THE HYPERCAR BEGINNER GUIDE - Le Mans Ultimate

[@alexkayracing]

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What’s your favourite Hypercar in the 2024 WEC Season?

[@SimCurves]

WEC: Porsche/Toyota, IMSA: Cadillac. Side note: Can't wait for AMS2 to bring us the recent IMSA content in a couple of months' time.

[@alexkayracing]

@@SimCurves I wonder what they will add man! Like surely Acura and Lamborghini. But how are they going to fix their online have no idea

[@beanspretends410]

Still the Ferrari - but how cool does that Lambo look and sound 😍

[@alexkayracing]

@@beanspretends410 did you hear the Bumpstart for it? Freaking mental

[@SpaceManta_]

LMH Peugot, stands out as the most unique LMDh Alpine and the Caddy, They are blue

[@rickrolled7930]

Absolutely amazing how complex this is. These hypercars are not so easy to drive. And the sim is no exception. I'm honestly blown away by the fact that we have such a complex and realistic simulation of virtual energy and hybrid systems.

[@alexkayracing]

It’s a really stimulating experience! You especially see where they shine when you get into long races, there’s multiple ways to win a race with so many strategies it’s great🔥

[@rickrolled7930]

@@alexkayracing rn i don't have lmu because i don't have a rig. But just in a week i will recive it, along with some better pedals than my g29 and a big monitor, basically a full setup. But tbh i'm a bit scared of long races in lmu. That's what i wanted to buy it for yes but startegy was never my thing. I never imagined we have stuff such as virtual enegry.

[@cristalper]

​@@rickrolled7930 hi dude Do u really love it or want it?! Learn it.

[@rickrolled7930]

@@cristalper i love it and want it. No need to be rude.

[@cristalper]

@@rickrolled7930 Was not meant to be rude, but motivating🤙

[@The.JZA.]

@3:35 Aaaaaaah this is why I keep spinning in the braking zones. Thank you!

[@alexkayracing]

Don’t worry it happens to the best of us!

[@samcope4265]

I literally searched for this subject earlier today and there were no videos now this pops up, much appreciated

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure mate, see you on track!

[@redrunnercfc5438]

As someone whos simmed many different versions of F1 these are equally as complicated to drive but also equally as fun

[@alexkayracing]

Yeah I love them mate, which one have you been driving?

[@SpaceManta_]

For the fuel calculations, i found another way that for me at least seems easier: 1- find the hybrid deployment where it is neutral or recharging just a bit per lap 2- Do some laps on race pace (say i'm comfortable doing 1:35's in monza) 3- After doing a lap i feel i can do consistently, look at the fuel tab on the MFD, divide the fuel used by energy used (Basically calculating my fuel ratio) and set it on the setup page 4- Plan my race on energy use since i figured out my fuel ratio and energy use per lap I find this easier because since i'm using a deployment that is (usually) recharging the battery a bit, it means i'm taking more fuel than i need (given the fact that i'll be draining and charging the battery during the race by turning the deployment up and down just one setting) so i won't have a problem with running out of fuel, the extra fuel should't be enough to weight me down, and in some calculators i can just put 100l max fuel and use the energy used per lap instead of fuel to plan my stints

[@SpaceManta_]

The fuel estimator from the SimGrid even shows the amount of fuel (or energy if you put the energy values there) for the last stint

[@alexkayracing]

Yeah there’s definitely more than one way to do it! I’ll usually put an extra litre or two in cos I’m paranoid like that 😂

[@LW_Black4]

Excellent video Alex. Thanks for simplifying it for a layperson and making complex vehicle systems easier to understand, as I suspect it's the top tier of cars, the LMPh class, that most drivers will want to be in for any mixed class racing!

[@alexkayracing]

Thank you my friend I’m glad it could help you out! Yes they definitely are the most fun car class I’ve driven!

[@justinkay9910]

I dont even have this game, but this is a great video and explanation.

[@alexkayracing]

Thanks mate glad you liked it! Definitely give it a try someday it’s an awesome game 🔥

[@mrtom2450]

Fantastic video. I’d been trying to work out the relationship between fuel, VRG and battery usage and this has helped a lot.

[@alexkayracing]

Thanks for watching mate glad it could help👍 any other questions about it let me know

[@KyleS26]

ahh mate im so glad i found your video, im so clueless as to why i spin so much but 3:35 really explained it for me, thank you!

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure mate glad it could help! Be sure to check out the rest of the beginner series it explains brake migration as well, happy racing!

[@VMVarga-yf6eg]

Loving the LMU content thanks very helpful

[@alexkayracing]

No problem mate see you on track!

[@jairjanga385]

This is a good video for LMU beginners such as myself. My rule is to take it easy on the few opening laps on cold tyres.

