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Great channel. Have not found anywhere a link to the 65 screen used and if they met your recommendations (hz..). Also wondered if space was no issue if bigger would be better. Hope to read back from you. Good luck with your m. Issues. I know it ain't easy
I am not entirely sure but the Hz or frame limit is caused by HDMI not 4K resolution. You should always use the so called "display port" connection on your monitor and graphic cards to prevent this limitation.
was looking for sum but there wasn't one. no1. adjust fov no2. three small screens are better than a big one no3. buy screen with low input lag no4. mind button layout no5. buy a solid cockpit no6. fine tune your fbb settings no7. don't mind other people, enjoy what you enjoy no8. join a quality racing league no9. turn off driving assist no10. push yourself hard and challenge faster people
@Melvin Frazier Tires you out ??? I have spent many a friday or a saturaday night racing on iracing from 6pm till 6am with my friends mate . I dont know why it would tire you out but then i supose everyones different . I have the oculus rift touch which i know is a lot lighter and more comfortable than HTC vive (reason i chose it) and i removed the ear phones that are attatched to them and use a pair of sennheiser hd599s headphones instead . I have a wall mounted fan mounted on the wall above my monitor and it blow air directly at me so i dont get hot and am kept nice and cool while i race/drive . This also adds to epic emersion when driving open top cars too . Its all in the set up mate . But then like i said , eveyones different . But racing in vr totally blows me away mate and i couldnt imagine going back to monitor set up for racing games .
Every race game I play that’s the first thing I do, I want to be in control and the feeling you get when you are hauling ass and barely make it clean through that corner feels so good.
I discovered I was so much faster without assists on. I drive it like a normal car. I am better in setting up the car, but I am car mechanic as my day job. I also got a better driver from driving rally games like Dirt you have to listen to the pace notes you learning the tracks lasting over 10 minutes is just as hard as learning it the proper way. I Like the new f1 2020 because it has Zandvoort I live in the Netherlands and always imagined myself racing there, now I can with sim racing.
Another note: expensive gear does not mean you’ll be faster. Drivers around the world have budget setups that have great skill and would beat someone with $5000 worth of gear.
@@v1tam1ns Check the top-lists for each track in different games. A lot of best lap times are set on g29:s and t300:s. I've even seen some gamepad in the top 15 on some tracks.
As a musician, really appreciate the comparison to learning an instrument - and encouraging people to get lessons! I was thinking to myself the other day that practicing driving isn't too far from practicing an instrument, and there you go saying the same thing!
You've got it right. It is all hand - eye coordination; well in this case feet also count. Practice makes perfect and there are exceptional people who can do it spontaneously. Been around many of pic'ers who can jump right in and Travis pick something I've worked weeks on and still can't do it. Been around many track shoes who continually make the same mistakes no matter how many laps they've put in.
@@ClellBiggs That's a problem for some people, yeah, but it's like the first time you use a steering wheel for a sim when you're used to driving a real car. The first times you press the pedal can be... disconcerting. You expect the inertia to move you, but there is nothing. I find that worse than any VR motion sickness, to be honest, haha. But it's just a matter of getting used to it. A friend of mine almos puked the first time he tried my old CV1, but a month later he'd already grown his VR legs, so much so that he ordered a Rift of his own.
@@XironRules ??? I dont know what HMD's have you used but the Rift CV1 had usable resolution, small text was a challegne but that's it. The new rift is a step back in a lot of fields but the total resolution is improved. And then you have devices like the Vive Pro, Pimax, or Valve Index (this one even does 144hz) that are perfectly crisp. In fact i dont have a problem doing things like browsing reddit in my Index with virtual desktop.
From a “noob”, I really appreciate this video. Been playing F1 with a controller for about a year. Take Monaco. I roll off a 1:09-1:10, but I know a 1:07-1:08 is needed, so I’m in that spot where I know I need to get a rig. Your video has been extremely helpful! Thanks!
@Steven Hedtmann this makes me feel pretty good about myself haha. It's not uncommon for me to set top 1% times on tracks with a controller as well (Forza Motorsport, don't flame me too much).
Number 9. Turn Off Assists. I was much like you and did not want to turn off some of the more general assists. I got the to the point where I had all off except for braking line, and ABS. ABS was the last to go for me...but... In Forza Motorsports 6, there was a challenge card that reduced my brake efficiency by 25% for a generous reward. I loaded it up and ran with reduced brakes. WOW what a difference!!!!! Forcing myself to manage my brakes by feel (instead of guesses and prayer) increased my lap times by more than 2% within 3 or 4 races. Because I could not rely on the option of jamming the brakes on a bad line, I was forced to anticipate a smarter line through the turns. HUGE tip here that should not be ignored or feared!!!
@@danielegaggiotti2238 that pretty much depends on the series, many have ABS. GT3 and GT4 for example have ABS and TC. GTE only has TC. I drive mainly AC/ RF2/ R3E and ACC and use them only if the real car has them. You can fine tune them in all of these sims, which helps findung your personal sweet spot for every Car/Tracks/grip situation. It doesn't slow me down in any of these Games because they are often well implemented (i dont know how that is in Forza or GT). I actually have TC/ABS always on my wheel to be able to change it for special corners or when the grip situation changes.
This is one of the best "top ten" videos i've seen. All good points. A lot of other videos have 5 good points and 5 points of fluff. So many trolls out in the internet with a voice, or maybe just immature kids.
Love this video and watched it multiple times. I finally took your advice and turned off the racing assist line. It’s much harder, naturally, but after four hours, i can already tell that I’m paying more attention to my speed and to entering and exiting corners correctly instead of the “training wheels” telling me where to drive and how fast. Thanks!!!
1st one FOV is something I realised on my own a few months ago and everything you said about it just sounded so familiar, I wish i’d corrected it way sooner than I did
Very good tips that I agree with. :) iRacing was one of the things that made me improve the most during my simracing years, because it forced me through its online racing, irating and progression system to not be reckless, to be mindful and improve.
Yeah my very point, I just got back into it. I am about to order my cockpit. Excited to see the difference between a desk and office chair, to a solid cockpit.
I rock a g29 and my motto is take that time and effort to understand the settings, when I started it would often be very confusing until I really dove into what each setting was and how it affected other settings. Other than that, it's all up to what makes you feel better. Like he said, detail is more important than pure force. I usually go with whatever let's me feel the edge of grip personally
Super glad you spoke about assists!!! I was having issues correcting a slide that was ending in a complete spin out or crash because my natural read to control or correct wasn’t working for some reason. Then I realised I had assists on. These assists actually make you a worse driver because it feels like the computer assists are conflicting or combating your natural read and response of the car’s movements. Lol literally feels like the assists are fighting against you instead of assisting.
Great information. After I switched from standard Thrustmaster 2 pedals to T3PA Pro I started picking myself up off the ground. Can’t wait to upgrade my chair
Very good pointers, and about the last one i can attest to it, I am in iRacing and found myself battling it out against faster guys (i managed to make a blistering qualifying lap due to some outlap trickery shaving half a second off my fastest lap) and qualified in p5. Now my goal was to follow those faster guys and boy they were faster than my normal race pace by 1 second, but I managed to keep up (barely and due to their battles between them) but I had to push myself to the limits and when I checked my race pace after the end of the race (got 3rd place) I found out that my race pace was significantly faster than all the other races on that track and car before. That translated to better race pace for the next races (not as fast as that one where i had to push right to my limit) but say half a second + faster, which is huge by the end of a race. Now what you would like to do is to battle it out with faster guys but not so much faster they will leave you so far back, because when this happens you will go to default mode and just try to finish the race in your position, no point in pushing to catch the uncatchable which is a wise tactic especially in iRacing as you need to think about your SR and iRating and one mistake may destroy both. BTW my gear is as crap as it can get office chair, pedals held in place by a slipper before the wall and using the Logitech DFGT setup and sometimes the wheel comes off the office while i am driving and have to put it back and tighten it, and my chair swivels when i turn and moves back when i am in a heated battle :P but im doing ok-ish
I’ve had a playseat challenge, a tcl 27 inch screen, and a Thrustmaster t300 for a couple of years now. I have the Ferrari alcantara rim, and the Ferrari F1 rim (which I modded to have an lcd display using your simhub video). I have basically the most budget rig you can get, but I enjoy it so much. Also, you made a great point about which game to use. I own rFactor 2, iRacing, etc, but I’ve found myself playing F1 2018 career the most. I almost forced myself to play rFactor 2 when I saw some people online saying F1 2018 was too “arcadey” and not realistic enough. But as an F1 fan I’ve found that I’m much happier playing F1 2018.
good point. The important part is to have fun. I have found the F1 2021 game to be fun, quick to have some online races, and simple on car setup, just enough to have some quick races in between taking care of small kids and family jumping around you.
