iRacing Tips, Tricks, Software and Overlays | Part 1

[@mitchell3606]

I never leave comments on KZbin, but you sir should be on iracing's official website with the tutorial content you make. You've made my iracing experience 1000 times better, and I thought you should know it. Thank you very much for taking the time to help people.

[@Sampsoid]

Wow thank you, that really means a lot! Really glad my videos helped. Invite to my discord: discord.gg/MnPsUbv

[@lornejones8752]

I couldn't agree more with this comment and in fact was going to write pretty much exactly the same thing. I'm just starting out and know finding good content helps speed up the learning curve. I first watched 3 or 4 videos created by other people but truly hit the jackpot once I clicked on the knowledge you share! The information given actually makes a difference, you try to stay neutral/unbiased while explaining it & there's no doubt you truly enjoy helping others step up their game. You're making the iRacing community better 1 driver at a time & I'll gladly promote your channel to anyone who doesn't already know & everyone just starting out!

[@pwh__66]

Hear hear!

[@jffmyr]

The tip on setting driver position within the car (~14:45) is just what I needed! Thank you David.

[@Sampsoid]

More than welcome, glad it helped.

[@TheZiPProject]

@@Sampsoid Coming from ACC I was really bummed out that there was no way to change the seating position forwards and backwards in the car. Thanks for the video. a true goldmine!

[@frankchen3033]

Thank you so much, i have been looking for the KAPPS forever and no one would tell me what it’s named. Thank you!!

[@GametechUK]

I'm just starting with iRacing along with a V3 seat mover! These tips are a big help, so thank you.

[@Sampsoid]

Glad it helped, thanks for the support

[@mitchelldoub8488]

Ive been Iracing for over 4 years and i just learned some new stuff, VERY helpful. Thanks

[@Sampsoid]

Really glad it helped. Thanks a lot

[@tommycraney4542]

One of the easiest to follow video's out there! Too many good tips to mention.

[@Sl4gyster]

There is SO much information in one video. iRacing should have this as a 'Get started' video honestly. Really great video and I've learned so much. (and I've had iRacing for 6 months now)

[@OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW]

Absolute legend with these timestamps and all. Just getting in to sim racing and this is a godsend. Shame setup sync seems to be dead, but the rest of this is still relevant and useful.

[@Sampsoid]

Hiya, thank glad you like it. Yeh it is a shame as setup sync really helped me when I was new.

[@racingprincipal]

As a newbie to iRacing I found this extremely helpful. Love the overlay and VRS. Thank you

[@625bmx]

Automatically running CrewChief and Kapps is a game changer. Thank you for figuring that out and for sharing it!

[@rmtgeek2990]

great video for anyone who decided to be a sim race driver. Thanks

[@theracereviewer29]

Just started iRacing and am a bit overwhelmed with everything. This was really helpful, thank you!

[@Sampsoid]

I'm really pleased it helped. I have a few more How To's in the works very soon also. Thanks for the support.

[@nikolaiownz]

You still playing ?

[@cptmorgans]

Another great video. Favourite tip here was the ability to use CTRL+F12 to change to the cockpit view without altering FOV, height or horizon. Many thanks.

[@TheGregbueno]

the iracing manager section is gold thank u

[@1net1me]

Great video, well put together. As a recent convert from console all this advice is very helpful. My iRacing Manager now fires up Crew Chief and Discord, camera settings are now optimised to my preferences (ctrl+f12, who knew??), and my HUD is how I like it (alt+k, another learn!). Likely to look into Kapps and VRS in the future but right now things are just how I like them. Thanks David!

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

18:00 good tip about game mode, i need to be more aware of that setting depending on game

[@bigdunners]

Oh man what a great video, thank you. Quick intro's to every app, appreciate that!

[@topfd279]

The setup sync site seems to be down for a while

[@marcusdutton1808]

This a fantastic set of tips - worth it just for the in car seat X position. Thank you David.

[@Sampsoid]

You are more than welcome, glad it helped.

[@Richard_Ray]

This video is a must watch for all of the new iRacers coming on board. Great job!

[@1PHXTHUG]

This is fantastic stuff. Most of these things I learned from being involved with Shaun Cole and "The Simpit Crew" guys, but as usual I learned a few things from you. I had someone talk me through most of this stuff in the Simpit discord channel. I would have been completely lost by myself. We need people like you to make this sim easier to get on with. iRacing is not as easy as other games to figure out. Good work!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot. Yes agreed iRacing can be daunting, I like to share everything I learn, because a lot of it I have learnt from trawling the web in the first place. Thanks for all the support.

