There's a free and substantial demo on the Windows store.Īnd if you want to race online, iRacing is the best, but it's expensive. But it has the worst career mode, and its interface also feels the least polished and user friendly.įorza Horizon 3 is definitely sim-cade and the least realistic, but it's also ridiculously fun and a blast to play with a wheel. But it's less polished, less user friendly, and the career mode is okay but not nearly as good as F1's.Īssetto Corsa has the most realistic physics, tracks, and force feedback, and it has VR support. The physics are on par or slightly better than F1 2017. Project Cars 2 has a good variety of cars and tracks, and VR support. Last is the racing line, which is the hardest to turn off as it requires you to memorize the turns and brake points.į1 2017 is even better, more realistic, and has a fantastic career mode (I wish every game had a career mode this good). Next turn ABS off - you'll have to brake earlier and lighter, and ease up as you slow down, to not lock up the tires. Once you're comfortable with that, turn traction control off - you'll have to be gentler and smoother with the throttle, particularly when coming out of corners. Steering and braking assists should be the first to be turned off. Start with the assists on and get a feel for the game. I believe F1 2016 is the more realistic of the two games you have. People here will generally steer you towards the most realistic games, but you can really learn on anything - though you may find you have to adjust and relearn when moving to a different game or even a different car. This will help teach you some throttle and brake control.Īnd yeah definitely check out EmptyBox's tutorials. So yeah, pick up either Assetto or PC2 and for now I would recommend some F1 with Traction Control, Racing Line and ABS off. The racing line is great for people who just want to jump in and drive a track without learning it, but it will not help you learn braking points and will just hinder your progress. I would keep traction control and ABS to a medium setting, and turn racing line off. It is definitely quite hard to start out so don't be discouraged by failure, just learn from it. They can teach you about how the cars behave and have much better tracks than F1 or Grid. If you want to get into simracing I would suggest throwing yourself in at either Assetto Corsa or Project Cars 2, which are generally considered sims. However, most would definitely not consider either GRID or F1 a sim.
If you love F1 like I do, then the F1 series of games is very enjoyable and decent in learning the tracks around the calendar. It depends what/how you want to be racing.