What is Your DRIVING STYLE? Motorsports and Sim Racing EXPLAINED

[@SuellioAlmeida]

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[@ray-Bolantah]

Definitely did. Thanks for the content. Really helpful

[@desa1149]

great job! I just got an R5 that I will probably end up mounting on my desk. What's a good sim racing game for newbies? I kinda want to do some porsche league, Kart racing and maybe a little bit of dirt rally.

[@SuellioAlmeida]

@@desa1149 I think iRacing is the way to go if you have the money. It's just a jump-start on your sim racing career if you want to take it as a serious hobby.

[@eboz3213]

​@@SuellioAlmeida I'm 99% I did a group session with you last year for Bathurst & you said msg you if I wanted session. Idk if you do private session or if you send me to someone that can.thank you for any help

[@SuellioAlmeida]

@@eboz3213 Hey man! Send me a message on discord, Suellio Almeida#2080

[@MMoura58]

Im definitely have a open wheeler mind, i have very aggressive inputs, i turn in immediately in corners, i do a lot of trail braking, and of course, i sometimes forget im driving a heavy car like a GT3 instead of driving a car with bunch of downforce and that feels like a feather.

[@Horneycorn]

Funny, I'm exactly the other way around. Much more subtle inputs and take more time between inputs to give the car time to settle in. It's quite noticeable bc in an open wheeler with more downforce I'm just too slow input wise and that heavily translates into bad lines and bad lap times. This video is really spot on!

[@MMoura58]

@@Horneycorn yeah if i tried doing all that in a GT I'd get very bad lap times and pretty much wouldn't finish ahead of P7 or so 😂 I have been training more my GT skills, I'm already pretty good at open wheelers.

[@caden9240]

Im the complete opposite im good at endurance i am very calm most of the time but can be very aggressive when i need to be, i also am very slow when turning in

[@Draax1]

Same

[@Horneycorn]

Man, Suellio.. I got to say, the level of this content is top notch. I can't even imagine how much time you put into this one! THIS IS WHY I SUBSCRIBED!

[@SuellioAlmeida]

A lot of research, a lot of writing, a lot of money spent in editing, and a LOT of time!!! hahah

[@Horneycorn]

@@SuellioAlmeida I can see that and I appreciate you brother! You are a true blessing to the sim-racing community!

[@benfinegoldsociety8312]

This guy would be good at ANYTHING he tried. Logical thought process, clear communication style, CARING to teach key points. Subscribed for life

[@Choccolicious]

x2

[@dazeen9591]

Not really.

[@ulysse21]

@@dazeen9591 why ?

[@dazeen9591]

@@ulysse21 cuz i know he wouldn't be good at team fortress 2

[@heroichitsuji]

As someone who started on a touge in a car then started casually karting, it did indeed take me a few races to realize I was far over utilizing the brakes with the idea that harder braking was faster. It wasn’t until the following races that I realized I hardly had to use them at all. This indoor track happens to be very friendly to lift off oversteer, something that felt very natural in the kart. Shaved off many seconds once I realized that.

[@wiegraf9009]

Nice tips, thanks! Don't forget that most people will actually learn to drive on highly understeery road cars that give almost zero feedback to the driver and will never be taught anything about trail braking or weight transfer! It took me YEARS of driving to actually understand these concepts since modern cars do everything possible to make them invisible!

[@declanwarde9085]

Suellio you’re truly a legend man. I genuinely get excited when I get the notification of a new video from you because I know I’ll be that little bit faster than I was just an hour ago.

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Yeahhhh let's go man! That's my mission ;)

[@JosephManibusan]

I NEVER comment but felt like I had to. Suelio the openness, cross-domain-referencing, and willingness to experiment you exhibit alone are enough to eventually make you a top performer in anything you decide to focus on. I’m not a competitive racer but I do drive on track for fun and spend lots of time in simulators and your ability to explain differences and what advantages and disadvantages those differences create is really something special. Keep it up, please!

[@Rhythmic_Hammer]

I’m only half way through the video, but man, Suellio, you are an absolute gift that keeps giving. Thank you so much. I have no problem understanding things because you’re quite clearly a bloody good teacher. Love how profound yet concise your videos are. No fluff! Love it! 💪👊

[@BaxterGT3]

The entire concept of coasting and avoiding it is a game changer for me, thanks for putting this together!

