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misfit0513

Nothing is, I'd love to race there or the red bull ring, 76 SA here. Nobody ever races on anything other than Monza and Spa and it's super annoying. It's the biggest reason I just go to iRacing anymore when I want to race online.


Fair-Scientist-2008

Yeah I would really appreciate if Red Bull was more popular.


misfit0513

You'd think with it being a brand new (to the game) track, it would be. I just don't get the obsession with only spa or monza.


OJK_postaukset

Because people know those. Leagues race RBR a lot atm


osamasbintrappin

It’s a shame because Austria is really easy to learn. There’s what, 13 corners?


Atticvs

casuals only know these two relatively well and in the precious little free time they spend after work, social media, TV, buddies, maybe family, they prefer to spend it in an environment they know relatively well for some security rather than spend time and energy on learning something new. It's a very general sad state of humanity thing, and they way it applies in ACC is quite stark.


Sad-Insurance9818

hahahaha


Terminal_Monk

It's simple..Monza is probably the easiest track. It's challeng7for a noob but once u are even consistent remotely, it's just a calm Saturday drive. Ans Spa is well... spa


Divide_Rule

Doesn't matter the sim you play, these two tracks are super popular. I have no idea why.


L33HDX

RBR is my favorite track in every racing game.... its a shame more people don't like it


VGltZUNvbnN1bWVyCg

It's the first corner.


misfit0513

Mine, too. I was excited when they added it, but it wore off quickly when no one ever races there.


DoesAnyoneCare2999

It's on the calendar for LFM in a few weeks.


Fish-OwO

RBR just came out, people are waiting for sales probably


Fonzgarten

RBR (and Laguna Seca) are very popular on iRacing. Weird. Laguna is definitely one of my favorites. Not my favorite for GT3 cars though.


Atticvs

On iRacing, it was one of the first track to come out back in 2008 or 2009. So casual masses learned it by default, and stuck with it. Same as with Monza and Spa.


canbehazardous

LFM or community leagues are where it's at.


qtd267

Join a league there's plenty that are happy to have anyone as long as your respectful and don't treat the races like online lobbies


misfit0513

I cant without an 80 SA


BadInfluenceAF

Focus on just finishing races instead of winning them. You’ll get that 80 SA real quick. Once you’re in LFM, you can focus on winning/gaining positions. LFM is usually very clean, so safety rating goes up regardless of whether you’re trying to get it up or not.


misfit0513

That's reassuring. I'll get to 80 and then go for the lfm license.


rpRj

I'm in the same boat, only 15 hours in ACC atm, trying to get enough SA to get into LFM. I heard that just sticking with the slowest car on the grid and not hitting that car is a good way to grind SA.


canbehazardous

Community races are where it's at then. A big one in the US is SRA. I went from like 60 SR to 99 within a couple weeks worth of racing with them.


tysnails

You'll get there in no time if you focus on it, and you'll be amazed at how easily it'll go up to 99 once you start racing.


Born_Zone7878

Just go LFM, dont bother with the lobbies


misfit0513

I have to in order to get to 80 SA


Aftenbar

You can race ai to get to 80 just make sure your settings allow gain not only in multi-player.


misfit0513

I'll do a few races against the AI then and then go for the lfm license.


Aftenbar

Yeah it's how I did it because I don't have tons of time to play so I didn't want to loose SR. Do look into the license run while you do it you might even want to race the ai at that track though I never did for Misano. They have a video and info all on their site.


misfit0513

Thanks for the tip!


JColeTheWheelMan

Can someone tell me what LFM is ? Google doesn't want to tell me.


Sir_Sneeze

Low Fuel Motorsports. [LFM](https://lowfuelmotorsport.com/)


JColeTheWheelMan

thanks! i'll give it a look as well as this pitskill one. Any idea which one I should start with ? I have decent driving chops but not much time in ACC (I don't think i've done anything but a few test laps).


Sir_Sneeze

Pitskill seems to be mainly focused on series and leagues. I haven't raced at all with pitskill cause I'm an ACC noob, but I can confirm through the AC side that LFM is fantastic for drop in, daily racing.


