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This and Assetto corsa is exactly the things I used to get to grips with the aspects. It really really helped me, especially Assetto corsa as the physics are very real. Euro truck sim also was a big big help for dealing with traffic and situations.

My instructor took a very long time to start giving me lessons so I practiced on this game in VR and by driving on abandoned and dirt roads. Well I can say that it can help but it can also do harm. When I started my actual lessons, the instructor instantly let me into traffic since she saw I have a feel for the car and I can control it without stalling. So that probably saved me a few lessons than if I were to go there without any experience and had to learn starting, shifting, positioning etc... But I also got some bad habits from practicing without an experienced instructor by my side. Like letting up the clutch too quickly etc... she basically told me that I drive like an italian racer. But in the end I finished with minimal lessons so I guess it was worth it!

The amount of car control you learn through sim racing is actually kinda crazy. The first time I had an oversteer moment in real life on a wet road wasn't all that scary because muscle memory just kicked in and did it's thing. Sim racing definetly brought me to a point were I feel safer on the road in real life and helped me to keep the car in one piece were I probably otherwise would have binned it

I passed my driving test today (first time!) with 8 minors, and with no driving lessons since before covid! There's absolutely no way I would have been able to pass without your amazingly clear and detailed videos - I found your channel a week ago and have been binging it since in preparation for the test. The work you are doing is incredible - thank you so much!!!!

Personally I feel like BeamNG is more realistic, I have been learning to drive manual on BeamNG and have learned on my own and with the help of this channel,beamng has a lot of realism to it and it’s not just about crashing

I played a lot of iRacing (a PC racing simulation game) with a wheel and pedals before I started driving, and much more arcade-y driving games with a controller for over two decades beforehand. I can say, with confidence, that I learnt so much about car control, spatial awareness, and how a car functions through gaming. It set me up very well for real-life driving.

I passed my driving exam more than 10 years ago but never had a car, so I have to learn everything again.I have a Fanatec DD wheel and played a few hundred hours with Assetto Corsa and tried City Car Driving too. It helped me a lot with positioning, manual shifting etc. My instructor said I just need a few hours of practice in a real car to start driving on my own.

I've been using driving simulators like this for about 17 years, and yet only went for my licence last year. Turns out driving simulators really do help with many aspects of driving! My instructor had me driving on the motorway on my second lesson (motorway lessons are normal here), and I passed my test within a month. The one thing it doesn't do is teach feeling, which is arguably the most important part, but having understood most of the rest of it before I even got in the driving seat of a car, it made it a lot faster to learn. I defo recommend it!

I just wanted to say thank you. I was watching your videos everyday in the lead up to my test last month and it gave me that extra confidence on the day. I passed with no minors so thank you!

Glad to see you covering this kind of alternative stuff, really well done.

Just got my license today. Thanks for all the lessons. Wouldn’t have made it without this channel 🙏🏿

before learning to drive i had these same pedals and played fh4 for 3/4 months and it really helped, only had 4 hours of professional lessons and a lot of practise past first time

You helped me learn how to drive mate ! I've been driving for a year now, I feel great just because of you !!!

Personally, having played driving simulators using wheel and pedals for a few years I found getting the hang of the controlling the vehicle really easy - other road users was the hard part. Couple of years since I learnt to drive a car it proved useful once again when I was learning to drive a bus. Again, the actual driving of the bus was a piece of cake - driving it in the real world was the challenge!

I played this today and it's the first time I do it by my self, and now you can choose were you want to drive, like on the right or left side of the road. Very nice 🙂

I’ve had my license for years but I still watch your videos anyway mate 😂. Great channel 👍

Back a few months ago lost my license due to drink driving, however i still love watching your videos because of your brilliant personality. Keep up the good videos 👍

I've been playing racing games and different simulators since I was 8 but in order to learn something, I started to play it when I was 15. Now, I'm 18 and I finished my driving school in 3 weeks. During the first lesson, the instructor saw that I am strangely good at driving so he asked me how do I know so much about driving, is it because one of my parents let me drive? I said gaming was my teacher for 10 years. So, now, when I finished the school, I'm waiting for the day I will be attending the driving exam which is going to be in 3 weeks. I hope that won't do any stupid mistakes. It is not about money or price of the exam, I really want to pass it because in Lithuania, you have to wait like 2 months for your exam and if you don't pass for the first time, you have to wait another 2 months. Anyway, it is really nice that a real-life instructor shows such innovative technologies, includes entertaining video games into his video and spreads the news that gaming might be helpful in different fields.

