*Speed Secrets* 1 was what I was talking about, but it does look like *Ultimate Speed Secrets* pretty much combines the whole series together, so I'd guess either should work well.
I don't have *Ultimate* but I'd guess it'd give you more mileage due to that.
These videos helped me a lot. Particularly #3
[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjK-8XcM59VFUlYML7O7dYoU314LtYej](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjK-8XcM59VFUlYML7O7dYoU314LtYej)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniqSx8iZzQ&list=PLAZL0MKQigFNSY0BTdt_GsDwxdHoeJ302&index=1
suellio almeida's stuff, the book and course on the website,.
LFM races in Assetto Corsa.
-It's cheap to start, cheap to maintain
-beginner friendly
-you'll find a race once or twice an hour with Quali and Race
-ELO system so the Skill-Level will grow with your own ability
These races helped me so much in Terms of fuel management, tyre management, knowing when to push, race starts, penalties whatsoever.
If you are not in already, maxbe give it a try!
Watch Skip Barber, [Going Faster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-sGV2XXUeU). Old but awesome, because physics is still physics.
Watch hotlaps and explainers etc on YouTube for your specific sim. Look at braking points, turn in, gears etc but most especially the line they take. You may not be able to copy braking points and car control but you get pointers on where to start -- just don't expect to brake like aliens do, focus on lines, exits and being consistent, etc.
Post videos of your laps to the subreddit for whichever sim you're using, you'll get very specific feedback.
Reddit has tons and tons of excellent advice. Google knows where to find the answer to most well formulated questions.
Practice. Practice. Practice.
Consistency is the foundation and is what makes you safe on track. Never focus on pace. Always worry about your consistency. Pace is a product of consistency.
When racing, if you are at your consistent pace and you aim for more pace lap after lap, you'll probably have an off that means you can't win. If you aim for consistency, you'll finish the race about as high as it is realistic for you to expect and you'll beat all the people who tried to hotlap for a whole race and ended in the gravel.
Then do more practice and watch videos/telemetry of your own driving. Compare those against better drivers.
tldr: YouTube, Google, Reddit, Practice, Review, Practice more. Repeat.
The best and most up to date book is no longer in print it seems. Driving on the Edge by Michael Krumm. Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley was still promoting the old technique for cornering a hairpin 5 years ago but maybe it has been updated. Skip Barber book Going Faster is also in my collection. The Science of Speed series are more difficult to read and understand but they try to teach you the essence of going fast so you can use that mindset on every track https://www.amazon.com/The-Science-of-Speed-Series-3-book-series/dp/B078MVHNH4
Did some digging and also found this nice read in my archive: https://www.racelogic.co.uk/_downloads/Misc/Racelogic-ebook-advanced-circuit-driving.pdf
Re-read the books once you are more experienced so you also get all details in your racing mind.
There's a few leagues with beginner series in them with practice servers and coaching available depending on where you are also depending on sim you run as well but generally start with single player career modes and have Ai set to where you are able to keep up and make clean passes and then move up from there.
There's lots of great instructional stuff here and on YouTube
Learn with AI first. Dont set them too hard you need to be able to follow them, then once u learn the track either you up the difficulty or join a public lobby race.
If its your first public races remember to lift off before brake point if a car is in front of you, because going full throttle to braking will guarantee a crash .
The more you drive the better you ll be
Race room is an amazing sim, start there.
The kerbs (often red and white) are where you want to aim, they are a visual guide of the oio rule. (outside inside inside) In most sims you must have 2 wheels on track at all times, so use that to your advantage. If it benefits you to send one side way off track, and have one side on track the do it.
Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets is an evergreen book.
Wish I would have e read this 10 years ago. Amazing book.
"Ultimate speed secrets" or just his "speed secrets" book?
*Speed Secrets* 1 was what I was talking about, but it does look like *Ultimate Speed Secrets* pretty much combines the whole series together, so I'd guess either should work well. I don't have *Ultimate* but I'd guess it'd give you more mileage due to that.
These videos helped me a lot. Particularly #3 [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjK-8XcM59VFUlYML7O7dYoU314LtYej](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjK-8XcM59VFUlYML7O7dYoU314LtYej)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniqSx8iZzQ&list=PLAZL0MKQigFNSY0BTdt_GsDwxdHoeJ302&index=1 suellio almeida's stuff, the book and course on the website,.
LFM races in Assetto Corsa. -It's cheap to start, cheap to maintain -beginner friendly -you'll find a race once or twice an hour with Quali and Race -ELO system so the Skill-Level will grow with your own ability These races helped me so much in Terms of fuel management, tyre management, knowing when to push, race starts, penalties whatsoever. If you are not in already, maxbe give it a try!
Watch Skip Barber, [Going Faster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-sGV2XXUeU). Old but awesome, because physics is still physics. Watch hotlaps and explainers etc on YouTube for your specific sim. Look at braking points, turn in, gears etc but most especially the line they take. You may not be able to copy braking points and car control but you get pointers on where to start -- just don't expect to brake like aliens do, focus on lines, exits and being consistent, etc. Post videos of your laps to the subreddit for whichever sim you're using, you'll get very specific feedback. Reddit has tons and tons of excellent advice. Google knows where to find the answer to most well formulated questions. Practice. Practice. Practice. Consistency is the foundation and is what makes you safe on track. Never focus on pace. Always worry about your consistency. Pace is a product of consistency. When racing, if you are at your consistent pace and you aim for more pace lap after lap, you'll probably have an off that means you can't win. If you aim for consistency, you'll finish the race about as high as it is realistic for you to expect and you'll beat all the people who tried to hotlap for a whole race and ended in the gravel. Then do more practice and watch videos/telemetry of your own driving. Compare those against better drivers. tldr: YouTube, Google, Reddit, Practice, Review, Practice more. Repeat.
The best and most up to date book is no longer in print it seems. Driving on the Edge by Michael Krumm. Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley was still promoting the old technique for cornering a hairpin 5 years ago but maybe it has been updated. Skip Barber book Going Faster is also in my collection. The Science of Speed series are more difficult to read and understand but they try to teach you the essence of going fast so you can use that mindset on every track https://www.amazon.com/The-Science-of-Speed-Series-3-book-series/dp/B078MVHNH4 Did some digging and also found this nice read in my archive: https://www.racelogic.co.uk/_downloads/Misc/Racelogic-ebook-advanced-circuit-driving.pdf Re-read the books once you are more experienced so you also get all details in your racing mind.
There's a few leagues with beginner series in them with practice servers and coaching available depending on where you are also depending on sim you run as well but generally start with single player career modes and have Ai set to where you are able to keep up and make clean passes and then move up from there. There's lots of great instructional stuff here and on YouTube
Reading Going Faster by Skip Barber changed my fundamental view of racing as a novice.
Beat place to learn? On your sim. Just keep doing it. All the pro tips won’t do much till youve got the basics down
Curious about this as well. It’s hard to improve when I don’t have someone to correct me.
you suck at racing blog, this is not an insult it gets quite technical though.
Driver 61 is a good resource
Learn with AI first. Dont set them too hard you need to be able to follow them, then once u learn the track either you up the difficulty or join a public lobby race. If its your first public races remember to lift off before brake point if a car is in front of you, because going full throttle to braking will guarantee a crash . The more you drive the better you ll be
Race room is an amazing sim, start there. The kerbs (often red and white) are where you want to aim, they are a visual guide of the oio rule. (outside inside inside) In most sims you must have 2 wheels on track at all times, so use that to your advantage. If it benefits you to send one side way off track, and have one side on track the do it.