Essential tracks ?

[Esidisi]

Which tracks would you say are the best to learn

I am working on my track trophies so I can distance my self from Hair Pin / Turn 1 Shunters and I'm curious if people can conceive of 3 tracks that give a wide enough experience as to build one's self up so they can be more ready to participate online and not just wait out a lap every race in the pits.

[EF_Neo1st]

Well, I would say every track have something to teach you, so you should start from the track you like the most or already know from other games and start from there, then go tot he track you do worst and like the worst.
Hotlap or practice, without assists (no stability control and all other assists, including racing line, but you must still use TC and ABS at car setup), would be the best way to learn car, track and driving behavior.

What are the other racing sims you played before?

[d[-_-]b]

You should really be working on a systematic process to learn any track.

They are all different in their own way, so with a process in place you can analyse the uniqueness of any track which is really its corners, how they are connected, and how you can flow through them best at your current skill level with different cars.

Once you have it down in clear conditions, start mixing it up with the weather.

[Esidisi]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Well, I would say every track have something to teach you, so you should start from the track you like the most or already know from other games and start from there, then go tot he track you do worst and like the worst.
Hotlap or practice, without assists (no stability control and all other assists, including racing line, but you must still use TC and ABS at car setup), would be the best way to learn car, track and driving behavior.

What are the other racing sims you played before?

I was playing a bit of project cars but could sense some of the sim-cadyness of it so I came here

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Tothert3:

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Well, I would say every track have something to teach you, so you should start from the track you like the most or already know from other games and start from there, then go tot he track you do worst and like the worst.
Hotlap or practice, without assists (no stability control and all other assists, including racing line, but you must still use TC and ABS at car setup), would be the best way to learn car, track and driving behavior.

What are the other racing sims you played before?

I was playing a bit of project cars but could sense some of the sim-cadyness of it so I came here

Yes, PC2 even with all assists off feel kind of ACC with TC 6 and ABS 6, also more stable and not punishing bad driving behavior as much as ACC.

The thing is, practice.
I like to watch my own replays to check again where I made it better and where I made it worst and how, to my current skills, to improve, but I also try to keep improving.

When going just to improve I dont mind much the time or even if I do mistakes or not, so I try to brake deeper, to use more throttle, etc.
I try for times just to see how far and how constant with my lap times I can get.

[Captain Barracuda]

It's more about who you allow yourself to race against than the track itself. People will say avoid Monza due to lots of T1 accidents, but it's more about the people you are racing than the corner (ie T1 shunters won't be reliable opponents no matter which track you are at, hairpins just bring out the worst in them). My recommendation is to work on your ratings and join the highest SA servers you can as you progress. If you want to go to another level for clean racing find a league in your region and participate in their scheduled races. For reference I have never been taken out at Monza T1 in a league race. Not saying they never have accidents but they are hugely reduced and the players make a conscious effort to learn from their mistakes.

[DKW]

Every track is individual.
You cannot train one track and be good in others- so you need to train every track on its own.

i barely can do a 1.49 on monza but i nearly hit 1.43 on hungaroring.


learn is best by doing it and get rid of bad behaviors. smooth and fast isnt allways correct sometimes you just faster when you push it really to the max. hit breakspoints on last moment. sometimes you can break from long distances to get out of the corner more fast.
Constancy is more important than laptimes.

the thing is really complicated and needs one for most : Practice

but to answer your question : i find Zolder, Zandvoort, Hungaroring really good to get warmed up or any other tracks no based on speed like monza. but thats just my opinion.

/sry for me not so best english but i tried hopefully you could understand it

[EF_Neo1st]

Like IRL™ - DKW mentioned, "smooth and fast isnt allways correct sometimes you just faster when you push it really to the max" but, if you are starting at simulators coming from other kind of racing games or not so serious "sims" or "simcades", starting smooth and after you get used and doing laps constantly, start pushing harder.

Dont jerk the wheel (furious turning or fixing a lot of slides), dont go full brake (or else you can not turn), dont go full throttle without being stable (or you will spin or just go wide), also dont just punch brake and throttle, learn trailbraking and then, after you get used to it (if you are not used already), start trying to use more throttle and less brake, turn as little as possible but always only once (turning only once, without corrections), learning without assists (but setup TC and ABS) and without racing line, to get rid of bad driving behavior.
With practice, patience and the goal to improve (not just "win"), you will eventually get better.