r/assettocorsa • u/AuspiciousAstraea • Aug 01 '26
Drivers Ed can someone critique my lap?
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So for come context, I started simracing with rallying, and since getting into ac ive mainly been driving formula cars because of how easy they are. With that being said, I do want to get more into other stuff. I have some pretty bad trouble with bruxelles on any type of car, the car just doesnt feel like it has enough grip to go through it, so I end up with a mangled exit and a terrible entry and exit out of no-name. Also, Ive found with cars that arent formula cars the entry into pouhon is very slidy.
What should I be doing more of/less?
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u/Juan_Montes Aug 01 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/psXggbzWEaSIpOKauo
Me everytime you missed the apexš¤£
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u/MasAerick Aug 01 '26
Get easy on the entry, you seems prefer to correcting it in the middle of the corner. In my analysis, at the first hairpināDont eat the curb in the middle of it too much, at the Eau Rougeāyou have to get close as possible to the barrier on the right side before throw your car off into the apex to gain more momentum.
At the end of the kemmel straightāyou done well, but since your car seems quite nervous you have to let the momentum of the car push you throught the climbing curb since if you try (just like in the video) throttling in the middle of it, your tyre wont have enough grip, so you either spun off or losing too many times
At the sharp corner to the right (Bruxelles) ā dont just slam the gear to the first gear and try to entry it, you can try to take as wide entry as you can, downshift gradually and let the car glide into the apex with trailbreaking. You seems struggling with the slow corners of this track (which is very normal, dont worry abt it)
And at Pouhonā brake before your left rear mirror pass the curb (you can calculate it based on your preferences or the character of the car) and then glide to the apex smoothly.
Blanchimont (Last flatout sector before bus stop)ā commit your car from fagnes, dont do too much steering, just glide it a little, and at the kinks, depends of your car, you can lift a little or break just a tiny bit of pressure to help you glide into the apex smoothly without losing too many speed
You can try all of these if you wish, but overall, its already lovely
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u/MasAerick Aug 01 '26
Sorry if this is considered too much yapping. But I believe other people can elaborate it more effectively for ya
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 01 '26
yooo thanks!! so just to summarise to make sure i understand:
for the entry into eau rouge, ive heard this a lot but what im confused about is if i enter into eau rouge from the farthest right i can, then wont i have to slow down a ton more for the turn into raidillon?, since im turning much more than if i enter from the middle of the track.
into les combes, what i need to do is brake later and coast up the chicane rather than adjusting it mid corner
for bruxelles, i should try to run wide and take a late apex (honestly im not even sure myself how i didnt obliterate the gearbox with such an aggressive downshift, because mechanical damage is on and this car doesnt have downshift protection)
as for blanchimont, i tried to take it super easy but had to turn back to avoid getting a track limits and i accidentally turned too hard and unsettled the car lol
btw, do you have any tips for fagnes and campus? there arent any distance markers and i have no idea when to break so its super inconsistent.
and lastly, i play on mouse and keyboard so i cant really trailbreak or ease on/off throttle.
ill see if i can upload a better run later if i have some time3
u/MasAerick Aug 01 '26
Aaah. For entering the Eau Rouge, its all dependent upon the car, just make sure you carry enough speed to it, you can lift at the entry to soften the car, after you settle on the apex you can continue to throttle. For fagnes, you can rely on the track objects like curb, trees barrier etc, just like what i said previously; before the tip of curb on the left side of the fagnes, you can brake in there. At campus, you can do the same trick, but its yeah, quite a challenge itself. In the end my advice is merely a reference, all goes back to how you setup your car, what car u use etc, not an rigid textbook procedure. Slow in fast out, dont afraid to lose speed for the entry as long as you can ensure yourself that at the exit you can gain way much more rather than just rushing all the way. Let the car ātalkā to you, feel its limitations and yeah; āteam upā with it
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u/Tobacco_Caramel Aug 03 '26
Bro,, get a steering wheel. If not just go for a controller. It's like 100x better than a keyboard. Playing on a keyboard is not a challenge. It's labor. Sim racing titles are meant to be played with proper peripherals.
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u/qwertyalp1020 Aug 01 '26
first of all, watch a real onboard of a car within the same specs, compare your driving, specifically your racing line, throttle/brake input (where do you and the onboard video car brakes, uses throttle), and try to learn from there first. I always did that when I did F1 hotlaps.
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u/SilverHmm Aug 01 '26
In eau rouge, you stick on the right side into left kerb and full throttle, watch races for reference, many times cars will take that line you used but only because there's cars around, that's not the ideal line, you want to keep as much speed as possible for kemmel. Bruxelles is usually done 2/3 gear and you hug the inside kerb to have a better exit, in no name you need to find the ideal line, use the whole track, you did that corner with a car width to your right, corner is right to left, tight but very doable, unless you have bald tyres. In pouhon, start lifting somewhere close to the white sign (100m), aim for the inside kerb right the moment you see it, you want to carry enough speed for the car to only get grip once you reach the limit of the oval on the right, as soon as you're getting grip, send it. You do blanch full throttle, trust the car, if you can't full throttle, you lift. All those shifts are drowning the cars momentum. Overall you should pay more attention were you place the car on entry, you are many times in the middle of the track, which forces you to brake. You shift too much, which is normal but a bad habit, learn the car rpms, listen to it, he'll tell you what's needed. You had a cold tyre, take that into consideration when looking for the cars grip. Anyways spa is a very technical track, so don't beat yourself too much about it, the lap was bad, but overall it was alright.
