Should You Quit Sim Racing?

Reason #7 is HUGE!

This video is covering insights and tips that will inspire you to keep pushing in the world of sim racing. Whether you’re a fan of iRacing, F1, Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC), rFactor, or Automobilista 2 (AMS2), there’s something here for everyone looking to improve their skills and get better behind the virtual wheel. Sim racing is not easy, you have to learn about trail braking, defending, overtaking and since the learning curve is steep, you'd like to see iRating and Safety Rating always going up. If that's not happening, you might think to quit. But that would be a big mistake. This video shows 10 reasons why you should keep sim racing.

0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Reason 1
0:44 - Reason 2
1:16 - Reason 3
2:13 - Reason 4
2:55 - Reason 5
3:34 - Reason 6
4:05 - Reason 7
4:35 - Reason 8
5:10 - Reason 9
5:37 - Reason 10

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[lapougne]

After ten month of simracing (still a noob), I just figured out trail braking 2 days ago. Suzuka with a 296 was a good training. My braking pedal was set wrong, too hard to brake at 100% quickly enough, releasing it too quickly. I couldn't have set them correctly before, not knowing what I was looking for. After succeeding it, it was like someone switched the light on in a dark room. Improving never stops, especially when you don't expect it. Cheers

[RidgwayRacing]

Sim racing ain't easy but it's necessary

[luciusesoxluckysox]

I did a very hard sport when I was a young man and I actually did have some talent for it. I stopped when I reached a milestone. A friend of mine who was pretty average kept going and ended up becoming the no1 player in his category in the country where I live, the UK. He wanted it more and tried about a hundred times more.

[JJCAMulders]

The amazing thing about Sim Racing for me is that it is the closest that I will get to real racing.

I am lucky to have quite a decent income and that has allowed me to build a high end sim rig. I actually looked into the cost of racing on a real track and I could probably afford myself a decent slightly used track ready GR86. But then what. I might be able to do somewhere between 5 and 10 track days a year on just two or three tracks that are closest to me. And then I am not even talking about the cost of participating in races.

I know the sensation of driving a real race car on a track is different than the experience I have in my sim rig. But I would never be able to race a GT3 car on tracks all around the world. And spending tens of thousands of euro's a year to do a couple of races on Zandvoort or Spa, being extra careful not to get a big shunt and a high repair bill does not sound that attractive to me :)

I loved this video and can relate to it a lot as I am still at the beginning of my Sim racing journey. One thing that I could add to it is that not everyone is a 5K irating or higher driver. On Youtube we see mostly the experienced and top 1% drivers and it can get frustrating to realise you are far of that pace (watching the 9K+ racers is even more frustrating :)) But there are a lot of people at my level that are going through the same learning curve.

[ikutachi]

"The circumstances aren't right", "I have no talent"...
Even if you have times when you think that way, if you never stop and just keep going ahead one step at a time I'm sure that you'll see a new horizon soon.

[DLP_Racing_]

Placed 21st in the racing prodigy GR cup time attack and I just couldn’t improve the lap time and it was stressing me out. So I stopped and now I’m working on improving my driving more so I can beat the best in the world

[Pucis]

Agree on those reflexis, on at least 2 occasions it has saved me in real life road situations. Altho both situations where close to a massive crash, at no point I paniced, and my brain just did calculated avoiding actions.

[henrickstevan]

Thank you for that video. It appeared at the right time. I was very discouraged and thinking about leaving.

[miketag]

Oval racer here. A top 5 is a win to me.

I’m racing indycar primarily. Indianapolis is this week and I’m happy if I crack the top 10.

I stopped caring about irating. I’ll stress if I lose 300+ one week. But I stopped caring just recently

[JunoBuh]

Playing competitive stuff since early teens I understand that I'll never be the greatest driver or anything close to that. For me the whole point is having fun and seeing things work when I apply the techniques I learned. Whenever I feel overwhelmed by the pressure I put on myself to get better, I just take a break (1week~month) and come back when I feel I'm ready.

[carlovergts]

I've thought of quitting in the past. and my reasons might be kind of unique.

I used to get frustrated, angry, and disappointed in myself during my journey as a sim racer, but that was never enough to make me think of quitting. I knew better than anyone that these moments were fleeting and naturally part of the process.

However, what actually made me sort of quit was a striking realization that made me think very deeply about myself and what I really wanted.

I was invited to a track day where I was fortunate enough to drive some old porsche boxter race cars, It was my very first time driving on a track and experiencing real speed. It was the best day of my life.

But it left me with such a feeling of dread inside, that I would never get to experience this again. Given my very bad circumstances with money and financial debt, I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, which in this case, would be a permanent seat in an actual race car one day.

I'm sure being a race car driver is a shared dream for all of us, and it still is for me, but I'm constantly fighting myself mentally about how I will ever get myself in the driver's seat again.

I've been fighting this battle for a couple years, and that single track day made it clear to me that it just might be impossible for me after all.

When I thought about this, my playtime on these games reduced by alot, and even though I haven't quit, I'm not nearly as active as I'd like to be.

What should I do guys? Is it worth pursuing a potentially failing dream at this point?

[rax]

Throw on some music and hot-lap.. my kind of relaxing evening.

[Superps]

Boredom gets the better of me in sim racing. I’ve raced most cars on most tracks for far too long. I’ve been playing racing games since the snes days so it’s been over 25 yrs now. I’ve played every sim out there. I’m not the most competitive driver and have always done it for fun but I find these days, I jump in the sim and then I’m done after 5min. I’m hoping asetto corsa evo breathes new life into this hobby for me.

[guardsredgaming]

No. Don't quit. Improve. Be easy on yourself and keep on trying. Thank you for this video. ❤

[teknastyk]

..average racers who stayed long enough, for those breakthru moments to happen more often... Its KEY ; persistence

its like people always wanted to know wining settings for example. there is no winnig setting for everyone to race on. unless very baad sim. my settings probably wont work for everyone, just like schumacher settings would probably be undrivable for me as a gt rookie. Its all a matter of sticking to it. Some ppl quit bc time constrain/life.. others figure out that setting their stuff up is not their cup of bdsm.tea so they just go elsewhere.. the few that stay, are rewarded with decent racing and smart enough oponents to actualy make it T1 in Monza. :D

but if i can be shorter than short, if you become frustrated for not being able to win or win every race, then its probably not for you. I enjoy racing sims. And even if im finishing back of the pack, i probably learned a thing or 2 of what not to do next time. Dont make it an existential question.

[ProfessionalWindowLicker]

I love racing and cars, the fun is there but when you take a break it feels like all the skills you just learned disappears and it now it feels like "I could have gone faster but I cant" not having that motivation at the beginning and I don't know how to fix this

[CaptainCrunch]

I liked it all, but number ten was the best!

[valter_vava]

You are driving the wrong sim :-D When Suellio first drove the Radical in real life, he was absolutely struggling to cope with the fact that racecars: have grip, that you can feel it with detail and that it's not ON-OFF. Not sure if he put down that video or not, but I would not be surprised if he had been 'asked' to, as, in the end, it was an indictment on you know what and its rendition of the very same car Suellio was driving.

[ldplays]

Sim racing messed my brain up. After sim racing a ton when I get in my real car I get a weird kind of motion issue and feel very uncomfortable in the car. Never ever had that before I did sim racing. It’s like my brain is either used to me moving and the world around being still (real driving) or I’m still and the screen is moving.

[ROJC-]

I'm a dentist and sim racer, so I'm part of the 9/10