This Has To Be The Most Unlucky Person In Sim Racing | SIM RACING STEWARDS

[@benzineist]

I think Damian needs to internalize the adage “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”

[@RefrigeratedTP]

In Damian's defense, it's so hard to see that perspective when you're really trying your best and just end up pissed off.

[@savageduck4487]

It's like someone put magnets in his car instead of sandbags

[@daviddavies3637]

I think Damien needs to get off iRacing and do something on LFM if he thinks everything's intentional. He's spending money monthly and seemingly not getting much fun out of it with people saying "here's Damien, fellas" and then deliberately punting him. Poor fella's got a target on his back. LFM would take a dim view of that kind of behaviour and ban them all. /s

[@R83TV]

Last time I was at Monza in simracing. Everybody drove through the first corners on first lap without any incidents.... I was sure I witnessed a miracle that day.

[@JMak02]

We’re improving! sometimes! Slowly and with setbacks but improving😂

[@Russ-]

Are you sure that was not a dream?

[@R83TV]

@@Russ- yup guy in the back went into the grass by himself but all other cars went through no bumps or anything. I was like "wtf is going on here?" :P

[@R83TV]

@@JMak02 what? was that a reply to me??

[@R83TV]

@@Nirawen he was the last guy on the track just going retard into the grass for no reason. No other car involved.

[@WantecVR]

8:45 Jimmy, you are welcome to the bar anytime! Come and have a race and drinks on us mate!! Greenville, SC, USA :D

[@merobo5066]

In addition to the bar being great, I also like what seems to be your own custom replay graphics (and I like seeing simracing at Norisring, a track I like)

[@dwculler]

Was this just a Halloween event or do y’all have leagues/events other than just the weekly time trial nights? (I live in the area and love y’all’s bar would love to do some league racing).

[@WantecVR]

@@dwculler we host league races every Wednesday! Qualifying starts at 3 and then the race starts at 8:30! It's an open league, anyone can qualify. We're racing the GTE Porsches in our league for the next 4 weeks then we're switching to Mazda Miata's!

[@juanin200]

@@WantecVR You guys got discord or something?

[@talolinton]

Yo what??!

[@coledelahooke809]

F in the chat for poor Damien

[@_gr1nchh]

That first clip was a thing of beauty. So many people don't know how to divebomb correctly. You absolutely have to make passes like that to win races or gain positions, pro drivers do that. It was made without contact because both of them showed respect. Good racing right there.

[@mattshiz]

You also have to rely on the car Infront seeing you coming, luckily he did and turned out of the turn to make space for the camera car. He didn't *have* to but it saved him being spun round.

[@_gr1nchh]

@@mattshiz He left the inside open and took a very wide entry into the corner. He left the divebomb open, but as you said, was paying attention. That's all it takes sometimes to avoid a crash is just pay attention. And when you leave an opening like that, to expect someone to take it.

[@Roguewrrior56]

​@justice3340, my personal favorite... The Ole switcheroo

[@TrolledBy]

At the exit of the chicane onto the straight the overtaking car was slightly pushed off the racetrack, which I hope wasn't intentional.

[@_gr1nchh]

@@TrolledBy Probably wasn't, passed car looked a little nervous on entry and exit.

[@Akaataxi]

9:00 I did end up giving the place back i didn't really know what happened at the time and we had some good racing before this. thanks for watching the clip :)

[@--_DJ_--]

If in doubt, no harm in giving the place back.

[@fastmadcow]

After all racing is about having fun for us sim racers! We shouldn't let competition blind us to the fact that there are other people in those cars.

[@lemonemmi]

Damian thinks everyone on the track is against him. Turns out they aren't. The universe is.

[@croce1281]

jimmers the typa guy to upload a video 2 minutes after my lunch break ends at work

[@hnbb5001]

Get back to work

[@isaactarula3070]

If you can’t get an extra 15 minutes for lunch , you need a new job

[@briancatt7613]

The NERVE

[@mop4232]

We are checking. Bathroom break button on.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Huh?

[@JakePetrolhead]

I wanna know what Damian has done on iRacing to make him think he is the target of *multiple* intentional wrecks.

[@YunoYudu97]

Maybe the class of the field and getting targeted.....mayyybe idk

[@TheYazukaa]

Ikr

[@matthewkirbitson7688]

This is no joke, without doubt, my favourite series on KZbin

[@kierenferguson2003]

I think the one thing on Damines 3rd crash is always aim for the back of where the car is moving not the front

[@--_DJ_--]

Isn't that where he would stop if he did hit the brakes? I think going right is the correct move in that case. Tough decision to make in the moment though.

