I wear a full set of fireproof undergarments, race suit, helmet, and boots. Scientifically proven to make you faster and makes the experience more immersive. Don't ask for references.
I recently started wearing gloves while sim racing simply because I was getting blisters and calluses on my hands (and I’m not even using a DD wheel or playing for more than an hour or two most days). It was only after I started wearing them that I noticed the improved grip, which helps me keep the car stable and hold my line through corners. I highly recommend them for anyone who is more than casually interested in sim racing or who has problems with blisters or grip on the wheel.
hiitzmike yeah I got calluses in the same place. I got a pair of gloves made for riding dirt bikes and atv’s that work great. A lot lighter and less sweaty than actual fireproof racing gloves and cost less than $30.
Another reason why I wear gloves: I did at first to stop blistering my hands, but now I honestly can't drive without them. It simply feels weird and wrong.
Reason why I wear gloves: alcantara steering wheel + greasy hands = ugly, worn look Reason why I wear shoes = Brake pedal requires a large amount of pressure and it hurts my feet, less slippery and helps keeping pressure during heel-toe
After years of bare-handed sim racing, I started having problems with my hands going numb after only 10 or 15 minutes. I'm still working out the cause, but in the meantime I found that wearing gloves makes a big difference in delaying the numbness. I use some cheap mechanic's gloves that are very close in thickness and feel to proper driving gloves, and as a result the numbness is much less severe, even after long periods of driving. But now that I've got used to them, I definitely prefer them. Grabbing the wheel with bare hands feels completely wrong, so I doubt I'll give the gloves up, even if I figure out how to stop the numbness completely.
From my personal experiences, when using low budget wheel like TMX, you don't really need gloves, but when you use high budget wheel, you really need gloves to protect you from getting your hand skinned. When I tried using Simucube 2 pro without any gloves, my finger was skinned, and it just hurt too much.
Well said Chris - and nice line walked defending our reasons to wear gloves! Amazing how dismissive other gamers can be of these kinds of habits, without wanting to understand way - or respecting reasons or personal choices. There is a very very valid 3rd reason too, which all us Sim Racers can and should defend - it's more immersive! Sure, there's a limit where wearing a full racing suit and/or helmet is arguably silly (good on Broadbent boi for trying it!) but actually I'd love to try wearing a helmet while driving an open-cockpit racecar, SRS's wind blower systems at full chat and some massive speakers outside the helmet (instead of headphones) to give another sense of immersion :D Take care Chris, Chris.
@vincent dubuc "nobody wears racing gloves" - because nobody is racing in society?? I see plenty of taxi, bus and truck drivers wear gloves - those people who spend an extended period of time gripping the steering wheel. Gloves provide extra grip so the hand doesn't have to, therefore reducing the exertion of racing/driving commercial vehicles.
@vincent dubuc your so mad because ur BROKe stop putting other people down for what you dont/cant have. Yes they spend alot of money on sim racing gear but thats what they want, a full realistic racing experience to have FUN
There's another reason for me personally. I get stressed out easily so I grip the wheel hard, and that can lead to it digging into my skin and becoming uncomfortable. Gloves prevent that
I used to question the idea of using gloves to sim race until I got my own direct drive wheel. Gloves really do make a big difference in having more grip on the wheel when you're dealing with those kind of forces. I use two Fanatec steering wheels; a BMW GT2 and the Formula Carbon. I absolutely have to use gloves with the GT2 since it's alcantara. The Formula I don't use them sometimes but I do feel that I have more control and grip when I wear them with it.
@@ChrisHaye I really like it, nice quality and plenty strong enough for a DD motor. The 7-way thumb stick is really useful in iRacing for scrolling through the black boxes and changing things while driving. Any car that has a Formula type wheel in real life is when I switch to the Formula wheel, you know for the sake of realism lol.
I haven't used gloves in the past, but after doing endurance racing of only 2 hours now on a hot summer day, I actually started using gloves for my own protection. All the sweat making my hands slip a bit on the wheel, and after a few hours my palms where red and aching.. 😳
@@ChrisHaye Yeah they were making fun of it. Typical when they have no idea about this stuff and there they sit behind a desk talking about ball sports.
@@deltadragonoid54 It's on Jimmy's Twitter: twitter.com/CloudHelios/status/1137110742786875392 Evidently they apologized at the end after the video cuts off though.
I never race without gloves & Racing boots! It just makes it so much easier with better grip, also it helps a lot with keeping the Alcentara fresh & new :) So glad we agree Chris, well explained :)
This video is the best! People that have bad comment on this don't know what they are talking about. Wearing racing glows actually makes you a better driver. Both in sims and in the real world. You get better grip and can handle the race car better. It is your feelings with it that get the first place. Seccond is the grip it self. The most important thing is that you can feel the handle inn full controll. With bare hands you can never do that. Spessial with swetty hands. The different between a sim race car and a real one is that. In a sim race you cant hurt your selfe. The handling is almost the same. And yes. I have bean a race car driver for almost 6 years. Now I drive sim race and Ets2 😊
I recently picked up a g920 and your videos have been awesome for helping me understand what I'm doing, but I did see you using gloves and thought it was odd. So I'm glad to have an answer now.
