TOP 5 Things I Hate About Sim-Racers 😡

[@catalinsurugiu9973]

u are not disappointing anyone dont worry just keep doing what u love

[@Noukz37]

Oh no but he does, he is disappointing people who just don't get what he's doing and why, who live in their own little bubble - hence their opinion or feelings are irrelevant :-)

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@@Noukz37 its the kind of edgy kid who is like "iF yOu ArEnT ThE FaStEsT, YoU SuCk". Thoose people dont desserve attention or respect.

[@sonjulian5801]

@@Noukz37 you think that your opinion is going to be received good? You should stop dreaming.

[@beamng33legit]

@Dax Taylor shut

[@beamng33legit]

@Jericho Billy up

[@alexplays4569]

Something I hate is people claiming that "the only camera you must play is 1st person, because the other ones aren't realistic", I play my game on the freaking camera I want

[@mattiacisternino2402]

I only play in 1st person on racing games, but I respect the decision of everyone

[@mattiacisternino2402]

And for 1st person i mean inside the cockpit

[@CarKiller92]

I play 1st person if I play a good sim with wheel. I play outside cam if I play more arcade games with a controller. If you can't feel the forcefeedback and the grip, you can't possibly play in 1st person cam effectively.

[@theracingbros2247]

I dont like the other cams but if someone like 3rd person they can I dont care if they are used to it they can use it.

[@AJRGaming_]

I agreed with you. I often drive in 1st person or hood/roof view and would often recommend the new simracer to do same thing but if they found the view that they felt comfortable with it. Go for it. no judgment here.

[@kostinho790]

Well, I agree with your list 100%. I would add another fact though. The fact that most of the sim racers are elitist towards those who like playing arcade racers. I mean, it is not a crime that somebody likes arcade racers, or that most of us cannot afford even the cheapest proper sim rig to start sim racing, but many "sim racers" act like it is. This is what I hate the most and the fact that I don't have enough money to buy myself a good sim setup in order to start playing more sim games, pisses me off.

[@scottn7cy]

You state the honset truth. I do sim racing because I enjoy it and it makes me happy. My opinion is my own and is no more or less valid than anyone elses opinion.

[@kostinho790]

@@scottn7cy Well, the thing is that there are some people who Express their "honest" opinion in an arrogant/cocky manner, and when you race against them in equal hardware you smoke them clean, cuz they drive like bums 🤷‍♂️

[@mrcvtz]

Took the words from me there, mate. Came here to say exactly that about the elitism in simracing. By the way, I'd say it must be the source of a lot of the other problems Viper have listed in the video.

[@kostinho790]

@@mrcvtz I think the same too. Elitism might be the source of the other problems.

[@scottn7cy]

@@kostinho790 So then you have the opportunity to be the better person.

[@lostboysinc.]

I personally like watching videos of people having fun more than "perfect skills" So keep doing what you love, videos of you just being passionate about racing and sim racing are a blast to watch👍👍

[@Lol-pb9bx]

^^^

[@planestrainsandautomobiles8065]

😭

[@schmid1.079]

About the last point, just look at Jimmy Broadbent. He isnt the best at racing games. He plays a lot of different games and most of his popular videos arent even serious racing. Yet, this guy has 650k subscribers, owns a Nissan R32 GTR and just got invited to become a real racing driver. You really dont have to be the best to entertain people.

[@helgrandm]

Couldn't find a better example than him, a humble guy that give a lot of people a reason to smile, and even though he's not the best, he is the best for us as well as viperconcept

[@YNJ0525]

But he sure isn’t bad either!

[@RRRsimracing]

good point but Jimmy is nowhere to be found near the bottom skill wise.

[@novathepug6692]

Viper Concept is one of the ones to want to be the best, shown by how much he cares about putting on a show. Like myself, doing the best he can give him joy, but when you have a job that doesn't let that happen I could see how it gets frustrating. Viper concept isn't gonna change anytime soon, unfortunately, but I'm sure in his off time without realizing it, the experience thrills him.

[@mason.n3259]

Jimmy is insanely talented, obviously not world championship skill but he is a very good driver.

[@Goosiest]

Love your videos man, especially the Car Roulette videos 🔥

[@akbaramannk]

And I love your top 10 drift videos

[@nlp8394]

goosiest wassup man top 10 top quality

[@beamng33legit]

Goose moment

[@LiljamezZz]

@@beamng33legit gose momint

[@CaptPatrick01]

The swaggers reminds me of the dialogue the bosses or rivals would say to you in street racing games.

[@GarkKahn]

Usually the swaggers in videogames are the easiest characters to defeat. The only thing they put to the game is a nice dialogue or at least a meme

[@piotrposzczynski9477]

The same. Especially those from NFS: U2, when you read, how weak and cheap your car is. Even if you drive fully tuned Nissan 350Z, one of the best cars in the game xD

[@theportugueselegend]

Like the Yakuza games where the street punks think they are always better than a 44 year old ex-Yakuza who's the biggest legend of Tokyo

[@z3ph7r_]

Not when the boss is super hard to beat... Or when they don't have dialogue to start. Kinda like NFS the run if you've played it before.

[@eugensechel5095]

This! And then you beat them by a minute in a two-lap race or something XD .