[@alexkayracing]

Thanks for watching mate, yes definitely that’s a good process to follow 👍

[@merlincooper4046]

Should have watched your video before doing the weekly event at Bahrain. Was in the lead on the final lap, crossed the finish line in P1. But was penalized for exceeding the max. Virtual energy and therefore finished P15 😂 Messed up two hours of good driving at the last pi-stop

[@alexkayracing]

Don’t worry mate it’s happened to me before too 😂 at least you know you would have won right!

[@menacegtr]

Fantastic video on this complicated subject. Mich does a good job of explaining this feature and does it well but you just brake it down some for a much easier understanding. Appreciate the video👍

[@alexkayracing]

No problem at all mate I’m glad it could help you! All the best with your races 👍

[@JamesClarksonSimracing]

Top man. I have only done 2 races in the HY both at Le Mans 3:27-28s the cars are fun. This video has helped me with the fundamentals as in my first race I had a dreaded S&G penalty for using 100% VE.

[@alexkayracing]

Hey mate I’m glad this video could help you! Yes I love them they give such good racing especially when you start putting gte cars in the mix 🔥

[@ezeavila]

What i personally do with the battery is manteining between 50% and 70% (yeah, you have to pay more atention but i think its the best mode to balance the VE)

[@alexkayracing]

Nice man that’s good too! Later on be careful doing that too cos you might find you use too much fuel by having the battery deployment lower more often to do that. it shouldn’t pose too much of an issue though, thanks for watching!

[@hirycze]

Hi bro, Im the guy you helped on saturday, finally i understand everything about the hybrid. Cheers👍

[@alexkayracing]

Hey brother my pleasure! Enjoy your Hypercar races🔥

[@anonymousontheinternet1309]

Many thanks for this video! The fuel estimations for a race really should be in-game I think (when the devs get around to it). It feels fairly obtuse to rely on external calculators, as nice as it is that they exist

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure! Yeah if you’re right it is silly to have to rely on an external calculator. You can kind do it in your head if you’re good at simple maths as well, but still abit of an unoptimised process

[@SimracingGG]

This is really useful! Thank you mate

[@alexkayracing]

No problem man thanks for watching 👍

[@timo6033]

I finally bought LMU 2 hours ago and you come up with this too help me 🤣❤

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure mate enjoy!

[@thomaswp2706]

Very good video on this subject although I would have liked to see a mention on the LMH/LMDH motor placements and their deployment and Regen level differences, as this does affect their energy management strategies aswell as LMH’s becoming AWD upon Hybrid Activation.

[@alexkayracing]

I just wanted to keep it simple mate, one uses battery whenever the throttle is down, the others use battery after a certain speed. When you start throwing the other stuff in there it becomes complicated for newer players, I don’t wanna turn people off

[@Nicholasmcgadden156]

Thanks for the video. Can't wait to play LMU once my new PC shows up. Worth noting that the two groups of hypercars you mentioned also line up with which regulations they were designed with. The Peugeot, Ferrari and Toyota are LMH while the Caddy and Porsche are LMDH.

[@alexkayracing]

Yeah LMDH = Le Mans Daytona Hypercar. What cars are you looking forward to driving in the game?

[@Nicholasmcgadden156]

@@alexkayracing Probably the Cadillac or BMW

[@alexkayracing]

@@Nicholasmcgadden156 nice choices👍 Cadillac is a bit harder to drive but good fun

[@siscogb55]

Hello Alex, congratulations on your live shows. It seems to me that you have a spectacular setup, one of the best I have seen in simracing. I have watched your videos to know how you capture those images, they are spectacular and very realistic, I would really like to know what camera you use to take them. Thanks and congratulations.

[@alexkayracing]

Thank you brother! I am using a go pro hero 10!

[@m.mccormick]

great video mate, ive never driven hypercars in any sim and this helped alot. you talked about how different hypercars depleted their battery differently (cadillac needs 5% battery when pitting, etc.). what group does the lambo go into? been enjoying driving that car lately. again, video was very helpful, youve earned a subscriber

[@alexkayracing]

Hey Matt thanks for watching mate! The Lamborghini falls into the same group as the Cadillac/bmw/porsche. Basically any car that starts up in electric mode follows that same rule. That being said, the Lamborghini was the final “lmdh” car, the only 2 remaining hypercars coming to the game are the alpine and issotta, and they are the same as the Ferrari/toyota/puegeot.

[@m.mccormick]

@@alexkayracing thanks mate

[@AliAli-xc8sw]

Very very helpful and very much thank you

[@alexkayracing]

No problem my friend best of luck with your races!

[@zzmadd]

Thanks! Needed info to approach LMU serie.

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure see you on track!

[@DaliborBogojevic-cb8fy]

I just shared on the LMU Community (Forum). Cheers DB

[@alexkayracing]

No problem mate glad it could help, and thank you for sharing it!

