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Screen to Speed No.1: Breaking Barriers in Sim Racing & Motorsport · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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Welcome to screen to speed powered by INIT eSports.
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In this podcast, we dive into the journeys of remarkable individuals,
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making waves in sim racing and bridging the virtual with the real,
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from the thrill of digital circuits to the roar of real life racetracks.
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We explore the passion.
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Dedication and innovation that drives the world of motorsports.
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We'll hear from athletes, creators, and pioneers sharing their stories,
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insights, and the powerful ways sim racing is connecting communities and
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creating pathways into motorsports.
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So buckle up, Screen to Speed starts now.
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Hello everyone and welcome.
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Welcome to the first episode of init talks and I'm else, and I'll
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be your host for this init talks.
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It's very nice to have you all here today.
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And Sean Antonia, I see that you just following us on Twitch.
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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Enjoy your time here.
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And yeah, so this is a new program.
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On init esports, normally we are broadcasting a race like the screen
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to speed, for example, right?
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And now we are going to have this kind of talk show, or should I say a podcast?
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So yeah, every week we will be interviewing a female in
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sim racing or motorsports.
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Well, basically everyone who has patience in, um, in motor sport and
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sim racing, so happy to have this.
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And please welcome our first guest of today.
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The InnoTalk episode one Yvonne, hi.
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Hello everyone.
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Happy to be here for the first InnoTalks.
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Right.
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How are you doing today, Yvonne?
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I'm okay.
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And how are you?
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I'm doing good.
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I mean, I'm nervous for this talk, but I'm so excited, like it's finally happening.
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I always wanted to have this kind of show on any channel
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and we are making it happen.
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And guess what, guys, if you haven't follow us on social media, you should
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follow us on social media at init esports.
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Because we literally just announced a big announcement on social media.
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It's like the biggest thing ever for init esports.
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So yeah, basically we are we just announced the dream team By init esports
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and Yvonne is a part of the dream team.
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Congratulations Yvonne Thank you, and thank you for being part of this.
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I'll be driving the Screen2Speed Dream Team, Accelerated by Male,
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uh, together with Seradov, Nina Ham, and And Victoria Mello.
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I'm really looking forward to this.
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This will be the VCO infinity.
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Oh God, that will be so awesome.
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I mean, competing in VCO, I mean, I feel like it's like everyone's dream
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to compete there in high level of competition and congratulation for
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making your way to the dream team.
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I'm so looking forward to have you, to see how you're doing in the race.
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But before we talk about the VCO and Dream Team and more, uh, why don't you introduce
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yourself to the audience, Yvonne?
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Yes.
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Well, I'm Yvonne Aufflaer, 30 years old, originally from the
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Netherlands, but living in Austria now.
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And, uh, I am, uh, the community manager from Energy Sports.
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I'm also a disabled sim racer and a racing driver.
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I'm Um, yes, it is.
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Right, right.
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So I feel like you're doing a lot of things like you're sim racing.
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You are racing in real life and also you are the community
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manager of Innit Esports.
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That sounds like a lot of job to do.
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Don't you think so?
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It is, but I have the passion for it.
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So if you have the passion for it, it doesn't feel like working.
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Right.
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That's great.
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Yes.
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Right.
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Right.
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And before, before we talk more about this, um, would
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you mind to explain it to us?
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Like how did you get into motorsport or sim racing?
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Well, I was a little girl, seven years old.
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I was already watching Formula One with my dad.
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And we were on holiday in the south of France.
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And there was a go karting track, an outdoor one.
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And I said to my parents, I said, Oh, this is cool.
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I want to do this.
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So I went there and went some go karting.
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And, uh, yeah, I loved it and, uh, Emily's one as well.
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So back in Holland, we were looking for a go karting club and,
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uh, that's where it all started.
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Right.
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So you went to this, you, uh, you, you're watching this Formula One race with your
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dad and you were like, I want to race too.
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Yes.
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And you started finding a karting club?
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Yes.
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Yeah, and Zootermeer.
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Uh, it's now, uh, way more improved than it was back then, which is great to see,
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because I keep following them still.
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And, uh, they are coaching youth to get better and to go
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karting and, uh, go to races.
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It started with indoor, now it's also outdoor.
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Yeah, it's great.
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Right.
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So speaking about karting, cause sometimes I ask my friend, the real driver,
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like, how do you get into motorsport?
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How do you get into real racing?
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And they always recommend you to start from karting.
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Yes.
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It's good to learn.
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It's like the start of everything.
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It doesn't have to be, but most are starting with karting, because
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you can learn very well the basic, and it's still expensive, but a bit
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less expensive than a motor racer.
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So, um, Yeah, especially when you're younger, like I was seven years old, uh,
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from sim racing I never heard back then.
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Right.
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So, uh, for me, go karting was the first step, uh, into this.
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And, uh, when I was fifteen years old, I, uh, got my racing license.
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Oh, wow.
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When you're 15, when you were 15, you already got your racing license.
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Yes, I wasn't allowed to drive on the road, but I could drive on the circuit.
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Yeah, I heard about that from some of my friends.
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Like, they started go karting from a very young age.
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And all of them saying that, yeah, I didn't have my race, uh, driving license
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back then, but I can race in the tracks.
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So you're saying that if you want to be a racer, you can start from
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the young age and you don't really need to worry about driving license
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because driving license and racing license are two different things.
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Yes, it is.
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Right.
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And you're mentioning before that, uh, you started from indoor karting,
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then go to the outdoor karting.
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Is it like everyone should start from the indoor karting or they
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can just straight to the outdoor?
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Yeah.
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You can also start from the outdoor, but I found a nice, uh, club to learn
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and I wanted to learn and I wanted to get better and I wanted to win a lot.
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So that's where I started and grew from there.
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Right, right.
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And what's the difference that you, that you see between, uh,
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indoor karting and outdoor karting?
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Is it like much of a difference?
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Um, The level is higher outdoor.
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So I was very happy when I came from Indore that I could build up
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the experience, the learning curve.
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I knew everything I needed to do.
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I knew all about racing lines, uh, in the weather because it's like
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to rain here in the Netherlands.
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So we drove in a lot of rain.
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Uh, I knew exactly what to do, uh, with the cards, with the setups, uh, and so on.
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So, it's very good to learn the basics for me, indoor, and then
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make the step outdoor with another team, and, uh, go further there.
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Uh, now I, no.
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Or now I can tell the difference, like, yeah.
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I mean, if you're doing an outdoor car thing, you have to deal with
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the weather, the changing weather.
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When, meanwhile, when indoor, you can focus on learning
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how to drive, how to race.
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Yes.
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And most of the times outdoor is going a lot quicker as well.
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Or, uh, the indoc cots are usually slower than an outdoor cot.
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Mm-Hmm.
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. Right.
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So, for everyone here watching the INIT Talks, we just
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learned something new today.
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So, if you want to get into rail racing, you can start from indoor karting.
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So, it's like the best way to learn.
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Like, it's a great way.
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It is the best way.
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Everyone does what they prefer.
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But I really like the option to learn and be prepared because I like to be prepared.
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Mm hmm.
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And then Go to the other track and go from there.
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Right.
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And now down to the next question.
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You're talking about karting.
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It's, it's something that we are doing in real life.
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We're not playing games in karting, right?
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No.
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And now that you are also doing a lot of race in the sim, Can you
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tell, like, what's the difference?
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Like the first thing that you notice, okay.
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It's the, it's so different between sim and real racing.
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So yes.
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I don't think it's good.
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There are sim racing now, because back then when I was seven, we never heard
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about sim racing and maybe there was something on a console or something,
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but not like iRacing or a set of calls.
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I can teach on a ground.
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So this was Ava.
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Uh, And so on and it's a lot cheaper than carting.
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That's for sure.
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And especially with a playstation you plug it in the tv You can sit on a chair
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or in the couch and you can sit with a controller and you can already race
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So there isn't much needed if you Want to do some sim racing on the console.
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The pc is a little bit more expensive but still is nothing compared to Go
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karting and it's a good preparation because I can learn the tracks For
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racing in the same so I know how the track goes and then I go to the the in
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real life track Then you already know.
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Okay, the Sun is going right is going left That's the turning point and it
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can be a little bit different in a racing car But at least you know how the
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track goes so it makes it easier Right.
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Cause, um, I live very close to Sonoma Raceway, and I race
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a lot in that track on the sim.
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And when I went there, when I went to the track, I arrived at the track.
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I can actually tell that, okay, that's my breaking point in the games.
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I see that sign, I need to brake right there.
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And for me, like, by looking at it, between sim and real
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life, it looks similar.
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Yes.
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Like, you can actually learn the track from the sim.
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You don't need to spend a lot of money doing a track test, track day, whatsoever.
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You can learn that from the sim, right?
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Yes.
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So, simulator giving you a really big access to real racing.
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Yes.
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And I wish I had it back then, because the first time I drove at Sunforce,
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But they have a different layout there, like the national track, the GP track.
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It was before some sports cars rebuilt for the F1s, that was way before then.
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But then we came for another track day, and I didn't have the simulator.
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So I didn't know all the other layouts.
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And we go on the track, and I had a coach next to me.
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And we didn't know, and he didn't know either, that there was a
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chicane built, and there was gravel.
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So So I came there way too quick, and I was like, oh no, this is not good.
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But I knew if I would break, I'm stuck in the gravel, I can't go
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anywhere, and it was just a little bit.
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I think 10 meters or something.
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So I just floored the throttle in, and then fingers crossed I'd come out.
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And we came out, so we were lucky there.
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But if I had a simulator back then, I would have known.
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Right.
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Yes.
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Right, right.
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So back in the day, you don't have irising or any kind of simulator?
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No.
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How did you learn the track back then?
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Uh, YouTube watching a video.
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Mm-Hmm.
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and, um, yeah, some draws there were draws of the track.
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Mm-Hmm.
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so you could know how it goes.
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Mm-Hmm.
