You are invaluable. I needed to hear all of this. I am also a time-pressed dad, and I am in the "rookie pressures" stage. Have fun racing = the best advice. Thank you so much.
Ah Jason man that's very kind of you to say. Glad to hear you're enjoying the vids and managing to get out racing despite the pressures of life! Hopefully see you on track soon.
I started on ACC in December 2021, and I recognise a lot of what you describe here. Joining a community league has helped enormously with both speed and consistency through a change in mindset. Thanks for this
Great video Ben. Like you I don't get much time to practice and I know I'll never be one of the fastest. Since joining the SCB community races my wheel to wheel racing has improved a lot. Its important to trust the people you race against and all the mistakes in the community are honest ones. I'm done with ranked now, it's too much of lottery. Plenty going on in SCB to keep me occupied. The most important point you made is that we should never forget we do this for fun.
Cheers Paul! Ah yes for pure fun you can't beat the SCB community races. I'm still enjoying the variety and unpredictability of ranked online, although I've definitely gone through runs of bad races where I wasn't! And that's it buddy - if it's our hobby, we should probably try to enjoy it!! 😂
Aye, Ben-great video! I am, as well, a time pressed Dad of 4 boys and a 50hr/wk job. I manage to squeeze in some races, hut have found myself not enjoying it because I think I've been looking at it wrong. These words of wisdom are what I needed to hear! Cheers buddy!
FOUR BOYS?! Dear me Andy lad - I have zero clue how you manage! Top work getting any racing done! Really glad to hear the video resonated - hopefully see you on track some day!
Dude most of us will have exactly the same experience. Personally i started with Iceracing and it was a very frustrating experience becuase the game is literally playing against u sometimes: tyre model sux, eratic netcode and there are too much wrecking balls and wannabee world champions on this sim. This is when I tried Raceroom and I will never comeback! Much more fun and precise driving and foremost an overall better mindset of other drivers.
Hey buddy - yeah I tend to agree that RaceRoom can't be beaten for exactly the reasons you say. Fingers crossed it continues to grow and develop over the coming months and years!
Well though out, nicely presented, and helpful information. I'd also like to add that, as a new driver, a learned a lot of what's being said by joining the SCB discord. The experienced drivers are eager to help and the community races are a great opportunity to practice good racecraft.
Hey Emery, thanks for the feedback buddy! Yeah 100% agree re. the joy of having a mix of driving skill and experience in the SCB community. It's led to so many fantastic interactions between people of different speeds helping each other out and developing as a result!
So I just started trying to do some Raceroom Ranked raced and I am so happy I watched this video. First of all, I don't worry if I start in the back, so I have ended up having less incident points because I was pushing too hard during qualifying. Second, I find if I just race my race and let make the "pass" as you said in the video, I end up with less incident points and less mistakes on my side. Great video, thanks for these videos. You're making people better racers by sharing your own XP.
Aweseome video, this. Missed it when it came out, and it just popped up in my recommended vids. I think most sim racers could benefit from watching this and taking on board some of the advice!
What a fantastic video Ben. I’m very much at the start of the journey you describe, so there’s a lot for me to reflect on here. Thanks for such a thought provoking video.
brilliant vid ben really struck a chord with me,ive been struggling alot lately and knew i needed to change my mindset,and this is just the kind of vid i needed to reitirate my own thinking,thx so much
Cheers Nick! I worry I presented doing so as easy, because it definitely isn't, and there's plenty of times I find myself grumpy post race - this week on iRacing has been a disaster for example! Fingers crossed you get a good run of races soon!
For me the biggest mistake i do everytime is not letting it sink in, for example a guy took me out and after 5-7 laps i am still thinking about it and feeling frustrated! But the one time i forgot about it, i cruised through the field and won the race! I think you know where i wanted to go so i hope you learned
Hey Paul! I totally know what you mean mate - there's been many races where it takes a good few laps before I can concentrate again after an incident. The 40 mins Spa race a few weeks ago was a good example - punted early, hit again by a poor rejoin. Never really got my pace back, and then ended up hitting someone with a clumsy move of my own late on! But you're right, if you can avoid that, it definitely ends up better for your pace!
