iRacing Tips and Tricks | Part 2

[@toddmooney789]

Been iRacing for several years now but have never learned so much in under an hour. Thanks for Part 1 and 2 and you have a new viewer for life!

[@PLACEonPLATE]

You discussed the tip that I had just learned last week, the brake axis modification. This has absolutely been one of the best things that I've done for my driving. I was never comfortable with my braking, and was losing a lot of time to some drivers there. Now, with some tweaking, I can "Daniel Ricciardo" it on the brakes. Well, when he was with Red Bull. Fantastic job as always David!

[@Sampsoid]

Haha yes. Really handy to know. Got to love the Danny Ric move!

[@mikebergeron2191]

Excellent video. I learnt so much. Thank you.

[@Rik-91]

been an iracer for couple years now, you still did learn me some things, awesome work! Keep it going

[@Sampsoid]

Indeed, it is a lot to take in. Glad it helped and thanks for the support.

[@benjaminsutherland9038]

Lol

[@tonyj1965]

Learn you? Or teach you?

[@bradecrain]

Dude, your videos are great and simple to follow. Thank you for taking the time to make these.

[@theoldhenk7531]

Really appreciate the optimal sector tip, and I think I'll switch from Session Optimal Lap. Due to track temp variance between sessions, and the possibility that the car itself has changed since setting my best lap, I use Session Optimal instead of All-Time. It may be too much for me to extract anything useful from such quickly changing data (as sectors are so short), but if I can re-train my mind to shift from laptime interpretation to sector, the latter is definitely more useful when evaluating your lap in real time. And I hadn't ever considered that it may keep me from abandoning laps (even if only mentally) during practice sessions.

[@danspa85]

Hey man.. I love your videos. You are very clear and on point on your explanations so I wanted to give you a big shoutout. Do you do track guides? I would love to see those from you. There are some around, but honestly I still couldn’t find somebody that I like doing that for iracing. I know some stuff change a lot depending on the car/category, but it would be nice to have a guide for the tracks with the basics of breaking points, turning points and all that, and I think you could do an amazing job with the way you explain things. All the best to you! Cheers!!!

[@JochenDRS]

Love the tips and tricks videos! Keep up the good work!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot and thanks for the constant support.

[@CharlesK441]

Love this channel. I have been racing for a while and found things out the hard/long way. Great resource for those starting new and people like me! Just wished I found you earlier....! Thanks a million Race Ya Soon!

[@DjLaw83]

Thanks for the tips! I was cursing crew chief last night in an iLMS race telling me the wrong position! Now I know why, cheers!

[@Sampsoid]

Yes I went through the same problem, the same way. Handy little fix. Thanks a lot and glad it helped.

[@ModKijko]

Yeah, it's confusing as all heck - the iRacing API is not the greatest for certain things. Damage being one famously, but the other is track position. I think it just lists all the drivers that are being rendered and then apps like crew chief infer your position based on that. If someone is 'blinking' or isn't being rendered due to settings crew chief is blind to that driver. It would be nice though if the API had a value, set every time you went over the start/finish line that crew chief could read that was just your actual position rather than have crew chief sort of figure it out. OR at least have the API provide the number of cars that are rendered and the number of cars total and if there is a big difference, Crew Chief just doesn't talk about position. Either would work I'd think but that's my iRacing API rant, I've been Mod, thanks for your time :D

[@kris1]

Some great tips, thanks for that. The best thing I did for my braking was get a set of Heusinkveld sprint pedals, they are expensive but are built like tanks and very reliable with excellent load cells and adjustments.. If your not familiar they use software called Smart Control that allows you to set you pedals once in iracing (during initial setup) and then control all your pedals by creating various profiles that allow you to setup throttle, clutch and braking curves without messing with iracing settings. For the brakes you can set you max pressure to say 40kg and also setup deadzones and max limits (eg 80% of 40kg) to help avoid lockups etc.. You can also change this on the fly while driving in iracing, or switch profiles etc.. The ability to control braking like this was the biggest single improvement I got from any hardware/software. In reality the probably cost me less than my Fanatec pedals as they often sell second hand for upwards of 80% of their RRP.

[@mattihelenius2]

Great advices.. thank god its raining so I can watch em all! =D

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks Matti, glad to hear it! Thanks for all the support

[@stillnousernames]

Thanks dude brilliant stuff! Just about to kick off with iracing, so this was no end of help. happy racing!

[@UnityRipz]

Great videos. getting back into iRacing and these are super helpful since I don't remember jack about the settings and performance tips.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks, glad it helped

[@onestrapphotos6172]

The part about the stat bars were very helpful! If possible, can you go over what to adjust in the graphics settings to keep the R & G bar low please?

[@nickmartin2380]

Another helpful video my man.thank you.....Regarding the "Skip to next incident" in replay, instead of using CTRL+3 you can go into Options/Replay/Replay controls and map a button for it there.i use a button on my wheel, saves using keyboard and 2 key presses to review race incidents .

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot. Yes for sure, just wanted to make sure everyone knew how to do it their end. Great tip though.

