I dont feel as fast as other players....

[Mandalore]

Now before I get slammed for being a ♥♥♥♥ driver ( which, I am )...

I still honestly dont feel as fast as other players, even playing tracks I have been driving on in other car sims for years.

There is ALWAYS something to learn, but for example, even adjusting car settings, fuel levels, braking later etc, I still cant crack 2:05 on SPA Francorchamps.

Or, taking my home countries track, Bathurst, which I have raced to death over every car game available, I cant seem to crack 2:04, regardless of what car I choose, yet on Gran Turismo Sport, using their GT3 model cars ( pretty much the same IMO ) I can get sub 2:00 times....

Explanation? What stupid thing am I doing wrong that is killing my lap-times...

[ChileDip]

You shouldn't feel bad for not being able to do an impossible time at Spa. Given time I am sure you will improve at Bathurst and elsewhere.
What you did in GT Sport means nothing really. In time you will see that the 2 titles aren't comparable. This is a sim, meaning that it will drive very differently to what you are used to.

Just make sure that your tyres are the right pressures to ensure they are the right temps and with the default setups you should improve. Takes time, enjoy the experience.

[Wolke]

https://youtu.be/tToQVA3-8sg?list=PLOo3YiGzVthDQqeu9G8lUHNqsPm7qIdSY

Spa would be <2:20, not 2:05 ;), and yes, what chiledip says

[(ง︡'-'︠)ง Hor Hay J]

You can't compare GT to this, totally different tyre model, physics. Pick a car and stick with it, your times will drop. I was in the 2,03s and since the update and a long break I'm in the 2,06s.

[Bigbazz]

Probably over-driving, but you shouldn't compare yourself to the fastest guys as they will work on setups and are putting in many hours optimising their lines and their setups. With enough practice you also build muscle memory and that frees up your brain to optimise further, you start to see the track in more detail as you drive (at least that was my experience in the past).

I used to be pretty fast on AC and had some records on RSR and the other leaderboard app a few years back. But I recently bought ACC, not done much sim racing over the last 4 years and I'm also off the pace, but you don't get better at something by not doing it, all those years of experience and skill building regress and age also factors for me.

My issue seems to be mostly overdriving, running bathurst laptimes between 2:05-2:06 in the Mclaren 720 but there are just issues everywhere, not those liquid smooth laps you see from the pros. I think for me I need to swallow my pride and ego and just slow down to build on the smoothness and transitions then slowly turn up the heat.

[turtleCZ]

2:05 on Spa is not that bad, I guess. :D

[The Evil Cat]

Hey, take it easy man, like everyone else above said, keep practicing, build up on experience and you'll slowly and gradually start to improve.

Joining a competitive league could also boost your knowledge / experience of the sim, watch how faster people drive and try to adapt when and where required. Peace

[Mandalore]

Yeah woops sorry, i did mean 2:26 for SPA.

I only drive three cars, GTR, Bently and BMW M6, and I can very easily average the same time across all three car's.

Are there any suggestions for car set-up?

I have pre-sets for all three cars, for all possible race times ( 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc ), to make sure the fuel is competitive and i dont need to do a stop in a sprint race. I used to think having the drag turned up a little would help through the high speed corners of SPA, yet this was completely wrong.

Right now I can consistently set 2:26, using the " aggressive " pre-set + fuel edit. Is this a good base? Lets just talk SPA for now, if 2:05 is a good pace for bathurst on this game then im happy ( also doing the same thing, aggressive with fuel edit )

Thanks for the support, nice to have a good community.

[turtleCZ]

I was rather new to ACC and wasn't able to do the achievement time on Spa. I think the game needs some training because before 1.8 physics was rather hard. In other games I was able to do better times. So it should need more time and maybe track knowledge? My experience is not long enough and I always find some "shortcuts". Your knowledge looks great so it must be rather physics knowledge. I heard since 1.8 times are a bit worse.

[Wolke]

2:05 on bathurst is lower midfield on open servers, so its a good start. 2:02 is good for top 10, 2:01 and lower is fast, at 2:00 begins alien territory

Seriously - watch aris video(s) you will learn a lot about this sim and the required driving style. he is the lead physics dev.

SPA: if you *must take the aggressive setup try one of this - 1. increase the preload, 2. reduce rear height, 3. increase rear wing by 1 - btw: safe is good enough for 2:20-2:21 ;) and the M6 is not good for newbies, this beast requires a lot of setup work. Agg is ♥♥♥♥. Its perhaps a better approach to sharpen the safe setup

[Hoya]

yeah I'm also struggling to get 2.05 in Spa lol

[The Evil Cat]

I would suggest to forget about setups for now, you're a bit off pace but that's completely normal, practice practice practice.

For reference, here's a lap of mine in Bathurst, in this car / track combo I was doing flat 2:00's with the agressive setup, then I started tweaking the setup and found roughly half a second by the time I was done, understanding the underlying physics of the driving model should be your N1 priority at this moment.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2695421673

[Tomowan]

Search “aris.drives” on YouTube. Plenty of good information on how to improve your driving skills.

Tom

[grizta30]

Its all about practise, the more you put in the more you get out, games like gt sport, f1 etc are more simcades designed to be more of pick up and play, games like acc, iracing etc are designed to be realistic, takes a lot more practise to become competative.
Stick with it, you'll be amazed how much practise will pay off, ignore setups completely, stick with the aggressive or safe presets for the time being and just concentrate on driving, you can worry about setup stuff later.
The only setup thing i would pay any attention to for now is your tyre pressures, keep an eye on track temp and adjust accordingly, you want around 27.5 psi, acc is very tyre temp sensitive.

[iKof]

Originally posted by AoZhouLaoWai:

Now before I get slammed for being a ♥♥♥♥ driver ( which, I am )...

I still honestly dont feel as fast as other players, even playing tracks I have been driving on in other car sims for years.

There is ALWAYS something to learn, but for example, even adjusting car settings, fuel levels, braking later etc, I still cant crack 2:05 on SPA Francorchamps.

Or, taking my home countries track, Bathurst, which I have raced to death over every car game available, I cant seem to crack 2:04, regardless of what car I choose, yet on Gran Turismo Sport, using their GT3 model cars ( pretty much the same IMO ) I can get sub 2:00 times....

Explanation? What stupid thing am I doing wrong that is killing my lap-times...

[(ง︡'-'︠)ง Hor Hay J]

If you can do a 2:04 at Bathurst u can pull a 2:20 at spa just practice with aggressive setup and make sure your tyre pressures between 27.3 - 27.8.