[@mister_elliot]

I'm someone who is very rarely commenting on videos, but I just wanted to send love to you and to tell you that, what I personally love about your channel is the love and passion you put on it. You're not disappointing anyone by not being the fastest or cleanest or the funniest or idk what, we just want to see you, and the passion you kindly share with us. So don't pressurise yourself too hard and thank you for your content :)

[@ShoxSerious]

up

[@IgorCarbex]

Elitism, Immaturity and Blind Nostalgia (...this applies to any other gaming community and beyond)

[@hbtm2951]

It's all vanity.

[@magnussencube]

@GT012345tube #2 applies to all old F1 fans tbh

[@Manuel-zc7po]

@@magnussencube yeah lol

[@Otherface]

What i hate the most is the insatiables. Not only it applies in sim racing games. It applies in general. Take Nfs as an example. Their logic is simple: Not Most Wanted or Underground = worst Nfs ever.

[@Kevin-19986]

or like in snowrunner before console mods were added they kept crying for it instead of showing some patience and enjoy the game for what it is for the time being

[@lgd_stryker2971]

The thing is the NFS Games considerably got worse and worse in terms of physics after Rivals (and 3 least IMO). I think that's what most people are complaining about. Because on other aspects, the new games really look great. Especially the last three games that clearly were an attempt to go back to NFS's golden era of open world street racing. Custom, car roster, story, graphics, everything else is at least okay BUT physics. I understand people's disappointment. I am myself disappointed to see such arcady physics that look even less realistic than a Burnout game.

[@Otherface]

@@lgd_stryker2971 yes, but people talk about everything except graphics. Not only physics. And that's the problem: ignore the problems and pretend that a game is perfect. Take Carbon as an exampld. Is a copy + paste of Mw2005, but is easier to say that Payback is exacly the same as nfs2015 Don't get me wrong. I get what you are saying. In fact, physics are the reason why i haven't enjoyied and complete nfs2012. Those damn crash cameras.

[@DobieMeltfire]

Also #1: Elitism Me on the Steam forums: Hey what is a recommend setting for a X360 pad? Elite: Well before you even begin racing, you first must trashed that shitty game pad and buy an expensive racing wheel like the rest of us. Me: -.- Should I repeat my question?... No really...Think about it. Not all new sim racers start off with a $300 wheel.

[@nuggy7096]

Lol I turn with the mouse, I did programming shit and it works, like, I turn and accelerate with the mouse, more controllable than a gamepad

[@vsm1456]

yeah, and don't even try to mention keyboard: you'll be lectured about how it's literally and physically impossible to play a racing game with a keyboard because "cars don't drive like that". none of these oblivious people seem to know that keyboard controls don't work as they think they work...

[@nazimdz2457]

@@vsm1456 It really is impossible though, if you want to be competetitve you have to drive with mouse + keyboard, that's how i drive and imo its wayyyy better than a controller, and im actually pretty competitive.

[@vsm1456]

​@@nazimdz2457 it's more than possible. speaking from my personal experience and some other guys I know. you won't be the fastest driver out there, for sure, but - so are lots of people with gamepads and wheels unless you're very talented and very, very, very dedicated, you'll never be the fastest guy anyway. so, regardless of your controls, it's all a matter of finding a balance between your skills, preferences, ambitions, fun you have, etc.

[@push3kpro]

9:30 Jimmy Broadbents sheet: It's ok to make mistakes :)

[@djnazgra]

I tell my kids - playing game isn't wasting life.. Wasting life is when you do some things for living you dont enjoy. Wana be a youtuber - go on! A mechanic - Why not? Hell be a striper if you want that... Just do what you enjoy. I wont live your life and so you wont mine.

[@Fisherman6383]

Please , be my parent :D

[@cheetahhunter1186]

Cheetah Here haha......but i'll be honest, i am not good at sim racing at all. I still play with assists, trying to learn to tune and drive, but at the end of the day I am who I am. And your videos have taught me a lot, the most important being the 'respect' on a racetrack. Thanks for everything viper....and everything you mention here is not just your opinion, but hard facts that people find hard to accept. Wish you the best!! hope someday I can race with you :)

[@superninja252]

THANK YOU ABOUT NUMBER 4 Those people are ruining racing games in general, not just Sim-Racing, for those guys needs to be always like they want, is never fun enough or realistic enough for those guys Is beacuse of those guys that Good Arcade Racing games (with the big exception of Forza Horizon Series) had faded away after 2014/2015

[@rotsaastorrotsa]

There's no way you disappoint us, because most of us are not here to watch how fast you are. I follow you for at least 5 years, and what always brings me back here is your love for racing, and how you are able to express yourself through driving. 99% of what I've learned about racing was through your videos, and the most important lesson was about how respect is important in this environment. I understand how frustrating it can be when you can't improve, but don't feel that way. If you feel the need to focus on one game or discipline to be better, do it. But if you feel you can't, well, most of us also can't. I loved this week daily races on GT Sports, for instance, but I'm not playing them because of how tired I am from work. I also try to upload my races here on YT, but that is not a thing that I manage to do as much as I wanted to. And that's actually pretty normal. So don't push too hard on yourself, you do a great job for the community, you helped and still help a lot of people get into racing sims, me included. Just do what you feel is better for you and we'll be here to watch it. Take care! From a Brazilian fan

[@David-qs9yl]

I have the same problem as you. Seems like every sim-racer that has been doing this for a while goes trough this phase. I also forget to enjoy myself when racing, because I think of the team I am working with and their expectations and I don't want to dissapoint them, I let the pressure get to me. Lately this is how I've resolved it. Forget about expectations, forget about what **could** happen, just race and you will find yourself back into that place of enjoyment. You will also perform even better then before from what I've experienced. We are human beings, we put the barriers ourselves, so just forget the pressure and have some fun. Hope I helped you! Arrivederci!

