New to iRacing? | If so, you MUST watch this video!

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Having recently had a family member sign up to iRacing made me reallise there are some things that you absolutely need to know before you actually go racing!
In this video I go over what I think is important before you hit the track. Any questions, let me know in the comments. Happy racing :)

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This is why you are one of my favourite simracers. You are always willing to help and advice others and find the time to do so.
Dave, you are an absolute legend, we love you ❤

OscarWildYT
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Nice intro. The one thing I'll add is that at least for beginners, tow to pits is really important to use. If you are on a narrow track like Mount Panarama, please don't try to do a u-turn. Taking a tow is safer than doing a 7-point turn with other racers. Hitting that button as soon as you are stopped saves a lot of incident points.

CaptainDomestic
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I've taught some noobs many of the same stuff. One thing I learned about the Virtual Mirror is that racers with single monitors is that many of them prefer a high setting. With a single monitor you may not be able to see your side mirrors, depending on your FOV (field of view) setting and a high Virtual Mirror setting allows you to see other racers as they begin to come along side

barrettfait
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The brake force factor is like the 'brake gamma' you find in other sims. I only know this because I upgraded my G29 to a "load cell" brake pedal, and really struggled with modulation at the top end before I realized I needed to change this (they all default to high values for G29 - ACC default is 2.8, I'm playing with 1.0, massive difference).

Great vid Dave!

phanteh
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Great video Dave!! As for the Virtual Mirror, I've done a lot of work trying to get it as realistic as possible. I've found that 45 degrees gives me the best view of how close the car actually is. It's so heard to focus when it looks like the guy behind me looks like he's going to dive bomb me at every corner. I set my FOV by pulling forward in the pits and then backing up till I think I'm up against my pit crew guy. Then I would look at the replay and see how close I actually was and then readjust the FOV till I was actually right up against him when I got out of the car. I hope this helps anyone trying to get that as close to real as possible. Cheers Mate!!

jamphotostudio
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I’m currently in the market for my first sim rig, these videos are invaluable to me working this all out, thank you so much Dave

travispoorter
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Your first iRacing tips video was a huge help for me getting setup on the service when I started. Likewise your race videos have definitely helped me progress. Much appreciated!

joecongo
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Just getting into iracing. Learned more in this 19 minute video than I have in hours of youtube surfing and watching other videos. Thanks Dave for a quick and easy to understand video! Looking forward to watching and learning more.

shayne
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Dave, Thank you so much. Been sim racing for about a year but this is my first real season in iracing and I love it but even after about 30 races, I was missing 5 of these tips. Amazing.

Thenabbles
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A note about steering wheel calibration in the sim. You say to ignore your physical wheel position and just look at the output on screen and turn it until this output display says 900 degrees. I think you may have misunderstood the purpose of this particular step in the calibration routine. This “turn your wheel 90 degrees to the left” step exists because there is a good chance some error exists in the steering wheel’s system. Turning the physical wheel by a certain amount of rotation might not correspond to that much movement being reported in its output. And this particular calibration step’s purpose is to actually measure how much error exists. Once it knows how much error exists it can compensate for it so that your physical wheel’s current amount of rotation will match up with the amount of rotation in the sim. Without this error compensation it is quite likely that the amount of rotation of your physical wheel will not match up with the amount of rotation in the sim.

You can exaggerate the problem just so you can see it in action for yourself by going through the calibration routine and purposely doing it wrong. At this step turn the wheel so the display only reads 600 degrees instead of 900. Once you complete the routine with this intentional error turn your wheel back and forth throughout its entire rotation and watch what the sim wheel does. See how its rotation does not match your physical wheel rotation at all now? See how the error is very exaggerated? It is possible that some of this error still exists when you simply make that calibration step’s screen output say 900 degrees.

Try the calibration routine again, only this time do as it says and look at your physical wheel and do your best to turn it exactly 90 degrees. Don’t worry about what the screen output says. Just make sure your wheel is as close to 90 degrees as you can get it. Once you complete the routine this way watch the sim wheel again as you move your physical wheel through the whole movement range. This time they should match up very closely throughout the entire range. My Fanatec CSWv2 contains a noticeable amount of error. When my wheel is as close to 90 degrees as I can get it the screen display actually says 848 degrees, not 900. If I turn it until it says 900 and hit done then the physical wheel and sim wheel no longer match up in their movement. One shows more rotation than the other. But if I ignore the screen output and just turn the wheel by 90 degrees and hit done then they match up very well. This calibration step is to measure that error and compensate for it. It is important to do correctly.

ClaytonMacleod
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Great stuff Dave! Even those of us who have been around iRacing for a long time now still need reminders of the basics.

AdamHeart
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Rallycross 101, the dark brown patches of dirt give you more traction than the light brown. There are no pits. Can’t take joker lap on first lap. You have to stay below the line that marks the joker lap, called the commit line.

OkieDokieSmokie
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First: Thanks for all you do for simracing community.

I don't know when Steve, SuperGT, last streamed, but in his streams you can see that he likes to move the right foot while on the throttle. I'm doing the same thing, so 5% deadzone at the top is a must for me.

alphaorg
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Never thought to just hold the brake to create a dead zone for the minimum pressure. I've done the dead zone for the maximum pressure. Thank you for the tips, the brake setup in iRacing definitely help me find something I was missing.

anubis_phoenix
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If you're just starting out. I recommend the Logitech G923. I started on this wheel and peddle set. They are in the middle of the price range for quality Sim Racing equipment. Been on it for almost a year. And its been performing great.

timharris
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I have to say, this helps me tremendously.
I jumped into iracing because of your racing videos, but these informational and educational videos are truly helpful.
Love your channel, Dave.
This helps me get the “real feel” and control I need to achieve my goal on the platform. Maybe now I can get good enough to race against you!
Keep these videos coming, my friend. Sincerely a fan from Mississippi 😉

DungeonDaddy
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I am trying my best in tracing since 6 weeks now.. and Dave this Video was so helpful! Never thought about deadzones or force factors of braking. thank you very much Dave! Great video.

sirspecialman
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Dave, I greatly appreciate your videos they are very informative for someone new to Sim Racing / i Racing. Thank you!
I started racing in the physical world and have been racing Formula Fords (loved you videos on those too) for 12 years.
One comment about tire sound, I can not hear tire sound in on-board videos either, but in the car I can and it is helpful. It is subtle but it is definitely there.
Thanks again!

ARL
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Great video Dave, found several of these by searching YouTube as I started iRacing a week or two back, but having them all here is such a great resource.

SafetyThrd
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ive been on iRacing 12years 👍

Had to show a rookie the basic's (yesterday)
holy heck iracing is a complete nightmare for newcomers .

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