Sim Racing Rally Tips For Beginners

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Contents:
00:12 - Cornering Technique
00:58 - Weight Transfer Explained
02:05 - Corner Exits
02:34 - Throttle Management
03:40 - FWD vs RWD vs 4WD
04:24 - Game Settings: Force Feedback
05:08 - Game Settings: Assists
05:45 - Handbrake Turns
07:24 - Scandinavian Flick
08:03 - Clutch Kick
08:52 - Taking Jumps
10:03 - Where To Learn More
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[@wrench4057]

I came here to tell you that this is a great video, and very appreciated. I just started rallysiming via RBRPro, and this video alone made a huge difference in my driving. I had heard a lot of the ideas before, even in the in game tutorials, but they never sunk in until they were described here, and described very well. I went from bouncing from one edge of the track to the other, and not really understanding why, to driving straight down the racing line as sideways as I wanted to be, and cut a minute out of my time on the first track I ran. I hadn't intended to write a novel here, but I just closed the game and i guess i was excited to tell someone about it XD

[@scienceofobliteration2671]

the fun fact here is: all there is to weight transfer and such applies to track racing as well. it's just a difference in surface. :p

[@Trash432]

Just got WRC Gen today, my first ever rally game and boy have I restarted the driving test 1000000 times. This video is just what I was looking for no one was really talking about how to drive it would just be gameplay. I'm on controller right now but my pc is high end so I might get a set up soon it looks fun and I'd like to learn how to drift.

[@SimsRacingDesign]

Great video. Well done! It explains things nicely for some of the less-experienced virtual rally drivers in the community. Mastering these techniques will help those people improve their times and increase their enjoyment of driving virtual rally cars. By the way Chris, are you going to do another first impressions video or release a review of WRC Generations now that it is out? You made one based on an impressions video driving one of the development builds but I would be interested to know your thoughts on the launch version. I'm working on a first impressions but due to the long hours at work, I barely have the time or the energy to work on it. Hopefully, I'll be able to put it together this weekend. Thanks for this video and enjoy the rest of your day, mate.

[@smith3y92]

Thanks for doing this video Chris, I really want to get back into Rally sim games and do it properly.

[@discodan2265]

Jon I saw your time on a RBR RSF leaderboard the other day for hotlap. I think you were 5th and I managed a 9th. Cant remember the track but I've seen your name in the top 20 a few times. Rbr in vr is so fun! 👌

[@karimlopez9793]

More and more vidéo like this please. Great content. Thank you

[@wiegraf9009]

Great stuff, thanks!

[@chrischand5082]

Excellent video, there isn't many rally tutorials on you tube, so ne good if you could do more of these please, do one for gravel v tarmac v snow, be helpful, but yeah any rally videos be appreciated

[@chrissaunders1276]

Very good video on starting in rally sims, took me many years of trial and error to get to where I am able to get into the top 100 on most leaderboards within 3-4 runs

[@lafaina79]

...years? Getting frustrating after few days.

[@Nick-ye8pf]

Superb video

[@chonglers1513]

Love DR2.0 the more the merrier!

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

Funny, I just booted DR2 up for the first time the other night. Took a while to get my new wheel set up but had a blast with the mini in the historic rallys. Scared me self shitless with the Mk2 and then had a good blat around dirtfish with one of the scoobys. Had a really hard time with throttle control with the Mk2 escort and kept spinning out, I guess I'm just too heavy-footed, especially around slow, tight corners.

[@misterarek4136]

Dirt Rally = Sim Racing Rally Tips For *Beginners* Richard Burns Rally = Sim Racing Rally Tips For *Advanced* ;-)

[@Joe2328]

what a friendly looking man, hello Chris

[@iyadkamhiyeh527]

Great video, I am a huge rally fan and of course that means my favorite sim is DiRT Rally 2.0, now I reached the point where I want to drive AWD cars and take it to next level. I struggle a bit to understand the Differential settings, especially things like Center Diff and Diff preload, it would be awesome if you or Jon could make a video about it! Thanks

[@lukesmall7660]

im ABOSLUTELY in love with this game! the league system is fantastic . we managed to get out team in the legends class 2. and ive just got a triple gold on the first 3 daily challenges. its nice to be able to race against 30 people in your split who are all similar pace. thank you KT racing !

