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F-Man
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Greetings, all - F-Man here!
Here is a resource for sim racers and automotive fanatics everywhere. My content is a niche genre, but I hope that it can act as reference for those of you wanting to become involved in sim racing and motorsport. There are also plenty of other odds and ends here, including reviews of scale model cars, aircraft, and ships, and you might even find the odd firearms video floating around. Basically, I’m a jack of all trades.
Here is a resource for sim racers and automotive fanatics everywhere. My content is a niche genre, but I hope that it can act as reference for those of you wanting to become involved in sim racing and motorsport. There are also plenty of other odds and ends here, including reviews of scale model cars, aircraft, and ships, and you might even find the odd firearms video floating around. Basically, I’m a jack of all trades.
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Assetto Corsa - RSS Formula 2000 V10 Hotlaps at Suzuka
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There is no way to overstate how difficult this car is to drive fast. And Schumacher's pole time was faster than this. #RaceSimStudio
They're Gonna Win the Constructors' Championship, Aren't They?
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Things have thing'd. If this thing has made you think things, go subscribe to Aidan Millward.
The Pole Run You Probably Just Saw
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I don't know if he's on pole or not - I'm uploading this in January 2024 - but if the last 3 years are anything to go by, I'd think that this is a safe bet. Eviscerate me in the comments if I've gotten this all horribly wrong! #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 Sprint Race at Laguna Seca
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Definitely not gonna get any F1 contracts driving like this. #RaceSimStudio
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha - Hotlap Comparison
zhlédnutí 149Před 14 hodinami
VRC's premiere series goes head to head against the clock in my very incompetent hands. #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Ineptitude at Suzuka
zhlédnutí 121Před 16 hodinami
It's not the car's fault - nope. #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Suzuka
zhlédnutí 127Před 19 hodinami
Verisimilitudinous - except for that bit in the middle. #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Spa
zhlédnutí 163Před 21 hodinou
Not the first Sargent to roll through here. Spelled differently, though. #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 2010 Hotlaps at Imola - Episode 7,654,693,213,387
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Imola! #RaceSimStudio
A Pretty Little Race Car - Race Sim Studio’s Formula RSS 4 2024
zhlédnutí 384Před 14 dny
Race Sim Studio bring us their latest junior offering: Formula RSS 4 2024. This successor to Formula RSS 4 brings a level of fit and finish not typically applied to lower end disciplines in racing simulators, but we have come to expect nothing less from RSS. Check it out: racesimstudio.com/ #RaceSimStudio
Assetto Corsa - RSS Formula Hybrid 2020 vs. VRC Formula Alpha 2024 - Hotlap Comparison
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Two trendsetters against the clock. #RaceSimStudio #VirtualRacingCars
Assetto Corsa - RSS GT-M vs. Formula RSS 4 - Hotlap Comparison
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Assetto Corsa - RSS GT-M vs. Formula RSS 4 - Hotlap Comparison
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Cockpit View Run at Mugello
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Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Cockpit View Run at Mugello
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 Hotlaps at the Nordschleife
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Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 Hotlaps at the Nordschleife
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Hotlaps at Mugello
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Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Hotlaps at Mugello
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Hotlaps at Magione
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Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Hotlaps at Magione
Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Shakedown at Mugello
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Assetto Corsa - Formula RSS 4 2024 Shakedown at Mugello
It’s Just Too Much - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Review
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It’s Just Too Much - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Review
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Austria
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Austria
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Catalunya
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Catalunya
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Monza
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Monza
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Road America
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Road America
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 vs. RSS Formula Hybrid 2023 - Hotlap Comparison
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 vs. RSS Formula Hybrid 2023 - Hotlap Comparison
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Miami
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Miami
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Imola - Episode 7,654,693,213,386
zhlédnutí 263Před 21 dnem
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Imola - Episode 7,654,693,213,386
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Spa
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Spa
Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Vallelunga
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Assetto Corsa - VRC Formula Alpha 2024 Hotlaps at Vallelunga
McLaren are definitely in it to win it, I think Ferrari can have a good chance at P2 if their upcoming upgrades work. They're only 60 points off Red Bull, well within a shot. Edit: Also the new wind tunnel really coming in clutch for McLaren.
