How to get good at this game? I just keep crashing

[legend player]

Do i refund

[MystaMagoo]

If your new to sim racing its just a case of getting used to it.
your brain needs to start correlating what your seeing but without g-forces and inertia etc
it takes time

Originally posted by Tanner:

Do i refund

[Eagleizer]

Learn to drive a short gravel stage with lots of turns by memory. Preferably uphill.
Turn off all screen information (OSD) and co-driver. Drive so slow that you are 100%
sure you will not crash. As you get more and more confident, you will also become faster.

If you keep crashing, your muscle memory is mostly learning to crash, so
most important thing: Don't crash...

Also: Adjust gears so you have close to max RPM though the turns, that will help
you keep the car stable with the throttle. Be careful with the throttle. Do not slam it in.

Finish braking before you turn, and accelerate through the turn. If you have to brake
in the turn, you had too high speed in. Fastest possible speed out of a turn is the
fastest way to drive.

Good luck!

[Psychotic_Frog]

Go slower. Even pro rally drivers do not always go "Maximum attack" on each stage all the time.

[legend player]

Every race i just crash my car just keeps going off road lols

[Psychotic_Frog]

Oh and start with H1 cars until you're comfortable. They are slower. Avoid completely RWD cars until you're good enough. A good incremental upgrade to H1 is H2, then maybe F2 or Kit cars. Do not pick any Group B vehicles until you are _really_ good enough.

[Schub69]

I wouldn’t start with the H1 class, think it is easier to start with an less powerful AWD car. Think I am not bad at driving - I come most of the time under the first 10% of the leaderboard with the H3 RWD and the Group B RWD Cars but I am still really bad with all FWD cars. Think the AWD cars are much easier to drive, especially for Beginners... Also they didn’t make fun to drive so that a beginner don’t will work through the hard first ours with that awful FWD cars and stop trying cause it is no fun... Perhaps that is alone for me so, didn’t know... (sorry for my bad English)

[Schub69]

But absolutely right, first clean, then fast... And avoid tarmac, best to learn how the cars behavior on gravel, think New Zealand is easy and a good way to learn, not so bumpy like Australia, not so fast like Poland. Try first to do a very slow clean drive on a Short stage there, do the same stage again and again and slowly, very slowly tune up your speed...

[Axe]

Originally posted by Tanner:

Every race i just crash my car just keeps going off road lols

Take the advice above and below your post then ;-)

[legend player]

Originally posted by Axe:

Originally posted by Tanner:

Every race i just crash my car just keeps going off road lols

Take the advice above and below your post then ;-)

I did but i still crash.

How to drift like the youtube videos drift? I dont get it

[legend player]

Stability Control On/Off This will help prevent your car from sliding out of control
Traction Control On/Off When on, traction control provides more grip on loose surfaces

anthother qns do i turn on this 2 settings?

[legend player]

Originally posted by Psychotic_Frog:

Oh and start with H1 cars until you're comfortable. They are slower. Avoid completely RWD cars until you're good enough. A good incremental upgrade to H1 is H2, then maybe F2 or Kit cars. Do not pick any Group B vehicles until you are _really_ good enough.

What is H1 cars mean?

[JAGDTIGER]

i would order a brain first

[CRL1]

Originally posted by Tanner:

What is H1 cars mean?

Cars are divided in classes, you can see the icon on the left in vehicle stats.
H1 is "Historical 1", slowest cars in the game. H2 FWD is a bit more fun but still pretty safe.
RWD cars require a lot of throttle control, I'd say don't touch those untill you get in grips with basic driving. H2 RWD are so-so, H3 RWD are quite challenging, especially ones with turbo, and Group B RWD is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ death machines.
AWD cars as mentioned above are easier to drive, but can sometimes be quirky. Skip Group B and go for more modern ones.

Originally posted by Tanner:

Stability Control On/Off
Traction Control On/Off
anthother qns do i turn on this 2 settings?

It may sound that those are there to help you, but in reality they'll hinder you understand car natural behaviour.
Disable both, you can leave ABS on 2/5 tho, just for extra safety.

Originally posted by Tanner:

How to drift like the youtube videos drift? I dont get it

Depends on drivetrain type.
On FWD you let off the throttle or brake to unload rear axle, on RWD its the opposite - apply gas to break rear traction and countersteer. You have to be smooth with your steering and brake/throttle inputs in both cases.

[Schub69]

It may sound that those are there to help you, but in reality they'll hinder you understand car natural behaviour.
Couldn’t say it better, think it is one of the most important things to learn to drive and come over the time to an good virtual rally driver to put from the start of learning all this ‚helps‘ to off!!!

[Axe]

If you are aiming to drift at your stage of driving then stop now. If you can't get around a corner without crashing then drifting is not for you yet.

I'm quite stunned you can't get around a corner without crashing though as all you have to do is not go so fast. This is some advice you clearly didn't follow.