Sponsored No More Setup Work: Coach Dave Delta Gets You On Track with a Single Click

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Even for experienced sim racers, setup work can sometimes be overwhelming and time-consuming. Fiddling with countless adjustments for hours is a thing of the past with Coach Dave Delta: The tool ensures you are out on track in seconds without having to worry about damper rates or tire pressures in Assetto Corsa Competizione – and now in iRacing, too.

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Being competitive in sim racing does not exclusively boil down to setups, but a quick baseline can help a racer’s confidence immensely. Coach Dave Academy offers setups to combat this already, but downloading and installing the fitting ones with each update to the simulation of your choice can be a hassle.

To get racers out on track faster, Coach Dave Delta takes care of this automatically: The tool recognizes when a session is running and immediately installs a selection of fitting setups so they can load them once they are in the in-game garage. This way, the need to search for new setups every time a sim has been updated or adjusting them for different track temperatures, for example, is completely eliminated.

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Focus on Driving, Not Engineering​

Delta acts like a sim racer’s personal engineering team – all they need to do is get in the car and drive. This also levels the playing field for those who do not know how to setup their cars, as well as those who simply do not want to invest a lot of time into setup work. Simply launch a session and the setups are automatically ready for use.

Coach David Perel himself appreciates this capability immensely: “Using Delta in my league races had made my time racing so much more enjoyable as I don’t have to spend a second thinking about setups. In the case of ACC, the setups are loaded with the tire pressures automatically adjusted”, states the professional GT3 racer. “I don’t know about you, but I never want to deal with managing tire pressures, and Delta solves this.” For iRacing, tire pressure adjustments are not part of Delta, but all the other advantages are included as well.​

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More Than Setups​

The tool’s setup database is continuously updated so drivers always have setups for the most recent versions of ACC and iRacing at their disposal. “Our setups are quick, but still drivable”, says Perel. Racers can configure exactly what is installed to fit their needs, and Delta also comes with telemetry, replay files and hot lap videos to compare their own laps to and improve their driving.

Along with the newly-added iRacing support, a brand-new UI design has launched for Delta. Subscribers of Coach Dave Academy have free access to the tool, so the days of downloading setup packs and manually unpacking them into the correct folder for ACC or iRacing are over – a single click in Delta is enough to go racing without having to worry about setups.

For more details, head to the Coach Dave Delta website where you can also find out what else is planned for the tool in the future, as well as pricing info.

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Yannik Haustein
Lifelong motorsport enthusiast and sim racing aficionado, walking racing history encyclopedia.

Sim racing editor, streamer and one half of the SimRacing Buddies podcast (warning, German!).

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Until recently I didn't realise how much I valued the set up side of sim racing...

It's half of the reason I enjoyed hotlapping in AMS2 before 1.5 and the super grip emerged...

Now that I don't have to change the set up for any sort of traction zone issues I am just not finding the joy that I did find when the car was bad and needed me to think about what I was doing with the set up...

Putting maximum wing on the front and minimum wing on the rear should produce a car that you can't drive when that car has 1000nm of torque... But nope... Worse case scenario is a slight drift...

Luckily there are more challenging options on the market where set ups are still needed...

Whilst something like this is great for those who need to learn how to make their own set ups, it's not something that I would use outside of running late for a league race and needing something quick...
 
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I’ve never tried this. Does the service significantly improve lap times if you only know the minimal about setups?
 
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I’ve never tried this. Does the service significantly improve lap times if you only know the minimal about setups?
In some cases if the default setup is not good then you could get an advantage from it. I know that in iracing you get many and I can use one of the defaults and either be top of the session or close to it. Sometimes they dont have one specific for a track and you can choose something like /low/medium/high downforce from premade setups - you may have to experiment if low is better than medium etc. Another option is choose a default setup from a tack that is similar and does exist.

Personally I don't bother with my own setups, but id ont pay for them either. At least for iracing they seem to be competitive and most of us understand that the setup isnt what makes you win and if you are at a good enough level you will understand when a setup is holding you back and can deal with it then.
 
