No driving line?

[Thomas K]

How can i learn to drive without driving lines?? I have all other AIDS off!!!
And it is all cars!

 

[95GTIVR6]

Practice.

Racing a stock car similar to the competition to learn braking points.

Practice.

 

[GTP_ken_b]

Yeah that will take practice on the same track, so you can see where the breaking points are, you will also notice by following the AI you can determine the general area of the breaking point. Then you can decide if you are able to employ some later breaking, etc. But practice makes perfect when it comes to drawing and following your own line...but it can be fun...good luck! You can always buy this book if you want to nerd out: Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques by Ross Bentley

You can also find a lot of driving line information and driving tips by searching a website called Google! :-)

 

[Traviizter]

I just decide where my position on track needs to be in order to:
a) Enter the corner correctly.
b) Hit the apex (or get as close as possible).
c) Exit the corner correctly, and lining up for any other course features afterwards.
Learn how to do these properly and it'll become natural to you, and you won't even think about doing it.

Also, if there is some kind of obstacle, be it a car or a hill, be prepared to take a different line to avoid crashing out, annoying someone or missing a corner completely and flying into a wall. Don't slow down/move away from the line too much, but be careful enough to give other people room while trying to remain as close to the driving line as possible.

Honestly, the first time I decided to turn off all aids and switch to manual gearing (this was in GT5P) I had a tough time, but when you get to know the tracks and cars you use, you'll be able to enjoy your driving more without feeling like a train on rails.

Hope this helps! 👍

 

[priesty_lfc]

Thats it, Practice.

I always used the line but then changing to cockpit I decided to go without it, its so much better, yes I sometimes struggled at the start but just remember to check out the gear selector as when it flashes you should start to think about braking!

Goodluck

 

[Traviizter]

Remember to check out the gear selector as when it flashes you should start to think about braking!

Ah yes, this as well. Don't rely on it too much though, as it only gives a rough idea and sometimes you'll end up braking way too early.

 

[mcfizzle]

Just practice. Use the gear indicator that tells you what gear to be in for the upcoming corner to help you. When it starts flashing you should be braking soon. Don't rely on it, just to help you get started. After a bit you will have a feel for when you need to brake. Find landmarks on the pavement or side of the track to help you also. It will start to come naturally for you. Good luck.

 

[rexc]

The racing line will still be there in the form of the dark rubber left on the track. Follow that and you will be pretty well right. Then just work on your braking points for each corner.

 

[NjLowrider]

Yes I look at the track to see the darkest spots, that tells me the preferred line. Then I use the flashing red gear indicator to learn the braking points. It flashes a little soon but I use it as a reference.

 

[stpatty]

Practice. You drive more, you get better at judging braking points, you get better at driving.

 

[Aween]

Just drop it I just dropped it randomly, and now I've learnt most of the tracks heaps more.

 

[Vitzio]

Just practice and take note of how good your brakes are.

 

[IceMan PJN]

Real-world drivers never have a magic race line to guide them. They have to figure it out for themselves as they drive around it. As was mentioned, you can more or less see where to go based on the rubber and oil left on the track surface, but real-world drivers still figure it out for themselves even on a brand new or freshly-paved track that doesn't have all that scuffing.

There's some basic, generalized methods like out-in-out that the license tests teach, but beyond that it's just trial and error. You approach a part of the track, see how your approach worked out, and then try it a bit different the next time to see if that was better or worse. Try braking at a certain point, and if it felt like you slowed too early or too much, try braking later next time. Conversely, if you had trouble making the corner, perhaps you braked too little or too late, so try it sooner next time. Stuff like that.

 

[gold_ultima]

The driving line the game gives you is actually wrong anyways. Also, different F1 drivers take different lines for the same track. It's somewhat down to driving style because cars and people aren't perfect. Cars don't handle perfectly neutral.

 

[CarreraGT]

As everyone else has said, practice. Also I have learned a lot of real world tracks just by watching them on tv (obviously won't work for fictional tracks) so maybe look up some footage on youtube or something to familiarise yourself with the circuit.

