Why you're PLATEAUING and how to GET THROUGH IT

[@ewenblack4174]

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[@LastTenth]

thanks!

[@W.Eric.Anderson]

Best coach on the tubes....excellent insight ...thanks!

[@LastTenth]

That's a really kind thing to say! Thanks!!

[@BarryArends]

This video actually sums up my whole iRacing career... thanks mate! I will try to change.

[@LastTenth]

Glad I can help! Keep us posted on your changes!🙂

[@JaviSoto]

Science/fact based, useful, thorough, empathetic, funny, informative, unique. This channel is so underrated. Thank you for being so awesome.

[@LastTenth]

And handsome! lol

[@bradhargis2261]

This is exactly me. I needed to hear this. I usually do a few mid speed laps to learn the track and then cut loose. Within 5 laps or so I've got my personal best and then I spend the rest of the week trying to break through that ceiling time and I never do.

[@LastTenth]

Thanks for sharing! Has this helped you change your routine?

[@theunheardprophet4315]

Covers much more than just sim racing. Good tips.

[@LastTenth]

Thanks! I've had ppl message me, after watching this video, telling me that this is exactly what they do in other sports.

[@theunheardprophet4315]

@@LastTenth It works for music, i.e., playing instruments too!

[@CedKabandana]

You are one of the best sim racing coach! This video really helped me and showed one of my problems. Now i think I only need a proper racing sit and perform better my braking.

[@LastTenth]

Wow!! That is sooo kind! What was your problem?

[@yuemaeve]

I just found this. And i think i will need to apply this. Never thought too much about practicing my consistency and it's kinda there but not really. Also probably have quite a few bad habits. But also use laptimes and deltas a lot to judge if something is good or bad. Think i got kinda reliant on them. Thank you for this video

[@LastTenth]

Would love to hear how you implement this and your results! Share your experience if you can!

[@iracing_michael_t_marshall]

Your method of the science behind the technique is excellent! As an engineer and a sim racer your channel is teaching me methods I have not thought of in 5 years on my own

[@LastTenth]

Thanks!! You have no idea how many drivers I work with are engineers... lol

[@ApexwithDavin]

Preach! Preach! This knowledge needs to get out to more drivers.

[@LastTenth]

Share it with your friends! 😁

[@ApexwithDavin]

@@LastTenth I share your videos with my entire league in our resources section. It's so refreshing to actually see a driver who puts attention not only on the development of technique, but the importance of intentional practice. Drives me insane when I see drivers just logging 'junk laps', hot lapping, and not leveraging coaches or other community drivers to help them improve. The resources are there, and people don't use them. The approaches are there, and folks just ignore them. These videos are racer's gold. (At least the smart ones.)

[@LastTenth]

@@ApexwithDavinThanks man! I was joking... well half joking. But you sharing it with your league means a lot! Yeah I hear you. If I can find even just one tiny bit of info from a resource that is useful, that's going to add to my edge.

[@oddmanout6914]

I find it very hard to see my results when I don't have something telling me that I did better or worse, in this case it's lap/sector time. It gets so bad that I start to depend exclusively on my delta to adjust my input mid corner. While I do start with trying to improve my technique, I quickly start to look at the delta and ignore the technique. You are absolutely right, I need to take a step back and focus on being able to replicate things using my technique. Thanks for the video!

[@LastTenth]

Thanks for sharing. Glad the video was helpful! Deltas *can* be misleading. For example, if set a sector time where you've entered too fast into a corner, when you enter at a more optimal speed, the delta will tell you you're slower. When you practice, just focus on technique, it's not always easy to determine if you did it well from the driver's seat, but there are many tools that can help with that.

[@777smuki]

Great stuff- you’re awesome 👏🏼

[@LastTenth]

Thanks man!

[@CaptainCrunch99]

Excellent bullet points and great coaching advice, thank you!

[@kevin_m]

Another great lesson!

[@ipugachev]

Man, your content is miles above the usual and obvious tips that are recycled here on KZbin and I very much appreciate your dedication to the concept of the Last Tenth, putting the mindset before the raw driving technique. The whole video is just high-concentrate of wisdom, the analogy of sports drills will be applicable to 99% of drivers - most of us did not start our journey with a professional coach that would make you practice the basics first. Best of luck to your channel, it deserves it 👏👏

[@LastTenth]

Thanks so much! I started IRL, which usually mandates an instructor, but most times I didn't like the way I was coached. A lot of this was borne out of my experience as a student.

[@ipugachev]

@@LastTenth I feel you - I’ve had coaches IRL that were incredibly fast drivers, but lacked the analytical and psychological skills. And they were great for getting you from 105% to 101% lap time, but that approach stopped working at the last tenth per corner - they were like “just keep practicing” 🤷‍♂️ and that’s when thing need to shift from technique to self-analysis - just like your video 🤝

[@LastTenth]

@@ipugachev Yes totally. Many fast drivers can just do it, but don't really know how or incorrectly explain how. Then there's the whole problem of how to get the student to do it - you've probably heard some instructors tell students "just go faster". LoL

[@peterbrorsson5714]

This was probably the best and well formulated way of getting the message through that I have ever seen. De main problem is of course disciplin as many of us do not do it for a living but just for fun. Playing the 'long game' to be quicker is easier said than done when all the brain wants is a dopamin kick asap (i.e going into a race).

