Overtaking - 3 Methods To Pass ANY Opponent

"Racing is a gentleman sport(Besides Nascar)"

Today I overtook someone on Akina on the corner after the long straight, he had caught up to me on the straight and we braked side by side, I was on the outside, he on the inside. His style of driving is grip based while I drift, so that resulted in an epic drift overtake from the outside

Very few things are more adrenaline filling than waiting the whole race and finally seeing the perfect chance to overtake. It's so nerve-wracking as the defender knowing this. Seeing them disappear from your rear view mirrors and end up in front of you is like a jump scare.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver. Everyone on touge life

My best overtake was in sim (Underage at time lol) going against my friend from new york. They said about how they were great at rally and how on any streetcar race it's basically the same. If you've watched initial D, you probably know where this is going. We raced on highlands on asseto (They had no touge mods lol) They were in Lancer evo 5 and I was in the trusty FD. There's a corner at the end of a massive straight, I was behind since the start and noticed they only whent about 140kph, I knew you could take it at 160. Next lap and I tail them into the corner but turn left to the outside and sail right past them. Satisfaction at it's finest.

by far my best overtake was in a little battle with one of my good friends We were side by side going I'm coming out a slow right going into a sharp left and as i downshifted for the left my car whipped around i drifted around him info the corner and cleared it by a few inches it may have been luck boy did it feel good

tips from an oval racer (close quarters stuff is our speciality) -actively thinking "i have right/ownership of racing lines" is the quickest way to crash. You drive purely to what the other car is doing, rather than what "rights" you have in theory. At some point someone will not know you're there, or understeer, or whatever, and you driving with the mindset "i am obliged to x y and z" will mean you cant avoid the crash. -dont fall into the trap of thinking only the inside is viable. even beyond a cutback, sometimes just running around the outside of a defending car can be quicker. providing you can get far enough up to still have a nose in at corner exit, your momentum will pay dividends on the straight. -"slipstreaming" only works on straights. for road cars downforce isnt a factor, but for anything making use of it the moment you come to brake and turn you will have less grip. Generally if i'm following a car my way around this is to turn into a corner later, even if just by half a car width, to get some clean air on my splitter then cross over for a later apex and straighter exit -applying pressure is best done with braking early and soft, and steadily closing up to the car through the length of a braking zone. During the initial braking phase i'm always a slight early, giving me the freedom to brake lighter and give myself more time to observe my opponent's movements on approach. if i can go for a dive i can ease on the brake for a second to gain the momentum for a lunge, or i can moderate the brake to steadily close up as we come to the turn. -withstanding pressure is something you'll learn through trial by fire, once you're used to it you can have cars mere millimetres from your bumper and not deviate. my confidence for this comes through my knowledge that if im bumped, i will be able to maintain full control of my car and not crash, collecting any slide. always keep an eye in your mirror and if they're not going to stop in time, don't throw the block or ease on the brakes and run wide if it means getting out of the way. you shouldnt be intimidated by the mirror, you should be informed by it -relying on the element of surprise is another quick way to crash. as an oval racer, and one that prefers high banked short tracks at that, i quite enjoy taking the outside line which is a pretty obvious move. if i only shoot out last minute before my opponent even knows ive considered it, theyre likely going to turn in not realising im there and theres a collision. now contact isnt always a bad thing, never be afraid of contact, but itll unsettle both cars and we dont want that. late apexing to get a run down a straight, taking an outside line if the road has it viable, if there is an obvious way that they cant defend against its always a better option. (if my opponent takes a defensive line into a hairpin, chucking it up the outside is just a given that i'll do. pinch as much as i can on the turn-in, high centre, then bring it back down for a straighter exit and run down the straight. even if i cant complete the pass im making the other driver work harder and tire out.) -if your line pushes the other car to their detriment, at all, dont do it. like seriously dont do it. F1 fans will say "oh the inside car has the right to run the other car out of road" but thats just cheap, dirty, and if you're racing anyone (like me) that doesnt subscribe to this idea i will just let you go across my bumper. even if the margin is barely there, if there is a car at all beside you dont cut them off. if your quarter panel hits their front you're the one thats going to spin. dont forget that. -moreso than hard braking and hard acceleration, maintaining momentum is what'll get you around people. relying solely on heavy braking not only may end up in misjudging and going wide and dooring them, but if you're too focused on the braking rather than your speed at turn in you may well overslow without knowing and that other car will either hit you through not expecting it, or just blow past to the outside. a general rule of thumb thats just universal is "race people how youd like to be raced yourself." as much as i can be very aggressive, and moreso just awkward in where and when i stick my nose into spots. id expect the exact same back. the fact that im always keeping an eye in my mirror or for assetto corsa my radar too, means that im thinking "where would i go" as much as where will they go, and adapting accordingly. if driving with your head like that can come down to instinct, you'll be ok