Such good advice! I’m just starting out so I found this really informative. I love that you remind us that it’s about having fun and learning and stretching yourself. Cheers mate!
Number 9 is personal opinion certain drivers are quick with abs and tcs. In project cars 2 they have assist mode called authentic. That enable assist in real life.
People make fun of me for playing Forza Horizon 4,Farm sim 19, or Spintire/Mudrunner but there just fun to play with my friends and family and kill time Tho at same time I also race in Iracing just got my C class but now looking at upgrading from my G29 to Thrustmaster or Fanatec. Thanks for the video Lots of good information have been using a PSVR or single monitor for some time but finally moving to triple 1080p 144hz as the price on them have come down allot.
@@tyranus1111 you can open up the pedals and take a small plastic piece of from the brake, just try to find a tutorial in UA-cam. Sorry my english, i'm from Finland
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@@racerx3669 Yeah I have a Fanatec wheel/pedals but haven't sorted the Office Chair Slipping. I have coasters under the wheels but they still pop out. I'm open to ideas please
I only leave the racing line on in games like Forza, because I never know where the road is going. I don't follow the line, but it shows where I need to go. That said, they aren't racing sims, of course.
I posted something similar on one of your newer videos, but for a brand new sim racer you can't go wrong with with the Logitech G29/G920 sets. As I gain experience I will certainly be looking to upgrade but for now I couldn't be happier with this set up.
Ya, he needs a caveat at the beginning saying what he talks about is multi-thousand dollar set-ups for people that aren't sent free stuff in the mail. Not saying it's a bad video, but it sure as hell is aimed at the 1%.
Oh wow thanks so much for the tips, I have played around with the settings on my 26inch 10 year old computer screen and straight away became consistent nailing back to back to back laps within tenths of a second. In the 4 months I have been doing sim racing I have never done so many laps this good. Thanks so much I can’t wait for Tuesday’s racing.
Great video man! Rig rigidity was something I had prioritized when getting into sim racing. I ended up going for the rSeat Rs1 rig. Was a bit pricey but was well worth it. Really more so now with my Fanatec Podium direct drive wheel coming soon.
This was 30 minutes of almost straight nodding for me. :D Lots of good advice and true facts there. One more thing on the "correct" FOV topic: Distances are much easier to gauge too, as objects should have the same angular size within your field of view as they would in real life. Also approaching objects kind of warp towards you on too high a FOV, as objects in the distance get smushed together and expand as they travel towards the camera. Very much like the fish-eye view of a GoPro for instance, making the track seem very narrow and the car fast. In fact, this is often used by arcade-type games to "enhance" the sense of speed. I think that, plus the high FOV of real life onboard cameras and the fact that most normal computer setups require tiny FOVs that suck to drive with make people tend to deprioritize or dismiss the advantages a calculated FOV has.
A good rig, I didnt realise how much of a difference it made until I got one. I was using a crappy rig, a lot of movement with a G29 steering wheel and backward movement with the pedals. I upgraded to a CSL 2.5 and was mid race and broke the wheel base plate off the stand. I got an RSeat and it has been an amazing improvement, as far as consistency. I to play F1 games as well, until ither games get liscensed to use current cars and liveries it will remain my favorite game. Maybe we will cross paths sometime.
I have just gotten into sim racing and starting with a g29 and playseat set up. Next is screen/monitor and a relevant PC set up. Very informative, thanks!
Shouting out ma boi Jiddy :), further to that point, I won Monaco in front of him with an old DFGT, 22 Monitor and polystyrine-y office chair. Good tip with the pedals, was gonna upgrade pedals, I won't go with load cell and stick to the standard csl elite with option to upgrade down the road
Thats why i focus on PC2. Yes i know, the simulation isn't the best on the market. Yes, the car setups need lots of work to feel right. But for me, PC2 is incredibly immersive. No other game makes me feel like i'm actually racing more than PC2.
Here I am sitting here watching this in front of my "rig" , a Logitech g920 clamped to a computer desk with a single screen (at least its a 2k Acer Predator running at 120hz). Sadly I dont have much space or budget, but still learnt quite a lot from this video. I only started turning off the racing line a few months ago, now I couldn't imagine racing with it on again. I really enjoy finding my breaking and turn in points gradually and improving each lap until I'm fast enough to compete.
Thanks for the advice, some great tips here and it has all helped me a lot! Just recently started dipping my toes into the world of sim racing and I've watched about every video you posted on the topic. I have much to learn and achieve on a modest budget (yes, I have rig envy), and although overwhelmed by it all most days, overall I've really enjoyed it. Now I just need to learn how to make it around a track.
List of all 10 tips. 1:48 (#1) FIELD OF VIEW 3:56 (#2) THREE SCREENS 7:46 (#3) REFRESH RATE & INPUT LAG 12:10 (#4) BUTTON LAYOUT 15:02 (#5) GET A SOLID COCKPIT 18:13 (#6) FINE TUNE FORCE FEEDBACK 21:34 (#7) TAKE OPINIONS WITH GRAIN OF SALT 23:21 (#8) JOIN A QUALITY RACE LEAGUE 25:27 (#9) TURN OFF ASSISTS 28:09 (#10) CHALLENGE YOURSELF Your welcome.
What awesome videos you have and great to see you're a fellow Aussie ! I'm very very new to the fun of "SIM" racing....and too embarrassed to even mention my driving setup.....but hey, it does the job and is giving me a lot of laughs that's for sure ! Rally is my preferred thing and it's a blast for sure. I resisted the pressure from the family to even buy a PS4....and now they can't get me off it ! Cheers for the great content.
This is one of those videos I just genuinely appreciate. As someone very much considering taking the jump from controller to simrig, this is the perfect video for me to reference and learn from. I'm a bit overwhelmed at where to begin so thank you for this! ❤🤟👏👏 Ps. This earned you a subscribe and new fan. Cheers!
To anyone with a g920/ g29 i just recently bought a GT omega pro cockpit and it has been the best upgrade by far! I also have my wheel upgraded to a real race wheel and modded my shifter to be sequential.
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good points, i am waiting on direct drive base to come in now, just the more accurate steering alone on the direct drive is the reason i put the money down. Just a night and day difference for inputs alone, force feedback is stronger but i didnt really care about that. Whatever makes you better when you go to a racing school either beginner or advance is worth the money I spent.
Very nicely presented with good tips. Two and a half years later: TVs have developed quite a bit, but there's plenty of contemporary value in this, especially for me - as a bloody beginner... Thanks, man!
Very glad I didn't compromise on my first build, I think the only upgrade I could do is the traction loss system. And swapping from pimax 8k to pimax 12k next year
The physics aren't F1 2018's strong point but it's still a thrilling game and the AI is streets ahead of any other racing game I've played. Since i upgraded from a G29 to CSL Elite, I've spent more time and had more fun playing F1 2018 than playing ACC, my second favourite racing title.
