Practice makes perfect. Go onto a track and try out different braking zones, different lines and different corner speeds to find the place you are most comfortable with.
Understand all of a corner’s components and how and where to place you car on all parts. This will be braking zone, turn in, apex, turn out, corner out. Each part will require different inputs. Play around during practice to find what you are comfortable with in each section.
Consistency is far better than outright speed. A driver that is fast over one lap only will always lose against a person that can hit the same laptimes lap after lap.
You WILL make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. Just go with it, learn from them, and get back onto the track.
Always take it easy for the first 3 laps of any race. Brake earlier, coast when your directly behind a driver, give enough space and wait for them to make mistakes.
Definitely points I can also learn from as I’ve been guilty of not following them, but will help I believe.
After reading it, now you need to practice it
Also just realise, people like you and me and maybe Greg(unless he is just plain kak) are new to this, the rest of these guys are pretty seasoned racers, unless we have some wonder kids. I’ve learned to not be too hard on myself(eventhough I obviously am) because I only started properly driving these sim games this year.
Also, I might have to sit out tonight’s opening race. Will let you guys know if that changes. But kinda doubt it.
The benefit of being the driver behind is that you’ve got a car to follow in terms of driving line, braking, accelerating etc. Some of my fastest laps in a race have been when I get lapped by an alien driver and I get to follow him for a lap and a bit (if I’m able to keep up enough).
What always surprises me, is how much time you’re able to gain when you drive smoothly. AC benefits from this. ACC is even more sensitive. Dirt Rally 2.0, by contrast, you can floor it through a stage, cutting corners and being on the edge of control, and as long as I kept my average speed up, it works, even it wasn’t elegant. Watch @DieGrootHammer or @SlinX, and you notice it immediately, everything is smooth and deliberate.
It’s the only way to tell that I am actually moving, so I’m leaving it.
Like @Slinx said, I used the CM paint shop thing and then spent way too much time playing with rim colour to get it to work. Only to find out from Oltman that I didn’t do it very well anyway.
