Dude, just go and race. What are you gonna do when you have someone in front slightly slower than you, but in order to overtake you have to get out of the racing line that you've burned into your brain so hard? Or if you have to defend from someone behind who's faster? You won't know what to do! Also I don't understand how you can hotlap in the same circuit for months without wanting to off yourself.
I understand what you mean. Racing isn’t just hotlaps. Luckily I have a bit of racing experience from various classes. My most recent race was the 24h of Spa in a citroen C1. In that race, I had to navigate my way around slower and faster cars for 8 hours (The race was AWESOME and I’m planning on making a video about that as soon as I get a hold of the on-board footage 😝) So what I’m saying is, I won’t be clueless with how to race. But I still have a lot to learn so I do get what you’re concerned about. As for the months of training in the same track. I actually enjoy the learning process. Each time I drive, I learn something new so it never gets boring for me. And no, I am not a robot that if I get off the racing line, I don’t know what to do. The cool thing with this form of training is I get to understand the car handling better and FEEL what the car is telling me. So even when I’m off-line, I will be able to maximize the grip of the car.
I respect the grind. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you, but you should consider tweaking your FOV if the view I am seeing is also what you see. It doesn't have to be perfectly accurate, just close enough and comfortable. A more accurate FOV completely changes your perception of speed and rotation. A lot easier to spot markers, hit apexes and be more consistent in general.
I've tried changing the FOV before and found the current one more comfortable for me! Maybe I try it out later on, if I find myself struggling to navigate around a track.
Hey, so I’m telling you this just for you to keep in mind so that you can choose your own way to improve. This is what got me from 2K to 5.7K irating in road in a matter of months. The best way that worked so well for me is to use a reference lap. I use VRS to see how far off pace I am, when I’m able to set a lap that is close to or the same time as the reference then I know I have pace to always be top 5 in top split. I would not advice you to just spend more time on a track chasing a lap time. If you only hotlap you will never get over 4K irating. Get up to pace for your irating and race. If you don’t race you will not learn. Also when you have set a lap time that is very difficult to improve on then any more hotlaping is a very inefficient way of using your time. The thing you do is race and learn from faster guys. You compare telemetry and watch their onboards. Doing the same thing expecting a different result is insanity. You are doing something that the fast guys are not. Doing more laps doing the same thing won’t give you much improvement. Also, it’s all about the rotation and using the car for turning and not slowing down. If you can’t make your car spin on entry to every corner then you know that you are overslowing. Coaching can be good when you are stuck and you don’t know what you are doing wrong. But getting to the top 1% is not about just putting more hours in. It’s about making the car rotate.
If you have spent more than 5 hours on a track, you are 100% on pace with what you can achieve with your current skill level. Don’t just do more lapping, find what you are doing wrong.
This is the way. Use garage61 or VRS to compare whats is fast to what youre doing. Focus on one thing or one corner and see how you can get more pace. Itll help a lot
Thanks for sharing your experience! I would like to give your way of training a go, as soon as I achieve my current goal. I agree with the definition of insanity. However, although I understand what you mean by doing the same thing over and over again, I am constantly changing my driving technique in order to find more lap time. I am not driving mindlessly expecting to, magically, get faster. So far, I am improving and understanding the reason behind my extra pace. So in that sense, although I am practicing in the same track with the same car, I am still finding things to do differently (within those parameters). Your way of training is obviously working and I wont say otherwise. I am just trying to explore other ways as well. But I will also try what you suggested, in the near future! Thanks for the tips!!
you should set up active reset in these offline sessions. Set it on your wheel and then on lap 3 a bit before your start finish line, create the restart point and then whenever you want to reset, you can start at that point on warm tires. itll let you get more laps in. from your garage61, it looks like you hit ABS way too much. Try and focus on being under the limit of abs and you should be able to get more braking in with a shorter brake distance. Exit throttle looks good and trail braking looks good, its just getting into abs thats not so good. love the hustle. Getting faster in iracing means having more fun IMO so youre doing the right thing.
You should try removing relatives every now and then to see how the lap times do. It helps with those dumb mistakes when I’m a couple tenths up from my PR.
It wouldn’t hurt to try it out! Although there is a part of me that thinks I could learn from this and try to overcome the stress buildup. It might help me be able to maintain my composure, long term…!
I just stumbled across your channel and skimmed through a couple of videos due to the lack of time I have atm. After you achieve your goal, will you be using the same methodology on other tracks? Or just this one as an experiment
After this goal I’m gonna start mixing it up a little (bit of racing, bit of training and a few other random things I have planned for the future). I definitely want to start increasing my irating so just doing solo practicing isn’t gonna get me far! I am hoping that I will be able to extract a few things I’ve learnt from this experiment and use them to my benefit in other tracks too!
