You're Needed On The Grid
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- čas přidán 8. 10. 2020
- There's so many cocksure people out there that'll just steam in and naturally find their place through trial and error, but what if that's not you? If you're worried that you're not ready to take part online because you feel like you'll be rejected by the community for being a hinderance or a liability, then you actually have potential to be an outstanding credit to the community if you overcome the initial mental hurdle. Luckily the iRacing community is mostly made up of people just like you, hoping to find more racers that are just like them. You can join in and help make someone else's day with a good race.
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Great video. Just remember that 90% of iRacers are decent folks and 100% of iRacers make mistakes.
Mark Pickford well then the playerbase must be huuuuge. Cuz that 10 percent is massive
@@mrblimbo1359 I can only think of two or three iRacers over ten years, that I have ever considered to be obnoxious. Perhaps my gauge needs recalibrating, but honestly, I think it’s a great player base with mostly decent folk.
@@The412P modern day rookie and d is a cesspool
@@mrblimbo1359 Hi. I have never seen any definitive data to support that driving standards in Rookies/D has been in decline, it’s just that some people find it frustrating and difficult to get out of R/D, whilst others don’t. I really enjoyed Rookies, both Oval and Road and felt my Rookie Licence was over too soon.
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Start out by taking pride in your lack of incidents in races, if you do this then sooner rather than later you'll be taking Pride not only in your lack of incidents, but also your finishing position
I was that guy that spent 2 months doing solo runs when I first started with iRacing. I finally just decided to jump into a race session and haven't looked back. I've wrecked my share of others and have been quick to apologize for my mistakes. So far I've only been called a dumbass once. Things happen. Go out there and have fun.
The most rude and arrogant encounter I've ever had was with a current real life European Le Mans driver signed to a works team. It's just something that certain people struggle to cope with if they don't get their way and they're only ruining it for themselves! The rest of us are level headed and just looking for a good challenge on track.
Dumb ass is it? Cool see you on the track tomorrow 😀
Same, practiced first 2 months in test and 3rd month started racing. After I subscribed for more,and more,and more... :)
@@dannyleeracing Can I voice for Portuguese Brazil?
The crewchief thing is so true. I feel something lost or alone when i forgot to start the chief. 😅 Great Video dude
Really impressive empathy skills to work out that as a rookie it's easy to feel this way, I got shunted from behind in my first race and still felt at fault even though I knew I'd hit my braking point, like the guy behind magically had the skill two get through the corner carrying twice as much speed in the same car. I saw everyone else as seasoned experts and when I lead my 3rd race for 7 laps and finished 2nd I actually took a while to process the fact that we were all a bunch of noobs feeling the same way.
What a beautiful and lovely message!
I started sim racing 6 months ago and had never feel fear to enter a race, but i always aspire for this good behaviour.
iRacing Community is AMAZING!
Good video. Even after 4 years I still get nervous on the grid, all worth it though when you finish a race have a good battle with someone. See you on the track.
This is a reaffirmation that a majority of iRacers are good people, and that racers need to be much less salty. I have been living this a lot this week - the anger people have over a game is just amazing.
I finally turned off the voice chat and that has really, really helped.
TheSavvyNinja - I used to view it this way as well, but 2020 has challenged me to find that ideal balance.
Such a calm, relaxing video. Can we get a yoga one next?
This. I need a tutorial on breathing techniques for online sim races.
even though i dont play iracing or any other proper sims, ive had many a time in other racing games (forza motorsport/horizon, gt sport, etc) where i shy away from online races for one of 2 reasons: a) because im worried about not doing well and being embarrassed, or b) because im worried ill run into griefers. in reality, the frequency of that ever happening in quite low, and the races i do join end up being quite fun. your mind plays plenty of tricks on you when it comes to social situation, but this vid highlights how things are never as bad as you expect them to be, and as you said, youre an asset to the grid, not a burden on it.
Great topic and dialogue Dan! I've been sim racing for 15+ years and still get nervous everytime I grid up in an online 'lobby' race. Over that time, you definitely learn to ignore the pessimistic people that must voice their dissatisfaction in someone else's driving style or harping on 'non-intentional' collisions. Nobody drives a perfect race, and the winners may or may not even be the fastest driver on course, but are usually the ones that make the least mistakes from lap to lap. So lesson is to just be comfortable with the lines you are driving and focus on repeating your lap times within a few tenths of each other, and metaphorically (or literally) mute everyone else around you, and over some time, your confidence will grow as well as your enjoyment in competing online.
