

This Turkish driver she crashed in to was my sister. I also challenged her to do an Online race she was pretty solid. But after that crash I"ve never seen her so agressive in my entiere 16 year life :D

[@aitoluxd]

😂😂😂

[@Lulu-f5e]

we needed live footage😂😂

[@murtazakanarya2716]

@@Lulu-f5e xdxdxd🤣🤣

[@martypies]

Thank you so much for doing this video Rory. I have been racing for about 5 months and have never tried online events. I was worried I would not be good enough but now I realise there are events that I could be competitive in. After watching drivers like yourself and others racing for the last half a year, I didn’t think I could ever get to that level. I didn’t realise the races are graded like the E class you and your wife just raced in. I’m 65 years old and new to sim racing and I’m so happy that I can have a go online as it’s always more fun playing against real people rather than the AI all the time. Cheers and thanks again.

[@danielstabile-sq7up]

I absolutely love the fact that you started sim racing at 65. That is SO cool. Keep it up and go have fun in the online lobbies, you can (and will) do it! :)

[@amexceania5516]

That’s sick bro never to late to start doing something you love, wish you all the best 🤙🤙

[@martypies]

@@danielstabile-sq7up Thankyou so much for your encouragement. After I retired from working I moved to Thailand and was looking for something interesting to do and I certainly made the right choice with sim racing. I bought a PS5, steering wheel and cockpit. I found a nice little apartment in Phuket with a view of the mountains and only a 15 minute walk to the beach. The rent is only $450.00 Australian dollars a month, life is good. Cheers.

[@fyuen4839]

49' is your time😂but 1'13 to 54' still a very good progress! really looking forward to watch Erin improves over time!

[@DuffPharming]

“Regularly hitting 49s”. You realise they were YOUR laps Rory?!

[@reverzebegamingchannel]

I was thinking the same 😛

[@kimlundtofte430]

The way she is turnign the wheel like she is looking for a parking space, I love it!

[@QuiGonJeans]

She did amazing, she tried and succeeded! Good job as a coach too, Rory, glad to see the Alexanders enjoying some GT7 together. Definitely showing this video to the wife as I’m sure she’ll love it!

[@Tombola8610]

It would be amazing if you turned this into a series. Erin to A or something 😂

[@EERIEISSSS]

There would be many MANY arguments if we were to make this into a series!

[@Duquette_Racing]

​@@EERIEISSSSthat is a sacrifice I am willing to make! 😂

[@notdreadyet33]

"Erin makes it out of iRacing Rookies... this year on Erin Makes it Out of iRacing Rookies." 😅 You'll be buying a lot of flowers and cooking a lot of dinners, but that videos series would be fantastic

[@blackskull3056]

Honestly she did pretty goood man she can definatly improuve as time goes on. Bet she’ll wanted a simrig now

[@redshot_8897]

@@EERIEISSSS 😂😅

[@donaldhinds1202]

Thanks! I took some advice you gave Erin and some other things I’ve seen you do in 20 laps races and went from 20th to 10th to 2nd , thanks

[@amazingvacation2665]

"brake brake brake..coast coast coast" lol...adorable...need more Erin content...bet in 6 months she'll be a pro!

[@CAM010BEEZY]

You guys are a dream team.🔥😂Seeing her pace progression with your coaching was fun to watch. haha 10/10

[@EERIEISSSS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LarneyJ]

Can’t wait to hear “THROUGH GOES ERIN” from another room in Rory’s house as she overtakes Rory 😂

[@Speedyey]

this MUST happen!

[@frenkyled]

Haha my Mrs wont even sit in my seat lol. Well done Erin!

[@EERIEISSSS]

She took some persuading, but I think she had a good time!?

[@Bonk996]

​@@EERIEISSSS question mark question mark

[@lallen3327]

I've tried on several occasions and she is just not interested lol. If I can get her in the seat for 5 mins I think I can hook her.

[@TraneFrancks]

This was absolutely epic. Your lady is absolutely adorable and I sincerely hope it isn't the last we see of her. I hope she genuinely enjoyed the racing because I certainly enjoyed watching it! Well and truly done, Erin. You rocked!

[@WrenchWenchRacing]

EerSHEisss!!! Love this Rory! Massive well done Erin. I hope we see her on track again soon. Maybe she can fill in one time if you get too tired and need a break?

[@SteeeveO]

"Rory, can you look after the kids today - me, Lady Tidge & Mrs Theory are hosting a ladies community race, there's a good boy...."