You forgot reason #3 -- Gloves help with the tactile difference if you use a sim to train for real life. The feeling of the wheel and controls with and without gloves is really different. Since I am required to use gloves in the real car, I like having the same feel when I'm practicing.
Just saw your title. Still at work so can't watch this video...yet, but who wants to mess up that nice material on our wheels???!!! I love my 🧤 gloves! I like yours better though🤔😅
I wear bike gloves... with my plastic rim I get blisters really easily. Maybe a suede rim would solve that issue, but I guess gloves would help keeping the material of the grip from wearing out
The suede might feel more comfortable in the first days, but it will get sticky if you do not wear gloves and you'll wear it faster as well as the nice suede soft grip will be old memories... gloves any day.
Chris Haye yeah I use my old winter bike gloves too just because I sweat a lot and honestly I don’t even have the same feel without gloves anymore it just feels weird
Great short statement, Chris! For 2 weeks I have my new Fanatec DD1 with BMW M3 Rim in alcantara and since then I use Sparco gloves. The grip of gloves on alcantara is incredible. I come from a G25 driven with bare hands and ask myself, how I could I ever drive with it.
Awesome video! There are too many people out there that really don't understand sim racing in this world, we need more videos like this to educate the mass.
For me the only reason is I get sweaty hand really fast, so I need them to feel comfortable and not slip around all the time. (I use lightweight fabric downhill bike gloves though, since they don't get my hands sweating even more and keep my hands really nice and dry) Except on alcantara wheels, the reason I have an alcantara rim is so I don't need gloves on that one... idc about it wearing down, it's the whole purpose of it. (and replacement alcantara grips aren't expensive)
The main reason I got cheap bike gloves is because, prolonged sessions would irritate my skin between thumb and index finger. May be I've very sensitive skin :)
Gloves helped me to not grip the wheel so tightly, since the gloves are providing the grip... Also for you UK guys, Baseball Batting gloves are good cheap option for Racing Sim gloves if you dont want to drop $100 on some real ones, or Golf Gloves. Bridgestone makes some pretty sweet looking golf gloves that are excellent for driving.
I don't think the gloves are a joke, but I still don't really care for JB. He's fine. I'm not gonna insult him. But he's not like... that fast. (I'm certainly not fast at all, but I know faster people)
@@LithFox No one watches him because he is fast. They watch him because he makes better videos than people who are fast. If you want fast, watching actual fucking racing.
@@Wylie288 exactly man. One of Jimmys strong points if not the strongest is his ability to commentate his own races so well while still getting some decent laps in. No wonder they invited him to the recent Gt Sport events
On cheaper wheels gloves could also help with grip. I've got a DFGT, which is not a strong wheel by any means. It's got a rubberized rim, so I'm not worried about ruining it, but when my hands get sweaty, it can get quite slippy
I thought sim racers wore gloves because they were a little pretentious (sorry about that) then I got an Alcantara wheel and it clicked. I don't have a DD wheel (yet) so it's not so much about grip. Back in the day people wore gloves to drive road cars (my grandmother for example) I think wearing a racing suit (overalls) is a little bit pretentious, and I'm quite unapologetic about that! 🤣 Thanks, great vid
I had that question. I used a g29 and drove barehanded. But when I switched to fanatec, and bought the formula v2, i gave the gloves a try and I definitely feel the grip difference.
I subscribe just for the honest comments. Brilliant stuff. I thought the same thing until a month into my Iracing endeavor. Now I'm waiting on two pairs. lol
I wear cloves, but they are for mountain bikes and therefore short. They give me more grip and they protect my alcantara wheel. I also wear a custom made Torq racing suit and racing shoes to add to my racing experience. I also drive my real Subaru BRZ on the Nordschleife that is located 8km from my home. And yes, people laugh when they hear this. Then they go home and watch their favorite soccer club on the Tv, wearing their club shirt, cap and scarf. Yep, fully dressed with a bottle of bear in their hands screaming how their team should make a goal....hahaha...now that makes me laugh. But to wear gloves while sim racing that have extended sleeves to guard against fire entering your suit is, well, a bit silly.
When I do training for our team, I wear gloves (fingerless from biking), shoes (very only and with thin sole) and I use seatbelts in my 3DOF motion rig ... and a helmet (VR Headset), all,for the immersive feeling of sitting in a real car. Gloves have the side effect of protecting my suede rims Shoes make me drive more then 30 minutes The seatbelt gives a better contact to the rig
Another Trust device bites the dust.... :D I wear gloves because of me eczema, sore and rough digits otherwise. Not posh ones like your Sparco's, just Mechinix Fast Fits from Homebase.
I also wear gloves to protect my skin, especially the soft skin in between the thumb and index finger. I've noticed that in around 100 hours in the last 6 months my gloves already started to wear at that exact spot. I can just imagine how painful the wear on my skin would be if I didn't wear gloves. It would probably force me to stop sim racing for a few days until the skin regenerates before I could continue having fun. It's just not worth it. I'll rather get called a nerd all the time instead of trying to prove my masculinity.