[@rodriguebocquillon760]

The best video ever to get iracing to an another level..great job mate, keep going, and thank you 🙏

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks mate and really glad it helped!

[@Charlie-bl4jz]

Glad I stumbled across your channel. Being new to iracing, your guides have been very helpful!

[@noduj]

Thank you so much

[@azstratus1]

Great info! I just started with IRacing today and your information is extremely useful!

[@TraumaTeamRacing]

Just found your channel and currently entering the deep dark hole of iracing😂 Thanks for all the helpful tips and tricks.

[@russelllawson6801]

I just got into iracing but I have raced this platform years ago. It had all the garage adjustments and because it was smaller, it wasn't too bad. Now tuning a car and trying to be competitive is really hard. You mention setup sync in a video or two so I tried to download it. Apparently its no longer supported. For us newer racers, is there another app that works similarly? Your videos really made my mind up about trying iracing, which I have wanted to for several years now. Like all the other comments, I thank you too.

[@edgarsanchinelli7466]

ah very cool to have iRacing Manager work for you and the Crew Chief app launch in this way.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks, yes it's so good I take it for granted now. VRS, Trading Paints etc.

[@ryanporter7636]

These videos help so much with getting into the sim racing world. Keep putting out the excellent content my man!

[@chrisa1160]

Hi David, new iRacer here and have been enjoying your streams. Subscribed! Thanks for taking the time to pull this together - very helpful, especially the neat little tricks for auto-starting Kapps. Cheers!

[@Sampsoid]

Hi Chris, thanks a lot and you're welcome. Glad you liked it.

[@44stevenson]

One of the best iracing videos online! thanks

[@oliverpr1m3pt97]

you really helped me out and deserve a lot more attention than you have, iracing should have you doing their totorials.

[@ox5016]

This bloke is a hero

[@AlmightyBla]

It seems that Kapps has changed the way it handles launching the overlay on startup. Now it requires the profileId as the second argument (instead of null). You can find it in Kapps in the address after profileId=. Without this Kapps was launching an empty overlay. With the profileId it launches properly.

[@FrontSeatRacing]

Thanks, works good!

[@lucaa47]

Very helpful video David. I'll be adding some of the tips and overlays to my iRacing setup. Thanks for the help!

[@Sampsoid]

No problem rick, really glad it helped. Hopefully see you out on track.

[@Sampsoid]

If your on Discord here is invite to my discord - discord.gg/MnPsUbv It's new but trying to build a community of like minded sim racers and sim racing fans.

[@DavidMiller-nt5nm]

Your channel is brilliant, have subscribed. Content so so helpful

[@project618]

David this was a great video, I've not come across some of the tips and put across really simply. Will definitely cut my learning curve once I get started.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot, really glad it helped! Part 2 of that video was out few days ago.

[@jhogoboom]

Just stumbled onto this great video. How do you disable the iRacing default overlays when you are using KApps?

[@arotinkhosrofian5564]

Man you just saved me god knows how many hours thanks for the awesome info and non of the fluff straight to the point I loved it also have you used sim hub for overlays and other stuff

[@Sampsoid]

You are more than welcome mate. Yeh I use simhub on a tablet and really happy with it.

[@MatthewMintuntheGreat]

Everything I needed in one place! Thank you!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks Matt, glad it helped.

[@davidlechatellier7984]

thank you so much. starting with iracing, your video is just a MUST ! One question havent found arguments line in iracing manger to do the same automatic command for overlays with racelabs app. Any idea ?

[@cobytucker1932]

Your such a legend! Thank you Man!

[@Noahvalentine9]

Hey mate, brilliant video worthy of a like and a sub. I do have a quick question though, and apologies if I've missed it in the video. How do you get the mini-map of the track? I'm using Crew Chief and RaceLabs fwiw. Hope you're well.

[@tonygee3284]

Thanks for doing these videos they are so helpful

[@baiku600rr]

Man! You killed it! Thanks for the tips and tricks!

[@baiku600rr]

I forgot to ask, what do you use to get the map on the top right corner? Is that through Kapps?

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot

[@Sampsoid]

Yes it is through kapps but you have to install it from here: github.com/MorisatoK/ir-mapoverlay After installed add a custom overlay in kapps and point it to the setup map url.