[@chrisc3825]

Wow. I voted on that survey and said I had no idea what type of style I had. I'm still not positive, but I'm thinking I developed open wheeler habits back in like F1 2017 that are plaguing me in GT3 cars now. Thanks as always!

[@jgbalves]

A point about the braking percentage: In porsche cup cars, analyzing real car data, it's a mix between two games. You need to reach high pressures (90-100%) as ACC, but need to smooth release as iracing.

[@Axleracer]

Honestly, i will never get tired of performance driving techniques videos. Thanks! 👌👍

[@dbap5293]

As I’ve discovered from watching etiquette and rule videos is that I very much raise hell praise dale and set out to pass everyone as fast as possible and was 100% comfortable pit maneuvering someone to pass them if necessary, also blocking anyone from passing at all times

[@accusingshark4375]

I just wanted to comment to say, thank you, Suellio. It’s my dream to hopefully become a racing driver one day, and I’ve been struggling for so many years with my driving. I have absolutely no childhood racing background, but I got hooked on racing and started with games and then gradually moved into more sim-based games. I’ve also started taking real life karting classes whenever I get the chance. I’ve almost always been slow and inconsistent in my driving with very little improvement, it made me doubt myself extremely. I always kept wondering if I was even good enough for this or if I should just give up the dream of racing. Just watching two videos from you and remembering lessons from my karting coach have already destroyed the idea of me giving up. Your videos have assured me that it is more than possible for me, with just endless practice and dedication. You’ve given me the idea to look at and improve places I would never have even thought to have looked. I’m going to keep using these videos and tips from now on and work endlessly on my driving until my dream becomes real. Thank you so much for these videos! You are an absolute inspiration. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll see you on-track somewhere, hopefully with me behind the wheel as well.

[@petermaardananders6803]

Hi coach, my first experience was as an ""extreme"" roller skater. First I was a Vertical/ Halfpipe skater at 17 yo. Did speed r-skating events on roads too, and even did 8 laps on the old Zandvoort track in 1983, man that was hard. That tarmac was too coarse/ rough surface for roller skating, and man those dunes are steep up and down. Up was "klúnen" (struggling walking style but then different) down-hill(-dune LOL) no gaining speed at all from the rough tarmac was too high resistance. But then a few years later my sponsor and boss held a skating event at the Dutch Army "tank practice terrain"" de Vlasakkers at Soesterberg (next to the American Airforce base Soesterberg) and there were the "Dutch mountains"" (LOL there are no real mountains in the Netherlands, just some hills(TIP: YT for ""The Nits, In the dutch mountains" for lols ) ) and I fell in love with Downhilling. Going fast was addicting, no brakes on rollerskates LOL So scouting out was crucial, no Barry R's some run of grass, and then Forrest or Cliffs (sort of). Anywho I came back there a lot, and have managed speeds in excess of 140 kmh's. And as I was too stupid to be afraid, I was very lucky to escape with my life (to keep it short it was painful but worth it) more than once. I got the hang of ""out-in-out" apex-ing without real braking abilities, only air to slow me down or some weaving techniques. I also went to real mountains in Belgium and Germany to act stupid dropping at insane speeds, anywho only in 1996 I first did some rentall Karting and in 1998 bought a PS1 and the rest is obvious. Worn out many Wheels and pedals, got married stopped in 2000. I got deforced, and started up again 2 years ago with a Logitech G920 on an Xbox S played F1 (2117 to 2020) Forza7/AC and ACC. 6 months ago, bought a good Desktop PC (i 13600k cpu/4070ti gpu/ 32 gb ram)and the Moza R5 (and the lite brake) dd set, on a kitchen table setup and went Iracing and I absolutely love it now. But the rookies series owwwwwww that was rough, unfair, and unpleasant too often, I almost gave up and took a break for ~8 weeks. Did some Automobilista2, AC, and ACC in the meantime. But because of you, Jimmy Broadband, Dave Cameron, and Super GT I got back to the best SIM imho, atm C class, Sr 313, and Ir 1266. Thanks for your part in this Coach!!!

