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Why Clean Driving Can Make You Win More Multiplayer Races
You have probably done this: lead the whole race, get bumped once at the final corner, panic-brake, and watch three cars...
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The Best Suspension Setup for Better Handling in Racing Games
I was three corners from the end of a wet lap at Spa, and my car was fighting me the whole way. Every curb sent it bounc...
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How Tire Choice Can Completely Change Your Racing Performance
You can spend an hour tweaking gear ratios and still lose three seconds a lap to the guy running the right rubber. Tires...
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10 Car Tuning Mistakes That Ruin Your Performance
You spend three hours in the garage menu, swap the turbo, drop the suspension, slap on the biggest wing the game will le...
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How to Build the Perfect All-Round Racing Car
Every racing game punishes specialists. You spend an hour building a monster that dominates one long straight, then the...
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Top Speed vs Acceleration: Which Upgrade Actually Wins Races?
You have enough credits for one meaningful upgrade. The tuning menu is open. Two numbers stare back at you: top speed an...
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The Secret Behind Faster Acceleration in Racing Games
You mash the throttle, the engine screams, and the car crawls off the line like it is stuck in wet cement. Meanwhile the...
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10 Smart Ways to Defend Your Position in Racing Games
You are two corners from the finish, P1, and then you take the widest line of your life. Sound familiar? Defending a pos...
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How to Overtake Opponents Without Losing Speed
Overtaking looks easy when someone else does it. They pull alongside, the gap opens, they're gone. When you try it,...
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How to Beat Faster Cars With Better Driving Skills
A faster car should win. That is the whole point of spending credits, cash, or real money on it. But it does not always...
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The Ultimate Guide to Drafting and Slipstreaming in Racing Games
I lost a race last Tuesday by 0.038 seconds. I know the exact gap because the results screen refused to let me look away...
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How Pro Players Stay Fast Without Crashing
Speed is easy. Anyone can mash the throttle and set a decent sector time once. Staying fast for twenty laps without bury...
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10 Racing Game Habits That Separate Beginners From Pros
You have probably felt it: you nail a lap, you feel fast, then the ghost of some stranger beats you by two seconds and y...
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Why You Keep Losing in Racing Games and How to Fix It
You know the feeling. Three laps in, you're right on the leader's bumper, then one corner goes wrong and you w...
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How to Learn Any Racing Track Like a Professional Driver
You can learn a new racing track well enough to be quick and consistent in roughly 30 to 60 minutes of focused practice....
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How to Find Secret Routes in Open-World Racing Games
Open world racing games hide their best roads in plain sight. The map screen shows you the highway, the race routes, may...
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15 Hidden Shortcuts That Can Change Your Entire Race
You have probably lost a race you should have won. Not because the other driver was faster, but because they knew a line...
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When Should You Use Nitro in Racing Games?
You are half a lap from the finish, boost bar still full, and you cross the line in second. Again. The nitro was right t...
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The Best Way to Use Nitrous for Maximum Speed
The finish line was about four hundred metres away when I hit the button, and the car immediately spun into the barrier....
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How to Recover After a Crash and Still Win the Race
You just clipped the barrier. Or got punted into the gravel by someone who brakes like they're mad at the pedals. E...
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10 Advanced Racing Techniques Beginners Should Learn Early
I was three corners from the finish at Monza, half a second ahead of a guy who had been breathing down my neck for two l...
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