[@falconeye577]

Crew Chief is a very good Fuel system, but as you said, it does not get effected lap by lap It takes your lap with the MOST FUEL USED and works from that single lap Best part is it uses that to add fuel when you enter the pits and if you don't need a full tank it adjusts the fuel you need, that can save you time in the pits Years ago I had an iRacer make an App for me that is much better and has even won a few races for me all based on Fuel mileage I can set it to 10, 15 or 20 laps and it will use the Average fuel over that last number of laps The number of laps I use is based on the car and track combo It updates at the line each lap and tells you how many laps you have left, if you can make it to the end and if so, how many extra laps you have down to the 1/10 of a lap One of the things I like about Crew Chief is that you can set the level of comments of different types from the Spotter and the Crew Chief. As I like long races and I want lots of data without looking at Black Boxes I have the setting for almost everything set to 8, 9 or 10. Every lap I get data coming the the Chief, lots of it Very good add on

[@nikolaiownz]

Haha it's amazing how much community made software there is for iracing. Amazing video mate. I think I will wait a few months before I install anything. I am still struggling to keep myself on the road 🤣

[@andrewbillowsatmtatravel5880]

Your videos are great David. I have a question with saving the in-car setup. I have ticked use customs control box in the options and followed your video to the letter. Everything I do loojs excatly the same as the video but when I load the cam setup that I have saved, nothing changes. I save my preferred setup, then set something stupid so the change will be obvious, load the preferred and nothing changes. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.....

[@Camtoo]

Nice video David, thank you. I still haven't got kapps set up for streaming. My streams are quite bland but I am just doing it for a bit of fun. I may look into kapps at some point still.

[@Sampsoid]

No problem. Nothing bland about your videos, keep it up. Hope to see you out on track.

[@ogpeekhal]

liked and subbed for the nasa shirt....oh and the content is 100% spot on genius helpful 👌

[@GaMeOvErRules]

@DavidSampson Does iRacing manager still successfully launch Kapps?? I installed Kapps entered the Argument and it does not launch..

[@Pfluecki83]

Hi David, great video, liked and subscribed. I believe you have to pay for VRS to be able to compare your lap times with laptimes of VRS Drivers, right? Have you tried the application "iSpeed" ? It´s free and they have also a ton of saved files to compare from every driver who uses iSpeed.

[@StraightGamesta]

Setup Sync has been down for awhile apparently... Is there any other free alternatives?

[@JochenDRS]

Thank you so much for all this info! Very useful for this rookie iRacer 😉

[@Sampsoid]

No problem, really glad it helped. Hope to see you out on track.

[@JochenDRS]

David Sampson Someday lol

[@EpicRiman]

Damn man, thanks for taking your time for these info videos. Helped me a lot in my recent races.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot and really glad to hear it helped.

[@royoliver8647]

David, thanks. Just joined Iracing and watched most of your videos - had a few practice sessions with no crashes and felt it was time to join a race. Qualified on pole, and won the race 13seconds ahead of second place. Again cheers mate!

[@nathengonderman1491]

You should try Iracer Assistant in place of Iracing Manager. It has the function of Iracing Manager and a whole heap more. You can find it on the Iracing forums.

[@larryrabbets]

Great video David and very informative. Keep them coming.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot, we have a deal. You keep watching and I'll keep making.

[@EyeoftheAbyss]

A few questions, starting with hopefully the easiest. Step 3 in the Kapps map overlay Read Me file is unclear, 3. Extract contents of the ZIP into your iR Browser Server "apps" directory . Can you clarify where to extract the files to? iracing manager is downloaded, but I don't know how it's to be used, can't find its app to open. Nothing new happens if I open Crew Chief. I've yet to make Kapps show up on screen. Does it work in VR?

[@jasonwindle547]

This series is brilliant. I've just made the plunge into iRacing and your tutorials have helped me no end. Thank you. Ps. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to more content

[@Sampsoid]

Cool, thanks a lot! That is great to hear, hope to see you out on track!

[@RobWoodhouse46]

Hi David, You've earned another new sub from this. Great bits of advice.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot and really glad it helped.

[@JamesColborn]

This is a fantastic tutorial. Thank you very much indeed for this and the links. Brilliant!

[@JonathanHeiliger]

Your tutorials are outstanding! QQ, I am trying to reposition the Black Boxes to the edges of a Samsung G9 49" display. I followed your Triple Setup Guide and have FOV set correctly, but the Black Boxes cannot move out of the "center" area - like the adjustment control hits a forcefield. Am I missing some ini tweak?

[@JonathanHeiliger]

I figured it out, the 2 settings in the INI file are DriveUIFullScreen=1 allow the driving UI to span all 3 monitors and SessionUIFullScreen=1 allow the replay screen to span to all 3 monitors

[@damoncarter1704]

I'm really struggling to set up Kapps the way you have I've watched this about 20 times and I still can't seem to get it to overlay my game without windowing iracing

[@hityourapex]

same

[@MuddyGamer]

thanks for this ive just moved over to iracing and this should help me alot. just gained a sub

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks for the sub and really glad it helped!

