My BIGGEST CHALLENGE in Real Life Racing as a Sim Racer 

Take those chances man, you will always regret missing an opportunity, so going for it and being aggressive is your best choice. You have to make the opportunities happen, waiting for them without being aggressive almost always ends badly.

One day my Sponser asked me, "Mark how can one man change the world?" After thinking about solving hunger, all the changes one would have to make to impact the whole world, he explained to me the difference was a simple as the glasses I was looking through. When the man puts on a new pair of glasses, he sees the WHOLE World differently, for that man he has changed the whole world. That journey from the head to the heart, that is an internal journey brother. It has to start there. Am I ever going to be a successful Race car driver? I Am a successful Race car driver ! What separates the question mark and the exclamation mark on these two comments is a simple as the shades you are wearing Suellio. The the people in charge of investing effort, money and time to who should be in that car have made their decision. You are now in charge of what is in your control. I challenge you to make peace with the fact that you belong. This is your story, Suellio Almeida the successful SIM racer, turned coach, turned Pro Race Driver. Get on with it!

I was getting shivers just watching you run wheel to wheel with that other car. I can’t imagine how scary that would be to be in the driver’s seat. I totally understand what you’re saying about doing karting first and getting some lower risk experience. You are one hell of a brave guy.

“ I have to be more aggressive “ *proceeds to purposely let an opponent by on the first lap

You are successful in the fact that you are putting the work in. You are in the car while most of us wont even get to see one let alone be in the position youre in. Not being the best at something youve only been doing for a year just means you have a goal and I hope you reach it someday. Youre and inspiration to a lot of people and someones kid will see your hardwork and will follow your path. You are living a dream and Im sure any pro racer will tell you it wasnt all yellow bricks.

Good on you for giving this a go mate, keep up the effort and enthusiasm! Cheers! From Australia - Luca.

I admire your humbleness and honesty. Great vids.

what you said at the end is the most real thing i've heard. i say that to myself everytime i travel to a race, every time i get out of the car, and everytime i leave the track. i think "am i good enough to progress?" but all you have to do is constantly work at it. you'll be there soon

This is so cool! I'm so happy for you even if you didn't get the podium, your racing journey is just so impressive and inspiring! Next level content. Great music and editing as well ❤

You mentioned working with a mental coach so this might come as obvious. The more mental energy you spend on talking to yourself, trying to figure out why you cannot do something, the less energy you have to actually focus on doing the thing. This is where I find meditation practice to be extremely helpful. The skill of meditation is to be able to "ignore" thoughts, let them go and just do what needs to be done, nothing less nothing more. Hope this helps my dude. Loving the content :)

Great video with excellent analysis!! Keep pushing🏁👍🏼

Você é muito bom Suellio ! Você tem que acreditar, focando mais na corrida do que na sua vida! Você mandou bem em tudo até agora, confia no seu potencial🎉

I think The Racing Driver by Dennis Jenkinson would help you. Btw it’s normal to have realizations after the race that you’re not getting during the race. Everyone does that. The more often you see a situation in a race, the better you will do at reacting correctly on the spot. The ppl who are doing that better than you have been in that situation more than you. But eventually your aha moments will move from the pits to the driver seat. Also the fact that you’re catching up in the braking zone might the REASON why you’re losing ground in the exit.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful adventure. Best of luck!

Dude i absolutely love your videos. Been watching for sometime but wanted to give you some encouragement. You can fucking do this! We want to see you win! We might not all be that vocal, but we are there cheering for ya!

So cool to see your progression Suellio! I feel like you definitely had a breakthrough this last weekend, Great Job and hope to see you soon 💪

Good onya mate for at least giving it a go. The transition from pc to real life racing is huge. The fear of not being able to reset the car is real. Unlike pc, where if u hit the wall u get a tow back. But stick with it, it’ll get there

Thank you for your honest insight. Talking and criticizing from the „couch“ is always that easy. I liked the comparison of your mindset of the real car and in the sim, especially if you take the same risks to achieve your goal. ❤

Yeah, that moment where you feel that be a real racer and be competitive its a worklife, not just be good on the sim. Nice video and good analyse by the way. Keep pushing

It will come ... For now, your lack of needed agression just shows that you are a good and respectfull guy. Congratulations.

I'm new to your channel, but DAMN dude. This video was thoughtful; and beautiful. You are really good at making videos. Racing, too, I guess ;)

Great driving it's going to take time to get that confidence to be more aggressive , I'm sure you'll get it, but everything happens for a reason , if you committed to those passes it might have ended up in a smash so you made the right decision with your gut feeling to not pass. Just go for it on race 2 next time , get thought race 1 so the car is good 👍 looking forward to more races

Awesome content man, really cool to follow the journey! You're a good driver, but ultimately, any move you make in racing IRL DOES come with a real risk. Part of it is definitely gonna be pushing through the fear, but unlike in a sim, you do gotta really pick your battles. No overtake is worth getting hurt (or having to pay for a damaged car). Be safe man That move on the last lap of race 1 buddy made was some real poor ettiquette btw, I'd be pissed too if I were you

