Top Tips to Removing the Racing Line in F1 2021

Driver61's Professional Racing Coach Scott Mansell, talks you through some of the best tips to gain pace by removing the racing line in F1 2021.

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[driversimracing]

We're interested to hear the kind of challenges drivers experienced when turning off the racing line? Were you slower or faster initially? How about 2 weeks later?

[Robbe]

What a time to be alive where we can get these pro tips for free without being a professional racing driver. Great video as always!

[pjb]

Feel like a good addition to racing games would just be a braking point indicator, but without the racing line through the corner. This allows you to make your own braking / acceleration decisions after you initially start to brake without having to memorise braking points for every circuit

[ricardolopes]

inicial i was slower, but few days after turning the virtual race line off im around 1, 5 to 2 seconds faster per namely cus the virtual race line is made in a way that is just for a safe speed on the conner and not for the car limit speed on that PS. Sorry my bad keep the good work love your channel.

[mariogv]

It would be great to see you driving with the racing line to see the difference with your ideal line and the line that the game gives to you

[koen]

I have no problem understanding racing lines. But I still can't drive without it cause I have no idea of every corner's braking zone. Remembering every braking point would take a lot of effort and having the racing line as a guideline for braking points but not relying on it as the racing line I found works best for me.
The problem with Apexes in the F1 game is that if you touch some inside curbs (for example turn 2 of spain and turn 5 of hungary). If you touch those even a little bit it does not matter if you're fast or slow or on throttle or not, you always spin.

[jwnjcn]

A good example of an ideal racing line is at Zandvoort at turn 3, because of the banking

[anglegrinder]

Love your explanations! Can’t wait to watch

[FortuneRayzor]

I support turning off all assists as much as possible, but I don't actually mind racing line (or just corner lines) as they are just another reference point and reflect your current speed on top of that. So for short sessions it's just so easy to get the feel of how much later can I brake and it even accounts for any speed delta, which stationary reference point wouldn't do for me and I would have to adjust for that on the fly.
Honestly I just feel the problem is not the assist itself, but it's how people use it and how much they obey it. I still fully endorse learning to race the proper way, but I wouldn't force everyone into turning it off if it meant they would spend less time with their family as they "have to practice a track for tonight's race with friends".

[netlawman]

Just a wonderful series. Makes sim racing an exciting, learnable challenge. I want to take lessons now.

[marlopainter]

I watched a braking video and this one, and my times got quicker. After hearing you say these things, it made perfect sense. It's right there, but overlooked. And I was in the habit of trying to brake later, but a smoother exit is proving faster. Thank you.

[OverTake_gg]

Wow, that's helpful! Thanks a lot for that! 😄

[curleex]

I love these video's, im learning so much about sim racing and all for free, massive respect to Driver61 for giving this to us.
You turn sim racing from a game to a more professional career type thingy...!
Please keep these lessons coming ✊🏻✊🏻

[DxBangD]

They should remove the racing line bonus from the practice races...

[justamanchimp]

Best tip for removing the racing line is that you need to accept you're just gonna be slow until you learn the tracks properly. You just need to dedicate some time where you're not competing, do practice sessions and drive the tracks slow. Be disciplined with it. Keep your mind on the end goal and don't get distracted trying to be fast or by racing other cars. Just learn to enjoy and appreciate the tracks on your own before competing until you're feeling confident. Most of it is just learning the braking points anyway so it shouldn't take too long for most people if you've already got solid experience with the game. 

Side note, I really enjoy the classic cars for practice, much simpler to drive, no worries about DRS, ERS, tyres, etc. BrawnGP is an incredible car and you really get a more natural and organic feel for the tracks in that car I've found.

[ERT_Andretti]

Ngl, this is one of the best explanaitions I have seen.

[marksutherlandjr.]

I would give a kidney for one on one time with Scott. Driving fast is deceptively hard. Im a new sim driver and have been humbled.

[niahma]

Hey Scott, banger of a video mate. I've just bought a sim rig and this is exactly what I was looking for, other channels don't even bother with this probably because it takes a lot more effort to make. I can't believe you're only getting ad-revenue for this

[oncameramastery]

This was like an eleven min masterclass! Brilliant!

[loganm]

This was incredibly helpful. I usually end up going back to controller because I’m faster with it but this makes me want to give my wheel another go.