[@petermaardananders6803]

Small update, I ran into overheating issues with my Moza R5 set I just found out. I have used the max FFB settings a while back, the auto feature in Iracing and on the Moza Pithouse app. but that got me (+/- after 1.5 hrs of use) to become slower and while I had no real problems with or because of used/ worn tires (changed them regularly) I did not know why. Well, the issue is caused by overheating, even on the radical cooling setting in the Pithouse app. The FFB will be dialed down by overheating the base and thus the FFb feel will diminish because of that, causing to lose FFB thus slowing you down, it feels like your overall grip levels have diminished but your tires, etc. are fine if you look into that. Now i have tendon problems so I already have lowered FFb settings down because hurting my arms is not a good option. And as for now, it looks like the overheating issue is no longer there. But I haven't really done long sessions yet, so it still might. But anywho, I hope that this might help other R5 set users find out the weirdness of losing grip levels. Perhaps Moza can fix this idk, but for now, I can only say to be aware of this issue. The Moza R5 set can't run on full FFB for long periods without it getting weird on you, setting it to cool on Radical in Pithouse won't fix this either (yet??). Still, it is good value for money imho.

[@mobiemoto]

Dude this is an amazing video....I had a multiple "OHHHH" moments and I am starting to understand where I can improve both in sim and IRL!

[@sopadesopita]

i’m rewatching your videos after a month and a half of full time sim racing and i understand so much more now. like i finally *get it* i can catch my habits, weaknesses and strengths in the act. thanks for these awesome videos, looking forward to learning more from your videos.

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Keep sending it!!

[@RickBeacham]

Wow great tips here! He reminds me of some of the professional Tennis coaches I've worked with when I played tennis in High School. "I don't believe in NATURAL TALENT." "It comes from practice, learning proper techniques, your life experiences and pushing your self." I'm a completely new the sim racing. I did play quite a bit of Gran Turismo on PS1 and PS2 etc. I've been karting several times and did really well. Noticed braking helped turn the Go Kart quite a bit especially on a outside track where the speeds are higher and turning could lead to a spin out. Just needed to use more of the track and stay relaxed to get better lap times.

[@maxskullic9879]

I took on "The Tail of the Dragon" in a chevy G20 cargo van! I got good! So good that I was keeping up with motorcycles! I did start on dirt go-karts when I was 5, I think that helped!

[@ねむりねむる玄兎]

I subscribed to you half-way into the video before you even asked. What an absolute legend.

[@boostify7770]

Even tho i started out in high downforce cars, drifting and rallying i still have a GT driving style and that helped alot :)

[@ericjpdt]

One of the best videos i ever see about The subject

[@tavo.simracing]

haha i got my start in touring cars that you needed to be able to pitch the nose into the corner with the brake to induce that rotation and commit to power on exit. to this day with 1,000s of hours and miles across multiple sims this is still the fastest way for me to drive.

[@enanobo]

WOW, this is something I've been thinking about for so long on my SIMRacer journey, and I always get asked why no one talks about it? and I'm only going for 7 minutes and I had to stop to comment on my astonishment!! the number of concepts and the way you relate them is on another level, I can only say thank you!!

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Thanks man!! Yeah I realized that was missing. Im mostly focusing on content that others don't talk about, so the next ones will be similar

[@ajschnell3470]

love the brotato background music A++

[@angryginger791]

I feel like I should take notes whenever I watch these videos because they give me so many things to think about. Also, the story about Alana reminds me of something I do to help with my car control. Whenever I feel like I'm driving tense, death-gripping the wheel, and struggling to find that neutral steer zone, I go drive a rallycross car for a little while. When I feel good in that, I go back to the car I struggled in. Suddenly, I'm much more relaxed. I start rotating the car more aggressively, inducing a little oversteer to quickly find the neutral balance point. Since I am now anticipating the oversteer, it's much easier to control with confidence. Those little dirt sessions are a great way to get warmed up.

[@BPMa14n]

I like racing games like AC and ACC for fun but I do enjoy these videos if it can help me have fun and improve laptimes the better

[@jacquesparpaing3217]

My driving style is : turning only left, using no more than four gear, having a huge M&Ms livery and not having public healthcare, guess the series

[@Johnywhack]

Dude thank you so much, I come from rally racing and had huge issues with oversteering in gt3 cars on track. Just watching this video helped me correct my breaking technique immediately and shaved another 7sec on the nurb Bless you my guy

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Congrats man!!

