How to LEARN Car Handling in Sim Racing!

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[TheSnaveeelPlaysGames]

This makes so much sense. It’s one of those obvious things that I knew deep down but neglected because the underlying understanding wasn’t there. Then I watch this and 🤯 I get it.

[asaiyannamedgokublack]

Me playing Assetto Corsa with a keyboard : I had no choice but to oversteer and understeer

[chonglers]

As my man Colin used to say, When in Doubt, Flat Out😉

[gmg]

I always say, one cannot find limits, without exceeding them

[DVous]

Best advice you’ll ever hear. You’ll also learn the car more this way and that will help you notice the difference with small setup changes, giving those free extra tenths.

[OakleyDoakley-ou]

This is an absolute truth in all motor racing in real life. If you're not on the absolute limit where the car is trying to kill you then you're not going fast enough. You dont need to use all the track or all the corner and the only way you can find the limit is through experience. The only exception is that in real life there are obviously consequences for going over the limit (crashing, spinning out etc) and even under the limit (lose your seat).

[AdamThomas-wn]

Agree 100%. Then from there learn to dial back the “overdriving”. Like you mention, it’s the beauty of a sim (no danger), and it also helps you learn how to save mistakes (correcting oversteer/understeer, missing brake points, too aggressive throttle application, slides, etc.) That being said, I’m not a professional driver. 🤷‍♂️

[Rocky_]

Every "controversial" take ever:
Saying the most agreed upon thing ever and hoping for interaction.

[labonski_games]

It's not even controversial if you think about it, you learn from mistakes, luckily, video games allow you to make plenty of them with no real consequence... well, unless you're racing in league XD

[thfrom]

Honestly way more useful than I expected when I clicked.

[matiasvillarreal]

I heard the same thing a couple days ago from another coach. He was talking about karting and how the limit is the way to really learn and lose the fear of being on the limit.

[atrxmx]

honestly the biggest improvement i’ve noticed from using the sim for the last couple of months is my steering inputs are so much smaller now, massively helps with understeer but i truly had no idea how much i was over steering

[Delimon]

This is exactly what I tell people as well. This channel is pretty much right on the money when it comes to coaching. For example, in Trackmania I have to remind people that the way the physics work in the game, you need to use the G forces to your advantage. They will make your car understeer but that's a good thing. You just need to find the absolute limit and drive right below that. If you drive slow, you learn nothing and you will always be a slower driver. The same applies to other racing games but then you also have to deal with oversteer, not just understeer.

[fex]

I don't understand how that's not normal for everyone. I drive to improve and unless I'm in a race where I need to drive smart instead of hard, I go nuts in every corner and at some point you will learn how to pull it off every time

[JustWilson]

100% great advice. I’ve always been told its better to be over the limits and then reign them in than to be under and get faster

[NiederDrifts]

Brilliantly said, spend a few years pushing to crashes and spins constantly until you get really quick, then focus on dialing in that consistentcy

[tratus]

100% agree with this and I'm going to be doing it from now on. Thanks for the advice

[unfortunately_fortunate]

this was something I'd figured out on my own, on a new track I'll do a couple cruise laps to get my bearings and then just start push lap after push lap, eventually dialing it back to an optimal place.

the other thing I'd suggest when practicing by yourself is running tyre and mechanical wear on along with any other race setting you're going to encounter in a race, practice sessions are astoundingly unhelpful when you turn tyre/mechanical wear, fuel consumption etc off as it will often leave you with huge gaps of knowledge about if your setup or driving style is actually effective throughout a stint or entire race.

[maciejjanus]

I have watched this video about one year ago when i started driving in F1 now 80ai is too easy for me and i drive without any assists thank you man ❤

[itsthething]

This is what I did, I started out without traction control learning how to drift. I was terrible initially but I eventually got the knack for controlling the car on the edge. I have the most fun driving whilst in a slide, even if it’s not the fastest way around a track !