[@mouthend]

Great advice, well explained ! Got them all installed ok and looking forward in particular to using VRS to improve my times. Thanks a lot David - subscribed :)

[@mikeallen4110]

Great stuff! What is the argument to get Crew Chief to start in iRacing Manager? Thanks.

[@olliebrown89]

Great video, cheers mate.Definitely worth subscribing.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot mate

[@AnnieRabbets]

Great video David, very informative 🐌🏎

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks Annie. Love the: 🐌🏎️

[@glmn.visuals]

Nice video, this really helps!

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot and I'm glad it helped

[@erik7028]

Thanks a lot for this excellent video! Maybe you could help me with something else. I'm getting complaints that my microphone is way too loud in the voicechat during races. I checked some replays and it's probably the gain that's set way too high. Is there any way I can adjust this? I went through all the settings but I can't find it. (Btw I have a Audio-Technica AT2035 so should be decent right?). Btw I also noticed in your graphics settings that you have your GPU and RAM memory slides pretty far to the left. Is there a reason for this? I would think you're limiting resources too much.

[@cerme92]

open-racing-overlay null seems not working anymore. Had i working properly for a while but now I only get a fullscreen shadow instead of widgets

[@LansGaming]

Check the About page in the latest version of Kapps. The argument null needs to be replaced with the profileId of your default (or standard) window.

[@chrisvokaty6045]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Do you have a URL for the overlay "CAPS" (SP)?

[@kennylowry9666]

David, I added the "open-iracing-overlay null" but it isnt not working

[@gregfronek3252]

Hello David. Great videos, learning alot but unfortunately I'm not that savvy. I'm trying to save the incar settings with the cntrf12 , but when I go to a different track, it goes back to normal, not my saved setup? Any advice. Thanks. Greg

[@p.msonsenterprisesllc4585]

Thank you for all your videos they are very helpful, my husband is new to the iracing and we are having trouble getting KAPPS, Crew chief and VRS into iracing manager. All the apps have been down loaded but having trouble getting them to manager. Would you be will to help us out. Thank you

[@gptech2444]

In crew chief if you check base fuel calcs on most consumption he gets it pretty right most of the time. I also have 0.4 laps extra for some safety.

[@tonykanaan3839]

You are awesome, learned a lot. Thank you

[@SidVish]

With cost of IRacing do you think its worth me buying a subscription now and purchasing tracks and cars before I get started? Thinking about spreading the cost.I have the Fanatec Clubsport F1 wheel. I will be in getting a round rim in a month or so. I wont be starting until then. Cheers.

[@rumrunner8260]

Great video! All the overlays really kills the immersion and makes it an arcade racer with too much on there.

[@christophertrivette8071]

I just got a logitech 923 for the xbox/PC and my wheel Y axis is reversed only for IRacing!! When I try to calibrate my wheel to the left I turn right, when I turn right I turn left! How do I fix this ?

[@AF63RS]

Thanks for the video! I had a question concerning Full screen / window mode? I run triples and often record my races - should I be running window borderless? What's the difference if I run either or?

[@andreafspeziale]

Hi and thanks for the video! I’ve recently tested your iRacing Manager configuration. VRS and CrewChief are working fine but Kapps is just showing something like a washed grey background and I can see only the _ and X buttons on it. Is it correct? Plus I can see the overlays only with iRacing windowed, as soon as I put it on full screen (eg: alt+enter) I can’t see overlays no more. Any tip? I’m playing with a single monitor. Thanks!

[@aragorth123]

for me iracing manager is opening those apps when i launch iRacing, but kapps is opening its overlay but theres no infos on it, its just making screen more darker and i see in windows tasks bar that overlay is opened but there no infos on it, its blank. Its working only if i will alt tab to kapps and click on "open in window" icon. :/ i've configured all correct with your instruction

[@ravey1981]

Thanks for this, some great tips. Id like to use kapps but at the moment I use one button to cycle mt black boxes, is it possible to do the same in kapps? i dont really need standings and relative open at the same time for example....but then its nice to have the option. Good tip about chrome, I always leave it open as i start iracing through it, maybe i should use the beta UI intstead?

[@Cliff1119]

Hello David, silly question but I cannot open any overlays etc once the session/sim starts up. I only see the sim screen, I cannot see anything to launch on bottom.

[@Sampsoid]

Sure sounds like you are running in full screen mode, turn that off and turn off border. This will put you in windowed mode but will fill your screen and allow windows to sit above iRacing

[@GasCanZa]

Hi David, when i run iracing with iracing manager the Kapps program launches but "windows command proccess" always pops up asking me if I am sure I want to run it. Please can you help me get rid of this?