[@vitordaniel4498]

You always made a great content, and hello from Brazil

[@carlosickx3350]

Brasileiro tem em todo canto mesmo

[@luis9308]

Kkkkkkkkk eu assisto Viper desde que ele tinha 20 mil seguidores. Faz anos já kkkk

[@Rubyy302]

Esse canal é ótimo, aprendi mt coisa de setup com ele

[@pedrodruzian5616]

Ai s mano kkkk

[@gee_vz4834]

Opa

[@CancelledCancer]

I never expected you to be the fastest, or the best. I was always into sim racing but I never had the resources to buy myself the gear and take time to learn everything. This is a channel where I really felt at home and enjoyed because you were so helpful and polite, and so very respectful despite being so good at what you did. And that humility and passion made me feel this channel was always worth my time. So keep doing what you're doing, we all love you

[@rizzwastaken]

*The exaggerated swagger of a sim-racer*

[@vpreggie]

You are spot on. The biggest issue in any “video game” is the lack of consequences. In real life people have to worry about getting hurt, or hurting other people or causing expensive damage to themselves or other participants. That lack of fear automatically gives them free reign to act anyway they want. It’s like Barry Bonds wearing all that body armor when he was at bat. He had zero fear of consequences. Part of any sport is fear. Fear of losing, fear of getting hurt. How can anyone compete against someone who literally has no fear of consequences. If people behaved in real life like they do in video games, chances are they’d have had the shit kicked out of them at some point. As sad as that may sound the threat of physical violence, or fear of being outcast by your friends and family, has a large affect on how we all behave as human beings.

[@fizumi1h1]

everyone hates themselves feel me? disappointing is a overstatement, if anything you're impressing most of us, your subscribers, and we stay because we like you, yes im probably the 500th person telling you this, it's very frustrating to not be able to up your skill level in a specific game, but look at it in the wide view, you have alot of experience in a lot of games, so you can adapt quickly and still keep incredible pace with most fast drivers, and that's a really good thing to be honest! i'm willing to bet most of us envy your talent, no, not talent, skill. don't forget to have breaks every now and then, i can only wish i could have the same skill as you have, and so do many, keep doing your best, if you think failing once will disappoint us, i'd be willing to say you're wrong, whether you fail or not, we're supposed to be fans and continue supporting you even in your failures, keep roaming fast italian speedster

[@blackavant9405]

I totally agree with what you said. I wanna talk about the last point, no one is perfect, everyone can make mistakes when making KZbin videos, I mean even myself I don't consider myself a Yotuber but I try my best to entertain I'm not perfect no one is but if you can entertain people and enjoy having people talking with you in the comments its always a joy.

[@henriquew11]

Hey viper, honestly, what makes your videos amusing (at least to me) are your insights and you having fun moments, much more than the actual lap time, or the car camera, or the race position you get. You might as well drive with a pad and drunk, it will still be funny. Don't worry about performing your top level for our approval, you don't need it to get it!

[@xplsv13]

Dude we are here for your fun and informative videos not for you to be the best racer out there! keep up the good work on the channel!

[@cultxreixi1437]

Viperconcept... Want to let you know that you're a huge inspiration to me, everyday. IDC if your fast I care about you being true to yourself and that's what makes you special. You don't have to be fast and have high expectations, because slow people and amateurs always have something to improve on rather than being the fastest ans having nothing left. No homo but I love you and appreciate your videos and minigames (as well as your old school lesson videos. You've come a long way and you're gonna be bigger then you ever will be eventually. Remember that you won a championship twice over years of experience. GOD sees his soldiers and only gives his hardest challenges to the strongest; your one of them. Your special, you're the reason I still race, even if I still play FORZA. 😂

[@superninja252]

Forza is a awsome game, dont feel sad or annoyed that you play forza Actually forza has some cool stufss (like custom paint schemes, setpus and parts) that other games dont have

[@cultxreixi1437]

@@superninja252 true true

[@rafa-ep1ps]

I play forza motorsport 7 on xbox, if u want we can play

[@oscargallardo287]

Massive respect man and don’t stress about your skills you’re already fast and it’s fun to watch your videos at the end of the day your subscribers love what you do regardless

[@bobolins]

Go easy on yoursself, we learn alot from your videos and also for example for me i am a arcade racer first and foremost, give me the driveclubs, wipeouts, grids, etc , but of course eventually i want to be able to complete laps in asseto for example, and i super suck at that, and you give so many good tips, and also reminders for people to race with etiquette. You are a great teacher and i have been watching your videos to learn, i honestly never thought if you a faster or slow driver, for me i simply consider you are a great teacher and fun to watch. Keep it up.

[@NekoTaisen]

That's a very cool video mate ! As a staff of a simracing community, it's good to use it as a prevention about comportemental problems we had recently in our first championship. Thanks a lot, and thanks for the sub-titles, it's really hepfull for me who have some lacks when hearing english.

[@lugdame5165]

ViperConcept, you never disappointed me. you were my childhood. i watched your videos since i was 5 years old. i really love your videos, no matter how much swearing, no matter how mad you were. you always make my day.