The sound is real like 🤤🤤🤤
Everyone seems to drive this car more conservatively than I do 😂 Mind you Im on the vanilla Physics, wonder how different they are?
I actually haven’t driven the vanilla version 😅
@@F-Man I havent driven the CSP version 🤭
The only way ive managed to be consistent in this car, is to slap the 'Buzzin Hornets' livery on it, and run it as a 6 speed. The wider gears make a huge difference.
Ya know, that’s not a bad idea at all 🤔
@@F-Man Yeah it helps and Decel Diff on '15' seems to let you actually use the curbs here without swapping ends lol. My dampers are very custom though so not sure that will work for all setups but doing 38's with a controller so might be good, that said Im a bit of a freak with a controller on AC lol. Also the hairpin gets loose AF on entry with diff on 15 decel and you need some throttle balance to make it behave or 17 is a happy medium but you loose the pointy front a touch, ish lol. Im probably talking crap, its a nightmare of a car lol.
I know I left a comment, but CZcams seems to have decided to delete it for no reason... again.
I truly didn’t see a comment of yours prior to this one! CZcams being sneaky.
@@F-Man It's been happening so often lately. They're always innocent comments, yet it deletes them almost immediately. It's pissing me off.
@@still_gunsI don’t get it. They pick and choose what they want even the content creators to see. *Very* uncool.
*starts video* smoke *7 minutes in* smoke *14 minutes in* smoke *21 minutes in* "ya smokin yet?"
Let's go team McLaren!!! W00t
Yes Bill, with checo it looks more than likely. Why don't you do a post race commentary vid??
Because I’ve spent the last 5 years being hit by Formula 1 Management with fake copyright claims every time I talk about actual Formula 1.
@@F-Man Try again bro. F..k them also now we have AI. C'mon bro, try at least once
"Hey F'man, show us your axle"............................... so he does (15:20 ; )
i got bad(?) news
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Thanks for showing the parts. So many Titanic model kits and all have as much detail as toddler's bathtub play toy.
Looks like it was recorded yesterday hehe. Also I need a bitta help. How can I not feel sad while playing? Games like these make me sad cuz basically they r shoving in my face all this dope stuff I wish I could do or had IRL
I just looked through your channel. No offense to you, but there is a very clear bias to RSS on this Channel. Yes RSS is very good, however it doesn’t even come close to VRC when it comes to prototypes and formula hybrid/Alpha. Also the beginning of the video, all that complaining threw me off. Just because it’s complex, doesn’t mean it’s bad, just not for you. I agree with the pinned comment.
Also in the VRC discord, they said they are working on the older formula cars.
F4 at Laguna Seca is a really good combo in Iracing, hope to see LFM run some F4 racing here next season.
Allmost perfect Sound!
For those who can't handle the most realistic F1 mod of all time for AC & Sim in general, and who don't want to take the time to understand how a car works and learn how to set it up... you have two options, play with the non CSP version from VRC that's included in the FA24 download. Or go get the RSS FH which is a step up from Codemasters in simplicity but for AC. But this VRC FA24 is next level. Not just the overall design work, physics, and setup options. But also the apps they have evolved for AC that will and already have benefitted general AC community. Referring to the Extended Controls App and new VRC Advanced Setup Anyone who claims to be a F1 SIM racing fan, especially an Assetto Sim racing fan, and hates on this car then it says more about you than them.
I invite you, then, to post a review of this car on your currently 53-subscriber channel and drag me through the mud. Until then, big words, my guy.
@@F-Man ur not MrBeast either mate calm down, what he said is perfectly reasonable.
The Vodafone red is so dark, it should be vibrant, the chrome is also very dark. Logos positioned incorectly. And some dude is charging money for this. Pisses me off.
That’s nice - don’t complain to me, though - didn’t make the thing. Keep in mind, though, that the livery wasn’t originally intended to be on this car, so there are going to be some inconsistencies when compared to the original.
@@F-Man im not complaining to you, im complaining in public. And when someone charges money for skins, it better be high quality. Disagree, its fine.