I love your vids so much. Thank you for sharing all of this stuff! I believe so much in you. Racing business is hard. Look at James Baldwin. He did podiums as a RL rookie in GT3 but couldn‘t stay at this class without extra cash :( Nvm: don‘t ever stop finding that passion. Passion is the meaning of life ;)

I love how honest you are man…next time you have to think ‘I am sending this and succeeding or I’m gonna crash out trying’. Crashing is part of the fun. (Mind set wise)

Suellio, thanks for this video. Excellent lap-by-lap post race analysis and very good observations. I do think you're being a little too hard on yourself though. That was some great driving. First, you're being cautious which isn't all bad. Especially in the beginning as one of the biggest obstacles to improvement is when a track or race driver crashes early and then has a hard time getting back up to speed (some people never do). You're building good habits and learning from your experiences, excellent. Once you have that base of driving comfort and confidence then you're more and more able to get into the aggressive mindset. Second, open wheel racing is a different ballgame. Wheel to wheel contact can get ugly fast but you will get slightly more comfortable with running closer and closer to your competition. I would strongly consider renting a race ride in Spec Miata (these guys play rough and close) or an Endurance team (like Champcar or Lucky Dawg). It's not "expensive" and you will get to run VERY close to other cars. Either way you will get a lot of real-world passing experience and like anything else, it's a learned skill. Spec Miata is very aggressive but without the risk of open wheel so you get to make mistakes without the pain. Finally, you seem to run slightly further away from the car you're hunting (might also just be the video, I dunno). This means when they make a mistake, you aren't always close enough to capitalize on it. That's not aggressiveness as much as comfort. In addition, you need to "fill their mirrors". Be on them. Don't ever be dangerous but let them know you're going to capitalize on any mistake. Fill the left, then the right. They need to feel the pressure. If you can get your front wheel up to the middle of their car and they can see you out of the corner of their eye, you're probably going to get the position and they're much less likely to turn-in on you. This is often LESS risky than staying further back. Look at Randy Pobst's "Vortex of Danger". Anyway, awesome job and excellent videos. Keep up the great work!

Great video! No podium but still amazing drive! Now I can see huge difference between sim-racing and real life drive on the mental side. I believe you will become a successful real racing car driver. Keep Going!

Hey man, I race cars in a Costa Rica championship, I know it sounds crazy, 1st when you are going into the race you have to think you are better than everybody at the track, second you have to lose respect for everybody if you play to be the "good" racer, the others will take advantage of that. Waiting for next races I hope you can improve!

Congrats!

I can relate, the transition is HARD. It Will take time, dont push beyond your comfort for now as crashing will set your confidence back several steps at this early stage of your transition

Success is a dynamic value my guy... look where you started and what you are doing now. This content right here and your enthusiasm towards what you´re doing and the thougts you are having. Suellio you will never NOT be successfull with your mindset. Love the content and the production quality is TOP notch. BR

Great driving! I am sure with the time you will get more confident in the overtakes. One question about the steering. I saw that you make a lot of adjustments during the corner. Why does this happen?

Id love to see you do a bunch of karting videos!

Proud of you ❤

Feel the same way, I actually started Karting 1st then sim racing after from Vee class to F1

Nice vid! :D Don't forget: the engines, tires, wheel bearings, setup, etc are not the same. Same class, but not the same car. Take it easy on such events & have fun. :D

0:17 That shot was sick

You will learn from the mistakes you make. You can do it man. Good luck.

I have the exact same thing. Last weekend i had my usual rental karting championship and i was behind someone for soo many laps. I was much faster and i had some chances to send it, but i didnt. I was afraid of getting a penalty. I was afraid i was going to crash. Its a very hard thing to overcome. Lets both get through this

É como ser um estudante de você mesmo. Você sempre fala pras pessoas acreditarem e fazerem, e a dica é a mesma haha

yes, that is exactly what happens if me, I started karting 1 year ago and if 6 months I go to the profissional, but I'm not fast enough, I've tried a such of things but I doesn't see the results, so I decided to keep training my body and my physical, I keep hope to get better and better, I will never give up from Brazil, Gabriel Skalecki

I feel like seat time is so vital for irl racing. You need a track car to get that comfortability up brethren😎👍🏾

First step to solving a problem is admitting you have one, you're half way there! I race RC cars and I find with a new car it takes almost half a season before I can push it how I want. Maybe just lack of confidence and experience is hindering you, once you're more comfortable you can take it to the next level!

I saw the whole video buddy and I am telling you your performance coach will help but it's also physiological that LION mind state is needed find a coach there too. Your gonna be STORY FOR AGES never give up

Even tho you think you not good enough, still cool opportunity, i hope i can do real racing like you tho🙌

Video legal Suelio, já corri contra você em campeonatos de f3, agora estou nos Estados Unidos indo pra dentro das categorias de kart, poderia falar a respeito dos valores dessa fórmula inter?

I think you should start a little karting but mostly VR sim racing in sprint races and I am sure it’s the car that’s making the bad exits

fk that move where the guy lifted twice at and after the apex!