[@ImJoel]

Suellio this video is everything i've been looking for for so long! i wish more people knew about the gold you provide

[@SuellioAlmeida]

You found it!! Let's gooooo

[@H3lkat]

Omg this is crazy accurate to my experience, I did a lot of karting as a kid, did some drifting and offroad over the years and picking up acc as a sim I had huge issues with the amount of steering I needed to use. It was so uncomfortable to get used to, and even now I still have to remind myself to do more work on the brakes than steering with the throttle

[@e2rqey]

I'd love to see you do a video about more of the differences between the most popular racing sims, AC, ACC, iRacing, Automobilista 2, Rfactor2..etc. As well as well as which ones you think accurately simulate driving the best and the worst.

[@SynchroFPS]

This is probably your best video. At least for a beginner.

[@cmtedan]

Dude, you're the GOAT!

[@phantazy5716]

I’ve been doing a lot of spa gt3 racing lately and I’m typically just driving touge and the braking far ito turn and getting on gas was something I noticed right away the difference it makes in the turn

[@FronezGez3592]

with the sim racing one it is so true that we tend to focus alot on the front tires. I was just doing some laps on usui pass on AC the other day and i was trying to get a faster lap. I was thinking of ways to improve and decided im going to slide the rears out and focus on them instead of the front tires and as soon as i did this i easily smashed my fastest lap in it by over 3 second. Now seeing this video its a really good video and i hope it can help me progress one day into being a better driver! Great video man really enjoyed it and felt that passion and effort you put in!!!

[@stefanheineken6930]

And another banger of a video. Thoroughly interesting, educational and entertaining…great work Suellio!

[@j.bryant5415]

I started with F1 games on the Playstation, then got into Forza series, and then Gran Turismo Sport. Since my roots are F1, I have been forcing that style of driving on every car in all the different classes. Now I understand why I'm slow in some areas and fast in others. Excellent video , thank you. Now a new subscriber. Makes me want to go buy a dirt kart. 1

[@vincentparenteau6854]

This video is so powerful!

[@iJohn_YT]

Even though I''m not a beginner, and I know pretty much everything you mention in your videos... Dude I have to say, your explaining is really next level. The way you mention things, the way you explain things and how deep you go into single points, is really astonishing. I think if I was a beginner, I would become better pretty quick thanks to only your videos. Please keep doing this, I believe people are gonna start getting into this sport because of you :D

[@WorldHello-ne8mn]

thx suellio, recently I have been getting frustrated with braking and getting grip which i am driving formula student cars. after watching this video, I know more ways to solve this and try to slide like karts and learn neutral steering and the brake releasing techniques you mentioned. (p.s. I have always knew I struggle a lot in GT cars while being comfortable in high downforce good frontend formula cars and four stroke karts, but i didnt know why until now)

[@anamarte9859]

This video made me remember that I started sim racing on nascar heat 5

[@shirozuku]

Hey Suellio I have to thank you because I did quit a loot of times iracing for beeing frustrated I'm simracing since 2016 and my driving was adapted to f1 cars the reason was because I always race on leagues of that kind on Assetto, Rfactor but now after have patient training and expose myself to a new knowledge I did get 1400 irating in 3 weeks and Im on 2700 and I think that will rise a loot more because thanks to you I know that the hard work is what really matters I did train a loot but with blind laps for example 2000 laps before a week without any progress and know the reason on my slowness is key to get better so again thank you for all

[@GingerEazyE]

This video was awesome. Now my struggling in F1 22 makes sense. I used to play hours upon hours of drifting in Forza Motorsport 4 and fort 2 and 3 on my wheel and this video helped me realize I gotta drastically change my approach for that discipline of racing

[@the_beemer]

Glad to have found your channel. I havent sim raced for 2 years bc of IRL commitments but when i did I peaked at 3.3k iRating bc I can drive the Dallara F3 and nothing else. My biggest flaw is I think my skill is 100% subconscious. I have no idea what i am doing. I just do shit, look at the delta and subconsciously build pace based on that. Your videos motivated me to get back on iRacing to try and get methodical and drive more purposefully because they feel like they give me the tools to analyse what i am doing. Also your videos demystify what makes the alien drivers truly fast. I am a loooong way from ever being like them but it feels good knowinh its because they mastered specific techniques instead of just accepting that they are insane and I am not

[@robertisler8557]

Your. explanation about how to turn in when lifting or trailbraking helped a lot. I thought it could be this way, but now i know my feeling was correct. Thank you 😊

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Let's goo!!

