Tip 12: when you get wrecked (you will...) Be forgiving. Assume it is not intentional and was an accident. When you wreck someone (you will...) Apologize straight away even if you're not sure it is your fault or not. Apologies offset allot of anger. Powerful things
You are dealing with two things, your reputation and your emotions. Racers have long memories and we never forget. We race each other frequently, and get to know who is the nice guy and who is not. Let's just say that if others think you a jerk, they will not give you a break, give you room on track, and even possibly wreck you because they think you deserve it. If you do not acknowledge a mistake, that is like throwing gasoline on the fire. If you do not say sorry, it will get much worse. Just say "sorry" and you have defused a potential land mine. It works the other way too. We all get angry, but to carry that anger causes harm to our thinking and emotions. Learn to let go, learn to forgive, move on, don't dwell on the past, think of the car and corner ahead of you.
+1 on apologizing! Even if its not your fault, ask yourself how could you avoid a crash in the same situation next time by. Always review your crashes after a race, try to learn something - even if its not your fault. Also gauge risk vs gain. Going from 13th to 12th on a 15 cars field on the last lap is probably not worth the 4x for example.
My Tips: 1. Take responsibility for everything that happens to you an the track. It's very liberating if you do. 2. Smoothness and consistency. You cannot get fast without those two things. Smoothness comes first. 3. Turn on the driving line. You will get faster much more quickly. You can use it for races in rookie and D class. 4. Get your black boxes set up properly on the screen. Put the one with the Gear number, pedal bars and speed right above the steering wheel. Press the tab button to bring up the "optimal" box and put it to the left of the speed/gear box. Press the tab button to cycle through the optimal choices to vs. optimal all time sector box. put the relative box to the right of the steering wheel. 5. Practice standing starts in testing mode. Find the starting RPM that allows you to drop the clutch and get on the gas without spinning the rear tires. 6. Never make negative comments. Never respond to negative comments. See tip 1. 7. Always finish every race. Be persistent. 8. At the end of every practice session, press escape and look at the results (lower left) and see who had the fastest lap time. Then click on that person's name twice. Then click on LAPS and then click on the best lap time for that person (in red). Now you can watch that person's driving during that lap. You can even save that lap as a snippet. Make note of his entrance and apex locations, apex speed, gear, when he gets back on the gas. 9. Replay all your races to learn from your mistakes. Save your races. 10. Realize that it's your emotions and psychological state that will ultimately determine how fast you will be. I started racing in August 2019, and I'm a mediocre driver. But I keep learning and improving slowly but surely.
#1 is an excellent tip. I'd say 99% of incidents were your fault on some capacity (battling with an unknown driver, not paying attention to cars off-track and slowing accordingly, getting in over your head, etc)
I got iRacing to prepare for my upcoming race season in F4, and instantly fell in love with the amazing online racing it provides, thanks for the tips.
I used to dabble in your videos when I started racing with a wheel, but recently have been using your channel as a bible! Keep up the detailed reviews and lessons, the truly help!
5:20 Isn’t hot-lap telemetry dude the one who should be in offline practice? What I love about online practice is that it simulates race conditions, which includes slower and faster cars, and a few bozos, so you can practice passing and being passed. If someone just wants to train their muscle memory to the perfect racing line or drive ultra-consistent laps for later analysis, it seems to me that *that’s* the perfect application for offline practice, rather than the other way around. Of course I have a three-digit iRating, so what the hell do I know? 😎🏁
Tip 11: Have fun. I've been a member for over a decade and many people take this way too seriously thinking they are something they are not. It's a game and you are meant to have fun. Enjoy yourself and don't take too seriously
The one time it’s not a game is when ur taken out in a big race and that crash just cost you the dub and it wasn’t ur fault then that’s when it’s not a game Some rookie did that to me and he ended up taking him self out and I’m still a rookie cuz I’m new but with my f1 knowledge Me quote Alonso: HA KARMA
BlackJack Productions that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a game, you aren’t a real driver in this moment and don’t have a chance to get injured or die in real life
I just got into iRacing myself and I wish I had done this a long time ago. So much fun. Got myself a G920 and I don't regret it in the slightest. Having a decent set of pedals that include a break with some weight to it is probably a huge help to new racers and is way more important IMHO than force feedback strength. At least in my brief experiences.
As usual, plenty of useful information, thank you Will! Driving iRacing for a couple of weeks now, I never thought it would give me so much. And yes, I made some of the mistakes myself already….