I wish I could like this more. You definitely earned a sub from me. If this hasn't been shared on the iRacing forums yet, I will. I always feel bad for the guys who are trying to learn and are so afraid of getting in someone's way or ruining someone's race. The fact that they care at all makes them 100 times better than those toxic idiots who think they are the next Senna and everyone should just move aside for them. My advice: Go into the race with no expectations. Just focus on hitting your marks and racing clean. Just by doing that, you'll be surprised how well you can do. Even if you are way off pace, you'll probably gain a handful of positions just from attrition. Some of my most fun races where ones where I finished well outside the top 10. I'll take a clean respectful battle at the back over a pissing contest up front any day.
Excellent video, and as someone who only started iracing in July, it's appreciated. I disagree with the voice comms though, I find it quite useful in a race.
The other tip I'd give to a rookie, is when you spin on track, hold the brakes till its traffic has passed, all too often I see someone spin, and rush to get going again, collecting other cars as they go.
The voice chat can be annoying, I've found an mx5 race this week and the fella's were shouting at each other every lap. But the spotter is a must, keep it on.
Crew Chief replaces and supercedes iRacing's spotter, give it a go if you haven't already. I never used to use a spotter at all, now I feel naked and afraid without Crew Chief.
Yep, crew chief is a necessity, leagues ahead of the stock spotter.
Thanks, actually needed to hear this. Was feeling beat up lately.
And you can bet there's loads of people feeling the same way who'll line up on the grid hoping the car alongside them is you. Don't listen to the vocal few rageaholics, normal people don't put others down but they're harder to spot despite being far more numerous.
Great way to look at it, very encouraging words and I'm sure it's appreciated by many including myself. I sometimes feel like I'm just getting old and not fast enough to be racing and the although I've been on the service for many many years I have avoided actual races. I have pushed myself to participate much more in the past couple of years and plan to do more, so this video is inspiring. Thanks!
This may be long winded ...but it may apply to many "beginner" racers out there. My name is Jim & ...
I'm glad I found this article ...it addresses real issues I'm having. But part of the blame must be accepted by some of the iRacing sites ...when I ask advice ...I'm either ignored or in one case told to "stay on Forza 7 with the rammers". I found this hobby by accident last Christmas ...being a semi-retired older fella & bored ...my wife bought me some entertainment in the form of Xbox One X ...Forza 7 ...& a Logitech G29 set-up. I built a "Rig" for it all & had so much fun I got into some better equipment. I'm now running top of the line Direct Drive Fanatec stuff with the inverted pedals ...I wanted GOOD equipment! It did make me better but practice is the answer & eventually ...on some lower skilled Forza Live Lobbies ...I'm placing in the top 2% on certain tracks. However; when I move on & up ...I get thrashed & my lack of talent embarrasses me into quitting the Lobby. I have tried communicating an apology ...but 90% of the time there is such a language barrier & I end up muting the mics. When I go to iRacing sites I'm pretty much treated like a "Forza Punk" & get mostly sarcastic responses or none at all. It seems like the opposite ...iRacing is NOT interested in us because we started on Xbox & Forza & that seems a little backward to me ....in "reality" F1 driver's start in Go-Carts ...in computer racing ...we must start somewhere!
So I'll ask you & any here for advice ...how do I move on to iRacing? What do I need for hardware ...software? How do I join? How much is it? ...& describe the general rules for beginners. Help me move on to iRacing ...lol!
& thanks for listening
I’m in the exact same position. Have invested thousands in equipment only experience is on console games and want to move on and up. Still trying to learn the computer end of it all and it can be very intimidating. Older guys have the same ambition as the younger guys but don’t learn as fast in most cases
I'm an older guy and joined iRacing with the lockdown and I had zero sim experience. There is a rookie program that gets you started. No one cares where you came from or what experience you have or don't have. Go for it!
@@JJ-rb3fz Thanks Jeff ...you & a few other have convinced me to make the investment & give it a try. I've ordered an Alienware Aurora11 ...with specs beyond what MS Flight Simulator requires ...this too will be for iracing.