[@asikv2723]

Why this video has only 10k views?? this schould be watched by every one who are racing. btw can you explain me why i really love racing gt3 cars (mainly but every gt also) in assetto corsa and i cant get into acc, i dont feel car at all and it feels very diffrent

[@Tboltross69]

That last part about ACC and having to smash the brakes is exactly why I couldn't get into the game. It felt like you had to go 100% braking into every corner. Just switched to iracing this past month and it's much better for me.

[@Alejandro-vp1op]

Actually it has changed. I tried tosmash in MonzaT1 and it doesnt work that well

[@Alejandro-vp1op]

Actually it has changed. I tried tosmash in MonzaT1 and it doesnt work that well. I want to drive inniRacing one day!

[@Alejandro-vp1op]

Actually it has changed. I tried tosmash in MonzaT1 and it doesnt work that well. I want to drive inniRacing one day!

[@Alejandro-vp1op]

Actually it has changed. I tried tosmash in MonzaT1 and it doesnt work that well. I want to drive inniRacing one day!

[@LordofDestruction123]

The thing about the dirt oval driver is rather neat! I particularly enjoy drifting in sims and games. I have a friend I race with who does not. I managed to convince him to spend some time racing me on dirt track in an NSX. Totally absurd, but it worked. We were in an online rally championship, and the exercise massively improved his pace, regardless of what surface we were on.

[@mkenny17]

i came from racing games with a lot of drifting and rallying with both keyboard and controller. so i paid no attention to the actual cornering and braking. i understeers a lot but instead of me getting better at braking, i got better at correcting understeers so i got moves with e brake. well luckily for me, i know this issue fast and was able to fix it before getting a wheel. now i got a wheel and i'm still working on doing proper braking. since i have no access to an ebrake now, i am forced to deal with proper braking. getting a wheel was a breaktrough moment for me since i thought since i have more control over the input compared to controller and keyboard i would have better braking and shit. turns out no. like you said. the first collected habit is the hardest to break. i still understeer and shit at breaking even though i have all these control when i tried my friend's wheel for the first time.

[@landonmurray3814]

Dirt oval is so awesome, true multi line racing where throttle control and car control skills are the defining factors in speed

[@GiosSimCorner]

I just started sim racing a year 1/2 ago. My biggest problem is over driving the car pushing it past its limit. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race.

[@chonglers1513]

If you wrote a book I would totally get it

[@SuellioAlmeida]

I'm writing a book since last year! Should be out later this year or early 2024

[@chonglers1513]

Looking forward to it!

[@logical1510]

14:30 To your point about exaggerating techniques to learn them, and then shaving it back to detail. Two games that really helped me as someone new to sim racing were F1 22 and City Car Driving. F1 22 for obvious reasons, because the cars are so fast and jittery, like karts essentially. As a newbie, I crashed/spun a LOT in these cars, but it thought me to be smooth with inputs to prevent those situations as much as possible at my skill level. City Car Driving might seem off-topic since it's not a racing game, but it's extremely useful for someone learning how to drive with a wheel and pedals. The career mode in this game is really punishing and won't let you off with simple things such as going over a line or stopping too far from a stop sign on a closed circuit. It thought me to be more thoughtful about my inputs and it helped a great deal with coordination.

[@mattconroy3918]

SUELLIO, Your style of coaching is spot on with my learning(I understand your explanations and able to apply). You mentioned Exageratting the skill(technique I used ski racing). How do u then refine that skill into being efficient? Example. I thought I was getting really fast cause my lap times were pretty good. However when o decided to focus o. Opening up the road and hitting the apex. I noticed especially in 🇲🇨 MONACO 🇲🇨 THAT I D I DROVE AT 2/3 throttle in was often beating my ghost!! So even though it felt fast I had to be slow. I believe TWO THINGS ARE HAPENING. One I am braking to early now as I progressed in ability to brake with gears. But I am still using same breaking point. And then my exit speed pretty sure I’m dumping speed. Developing my trailbreaking but still using old braking points. Then at end straightening my wheels out to fast especially hunting someone in front. The other thing that is happening is my turning at low speeds is smoother and cleaner. Finding the most efficient braking point TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH FOR ENTRY IS BIGGEST PROBLEM.

