Does Sim Racing Improve Driving?
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
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Sim rigs have taken the world by storm as of recently. With the world coming to a pause during 2020, many of us enthusiasts resorted to jumping into these rigs to scratch that urge to get out there on the track. But, there are a number of reasons on top of that to get a sim rig. Is it all sunshine and rainbows? Let's break down if we think it's worth it to get a sim rig!
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0:00 intro
1:39 what is a sim rig?
2:18 why would you want one?
5:10 VR
5:48 the negatives
6:57 is it worth it?
7:40 outro
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as someone with a sim rig and vr setup id say its only worth it if your passionate about it enough to keep doing it otherwise your out alot of money lol. if you want to get into drifting however id highly reccomend it. alot cheaper than buying new drift cars everytime ya crash lol.
Big facts, drifting is NOT cheap at all. -Edgar
As someone who wanted to get into racing, I did some research, and budgeting, sim racing is the cheapest seat time you can get, and you can learn a lot of techniques and hone your skills without worrying about throwing your car into a wall. You can also prepare yourself for your first track day/races. However, you still have to go get seat time in a real car, whether that's autocross, track days, or just blasting some backroads. Yes if you are a quick learner and have the money, going to a track every weekend would be better than a sim rig, but for someone just getting into the industry sim racing is probably one of the fastest ways to becoming a competent driver.
i learned how to drive on a tmx, i think everyone should buy one tbh. plus there is way too much empty space on NA assetto corsa servers.
i grew up playing racing sims all the time and it definitely helped me learn how to drive in real life, impressed my driving instructor with how good i was for a first driver and passed the test first try with them saying there was nothing for me to even improve on. going from never driving to passing in two weeks is definitely only because of long nights of gran turismo 4 and 5 license tests
I don’t have a racing sim, but I have a flight simulator because I am a pilot and it does help me with instrumentation work, procedures etc. although you can’t get the real feeling of flying, or driving in this case, it helps, and is just fun when you can’t actually do the real thing! Driving sims are fun too.
🌶🌶🌶 -Edgar
As someone who's always had FWD cars I legit couldn't stay on the track in a RWD car for like 2 months in sims
I have a sim rig for some time now and about 1 year ago I started racing irl and looking at the footage of me driving and the driving style is extremely similar to the sim as well as the first time I went out I got 4th out of 36 people
This was in a rally cross/time attack event
I started building my rig at 13 and over the past 3ish years, I've built it up to a pretty high-end setup for drifitng. Even when I was on a g29 though, when I first hoped in a manual car irl, it felt really natural. Now just getting my permit and getting to slide my car around in the dirt a bit, the experience that having a sim immediately gave me is unreal. Counter steering, throttle control, left foot braking, clutching in before spinning out, and all the other little tenchinques just happened while driving irl and I didn't even need to think about it.
I decided to turn off traction control for the halibut. Never drifted in my life, but the chicane in this "still to be built" (has roads, no houses) neighborhood was too tempting. I "thought" I knew how to from Sim crashing. First turn fine, weight shifted to the front I turned the wheel, when added liberal gas. I was going sideways. I've never been that excited and scared at the same time.
Just practicing on tracks in ACC with a playseat and thrustmaster allowed me to focus on driving lines more and increase my mental movement when driving. I used to autopilot a lot while driving, now I'm constantly looking around check blind spots and being an active driver rather than a passive driver.
There is a reason why the Air Force is investing heavily on sims.
Sims are totally worth it.
You don't need gas money, cash for tires, or any mods to make a car slide.
If you crash irl there goes all your cash.
Sure Sims can be expensive but that depends on how much you're willing to pay.
My sim racing is very basic and recently I got a VR headset so there's no need to add an extra mointor since it's in VR.
I've gotten a good 500hrs of drifting. One day ill put that into use when I finally decide not to be lazy and actually work on my drift car.
Valid points! I like this. -Edgar
my guy, yall gotta make a couple fitment industries servers for drift, rally, f1 so on soforth, id be in there like swimwear
Been drifting sim for 10+ years since GT days!
I’m down for a sim night!
My name is SRProdigy (VR) on Assetto.
I’m usually in VDC or WDTS lobbies!
🤘🤘🤘 -Edgar
I just got mine when GT7 came out. Still having problems with TrakRacer support but Fanatec DD Pro setup is 🥰. The first race I did, I forgot I messed with the Force Feedback on GT7 options (had it at 10-10) and damn near though myself out of the rig when hitting the wall at almost full speed. Load cell brakes are something that you figure out over a few races. But I can say if you love driving buy once cry once. I put hours in on it, and as soon as I build my PC I might never get out of it... just my thoughts and opinions. The best way I can describe it is playing COD (when it was fun) and you got your first headset that you could actually hear in stereo or 7.1, it's a whole new level.
👌👌👌👌 -Edgar
learned manual from my sim setup and it actually carried over quite well! cant say for the carryover for actual racing or drifting, but can say that the fun factor makes it so worth all the money i paid lmao
Glad to hear that man! Maybe i should get one for my brother..😯 -Edgar
Glad I didn't have to go to this length in oklahoma. Driving my car feels like a video game with all the noises and wheels and suspension I got from y'all.
Hell yea more sim content!
Without finishing the video at the time of writing i want to say that it's entirely possible that sim racers with a decent setup could make you better. Considering the fact that there is at least 1 person that used a sim rig on Gran Turismo and after working his way up the leaderboards he got the chamce to be a race car driver in real life and from what I could understand thats something that Polyphony Digital wants to continue doing if it continues to go well. I love the idea that someone can become good enough at Gran Turismo with a sim rig that they have the chamce to at least try being a professional race car driver. Like thats an as of yet really untapped way of discovering potential racing talent.