[@TJ_Simon]

@@--_DJ_-- Tbh, my reaction would have been also to go to the left, even if I need to use some gravel. Oposite of the rejoining car's movement.

[@Netrole]

@@--_DJ_-- Yeah going right was the right call, even though it did not work out. What was definetly wrong though, was to keep the throttle pinned

[@excrubulent]

Yeah that's saved me multiple times in oval incidents. It feels like magic in the moment but it's really my brain automatically aiming for where the gap is about to appear. If you watch enough crashes you start to pick up the patterns.

[@roribeedm]

@@--_DJ_-- Hard and fast rule in racing: Aim for where the car was, not where it is going. NEVER try to cut across the front of an out of control car cause this clip is exactly what will happen 9 times out of 10. If Damien had gone left, he might have had to go slightly onto the grass, but the chances of the white car being able to stop before he hits the middle of the track is effectively nil.

[@FrancisMarcosGaming]

Nothing like a peek into Damian having a really bad day 😅

[@sebb1313]

TLDR: unintentional, panicked, spun onto racing line, BasicOllie is a nice person. On Damien’s third inchident, I was reminded of a guy who Ollie found spinning in Ascari at Monza. He took out Ollie and was super apologetic but Ollie made his day by looking back at it immediately and not even initially placing any blame on him because as he spun onto the racing line, he panicked and tried to accelerate off of it. Ollie made sure he knew that he didn’t blame the guy.

[@YouTubeWatcher9000]

7:45 I was just at that sim racing bar a few days ago, surprised to see it on here. I think they were actually showing a replay of that race or at least the same series on the tv when I was there.

[@WilliamThomasIgnition]

Thanks for stopping by! Hop in sometime soon and mention you saw us in this video!

[@WantecVR]

So sick!! Small world :)

[@TheFissk]

Hello new editor-chan. I love what you did with this video. It feels a lot more subtle than the old edit. I look forward to seeing what you can do once you've found your groove with Jimmy!

[@macan94126]

I’m loving the new editor, and I certainly wasn’t expecting Tom Scott to make an appearance, but I think the music was a little too loud and invaded at some times when Jimmy was explaining something. Very much looking forward to how the videos continue to evolve though, so keep up the good work

[@derekpeace7668]

The one on Tsukuba - I don't feel like contact or not should matter. If contact is avoided, it is because the guy getting pushed out wide backed off. The guy pushing shouldn't be absolved because the other guy avoided him.

[@blechtic]

Agreed. Contact or no contact, it shouldn't matter. The legality of the move shouldn't be determined based on whether the other guy takes steps to avoid the contact forcing them out, since they will be the victim regardless but lose more the less they defend the line they are entitled to (braking to let them pass vs. steering out to avoid contact vs. physically pushed vs. steering to push back).

[@Einveldi]

The wholesomeness in this video is impressive, compounded by the presence of both Patrick Stewart and Tom Scott.

[@kinch_evl]

On the last one: If a wheel falls off a car on iRacing's New Damage Model, that brake no longer functions. If both front wheels are gone, I can see where a driver would panic accelerate to try and get off the road ASAP. They just happened to accelerate at the moment the POV car comes over the hill and clips them.

[@StarkRaven59]

What it looks like to me is that the crashing driver jammed the gas in an attempt to get the car to turn around, and simply drove straight into Damien. Functionally an unsafe rejoin to me, but that's just what I'm seeing.

[@blechtic]

@@StarkRaven59 Yes, but the sucky bit is that he is already turning to stay on the side he went off and then decides to cross the track just as another car comes and is trying to avoid him on the clear side. He drives contrary to his initial indication. Had he stayed on his own side and slowed down a bit, his turn to face the right direction again would have been easier anyway. Or he could have stayed on his side and turned the 360 to 540.

[@brada562]

HOLY CRAP THAT VR BAR IS 90 MINUTES FROM ME!! ETA - its in Greenville, SC (which on its own is already an awesome little city)

[@willdemersseman5049]

Come by sometime man we’d love to have you!