Btw you really help me get comfortable driving my first car i was always terrified of stalling at stop lights but your videos saved me

Late to the party, but I’ve played A LOT of hours in driving games which helped me through real driving, Dirt Rally, F1, ETS2. Played with a steering wheel and pedals which helped a lot (and I’m a pretty fast learner with everything, so that helped too of course). It’s awesome to see that this exists now, I was thinking a big while back when this would happen, and here it is!

I just recently passed my test and I have to thank you for your amazing videos ! They really made a massive difference and definitely played a part in me passing with just 2 minors ! mixing humour and good education and in depth explanations into driving made it a lot easier for me to understand :) Thank you so much for just being you and helping me achieve this huge milestone in my life !

Thank you for all the videos Richard, I managed to pass my driving test first time today with 5 minors

Honestly, I did learn the basics with the instructor to which I am grateful for his patience as I was a slow learner(in terms of learning speed) but most of my driving improved once I got my full licence and I started driving on my own. This game with the right setup can teach you the bare minimum before going for lessons (check career mode as it has interesting challenges for you) but most of your driving will improve once you drive on your own as you have to be your own instructor and look out for yourself and you are in full control of the car so more responsibility lies on your shoulders. As always great videos, Happy New Year and all the best.

Love that window. Great video. Super unique & helpful! Closest I've ever got to one of these is Gran Turismo 6!

Your videos helped so much, they’re great! Passed my test today first attempt

I used this simulator with Oculus Quest 2 for learning driving. Since I learnt automatic transmission, the simulation does really good without worrying the clutch control is far different from real one. I think VR simulation can actually reduce someone really nervous in driving (as your previous video), at the beginning from hitting someone or car crash as they know it is fake, while can learn the viewpoint from inside a car as well as certain control. The best part to highlight is I can "stand up" to passthrough the top of the car to see where am I during parking. The down side is, I can't see the buttons on the wheel through the VR glasses. And the setup of City Car Driving as VR is very tricky. Anyway it does help a lot for practising in the early stage of learning.

Played this game for years on a gamepad and would have never guessed you would make a video on it!

As a game lover, when I got my driver license I never had driven a real car yet and I did it at 31 years old. Simulation games helped me a lot, despite the fact that I learned in a weird way because those games that helped me a lot were/are Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2) and American Truck Simulator (ATS). Those are my favorite simulator games, I'm 100+ level in both games and I have played truck simulator games since the 18 Wheels of Steel, back in 2002. In the ETS2 the homeland and main garage that I choose is located in Dover - England. All of my Lorries in ETS 2 have the steering wheel at the right but I can drive it in both lands, depending on the country wherever I am. Now in ATS the steering wheel is on the left, driven in the right lane. Both games I used to have a setup like this one, not from Logitech, mine was cheaper but it was a good setup till the gas pedal breaks. Well those simulation games ETS2 and ATS gave me confidence and helped with my license test, by judging my position on the road, taking fast decisions in junctions, roundabouts, traffic lights, people around, checking at all the mirrors, learning to use the dashboard and the truck computer system, listening to the engine revs, parking, get in that big ships to across, for instance, from England to Netherlands, etc. Well in the end I got my driver license, first try, with some minus (note that, comparing here to there the rules to get the driver license are different, 4 minus (they call it plus points here) or dangerous drive fails). Richard Teacher, when you can, if you haven't yet, I suggest you try Euro Truck Simulator 2 or American Truck Simulator with setups like that, they are nice simulator games that can help people to get their license, despite them being trucks, lorries not cars. Thank you very much for this video teacher!