Insightful and some very good points...i have been through all you discuss and still do from time to time on the ranked servers but finding a great community to race with has stopped me from throwing in the towel with online racing. Thank you
Ahh yes, I thought I recognised that WTCR race at the Red Bull Ring! Crazy to think it was only in February, and how we’ve all developed in the six months since then - and of course the creation of SCB! My biggest problem has always been worrying too much about what’s going on behind me - I was always paranoid about getting smashed into from behind, and I think that paranoia comes from starting my sim racing career in iRacing before I discovered RaceRoom. Nearly every race ended with me getting wiped out from a car behind missing braking points or trying an over-ambitious lunge. At the time, I assumed they were all my fault for being in the way, and I spent months trying to get out of everyone’s way, rather than race. Once I overcame that barrier a few months ago, I started improving. And like so many of the other guys mentioned here already, the community racing has helped MASSIVELY - being able to race alongside drivers you know and trust can make a HUGE difference to your confidence and ability to improve 😀
Hey Chris! Yes it was a fateful race in many ways! I totally hear what you’re saying re iracing - I think if I’d started there I’d be exactly as you describe. And you’re spot on re how mega the SCB community has been for gaining experience of proper racing, rather than bumper cars!
Great video Ben! Would like to point out that well, it's the Audi TT Cup cars and not the BMW M235i Cup cars haha. You make very good points in this. Would like to try out some ranked rookies, but I'm still too afraid of punting people or being punted haha.
Haha oh yeah, a rookie mistake!! Too late to correct it now! 🤣 Ah I definitely recommend giving it a go buddy, there'll be occasional chaos but my bet is you'll enjoy it overall!
I've just found your channel and I have to say you do some amazing general advice videos. There's some points you make which I'll try to keep in mind and I've been racing for a while now.
Well said Ben!! Lots of great points to think about! Racing with our group has helped me a lot! Your videos help me a lot! The people in our community help me a lot with all my questions! I try to continually work on my race craft and think about what I’m doing as you have said here,,,now, if I could only stay focused! Thanks for all your work sharing these great videos with us! W
Cheers Walt - that's really kind of you to say. The SCB Community has been awesome in all of this too I agree - here's to many many more community races in the future!
What changed my mindset was the safety rating in ACC 😅 What made me improve race craft was joining the SCB community and have fair races every week in the finest community. No matter what position I'm fighting for, it's always fun... even when I lose the GT4 championship spinning out at Portimao (completely hypothetical situation, of course 😂).
Hey Paolo - yeah the safety rating is an interesting one. I do sometimes wonder whether RaceRoom could tie entry into more races around high reputation rather than rating. They use a bit of a mix at the moment, but in iRacing your licence to race in certain series is entirely dependent on upping your safety rating, and I can see some advantages to that. Especially given how awful the lower tiers in iRacing are!! And 100% re. the SCB community races buddy - looking forward to Nurburgring tomorrow!
Great video. I have built my rep in race room but am not very quick so am usually right near the back of the higher rep servers. There are plenty more people for me to race against in rookies but then I get punted a lot more often, either accidentally or deliberately. Would you recommend avoiding rookie servers once you have built your rep?
Hey Kevin - thanks for stopping by buddy. It's really tricky to say to be honest on rookie servers as they vary so much. Some car and track combos do spell more trouble than others. I'm not sure I'd race GT4 at Zandvoort on a rookie server again - that was chaotic! But generally I'd be led by the race combos that you want to run and not worry too much whether it's a rookie server or not. Providing you are cautious if you see things descending into nonsense you can usually avoid the worst of it, and even gain some cheeky positions!
Hallo, I want to try RaceRoom when my budget Gaming PC arrives. I ordered a Ryzen 5 3600 with a GTX 1660 Super (6GB). Should RaceRoom work with this setup? What about ACC with this setup? Thanks
Really good video im in the same boat I rating so far has been 1650 with a 90 rep in RRE and im pretty much stuck there in mid pack with a 24p grid but i have learned to be happy I just cant understand where some people find those extra 2 to 4 secs sometimes. This week has been really bad As I have been punted soo much and had a big drop. SO i will take a break this week Would be nice to see you on the field what is your screen name in game?
Ah hey man - yes we’re definitely on similar pace I reckon! As for others’ speed - I think it’s a lot of very good practice, as they tweak cars to their liking. Something I’ll never emulate, or at least not for a couple of decades 😂 You’ll catch me with my real name - Ben Harrison - on the weekly schedules most weeks. Hope to see you on track sometime!
i got race anger on my first race on rr and didnt finish when i saw the raiting i regret ajajaj but yea you learn that people make mistake and you get hit and will you have to continue.
Ha yeah you get punished big time for quitting early on ranked racing!! Definitely the incentive is there to keep going, and to be honest I've experienced so many races where other things happen, and all of a sudden I'm back to the position I was in before!
