There is a VERY GOOD reason I don't drive F1 cars! | iRacing Mercedes W13 at Silverstone

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[giovannigiorgio]

My respect for F1 talent quadrupled after running F1 cars in Iracing.

[dadtier]

Your transparency and honesty is honestly what keeps me coming back!
You don’t edit out all of your track mistakes and show the human side of driving, motivates me as a beginner!

[stuffeyy]

Yes Dave!! Come to the F1 darkside 😂 In fairness to you this car is more difficult to drive than the W12. The extremely cold tyres at the start make things that much harder. Be good to see you in a few races in the future if you feel brave enough again.

[arrow]

The F1 games are full of people spinning the cars in MP in the early stages of the game, just need to learn where you can hit the pedal harder and where you have to ease it on, then find the limits before wheelspin or snaps occur. Great race Dave

[luizhdcosta]

Regarding the tires going away in 8 laps, it makes sense since they are softs, and you had a few moments that were not very kind to them, with spins and lock ups. And since we don't see temperatures in the overlay, they might have overcooked a few times.
Take this analysis with a grain of salt though, from the point of view that I'm a huge F1 nerd so I'm comparing to real F1, but I haven't raced with the iRacing version of the car.

[brettgrieves]

The W13 in iracing is way harder to drive than the w12 from the last sason. Tyre temps make a massive difference, you start off with 70c tyres and not 90c so warm up is important. Its going to be really interesting seeing how everyone gets on during the first season in iracing.

[AdrianJSClark]

Nicely done, Dave! The loss of grip may have been heat related after your spin. Once you cook these tyres they tend to stay that way, unfortunately. Even if the temps come back down the grip doesn't necessarily return. Great job overall, though. Nothing wrong with a top 5 finish.

[sankaplays]

You need to upshift faster brother! You don't really want to be feathering the throttle either on the F1 cars, off the gas fully, downshift to where you need to be, steady for the corner then full throttle on the exit once you feel your rear gripping up, losing a lot of time on that, I think its cause of your experience with other classes where it is actually very useful to do so.

Get some practise in mate, open wheel racing is awesome!

[MikeSwannick]

I got into sim racing because i realised it was the nearest thing i would ever get to driving an F1 car. I was so excited when i fired up F1 2015 at Monaco (my then dream car/track combo) for the first time. What a shit show that turned out to be and still is to this day. It left me with sim PTSD. With experience I've ventured back to open wheelers and formula cars with AC but it definately needed much more sim skill than i had back then. I did stick with the F1 series but it has been a battle of attrition.

[LukeVesty]

Hi Dave, great to see you have a punt in this car but I promise you it isn’t always a spin fest lottery. Once the regulars start to get to grips this series will be fierce and precise up front with few errors. If you persisted you’d be one of the quick guys as well. Like any car it takes commitment to get used to the high-power open wheelers. The W12 was a bit too easy but the W13 is a lot less forgiving.

[NeedA_Reboot]

This was so entertaining 😄. You already always so composed in your races so there's a little sadistic enjoyment here

[bluemoppy]

first beep is that you are within one second of the car ahead in the DRS detection zone the second is in the activation zone.

[Rmix]

"Is he on a gamepad?"
The ultimate sim racing insult

[everythinggaming]

Lol the cars ahead seem to move so unnaturally like its Mario kart

[TrentDyrsmid]

Starting first gear with the engine at idle. When the lights change to green, roll into the throttle and almost immediately shift into second apply more throttle to about 50% and then immediately shift into third at more throttle to 75% or so and grab fourth in by then you should be able to flat foot.

Alternatively, start on Pitt lane. Each time I start in the pits, I can usually get onto the podium. There are just that many crashes.

[indyboistudios]

First video I’ve seen of yours ever. Enjoyed it, great race, great banter. Good stuff. I am now subscribed.

[knytestorme]

I love how P5 in a new car that's likely not configured well yet on the wheel with a few spins and slow-downs is considered a "don't subscribe to me" while I'm happy to get a p10 in mazda cup

[jhogoboom]

Fun race to watch even if not fun to drive. Can't imagine what it's like IRL. My head was snapping around just trying to follow the corners!

[sacboy]

Dave please please keep going it’s quality and the first half was so solid till the spin I can see some great races ahead for you in the f1 car xx

[zz-icdx]

The W13 is a blast to drive and I think without a doubt the closest you can get to a real F1 car in terms of realism. It's also one of the most difficult cars i've ever driven, i just do hot laps and ai races with it 😂