Haha love this video. Your channel is such chill viewing, best enjoying with a cup of tea.

I used this game with vr to train for my test. It honestly really helped, especially with manoeuvres!

This video was great timing. Im currently trying to learn Manual Driving but Ive considered gettin a Sim Racing Setup

I learnt to drive with my simulator setup in an old game called Live For Speed. It has amazing physics and the force feedback is great.

i have one of these and started driving not too long ago and my instructor said it has defo helped me

Excellent, just what i was looking for. Also subbed to your channel

There hasn't been a single video ive watched that i haven't enjoyed man fair play to yis like!! 🙌

Learned the basics of driving a stick shift from this game, Game is awesome!

this actually helped me a lot this game and gran turismo sport got me changing gears and stuff ready for my first lesson where my instructor was surprised how good my steering and smooth my gear changes are

You can use both sides for driving. It's in the configuration, you can select places where you drive by the left, like Australia.

You actually can move to the left side of the road if you change the country to australia.

i used this in vr when taking my lessons. it does help a bit and is realistic to the point where you can actually burn the clutch out!

Subscribed @4:34. Getting me a late Christmas present. Nice video.

I played a lot of beamng with a wheel both before and after passing my test, and must say I find it the most realistic in most aspects. Many only know of it for the crashing but the driving physics are actually also incredibly realistic.

I got the Logitech G920 steering wheel, stick, pedals, stand for £100. Played ETS 2 for a few hundred hours then learnt to drive. Gotta say it helped

I used simulators for a long time before learning to drive and i have to say the biggest shock for me when i got to the real thing was the clutch. It was very different than in the simulator games i had played

Simulators also helped me to get better at driving. It helped me to understand car width and lane discipline, how to use the wheel calmly, gears and clutch, etc. I've had 14 hours of driving school with a manual gearbox so far, and I drive fine with little help from the instructor here and there, but zero serious faults or dangerous situations from my side. Takes some time to get used to a real car and how it operates, but overall once my nerves calmed in real traffic, everything got smooth. Although simulators are not the only thing I use to get somewhat better at driving, I have also watched countless hours of driving videos, etc. Besides City Car Driving there are many other games that can simulate driving and roads pretty well. BeamNG drive - loads of cars and maps to try out with A.I traffic (mods available) Euro Truck 2/American Truck - great highway systems and small roads, pretty smart A.I traffic (mods available) Asseto Corsa - great selection of cars, good mechanics (mods available) And for fun Dirt Really 2.0 and WRC - great physics with powerful cars

This is really cool, i hope to get this for christmas this year so i can start practicing for my driving exam when I turn 18 :)

I love this video. This is what i want to see. The details. Thank you bro.

Still learning to drive, I also use City Car Driving and Logitech wheel and gearstick to gain more handling experience, there seem to have no setting good for UK, so in profile setup, I use Left hand lane and Australia region, only problem is KM/h display. For the mirrors and blind spot check, using a VR goggle will definitely help and be more realistic. Finally, watched all your RU-vid videos many times which even help more, thanks!!

with a vr headset its nice to look around without the buttons on the wheel

Omg! Is that a toyota Auris mk1 car interior he is using? Recognised it instantly 😂 great video btw. I am bingeing on your content atm as i am trying to learn how to drive!

I used this game to learn to drive, and I actually had both a steering wheel (a Thrustmaster T300 RS) and a VR headset (a Quest 2). Initially I struggled with the game, but eventually I could do the city test and the figures test reliably. The game definitely taught me how to judge car dimensions, which was useful whenever I had to squeeze in tight spaces in a real test. I kinda expected Richard to do the advanced city test and the advanced figures test, but without a VR headset those might be quite a hurdle.

