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#1
Hi all,

Just a quick hello from South London!!

Just got a G920 and racing on a 27" triple screen setup, thinking that I might make the step into VR

Very new to AC, nowhere near ready to race online yet! I'm definitely fair weather driver and tend to drift in and out of racing sims. Also have Dirt4, pCars2, rFactor2

Used to race GPL back in the late 90s/early 00s online in a friendly league.

So for me it's about learning the sim, practice and eventually racing with you guys online.

I'm currently getting into things in a Lotus 11 GT4 round Silverstone 67 (Takes me back to GPL!)

Anyway, I'm rambling!! Off to work out how to download tracks, cars and setups and get them into the game!

All the best

Andy
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#2
Hi andy, welcome.

Don't be afraid to do a race on SRS. As long as you respect faster drivers and don't sit on the racing line when there is a faster car coming in qualify, or when there is a blue flag in a race you should be golden. If you sign up to a race you can see on the left hand side if its 'open' or 'closed', when it says open you can make your own setup of the car. If you are shit at this just like me I advise you to download this app; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...ket.10149/
The track conditions and other settings like stability control are also listed there, so you can jump into an offline practice session and use the same settings as SRS.

I also use this instead of the in game dash; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...ick.11007/
And a great app to avoid any collisions is this one; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...orsa.5199/

Also make sure to set a proper FOV, which helps you a lot hitting the apex. http://www.projectimmersion.com/fov/ (click on flash icon to run it)

If you download stuff, simply find your AC folder (Steam\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\content) everything is located there. If its a track, put it under tracks, if it's a car, well, put it under cars. If you still have trouble youtube should have a short tutorial on how to do it.

And 2 small tips from a novice; 1. Don't overdrive your car, I did this a lot and you end up not finishing at all. And number 2, brakes aren't just for braking, they're also for turning.
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#3
(01-05-2019, 07:40 PM)Kris Gaastra Wrote:  Hi andy, welcome.

Don't be afraid to do a race on SRS. As long as you respect faster drivers and don't sit on the racing line when there is a faster car coming in qualify, or when there is a blue flag in a race you should be golden. If you sign up to a race you can see on the left hand side if its 'open' or 'closed', when it says open you can make your own setup of the car. If you are shit at this just like me I advise you to download this app; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...ket.10149/
The track conditions and other settings like stability control are also listed there, so you can jump into an offline practice session and use the same settings as SRS.

I also use this instead of the in game dash; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...ick.11007/
And a great app to avoid any collisions is this one; https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads...orsa.5199/

Also make sure to set a proper FOV, which helps you a lot hitting the apex. http://www.projectimmersion.com/fov/  (click on flash icon to run it)

If you download stuff, simply find your AC folder (Steam\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\content) everything is located there. If its a track, put it under tracks, if it's a car, well, put it under cars. If you still have trouble youtube should have a short tutorial on how to do it.

And 2 small tips from a novice; 1. Don't overdrive your car, I did this a lot and you end up not finishing at all. And number 2, brakes aren't just for braking, they're also for turning.
Hi Kris,

Thanks for all the info. I have just set up the FOV using the calculator you suggested, around about 18 it came out? Sound about right?

AS I said I've been offline racing in the Lutis 11 G4 and end of spinning out at various points. Silverstone 67 is a track I love from the GPL days so thought it a good place to start as I know it resonably well. I think I am going to enjoy racing AC, however I'd like to find some league racing sooner rather than later, as that will give me a point to it, or I'll likely get bored!
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#4
You can mess around with the FOV a bit to whatever suits you. But I wouldn't stray too far from what it suggested.
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#5
Yeah been racing on career most of the day...

Slowly getting there... downloading tracks and cars and apps.

I need to think more when I'm driving I've watched YouTube clips regarding learning tracks etc So need to think about braking zones etc turn in points and generally being smooth.

I know you mentioned braking to turn etc but how do you put that into practice?
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#6
welcome, Andy!

