5 More Tips for Beginners in Assetto Corsa for PC 

1:48 FFB 3:39 FOV 5:53 Curbs 8:43 Times 13:26 Traction 17:14 Chase cam

Another rule of thumb: Turning the steering wheel equals less speed, so allways try to find the line that requires the least amount of wheel input.

These videos are the reason I love this channel. Most sim racing channels are more about bragging about equipment or arguing over what is a REAL sim vs arcade. You actually teach people how to enjoy whatever racing game they are using.

Not every curb is safe to drive on. If you use the whole track on Nurburgring, you'll spin out.

Hopefully these information will become practical for me when I buy a pc. One day, I hope... One day.

Nice to see you back again, i have Project Cars 1 and 2. But thought about getting Asseto Corsa. haven't bought it yet thou. but it lookes realy good so i will get it. and thanks for videos on RU-vid..

Regarding clipping, that has to do with the maximum signal amplitude that the device can reproduce, in this case this happens when the game asks for more force than the wheel can provide, and that does not create noise, it simply makes the wheel reach it's ceiling and any detail beyond that ceiling is lost.

Mike, I really like your tone, humility, expertise, and security in your videos. Of course the content is very good as well. Keep up the good work!

I gotta slightly disagree on the 2nd tip, because it's something you shouldn't do on every curb in this game, because most of them are (unrealistically) extremely slippery. I'd say overall: avoid curbs in traction/hard acceleration zones (Turn 1 at Spa or after the first chicane at Monza), but take plenty of them especially at the exit of fast corners as well as in chicanes (you can gain almost 0.5 seconds using the curbs hard at the Variante Alta at Imola) Other than that, nice video as usual :)

I've been into sim racing for a long time but I just got my steering wheel yesterday and boy did this help a lot. I really appreciate this man!

Followed and alerted because of the original 5 tips video. Looking forward to seeing more and getting educated. Thank you for the uploads.

That Tip with the FOV helped alot i have been doing it wrong all the time. Tank you!

After watching your fov adjustment vid I completed the change and noticed the benefit immeditatly. Instantly beat my best lap time.

Really important that last tip - so well reasoned and explained

i like watching all simracing videos, been on the likes of iracing, etc since 2011. and i just got off the first 5 tips vide you had. and was glad to see you changed the FOV lol

This is a valuable video, this "solid gold." Remember that phrase in the 1970s? Sorry I feel old...😅😅😅😂😂

Thanks for these vids! I just started AC and I get my first wheel in two days, a Logitech G920 with a clutch and shifter. I learned to drive on a stick when I was 15, and I miss my manual transmission cars that I've had. My auto is boring to drive. Can't wait to start sim racing for realz. Subscribed and watching.

Great video! I play Aseeto Corsa and Asseto corsa competizione on a controller but I have found seconds with these tips! The chase cam tip was the most beneficial!

the only issue i have with your usage of the curb, is especially on the firsst clip all 4 wheel are off the track, that would be a penalty in most racing i can think off

You kept saying that the Performance Delta app shows your current progress compared to your previous lap. I always thought it was your current performance versus your best lap time.

the correct fov settings for a small single monitor are simply too narrow, with sense of speed diminished to almost nothing.

I've been playing on AC for a while, but I never opened the delta app; it's amazingly useful to have a realtime feedback of where you are going faster or slower. I always had to analyze it with motec software. Thanks for sharing!

Great job with these Tips & Video. Thanks!

Curbs: pay close attention to the sound, it can tell you if you are hitting the curb or not. In some sims U can adjust this volume higher. Beware, some curbs are much harsher than others & some cars react negatively more severely than others, esp open wheel cars & go karts.

just bought AC yesterday, thanks for the tips!

Great vid, most of these tips I already knew but not all, still good fundamentals tips. Keep up the good work

Thanks for the video man this was really informative. Just wondering how you could go about measuring FFB on a console, would that be the same as PC?

good information, thanks

Can you mention the names of the cars used in this video? Thanks. By the way awesome video as always. I love your content mate!

Hi:) Thanks for the tips. I noticed your video, because recently I got into racing sims thanks to my friend, who rides in Assetto Corsa and Gran Turismo Sport. I bought a fairly simple, used wheel, Logitech Formula Force EX from him, because he switched to T300RS for some serious approach to racing sims. I really enjoy racing in Assetto, mainly doing my career atm, but there is a problem. I ride with cpu on 80% and most of the time I and up 2nd/3rd, because I get bumped in the back by them on the corners or I get nervous and start twitching around when I see them near in my rear window. Do you have any tips how to ride clean with some other people, but still fast? When I start to ride super clean i loose my focus and speed, because they are cpu's, they ride perect, of course. I try not to bump into them, it makes a bad habit later online and people don't like that. Maybe I lack remembering my tracks or something?

I have installed the FFBclip app and the number its telling me to use is so low there is practically zero steering feel! It just feels dead all the time, I can hardly tell what my tires are doing. I also have the wheel LUT generator all set up, should I be running one or the other but not both?

Good tips about lap times, is that available out of the box?

=0 I didn't know that your time difference will be shown with green and red I think this is gonna help me a lot thx.