I hate the sore losers. Last race someone closed the door hard and he spun out. But 1 lap further in drove into me without braking. So he was out and I had too much damage to finish. And I was driving 4th in a field of 25.
Ah yes! Alas some of that behaviour you just can't do anything about, unless you're racing in a sim or a league where you can report that kind of thing. I'm on a pretty good run recently of not seeing much of that, but I definitely have in the past and it's a real drag. Hopefully you don't come across many like that in the future buddy!
Could have sworn you're driving prowess improved, not through a clinical dissection of you're good & bad decisions in races and the take up of only the good in all future races but that every time you cocked up you'd get ripped a new one on the SCB Discord channel. 😂
Haha, I can neither confirm nor deny whether that has been the primary motivation to improve. But I can put on the record that I haven't recently murdered any slower class cars... 🤣
You are invaluable. I needed to hear all of this. I am also a time-pressed dad, and I am in the "rookie pressures" stage. Have fun racing = the best advice. Thank you so much.
Ah Jason man that's very kind of you to say. Glad to hear you're enjoying the vids and managing to get out racing despite the pressures of life! Hopefully see you on track soon.
I started on ACC in December 2021, and I recognise a lot of what you describe here. Joining a community league has helped enormously with both speed and consistency through a change in mindset. Thanks for this
Great video Ben. Like you I don't get much time to practice and I know I'll never be one of the fastest. Since joining the SCB community races my wheel to wheel racing has improved a lot. Its important to trust the people you race against and all the mistakes in the community are honest ones. I'm done with ranked now, it's too much of lottery. Plenty going on in SCB to keep me occupied.
The most important point you made is that we should never forget we do this for fun.
Cheers Paul! Ah yes for pure fun you can't beat the SCB community races. I'm still enjoying the variety and unpredictability of ranked online, although I've definitely gone through runs of bad races where I wasn't! And that's it buddy - if it's our hobby, we should probably try to enjoy it!! 😂
@@Ben_LaBroca SCB community races ??? Where is it ??
@@harsharip here’s a link! discord.gg/yEetZpBp
Aye, Ben-great video! I am, as well, a time pressed Dad of 4 boys and a 50hr/wk job. I manage to squeeze in some races, hut have found myself not enjoying it because I think I've been looking at it wrong. These words of wisdom are what I needed to hear! Cheers buddy!
FOUR BOYS?! Dear me Andy lad - I have zero clue how you manage! Top work getting any racing done! Really glad to hear the video resonated - hopefully see you on track some day!
Dude most of us will have exactly the same experience. Personally i started with Iceracing and it was a very frustrating experience becuase the game is literally playing against u sometimes: tyre model sux, eratic netcode and there are too much wrecking balls and wannabee world champions on this sim.
This is when I tried Raceroom and I will never comeback! Much more fun and precise driving and foremost an overall better mindset of other drivers.
Hey buddy - yeah I tend to agree that RaceRoom can't be beaten for exactly the reasons you say. Fingers crossed it continues to grow and develop over the coming months and years!
Well though out, nicely presented, and helpful information. I'd also like to add that, as a new driver, a learned a lot of what's being said by joining the SCB discord. The experienced drivers are eager to help and the community races are a great opportunity to practice good racecraft.
Hey Emery, thanks for the feedback buddy! Yeah 100% agree re. the joy of having a mix of driving skill and experience in the SCB community. It's led to so many fantastic interactions between people of different speeds helping each other out and developing as a result!
So I just started trying to do some Raceroom Ranked raced and I am so happy I watched this video. First of all, I don't worry if I start in the back, so I have ended up having less incident points because I was pushing too hard during qualifying. Second, I find if I just race my race and let make the "pass" as you said in the video, I end up with less incident points and less mistakes on my side. Great video, thanks for these videos. You're making people better racers by sharing your own XP.
Aweseome video, this. Missed it when it came out, and it just popped up in my recommended vids. I think most sim racers could benefit from watching this and taking on board some of the advice!
Ah thanks Christian buddy - appreciate the feedback!
What a fantastic video Ben. I’m very much at the start of the journey you describe, so there’s a lot for me to reflect on here. Thanks for such a thought provoking video.
