Go faster. Basic driving techniques at Game&Track YT channel

Well, only going by logic here, havent tested to see whether or not AC has quirks but: Set pressures so hot values are in the green (do like 5 laps), then look at inside to outer temp and try to get a more or less equal range through the tyres (like 80-75-70 inside to outside) when they stabilise.

If your pressures are set correctly, then you should be good as long as the middle temps arent higher than the inside or lower than the outside, and outside temps higher than the rest or significantly lower. These can also be affected by bad pressures however, but if you're in the green there you should be fine.

 

@Aristotelis this is a good effort on many levels.

First it's you as one of the main physics devs not promoting the title directly, but giving advice on driving and showing that AC is so good it can be used as a practice tool for RL. Smart.

Second, many will spend their time in this thread now rather than bickering in useless threads ;-) This is so much more "edutaining" and: this is what we're here for, after all. Not fighting over small stuff. We want to drive fast.

Third, it's just good advice you give. As a reasonably fast, non-alien driver think the video is a really good reminder of the basics. Especially your step-by-step analysis approach is appreciated.

 

New "Special event", drive like @Aristotelis.

This gave me new motivation to try a car I think I (almost) never driven. If I can be that precise and post a time somewhere around yours I'm happy.
Have no intentions of being an alien (Nicolas Vouilloz is the only TRUE alien). I just want to have fun and this gives me a new (one more) reason to play the game.

 

Thanks for this driving school. I'm subscribing and applying it to my driving

 

This is great when a developer makes videos like this, because every sim is different and when you are competing in a sim you need to know how it works specificaly in this sim. Because even if every sim is trying to simulate the real life all of them do it in their own way, and also is no secret that simulation is not real life, and to explain how does it work in the specific simulation (game), how accurate and how close can only a man who knows how it's done.

So what I would like to hear @Aristotelis is how the things work in AC.
Better understanding of how it's done and how it's working means better knowledge of how to use it
Very good start, and I think this video series should been started much earlier, but never is too late...

A big thank you for teaching your community, this is a very imprortant thing for developing a smart and inteligent community around your product which are often times underappreciated.
When I started seriously doing sim racing in my time a big help gave me the iRacing's Driver School video series which made me think that it was the best sim at that time.
So it's nice that you are trying to do something similar for AC, I'm sure many new simracers which AC might be the first sim will love it even more.

I hope in the future you guys can make your own Driving School video series exclusive for AC and introducing it in the game as a separated part of the game where you can watch the video and then you have to complete a task and by completing it receive a cookie...=)) This is a good way of increasing the title's prestige and value even more.

 

Very well done @Aristotelis , you made a 40min video clip entertaining and rewarding to watch! You clearly have a talent for doing this kind of stuff.

One suggestion I do have for a next episode would be a detailed analysis of the SLOW IN / FAST OUT mother of all rules, and how much more time is saved till the next braking point by coming out of the corner fast, in relation to the little time saved by braking later.
If unexperienced simraces would start off by simply following the two basic rules of

a.) using the whole width of the track
and
b.) to go in slow, and come out fast

I reckon we would see much less online races with people being 4-5 seconds off pace, and becoming frustrated in the process.

So an episode covering the slow in/fast out technique would perfectly complement the first episode, and those two pieces could then be linked together, made sticky in the forum and be referred to
from everywhere, maybe even from within the game. I think it would be most usefull.

 

Of course I tried to apply the good advice from the video, I applied the same settings, watched particularly for the right apex and braking points, after a while I did a best of 13.126, so I still have room to get better. What is important is that I got faster, so mission accomplished.
One thing I am curious about is that my front right tire never turned green and my right rear never got bright green.

 

Maybe also put a link in your signature here

 

About reference points:
I read the book by Micheal Krumm (Driving on the Edge). He says there are two types of drivers: The 'natural' and the 'non-natural'.

He descibes the 'naturals' as drivers who do completely rely on their senses to judge distances correctly. When the driver is approaching a corner he is focusing his eyes towards the apex. The 'non-naturals' focus their eyes e.g. on a 100-metre board.
When you ask each type where they brake: "If one seeems confused and struggles to give a precise answer, you are talking to a natural".
If the other "[...] come back with a response such as "87 metres", you are talking to a very sophisticated non-natural."

So there are drivers who can get away without reference points. I'm one of them but there are problems. When there are other cars around and the view to the apex is blocked. Or maybe my timing is just off because I have a bad day. This makes it hard to be consistent compared to someone who uses reference points. This is why I need to combine both to go faster!

@Aristotelis
After watching the video I was thinking that maybe it is a bit much to process for an absolute beginner. Of course there is lots of good stuff in the vid to memorize, but if they don't know a thing about weight transfer and chassis balance they might lack some context knowledge especially for the setup part.

Some ideas for the next episodes: (advanced) driving lines, Where to look on track? (FOV?) , shifting, cornering, tires, fuel consumption/use of ERS, Racecraft, Mental aspects, (advanced) setups

I'll keep on watching, even this first episode was reminding me of things I had almost forgotten.

 

Relaxing and fun for us that watch too so this is a win-win situation at its finest.

 

so.. a bit of topic here, you tought some guy to copy/paste the physics now, or really made some time to record, edit, drive, etc? lol
jokes aparte I really enjoyed the video, I thought it was gonna be cut/edited instead of doing the whole laps leaving the pits, etc. which is much better

I hope (we all hope I bet) you have the time to do more videos, at least 2 o 3 more, you can tell you also enjoy making them.

keep it up Aris!!

 

Is it correct to assume if temps are even theres no reason to mess around with camber or do i want as much camber as possible without the temperatures getting to much of a spread?

I hope this isnt considered offtopic since its about getting faster

 

Thanks for the answer! Some rule about starting off with front or rear or can i do both in one go?

 

Aaah, Indy 500 and GPL. The plan was always to get the temps equal across I M O. As you say, it doesn't work like that in reality