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. And, uh, then just go on the trek and, uh, see how it goes.
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Basically.
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That sounds like a challenge, because I just started doing sim racing,
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like I just four years into it.
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And when I got into sim racing, we already have iRacing.
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It's so easy for you to find a wheelbase of pedals.
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You can just go to Amazon and get a new set of wheels.
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It's very easy in my era, but I imagine in your era back then,
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you don't have a sim racer.
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Europe as well, yeah.
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Yeah, it must be like really, really hard.
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So do, but honestly, I really adore the, I'm not, I don't want to say the old
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razor, but razor from the older era, like when they didn't have simulator, when
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everything is still limited, like all the source are limited, learning how to
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raise can be like really, really hard.
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Like there's a lot of things you need to learn on the track.
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And I feel like you need to learn and adjust everything on the fly.
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Yes, especially back then.
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But it also made it a challenge.
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It was very cool.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Oh well, hello Yukino Suzuka!
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I remember your name.
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Ah, Mika.
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From the sprint to speed winter cup on Gran Turismo.
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Right?
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Hello.
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So you did an BMX in my younger, younger years and drivers like Alexander,
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we and Colonel Brothers, you learned the racing lines and defending
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Li defending defensive lines too.
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In BMX.
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Honestly, I've.
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BMX is super, super new to me.
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I have no context about the BMX.
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So Yukino, if you don't mind sharing your experience with that,
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feel free to share in the chat and for every one of you stay tuned.
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Don't go anywhere because after having this talk with Yvonne, you
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can ask questions like any kind of question as long it's related
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to sim racing and motorsport.
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Okay, Yvonne, let's get back into our conversation.
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Speaking of accessibility and, um, pathway to get into motorsports.
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Um, do you have any experience on that?
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Like from getting it, like how, how do you manage to make it?
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To real racing because um, you're doing some racing also.
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So if you don't mind sharing with us like, um, What are the experience you got from?
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Getting into real motorsport.
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What are the challenge in motorsport in real racing speaking
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about sponsorship and stuff?
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Well, it is a challenge I have a scoliosis which means I had a surgery,
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uh, Okay when I was 13 years old.
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So my back got fixated.
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And, um, yeah, for me it was a challenge because I can't walk very well.
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So if they see me coming, uh, you think, Oh, well, she can't even walk well.
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How is she going to drive a car?
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That's already the first thing.
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And especially when I was younger, it wasn't as much,
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um, Racing with a disability.
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It wasn't much known.
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Uh, there were a set of hand controls, but it was very expensive to drive.
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And, uh, at some point, uh, I needed to stop because, uh, because of my
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disability, it's come backwards.
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I couldn't feel what I was doing with the pedals.
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And, uh, yeah, I was just getting lost basically.
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So, uh, then I stopped and due to sim racing, I got the, The
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chance, uh, by Team Red to race with them with the hand controls.
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So, uh, I've raced on Silverstone, uh, Alton Park, uh, Anglesea, a few other
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tracks, and, um, with hand controls.
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Right.
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And, uh, They are specialized in racing with a disability as well.
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And yeah, that was a great experience.
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Unfortunately, I am now having a year of a break because my
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health has gone backwards a lot.
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So I need to recover first and, uh, see some doctors more.
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And then, uh, we'll see from there.
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Right.
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So you've got a chance to do that.
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Drive in real life, edit Silverstone.
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One of the most legendary tribe in the world.
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What a great experience.
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Oh wow.
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I'm so jealous of you now.
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I want to race in real life too.
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I'm sure you can get there.
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I'm into that.
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I'm in.
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I really hope that one day I can race in real life just following your
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path, getting into real motorsports.
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That's wow.
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Will be great.
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We will cheer you on.
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You'll be in the paddock like watching me.
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. Okay, so speaking of the real track, Silverstone and stuff,
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Alton Park, what, which one is the most memorable track for you?
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I, which, or should I say which one is your most favorite
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tracks to drive in real life?
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That's difficult.
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After 10 years, the first time I was back in a racing car
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for a test was Silverstone.
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Which was already great.
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But it's not my favorite track to race on because I really love Brent's Hatch.
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It's going up and down, blind corners, and uh, yeah, I love that.
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And Anglesea as well.
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It was beautiful.
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On one side you had the mountains, on the other side you had the lake.
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It was going up and down.
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And, uh, there was also the corkscrew was in there.
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Only just the other way around, so it was laguna.
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Uh huh.
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So, uh, yeah, it was great.
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That's like an interesting track.
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I wish we had that in iRacing.
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Like, iRacing, please, scan that track.
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I wanna see the lake and the mountains.
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Yes, it's recommended.
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Yes.
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And I remember our coach saying, Don't look too much when you
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go the first time on track.
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Only in your in lap after the practice we were allowed to look around.
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So the in lap were very slow because Um, we needed to cool the car
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down but also have a Have a look around Brands hutch is the best.
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Hello sarah.
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Oh my god, sarah and girza.
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Welcome to any talk Welcome to the first episode of any talks.
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It's very nice to have you here today Girza the winner of screen to speed
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winter cup on gran turismo the first winner on gran turismo Welcome, girza.
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Welcome.
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Welcome and sarah also agree that brands hutch is the best I think Sarah
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Hawkey is an instructor at Brands Hatch.
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Or another track.
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I'm not sure.
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She probably can tell more about it soon.
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That is really cool.
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If you are the instructor in Brands Hatch, please, when I
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go to UK, please educate me.
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Please coach me.
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It's like one of my favorite track back in the day when I was racing in ACC
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because The first corner, I feel like the first turn is very, very technical,
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like it's going downhill and the breaking point, like if you miss the
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breaking point, you will end up in the grass or not the grass, the sand kind
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of thing over there, the gravel, right?
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Why do I call it sands?
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Yeah, so Brands Hatch is very, very interesting.
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And I saw that on social media.
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I think Elisa Seville, the girl who raced in the screen to speed.
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I think she raced in, um, International Women's Day, if I'm not mistaken.
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And in the Invitational back in December 2023.
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She just had a race in Brands Hatch, I believe, in the MX 5, and wow.
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I want to see that track in real life one day.
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It is recommended, it is good.
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I'm an, I'm a super car instructor at Brands Hatch and few other tracks.
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Oh, wow.
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Sarah.
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Wow.
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That's really, really amazing.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Sarah, one thing for sure.
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I will contact you when I go to any rest track in the UK and maybe you
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can coach me next time, me and Yvonne.
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And Girza said that people who race with disabilities are a badass.
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It makes me so happy to see.
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I mean, I personally, I really adore you.
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I really adore you, Yvonne.
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Like from the very first time I met you in the more female
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racers, you were in the pro class.
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And back in the day I was in the AM class.
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So I'm still a newbie back then.
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And I really look up to you.
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Like you're fast.
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You're fast.
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Like, I really look up to you and I'm so happy that we become friends
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now and we did some race together.
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Yes, we did.
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In iRacing, yeah.
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Yeah, that's good fun.
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You are a lot quicker now than you was back then, so that's good.
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Thank you very much.
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I'm trying my best to keep on improving.
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Like, you know, honestly, I'm Every time I'm seeing the girls racing
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in the screen to speed I watch the broadcast sometimes and You can tell
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these girls are so fast and really really competitive I mean, especially
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if you look into the Winter Cup, the battle is always like full of Bianca
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and Nina like I Learned how to take a defensive line and I learned how to okay.
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That's how you do a race from that series Like wow, I want to be like you
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girls one day like Being fast compete like start in the front row and keep on
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competing like wow So if any one of you want to compete in the screen to speed
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Congratulations, we just opened the registration not like we just open it.
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We already open it since last week something like that So if you're looking
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for a competitive league for female feel free to join the screen to speed
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You can register on screen to speed.
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com and i'll see you on the track Oh my God.
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Yes, Sarah.
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Oh my God.
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And even speaking of real racing, let's talk a bit about real racing.
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Um, I did some carting back in the day in North America and I, what I
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notice, uh, the difference between simulator and real life is that when
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I'm entering the one corner, I can tell if I'm going too fast in real life.
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Meanwhile, I don't really feel that.
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in simracing is how do you what do you think about that is it like quite
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accurate or not i think it's also depending on the equipment you have
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if you have a direct drive you can feel a lot more and especially a lot
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more in the details uh of from the car what it's doing um if you don't have a
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direct drive Then you feel a lot less.
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It's, uh, you just feel like this, but you don't feel what, what the car does.
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Mm-Hmm.
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. And, uh, I think with a, a dd it comes a little bit closer to real racing, but
24:50
real racing, you can feel it with your back, uh, with your, but yeah, you can
24:55
feel it more when you sit it in and in a simulator or you have a full motion, but.
25:01
Well, I don't have a full motion.
25:02
I think most of the people don't have that.
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Yeah, true.
25:05
Um, you don't feel exactly the same what's happening in a, in real life and
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the uttering and everything that comes with, uh, it's, I think the difference
25:19
that I feel when I was like doing this carting kind of thing is that,
25:24
yeah, I can really feel on my back and on my butt when I'm going too fast.
25:28
Okay.
25:29
I can feel it like, okay, it's too fast for me.
25:31
Okay.
25:32
Or if I'm going too slow, I can feel it like, okay, I'm too slow.
25:35
I can get back on throttle like really quick.
25:38
Meanwhile, in simulator, I feel like I really need to depend on my eyes on this,
25:43
like eyes on the screen to see if I'm going too fast or if I'm going too slow.
25:49
And what I like about real racing is that you are feeling more
25:53
details than in the simulator.
25:55
Like, yeah.
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Yeah, Yukino, Road America.
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It's one of my favorite tracks in United States.
26:03
It's like one of my, one of the most beautiful place
26:07
in America is Road America.
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And Yvonne, what about you?
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What, is there any favorite tracks?
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That you like is there any tracks that you like in the simulator?
26:19
Let's talk about semen Oh in in the simulator.
