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playing iRacing and Assetto Corsa (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by Elegast@lemmy.ca to c/simracing@lemmy.ml

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Does anyone mainly play iRacing but frequent Assetto Corsa? Do you notice a re-learning curve when you go back to iRacing? Do you perform more poorly in iRacing after racing in AC? Not like im top tier that it would really matter, but im curious how different others feel ac/iRacing are to be playing both comparatively.

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[–] Elegast@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah that's true. I'm probably overthinking that bit. Figure it's no different than hoping in a different car and getting back on pace. I guess my concern would be picking up bad habits in AC that are detrimental to how iRacing performs.

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[–] Fingerthief 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s a fair concern imo, when I sim raced competitively I never played on a different sim because of what you described.

Looking at it these days though I find the ability to be able to adapt much more important. Plus you get to try new sims while improving your adaptability.

If you’re doing track days IRL then the adaptability is one of the biggest positives you can have as well.

[–] Elegast@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I suppose I should say "comparatively" in the sense trying to maintain my 1500-2000 irating lmao so I guess at the end of the day being able to adapt to changes, but more importantly having fun because I'm really not pushing the envelope with 1500 irating.

[–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 2 points 2 years ago

I know a big difference between ACC and iRacing is braking. In ACC, it's quicker to always go full brake abusing abs and much quicker lifting of the brake during tail braking. I think this is also a similar difference between AC and iRacing as well. For example in a gt3 car in iracing you may threshold brake up to 80% and slowly bleed off the brakes where as in ACC or AC you are gonna go full 100% brakes and have a much quicker bleed off of the brake. If you are noticing way more lockups when you hop back into iRacing, I'd put money on this being the reason. Go in with this understanding, and it will be like hopping into different cars. I forget which f1 driver said it but it takes about a year to go from being competitive in open wheel to learning what's gonna make you competitive in a heavy gt car, so don't beat yourself up if it takes time to transition between the sims as well. Hope that wasn't too much info and was helpful.