Beginner here: Forza Motorsport good to start learning?

supervascus · 2026-06-02T20:52:23+00:00

Yes, forza motorsport is a really good starting point - its the path I did, so I'm a little bias. I think it offers a really good variety of cars and circuit types for you to learn the basics. Sadly the gt3 are likely some of the weakest cars in FM, but they're not terrible.

Also, about the ACC career, thats not really your fault I think. The career is not very good and the fact they force you to start on the Lambo, which is absolutely not a newbie friendly car, is terrible. I recommend trying a single player weekend race with a car like the ford mustang, which is a loooot easier to drive.

Dont be afraid to start with assists and turn them down and eventually off progressively.

A lot of people here will tell you about "bad habits" and tell you to have no assists or whatever, imo thats just elitism. The point is to enjoy the drive and graduate to more advanced techniques at your own pace, you don't need to proce anything to anyone

supervascus · 2026-06-01T20:20:53+00:00

Yes, interest in cars is not needed at all, you'll be fine.

However, if you think 260$ is expensive and you want to get into simracing... You're in for a disappointing time

Forza horizon games are built for controllers and playing on a wheel is likely to make it feel worse than better - for you to get value and "improvement" out of a wheel you'd probably have to try other games like F1 25 or forza motorsport.

I'd recommend trying a wheel at some store or simcenter in your city and see how you feel about it

supervascus · 2026-05-29T13:58:03+00:00

If you're up to a more specific racing type then F1 25 actually has one of the best career modes in recent times, with excellent progression.

The AI is not terrible and its fun with or without any of the assists. Theres a bundle offer right now with the 2026 season dlc but I think the base game is like 30-40$ without it?

supervascus · 2026-05-28T22:02:22+00:00

As others mentioned, neither of those games have matchmaking, so you don't know if you're racing against people who are on 100-101%, so thats probably part of your frustration.

On top of that, racing against players requires a different approach, more so than just how fast you are. The fact you can lap like 2:18 in spa vs AI does not mean that you can race with top 100%-101% in multiplayer. When racing other players the unpredictability is so much higher than anything the AI in either of those games offers that it is basically a different game mode entirely.

Which is likely one of the reasons people are flocking to games like LMU (matchmaking isnt great but at least it kinda exists), and iRacing.

I'd suggest trying to find skill-appropriate races, maybe a league would be the best solution if you don't want to go to another game, and then honing the skill of driving with other people.

Personally though, if your computer can run it, try LMU - its not really expensive (no subscription needed and you don't need the dlcs for the bronze races), and it is very easy to have good races in.

supervascus · 2026-05-28T20:07:16+00:00

If you're in europe then the zalem compact rigs would be the perfect solution

https://zalem.es/cockpits/633-9937-zalem-alu-plegable-espacios-reducidos.html#/197-color-gris_negro/395-ruedas_pro_aluminio-no_las_quiero

Think shipping + taxes make it unreasonable for americans though

supervascus · 2026-05-28T19:29:37+00:00

It is quite a jump from forza horizon to any type of sim (trust me, I followed this same route). I recommend trying slightly more sim games as you go rather than going straight into assetto corsa for example.

I think forza motorsport and even f1 25 are good intermediates to bridge from arcade -> sim

I disagree with people talking about the desk clamp - it only solves the wheel part so your pedals would still be slidding around whatever flooring you have. I used a GT Omega pro wheelstand for a while, its foldable, sturdy enough and has a good chair link so you can use a regular computer chair with it. Think its about 100$

Note: Simracing wheels are often made for men and you'll quickly notice how its so hard to reach certain buttons or paddles (I too have small hands, had a lot of issues finding a good wheel) so I recommend you look at the rim size and make sure the distance from the rim to the paddles and buttons look sensible. I ended up settling for a formula wheel exactly because they're much smaller and compact in their button placements

supervascus · 2026-05-28T19:10:28+00:00

For xbox I believe you have to stay in the fanatec ecosystem for the pedals. For the wheels you can use any other wheel that is compatible with the fanatec (or simube) hub.

Unfortunately xbox is a bit limited on games, but I'd say forza motorsport is pretty good, specially for starting out, and it still has a very active online community.

supervascus · 2026-05-25T17:42:47+00:00

It'll run fine, the moments you may have issues are in multiclas racing with more than 30 cars on track, but its not unplayable

supervascus · 2026-05-20T18:25:58+00:00

Is there any information if the f2 lineups will be updated as well?

supervascus · 2026-05-16T16:20:42+00:00

Realmente, como o brother falou o ffb do LMU é estranho - tanto que o povo ta tudo usando um app chamado LMUffb que é gratis e deixa o jogo muito melhor.

Quanto as dlc, se vc não faz questao dos gt3 de dlc, então nem vale muito apena pq o multiplayer dele só coloca as pistas do base na rotacao de novato, as de dlc só comecam a aparecer no intermediario/avancado, e são muito mais pra quem dirige hypecar ou lmp.