Good topic! I haven’t been racing online since a driver drove into me which made me rocket launch to the driver in front of me. The driver in front of me then thought I was responsible of the crash so he started driving into me after it down the road while cursing like there’s no tomorrow in the chat. I literally felt sick from that drivers sim raging. I am a pretty descent sim racer and I always take caution to others in the race. I rather have a great time and be immersed in my rig with other good drivers then to win. But sadly this episode has made me a little “scared in a way” to join online again. I believe most of us are nice people that share the same passion but someone needs to chill out this sim raging attitude.
That's an awful experience, very sorry to hear that but thanks for sharing.
Hopefully you took advantage of the ability to file a complaint against the driver. That is not the kind of attitude the iRacing team wants to see in their races. The driver would more than likely just get a warning, if it was the first complaint filed against him. However, if the language and the tone of the messaging were bad enough or they have numerous complaints against them, they may have their chat (voice and keyboard) privileges suspended for a time. In extreme cases, they might earn themselves a short 'vacation' from the service.
MrROFloyd, You are absolutely right. I should have filed a complaint. That would be the right thing to do for every other racer here also. But sadly in the moment of heat I couldn’t stay focused and get the drivers name before he/she left the server. Could probably have checked my replay but I come to exit the race before I thought about it. That fault is on me...
Yeah he needs to learn its only a game at the end of the day. get stuck back in. I am positively sure he has wrecked many people in his past.
This is exactly, EXACTLY the kind of thing I had in mind when I wrote this script. That sounds like one of those rare nightmare scenarios where you, the victim, have come away thinking about it a lot and yet the perpetrator probably didn't even think at all. Come back into the action, mute voice chat and take pity on the person who did that to you as they probably don't have many friends and don't know how to play nicely around others.
This bit of encouragement has changed my mind to give this a try.
Have fun dude👍🏼✌🏼
6700 iRating dude here. I 100% agree with this. We want you!
Great video mate, this is my first season in iracing and I actually feel sick when I wreck another drivers race and I really struggle to jump in the next race so I end up practising for another day or so before I get the nerve up to join another race but it takes a lot of time to learn all these new tracks and us beginners just need to cut ourselves a bit of slack, just have fun and let the quick guys deal with there disappointments and move on. Thanks again for a great video. Seeya on track.
Cheers man, like anything it gets fun the better you are but passing through the initial skill filter is the toughest bit
Mistakes are part of racing and so are crashes, of course you feel bad but even pros make mistakes as long as you learn from the and know how to avoid it in the future there's nothing wrong with making mistakes, in multi class races if a faster car gets mad coz you don't dive out of their way ignore them, it's their responsibility to pass just make sure to hold pick a line and stick to it, otherwise the only way your going to learn how to race around other people is through practicing racing other people
Mistakes happen. What sucks and what makes ppl so angry is the intentional dirty driving. Search kimi dirty gt7. But there’s also just a ton of ppl who bang your door REPEATEDLY if you try to pass down the straight. The first hit might be an accident but the next 3 are definitely on purpose
I think this video is amazing because it goes for games that aren’t iracing too ACC aswell I’m still very nervous when I race online I feel like I pressure myself that I have to do well and can’t touch a car out on track or it’s over so this is a great boost to anyone who’s feeling that way I’ve since joined a acc league that races once a week and I’m loving it cause of this video so thank you 🙏
Hopefully you have given a lot of racers the will to give it a go in iracing , Everybody has to start somewhere and learn how to race and also have fun while doing so, Hopefully you get many more subs, Happy racing my friend .
Over the last 10+ years I have watched 1,000s of iRacing videos, but this is the best. I wish all iRacers were forced to watch this when they first subscribe. Great job.
Not just iRacers, all SIM Racers
When the race starts my heart is like at 130bpm and i literally cant control the car properly when im that nervous. I guess is just getting used to it and with time ill race calm and sharply
I still get that lining up the league races as I know there's one race per week/fortnight and that's it! No jumping into another session, just one shot and I've been practicing for it.
I was that way when I first started. It got better after a month or two when my confidence in my own driving improved.
Thanks for the video, it's nice to see someone understand this 'mental' side of things :)
I really needed this. Thanks!
Cheers mate, you're welcome
Good Work, I'll Just Share this video to my Rookie Friend
Treat others like you want to be treated. Same as in real life ;).