[@WantecVR]

You should totally come by, you can compete in our league series! We'd love to have you :)

[@oddforoddssake3751]

Every incident I see in Forza, regardless of which title, is just like... expecting them to behave is like expecting football fans not to start punching each other the moment a red card gets given out

[@resyrum5301]

As an oval racer, the Iowa incident is probably getting marked down as a racing incident because A.) Both involved cars suffered, B.) Both involved cars are dumb, and C.) Oval racing officials tend not to throw penalties around very often unless you very obviously intentionally wreck someone

[@colebaker___]

13:00 NASCAR guy here. It looks like the green car we are onboard with overcooks corner entry and heads up the track, then tries to correct and go back down. The black car in front did slide up the track just before contact. If anything i would put on the green car. Honestly, it looks like two very unskilled drivers taking racing lines that are nowhere near normal and they got what they deserved.

[@chrisslater9514]

very late comment (i’m addicted to watching these) and since i didn’t see any comments about the oval clip, ill just say i totally agree w u, including the rookie stripes on the back of the car tend to be a good indication, but this is just bad driving on both parts (which is ok everyone has to learn!)

[@DigitalImpostor]

I didn't expect Tom Scott to make an appearance.

[@markringer3670]

The track at 8 min is the Norisring in the heart of Nuremberg, its the shortest streat circuit I know with just 4 corners, DTM races here every here ^^

[@maxanderson7344]

He was asking about the bar that we were racing at. That was a clip from our weekly league stream

[@TheNecromancer6666]

The old DTM cars were at the Norisring. It's basicly in Nürnberg in Germany. It's on the old Reichsparteitag Gelände. Yes.... what a beautiful location 😅

[@N3V2-Nevto]

All I can say is Poor Damien.

[@Azeria]

The thing with ovals is there’s the rules, and then there’s the unwritten rules. The rules probably say it’s the car behind’s fault most likely, although you are supposed to be predictable, but when ‘hold your line’ is a pretty clear unwritten rule, it’s much less in the car in front’s favour.

[@Ze-Ace]

The bar is in Greenville south carolina called ServusVR

[@willdemersseman5049]

We’ve since rebranded to WantecVR😂

[@Ze-Ace]

@@willdemersseman5049 hey very cool

[@WantecVR]

❤❤❤

[@pearofgeeksii8156]

Tip for Damian on #3: When stumbling across an accident that is moving; never pass in front of the direction of the accident's travel. Aim behind it, or (if its moving sufficiently fast) directly at it.

[@Choik19]

Yo this new editor seems like he's straight fire

[@SgtStinger]

I'm not a fan of the music choices though. Too intrusive.

[@ConnorHammond]

hello new editor 🙄

[@deropti5765]

Just in case nobody has brought light into the case of the unknown track with the old DTM-cars: It is the NORISRING! A city circuit in Nürnberg, Bavaria. Normaly public roads and parking spaces, that are transformed into a racetrack for the DTM once a year. It is still in the racing calendar, year by year.

[@nhicks83]

He wasn’t asking about the track he was asking about the bar which is wantecvr in Greenville sc league night

[@enermatrix4053]

7:34 You can actually see the very notable netcode invisible 'bump' on the back left of the yellow car at that moment, as if the white car had made continued with its current path and made contact. Also, been watching all your videos in this series and been finding it really interesting and fascinating. Love the content!

[@josephgardner6577]

The punisher bit at the beginning sent me. Absolutely love the little humorous bits

[@Dice-Head]

Gotta be my favourite series on KZbin. Informative, helpful, I always learn something, and Im always getting some laughs too. Thanks jimmer

[@pinch-of-salt]

Simracing stewarts and the assetto corsa mods and community like touge union are the best series here! Thanks for introducing me to all this Jimmer!

[@chefcc90]

RIP Damien!! Poor guy did nothing wrong!!

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

A new editor and a Tom Scott meme one minute in. I think you've picked a good one here Jimmer!

[@SlidesLikeAGirl]

I MADE THE INTRO CLIP!!! I WORK AT THE BAR WHERE THAT HAPPENED!!!! FUCK YES!!!

[@CDehlbom883]

Can't believe WantecVR got the shoutout! i used to work there, they do league night every Wednesday. they started streaming it and posting highlights recently on their youtube channel

[@prostetnikjeltz6801]

The track in the Raceroom-clip is the Norisring in Nürnberg/Germany. It's a temporary track in the city.

[@lukerazer9565]

I actually really do like this new editor! Very clear and snappy!

[@yann.thiele8336]

Btw in the New Forza Motorsports: Of your Car feels inconsistent... It is! The Game decreases your Downforce and grip when someone is chasing behind you to make the racing artifically closer... So even when in Training/Quali you're 3 sec faster A LAP than the Guy behind you... He will Catch you

[@xX_Gravity_Xx]

8:36 I believe that track is Norris Ring. I Could be way off, but that's what it looks like to me.