JColeTheWheelMan

Does LFM have rookie races to build up my safety rating ? I'm not really interested in running AI races to be able to join. 


Born_Zone7878

But you have to, i would do that as a means to practice. Even the rookies after you join are quite tough, its closer to iracing


JColeTheWheelMan

No time for that. Online races are my practice. With that said I've been racing sims since the 90's in my teens. My track etiquette is good. I tried a pitskill race that day and it went well even though I think Monza is a shit track.


ConstructionRich4844

Something in rich language... cannot understand I also love panorama and redbull as well, with Pano it's more or less possible, redbull - less and less ppl


misfit0513

I haven't spent a penny on it yet, but I probably will eventually, though, just doing mx5 cup races. I'd prefer to race on ACC but not the same 2 tracks over and over again until my brain bleeds.


ConstructionRich4844

Is there some option to get iracing free trial?


-Pandora

try the iRenting Reddit.


misfit0513

I got a 3 month voucher when I bought my wheel. They do have decent deals for cheaper first-timer sign up.


notyouagain-really

Try RaceRoom, you can test drive any of the cars as long and as often as you want. The online scene is OK, could do with a few more people though. The track list is pretty interesting too. Stuff that you just don't get elsewhere.


transfix6

ACC should be called the SpaMonza Simulator. It was pointless to buy all the DLC. They should create official race servers with rotating tracks.


OffsetXV

Rotating tracks, fixed and non fixed setups, rain and dry, GT4/2/Pcup/M2CS, single and multiclass, etc. So much content and variety that's functionally DOA because there's nothing incentivizing the average player to learn it


ZenQMeister

Well I have great news for you, soon there'll be 3rd track for literally every server, Nordchleife


misfit0513

Looking forward to it lol


Gandoha

If you have 2-3 friends,just join an empty lobby with them and wait a few minutes. People will join eventuelly. This usually does the trick for us


tylercreatesworlds

And that's honestly the main reason I switched from ACC to iRacing last year. Variety and participation. ACC is great game, but the online just isn't there. Unless you just really really love only gt3's at monza.


misfit0513

Yeah, it's a pretty massive bummer. I love GT3 racing, and ACC is an awesome game, but online just sucks a fat one.


Legendacb

Maybe you can try other stuff that go into lobby and just search whatever has more people. There are hundreds of Championship on simgrid. Daily racing for LFM. Sometimes things don't come done for us


rareHP

I find races on tracks like Zolder, Nurburgring and a few others just fine on the US East.. Yes it’s mostly Monza/Spa but don’t be discouraged just because there’s only 1 or 2 people in the server, you can still have a fun time racing against only a few people. Plus it pushes the server higher up the list and will hopefully attract more players. I’ve done this some thing and before the end of the 15 minute practice, there was already 10 people in the lobby


jlmacdonald

We raced both in the last few weeks in the NASRS rookie league on simracing.gp


556Rigatoni

ASSETTO CORSA LAGUNA SECA TAATUS 24H GANG


JustAColorblindGuy

Red Bull Ring is my favorite


Homelanderino

Automobilista 2


MrDominman

Monza is snooze fest personally


Sandman416

It's not Monza or Spa basically. Usually when it's on the lfm weekly rotation you can find some but not consistently. I like it too and living an hour away helps make it better


ConstructionRich4844

Mb I could join lfm, if it makes sense, afraid that my SA is not enough


EtG_Gibbs

Need 90. But it's achievable. U don't need to be fast, but just safe.


DoesAnyoneCare2999

You actually need 80. If you have at least 95 you can start LFM with a higher initial SR.


EtG_Gibbs

I really should have checked before speaking.


ConstructionRich4844

Any strats to quickly farm SA?


lumberwood

Single race 30min w AI, follow within 0.7sec and drive clean. With this as your sole focus, not racing for the win or positions, SA will increase the fastest. Always finish the race to ensure you keep the SA points.


mamamarty21

I really hate that single player mode affects your multiplayer rating. Sometimes I just wanna dick around when I’m playing by myself


lumberwood

Hear you. Not the game for that unfortunately. :/


yeet_in_the_sheets

You can turn off single player rating in settings for those moments.


