Part I
Building your foundation
Knowing your car, using the whole track, the phases of a corner, sound and vision.
The Sim Racer's Training Manual
Proven drills to get faster
Most sim racers don't lack practice. They lack the right practice: without targeted drills, extra laps build habits, and often the wrong ones.
The Sim Racer's Training Manual is a practical drill book by sim racing coach Marian Barbieru. Every drill isolates one skill that fast drivers master, with the car, the track and the exact exercise to run, so you can take it straight into your next session.
- 80 pages
- 27 drills
- 8 languages
$19.99
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Why this manual exists
Over the last 5 years, I've coached sim racers from complete beginners turning their first laps in the Mazda MX-5, to competitive drivers chasing those last tenths in GT3s or Formula cars and even some real-life drivers.
The issue most of those people had wasn't that they weren't practicing enough. They struggled because they didn't know what to practice or how to practice it.
That's why I built this manual.
By the time you complete this manual, you'll know:
- How to feel the car and improve your feel for the car
- How to brake at the grip limit
- How to know if you carry the right amount of speed in the corners
- How to build consistency and confidence
- How to race wheel-to-wheel safely and intelligently
For beginners who want to learn faster and intermediate drivers who want to close the gaps holding them back.
Four parts, 22 chapters
Part II
Precision control
Throttle and brake accuracy, threshold braking, trail braking, pedal discipline and smooth inputs.
Part III
Car balance & racecraft
Understeer, oversteer, driving the limit, overtaking and defending.
Part IV
Advanced driving habits
Light hands, fuel saving, replay analysis and catching spins.
Every drill, laid out step by step
Understanding corner phases 
Trail-braking & steering with brakes 
Oversteer
Get faster with every session
80 pages · 27 drills · 8 languages · PDF
$19.99
Buy the manual