Ah cheers Si - appreciate that man!
brilliant vid ben really struck a chord with me,ive been struggling alot lately and knew i needed to change my mindset,and this is just the kind of vid i needed to reitirate my own thinking,thx so much
Cheers Nick! I worry I presented doing so as easy, because it definitely isn't, and there's plenty of times I find myself grumpy post race - this week on iRacing has been a disaster for example! Fingers crossed you get a good run of races soon!
One of the most helpful videos I've seen. Thanks so much!
Ah thanks for the feedback buddy - v much appreciate it!
For me the biggest mistake i do everytime is not letting it sink in, for example a guy took me out and after 5-7 laps i am still thinking about it and feeling frustrated! But the one time i forgot about it, i cruised through the field and won the race! I think you know where i wanted to go so i hope you learned
Hey Paul! I totally know what you mean mate - there's been many races where it takes a good few laps before I can concentrate again after an incident. The 40 mins Spa race a few weeks ago was a good example - punted early, hit again by a poor rejoin. Never really got my pace back, and then ended up hitting someone with a clumsy move of my own late on! But you're right, if you can avoid that, it definitely ends up better for your pace!
Insightful and some very good points...i have been through all you discuss and still do from time to time on the ranked servers but finding a great community to race with has stopped me from throwing in the towel with online racing. Thank you
Thanks man! 100% agree re. the joy of the community too - totally different online racing experience!!
Ahh yes, I thought I recognised that WTCR race at the Red Bull Ring! Crazy to think it was only in February, and how we’ve all developed in the six months since then - and of course the creation of SCB! My biggest problem has always been worrying too much about what’s going on behind me - I was always paranoid about getting smashed into from behind, and I think that paranoia comes from starting my sim racing career in iRacing before I discovered RaceRoom. Nearly every race ended with me getting wiped out from a car behind missing braking points or trying an over-ambitious lunge. At the time, I assumed they were all my fault for being in the way, and I spent months trying to get out of everyone’s way, rather than race. Once I overcame that barrier a few months ago, I started improving. And like so many of the other guys mentioned here already, the community racing has helped MASSIVELY - being able to race alongside drivers you know and trust can make a HUGE difference to your confidence and ability to improve 😀
Hey Chris! Yes it was a fateful race in many ways! I totally hear what you’re saying re iracing - I think if I’d started there I’d be exactly as you describe. And you’re spot on re how mega the SCB community has been for gaining experience of proper racing, rather than bumper cars!
Great video Ben! Would like to point out that well, it's the Audi TT Cup cars and not the BMW M235i Cup cars haha. You make very good points in this. Would like to try out some ranked rookies, but I'm still too afraid of punting people or being punted haha.
Haha oh yeah, a rookie mistake!! Too late to correct it now! 🤣 Ah I definitely recommend giving it a go buddy, there'll be occasional chaos but my bet is you'll enjoy it overall!
I've just found your channel and I have to say you do some amazing general advice videos. There's some points you make which I'll try to keep in mind and I've been racing for a while now.
Ah thanks Alec - sorry for delay in replying. Delighted you’ve enjoyed the videos!
This is a great vid. Just found your channel. Will definitely be watching regularly. Good work.
Ah thanks mate - really appreciate that!
Well said Ben!! Lots of great points to think about! Racing with our group has helped me a lot! Your videos help me a lot! The people in our community help me a lot with all my questions! I try to continually work on my race craft and think about what I’m doing as you have said here,,,now, if I could only stay focused! Thanks for all your work sharing these great videos with us! W
Cheers Walt - that's really kind of you to say. The SCB Community has been awesome in all of this too I agree - here's to many many more community races in the future!
What changed my mindset was the safety rating in ACC 😅 What made me improve race craft was joining the SCB community and have fair races every week in the finest community. No matter what position I'm fighting for, it's always fun... even when I lose the GT4 championship spinning out at Portimao (completely hypothetical situation, of course 😂).
Hey Paolo - yeah the safety rating is an interesting one. I do sometimes wonder whether RaceRoom could tie entry into more races around high reputation rather than rating. They use a bit of a mix at the moment, but in iRacing your licence to race in certain series is entirely dependent on upping your safety rating, and I can see some advantages to that. Especially given how awful the lower tiers in iRacing are!! And 100% re. the SCB community races buddy - looking forward to Nurburgring tomorrow!
Great video Ben, good intro to sim racing, I'm glad someone else finds a 15 minute race can seem to last about an hour sometimes!
Haha but it really can right?! Even now after all these months there are some sessions where the racing is close where it feels like an eternity!
Same kind of racer as you, loving your channel, keep it up
Ah thanks Andy mate, really appreciate that!