Hey you Aussie beauty. Just wanted to say your videos are excellent. Now everyone reading this knows that. I know that. And you must have a sneaking suspicion as to how good they are. So it seems I'm wasting my time again. The things you do when waiting for the 5. Thank you brother, have a marvelous day pal :)
this helped me a lot to be honest i feel like other people's opinions are just opinions so i should just to what i love, i really like your videos keep it up aussie aussie aussie!!!
Absolutely right...there’s too much goof ball snobbery in sim racing...I’ve been sim racing for 12 years on and off...there’s aspects of every game that I like...from the FFB and realism king which is rFactor 2 (imho ofcourse :) all the way down to Dirt 3 or F1 2014! I really enjoyed playing F1 2014 on triples...also Grid Autosport aswell! Super solid gaming experience at 60fps and doesn’t falter! One of my favourite sims still is GTR2 - also solid at 60fps...consistency is important for immersion with me...With project cars 2 or rFactor 2 on triples, it’s sometimes difficult to get that due to system demands...
Nice video! I started out with a Thrustmaster TX300 wheel and the F1 wheel addon, the Playseat Challenge cockpit and a 24-inch BenQ Zowie monitor 144hz. I'm still running this after 3 years, except for the monitor which is upgraded to a BenQ 35-inch ultrawide. In the beginning I wasn't sure if I was going to continue, so I decided to find the middle-path, to spend a reasonable amount of money on this hobby. Today though...welll...I'm thinking of upgrading some stuff =) I still think that you can become a great racer even without the "high end" stuff. Practice, practice, practice! Spend more time in your car than adjusting hardware =)
@@andrewwhite9084 I think that is a great starting point. I'm able to beat the official F1 2018 pole lap times with my TX300 and T3PA pedals, except for France and Germany, got .5 sec to go on those =) Anyway, another tip, when you're ready to upgrade, is to get better pedals. The T3PA are fine, but a loadcell brake pedal is better. Pedals are often overlooked and they shouldn't be, I think they're the most important part of driving a car. I'm buying the Fanatec CSL Elite pedals next, keeping it real, not overdoing it =)
I had a t300 t3pa and the th8a shifter, then I changed to Fanatec after things kept breaking, was an expensive change but the quality and overall feeling of immersion is better
@@TheMack Yep, Fanatec gear is great. I got the CSL Elite pedals w/o the load-cell brake at first, since I use paddle shifters and didn't need a clutch. Ended up getting the load-cell brake after all. Still have to turn (way) down the brake sensitivity in-game as I want to keep the default settings on the wheel/pedals, and adjust in-game. Otherwise, it gets to be (way) confusing especially when switching between sims. I also ended up switching out the little foam cushy spacer and going with the rubber ones on the load-cell brake. In the vid, BM mentions rigidity of the rig, and he's right as my NLR wheel stand seems to have some flexing and I am using an office chair, and it is not optimum.
Bolt your pedals to a piece of mdf board from your local hardware store to stop the sliding or tipping when you hit your brakes. Get the measurements right so you can have your pedals in the right position with the end of the wooden board tight up against the wall behind your desk. This is a great solution for those of us who want a better pedal set but don't have the money or room for a racing cockpit. Also, invest in a sturdy chair without wheels!
Great, no AMAZING, input and I wish I could have viewed this 5 years ago when I started. One thing I am not sure I agree with (after spending 1-2 years with each config) is that a single 32:9 49” at 3840x 1080 curved screen 144hz refresh with a 1080 to is a great option to me. I had first used triple 32” 144Hz monitors with 3 1080ti’s, but I never got used to the borders and inter-game alignment issues. Fortunately I purchased used 1080 ti cards and 32” monitors, so I put the extra $1,800 into a rear slip motion mod. The rear slip added much more value and performance benefit (added to my shakers) than many other things, as it really helped me sense rear end slip and oversteer better.
Completely right about everything especially point 10. I have no satisfaction if there is a massive crash and I gain for example 10 positions instantly. But I have satisfaction if I can overtake 10 opponnents and earn my 10 positions. Offcourse of opponnents of similar skill. 🏁💯
Finding FFB settings is still the most difficult thing for me... I always feel like there's something wrong but I can't figure out what or which setting to change...
When I have a working FFB-Setup that is about 90% right, I leave it that way and just get used to it. For me personaly it is much easier to adopt to the slight imperfection of the FFB then constantly hunting down the last 10% and always drive with different settings. But then again, I'm using an old DFGT wheel where you can't reach perfection anyways^^.
Hey Will, I’d like to clarify something. I think the car pivot around the front axel since that the only other part of the car that touches the stationary ground. And in the concept of slip angles, the slip angle is measured using the front axle as the vertex. Theres a high chance im wrong but this is how i thought about it. Also asked a few friends and they seem to understand it
You talked about how 60hz is trash compared to 100hz. But most of us don't even have as fast pc that coule run game in 100fps. And it's even more rare that normal people have 100hz monitor.
I get what you mean. I run single 60hz monitor, with about 60fps, G920 on my office desk and pedals on the floor, with two bricks behind it to prevent me from breaking the cable at the back of it. However, we just have to accept his opinions are useful for people with higher budget than ours. The fact that we don't have money shouldn't prevent someone on the internet to offer a tips and tricks video.
For racing, refresh rate is by far the least important thing. He talked like this is a CSGO tournament . It's not.. Loads of high ranking drivers are on 60.
60hz is not acceptable to me and I'm no where near as fast and confident, but in competition I only drive F1, GP2 and F3000 high down force cars so that may be a factor, everything happens much quicker in these cars. Nothing new about sim racers wanting fast refresh rates, its always been that way.
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I started my first sim racing channel I called it *Race War* which got shut down pretty quickly so I wish I'd known about this controversial stuff back then.
Thx Lots of good info, if you do a part 2, I would add sound, and tactile mods. Low end transducers for cabinets, or rigid setups. From the arcade realm adds vibrations to rig. High End Servos and seat movement. In my opinion surround sound makes the immersion illusion much more complete.
My next upgrade is going to be a 3 axis servo driven base for seat and wheel. Just something modest, just a few degrees, to translate the opposite chassis loading and acceleration and braking. Winter project. 🤪🤓🤪
This is great video but a good reminder remember that standards change. HDMI 2.1 is able to handle 240Hz at 4K so today it is is possible to run a 4K TV at high refresh rates. And TVs these days also support variable refresh etc.
@@boostedmedia Wow that was fast Thanks, I'm currently running 3x22" 5292x1050 I was thinking maybe a 21:9 3440 x 1440 may be better because of no bezels ps: there are 32:9 5120 x 1440 monitors but they are $1,500
David Davies I’m using a 35” 21:9 3440*1440 but I’m saving up to change to a triple monitor setup, immersion isn’t the key for me but the sense of speed (guess that’s sort of immersion too) I get from seeing things pass on the sides makes braking easier . At least for me. Don’t know how a 32:9 would do tho.
Yeah i enjoy F1 2018 also, it is the only sim i actually race in. The rest (AC, RF2, AMS) i end up spending the most of the time tweaking and testdriving the cars.
Btw i think that one major point for getting better is you need to practice your consistency. If you just hotlap for times you will do good in qualifying, but in a race when you push a little to far your gonna wreck the car and end up ruing the race. Do multiple laps in a row and focus on not crashing, not speed. PRACTICE FOR THE RACE NOT THE QUALIFYING. Consistency will beat one or two fast laps everytime.
