Why iRacing guys struggle on ACC! | My tips for things you MUST change!

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[mrmowersemporium]

Having been a member on iRacing since 2009, and around 500 hours on acc in the past year, I just don’t run the gt3 on iRacing. Doesn’t matter if one is right or wrong. I find running a different car class on different sims helps reduce the problems when bouncing between the two. Nothing to compare between a gt3 car on ACC and a prototype on iRacing. I assume both are correct and move on with life.

[MikeSwannick]

I've excelled at your first tip about expecting to be slow and run at the back of the pack, so much that that position is almost guaranteed to be mine every race. Goals!

[Ermz]

Nice one, Dave. Valuable information, and exactly what I noticed, though in the opposite direction (ACC > iRacing). The curb handling at Monza in particular stood out, because it's not a subtle difference. In the end, for me, the subtle pedal dance and curb handling of iracing, combined with the solid frame timing had more relevance to real driving, so I tended to prefer it. That said, both still err in their own ways so it's really about picking the trade-off you prefer.

[JeffAudette]

spot on video about going from iracing to ACC. Will help me enjoy it much better. Thanks!

[jesper]

Started in ACC went to iRacing, but especially on iRacing i really learned controlling a car way more (ofc loads of different classes) in contrast on acc where i just learned every trick to do on a track to get the speed out of it.

[marcusberggren]

Optimal tyre pressures is actually more of a window than one sweet spot. the optimal pressure window is 27.3 - 27.9 for dry.
Same goes for the tyre temperature, it's a window between 75 degrees and 95 degrees.

[grzegorzkruk]

I’m huge fan of iRacing, but I’m glad that ACC gonna be very popular becouse of LFM and I hope that guys from ir start to work harder and delivering us some more than another track or car!!! We need that fight to get better sim!

[yassenpetrov]

Quick note about the TC and ABS on ACC (abbreviate much? :) ) The systems are modeled after their real-life counterparts, so they vary from car to car. Generally, in EVO models you can set them higher without much loss in performance, whereas in older cars they are more aggressive/intrusive and it's better to keep them somewhat lower and modulate the pedal inputs more.
Oh, and everyone should drive Aston V12 at some point, otherwise what's the point of existence :P

[lowfastracing]

TC works great in ACC, i make constant 1:58 lap times in Silverstone with the M4 even with TC set to 6. The car is so stable and fast.

[XxReaperxX]

I swear you read my mind and posted the exact thing I was going to look up. I've always liked ACC but I only ever got good at Iracing.

[rtmanbash]

Those are very good points. When I first started with ACC I was banging my head on my wheel because the damn curbs would mess me up. After a while I learned how to work around those damn curbs. So now that I am used to not hit the very top of the curb I am able to enjoy ACC. But the funny thing is when I drive on iRaccing, Raceroom and AMS2 I keep thinking the curbs would mess me up. After a few laps my memory comes back.

If you guys have yet to try AMS2 with the new updates you guys might want to check it out. AMS2 updates made a very awesome improvement.

[brandonmansell]

Great video! I think every sim racer should be playing both games as they are both amazing! I love the structure of iRacing, almost a league format week to week, and I really love competing in events with my mates on ACC.

[ajna]

LFM entry level time at snet is too low for most people trying to find clean racing. The irony is that this high bar for entry doesn't prevent dirty racing from happening at the lower levels of LFM. this is the unspoken truth nobody ever discusses. I had no difficulty in doing so but I don't think it's fair at all to the people who can't break 1:50.whatver at Snetterton that "nope you're not fast enough to be in our cool kids club so off to public lobbies you go". I love ACC a billion times more than iRacing but the reason iRacing "wins" is because there's a place for e v e r y o n e to find good racing

[johnjones-xlgn]

I have about 70 hours in ACC and untold thousands in iracing, loving ACC and cannot see myself road racing on iracing anymore

[brianjones]

I just want some fixed setup racing in ACC. I wanna race the man, not compare how much more free time he had to put in 30 hours on a setup. What are we comparing who can out try-hard each other? It's almost like real racing, you can buy your way in.

[mrmidnight]

I started with ACC and went to iRacing and now run both. My biggest complain about ACC is the cars feel like tanks, they’re heavy and like you said, you drive like a barbarian either 100% throttle and 75% throttle into and out of corners. Iracing you brake about 25 to 50 feet sooner than ACC in the same cars on the same tracks or you just over shoot and understeer like mad.

IRacing you actually have to learn how to balance and drive cars. But the pricing is still absurd.

That being said, what I love about ACC is each car feels and handles way different per track. On iRacing every car in GT3 feels the exact same and can do the exact same inputs and times. With a hair of change.

I still prefer iRacing over ACC for driving. But prefer ACC for the racing on LFM. SR in ACC is a terrible grind session, SA in iRacing is much faster to get up and down. Sometimes down too fast due to idiot drivers.

[JCx]

I started on iRacing, always struggled with the braking, no matter what car, abs or not. I actually didn't take to long to get the hang of ACC.

[jinx]

that's always been one of the big issues with ACC for me is those curbs and the way the tyres and suspension behaves... i have almost 2000 hours in ACC but ive never really been happy with the tyres, i refuse to believe they should behave so differently based on .5 of a psi here or there and regardless of correct pressures or not the car handles like there is zero give in the tyre wall and suspension, we just dont see cars behave like that rolling up curbs in reality unless they hit a sausage head on, it seems ACC has always had an issue with tyres and how they gradually roll onto a surface, they went over to a 5 point tyre contact point system because of that issue and it still just isn't there i dont think, regardless of the angle you take a sausage you are always hitting it like its a wall rather than the tyre gradually rolling into and over it. we just get used to it over time and think its the most realistic GT3 sim ever known to man but i think there are core underlying problems with the tyre and suspension behaviour, even the new forza motorsport is spouting about how its going to have an 8 point tyre contact patch.

i think ACC is great in most areas but yeh, im surprised when something feels that amiss that the devs dont seem to care too much... maybe, maybe im wrong and GT3 cars do crash over sausages at any angle, we have all seen the tumbles cars take at monza in real life races.

i will say ive been playing some AMS2 recently coming from ACC and feel like a god on track, its so controllable and the quality of the player base is very much lower, ACC does take itself more seriously and it shows in the players that play it. AMS2 does feel more realistic to me in many ways though, but only in some cars.

[paulcole]

Tbh I like both sims but it’s the constant tweaking tyre pressures etc that puts me off ACC even with the crazy amount of setups out there - some of us don’t have the time or inclination to bother with that side of things and just want a nice fixed series which iracing is perfect for.

[adamdou]

As a person that’s about to get their B license once the new season comes out on iRacing, I will be eligible to race GT3 (Im not a top split racer) I love the competitiveness of iRacing even if you don’t get podium, getting safety rating gives you a sense of accomplishment

What would you prefer when it comes to GT3 racing - iRacing or ACC LFM