[@aduck4202]

5:32 i like how he pronounces "ignore" as "iñore"

[@lenairhead]

Viper honestly... How about you take one week off youtube and lessions? Just do racing on your have fun and get well on a game seriously. People would prob enjoy seeing more development or make a day by day improvement video of just staying in one game

[@lenairhead]

i mean like seriously not to hate on you at all but at some point everyone needs a break doesnt matter if job, social networks or else just keep on doing what you love at people will understand why ^^

[@David-qs9yl]

@@lenairhead While that would help, its not the only thing that makes him feel like this. Sometimes you put the barriers yourself, thinking about what could happen, what expectations others have, if you are still good enough. Forgetting about those things and just racing will help him as well, and probably he will perform better.

[@novathepug6692]

@@David-qs9yl OP is a little shortsighted in this regard. If that was me I wouldn't feel right taking a week off for myself (especially after making a video like this, i'd feel selfish). The people trying to cheer him up in the comments won't change his outlook either, I think he wants to put out a product that would satisfy himself as opposed to his audience.

[@SethLoganatbgg]

Oh... that sounds like an idea! Viperconcept journey to GT finals! But... Eerrieisss has done something similar. So might not work.

[@teebzz]

I've just discovered your channel and you come across as a very humble , likeable guy.. Other people have said already in the comments.. "Your not disappointing anyone".. Enjoy yourself my friend.. All the best from Bonnie Scotland. :)

[@Retrostar619]

Your vids are fun and informative, and your sensible and level-headed approach to critiques is great. Don't worry about being the best - just be who you are. That's why people love your stuff!

[@krish019940]

Your passion for sim racing is what is brings me back to your videos. It doesn't matter if you're the fastest or if you're not at the top of your game in every race. I want to see you doing what you love most. Bringing the community together for a kick ass time together. Honestly, you're one of the reasons why I started getting into sim racing (even though I'm racing against bots) and trying to get better at it before I go online. Keep doing you! There's always going to be someone that's going to get offended by what you do and that's what makes us human. We all have different tastes, it's ok :)

[@carlosivanrodriguez1465]

First of all I love your channel. I'm from Puerto Rico and I can relate to your experience in racing games. I have suffered a lot from other online gamer. But little by little I have learned to ignore them. The only thing that matters to me is to enjoy the game. And about you , don't be to hard on yourself. You're doing great kip going forward one step at time.😊

[@thanasisprofilis5169]

Nice video! About the last point, I think that trying not to overthink and instead trying to enjoy the process will be what will help you improve further. At least that kinda works for me:)

[@darryl2306]

Viper, you're not disappointing anyone. I'm always happy with your videos. Hell, we're all happy whenever you're pumping out videos and having fun with it. Thank you for the content, but please take care of yourself and take a break once in a while!

[@marionetamtz]

Man, I love your videos. You've helped me improve a lot at sim-racing. About the last point, after playing a lot of GT offline over the years, I started to think I was a good at it, until my first online race where I finished last and out-lapped, which made me feel very embarrassed and frustrated, haha! Now I know I don't have to prove anything to anyone. Now I just go out on the track and make my race, enjoying every minute of it and try to do my best. I don't judge my performance by how many people I beat, but how much I improve my driving and my times. I usually end up at the bottom half of the table, but I don't care, I do this for the fun, not the wins. Every once in a while I get to surprise myself and get a great result, but I never let that define me, because that's not why I play videogames for. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is if something you do doesn't make you happy, stop doing it and focus on what you really enjoy. Cheers!

[@BrodatyOlo]

Funny that you've posted it just today. Got into sim racing just a few weeks ago. Worked my ass off for a decent safety rating to compete on 'serious' servers. Took part in my first online race today in ASC. I mean, tried it before in Project Cars 2 but it felt like one big, happy demolition derby so I gave up instantly. Somehow got the pole in the quali, yay! Got chased down by a pack of 3-4 faster guys and... bumped off the track. Worked my way back to 3rd, attacked no 2, and just as we were side by side, the bastard shoved me into the barriers. Screw that, I hoped to have found a new hobby to soothe my nerves, got pissed off even more instead! :D

[@02199201]

I don't know if you will even get to see this but regardless I felt compelled to write a comment and share my humble opinion. You mentioned 5 things in the video, there are plenty more things out there that are maybe even more annoying to be honest, but one that shouldn't be there is yourself. While I may not be a youtuber or someone important at all, I can tell you that your videos have always been entertaining and fun to watch, even while you were playing PC1 and AC on PS4 back in the day. I didn't stick around because of your incredible speed or super high budget videos, but simply because those little annotations and quick jokes made the races super fun to watch, over time I saw you get involved with some teaching and also those championships you ran in different games, it all was fun to watch, even while secretly expecting you to win it was nice to see the skills and racecraft of those involved and how you had to overcome all that, to the point where it didn't really matter who won, I actually just wanted to see good racing and that's what I was getting thanks to you. Then I realized it was mostly the funny personality coming through the comments or nowadays, the narration, but I believe you have those 170k subscribers because we all enjoy your funnyness, not just to see if you win or not, and those who expect you to win every race really have to rethink why they are here and realize that winning always isn't possible, but having fun is. To finish, just keep doing what you love and if you feel the pressure of this job getting to you, I believe no one could blame you for taking a break or maybe just trying to race incognito to find the enjoyment of having races where the outcome has no weight whatsoever. Thank you viperconcept, for all the fun through-out the years. (and sorry for the wall of text)

[@MadRider2100]

its ok if ure not the best as long as youre happy with the process of getting better. we are here because of u, not because of the games, and if u dont perform ur best we wont care as long as we can feel the fun ure having. keep making the kind of content u do, we love it and we love u.