Yes and no... Though it is really important getting a consistent race rhythm, as long as you're approaching to the top split races you'll need to qualify pretty well in order to get any chances to win. To do that you're gonna need to practice hot laps and then freeze the way you drive in those hot laps to use something close to it in the races. The problem with training only race stints is that sometimes you freeze the wrong way of driving, like a way under the limit, which will make you never being competitive after all. So... Begining: hot laps, then full stints. At some point after you've got a lot of experience you do only stints, but tries to achieve the readlines within it, making your hot laps inside of the full stints without have to do two separates things
Re: the FOV in particular, I used the first FOV calculator link and based on my (admittedly very basic) single-screen setup the result came back at 27 degrees of FOV for AC, which is certainly lower than what I was using, which I think was the AC default. I use the MX-5 ND on the Nordschleife as my test car and track for pretty much everything, because I've owned an MX-5 for 14 years and I'm very familiar with how it drives, plus I know the Nordschleife very well and it has every kind of curve you can work with. After doing several laps at this FOV I found that things definitely feel more realistic in general, such as the road undulations, and being able to hit apexes and turn into them more accurately. But the problem I've experienced is that with the lower FOV it's harder to see around tighter curves and some sweepers because you have a much more narrow view. I had to do a lot of corrections because I basically couldn't see what was coming next nearly as well. A good example is going through the Carousel. I could only see about a half-car length going around it and had to make many more quick steering adjustments than I would with a higher FOV, and had to work a lot harder because of this. And that was basically the case for many of the curves as well. So, imo if you don't have a triple screen or curved screen, you have to react much more quickly an frequently with the lower FOV that the calculators come up with. I felt exhausted after only a few laps because I felt I was working so hard (just as point of reference, I don't use high FFB settings). I'll try increasing the FOV some until I think it's at that sweet spot between the increased sense of realism the lower FOV gives and the practicality of a slightly higher FOV. And thank you Boosted Media for putting together a really useful video. Cheers!
Fov, screen size, refresh rate, A lot of these are solved by getting a decent VR headset. Worrying about all that was what I hated most about racing on a screen now I can just drive and forget all those fov calculators.
The most obvious point made here is probably the most important one as well - Race/play the sim that you like the most! If you like it more than all other titles isnt it logical that you will enjoy it and have the most fun with it rather than playing another game just because some "pro" told you that you should? I've heard so many people say that they love a certain sim but the usually play another one because its "superior"for whatever reason. I guess a reason for this is that when it comes to simracing just the name of it implies that the simulation is the most important bit but IMO in case you are not doing it on a professional level that its hardly the case.
that's solid... there's a guy got me interested in racing (we used to play Gran Turismo on PS2 together a lot) that really races on a bucket, card table and 27" tv. I see him laughing every race even tho he gets punted a lot and doesn't win much. I know he's having a great time with friends online but really hasn't spent a dime on sim racing. My G29 cost more than his whole setup and I leaned you don't have to spend hardly any money to have hundreds of hours of fun
You sound like a good bloke. I respect that a lot and recently subscribed. It's good to know at least there's one elite Sim racer who won't send death threats to somebody for liking a certain game. I heard that's why happened to some poor guy last year who claimed to like Project Cars 3. That should not be tolerated. When you mentioned that you copped a bit of flack for liking F1 18 that immediately came to mind. You shouldn't have to put up with that. Everyone is different and it really should be about doing what makes you happy.
Thanks Chris. I really appreciate that. You wouldn’t believe some of the comments and PMs we get every day. Part of putting yourself out there unfortunately.
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hey Boosted media thanks for the great suggestions im thinking of starting of F1 2018 and im thinking of starting with a Logitech g29.
Enjoy it mate! That’s how I started too!
Great channel. Have not found anywhere a link to the 65 screen used and if they met your recommendations (hz..). Also wondered if space was no issue if bigger would be better. Hope to read back from you. Good luck with your m. Issues. I know it ain't easy
I am trying to figure out if I should get the Logitech g920 or the thrustmaster TMX pro
I am not entirely sure but the Hz or frame limit is caused by HDMI not 4K resolution. You should always use the so called "display port" connection on your monitor and graphic cards to prevent this limitation.
was looking for sum but there wasn't one.
no1. adjust fov
no2. three small screens are better than a big one
no3. buy screen with low input lag
no4. mind button layout
no5. buy a solid cockpit
no6. fine tune your fbb settings
no7. don't mind other people, enjoy what you enjoy
no8. join a quality racing league
no9. turn off driving assist
no10. push yourself hard and challenge faster people
MVP
Forget the 3 screens and go VR . Fucking epic .
@Melvin Frazier Tires you out ???
I have spent many a friday or a saturaday night racing on iracing from 6pm till 6am with my friends mate . I dont know why it would tire you out but then i supose everyones different . I have the oculus rift touch which i know is a lot lighter and more comfortable than HTC vive (reason i chose it) and i removed the ear phones that are attatched to them and use a pair of sennheiser hd599s headphones instead . I have a wall mounted fan mounted on the wall above my monitor and it blow air directly at me so i dont get hot and am kept nice and cool while i race/drive . This also adds to epic emersion when driving open top cars too . Its all in the set up mate . But then like i said , eveyones different . But racing in vr totally blows me away mate and i couldnt imagine going back to monitor set up for racing games .
Dont be embarrassed about always being back marker lol
Elwooddestiny11 Blues What games do you play on vr?
TIMESTAMPS
1:50 #1 FOV
3:55 #2 Single vs Triple Screens
7:46 #3 Refresh Rate and Input lag
12:10 #4 Button Layout
15:00 #5 Sim Rig
18:10 #6 Force Feedback
21:30 #7 Have Fun
23:20 #8 Race Leagues
25:25 #9 Driver Assists
28:05 #10 Challenge yourself
You are a saint
MVP
Turn off all assist mean that TC and ABS move to 0?😳
@@michalmikus2103 More like suggested driving line and the one that applies brakes for you
@@samdaurua thank you
Agreed, ...when you first start driving without assists, it is a satisfying achievement just to get a clean lap in, let alone, a quick one.
Every race game I play that’s the first thing I do, I want to be in control and the feeling you get when you are hauling ass and barely make it clean through that corner feels so good.
Mark Freeman i thought this was normal i turned off everything when i very first started lol
@@ActNasty5 same. My first sim was asseto corsa. Abs ? Gone. Traction control ? Gone. The rest ? Well just turn it off 😂
Maxim Ravinet exactly i was trying to feel the high horsepower light up the tires hahaha
I discovered I was so much faster without assists on. I drive it like a normal car. I am better in setting up the car, but I am car mechanic as my day job. I also got a better driver from driving rally games like Dirt you have to listen to the pace notes you learning the tracks lasting over 10 minutes is just as hard as learning it the proper way. I Like the new f1 2020 because it has Zandvoort I live in the Netherlands and always imagined myself racing there, now I can with sim racing.
Another note: expensive gear does not mean you’ll be faster. Drivers around the world have budget setups that have great skill and would beat someone with $5000 worth of gear.
I would bet anything you put those good drivers that are currently on budget setups onto a high end setup they will be able to drive better.
s3rendip1ty I think the only upgrade that makes a difference in driving is pedals.
It's mentioned in the video.
A tear rolls down my cheek and lands on my thrustmaster t80
@@v1tam1ns Check the top-lists for each track in different games. A lot of best lap times are set on g29:s and t300:s. I've even seen some gamepad in the top 15 on some tracks.
As a musician, really appreciate the comparison to learning an instrument - and encouraging people to get lessons!
I was thinking to myself the other day that practicing driving isn't too far from practicing an instrument, and there you go saying the same thing!
You've got it right. It is all hand - eye coordination; well in this case feet also count. Practice makes perfect and there are exceptional people who can do it spontaneously. Been around many of pic'ers who can jump right in and Travis pick something I've worked weeks on and still can't do it. Been around many track shoes who continually make the same mistakes no matter how many laps they've put in.
i love the fact that you stressed how important it was to enjoy what your playing rather than listening to what people say i love the f1 games as well
3 first things get solved by buying a VR headset, with the advantage of being cheaper than triples and not needing any extra space.
That's what I use, but that isn't an option for everyone due to motion sickness.
@@ClellBiggs That's a problem for some people, yeah, but it's like the first time you use a steering wheel for a sim when you're used to driving a real car. The first times you press the pedal can be... disconcerting. You expect the inertia to move you, but there is nothing. I find that worse than any VR motion sickness, to be honest, haha. But it's just a matter of getting used to it. A friend of mine almos puked the first time he tried my old CV1, but a month later he'd already grown his VR legs, so much so that he ordered a Rift of his own.
