This Is What Sim Racing Has Been Missing!!!

[@sucharsharma5725]

YEEEESSSSS!!!!! Now comes the seat cleaning video and then putting that chair in the museum for future generations of sim racers to see.

[@Sethsimracing]

I'd so do that actually. :D

[@drunk3n_m0nk12]

I say keep it dirty so they can clone him off the dna in a few centuries.

[@Bassalicious]

Oh god imagine the steam cleaner water lmao

[@DonaldBarringer-i5c]

Don't clean it, that's a museum piece you need to preserve the patina.

[@katrinapaton5283]

OR Jimmy could auction it off for charity...

[@jonnyj.]

The diffs for these cars were insane! They had BY FAR the most complex and sophisticated active differentials ever seen in a race car. They learned that 4WD was the fastest method around a track if they were allowed free reign over such things. There was essentially no development limits. Its a reason why this ruleset died after 1996, the budgets were literally F1 level. I dont know if its modelled like this in sim, but b sport has an amazing technical video on the legendary 1996 car. As he is an ex F1 aerodynamicist, he knows what hes talking about :D

[@derekpeace7668]

But the Mercedes was RWD and cleaned up that year (1995, same year as this car pack). Mercedes won 16 of the 23 races in the 1995 season.

[@jonnyj.]

@@derekpeace7668 I was referring to the 1996 season. Opel was 1st, alfa 2nd and mercedes 3rd. Opel finally got their reliability sorted (which was meh in 1995), got a new cosworth engine and many other changes. That proved their initial simulations correct, and validated their concept. It just needed development time, as everything was so new. There's a reason why 2 of the 3 teams went with it. As with LMP1, when your rulebook is so open, eventually teams converge to the optimum solution to get the lap times down through trial and research, instead of rules telling them what to do (toyota going to li-ion like the other two teams, porsche researching rear axle motors like toyota for the cancelled 2018 car, etc).

[@tjantilag]

I would say the modern wrc guys got much further down the road with active diff technology than DTM did.

[@tomanderson6335]

Also active suspension, and Mercedes even ran active ballast (i.e. it would move fore and aft on a track inside the car)!

[@wwanimator]

@@tjantilag Active diffs are mostly banned currently in WRC iirc. There used to be a time in the mid/late 2000 where every car had 3 active difs but they banned the use after a while

[@CmLeo145]

RaceRoom is such an underrated Sim

[@Chakotay2222]

this is how Toca 2 looked like in my head using imagination filter when playing it as teen

[@hanssprungfeld8328]

I used to watch dtm with my father as a kid and we were rooting for the Opel Team since my father had in fact a Opel Calibra. The Calibra was quite uncomfortable and would probably be even more today if i'd still had to sit in the back. I still kinda loved it and it holds a special place in my heart. It kinda looks like a gravelstone but it could reach 220km/h on the autobahn wich was quite something back in the day. What i really liked about the DTM back then was that the cars weren't as flimsy and small shunts and abit of contact wasn't uncommon. I also remember that one time a Calibra caught on fire and i was really sad and upset about that poor car. Anyways thanks for bringing these memories back Jimmy.

[@trrruls]

reached 232 km/h this year with my '95 Keke Rosberg Edition... Aerodynamics are your friend with 136hp! 😄

[@mondexponent2126]

Rosberg , Mayländer , Schneider , Fisichella , Alboreto , Magnussen. Damn

[@cyberfutur5000]

Thought the same

[@TheGalantHamburger]

Yep, some proper drivers in this series back in the day

[@hexgraphica]

Nannini, Larini, Franchitti

[@Yesterzine]

I saw them all at Donnington that year. Not sure I knew how lucky I was.

[@MikeKorzelius]

Reuter

[@samacw]

Best Jimmer content is retro sim racing

[@Paul_Ehlers]

The 155 was brilliant. I now own a 159 3.2 V6. Nice throwback.

[@garethwilkins6744]

I had the 2.0 alfa 156, it was my baby.