[@BoStamper1]

I can point out EACH of those 5 in various leagues I'm in (or WAS in, sadly). I have a #1 in my own league, unfortunately. I can point out several others who fall under 2 or more of them simultaneously. Viper, your channel is simply the best. Instead of a "hey, watch me race" attitude that most of the top content makers have, you actually inform, inspire and impart your knowledge while making ZERO assumptions. I often complain about today's sims myself, but to their credit, I STILL go back to them despite their flaws. Don't change what you're doing, either, whether it's content or direction. I don't have a console, but the fact that you produce a lot of GT Sport videos does not bother me at all. I know your subscribers are mostly console, anyway. CHEERS!

[@alb.88]

Holy shit i missed the background music on gran turismo on the psp, something i will never forget

[@tiagobelo4965]

After racing with the lads at VintageAC i went from "yeah, i'm decent" to an anti-swagger, aka, the dude who realizes he is pretty bad

[@carter1597]

You don’t have to be the best to be a good teacher, and you’ve been one to me since the first day I got interested in sim-racing. I’ve been following your content for at least 3 years and I still look to notes I’ve taken from your setup lessons. All I can say is, don’t be afraid. You’ve never disappointed me in this 3 yrs time and it may be the fear inside you is blocking the way to improve. I don’t know if that would help with anything, but I know that giving respect and love would. I love your videos man! Keep up!

[@Carpet96]

I have to say, in my opinion, this was your most enjoyable video in a long time, don't know why though. Lacking respect in the games is actually what I hate most, I love all races where you can truly fight for the place and everyone is giving their best while being fair to each other. Now to the "I am better than you blah blah" - part, it is obvious, that you aren't the best sim racer, but I can understand your problem with switching the games for KZbin, also, everyone is different, some just have the genetics if you know what I mean, I consider myself a competitive sim-racer too, even though I do not race in championships, but I try to see this as fun and putting all my time and effort into sim-racing to try to be the best would be no fun for me at all haha, so keep enjoying what you do and I would be glad to do a fun race with you or in general the positive minded people in here 👍

[@yxteh]

For the last part, i understand what you mean that its hard to combine enjoyment and making content, for now just do what you like , thats for me at least i dont know about other viewers, i've recently restarted watching your channel and its nice to see your channel grow . sorry that I couldnt be a patreon because i dont have a credit card yet. I wish you the best of luck for your improvement journey if thats what you call it.

[@weak_racer1011]

I remember when i first watched your videos back in 2018. I do saw that sometimes you made mistake and i fully understand that. But here's the thing, YOU are the one who motivates me to play sim racing games. When i watch you video it seems like i was the one who plays. And just like you said in this video, viperconcept might have some weak points, but that doesn't mean that you don't have any strong points. So keep it up, bro 😁. Much love from Indonesia❤️

[@MrChinyoonfui]

about the Top1, don't be discouraged about skill not on par with your expectations. By right you must push yourself to the limit, but remember to take a short rest when you need it. I rmb one mentor told me: if you feel pressured about things which happened around you, clear you mind and think about this yourself, what and why is the reason is your purpose of doing things you are currently doing right now. You need to remember the feelings of why you want to do that thing back then. This will surely pushed yourself to move forward. Cheers! I will support mentally tho, even i don't have money to donate your channel.😂

[@kmemz]

I've come across all of the same frustrations, and I completely agree with you. In fact, I have some friends who fall into some of these categories, when it comes to sim racing. Taking one of my friends as an example, he was an effective FM7-style rammer on the track, because he only ever treated his driving like a time attack/hotlap, rather than adjusting to drive in such a way to fight positions respectfully. As a result, I often lost to him in 1V1s, as he would just slam me at T1 and we'd both end up driving hotlap style for the rest of the race, as he laughed over it and told me to get good. The best part, is that I would almost always gain a lot of the time I had lost on T1 over the course of the rest of the race, which I'm going to take that as an indicator that I'm the better driver. As for criticizing or glorifying games endlessly, I also find similar issues with that, and sometimes the polarized viewpoints sends enough mixed signals to frustrate me when it comes to choosing my next title. As a personal example of my own set of criticisms, I play both FM7 and FH4, and I find both of them are very fun, but they both present massive issues, partially in gameplay, partially in the online community. The driving physics engine is shared between the two, and I've personally found that it's far better than what many give the engine credit for. Vehicles feel natural to drive, the physics of grip loss are well done, and the sensation of power is transmitted well, not only via my wheel's FFB, but also visually, which I can imagine helps controller users significantly. The problems in FM7 come in the abusive community that developed in the middle of its life before the penalty flag system was implemented; I've found that said community still very much exists, they just have to work a little harder to manage to knock you off before they get ghosted. On the flipside, FH4 encourages taking destructive routes, by providing a more vague route where you can go anywhere on the destructible terrain, so long as you pass between the checkpoint flags. This checkpoint system is flawed, in that just as a rammer can push you off track in FM7, skmeone with less respect can cut you off and force you to take a checkpoint corner just barely outside of the bounds, and the checkpoint tolerances seem to be incredibly strict in that even if you manage to get a tire right om the edge of that flag base, it won't count and you have to reset. The priblem could have been mostly solved by adding a second, outer hitbox to the checkpoint, and if the vehicle lasses through that instead of the main hitbox, check if there was a vehicle blocking way to determine if it counts. People could still be arses encouraged by the flag system, but they'd be at least relatively deterred. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like that'll ever happen. Regardless, I love both games and play them anyway, despite my criticisms of how their communities have learned to abuse their less than stellar systems. Overall, at the end of the day I'm most disappointed in myself, because I'm quickly approaching the limits of my current skill, trying to figure out ways to race with these types of people whom play with no respect for track limits or the other people om the track, and keep having various things happen to me at even the slightest slip-up next to one of these drivers, oftentimes ruining my fun and immersion, and also costing my any chance of placing a decent position in the event that I'm trying to play competitively.