As for the Crewchief tip, I second that. Tho Jim can be a harsh one too. He told me to 'Send it already' last week. Made me laugh :).
I love Jim. He's an agent of chaos and probably to blame for many people doing panic divebombs just so they don't make Jim angry.
The other he told me I had let him down, myself down and the entire team were disappointed, and this level of performance just wasn't good enough 😆
@@MarkRiddellRacing , I had that just last night, started 33rd finished 10th and crew chief said 'that's it were going'
thank you, i needed to hear last part, good vid. Suscribed
Great Advise it’s to easy to psych yourself out before anything has even happened..
This video was very good, calm, reflective and encouraging
Wonderful video thank you! I have been playing ACC on console for about a year and am terrified of ruining someone's day online! I'm sure I'll give it a go soon though 😊
Brilliant idea for a vid, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. Instant sub.
great video, we need more of this.
Thanks. I needed this.
Awesome vid loved it and made me to rethink to "maybe forgive Iracing and people in it."
I have had hard times to return to Iracing for a long time, because every wreck i have been trough have been purposely done in Nascar or in GT, F3 racings. i avoid every wreck when i see the opening and when there is none i try to cheekup as much i can to avoid to run past it. or some one always always have to "send it" in every single turn not being patience. i see it in the rear mirror giving them the room they ned but still i am the one who gets the blame and taken out of the race. i found it really frustrating that every race i went into just totaled. i had good IR i had good SR and lost it because of some that does not know "patience" to wait until it is clear to pass. then i speak of the LMP drivers. F3 have been alot more forgiving because everyone there does the racing mistake that is acceptable and more competetive. but all others people just wreck you without any feel. even Netcode is to blame half the wrecks.
that is the only reason i quit Iracing. werry discouraging because of it, i returned not long ago havent driven a single race, but might continue with F3 only.
but yet again awesome video, hope more people out there that are like minded return that are good people :)
Just got back to Iracing and sim racing in general since 2015 and this is me 100% at the moment. My I rating was/is to high for my current skill level, I am off pace in races and most of the time I'll make a mistake that ruins my race and sometimes others. For the past few weeks, I've been practicing in solo or public session to build consistency (which does help and the result are good) but, in the mean time I don't join races mainly because I am scared of crashing myself or others.
My favorite is the guy riding my ass into a turn and rear ends me because he hit the brakes too late and then tries to blame me for brake checking him.
It's usually the 30 year olds with 30,000 hours played in their mom's basement thinking they're going to be the next Ferrari academy signing. Forget those guys. They take the game too seriously and forget that they were noobs once who caused a 10 car wreck at Turn 1 at some point in time.
This is a pretty negative way to look at it, given the message of the video. Let these incidents go :)
Thanks for this video. Great advice!
Great video, thank you!
Good topic. I've not driven multi-player in 2 months after I was scorned for making a fair mistake. My apology was not accepted and I have been punishing myself.
Thanks for this, I think I'll get back on the horse.
Get back on Jason, don't let 1 person stop you racing, we all mess up, you apologize, if they don't except it that's up to them. I would say don't qualify, start from the back of the grid and build your confidence up, good luck mate, get back out there.
I’m new and love iRacing but there are some serious idiots that just wrecklessly and carelessly smash into you, and I’m there trying to maintain racing etiquette.
What a fantastic insightful video.....
Good interesting video, i've had somewhat of similair issues granted not really a beginner but still nervous issues about doing online rated races. Mostly 1st lap incidents, i've about made it to 2k IR now and i barely qualify in races and rather prefer to start from the back because literally every race i do people managed to crash half the field in the first lap in choke points of the track. (Turn 1 Interlagos in VRS GT3 this week for example).
This tactic almost allways ended up getting me into +IR positions at the end of the race with a pretty much non existing incident counts except maybye a few offtracks here and there. I still kinda hate this issue cause it possibly has robbed me of wins where i had the pace of the leaders but i truely hate getting mentally ready for a 40 minutes - 1 hour race to only get it destroyed on lap 1 because of impatient drivers.
Dunno, i just feel like once the race is a couple laps in the real fun starts and everybody is more near the positions where they belong and the racing gets allot cleaner since the toxic impatient ragequitters will be gone by then. I also notice as a European that racing Americans on road racing is ALLOT more relaxed they are so much more respectful and patient.