[@karhu07]

Hes playing dirt rally 2.0

[@hernanialves6938]

​@@karhu07 this must be a troll comment.... 😄

[@pilkjaer]

I need some training time booked with that guy. I have tried the easiest mode in Dirt2 and stil managed to come several minutes behind the last competitor. I can't complete any stage without getting off-course or hitting something. The learning curve for Rally is really steep.

[@lafaina79]

I really want to learn but coming from GT7 make it extremely hard and frustrating, I just don't have the mindset for rally racing. Still loving it tho

[@jaytoppo1670]

lol, try doing all the above with just a left leg operating the brake and accelerator pedals like I've been doing for the last 6 years lol... would love to know what sort of times you're getting on Newhouse Bridge (Scottish stage), my all round favorite stage in the entirety of DR2.0...

[@Navoii.]

As a scandinavian, I flick so hard

[@phamdinhhoang1998]

Why do I usually got understeering when I brake for turn?

[@PROJaiRU]

his smile is CREPPY

[@balamacab]

Nice video, but is quite hard to transfer what's learnt in DR2 to RBR... I was quite good at DR2 but extremely bad in RBR; specialy in the hadbrake control and jumps.

[@ber1239]

That's because rbr is proper hardcore simulator

[@AtH1338]

I've played RBR before and it felt amazing

[@roy005005]

Which map is he playing? Looks like some sort of free roaming map in dirt 2. I don’t own the game but it seems like a good practice area.

[@mateuszsmigasiewicz3472]

nice socks

[@sergeantwombat]

Where are you my boi

[@Wszyc]

About Force feadback I'll suggest to almost turn it off ( leave max 20% ) for rally and also circut racing if you have any non direct drive wheel because those cheaper wheels have hard time to react correctly like a real car when you loose traction they just dont have the speed and power to act like a real car thats why its better for them to not be in you way you need only a little pressure to fell a car. If you have a direct drive wheel its a different story :)

[@georgedeconto9599]

Can Jon answer the age old question, what is the most realistic rally sim: Dirt, WRC or RBR?

[@SimsRacingDesign]

Each has their strongpoints and weaknesses in regards to their handling models so it's not as simple as many would believe, to be honest. Would love to know what Jon thinks regarding this, and not just which one but more specifically the reasoning behind it.

[@AmbientMike]

The general consensus is RBR, well RBR with mods like RallySimFans. Nikolay Grayazin uses it to practice and has talked about how literal modeled stages helped him in I believe it was Croatia or Hungary. I used to run in a team with Mattias Adielsson, a Swedish drivers who runs R5's and historics. He felt that alot of the principles in Dirt Rally 2.0 applied to the real world with weight transfer and trying to control a rally car, though there is forsure less than real characteristics to the game aswell.

[@pbakai182]

he's spoken about RBR on the comments section in his previous youtube videos: "RBR is nice for the feeling of how a real rally car should feel in a game and how the rhythm feels. DR2.0 simulates more things and the feeling of both is really good" (3 years ago) he can't really say *too much* since he's on the DR2.0 team as their game designer lol

[@ber1239]

@@AmbientMike it was during the Barum rally, he was talking about Semetin which is avaible in rbr

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

Is that a Thrustmaster DD wheel?

[@motherlodegt3887]

No, it's just a T248

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

@@motherlodegt3887 Thanks. I’ve never seen one from the side.

[@OneRedKraken]

One of the tips that confused me and I wish was better explained to me is the concept of braking late. I think if it was said to me as braking 'into' turns would have helped. When I started I would try to slow down to the speed needed for a turn before I engaged it. Which is really not good and you cannot really take the turns sharply enough if you lack the speed to rotate the car.

[@winkiiiie]

Dr2 is rally for babies. Do yourself a favor and stick with RBR if you want to learn to be a good rally driver. Graphics dont matter going fast lol