How Much Faster Does Sim Racing Make You in Real Life? 

DISCOUNT CODE: GG20 - Our sim coach in this video, @suellioalmeida , has an instructive course to improve your sim and IRL racing -- www.motorracingchecklist.com Suellio is crazy fast on sim and an excellent teacher, we highly recommend his services.

It was an HONOR to coach and race with you guys, both in the simulator and in real life! Such amazing team and great people to be around! Hope to see you on track again very soon!

I know how Ben Lin felt. That old guy doesn't know that errors are made. That's a great comparison video as well.

DIAL IT DOWN, PAL! 😂😂😂 Ice Mode is so frustrating, but old man grumpy-pants wasn't having any of it. You took his abuse like a champ, Benjibop.

Apparently someone from the UK actually became a real race car driver from playing games on Gran Turismo.

To see Ben come back after that contact is absolutely amazing. I can't imagine how he must have felt. On top of the older gent coming in and yelling at him. Emotions do run high, contact happens. I'm sure they talked it out but still...very impressive to have that mental focus and confidence after something like that.

good to see ben get passed the racing incident quickly!

It's so refreshing to see a GT86 without a RocketBunny bodykit and actually being driven.

What an absolute roller coaster, you guys are legends for making content like this.

This must be the most suspenseful video I've seen from G&G. Excellent work and great racing!

Absolutely loving this channel's emphasis on real Motorsport at the grassroots level, it's something no other channel is doing to the same extent and it's the reason I don't miss a single upload. Keep up the good work everyone, can't wait to see you out on track again.

These wheel to wheel racing videos are so good! Hoping you guys put out more of them, joy to watch as an average sim racer!

Jeez that crash feel brutal, but that's how it happens

I hope race direction didn't look too much into Ben's incident. When you have a very full grid of mixed capability cars and mixed ability drivers you are bound to have some bumps. The ice mode issue is something I'd be more worried about since it seemed to affect things in such a serious way.

It was a pleasure to share the track with you guys. I hope we can do it again sometime. 👏

I'd love to see a kind of "pathway to racing" series, showing some of us, such as myself, how to get into the world of motorsports... maybe another channel has done this already, but I think it would be quite helpful for a lot of people who want to get into the sport of racing.

This video was so good, the suspense the racing action everything! The apex team also made me appreciate my 86 even more as well!

Guys, thanks i just watched all of your trips. Recently i watch an old vídeo of ben throught his childhood videogames, and now this! Not only a video bout cars, and games, its about passion and the things that come with it. Just wonderful to watch. Thanks again from Argentina 🇦🇷

The beast in Ben woke up! That was sick!

Never underestimate and old man with a civic 💀💀💀

@21:44 that kimi raikkonen reference while racing is hilarious LMFAOO

This was awsome, I love these videos because everyone can relate here. I knew this already, to be its been clear for decades that even just playing a driving game at all on a computer or console helps. You learn everything! From lines to just basic behavior and weight transfer to suspension and braking... Colin McRae, BTCC, Early F1 games and Grand Tourismo games, all of them had enough detail to teach you a lot if you payed attention and I played all of those, even if you play on a controller it helps. I do a ton of flightsims these days, fly a ton of helicopters, probably got 1000 hours or more in them over the passed 2,5 years. And I'm pretty confident I could fly a helicopter alright very quickly, ofc, procedures and stuff I would be bad at, I have not learnt much of that but I think I could fly one pretty well. First time I drove a car I had very few problems, I just put it in gear and drove it... no real issue. And this was in the late 90's and early 2000's, and I could drive a manual from day one. Never understood why people have such problems with it tbh. I did gokarts years ago one day, had not been in one in a decade by then and now its been another decade or so... and I was fastest on track... probably helped that I weighed as much as a pair of socks... I was so skinny I almost flew out of my seat in the corners. All because I knew how to find the lines and where to push long before I got in that gokart. This was just rental karts ofc, nothing serious, but still cool to get the fastest time on track.

I'm so excited to see you guys do endurance/wheel to wheel racing this year! Absolutely love the on-board footage, thoughts throughout the race and short hints at the strategy. On top of that, your editing just makes it flawless and an absolute treat to watch!

What drama, excitement and adrenaline rush! Amazing event and congrats for the editor(s) as well!