I hate double ad starts.
It's hard to know whether a video is worth watching until a minute or two in and it's annoying to watch ads only to find a shite video follows.
This is a really good video. I don't mind watching a couple of ads when the content is good.
I just wish you would put them midway through.
Thanks for the video!
What a great channel and what super advice.
Nice 1 Dan, you are beautiful 👍🏁
thanks for that, im gonna go try a race now wish me luck
Good advice Danny!
Hey man juat discovered the channel, good stuff! Do you do any endurance on iracing ? Like the N24.
I race in short format leagues right now and I'm spread thin amongst them, but when they conclude in November I would love to dip a toe into long-format racing, maybe even stray into rF2 a bit and see what's going on. So much to do, no time to do it!
Great video content 👊🏼👍🏼🏎️🏆🏁
Also worth remembering that the incident counter is not a punishment, it's a diagnostic tool. Some incidents you cant avoid and thats why off-track is 1x and collision is 4x. Also, the way the car numbers are assigned, i personally have found to be pretty good way to set reasonable goals and expectations. If you are #26 in a 30car split, just concentrate bringing it home intact and you are already on the plus. If you are #6 then you have chance at top 5. If you are #10 holding p5, and car #4 is chasing you, dont risk it, they probably can take the position, so its not worth grinding your teeth and risking a race ending crash
How do you have only 7k subs??? Thank you for this.
Great Video!
Well I have to say thanks for making this video, I've struggled to get back into iRacing only after doing a few races because I had incidents in the last two races I had done. It's reassuring to know that having a mindset about being careful in races and being nervous about ruining someone else's race is a good thing to have.
This is such a great video 👍🏿
Great video! Anyone ever tell you that you sound a bit like Scott Mansell? :)
No, but I've had Brian Cox?
I’ve got the sim racing bug the past 3 years (not iracing, only RF2 / AC / ACC / AMS2) since a mate kindly gave me his old G25 for free... I’m still nowhere near talented enough to race others online without being a liability though, so I’ve only ever raced the AI!!! 😂
This totally reminds me of the EVE online community. I used to play that game all the time and the people that I played with were always trying to get newer players into the game; very much so with the mindset that the newer players were assets. They were people that would one day provide real challenge and the future content of the game.
There is totally a terrible side of the EVE community but this reminds me of the good side.
This is me. lol I spend Tuesday - Friday testing and then sat Sunday race and Monday i usually take a break. only my second season in and i am on the verge of my b licence. but i'm in no hurry to get to it. I've had a few races where I have made mistakes and also been the brunt of someone else's misfortune, this is the part i don't like at all. the one thing the game has taught me is that everyone will make mistakes but it how you deal with them that matters. I've found myself saying sorry a lot more often and also trying not to get angry at other peoples incidents. This game will teach you manners lol.
I've been a member for two years or so, and I've completed maybe 15 races? I had a few where I wrecked people because I got out of my depth (The F3 is not really beginner friendly). Since then I've done hundreds of laps in testing or against AI.
This video has given me the urge to go jump back in the skippy online.
Do it man - try again and stick to the cars and series you feel suit you best (F3 is hard!) - The Skippy and the GT4s are ideal
Can just hop into a practise session, with people, no one is mad for more than 10 seconds if you wreck them :D.
Amazing video. So mindfull helpfull…
That dirty #136 Porsche, he needs a holiday from iRacing
Glad I don't even have silly thoughts like this to plague my mind, sure you will have accidents but most of what i've learned was in a racing situation. Don't be afraid if you wreck someone in Rookies, apologise and have a look at what you could have done better cos it's frustrating to get knocked out mid race so it gives me more incentive to get it right.
I've started playing ACC and it's been a tough adjustment. I'm not sure how people get so comfortable with racing and overtaking once you get to the speeds of GT3. I notice my time trials are great but I always struggle working my way through the pack, after getting smashed around in the first corner of most circuits. I always assume everyone around me is quicker than me, and I'm afraid to cause incidents.