What about the extreme low resolution? It botters me so much seeing all those pixels...
@@XironRules ??? I dont know what HMD's have you used but the Rift CV1 had usable resolution, small text was a challegne but that's it. The new rift is a step back in a lot of fields but the total resolution is improved. And then you have devices like the Vive Pro, Pimax, or Valve Index (this one even does 144hz) that are perfectly crisp. In fact i dont have a problem doing things like browsing reddit in my Index with virtual desktop.
@@XironRules low resolution and extreme heat
From a “noob”, I really appreciate this video. Been playing F1 with a controller for about a year. Take Monaco. I roll off a 1:09-1:10, but I know a 1:07-1:08 is needed, so I’m in that spot where I know I need to get a rig. Your video has been extremely helpful! Thanks!
Mate, what are you even talking.. a 1:09-1:10 with a damn controller? If you didnt beat world record with a proper Rig already, Im disappointed.
@Steven Hedtmann this makes me feel pretty good about myself haha. It's not uncommon for me to set top 1% times on tracks with a controller as well (Forza Motorsport, don't flame me too much).
Number 9. Turn Off Assists. I was much like you and did not want to turn off some of the more general assists. I got the to the point where I had all off except for braking line, and ABS. ABS was the last to go for me...but... In Forza Motorsports 6, there was a challenge card that reduced my brake efficiency by 25% for a generous reward. I loaded it up and ran with reduced brakes. WOW what a difference!!!!! Forcing myself to manage my brakes by feel (instead of guesses and prayer) increased my lap times by more than 2% within 3 or 4 races. Because I could not rely on the option of jamming the brakes on a bad line, I was forced to anticipate a smarter line through the turns. HUGE tip here that should not be ignored or feared!!!
Don`t racing cars have ABS? (genuine question)
@@eduardofreitas8336 nono, racing cars are without ABS (in fact you can see when they block tyres)
@@danielegaggiotti2238 Depends on the league. Most do actually.
@@danielegaggiotti2238 that pretty much depends on the series, many have ABS. GT3 and GT4 for example have ABS and TC. GTE only has TC. I drive mainly AC/ RF2/ R3E and ACC and use them only if the real car has them. You can fine tune them in all of these sims, which helps findung your personal sweet spot for every Car/Tracks/grip situation. It doesn't slow me down in any of these Games because they are often well implemented (i dont know how that is in Forza or GT). I actually have TC/ABS always on my wheel to be able to change it for special corners or when the grip situation changes.
100% agree, however if a car has TC and ABS in real life then ill use them.
This is one of the best "top ten" videos i've seen. All good points. A lot of other videos have 5 good points and 5 points of fluff. So many trolls out in the internet with a voice, or maybe just immature kids.
Love this video and watched it multiple times. I finally took your advice and turned off the racing assist line. It’s much harder, naturally, but after four hours, i can already tell that I’m paying more attention to my speed and to entering and exiting corners correctly instead of the “training wheels” telling me where to drive and how fast. Thanks!!!
1st one FOV is something I realised on my own a few months ago and everything you said about it just sounded so familiar, I wish i’d corrected it way sooner than I did
You really shouldn't go under 70 degrees horizontal (43 16:9 vertical) though. As you need to be able to look ahead far as a first priority.
Just ordered T300 RS GT as my first wheel. Can't wait to get into this :D Thanks for all the tips!
Very good tips that I agree with. :)
iRacing was one of the things that made me improve the most during my simracing years, because it forced me through its online racing, irating and progression system to not be reckless, to be mindful and improve.
Yeah my very point, I just got back into it. I am about to order my cockpit. Excited to see the difference between a desk and office chair, to a solid cockpit.
I rock a g29 and my motto is take that time and effort to understand the settings, when I started it would often be very confusing until I really dove into what each setting was and how it affected other settings. Other than that, it's all up to what makes you feel better. Like he said, detail is more important than pure force. I usually go with whatever let's me feel the edge of grip personally
Super glad you spoke about assists!!! I was having issues correcting a slide that was ending in a complete spin out or crash because my natural read to control or correct wasn’t working for some reason. Then I realised I had assists on. These assists actually make you a worse driver because it feels like the computer assists are conflicting or combating your natural read and response of the car’s movements. Lol literally feels like the assists are fighting against you instead of assisting.
Great information. After I switched from standard Thrustmaster 2 pedals to T3PA Pro I started picking myself up off the ground. Can’t wait to upgrade my chair
Very good pointers, and about the last one i can attest to it, I am in iRacing and found myself battling it out against faster guys (i managed to make a blistering qualifying lap due to some outlap trickery shaving half a second off my fastest lap) and qualified in p5. Now my goal was to follow those faster guys and boy they were faster than my normal race pace by 1 second, but I managed to keep up (barely and due to their battles between them) but I had to push myself to the limits and when I checked my race pace after the end of the race (got 3rd place) I found out that my race pace was significantly faster than all the other races on that track and car before. That translated to better race pace for the next races (not as fast as that one where i had to push right to my limit) but say half a second + faster, which is huge by the end of a race. Now what you would like to do is to battle it out with faster guys but not so much faster they will leave you so far back, because when this happens you will go to default mode and just try to finish the race in your position, no point in pushing to catch the uncatchable which is a wise tactic especially in iRacing as you need to think about your SR and iRating and one mistake may destroy both. BTW my gear is as crap as it can get office chair, pedals held in place by a slipper before the wall and using the Logitech DFGT setup and sometimes the wheel comes off the office while i am driving and have to put it back and tighten it, and my chair swivels when i turn and moves back when i am in a heated battle :P but im doing ok-ish
You are an inspiration. I’m 63, and just starting. Can stay on track now.
@@lestercombs1871 What is the older age you are allowed to do sim racing ? I´m 72 and I still do track days.
#1 Get a proper tabel to set your gear on.
#2 Good seat.
Very useful intro to things I've never heard of in relation to SIM racing. Many thanks!
Wondered how you got sponsored by so many big names.... Your channel has potential ! Keep up with this good stuff.
see them now ahaha
I’ve had a playseat challenge, a tcl 27 inch screen, and a Thrustmaster t300 for a couple of years now. I have the Ferrari alcantara rim, and the Ferrari F1 rim (which I modded to have an lcd display using your simhub video). I have basically the most budget rig you can get, but I enjoy it so much. Also, you made a great point about which game to use. I own rFactor 2, iRacing, etc, but I’ve found myself playing F1 2018 career the most. I almost forced myself to play rFactor 2 when I saw some people online saying F1 2018 was too “arcadey” and not realistic enough. But as an F1 fan I’ve found that I’m much happier playing F1 2018.
good point. The important part is to have fun. I have found the F1 2021 game to be fun, quick to have some online races, and simple on car setup, just enough to have some quick races in between taking care of small kids and family jumping around you.
Such good advice! I’m just starting out so I found this really informative. I love that you remind us that it’s about having fun and learning and stretching yourself. Cheers mate!
Number 9 is personal opinion certain drivers are quick with abs and tcs. In project cars 2 they have assist mode called authentic. That enable assist in real life.
Traction control user is slower not a personal opinion. Agree with abs in most games, depends how well you can do trailbraking.
People make fun of me for playing Forza Horizon 4,Farm sim 19, or Spintire/Mudrunner but there just fun to play with my friends and family and kill time Tho at same time I also race in Iracing just got my C class but now looking at upgrading from my G29 to Thrustmaster or Fanatec. Thanks for the video Lots of good information have been using a PSVR or single monitor for some time but finally moving to triple 1080p 144hz as the price on them have come down allot.
