How to Stop Getting Wrecked - [VORTEX of DANGER] 

Petition this to be one of the iRacing into videos! lol

New Iracing drivers should have to watch an unskippable 15 minute tutorial video on race ediqute.

Was going to type the exact same comment

PREACH!! Thanks for the kind comment Dale.

YES! I love that idea. 😄

Hi! Thanks for commenting. I went to check out your channel; your edits and transitions are so sweet!

How do we make that happen? 😁

Thanks man!

How do we make that happen? 😁

You're welcome! And you're absolutely right. Focus on what we can control, and manage what we can't. The most common error I've seen is having an expectation of what the other driver will do. The post-incident conversations usually start with something like "I thought he was going to..."

Wow you sir are a veteran!! Thanks for the high praise - it means a lot, and for sharing my content! What was your first sim? I think mine was Test Drive, and something called Stunts(?)... my memory is a bit fuzzy...

@@LastTenth It was Papyrus' first real sim "Indianapolis 500 - The Simulation". Then they took off with Indycar Racing, NASCAR Racing, and eventually the main developers started iRacing, so it's basically the granddaddy to everything we see in iRacing today. Back then there were no peripherals or anything fancy to play it on, so "simulation" is a bit of a loose term now. But it was the closest thing we had back then! A buddy posted this video for me to check out, and no just going through your recent ones, it's incredible content. Sharing with some folks I run with regularly.

@@TerryCrouch59 That's the OG racing sim, no? Mine were more like games in comparison. Where did your buddy post the video?

Thanks Tano! You should petition to have iracing include these videos as mandatory viewing for class advancement 😁

Thanks for such encouraging words and helping get this channel out there! There's so much more I want to share but the videos take time and I am only one person. Nonetheless, I will always try to get you and all my viewers my best ideas and lessons in the best quality I can produce. So thanks for watching my videos and sticking around even though sometimes it's a bit of a wait!

Thanks for the kind comments! L1T1 is still gonna be a pickle, hopefully this helps you a bit!

Thanks! You should definitely share the video with them!!! 😁

Thanks Emin! Yeah we've all been there. What matters is that we're not there anymore 😄. Well, some of us at least...

Yeah many drivers are too hung up on right/wrong. I think that's secondary to finish race / crash out.

There's a subtext there about identifying when someone's racecraft is immature so you can influence what they think is viable too. It's not always preventing the dive, sometimes it's intentionally inviting it when it's not in their best interest. Perception management and influence in lower skilled fields is key.

@@sassyapps I agree. That's why I think it's useful to defend, not only when a car is close, but also to entirely eliminate an option for the car behind. Just like in multiclass racing, it's in the slower-class lead car's best interest to actively choose the line for an approaching faster class to take, not passively wait and let the faster class to pick a line.

Thanks @sassyapps! You've described the problematic mentality perfectly. Totally agree.🤛

Couldn't have put it better! And thanks for incorporating this into your league - which league is it?

Thanks for the support! PREACH😃!

You're welcome! All it really comes down to is what thinking about it from the perspective of what you can and cannot control.

Thanks! You can help make it big by spreading the word on the channel! 😁

@@LastTenth 🫡 def sharing with friends 💪🏼

That's a really good perspective, and probably very effective way to learn it. Nothing like your survival instincts kicking in to tell you not to do something lol...

@@LastTenth Yep exactly, you learn fast lol. I notice you drive at Mosport! I race there and absolutely love it!! Are you local?

​@@jeffbarnard348 Yes I am, it's just an hour away from me!

Hey Stephen! Lol yeah it was hard to find an aggressive driver in my replay library; everyone in the league drives so clean!! This was one of the most aggressive I could find. It took me a while to even find this! I guess I need to drive my pub races to build my b-roll library 🤣. I don’t remember exactly what happens but the trailing driver pulls out to the inside shortly after the end of the clip and there was no contact iirc.

Don't feel guilty about it. If it helps you survive the race, it's probably not a bad move. Declaring the line early, from both parties, really helps. Incidents often happen because neither driver knows what the other driver wants to do/is doing. Anything that can communicate your intentions to the other driver will go a long way. You mean in the sim? Yes I instruct in the PCA Entry League now and then; mostly when they're short on instructors or if I have some time. I instruct more regularly for Zone 1, and even more so for 1x1 private coaching.

@@LastTenth I should have been clearer, I raced in the CTMP entry race on 2/5 and saw you in the race.

I remember that race. I forgot to turn crewchief refuel on and realised it when they immediately told me my pit stop was complete the moment I had stopped the car. Took me a second or two to react and I was sitting there manually adding fuel to the car, not really knowing how much to add. Funny thing is, up till then I saved a LOT of fuel indirectly because of what I was tasked to do at that race lol.

Anytime Nick! IMO, if there's overlap, then space needs to be left. As the saying goes... "All da time you have to da space". The car on the outside is always going to be at a disadvantage. Not only is that line slower, but any mistake in a corner will always make a car run wide, so the inside car has very little risk of being taken out. So in light of that, defending is good option, especially if you know they're going to go for a move. If they're smart, they'll try it a few times and fail and realize it's not worth the time lost. If not they'll eventually be challenged by drivers behind them. Alternatively, you can try for an over/under, especially if there is a long straight after. Basically just delay your turn in, and shoot for the gap that opens up as the attacker runs wide on exit. The deeper and later their attack, the earlier their apex, the bigger a gap will open up when they try to exit. Because you accelerated far earlier than them, you'll pass them easily after the corner. As you can see, what you choose can depend on the attacker and the corner. Typically, what you describe only happens if the defender is behind the attacker on the outside by the exit. If the defender can stay ahead of the attacker, there's little excuse for them to track all the way out. So one question to ask yourself would be why you couldn't keep up with the attacker even though you were ahead going into the corner. Lastly, if the attacker is a 'repeat offender' and/or the race isn't all that important, since there are no real repercussions, you can just stand your ground - you're not obliged to roll over and give them the corner. If they want to roll dice, then let them roll dice. Some bullies just need to be shown the consequences of their actions. Eventually they'll crash enough and stumble upon this video... lol.

I haven't played that since GT5!

I'm going to keep trying though!

That's a really good one! I'm adding it to my list!