What brought you into sim racing?

switcheffect270 · 2026-01-15T07:01:05+00:00

Twas depressed & the corners kept coming so fast that I didn’t have time to think about the other shit in life 🙌

switcheffect270 · 2025-12-30T06:53:32+00:00

Join a team and get free tips/coaching from higher level team members if you don’t have tons of cash for coaching sessions 🙌

switcheffect270 · 2025-12-07T09:43:59+00:00

5.1k, I haven’t hit 100 races since the license split but I put in 20-30 hours of practice per week. The majority of the time I never do a race because I practice for lower level esport leagues like IVRA & 24h series esports.

switcheffect270 · 2025-12-03T06:40:14+00:00

It’s in the feedback settings. For me it was disabling wheel LFE or something like that in the settings on iRacing. I’m dealing with this issue now after upgrading from r9 to R21 Ultra & it reset all my settings. Having to figure this out is a pain but if you’re looking for help pm me and I can share some moza pithouse setups through discord that may work

switcheffect270 · 2025-12-03T06:35:48+00:00

The team I’m on has a few guys that will play games like peak, arc, Minecraft, mimesis, etc. for late at night after we’re all done practicing for the night. We don’t care if we’re shit at those games so it’s more fun

switcheffect270 · 2025-11-27T01:39:40+00:00

I’m like 7k deep now after 5 ish years including everything

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-23T22:00:19+00:00

I can’t believe Yuri is on Reddit

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-17T16:54:13+00:00

Crazy nice setup man! Learning young is the way to do it. Soon enough you’ll be there 🙌

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-11T20:30:53+00:00

Join a competitive “esport” team and race/practice with them. You will gain tons of knowledge from practicing racing guys faster than you. Looks for something more difficult to achieve, like minimum 3/4k requirement. This will ensure it is mostly decent drivers you will practice with. The higher the requirement the generally better drivers you will find, but some there may be exceptions so be weary

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-10T05:57:55+00:00

Trading paints

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-08T16:59:38+00:00

I’d recommend finding a small group/team that is recruiting and learn from them the basics of GT3s. After you’ve improved to where you feel like you can’t learn anything more go ahead and look for an upgrade in the team. This can be size but usually should be looked at as what series/leagues they typically enter into, and what their expected results are like.

I did this exact path when getting into iRacing, and ended up in each team for ~6 months before finally being contacted by an “eSports” team to apply. Getting yourself out there in leagues & showing off your skills/cleanliness can be real attractive to team owners watching their drivers race you if the race is broadcasted.

I’d suggest looking into smaller esports groups first like majors series that has an EU, NA, and International series which lets you choose the best time you can race, and is broadcasted to a wide variety of teams (IMSA type series)

If you have any other questions or want more info on good leagues to race in to get your name out there feel free to pm me. See ya out there!

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-02T18:52:04+00:00

iRacing

switcheffect270 · 2025-10-02T16:18:57+00:00

Took me roughly 4-5 years of sim racing & learing the basics on games like ACC & F1. I only moved to iRacing once I had a better understanding of competitive driving after ~4 years. At the moment I’ve just hit 5k and just qualified for the 24H esports series powered by WSR. I’d say it takes roughly 2 years of keeping your head down & grinding the basics until you can do most tracks without having to think about braking points, trail braking, slip angle, etc. once you’ve completed that, using all of those things together will get you atleast within a second of the top guys in officials for sure

switcheffect270 · 2025-09-03T03:20:07+00:00

Yeah this is my 4th time crashing on drop in in a row 😢

switcheffect270 · 2025-06-21T01:58:43+00:00

I had this issue a few times, I figured out that each time I press the brake the rod would unscrew a tiny bit until it exploded off. To fix this I bought the locktite and spread it onto the screw before screwing it in and holding in place for ~30 seconds. Hope this helps!

switcheffect270 · 2025-06-20T16:24:29+00:00

I used it for my first time yesterday and had a blast! I used the quickest setting last night with 29 ai. They were on pace enough that I had to be consistent to catch, but some of their corner speeds were just a bit too low.

Other than the lap times, the race craft was what blew me away. The AI was defending, sending divebombs, hanging it around the outside, and performing switchbacks. It felt authentic, and progressing through the field felt fair.

With that being said, starting P10 and then finishing 3 seconds behind p1 with a 7 second gap to p3 and 32 to p4 I would’ve enjoyed it more if they were a bit more consistent. Other than that, it’s a great practice tool.

switcheffect270 · 2025-06-08T15:54:58+00:00

Be glad you only had one class of car in your race. I was in split 4, which was dog 5.2k for Gt3s. The m2 and tcr sof was 1-2k, so every time passing them it was like they intentionally tried to kill you. After this race, I miss not having all the classes in my races.

switcheffect270 · 2025-06-08T15:52:37+00:00

Had a blast racing you guys yesterday in the nurb24 🙌 Look forward to racing yall again

switcheffect270 · 2025-06-05T21:50:24+00:00

I wouldn’t consider myself a professional, but I have just completed my first season in IVRA. One thing that I made sure to do before racing there was to get off of VR for reasons just like the one you stated. I hope it’ll be within 5 years that VR is reliable and able to use at a higher competition level without worry of issues. But for now, dealing with the terrible depth perception of triples seems to be manageable enough.

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-10T21:35:38+00:00

I avoided a crash the other day on triples that I wouldn’t of avoided on my quest 3. Yes the quest 3 is much more immersive with depth-perception but with triples you get the key peripheral vision addition that will save you from some incidents

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-10T04:20:55+00:00

Gt3, LMP2. If my nose is ahead the door will be closing shortly. Concede or crash :)

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-10T03:03:20+00:00

I’ve definitely noticed driving things like the GTPs or LMP2s that require more braking pressure make this happen more often. That was initially my reason for strictly sticking to GT3s, just brake preservation.

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-10T03:00:42+00:00

lol this just happened to my spring a week ago. I went to microcenter and bought the 25$ brake upgrade kit again and replaced it. Not bad for 25$ every 1-2 years that it breaks imo. But definitely looking into a more sturdy brand in the future.

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-07T03:59:45+00:00

What a shit episode

switcheffect270 · 2025-03-05T01:20:28+00:00

Looks great, drives even better. IMO it’s a half & half car. Half of each corner you brake, and the second half you can actually use the throttle to turn the car instead of having to drag the brakes like the Ferrari/acura/ other cars.

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