[@toddfallone858]

Erin is an absolute GEM! New series: "Erin's Journey to A+"

[@TCR_PILOT]

Wow I loved it. Must show my Mrs this. My 8 year old daughter loves watching you and I reckon she'll love this. Great job Erin. And what a track for your first race Brands Hatch is brutal, not for the faint hearted. Well done

[@VectorAero]

Goes to show how effective the licence tests are at teaching novices to drive. As others have said, it's how we all started.

[@EERIEISSSS]

It really helped her, although I do think bronze could be a tiny bit harder!

[@OttoTynys]

Excellent, Erin! Had to share this video with my wife as she tried GT7 first time ever last weekend as well. Thanks, Rory, for the great video!

[@pauldarn]

Patience on both is admirable

[@bjgaspar]

Love the sock camera consistency

[@tiramisophonyaa]

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[@christopherkujawski7293]

Probably my favorite video ive watched in a long while. Not just of yours Rory but on all of KZbin. That was awesome! Well done Erin!! Immense progress and a thrilling drive to watch. I hope there is more of this to come! 👏👏👏

[@raymorgan5806]

Mate that was an absolute delight to watch. You have a truly lovely family. Watched this vid with my missus, she really enjoyed watching it as well - I may get her on for a race now.

[@kusanagiflame]

This is so wholesome and adorable! Seeing a lovely couple bonding and experiencing each others' worlds, you being a supportive and patient mentor and guide, passing your knowledge and insight, seeing her take to it so quickly. An AWESOME video! Hope there'll be another in the future!

[@_idylicrune_5035]

It was a joy to watch you both work so positively through the process and progression. Her upbeat attitude. Your patient coaching. Beautiful!!

[@ghidorah442]

Great stuff mate! She’ll need her own rig now for sure!

[@Deus_ex36]

I hope this was special for the two of you and that she was able to gain a little more understanding into why you do what you do, and the passion you have for it. Definitely here for this type of content! Well done, Eeeeeeriein

[@Mozart20XO]

thank you for your hard work, Rory. I know this looks pretty easy to do for a living. but it's probably the toughest job... you're an inspiration! Erin is a classy driver ! liked :)

[@P.Z.E.R.O]

Brilliant video, great to see Erin involved. Hope to see more of a journey in future!

[@TheDiceman56]

That was really entertaining thank you. Erin is a star. Look out, she will be in your slipstream......lol. In the words of the late great Murray Walker....'With half the race gone, there is still half the race to go'.

[@Reece2009able]

That was amazing Rory. Training Erin to be a Gran Turismo driver, congrats on the P6 Erin you did great.

[@connynilsson8054]

Amazing and really fun to watch, so few of us others cant get the missis behind the wheel. She performed way better then many others. Really good!!

[@rockbottum1]

I've been following you for many years now and this is briljant! Not only how you patient you are with her, but also the progress she made a in such a short time, Very good stuff! Hopefully you're going to make more of this sort of content so in a while we'll be able to hear "Thrrrrrrough goes Erin"!

[@MrRiddiculous]

Great video! Always cool to see someone's first real experience racing. Also, no disrespect at all but just a small correction towards the end of the video.. Erin was putting together regular 56 second laps and a fastest lap of 54.6sec, it was you (Rory) that was putting in the 49sec laps. Again, great job Erin! 1m13sec --> 54-56sec is still a huge improvement!

[@Hillsbandit]

This is truly shows Team Alexander at work, teamwork is the key, well done Erin! I'm sure there is a bloopers reel to this one!

[@NatalieKilgore]

Now, this is so wholesome. She needs to play more. We need more girls racing!

[@pixel_edd]

this vid is great!! and the license really works in guiding / or teaching new drivers how the basics works. Love this vid as always. am sure this vid will blow up ..

[@wheelysteve]

Honestly man, this is brilliant. Seeing your wife also show a legit interest in what you do instead of just assuming it's stupid geeky gaming crap is heartwarming. You got something special there :)

[@snappedbydan]

Excellent video Rory, really enjoyed that. Been trying to get my wife in the rig for a community driver swap race. Will send her this.

[@benjihart8774]

Such a nice video , just to see how well she did and how far she came in such a short time was brilliant, fantastic work Erin.

[@thom22]

What a nice couple you are 🫶

[@justamanchimp]

I’ve taught people before, it’s actually more beneficial to take off the racing line and teach them to spot the breaking points themselves, just because they end up looking down at the track too much and it prevents them from looking forward and at the apexes like they should be, it’s actually just quicker to teach them how to feel the breaks and spot the apexes

[@SparksTheory]

now that is impressive! She does far better than i could ever do with you 'breathing down my neck'

[@madpistol]

Even moving from controller to wheel is super tough. The fact that she has never played a racing game before, she did pretty well!

