F1 and IndyCar Star Romain Grosjean's Ideas To Make Sim Racing BETTER

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Romain Grosjean, most famous for founding his esports team R8G Esports... okay maybe not, but he does have a sim racing team - and he's seriously passionate about it!

Romain has had an illustrious career in motorsports, from winning five junior championships to being thrust into the world of Formula 1, to now competing in IndyCar for the Juncos Hollinger Racing team.

In 2020, Romain decided to step into the world of sim racing and start R8G Esports which fields some of the best drivers in the world in top-flight esports competitions!

In this podcast, the French driver discusses his sim racing experiences, draws comparisons between sim racing and real-world motorsport, and weighs in on sim racing’s future.

00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Sim Racing Beginnings
04:58 - Starting R8G Esports
06:45 - Mentorship to R8G Esports Drivers
08:03 - Cultural Parallels (Esports vs IRL)
09:27 - Coping with pressure
12:03 - Identifying Talent in Sim Racing
14:35 - Motorsport Games + Sim Development
17:43 - Sim Racing vs IRL
25:19 - Future of Sim Racing
26:22 -Audience Questions
31:06 - Quick Fire Round
31:48 - Goodbye

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[mikulitsi]

Very nice interview with Romain. Loved this

[Jardier]

Really nice interview, appreciate the feedback Roman gives.
I totally agree that for example iRacing is so so good but that overheating tyre is just soo unrealistic.
That is little things other games left right are missing or having good/bad. But simracing giving so much.
I learned myself that all Race experience that I got from Simracing helped me so so much, Im always like "oh mate I have been in scenerio lets do this or go that way" works really good when you race car to car :) Always know what to do or where to go :)

[steelin]

What a great interview. I happen to share Romain's approach - simracing got too complicated for its own sake. Complexity does not equal fidelity. Physical tyre models, complex track evolution simulations, all those systems try to reflect reality, but crumble under their own complexity and ultimately fail. Simracers nerd out over these details, even though they're far from the real thing, while F1 teams put it all aside and make things simplier, as that helps to capture the essence and extract the necessary part of realism. Nothing wrong with pushing the envelope, but if you go the wrong way, you end up hurting the experience.

Also, Romain joins the legion of real life drivers who took a jab at iRacing's tyre model.

[jakedunc]

Thank you for mentioning iRacing's tyre overheating problem. It's cartoonishly bad.

[sitramaybe]

I wanna take a moment to thank F1 for the halo once again. Its been 4 years and im still relieved

[boredgrindmtb]

what a "fire" Love Roman! Great insights

[buzzbam]

Janne Laahanen should be y'all's next podcast guest, RBR legend!

[rallyrobx]

I am glad I am not alone in not liking the way the rear of the car feels in just about every sim game.

[vistacruiser]

Typically you put the plants/set props behind your subjects. Like the vid though.

[klintonkacatin]

Great point that real world has variables and great drivers read the situation.

[klintonkacatin]

I didn't realize but I have copied your setup Romain (although different formula wheel makes) and I have to say the "other brand" feels very different than the VRS, but then again you have way more experience than me. However, the "other brand" may be a brand that I am not aware of.

[Haulinbassracing]

Over agressive pass attempts that take someone out of the race?
Cause we already got allot of that.

All jokes aside best of luck with the lambo

[zwing]

The tire model in iRacing is by far the worst in all "sims". The person
who can save the most tire during an oval race with a long green flag run is usually gonna be the winner, while super speedway and raod course races have little to no tire wear. The tire feels plastic, no sidewall and you can easily lock up any car under braking. Why is iRacing not using their biggest assets (real drivers) for accuracy within their "sim"? I hope iRacing gets some good competition and it forces them to fix their "sim"....I think it's the only way things will get better.

[SkillIssueRacingChannel]

Step 1: Give everyone who made LMU a vigorous shoulder shake and ask them what they were thinking
Step 2: Tell the iRacing team to stop charging 12 bucks for a single car in a game where you already have to pay a monthly subscription for some stupid reason
Step 3: 1-week online ban for anyone who makes contact at T1 in Monza

[LEmir_de_Passy]

Romain GrosJean secretly bashing iracing tyres at 4'30". And not secretly at 22'

[WilsonianGarveyite]

Nice video. What headphones is Grosjean wearing?

[VandepoelM]

We should start calling it simsport to distinguish it from other esports