This site is almost becoming some "Check these 10 things celebrities and fruits have in common" in terms of ads and now these sponsored articles (at least on mobile). Maybe thats needed in the current ad revenue environment i dont know.

Here is a tip from those types of sites: always disable comments under sponsored articles :)
 
To me sim garage work is a great deal of the enjoyment within sim racing.

I don't wan't someone to take my Heureka moments from me.

And for now plus quarter of a century I still don't get people copying/downloading other simmers car setups. It's like a stealing discipline for toddlers to me.

Even when I simraced competitively with prize money or for real racing gifts I could not take this stealing-from-each-other competition. I preferred by FAR ending up a bit further back doing my own experiences - huge gifts in itself.

And today I still don't wan't an explainer from the explainer-generation to tell me how to improve my setups. I get totally sick of this POV.

Nothing - like NOTHING - beats when going through your very own time consuming struggles and suddenly experiences you did everything right, both speaking qual setups, sprint race setups, grand prix distance setups, endurance setups and pit garage strategies for grand prix distances, endurance racing, often in changing weather situations.

Compared to these very stimulating and joyful outcomes, I certainly don't wanna leave all those joyful moments in the hands of somebody else. Leave that kind to the toddlers.

Getting It right by yourself is a wonderful opportunity that simracing is able to deliver.
 
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LOL, no.

I'm not paying for setups. Ever.

A setup made for somebody else might be totally undriveable for me.

That and if I suck at racing, paid setups aren't going to make me not suck. Finishing last a second faster than the last time I finished last, isn't going to sell me on paying for setups.
 
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Im going to say something different from what others have said. I pay for premium. Why am I seeing this article that is clearly just an advert (As it says sponsored)?
It's clearly marked as "sponsored" so if you do not like to see a sponsored post you can safely and simply ignore it. Secondly to be factually correct by going premium you've paid to not see any banner advertisements which this isn't, it's a sponsored post that is clearly labeled as such.
 
It's a computer GAME, not a sport, no matter how hard we all pretend.
Merriam Webster's definitions:

game
a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other

sport
a source of diversion : recreation
c (1): physical activity engaged in for pleasure
(2): a particular activity (such as an athletic game) so engaged in

Simracing satisfies both the definitions. So then it is a sport that happens over the platform of a computer racing game. It may seem counter intuitive but chess is also a Olympic sport, it's just a mental sport not an athletic one.

Now if we are talking about our personal takes:
In my opinion in the very moment that a competition becomes a championship you have a sport. E-sports are a thing, it is 2023 we already had video games competitions in the 80's, I don't understand the cringing and social stigma that people still keep feeling about it.

Winning a top simracing leage takes training, technification, precission, skill, mental strenght and quick decission making, like in any other traditional sport ever, it's simply not an athletic sport.
 
LOL, no.

I'm not paying for setups. Ever.

A setup made for somebody else might be totally undriveable for me.

That and if I suck at racing, paid setups aren't going to make me not suck. Finishing last a second faster than the last time I finished last, isn't going to sell me on paying for setups.
You have a point. Also what is the point of copy a setup?, I can understand to test one setup from another person skilled with setup work from time to time in order to test if you have lost your track with your own setup work.

It happens, no matter how good you are setting up at some point you go too far, sometimes so far that you can no longer go back to a point that satisfies you. But that's one thing and another to simply copy-paste the setup work of others without even trying yourself to work out a setup.

Even if the copied setups work like magic and you start winning races it wasn't your own work and effort that put you there, there is no complete satisfaction from it, and a simple game patch is going to take away your competitivity unless you pay again to copy-paste.

I think that at this point with people selling setups, the simulator developers should make possible for league organizers and server managers to create servers with locked setups enforced. That way nobody has to pay twice for a simulator: one for purchasing the game, and another to a random person to purchase setups.

And also, that way the people that enjoy crafting and driving custom made setups made for themselves can also have a chance to race against other setup creators instead of an army of copy cats.
 
Everyone looking for a quick fix.

