Sim Racing Journey

I've been thinking for a while about turning off the ideal racing line assist. It's been very useful for learning new tracks, but I think its time. And, while I'm at it I'll turn off stability control.  With that done, its time to head to the track and see if it has any significant negative effect. After doing approximately 40 practice laps at Barcelona in the Lamborghini, I think it's okay. No big problems. This lap is 1m52.071s - and is around what I'd usually do. According to the game stats I have at one point done a 1m50s lap in the Lamborghini before, but I don't think thats the norm. 

ACC has been my racing sim of choice for the last couple of weeks. I’ve started the career mode and participated in the first 3 tracks: Brands Hatch Misano World Circuit Hungaroring Next stop is Nurburgring, but after completing the above tracks — which we all new to me — I’ve decided to try to get to know the next track before I start the session. Not something that is necessary, but knowing the corners makes it more interesting and competitive. The best thing is that I’m now able to have fun in races against the AI — I’m no longer getting tangled up in the first corner and crashing out early. Now I’m actually able to battle, overtake (sometimes with questionable technique but getting better), and if I get a good start then perhaps take the podium (racing in rookie mode at the moment). I still haven’t started playing with the car setup, but I’m planning to compare “safe” setup with “aggressive” setup both from a hotlap and race perspective. I’ve also got to check out my ThrustMaster T...

A couple of weekends ago the Playstation Store had a sale on and I grabbed Assetto Corsa Competizione for half price. I’ve been playing AC Ultimate Edition up until now, but I thought it was worth seeing what ACC was like. It actually has a very different feel to it than Ultimate Edition, but its hard to put into words. I’m definitely not sure if I’ve got the Thrustmaster 300 set up correctly, but I’ll try tweaking it over time and see. I’m giving career mode a go at the moment, and although I have no idea what I’m doing, I’m having fun. I think I’m slowly getting better at practice laps but when it comes to racing the AI it’s a bit of a melee. Career mode started off with a Lamborgini at Monza, and after doing some laps in different conditions (dry, wet, night), you get to choose a car and then start doing some events at different tracks which consist of: practice laps qualifier 1 qualifier 2 race 1 race 2 You can adjust the settings, to change the duration of a session, but I left i...