If you’re just getting into iracing practicing in the Mazda will get some good results, learn the track then turn the driving line off and learn to drive the track, hop into open practice defend your position for a few laps then let the person around if they are faster. Watch their line and brake points, the racing line handicap has caused so many wrecks for no reason, you’ll see the people who use it because it’ll look like they are trying to hotlap in a pack learning race craft is very important it’s not hard to lift off the gas to prevent ruining your race or someone else’s race. Dave cam is an amazing teacher on yt and a lot of fun watching his races. Not trying to rant but we all want to race, watching a clean race on replay is pretty satisfying imho. Have fun hope to see ya on track! P.S. watch out on pit exits, no need to crash someone when you’re coming out of pits. Turn on your relative anyone within a 2 second window let them on by
I've practiced for hours, having watched many other videos on lime rock. After watching this I got my fastest lap the second try! 1:01.4something, which was a big improvement. Thanks!
Thanks. I watch all your stuff. You have taught me a lot. I have become enamored with Limerock. It is where I have done most of my practicing. I am still very very much a novice. Sam Posey has a UA-cam touring the track in real cars. He says basically the same things you do, but with much more emotion. 😀 It 100% applies to this sim. Turn 9 is a blast. Sam Posey says you gotta have guts for that turn. (paraphrasing his video) First, look ahead down the straight. There is an optical illusion that it is a tight turn, it is not. He says you will see once you get to the bottom of the hill that it is a straight shot. I have found at the bottom of the hill your front tires are pressed down hard, so rotation isn't a problem if you can hit it right. I turn a little before I get there and the downforce allows you to do that slight rotation when you hit bottom. You shouldn't need the curb to rotate and I found it slows you a little. If you are not flat out from turn 8 all the way through turn 9 onto the straight, you don't have the guts. Turn 8 is also a flat out turn if done right. Now if I could actually get turn 1&2 and the chicane right I would be fast. You beat the pants off of me in both places. I think you probably just showed me how to do 1 & 2 . The only way I have beaten 1:01:xx is following someone that is better than me. My typical time is 1:02 - 1:04 Interesting that just before turn 3 there is some kind of invisible bump you can feel in the wheel. It feels like a seam across the road. I have had it upset the car a little sometimes. It is just as you start to turn into 3.
love your track guides, Dave! I am a total noob and just started out simracing and I appreciate your detailed explanation and love how you drive slow first and stop at all key points.
Only one thing I do differently and found to be quicker is only lift on turn 3, no need to break that much. But to do that and make it work you need to be a little bit more to the left of the track on entry, you scrub off some speed, go wide, just like turns1/2, and then you apex it late… so its more like 2 apexes… I dont know if I made it clear
Also, i have found if you blip accelerator + clutch , you can switch gears more easily in some circunstances. That works for slow corners when you need to switch down gears and get optimal acceleration on exit. Its almost like a punta taco ... give it a try. On this particular track maybe you can use it on corner 1 if you brake to hard frmo 3rd gear. But on slower tracks it works like a charm.
Hit all the marks as described.. This is this weeks track -- I'm still 1 second off running a high 1:02.. Is it likely I don't break hard enough initially?
I wish I would have seen this video a few weeks ago. Very good to see now. But I need to find out how to get the MX-5 to move faster on take off. It seems like it takes for ever to get going, but some of the guys get going much faster. I've tried everything I can think of and nothing is working so far. !!!
Dave can you link me to your vid with crew chief and stuff for starting out please mate, I watched it last week and can’t find it now (wasn’t signed in so not on my history)
I just started iRacing 3 days ago and this was massively helpful. Shaved about a second off my lap times after watching, so big thanks.
Wonderful instructions with much insight beyond the 'what' into the 'why' to get good track performance. Thank you so much.
There are good youtuber guides, but Dave is the absolute best
If you’re just getting into iracing practicing in the Mazda will get some good results, learn the track then turn the driving line off and learn to drive the track, hop into open practice defend your position for a few laps then let the person around if they are faster. Watch their line and brake points, the racing line handicap has caused so many wrecks for no reason, you’ll see the people who use it because it’ll look like they are trying to hotlap in a pack learning race craft is very important it’s not hard to lift off the gas to prevent ruining your race or someone else’s race. Dave cam is an amazing teacher on yt and a lot of fun watching his races. Not trying to rant but we all want to race, watching a clean race on replay is pretty satisfying imho. Have fun hope to see ya on track! P.S. watch out on pit exits, no need to crash someone when you’re coming out of pits. Turn on your relative anyone within a 2 second window let them on by
I've practiced for hours, having watched many other videos on lime rock. After watching this I got my fastest lap the second try! 1:01.4something, which was a big improvement. Thanks!