on akina on the turn before the uphill straight, did a blind attack and won a braking contest and passed

TSRB, I love the aesthetic of this video! The retro filter and 4:3 aspect ratio! The old DVD/VHS style of this lesson is awesome! Keep it up, your videos are the best in all aspects!

1:21 * crazy for love starts playing *

Easy, drive faster and try not to hit the other car... (depending on the game that second part might be less important) Seriously though overtaking is like the hardest thing in touge, sucks to b faster but unable to overtake. So much nicer when you do succeed though.

My best overtaking story was on Akina on Assetto Touge Life #1 Server, the one with boost gutters. I was in GT86 and the guy in front of me was in Tuned AE86. I was holding onto him the whole downhill, but I couldnt overtake him cuz he kept blocking me everywhere, I managed to finally overtake him on the long serpentine gutter, I've been practicing using them and thankfully i managed to get him, BUT he over took me again, just before the long straight near the end of the run, so me full of adrenaline was like... last chance, i have to try something new... and on the S bend after the long straight, on the inside of the corner there is gutter that no one really ever uses, including me as I always span out on it, but i was like F it, i gonna loose anyways, so I slowed down a bit more then usual and went for the gutter, managed to grip both wheels, funnily enough eurobeat kicks in this exact moment. Anyways, we're side by side, literally slightly bumping into each other, he's on inside im on outside, head to head after S bend, next corner he takes a slightly lead again, I take the small gutter on another corner to hopefully give me a little boost, but nope, it screwed me this time and it threw me out into the barrier, managed to save it, but that killed my overtake, by that point he jumped in front and unfortunately won, i did however manage to get time of 4:36, which was my PR. AE86 driver wasnt the fastest, i know what these things are capable of, but i was still proud of myself, it was a mental battle

best overtaking moment happened just a few days ago. akina downhill, 5 (but actually 4) hairpins. caught up to this car after losing sight of the car behind me and decided to just go for a new PB, pretty much have identical pace. going into the first hairpin brake later and harder than I ever have going into that corner and just barely miss the guard rail while the other driver takes the inner line. The other driver goes wide and I manage to just barely pass on the corner exit. This goes back and forth for the rest of the hairpins until the final one where I manage to take a late apex and pass on the corner exit once again (same as the first hairpin). Then we proceeded to have a great battle for the rest of the mountain

This video should be played as a tutorial before joining Touge Life servers, cuz the amount of rammers is crazy there. Playing sim game and literally can't chase at all and just keep bumping or straight up kamikaze you before the turns. On the other hand when I've met some cool drivers who drive respectfuly it always feels so nice, almost like a dream.

Love the series. Also learning a lot from it. Thx man :)

Thanks for this guide! Even first 2 minutes made things much more clear for me!

Yet again another great video! Would love to see a follow up on defensive driving strategies as well !

racing right on the edge on the touge just centimeters apart from each other, and then seeing a line to overtake feels soo good

Your guide are pretty usefull fr ! While teaching us some technique you always teach something really important that is racing "etiquette", some kind of gentlemen agreement ! Keep it up !

Very helpful, thank you!