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Yes bizarre I love it.
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Um now it's also my racing so i'm very excited to race at bizarro
26:33
But on ACC, I have many and many hours on that track.
26:38
You can cut everywhere and it's just a lot in the details.
26:42
And if I had the speed that I have there on that track, on every
26:47
track, that would have been amazing.
26:50
And what makes you like that track?
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Just that it flows well.
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Just when I drive it, I get in the flow and then, uh, it's, uh
27:01
Yeah, it's just a great track.
27:03
Huh, because I think for me, uh, Misano the first, uh, the first turn is like
27:09
going There's like a small chicane kind of thing like right left Yes, but you
27:15
can cut a lot and little tap on the brake in the middle cut again Yes I think
27:23
your type of favorite track is totally different than my type of favorite
27:27
track Maybe because our driving style is different Mine is Road America and Sonoma.
27:34
I thought you were going to come with a cute oval.
27:38
We are talking about the road track.
27:41
We are talking about the road track.
27:43
We will talk about the oval, maybe later.
27:48
But I really want to get back into road racing because road
27:52
racing has its own challenge.
27:54
The way you break, the way you like, I don't know.
27:57
It's just quite different for me.
27:59
And yes, it is Yep, especially because in road racing you have more corners
28:06
than when you are racing in oval I mean oval is just oval Like this, right?
28:10
Yeah, but you say it's just oval, but oval racing, there comes a lot with it.
28:16
It's still difficult with the brake and, and if you apply too much brake,
28:21
uh, the wheels just looks up and you have all kinds of flat spots and, uh,
28:26
yes, uh, then it's going to be a long stint if you need to drive a stint.
28:30
Yep.
28:31
And I like also the tactics because, um, um, yeah, I like the tactics in a race.
28:37
Uh, which side should I take, uh, the strategy, uh, when do I stop, uh,
28:44
I want to get back in the lead lap.
28:46
That was really invitational.
28:47
I was getting the lap back, so I came back into the race and, uh, yeah, it's
28:56
what I like about, um, overall racing is, uh, totally different than road racing.
29:03
I feel like oval is like a different world than road racing.
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Yes.
29:08
Like the way you drive and you really depend on the draft and the way you make a
29:13
pass is totally different than when you're trying to make a pass in road racing.
29:18
It's not like you can just take different line and hoping that you will make
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a pass, you know, like it's, it's a different way to race in my opinion,
29:27
like within oval and road racing.
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And even yes, it is for you as European.
29:34
How do you see awful racing?
29:36
Oh, I love it.
29:37
It's a bonus person, by the way.
29:39
. . I love it.
29:40
I hope I can do it sometime in real life because I really like it.
29:45
Uh, we have had a nascar, uh, we first only had a Cup series, and
29:49
now I think since one or two years ago, we can also see the Xfinity
29:53
series and the track series.
29:54
Mm-Hmm.
29:55
. So every weekend nowadays we have nascar IndyCar.
29:59
On TV and yeah, I love to watch it.
30:03
It's most of the time it's late evening, so when the Gran Turismo
30:07
7 is ended, the races, as we are done, then we go watch the TV, watch
30:13
some good NASCAR and then go to bed.
30:16
Imagine like watching the NASCAR race before going to bed.
30:19
Yes.
30:21
Oh, wow.
30:22
I mean, not like this is the first time I'm seeing someone who actually
30:26
loved doing oval, my European friend that actually loving oval.
30:30
Welcome to the club.
30:32
Thank you.
30:33
Thank you.
30:34
Oh, I would love to.
30:36
Wow.
30:37
We should do some.
30:38
Yes, it is.
30:38
It isn't a race.
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That's because you really need to have a lot of practice.
30:44
Uh, to be fast in the whole stint, in the whole race, instead of over one or two
30:50
laps and then you get a drop off, uh, it takes a lot of practice to, to get there.
30:56
True.
30:57
And I feel like in oval, let's talk about racing oval in the simulator.
31:02
It's um, I feel like every time I get into the oval race, it's all about surviving.
31:08
Like you go on survival mode.
31:09
Yes.
31:09
Absolutely.
31:10
Like, you have to learn how to survive, make it to the end.
31:15
I think, I think that's when I learned that racing is more than, um, trying
31:21
to push, trying to be fast, trying to be in front as much as you want.
31:26
Yes.
31:26
But sometimes you have to, like, wait in the mid path and read your opponent.
31:32
Like, it's a different game.
31:35
Yes, it is different and it's surviving.
31:38
And then the last, uh, 20 laps or 30 laps, it's all goes out and goes for the win.
31:44
Mm hmm.
31:45
And I feel like in Oval, you are racing the drivers.
31:48
Especially in iRacing, because I believe between Toyota, Chevrolet, and Ford, they
31:54
are running the same machinery, like in iRacing, so basically everyone is driving
31:59
an equal car, not like you're having like an OP car that fast at the straight,
32:04
meanwhile the other is not really fast.
32:06
So, for me overall, it really teach me how to race.
32:10
Yes.
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Yes.
32:13
Yeah, and Yvonne, is there any memorable event in sim racing for you?
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What I remember from the past, you mean?
32:24
Like any memorable event
32:29
I did a lot to be honest, a lot of series, a lot of endurance racing, uh with
32:35
Sophie and uh, Sarah Dove Sarah Johnson, Alatea Uh, we drove a lot together and,
32:45
uh, yeah, we still do endurance racing because it's what I like the best.
32:50
Endurance.
32:52
Endurance.
32:52
Yes.
32:53
That's interesting.
32:55
You like the endurance.
32:56
You like a long race.
32:58
Yes.
32:58
Rather than doing like a heat race, really fast, 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
33:05
Hmm.
33:06
I like when a bit of strategy comes involved and the weather changes
33:10
and, uh, you know, Well, just driving with a team is also great.
33:15
We help each other, we spend a lot of time together.
33:18
Uh, yes, it's, I like it.
33:21
It's something special.
33:23
Right.
33:24
Oh, yes.
33:25
I, I remember you, Maika.
33:27
We, we meet each other for the first time with the Diamond Drive Cup.
33:31
Oh.
33:32
And, um, and then I heard her talking, I think during the
33:36
briefing or something, I think.
33:37
Oh, she is dutch, that's great.
33:39
So we connected right away because that's good.
33:43
Another dutch writer That's good.
33:46
And uh, I I saw sophia also for the first time due to that diamond
33:52
life So diamond drive cup Right.
33:56
Hey sharon.
33:57
I think it was like back in 2020 2021 I think, yeah, or
34:05
something like that before.
34:08
Hi Sharon.
34:09
Oh my God.
34:10
Another one.
34:11
Another GT seven drivers.
34:13
Hi Sharon.
34:14
It's very nice to have you here today.
34:16
Welcome in.
34:17
Welcome.
34:17
Welcome in your time here.
34:18
You're very awesome.
34:21
21.
34:22
Right.
34:22
I feel like time flies so fast.
34:24
Like I started fundraising.
34:26
Yeah.
34:26
It's pretty fast.
34:26
In 2020, I got into the more female racers.
34:30
I think we met in more female racers back in 2021 or 22, and now it's like 20, 24.
34:37
Like time flies so fast.
34:39
Yeah.
34:39
I think you joined in season three, I think four.
34:43
Season four.
34:44
I was four.
34:44
Yeah.
34:46
I was in season four and it was like, back in the day, it was like a one hour race.
34:50
I think we did like a one hour race with teammates.
34:54
Yeah.
34:55
Ah, yes.
34:56
Yeah.
34:56
Yep.
34:57
I think that was my first, um, experience.
35:01
Competitive simracing event for female like first time I get I'm getting into
35:06
the female Simracing league and honestly right now I'm super super happy because
35:13
now here in in it eSports We are having a regular screen to speed event I can
35:17
say like it's regular because every time this show is done The event is
35:21
done we straight into the other one.
35:23
We straight to the next one.
35:25
Keep on doing it You know, yes, and I feel like we need more Um, sim racing
35:31
event for a woman, because at least for me as a woman, I feel like I feel
35:36
kind of awkward to get into, um, a new league and full of strangers.
35:42
And for me, I prefer to talk with girls, like, you know, So, I think what we are
35:50
doing right now here in Innit Esports, here in Screen2Speed, we are doing a
35:54
really great job to meet more women, to invite more women, to get into the
36:00
competition because, again, not everybody wants to throw themselves into the race,
36:05
like high level, straight into it, right?
36:09
So yeah, everyone, once again, if you, if you are looking for a sim racing
36:14
league for female, join the screen to speed spring cup and learn more on www.
36:21
screen2speed.
36:22
com.
36:22
And don't forget to follow us on social media at init esports and screen to speed,
36:28
because we are working, we are cooking on a lot of fun things on social media,
36:33
and hopefully we can Keep on, you know, like bringing more women into more sports.
36:40
More endurance.
36:41
Should we do a screen to speed endurance series?
36:44
How about that?
36:46
Would you join, Yvonne?
36:48
I would like to.
36:49
Yes, I love some good endurance racing.
36:52
Yep.
36:53
What?
36:53
Okay.
36:54
I think I can ask you this question.
36:58
What are the challenges in the endurance race?
37:01
Other than changing weather and stuff like that?
37:06
Staying consistent.
37:09
It's a challenge.
37:10
I'm good with that.
37:11
That's why I like the endurance race.
37:13
My pace is sometimes not as quick as the quickest.
37:16
But because I'm driving very consistent.
37:19
It levels out, basically.
37:22
It's getting ego, a bit more ego.
37:25
I don't know how you say that well in English.
37:27
But, uh, yes, I think that's the key.
37:31
Consistency is the key.
37:33
Keeping the car on track.
37:36
Right.
37:36
And stay consistent.
37:38
So, in the endurance race, because sometimes when I'm asking, A question
37:44
to someone, to the pro player, like, how, how to be good in simracing?
37:49
Yeah, you have to be fast, you have to keep on pushing.
