Tools for the Next Corner.
Practical ideas, answers and resources to help you improve on and off the track.
Resources
You don't always need another setup guide.
Sometimes the problem isn't the car.
Project Apex Resources are built around the bits of sim racing that happen once the human gets involved: confidence, judgement, racecraft, pressure, mistakes and figuring out what to do next.
What's getting in the way of your racing?
HOW DO I RACE WITH OTHER HUMANS?
Being quick is one thing. Racing other people is something else entirely.
Reading the drivers around you, recognising risk and knowing when to attack, wait or simply get out of the way of somebody else's bad decision are all part of racecraft.
Race the Behaviour, Not the Badge
Rookie. D. C. B. A. What does another driver's licence actually tell you about the person you're about to race?
Create the Overtake: How to Stop Divebombing
Keep the aggression. Lose the desperate lunges. Learn to create the opportunity rather than simply throwing the car at a gap.
I Have the Pace. Why Am I Losing Places?
You've got the qualifying speed. So why does it seem to disappear as soon as the racing starts?
From the Lone Road Agony Uncle.
WHAT DO I DO WHEN IT ALL GOES TO SHIT?
Bad races happen. Mistakes happen. Confidence can disappear surprisingly quickly.
Sometimes the difficult bit isn't finding more pace. It's working out how to get yourself back on the grid.
I'm Fast in Practice. Why Am I Afraid to Race?
When another practice session feels much safer than clicking Register, how do you get past the fear and actually start racing?
The iRating Spiral: When a Bad Week Starts Feeding Itself
One bad result is annoying. But when you start chasing the iRating you've lost, it can change the way you race and turn one bad result into a very bad evening.
I'M NEW. WHERE THE HELL DO I START?
New to iRacing and wondering what you should actually concentrate on first?
Your First iRacing Races: What Actually Matters?
Your first races aren't about proving how fast you are. Here's what is actually worth concentrating on while you're learning to race around real people.
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HOW DO I MOVE FORWARD?
You've got some races behind you. Now what?
Progress isn't always about the next licence, the next car or another hundred points of iRating.
Resources coming soon.
HOW DO I RACE WITH PURPOSE?
Practice. Preparation. Standards. Consistency.
Stop Practising. Start Learning.
Doing more laps isn't necessarily the same as getting better. Give your practice session a job and start learning from the time you're putting in.
WHERE DO I FIT IN?
Sim racing can be oddly lonely for something involving quite so many other people.
Finding your place, learning from other racers and becoming part of the wider community matters too.
Resources coming soon.
GOT A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN?
Sometimes the best resources start with a question somebody was brave enough to ask.
The Lone Road Agony Uncle takes real questions from sim racers and turns them into practical answers that might help more than one person.
Got something about racecraft, confidence, frustration, progression or the strange things iRacing does to your head?
Ask Agony Uncle by emailing us at theloneroadiracingpodcast@gmail.com
JOIN THE JOURNEY
Project Apex is only getting started.
New resources, practical tools and exercises will be added as we build, test and learn what actually helps.
Join the Apex Crew and we'll let you know when there's something new worth coming back for.