The first few races I did as a rookie I just set myself the goal of finishing without having incidents, and I actually managed to get on the podium within my first few races despite being a couple of seconds a lap slower on average than most of the other guys, purely because there was a huge string of accidents on lap 1 and by hanging back and staying clean I picked up positions. One thing that's worth mentioning too in terms of having a faster driver trying to overtake you, apart from not wanting to have an accident with them you also inevitably end up costing each other time if you try and fight with them for ages. I've had a lot of situations where I've given a place to someone behind who is clearly faster and in doing so not lost any time myself and then been able to make up a couple more positions from slower people ahead, whereas if I'd tried to have a big fight with the faster guy not only would I have probably lost that position anyway I also would have been unable to catch up to the people ahead.
I think the biggest thing I'd like to reiterate for new racers is, if you crash and are sitting on or near the track, please please please please please DON'T MOVE. Can't count how many races I've had ruined due to people thinking they are helping by moving off the track. You have to consider that I have often already committed to a choice of either going in front or behind you at that point in time (even if my choice involves ME driving off the track to avoid a crash with you) so you can't even assume that going the direction that is closest to offtrack is safe either. Just remember DON'T MOVE, watch the relative black box, and only move when nobody is else is coming.
I would say that by starting from the pits you really dont learn very much. I would suggest in that they start from the grid, but dont worry so much about winning. Instead focus on all the cars around you and learn to anticipate there moves. There is a lot of bad driving in Rookies because...well they are Rookies.....and to get better the first thing is track awareness and accident avoidance. These skills will greatly help you once you begin to climb the license ladder.. Starting from the pits, while it is safer, and you can potentially move up in class faster, you will not have learned much about racing with others.
Hi, I'm re-joining the Sim Racing world after a long time out. I was into GP2 on the PC in 96/97 and it's great to be back using the improved wheels/pedals and games. Thanks for your videos - they are very helpful :)
9:49 yes!! This needs to be followed so much, i got taken out twice by the same guy in a single race because he kept spinning out instead of stopping and letting others pass he kept driving back on the road taking everyone out
At the same time, the onus should really be on us to be aware of fools like that, and take personal responsibility if we somehow manage to be hit by them. In short, steer clear of people in that position. Then again, sometimes it can't be helped, and all the fault really does lie on the other person.
this is such a useful video, ive been wanting to get into iracing for a couple of years now because theres events i want to do such as imsa and nascar, ill keep these tips in mind cuz i've had some experience with sim racing i'm hoping to make my iracing debut in the near future
My tip: When a crash happens watch the reply before you roast the other party. More times than I'd like to admit many crashes that I was blaming other for have been at least partially my fault.
I'm new, going to build my son a cockpit. I weld and fab. I like the way you explain things. You're a pretty cool cat. Thank you for all the info. It's most helpful.
This game already costs a small fortune and you suggest paying for a service that will give me "tips" based on my data?! Maybe if I was winning money to race I would but that seems a bit much to pay for as a beginner... I doubt I'd pay for that service anyways... doesn't seem like it would be that much of a benefit to be worth the cost. Although I don't know what the cost is so honestly I can't be to harsh about it, but still as a beginner I doubt I'd be interested in spending money to get tips when I have RU-vid at my disposal. Anyways thank you for the info, the more info I have the more prepared I'm hoping to be when I get into iRacing next month. God's speed my friend!
I just signed up for iRacing a couple days ago. I didn’t find rookie class to be very bad. I did start from the pits but wound up taking a 3rd and a 6th place. Lots of carnage, just be prepared to avoid it. Plan your overtaking, be patient. I’m interested in the gt4 Porsche, but having trouble finding which series I can race with it. Any advice?
In the NASCAR world on here what is the length of a race is it a 100% race length or can you adjust it yourself? Do you win anything in the end of the season? How do you sign up for the NASCAR COLA series for Iracing?
If get stuck wondering how some people are doing such fast lap times can try watching iRacing YT videos and use pause to see where peeps brake points are and what their speed is at very end of corner exit compared to yours. Just prepare to be shocked !
Tip 1 should be don't stress when you see these rigs RU-vidrs are using... I'm competitive on a very old 15inch all in one desktop computer which runs at 30fps when racing with all settings turned off or low just to get frame rate, also just using desk chair, second hand wheel from cash Converters...