37:52
Meanwhile, it, that thing doesn't always work in the endurance, right?
37:57
No, if, if you are very fast, and one of the fastest on track, but you
38:03
in, you're in the wall two times and have a 15 minutes repair on iRacing,
38:09
then you have no chance to win.
38:13
Then you can be the fastest all race, but the longer you spend in pit
38:18
lane, the more you're losing time.
38:21
That's a good point.
38:23
So endurance and sprint race is like two different things.
38:27
Meanwhile, I think in sprint race you can keep on pushing
38:29
because the race is a lot shorter.
38:31
It means that you need to push if you want to gain position.
38:35
Yes, then you need to push.
38:37
Yes, it is.
38:39
Right.
38:41
And by the way, speaking of your other profession, other than being
38:46
a sim racer and IRL driver, you're mentioning earlier that you are also
38:52
a community manager and based on the list of experience that you gave me,
38:59
you are also the team manager, right?
39:03
Can you tell me a bit about your story as a team manager?
39:07
Well, I'm a co founder with Sophie from United Sim Team.
39:11
And, uh, we rebranded E Team Brits back then, basically.
39:17
And it's great to give our drivers the opportunity to race, to learn from each
39:21
other, to basically have the USC family.
39:25
And, uh, Yeah, it's great to do and share our passion with them and they
39:32
are also sharing it further out.
39:35
So that's great.
39:36
And yeah, eSports has started before the Las Vegas event,
39:43
I think in the end of 2022.
39:47
And yeah, it's great.
39:49
My health went backwards.
39:52
And yeah, I just wanted to help and share my passion and
39:57
Stephie gave me this opportunity.
39:58
amazing opportunity and I'm still doing it every day and it's great to do.
40:05
Is there any challenge or any obstacle that you got as a community manager?
40:12
As in like, what are the challenge on handling people or managing people?
40:18
I mean, you don't have to be like, uh, very brutally open on that, but
40:24
just telling me like in general, like, Because I assume that handling
40:28
people can be a challenge sometimes.
40:32
It sometimes is, but you get also so much back from it.
40:37
Uh, a lot of the drivers are very grateful and very exciting.
40:42
Uh, so having the opportunity to get the highlights and, um, yeah, that,
40:48
that's where, why I want to do this.
40:51
I want to help them and help them grow further into sim racing.
40:56
Um, And also to be there for them and show what is possible.
41:02
And that's the same with my disability.
41:05
I love to help people.
41:06
If I, if my, uh, telling my story help for others, even if I can just
41:11
help one that will be already great.
41:15
Of course, I want to help a lot more.
41:17
That's step by step.
41:19
And, uh, yes, that's the, the goal.
41:23
How about us?
41:24
Be there for them, give them the chance to shine.
41:27
You are doing a great job, like, in this community, like, you're helping
41:33
a lot of people, you are encouraging a lot of people, because I was driving
41:37
with you in one event, and I remember that the way you taught me about
41:42
track, you sent me the track guide.
41:44
I remember that in the MFR, like you sent me the track guide, and also
41:48
that when I was like having a really big issue with my PC, you decided
41:54
to, okay, I will take over this car.
41:56
I will drive.
41:57
I know that our car is broken, but you keep on driving.
42:01
I think that is one thing that I learned from you.
42:04
Like, no matter what happens, you have to keep on going.
42:07
You have to finish your race.
42:09
You have to commit.
42:10
Like, you are in this race.
42:13
You have to finish it.
42:14
No matter what are the challenges is.
42:17
Yes.
42:18
Never give up.
42:19
Inspiration, but also in life.
42:21
Never give up.
42:22
That's the key.
42:23
Yeah.
42:24
I'm honestly.
42:26
In my sim racing journey, I must say that I wouldn't be here without you.
42:33
I mean, I know that I, I don't normally say this and maybe you don't hear this
42:38
from me all this time, but I wouldn't be here competing, keep on competing
42:43
if, I mean, thanks to you, really.
42:47
Thanks to you.
42:48
Well, thank you.
42:48
I'm happy you're still competing because it's great to watch you and you have
42:53
a lot of passion for it and, uh, you show it on your face as well very well.
42:58
And if you watch your streams, they are, uh, getting also that passion
43:03
you can feel with and that's good.
43:05
I like that.
43:06
Yeah.
43:07
I mean, thanks to you.
43:10
Cause I remember that you are the one approaching to me.
43:14
On discord.
43:15
I still remember that like three four years ago.
43:18
You text me like hey, do you wanna drive with us?
43:20
Do you wanna this that and it means a lot to me back then as a newbie in simracing
43:25
I feel so accepted in the community.
43:28
Yeah, but that's what I like, especially when you're new in simracing You're not
43:33
sure how it all works where to find series Like Sharon I found her on Twitch Uh,
43:40
for the Winter Cup on Gran Turismo 7.
43:43
She never drove an online race before.
43:46
Uh, we've practiced with her and now she is gonna do the Spring Cup as well.
43:51
And she's getting better every week.
43:53
Wow.
43:53
And that's just great to, to see.
43:57
Yeah, I think it's beautiful to see people grow.
44:01
You know?
44:01
Giving them the opportunity is the best way I can do.
44:04
Mm hmm.
44:05
Wow.
44:06
I cannot, I don't know.
44:08
I cannot thank you like thank you is not enough to me because you push me to keep
44:14
on doing it like you want to race with me.
44:16
Do you want to race with us in the 24 hours of spa?
44:19
That was our first endurance.
44:21
Oh, yes.
44:24
And after that, um.
44:27
Um, you invited me to race in the VCO 10 hours of Suzuka and that
44:33
were, that moment it was only two of us racing in 10 hours race.
44:38
So each of us driving five hours, right?
44:42
Yes.
44:42
It was good fun.
44:43
It was such an honor for me to drive with you, Yvonne.
44:46
Because I see you as my senior in sim racing and to be driving with someone
44:52
that I adore most is like wow wow I keep on telling my friends and my family
44:56
back then that I'll be racing with her she's my senior in the competition like
45:02
that right I mean oh wow I feel like you whatever you do you're doing great in
45:10
this community and we need more people like you Yvonne Because there's a lot
45:18
of people who want to drive, but not a lot of people want to be the community
45:23
manager, you know, not everybody having a passion on that, I must say.
45:31
Well, to be honest, for some time, I liked it even more than driving in the sim,
45:36
because my health went so much backwards and, uh, Uh, Just wasn't well enough
45:42
to race in the same, and that I could do this and give odys the opportunity,
45:47
that was the best thing that I could do.
45:50
Mm-Hmm?
45:51
. Oh, wow.
45:52
Yeah.
45:53
I mean, I cannot, I don't know.
45:56
Thank you.
45:57
Is not enough, you know, but again, it is, it's, it's all good.
46:02
. I'm so grateful.
46:04
To get a chance to actually know you in person, we met, we met in Detroit
46:09
back then, and now we are here having a talk, sharing about your experience
46:15
in rail racing, sim racing, and I know from your perspective about, uh, being
46:21
a community manager, because I don't think I can do that, to be honest.
46:27
I like to help people and talk with them.
46:29
So, uh, it's great.
46:33
Yeah.
46:33
And here, um, Maika, I think.
46:35
Yukino is Maika, right?
46:38
Yes.
46:39
That's what she did to me too in Diamond Drive Co op.
46:43
See?
46:44
You're helping a lot of people.
46:45
You're not just helping one person.
46:46
That's right.
46:48
I try.
46:49
I try to help everyone.
46:50
That's right.
46:53
And, um, before we get into the Q& A session, is there any message that
47:00
you want to share with everyone out there who got, who has disability
47:05
and they want to do sim racing or they want to do like real racing?
47:09
Is there any words of wisdom?
47:11
Please, please message us because we can help you.
47:15
I can eSports as well.
47:19
And, um, There are many possibilities to go into sim racing, into racing,
47:25
uh, I can invite, uh, advise what you need, or, uh, if you just want to
47:32
have someone to talk, uh, talk about your disability or something like
47:36
that, feel free to send a message.
47:39
Right.
47:40
So we are creating a safe space for a woman in sim racing.
47:45
We need more, we need more people.
47:49
To get into sim racing more female.
47:52
So if any of you guys here watching the stream and you know, some girls who like
47:58
to drive in simulator and they might be thinking, but is there any, uh, sim
48:04
racing league dedicated for a woman?
48:06
You can, you can share the screen to speed.
48:09
com.
48:10
You can share the event to your friends, to your family.
48:13
So hopefully we keep on seeing new faces in the, in our series.
48:18
Right.
48:18
Cause I feel like regeneration is really important.
48:21
Like, um, keep having new people joining, you know, and by the way,
48:28
speaking of the safe space, I would like to share you our discord link.
48:33
So feel free to join everyone.
48:35
We are, um, Oh, I cannot share the link here.
48:39
Okay.
48:39
I can share.
48:42
Okay.
48:42
Could you share the link?
48:43
In the chat, so everyone who wants to join can click on the link and I will
48:50
see you on discord Hey, by the way, Micah and Sharon and everyone here.
48:57
If you have question to simracing and motorsports, feel free to Feel free
49:04
to send it in the chat All right, here we go So, um, Yvonne, while we
49:12
are waiting for anyone in the chat to ask questions, I think I will
49:18
have a few more questions for you.
49:22
Okay.
49:23
Right, so, um, speaking about real racing, uh, which car did you drive in real life?
49:30
Uh, I drove in the, um, In the Volkswagen Scirocco and also, uh, in the Citroën C1.
49:41
Citroen C1.
49:42
Right, right.
49:44
Have you tried, um, because I've seen this, uh, on the, on the story here.
49:49
Um, you're saying that, uh, back in the day you did the testing
49:53
with the BMW E30 and the Suzuki.
49:56
Yes, that was the, The first car that I version on Trek was A-B-M-W-E 30.
50:03
I loved that car.
50:04
And the same car is now on grand charisma seven.
