Virginia International Raceway (VIR) North Track Guide - iRacing MX5-Cup Tutorial

[@sim2circuit]

Feel free to drop a comment if you'd like me to review one of your laps or give suggestions on how to fix any issues you may be having at VIR North. I'm happy to help you find a bit more time and finish more races incident free!

[@LucasJonathanA]

Great lesson, I look forward to watching your future vids.

[@ryanveer100]

Watched a few track guides, this was broken down the best! Thanks

[@sim2circuit]

Glad it helped! I try to get a bit more detailed (sometimes too much), but the explanation of why makes things click more clearly.

[@ericorchin2485]

Very well explained.. You got my sub..

[@MA7A13]

Wel done, this is the best track guide i've seen, very detailed my opt lap is at 1.35.2 just cant seem to put the lap together, im going to try using more of the kerb. Thank you, sub earned, keep em coming.

[@sim2circuit]

I appreciate it! The sim is always a bit harder for me than the real car since you lack a lot of the feedback through your butt. But trying to apply the things I know from the real car at VIR to the sim definitely helps better understand the "why" behind what happens with the car on the sim. Thanks again for the feedback. Glad it's helping. Hope you can string a full lap together clean. Do you use the active reset to avoid having to do tire prep if you make a mistake? That helps a lot when chasing a perfect lap.

[@LeoBrongers]

Thanks for this tutorial. Is it possible to upload your'e Blap, that will really help with practice.

[@sim2circuit]

I can upload the replay file if that's what you mean. That's not an issue. I could do that later of you'd like.

[@frozenmoment63]

I don't know how you make a blap file but sambo iracing always includes it in his tutorials.

[@sim2circuit]

@frozenmoment63 I'm digging into this to include here and future guides. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll let you know when I figure it out, never used this feature before.

[@frozenmoment63]

Great, it's a really nice feature to race against you in a test drive.

[@sim2circuit]

Sorry for being a bit late, I just added the BLAP file as a downloadable/public link on Google Drive. If you want to check it out, let me know if that works.

[@louiesnowbabic8977]

Very new to iracing and sim racing in general and I seem to always spin as soon as I brake for turn 3. Do you have any tips?

[@sim2circuit]

I'll try to keep from dumping 20 reasons on you. But there's going to be a few factors: Entry speed % brake force while turning Downshifting Racing line Realistically, if you're spinning every time, you're probably either entering too fast and then using a lot of brake pedal to slow down mid corner while turning. That'll lift the weight off the back tires, causing it to come around. Try braking a little earlier and straighter so you can use the roll into the gas pedal through the corner. That will help balance the car and give more understeer than oversteer. When you're newer, focusing on fast, clean exits helps way more than high entry speeds. The positive is, if you can learn how to spin the exact same way every lap in that corner, you can eventually learn how to use that to turn the car and carry more speed. It sounds like you need to focus less on that now, and more on consistently/safely making it through the corner. One final tip, watch back your laps from the chopper cam. Make sure you're to the right of the rubbered line on the track and position with the right if your car near the curbing on entry, and use ALL of the road on exit. A huge reason guys I coach spin is becsuse they want to be "safer" by leaving space on the outside of the track, but all that does is make the corner a tighter radius, and you'll be more likely to spin. Use all of the track you have available to make the corner as wide as you can! See if that helps at all, it's hard to say 100% what the issue could be without watching a lap, but these are pretty general tips.

[@sim2circuit]

Here's my shorter answer. You're probably spinning by braking while turning too much while carrying a lot of entry speed. So if you're spinning, use less brake when you're using a lot of steering angle. The more you turn, the less you can brake without spinning.

[@louiesnowbabic8977]

@@sim2circuit thanks man really appreciate it