[@h3llr4iser1]

We actually need more of this - given the success of this Race Room update and the various historic cars/series in Automobilista 2, I'm convinced there is quite a demand for games/sims (or even just some DLCs) that are able to reproduce entire series from the 1980s and 1990s, from F1 to the WRC to the various touring car championships around Europe back then (the DTM, BTCC and Italian SuperTurismo being the "jewels of the crown") - rather than a sprinkling of a few cars and tracks here and there. The thing is that although we didn't realize at the time, that period up until 1995ish was essentially the tail-end of the "golden era" of racing - pretty much the last years we still had frankly insane tracks that would never be approved for use today, cars that pushed the envelope of technology in often senseless ways and "just 'cause we can!" (these DTM cars were every bit as expensive to build as F1 cars - and F1 cars from 1992/1993 are STILL the most technologically advanced we ever saw due to regulations) and proper "hairy bollocks" drivers competing. Instead, we get developers listening to teenage kids who demand "new new new" - look at the backlash online at Gran Turismo 7 every time Polyphony releases some historic or vintage cars for the game - "Where is the BRAND NEW [insert milquetoast new car here]?!?"

[@sucharsharma5725]

The race room game now looks up to date with what others are running.

[@garethhughes5745]

No, theres no weather yet. No rain, not even controls for window wipers.

[@FcoEnriquePerez]

Is it me or it just looks like assetto corsa with csp+pure?

[@sucharsharma5725]

@@garethhughes5745 true but your eyes don't hurt with the strange contrast sky and lighting.

[@ThePape78]

@@garethhughes5745drive a real car like the fr90 and you have other problems as the weather.

[@NielsHeusinkveld]

When you showed the side by side at 3:05 I thought 'Ah yes, the left has more pleasant saturation' .. But those were the old graphics. Mind you I never minded how it looked, I find spreadsheets attractive..

[@mbochum83]

2:34 Being in the U.S., not a whole lot of DTM was broadcast to us in the mid-90's. Even still, this is the track I immediately think of when i hear "DTM."

[@TheLibermania]

I always thought the Norisring was the Go To Circuit for DTM, but obviously I don't know how it was marketed in the US.

[@paulanderson9650]

Being American, I was tickled pink to find out that some absolute Boss campaigned a foxbody Mustang in DTM after they got rid of the rs500. The fox is in game, it sounds great!

[@fan2hd277]

DTM was the best GT category ever in my opinion. It was hard to drive to the limit and extremely fast but also extremely fun and rewarding. RaceRoom does the DTM Sim like no other.

[@armorgeddon]

@@paulanderson9650 That was Gerd Ruch's project and Ruch IIRC is actually from Berlin and the AVUS along with the full Hockenheim circuit was the place at which the Mustang could keep up best with the Class 1 machines since it was allowed a much bigger engines and had less draggy aero.

[@armorgeddon]

@@fan2hd277 DTM never was a GT category though, but touring car.

"ronald mc fuck off mate " had me laugh out loud XD

[@rsyncd]

90s DTM was top racing... fond memories watching it on Eurosport...

[@nexustrickerboy4125]

Random fact i dont know if you know: the avus track is now part of the german autobahn and leads out of berlin, that means everytime i go visit my grandparents i drive down the avus and the old grandstanda are still there

[@armorgeddon]

Yes, it always was an Autobahn, built in mind with also using it for testing and record attempts by the automobile industry and racing. In the 1930s till 60s there was the famous banked corner right there were Jimmy has issues following the AI in this video which is now part of a truck parking lot. The race and test track was also much longer back then, the turnaround was where now is Rasthof Grunewald. The Mercedes reached close to 400 kph there in the 1937 German Grand Prix. For a long time after the last races there they kept the 3-row racing guardrails in place. Not sure if they're replaced by now. It was also used by people from Berlin to max out their cars which is why there's now a speedlimit of 100 kph I think since the early 90s which was a huge uproar by the Berlin people at the time.