We have something like this in Singapore used for learner drivers. Now all learners here have to go though 3 sessions with real life roads in Sg and they will purposely throw some accidents scenarios all you. Eg, when people jay walking, encountering reckless drivers or poor driving conditions like rain. It's more of an accident simulation which learners cannot experience real life for obvious reasons. It's got motion in the chair too, can even feel simulated engine rev/braking and of course during accident. Good stuff.

this game taught me how to not stall in a hill climb full stop and go. thanks for verifying it for everyone btw

If you set your location to Australia you can drive on the left. Also you can get a lot more realistic feel with steering wheel by tweaking the sensitivity/deadzone/linearity. I used this game to help with my lane positioning especially. It also helps just to build up some "muscle memory" about driving in general.

This is what i use :) and my positioning improved a lot thanks to it

I legit learned to drive on this game called beamNG drive ( and others ). I bought the exact same setup this guy has and it helped me tremendously. Learning how to shift gears, what behaviors to expect from the car etc. Got my license first time so I can confirm sim racing helps.

You can set it in the advanced control settings so that the signal unsets itself without doing it manually, bit annoying that you have to do it yourself but its worth it

I played a LOT of forza horizon 4 on my old Xbox since the game came out and moved over to pc later on. I used a Logitech g920 and a Logitech shifter. It helped me immensely with knowing how to drive and getting used to how to change gear and how the clutch works. I spent a bit of my first lesson getting used the car then I was able to drive perfectly.

Just hopped out a car to hoppin in a sim😂💪🏼

Interesting, I might show this video to my parents to try and persuade them to let me buy a wheel and pedals 😉

City Car Driving and Assetto Corsa are the two games which any new learner shold practice on. In my opinion if you can drive properly in City Car Driving (complete all the missions) you will be able to drive a real car almost perfect *maybe some small issues with the clutch. Especially because here you can also set your mirrors as you like, set your seat as you like, set your FOV as you like etc

Once I get a wheel I can truly experience BeamNG like its meant to. Even with a keyboard it feels very good and realistic, having driven a bit before. It helps me park and get used to traffic before going to my drivers lessons every friday :)

I learned to drive a manual car through a game called beamng drive. It was incredibly helpful to learn how to control the clutch and how to not stall also the game can simulate moving from a hill very accurately, it kept rolling back on me until I got the hang of it. I was actually following some of your tutorial.

excellent video mate

i was 13 when i got my thrustmaster. im now 17 and only 4 lessons in and im test ready :D

I use one of these occasionally for more realistic style racing games. Haven't done anything that might help with driving on the road in real life yet but might try to use it to practice gear changes.

I learned driving in euro truck simulator. Havent tried this or beamNG, but I feel like the euro truck is pretty realistic with the clutch and gas. Then I tried in the real car, and stalled only a couple of times at the begining because I had to feel the clutch, as it was very different from my g27 pedal set.

Interesting to see your opinion. I would love to see other simulation games, that you looking at

This simulator is excellent, I have used it myself with a similar 3-pedals driving wheel and transmission gear setup, all for less than 150 euros. It's worth mentioning it also includes a TON of lessons, which are scenarios with a specific set of goals (eg, stop and start on a hill, drive as a taxi cab at night under rain, etc), which are super helpful to train to do various manoeuvers and to learn how to deal with some common scenarios, all while automatically and dynamically detecting driving errors (no other driving game or simulator can do that, other driving simulator as proposed by some schools can only detect specific errors under specific linear scenarios, there is no free-form play nor detection of driving conditions as in this one). Also, it can simulate dangerous situations, which is INCREDIBLY useful to train observation and practice anticipations, such as how to react to a car suddenly braking in front of you, or a pedestrian running through the road, or trafic lights being broken with a police officer in the middle (or not), etc. By doing the lessons and increasing the likelihood of dangerous situations, this is by far the best training I had in observation and anticipation, something I could not get from driving school. Also the simulation can allow you to drive on the left side as in UK, simply select Australia when creating a new profile. The simulator is not a replacement for a driving school and an instructor, because the simulator does NOT guide you, it does not teach you how to do things, it only offers a virtual environment to practice, but this is super helpful as a complement to driving school, so much so that I kept it after getting my driving license and it allowed me to practice successfully to drive on both left side and right side of the road, which I then could do in real life without a hitch :-)

4:33 "It has to be on the right ✅️ site of the road" is a sentence the Uk has still trouble understanding... 😂😂

it’s good to learn the overall reactions and timing of a real car but it’s not really the same. but it can give a great boost

you can go on the other side of the road by selecting australia as region or going into user CFG and changing things there

Thx 4 the vid!