Hi Chris another great little vid, your channel has great content. A while back you did a series of videos on car setup ( which I personally cant thank you enough for doing, was absolutely brilliant ) Ever since you did it though I have always wanted to get my hands on a " setup sheet " and work through the process of setting up a car, but I lack the confidence and knowledge of really using a setup sheet and doing it mathodically, maybe if you have the know how this is would make a awesome vid. If you cant all good but you definitely give amazing content that really helps so thankyou
I don't personally wear gloves, but then I've only got a beat up old Logitech dfgt. Would I consider buying a pair if I had a nicer wheel to protect? Possibly. Regardless of my own preferences, one thing I will say is that I think the negative comments you get will mainly be coming from non-sim racers who don't really understand the hobby or have never tried it in a slightly more 'serious' way. Whatever you wanna do for comfort, authenticity or any other reason is entirely up to you I say.
I wear gloves when I use the Fanatec P1 Elite because it has Alcantara. i take or leave the gloves when I use the McLaren rim unless it's a long race. I'm surprised in many ways why the need for gloves has to be explained.
Ive got the most expensive FANATEC wheel but it's not attached to a million dollar car so I'm not concerned. My hands are tough and strong enough from doing actual work that this is'nt an issue either. I think many sim racers could benefit from getting out in the yard and toughening up.
I have a Thrustmaster TX wheel like you showed in the video. I really only need gloves for that if I'm racing dirt ovals on iRacing. I ran so many laps the other night my palms felt like they were going to blister.
I wear gloves even on a T150 since the rubber faded within like 3 hours of playing Dirt Rally and my bare hands start to burn a little after a few minutes of rallying.
I bought some because I grip the wheel so tight and it hurts my thumbs really bad, they help a little bit and with my first ever 2hr race tomorrow I thought I'd better get them before that
Just a note to anyone looking to get gloves and shoes. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars, euros, or pounds. I got a pair of Alpinestar light mountain biking gloves on Amazon for cheap and they have been excellent. (link below) The little rubbery patches on the fingers came off after some heavy use but that doesn't matter. Unlike real driving gloves, they don't get too hot, and you can just throw them in the wash when they start to stink. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QN8MHRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also got Racequip shoes. The V3's brake is stiff enough to start hurting after a while, and heel-toeing can get uncomfortable pretty quick. You could definitely get away with slippers or a pair of thin soled shoes, but I'm hoping to do some karting and LeMons racing this summer anyway so I figured why not get a pair of real shoes. I really like them. The sole could be a bit softer and the leather around the ankle is stiff at first, but after walking around the house in them for a while, they broke in nicely. I just had to endure the relentless ribbing from my GF. She stopped when I threatened to wear them around the neighborhood when we took our dogs for a walk. I'm sure a pair of alpinestars or OMPs is a step up, but for $60 these are great. LOL!
I never wore gloves on my alcantara wheel and I wish I had, looks like crap now. Ironically I wear gloves on a rubber-gripped F1 wheel just because the grips are too thin and cramp up my hands without the extra thickness of the gloves. The real galaxy brain is right here.
Well and if you race in real life its just a weird feeling having no gloves on. I don't know, I started with no gloves for like an hour and then quickly went and got my gloves. Bought Sim Racing Gloves like a week later. They let more air through and since I don't need fire protection I quite like them.
My mind is blown people ask that while watching sim racers using Alcantara, leather or suede wheels. Its a no-brainer. When we're spending how many hundred_insert your local currency here_ on wheel rims why wouldn't we wear gloves? I remember years ago getting into Dirt rally, I was pretty new to sim racing and didn't have gloves yet. (I had always planned, but new to sim racing so all my money was spent on beer and steam) 2 weeks of a few hours a day in Dirt rally gave me such bad tendinitis (mostly shifter arm) that I could barely type, hold a mouse, or twist my arms/wrists without it feeling excruciating. I ordered my gloves while I took a week off sim racing and after gloves even the thought of something like that happening is non-existent. Beside comfort, grip, wheel preservation, cleanliness, your hands not sweating, it also really protects you from injury. It is really surprising how much of a difference they make, but the question should be "why are you not wearing gloves sim racing?". Although not the same benefits as gloves, I'm sure they'd be rofl if they realized some of us wear driving shoes/boots as well.
Sorry, but I use gloves to avoid damage to mu hands. I have a TS-PC Racer, the one with the open wheel. When it was new, I'd use it without gloves. And for example, playing DiRT Rally, doing some counter, I missed to catch the wheel, and it started to move freely. If one of the edge from the inner plate reached my fingers, there was blood for sure... The Alcantara DO NOT wear with nude gloves. Alcantara is a very strong material, very resistant. What make it look that way is the dirt we transfer from our hands to the material (the own hands grease from all we touch with them). So, all that is washeable... But with gloves, you avoid that problem.
I’d add comfort to the reasons. I love my Fanatec Porsche wheel, but without gloves the stitching gets uncomfortable quickly, gloves eliminate that issue for me
I use the same wheel but use a $2 pair of bunnings gardening gloves that have a rubber palm. They provide the grip, protect the wheel but are thinner and provide better dexterity. They are black too so while far from cool they are not any more embarrassing than being an online sim racer already is.....
I don't use gloves, but I will say, I've ruined many alcantara rims from not wearing them. Not just for the appearance of the rim, but more importantly, when you have too much oil laid down from your skin over time, the alcantara becomes slippery every time you use it again, which isn't fun with a DD wheel at even at 10nm.