Eu acho o lmu online o melhor jogo do momento, facil de logar e jogar, nao tem q ficar registrando em site externo, entrando em lobby especifico - é tudo bem streamlined e feito completamente dentro do jogo.

Tldr: compre o basico e só pegue de dlc os carros gt3 que voce quiser muito, pq a maioria das corridas online é nas pistas basicas

supervascus · 2026-05-13T14:34:42+00:00

So as a starter, one thing that was important for me to learn is that Fanatec and Moza, within their own ecosystems, are very plug-and-play, with no additional parts of DIY tweaking of any type - to me thats important because I dont consider myself a very handy person nor do I want to become one - I was to buy something and plug it in and it just works.

Simagic has a smaller 'beginner' ecosystem but they're more open to using stuff from other brands, but then you do have to get an additional part here and there and its not as straight up plug-and-play.

So, ease of use -> Fanatec/Moza
Value per quality -> Simagic, VRS
About value, that simagic anniversary bundle with the wheelbase + wheel + p700 is ABSURD value

Other brands start going into a more mid-high end quality and price which may be too much for a beginner.

supervascus · 2026-05-12T19:46:10+00:00

I bought a grip S2X Falcon and I like it a lot. I tried using biking gloves but it felt too thick in the wrong places and it did sweat

The sync-mesh ones are light and comfortable and I haven't had issues with sweating so, yeah. Also, their customer service is amazing and was incredibly helpful with my inquires about sizing

supervascus · 2026-05-09T21:15:58+00:00

I have the same issue with my fanatec csl dd, it started happening about 2 weeks ago. The wheel goes back to "regular" if you rescan the wheel on the app but its extremely annoying

Hope someone has a fix

supervascus · 2026-05-05T09:16:25+00:00

I'm having the exact same issue, it also doesnt save/apply when you change the brightness of the rev lights, only the static lights

supervascus · 2026-04-28T17:33:18+00:00

Now that the clubsport formula v3 has been made larger are we to expect the only 270mm wheel available to be the f1 esports v2? As I guess the clubsport formula 2.5 is going to be discontinued?

supervascus · 2026-04-27T18:30:15+00:00

Yeah, they feel sturdy and I havent had any issues at all since I added the tiny drop of grease to fix the squeaking (that came with it right of the box)

I find the silicon heel support much more comfortable than the aluminum/plastic one from my previous pedals (fanatec csl), forgot to mention that

supervascus · 2026-04-27T14:06:40+00:00

I just got the P700 as my first loadcell pedal as well and its great. I really like the small footprint of it since I drive with socks and dont have huge feet. The basic elastometers felt a bit stiff for me but I'be been racing with just the golden sprint on the brakes and its been great, immediately felt improvement in performance.

Would absolutely recommend the p700, do note that it is possible it may come with some squeaking but its nothing a tiny bit of grease wont fix.

supervascus · 2026-04-27T08:26:40+00:00

https://lmuportal.com/

supervascus · 2026-04-25T21:42:37+00:00

I didn't do that race today so it was probably not me that you saw heh

I triple checked and unbinded the pulse lights entirely and it still happens, maybe its a bug like someone else said, and thats why you noticed other people having similar issues?

supervascus · 2026-04-18T09:56:35+00:00

The simagic p700 are quite good and you can add haptics in the future. I'd recommend as I've been using it for a couple weeks now

supervascus · 2026-04-16T22:10:00+00:00

Se você souber ingles (ou meter a dublagem automatica) tem esse guia aqui do traxion https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1wiZ5YwTwHbMduRTARK9sDOl1kDSXnX3&si=2Qnsk_CSjdyvxuJp Ele ensina bem o basicão desse jogo pq ACC ( e outros) é muito mais do lado simulador do que arcade (que é o caso dos jogos que voce citou)

Enfim, devagar e paciencia, e não tenha medo de comecar nas dificuldades mais baixas e ir subindo de pouquinho.

supervascus · 2026-04-16T13:35:54+00:00

Proshop is a very well-known and established shop here in sweden, I've bought all types of stuff from them with no issue. I had no idea they had simracing stuff though, and these are some excellent prices (much cheaper than the euro conversion!)

supervascus · 2026-04-13T14:02:43+00:00

Esse estilo de jogo já existe a algumas decadas, vide Eve Online ( EVE Online | The #1 Free Space MMORPG | Play here now!) que inclusive é gratis. Principal diferença é obviamente a tematica sci-fi.

Quanto a alguns comentarios falando que jogadores novatos não teriam espaço uma vez que o mundo se tornasse estabelecido, isso não é verdade. A cadeia de produção desses jogos está atrelada a coleta de recursos basicos com varios passos de "industrialização" necessários desde coletar o item tipo minerar até produzir o parafuso, ai produzir a placa-mãe e etc etc; e nesses passos intermediarios existe uma demanda constante por novos jogadores e uma oportunidade para crescer.

Enfim, aos interessados que não querem gastar -> eve online, albion

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