Sage SIM advice from fellow PCA Sim Racers!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Dave Kraige, “Check that the right car setup is loaded.  Check fuel calculations.  Set placeholder services for your first pit stop.  Make sure the delta display is set right; otherwise I don’t know if I’m fast or not!

James Legault, “I’m 66. Hitting the head before a driving stint is priority #1!”

Matthew Kuekes, “Go to the restroom! Make sure all my inputs (steering, pedals) are hooked up and registering as expected. Load the Race Setup after qually!”

Todd

Some sensible advice from Major Chris Walsh!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Chris Walsh, “Always know your fuel strategy, if you plan to stop, triple check calculations and know the max you need and the min you need.  Run a full race stint, understand tire wear and if you will need to take them in the race.  Practice in the hardest conditions and know how to find that extra pace for qualifying.   Don’t drink to much water either.”

What do you ensure you always do

Sage advice from Virtual Racing Schools Pro sim racer David Williams!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

David Williams, “Warm-up properly – at least for important races!”

What do you ensure you always do in a race?

David Williams, “Hit my marks, stay as composed as possible, and control the controllable.”

What do you recommend racers never do before a race?

David Williams, “Be unprepared.”

What do you recommend racers never do while in a race?

David

Sage advice from fellow sim racer and real-life pro race car driver, Riley Dickinson!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Riley Dickinson, “Think through different possibilities of how a start can go and what I will do so when one of them comes to fruition I’m better prepared.”

What do you ensure you always do in a race?

Riley Dickinson, “Deep breathes and stay calm.”

What do you recommend racers never do before a race?

Riley Dickinson, “Forget

Sage SIM advice from fellow PCA Sim iRacers!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Rafael Amorim, “I always like to check my general setup and more specifically fuel load and brake bias.”

Karl Bocchieri, “One race last season my computer crashed just as I was signing on, got everything back but didn’t even qualify and had a terrible race.  Now I sign on and make sure the equipment is working well before the race.”

Chris Ciborowski, “Practice, hydrate, and be sure that the rig systems/software are ready to go. Right before, relax.”

Tamer

Sage advice from fellow PCA Sim Racers!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Anker Berg-Sonne , “Pee, Practice.”

Chris Braun, “Turn on the fan and drink a glass of water.”

Liam Rudzitis, “Make sure the car setup has changed from qualifying/race setup.”

Ken Tubman, “Turn on my fan, Start Crew Chief, Connect to Discord, Set Discord to PTT (rather than voice activated) so I can …”

What do you ensure you always do in a race?

Anker Berg-Sonne , “Get all the sound inputs and outputs right.”

Chris Braun, “Try to stay calm and have

Sage advice from fellow PCA Sim Racers!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Bob Moore, “I have a routine checklist. I always calculate my fuel load and program a few buttons on my wheel with a few fuel load options. Sort of a min/max calculation.”

“Next, I power up the UPS/Computer, Alpinestars on, turn Trading Paints off (for PCA national races), fire up Steam and initialize the Valve Index, fire up the DD1, fire up CrewChief, fire up the Standings dashboard, fire up the motion control software, tighten my 5 point