[@SirLockUpaLot]

not the chair

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

The Times they are A-Changin'

[@mikehipperson]

Anything but the chair!

[@deagt3388]

You bought me with this video for all time, I have an Opel Calibra 2.0 16v 4X4 in my garage as a project car. ;-)

[@kenvanpassen9247]

What are your plans with it? :) I heard the transfercase of those 4x4s are tiny and made out of spaghetti :D Still, loved the shape of it as a kid though :) Always wondered what could of been, had they made a RWD version of it :)

[@deagt3388]

@@kenvanpassen9247 Total rebuild, that NA engine doesn't produce enough amount of power to destroy gearbox...

[@kenvanpassen9247]

@@deagt3388 Yeah, but I wasn't talking about the gearbox... But the 4x4 transfer case. I looked at one back In the day to convert it to RWD by deleting front axles and making it a budget driftcar.... But that transfercase will never be able to send 130 - 160hp to the rear wheels.... It's basically a FWD car.... 🙂

[@deagt3388]

@@kenvanpassen9247 Agreed with you but there are aftermarket parts in Germany.I'm technically in Europe. ;-) PS Wanted Audi 90 coupe Quatro of '80. but hard to find...

[@kuglepen64]

Also featuring Kurt Thiim, dad of Nicki “Please no punterino Jimmer” Thiim.

[@martijnvangammeren1868]

He was an incredible driver. Remember this as I was 10 years in 95.

[@Roggay47]

Nicki Thiim used to stream quite a bit. Sad he stopped. Guess he is too busy with pro racing.

[@martijnvangammeren1868]

@@Roggay47 Yeah indeed, also family life etc.

[@TheLibermania]

Oh, my God, all these old commercials on the liveries and boards on the side. That "D2", "DEKRA" and old "Bitburger" logo make me feel like a kid again. And yes, only a german can see a beer commercial and feel like a child again. Edit: "TV Spielfilm", remember when you was looking into magazines what's on the TV the next days?

[@RJW14]

My dad has a 155 Q4, it's the car that got me into racing. Still have the racecar sitting in a barn, ain't been there for 5 years now sadly.

[@munkytaint666]

Sadly, I never saw Sega Touring Car Championship in arcades, but I DID really really enjoyed playing the game on my Sega Saturn; in spite of that console only displaying about 17 pixels at a time, at 11 frames per second. ;) What a great great classic game.

[@danieljones7843]

The 90’s were a good time for Australian V8 Supercars as well. Half the reason I got a 1995 ford Falcon XR8 (in my profile picture) was because of glen seton’s Falcon that he raced in 1996.

[@xsham6224]

the mercedes evo was such a beautiful car, DTM (and the other touring races) and rally had the most beautiful cars in the world

[@banaana1234]

Fun fact: Mercedes wanted to go rallying with the 190, and asked Cosworth to tune the engine to do it. By the time the engine was ready, it was clear that no RWD was going to work in rallying so they decided that they might as well race DTM with it.

[@toddthezondalover645]

​@@banaana1234I remember the TG episode where May co drove for Mika Hakkinen in a 2.3 Cosworth. I wish they put that car in Dirt Rally 2 or the new one, in the same class as the E30

[@rickyspanish4792]

yeah I like how blocky they were. other cars are often very 'rounded' and that can make them look kinda bland, all the same. I like my women curved and my cars blocky lol

[@wwjnz9263]

Love the editing. Very humorous.

[@BalticVendetta]

90s DTM was so great. I had basically all these cars as a quartets card game.

[@grishemall]

Whoever edited this video, is a hecking genius! 😂

[@RanchiYT]

❤

[@dsjunges]

Raceroom is my main sim since 2020. Love it!

[@MjoedDrikkar]

Loved the editing on this video!