Good to know. Just assumed it was mostly an immersion thing. I knew there was something to do protecting the wheel, but didn't know why. So is "racing" gloves necessary for you? Could you wear other gloves for the same reasons grip and protection?
thats why i just stay away from suede or alcantara wheels, i cant be arsed to put on gloves lol. plus im only on a csw so not as much need for ultimate grip. and sometimes i like to have a monch while driving XD
some people have incredibly acidic sweat! i use gloves for simracing, and even fingerless ones when I'm playing when im playing guitar so I don't wreck the neck as bad. do I look like a twat? yeah. but my gear is in tip top shape!
I recently changed from a second hand pair of nomex old sparco gloves (pretty hot and worn) to the hypergrip from sparco (dedicated simracing gloves) - should have switched much earlier, the nomax dampens a lot of feeling I now have with the hypergrips - would buy them again (and I have to I guess, they are not very sturdy I think)
25-50 dollar gloves to protect my 500 dollar rim? Yeah I will do that. Most of the people asking these questions don't know the first thing about sim racing.
Personally don't like gloves I use a DD and have the forces quite high, I have never had issues with grip or loss of, and I usually go for leather rims if I have a choice, but do have some Alcántara rims just use a suede brush to clean them when needed , but I dont mock ppl who wear gloves
Well, thanks Chris. Like most people here, we know what wearing cloves is all about. For the rest that is laughing, well they just don't know what sim racing is about. That's just that. Must be them Forza drivers that do their best to ruin your race because they can't really drive them selves.
Chris, you missed the point entirely. Gloves, racing shoes and helmets keep us sim racers from being distracted by things like girls or friends!
Don't need a helmet if you never leave mum's basement. Checkmate!
*cough*
@simracing604 those 2 things you mention at the end of your statement, what are they?
Ed Berger I had to look it up. Apparently when we step away from our sim rigs and interact with others, friends and girls will come into our lives 😂😂😂
Chris Haye Excuse me I live in a shed and I feel attacked
I wear a full set of fireproof undergarments, race suit, helmet, and boots. Scientifically proven to make you faster and makes the experience more immersive. Don't ask for references.
Don't need references... only pics ;)
Give me a refrence
Please keep doing these. When I get these questions for the 1890482904th time, I can simply refer to this series.
I'm holding off until I'm the 2000000000th because I reckon I'll win a prize
Super GT you are a legend!!! YOU are the reason I’ve gotten way better with GT Sport!! Thank you for everything you do brother!!🤙💯
Hold on. Why do you wear gloves again?
Hello youtuber
Gloves are too expensive so I cover my hands in a fine coating of cheeto dust before I drive
Hmm yeah that makes sense a good layer of Cheetos dust can protect you against other people too
My Alacantra wheel just cringed
You watch Jordan Peterson Huh?? hahah Good Man.
Brian Gefrich why did this get me so hard?!?!
Umm I def wouldnt do that on my beautiful wheel
1:26 10/10 commitment to the video, ruining a spare keyboard for a quick joke. Respect.
hahaha that is literally the moment I decided to subscribe to the channel!!
I recently started wearing gloves while sim racing simply because I was getting blisters and calluses on my hands (and I’m not even using a DD wheel or playing for more than an hour or two most days). It was only after I started wearing them that I noticed the improved grip, which helps me keep the car stable and hold my line through corners. I highly recommend them for anyone who is more than casually interested in sim racing or who has problems with blisters or grip on the wheel.
I share the same sentiment🤘. No glove. No love!
I echo everything you said here 👍🏽
This makes me want to get a pair. The right side of my left thumb is beginning to harden from my G29 and the force isn’t even that high.
hiitzmike yeah I got calluses in the same place. I got a pair of gloves made for riding dirt bikes and atv’s that work great. A lot lighter and less sweaty than actual fireproof racing gloves and cost less than $30.
Bensonius Prime sounds like a plan, I’ll shop around thanks 👍🏻
Shame on those ppl, they never played a game with force feedback lol
"i like how you nerds even throw on your silly racing gloves to play a game"
that is the single most boomer thing i think i have ever heard
What does that have to do with Boomers? Anyone could have said that
@Bounze racing gloves aren't a modern thing though
Racing sims are just fantasy wish fulfilment for old men.
At least we know which toilet to use...........
Another reason why I wear gloves: I did at first to stop blistering my hands, but now I honestly can't drive without them. It simply feels weird and wrong.
gloves also protect your hands, while drifting with a dd wheel i always got really dry and itching hands, gloves are solving that problem :)
Reason why I wear gloves: alcantara steering wheel + greasy hands = ugly, worn look
Reason why I wear shoes = Brake pedal requires a large amount of pressure and it hurts my feet, less slippery and helps keeping pressure during heel-toe
I don't even use socks when driving lmao
I use those trampoline park socks with the sticky rubber buttons to race. They with wonders
@@dnmoscato92 me too
Full finger mountain biking gloves are the best for sim-racing... Light, thin, and cheap... Compared to driving gloves.
+1 on this. Just made the switch.
any recommendations?
@@noobdaddyraces Look up Royal Racing. They make cool stuff.
