How to get a good start in a race

Ok.

I'll start by saying I'm a complete beginner at racing games, not just AC.

I have attempted my first race with the F1 cars. I have manual clutch (not that the f1 cars have a clutch), manual gearbox, using a G27 with paddles.

I keep my foot on the accelerator to roughly 6000 rpm so the drivers hand moves to the gearbox, wait on the race starting (I go by the other drivers moving as I have no idea when to actually go without a green light!), pop up to 1st gear and put my foot down.

The car takes a second to actually start moving, while everyone else is miles ahead.

So...for a noob. How on earth do you get a good start?

 

The abarth formula is a Formula 3 car and i think they have manual clutch, Correct me if i'm wrong thou.
And i have found its rather hard to get a good start of the grid without chucking back on power or getting wheel spin.
Probably its the clutch models that needs more tuning

 

F3, sorry

Well it must be an auto clutch as I complete the race only using the paddles, no clutch. I'll need to check I defo have clutch set to manual!

It's not that I get wheel spin, its that the power seems to die and go slow. It's like the feeling you get if you are driving at 20mph and suddenly put it into 6th gear...you get practically no acceleration. But I'm doing it on a race start. It's defo something I am doing wrong, as I am new to this, and the devs would notice it the first time they tried.

 

Yep thats what i'm getting aswell. Be sure to check if you have your setting right, no assists, etc
and normally a F3 car is with a Manual gearbox, that would need a Clutch. But for some reason i can shift without using the clutch and using paddles.
Perhaps its like this in the abarth F3

 

Of course they do. How else would they change the gears with a semiautomatic gearbox?
They don't have clutch PEDALS, but they have clutch levers, as shown here at the beginning:

 

If starting is different from what we have now (Full control, meaning jump starts and everything)

(probably too off topic)




Rev up
Hold clutch
Gear 1 (while holding clutch)
Rev at desired
Lights go out, lift clutch
Accelerate

But here's what I do in open wheelers at the moment :
Rev it up but not hitting the limiter, stay put until lights go out

Lights go out, full press then immediately lift

Modulate gas until I can press it without hearing tyre slip noises


>Also a noob, so correct me if what I'm doing is wrong, but I'll stick to this now because I seem to be getting good launches (In medium AI) but terrible driving

 

well I can manage it for a couple of the normal race cars, just not open wheelers.

Maybe I do need to have my clutch pedal depressed, I'll give that one ago.

So, am I supposed to use the clutch to change gears in the open wheeler? When using the paddles, for open wheelers and f458 I have not needed to use the clutch.

 

Sorry I wrongly assumed they had no clutch

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If a car doesn't have a clutch pedal (or doesn't make you manipulate the shifter to shift), you don't need to press the clutch pedal.

You could use it for keeping the engine running when you spin though.

 

Funny, I've found the launch to be the easiest thing.. I basically floor it and dump the clutch in a H gear car, or click 1st and end up passing 3/4 of the field, all while smoking the tires. I think AC needs a little work in this respect.

Sometimes I'll modulate the slip to what is faster IRL, peak torque RPM until you're spinning about 10% then full traction and full throttle (watch an F1 launch, like that) which is easy to do in the F3 car, but *way* slower than doing a burnout. :/ But it makes for a more fun race!

 

I take it you are using default settings for the car, if so they do seem to bog down in first. Use a little clutch at the start or start to play with the car setting a little, drivetrain power could help.
Once you are happy with your start then slowly change settings ONE AT A TIME to improve and remove what upsets the vehicle. You are starting from a good place with removing all the auto functions just saw amateur mode in your signature, but it will take some time to really learn to be the mechanic as well as the race driver, all the more fun for it also.

Here is a nice little 'README' that helped me on the path of setting up a car. I printed it out, but if you have a second screen, laptop, tablet or smartphone you can use them to read what you want to change, the same if you hover over the settings in game. Remember though only change one thing at a time otherwise you can really screw things up.

Good luck Mr Davidson.

 

I stuck amateur mode in my SIG when I created account, but I much prefer my custom setup that turns off auto clutch and gears, but leaves TC and SC up full. At least for now lol

 

You can simply try to use a shorter gear ratio of the top gear for more acceleration, do some testing also to decrease the differential wheel slip.

 

Thanks lads, I'll try messing about

 

Take off TC. That should help.

 

I haven't tried turning TC control off yet, however, this problem isn't solely with that car. I tried a drag race with the Zonda...same issue :S I wonder if I'm just dealing with the clutch peddle wrong. I'll try more.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't all the automatic gear cars need the clutch for the first gear only?
That's how I don't stall the engine with 1st fear....

 

Yeah I've tried using it for first gear with no luck lol I may just suck

 

Try some hotlaps, press the clutch fully at start, engage 1st gear, press the throttle 25% to 50% and slowly release the clutch - if that doesn't help then I can't help

 

for a race with Ai, start with the clutch fully engaged, start pressing the throttle when the red light get at the end, when they're clear engage the 1st gear and release the clutch, that should get you going....