I have a few novice questions.
- Is clutch required when downshifting with paddles? I never do with my wheel. But if I use my gamepad (mod testing purposes) game disengages clutch automatically when downshifting.
- I see most drivers (sim and real life) constantly rocking wheel left-right with very small movements. Like a vibration. Is it a technique or road feedback?
- Do you suggest any videos for teaching sim-racing techniques?
A: Shouldn't be. AC doesn't have support for sequential gearboxes, only semi-auto.
B: On the straight, road feedback. In the corners, you go a little over the limit, a little under, a little over, feeling the self aligning torque to keep the fronts on the limit and testing for yaw response. Some drivers also intentionally turn-in too much when trailbraking, lifting off slightly, going over curbs etc. to control oversteer in some cars. The front slip will slide the fronts a bit more than the rears and keep the car stable. I saw some guys doing it as a specific technique in modern GT cars.
C: Basically all of the sim racing videos are rubbish. Stay especially away from Mr Deap and Viperconcept. I suggest Going Faster
and Ross Bentley's Ultimate Speed secrets. Watch Best Motoring and Hot Version videos for some nice onboards to get an idea of good technique and relatively fast driving by pro drivers (Pedal cam often included). The rest is sim-specific and you'll generally learn it over time. Good sims will transfer over much, some stuff like iRacing requires a lot of hacky techniques and methods.
Here's some good videos. Not simracing or even racing specific but I'm assuming you're a complete newbie, or looking for info for a complete newbie, so it's decent for overall driving. Drifting included for pedal cam and concepts. Everyone should be able to drift competently as well, unless you're not planning on driving the limit. The biggest newbie fundamentals IMO is SEATING and STEERING POSITION, how you hold the wheel, proper vision and looking ahead and proper tempo in braking, steering, accelerating etc. Speed Secrets and the Honda video covers some of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKbJXlxEL5E
I think they have subs too.
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3rd: practise, drive lots of hours, because everyone has different technique. I would say, if you must watch videos, tutorials on how to heel-and-toe and watch tons of in car footage to learn the lines of the tracks. Most of it comes from practise. Even drifting and whatnot.
I agree on the practice, but high level driving technique is almost completely identical. The differences are just in the method of feeling the car and on a per-car and per-setup basis. Which is why those small movements when done unconsciously and with a purpose are *not* unnecessary and limiting them will not make you go any faster or slower.
Theoretically you'd need to do A LOT of those very fast but ALSO smooth so as to not upset the car, to always keep the fronts on the very limit but that's not how it works. Cars run on springs and springy tires so if you steer like an absolute madman, you'll probably upset the car.
It depends on the car setup too. In some cars, it won't do you any good. In some cars it's almost a requirement just to keep it balanced. Many drivers use some movement to feel slip and IRL to feel/see the yaw. Largely you're feeling the wheel in sims IMO as sims boost the steering feedback to account for lack of proper G forces and inner ear functions.
If you wanna go fast at a pro e-sports level, it honestly just comes down to doing the right thing, then grinding. Endless grinding for thousands of laps.
And of course, his Mark 3 Lola T70 is the only "real" Lola T70 Mk3 out there for AC, the original ACL Lola model is a "Frankenlola" - it's the love child of a Lola and a Chevron visually. Of course I've noticed ACL have scooped his 3d model and added it to the package recently, but I still prefer Legion's version better.