[@gesucristo9946]

Sei in assoluto uno dei miei youtuber e soprattutto racer preferiti, porti sempre contenuti veramente interessanti ed'è sempre un piacere ascoltarti e vederti, ti ringrazio per tutto ciò che fai e per quanto mi hanno aiutato i tuoi video a crescere e poter competere online

[@carlovergts02]

I felt this video wholeheartedly, ESPECIALLY the last reason. I feel like I’m in the same boat. I’m trying so hard to improve because racing and motorsports have been my passion for ages. Sometimes I spend long hours in sessions trying to beat my times yet I’m still nowhere near close to what is considered a fast pace. I try so hard that it frustrates me and I often forget to just enjoy myself as you said as well. But I want to add one more thing. The fact that I don’t have alot of people to go to for advice/racing with. I’ve tried with people in the past but it hasn’t worked out the best. So it often feels like I’m in the journey alone.

[@shinigamitenzei]

I subscribed to your channel not because I expected perfection from you, Viper, but because I saw you having fun and enjoying sim-racing, and because you're funny! Also, you literally taught me how to drive, and the heel & toe technique! So I got into sim-racing too, and I love it, just like you! That's why I think your channel is so special, and I'd rather keep watching your content instead of the #1 iRacing or AC sim-racer, any day! Anyways, I think I agree with your list, except for number 1; just enjoy the games!

[@ryze-1984]

Hi Viper, you are right about everything in this video. I understand that feeling, when you put pressure on you to give the best content possible. You are an human being and you can do mistakes 😉. Even if you put the best performance there will always someone to complain... So just enjoy, if you enjoy what you do, it will be fun to watch anyway (even if you make some errors) 😉 From what I read on the comment section your community is really nice people and they don't expect from you such pressure 😁 Keep up the good work man ! You seems to be a really nice and humble guy ! Keep doing and enjoy it! 👍

[@tomasantosko3582]

7:05 do I hear Ford Racing soundtrack?😍

[@SebiIoan05]

Ford Racing 3 was one of my first racing games ever. I get pure nostalgia hearing that menu theme😅

[@racingshack7360]

I think a lot of people in the sim racing community can't seem to grasp the understanding that whether you play an arcade game like GT5 or Forza or a sim game like Iracing or Assetto Corsa if that person enjoys playing it and has fun then so be it. No need to rain down on a person's fun just because your game is more realistic than theirs

[@joseantonioperezmartinez5877]

It’s a good day when Viperconcept uploads

[@renatoigmed]

the worst part for me is that in my case, as I live in Brazil it is almost impossible to find a server with low latency to play online. it's very sad, because there are people here playing on nearby servers but they stay in a bubble in a closed club where they only accept to enter who runs in competitive mode and I don't want that for me I'm happy being a casual player I just wanted to enter a random room find several connected players near me but that will never happen outside Europe or the USA ...

[@renatoigmed]

il miglior canale di simulazione di corse su youtube. grazie mille!

[@martinbernath]

The thing i personally hate the most about simracers is that most of them have never driven a real car on track and while thats totally understandable, i found the racecraft of many "fast" simracers awful. Im not saying people who dont drive irl shouldnt be allowed to race online, but it kind of ruins the immersion when you are trying to take it seriously and someone pushes you past your braking zone or if you on purpose choose a wide line for the first turn to avoid any contact and someone cuts you off or punts you off to the side anyway because they are following the perfect line as if the first lap time matters. Most people ive seen will dive down the inside missing their braking point, crashing you out of the track and then blame you because you didnt leave them space. Unless you are using vr or multiple monitors its hard to spot things in the mirrors and the person behind you should take all the caution and responsibility, but they dont because iM fAsTeR LeT mE By.

[@billdam7298]

Ayo big man, you're doing great, keep up the good work!

[@HolzDennis]

Chapter 3, I remember Advan93... 🤷🏻‍♂️ But I love your Accent 😅👍🏻 You made some points in your Video, I agree with you. It’s just a Game, sometimes you lose and sometimes the others wins. Who cares? Have fun and enjoy your life. Chapter 5: I watch your Videos not because I know you are the fastest, I watch your Videos because you made me laugh, I learn something about to adjust my Setup in different games.

[@jettingspeed8750]

Dude I cant tell you how much your videos have helped me, thank you so much

[@bigman8642]

Your are the best for producing all these video for us, BIG UP MAN !