[@bwest6275]

As a 1997 C36 AMG owner, seeing the w202 DTM in a modern game is so beautiful to me 😍

[@chrispietersen804]

your videos are so much fun to watch,. LOVING the little videos in between hahaha

[@miuqana]

Man, that overtake for the lead was mega! My PC don't run RaceRoom unfortunately, but know I want to buy some scale model cars of this era of DTM.

[@PhilippG88]

Literally one of the first racing series i watched with my dad. Still remember the final race of old era DTM, where they went full send to win this last race and some cars (was it Manuel Reuter's Calibra?) caught on fire.... This was such old school racing... love it till today!

[@armorgeddon]

Reuter's Calibra burning down nearly cost him the Championship but that was at Magny-Cours which wasn't the last race. I can't remember what happened at the last round at Suzuka apart from Schneider winning the final race.

[@RZ-ey9jk]

You kidding, Jimmer? The Calibra 4×4 was my dream car as a kid!

[@LukeCannotSkate]

Ikr the disrespect!

[@VirgilBrown-r8g]

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

[@MrLivetoRace]

Glad to see playing raceroom. edits were funny too.

[@Amphlett]

That move in to the chicane was unreal!

[@BeaudyEnteprises]

Great hilarious edits. Looks like loads of fun. I remember watching that series back in the day as well. Awesome racing to watch.

[@nikolabozinovski2041]

The road going Calibra is pretty cool too

[@lx-icon]

Oh my GOD I ALSO FELT THAT WAY ABOUT THAT CALIBRA!!! Childhood memory unlocked

[@johnathanmoyer2375]

Raceroom's replay camera never ceases to amaze, though. I love the camera shake as cars drive past it.

[@Markbell73]

As I understand the technology. That terminal understeer you speak of, is why the Nissan GTR is so aptly named Godzilla. Because the ATESSA system gives you an AWD that actually drives more like a RWD. Because it is RWD, until you lose too much grip at the rear.

[@waffleking1112]

I know the track isint real but these type of cars on opera paris on Gran Tourismo 4 is perfection.

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Not a sim game, but i loved DTM cars in NFS Shift 2 ! It was FUN !

[@CoryFire]

The beeping before potential impending doom kills me every time

[@michaelsanger8327]

using the John Winter fire accident as a joke is tasteless. I will never forget - what felt like an eternity - not knowing if I have just seen someone die or not.

[@derosiflo6524]

Also thanks to the Gran Turismo 2 A-Spec mod, there is the c-class DTM merc in the game too. Along the 155 and Calibra DTM

[@armorgeddon]

Those Class 1 touring cars were epic. Which makes me sad that you didn't report on if Raceroom simulates any of their features which made them so great and expensive apart from ABS & TC like the Calibra's active aero, the (semi-) automatic gearboxes from Williams and McLaren, Alfa's McLaren sourced active suspension in the 1994 car & Mercedes' Active Body Control and automatically moving weights.

[@toquita3d]

This circuit reminded me of the Marrakech circuit in Race07, which is in my top 10 favorite tracks.

[@samdajellybeenie14]

Wow that really is the end of an era. You've had the OMP seat for as long as I've been watching you!

[@Mike-xh8fl]

Loved those cars. I recall ITV showing the 1996 DTM/ITC on UK tv at the time and it was AMAZING.

[@Randomii666]

"This is a 4 wheel drive, so all 4 wheels are driven" Oh what would we do without you Jimmer 😂❤

[@RowindeVries]

raceroom has always been my fav sim

[@edwardpickles8583]

Immediately adjusting spring rate, dif, and ARBs is mandatory in RaceRoom even more so than other sims. The understeer can be insane.

[@fioralbannach6647]

Ain’t that true; the understeer in RR is one of the reasons, I stopped playing this sim. The AI however, had no problems with understeer at all. Group 5 was/is particularly bad, while you feel as if you’re driving a damn tank, the AI are overtaking you on the out and inside, braking incredibly late, which drove me nuts. Tried everything with the setups, and although there was some improvement, in the end I just abandoned RR because of this, and the fact that the AI are clearly not subject to the same physics as you are, especially after the tyre update. But I will take a look at this update, though.