After years of bare-handed sim racing, I started having problems with my hands going numb after only 10 or 15 minutes. I'm still working out the cause, but in the meantime I found that wearing gloves makes a big difference in delaying the numbness. I use some cheap mechanic's gloves that are very close in thickness and feel to proper driving gloves, and as a result the numbness is much less severe, even after long periods of driving.
But now that I've got used to them, I definitely prefer them. Grabbing the wheel with bare hands feels completely wrong, so I doubt I'll give the gloves up, even if I figure out how to stop the numbness completely.
Amazon or other places sell Kart Gloves, they can be pretty cheap and do the job well.
From my personal experiences, when using low budget wheel like TMX, you don't really need gloves, but when you use high budget wheel, you really need gloves to protect you from getting your hand skinned. When I tried using Simucube 2 pro without any gloves, my finger was skinned, and it just hurt too much.
Socks and cycling gloves are all i need
Very well summed up, Chris.👍
I'm using gloves for simracing since about 5 years. And i'm so much used to it, that it feels weird without them.🤪
Thanks for covering this in a nutshell. I get tired of explaining to my friends why I wear them. Gonna just say....here, see this video
Heh, thanks dude.
Totally agreed with you. in fact I too wear gloves for protecting the wheel's leather
My G25 wheel-leather didn't degree a single bit in many years, without any glovesb + sweat. But maybe it is another story on alcantara material.
I don't like ruining my stuff
*Precedes to pour monster all over a keyboard*
@@MrSpeed-us9xf you missed the joke
r/wooosh
Well said Chris - and nice line walked defending our reasons to wear gloves!
Amazing how dismissive other gamers can be of these kinds of habits, without wanting to understand way - or respecting reasons or personal choices.
There is a very very valid 3rd reason too, which all us Sim Racers can and should defend - it's more immersive!
Sure, there's a limit where wearing a full racing suit and/or helmet is arguably silly (good on Broadbent boi for trying it!) but actually I'd love to try wearing a helmet while driving an open-cockpit racecar, SRS's wind blower systems at full chat and some massive speakers outside the helmet (instead of headphones) to give another sense of immersion :D
Take care Chris, Chris.
Yeah I think someone should integrate a vr headset into a helmet, that would be awesome
Thank you for the explanation Chris, your direct and professional videos are fantastic as usual.
Thanks dude.
In next video you should explain to those filthy 360 controller peasants why simracers with load-cell pedals often wear shoes.
@vincent dubuc "nobody wears racing gloves" - because nobody is racing in society?? I see plenty of taxi, bus and truck drivers wear gloves - those people who spend an extended period of time gripping the steering wheel. Gloves provide extra grip so the hand doesn't have to, therefore reducing the exertion of racing/driving commercial vehicles.
@vincent dubuc your so mad because ur BROKe stop putting other people down for what you dont/cant have. Yes they spend alot of money on sim racing gear but thats what they want, a full realistic racing experience to have FUN
So of topic. The audio quality on this video is extremely nice!
Thanks man :)
Chris Haye, ASMR Sim Racer
There's another reason for me personally. I get stressed out easily so I grip the wheel hard, and that can lead to it digging into my skin and becoming uncomfortable. Gloves prevent that
I, as a Sim racer myself, asked this multiple times lol.
Can't drive that fast with gloves for some reason.
I used to question the idea of using gloves to sim race until I got my own direct drive wheel. Gloves really do make a big difference in having more grip on the wheel when you're dealing with those kind of forces. I use two Fanatec steering wheels; a BMW GT2 and the Formula Carbon. I absolutely have to use gloves with the GT2 since it's alcantara. The Formula I don't use them sometimes but I do feel that I have more control and grip when I wear them with it.
How do you like the BMW rim? I keep thinking about getting one and doing the USB conversion. It looks great.
@@ChrisHaye I really like it, nice quality and plenty strong enough for a DD motor. The 7-way thumb stick is really useful in iRacing for scrolling through the black boxes and changing things while driving. Any car that has a Formula type wheel in real life is when I switch to the Formula wheel, you know for the sake of realism lol.
I haven't used gloves in the past, but after doing endurance racing of only 2 hours now on a hot summer day, I actually started using gloves for my own protection. All the sweat making my hands slip a bit on the wheel, and after a few hours my palms where red and aching.. 😳
Thank you for explaining this. I play on pad and I’ve always wondered why you wheel users bother- but now it makes perfect sense.
Insert subtitle "In Defense of Jimmy Broadbent vs. Two Jerks on Sports Television"
Also, OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT KEYBOARD
Ah yeah, what was that about? I never got around to watching it... were they being dicks about the gloves?
@@ChrisHaye Yeah they were making fun of it. Typical when they have no idea about this stuff and there they sit behind a desk talking about ball sports.
@@DSaw78 where can one find this, i havent seen anything about it??
Ah, yeah sounds about right. Still, great to get some TV time though I guess!
@@deltadragonoid54 It's on Jimmy's Twitter: twitter.com/CloudHelios/status/1137110742786875392
Evidently they apologized at the end after the video cuts off though.
