5 Signs You're A Racing Game Noob!

So if you watched my announcement video, which trust me, most of you guys didn't, I've now brought some gaming content back to my channel because running two separate channels was a lot more difficult than I thought. But don't worry, most of the gaming content on this channel will only be car related stuff, all the weeb trash and other stuff is going to remain on my second channel. Having said that, today's video is about noobs in racing games, more particularly how to tell if you are one. Running into people instead of braking. We'll start off with the classic ramming into people instead of using the brakes. Noobs do this in all kinds of racing games, doesn't matter if it's simulation, arcade, or whatever, most beginners aren't very good at timing their braking. They end up braking too late in hopes of overtaking other people as they brake, but this results into them slamming right into the people ahead of them. Depending on the game's physics engines, it can either be beneficial to use this method or severely punishing, especially if damage is turned on. Of course, you also have those noobs who straight up do this on purpose. Driving with all assists on and maxed out. Some assists can actually aid with lap times, such as ABS, but most other assists like traction control and stability management can limit your car's potential and make it ever so slightly slower. The difference can be seen as negligible to most noobs, but most pros who've mastered how to drive without driving assists will slowly pull ahead lap by lap ahead of those who are using maxed out assist settings. Using nitrous while turning. This entry depends on the game's physics, as games like Asphalt literally have a whole meta built around purposely firing nitrous mid-drift. However, in most other arcade racing games, firing nitrous while turning is a complete waste. Games like Need for Speed Hot Pursuit even tell the player to fire it after turns for the most optimal use. This is because right after a turn, your car needs to accelerate back up to speed again, so why not fire some nitro to help it out? I imagine some noob watching this video is confused and is asking themselves, well isn't that the point of firing it while turning as well? The reason firing nitrous while turning is less beneficial is because your car is in the process of slowing down while approaching the apex, meaning you're wasting your precious nitrous supply for no reason. Not only that, but you'll actually take the corners slower as well, since most racing games cause the car's handling to lock up and become stiff while firing nitrous, which means you won't even be able to hit the apex properly anyway or take the turn as well as you would have without firing nitrous. Not following racing lines. A lot of non-car people who play racing games don't understand why they see CPU racers move to the outside line before...wait, what do you mean you don't know what a CPU is? It means Computer Player Unit. Most modern video games call them AI, but all the 90s kids will remember them being called CPU. No, but seriously, I had a decent amount of people calling me an idiot for using CPU last video. Like, of course I know that, I'm literally majoring in computers, but acronyms can have more than one meaning, you know? Sheesh, sorry for being old, and sorry for making all the other 90s kids watching this video feel old by also bringing this up. Anyways, back to what I was saying. Non-car gamers don't understand why CPUs move to the outside before turning because they think it's stupid to travel the longer distance. Here's a question, how many of you guys have played racing games with your friends, and always at least have that one friend who drives as close to the inside lane as possible all the time every time? Their logic is that hugging the inside of the track means their vehicle will travel the shortest distance, making it complete a lap quicker, while also using less fuel and wearing tires slower. In actuality, they're using more fuel, wearing their tires more quickly, and overall being slower. The reason racing lines are so important is because you have to learn how to maximize the speed in which you enter a corner, and then exit the corner with as much speed as possible. Racing lines allow you to successfully carry your car's momentum through turns, or in this case, motorcycles because I just realized I'm probably going to use motorcycle footage for this part anyways. Turning the controller. Okay, I wanted to finish this list off with a more adorable entry. We've all seen our younger siblings and non-gamer friends do this when playing racing games. They, for some reason, physically turn their controller while turning as if they hope it'll make their car turn better. And kudos to anyone who has friends who turn their whole body as well. Unless you're playing with motion sensors, I can without a doubt confirm this doesn't actually help your vehicle turn. In fact, it probably makes it harder to turn, since they're so focused on turning the controller instead of hitting the freaking analog stick, which, you know, makes the car actually turn. I always find it funny when they helplessly crash into a wall mid-turn because of this strange logic of theirs. Anyways, that's it for this video, so let's get on with today's segment of Just Car Guy Things. So someone asked me why did I put car salesmen in this video, and that's because I think of car salesmen as the final boss battle for car enthusiasts. Because they normally are the final obstacle standing between you and your dream car. That is why I did not put them in that video, because as a car enthusiast it can be a painful job to have sometimes because you can be painted as a bad guy within our community. I hope you enjoyed this segment of Just Car Guy Things. Thanks for watching, Blade Angel out.