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

Thanks, that's very kind. I will check it out tonight.

One more thing: someone mentioned that switching to VR gave them more consistency. I'm sceptical towards VR regarding eye fatigue/health (blue light emission) and resolution but in this point it just has to be a big help, indeed - having the view properly follow your head movement.
Likewise, I had a significant improvement when switching to the mathematically correct FOV some 2 years ago (before I usually raced in bonnet view). No shots fired here at people who prefer "augmented" FOV...I know it's a hot topic so peace and whatever floats your boat ;-)

I'm just saying that for me consistency became a lot better afterwards.

 

You've identified the problem, Jim Clark always said when he wanted to go faster he just concentrated more.

If we focus on brake points, using all the track, hitting the apexes, always getting a good exit then we'll be practicing doing things right and we'll naturally get faster.
If we push too hard and become inconsistent lap after lap, we'll be practicing the wrong things and will only get better at doing it all wrong

 

Exactly that is what I'm experiencing at Zandvoort in the GT3 AMG now. Looking at the replay shows that a car could fit in between me and the track edge on the main straight. Lots of other corners are the same since I'm braking late and missing apexes. I'll try going slower to feel the lines and the rythm of the track. Very hard though since the Fonsecker roar is just Fappable in that car

 

My problem is that I can't be bothered to do the hard work! I prefer to just turn up and drive

 

I always thought like that until Aris video that is. It showed a way that transformed work into play, to me. Now I do a few laps, watch the replay, verify braking points and apex, go faster, smile, do it again.
It is different, but better than before to me. Braking points and apex are my goals now and doing them right feels good, so the efforts is rewarding because the goal is clear, does not feel like work, to me.

 

I love when people several seconds off the pace point into slight mistakes of much faster drivers. It is easy to nail your apexes every time when you're slow, try doing that when driving on the limit. What good is a perfect lap which is two seconds slower than an imperfect one?

 

Top Nep is well-known troll, I wouldn't give too much attention..

 

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That said, prolly lost a tenth or two

 

Slightly off topic, but how do you make the tyres app larger as he has in the video?

At 1450p I find it quite tiny and my eyes are terrible...

 

Hover the mouse over the app and you will se arrows, the right side makes it bigger and the left side smaller, or the other way around.

 

That is an interesting comment and makes me wonder how that it is even possible that an imperfect lap would be faster than a perfect one, driven by the same person, of course.
What is a perfect lap, one could say a lap where you hit all you braking point, apex and acceleration starts perfectly.
Now, if that lap does not yield the fastest time, then most likely those braking and acceleration points were not "perfect", just hitting the apex and using all the track does not make a perfect lap.
Even the most gifted driver, that is Michael Schumaker to me, was hitting his apex, almost to the millimeter, lap after lap, of course his braking and acceleration were on par.
So I would say a perfect lap is very good and should be the goal of any driver, not withstanding of his natural speed or natural ability.

 

Yeah, it's pointless to try and copy exactly a hotlap. Just thought it'd be interesting to see what a "top" kinda lap looks like. But it's more for analysis than trying to replicate it, there's more to it than just driving the correct lines. How you release the brakes, how and when you get back on throttle, how the steering inputs relate to throttle inputs and tyre slip, etc.

Driving is pretty simple when you feel it, but there's a lot to take in when you decipher what's happening

 

Eta for next video release? Yeah, now we don't care about game updates or dlc, we care about your videos!

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The tyre pressure setup section at the end. Is it better to keep pressures or temps in spec?

With the road cars, especially the AWD ones, I often find that my fronts are melting. If I raise pressure that helps to keep the temps in check but then both my pressures and temps are out of spec on the high side. Tbh the pressures are only edging out of spec, temps would be volcanic otherwise, so maybe raising pressure is the answer.

 

... or you may adapt your driving technique to car.
For example, light cart with not much power - momentum car which means high corner speed as much as possible without sliding or compromising line (clean drive) because there is not enough power to minimize mistake.

Or awd cars - slow in/fast out big time which mean using superior traction and some additional help to rotate the car such as kerbs (early apex) ...
even if something is written in stone, there may be faded parts not easy to read and practice can help with that.

ninjad by Aris

 

I was obviously talking about different persons' hotlaps. If one driver hits all his braking points, turn-ins and apexes perfectly, but does not put the car on the limit of the grip they still will be slower than a driver that might have missed a few things here and there a bit but is using all the grip available in the turns. Hitting points is important, but if you don't use the grip that is there you still will be too slow.

 

Then we agree, first one has to hit the points in order to have access to the grip, then take advantage of the grip. To be "perfect" one needs to do both. Trying to push with the wrong apex on grip that is not there will never be fast.
We, the driver who are not fast yet need to learn to walk before we run. Those who are running or think they are running have been warned not to watch the video since they already know how to walk and they might also want to ignore this thread if it is not to help us walk, we already know how great they are at running.

 

Mission accomplished, sir. Now I can guess a lot better after a corner if I gained or lost time right away, even without the delta app. I hope this series get expanded.

Now, if you guys can help with some questions I'd be very grateful. First is about the tires app, I was playing around yesterday with an Audi R8 to get the tires in a "green" temperature and using Aris tips to keep the pressure equal between sides. The thing is that although I found the configuration, the pressure numbers kept a blue color. What that color is trying to say? And about brake temperatures, I looked all official apps and didn't find a numerical indication of it. Is there an app for it? It's just out of curiosity to see the temperatures. I'm sorry if there's already a topic on these things, I used the search bar, looked some topics but did not find these questions.