Plenty of good points here! My own advice in addition: 1. If you can’t afford to pay up for content, continuing to race at the rookie level is still valuable as it helps you refine your racecraft - there’s always plenty of high-ranked drivers who already do this so you’re unlikely to end up against new rookies as a C/B/A class driver 2. Offline practice is great, but you’ll want to be careful to make sure you test with the same weather conditions, otherwise you could get familiar with a track that has far more (or less) grip than what you’ll be racing on! 3. VRS can be accessed for free as you said - what that gets you is several hours per week of data analysis for a series of your choosing, and that might be enough; the paid tiers are handy though for access to car setup packs and unlimited data analysis
I’m brand new to the world and just ordered a whole bunch of stuff to build my first rig .. however I don’t have IRacing . I will be racing PS4.. I don’t know anything about pc gaming and stuff 🤦🏾♂️
I have just started getting into iRacing again (new account). I'm still on 1500 irating roughly, but I am racing against others that have a licence 2 or 3 above me and 4 to 5000 irating? Now, I'm okay with not winning, but boy, it's hard going up these demons in your second week.
only been on IRacing for about 3 weeks and to be fair the majority of the racing has been fun, BUT i have noticed that most wrecks happen on the first corner or from not getting driving lines quite right, and maybe the odd numpty who thinks they own the whole track... i am not sure but it seems that rookie cars mirrors and brakes are optional extras which drivers don't seem to have fitted to their cars, oh and the word "retard" gets thrown around very often....great video though, just wish this type of video was mandatory for anyone who joins iracing, cant wait to get my C licence and hope that the standard of racing improves because no matter how much i try and drive as safe as i can while trying to be as fast as possible by the end of a race i have gained a 0.02 SR, not saying i am the perfect driver and we all make mistakes but it is as if there are players who are just happy spending their time in rookies and wrecking as much as possible, or think that they can win the race on turn 1.....on indecent i found rather frustrating was straight after following the safety car on lap one, (i use crewchief) as i was waiting to see the light turn green i hear the words "floor it", i always check my mirrors and all i saw was someone from about 4 or 5 rows back just come crashing through the whole line, bouncing off every car in his/her path, pit row was full before the first lap was even started. the interesting point about trying different things before picking a route struck a chord with me, I thought i was going to get into iracing and build towards formula series racing but after having a couple of races in the pickup cup and saw how much fun that was i am now going towards NASCAR, so definitely paid off trying different race "genres"
Hi there, would you have a video or just simply an explaination of the cockpit view and all that's going on, meaning in particular the "progression slide bar" that is usually just below the rearview mirror and it has a figure that i presume is a lap or gap time of your current lap, that moves left to right and changes color, what is it displaying? Thanks, Steve
Great advise and info. I'm new to iracing but I do have track/circuit racing experience. There are a few things I'm struggling with in the sim, I'm getting more use to it and tweaking and adjusting settings that work better ect but one thing I'm finding really difficult is threshold breaking, in real life when my wheels lock up the pressure in the pedal reduces which when using the same force will increase travel on the pedal so I rely alot on feeling this happen, so I can reduce the force I'm applying and bring back the tyres right on the limit of grip when braking. Basically I'm asking is there any brake pedal sets avalible out there that can give me this feed back (force feed back brakes)???
So I just got IRacing. You said the game is based around seasons. I am starting with the Mazda RX series. How many of the first series tracks came with the game and subscription? If it changes every week, am I going to have to buy a track every week?
I loved ovals from Rookie to B class. Took a dive into road racing. I hated the beginner MX-5. So I raced safely to quickly jump to D class. Once in D class I experimented with Skip Barber and Fixed BMW. I fell in love with the BMW M8. I decided I did not care about my SR or IR. I was going to qualify and race. My SR and IR tanked and now it is coming back up as I learn the skills needed to drive. Unfortunately Iracing doesn't force you to be skillful. It just lets you race regardless if you practice, qualify, or take a long break from racing. So if you're in a low split irating race, you're likely to be with idiots.
Great tips but.. NO NO!! I have to politely correct you! Avoiding everyone and staying at the back will give you minimal points. The more “interaction” you have with other drivers the more points you’ll get. But you just have to be CLEAN! I’d rather race other cars and have a bump here there but you’ll get way more points for interacting (passing or being passed)
hey will, love your videos a lot...! but maybe you should take look at your color grading for your videos. this video look very veiled, like under a grey veil... and also i wish you have made this video a year ago :D it would have helped me a lot to start.
You can not win the race on the first lap, but you can lose it on the first lap. Because iRacing can be brutal towards mistakes and any errors, new members can become discouraged. At this early stage in your career, do not compare yourself to aliens or professionals, but what you were a week ago. If you can have just a few less incidents, or go just a wee bit faster, you are improving. Baby steps. If you follow that philosophy, you will steadily improve and maintain your enthusiasm and confidence. Never EVER rage quit. Each official race counts towards your record, and abandoning a race delivers negative numbers that are a big step back. Get the car fixed, get back out on track, and if you have to, just limp around slowly. Take each race seriously.