Are you as sick of that brake pedal as i am lol
@@tyranus1111 yes. Have done few mods like swapping clutch and brake pedal around as well as buying better springs. Made it better but still lacking
@@tyranus1111 glad I'm not the only one that hates the g29 brake pedal
while iRacing doesn't have the graphics that Forza does, it's very popular and the multi-player aspect is incredible comparatively.
@@tyranus1111 you can open up the pedals and take a small plastic piece of from the brake, just try to find a tutorial in UA-cam. Sorry my english, i'm from Finland
When he talks about 1 big screen or 3 screens setup, and I only have my 15inc laptop
:/
Boosted Media: "The last thing you want to have is things getting loose or breaking off while you are driving"
Max Verstappen in a online race: "Honestly... my brake pedal fell off"
as his chair wobbles around while he says that...
@@racerx3669 Yeah I have a Fanatec wheel/pedals but haven't sorted the Office Chair Slipping. I have coasters under the wheels but they still pop out.
I'm open to ideas please
I only leave the racing line on in games like Forza, because I never know where the road is going. I don't follow the line, but it shows where I need to go. That said, they aren't racing sims, of course.
Same story, on sims everything off and on arcade just the way i like it
"don't mind other people, enjoy what you enjoy" - some important reminder while being on track in iRacing
I posted something similar on one of your newer videos, but for a brand new sim racer you can't go wrong with with the Logitech G29/G920 sets. As I gain experience I will certainly be looking to upgrade but for now I couldn't be happier with this set up.
I like you, my wallet however...
Same dude
Same mate
Hahahaha
Ya, he needs a caveat at the beginning saying what he talks about is multi-thousand dollar set-ups for people that aren't sent free stuff in the mail. Not saying it's a bad video, but it sure as hell is aimed at the 1%.
@@mitchblackmore5230 most working adults in the west can afford this, providing your not drowning in debt from a car, house, student loans etc
Oh wow thanks so much for the tips, I have played around with the settings on my 26inch 10 year old computer screen and straight away became consistent nailing back to back to back laps within tenths of a second. In the 4 months I have been doing sim racing I have never done so many laps this good. Thanks so much I can’t wait for Tuesday’s racing.
Great video man! Rig rigidity was something I had prioritized when getting into sim racing. I ended up going for the rSeat Rs1 rig. Was a bit pricey but was well worth it. Really more so now with my Fanatec Podium direct drive wheel coming soon.
This was 30 minutes of almost straight nodding for me. :D
Lots of good advice and true facts there.
One more thing on the "correct" FOV topic: Distances are much easier to gauge too, as objects should have the same angular size within your field of view as they would in real life. Also approaching objects kind of warp towards you on too high a FOV, as objects in the distance get smushed together and expand as they travel towards the camera. Very much like the fish-eye view of a GoPro for instance, making the track seem very narrow and the car fast. In fact, this is often used by arcade-type games to "enhance" the sense of speed. I think that, plus the high FOV of real life onboard cameras and the fact that most normal computer setups require tiny FOVs that suck to drive with make people tend to deprioritize or dismiss the advantages a calculated FOV has.
A good rig, I didnt realise how much of a difference it made until I got one. I was using a crappy rig, a lot of movement with a G29 steering wheel and backward movement with the pedals.
I upgraded to a CSL 2.5 and was mid race and broke the wheel base plate off the stand. I got an RSeat and it has been an amazing improvement, as far as consistency.
I to play F1 games as well, until ither games get liscensed to use current cars and liveries it will remain my favorite game. Maybe we will cross paths sometime.
would you recommend the g29? Im looking for something to get into sim racing
@@Crazohz Rseats are awesome, all around one of the best rigs there is. I have a DD1 paired with a Rseat S1 and I absolutely love it
I have just gotten into sim racing and starting with a g29 and playseat set up. Next is screen/monitor and a relevant PC set up. Very informative, thanks!
try get the vr, i never use my screen for racing ..vr is far better and more realistic..
Nice one . I have the same setup and i must say is pretty nice ! I will get this new oculus s vr next month.
Shouting out ma boi Jiddy :), further to that point, I won Monaco in front of him with an old DFGT, 22 Monitor and polystyrine-y office chair. Good tip with the pedals, was gonna upgrade pedals, I won't go with load cell and stick to the standard csl elite with option to upgrade down the road
Thats why i focus on PC2.
Yes i know, the simulation isn't the best on the market. Yes, the car setups need lots of work to feel right. But for me, PC2 is incredibly immersive. No other game makes me feel like i'm actually racing more than PC2.
Check the first assetto corsa , miles better than pc2
Great video and some really good tips. I had never heard about screen refresher rates, input lag, etc
Here I am sitting here watching this in front of my "rig" , a Logitech g920 clamped to a computer desk with a single screen (at least its a 2k Acer Predator running at 120hz). Sadly I dont have much space or budget, but still learnt quite a lot from this video. I only started turning off the racing line a few months ago, now I couldn't imagine racing with it on again. I really enjoy finding my breaking and turn in points gradually and improving each lap until I'm fast enough to compete.
Better than what I was using this time last year.
2019 -- Still playing Dirt 3
Ghetto burning!
Great game! Looks fantastic! Fun as hell
I love your videos 👍🏻
Thanks brother. Hope you’re having an awesome Christmas so far.
Boosted Media good times over here buddy! Just relaxing and enjoying my family.
Your mic are too far a way of you.. Make you sound less base and more high tune.
Very old video. We’ve come a long way since ;)
Nice video man! I'm just getting started in sim racing, so I appreciate the tips!
Thanks for the advice, some great tips here and it has all helped me a lot! Just recently started dipping my toes into the world of sim racing and I've watched about every video you posted on the topic. I have much to learn and achieve on a modest budget (yes, I have rig envy), and although overwhelmed by it all most days, overall I've really enjoyed it. Now I just need to learn how to make it around a track.
Thanks for the tips, I’m new to sim racing 😂
Love your channel wil amazing content you got me hooked on sim racing . happy new year and best wishes 2023 from Ireland :)
List of all 10 tips.
1:48 (#1) FIELD OF VIEW
3:56 (#2) THREE SCREENS
7:46 (#3) REFRESH RATE & INPUT LAG
12:10 (#4) BUTTON LAYOUT
15:02 (#5) GET A SOLID COCKPIT
18:13 (#6) FINE TUNE FORCE FEEDBACK
21:34 (#7) TAKE OPINIONS WITH GRAIN OF SALT
23:21 (#8) JOIN A QUALITY RACE LEAGUE
25:27 (#9) TURN OFF ASSISTS
28:09 (#10) CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Your welcome.
You are welcome*
What awesome videos you have and great to see you're a fellow Aussie ! I'm very very new to the fun of "SIM" racing....and too embarrassed to even mention my driving setup.....but hey, it does the job and is giving me a lot of laughs that's for sure ! Rally is my preferred thing and it's a blast for sure. I resisted the pressure from the family to even buy a PS4....and now they can't get me off it ! Cheers for the great content.
This is one of those videos I just genuinely appreciate. As someone very much considering taking the jump from controller to simrig, this is the perfect video for me to reference and learn from. I'm a bit overwhelmed at where to begin so thank you for this! ❤🤟👏👏
Ps. This earned you a subscribe and new fan. Cheers!
Welcome to the crew mate! Would be awesome to have you in our discord community too so we can help you out further.
To anyone with a g920/ g29 i just recently bought a GT omega pro cockpit and it has been the best upgrade by far! I also have my wheel upgraded to a real race wheel and modded my shifter to be sequential.
What was the upgrade to 'real race wheel'? I have a gt omega art cockpit and g29 :)
@@adraxis This is the wheel I use, its affordable but super sturdy GODSNOW 350mm Deep Dish 6 Bolt... www.amazon.com/dp/B01K9RY3SS?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
AMstudio has a great video that shows the mod you need to do, he has a plastic 3D printed adapter but I used a metal one
www.etsy.com/listing/587178833/logitech-g29-to-70mm-steering-wheel?gpla=1&gao=1&&:pla-106552543235_m__587178833&gclid=CjwKCAjw8-LnBRAyEiwA6eUMGtka1WebOgRiwlDK9tTiIwHbdZAJi_zccgChq2O9JPc1XH5O5CPeCxoCw1IQAvD_BwE
8 ads in a 30min video great job
Adjust fov - The best thing i've ever heard. Its so ovbious now 100% imporvment on consistantcy after that. Thank you!