[@scottpoyner4836]

David why are the settings in iracing sync setups when I open in iracing car settings they all fail

[@MrEDET]

These videos are great and very helpfull, thx

[@Sampsoid]

Glad you think so, thanks!

[@goodbrainbadbrain2282]

The setup sync site is still down. It seems if I have gotten into Iracing a bit too late :( I am horrible with trying to set up a car.

[@pakipoli4895]

sorry...but i set Sode and Sim hub for iracing, but when i set into iracing.....the screen become with application bar under screen. Can i mantain full screen and app on screen? I write from Italy! Thanks

[@EyeoftheAbyss]

I installed Crew Chief but a weird dual volume glitch occurs. Part of his speech is normal volume and another very low or distant. I had this problem before with the iracing spotter, somehow fixed it (somehow because I'm new to PC and the whole thing is glitchy as can be and confusing). Any idea how to resolve this? I've turned iracing spotter off entirely, no text either.

[@scottkimbrow2558]

Cheers to you David! Thank you for the incredibly insightful iRacing videos. Question.....You reference Chrome and how it is not good to use with an iRacing session open. I love using Chrome for most web-based functions and had no idea this was an issue for iRacing. Do you have a recommendation of the best browser to use with an iRacing session open? I use JRT and that opens in browser tabs so I still need a brwoser open even if using the Beta UI. Thanks again!

[@ProperlyComplex]

My Kapps isn't loading correctly, the overlay opens but with no apps on. I have to close the overlay then open it in a window to get it working. Any ideas?

[@MNGuariza]

Same problem here

[@LansGaming]

Same issue for me. I guess we should reach out to the developer of Kapps and find out what changed.

[@LansGaming]

Found the solution. Check the About page in the latest version of Kapps. The argument null needs to be replaced with the profileId of your default (or standard) window.

[@ProperlyComplex]

@@LansGaming Yeah this guy is right, missed these comments or I would have gave yous the solution

[@tuflux8462]

Dave, can you do a short video on the map overlay? I've downloaded the server software from GitHub but when I go to start it, I get a command window that flashes momentarily and nothing. The log file shows nothing. Not sure what I am missing.

[@Sampsoid]

Sure, I'll add it to the list and work on it soon. Thanks for the support

[@stepet327]

@@Sampsoid Hi, Dave - great video!! I am now just finding this tutorial. By chance, did you do the Map Overlay, yet? that one, I'm stuck on!

[@tuflux8462]

@@stepet327 I had to run Kapps outside of Manager and even then it can a bit temperamental. I have Crew chief starting in the Manager when I start iRacing. I then open Kapps and click the open overlay window. The editable fields will show (including the track map) but the track map itself doesn't render. If I close the overlay window, re- open again through Kapps, it renders the track overlay the second time. I am not sure why. I have had similar issues with the Tyre temps overlay, but not as often as the track map. The track map will never open on the first attempt which is why I couldn't get it to auto-open via the Manager. I hope this helps a bit. Cheers.

[@hanjarake_taro]

I really struggled to know what's the name of the overlay sotware and I gave up... That would be nicer if you could put some notes in the description area....

[@papolws]

yeah , chaotic tutorial for me also

[@Steve-Slacker-Philipson]

David yet again Awesome and thanks so much . You didn't get into the track overlay. I use KAPPS but I dont use any OBS so what would you recommend for a good track overlay as well. I have one more issue you may be able to help with. I like to use the delta time bar and box all the time to help keep me honest when Im not directly in comp with another car. however I will have it viable for practice but when I come to race its not there and I need check the box again in setup options. Am I missing some reason why that doesn't always stay checked the first time I check it ?? CHeers mate.

[@Sampsoid]

Thanks a lot. Apologies for missing that. If you use kapps then take a look in the description and you will see a link for a track overlay that works in kapps, it's on GitHub. I have seen that problem before. Once the race sessions begins just hit the tab key and you are good to go. That is how it always is for me, so your not doing anything wrong.

[@aragorth123]

@@Sampsoid but how to use this track overlay with kapps? theres no instruction for it :)

[@JC21x]

so i followed the steps for kapps but the overlay doesnt auto open, just the program? has something changed since this video?

[@harveypaffett3251]

Hi David, The video is great and has been very helpful. But I have one problem when I open iracing and I load up crew chief and Kapps it exits full screen and windows it. I then press alt enter to enter full screen on iracing again and the overlays disappear, Why is this ?

[@erikrenner]

Thanks so much for this video David.

[@Sampsoid]

No problem, thanks for watching