[@Noukz37]

Thank you for being brave for talking about this, and even a bigger thank you for putting it all so well and politely(ish) :-)

[@ragman4179]

I'm jus now getting into sim racing so thanks for the things to look out for !! Hello from USA

[@mrcvtz]

Agreed on every single point. However, and I know you already know that but I'll risk being pedant here for the sake of camaraderie: Don't put too much pressure on your shoulders, mate. Please take care of yourself and remember to do things for your own pleasure instead of trying to please everyone. Because, as you have stated in the video yourself, some people just can't be pleased at all. 🤷‍♀️ From someone who have been following you from the very beginning, you have being improving your content consistently and that's what I like most on your videos, your unique content and honesty in the presentation. The talent you already have, and the skill improvement will come with time, don't worry. Cheers!

[@sot1susy-amogus]

Hey viper,well done for 170k subs m8!!

[@Puchinbola]

Great talk, specially taking into account how serious a sim racer you are. Honesty and open mindedness are essential.

[@Nitryl44]

I think you can't convice people to relax and stay cool in 2021. We live in social media era where everybody overreact and get pissed off about every little things. Even in sim-racing games there's kids who just let their feelings go, and adults too old to change. Still enjoy your content since the begining so keep going !

[@tomAhawk_TR]

I followed you almost 3 years. I like your educational videos rather than racing ones. Don't push yourself that hard. I know true racers always pushes themselves for be fastest but fact is there's always be a quickest driver :)

[@acidquotient6338]

The only two things I want to see in a racing video is: Cars/trucks/anything related to motorsport (even formula student) and having the entertainer (the driver) having fun.

[@HenriqueFerreira-il8bz]

Agree with everything, especially the number 1, it's hard to improve yourself, for example i'm a impatient driver, trying to work this out, but this impatience is killing a lot of my potential and learning, this is frustrating, because it also kills the enjoyment i can have IRL and virtual racing.

[@frostblght]

I agree with everything besides #1. I hate myself more than you. Every time I try racing in iRacing I get so nervous before qualifying that my times are 1 second off from practice. What's worse, when I actually do the race, I get so worked up that 9 times out of 10 I end up spinning out on the first lap and playing catchup the rest of the race. It is the most annoying thing ever!

[@willianfnseaol136]

4:55 BOY THIS PART IN THE RACE JUST GET ME GOOSEBUMPS, I SWEAR THAT I SEE THIS PART OF THE TRACK IN MY DREAM WHEN I WAS A KID *I never played GT4 or GT5 at this time back in 2007. But the most unbelievable thing is that I dreamed about a car crossing these same hills.

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

i hate micro Communities inside racing games that isolate themselves from other type of car. example... Muscle fan vs JDM fan.

[@pleus-.-stan6882]

Why is this so true

[@TheJakeMG]

This applies to the games themselves too. Lots of sim fans shit on arcade for being easy, kiddish, not mature etc. and arcade fans shit on sim for being too realistic, difficult, boring, etc.

[@juanpablominerals]

Unfortunately this exists in all games not just racing games.

[@SethLoganatbgg]

Viper, when I first found out about your channel a year or 2 ago I was watching a guy with passion for competitions he created and hosts. Had some good things to say and generally was very nice to read (you did not speak to us back then). Then there was a period when things started to feel more "forced" and less "from the heart". Maybe that is what you felt yourself or not I don't know. But recently I subscribed again and it seems like you found you mojo again. And that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with you needing to be another A+ driver in GT Sport. There are already plenty of those arround. Cheers, Seth Good luck!

[@albertoceccaroli9455]

questa la prima volta che in un video sento quella che sembra essere la tua voce e penso di poter affermare con certezza che tu sia italiano ;)... grande ti stai impegnando e ti faccio i miei complimenti continua a cercare di tenere attivo questo canale in inglese e migliorare sempre.

[@MrRicky120985]

Haters gonna hate :/ your videos are great for players and enthusiasts who want to start and progress into sim-racing. The rest is just “pipi de chat” as we say in French :) Keep doing what you’re loving and what we’re in the huge huge majority enjoying so much !

[@Zerenown]

Nice vid bro! I love your setup!

[@audiokyle]

I love your speaking videos. I've been watching for years, this is great.

[@cazaguiros]

You shouldn't care about the opinions from mad people, you must continue developing your skills and having fun in the process. You are a great sim-racer player and teacher. You have my respects and i enjoy watching your videos.

[@Soczeq993]

Viper dud. Honestly, I'm/we're not expecting from you to be the best on the track because we are humans and we do mistakes. I'm watching your videos because you have so big knowledge about sim racing and i just love to hear how you're sharing this knowledge with passion! This is your biggest thing on this channel and definitely most of your viewers are thinking the same way. Life is too short to master EVERY game on the planet, let's just enjoy them, not suffer

[@BallisticEVA01]

I like your attitude man! Respect! It must be fun to share a track with you. Cheers

[@Beazelundefined]

I hate that I'm never pleased at winning "not very hard" AI, but struggling with higher lvl AI and that cause frustration on me so strong I don't even want to race next day sometimes...

[@flamixin]

I think the cheetah in the quote either just waiting for opportunity to eat those dogs or it just too well fed to move.