[@MisterGiGs]

Patrick Stewart staring into my soul the entire video.

[@edwardlack2578]

07:50 the track is Norisring. Always absolute scenes of carnage whenever anything races there

[@Ceramic_Memelord]

Check out the whole Norisring race video on that WantecVR channel, it’s just hilarious

[@irmajestic24glover30]

3:30 that was me! IR Majestic. The Aston was holding me up. He was doing a lot of blocking. I got beside him after the fast right hander and gave him room. The Aston turned in on me at the apex. And didn’t give the me room for the vette to hold the outside. By the time I lifted he was turned

[@rachelpurity1]

At 13:40 you can see the guy in front lose it for a short moment, causing him to pull back across to the right, in front of the POV car who is just following the line he's chosen. The impact comes slightly after that. So it's a racing incident, with blame being on the guy in front for pitting himself (likely due to snap oversteering slightly after correcting).

[@InformatrIIcks]

On that second clip the Ferrari should have moved back to the middle of the track once it finished the corner ... Bro hang at the edge of the track like he didn't know there was a car here ! I understand understeering and pushing someone off, but then give space for that guy to reenter the track

[@unprofessionalgarage5507]

babe wake up new sim racing stewards just dropped

[@mortenalbertsen7443]

@8:40 that is Norisring in Nuremberg, Germany. Feel free to visit us :) It surely is a spectacular event!

[@timslikechanel1923]

For the nascar one i think it’s the black car in the front because he cuts in to the apex the guy behind tries to overtake on the outside slows down before he goes side to side and at that moment the car in front turns back to the outside line

[@noble8829]

Editor is actually really good and lets you get to the point and shows us what your reading if we can't hear ourselves Thank you Editor! Jimmer I think you should keep him!

[@Iam_thecake]

Remind me to skip any MX5 races at Oulton Park 😂

[@SaltySeattleCyclist]

16:57 I NEED that fart sound effect 😂😂

[@39KHall]

"...but this is actual motorsport, with proper rules...." 😂😂😂☠☠☠

[@Mercman1010]

Im gonna say the guy in the last clip was still on the gas while rejoining. You can see his rear tires light up just before contact. However, still a racing incident. Mans trying to recover a car, probably had no idea where he actually was on track. Poor yellow guy did nothing wrong, but had the choice to pass on either side and a more experienced driver probably wouldnt of chosen the side the crashing car was still moving towards.

[@NielsHeusinkveld]

F for Damien..

[@brasslion4176]

I like this new editor :)

[@alexjames2416]

8:46 I work at that bar!! It’s WantecVR!

[@itzrayman]

already missed old editor chan, but welcome new editor chan, you've got some big shoes to fill 😢❤

[@KumaKaori]

4:22, just know that with the two already battling, that section of the circuit is technical, and twisty, a 3rd car is going to end in heartbreak like it does Be patient, let them wreck, then you benefit in avoidance!

[@arthurbates1167]

TALKEY CRASHEY BLAMEY

[@elliottsw]

I would LOVE to see you do this for real F1 racing incidents. It would be fascinating to get your view on the F1 stewards' decisions.

[@ThePinkzord]

Damien is guilty! Thats what you get for recording your monitor with your phone!

[@Disturbedmelloow]

1:16, loved that. Great youtuber too!😊

[@matterno]

I once intentionally crashed on a nascar iracing race AFTER the finish as I thought there wouldnt be any incidents anyways then because the race is over and I thought I had seen this often before and thought it was a fun thing to do after an exhausting but good race. Oh boi, the lobby was pissed and I got punished -.- I mean... it was AFTER the race was over. But now I know better

[@KeManYT]

Damien is me trying to get out of rookie and d class

[@JaredR1996]

One of my favorite series in the channel is back 👍

[@TheDaemon66]

Block passing isn’t frowned upon. It’s used in motocross, it’s used in saloon car racing. Getting to the Apex first and then parking it on the apex is a great way to pull a gap as you control when acceleration occurs and normally means the other guy will be caught napping.