50:07
So Sophie made me a beautiful united, same Ry Oh wow.
50:12
For that car, see?
50:13
Yes.
50:14
Wow.
50:15
Yes.
50:15
It's race and the Suzuki Swift.
50:17
Uh, I, I had that car back in the day when it was really, really hype and I
50:22
must say that it is a good car to drive.
50:24
Like really, really good car.
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Fun car to drive.
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Yes, it was good fun.
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Yep.
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Wow.
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Well, I mean, honestly, you got so much experience in drill
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racing and sim racing also.
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Like, wow.
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Are you still learning new things until today?
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I, I learn every time I learn new things.
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And that's what I like about it as well.
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You can learn so much.
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And I always like to learn, so, uh, yeah, that's good, and every little
51:04
bit that you can learn, it can make you just that little bit faster, or just a
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little bit more, uh, uh, Oh, I'm losing it now, consistent, sorry, um, just a
51:18
little bit more consistent, that's good.
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Right, so everyday you're learning, doesn't matter if
51:26
you're already doing simracing for 10 years, 5 years, or even 20.
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I've started simracing in 2015, so 9 years this year.
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So, you never, uh, learn, uh, learn enough, basically.
51:45
You never stop learning.
51:48
Right.
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Oh, cool.
51:52
There we go.
51:53
Michael got a question for both of us.
51:57
Question to both.
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Uh, you mentioned before One Mix Race.
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Which series, not NASCAR, would you like to race?
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Yvonne knows mine.
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Okay, Yvonne, you answer first.
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Well, I would love, uh, the 24 Hours at the Nordschleife.
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It's definitely something I would love to race.
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Uh, also the 24 hour NMR, of course, as well, uh, the, the WEC
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season, uh, WEC series, W E C.
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It's also amazing.
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I like the endurance racing, so yeah.
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Wow.
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You are really the endurance queen.
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You are the endurance queen.
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Okay, for me, Maike, which series, not NASCAR, series other than
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NASCAR that I would like to do?
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Hmm.
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It's a hard question because I put all my love in NASCAR, even if I
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want to race in real life one day.
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I want to race in NASCAR when I get into the Arca series as a start.
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But maybe if I become a road racer, maybe.
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Maybe I will take the MX 5 Cup.
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It's so fun to drive.
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It's always close racing.
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And, yeah, my goal in road racing is to race the MX 5.
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Like, compete in one full season of the MX 5 Cups.
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I like driving a short, uh, like a slow car.
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Cause for me, one thing for sure, GT3 car will be like too fast for me.
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If you put me in the GT3 car in real life, I would crash.
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You know?
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You know?
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And Sean, is there any sim racing game that feels more
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like real life racing to you?
53:36
Yvonne, a question for you.
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I'm using a direct drive wheel, so in my opinion when I have everything set
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up perfectly, iRacing comes the closest.
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But I really love the graphics on ACC or Gran Turismo.
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If you look to Gran Turismo streams, the broadcasts of our events.
53:58
It looks perfect.
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So, yeah, if they could combine it in some way all together in one game.
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It would be perfect.
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That would be amazing, yeah.
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So, iRacing is still your sim of choice?
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Speaking of the realistic.
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The feel, with the base in the game.
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Mm hmm.
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The, the, the feel, what you get back in the steering wheel.
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Mm hmm.
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It feels for me more realistic than Frontierismo or ACC or Aerofactor 2.
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But it also depends on which equipment you're using.
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Right, right, right.
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RaceRoom has the best sounds.
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RaceRoom.
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I never tried RaceRoom.
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Have you tried RaceRoom before, Ethan?
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I tried it before.
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I can't remember when it was.
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It's quite some time ago.
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But I don't think I still have it.
54:54
I think the base one is for free, I thought.
54:59
I need to have a look.
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Right.
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I think for me, uh, Yvonne and Chad, I think most of the
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time I only race in iRacing.
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A bit of ACC back in the day when I was still active competing,
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but now I'm more like in iRacing.
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And I don't think it's like, still my sim of choice until now.
55:23
Speaking of, I can feel the tires, even though that I'm not
55:27
using a direct drive, I can feel.
55:30
And, yeah, maybe the second one will be ACC for me.
55:36
Speaking of the PC games, okay?
55:39
But, I think for console games, I think I'm still loving the Gran Turismo.
55:47
Again, because of the graphics, it's so beautiful, and I think sometimes
55:53
people like, yeah, you don't have to play Gran Turismo, we learned that,
55:56
uh, we heard that sometimes, right?
55:58
Like, yeah, you go to iRacing, straight to it, you know?
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But I think for me, Gran Turismo is the best game, or
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sim, to start doing sim racing.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes, Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, that's especially
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to start with sim racing, it's a lot less cost to get racing.
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So, you need a console and a controller and you can just sit in front of
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your TV or a screen, what you've got.
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You plug it all in and you're good to go.
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Right as you can already race you can already compete if you want to
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and of course you can have a rake and a And a great wheel as well
56:44
for forza motorsports or grand turismo 7 but Um, it's not needed.
56:51
It's not necessary as for pc racing It's just possible with a controller,
56:58
but to be good, especially in endurance races, to be consistent,
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that's so much better on the wheel.
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So if anyone here want to start getting into sim racing, is it like a
57:14
requirement to get a set of wheel and a rig as a start, or are you saying
57:19
that starting with controller is fine?
57:24
If you start on the PlayStation or Xbox with a controller, you can start,
57:29
you can race in our series on the Gran Turismo 7, and we can help you, uh, and
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you can get experience into racing, you can practice with all of us, uh, who
57:41
are there, and, uh, yeah, it's great.
57:46
Right, right, right.
57:47
So.
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Guys, it's not a requirement to get a fancy set up if you
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want to start doing sim racing.
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Cause again, you can just start from the PlayStation using a
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controller, uh, learn about the line, learn how to ride, how to drive.
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Then if you are into it, then you can start making an upgrade on your setup.
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Gran Turismo is especially good if you find a small community
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with friends and weekly races.
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That's how I got into it about 15 years ago.
58:21
Wow.
58:21
Uh, wow.
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A lot of senior here.
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I feel like a newbie here.
58:28
You've been doing seam raising for 15 years.
58:33
That's amazing, Micah.
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That's really amazing.
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Team motion controls right here.
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Wait, are you still, uh, are you racing with a controller in, in the, in the
58:43
winter cup is She showed me how to do it.
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You have the controller in your hands and you're steering like this.
58:51
Like an, I've tried it as well.
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Oh, wow.
58:57
You are amazing.
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Cause I watched the replay of the broadcast and I saw you sometimes
59:04
in the race and I can't believe you're racing with controller.
59:08
See another controller player that can actually compete.
59:13
Wow.
59:14
Yes.
59:17
So, again, you don't need a fancy wheel to start simracing.
59:23
All you need is passion to start doing it.
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And even Another question.
59:32
Anyway, guys, feel free to ask questions, feel free to ask questions.
59:36
So Yvonne, our guest of the day, but again, before we, while we are waiting
59:41
for, um, questions to come in the chat, I want to ask you here, since
59:46
we are talking about getting into sim racing, if someone wants to get into
59:51
sim racing, want to learn how to drive, what do they need to learn first?
59:58
Well, it also depends on the game.
1:00:01
Let's say you are very small.
1:00:03
Uh, you need to learn how the controller works.
1:00:06
Because, uh, when I held the first time a controller in my
1:00:09
hands, I thought, okay, nice.
1:00:11
And now?
1:00:12
So, you need to learn how the button's working, uh, the
1:00:16
joystick, I think you're saying.
1:00:18
Yeah.
1:00:18
And, uh, the throttle and the brake, I have it then on the back.
1:00:21
Yep.
1:00:21
Um, You need to learn how it all works, and then just start on a track
1:00:27
maybe that you already know that's possible, you see it in real life,
1:00:30
you know how the tracks roughly goes.
1:00:32
You put the racing line on, put the assist on in the beginning,
1:00:36
and just learn how the track goes.
1:00:38
You don't have to, uh, be quick right away.
1:00:43
You can build it up.
1:00:44
Practice is key.
1:00:46
So, you start slowly and practice and build up the speed.
1:00:51
And then you can go into races if you like, or with a community, or just with
1:00:56
some friends, it's all great to do.
1:01:00
So, I think for learning how to compete, how to start competing in
1:01:07
simracing, you're recommending us to start from a small community race?
1:01:14
Wow.
1:01:15
It, it depends what you want.
1:01:17
Uh, I sometimes throw myself into the deep and just do it, and we'll
1:01:22
see how we, you, how I get on.
1:01:25
But I can understand that some, uh, ladies or, or drivers thinking, well, start
1:01:31
small, learn, get a bit of the groove, uh, experience how it is to race in the
1:01:36
sim, and then we go to something bigger.
1:01:40
Uh, I understand both sides.
1:01:44
Right.
1:01:44
So it depends on, um, how, how are you learning things?
1:01:48
If you are the type of person who likes to, okay, just throw myself
1:01:52
into the competition, then do it.
1:01:55
But if you feel like you don't have enough confidence on the track, starting from the
1:02:02
community league is a great way to start.
1:02:05
Yes.
1:02:07
Right.
1:02:08
And Sean asking a question.
1:02:10
Have you seen the Gran Turismo movie?
1:02:12
If so, what did you think of it?
1:02:14
Yvonne, have you watched the movie?
1:02:16
To be honest with you, I haven't watched it.
1:02:19
Luckily, Soph said today it is on Netflix.
1:02:23
So, we need to watch it sometime.
1:02:25
When we have some time in the evening, we're gonna watch the movie.
1:02:29
Yeah, same here, Sean.
1:02:31
I haven't got a chance to watch the Gran Turismo movie, but I watched
1:02:36
the NASCAR Full Speed on Netflix, the documentary, and The Drive to Survive.
1:02:41
Maybe I'm more like, I prefer watching a documentary than
1:02:45
watching a movie, I think.