[@MrMagictap]

the view settings!!! Sir, thank you very much...I've never been able to 'feel' iracing but always wanted to. I'm at 45 FOV but cant drive like that...until now. Using the move buttons in Cam made my times in the default skip barber at canada go from 1:35 flat to a 1:33.4!!!! with auto blip. Hope this translates to other cars just as well. Only issue...I cant see my wing mirrors now!! lol. Any advice on that one please? On single 55" and pressing left or right just shows side of cockpit head rests ;O(

[@jhassert05]

should the calib center match the calib max on all settings? my brake center is 2883 and max is 3072 should i change that?

[@jasons4745]

Thanks David another great vid, future content suggestion, where do you place all of the info boxes within the car, different for tin top and open wheeler? Can you move seat position within the car and if yes what do you prefer, back to help see mirrors?

[@Sampsoid]

Hi Jason, great suggestion and I will make a note and look about getting made.

[@daveinhantsrfc]

Awesome video mate

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot David

[@Terry_Crouch]

Hey, I LOVE that optimal sector delta idea! :D

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks Terry. Yes really helped me push past what I thought was my best lap.

[@RalphSalomon]

I just installed the latest iracing update and it wiped out all my settings. Went to your triple monitor setup video and followed it exacrtly, but in iracing the triple screen (5760) isn't there. repeated five times with same result. Can you help??

[@benoitracine3441]

Hello, new to i racing just got my d licence, been watching your tutorial for help, not finished yet, one big problem that i have, is my force feed back, inhave a fanatec elite, all my settings on wheel are at about 90%, all boxes check in iracing set up, but still ( at lease with the mazda mx5) could not feel much feed back, no bumps on circuit and almost nothing with the curbs, have not yet practice with skip barber, but i dont feel much feed back as to compare with project car 2. Any help? Thks in advance

[@garylewis176]

Great video’s, thank you so much for all the help. Video idea that for the life of me cant find or figure out on my own, How to get a track map overlay? Please help...

[@kreyeacc5332]

Just so that I understand it correctly. Am I supposed to set the brakes to the max on the pedals settings (for fanatec) and then dial it back to a degree in the game files where I won't lock up stomping the brakes to the max? I'm subbing! You definetly deserve more subs and views, man! You really help us newbies out! (been on iracing for a week and I'm currently having a hard time with getting proper laptimes with the M8 gte on interlagos...)

[@Sampsoid]

That is certainly what some people do but it can take a lot of work for each car and track (because of uphill braking etc). Really I would advise dialing it in until you feel comfortable. Thanks so much for the support!

[@Steve-Slacker-Philipson]

Great tips David thanks for helping me to improve.

[@Sampsoid]

No worries mate, glad they are helping! 👍🏻

[@dziura79]

Thanks, very handy!

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

The first tip i thought it would be amazing but i just want 1 setup brake for all cars, i am not that advanced yet, prob useful for more experienced drivers last tip was really good too ctrl+3 , i save replays for that moment but its always a pain to find it it also has ctrl 1 to go back and ctrl 4 and 6 to go from practice to quali to race in the timeline

[@barrettfait6911]

I got away from using “All Time Best....” because things out of my control affect it, weather and draft especially. I prefer “Session Opt Sec” for all the reasons you stated.

[@787roofdog]

Both videos are time very well spent. I have been pronouncing router/rooter wrong.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot. haha, either fine with me.

[@revolutionrip-off2759]

Is there anywhere to find optimal tire Temps? Ive been driving the BMW m8 alot lately and I'm curious what the optimal tire Temps would be

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

if you set to 63 but you run races with max 15 people will it use resources, i dont know any races with more than 20 cars?

[@peterray7523]

Hello David, a quick question. One of your tips says to turn off Chrome, while in iRacing. Don't you need a web-browser to access iRacing?

[@steve196134]

How do you guys race with 900 rotation ? The wheel is just to sensitive and feels fake ?

[@raphaeldeschesnes8570]

Theses videos are brilliant BTW, one thing I didn't understand good or i'am simply stupid, Kapps is a paid application in order to get the tyre temps GUI ? Loaded it and told me I started my 30days trial

[@emils_lv1423]

Very helpful!!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks again for you support and glad it helped.

[@carracer48]

What browser do you recommend running iracing in? I’ve been using chrome.

[@MrBazz420]

thanks man very useful, +1 sub!

[@Sampsoid]

Glad it helped!

[@tonygee3284]

The fps tip in relays increased my fps slightly thanks m8

[@Sampsoid]

No problem 👍

[@SamKatakouzinosRacing]

Would be great to have timestamps in your description to list and jump to your tips and tricks.

[@Patrik.Pereira]

i likessss, good job buddy thanx!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot

[@tryingtosurvive8518]

How do I join the Discord

[@MrJarl66]

You say never use Chrome, or any other web browser if we can. How can I use it otherwise? I dowloaded iRacing and installed it normally...I have to use a browser..not sure I understand how to run iRacing in another way.

[@Sampsoid]

I meant don't have chrome running while driving. Close chrome once you sim loads. I use the iRacing beta software to load races, it's been out for months now and works great.

[@WoksAndPansCafe]

For goodness sake get your lollipop man a chair, he’s swaying so much I worry he may collapse! Thanks for the tips, the segments one was particularly revealing for me.

[@Sampsoid]

Haha! 😂 Thanks man. Hope to see you out on track. Working on a rig 👌🏻

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

5:02 All Time Opt Sector

[@willdarling1]

why is it obvious you would need a clutch for the Skip, but not a BMW ?

[@veterangalaxy9888]

Reeeee