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Danny Lee's Free Sim Racing Driver Course

Scroll down to see the course list, but first: These videos are completely free, thanks to affiliate relationships with the brands below! Tap or Click the logos below to open their websites and check out their stuff. Note: Brand links below are affiliate links, which may grant me a commission if used by you before purchasing, at no added cost to you. Cheers!

Contents

Use the list below and click/tap the lesson number or the thumbnail images to go to each course video. Each link will open a Youtube window, therefore advertisements may be present throughout these videos.

Beginner Lessons

Aimed at newer and/or slower (be honest with yourself) sim racers. Here you'll pick up many pointers and principles that'll help you get comfortable with the tricky nature of Sim Racing quickly.

Lesson 1

Learn New Tracks - 16 Min

Discover how to get up to speed far quicker on unfamiliar tracks

Lesson 2

How to Stop Spinning - 12 Min

Learn why your car spins, and understand what you can do to stop it

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Lesson 3

How to Keep Your Car Stable on Turn In - 14 Min

Learn the right approach to making your car fast but predictable

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Lesson 4

How to Catch Spins (The Short Version) - 3 Min

A short, sharp how-to demonstration of catching a spin

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Lesson 5

Prevent Overuse of the Steering Wheel - 12 Min

An extremely common destroyer of lap time and race pace

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Lesson 6

How to Trailbrake - 10 Min

Learn the concept behind the most powerful speed technique

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Lesson 7

How to Overtake - 13 Min

Learn the basics of setting up a pass on the car in front

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Lesson 8

How to Defend - 11 Min

Learn how to repel attacks from overtaking cars and keep your place

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Lesson 9

How to Drive in the Rain - 8 Min

Learn how to drive in the rain (Focused on iRacing)

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Lesson 10

iRacing Standing Start Methods - 31 Min

A demonstration of how to refine your iRacing standing starts

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Lesson 11

How To Fit In When Online Racing - 8 Min

A timely pep talk if you're feeling out of your depth racing online

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Intermediate Lessons

Move on to more developed topics that will help you refine your lap times and solidify your race performances. Lessons on dynamics, car control, technique and setup tweaks.

Lesson 12

How to Control Understeer and Oversteer - 17 Min

Discover the secrets of car balance and unlock deeper control

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Lesson 13

How to Use Brake Bias - 17 Min

Learn how to utilise brake bias, a silent performance and control perk

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Lesson 14

Driver Information Lights - 9 Min

Understand the real-time feedback your car gives you for better pace

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Lesson 15

How to Harness Slip Angle - 10 Min

Understand the magic of the 'limit of grip' that all fast drivers know

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Lesson 16

How to Maximise Slow Turns - 7 Min

Find speed in slow corners with a powerful mind hack

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Lesson 17

Why Grass Makes You Spin - 5 Min

Understand how stability works by understanding how it's destroyed

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Lesson 18

Why Kerbs Make You Spin - 5 Min

A continuation/alternative scenario to Lesson 17

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Lesson 19

How to Drive in the Rain (Further) - 6 Min

A demonstration of race-winning understanding of rain dynamics

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Lesson 20

Effective Corner Exits with Power-on Slip - 12 Min

Understand the true reason most race cars are rear wheel drive

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Advanced Lessons

Advanced lessons to further refinine your ability to make the most out of your races.

Lesson 21

Complex Multi-Corner Overtakes - 12 Min

How to use track layout for smarter overtaking and defending

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Lesson 22

The Easiest Overtaking Opportunity - 5 Min

How to spot and utilise one of the best overtaking opportunities

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Lesson 23

The Surprise Overtaking Move - 6 Min

A high risk move to defeat the high-awareness defenders

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Lesson 24

How To Punish Lap 1 Hesitation - 3 Min

An example of how to benefit from lap 1 timidness

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Lesson 25

Creating Overtakes Against Tough Drivers - 7 Min

How to deploy 'the weave' to open up overtaking opportunities

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Lesson 26

Squeezing Defenders - 5 Min

How to pressure and punish defenders into a losing position

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Lesson 27

Overtaking On The Outside - 3 Min

Demonstrating going 'off line' to punish complacency in defenders

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Lesson 28

Using Mind Games - 10 Min

How to take advantage of the human element in the other car

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Lesson 29

Mid-Race Pit Adjustments - 9 Min

Highly situational, but highly useful when in the situation

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Lesson 30

Using Other Cars to Overtake and Defend - 6 Min

A demonstration of using surrounding cars to win the place

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Lesson 31

Using Telemetry To Analyse Lost Laptime - 16 Min

Analysing my lap time to find weaknesses and improve pace

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Lesson 32

Using Telemetry To Analyse Lost Laptime 2 - 58 Min

Coaching a teammate using VRS telemetry tools

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Lesson 33

How to Drive in the Rain (Further) - 6 Min

Another 'real world' example of rain driving techniques

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This is currently the end of the list but entries are constantly being added. Help share this free course far and wide!

WANT MORE?

I'm creating more free videos as fast as I can, but if you enjoyed my guides and you crave more material right now to develop your skills, you might be interested in Suellio Almeida's Racing Academy. His teaching style is different, but he offers plenty of free material to introduce you to his faster paced rhythm, so you can dip your toe in before you sign up for a paid membership to access the full scheme. Suellio is a hard working and clearly talented sim racing instructor with a supportive community and team. Please note that I have not personally verified or reviewed his paid course material (there's so much) but he's long been a trusted fellow contributor to sim racing's tutorial pool. The link below is an affiliate link. Affiliate links grant me a commission if used by you before purchase.

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Danny Lee is not responsible for the content or material over at Almeida's Racing Academy, nor vice versa. This is a referral/affiliate relationship only so please form your own judgement based on the free introductory guides!

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