I cannot figure out how to do starts. In My Team I am winning pole by a 1-1.5 seconds. Every start I am losing at least six places - usually closer to nine. In the races I can generally comeback and usually get on the podium and sometimes win - and always have the faster lap - again by 1-1.5 seconds.I use a G29 wheel in cockpit view and no assists. I keep the rpms low (trying to avoid going into the red) but when I do this I am immediately passed by a slew of cars. When I push the rpms a little higher I veer right into the wall and the race is over. If I redo the start a number of times I can occasionally have only 3-4 cars pass me - but that will take me 10 or more starts to do. Because of this I keep the AI rating low - which means the actual racing is not particularly challenging.Is there a good video or blog showing how to do starts in cockpit view? Thanks

https://youtu.be/Lufo7tVfDAE@dwin20 try this. For me the revs suggested in the video are too high, pre 1.07 I would keep them around 11k but now I struggle with anything above 9k. Have yet to nail race starts (also no assists), and usually lose 1-3 places off the line using the shifting strategy in the video (at lower revs), and make them back in the first few corners. Would be nice if I could hold position into the first corner!Good luck 🖖🏽

Hey @dwin20, I’m still struggling with this tbh, but I’ve found a consistent way to lose less places, and sometimes hold position going into the first corner. Around 9k revs, accelerator bar in between the m&p of MPH (or k&p of KPH) on the HUD (see below) and hold. Lights out, hold. Car moves forward a bit and you can hear and feel (if you got a wheel setup), when the grip is about will give out. Quickly change to 2nd, and apply a bit more and increasing throttle. Again you can hear when grip is beginning to give out, quickly change to 3rd. This 2nd to 3rd is fairly quick. Start applying more throttle in 3rd but not all the way - up to around 80%. Again you can hear when the grip will give, quickly change to 4th. From here I can get to full throttle relatively easy.Hope this is helpful. I also wonder if starts are impacted by r&d in MyTeam, which is what I play. As I’ve developed the car it’s been easier to hold places, but then again, It might just be me doing the above more consistently.I also think (if you have formation lap as immersive) that tyre temps and getting purple when parking in the box make a massive difference.

@dwin20 I was struggling really bad too, but this video helped. I found that you just can’t go above 9 k revs to get a good start. Its really critical you can see the actual revs in rumbers or you will never have any consistency. If you can’t see it in cockpit cam, could you turn the hud on for starts.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZXGRAmVUNQ

@Monzstar83You just need to keep the rpm low when launching, and throttle control to reduce as much wheelspin as possible until the momentum built enough, then you use ERS because the AI use ERS at around the same time too.I guess it could be difficult for wheel user because there might be no paddle feedback, for pad it's very easy to at least match the AI.

@dwin20Am away from my console atm, but if I recall correctly, there is an option in display settings, called show HUD in cockpit view. If you enable that, you should be able to see the HUD in cockpit.In terms of hearing/ feeling, I really can’t explain it but the sound of the revs change. Feeling wise the wheel will get light/ move a little off your direction you’ve got the wheel going.

Starts - losing 6-9 places every time

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Monzstar83
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ajobling1983 wrote:
I know its not realistic… but i did a couple of donuts on the line up to the grid and got the rears upto 90 degrees c as a test. And it gave me the best start I’ve ever had. Seems tyre temp could be the most important thing in getting a good start.
first time no AI overtook me off the line.
I might have to try doing donuts. Atm my burnouts don’t even move the tyre surface temps up
Ileleee
4 years ago
I'm pretty sure burnout and heavy warming up during formation lap increases wear for sure, but a good start is way more beneficial than having slighly less wear in your tires.

I don't usually have totally horrible starts, but I haven't had huge problems with this game either, sometimes (rarely) even winning a bit in the start and the following turn 1. I don't find it that much harder than in 2021 either. Lately I have had a bit more wheelspin, but I guess I need to lower the revs a bit, I'm still using the revs I did when the game came out... which seems to be too much.
Anyway, remember first go a bit over with the revs and then backdown to your target, otherwise it doesn't seem to work correct and you can have too low revs even (same with 2021). I usually start using ERS on 3rd gear on starts.

What else.. having on throttle differential quite low (60 I guess should be the average in this game) probably helps and naturally you need to have really good throttle control in the start.

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