That seat moves around a lot while you are just talking, I wonder how much flex there is from the wheel?
Breno I believe it moves around because he’s got a motion setup.
good points, i am waiting on direct drive base to come in now, just the more accurate steering alone on the direct drive is the reason i put the money down. Just a night and day difference for inputs alone, force feedback is stronger but i didnt really care about that. Whatever makes you better when you go to a racing school either beginner or advance is worth the money I spent.
Big plus for #8.
Very nicely presented with good tips. Two and a half years later: TVs have developed quite a bit, but there's plenty of contemporary value in this, especially for me - as a bloody beginner... Thanks, man!
Fantastic advice! Already got something to work on. Thanks.
Very glad I didn't compromise on my first build, I think the only upgrade I could do is the traction loss system. And swapping from pimax 8k to pimax 12k next year
I love my rFactor2 or Assetto most but F1 2018 is bloody superb.
I LOVE F1 2018 and F1 2019 looks even better!
The physics etc on the F1 suck.
The physics aren't F1 2018's strong point but it's still a thrilling game and the AI is streets ahead of any other racing game I've played. Since i upgraded from a G29 to CSL Elite, I've spent more time and had more fun playing F1 2018 than playing ACC, my second favourite racing title.
Hey you Aussie beauty. Just wanted to say your videos are excellent. Now everyone reading this knows that. I know that. And you must have a sneaking suspicion as to how good they are. So it seems I'm wasting my time again. The things you do when waiting for the 5. Thank you brother, have a marvelous day pal :)
Lmao!
this helped me a lot to be honest i feel like other people's opinions are just opinions so i should just to what i love, i really like your videos keep it up aussie aussie aussie!!!
Loading. thanks mate.
Absolutely right...there’s too much goof ball snobbery in sim racing...I’ve been sim racing for 12 years on and off...there’s aspects of every game that I like...from the FFB and realism king which is rFactor 2 (imho ofcourse :) all the way down to Dirt 3 or F1 2014! I really enjoyed playing F1 2014 on triples...also Grid Autosport aswell! Super solid gaming experience at 60fps and doesn’t falter! One of my favourite sims still is GTR2 - also solid at 60fps...consistency is important for immersion with me...With project cars 2 or rFactor 2 on triples, it’s sometimes difficult to get that due to system demands...
Thanks boss.Looking forward to your next livestream 👍
The most important thing that made a massive difference is the most vital thing I learned from this, it's more important than one would think.
Nice video!
I started out with a Thrustmaster TX300 wheel and the F1 wheel addon, the Playseat Challenge cockpit and a 24-inch BenQ Zowie monitor 144hz. I'm still running this after 3 years, except for the monitor which is upgraded to a BenQ 35-inch ultrawide. In the beginning I wasn't sure if I was going to continue, so I decided to find the middle-path, to spend a reasonable amount of money on this hobby. Today though...welll...I'm thinking of upgrading some stuff =) I still think that you can become a great racer even without the "high end" stuff. Practice, practice, practice! Spend more time in your car than adjusting hardware =)
The mack literally everything I've considered getting.
@@andrewwhite9084 I think that is a great starting point. I'm able to beat the official F1 2018 pole lap times with my TX300 and T3PA pedals, except for France and Germany, got .5 sec to go on those =) Anyway, another tip, when you're ready to upgrade, is to get better pedals. The T3PA are fine, but a loadcell brake pedal is better. Pedals are often overlooked and they shouldn't be, I think they're the most important part of driving a car. I'm buying the Fanatec CSL Elite pedals next, keeping it real, not overdoing it =)
You can hang with the best in sim racing driving with a T300 or G25/27/29 wheel. A good LC brake pedal is a big plus though.
I had a t300 t3pa and the th8a shifter, then I changed to Fanatec after things kept breaking, was an expensive change but the quality and overall feeling of immersion is better
@@TheMack Yep, Fanatec gear is great. I got the CSL Elite pedals w/o the load-cell brake at first, since I use paddle shifters and didn't need a clutch. Ended up getting the load-cell brake after all. Still have to turn (way) down the brake sensitivity in-game as I want to keep the default settings on the wheel/pedals, and adjust in-game. Otherwise, it gets to be (way) confusing especially when switching between sims. I also ended up switching out the little foam cushy spacer and going with the rubber ones on the load-cell brake. In the vid, BM mentions rigidity of the rig, and he's right as my NLR wheel stand seems to have some flexing and I am using an office chair, and it is not optimum.
Thumbs up for Senna’s on the background 😊
Great vid, thank you 👍
Great video bud. I love playing F1 games and I have a beautiful rig. I absolutely agreee!!!
Bolt your pedals to a piece of mdf board from your local hardware store to stop the sliding or tipping when you hit your brakes. Get the measurements right so you can have your pedals in the right position with the end of the wooden board tight up against the wall behind your desk. This is a great solution for those of us who want a better pedal set but don't have the money or room for a racing cockpit. Also, invest in a sturdy chair without wheels!
Super video! I really like the 3 monitor setup. But I drive in VR. But I`m
really are thinking about of VR is quicker then the 3 monitor setup?
The FOV definitely helped me and it made it more immersive.
Great, no AMAZING, input and I wish I could have viewed this 5 years ago when I started. One thing I am not sure I agree with (after spending 1-2 years with each config) is that a single 32:9 49” at 3840x 1080 curved screen 144hz refresh with a 1080 to is a great option to me. I had first used triple 32” 144Hz monitors with 3 1080ti’s, but I never got used to the borders and inter-game alignment issues. Fortunately I purchased used 1080 ti cards and 32” monitors, so I put the extra $1,800 into a rear slip motion mod. The rear slip added much more value and performance benefit (added to my shakers) than many other things, as it really helped me sense rear end slip and oversteer better.
Nice! Which rear end slip system did you get?
Boosted Media - I used the SimXperience rear traction loss DIY kit.
Completely right about everything especially point 10.
I have no satisfaction if there is a massive crash and I gain for example 10 positions instantly. But I have satisfaction if I can overtake 10 opponnents and earn my 10 positions. Offcourse of opponnents of similar skill.
🏁💯
Well done, good advice I hadn't heard before.
I'm just starting and this is amazingly useful video. Thanks
Finding FFB settings is still the most difficult thing for me... I always feel like there's something wrong but I can't figure out what or which setting to change...
When I have a working FFB-Setup that is about 90% right, I leave it that way and just get used to it. For me personaly it is much easier to adopt to the slight imperfection of the FFB then constantly hunting down the last 10% and always drive with different settings. But then again, I'm using an old DFGT wheel where you can't reach perfection anyways^^.
Superb video - excellent advice and really impressive breadth & depth of knowledge. Greatly appreciated - thank you!
Nice video even i'm not new to sim racing!Thank you.
Found your channel off of a Amazon review good content mate 👍
try drifting in AC with the motion platform, please
Oh absolutely!!!! I need to practice for at least a year first though LOL.
@@boostedmedia acdriftingpro.com/ has quite some well tuned drift cars, which should make things a bit easier :)
Hey Will, I’d like to clarify something. I think the car pivot around the front axel since that the only other part of the car that touches the stationary ground. And in the concept of slip angles, the slip angle is measured using the front axle as the vertex.
Theres a high chance im wrong but this is how i thought about it. Also asked a few friends and they seem to understand it
You talked about how 60hz is trash compared to 100hz. But most of us don't even have as fast pc that coule run game in 100fps. And it's even more rare that normal people have 100hz monitor.