[@SgtTyrjin]

Her smiles truly tells us she had fun learning and playing, which is the most important part of experiencing Grand Turismo. Glad to see it, well done 👍

[@alfax]

So I watched this and then went to this track and followed the coaching you did for your wife and it helped me immensely. I recently bought a wheel and just started weening myself off the assists. I'd love to see a whole series of you coaching Erin on every track cause I feel like I would benefit from your coaching as well. Thanks for this.

[@Freedom_Born]

You're a good soul Ezz. Love from Down Under, mum. 14:35 "Turn left!" 21:42 "Regularly hitting 49s" 😅

[@KetsuguVOD]

That was fun! She actually did really good, she has great potential. Wish to see her again Rory😁

[@michaeldesgagne4615]

We need more of that. It reminds me of watching my wife drive on my SIM. It’s not as advance as yours working on that, but she gets upset too when she messes up from time to time.

[@mattjordan1272]

These are great fun. Interesting to see another perspective and how Erin has been adapting and learning is great. Decent effort given the tiny road time, keep going!

[@slow911kid]

This is such a lovely video. Love the team racing part.

[@mikeychronic35]

Great Video Rory Entertaining and well put together as always, Kudos to Erin

[@michaelkenny4124]

Well done Erin! I was rooting for you, great vid and nice to get other people involved in racing.

[@NotThatQuick]

Braaaaaaake coast coast coast coast coast coast gooooo😂! What a legend! Well done Erin!!

[@spikewhite1]

Fantastic video, what a brilliant idea. You’ll have to get a second rig now… well done Erin, the next A+ driver!

[@BNK_Motorsports]

This is an awesome video. My wife watched it with me now she wants to learn to race. Just means we spend more time together. Thank you for the video and all the hard work you do.

[@barryschwarz]

Erin did really well. We forget how touchy it all is when you first start out. Also, well remembering the video when you announced the birth of your child, I've always thought of you as a family man, and this video is incredibly wholesome for me.

[@Lornoir92]

I love this video. Both of you are so cute ! Respectfully Erin is lovely ! I'm impressed cause as you said Gran Turismo is not easy when you play it for the very first time (and way more difficult with online races) and she did it very well ! Was great to see her improvement from the begining to the end of the video.

[@matthewwatkins6661]

That progress was great, and love your coaching style Rory, you must have done some training in a previous life as that was textbook coaching

[@k.r.t5350]

Never seen someone improve that massively in such a short time! Props to your wife 🎉

[@tonydobson2933]

Loved this - I would always rather finish 30 seconds behind in last than quit! Very good progress Erin, think the favour should be returned in another video and Rory should have to do something of your choosing. (Oh, and subscribed now.)

[@ScootMcNoot]

What a vid! Love to see you both having fun! She will be competing against you soon!

[@williamdowling7718]

To be a professional sim racer would be amazing. To have a family and be a professional sim racer would be a dream. But to be a professional sim racer with a loving family and a beautiful, positive, and supportive spouse who is interested enough to put in the work to learn your hobby... I dont know if theres a word for how great that is. Congrats on your success, and thanks for sharing the journey with us. This gives me hope that it is possible to find that person who appreciates who i am and supports me doing what makes me happy just like i would do for them. Womderful combo of racing content and unscripted feel good family interactions. Love it. Keep it up. ❤

[@stevearmstrong-meech4775]

The look of concertation on her face was quite funny but it does show that practice, practice and more practice is the key to success. I loved the bit when she was overtaken and said “I want to get him”, I think a new racer is born.

[@URL-Viking_Daddy]

Erin looks like she had a blast. Well done Rory great content and entertainment. Congrats Erin lets see how far you can go...

[@krisatkins6106]

That was really heartwarming to watch. It just goes to show you can really do anything you set your mind to with the right attitude and a bit of perseverance

[@jaccie1972]

This is golden content and Erin seems to enjoy it. More to come I hope👌

[@zhokanngaming]

That was awesome. Loved it and well done to Erin. A lovely and great example of the relationship between partners. PS. I think Erin is at this stage, faster than many many people.. I might be including myself in that group

[@OszvaldJuhasz]

Great video! You were talking very nice to your wifey, good to hear!

[@daviddavies3637]

Never played any of the GT games but it's easy for us to forget that we all started out like this in some game or another. She's a quick learner, I'll give her that.