[@farnazseif6459]

At the circuit of la sarthe, i keep spinning in the final sector in the fast corners. I keep spinning while im breaking, and rotating the car. however my battery isn't full. Do you know how I can prevent this?

[@DaneHansolo]

Would love to see some Hypercar setups :D

[@alexkayracing]

I’ll see what I can do on the future mate 👍

[@DaneHansolo]

@@alexkayracing That would be amazing 🙏

[@beanspretends410]

Nice vid dude. I couldn't work out the Braking maps at all. Now it makes sense! So you wouldn't use 100% of virtual energy in the final pitstop, because that will extend your pitstop? Even if there's no more actual fuel going in?

[@alexkayracing]

Yes correct. If the final stint is only about 11laps, there’s no point filling 100% virtual energy because that would be the same thing as in ACC if you were to fill a fuel tank to full when there’s only 30 minutes left in the race. You’re making your pitstop unnecessarily long and costing yourself time. For example in real life WEC if you only filled 30L fuel but 100% Vitrual Energy. After the 30L of fuel is put in the car, the pit crew actually have to stand there and pretend to fill the car until their Virtual Energy bar reached 100%. It would just be a bad strategy

[@dnalord77]

HY Demystified. Thank you! :)

[@alexkayracing]

My pleasure enjoy!

[@aircooledpoly2194]

Excellent content. Thanks

[@alexkayracing]

No problem mate thanks for watching 👍

[@briang6168]

Good video, well done.

[@alexkayracing]

Thanks for watching mate glad it could help 👍

[@AidenLuz]

im kinda new in here, does all of this theoric concepts work just ingame or these are actually based on the real hypercars functioning system? like does the virtual nrg and hybrid system work like that in real life too? also, really nice video! understood at its best

[@alexkayracing]

Hey mate welcome! The devs have tried to make hypercars functions as close to the real life versions as possible. It’s still early access of course, so some things might be missing (for example heat generation in the hybrid system)but it will get there 👍

[@Wilayaat]

Thanks for this very informative video mate, appreciated. Not on LMU yet as too little time to spread my gaming into but saving this for future reference!

[@alexkayracing]

Thanks as always for watching brother, give it a try when you get a chance you will love it 🔥

[@Wilayaat]

@@alexkayracing Will do bro, I'm sure I'll enjoy it!

[@alexkayracing]

@@Wilayaat awesome mate see you on track maybe!

[@Jorge-oh5ee]

Don't bother, all those systems and cars drive like a piece of crap sliding everywhere

[@Wilayaat]

​@@Jorge-oh5ee Really? I thought the recent June upgrade made it a lot better but I can't be sure as I did not get round to it.

[@merbuhk]

I didn't really understand one point of the fuel calculation. Why did you chose 0,45? And where did the 3,4 fuel by lap come from?

[@alexkayracing]

The 3.4 litres per lap you learn by driving the car around the track a few times and then checking that fuel box in the MFD, i can probably explain it a bit easier just send me a message on discord and i can do that for you on there 👍

[@danielfowler899]

Nice video - thanks dude :)

[@alexkayracing]

No problem mate see you on the grid 👍

[@waltercardillo2273]

Unfortunatley I have purchased the game but I can't seem to be able to calibrate my SimSteering 2 DD Wheel. I have only been able to calibrate my pedals. Its very frustrating. 😞

[@alexkayracing]

Hey bro I’ve not used that kind of wheelbase before, however if you ask the devs about this issue on the LMU discord I’m sure they will be happy to help you: discord.gg/le-mans-ultimate

[@adr1uno638]

Tha,ks for the Tips Also what Dash are you using on your Lmp-H ?

[@alexkayracing]

Hey mate no problem thanks for watching! I have dashes for all of the LMU cars, you can download them from our discord here: discord.gg/JnMmhkP6

[@AshokBiswas-hf2qp]

Can you please do other guides about the gte and lmp2. If you do I would extremely appreciate

[@alexkayracing]

I will be doing this when I return from vacation at the end of the month 👍

[@AshokBiswas-hf2qp]

Thanks in advance 😄

[@alexkayracing]

@@AshokBiswas-hf2qp all good 😊

[@dennishausen4067]

Hi Alex, I really like your content and I'm looking to get better in GTP cars. With your help I hope I understand the physics and the feeling of these cars. However, can you let me know your Fanatec settings that I could try as well as the ffb in LMU, please? This Sim is awesome but I wish there could be more timeslots at any weekly or special in future.

[@alexkayracing]

Hey mate thanks for watching! They are really fun cars that give such exciting races. You can find my fanalab and in game ffb settings in this guide before here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3mwfImfmqqtbrcsi=PacTN6ZMDAj8GKJk

[@dennishausen4067]

@@alexkayracing I'm getting the feelings on LMP2 and good pace but portimao isn't the best of my track knowledge at all. Definitely not with a GTP. I look forward to view/ receive more content from you for sure.