I just think that since I’m gonna be starting from the pits in qualifying, I might as well be familiar with that format. I also like to start with a clean slate (although it might not be very efficient).
@@matthewreynolds4382 - active reset is a feature in iracing that lets you pick a point on the lap where you can start your run, rather than going all the way back to the pits. Super handy for practicing one particular section on a track
Active reset also resets the car state (tire temps, wear etc.) back to the original state. I would suggest @Achilles to warm up the car and just use the reset. The 1st or 2nd full lap from pits is the fastest. Also learn to warm the tires for quali-lap, (fast but no scrubbing in outlap) it has big effect. Also try to run with delta off. You might be surprised with your laps when you just focus on the feel instead of the delta.
@@Achillefsgiannisis approx when (wanna see it, subbed)? You definitely know that lap time is not everything. You can be fast, but unless you are faster than the rest of the field and you are gone in first 3 corners - your lap times mean very little.
If all goes well, I will start racing in a month or so. Doing solo practicing isn’t just about lap time. It’s also about mastering car control (trail braking, steering, throttle trace). These are all good things to know even when racing. I’m giving myself time and experience to understand the micro details in force feedback to know exactly what the car is doing. Will this work to my benefit? We shall see🚀🚀
Not very often in a race are you gonna be hot lapping. You gotta go race and mix lots of practice with it. A large part of what you need to learn only happens in the race.
First of all thanks for the critique! It’s very easy for me to get blindsided with a goal and not see the bigger picture. Is my way of training effective? I don’t know but, at this point, I am curious to see what would happen. Pretty soon I will be back with the rest of the grid, racing. At that point I will see if this was a total waste of time or not. Regardless, I hope I can help out a few of you looking to find a better way of practicing. Even if that’s by learning from my mistakes! But just to be clear, I have done races before (both irl and through sim racing). So I know more or less what to expect.
Place your bets. Is the chase for more lap time gonna last longer than one more part in this series?
Dude, just go and race. What are you gonna do when you have someone in front slightly slower than you, but in order to overtake you have to get out of the racing line that you've burned into your brain so hard? Or if you have to defend from someone behind who's faster? You won't know what to do! Also I don't understand how you can hotlap in the same circuit for months without wanting to off yourself.
Yeah hot lapping for months in practice is not how you become a good racer.
I understand what you mean. Racing isn’t just hotlaps.
Luckily I have a bit of racing experience from various classes. My most recent race was the 24h of Spa in a citroen C1. In that race, I had to navigate my way around slower and faster cars for 8 hours (The race was AWESOME and I’m planning on making a video about that as soon as I get a hold of the on-board footage 😝)
So what I’m saying is, I won’t be clueless with how to race.
But I still have a lot to learn so I do get what you’re concerned about.
As for the months of training in the same track. I actually enjoy the learning process. Each time I drive, I learn something new so it never gets boring for me. And no, I am not a robot that if I get off the racing line, I don’t know what to do. The cool thing with this form of training is I get to understand the car handling better and FEEL what the car is telling me. So even when I’m off-line, I will be able to maximize the grip of the car.
The dedication is absolutely mad, you’ll get the laptime for sure. Nice vid and keep up the good work
Thanks dude🚀
Ignore all the comments saying this is time wasted. It is not. Keep it up bro
3:36 it also happens to me, try to remove the delta time in the HUD in order to focus more on what to do and not to what time you're doing
I will try it out!!
I respect the grind.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you, but you should consider tweaking your FOV if the view I am seeing is also what you see. It doesn't have to be perfectly accurate, just close enough and comfortable. A more accurate FOV completely changes your perception of speed and rotation. A lot easier to spot markers, hit apexes and be more consistent in general.
I've tried changing the FOV before and found the current one more comfortable for me! Maybe I try it out later on, if I find myself struggling to navigate around a track.
@Achillefsgiannisis if your current settings are what is comfortable then it's all good.
Hey, so I’m telling you this just for you to keep in mind so that you can choose your own way to improve. This is what got me from 2K to 5.7K irating in road in a matter of months. The best way that worked so well for me is to use a reference lap. I use VRS to see how far off pace I am, when I’m able to set a lap that is close to or the same time as the reference then I know I have pace to always be top 5 in top split. I would not advice you to just spend more time on a track chasing a lap time. If you only hotlap you will never get over 4K irating. Get up to pace for your irating and race. If you don’t race you will not learn. Also when you have set a lap time that is very difficult to improve on then any more hotlaping is a very inefficient way of using your time. The thing you do is race and learn from faster guys. You compare telemetry and watch their onboards. Doing the same thing expecting a different result is insanity. You are doing something that the fast guys are not. Doing more laps doing the same thing won’t give you much improvement. Also, it’s all about the rotation and using the car for turning and not slowing down. If you can’t make your car spin on entry to every corner then you know that you are overslowing. Coaching can be good when you are stuck and you don’t know what you are doing wrong. But getting to the top 1% is not about just putting more hours in. It’s about making the car rotate.
