Getting away from SRF

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I absolutely love this game, and I really really want to start playing it as I feel it "should" be played. I really want to turn off SRF and learn how to race competently without it, I just feel like its a game okay'd cheat.

I'm really struggling though, as soon as I get in to the high powered cars, I'm just completely useless, I can't even begin to control them. They fly out everywhere with no control whatsoever. After a few laps of Tokyo I was able to lap around the same as the leading AI in the Dream Cars race, although then I would have a horrific crash once every couple of laps and fall miles behind again.

Is there any simple advice out there? Like I said I really want to get to grips with turning it off, I'm willing to work at it and I'm okay with not winning everything right away, I just feel so far out of my depth right now when jumping in the really big cars I could just do with some advice.

Thanks a lot to all of ya :)
 
Are you running racing soft tires? Sounds like you're skating around on sports tires.
 
Well, my biggest advice is practice hard and do not be discouraged. It would probably also help to practice without it using different drive-trains as well. Do you use the DS3 or a wheel? I would imagine that the wheel would have a smaller learning curve, but that is just an opinion. Like I said, just keep practicing and strive for smooth driving. Hope it goes well!
 
Using racing softs sadly, its just those high powered cars don't seem to care what you are using!

Sadly using a DS3, I'd love a wheel but a bit strapped for cash at the moment.

Speaking of drive trains, i'm also still using automatic, would manual be helpful in improving??
 
Yes manual will help. automatic tends to use the wrong gears for corners but it's preference... If you don't already, I suggest L2: Brake, R2: Gas, Square: Shift Down, X: Shift Up
 
What race were you attempting and what level is this at..??

Also, what car were you using and what was it's power and weight..??

The more information you can give us the more we can help, but each race at each level will require a certain car to a certain performance level, it would really help if you could give those details because you might well be in a car that simply can't keep up or is not suitable for that race..??
 
Its really any race at all, its not that I can't keep up for the most part, its that I can't maintain control. I've gone from barely even knowing oversteer exists (using SRF) to shaking in my boots at the mere mention of the word!

So far the races I've had really big problems with.

Fully tuned Zonda R in Dream Car Championship.)

Fully tuned ZR1 RM in Dream Car Championship (this is a lot easier to handle than the Zonda, but I still end up losing it all over the place).

With both of these I seem to just lost control at the most random of places. It doesn't even feel like I'm losing control at any particular corner / straight, it can literally be anywhere, the car just dissapears from under me!
I'm generally a competent driver, managed golds in almost all the license tests so far for example, and can rework the suspension / aero's etc effectively too.

I just managed to take 1st at the Cape Ring using a partially tuned RUF Yellowbird in the Level 20 German championship. The RUF is clearly overpowered for that race, but not by a huge margin, so I was happy with the result.

Hope this is enough info for ya, I'm more than willing to respond to any questions, and thanks again everyone!
 
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The Zonda and ZR1 can be wild if not tamed. Do you feather the throttle when acceleration? This is one way to maintain good grip with the road and not end up in a wall. The cars will have certain speeds/rev amounts at which point it's safe to full throttle, before this point though the traction will be low because of wheel spin/too much torque through the drivetrain making the car hard to control. If you are driving in manual it's a lot easier to combat this by shifting up early.
 
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