Racing Tutorial: how to Front Wheel Drive

In this video we will talk about FWD touring cars (front wheel drive cars) and how to understeand them better, allowing you to unlock the performance straight away.
I will talk about my real personal experience and the key points to master in order to become a Touring Car King!
PS: after the final greetings the video continues with two exercises just for you!

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[philip_scott]

I have been using this video for reference as I'm learning how to race TCR on iRacing and it's helped so much!! Today I almost got my first win in the new touring car cup series on iRacing. Touring cars are one of my favorite forms of motorsport. Thanks for the help!

[Zerker_Supremacy]

We born at the same year, but i only started driving alone on my 13th, been driving fast whenever i could when there was no trafic in countryside gravel roads. Also the most experience i had was with front wheel drive vehicles.
As you said around the middle of your video, and that applys to all kind of terrain, but on gravel and slippery roads, is where you understand how FWD really works.
Unlike RWD where you might need to apply a countersteer to maintain the front where you want on the exit of the corner, the FWD doesn't require that if you enter on the right line at the right speed and the most important at the right GEAR, you simply keep the wheels straight and give the right amount of throttle. The counter steer on FWD can be used but if you keep for more time than is needed, the result may be really bad for you, well i could say a lot more about the fun i have with this kind of vehicle, but i came here just to share a bit of the opinio i have based on the few years i have driving fast front wheel drive. Unlike you i've never had the opportunity to race or work with that, but i've been on many dangerous roads trying to improve my skills for the sake of fun.

[pasteghost]

I respect the hustle, man. Lied about the experience in touring car racing to get in there. Buckled down in the iracing grind and are now a manufacturer driver. Fantastic. Make the dream work. Love it

[Darlexis]

Awesome!! Hahaha your description is hilarious and inspiring. “Yeah did like 20 minutes of practice and got 2nd IRL no biggie.” This is the best I’ve been looking for more FWD instruction for a couple months since the rs3 came to iRacing. Thanks!! More setup advice!!

[maxe]

Thx! Very useful for me as an iRacing TCR driver 👍🏻

[christopher_hopper]

Getting ready for the ROAR this weekend and now inspired to try the TCR. Thanks!

[ipeaceonu]

Great video. I always struggled with FWD cars. Very clear instructions. Thanks

[AlexJohnson]

Love the video, coming from the Porche Cup car on iRacing to this has been a world of difference. Thanks for covering the comparison to other cars to help understand why things are different.

[ukwan]

I have absolutely no Sim experience at all but I do some FWD time attack racing and this was fascinating to watch and learn.. I might need a Sim rig for practice and learning.

As coming from RWD I am totally lost

[Kronikman]

yea, front wheel drive cars drive so much different than rear wheel. I feel like I sorta figured it out pretty well on my own but this was definitely helpful.

[buddhapest]

really loving the TCR series since the new cars were added in iRacing - was looking for some tutorials on FWD to up my game and found this - didn't expect it to be in iRacing, haha - great info, ty so much!

[angel_luis]

A tutorial updated to this year would be appreciated!

[AlanTheBest]

Driving god, never really understood how to drive fwd efficiently till now.

[ak]

Awesome video. All the needed details for driving fwd cars 👌

[alexcarolan]

This video was very helpful thank you. Just watched it to prepare for some Assetto Corsa TCR racing :)"

[VuslatOdabasi]

Amazing video! Too many things to learn 👍

[patricktibbetts]

What about a asphalt oval track tutorial

[schaerweb]

Do you have any advice about how to set up the tire pressures on FWD touring cars? Is it that relevant?

[flyingbear_fpv]

interesting, but I am missing a bit more on how to counter understeer as that's mainly more of an issue with FWD cars or Quattro cars that are mainly front-biased.

[trax]

How do you get the rear end of a FWD drive car to slide around?