If you have spent more than 5 hours on a track, you are 100% on pace with what you can achieve with your current skill level. Don’t just do more lapping, find what you are doing wrong.
This is the way. Use garage61 or VRS to compare whats is fast to what youre doing. Focus on one thing or one corner and see how you can get more pace. Itll help a lot
Thanks for sharing your experience! I would like to give your way of training a go, as soon as I achieve my current goal. I agree with the definition of insanity. However, although I understand what you mean by doing the same thing over and over again, I am constantly changing my driving technique in order to find more lap time. I am not driving mindlessly expecting to, magically, get faster.
So far, I am improving and understanding the reason behind my extra pace. So in that sense, although I am practicing in the same track with the same car, I am still finding things to do differently (within those parameters).
Your way of training is obviously working and I wont say otherwise. I am just trying to explore other ways as well. But I will also try what you suggested, in the near future! Thanks for the tips!!
you should set up active reset in these offline sessions. Set it on your wheel and then on lap 3 a bit before your start finish line, create the restart point and then whenever you want to reset, you can start at that point on warm tires. itll let you get more laps in.
from your garage61, it looks like you hit ABS way too much. Try and focus on being under the limit of abs and you should be able to get more braking in with a shorter brake distance. Exit throttle looks good and trail braking looks good, its just getting into abs thats not so good.
love the hustle. Getting faster in iracing means having more fun IMO so youre doing the right thing.
Thanks for the tips! This might sound really dumb but I had no idea I was hitting the ABS. I will have to take a look on it!
Mate if ya keen we can do a discord session and see where we can make some time!
@@jacksoncalvert9098 Hahahah we could definitely have a chat and see! My discord username is "gia38" .
You should try removing relatives every now and then to see how the lap times do. It helps with those dumb mistakes when I’m a couple tenths up from my PR.
It wouldn’t hurt to try it out! Although there is a part of me that thinks I could learn from this and try to overcome the stress buildup. It might help me be able to maintain my composure, long term…!
I just stumbled across your channel and skimmed through a couple of videos due to the lack of time I have atm. After you achieve your goal, will you be using the same methodology on other tracks? Or just this one as an experiment
After this goal I’m gonna start mixing it up a little (bit of racing, bit of training and a few other random things I have planned for the future). I definitely want to start increasing my irating so just doing solo practicing isn’t gonna get me far!
I am hoping that I will be able to extract a few things I’ve learnt from this experiment and use them to my benefit in other tracks too!
Get fast bro
aight
Good job. Instead of going back to the pits when you mess up, why dont you just use the active reset feature?
The what now?
I just think that since I’m gonna be starting from the pits in qualifying, I might as well be familiar with that format. I also like to start with a clean slate (although it might not be very efficient).
@@matthewreynolds4382 - active reset is a feature in iracing that lets you pick a point on the lap where you can start your run, rather than going all the way back to the pits. Super handy for practicing one particular section on a track
@@IAmSpartacus007 oh my god that is super useful for practicing new tracks! Did not know this feature existed.
Active reset also resets the car state (tire temps, wear etc.) back to the original state. I would suggest @Achilles to warm up the car and just use the reset. The 1st or 2nd full lap from pits is the fastest. Also learn to warm the tires for quali-lap, (fast but no scrubbing in outlap) it has big effect.
Also try to run with delta off. You might be surprised with your laps when you just focus on the feel instead of the delta.
Are you planning on doing any racing?
Yes! That’s what I’m preparing myself for.
@@Achillefsgiannisis approx when (wanna see it, subbed)? You definitely know that lap time is not everything. You can be fast, but unless you are faster than the rest of the field and you are gone in first 3 corners - your lap times mean very little.
If all goes well, I will start racing in a month or so.
Doing solo practicing isn’t just about lap time. It’s also about mastering car control (trail braking, steering, throttle trace). These are all good things to know even when racing.
I’m giving myself time and experience to understand the micro details in force feedback to know exactly what the car is doing. Will this work to my benefit? We shall see🚀🚀
Not very often in a race are you gonna be hot lapping. You gotta go race and mix lots of practice with it. A large part of what you need to learn only happens in the race.
First of all thanks for the critique! It’s very easy for me to get blindsided with a goal and not see the bigger picture.
Is my way of training effective? I don’t know but, at this point, I am curious to see what would happen.
Pretty soon I will be back with the rest of the grid, racing. At that point I will see if this was a total waste of time or not.
Regardless, I hope I can help out a few of you looking to find a better way of practicing. Even if that’s by learning from my mistakes!
But just to be clear, I have done races before (both irl and through sim racing). So I know more or less what to expect.
@ oh if you’ve already raced then I could see where this would work. If you hadn’t raced then I would be very skeptical
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