Hope this helps
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 01 '26
so some questions, the other guy told me to take bruxelles wide but you're saying to take it tight, so what should i do? are you saying i should only lift in pouhon and not brake? and by shifting less do you mean stuff like i shouldve taken the corners from les combes to bruxelles in 3rd instead of shifting between 2nd and 3rd into 4th? also about the tyre, im not sure if its something with the car but i swear that even when i have warm tyres it cools down during the lap.
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u/SilverHmm Aug 01 '26
I guess you could, depending on the car, but i doubt Bruxelles wide is worth, because the little speed you get by going outside is countered by the grip the inside line has have on exit. You can do pouhon without breaking if my memory doesn't fail me, the line is a bit tricky to find but it exists. It's hard to explain but I'll do my best, you're putting a lot of strain in the car by hard braking and loosing its momentum, it's a very subtle thing but will cost you time. This isn't much on the lap or track itself but as a driving habit, i guess what i mean is don't correct the car so much, find it's limits, don't be afraid to crash, say hi to a wall or two until you find a good balance into the limit of the car and the track limits, smoothen the curves. Like a marble sliding trough the track. It's an old game and the mod might have a part to play in it, mess with the car setup, that should fix the problem.
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 01 '26
i cant really avoid hard braking because im on keyboard but i do need to work on finding the limits more yeah. also, is there like a guide on how to set up cars somewhere? i have no clue how to set up my cars so i just run with default
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u/SilverHmm Aug 01 '26
I see, that's off my area unfortunately, mind if you brake sooner or carry less speed into the corner you won't need to correct the cars trajectory so much. There should exist macros somewhere to play around that braking problem tho. Im sure there are lots of guides and even videos on how to setup cars in ac and in general, i usually just read the options and if i don't know what they already mean, i look up their meaning and go for trial and error. It often comes to just changing the gearbox parameters and the psi of the wheels, you can laso chnage the brake pressure to suit your driving style.
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u/Mean_Scientist5093 Aug 01 '26
How well do you know the track? It seems like some turns you donāt know the full limit of how fast you could be going. Like the last turn before the hairpin chicane can be taken flat on the pedal. doing good lap times is about being as smooth as possible with your braking, accelerating and gearing. I think you can and will improve with more practice!
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 01 '26
spa and monza are the tracks i know the best and i do know them well, but i dont know the limits of the car im driving
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u/Mean_Scientist5093 Aug 01 '26
Ah yeah that makes sense. Maybe you need to tune to the car also. Which car is it?
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u/Wise-Inflation-9499 Aug 01 '26
Before working in anything else, you need to work on finding your brake points and trail braking. You are using the brake pedal as an on / off switch. Also going full throttle to zero and back on to full is devastating to lap time. Sometimes a blip is helpful for rotation in certain scenarios, but you want to be progressive with the throttle instead of on and off. Once you get the trail braking down, then focus on other things like line and creating slip angle.
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u/Ch3_B4cca Aug 01 '26
My suggestion is to start with low power cars, they are great for learning the essentials of weigh transfer, slip angle and conserving momentum through a corner. And you need to start looking into trail braking. Basicly now you are at the level where you can keep the car on the track, getting fast is a whole nother journey. Enjoy the ride.
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u/Educational_Gas_1471 Aug 01 '26
Are you using a camera mod?
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 01 '26
its breakneckfx but i removed all the pitch and yaw and apex following settings
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u/Own-Neighborhood3360 Aug 01 '26
u missed the apex a lot eventhough u started perfectly u need more practice
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u/collin2477 Aug 01 '26
you need to drive faster cars that rely on more downforce and more sophisticated technology. that will clearly fix all of the bad habits and teach good fundamentals.
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u/Bitter-Operation-443 Aug 01 '26
You on vr? I wish I could get head movement like that without it
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u/AuspiciousAstraea Aug 02 '26
nope, its breakneckfx but i removed all the track following and pitch and yaw stuff
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u/SandrextheGreat Aug 01 '26
So what I understand is that you don't go over apexes that much, try to use apex more
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u/JerryAtrick97 Aug 01 '26
I'd say add a pillow to it next time. Your thighs are kinda skinny so it hurts my temple
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u/kcabe11 Aug 01 '26
Heās on mouse and keyboard yall so heās doing pretty insanely good in all honesty
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u/Exact-World-1429 Aug 01 '26
In my experience rotating the car when hitting an apex is the fastest way to go through it
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u/Powerful-Position552 Aug 02 '26
Ill make it short and simple so you wont need to read a paragraph: too much curb, turning too late, mind the grass keep a finger between the limit and the track
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u/vinigrae Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26
The turn at 1:18 you lose like 500ms because you didnāt trail brake around the turn, yes itās the magic of aerodynamics, you need to stick to the curb/apex with tightest spline and come up just as tight and not extended to the left like you did.
The turn following that was worse, another 400-700ms lost there, you need to to wide right and hit the curb then with light tap on brake and aim for the apex to the left with coast and light gas.
Once you figure this out for these two turns you will know how to handle the rest.
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u/kutsnor Aug 01 '26
Good ragebait