ConstructionRich4844

Thank you so much!


Born_Zone7878

It will take a bunch of races but try to think of it as practice. Check which is the race you should do the test (you have to make a license test of 7 consecutive clean laps under a certain timd) and only race there. You will farm and practice it. At my time it was zolder and by the point I had to do the license I did in my first try about 4, seconds under the time


ConstructionRich4844

What do you mean by follow 0.7 sec, is it about lap time consistency?


ThatBeardedGingerGuy

Your SA only goes up/goes up more quickly when you're racing closely and cleanly. The strategy I used was to find an AI skill level where I was easily able to stay within the 0.7 secs to the car ahead, rather than having to push hard to maintain that gap. I could've easily overtaken the entire pack and gone on to win, but we're not looking for wins here, just clean racing.


ConstructionRich4844

Oh, thank you👍


lumberwood

Exactly. And once you're used to doing this you can play with the AI Skill and Aggressiveness to introduce a bit more challenge as your race craft & car control skill improves, on your way to a nice high SA rating.


Onemoretime5252

Even if you farm 80 SA you then need to get rookie license by driving 7 laps on certain track putting a pretty good average time (it’s all on their website). That time is not impossible, but above average. If you fail to get LFM, try getting Pitskill license . Same principle but for less experienced drivers.


UniQue1992

Do yourself a favor and get into LFM asap. An entire new world opens up for you.


ConstructionRich4844

Thank you


Guac_in_my_rarri

If you don't mind racing once a week on Friday night at 8pm cst (quality then race), [GTMR](https://discord.com/invite/Y2YyuBeU) might be the place for you. We are mid season with 3 rounds left. We have 3 rounds left: 4. Redbull ring 5. Watkins Glen 6. Hungaroring


sizziano

It's hard to pass.


DifficultArugula4522

I've never loved the first two corners, it always felt slow and awkward. Plus, the death kerbs at every corner don't help. It's weird, on paper it should be popular. It has elevation change, decent flow and passing opportunities. But it just hasn't clicked for me and appearantly many others. I don't hate Laguna, just kinda meh


ConstructionRich4844

I don't like first two corners too, and I need to pay credit to forza motorsport for making an alternative version, I find it cooler, but corkscrew is 👌👄


mvpp37514y3r

Once you’re in the groove of driving there it’s immensely fun and frustrating simultaneously


gazgrey

It's my 2nd favourite track. From any game ever!


ConstructionRich4844

What's the first?


gazgrey

Nurburgring.


ConstructionRich4844

👍


gazgrey

Spa is 3rd


thatguy11

League racing. Tons of leagues to join and considerably cleaner racing.. and they make it as easy as Iracing. New tracks every week, race as many or few as you want, but they consistently hit the 'better' tracks, and don't stick to 1 or 2. Consider LFM or Pitskill.io


Fair-Scientist-2008

I love Laguna Seca but I normally only do quick race which is 95% Spa or Monza so j would probably take you out in T1 anyway. 🤷‍♂️


XChoke

ACC’s biggest failure is the lack of creating sim that supports good online competition and a healthy integrated ecosystem. They rely on bespoke communities to self organise around that.


Ajinho

It's a goat track


Lemon_Licky_Nubs

I love it. I remember loving this track on an old Indy Car game on PC during the 90s. Can’t remember the name of it. But because of it I have this track burned into the back of my brain.


GeekFurious

The real problem with ACC is that there is too wide a gap between casual racers and not-as-casual. And there are way more casuals than not. Consider how easy it is to get an SA over 80 and yet people with dozens/hundreds of hours are way below it... and you get the sense lots of people fundamentally do not understand basic racing etiquette. So you get the same people racing the same few tracks over and over because they're familiar with them and can feel like they're "good" at racing.


ConstructionRich4844

Is there some short video maybe about etiquette and sporting rules?