I got the chance to drive a McLaren 570S on a real racetrack a few years ago, and in preparation for that, I loaded up the 570S in Assetto Corsa and on a mod of the actual track (lesser known track). Im not sure the simulator would make me quicker overall once you got up to speed IRL, but it without a shadow of a doubt helped me get the most out of the 4 laps I got to do. Knowing the track, knowing more or less when to brake, when to upshift, where to place the car, is such a massive advantage going in blind to a situation like that. Theres no way I would take as much risk IRL in 4 laps as I could do in the sim, but I didnt waste any time putting my foot down, because I knew what to expect.

This is the BEST video you guys have done, incredible job, love it!

I get the same level of guilt Ben had when i hit people in online racing so i could only imagine the feelings that come with contact irl. Shout out the team for keeping morale up in that moment. And that battle at the end! Those moments where you’re fighting tooth and nail against another car through multiple corners are what racing is all about imo.

That was a nail biting video, one of your best. Great racing out there guys.

long time watcher (since 2017/18!), I've maybe commented a handful of times, but I just have to say that this is my new favorite video. I felt so on edge most of the video, especially when the Civic guy came around yelling. It was so satisfying to see the last moment pass as well. keep it up yall

Would have been interesting to see out on track prior to sim and then back to track to compare the results or one Ben only sim prior to track and the other only track

I don’t comment much but I just wanted to say fantastic job to the both of you, and wow what a video! I’ve been subscribed to you guys for years and this has got to be the best one so far. Great job G&G Team!!!

What a awesome video! I could almost feel all the adrenaline involved in the race, and what a racing end! Top notch production, keep it up and thanks for such a great piece of entertainment!

These racing videos you guys have been putting out have been so good. Loved this episode.

By far my favorite vid y’all have done. Great job Bens!!

By far my favourite video from you guys! Maybe because you were on my home track, but this was nicely done either way! Hope to see you guys at TMP soon!

Both impressive drivers. Love the honest and fun content, always makes my day to see your vids. Felt that emotion and soul dropping moment.

This and the endurance race episodes are probably tied for my favorites from you guys. The vids are definitely getting better and better!

Phenomenal episode! Exciting the whole way through. You could see and feel the stress and emotions on display!

That was an amazing video, would love to see more of this!

Sim drifting has greatly improved my driving. I only can go to events once every few months now. It doesnt give me the same practice as a car but it allows me to keep my muscle memory fresh. I use vr which honestly without i probably wouldnt sim drive much.

That was a fantastic video, loved every second of it, and that was some fantastic racing!

best video this year from G&G, awesome job guys!

This was such a good video, kept me on my toes the whole time! I got into sim racing last summer and it’s made me such a better driver, took my car to my first autocross a few months ago and felt totally comfortable.

what an awesome video!! wow and ben thats some awesome racing at the end there champ!!!

wow! this is the fist time in a LONG time since I watched a RU-vid video with such level of thrill/ great camera work, fantastic editing, super balanced text and ... thanks!

Fantastic video boys. Thanks for the content this weekend!

I love your videos. You guys do an awesome job. I’ve been doing autocross, time attack and a few hill climbs for the past 2 years in a c5z06. Actually gotten to where I’m pretty competitive. Your videos always make me want to get behind the wheel!

My local track!!! Every corner is blind! It’s heaven and I’m so happy it’s getting recognition!

Man those laps and the story telling is unreal.

Amazing stuff. I love watching these kinds of videos knowing I'll never ever be able to race real cars, but at least makes me feel a bit better when I do good on the sim, haha!

love to see Suellio getting some spotlight! I've learned so much from his youtube vids

Good god the editing in this video is amazing. The storytelling, the redemption, when Ben Lin got back out for blood I had goosebumps. Amazing racing fellas!

Awesome just awesome you guys, great job to the both of you.

Finally got a chance to watch this EP, and wow loved it! Glad to have been a part of that race weekend and help out where I could. I rate this episode 11/10, Dial it UP pals!

Amazing. I am a Sim Racer turned Car Guy and love when you guys occasionally cross the 2. Hope to some day race myself but keep up the great work, I always love to keep coming back!

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, it reminded me to never let your mistakes prevent you from excelling.