@@JSS... no one forces you to buy them, if you don't like them don't get them
@@Kayumi92 im not saying i was forced.
Maravilloso👌🏻
11:35 go and say that to Bianchi's family. Do you also think that safety belts and helmets are useless?
Jules Bianchi hit a tractor that was on the circuit under racing conditions. The FIA caused that crash, not any lack of robustness on that car.
@@F-Man Humans will always make mistakes. This is why engineers try to take them out of the equation by making things foolproof
Engineers don’t need to solve a bureaucratic problem, though. Jules Bianchi lives if Charlie Whiting throws a red when there’s a tractor on the circuit.
are you feeling any better about the FA 2024? You were pretty negative in your long review. I personally love jumping in to do some laps, just enjoy the feeling and sound of it in VR.
I guess I always talk about liking your "Heat Haze Intro's", F'man. But I actually do like to watch your in-car driver footage more - as it can & does teach me things about my own lack of F1 driving skills. But I'm just wondering if it is my imagination - especially after just viewing your RSS F1 2010 car video footage - but it feels like you "fight?" with this car to get the best out of it, as apposed to being more "at one" with a lot of your other F1 Collection.... but is that correct?
F-man could you share your video and ppfilter settings man ? Sick laps btw!
FH23 really sounds better, hope they release 24 version with more configurations nice vids bro
Its really interesting seeing that the F4 is basicly the same pace as a GT3, Im glad Im not the only one that noticed 😂 I originally found out about this performance match on Iracing when looking up reference laps :)
Scruffy lap with the 2024 and still was almost a second faster. Did not know 2024 spec cars were supposed to be the fastest formula cars in history 😂
If there are genuine concerns about the car or other feedback you'd like to point out, you're always free to tell us. Otherwise, this is not helping anyone.
@@imrimike759 Well, my feedback would be similar, i think the car is too fast, ive been also able to match most of my 2020 times, car is great, but does not feel realistic at least for me being this fast. I mostly try to search for realistic times, but its just too fast i dont even have to use most of the extended controls to match the real times. PS: I would also like to point out now im having the same problems with the LMH, the 499p is too fast also, tried to go for pole, with no practice, no tyre warmers, 98% track grip and was less than a second slower than the real pole lap while almost spinning multiple times at Spa. Had to put around 100kg of ballast just to dont destroy the real pole lap at my first try.
@@GamerForOne69 sneaky lil name change wasn’t fast enough ‘Pedro Palotes’.
@@GamerForOne69 If you say your 2020 times, what does that mean exactly? As you can imagine and already have pointed out yourself, there's countless factors contributing to overall laptimes, some of which are completely out of our hands. There's a much bigger picture to consider when comparing to irl performance, particularly when it comes to minimum cornering speeds which often times, for other cars, get overlooked and/ or are not respected. I'd highly appreciate if we could move this conversation to our discord at VRC where we can also discuss more data focused, in case you are interested. Also, who's account is this then? :)
@@Schmawlik well, i dont really use youtube that much, so it was time to change my name from the default google one, dont really know what has to do with everything.
Watched it in full just finished it, another excellent review F-Man!
Yes! Another F-Man review. Gonna be watching this before my sleepy times. I've waited a long time for an updated F4 car as I refuse to pay for iRenting.
Wonderful review. This car has it all
Thats the perfect car to Little Jimmy to fit in right now in about a week he'd be too big.
Wouldn't you love to know (as I definitely would), if a real F1 driver drove the cars in this sim, and then stated which one felt closer to the real car? (do you have an opinion, F'man?)
I do have an opinion.
@@F-Man you opinionated....... NEVER!!! ;P
Max has already done that.
F'man, I must admit you tickled my fancy with that second "Bonus Heat Haze Outro", starting from the 3:54 mark... Loved It!!! P.S. Quote from your Description "This might put F4 performance into some larger, more generalized perspective."..... it definitely did. ; )))
Model make/brand? Is it Hotwheels?
Mattel Hotwheels, yes.
(BoneYard here). This car is a riot! I love it, I think its their best car? Still rocking a controller but did a 1:51:599 round here yesterday, need to try again with better tire pressures and less fuel but what a car!