[@EZDemgone]

Aawwww. That's Brilliant Rory. Erin is fantastic. Onwards and upwards. Nice one. My wife hasn't played GT7 yet compared to my 800 plus hours. I race as Brucie Baby 187. Maybe catch Erin online. Ciao ciao x

[@rayanalmaimani4392]

Man I was on the edge of my seat, the narration and the intense music made it feel like a reality show. Good job Erin 👏

[@NightWanderer31415]

Wholesome content is wholesome! Seems talent is part of the family, she's gonna need her own rig soon!

[@Jurassic_Thrones]

So beautyful the interaction between you two... So lovely!! ❤❤❤ I hope she will continue racing 💯🙏🙏

[@jashveerbiputh8822]

Blud knew what he was doing with the thumbnail

[@puetti20]

Perfect, great race in such a short time and without ever having done anything similar. Huge respect to your wife and the way you guided her was great.

[@DuffPharming]

Fabulous video. What a star Erin is. Great sport to indulge in “bring your spouse to work day”. I hope now she understands how hard you work 😉. Loved the video and the relationship here. Amazing. Thanks Rory. And Erin!!

[@kevingraham3317]

Great job Rory some quality time with your wife and I loved how immediately you taught her sportsmanship maybe we will all see you online in the future Erin

[@CarlosTorres-uq9kq]

Excellent video Rory your wife is good driver. I will try to convince my wife to do the same circuit. Greetings from Colombia.

[@michaelhall7380]

"why did i pit?".... "BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES!!"

[@Dimaximus-K]

Now I know who rammed me in the back!

[@EERIEISSSS]

Apologies on behalf of my out of control wife...

[@backdoorgalorel3675]

That was awesome to watch!!..thank you for sharing rory

[@ollywally72]

Epic work mate and congrats on the progress. Proud of you!

[@Christian-pw5ws]

She should start her own channel. I’m sure she’ll inspire more women in GT7.

[@tehcompbuilder]

Nice Job Erin! Get in there! I hope she continues, love watching the journey!

[@hYpYz]

Jeez you need a lot of patience for this kind of thing. My missus gave up after 2 minutes :D When I started playing GT7 in 2023 I was trying to improve my DR in Race A :) . It was Brands Hatch gp in Porschas :D

[@TygonBC]

This reminds me of when Matt Malone was kinda coaching his wife in a (online) MX5/Miata a few years back. I don't think she was feeling it in the longer term (which is totally OK of course!) but was great to watch her progression.

[@nathanryan8555]

Omg love this - you two are so cute together!! ❤ and Erin is a great sport about it all too!! 😊

[@MarkoFranjic-bs5fe]

That video was amazing. I certainly see the potential there. And it certainly keeps my mind positive seeing you two together like that.🤗 Lovely stuff.

[@djteague03]

LOVE this!! Great job Team Alexander, and to Erin in particular! 🎉 I'm looking forward to subscribing to Erin's GT7 KZbin channel in the near future! 😊

[@chrislee3364]

The best way to learn is from a proper gentleman racer like yourself. Well done Erin keep up the excellent work.

[@nattyhead5988]

Great job, Rory. You were a patient teacher, and her improvement showed. It was not a BAD IDEA at all!

[@TopGun69]

My Mrs does all my grinding for me ! I made millions in the last glitch ! 😂😂😂

[@slash0t5]

Im sure she's doing all the grinding

[@TopGun69]

@@slash0t5 she is 🤪🤪🤪

[@dangermaus42]

Honestly this was a GREAT idea! Both of you having fun and it was a pleasure watching this Video. Good luck for Erins career and one day you will race together🎉

[@jeffj9213]

This was actually a lot of fun to watch. She did allright 😎 !!! We all have to start somewhere and her progress was good. Looked like you both where having a lot of fun 😄

[@wtcdekroemfoerce]

Such a great video! Erin's got talent!

[@kelvinhawkins9535]

Great to see the other half involved. My fiancée loves to have a go too. Funny, my Fiancée insists in racing in a pink car as well. It's so important to share each others interests and passions

[@arkeys74]

I would’ve chosen Eeeeriniiiis as a user name 😃 Fun video 😃

[@ALEXWITHO]

erinisere

[@ALEXWITHO]

eersheisss

[@burnrubber7547]

Really fun video Rory, and well done Erin. It's interesting seeing the progression of someone whoose never played before. I dont think any of my past girlfriends even knew what the game was lol 👍