Awesome job guys, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I felt like I was their with you guys, I felt all the emotions every step of the way. @Ben Lin great job man, you took that crash with humility and learned from it and came out better on the other side.

Awesome guys. Appreciate you taking the time to tell your story. Enjoyed it.

If I could give this video 1k likes, I would. AMAZING content, great analysis, and I felt like I was in the car with you guys during the races. My heart was pumping hard during that laat race scene. Awesome work, we all love you and your work.

You guys did an amazing job capturing and producing that feeling of hitting someone and crashing in a race on someone else’s car. Great film!

Absolute legends. Another gem of a video.

I had written this video off at first but the wheel to wheel racing aspect of this video was awesome!

As someone who sim races a lot and knows how bad it feels to wreck someone, I can't imagine doing it in real life. Good job not letting it get to you and getting some redemption.

The longest ad I intentionally saw on RU-vid. Great job guys! :)

insane video, enjoyed it to the last seconds. im hoping for some roadtrip videos soon :)

Great job both of you! 👍

Freakin sweet video! Great content, wow. Keep it up

The Sim 10000% helps transfer over to real life, especially when it came to teaching me techniques and learning the track lay out. Ofcpurse you'll adapt to the real deal but it's a huge help

Damn, this was full of emotions. Great episode could have watched for much longer. Pretty awesome experience.

love the guys with the Civic. they were such good sports! anyways great job, Ben(s). banger vid as usual we will miss u, Luke ❤️

CTMP Mosport is my home track and I've enduro raced 1000+ laps there. A 1:37 in an auto FRS is indeed quick and the racecraft you both displayed was extraordinary! Even if this video doesn't gain as many views as your road trips, this was still awesome! Great driving guys!!

Awesome video! We were the team that bumped you folks off the podium, sorry about that!

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Also, kudos on using the Corsair Virtuoso headset. Love mine

After watching others move from sim racing to doing so RL, the outcome of this video was never really in doubt to me. it was still amazing to watch though, especially watching Lin beast out!

Cmon viewers we need to give the channel more attention. Watching is a huge help but engaging in comments/give the video a thumbs up give the channel a bigger boost to make it to more people there for more videos🙌🏼

Super fun to watch!

You were in Canada! Awesome, hope you had a great time with us fellow Northerners

If your in calabogie, drive from Clayton to Griffith!! It’s and amazing back road for spirited driving. I’ve lived here all my life and it’s surreal to see you guys at the track. I’ve never driven it in my veloster N, but I did on my 4wheeler back when they were building it.

Just grateful no one was hurt in the accident. Keep your head up Ben

How do I like this video twice? Thrilling story told around a simple tool.

Well done out there, you guys did great.

The quality of these videos never ceases to amaze me

I couldn’t help but feel bad for Ben Lin after his mishap on track and even worse when the guy wanted to try and confront him about it. I’m sure he was embarrassed about his reaction after the fact though

one of the best vids on youtube!

We know Ben was not on purpose to hit somebody, but game is game, life is life. I really like the environment that after the game everybody is still peace and respect. Good race

At 17:50 Ben Thorn was off the racing line with the Nissan Spec V, you didn't have position on Spec when you tried to send it into that corner when you gave the guy the finger I'm glad you guys did a vid on sim racing and real life...I loved this presentation!!!

Drama, F1 memes, amazing footage, this video had it all, great job guys

Hey guys love your videos I'm from the calabogie area and hope you enjoyed the race track it's a beauty. Stay safe and looking forward to watching you guys keep kicking ass

ApexV2R representing the 613!

With that "civic" car in the end talk was give me some happiness that I cant explain.

Awesome video. Do it again!!!

Amazing episode guys!

Wheel to wheel looks like so much fun

I dont even like cars and this was very entertaining to watch. props to all the video editors and commentary by these 2 guys.

All I gotta say is, this was incredibly cool

At the DTM Tim Heinemann placed 2nd in both races this season and is the Championship leader atm. He was a Raceroom pro who got a seat in real racecars.

Does this mean my almost 3 decades of sitting on my couch playing Gran Turismo and Forza wasnt all for nothing???

This was incredible!

Fantastic Video

The #1thing that loved about this video is how real it all felt. The point about brushing off an accident in the sim vs real life is all too true! Sigh... Ben I could literally take ur pain and apply it myself.