[@Ionias]

@@fioralbannach6647 rotate more than you think with the brakes and don't be too hesitant on the throttle. i find that raceroom requires a rather different driving style compared to, for example, ACC. I dont really have problem keeping up with the ai

[@casteri]

2:18 Being born after 1995 I got a bit of whiplash seeing Bernd Maylander in the wild like that

[@aubreycolemanracing]

So good to see Jimmy driving like we all do sometimes, even after he's driven real race cars lately!🤣

[@philmarsden9594]

graphics update looks good, almost as nice as assetto corsa.

[@klintonkacatin]

I LOVE that RaceRoom is getting some love from all the content creators pushing it out there. However, also try the new Pure 2.0 for Assetto Corsa. yes both games exist and you can play both. Both are awesome. Play it all.

[@massivebass2088]

Thanks Jimmer for spotlighting Raceroom. Immediately tried these out, on Hugaroring. The AI is super aggressive in a very enjoyable way. It clobbers the hell out of AC, AMS2 AI... Never knew that about this dust gathering sim

[@fan2hd277]

My favorite car was the BMW E36 😮 Love the engine rev and the tricky driving.

[@LtheDetective]

Car at the end hit u with the Johnny Tran "Too soon Jr." move 😂

[@fullmetalf4i]

Wish raceroom was more populated during US evenings. Picked it up when Boonatix was hosting races and really liked it but they ran at like 3pm eastern. But as I got into more Sims, it just kind of fell into the background to the point I un-installed it for the extra hard drive space.

[@thebigcat499]

Abruzzi are a great company and I have been very happy in my dealings with them 👍 Bought all my Simagic products here and customer service has been great . Good choice Jimmer . Glad you have a new seat the old one was starting to look "smelly" somehow . Now to watch the vid . . . . .

[@johnathanmoyer2375]

The Raceroom graphics update isn't bad, and any improvement is welcome, but it's still a shame to have no wet weather or night racing in the sim. Also, it seems like the interior visuals still leave a fair amount to be desired, especially the dash displays. I'm excited to see how the optimizations are, though. Racroom eats compute power like Chrome eats RAM.

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

AWD cars of that era are a bit different than what we are used to with modern race cars or even modern AWD cars. You need extremely late and extremely sharp turn in and then basically mashing the throttle mid corner. You throw away gentle exit out of the corners and replace it with trottle at 100% pretty much all the time. If you go softer and gentler either with steering or pedaling, the car will understeer like mad. You kinda treat every track as a WRC stage and you try to do a scandi flick at every corner, despite racing on asphalt. When you start to get it right, you get into a much satosfying flow corner to corner, almost like in drifting.

[@sneakyturtle305]

Sega Touring Car Championship had an amazing soundtrack

[@piersdorgee4430]

Finally some simracing from my favourite simracer

[@TheLibermania]

"Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße" (Automobile, Traffic and Practicing street) shortened AVUS (spoken Ahhwuus). You have to love german words.

[@andrewtsousis3130]

I installed raceroom for the first time the other day, it’s great! Pleasantly surprised at how good it is. Keen to try the update and the rest of the DTM 95 cars.

[@Hitherto90]

All things considered, this car sounds pretty sick.

[@TL98]

well now i can add 1995 DTM to a sim racing career mixing AC and R3E

[@noivalencia]

No stabilizer cam onboard was epic..feel so real..

[@jdmweeb8663]

Nice to see some more Raceroom content

[@Simmo_Cars]

4:13, that was hilarious

[@JReaLBiz86]

Raceroom still has some of the best vroom sounds of any sim or racing game on the market

[@afdelta0120]

Fun fact raceroom is going to be releasing cars from around this era soon in september. Hype!