I never race without gloves & Racing boots! It just makes it so much easier with better grip, also it helps a lot with keeping the Alcentara fresh & new :)
So glad we agree Chris, well explained :)
This video is the best! People that have bad comment on this don't know what they are talking about. Wearing racing glows actually makes you a better driver. Both in sims and in the real world. You get better grip and can handle the race car better. It is your feelings with it that get the first place. Seccond is the grip it self. The most important thing is that you can feel the handle inn full controll. With bare hands you can never do that. Spessial with swetty hands. The different between a sim race car and a real one is that. In a sim race you cant hurt your selfe. The handling is almost the same. And yes. I have bean a race car driver for almost 6 years. Now I drive sim race and Ets2 😊
I recently picked up a g920 and your videos have been awesome for helping me understand what I'm doing, but I did see you using gloves and thought it was odd. So I'm glad to have an answer now.
Chris dead on as always. Just about all the CZcamsrs racers wear gloves surprised that you get asked it that much. 🍻
I get at least 3 a day. I think it's mostly people from outside the sim racing bubble mostly.
You forgot reason #3 -- Gloves help with the tactile difference if you use a sim to train for real life. The feeling of the wheel and controls with and without gloves is really different. Since I am required to use gloves in the real car, I like having the same feel when I'm practicing.
Just saw your title. Still at work so can't watch this video...yet, but who wants to mess up that nice material on our wheels???!!! I love my 🧤 gloves!
I like yours better though🤔😅
Heh - you've hit the nail on the head there dude :)
There is one more reason, for me at least. Sweating.
The other topic is racing shoes... LOL
If only people took some time to think before talking
...
The sweat thing was the first reason ( oil, grease = sweat).
i dont use gloves,an i dont use shoes,i just use socks,and i have a fanatec csl elite with a suede wheel,and club sport pedals v3🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
I wear bike gloves... with my plastic rim I get blisters really easily. Maybe a suede rim would solve that issue, but I guess gloves would help keeping the material of the grip from wearing out
Honestly, I think Bike gloves are the best choice. Only reason I want for Sparco gloves was because they get filmed a lot.
The suede might feel more comfortable in the first days, but it will get sticky if you do not wear gloves and you'll wear it faster as well as the nice suede soft grip will be old memories... gloves any day.
Chris Haye yeah I use my old winter bike gloves too just because I sweat a lot and honestly I don’t even have the same feel without gloves anymore it just feels weird
Yeah, this is spot on. Good advice.
Suede is getting ugly with or without gloves. Hang you wheel to the wall if you want to keep it safe.
1:30
Him: I quit like not runening my stuff
Also him: casually pours an energy drink on his keyboard
😂😂😂
Great short statement, Chris! For 2 weeks I have my new Fanatec DD1 with BMW M3 Rim in alcantara and since then I use Sparco gloves. The grip of gloves on alcantara is incredible. I come from a G25 driven with bare hands and ask myself, how I could I ever drive with it.
Awesome video! There are too many people out there that really don't understand sim racing in this world, we need more videos like this to educate the mass.
For me the only reason is I get sweaty hand really fast, so I need them to feel comfortable and not slip around all the time. (I use lightweight fabric downhill bike gloves though, since they don't get my hands sweating even more and keep my hands really nice and dry)
Except on alcantara wheels, the reason I have an alcantara rim is so I don't need gloves on that one... idc about it wearing down, it's the whole purpose of it. (and replacement alcantara grips aren't expensive)
The main reason I got cheap bike gloves is because, prolonged sessions would irritate my skin between thumb and index finger. May be I've very sensitive skin :)
Gloves helped me to not grip the wheel so tightly, since the gloves are providing the grip... Also for you UK guys, Baseball Batting gloves are good cheap option for Racing Sim gloves if you dont want to drop $100 on some real ones, or Golf Gloves. Bridgestone makes some pretty sweet looking golf gloves that are excellent for driving.
1:55 "that was what she said..." i had to do it
I wear gloves because I used to get light blisters on the insides of my thumbs. So much better, no more friction burn.
People who think the gloves are a joke don't watch Jimmy Broadbent
I think Jimmer has made a similar video to this one on the topic.
Without the "pour energy drink on a cheap keaboard" twist...
I don't think the gloves are a joke, but I still don't really care for JB. He's fine. I'm not gonna insult him. But he's not like... that fast. (I'm certainly not fast at all, but I know faster people)
@@LithFox No one watches him because he is fast. They watch him because he makes better videos than people who are fast. If you want fast, watching actual fucking racing.
@@Wylie288 exactly man. One of Jimmys strong points if not the strongest is his ability to commentate his own races so well while still getting some decent laps in.
No wonder they invited him to the recent Gt Sport events
On cheaper wheels gloves could also help with grip. I've got a DFGT, which is not a strong wheel by any means. It's got a rubberized rim, so I'm not worried about ruining it, but when my hands get sweaty, it can get quite slippy
I thought sim racers wore gloves because they were a little pretentious (sorry about that) then I got an Alcantara wheel and it clicked. I don't have a DD wheel (yet) so it's not so much about grip. Back in the day people wore gloves to drive road cars (my grandmother for example) I think wearing a racing suit (overalls) is a little bit pretentious, and I'm quite unapologetic about that! 🤣 Thanks, great vid
Love the production quality, and your Jimmer interview. Subbed
After I got my TS-PC wheel with alcantara, I immediately got gloves as my hands sweat easily when I race. Must have!