Definitely the surprise of the year thus far! Didn’t expect this one to be as good as it is.
Somewhere James May is triggered and he doesn't know why.
I am definitely getting this car now. Full send! 💪
I might be wrong - but it's been a while since I seen more than 2 video's in one 24 hour session - but so glad to see it again, F'man....... (I'll go make another coffee and enjoy this ; ))) P.S. Thanks for doing one of my personal favourite tracks on AC, Magione P.P.S. I've always fel that the Tomantino corner was my weakest, but I always took it deeper thinking along the lines of "slow in fast out" leaving more room to gain speed coming back out of the corner. So watching your very shallow entry was an eye-opener to me, as I thought you (the racer) might need to kill to much speed to get it around narrow like that...... must give it a try then.
Just got it, did a 1:51.5 after one out lap on vanilla physics and a controller. Aint no Tatuus... but its better than the old RSS 4. You can actually have confidence on turn in now lol
Soooo much more enjoyable to drive at the limit than the old car.
Sorry F'man, but shouldn't SimRacing604 be driving this car instead - I mean - it is more his speed, hahahaha....... (but I guess I'm just lucky I'm retired, as it would still be too much to handle for me ; )))
Comment from 0:55 :- more money for you F'man / well where do I type then (& watch more of these great breakdown videos, of course ; ))) P.S. The F'man causing "Turbulent Flow"................................ NEVER!!! ;P
Tfw an F4 car sounds better than modern F1 lol. Doesn't seem as brainded to drive as the previous RSS F4, is that right?
It’s the most fun you can have with less than 200 horsepower.
Is it better than the last F4 that they released? I absolutely love that car n it would be nice to have a worthy successor for it
A successor we have indeed!
That engine is fucking epic
1.3 liters of turbocharged popcorn
your microphone is bad
Literally said that within the first minute.
@@F-Man fair enough then and apologies.
This happened exactly 23 years ago today and was Discovery's last mission before the Columbia disaster.
Hi, thanks for the review, very nice and thorough as always. I do agree that it's a little much, but given that RSS is probably going to make a simpler, yet very nice feeling mod, having an alternative in the form of the very complex VRC car is a great thing in my eyes. I also wanted to touch on at least one of the points you made not directly related to the car itself. At 11:30 you said that Halo is ineffective, since most of the crashes happened because of the drivers knowing it was there to protect them. I agree, to a point. You could make the same argument about any safety feature on a race car. I remember Sir Jackie Stewart (not sure it was him though) said in one interview how drivers back in his day really respected each other on the track, because they knew the consequences and therefore didn't risk so much when racing. Yet safety in motorsport has been improving year by year since. Why? Because not every crash is due to some driver doing a stupid, risky move. Accidents by their nature are unpredictable and sure, drivers would be much more cautious if they were racing in bathtubs on wheels, however arguing that an increase in safety leads to more accidents therefore increasing safety is undesirable is nonsense, because that line of thought does not take into account the severity of these accidents. Even though an increase of safety causes more accidents, it simultaneously decreases the probability of each of them to cause injuries or fatalities.
I'd rather have as realistic F1 mod as possible than a more generic one, as long as physics and FFB are perfect. The only problem is, I now need to buy the Mercedes F1 wheel to properly map everything 😂
@@itshammertimeF1 I have a G29 and could configure everything in the Extended Controls, you just have to be smart going about it 😅
@@zenastheracercare to give a bit more info on how you do it, much appreciated
@@iankaranja7765 Extended controls allows for a button combo assignment. Take advantage of that where ever you need it. So for the braking settings for instance, on my G29 I have the BB Offset (Brake Bias) on the + and -, then I have Brake Migration set also set to the + and - but I have to hold on the "enter" button on the rotary dial.
The time has come and so have it. Another F-Man review of a virtual car. Time to get the beer. I dislike how complex this mod is and how they never fixed the tyres of the 2022 Formula Alpha or previous cars. I think it's pretty fun overall but I wonder how much I'm shooting myself in the foot for not tweak things while driving. Sometimes the behaviour is weird so I dunno how much is lack of talent and how much is not tweaking adjustments for the specific corner.