[@Kejuuus]

I have play this many years. I hope this sim get more driver ! Give it a try and be ready to fall in love ❤

[@jash6105]

I haven’t started the video but dear god make this about a reliable way to race 80s DTM cars online. I’ll buy whatever sim I need to

[@PorscheRacer14]

There was a mod similar to this, though not as good for rFactor, and it was tons of fun. GTR2 also had a DTM mod. Boy I miss those days. This looks good though, but to buy a new steering wheel and pedal setup or slick for my drag car, I pick the real car for now. Kudos to see love still being given to an older sim engine.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

I have long wanted a return of Sega Touring Cars but alas, my prayers went unanswered. Until now.

[@iceniracing]

I can tell you that the Pixel Bunker in Milton Keynes has a Sega TOCA arcade machine. I've played it. It is nails!

[@GraceMcClain]

With this update, and hopefully the big update coming for AMS2, my sim rig really is going to get a good work out.

[@sambean9476]

i bought an alfa 155 last year, always loved the dtm

[@Thri11seeker]

Abruzzi needs to make car bucket seats now, maybe FIA cert seats.

[@SuperWhiteBarry]

Downloading as we speek!

[@kylesmith1375]

Nice surprise for my Monday holiday

[@JoyceChurch-c5r]

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

[@NewmanGodwin-s1o]

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

[@NathanHelin]

The best key lime pie is still up for debate.

[@mortenalbertsen7443]

Would love to see you in these cars pushing it around "Norisring" if that is possible 😊

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Jimmer really living by the Rubbin' is Racin' mantra in this one haha Also yooo that Jan Magnussen pass!

[@notdreadyet33]

May have to try RR again, the racing itself is fantastic

[@alexsp4853]

DTM Class One was great, the demotion to GT3 out of financial reasons i find not good. Can you show us more Class One Content?

[@chrisgoat6435]

Without that change there wouldn't be a dtm anymore 🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@amazingblyatman5760]

while i loved the class 1 cars the change needed to be made to keep the sport alive, class 1 became way to expensive. More and more teams dropped out. DTM still is a great touring car championship because the field is incredibly close. Id rather have a GT3 DTM than no DTM at all

[@kekke2000]

It was for financial reasons, so something had to be done or (as @chrisgoat6435 is saying) would not exist anymore. What would be a better solution than moving to GT3?

[@VectorAero]

​@@chrisgoat6435 Even if DTM is still around, it's not unique anymore so it lost its appeal. There are so many GT3/GTE racing series out there that they all feel the same: Fanatec GT World Challenge, NLS, WEC, DTM, IMSA, and many more. I'll miss the late 2010's era of DTM where they would have races alongside Super GT GT500 cars.

[@rvnx]

@@VectorAero This. GT3 feels the same everywhere, with zero variety. But a lot of that has to do with how generic modern cars are in general.

[@deadkey]

On the AVUS! I drive there to work every day

[@derosiflo6524]

I miss Opel being in motorsports besides lower class Rally

[@markcrorrigan]

I feel honoured to witness your Ginetta overtaking meme in person at Snetterton

[@CR7R0NALD0CR7]

THIS is DTM ♥

[@MrJJSimonds]

Raceroom is the kid in the 5th grade that has such potential, but just can't be bothered to put in the effort. I bought in in 2020, but the technical issues, server disconnects and arrogant volunteer customer support made the experience such that I walked away.... as did most of the crew here in the US that was really pushing the platform, and the crew down in Aus/NZ... they refused to hear the user base and what really capped it off was the lack of support for the game from the home office, limiting the amount of investment allowed to be spent on the game, holding it back in so many ways. Basically Raceroom was not a priority for KW, and it has had the effect one would expect.

[@RushRacer]

I didn't have these problems in 2020, btw I was in 8th grade during that time

[@eTiMaGo]

Oh man have I sunk many many many coins into the STCC cabinet in high school :D As "realistic" as arcade games got!

[@ferranmunoz4409]

AWESOME video! Great cars, terrible shenanigans from Jimmer. 10/10 would repeat.

[@Derekhenseler]

New chair goofin