A little story to give you guys an idea of what it's like to be a newer/cautious driver in these games now: I tried to force myself to do a team event through RCI to get over some of these feelings, but got punted from behind in the first lap at the chicane on Barcelona, and got spun around on the edge of the track. The car a little ways behind me was coming, so I cranked my wheel to try to move off the track more, and it pulled my car a little closer to the road before turning away. This driver didn't even slow down when he saw me, and actually oversped a little and managed to clip my front bumper as I was turning around. The people from that team were yelling and complaining the whole race, and showed up in the discord after the fact to make all these accusations against me, saying I hit them on purpose and I should be banned. I haven't played since but have really wanted to cause I want to get better and feel like I'm pretty fast for my total time in game, but incidents like that make it really hard to participate.
I found it's part of the fun, I got punted into last on the first lap on the first corner, I somehow ended up finishing first. In cases where I don't catch up, the race is against my own times.
Nearly the entirety of the video also applies directly to real life
Well done! BTW, your advices are good for real life too, and not only in racing. Even mr. Hamilton and mr Schumacher did wreck some other people's race at times, sometimes wrecking their two million euros cars as well. If they can endure this in the face of millions of spectators, a sim racer will survive some harsh comment ! Anyway, even if stupid and reckless drivers are something everyone can do without, an half deserted room is also dismal: in the end, the more, the better!
Vídeo maravilhoso parabéns pelo trabalho 👏👏👏👏
I raced with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in carb cup, and he blew his engine LOL.
ALL IRACERS MAKE MISTAKES - EVEN DALE JR!
Great video. Thank you. I'm doing more Road Racing now as the NASCAR crowd can be outright hostile .. A lot of fragile egos and hotheads. And also the culture of turning cars to get ahead which is just horseshit... A lot of these guys think because it happens on TV, it should happen on the PC. Having much more fun in F3 and GT3.
From what I've seen of Oval racing it's almost as if people specifically take part just to get into a shouting match. Road is more chilled but the multiclass series are contentious as the less skilled drivers always pick the faster cars and cause chaos.
I wish I had the Internet speeds to do iRacing
I've been wanting to do iracing for some time with my boyfriend but I've been to scared too cuz I'm a girl and thought i couldn't do it! I'm in a iracing team with my boyfriend and some of his mate and they've been trying to teach me but I wasn't very confident in myself to drive with them and others! But this video gave me what i need to go the extra mile ! So thank you!! 😊
Keep at it and just remember that you've not been doing it as long as they have - same with any sport or interest, if you power through the initial phase it'll all click. The worst part of anything is right at the start when you're failing loads, but it only gets easier and starts paying off.
@@dannyleeracing thank you
Join the races, if youre off the pace, just move over. Get in on the fun!
Well said!!!!!
great video... i definitely feel encouraged to take part in more multiplayer races, which i've been avoiding because of the exact reasons youve mentioned. i don't have iracing, but i'll be in those online lobbies in ACC and GTSport soon. thanks
I dont play i racing
I dont have the space for a wheel
But this really helped as I'm facing this with my controller peasantry
Super nice!
this is exactly my philosophy and the core of the 247 racing team, iracing is the final frontier for myself, the only sim i have yet to download and join. well that's it I'm in, one 247 racing team president heading your way!
the main thing i see in the rookie and lower class races that "ruins" races is people are two car lengths behind me think that's close enough for a move like in forza or gran turismo. they try and send it up the inside and inevitably hit your inside. this is the only thing that was not someone spinning that i have been taken out by but it has been such a problem i'd like to see a youtuber make a video on it. its happened alot already at turn 1 tskuba and im not one to just move out of the way of a fight to save a few safety points.
zach morgan personally I’d move away to save my race
Please, please join us, you are desperately needed
That’s me. Just not in iRacing
Great video with valid points. On another platform where I was already a competent league racer (bottom step of the podium several times), I took somebody out in a leauge race because I wasn't familiar with the pit entry point. I felt so guilty that I never raced competitively again. This also eventuated in me abandoning iRacing as I could not justify the ongoing cost if I wasn't going to race competitively. I may re-think things after watching your video. Thanks.
I watch many iRacing video's because I'm interested in joining. However; I've NEVER seen a single article inviting new members ...in fact I don't recall even seeing an add from an iRacing site canvasing for new members. It appears to be more exclusive than the consol Lobbies & Leagues.