I had that question. I used a g29 and drove barehanded. But when I switched to fanatec, and bought the formula v2, i gave the gloves a try and I definitely feel the grip difference.
I subscribe just for the honest comments. Brilliant stuff. I thought the same thing until a month into my Iracing endeavor. Now I'm waiting on two pairs. lol
I wear cloves, but they are for mountain bikes and therefore short.
They give me more grip and they protect my alcantara wheel.
I also wear a custom made Torq racing suit and racing shoes to add to my racing experience.
I also drive my real Subaru BRZ on the Nordschleife that is located 8km from my home.
And yes, people laugh when they hear this.
Then they go home and watch their favorite soccer club on the Tv, wearing their club shirt, cap and scarf.
Yep, fully dressed with a bottle of bear in their hands screaming how their team should make a goal....hahaha...now that makes me laugh.
But to wear gloves while sim racing that have extended sleeves to guard against fire entering your suit is, well, a bit silly.
Got the same question back in the day when I used to street race.
When I do training for our team, I wear gloves (fingerless from biking), shoes (very only and with thin sole) and I use seatbelts in my 3DOF motion rig ... and a helmet (VR Headset), all,for the immersive feeling of sitting in a real car.
Gloves have the side effect of protecting my suede rims
Shoes make me drive more then 30 minutes
The seatbelt gives a better contact to the rig
Another Trust device bites the dust.... :D I wear gloves because of me eczema, sore and rough digits otherwise. Not posh ones like your Sparco's, just Mechinix Fast Fits from Homebase.
I also wear gloves to protect my skin, especially the soft skin in between the thumb and index finger. I've noticed that in around 100 hours in the last 6 months my gloves already started to wear at that exact spot. I can just imagine how painful the wear on my skin would be if I didn't wear gloves. It would probably force me to stop sim racing for a few days until the skin regenerates before I could continue having fun. It's just not worth it. I'll rather get called a nerd all the time instead of trying to prove my masculinity.
Hi Chris another great little vid, your channel has great content. A while back you did a series of videos on car setup ( which I personally cant thank you enough for doing, was absolutely brilliant ) Ever since you did it though I have always wanted to get my hands on a " setup sheet " and work through the process of setting up a car, but I lack the confidence and knowledge of really using a setup sheet and doing it mathodically, maybe if you have the know how this is would make a awesome vid. If you cant all good but you definitely give amazing content that really helps so thankyou
I don't personally wear gloves, but then I've only got a beat up old Logitech dfgt. Would I consider buying a pair if I had a nicer wheel to protect? Possibly.
Regardless of my own preferences, one thing I will say is that I think the negative comments you get will mainly be coming from non-sim racers who don't really understand the hobby or have never tried it in a slightly more 'serious' way. Whatever you wanna do for comfort, authenticity or any other reason is entirely up to you I say.
Claims to not ruin his stuff while pouring Monster energy into a keyboard
I wear gloves when I use the Fanatec P1 Elite because it has Alcantara. i take or leave the gloves when I use the McLaren rim unless it's a long race. I'm surprised in many ways why the need for gloves has to be explained.
The grip alone has always been s very good reason for me, but I never thought of protecting the wheel from me, so even better reason to wear them.
"i quite like not ruining my stuff"
**then proceeds to show us a video of him pouring a drink on his cheapo keyboard**
All of these reasons are the same for why I always wear gloves! Glad someone finally made a video on the topic ;)
I think Jimmy Broadbent made a video on the topic almost a year ago...
@@HepauDK thanks! I'll check it out
Ive got the most expensive FANATEC wheel but it's not attached to a million dollar car so I'm not concerned. My hands are tough and strong enough from doing actual work that this is'nt an issue either. I think many sim racers could benefit from getting out in the yard and toughening up.
I have a Thrustmaster TX wheel like you showed in the video. I really only need gloves for that if I'm racing dirt ovals on iRacing. I ran so many laps the other night my palms felt like they were going to blister.
Damn I love my tx
I wear gloves even on a T150 since the rubber faded within like 3 hours of playing Dirt Rally and my bare hands start to burn a little after a few minutes of rallying.
Nice format!
not to forget the immersion factor 🙃
I bought some because I grip the wheel so tight and it hurts my thumbs really bad, they help a little bit and with my first ever 2hr race tomorrow I thought I'd better get them before that
black elastic athletic tape for the win
Just a note to anyone looking to get gloves and shoes. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars, euros, or pounds. I got a pair of Alpinestar light mountain biking gloves on Amazon for cheap and they have been excellent. (link below) The little rubbery patches on the fingers came off after some heavy use but that doesn't matter. Unlike real driving gloves, they don't get too hot, and you can just throw them in the wash when they start to stink.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QN8MHRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also got Racequip shoes. The V3's brake is stiff enough to start hurting after a while, and heel-toeing can get uncomfortable pretty quick. You could definitely get away with slippers or a pair of thin soled shoes, but I'm hoping to do some karting and LeMons racing this summer anyway so I figured why not get a pair of real shoes. I really like them. The sole could be a bit softer and the leather around the ankle is stiff at first, but after walking around the house in them for a while, they broke in nicely. I just had to endure the relentless ribbing from my GF. She stopped when I threatened to wear them around the neighborhood when we took our dogs for a walk. I'm sure a pair of alpinestars or OMPs is a step up, but for $60 these are great. LOL!