[@bertze]

"Avoid being misinformed with someone who has a different view than you" This is the best phrase I've heard today, really. You can't understand other's opinions if you don't know, primarily, the facts, at least of your side. Edit. Might be a bit offensive to say after this video, but know that I really appreciate the effort you put in your races, that's why I watch your rally videos for example. La cosa incredibile è che continui a portare contenuto interessante, continua così! (Ah, si tu veux je peux écrire en trois langues, je suis en train d'apprendre le française :)

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

agree with you on all of the list, here's mine: 1-rammers: simply put, I don't care about winning or losing or even getting stuck in a battle as long as you don't ram me off track on purpose [Forza and GTA players would know what I mean]... all I care about is making the most of my car at the moment 2- the noobs that can't race without picking the OP car all the time: let's just say some of them get very salty when someone with more experience beats them with a low tier car 3-lag: if it's not the other players it's the environment [traffic warping randomly, props debris, etc...]

[@MichaelSmith-wf8ph]

I completely agree to your list. Well, at 95%. At 5:40 you said the swaggers are people who think they are the fastest. _In my opinion_ this is half true, half false. Swaggers can also be people who don't think they are the fastest (or best). They may be people who, for example, are a fan of another youtuber and want that youtuber to rise. To be more precise, they don't do anything to raise the other youtuber. They basically drop you to make the other youtuber look higher. Btw I love your vids! They're very interesting and entertaining!

[@szczuru96]

One of the best Channel about simracing man! Thanks for you content! Fook haters, keep doing your job!

[@philipbaker2023]

You’re an amazing racer and content creator I’ve learned so much from you

I'd have two corollary to your points ! *1- The Driving Model Elitist* (aka "every game should drive like Grand Prix Legends")* The kind of people who equate "realistic" with "hard to drive", and for who a car that doesn't try to kill you in every corner on spin on each braking zone isn't "realistic". For that reason they also tend to despise modern cars in simulations. When GTR2 came out some 15 years ago, I remember there was some controversy on how the cars seem "easy" to drive, or when ACC cars had TC and ABS. Well turns out that's how a modern GT car is, easy to *drive* but hard to *race* on the limits. They are designed to be confortable to drive consistently over long stints, even for gentlemen drivers. You can pretty easily get "acceptable" lap times and be in the pack but when you want to fight for the win you have to go into the sweat zone ! Choosing the modern cars doens't mean you don't have balls or you like boring stuff (you know, from the "it was better in the old days" crowd), you can be fascinated by today's technology or finding the modern cars, that go wicked fast, fun to drive ! *2- Insulting the devs* Imagine. You are a dev, you worked hard on a game, with the limited ressources you have, the licences you could muster, and you ship your game, at a fair price. And then a swarm of idiots who didn't know what's behind the scenes come and tell you how it should be done, or lament about this or that feature, or say you don't know how to make a game. I see this all the time. You can not like some aspect of a game, each one has its weaknesses, but you have to respect the work and try to understand "why" some aspects are the way they are. Take for example the damage on the Codemasters F1 games, there's a reason : licencing issues with the sponsors who want their logos to be always visible. Yet there were irate people insulting Codemasters...

[@HarryTagara]

Finally a video I can share to my rude friends when racing

[@leegtracer3763]

You're number 5 is my number 1 and number 2 is a "KZbinr" creating second accounts then doing from last to first races in lower Dr race's then punting of people because apparently it doesn't mattter. Keep up the good work wish I could be as fast as you 👍

[@kmartin8025]

Yeah and 9x out of 10. The aholes that say “oh you suck, I’m faster than you” as you pass them, They wreck you and STILL SAY “iM fAsTeR tHaN yOu”...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️👊😂 Fuggem... Keep up the great work brother! You are an absolute legend!💯💯 Much love from Vermont!💯🤙🇺🇸

[@theraggededgeonboardfastes8461]

You are one of the few who operate from the onboard view its well-known this is not the best view to obtain lap times but it is true SIM in my mind. Much respect to your loyalty and authenticity to onboard. ✌

[@GeggeAUT]

surprising #1 - but made me laugh instantly and heartworming together in a few seconds - don't worry and race on - from now on we'll watch every video with a little twinkle in your and our eyes ;)

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

You gotta see how mad Boomers get when you call iRacing a game Lmao,always knew that viperconcept was Sephiroth lol 1:37

[@omegalegendary4072]

Wait, really?

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

@@omegalegendary4072 It goes like that: *IT'S NOT A GAME IT'S A SIM!!*

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

Boomers don't even Play it. They say: before you were born there were real racing drivers

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

@@marvinlinnarz5856 dude, iRacing has the biggest boomer community ever, I think oval racing has the most

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

@@soldadoryanbr7776 i mean Look in the comments under nuerburgringls Instagram posts. Mostly older people that a crying about Simracing posts. And saying it isn't realistic. But Simracing is already a accepted part of the Motorsport for many Commentators, drivers and Organisations. It also brings Talented people into real Motorsport instead of rich Kids.

[@bett431]

My personal top 5 (Rally-Edition): 5. People who refuse to play with people they re not likely to win against 4. People who act like there is only one game in that genre and there will be only one forever. 3. People who drive a stage at full speed but somehow they still have time to admire and bash graphics or sound for example. (people who wont be satisfied) 2. People who just spread wrong information or act like their opinions are facts. 1. People who will only drive certain stages that they know completly even without pace notes but they refuse to play other ones. (Some of those really fast Esport drivers)