But yeah, start with a sensible car until you know the layout like the back of your hand. Starting in a faster car will only make it harder to learn

 

[SKOT_FREE]

Real-world drivers never have a magic race line to guide them. They have to figure it out for themselves as they drive around it. As was mentioned, you can more or less see where to go based on the rubber and oil left on the track surface, but real-world drivers still figure it out for themselves even on a brand new or freshly-paved track that doesn't have all that scuffing.

There's some basic, generalized methods like out-in-out that the license tests teach, but beyond that it's just trial and error. You approach a part of the track, see how your approach worked out, and then try it a bit different the next time to see if that was better or worse. Try braking at a certain point, and if it felt like you slowed too early or too much, try braking later next time. Conversely, if you had trouble making the corner, perhaps you braked too little or too late, so try it sooner next time. Stuff like that.

I disagree kind of...Every course has a Racing line, now you don't have to follow it but usually The fastest way around a course is The Racing line. You can see it because there's marks where everyone uses it. I say beginners shouldn't worry too much about it, but as you get better and faster, you'll find yourself using the racing line more. I see people who claim to be Drift Kings taking awful lines on Tsukuba for example. Most people Drift the outside slow line away from the apex. I go outside, Drift in on the apex, then back out on exit, but this depends on entry speed and other factors.

 

[grossmind]

I turn off the drive line on day one. One of the beauty in the game is to find the best line by yourself. With enough practice, u will learn to see a invisible line naturally. This is a good thing to learn from the game, cause u will be able to see the same virtual line in your daily road driving and on a real track!
So just turn it off from now!

 

[AUS_Topgear]

You will never learn a track with driving line on. People used to tell me they only have it on until they learn the track but then when it’s off they have no reference points and have to learn all the tracks breaking points. They wasted all that time with it on and now are way behind in learning the track for those races with it banned.

 

[zorrofox]

Learn to drive the track then learn to race on it. The two are not the same but learning how to simply drive around a course makes racing other cars so much easier to do.

 

[Tonnie073]

How can i learn to drive without driving lines?? I have all other AIDS off!!!
And it is all cars!

First brake early, and keep breaking a bi later jntil you hut the apex

 

[jov_604]

Run a track in practice mode for 10 laps with the racing line on, and then turn the racing line off, and run it again. Helped me anyway.

 

[Sir Tuddle]

Brake about 1 second after the red gear number starts blinking, enter through the outside of a turn and exit throught the inside.

 

[ninjasansan]

Try running with the line off, and just practice. You'll eventually get the hang of it.

The difference in races(especially evenly matched ones) is that you have to take a different line unless you're in first.

 

[Bonker]

I take corners in the game like I ride my motorcycle IRL. Slow in and fast out, late apex, be ginger with the throttle.

 

[sprplay]

I'm in a similar situation as you. In the past I used the line mostly to find the right breakpoints.

A few days ago I decided to switch off the line more often as the most interesting online rooms have the line disabled it anyway.

But driving without assistance has an interesting effect on my driving style: I drive more carefully, breaking earlier (perhaps sometimes too early), which helps me to adopt the slow-in fast-out technique and after a few days comming in last position in races I find myself to catch up ...

... so just don't give up too quick, even if it takes a while.

 

[daltonlm]

I don´t use Racing Line also... but i just figure how a newbie deal with a custom track with no rubber mark in the tarmac and sometimes with inverted signals (like toscana with dozen of hairpins, lol).

 

[Dennisch]

When I first started playing Gt5 I felt like something was wrong with the game, and I could not put my finger on it.

Untill I turned off the line, and everything suddenly made sense!

 

[sideshowfrost]

The red recommended gear indicator on the hud is as much an aid as the driving line, and since there's no option to restrict it or customise the hud you need to turn all the dials off to get rid of it. Which is why I only drive premiums these days: cockpit view required.

 

[Skython]

Brake early and start getting late (like Tonnie073 said), and just practice. Personally I don't think it's hard to drive without the driving line

 

[GTP_joeninety]

i used the driving line thru most of my racing in prolouge only because i did not want to hit anyone off the track by missing braking markers..trying to keep up with some of the fastest drivers in GT always put me beyond my abilities and i guess i needed the safety factor (kind of like abs1)