How to Get Faster As a Sim Racing Beginner

Whether you're racing in Gran Turismo Sport, Forza, Assetto Corsa, iRacing, F1 2021, rFactor 2, Assetto Corsa Competizione, RaceRoom or anything in between, there are are some crucial things you MUST get right in order to excel as a competitive sim racer. This video briefly goes over them, and gets you quickly on your way.

0:00 Intro
0:37 Setup - Cockpit
2:40 Setup - Brake Pedal
3:41 Setup - Force-Feedback
9:04 Setup - FOV
10:32 Setup - Car
19:38 Driving Basics
22:09 Meaningful Practice

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[jarrodclyne]

The most important thing I've learned in just 6 months of sim-racing is focusing on enjoyment and be patient about performance/speed improvements.

[ConanTheBavarian]

Joining a beginner friendly league is what helped me a lot. It forced me to focus on a specific car and learn new tracks by the week. When I got started with ACC 1:44 on Kyalami was a "perfect" lap accodring to my then abilities, now about 6 months later anything above a 1:41.0 is a let down in qualy, racing with people of a similiar skill level also really improved my racecraft a ton.

[Conceptcreator]

awesome thumbnail man!! 23 seconds in... Uhm WTF IS THAT!!! hahaha

[Scotts_Arcade]

This was such a great overall guide. I actually used this to add some minute adjustments to my current setup and I could immediately feel the difference in the level of information provided through the wheel. Such a great guide that I just had to share it with my Discord community. Thanks for sharing your knowledge m8.

[daniel]

For 'Meaningful Practice' I would add racing against other players' ghost cars from leaderboards (assuming the game supports it).

[butlerbobby]

As a sim racing beginner, I've watched hundreds of hours of youtube videos on the subject... and THIS video has been the most beneficial one yet. I'm anxious to watch more of your videos to see your suggestions on tracks, cars, programs, and hardware. THANK YOU for making this wonderful video.

[Vindisify]

Anyone else using brake ducts to control the tire temperature?

Great video as always Ermin, keep it up!

[alexbrewer]

Great guide! :)

The "perfect line" depends on what comes next.
Short straight after, you're right.
For a long straight after, brake later and harder, go deeper and turn sharper. You hit mid-corner slower, but in effect make the rest of the corner more open( this pushes the apex further around the corner), making a straighter exit with more speed coming onto the straight.

[chasezas]

Great video. Honestly, this is the best new-to-simracing help video out there now, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them all at this point!

[iSpike]

Righto here we Go Go GO‼️🏁
First of all, it’s great to listen to a fellow AUSSIE accent Oi 👍🏻. I’m a newbie to gaming 🕹️ in general at the rip ol age of 60 (the new 14 🤪🙄). What’s started with a recent Xmas gift “Oculus 2 VR set” that’s got me researching the mind blowing world of electronic games ((🤯)) looks like so much fun! I’m retired with a couple of mature age physical limitations but that ain’t gunna stop me! I own a 1969 Pontiac GP 455 stroker (noice), I can tell you playing ACC will most definitely be lighter on fuel ⛽️ costs 😂.
I’m dipping my toes in Sim racing and purchased a budget Thrustmaster TMX steering wheel & a two pedal set + Wreckfest, BeamNG & ACC to start me off. Also having a semi limited budget I will build my own DIY Sim Rig to satisfy my needs. I am glad the universe has crossed our paths and looking forward to learning more from you & your channel. Cheers from the Westside 🏁🤝🏻🇦🇺

[wwjnz]

The Meaningful Practice chapter is pure gold! If you glossed over this video, at least follow this part of the guide. Learning how to practice and race with other cars will lead you to the other areas you half listened to. Ermin is definitely on point with this guide, especially the practice section.

Great work, Mr Hamsandwich!

[Voltsify]

This video content and quality is incredible man. Amazing work!

[AdamsOlympia]

I was quite surprised by how well my NLR 2.0 stand stood up to my new 25nm Simucube 2 wheel! It's been rock solid. The most flex has been in the pedal tray, with a VNM Lite load cell brake attached, but it's not too bad.

Thought about getting the full GT Track expansion but a Simlab Evo + entry level seat is close to the same price of the whole NLR rig and will provide more expansion options and rigidity. Just gotta resell this stand when it comes time for it.

[rraynor]

I've been sim driving for two years and this was immensely helpful. Massive thanks.

[Richie_]

New to sim racing and just got ACC & AC.
This video is very useful.

[MrRoko]

8:40 Dirt Rally 2.0 actually has the so called "Soft Lock" feature which basically does the same as what ACC does out of the box - adjusts the steering lock on per car basis. For example classic cars would have 900 degrees while modern ones would have 540 automatically if you enable this feature. One caveat is that it requires in game calibration before it allows you to enable it.

Otherwise great, informative video, keep this up! 🙂

[MetalgearLuke]

This is a great video, it really encompasses the basics required for newcomers into sim racing. I liked that you mentioned meaningful practice and car setups. When I was brand new, messing with the car setup was daunting. But its important that with good research, its okay to mess around and learn how those adjustments affect car handling.

[yourbraziliansimracer]

Now that is just a BEAUTIFUL video. Very nicely done. I’ve been sim racing for more than an year now and it was still relevant. Thank you.

[danielchiu]

As someone who's just getting into sim racing this was very helpful especially since I have a g920 and just bought AC. Haven't checked out the rest of your videos but an updated one would be cool. For sure have a new subscriber

[IanStreten]

0Such a very well put together informative video. All the different car setups, explanations of driving lines in corners & general no nonsense facts for me have been so good. It has been even more helpful to me as I have been practising on the Brand Hatch circuit. Incidently I live just 25 miles from the Circuit.