Anyone else race Assetto Corsa on keyboard? How do you actually improve without wheel-centric advice?
Okay so I know this is probably going to get a "just buy a wheel" reply but hear me out first.
I've been playing Assetto Corsa for about 6 months on my laptop. Arrow keys. No wheel, no controller. And I'm actually not terrible — been grinding the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Red Bull Ring, got myself down to a 1:35.388 in a full 22-car race against 95% AI. Started around 1:35.9 so something is working.
But here's what bothers me.
Every time I try to learn something — YouTube, Reddit, Discord — it's all written for wheel users. Trail braking feel. Brake pressure modulation. FFB feedback. I'm sitting here with arrow keys trying to mentally translate all of it and half the time it just doesn't apply.
So I've been mostly doing it alone. Watching my own replays. Thinking about where I'm braking, what my lines look like. Slowly chipping away.
It works. But I genuinely have no idea if I'm focusing on the right things or just stumbling into improvement randomly.
Anyone else in this situation? How do you figure out what to actually work on after a session? Do you have any kind of system or is it just vibes?
Curious if there are more of us out here.