[@AleksandrRudiak]

i came to simracing from simdrifting and when you posted story in insta with snap oversteer on purpose saying it would be hard it wasn't hard for me ahah, but the only profitable skill from drifting is saving big slides or pushing car into the corner sideways, doing 360s without getting into the wall when being snapped hard and other things that helps me to navigate the car being in the unhealthy slide, but i wish i wouldn't get in this type of situations:D

[@BuzzRaces_]

Wow Suellio, this is incredible work dude, loving the content.

[@Stevo4242]

These videos help me a lot I make alot of the mistakes you point out in this video I now know where to improve and what bad habits I need to shift 👌🙏

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Send it!!! Gogogo

[@NeoGeo822]

Some cars in ACC like the Porsche 992 GT3 don't work well when 100% braking so I just do 90% and below depending on the sound of the ABS kicking in. The Mclaren and BMW on the other hand you can easily slam and mash the brakes. Why I stopped driving the Mclaren it was too easy and not as demanding as the Porsche.

[@Caldwing]

I have played many kinds of racing games but the first somewhat realistic games I ever got pretty good at were rally. But I was always terrible on tarmac. After almost a year I slowly realized that actually they are using basically the same skill, but all the movements are super small and subtle on tarmac. But I was also able to take this back to gravel driving and realize that there too I was being too forceful and often getting over-rotation. Now I am basically working on breaking that habit.

[@Howlingbrown]

ACC has given me an appreciation for "smooth is fast" was interesting jumping back on Forza with this new found code of conduct. I'm very much an amateur but I am progressing fast with ACC. Sounds like Iracing is the next step in driving detail. Hope ac2 and renn are flawless on release.

[@mattconroy3918]

Always value your content!!! Super simplification of complex and compound explanations

[@IlVenturetto]

💪🏻💪🏻 Thank you for all the content and info you provide

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Let's go man!

[@IlVenturetto]

​@@SuellioAlmeida your channel is growing very fast, and you totally deserve it! Will celebrate with you when you reach the million subscribers in a few months! ❤️

[@GPDAMATO]

My playstyle is rally. Lightweight peppy little cars that with be your best friend or your killer depending in how you handle them

[@SAGITTARlUS]

This guy knows what hes talking about

[@onionmuffin]

Amazing content mate, it really helps.Thank you!

[@colincampbell3837]

Damn, I always just assumed driving style was just something that you had a natural preference for, not something that was molded by racing experience. I remember my first real experiences with sim racing were F12021 and F122. Considering how slippery 22 was, I think it made me adopt a smoother style and that's probably why I use oversteery set ups nowadays in the actual sims.

[@Vittinable]

Man, I didnt know you were local to me (kind of, from Quebec but we go race at CMP at least once a year). Great video, good content, nice to see you out there with LDRC, seems like you had fun!

[@tiagobelo4965]

y'know, i was a little bit skeptical at first, but as far as my experience goes, you nailed the offroad driver bit I started with simracing and the rare few rental kart laps, and the first time I went into something purely with learning in mind it was the Richard Burns Rally rally school; and yeah, I completely despise understeery cars, even worse if they're RWD since you can induce some rotation into pretty much any FWD car by left-foot braking and being precise with your throttle inputs, but man, if a car plows through corners that's it for me, it's the sorta thing I've gotta learn to deal with.

[@Tacoplane91]

What helped me the most was playing forza that caused me to learn what a racing line is which helped me develop fast irl

[@PaganCurse98]

I play Gran turismo 7 and The crew motorfest. And I've learned that alot of the skills I have taught myself on gran turismo working on motorfest but I don't slam on the brakes I usually start with 50 then work my way up.

[@caelandodd4036]

Was that Calabogie I spotted in the irl footage? Amazing track

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Yes!

[@cloric1]

My driving style prefers predictable slight oversteer in the braking zone and corner entry and neutral to understeer slip on corner exit, one of my biggest flaws is hitting apex’s too early on certain corner types, an issue i don’t have with high aero cars. Early apexing can lead to a significant loss of momentum mid corner and over compensation with the throttle leading to snap oversteer when you touch a curb on exit.

