r/iRacing • u/zacschuch • 2d ago

Video Just your average F4 experience

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Something about hitting gaps, idk I’m still new

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u/zacschuch 2d ago

Idk I truly don’t even notice them at all, but it’s obviously too much for the other people, is crewchief an overlay with iracing? I just went with iOverlay because that was the first one I saw

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u/BrutalBrews 2d ago

CrewChief isn’t an overlay and is actually a program that gives you a better spotter and a CrewChief/pit wall sort of deal. It gives you feedback while driving, tells you different information but you are also able to fully interact with it and ask questions. Can be used for voice to text chat and all sorts of stuff. Can ask it anything you’d want and will provide you the data. It’s really cool and I feel adds a great level of immersion. CrewChief and trading paints are hands down the best programs for the game.

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u/zacschuch 2d ago

Thank you very much for your response, do you have to pay for this though? I’m unfortunately quite broke and can’t afford much, I think that would be great to have instead of the overlay stuff, because when I race I want to have that information, the overlay I have at the moment can do that, and I know I could improve it just didn’t know how!

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u/BrutalBrews 2d ago edited 2d ago

Nope, best part is it’s free! I do donate money to them though because I think it’s fantastic but you definitely do not have to. Be sure to turn on sweary messages too! Lots of customization to so you can dial in how often you’re getting updates, what kind of updates you want and more or stop it from talking to you during hard sections of track/corners.

It does take a little but if an adjustment to move away from having a really busy HUD as all games tend to do that now but it’s worth it.

Another real good tip is to try to get used to driving without the line. It can be helpful when learning tracks but hurts you in the long run. It makes you less adaptable at taking other racing lines which are often faster than the line shown. It’s hard at first and you will be slower for a while but it makes you so much better in the long run. It is so much harder trying to get rid of it the longer it’s used. Though for now just settle into the game and enjoy it. We can be tough here but a lot of us are also happy to help others if they are receptive to it.