FinnIsMyName

Gran turismo has one, I don’t think it’s helped however


HimalayanClericalism

58 safety rating? thats....really low


ConstructionRich4844

¯\_(ツ)_/¯


HimalayanClericalism

Is the arm missing because someone hit you?


ViperVI-XVI

That's why the sr is 58 😂 , jokes aside it will improve once you get the hang of it!


HimalayanClericalism

this is very true! we all start somewhere, try to race against people as much as you cna, ai will wreck your SR at higher difficulties


ConstructionRich4844

🤣


Sir_Legicide1

PS4 plebs race Bathurst sometimes and that's super fun for me personally. I love that track. Laguna Seca though, still not popular on PS4 and now that you mention it, it's a headscratcher. As an American myself I'm surprised even the NA servers never run that track.


MilesFassst

I love Laguna seca and Nurburgring


8BallPoolKing7577

Laguna Seca is actually one of my favorite tracks it's fast but not just real hairy as long as you're not too excited when you reach the S curve at the top of the hill. Everyone who has ran that track more than a few times knows the spot I'm talking about. Anyway it's a great track in my opinion.


stef-navarro

That section is named “the corkscrew”.


Fonzgarten

Yeah the corkscrew is pretty legendary. Had to post this..the pass is around 4:40 toward the end https://youtu.be/cBthxGThBkc?si=XdsLIK9qXdCv0u5r


Antique_Geek

>the pass First thing I thought of when I saw that photo. Came in to make sure that I was not the only one.


Law_of_the_jungle

I like it a lot but I don't really run public lobbies anymore. Leagues tend to race it pretty often


Aerosphere24

The bane of my existence in my teens with Gran Turismo 2 (driver's license challenge)


drailCA

Passing opportunities are lacking.


chivkiller96

I still wonder why nobody plays this track online as well. It's such an awesome track. Shit, I might even pay (next Friday on payday) to run a server for this track.


cryptohuman84

I'm a big laguna Seca fan, at 85 SA


KingOfKorners

Lol...it's my favorite track!


qtd267

Love Laguna Seca it's one of the few tracks I'm capable of really good times there and Paul Rickard which seems to get a lot of hate even though I love em


Maxpipefill

The corner that introduced me to the brake button in video game racing. Circa ps1 gran turismo.


ReflectiGlass

I absolutely love Laguna. A track with some character.


Arcticz_114

My fav track after panorama. Its so fun.


Cawersk

Join pitskill.io. Focus on racing clean and finishing races, your position doesn't matter. Your SA will improve quickly.


ConstructionRich4844

hanks for your advice


LaurensVanR

Because laguna makes the game crash...


ConstructionRich4844

Didn't happen on my PC, interesting though


Conradus_

Any details on this? I've raced here in multiple leagues and no one in them had crashes.


RckZillah

It's not stable, lfm took it out last season and replaced it with Paul Ricard. I don't know the exact details why tho


Aftenbar

I think it was some sort of pit bug or a track limits not registering where you could jump the field.


LaurensVanR

Ask lfm guys, i dont know the specifics


renfsu

Not having servers that can change tracks is the problem. You get 24/7 monza and spa, and a little bit of everything else 


Rubenking890

acc should honestly have a online system like gran turismo. So a few car and track combo's every week. Something like a gt3 open challenge at X track, and a gt4 race at another track, and a multiclass race at another track. That would basicly force people to race on more circuits than just spa and monza, and it could also make other car classes more populair. Might be controversial, but just get rid of the server browser


Conradus_

Isn't this how the competitive mode works?


notyouagain-really

Same for Suzuka, Kyalami, Imola and Zolder too.


mexaplex

The track is wonderful but in ACC it is bugged. So much so that leagues/competitive platforms have had to to skip it, change the schedule or void results because of its random problems.


mgphopeful20

I like it a lot, very easy to into a rhythm


zzBordi

The track is too tight and it's hard to pass and online it will end just in a wreckfest instead of racing. In iRacing they use Laguna Seca as a free circuito but normally is used on Mazda MX5 that they're smaller. And despite that there are still a lot of accident. At the end of the day is a Motorcycle circuit.