Thats what splits the good from the best u need to have a crazy mindset like verstappen to be the best

It seems to me you have a little too much rake in the car, not enough rear bias. I've had a similar thing in my races, no being trigger happy enough in practice, at changing the car!

Im looking at moving into formula ford next year, any tips?

They should make all races a formation lap that ends back at a standing start. Or just do standing starts for all races.

Hey kid, you did good.

Can you please recommend some effective arm/shoulder/etc exercises to improve 'steering stamina' ?

You have to be OKAY with crashing, but going through the steps on how to handle high risk turns and reinforcing your confidence will help a lot. Only .8 down you're probably the fastest guy on track if you didn't care about the $$$.

Now I know why drivers say “Big Balls” when asked how’d you go so fast 😂

take this as a learning opportunity and don't make the same mistakes next time

Is it okay to start sim racing with a forcefeedbackless wheel

Pretty typical of someone who is getting into it and actually thinks about the consequences while out there. See it a lot when I am coaching pretty much everyone that isn't from karting. Just takes a fine line between aggression and self preservation. Its tough because when you get into bigger size fields the less aggressive you are the more dangerous it gets. You leave the choice up to the other guy if you will crash or not. Making a move puts the trust in your own skillset.

Can you send me a link to your upcoming book I want to purchase it

Great video. I love the narration over the footage. A lot of people just show footage which is boring

So basically you should do some karting

With that spin you were lucky that wasn’t iracing grass :)

are you Brazilian

Why don’t you try doing some karting on the side

Do your hand gestures! and Go to Win!

porra, me deu nervoso te assistindo irmão… você é excelente no simulador, mas tá te faltando uma adrenalina na hora da corrida, pelo amor, vamo que vamo

What was/is your rating in IRacing out of curiosity?

Trying to be ''braver'' isn't going to make you faster if you need to brave it means you're guessing how fast to go and you don't ''know'' how fast to go. Practice taking in more detail and getting better at feeling and visualizing things in even finer detail only then will you have the confidence to push when you are not making a guess you can just see it in your mind and you know 100% you can enter at that speed. 99% of the time who is faster comes down to who can take in more detail than the other guy that is where feel comes from and feel combined with a highly detailed mental image of the task at hand gives confidence not bravery.

Just keep swimming

Maybe you can fix it with carting, but this is psychological, you care too much. All those little details are the difference between a worldclass driver and a good driver. You have to stop thinking about unnecessary things when you're behind the wheel, hope you find your way!

Looks to me like you were being appropriately careful. The cars in front had advantages over you, maybe in grip or technique. Work on your pace, not your aggression, and then you will have better chances during the race. You don't want to be the sim racer who comes in and starts crashing because he's trying to drive beyond his current ability.

What helped me is on the exit if ur close enough tell ur self I'm going to overtake him at the end of the straight and it will help u trust me

This video by Peter Windsor may speak to some of the issues with corner exit speed. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bag05HP0z3w.html

slow in fast out on slow corners

I think you are too hard on yourself for driving safe. Personally I don't think you should have taken those chances.. You are just thinking critically. The other drivers on the track are inexperienced as well right? It's pretty scary trying to pass people that don't know what they are doing and you know they don't know what they are doing lol. If they were professionals that you were racing against I feel like you would be much more comfortable because you would trust them. When you don't have faith in the other drivers you are racing with on the course then you can't hold any move you didn't do against yourself 😅 You were just being smart. I would continue only making smart moves when you are on the track with inexperienced drivers. Keep your tricks up your sleeve until you are on the track with somebody that knows more than you do 😅

So if I understand correctly, your biggest struggle is the imposter syndrome? ...let me help you with that lol. I have raised for 15 years and have won multiple championships and did so because I was privileged. I started asphalt racing when I was 6 years old.. The only way kids these days have the same opportunity I did when I was a child is simulation racing. Tomorrow's greatest drivers are sim racers right now. It's not your fault that You didn't grow up around people who could afford to give you an opportunity to accomplish your dreams.. Nobody in the sport has paid their way.. every single driver in racing takes a team of lives dedicated to the mission. It's a sport of love and passion and people dedicate their lives to help you achieve your dream. It's difficult not to feel incredibly guilty. Getting into racing isn't necessarily earning your way by skill but rather finding a seat.. those seats often go to those with the most money or the most heart. It never goes to the best driver or the most deserving because they aren't around. The best advice I can give you is to try to get into as many different forms of racing as you can. Race as much as you can as often as you can whenever somebody lets you. Establishment people in the sport will recognize this and You might get yourself another opportunity. -My personal big is struggling racing is driving the car holding my head up and resting my head. It's like an entirely different ball game driving a car with your head resting. Knowing when to rest your head and your neck so that you can use it later is always my biggest challenge😂 I am always holding on to tight for too long lol

the biggest challenge for a sim racer going into real racing is getting a seat.

Are you paying for this with your own money?

Remember, Smooth is fast! Those F4 cars don’t have enough power and tires to brake super late and leave fast so you have to use momentum. You also HAVE to be a selfish prick on track to be competitive. DON’T be a courteous driver, like you are on the street. Good luck kid!