hello all my gamertag is D4YVID, im posting to ask if anyone fast can help me learn to play the game, im currently racing with manual/clutch, and tcs, on a pad, when i race i seem to be locking brakes, corners to wide, to slow on exit speeds, im starting to learn heel and toe but boy is it so confusing, also tryed to learn to use the handbrake to help on a corner but i end up in the wall lol, i can make it into top 300 depending on track but would rely like to improve and can learn fast, im in my late 20s so i wont be annoying lol, if anyone from top 100 sees this please feel free to add me gt ( D4YVID ) thank you for reading
im normally online anytime after 4pm uk time, but am normally online till early hours to be able to race with Americans
Hi mate
Im not the most experince racer or best at tuning but the way i found my speed and got better was by racing with guys in online leauges i currently run in two one on a wen night 7.30 gmt in btcc cars and one on a friday running v8 supercars we have a mixture of fast guys and slower guys so your always have someone to race.
my gamertag is nikemikerules and the series i run is PK Motorsport take a look at our facebook page and add me on xbox and join in we might be able to help you a bit
There’s just too many things to list that can make you faster (or slower). Probably the best would be what nikem suggested - racing with faster guys will teach you to go faster.
On locking the brakes, it sometimes helps to reduce your braking power a bit. Will slightly lengthen your braking distance, but you will be smoother, hence faster. Playing a bit with your controller settings (braking) might give better results too.
On the “corners too wide” issue there can be a legio of reasons, like locking brakes, too late braking, bad throttle control etc. One of the best tips I got on this forum was from a guy that suggested you should never have a moment on track during which you are not on the throttle, even in corners. Obviously that exclude braking time, but only for physical braking time. The logic behind this he said is that you will keep more traction while the weels are “driving” than if they run freely when you take your finger from the throttle. On a tight bend this can mean as low as 5% throttle, while on longer bends/ corners obviously more to keep optimum momentum. Practice this in rivals with a ghost about 2 to 3 seconds faster than you, but focus on corner speed and not the ghost itself. Throttle control is vital in setting fast lap times. One way of explaing this is the second corner (uphill) on Prague (full) where you have the wall on the right hand side. Using the #13 Volvo Touring car (with PPS TurkScorio’s tune), you can brake on the Forza brake line and accellerate immediately, but that way I loose too much momentum on the uphill. So, I take the corner in 4th gear and don’t brake at all, just feather the throttle to keep optimum traction and speed. Different corners will require different approaches, but the main thing is throttle control.
Obviously there are many other ways like watching rival replays of the top guys, especially their gear selection through corners which are more vital than many think. Then there are clips on Youtube from guys like Raceboy77 and SuperGT that teach or show you some finer skills. Do the effort to watch it, it will proof most rewarding.
As I’ve said in the beginning, the list is just too long, but the things above and practice with some of the faster guys will be a good way to start.
Best of luck
Cheers
FA
thank you for replying will give them a watch
Here’s some basic guide lines on how to be quick that any successful racer will do.
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Learn the ideal line of the tracks(remember corners before your longest straights are gonna be your most important, do your best to at least get those right first.)
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Learn the difference between early, mid, and late corner apex and which type of corners there usually used on.
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Braking and throttle should smoothly overlap when cornering at no time should you be off both the throttle and the brake. The amount of overlap depends on the size of the corner. Generally the bigger the corner less overlap will be needed. You may also hear this as “trail braking”
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Learn the correct gears to be in for each corner. You have to sit down and learn the tracks and cars.
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Rev match when you down shift. This is when your rpms match the speed of the cars declining speed and causes you to have the full effect of the brakes and maintains stable weight transfer. (THE ENGINE IS NOT A BRAKE!)
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Both corner entry and exit are important, but corner exit will always be more beneficial to your lap times.
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Practice on stock car rivals. So theres no tunes or proper builds increasing the gap. Just pure driving.
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Stay smooth. The more fluent the cars weight transfer. The faster you’ll be. This is better to practice in lower classes as mistakes are more punishing to your momentum and will make your weaknesses more apparent to you.
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Pay attention to your controller vibrations this will give you a guide line of maximum traction and help your braking/cornering/throttle control.
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Don’t just slam on the throttle apply it smoothly more and more as you exit a corner. Basically as fast as u can without spinning tires or losing grip.
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9/10 you wanna run no assists with Manual/clutch. There are some exception but not many.
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Practice, practice, and practice.
Add me and I’ll run some sessions with you.
thank you for replying will defo try this, sent you a friend request and look forward to meeting you
Hello I have a few suggestions for you … btw synster had an excellent post. Best thing for me was learning the tracks and use your assists … steering and braking till you know the tracks good … then start removing them … for example After you get fast on all your favorite tracks I mean winning most of your races in Pro class, then start removing assists, I recommend removing steering assist first and get good with Normal steering , braking is hardly ever needed, seriously 98% of the time racing you will and should never need to brake , its all about how you enter and exit your turns. After you get a good feel for braking assisted then try without … my whole point is get good first, learn the tracks … use your assists till you are good and then start removing them
chasing far faster guys in rivals got me waaay faster, as did a few youtube videos giving tips on racing lines, break points, stuff like that… then, once I got to know the tracks and could get top 1% times, I would just play single player and put the difficulty up to pro or unbeatable, once I could stay up at the front of the pack and make it through long races without making much contact, if any, on those difficulties I started playing online more… went from enthusiast division to elite in the span of a couple weeks…
a lot of times, it’s not even how fast you are anyway once you start playing online, it’s more about how long you can manage to not get rammed off the road lol
Generally, you want to learn how to use no assists. The only exception that would apply is TCS, but it is only faster with certain cars and it is only after you’ve mastered driving with it off. There’s lots of videos on youtube about how to drive with no assists you can use to help you. What’s really going to get you faster is rivals. It IMO is the single best way to get faster at this game. Pick any track and class you are comfortable with and pick the most used car and tune for it. Then set a clean lap and set goals for yourself (Top 1000, 500, 200, 100, etc.). The important thing is to use a ghost as you will begin to see exactly where you are losing time on each track, allowing you to improve. The important thing is to practice.
I’ll be more than happy to run some sessions with you sometime to get a better picture on where you’re losing time.
GT: M Rossi Jr
Concur with Rossi, and any of the ACR guys would be more than willing to help you.
Rossi and MuddyPuddle are correct, im much faster nowadays because of practice, rivals and joining THR. But the key is Practice.