I never wore gloves on my alcantara wheel and I wish I had, looks like crap now.
Ironically I wear gloves on a rubber-gripped F1 wheel just because the grips are too thin and cramp up my hands without the extra thickness of the gloves. The real galaxy brain is right here.
My wheel is a belt driven TMx pro and I use fox gloves😂
exactly the same here bro!
Well and if you race in real life its just a weird feeling having no gloves on. I don't know, I started with no gloves for like an hour and then quickly went and got my gloves. Bought Sim Racing Gloves like a week later. They let more air through and since I don't need fire protection I quite like them.
My mind is blown people ask that while watching sim racers using Alcantara, leather or suede wheels. Its a no-brainer. When we're spending how many hundred_insert your local currency here_ on wheel rims why wouldn't we wear gloves?
I remember years ago getting into Dirt rally, I was pretty new to sim racing and didn't have gloves yet. (I had always planned, but new to sim racing so all my money was spent on beer and steam) 2 weeks of a few hours a day in Dirt rally gave me such bad tendinitis (mostly shifter arm) that I could barely type, hold a mouse, or twist my arms/wrists without it feeling excruciating. I ordered my gloves while I took a week off sim racing and after gloves even the thought of something like that happening is non-existent.
Beside comfort, grip, wheel preservation, cleanliness, your hands not sweating, it also really protects you from injury. It is really surprising how much of a difference they make, but the question should be "why are you not wearing gloves sim racing?". Although not the same benefits as gloves, I'm sure they'd be rofl if they realized some of us wear driving shoes/boots as well.
Sorry, but I use gloves to avoid damage to mu hands. I have a TS-PC Racer, the one with the open wheel. When it was new, I'd use it without gloves. And for example, playing DiRT Rally, doing some counter, I missed to catch the wheel, and it started to move freely. If one of the edge from the inner plate reached my fingers, there was blood for sure...
The Alcantara DO NOT wear with nude gloves. Alcantara is a very strong material, very resistant. What make it look that way is the dirt we transfer from our hands to the material (the own hands grease from all we touch with them). So, all that is washeable... But with gloves, you avoid that problem.
I’d add comfort to the reasons. I love my Fanatec Porsche wheel, but without gloves the stitching gets uncomfortable quickly, gloves eliminate that issue for me
I use the same wheel but use a $2 pair of bunnings gardening gloves that have a rubber palm. They provide the grip, protect the wheel but are thinner and provide better dexterity. They are black too so while far from cool they are not any more embarrassing than being an online sim racer already is.....
I don't use gloves, but I will say, I've ruined many alcantara rims from not wearing them. Not just for the appearance of the rim, but more importantly, when you have too much oil laid down from your skin over time, the alcantara becomes slippery every time you use it again, which isn't fun with a DD wheel at even at 10nm.
Wow! Interesting. I never thought of that
Good to know. Just assumed it was mostly an immersion thing. I knew there was something to do protecting the wheel, but didn't know why.
So is "racing" gloves necessary for you? Could you wear other gloves for the same reasons grip and protection?
Couple times I've put racing helmet on for fun while iracing
Spot on. Fully agree!
damn it you have the best voice in the universe. You should get paid for this! Do movies synchronization, movies, commentation or something
I love your voice man no homo but it's soo calm and chillaxing when I hear it.
thats why i just stay away from suede or alcantara wheels, i cant be arsed to put on gloves lol. plus im only on a csw so not as much need for ultimate grip. and sometimes i like to have a monch while driving XD
Pretty simple. Thanks for that explanation.
Yep If i was spending that much on my sim gear i would want it to not get ruined by acid hands too :-)
I agree with you, but alcantera feels SO nice on your bare hands :)
some people have incredibly acidic sweat! i use gloves for simracing, and even fingerless ones when I'm playing when im playing guitar so I don't wreck the neck as bad. do I look like a twat? yeah. but my gear is in tip top shape!
I recently changed from a second hand pair of nomex old sparco gloves (pretty hot and worn) to the hypergrip from sparco (dedicated simracing gloves) - should have switched much earlier, the nomax dampens a lot of feeling I now have with the hypergrips - would buy them again (and I have to I guess, they are not very sturdy I think)
Tis True my Sparco is getting killed in my car with bare hands, especially after my work day.
My sweat on the aluminium paddles irritates my fingers after a long session so there.
25-50 dollar gloves to protect my 500 dollar rim? Yeah I will do that. Most of the people asking these questions don't know the first thing about sim racing.
Great video!
Personally don't like gloves I use a DD and have the forces quite high, I have never had issues with grip or loss of, and I usually go for leather rims if I have a choice, but do have some Alcántara rims just use a suede brush to clean them when needed , but I dont mock ppl who wear gloves
I just use my Mum's oven mitts.
I’ll add gloves to my list. Nice vid!
Well, thanks Chris. Like most people here, we know what wearing cloves is all about. For the rest that is laughing, well they just don't know what sim racing is about. That's just that. Must be them Forza drivers that do their best to ruin your race because they can't really drive them selves.