The handling setup can change (bought ) for different racing types ???
I still trying to figure out how to mod a.c. and get on the highway with traffic and such so i can join cruises and such. Im new to sim driving, jist got a t150 a month ago
i have a Logitech g923 bean using it quite a while now too. i use a real car seat and i play forza horizon 3,4 5 and euro truck sim and American truck simulator
i basically bought a rig to be able to drive cars that you cant just find out there in the parking lot, like historical simracing, i mean how do you drive a Porsche 356 on the old Nurburgring pre war layout whitout it, or maybe those old 1920's cars on the Tacoma Speedway... i love simracing!
the old old monaco with 40s and 50s cars is just a thing to behold!
I bought my sim rig originally to get comfortable for my first track day and watched a ton driver61 tutorials. I was the best noob there that day lol
Hell yeah! 🤘🤘🤘 it did its job! -Edgar
So I have owned a pc and a sim rig for a couple of years as well. Honestly it’s been great and I would love to upgrade the sim rig with vr and a better overall set up but like in the video it is very expensive. Now I do have a C7 stingray but the problem is I do not have a track near me as I would have to go to a different state to enter a good track so having something like a sim rig is very nice. For anyone who does do sim is there any games y’all recommend, or any vr headsets, or sim set ups?
Anything planned for it?! Stingrays are pretty dope cars! -Edgar
A "LOBBY" of some OG "GRAN TURISMO" would hilarious!
i got a g27 the model after the one he has for like 60
I was already had a vr headset so saw more reason to it and a good pc
I'll try VR but I feel like not being able to see my actual setup irl as I'm using it would throw me off a little
SIM was around Longer but your right it gain a Boost of popularity in 2020 Yay Covid
Yes please do an asseto corsa lobby
The best part of a sim is that, no matter how much you put into it, it's always the bottom line. Whereas a car always has consumables. A sim also gets more value out of each dollar spent driving real life. Also, for drifting...VR is the bees knees.
I wasted $360.00 (that's right $360.00) to purchase an OCULOUS 2 for my daughter 2 years ago!
To this day, she has NEVER used/played it...
It was "supposed to" come with a bunch of pre-loaded games, ends up they where all "Trial Versions".
Darn those games are INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE!
Waste $60-80 on a game that you don't like 2 weeks later, and your out $60-80...
Ooof.. That was not the move! Yeah, games are not cheap for sure. -Edgar
I use my rig from need for speed to Grand Turismo 7. Totally worth the excitement.
What about racing in The Sims? Or The Simpsons: Road Rage?
lets get a asseto lobby going!!
Does anyone else just get super sweaty when grinding laps in their mx-5 at Summit Point?
Hell I wish I could afford a sim rig but it's cheaper to do things to my 07 subie at the moment. Great video
Whats all done to the subie?! WRX or what do you have? Thanks for the support! 👌 -Edgar
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if u have a pc just buy steering wheel, pedals and a shifter. costs under 200 dollars total
@@ogmettwurst_gangsta2155 nothing against PC I just don't have one
4:51 Is that the dude from Linus Tech Tips?
This is why I love sim racing
This is why I love racing cars
This is why I love sim racing games
worth every penny
Assetto corsa I’m on Xbox tho let’s get a chain going for drift or race
Sim night I'm down!
🤘🤘🤘 -Edgar
Hell yea set up a lobby in ACC
Yall should make your own drift events fr fr
🤗🤗🤗 -Edgar
Oh day 4 of asking "so you want a 400z
the music was a bit too loud in this video, it was kinda hard to hear him in some parts
amazing video though, you guys should talk about sim racing stuff more
Thanks for the feedback yo! -Edgar
Yes
Good, and you? -Edgar
Idk why some people defend consoles so much when it comes to simulation games when most console games you can play are Arcade-y plus the best direct drive wheels don’t work well with some consoles
I wish I had a sim rig between chasing this CEL 🤦🏾♂️
Fr tho sim racing games should only be played on sim rigs
Sim racing is great for track memorization and figuring the optimal line without paying hundreds of dollars for tires and gas.
YES WE DO AN ASSETO LOBBY
😈😈😈 -Edgar
GG
Oh yes. It does.
hi
id love a forza 7 sim night
Hey there! It may be a thing, stay tuned! 🙂 -Edgar
*answer is yes *
🤝🤝🤝 -Edgar
"console player if you are poor"
My man over here taking jabs at them. LMAO!😂
Hes just trynna throw some mittens later on! 😡😡😡 -Edgar
2:40 lmao Driver 2
Day 279 of asking for a "So you want a nissan juke"
😼😼😼 -Edgar
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562st
No
Yes. -Edgar
looks weird
Yes we are, thank you! -Edgar
@@FitmentIndustries i was talking about the rig 😭
Day 423 so you want a suzuki vitara
🧣🧣🧣 -Edgar
No, not even a comparison whatsoever. The only benefit is track memorization from a sim, that’s it. Is it fun? Absolutely, but does it help? Not really.
Driving a car on a track is completely different. Or just driving in general, you may think you are a heel toe god, but you never get to feel how the car actually responds to the inputs, you could be clunking it all over the place but you could never feel the rear to see how it went. There is no sense of danger, no sense of g-forces, no sense of how the particular car you are driving, no pedal feel for your exact car, the visibility you lose with a helmet and the senses around you, the knowledge of other drivers around you is stressful, the heat in the car, the track scaling and so much more. By the time you get a sim to mimic half of what is possible, you could’ve gotten a car with real track time.
Again sim racing is a fun thing, it gives decent track knowledge, and is super convenient and potentially cheap. Other than that, it’s nothing compared to a real vehicle.
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