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Having a lot of fun trying out EA WRC and i haven't even set it up properly yet.
The whole tactile set in Simhub still needs to be done properly, but i think i have the basics of the motion covered.

Fingers crossed EA supprises us with a proper VR release this week :)
(do not buy VorpX to try WRC in VR, because it sucks.....)
 
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I did a full engine overhaul on the BMW trackcar a couple of months ago

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After that there was the mandatory run in period of 1500km, which is not fun which a car that's not ment to be driven on normal roads.

Yesterday i took to the track for the first time again. It was a wet day at Zandvoort, but that doesn't mean it's less fun.


 
I did a full engine overhaul on the BMW trackcar a couple of months ago

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After that there was the mandatory run in period of 1500km, which is not fun which a car that's not ment to be driven on normal roads.

Yesterday i took to the track for the first time again. It was a wet day at Zandvoort, but that doesn't mean it's less fun.


I did a full engine overhaul on the BMW trackcar a couple of months ago

View attachment 716868

After that there was the mandatory run in period of 1500km, which is not fun which a car that's not ment to be driven on normal roads.

Yesterday i took to the track for the first time again. It was a wet day at Zandvoort, but that doesn't mean it's less fun.


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Nice BMW.

Do you notice any benefits from simracing that carry over into real life track? What do you typically do while simracing to help maximize your real life performance?
Thanks,

Sim racing helps a lot for getting to know the track layout and driving lines. Especially when you race in VR with laser guided tracks it feels like you already have been there, event though it's your first time on track in real life.

In real life you will be extra careful at those corners where you easily made a mistake in the sim.

On my very first lap ever on the Nordschleife i overtook 6 cars, which almost all had more horsepower and were potentially faster. I assume they were probably, just like me, driving there for the first time :D


So it definitively helps a lot, but it stops there.

In real life you can only go off once. The fear factor of knowing that one mistake can be very costly and/or very dangerous is a huge factor. Second the adrenaline makes the real thing so much different from the sim.

I did catch some slides in real life but i'm not sure if i would have lost the car of not without sim racing experience, since it is a natural reaction to what the car is doing.

To sum up, sim racing does help for preparing for track day on unknown tracks of big tracks like the Nordschleife.
 
Until now i always used a BMW M235i for trackday preparation, which in my case in not accurate at all because my track car is a BMW325i E90.

I know that there are several BMW E90 325i cup car competitions in real life, but could not find any downloadable cars for driving in AC.

Until today :)

The BMW E90 BaTCC 21 325i.

To download this car i had to join the World Sim Series first, since i could not find this mod on any website to install.


Once installed you can use it freely on any track you want with content manager.

Compared to real life it looks a little faster, because it has 230hp vs 225hp and a bit lighter since it's missing the passenger seat.

Top speed on the straight @Zandvoort is about the same a mine was on the last trackday, so overall a much better training tool than the BMW 235i.

Now i'm going to do some laps and it will be interesting to see how laptimes and speeds will be @Zolder since my next trackday at Zolder is next week.

If i really like this car, i might even take the effort to replicate livery of my trackcar in to the sim.



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