Nobody likes that guy who can’t pick a line because he is “defending his position”. And more often than not, it’s entirely pointless. It often leads to “karma”, usually that guy blocking being put in the wall, ending up in the wall, raced overly hard when someone could make things easy or just generally not liking that person. Usually when you get into the wall, everyone laughs at you. Because in general, being a jackass isn’t cool.
Hey, if you have to weave to keep someone behind you, don’t you think that it would be faster to follow them and keep the wheel straight and go faster? Ya.
Mosport… a track you can literally make it impossible for someone to pass, if you do it right. Do it wrong, you can be passed in every corner. Interesting how that works.
What is a divebomb? Attempting a pass past the point of commitment, usually described as the turn in point. In road racing, “corner rights” (unwritten rules designed to keep everyone safe) says that you don’t attempt a pass unless you are along side (usually rear wheel to front wheel) in the brake zone, as divebombing can easily end up with two cars on a differing line ending up in the same spot at the same time, aka, crashing. Sometimes that goes out the window, but it’s a good rule of thumb. In oval racing… well… anything goes. If you are along side you are along side.
Regarding the “block” move I showcase in the vid… I wasn’t intentionally trying to block by changing lines too late (as it would have been), it was simply run the Kia over and take out all 3 of us or just the 2 of us in the Cadillac. I was thinking the Kia would move out of the way given he wasn’t racing for position and two Cadillacs were about to steamroll him, I guessed wrong, by then it was too late.
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Racing like that takes faith in the other driver. Remember what I said about “keeping a list”? I had a similar duel with the same driver on the same track around 3 years ago. Yea, I noticed that and expected more of the same. You can’t trust everyone to race you that cleanly, and if I was constantly worrying about being run over… well… at some point we probably wreck. Who knows. Approach them cautiously, let them prove it.
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every time you had to leave a space!
fast forward to 2021 and we can see Verstappen vs Hamilton in a similar event.
I badly wanna get into iracing gt sport is a messy racing B C dr.
You should make a podcast
You were wrong as soon as you said it's okay on the major console games. If anything, those are the games where people should be developing skills and etiquette. You're probably like the fast guys I encounter that bump me off my line or off track instead of finding the clean pass, which I never appreciate.
I tried all of this and I got recked into the back of my car multiple times because drivers behind me keep drafting all the way and do not hesitate to brake. They brake only after the contact to keep their car on the track while my car is already in the wall. SMH. It looks like we are playing different iRacing. I don't know where do you find these reliable drivers. To me there are always some morons on the track that don't know where the fuck is brake pedal and what the fuck is drafting.
Damn. There's so much more to racing than 'go fast!'
I always get some Spaniard blocking me!!
If only fuckin forza drivers understood this and stopped cutting people off
its as if you had a gopro mounted on your roof.
if I'm on the racing line and someone tries to go up the inside should I give him space or not?
you mention at the beginning maybe doing one on passing to compliment this one on defending. i'd love to see a passing video.
Senna was the only one in F1 to resist Mansell's dummy moves
How about of racing again?
Really like your racing and post that race 🙂
Great, nice tips
empty box teaching us how to box 😂
great video man.
Good stuff, sticking to your line is predicable and shows either that you dont look in mirrors or is quite confident.
The driver of the green car is a bit of a rare type though, taking care not to hit you. Dont meet many of them online in Assetto Corsa..
I suspect that knowing who is trying to pass, plays a role in his behavior;
he doesnt want to look like a jerk on Youtube.. :)Hey mate. Love these videos but this one isnt added to the playlist. Just a heads up!
So, the guy who has caught up and is on your tail is faster than you, huh? That means you, shit head, are in his way. Get out of it. Dont block him. I race motorcycles, and if you did that shit to me, you would not ride the second heat.
Seems like the general rule is the same rule for the practice of many other things: don't work harder, work easier.
Look up racing lines in real life. I do Karting and I use the experience in defensive lines and attacking lines etc.
Your gonna get the CHROME HORN from me after those moves
Never mind, I heard you say it later in the video. Spent many summers there enjoying the racing as a spectator.
Hey that track looks like Mosport up near Peterborough. AM I right?
Maybe 11.28 is you reacting to whats behind you? – Iam not sure, maybe he aint making much of a push there but it feels like a bit of a late reaction to cover that space? – I like this video anyway and iam with you in regards to a couple of "moving roadblock" comments.. The pass must be earned, that's racing, if we are just going on pace alone, we might aswell just have qualifying and no race.
seems to me you are just a moving roadblock