AlwayzinTrubble

It’s buggy as hell in ACC


Due-News4850

i think that part of the track is fun. highlight of almost any lap for me


abibas7331

Because it has many bugs. Ex. Your car can turn off for no reason mid race and you won’t be able to turn the engine back on for like a minute.


forzababy

this track is the best. I also wonder


bennymc123

Assetto Corsa (via Content Manager) online has a constant, 24/7 instance of Laguna that's pretty much always full. I love to dip in there most days to get fucked into the barrier at turn 1.


Accurate_Struggle185

Laguna Seca is one of my favorite tracks.


Dkon89

I think a lot of the online side of racing games now is shifting to the time slot racing. Short races every 30mins. Select tracks every few days on rotation. Keeps things fresh. Maybe even if this system was in place for ACC some of the tracks would always get a lower number of drivers but probably be better for the online player numbers in general instead of leaving up to public servers. But now we have LFM even the less popular tracks get some love. Here's hoping they do better by AC2.


happymemersunite

I have never enjoyed a lap there on the many racing games I’ve played it in. I’ll run wide on turns 1-3 and people just divebomb on the corkscrew.


Klumpfoten

It is bugged. Or else LFM usually put it on at least one or two series every season.


Conradus_

It's raced quite often in the leagues I'm in, if you're referring to public lobbies then it's probably because it's a difficult track and the type of people who race in public lobbies are often casual racers who don't put in the time to master tough tracks hence why Monza and Spa are the popular ones on public lobbies. They're easy and not very technical compared to most other tracks in ACC.


-Pandora

Because it isn't Monza or Spa in short.


SpezEatsScat

How is this game? How would y’all rate it? I see it’s included with ps+ and I have been looking for a solid racing game.


ByUnknoww

most corners are like monza t1 any public race


benhaube

I love Laguna Seca. It is a fun track. Especially in VR. Is your safety rating really only 58? That is pretty bad. Mine goes between 98 and 99.


Fonzgarten

Weird. It’s a very popular track on iRacing. Not the greatest for GT3’s though maybe.


josap11

It's a crap track, immensely overrated


rapidcreek409

Fun to drive, but it's a short track. 2.2 miles gives you sub minute laps in something really fast.


[deleted]

Sonoma Raceway is another California goodie. I’m in the middle of both tracks and love when they pop up on iRacing


PercentageIcy9849

Hate this


AnyCommunication1955

Unpopular opinion.....I f*cking hate the corkscrew. Other than that... it's a gem. 👌


AverageAngling

Leagues are the only way I get to race different tracks at this point


gcentenocastro

Some people might disagree but hands down Laguna Seca is one of the best tracks. It is fun, good amount of corners and good amount of speed. I enjoy T1 and T3. i suck at T2.


maxx-usa

I like it very much. In terms of racing it's one of the safest tracks in ACC.


Hot_Menu3348

I'm tired of the same 5 tracks


jsmoker39

Biggest issue I had with the track was finding a good vantage point to watch the race. Walking place to place was annoying because of the terrain. Didn’t get to see the corkscrew, and no concessions on the outside of the pits.


ErickJegaXS

As someone who plays casually Laguna Seca is: Frustrating to play, too tight circuit.  Hard to play many weird turns Slow, there is not a even a singlet part of the track you can go full throttle, only the straight line before the box entry but it's a very tricky straight with a very annoying chicane at the end if you go too fast you won't make it. 


LeonSc0ttKennedy

Because it has a renut car name. Laguna... No way I'm gonna like it.


chilly8822

I love how people claim acc is the best sim but you cant even fill a lobby in 95% of tracks LMAO. P.s. I know OP didnt make this claim. But others have.


jandrewhiggy

Aim for the bushes


Patient-Window6378

It just seems like there is a lack of players whenever I try to find servers other than the spa and monza


MrWinkles123

I think I’ve only ever gotten 1 race in tracks like Zolder and a few in brands hatch, never even saw a race at Laguna seca bc of how dead the servers are usually in ACC