Top tip I can give you :> Don't buy it or pay them. It's not worth it. A lot of idiots online just wrecking. Over the last 3 days I had 10 races out of which only 2 I haven't been hit by someone, so yea absolutely great -.-
I don't like the phrasing "Drive Aggressively" I would probably say "Drive Competitively" rather than "Aggressively" and imagine you're actually in a real car (because it's a sim car), not a game.
iRacing has terrible support and will not give a refund if you have issues or it does not work well on your PC. Your money is gone and you can't get it back. I would suggest another product such as Project Cars 2 or RaceRoom are both much better products with better support.
Points 7 and 8 have been killing me. It makes me want to lose my shit sooooo badly on the person. I have yet to do that, but my god does it make me angry af.
dont dive bomb!! its not your right to overtake even if you are faster. much less if you are slightly slower, you will ruin your race and the other guys. if you are faster put presure wait for a mistake or opening. i waited most of the race to overtake someone quite a bit slower than me in half the track and then nnext corner he dive bombed me, damaged my car but i luckily saved it, ruined his car, spun and then kept loosing places because his car was cooked. about 3 laps from the end too, it was so dumb.
Iracing is such a cash grab. I hate it. I got out of sim racing and all flight sim, sold my wheel for a yoke, in 2016, because I hated project cars, and I got a new wheel and I couldn't figure out how to set the FBB and my average times fell a full minute on iracing, now I want to play NASCAR heat 4, and f1 2020, that last f1 game I played was f1 2014. But I am really nervous about getting near iracing. The only wheel I was ever fast on was my g27, beyond that my lap times sucked.
I have been using Iracing for 3 years. Nothing else comes close in terms of quality of driving (at the higher levels). I focus mostly on the Radical and have a 3K rating, so I am fortunate that I tend to be in the top split. My core piece of advice is that race craft is everything. By that I mean that you can be a really quick driver, but if your decision making is poor then you're going to be your own worst enemy. Before a race, practice, practice, and then practice some more. Understand what the car can do on the track you are on. Do not be impulsive, don't put others at risk. Dive bombers last all of 5 minutes on the service and won't ever reach the higher strength of field races. And don't just expect to waltz in and be competitive with the best. A lot of pro drivers frequent the service and you are in for a wake up call if you expect to be speeding past them. So practice, get consistent, and be smart. Get those things right and you'll be just fine.
I used to do this, but I've found it never really taught me the skills needed for accident avoidance. Every crash I've been in, my fault or not, there's always something you could do to avoid it. Starting at the back and just waiting for people to spin didn't help me with my racecraft.
@@jamesfarrelly9791 Definitely, crashing is part of motorsports. It's more so in Rookie, you can literally go as cautious as can be, and just get rammed by someone who forgot where the brakes are. The avoidance strategy there is to start behind them. I see your point though :)
@@egamundoy I agree to start from the back in rookies. But once you are out qualify and focus on finishing the race no matter the position. You will gain experience in the race start mayhem. You can always start in the back and avoid the carnage but you will never win a race like that in higher splits and you will always struggle with having too many cars around you.
As someone who has been on iracing for a while. I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years. My biggest piece of advice I can give, is to take your time in the lower classes. This is where it emulates real life racing. Spend time building up skills and technique before going nuts into the higher class cars. There is too big a jump in performance and you won’t enjoy it
Good point. Just being able to do hotlaps doesn't mean you ready to race wheel to wheel. It pays to take the time to learn racecraft in the lower classes since you will have more time to react and plan moves. In higher performance cars everything happens much more quickly. So if that racecraft isn't second nature, you will definitely cause accidents because you will not be able to think and react fast enough. Not to mention that some of the best racing is in the slower cars.
Since beginning of the year at I am at iRacing and I must say, it s.cks acutally. Every race is a big wreckfest since the first round. Only idiots, who are thinking a one hour races will be won in the first round. It takes all the fun, getting wrecked in the first round and standing 1/4 to 1/3 or more of the race in the pits. And no, it is not in rookie class. It's in the 1 hour LeMans B-Class races. It's so annyoing and frustrating that I think I should stop sim racing until the corona idiots left the field
And dive bombers. But up till now I still felt when I had somebody behind me pushing too hard and avoided dive bombs. People beginning sim racing often thinks they have to overtake on the first possible moment they think they can overtake (but in reality the gap is too big) instead of searching for the right opportunity to overtake properly.
Got back into sim racing from GTR2 days I got Raceroom and ACC, was thinking about iRacing and I see it’s a subscription based service, so I thought if you got that, everything will be unlocked. Thanks for the mention of having to pay for additional cars and tracks.
Nup far from it. You pay for a subscription and then pay for content on top of that. So you can’t access the content you’ve already paid for u less you maintain your subscription. That’s why a lot of people get triggered.