1:02:47
What about you, Yvonne?
1:02:49
Yes, it's shorter.
1:02:52
Yeah.
1:02:53
I think, yeah, I think for us, it's shorter.
1:02:55
I must say for us, we prefer watching a documentary than watching a movie.
1:03:00
But it doesn't mean that we are not going to watch the Gran Turismo, but We are
1:03:04
gonna watch it when we have some time.
1:03:06
We're gonna sit down and watch it.
1:03:08
Yeah, I just haven't got a chance to watch it because I just moved to California.
1:03:13
We are still, like, I'm still, like, cleaning stuff.
1:03:16
I haven't, I haven't got TV here in my gaming room.
1:03:20
It should have a TV right there So maybe I can watch the grand turismo in the
1:03:24
gaming room, but it's just that I haven't got a chance to do it You have seen it
1:03:29
but you're not a fan of it And oh a mix a mix review on the chat one One person
1:03:38
likes it one person saying that not a fan of the grand turismo movie But I think
1:03:44
it's like based on the true story, right?
1:03:46
I I mean, I read a bit about the movie preview on the internet somewhere.
1:03:54
I think it's, it's like based on a true story about a sim racer
1:03:58
who wants to be a real racer.
1:04:01
So by the movie, I'm assuming that, um, it's, you can find your
1:04:08
way to motorsport from sim racing.
1:04:14
Hey, hello!
1:04:16
UnitedSim Team Andre.
1:04:17
Andre, welcome to the first episode of Initalks.
1:04:21
It's very nice to have you here today.
1:04:24
Hi, how's it going?
1:04:26
So, we are chilling right now.
1:04:28
Like, um, we are, if anyone in the chat have a question for
1:04:33
Yvonne, feel free to ask one.
1:04:34
And any question related to sim racing and motorsport, feel free to
1:04:39
ask anything in the chat while we are having a chat, me and Yvonne.
1:04:44
Now we are talking about the Gran Turismo movie.
1:04:47
We are talking about someone who wants to get into real racing from sim racing.
1:04:53
I think that will be me because I started from sim racing and
1:04:56
I want to get into real racing.
1:04:58
While Yvonne, she already did a lot of drive.
1:05:02
Back in the day, in karting, sorry I'm a little late doing a GT7 daily race.
1:05:09
Oh, a daily race, interesting, interesting.
1:05:13
And you can learn a lot from the daily race too, right?
1:05:17
Like, you can learn how to drive from the daily race, I believe.
1:05:22
Yes, but the driving standards are sometimes a bit interesting.
1:05:28
So, I haven't done much dailies.
1:05:31
I think I've got a B license and that's it.
1:05:35
Yeah.
1:05:36
Right, right.
1:05:37
So, um, is it like a total requirement for someone who wants
1:05:42
to get into real racing from sim racing to get into the PC, PC games?
1:05:50
I think it's, it's, um, possible to, to, to do it with Gran Turismo as well.
1:05:58
I think in the PC, uh, they achieved a little bit more also with events
1:06:04
for going into, to racing as well.
1:06:07
Uh, so,
1:06:11
yeah, it's, it's possible.
1:06:13
So it's possible, but maybe, um, when you're getting into the real track,
1:06:19
maybe there are still something that you need to learn because
1:06:22
you didn't get that in the sim.
1:06:25
Yes, you always need to learn.
1:06:28
It's, uh, you can learn a bit of the basics in the sim, and then
1:06:32
you go to the track, and then it's going to get real, so people getting
1:06:37
nervous or something like that.
1:06:38
It's, uh, There are a lot of other things coming with that you don't have in the
1:06:44
sim or don't have as much in the sim.
1:06:47
Right.
1:06:48
I think when I was doing a carting, one thing that makes me shocked back
1:06:53
then is that I hear the sound of other car right next to me, and it makes me
1:06:58
shocked like, oh wow, that's so loud.
1:07:01
Cause back in the day when I was racing in iRacing, I turned down
1:07:05
the engine volume so I can hear the sound of the tires better.
1:07:09
While in reality, you cannot.
1:07:11
choose which which sounds you want to hear more so you hear everything even
1:07:15
though that you already wear a helmet you can still feel the engine like
1:07:18
really loud like and it makes me kind of yeah but back in the days i'm not
1:07:25
sure if they still allowed now but back in the days when i was Racing outdoors.
1:07:30
We were also sitting on the engine and putting the choke,
1:07:34
I think you call it a choke or something in English, I'm not sure.
1:07:38
Putting it in, to just get a few kilometers an hour faster.
1:07:42
I'm not sure, I'm still alive now, but back in the days it was a good trick.
1:07:48
To get a few kilometers an hour faster.
1:07:51
On the straights or just out of the corner, just a little push.
1:07:55
Push, little push.
1:07:57
And, oh, Sean, what about Formula Woman for ULs?
1:08:01
Would you ever consider joining that?
1:08:03
I would love to, but I think it's in Europe, I think, yeah.
1:08:07
Cause It's in England now, but I'm not sure if something is like that in America.
1:08:13
Yeah, because I'm Fiona Antonia, I live in the United States, and
1:08:17
honestly, I'm still finding my way to start getting into motorsports.
1:08:23
And what I'm thinking right now as a start is I want to try indoor karting.
1:08:28
Because Yvonne said it earlier, like, yeah, indoor.
1:08:32
And a lot of my friends recommends me to try out from indoor karting.
1:08:37
So, um, yeah, maybe as a start, I will get into karting, learning how to
1:08:43
drive in real life, race in real life.
1:08:46
And then after that, maybe I will start finding my way to get
1:08:51
into motorsport, real racing.
1:08:53
Cause it's the thing that I really want to do in my life, in this
1:08:58
lifetime, racing in real life.
1:09:05
I want to know if she still has ambience for, uh, for real racing.
1:09:09
Is it for E FON?
1:09:11
I assume it's for E FON.
1:09:12
I don't think so.
1:09:12
Yes.
1:09:14
Yes.
1:09:14
Yes, André.
1:09:15
I still have it.
1:09:16
I haven't lost any of it, uh, the passion for racing or whatsoever.
1:09:21
Fortunately, my house has gone a lot backwards.
1:09:24
Uh, the last year.
1:09:26
So, uh, I need to recover.
1:09:28
And, uh, see a few more doctors.
1:09:31
Um, to get recovered afterwards.
1:09:34
And then hopefully next year we can look back and to, to get racing again.
1:09:40
Right.
1:09:41
I really hope that one day, or not one day, next year.
1:09:45
Make it next year.
1:09:47
Next year you will be back.
1:09:49
Oh yes.
1:09:49
So sparkling.
1:09:50
Mm hmm.
1:09:52
Let's feel back.
1:09:54
Well, I hope the Nordschleife, huh?
1:09:56
I really hope that will be the goal, the 24 hours of
1:10:00
Nordschleife in a couple of years.
1:10:02
That will be a great goal to get with Sophie, of course, to do that together.
1:10:08
That's great.
1:10:09
Well, we must say, like, don't be afraid to dream big, right?
1:10:14
Yeah.
1:10:15
Don't be afraid to dream big.
1:10:17
It's free!
1:10:19
You don't need to pay for Dream Big.
1:10:21
So, yeah.
1:10:23
Dream Big, put, put your, uh, put your time and energy.
1:10:29
Try to do it, like, one step at a time.
1:10:32
I think, yeah, one step at a time.
1:10:34
Yes.
1:10:36
First for me, I'll get into karting.
1:10:38
Trying to follow your path.
1:10:40
When you were young, you started from karting.
1:10:42
So, I will try to follow that.
1:10:44
I got some basic knowledge from sim racing, then maybe time to step up
1:10:49
into karting, and hopefully one day I will make it to NASCAR, because,
1:10:55
okay, I didn't get into the NASCAR.
1:10:57
Oh yeah, some good, some good NASCAR racing.
1:10:59
I would love to have some, someday a track day or something in a NASCAR.
1:11:05
And then on the high speed ovals.
1:11:07
Oh, that's so great.
1:11:10
Yep.
1:11:10
Yes.
1:11:11
Because when we were in Las Vegas, I think that was the first time I fell
1:11:16
in love with motorsport because I went, we went to the Las Vegas motor
1:11:21
speedway and I still remember that, uh, we walked down the bridge, like
1:11:27
we tried to cross the bridge, like the basement tunnel part of it like that.
1:11:33
And that was the moment when all the cars passing the, the bridge
1:11:38
and I can feel the, the road is like rumbling really loud.
1:11:42
I think that's what makes me love the oval race.
1:11:46
And I think since that day, I said to myself that I want to race in oval one
1:11:50
day because, oh, the ground is shaking.
1:11:53
It's so cool.
1:11:54
Like, wow.
1:11:56
Well, you have that also with road racing.
1:11:58
It's on foot, you have it as well on the, on the straight
1:12:01
to start finish line straight.
1:12:03
You can walk on that and then On the bridge basically they're racing on
1:12:08
and you have the same feeling as well.
1:12:11
Yeah Well, maybe I mean I just in the end.
1:12:16
I just want to race in real life So if I got the opportunity to drive in
1:12:21
real life doesn't matter if it's awful or road racing I will take that I will
1:12:25
take every opportunity So I'm not gonna choose, like, I just want to do oval.
1:12:30
I will take everything to learn about rail racing, then maybe
1:12:34
later I can choose my preference.
1:12:38
When I drove in the wet on ZI didn't understand the wet lines.
1:12:42
Now we have rain in I racing.
1:12:44
I get the basics I learned in real life for sea racing.
1:12:49
Hey, Sean.
1:12:50
How?
1:12:51
Uh, no, I, no, that is, uh, Michael.
1:12:53
Mike, Michael.
1:12:54
I thought that was John.
1:12:55
I'm sorry.
1:12:56
Then Michael, um, you are saying that you got the basic
1:13:01
that you learned in real life.
1:13:03
And you apply that to sim racing.