[@pseudoExpert1]

A+ content, thanks for spending the time to do all this research

[@TANOFTZ]

Man I saw this video after I cancelled my iracing sub. I was in a cycle of struggling, frustration, time away, and repeat. Maybe in the future I'll come back and see if I can almost start with a clean slate of skills and habits

[@VishnuRajam4x4]

Great video!

[@lmnop291]

To summarize it: your driving style is the unique collection of your good and bad habits which make you good in some scenarios and not others. Instead of having tendencies you should base your inputs off of understanding of key driving principles so that you can be the fastest and in car and in every scenario

[@isuckatthisgame]

When I moved from AC to AMS2 I kept locking up because AC would require me to press the brakes fully. In AMS2, on the other hand, cars are very senstive on brakes not requiring maximum brake pressure to slow it down.

[@fpsgamesfan4468]

man , i learnt so much from this video. you are amazing

[@Delimon007]

My driving style is actually really simple. Typically never going all out, keeping my lap times consistent and focusing on the overall race. I have even gotten several -000.000s during the same race to give you an idea of how consistent I truly can be. Some people get surprised when I get into a dogfight and I hold my own because I was not going at 100% and they make a move with a near 0% chance of success. If you want to beat me then think of racing like chess. Make moves that have a high rate of success and I will not even bother trying to fight you because it is a waste of time and I know that it is. All I can do is prevent you from making such a move in the first place which may not even be possible ie. drafting on a long straight. The amount of drivers I've seen not even understand these basics is rather astounding. If I have any weaknesses it would definitely be in the absolute. I am not the fastest driver on the road and even though I race in top splits many don't seem to understand that I don't race on the absolute limits. I prefer to be steady and consistent. That 1-1.5% that I'm not using is my weakness. If you can beat my pace and choose the correct spot to pass you will. It's really that simple. Edit: By the way I completely agree that you can change your driving style to a point. I can do slow in, fast out, late apexes, middle of the corner apexes, etc. I can shift my line depending on what I need at that point and time. While there is typically just one singular best line, there are multiple lines you can take that will give you a similar lap time. Understanding how to take these lines, practicing them, is how you get better as a driver.

[@lexuslfa4739]

In a road car without ABS you can brake 100% when you are at a higher speed and the wheels have more load so you don’t have enough braking power but when the power builds up more then you start to release the pedal. Similar I found to AC. Also I would try to brake in a straight line as much as possible before turning in and not brake while turning in because most cars use a circular grip pattern where when you want maximum stopping power you brake without any lateral input, so if you want to be slower brake while turning in. Also if you looked at the recent Bahrain GP drivers were exploiting the edge of the track as much as possible before turning in to the corner to further solidify my point, even the more geometric drivers like Carlos Sainz who prefer the shortest way around a corner were taking the Lewis Hamilton line who prefers to go deep into the brakes and turn in as late as possible while on the brakes.

[@maxcalder1010]

Brilliant video Suellio! I really enjoy your analysis of driving technique.

[@TheCrazyCarLady]

Such a good video, really good information provided. Subbed for the future! 😁

[@RacePaceYT]

Ur so right ! I race karts and i love oversteer and still prefer an oversteery set up in my kart an ion the sim.

[@stevenlamkin551]

A little bit of colin mcrae and alot of Valentino rossi and more of Fernando Alonso just pure precision and world class driving just for me of course 😅 👍

[@FullSendStudioProductions]

I started in irl karting at 5 years old then went to racing simulators for drifting, after that I just started doing anything from open wheelers to road cars and rally and I just do everything. But I do know my weakness and it is the fact that I want to drive fast but the same time with great style so naturally I do slide the cars more than it's optimal as that is what I enjoy and the second thing is I always go full send. Long race or rally still full send everywhere and that causes accidents little too often, but I think I would get bored if I didn't do that and lose focus so I wouldn't be doing any good for me. Irl I am little more cautious as you know crashing irl costs money and there is actual danger in that. I think I would be a better overall racing driver in real life than sim racing just for that little bit more cautious aproach which wins the race more often than going full send and breaking the car or crashing it.

