Starting my iRacing journey... is rookies this hard for you guys?!

The key to get out of Rookie and actually improve is consistency. You have to feel confortable with the car and the track before jump into a race. A good load cell pedals also make a huge improvement. And always watch your replays on different camera angles. That makes you identify you own mistakes which can be focused on for corrections. It's a never end learning experience. Good luck

Enjoying watching your journey! Mine is just starting as well! Love your setup!

This was highly entertaining, Im just getting into sim racing and I have the exact thoughts/experience haha!

This is very helpful to watch. I’ve been racing (autocross) real cars for many years, and your description about judging corner entry is spot on. Very tricky to get it right. You can tell when the car understeers because the FFB wheel gets light in your hands, but it’s tough to judge when the rear is stepping out. (The fun part of driving a real car). I’m NOT getting a motion rig. lol!

sick set up bro...love the content

Learnt in the vee to keep tapping on the throttle to keep it stable. Such a fun car and series, shame there isn’t a longer series outside of rookie tbh. Good vid even if I am late to the party 🎉

Glad to see you got things sorted with Fanatec. Remember Rookies gonna Rookie.

I recently just started back into sim racing after about 6 years and started with the Vee. That thing is so finicky and I found out that even when you think you should be in 2nd gear, just stay in 3rd. It will save you so many spins. I did a couple races where I was actually racing some people and it always ended up with me getting wrecked out by either them not giving room or me getting a bit too eager into braking zones. Once I essentially stopped racing people I got out of rookie in a couple of races no problem. Also congrats on Class D!

I love the rig and the screen! A buttkicker will give u that extra ffb , it makes your rig more alive and gives u the feeling when it starts to slide , i can't race without it anymore. Great video

I just started this also and can relate 100% enjoyed watching want to get out of Rookie also!

I’ve just got my B license in road. I spent about a month just “testing” the cars I wanted to eventually race before I even entered a rookie race. There are tons of videos and articles on car setups. In rookie racing I only concentrated on finishing clean and didn’t worry about where I placed. I got out quickly.

Awesome video dude loving your setup and very envious lol a sub from me

Na na na na na THUNDER ... foot.... Btw if you're ever interested I'd be more than happy to help you learn some iracing things to get going. I've reset my irating to speedrun 2k a few times and have learned a few things along the way. Subbed! Great content

I'm in my second season of iracing now and I've learned it's not rookies so much as it is lower splits where carnage happens, that's not to say it doesn't happen at higher splits but it's less common. I'm sure as you get more experience in the sim and raise your irating you'll have a better time. As for needing to be smooth in the vee, well I've never tried it, as tin tops are my thing but I reckon you need to be smooth in any race car if you want to go fast. Good luck on your iracing career and maybe I'll see you on track sometime.

Tires are usually cold unless tyre blankets are on before a race and check to have the tyre info on like heat and etc

Got to get into this. i do GTsport on PS VR. Its great fun, but not serious enough. Theres always a clown around.

Bring the G9 closer to you. Place this between the base and the steering wheel. I have a distance of 62cm between my eye and the G9. For me it greatly improved the immersion. The low height of the screen then no longer plays a role. I can also recommend using a HeadTracker. I don't play without it anymore.

Just remeber, to get higher licenses, you do not have to be the fastest. You must be the saftest. Your license progression is only determined by completing a certain number of races and from your safty rating. So just rave yourself, not other at first. Eventually you will start to understand your car more and be able to race harder while not making silly mistakes. And utilize the practices. See who who has some quick lap times and maybe try to follow them. You can really learn alot from those around you.

What if you adjust your force feed back to help you with control of the car ? Also go into your settings for your steering and play around with the steering sensitivity and other settings that mite help.

Yes it is but the tirck about it is dont worry about winning. You just need good clesn fun patient racing. Thats the trick, enjiy stop putting pressure on yoyrself its to learn the tracks, learn how to be careful and be pateint rookie is not about winning or taking chances. Consitency is key but really its consitency with clean racing. Right now you should just be learning the trscks and having clean races. Thats it Also remrmber tires being cold and hot matter even down to the track temps matter! So you will learn the limits of said car and wheels. Its realistic for a reason accounting for all of this stuff.