What DIFFERENCE do Assists REALLY Make in Forza Motorsport?

I can drive Kyalami very consistently, so do any of these results surprise you as they did me? I must say seeing the difference between TC (On) + ABS (On) and the other laps I'd run first was the biggest surprise. However, the ABS/Traction Control (Sport)/Stability Control (Sport) being all within a few hundredths of a second seems to suggest those don't really make much negative difference to your driving performance. The times were too close there to come up with a clear conclusion.

Full Stability Control set to "On" rather than "Sport" was extremely restrictive and a clear outlier in the results that you probably shouldn't bother with.

My complete racing setup is listed below:

➡️ SIMAGIC Alpha Mini Wheel Base
➡️ SIMAGIC GT1-R / GSI Formula Pro Elite
➡️ SIMAGIC P2000 Pedals
➡️ Custom aluminium profile rig with GT Omega RS6 Simulator Seat
➡️ GT Omega ART Simulator Monitor Stand

PC:

➡️ AMD Ryzen 5600X Processor
➡️ G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3200MHz DDR4
➡️ MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS OC LHR 10GB Graphics Card
➡️ 1TB WD Blue NVMe SSD
➡️ MSI Optix MAG322CQR Quad HD (1440p/165Hz) 32" Curved Gaming Monitor

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[hotcircuit]

There I was thinking my 1st assumption was wrong, yet Traction Control On rather than Sport seemed to make a positive difference. Good job I tried as I nearly didn't. Thanks for watching and feel free to SUBSCRIBE/Like/Comment and all that good stuff to see more Forza Motorsport videos from me in future! If you've had different results I'd love to hear them 🧡

[racdude]

Given that TC doesn’t come on much with this car and track I would think you would see a larger difference with a more stock street car especially without race tires

[cajohnson]

Good video. I found that this is very car specific. Sine cars with no TC will torque you into the wall even when being careful. Especially heavier GT cars.

[DuramaxZack]

Love the content man, doing a great job! Keep it up

[SheshGaming]

Thanks for the video ..
As a controller player i can play with all assists (except abs) Off in touring cars and i noticed the difference very clear that i am faster .. but in gt cars i really struggles to control the throttle and i have at least to turn tcs to sport or on to be consistant

[francisdrake]

Excellent. This video was needed. I've found abs tc and sc in sport suit my noobish diving style for now.

[sav]

I have never seen someone race without abs, braking at the limit is extremely important in online racing.

[flymasterxxl]

I haven't tried full traction control, I've been on sport and I launch better than almost everyone. I'll give it a try tonight and see how it does. ABS on and off I've seen no difference. Bu then again, I am used to ABS off and brake as if it's off.

[JZStudiosonline]

In prior games the TCS and STM made a much larger difference around A class, where the rear wheel drive cars had enough power to slip the tires and start a 30 second drift every corner exit, but not enough downforce and overall balance to keep grip maintained. Things like upgraded muscle cars, road going BMWs and Ferraris, etc. and in prior games the TCS and STM was TERRIBLE and felt awful with a wheel. You would feel it either cutting power for way too long, or applying too much braking force and kind of ruining your corner. But you still had to use it because otherwise as mentioned you had to underdrive the car on the knifes edge or risk sliding too much.

[markcox]

Nice video, my only comment would be to try with a car that's not so settled. I think the results may be different.

[brettknibbs]

clearly it depends how good of a driver ytou are because my tc light doesnt go off lol and the tc removes ALL power from the cars unless my games buggy. stability control is not the same but does slow me down a bit tc though unless im ina super powerful car has to be off or im multple seconds slower

[tododiaissobicho]

I feel like this varies with the car and the class. On E class, in my experience, you save a lot of time turning everything off. Those cars are much easier to control, however, and most of them don't really have abs, tc or st built in them irl, so I guess that makes sense. Modern sport cars are built with abs and tc in mind so they probably should run faster with those on. I feel like those assists should be upgrades instead of menu options since they are so car-dependent

[drunkpunk]

I’ve always ran no assists. For a few reasons. As a controller player I get the most feedback this way. Another is driving with assists is boring to me. Car never feels out of control or on the brink of traction. Force of habit as they’ve been all off since f4 and gt3 lol also hardcore leaderboards. Only leaderboards I can cop a top 100 in cuz I’m not very skilled lmao

[Lolatyou]

Pretty sure the difference in time is due to getting better with the car other than ST, stability control should just always be off.
Additionally, you should of really picked a car that actually triggers TCS as it would be a more accurate comparison on whether TCS actually benefits on a car that needs it.

[duckysnest]

What i would like some in depth setting on auto transmission?

[TehUltimateBlazer]

NSX does not benefit from TCS in decent driver hands. I am kind of a decent driver (4990ish S, top100s rivals) and I was pretty stubborn and never used any assists but today I tried Ferrari Roma and that thing stock is just slide-nation. I turned my TCS on Sport mode for the first time ever and shaved seconds! What do you think about using TCS on cars that are not that aero heavy?

[mark]

On lmp cars using tc.GT and another only abs.Its strange in this.Maybe with tc really faster.Usually in any games tc to much brake your power and this give motivation to people for more difficult driving.But here maybe another situation and im not support this

[infinity]

A bit silly of a test to do in a GT can do this on a car that is very tail happy rwd maybe some fwd or awd lots of power and throttle management required to control wheel spin then you may see traction control hindering lap times you should really redo this test with a slippy car

[slavplaysgames]

I drive the 488 challenge and having traction control on literally doesn't let me accelerate no matter the % of throtle

[mark_lhr]

See toy on a wheel? Your tc won’t engage if you have stability on! For GT cars you def need to use TCS. For all others only ABS. Always use sim steering on a wheel. 😊

For GT, TC sports and ABS is fastest.