[@LastTenth]

100%! I have some students that despite given them the routine they need to do, they spend most/all of the time chasing lap times in practice. Meanwhile other students who are diligently doing the practice exercises are getting quicker every week.

[@gr8white_692]

Hi, I enjoy your clips very much, and a lot you say I can relate to. Are your tips more for iRacing or can I use this for GT7 too? Probably a stupid question, but I try to get fast for a very long time, this is why I am asking. Thx.

[@LastTenth]

Not a stupid question. In terms of driving technique it all depends on how real the physics engine is. As you've probably noticed, I don't really talk about exploits that are not realistic, which makes a lot of this channel sim-agnostic (and mostly car and track agnostic too). The last GT title I played was probably GT3 or 4 so I don't have any experience to answer specifically about GT7.

[@FeelTheDrive]

I was just thinking about driving drills. I think my biggest issue is getting carried away on longer tracks. I'll start aiming to focus on turn 1 but 4 laps later I'll have moved to perfecting Sector 2 instead 😅 Maybe shorter tracks is the first step

[@LastTenth]

Maybe try setting targets or time limits on how long you work on one corner/section

[@arturkochan4649]

i love ur videos man. ure doing top job

[@LastTenth]

Really appreciate you saying that!

[@arturkochan4649]

@@LastTenth what's next video going to be about

[@LastTenth]

@@arturkochan4649I'm working on a few. I also have one prerecorded, but not sure if it's that interesting. I'm also considering putting out a series of shorts.

[@emperornazuz1205]

Hi , I was watching the video where you talking about following the car and your advice was to brake earlier however I lift off the throttle and break on my breaking point what are your thoughts on it , thanks for the videos !

[@LastTenth]

Thanks for the question. Both are fine and I do both; I lift early to save fuel and use the brakes to manage the gap. It's really just speed management. How we decelerate early isn't really the issue, the key is that we can't just go full acceleration until our normal brake point.

[@jw8697]

exactly where I am at right now, stuck in PRO-AM pace on ACC. appreciate your work sir, will apply it to my next sessions.

[@LastTenth]

Pls share your results!!

[@Chris_Stratohawk_Cook]

Thanks for these tip videos. I've been playing Gran Turismo for 25 years and I'm fast in road cars but not as fast in racecars, especially Gr2 and faster. I've been trying to figure out why I'm so much faster in road cars compared to racecars. After watching some of your videos I believe that trail braking and acceleration points are the 2 main things I need to work on. Thanks again, you have great detailed advice.

[@LastTenth]

Glad to help! Fill us in on your progress! There's a success story section on my discord and would love to hear your story there.

[@andyking05]

Massively underrated channel, you come across very confident and your advice is really good, It’s tough when you want to ‘race’ but really you should be on a test session trying stuff out, it’s so time consuming tho 🤦- getting the car up to temp then trying new stuff and binning it and then starting again with a cold car ,, then warming it up and trying something new………..

[@LastTenth]

Thanks Andy! Yeah totally agree. That's why I tell students that there is "Practice", and then there's "Race Prep", both are important, and both improve different things. They have to decide how to prioritize how much time they spend on each. BTW, have you tried active reset?

[@andyking05]

@@LastTenth no, what's active reset??

[@LastTenth]

@@andyking05it's an iRacing function that lets you repeatedly practice a custom segment.

[@andyking05]

@@LastTenth I need to find that thesis

[@tea7923]

Hello again 👋🏾 I have a question about turn ins, I struggle with finding a good turn in point, but I understand the concept of introduce the car, then turn. But I am still slow compared to other drivers because it feels as if I am moving in 2 steps rather than a smooth motion, which throws of my throttle too. 😅, any advice? Thank you and another great video.

[@LastTenth]

That's a great question. May I invite you to my discord and post it in the questions and answer section? There may be other answers that may help you.

[@tea7923]

@@LastTenth Sure that sounds good to me 👍🏾 thanks

[@lucianp87]

3:37 He can just look at the replay from the onboard?

[@LastTenth]

Yes he/she will have to look at the replay of the reference lap and gauge where he braked - assuming they know to do that. It helps, but there's also the issue of "reference-to-action gap". For many people, the visual reference they use as a marker, isn't exactly where they initiate an action/input. That driver will need to factor that in.

[@jackyharrisracing750]

@@LastTenth How does one adjust braking by 1-2 metres? I assume one would be using the same reference point for it as the original braking point, but at 260+kph I find it impossible to gauge that fine a difference in time/distance.

[@LastTenth]

@@jackyharrisracing750 We would be moving our reference point 1-2m. It's a matter of precision. If you don't have precise markers, then you can't move it a small amount. I think I talk about it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnPFlp6doJanh6Msi=GRdKYVYDYpcJtACa But you've raised an important point. At 260km/h, 2m is about a hundredth-and-a-half, so definitely extremely challenging at that speed. This is the challenge of high speed braking. So in a highspeed brake zone, the expectation could be moving 10-20m instead. It's the same concept from my "Following Closely" video. We react in time, but we see in distance, and the higher the speed, the higher the difference between the two.

[@jackyharrisracing750]

@@LastTenth That does make more sense to me, thank you.

[@Obscurity202]

How to practice ah braking at 101 instead of 100?