[@alexkayracing]

@@dennishausen4067 it’s probably the worst track for the gtp because they can’t really get up to speed there, thanks again for your support mate 🙏

[@RacingPCs]

Do you have any suggestion to heat tyres more? I tried closing the ducts so the brakes get hotter but the difference is kind of zero. Even in SPA yesterday for the Weekly Race with air 16 track 24 circa, I had trouble going above 80 something. Now I'm trying to heat wet tyres in 14 air and 18 track but I can't get above 60. Less camber does a bit but still not enough heat. Thanks!

[@alexkayracing]

Hey brother I am using the HYMO setup for spa and it seems fine, I’ll have to check what the tire temps are tomorrow

[@Kuolema1337]

But the game doesn't allow you to add a fixed number for your last stint, you have to account for the percentage left when you pit. It's especially noticeable in Le Mans because you will waste anywhere from 1 to 6% at each stint compared to prior calculations. If I need 237% for 1h35min at Le Mans, my last stint will most likely be 50% total instead of 37%.

[@alexkayracing]

You can also use your mfd to see how much % you are using per lap, then just see how much race time is left in the last stint and then just multiply the amount of laps left by % used per lap. I finished my last race with 0.4 laps worth of VE left so it was fairly spot on

[@kernfabian]

Hey, the dash you are using on your wheel, is it a simhub dash? does it support all values about virt. energy, battery and fuel levels?

[@alexkayracing]

Hey mate you can download all the dashboards for the cars in LMU in our discord here: discord.gg/5x6fMtUzsh Virtual energy is not a useable value through simhub yet. But batter and fuel etc do work on these dashes

[@kernfabian]

@@alexkayracing This is awsome, thank you!!!🤩

[@jbeeches1]

Thanks very much from the video and you great at explaining it , but it all sound a bit to much to just play a driving game I was going to get it But not now .

[@alexkayracing]

That’s okay bro no problem! That’s understandable, don’t forget you also have GTE and LMP2 cars in this game which do not have to worry about all of this stuff

[@nicholase6552]

Literally how I feel! This is nuts

[@alexkayracing]

@@nicholase6552I think it’s one of those things where explaining it will always make it seem more complicated than it actually is, when your in the game driving it a feels a bit more “natural” if you get me

[@eriknaamot]

Do you have a guide Alex to recomended graphics settings, & i am really struggeling to get the settings right with my I7 9th gen, RTX 2070, & 16 gb ram. All is fine in practice/testing. It was a lot better before the last big update for some reason :( Thanks for the video! Great stuff :)

[@alexkayracing]

Hey bro check my optimisation guide for the game! Thanks again for watching 🙏

[@eriknaamot]

@@alexkayracing Thx! Will definetly be checking once more, & see if i can implement more changes :)

[@alexkayracing]

@@eriknaamot no problem brother🙏

[@grumpelstielzchen]

okay...I need a Crew Chief...and a calculator. But how to manage this while driving in VR 😂🙈

[@alexkayracing]

Ahaha don’t worry you get used to it, don’t forget you can now see the UI on VR!

[@adamg.2132]

Hallo Warum funktioniert die Le Mans strecke im SP nicht Es lädt bis 80-90 Prozent und stürzt ab. Im MP funktioniert alles einwandfrei. Danke für die Hilfe

[@alexkayracing]

Hello my friend, it will load a lot of cars so you might have to remove maybe one or two car classes from the race. It depends on the performance of your pc 👍

[@Marcikx]

This game is total idiotism! I have tested it for 2 month. I tried the worst scenario online and they gave me ban for 30 days. So I bought the game, i lost funcionality and went for 30 days to play asseto corsa! What a bunch of idiots. I liked it from beginiing, but they dont have people online enough. They will never have if they act like idiots! In gt7 if you do wrong you lose all ratings and start from bottom. This is fear enough. These guys giving ban to players if they do too many crashes. I would like to have my money back for game and update, but i guess that would never happen, cose they are bums!

[@alexkayracing]

If you crashed into people intentionally in online mode then yes you will get a ban especially if you do it many times, this is the way it works. That doesn’t stop you from playing single player though if you get an online ban

[@Marcikx]

@@alexkayracing So when you crash in somone buy „accident” in every race in first corner? Are all these people banned evevery time they crashed in to me? If they would, who would left? You see the problem is with rating how quick you are! You can be B3 and fight not to be last one and you can be B3 and win the same race with pole and quickest lap. Every game figts to have online player, but this one gives ban just for one race. How stupid is that?

[@salvatorecosentino7959]

Fantastic Bro ❤ ( salvo_simrace )

[@alexkayracing]

You are number 1 brother🔥