Great Video Mike, and I truly hadn't heard the "outside/inside/outside" term before. I'm also blown away, that you've gone from 500 to 712 subscribers (at the time of typing this) so quickly, so you must be working on your 1,000 subscriber special video already ha, ha. But one thing I am worried about, is that BOTH you, and my brother don't know Nordschleife, very well, and I was going to do an "extensive how to tutorial" on how to drive it next - but I don't want to appear to be "pinching" your driving tips idea's. I had this planned for at least a couple of months, but I knew it could be a 40-50min long video, and thought long & hard on how to best present it. I hope you don't think I am pinching any of your idea's though................

A slight correction to your information about "clipping", it's not "noise" or "overload of information", it's what we call a "overflow". The PC is generating a waveform (yes, audio term too, but applies to FFB) of feedback to send to the wheel. If the game generates a spike in that waveform that is too high it can exceed the maximum actual possible value in the analog domain, so instead of getting a nice smooth curve, it "clips" it to the maximum value and that extra information is lost. Lets say you have a 32-bit floating point value with a range of -1 to 1, centered on 0 (this is pretty standard for most things), while the computer and 32-bit floating-point can support values > 1.0 and < -1.0, the physical hardware (soundcard, ffb wheel) can't. As such the output is clipped... the logic is simple: if (x > 1.0) x = 1.0 else if (x < -1.0) x = -1.0. Also, this has zero impact on the wheel input, only the force feedback of the wheel. Clipping isn't bad if it happens sometimes, ie, you crash and the impact is just so huge the wheel can't represent what happened, it's only an issue if it's clipping continuously. Conversely in audio you never want to clip as it produces a flat DC output that can burn our speakers, even if you can't hear the clipping.

I used to get setup prompts when changing settings like tyre pressures in the pits. They're missing now, do you know how I can get them back?

Fantastic video! This is a huge help. Is there a way to adjust the fuel mixture while driving?

what is that small green rectangle above throttle in pedals app?

nice job!

thanks Mike - what mod is the Lotus F1 car you're driving at the start?

what do the purple/grey/green colors represent beneath the performance delta app? I haven't had any luck finding this information.

I'm new to sim racing. If the chase cam helps you see the track better to get the better line, why be in the cockpit? Is that more for immersion or does is really just help overall feel the car better? Whenever I played arcade style racing games I always was in chase cam.

Nirvana for intro :) nice

ffb clipping has nothing to do with input and it also doesnt add noise. look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio)

What is that track at the beginning of the video?

Huh! Tips? I don't need no tips man, I'm cruisin at 180, one hand on the wheel the other hanging out the window, as for fov I got my head hanging out the window with my tongue out like a dog catchin the breeze..... I am joking by the way, thanks for the vid man.

I just downloaded ACC, I am 14, know nothing about cars, but I really like driving them in games. in the future ill get logitech g920. Anyone have any tips for right now?

link part 1 in desc for those missed it

How does one access the list of apps in ACC?

No link to the "first video" ???

how you open the menu in the right ?

6:11 what car is that? Mercedes CLK GTR maybe?

Today i had my first mis-shift into reverse instead of sixth today with my TH8A. No handbrake needed o.O

Youll notice that Assetto corsa is very Bias for Fanatec product. They have a lot of frogiles available for every single variant in their setti gs which can further be altered in the cgi files. Youll need a good wheel and the minium is the thrustmaster t300. The next one would be thrustmaster pc racer. Its the best bang for buck. It reads every game and exactly the same power as the v2.5 from fanetec.

what wheel? i use mouse'n keyboard :P

Hi Sim, great videos you have. i have a question... I have downloaded and unzip FFB Clip... put it in the right place (assetto corsa folder) but ive redo it like 10 times still wont show in general settings IU Module...so weird... please help

I'm so mad i spent money on AC which is an awesome game, don't get me wrong, but it's so barebones that you need to spend hours online to learn how to "use" it. I can't find a beginner's guide that explains the basics of THIS game not the basics of racing, like the plugins+HUD, how to get started, things to know, things to be careful at. Any help is appreciated

Can Assetto Corsa run on core 2 duo PC? please reply me... I will be thankful for those replies!

try hiding all HUD, that way you concentrate on the track.

Would you recommend playing AC in VR?

14:05 whats the grey one?

You definitely dont need to go over the curb that much on that uphill turn on spa.

There is a right FOV setting ... But... For FFB there is no "right" setting... Even in RL car every wheel feels different in weight etc... the "right" FFB would be the setting that inspires most confidence.. but that is different for mostly everyone. So there isn't actually 1 right setting.. within the field of not clipping there's a vast array of differences.. which are possibly all correct, depending on who you are and what you want out of your FFB.

If you have to use this fov, wouldn't be better to use directly the view from the bonnet on the wheel less view?

ngl i followed the fov tutorial but not being able to see right and left of me made it undrivable. i had to spacial awareness of surrounding cars and it made overtaking very dangerous

Ayoo is that Nirvana Very Ape in the intro???

100 laps...at Nordscliefe...in the Abarth 500...0_o

Thumbs up for Nirvana

good, but can you give us some more in depth and more professional tips.

I got a controller soo...

Don't bother watching - the tips are as helpful as "set your fov..it is impkrtant...so you can..see. Use kerbs on the racetrack....never.

Your losing time on those curbs lol

I'm very ape.. I'm very nice..

I didn’t learn anything, dislike.

Here's MY tip. Don't buy this game. It is the most difficult racing game ever