Another cracking inspirational video full of helpful advice for beginners delivered in a relaxed fashion 👍🏻
Ah thanks buddy - appreciate the feedback!
this is my current Experience.. so refreshing from some1 else.. oustanding vid
Ah thank you Wesley - really appreciate that!
Great video. I have built my rep in race room but am not very quick so am usually right near the back of the higher rep servers. There are plenty more people for me to race against in rookies but then I get punted a lot more often, either accidentally or deliberately. Would you recommend avoiding rookie servers once you have built your rep?
Hey Kevin - thanks for stopping by buddy. It's really tricky to say to be honest on rookie servers as they vary so much. Some car and track combos do spell more trouble than others. I'm not sure I'd race GT4 at Zandvoort on a rookie server again - that was chaotic! But generally I'd be led by the race combos that you want to run and not worry too much whether it's a rookie server or not. Providing you are cautious if you see things descending into nonsense you can usually avoid the worst of it, and even gain some cheeky positions!
Insightful stuff right here, I’m pretty new at R3E and yeah time is an issue of late
Cheers Tsebo - and great to see you join SCB and the stream last night!
some great info here ben great job m8
Cheers Ray - appreciate that mate!
Some great ideas and tips here 👌
Thanks man - appreciate you take the time to stop by!
really correct what la broca says
Ha cheers Patrick - thanks for taking the time to comment!
Get your self you to the B series Renault f3.5 in iracing. I think it's the best open seater series in iracing
Ah cheers for the tip Tom. I’m just about to get my B licence so will check it out.
great vids and very helpful cheers
Ah thank you John buddy - appreciate that!
Hallo, I want to try RaceRoom when my budget Gaming PC arrives. I ordered a Ryzen 5 3600 with a GTX 1660 Super (6GB). Should RaceRoom work with this setup? What about ACC with this setup? Thanks
RaceRoom should run just fine. ACC is probably the most resource hungry of sim titles so you'll have to reduce some graphic detail.
Thanks Paolo.
Hey man - Paolo got there before me! He's right, RaceRoom runs on most systems so should be fine.
Really good video im in the same boat I rating so far has been 1650 with a 90 rep in RRE and im pretty much stuck there in mid pack with a 24p grid but i have learned to be happy I just cant understand where some people find those extra 2 to 4 secs sometimes. This week has been really bad As I have been punted soo much and had a big drop. SO i will take a break this week Would be nice to see you on the field what is your screen name in game?
Ah hey man - yes we’re definitely on similar pace I reckon! As for others’ speed - I think it’s a lot of very good practice, as they tweak cars to their liking. Something I’ll never emulate, or at least not for a couple of decades 😂 You’ll catch me with my real name - Ben Harrison - on the weekly schedules most weeks. Hope to see you on track sometime!
@@Ben_LaBroca Cool thanks you got a new sub from me O played some today with some new car set ups and earned my rep and some Points back see you soon
i got race anger on my first race on rr and didnt finish when i saw the raiting i regret ajajaj but yea you learn that people make mistake and you get hit and will you have to continue.
Ha yeah you get punished big time for quitting early on ranked racing!! Definitely the incentive is there to keep going, and to be honest I've experienced so many races where other things happen, and all of a sudden I'm back to the position I was in before!
1:30: those BMWs are actually Audis 😏
Lol I know, what a fool! I'd love to say it's a deliberate error to test if folk actually watch the videos, but nope... just a brain freeze! 🤣
We need a time pressed dad race league
I hate the sore losers. Last race someone closed the door hard and he spun out. But 1 lap further in drove into me without braking. So he was out and I had too much damage to finish. And I was driving 4th in a field of 25.
Ah yes! Alas some of that behaviour you just can't do anything about, unless you're racing in a sim or a league where you can report that kind of thing. I'm on a pretty good run recently of not seeing much of that, but I definitely have in the past and it's a real drag. Hopefully you don't come across many like that in the future buddy!
@@Ben_LaBroca had some good races. Finnaly got my + 75 rating.
Do a open lobby stream plz
Hey Brook - open lobby streams are definitely coming back buddy, likely for next week's schedule!
Could have sworn you're driving prowess improved, not through a clinical dissection of you're good & bad decisions in races and the take up of only the good in all future races but that every time you cocked up you'd get ripped a new one on the SCB Discord channel. 😂
Haha, I can neither confirm nor deny whether that has been the primary motivation to improve. But I can put on the record that I haven't recently murdered any slower class cars... 🤣