There are certain skills and similarities between racing in the real world and on simulations. One of the big things the two share is the requirement for concentration and focus. Getting distracted is never a good thing, although at least the penalties are slightly less with virtual racing. It's why every racing driver will tend to have a pre-race ritual. It normally includes … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Cadwell Park Woodland Clio Cup Video
Many weeks in the making, here's a 7-lap race with one of our favourite Project CARS racing combos – a full swarm of Renault Clio Cup cars and Cadwell Park's little Woodland Circuit layout. Already a venue that creates a feeling of being tightly confined, the short Woodland route serves to amplify that sensation. Fortunately, despite being so compact, key features of Cadwell … [Read more...]
Drag Racing Forza Style
Hello onlineracedriver drag racing fans! Before the shouting begins let me ward off a few well intended people with the caveat that drag racing is an absolute sport, with a wide ranging set of variables effecting its absolute-ness. In other words, don't hold my feet to the flames if your favorite car is shown to be under performing in this comparison test compared to what you … [Read more...]
Tuning your mind
As sim-racing technology expands, widens, and deepens the experience of what it is like to build, tune, and compete in a simulated car, issues of real world application begin to surface. A cross reference from one world to the other starts to take shape allowing certain questions to be asked, and repeatable tests to take place that can validate or invalidate our assumptions in … [Read more...]
How to set up your own online sim race series
What does it take to establish a fun and exciting simulation racing series? A lot of creativity, and, trial and error. Make no mistake, arranging a format for racing is not as easy as it first appears. There are so many factors and combinations of tracks, cars, classes, and rules that it is highly likely that your first few attempts at something new and different will … [Read more...]
The ‘how to’ of hot lapping
The dichotomy of hot lapping is that it has both an addicting natural attraction, and repulsion, for everyone who does it. Evidence of its attraction is, everyone hot laps, or has hot lapped at some time or another. Evidence for its repulsion is that not everyone enjoys hot lapping on a regular basis for very long. This can often be attributed to the psychological state of mind … [Read more...]
Tips and tuition: The Forza Files 2
Although it’s true that the fastest laps in Forza3 are executed by the fastest hot lappers of the 1.5 million drivers in the Forza community, it is widely recognized that this is but one facet or skill set of the simulation racing genre. Racing head to head, or door handle to door handle, is yet another side that produces its own legion of experts. One can be good at both, but … [Read more...]
Tips and tuition for online racing: The Forza Files 1
Now that the formal introductions are over, let’s get down to business. The number 1 question in the minds of Forza Motorsport 3 drivers, and indeed in all of motorsports, is, “how can I go faster?” There is no single answer to this question. Neither is there a shortcut solution to the problem. In professional racing often the limiting factor is the equipment and not the … [Read more...]