I get what you mean. I run single 60hz monitor, with about 60fps, G920 on my office desk and pedals on the floor, with two bricks behind it to prevent me from breaking the cable at the back of it.
However, we just have to accept his opinions are useful for people with higher budget than ours. The fact that we don't have money shouldn't prevent someone on the internet to offer a tips and tricks video.
For racing, refresh rate is by far the least important thing.
He talked like this is a CSGO tournament . It's not..
Loads of high ranking drivers are on 60.
@@annekedebruyn7797 Agreed, as a cs player i have a 144hz monitor, it is nice but not at all necessary for racing.
60hz is not acceptable to me and I'm no where near as fast and confident, but in competition I only drive F1, GP2 and F3000 high down force cars so that may be a factor, everything happens much quicker in these cars. Nothing new about sim racers wanting fast refresh rates, its always been that way.
I started my first sim racing channel I called it *Race War* which got shut down pretty quickly so I wish I'd known about this controversial stuff back then.
haha that sucks! you did nothing wrong though.
Sennaaaaaa💪🏼💪🏼
Thx Lots of good info, if you do a part 2, I would add sound, and tactile mods. Low end transducers for cabinets, or rigid setups. From the arcade realm adds vibrations to rig. High End Servos and seat movement. In my opinion surround sound makes the immersion illusion much more complete.
My next upgrade is going to be a 3 axis servo driven base for seat and wheel. Just something modest, just a few degrees, to translate the opposite chassis loading and acceleration and braking. Winter project. 🤪🤓🤪
Thanks for the good video!
This is great video but a good reminder remember that standards change. HDMI 2.1 is able to handle 240Hz at 4K so today it is is possible to run a 4K TV at high refresh rates. And TVs these days also support variable refresh etc.
"three small screens are better than a big one" - Is that still true with qhd ultrawide monitors ?
Yep. At least in my opinion. Ultrawides don’t curve around you enough to offer the same level of immersion.
@@boostedmedia Wow that was fast Thanks,
I'm currently running 3x22" 5292x1050 I was thinking maybe a 21:9 3440 x 1440 may be better because of no bezels
ps: there are 32:9 5120 x 1440 monitors but they are $1,500
David Davies I’m using a 35” 21:9 3440*1440 but I’m saving up to change to a triple monitor setup, immersion isn’t the key for me but the sense of speed (guess that’s sort of immersion too) I get from seeing things pass on the sides makes braking easier . At least for me. Don’t know how a 32:9 would do tho.
David Davies I might try 3 budget screens with 1080p res but make sure input lag and refresh rate are good.
@@TheD4VR0S I've seen a few other content creators that went ultrawide for like 6mos to a year and then they switch back everytime
3yrs and a $100k realistic simulator later… your one of the biggest sim channels in existence. Hard to believe you once had a CSW 2.5.
Yeah i enjoy F1 2018 also, it is the only sim i actually race in. The rest (AC, RF2, AMS) i end up spending the most of the time tweaking and testdriving the cars.
Btw i think that one major point for getting better is you need to practice your consistency. If you just hotlap for times you will do good in qualifying, but in a race when you push a little to far your gonna wreck the car and end up ruing the race. Do multiple laps in a row and focus on not crashing, not speed. PRACTICE FOR THE RACE NOT THE QUALIFYING. Consistency will beat one or two fast laps everytime.
Yes and no... Though it is really important getting a consistent race rhythm, as long as you're approaching to the top split races you'll need to qualify pretty well in order to get any chances to win. To do that you're gonna need to practice hot laps and then freeze the way you drive in those hot laps to use something close to it in the races. The problem with training only race stints is that sometimes you freeze the wrong way of driving, like a way under the limit, which will make you never being competitive after all. So... Begining: hot laps, then full stints. At some point after you've got a lot of experience you do only stints, but tries to achieve the readlines within it, making your hot laps inside of the full stints without have to do two separates things
@@danielmachado5176 yeah thats true. You just can't only practice for times.
Thx for the octaneonline racing link. All signed up except for there discord channel as the link has expired.
Re: the FOV in particular, I used the first FOV calculator link and based on my (admittedly very basic) single-screen setup the result came back at 27 degrees of FOV for AC, which is certainly lower than what I was using, which I think was the AC default. I use the MX-5 ND on the Nordschleife as my test car and track for pretty much everything, because I've owned an MX-5 for 14 years and I'm very familiar with how it drives, plus I know the Nordschleife very well and it has every kind of curve you can work with.
After doing several laps at this FOV I found that things definitely feel more realistic in general, such as the road undulations, and being able to hit apexes and turn into them more accurately. But the problem I've experienced is that with the lower FOV it's harder to see around tighter curves and some sweepers because you have a much more narrow view. I had to do a lot of corrections because I basically couldn't see what was coming next nearly as well. A good example is going through the Carousel. I could only see about a half-car length going around it and had to make many more quick steering adjustments than I would with a higher FOV, and had to work a lot harder because of this. And that was basically the case for many of the curves as well.
So, imo if you don't have a triple screen or curved screen, you have to react much more quickly an frequently with the lower FOV that the calculators come up with. I felt exhausted after only a few laps because I felt I was working so hard (just as point of reference, I don't use high FFB settings). I'll try increasing the FOV some until I think it's at that sweet spot between the increased sense of realism the lower FOV gives and the practicality of a slightly higher FOV.
And thank you Boosted Media for putting together a really useful video. Cheers!
Fov, screen size, refresh rate, A lot of these are solved by getting a decent VR headset. Worrying about all that was what I hated most about racing on a screen now I can just drive and forget all those fov calculators.
And a vr headset in most cases can be cheaper than triple screens
@@llengford for me its around 2 hours
The most obvious point made here is probably the most important one as well - Race/play the sim that you like the most! If you like it more than all other titles isnt it logical that you will enjoy it and have the most fun with it rather than playing another game just because some "pro" told you that you should? I've heard so many people say that they love a certain sim but the usually play another one because its "superior"for whatever reason. I guess a reason for this is that when it comes to simracing just the name of it implies that the simulation is the most important bit but IMO in case you are not doing it on a professional level that its hardly the case.
I have Logitech G29 I mount to my desk. I think I'm pretty fast lol.
that's solid... there's a guy got me interested in racing (we used to play Gran Turismo on PS2 together a lot) that really races on a bucket, card table and 27" tv. I see him laughing every race even tho he gets punted a lot and doesn't win much. I know he's having a great time with friends online but really hasn't spent a dime on sim racing. My G29 cost more than his whole setup and I leaned you don't have to spend hardly any money to have hundreds of hours of fun
In the video, he mentioned one of his friends got a champion with it. It's about the fine tuning the settings and how you play.
Same bruh
You sound like a good bloke. I respect that a lot and recently subscribed. It's good to know at least there's one elite Sim racer who won't send death threats to somebody for liking a certain game. I heard that's why happened to some poor guy last year who claimed to like Project Cars 3. That should not be tolerated.
When you mentioned that you copped a bit of flack for liking F1 18 that immediately came to mind. You shouldn't have to put up with that. Everyone is different and it really should be about doing what makes you happy.
Thanks Chris. I really appreciate that. You wouldn’t believe some of the comments and PMs we get every day. Part of putting yourself out there unfortunately.
@@boostedmedia it just makes me angry when I hear about that kind of thing. I've watched a few of your videos now, new and old and you're awesome man.
Love sim racing but I spent my money on a 1990 E30 M3... Nothing beats that engine hitting 8000 rpm... just got to keep an eye out for cops... ;-)
I very nearly bought one of those as a project car but ended up buying an MX5 instead. Very hard to find them in good condition here.
E30 I should say. Not M3. I’ve driven a few E30 M3s and agree. Absolutely beautiful sound.
1st thing I wish I knew, Go karts can be bought cheaper and having the forces on the body is where it is at! THE END
Great Tips Brother!
TY 👌🏻🏁🏆