1:13:05
Um, do you see any difference?
1:13:08
Do you feel any difference driving in the rain between real life and in the sim,
1:13:13
of course, other than the other is game.
1:13:16
The other is real life, but can you actually bring whatever you learn on
1:13:21
the track in real life to sim racing?
1:13:24
That's the question for the chat.
1:13:29
Aren't there, aren't there NASCAR course on several Oval?
1:13:32
Especially Las Vegas should be the place where you can buy
1:13:34
day in one or multiple cars.
1:13:39
NASCAR course on several Oval.
1:13:42
Oh wait, what do you mean by that?
1:13:45
I think she meant like track days on, uh, on Ovals.
1:13:50
Uh, different levels, uh, in America, especially Las Vegas should be a
1:13:55
place where you can buy a day, so a track day in one or multiple cars.
1:14:00
I think that's possible, yes.
1:14:02
I think it's possible, but I just haven't got a chance to take a
1:14:07
look into the driving experience or the track day experience.
1:14:11
But I know that some road tracks has the track days, you can drive
1:14:14
around the track, but I'm not sure about the off road track.
1:14:19
Like, I'm not sure about the Oval Trek, if they're having that Trek Days experience.
1:14:23
I'm pretty sure they have it.
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You're very awesome!
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We are having a chat with the one and only Yvonne Ouvillard, the sim
1:14:39
racer, IRL driver, and also the community manager of Innit Esports.
1:14:45
So if you have any questions related to sim racing and motorsport,
1:14:49
feel free to ask in the chat.
1:14:53
It was very accurate to be honest.
1:14:56
So iRacing is doing a great job with the rain, Dan.
1:15:00
I haven't tried driving in the rain since since it's released because
1:15:03
I haven't got my setup ready but have you tried driving it, Tiffan?
1:15:08
Uh, yes, one time.
1:15:10
Uh, I've tried it.
1:15:12
I think it's good.
1:15:13
I like some good rain.
1:15:15
Hmm, because I think some drive in the rain but it was in the ACC, I think.
1:15:21
But in ACC, I forgot.
1:15:25
But in iRacing, it's like almost rule of thumb that you need to take
1:15:28
a different line when it's raining.
1:15:30
Yes.
1:15:30
You cannot take the bottle.
1:15:32
I think in ACC you can still take the Wait.
1:15:35
You can still take the racing line.
1:15:38
Yeah.
1:15:39
Oh, but in real life, well, a c, c in I racing, you do in, I racing you, you do
1:15:48
a little bit wider, make sure the car's straight, and then you accelerate again.
1:15:52
Basically that works better.
1:15:54
And in a CC, that's not needed and you can just do the normal racing line.
1:15:58
Yeah, that's, I think that's all I reme all I remember in a CC, you don't have
1:16:03
to take like a different line in when it's raining, but you have to break
1:16:07
like early, of course, because of.
1:16:09
Yes, reduce the speed a bit.
1:16:13
Right, right.
1:16:15
So that's what you guys do in real life when it's raining.
1:16:19
Yes, and because we are Dutchies, we know about some rain.
1:16:25
We have a lot of rain.
1:16:27
We have a lot of rain.
1:16:28
So both of you are very well trained in the rain.
1:16:32
So rain is not a problem.
1:16:35
Meanwhile, it could be a problem for me because we don't really
1:16:38
have much rain in California.
1:16:41
I'll help you.
1:16:42
Don't worry.
1:16:45
How are you, Yvonne?
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I wanted to stop in and see what you guys were up to.
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Been missing all of you over here at Enid.
1:16:52
Missing you too.
1:16:54
Yvonne, how are you doing?
1:16:56
How do you feel?
1:16:56
How's life and everything?
1:16:59
Yeah, I'm okay.
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Yes, and hopefully, Trangis, hopefully in the future we will
1:17:06
have more shows on Enid's channel.
1:17:08
We're starting from Enid Talks, having this little chat talk show, and hopefully,
1:17:14
maybe, one day we can have, I don't know, a community session, or something
1:17:19
fun, like a game show, or anything.
1:17:21
You know, like we are open to any kind of ideas.
1:17:24
So if you have any fun ideas that we should bring to the channel, feel
1:17:29
free to put it in the chat, or you can message us on Discord, on Enid's Discord.
1:17:34
I believe Yvonne already shared the link to Discord.
1:17:38
So yeah, feel free to join, or you haven't.
1:17:42
Hold on.
1:17:43
I have fun ideas, but I can't see it back.
1:17:46
Join our Discord.
1:17:48
Don't worry, I will type it up for you.
1:17:53
There we go.
1:17:58
So, I think you should be able to see the link, guys, on Discord.
1:18:04
There we go.
1:18:06
Right, so, um, Ifon, I think that will be all the Um, all the question from me and,
1:18:15
um, Michael here's, uh, and everyone in the chat, if you have, um, some questions,
1:18:22
um, feel free to ask in the chat, any kind of question you want to know, even
1:18:27
asking a question about the grand turismo movie, we accept that because it's still
1:18:31
related to sim racing and real racing.
1:18:37
I remember your name.
1:18:41
I'm not sure if I say it right, I'm sorry if I don't.
1:18:44
Um, but I think he is the one that's also raised on ACC, with
1:18:49
the United Elite Esports Slavery.
1:18:52
If I remember correctly.
1:18:55
Right, right.
1:18:57
I think, I think Trangis sometimes stream on Innit Esports back in the day.
1:19:02
So, I think I hang out a bit back in the day, in the chat.
1:19:06
So, of course I remember you.
1:19:08
I remember every, I feel like I remember every names in simracing.
1:19:13
Like, most people in simracing.
1:19:15
I don't know, maybe because it's a small world.
1:19:17
Like, it's, it's Everybody knows everybody and it turns out that I met someone on
1:19:23
the track right before I know her or him.
1:19:26
Like, it's a small world in sim racing so I feel like everybody knows everybody.
1:19:36
And anyway, Yvonne, um, is there any um, future goal for you?
1:19:44
Before we end the talk for today, Is there any goals that you want to
1:19:51
achieve other than racing in real life?
1:19:55
Well, I would like to help as many ladies and drivers getting involved
1:20:00
into, to sim racing, uh, coach them, help them to get better, uh, and, uh,
1:20:10
Get more women involved, basically.
1:20:12
Get more women into sim racing, right?
1:20:15
Because I feel like in sim racing, we are driving with the same, not like same
1:20:22
equipment, but all of us racing with a wheel and pedals, so for me, um, it
1:20:29
doesn't matter if you're like a girl or a woman, a girl or a boy, I mean,
1:20:33
sorry, so if you keep on doing it, if you keep on doing it, Keep doing it, right?
1:20:40
Like, don't be afraid just because you're a girl or something.
1:20:44
Just do it, and let the results speak, right?
1:20:48
Yes, but not only in simracing, also in real life, in the daily life.
1:20:54
Don't give up, keep pushing yourself.
1:20:57
Keep fighting.
1:21:00
Keep fighting, it will make yourself happy.
1:21:05
If you can achieve what you want to achieve.
1:21:08
So yeah, I hope also in real life to help as many people with, for
1:21:13
example, a disability, uh, to show them what you all can do, even
1:21:20
with a disability or wheelchair.
1:21:22
It doesn't matter.
1:21:23
You can do everything.
1:21:26
Just maybe a little bit slower or a little bit adjusted.
1:21:29
I race adjusted in the sim and it works very well, so it's
1:21:33
nothing that, uh, can stop you.
1:21:37
Nothing can stop you from doing what you love.
1:21:41
Yes, indeed.
1:21:43
Cause, I remember back in the day when I just started doing simracing.
1:21:48
So, my background in social media is, I started as a beauty blogger.
1:21:53
I'm doing makeup.
1:21:54
I'm giving a makeup tutorial, it's not like I'm giving you a simracing tutorial.
1:21:58
I think you can give me a makeup tutorial, then I'll give you the simracing tutorial.
1:22:02
Yep.
1:22:03
Right.
1:22:03
I can give you some tips about makeup and you can coach me about simracing.
1:22:06
Yeah, so back in the day when I started doing simracing like everybody will
1:22:14
everybody said like she wouldn't survive in this gaming world she she will never
1:22:19
making it to the top because again, my background because I'm a beauty blogger
1:22:25
and also that this This world is full of, um, men, so back in the day, having a
1:22:33
female sim racer back in my home country, it's like something new to everyone.
1:22:38
Like, okay, a female sim racer, what's that?
1:22:41
I don't think you will survive.
1:22:43
But yeah, keep on doing it, cause I never I thought that I could be
1:22:48
here having a chat about simracing and wanna get into real racing.
1:22:54
So yeah, I mean, if I stopped, if I gave up like back then,
1:22:58
I wouldn't make it here.
1:23:00
Ow!
1:23:01
Oh my god, Linda!
1:23:02
Hi, Linda!
1:23:04
How's it going?
1:23:05
Welcome to the first episode of Innitalks.
1:23:08
I'm Els and I'll be your host for the Innitalks and for the first
1:23:13
guest of the day of the Innitalks, we are having Yvonne O'Fleur.
1:23:22
I'm a proud disabled sim racer and driver and I'm so proud of you.
1:23:26
I'm so proud of you, Linda, and I'm I'm super, super proud of you, Yvonne,
1:23:31
because after having this talk, I feel like, yeah, don't let anything
1:23:37
stop you from doing what you love.
1:23:40
Yes.
1:23:41
Wow.
1:23:42
I should push myself even more as in like, thank you for giving
1:23:47
me like extra fuel to myself.
1:23:49
Yeah.
1:23:50
You know, after having this talk, I feel so motivated to get back into simracing.
1:23:55
Cause sometimes I'm losing it because I've been busy with works and stuff.
1:24:00
Sometimes I'm questioning that, do I still wanna stream and doing simracing?
1:24:05
But then today we are having this chat.
1:24:09
I don't know.