Kris' suggestions are great. Here are a few things l'd like to add:
1. yes, helicorsa is great, car radar is another option. I tend to prefer the latter, but it stopped working for me for a reason I have not figured out, so I am back to helocorsa. Using one of them is a must with singe-screen seetup, but even with 3 screens or VR they are very helpful. Position it where you can see it well, ideally in the center.

2. notice that while most races on SRS are 20 min, some are 1 hr with a mandatory pitstop. Plan accordingly!

3. Remember this is online racing, people how different pings and also different skills. Very close racing may lead to unexpected crashes . And these happen quite often, so unless you are a brilliant qualifier and starts at the front, much of your succcess will depend on being able to avoid pileups, cars spinning out, cars returning to the track in disregard of incoming traffic.

4. and, likewise, if you spin out or get onto the grass, resist the urge to get back on the track right way, first check for traffic

5. set your AC to autosave races. if someone misbehaves, against you or anyone, use protest form (accessible from AC) to report them
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#7
(01-06-2019, 08:32 PM)Pawel Kusmierek Wrote:  welcome, Andy!

Kris' suggestions  are great. Here are a few  things l'd like to add:
1. yes, helicorsa is great, car radar is another option. I tend to prefer the latter, but it stopped working for me for a reason I have not figured out, so I am back to helocorsa. Using  one of them is a must with singe-screen seetup, but even with 3 screens or VR they are very helpful. Position  it  where you can see it well, ideally in the center.

2.  notice that while most races on SRS are 20 min, some are 1 hr with a mandatory pitstop.  Plan accordingly!

3. Remember this is online racing, people how different pings and also different skills.  Very close racing may lead to unexpected crashes . And these happen quite often, so unless you are a brilliant qualifier and starts at the front, much of your succcess will depend on being able to avoid  pileups, cars spinning out, cars returning to the track in disregard of incoming traffic.

4.  and, likewise, if you spin out or get onto the grass, resist the urge to get back on the track right way, first check for traffic

5.  set your AC to autosave races. if someone misbehaves, against you or anyone, use protest form (accessible from AC) to report them

Thanks Pawel,

I will in time move online but at the moment I am concentrating on offline. Working through the career mode to try out cars, tracks and get a feel for everything in general.

I need to learn the skill of racing, not just the going fast but smoothness, which I haven't got anywhere near to yet!

I seem to be ok when in practice but put a few cars on track and i am all over the place, I just must pass everything at the earliest opportunity!!

Thanks again for your advice, much appreciated.
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#8
(01-06-2019, 08:32 PM)Andy Whapham Wrote:  Yeah been racing on career most of the day...

Slowly getting there... downloading tracks and cars and apps.

I need to think more when I'm driving I've watched YouTube clips regarding learning tracks etc So need to think about braking zones etc turn in points and generally being smooth.

I know you mentioned braking to turn etc but how do you put that into practice?

There are great videos about this on youtube. Empty box and driver61 have good content. For your question; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXPSj56l...ry&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbbxkX7k...jURcPGAWEh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniqSx8i...02&index=1

You don't have to watch em all, but just take out of it what you think is necessary for you.
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#9
Hi Andy and welcome,
What I did when I first started here was to pick 1 car that's in a series that run daily. A car that is easy to handle in the current daily series is the Audi TT, for example. There is one additional challenge: setup is open, where some other race classes are fixed. Put in some practise laps (start with a tank of 27L as you'll roughly need that amount for a full race distance of 20minutes) and see how your laptimes compare with those in the lower tier servers (since your ranking is 0, your first race will be in the lowest ranked server) Once you feel your laptimes are competitive enough for your taste, have a go at it. However, given the setup you're using and the games you've been playing, you might be competitive faster than you'd think Smile

Btw, with regards to VR, I can highly recommend it. I started using VR a couple of months ago, I cannot imagine ever going back Smile
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#10
I've found myself an online group to race with, however these guys are so good, it's kind of demoralising!

So far I completed 2 races, dead last in both, I lack consistency and an in depth understanding of "how" to race, by that I mean, racing lines, braking, turning in and what I am doing with my hands and feet. All in all not a great start!
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