[@sacredsock8031]

DId not expect to see Tom Scott guest star in your vid today

[@bloodangelz]

That last clip, looks like car coming towards us, slightly turns to avoid the car, but then the racing car turns right to avoid the oncoming car.. putting himself on collision course

[@scottmeredith3359]

Wish the tool who ruined my 8 hours of Fuji then protested ME would submit the incident to you to steward 😂

[@Scientist-exe]

7:20 netcode or not, the guy behind was adamant to drive "through" our guy

[@fullsend278]

“If this was F1” lmaoooo called out, the passing rules are just GASH now, just big boi Verstappen send it from nowhere and as long as you’re alongside a mm or two, all good man 🤙🏻😂😂 so dumb

[@steveb_]

13:25 The black car can be seen correcting his line. As you said, he went in too sharp, he realised that and tried to widen is line, by that point our driver was already reaching with his nose ready to overtake but the black car swooped by his nose while trying to correct hist line.

[@nicknyaa]

Great video as always! Love the new editor! And I hope Damian gets the justice he deserves!

[@jacksmith4460]

11:30 honestly I agree with you 100%, its not illegal, but its also a little naughty, the contact makes it unsporting, until contact its just good racecraft

[@DanielLaixer]

7:50 Will Deez... WILL DEEZ

[@willdemersseman5049]

WILL DEEZ!

[@MisterMr2.775]

Jimmy, would you consider adding a "-Sim Racing Stewards" or "(Sim Racing Stewards)" or "-SRS" to the end of the titles, or in the thumbnail? There have been a couple times where I wouldn't have clicked on the video, but then thought 'oh this is probably a sim racing stewards video, and I like watching those'

[@DewdyDoes]

Anybody else start working each one out in their head as Jimmy is going through it? I'm very inexperienced with all this but, I can tell I'm picking up on things from the videos and streams :)

[@f1matt]

Big respect for the Captain Picard shirt. 👍👍

[@excrubulent]

Aw, the first clip was wholesome, good racing and nobody got hurt! Great, that's a success everyone. Let's go home. I don't need to watch the outro.

[@EllieDouglasF1]

My boy Damien needs a pint buying for him

[@lauscho]

I felt that so much from Damian, that whole "is everyone just secretly mad at me" thing... intentional?

[@idle404]

Damian in the Miata just can't catch a break, poor guy 😭

[@bagxofxkittensgaming8228]

Yoooo. I live in the city where wantec vr is located at. I know what I’m doing this weekend Updated: the name of the place is now Servus Bar

[@willdemersseman5049]

Sorry for the name confusion but we’ve since rebranded to Wantec VR

[@steelski01]

the Formula Ford one.... I think it was a good overtake, the guy could clearly see the cut and did nothing to evade the contact. Had plenty of space on his left, yet continued to turn in.

[@HondaWanderer]

Love seeing these super high res clips of race sims in 2023. Amazing. /s

[@chon4k]

"If this was F1 they'd say that's a clean pass but this is actual motorsport with rules." 😂💀 Love it.

[@johnbower7452]

I'd say that last clip the guy should watch "Days of Thunder" for the advice the old guy gives Tom Cruise; "Steer to where the crash is, not where it's going..."

[@Sworn973]

Jimmy, JIMMY!, we need more of this, to big space between each episode

[@tohmastom]

I like this new editor. :)

[@CharlieMellberg]

the raceroom clip was norrisring in germany

[@ba97racing]

Iowa incident, the guy drives in deep from way below the optimal line, you can see him understeer past the black car to the point of switching lanes with no contact made, then when he regains control he turns down into the black car and spins him. Not even remotely 'understerring into him'. Almost looked intentional.

[@thecompanioncube4211]

Damien: I AM FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE!!!

[@white_nissan_skyline_r3360]

For that NASCAR clip, it seems to me like the black car shoots down to take the inside line, and then right as the car we are riding onboard is about to be on his right rear fender, he shoots back up, and I’d say that incident is on the black car.

[@millennialchicken]

Hey Jimmer that track you were asking about is the Norisring in Germany, there's plenty of mods out there that cover it both current and classic layouts.

[@svenr.7318]

i don't think he was looking for the track, but rather the bar they were sitting in and commentating from

[@maxanderson7344]

@@svenr.7318that’s a clip from our weekly league stream at the bar

[@willdemersseman5049]

It’s called WantecVR and is located in Greenville, South Carolina USA also on KZbin @WantecVR

[@TrolledBy]

I have an idea to improve Monza t1. Hear me out on this one: The first chicane will be used only from the second lap onwards. Curva Grande will thus be the first turn of the race. Although that might just move the shenanigans to the second chicane.

[@StarkRaven59]

Alternatively, bring back Variante Rettifilo.

[@trade9mark]

Captain Picard T- Shirt! You make it so, Jimmy 🖖🖖🖖🖖