Gradual or cold turkey?

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Choose a nice, rear wheel drive car that will let the tail out but isn't too skittish, and put it in a pretty challenging race. Try it once or twice with your usual aids on, to get used to the car, line etc and make you feel comfortable with the race.

The just get rid of 'em all (except ABS, bad things will happen if you turn that off) and keep trying the race until you win. As long as the car isn't too skittish, but will still slip and slide quite freely, then you'll be broken in pretty quickly but without too much difficulty either. Plus, you'll notice an improvement as you get closer and closer to winning, and this should be a good enough incentive to keep on trying.

Once you've done that, repeat in a less forgiving car. Soon you'll be proficient, and you've made some money on the side, and more importantly, you should have enjoyed the whole experience!

I broke myself in with the Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II (won from the dream car championship) in the American Championship at Laguna Seca. Pretty challenging without being too stressful, and the car's not too difficult to get used to.
 
So I thought the Op was trying to quit smoking. Cold turkey for me.
 
Yev
Try golding the licences, that's how you'll learn how faster you are without the aids
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Maybe by turning off the aids I can now Gold everything.
 
Turn off the active stability management "ASM" first, then play with the others. I still like skid control on certain tracks that I don't use often..get the tyres really squealing before the back end breaks away.
 
i should really turn the racing line off =/
 
fjcatherine
Is it better to gradually turn down the driving aids or just turn everything off (cold turkey) and just get use to it?

I'm currently driving with driving aids on and want to get better. I've been driving since January and getting better by slowly turning down the aids and practice, practice, practice and practice some more :-) or is it even worth learning to drive with the aids off?

How did you guys do it?
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I never started into console racing sims until Forza Motorsport 2, which I did with all the aids on, but when I started into Forza Motorsport 3 I started off with the racing line off (didn't run the brake assist, of course), but started off with an automatic tranny as well as ABS, TCS, and ESC on. Over time I gradually started turning off the aids except for automatic transmission. Into GT5 I started out with all aids off except for ABS 1 (since I didn't like the feel of braking in GT5) and the auto tranny, but after maybe a couple months went to manual (will never go back to auto) and found out that adjusting brake bias enables me to run ABS 0 in this game.

So, long story short, I gradually toggled aids off, and this is how I always recommend doing it. I don't encourage just jumping into the deep end of the pool by turning everything off right away because that can be frustrating to the player, and frustration isn't enjoyable. Turning them off one by one allows you to still enjoy the game at your comfort level and to adapt to driving without each aid individually rather than trying to adapt to half a dozen things all at once.

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I was just thinking.... When toggling off an aid, don't try jumping into a high-end car right away. Start out with lesser cars, adapt to those, and gradually step up the car performance. Using traction control as an example, working up the performance ladder helps adjust to driving without traction control gradually.
 
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