Really on the fence with sim racing for this reason, I have the same problem with all online games especially fps. I have everything I need to do it, wheel, stand, decent PC, vr, and ps5 also with vr. I can never make the jump
Lol I have voice chat turned off. Thank you to my brother for convincing me to turn it off.
Every event I try I'm so far off the pace in practice I just can't see myself having a "race". What's the point of being a backmarker hoping for others to die...
Try watching the fast guys and copy there line and brakemarks in practice by watching them. I also use VRS to analyze my stint and I can learn every track with videos and tutorials. Helped me a lot. I’m able now to stay with fast guys most of the time.
I wish I could use iracing. I am not buying a gaming computer and wouldn’t buy a windows box for anything. I like consoles so I’m racing GT7. It fits my gaming ecosystem but it’s definitely frustrating at times. For starters, the chat function is closed until 30 sec before a race starts and everyone signs out as soon as the race is over. So there’s no getting to know anyone, discuss or apologize for an incident etc.
#1 tip should be "never touch iRacing"
#2 tip onwards - see tip #1
#3 Have a nice cup of tea and a sit down
Nah. I avoid the short sprint races that I'd have wanted to do cause half the time I get rear ended at T1 and there is just not enough time in those races to make up for the SR lost.
And the ilms and imsa races require a much larger time investment.
I just joined iRacing today and I’m practicing with Mazda. I have hundreds of hours in ACC and I’m looking forward to the challenge. I absolutely dread taking out other drivers. Lol
Funny, I'm looking to take a step in the other direction! ACC is an absolute experience and I'm yet to have my first race in competitive ranked. iRacing is the main course but ACC is the pudding I'm eyeing up.
Danny Lee I love ACC also but the VR is pretty bad. I’m blown away how smooth the VR is in iRacing. Other than the VR I have no complaints about ACC.
@@slickdiggler1197 Yeah, I've heard ACC is a bag of spanners on VR. Shame about that - it's so close to perfect, no other sim has made me feel so immersed into the world of GT.
I’m stuck in D license and can not get out of it.
Is there an option ingame where I can disable the chat messages on the top? I want my incs to show up, but all the texting and server messages from disconnecting...I dont need that. It just distract me.
I'm not aware of an option to disable driver chat but I could be wrong.
@@dannyleeracing thanks for the answer
@@WaskiLP Alt - K makes the chat movable if you dident know, i moved mine all the way up to the edge so i hardly notice it anymore
@@jankristiansen3146 thanks man. great advise. will try it
i don't play iracing but in acc I stopped qualifying at all trying always start from the back. its worthless someone always ruins my race if i can take higher starting position
Yup, either start first and run or you get wrecked
I've been doing the odd race in ACC, not yet made it up to the level needed to get to the competitive servers as I spend all my racing time on iRacing. I'll have to see for myself what happens when I do get in there.
As Dan said, join a League. Stay out of puplic lobbies. I also don't have iRacing but enjoy being in a League with ACC on PS4.
I don't worry about ruining someone else's race.....I worry about them ruining mine and losing mega irating because of it.
Don't we all, man. Don't we all.
What I really can't stand is that while I understand the no fault penalty system, it is compounded by the loss of irating due to no fault of your own and alot of other drivers out there judge YOUR driving skill by a number that is predominantly under the control of others.
@@simaddiction It's rubbish that it punishes you but as you say, it's the lesser of all evils. In many ways, iRating is meaningless and the best thing we can do is stop chasing it as every ding feels like a defeat. We can't cash our iRating in for any kind of reward so we're best off concentrating on finding fun races. Leagues are a good avenue to go down as collisions and accidents are reviewed by human stewards and you get proper recourse for it.
Pro tip: Stop caring about irating. Way more fun and I’ve gotten much better because of it
I understand what you are saying, but that is easier said than done due to irating directly affecting who you are paired with in any given race.
I'd love to come try iRacing, but my graphics card just died and now you can't buy one of the 30 series really. 😭
30 series is mega overkill for iRacing. Just get something cheaper
@@HomeSlice_2424 The 3070 will be the cheapest graphics card thats worth buying when it releases, unless AMD come up with something. I'll be waiting for one.
hmmmm i will try
First race after watching this video. Punted off three times...
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Like the video but alas I left a while ago, just got sick of the crap mainly
Yeah, the C-Class pros really care about wrecking the whole field...