Great video Dave I got down to the low 1m 2s in my first few laps after watching this was stuck at 1.04s 👍
THIS Series is an absolute god sent thank you Dave please keep them coming
Ran a few races last night… people love to dive bomb into the chicane with no chance of getting it stopped in time
Thanks. I watch all your stuff. You have taught me a lot.
I have become enamored with Limerock. It is where I have done most of my practicing. I am still very very much a novice.
Sam Posey has a UA-cam touring the track in real cars. He says basically the same things you do, but with much more emotion. 😀 It 100% applies to this sim.
Turn 9 is a blast. Sam Posey says you gotta have guts for that turn. (paraphrasing his video) First, look ahead down the straight. There is an optical illusion that it is a tight turn, it is not. He says you will see once you get to the bottom of the hill that it is a straight shot.
I have found at the bottom of the hill your front tires are pressed down hard, so rotation isn't a problem if you can hit it right. I turn a little before I get there and the downforce allows you to do that slight rotation when you hit bottom. You shouldn't need the curb to rotate and I found it slows you a little.
If you are not flat out from turn 8 all the way through turn 9 onto the straight, you don't have the guts. Turn 8 is also a flat out turn if done right.
Now if I could actually get turn 1&2 and the chicane right I would be fast. You beat the pants off of me in both places. I think you probably just showed me how to do 1 & 2 .
The only way I have beaten 1:01:xx is following someone that is better than me. My typical time is 1:02 - 1:04
Interesting that just before turn 3 there is some kind of invisible bump you can feel in the wheel. It feels like a seam across the road. I have had it upset the car a little sometimes. It is just as you start to turn into 3.
A very big thank you for this video. I achieved a clean win starting from P3.
Nice work!
love your track guides, Dave! I am a total noob and just started out simracing and I appreciate your detailed explanation and love how you drive slow first and stop at all key points.
I was wondering where that second and a half was!
These are great, thanks a ton for making them.
Only one thing I do differently and found to be quicker is only lift on turn 3, no need to break that much. But to do that and make it work you need to be a little bit more to the left of the track on entry, you scrub off some speed, go wide, just like turns1/2, and then you apex it late… so its more like 2 apexes… I dont know if I made it clear
Good stuff Dave. Thanx.
Thank you for what you do Dave! Happy New Years to you and yours from Florida.
perfect video
Also, i have found if you blip accelerator + clutch , you can switch gears more easily in some circunstances. That works for slow corners when you need to switch down gears and get optimal acceleration on exit. Its almost like a punta taco ... give it a try. On this particular track maybe you can use it on corner 1 if you brake to hard frmo 3rd gear. But on slower tracks it works like a charm.
That's called rev matching
@@nick0058 Yes. I Wanted to be didactic for newcomers...
Hit all the marks as described.. This is this weeks track -- I'm still 1 second off running a high 1:02.. Is it likely I don't break hard enough initially?
Thanks for it
I wish I would have seen this video a few weeks ago. Very good to see now. But I need to find out how to get the MX-5 to move faster on take off. It seems like it takes for ever to get going, but some of the guys get going much faster. I've tried everything I can think of and nothing is working so far. !!!
I'm curious if my 59.83 lap time is good or bad.i just started iracing 2 days ago.
You can check the results from the week in each series and compare your lap times with what people have been doing in races and decide for yourself!
Dave can you link me to your vid with crew chief and stuff for starting out please mate, I watched it last week and can’t find it now (wasn’t signed in so not on my history)
ua-cam.com/video/rtWqvl6_BHA/v-deo.html Do you mean this one? I just started iRacing myself and this vid was a big help.
Hello Dave,
We need AC and ACC track teaching guide,
Hope to provide teaching next week
thanks!
not sure which is more frustrateing, golf or iracing. Pretty sure either one can make a Nun start cussing like a sailor