1:24:09
It kind of reminds me of something that I like.
1:24:14
I don't know if that makes sense to you.
1:24:16
Yes, it does.
1:24:17
Well, due to my health, uh, I can't race much in the sim now.
1:24:22
So, uh, I do, uh, one league on Gran Turismo with a controller.
1:24:26
Uh, and that's already difficult enough because I'm not a
1:24:30
controller driver at all.
1:24:32
But, uh, I just like to compete a little bit and practice some in the sim.
1:24:36
I'm gonna practice a lot with the Dream Team for the VCO event.
1:24:40
Yeah.
1:24:41
And, um I'm not racing much anymore in the scene, but to
1:24:45
help others is also great to do.
1:24:50
So, that's what I'm doing more now.
1:24:52
Yeah.
1:24:54
And last question, because we're about to end the talk for today.
1:24:59
What are your preparations?
1:25:01
Getting into the VCO event with new teammates, the Dream Team girls?
1:25:09
Yes, we, uh, we are going to practice, all four of us together.
1:25:15
Once the cars will be announced, uh, we're gonna decide who is driving which car.
1:25:21
And then, uh, we're gonna practice for those cars only.
1:25:24
Because I'm not gonna practice with all the five cars, if I don't
1:25:27
have to drive all the five cars.
1:25:30
And, uh, when the tracks are announced, we're gonna practice
1:25:33
with the cars on the tracks.
1:25:34
Uh, I'll be hosting sessions, uh, some coaching sessions.
1:25:39
Uh, and so on, to be on fire when the race weekend comes, the 20 and 21 of April.
1:25:46
So it's like in less than one month from now.
1:25:50
Yes.
1:25:51
Yes.
1:25:52
So is there any expectation going into this event?
1:25:57
Well, I think if we can get in, in the top 10 as a team, that will be amazing.
1:26:05
We have two top drivers, Sarah Dorff and Nina, I'm a bit in between.
1:26:11
And we have Victoria Miller who is coming from the Sim4Sam
1:26:15
program into iRacing last year.
1:26:18
And we're gonna coach her and she's gonna do great.
1:26:21
A very young talented lady who's very motivated to get everything out of it.
1:26:28
So, uh, I'm looking forward to that.
1:26:31
I'm looking forward to see her race.
1:26:33
In the FEC area as well.
1:26:35
I'm really rooting for you girls.
1:26:37
eSports team!
1:26:40
Full of female like all female members competing in VCO.
1:26:45
I'm supporting you.
1:26:46
You got my support like me and my family will supporting
1:26:49
this dream team like for real.
1:26:52
I mean for me, I mean honestly for me as a viewer of this event I mean, I'm
1:26:59
of course I want to see you girls on the top, but for me Take the journey, enjoy
1:27:06
the journey, especially for Victoria.
1:27:09
I don't know if she's here or watching, but for Victoria, take your time.
1:27:14
Learn one step at a time.
1:27:16
I'm rooting for you, and I'm rooting for all of you.
1:27:20
Nina, Sarah, Yvonne.
1:27:22
Sarah, I remember that she really loved driving in the rain back in the day when
1:27:26
I was racing in 24 Hours Spa with her.
1:27:29
So I'm really looking forward to see All of you driving in the
1:27:34
VZO, like, really, I cannot wait.
1:27:37
I'm so excited.
1:27:37
I'm so happy.
1:27:38
When I'm posting the announcement, I'm so happy.
1:27:41
Like, oh my god, we make it happen.
1:27:43
You know?
1:27:45
Yes.
1:27:45
I'm so happy.
1:27:47
Oh, wait.
1:27:48
Shouldn't we have a weekly practice session with the Screen2Speed Discord?
1:27:52
That's a really good idea, Meika.
1:27:54
We can have like, I don't know, like a weekly, in it weekly race,
1:27:58
maybe like a community race, like every Thursday or every Friday.
1:28:03
Just a community race, everyone is just like hosting a lobby.
1:28:06
We drive together, we get to know each other more, and we learn how to drive.
1:28:11
That's a good idea, I will put that on the list, and maybe we will make it happen.
1:28:17
Cause we keep on trying to make everything happen.
1:28:20
Make the impossible possible, basically.
1:28:23
Cause, when I just started getting into simracing, I don't think that it's
1:28:28
possible to have a female simracing team.
1:28:32
And, here we are now, in Innit Esports, we are making a simracing team.
1:28:37
So, um, Maybe in the future, in the near future, we will have an in it weekly
1:28:43
race, like a hosted lobby, we can drive together, have fun, and we can make
1:28:48
a content, or maybe me, I'm a content creator, in gaming, so maybe, Uh, here on
1:28:55
Init Talks, we can have, um, I don't know, a talk show talking about how to start,
1:29:00
uh, being a content creator in gaming.
1:29:03
If you guys interested, I'm down for it.
1:29:05
Like, we can have, um, how to start, um, making a content, how to start being a
1:29:11
content creator, if you guys interested.
1:29:13
Cause, I feel like sometimes people asking, like, Aya, how do you make a clip?
1:29:17
How do you make a fun clip like that?
1:29:20
And I learned that.
1:29:21
So, maybe now it's my job.
1:29:23
To share my knowledge with you, all of you guys, like, help me in the conversation.
1:29:29
I'll be standing first row, because I really like what you're doing with the
1:29:33
social media, and I already learnt a lot, because, uh, compared to you, I'm
1:29:37
just a rookie, uh, into social media.
1:29:41
So, uh, I really like what you're doing, and I learn still every day.
1:29:45
Yeah, maybe?
1:29:47
On for the next next episode, maybe we will have like a like a What do
1:29:54
you say like a class like not like an online class But it will be free for
1:29:59
everyone, but you guys can ask question about content creation on how to grow
1:30:04
your uh social media channel what what works and what's not works in on social
1:30:10
media So maybe in the in the near future we will have that so we might have
1:30:16
uh a weekly race and other than that we will we might have um A session, a
1:30:24
learning session, I must say, a learning session on how to be a content creator.
1:30:30
Or maybe in the future we can have Ash Vandele, because
1:30:34
she's a woman in motorsport.
1:30:35
She's like doing a really great job.
1:30:37
Her content is so good.
1:30:40
Chef kiss, you know, so maybe we can have Ash, we can learn from her also.
1:30:44
Or maybe if you have any other recommendation about who should we invite
1:30:49
for the next IndyTalks, feel free to let us know on the chat or on Discord,
1:30:55
because we would love to highlight every woman in motorsport and sim racing.
1:31:01
It's our goal to give you girls, uh, a spotlight here in sim racing
1:31:07
because everybody is different.
1:31:09
Everybody has its own specialty and every one of you is unique.
1:31:15
So share your story to us.
1:31:20
All right, then I think we are approaching the end of the stream.
1:31:25
Yvonne, thank you very much for being the first guest.
1:31:30
And finally, I got a chance to share my thoughts with you.
1:31:35
And thank you so much for helping me and everyone in the community.
1:31:41
Thank you very much.
1:31:42
Well, thank you.
1:31:44
And thank you, everyone, for all the support.
1:31:48
Uh, I would love to see, uh, all of you back in the next couple of
1:31:51
seasons, or videos talk, or whatever.
1:31:55
I really enjoy it, so thank you all.
1:31:57
And, uh, thank you Enid Esports, uh, Steffi, UL, Soph, Fred, everyone that
1:32:03
works in the background very hard.
1:32:05
Male, as well, VCO, as well.
1:32:09
And then next week, I think it's Victoria, who has the interview
1:32:13
on the same time, I think.
1:32:15
Same time.
1:32:16
Same time, every Thursday at 1 p.
1:32:19
m pacific time, we'll be having the dream team member!
1:32:23
First episode is Yvonne, and next one will be Victoria Mello, the girl who
1:32:28
came from the Sim4STEM program, getting into the screen to speed event, and now
1:32:35
she is racing with the pro in the VCO.
1:32:38
So, moral of the story, keep doing it, don't give up.
1:32:43
If you, if you can see it, you can be it.
1:32:47
Yes.
1:32:49
And don't forget to follow us on social media at init esports and screen to speed
1:32:54
because we'll be posting a lot of clips, a lot of clips, a lot of announcement, a lot
1:32:59
of things gonna be fun, gonna be amazing.
1:33:03
So don't forget to give us a follow.
1:33:05
And if you guys want to join the screen to speed spring cup, feel
1:33:09
free to join because we'll be having another race in the Gran Turismo.
1:33:14
Maybe I will see you on the track.
1:33:16
Maybe I will.
1:33:17
I will get into the race.
1:33:19
Maybe but we'll see So, yeah, thank you very much everyone I'll see you next week
1:33:26
on the init talks We'll be having a chat with Victoria Mello the youngest member on
1:33:32
the dream team MSA So, yeah, I think, yes.
1:33:36
I think I'm one of the oldest or maybe the oldest in drinking and Victoria.
1:33:42
Oh wow.
1:33:43
It'll be so fun and interesting.
1:33:45
'cause again, she came from the program.
1:33:48
She's still young and you can, oh God.
1:33:51
I don't wanna spill anything.
1:33:52
That's a lot.
1:33:53
I don't wanna spill anything.
1:33:55
But yeah.
1:33:55
Guys, turn in next week on Any thoughts, episode two.
1:33:59
Yes.
1:34:00
Makeup lessons.
1:34:02
Oh my God.
1:34:03
Guess what?
1:34:04
We will do a lot of things.
1:34:05
A lot of fun on Innit Esports Twitch channel.
1:34:09
Yes, Maika, I can give you some makeup tutorial, makeup tips while driving.
1:34:14
It's like a challenge.
1:34:15
Sounds like a content.
1:34:17
Sounds like a content You know what stay tuned I might I might see you guys on this
1:34:24
court in it is first Discord channel and how what about we discuss what's next?
1:34:30
What's next on in it is forward So what that super excited super super excited?
1:34:37
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1:34:41
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