I have this and it does help learn processes for sure. I usually use TruckersMP multiplayer and drive a car instead of a truck.

Nice Video. I played this for a while, It's not perfect but Many things can be learnt. Particularly observations about road signs and positioning. If you change country to Australia in settings, we can drive left and vehicles can be customized to right hand drive. Career mode is really challenging.

I have the exact game and setup + VR headset. The vr headset really made the whole experience better. Easily shaved 10 hours off my leasons.

You can get modifications to add feel to the brake pedal, but they normally come supplied with a rubber block inside the spring that the pedal hits at 30% brake

i started playing CCD a few months ago and i was struggling with looking sideways, but i learned that with a camera (webcam, or in my case, an action cam plugget to my pc with a USB) you can use A.I. software (AI Track and Opentrack) to translate to the game when you rotate your head to the right or left, that makes driving waaay easier, it's a great alternatiive to a VR Headset.

I’ve got that game got no room to set my wheel up but must say it’s a great game to learn how to drive

This is really amazing

Oh my god this video is litt time well spend and good on the guy who’s owns this he should literally be a pro at driving oh my god why didn’t I think of this genius for people learning to drive

Got my license in 20 lessons ( average is 30 to 40 ) thanks to playing a lot of euro truck sim 2 and Gran Turismo 6 when I went for my license back in the day : ).

Ive spent many hours in euro truck simulator, ive become so good at taking hard turns and parking double trailers that i can do it in my sleep. i decided to try this for the first time in real life with a regular trailer on a car. It was completely different in real life haha. Took me a few tries and i did get the trailer where i wanted it but it was not straight and the car was leaning quite a bit on a smaller hill but ey.. i got it. Ive also played car sim prior to taking driving license and i think it does help a little bit, Not alot-but you get an idea of how much you gota turn and how to control the car. Obviously u cant put 1000 hours in this simulator then drive a real car if you never done it before but youll be familiar with it.

I love how the manual car he is driving has paddle shifters

*me watching the first 7 seconds of the video* damn that looks like a real car!

@ConquerDriving the arm used for the gear shifter could you possibly give a link to where it is from through the person who owns it please thanks.

Nice video keep it up

assetto corsa is really good allthough i only use that for drifting instead of learning to drive. I had a go on my friends manual the other day and i stalled quite a few times but i think the sim still helped alot

Please recommend mac alternative as I want to play with the steering wheel setup

Why pay for driving lessons when you can buy this 😭😂 (real question and)

Beamng actually helped me with clutch control

I think the simulation is good since when actually driving a car on traffic there are so many things to think of at once. So at least this way you have a bit of muscle memory for certain aspects before you even start. The other thing that really helps is just watching and listening to the first person camera driving lessons. You start to be able to quickly recognize road signs and various situations and how you would react if you were the one driving.

Racing sims are how I learned to overcome my serious misshifting problem

I actually taught myself how to drive stick with my old G25. Its not the best pedal because the clutch pedal is far from being realistic ,but it gets the job done.

What a simulator does very well, is help you automate the movement of the controls. Just make sure you use a manual shifter if you plan to drive a manual car.

I have a vr racing setup, boosted my confidence driving at high speed

Nice job

My favorite review for any game ever will always be Assetto corsa "There is a real life cat still alive because of the driving skills I have learned in Assetto corsa"

Amazing Video

You can get direct drive and better pedals to simulate the bite point if money isn't an issue