First learn how to drive. If you have inherent flaws in your driving, not one setup is going to make a difference. You have to understand what a car is doing the way YOU drive before you start tinkering with various options.

Get a telemetry application and see what you are doing. At that point you can get information on what effect the various options on the car does can create your own setups for you.

But first admit your driving sucks.
 
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Merriam Webster's definitions:

game
a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other

sport
a source of diversion : recreation
c (1): physical activity engaged in for pleasure
(2): a particular activity (such as an athletic game) so engaged in

Simracing satisfies both the definitions. So then it is a sport that happens over the platform of a computer racing game. It may seem counter intuitive but chess is also a Olympic sport, it's just a mental sport not an athletic one.

Now if we are talking about our personal takes:
In my opinion in the very moment that a competition becomes a championship you have a sport. E-sports are a thing, it is 2023 we already had video games competitions in the 80's, I don't understand the cringing and social stigma that people still keep feeling about it.

Winning a top simracing leage takes training, technification, precission, skill, mental strenght and quick decission making, like in any other traditional sport ever, it's simply not an athletic sport.
Thanks for the correction, it is a sport, and as an e-athlete I need to jump off to do some carb loading before the match.
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the next post may be a bit hard on the sarcasm, parential guidance recommended


You don´t feel like paying for making your hobby more succesful or easier/less time consuming, that´s ok, its a free internet:cool:
But please don´t hate on it, not everybody here has time and expertise to build his own computer, pedals, wheelbase and monitors/headset. Come think of it, they may even be to dumb to bake their own bread.:cry:

Building setups is a chore I don´t enjoy,but for AC and our obscure mod tracks and cars there´s no help available. Also I still havn´t understood AC´s tire model, my records for my track car show strongly different reactions to suspension and tire setting changes than the AC "cars" :cautious:

As for telemetry, unless you are a race engineer, the most valuable resource namely a fast lap data set is not readily available.
Oh wait, this scoundrel Dave has the impunity to develop this resource and even more egregious, he dares to sell it.:O_o:

But you´re right with rest, no top competitor ever saw the need to pay for coaching or someone knowledgeable to improve his equipment ;) All he needed was to watch a Youtube video or some free software.

Of course you can change my mind and make value the community more strongly if some could post a data set for the BTCC BMW 320i at Bathurst (RD Server 8, I believe)
I´d need it in the next 12h so I can find the 3sec my "friends" are faster:cry:
 
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WARNING:
the next post may be a bit hard on the sarcasm, parential guidance recommended


You don´t feel like paying for making your hobby more succesful or easier/less time consuming, that´s ok, its a free internet:cool:
But please don´t hate on it, not everybody here has time and expertise to build his own computer, pedals, wheelbase and monitors/headset. Come think of it, they may even be to dumb to bake their own bread.:cry:

Building setups is a chore I don´t enjoy,but for AC and our obscure mod tracks and cars there´s no help available. Also I still havn´t understood AC´s tire model, my records for my track car show strongly different reactions to suspension and tire setting changes than the AC "cars" :cautious:

As for telemetry, unless you are a race engineer, the most valuable resource namely a fast lap data set is not readily available.
Oh wait, this scoundrel Dave has the impunity to develop this resource and even more egregious, he dares to sell it.:O_o:

But you´re right with rest, no top competitor ever saw the need to pay for coaching or someone knowledgeable to improve his equipment ;) All he needed was to watch a Youtube video or some free software.

Of course you can change my mind and make value the community more strongly if some could post a data set for the BTCC BMW 320i at Bathurst (RD Server 8, I believe)
I´d need it in the next 12h so I can find the 3sec my "friends" are faster:cry:

Reminds me of a poem by nigel mansell.

You must spend time with the mountain.
Control the momentum of the car down the hill, gentle on the brake.

Gentle lifts off the throttle, just enough for the engines note maintain.
Feel how the car's pitches and rolls are coursed by the track, shifting car's rake.

Assertive in where you to place the car, but ultimately you can't control the hills grain.
Full focus needed until a state of flow is entered, subscribing to dave, does not a mountaineer make.



 

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