How to be better at racing games in 6 easy steps

This video will explain to you in six clear steps how to be better at every racing game you play, whether it's Forza, Gran Turismo, Assetto Corsa or even old arcade racers. Please hit like and subscribe if you like the video, and check out my channel for more gaming videos. Thanks for watching!

[yspegel]

When you feel your rear becomes unstable with a RWD car, don't be afraid to release the throttle (partial) until you're back in control, control over throttle. So often I race people that feel like they HAVE to win the race in the first corner, they race over their abilities and going to make a mistake, I just sit behind, relax and wait for it. An other point, always relax as much as possible, too much muscle tension and you lose the ability for small adjustments, having less control over your car (if you're not in control over your own body, how do you expect to be in control over a car).

[Nachy]

Genuinely the best generalized/layman tutorial for racing games. Everything's straight to the point while giving enough details to fully grasp the concepts. I saw this video initially around a few months ago and I legminitely had a noticeable improvement across the board with racing. It even gave me newfound appreciation of how simracing and simcade games work, and made me even more competitive despite not having a proper steering wheel and pedal setup for simracing games.

The gamepad trick is a game changer and helped me truly understand how much faster smooth driving is. Even outside that, the simple way in explaining racing line with 'out-in-out' and such really gave me a new perspective on how to attack any corner and keep up the pace.

Next time I meet someone struggling with racing games, this is the video I'll refer to!

[mrporgmotorsport]

As an extension to the push up on the left stick idea, on motorcycle games that lean more realistically, pull down when braking, and push up when accelerating. This shifts the riders weight, either keeping the bike’s front tire planted during acceleration or keeping the rear tire planted during braking. It even make it easier to ease in and out of the corner because you can run the stick along the side that you’re turning on to lean in a bit, then a lot, then a bit again and now you’re in the forward lean position.

[lunarwhaler]

Just started getting into some racing games myself (FH5, Wreckfest, etc. - definitely on the arcadey side of things, but still) and this is some of the best advice I've seen. Everything else in terms of beginner guides for individual games seems to assume a baseline level of knowledge I simply didn't have (how to approach turns properly, when to brake vs. when to accelerate, that kind of thing) and this not only delivered all of that, but did so in a really compact and easy to process way. Couldn't ask for better.

[kapamatic]

This was a great video, and the tip about pressing up on the control stick to help control your steering has helped me massively.

[fl]

This video should have a lot more views. Thank you man!

[machinaeZER]

Just decided to try out racing games with the Steam sale, and having heard good things about Forza Horizon 4, but even as a manual driver in real life I'm completely at a loss as to "how to drive" in a game. These tips all feel super useful, so thank you for the great video!

[JULRW]

As a kid (and even today lol) I was constantly running into other people's cars. Racing like this seems much more fun and I will give racing games another shot soon. Good video!

[The_RetroManiac]

The pushing forward tip was like words of enlightenment. That will definitely come in handy with Gran Turismo 4.

[lerigan]

That joystick tip seems simple but has enormous impact. Cornering too. Great video, dude; thanks!

[ashutoshtripathi]

Great tips man!
I was never good at racing games, I feel like giving it a go after watching these tips!

[EJD]

Thank you! I've been playing dirt 5 and have been struggling. Never played a racing game before so its been a bit of a learning curve. I was surprised how few of tutorial there were and basically most weren't helpful.

[letsdrive_]

As a beamng drive player I can confirm that it’s very important to know how to crash. Also it’s important to not get your car damaged too much when crashing.

[nfg_racing]

The holding the stick forward is a good one i will be using it from now on if your just flicking the stick its hard to get the fine movement thumbs up another good one is remove the deadstick zones from your controller in the settings it helps make your small movements more precise

[SJKriptic]

To add to the "Brakes" i see people over using the brake when a fast release is quicker. This will come with time and great video, thank you :)

[ambol]

Thank you! I'm 10x better at racing games after this video!

[TheRealestIdealist]

3:49 🤯 WOW! SO SMART…This is a huge breakthrough for me. This is a GAME CHANGER!
🏎️Thank youuu!!!!

[Ecksos]

This is unironically a good tutorial for actual arcade racing games

[masseybusiness]

Good vid man! I've been racing video games since, jeez.. I'm almost embarrassed to say... I go back to Pole Position on ATARI and arcades. Anywho, this is the most advice for driving games I've seen. Keep up the great work man. 👍

[CrestfallenLizard]

i always held the stick up as a kid, but my older brother told me that was wrong so i unlearned it. clearly my child instincts were steering me right. the lesson i should have learned is to never listen to my older brother. maybe he was just trying to stop me from getting good enough to beat him.

anyway, thanks for the tips!