[@freackedman4153]

i literally spent my entire life keyboard racing , since precise steering is semi impossible you have to absolutely master the arts of throttle control and throttle steering , also you can not just "brake" in most cases you have to like act like you own abs and tap the brake button precisely and extremely quick , lemme tell you its no joke playing key board on a simulator

[@Tomica031]

Ah, now I understand why I go sideways every corner, I started with NFS as a kid and developed technique there, but still not finding success with it in ACC....jokes aside, I do have tendency to like cars that oversteer more, and I always went for those kind of cars in NFS games, fast acceleration and just drift the corner, it really did mark my style and preferred driving in sims today, I just really can't force myself to drive cars that are more prone to understeer and can't seem to enjoy them

[@vOcHaZOv]

I grew up playing the F1 games, then later almost always using open wheeler cars (F1, F2, F3) on AC. I can be mega quick with open wheelers, even matching or coming close to some top real life times on the same track and car at times. For example, my fastest time in a 2020 F2 car around Austria is a 1:15:169. The fastest time in qualifying for real life Austria F2 2020 is 1:14:416 by Guanyu Zhou. The fact that I didn't really come from a well off family to be able to pursue a career in motor racing really sucks given my talent. This explains a lot about why I'm woefully slow in ACC with the GT3 cars. I'm at least 5-8 seconds off the fastest times. I was trying to drive the GT3s like they're open wheelers.

[@bluex610]

My driving style comes from GTA III. And it really shows in my aggressive style 😅

[@ayushinamdar2570]

I have a aggressive driving style to the point where I lose the back end until I perfect the braking point, for both open wheelers and road based cars and hypercars

[@NicolayGiraldo]

I try to drive all cars with their default setup, and adapt myself to the car, instead of the other way around. After a while, adapting to a new car becomes easier, much easier.

[@noceilingsmotorsports]

Can you do a video on how to deal with dirty drivers/bad racing etiquette? I've been having trouble with this on iRacing

[@ZibzabMusicplaylists]

Obrigado Suellio,, I’ve been struggling try to find the right balance and pace and have watched videos of Marcel, Jarno, JD and Brandon and have learnt from them but I’m still way behind my own 17yr old 😢😅 Just watching this video has already changed my approach to my sim racing and hopefully it helps me improve my driving,, Again, Obrigado para o video 👌🏽 PS I loved your video of the ACC driving day out Muito bom 👌🏽👌🏽

[@robertsothmann8110]

So, you race at Calabogie, Mosport and Shannonville? ;) That's awesome!

[@koorchik]

High quality content! Thank you! Is there a plan to create a video about GT 7 + PSVR2? Does VR make you faster?

[@omarspiderahmed]

I have 9000 hours on VR. Here's my take: VR makes it quicker to learn and improve, but I don't think it necessarily makes you faster - people with inferior hardware can reach your level. It'll just take them more time (assuming they have the same learning speed and skillset as you). VR also makes you more consistent. (or at least makes it easier to acquire consistency) It's kind of similar to simracing hardware in general. I've gone through G29s all the way up to DD wheels. Direct Drive motors give more information for you to work with, so you'll get *quicker at getting quick*, and you can build up consistency much more easily. Someone with a G29 or even a controller can be just as quick though if you give them time. It's kind of why you find a lot of people with G29s and other beginner hardware still take up a big portion of the online competitive scene. People just work with what they have - your hardware doesn't determine your potential. Your hardware is merely an aid that allows you go reach that potential. It can either accelerate or hinder the process, but nothing more. How fast you are is up to *you*.

[@koorchik]

@@omarspiderahmed thank you for so detailed answer 👍

[@isuckatthisgame]

10:07 there will be some instances when you are releasing the brakes and applying throttle where no inputs are required.

[@dynamlllilte4230]

THIS VIDEO IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE ITS LIKE A DOCUMENTARY ON HOW TO DRIVE. DOING GODS WORK SUELLIO THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS AMAZING KNOWLEDGE WITH US.❤

[@SuellioAlmeida]

lets goooooo

[@__Not_To_Knovv__]

damn, I've never actually thought of these tips this gave me inspiration and maybe could help my irl driving this is exactly the reason why I watch such content, gives me insights and inspiration, thanks fam

[@SuellioAlmeida]

Let's go mannnnnn!!