One of the best Iracing broadcasts I have seen. Great to know someone who seems to have achieved fun and success without getting caught in hardware chase. He has a great interview personality.
Then we have people who spend several thousands of dollars on their racing rigs, but won't spend a couple of hundred on iRacing to be able to use it properly...
My iRacing career started on mouse and keyboard, and in my first month, managed to rack up 4 wins on rookie oval. Because of financial reasons, I only subscribed for a month at that time, but by the time I came back, I had a non-force feedback wheel, and I don't remember how many more wins I got after that, but that helped me become more consistent and what brought me out of the Rookie series.
As someone who ran in rFactor NASCAR leagues on controller and even won a championship throphy through it, i never thought i could replicate that over on iRacing. This gives me hope
I do agree with Juan that the more powerful cars on short tracks are the hardest challenge on controller. It gets easier with practice but it's still challenging
Congrats Juan! I'll keep saying your setup and performance are hugely inspirational. Sub-optimal gear doesn't have to hold you back and as long as you have fun and stay persistent.
I did rookies-D class on controller before I finally got a wheel. I won 20+ races before upgrading, though am also not at the 4k ceiling for irating, but the things he says are still on point to my experience.
i play on a controller too....and like this guy i have no choice but to use a controller i just started but i got out of rookie with in a few races....no i dont have 500 ir but im working on up and its hard but for me i love iracing so much that im willing to use my controller and do what i have to to play this awesome sim
Juan was part of my leagues that I was in for the fall/winter and he won the league. We were all shocked when we found out he was on controller. Super impressive Juan!
Similar to how i started. Got up to 3600 Oval irating on controller and on a laptop without a dedicated GPU. Have dropped 1k ir since i came back in March but I fluctuate between 2650 and 3000 every week.
I work overseas so traveling with a wheel is a bit obnoxious and have held off on getting into iRacing... I'm almost half tempted to give it a go since I have a gaming laptop and controller I travel with.
I have a wheel but only really use it for AC. I don’t know why, but using a controller for stock car racing in NR2003 (both on ovals and road courses) just feels easier to me
I haven’t even started watching the video, I have a g920 tlcm pedals now a mount and I’m trying to get back up to 2k this man is a pro on controller AM I NOT GOOD AT ANYTHING 😂
Note I did get in a 2.2k SOF for my first race at pocono and usually (xfinity only one I’ve tried) I suck at pocono and burn off the tires within 4 laps this Arca setup was a blast has only fell off maybe .800 and finished 3rd started somehwere outside the top 10 I think 11th-14th not exactly sure been a day or so but if I had 5 more laps I was catching the leaders
Hey, I am also playing on a ps4 controller. I’ve just picked up iRacing but don’t get any vibration from my controller no matter what I do(on F1 23 and 24 it works normally) any ideas why that might be?
My fondest memory of Juan is when he had beef with me in a league called OCS, to a point where he intent wrecked me at Nashville in the ARCA cars in officials. Such a good clean and fair driver😊
As a controller player myself I actually think ovals are harder than circuits. Holding a sustained large radius turn on a thumbstick is super hard and a big strain on the thumb. Shorter road course turns where you are only leaning on the stick for a shorter period I find much easier.
Does he want a wheele....I stared on a controller to see if I was gonna stay In Iracing...but I knew I had to have a wheele...see yall in discord...good job controller guy
