- The thing about racing is like you gotta
kinda assert yourself as like the guy.
And so I always struggle if I'm not being
that guy being the aggressor.
Like if I'm driving down the highway,
I gotta, I gotta be in the left lane.
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Hey guys, welcome to another episode
of Pro Play, my name is William Byron.
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Today we're gonna be playing Forza, Horizon Four.
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I basically started you know,
through simulation game type atmosphere.
You know my parents thought I was crazy
'cause I was just sitting at home playing video games,
learning how to drive but it was, you know,
for me it was, there was a purpose to it so,
it worked out pretty well.
Most of the kids start when they're like six
or seven years old and go into NASCAR when they 18 or 19.
I was 15 years old and got into NASCAR
when I was 19 so it was different.
I mean a lot of people when I started racing
were like there's no way this dude knows what he's doing.
So I got a lot of things like that.
The thing that annoys me is they kinda make
it too easy sometimes.
Like the driving line and everything kinda helps you out
but for the casual person it's good.
For like a gamer like me I like all the assists off
and stuff like that.
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You know when you get on the race track,
you just do your own deal.
You're in the race car and you have your helmet on and
nothing else really matters.
So it was easy for me to kinda get rid of that
and that title I guess and be able to just go race.
You know if you know basic, the physics of driving and
you know, if you just know how to drive a real car
on the road pretty well, I think it translates
and you just gotta be aggressive.
You just gotta kinda go for it.
That's what I love about racing is you just
you have to be aggressive all the time.
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It's like driving on ice like if they,
like I tell my friends all the time.
'Cause they think I just like hold it wide open
and just put it to the floor but,
most of the time you're trying to
kinda sense the grip of the car.
And it's really just a feel thing.
It's like every time I go into a corner,
I kinda know what the car did before.
I think I finished fourth.
But--
- Not really.
That was a short race, it was like only a minute long.
It's a fun game.
I guess you can go to another race probably.
I like it, it's kinda cool you can drive around town
and all this stuff.
And try to avoid oncoming traffic like I just did.
Oh, here we go, here's one.
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Yeah so I think this race is on dirt.
So hopefully it's probably gonna be a little slicker.
Not really, I mean I wish 'cause dirt's awesome
but not really just asphalt stuff.
But with dirt you can really kinda it's more forgiving.
So you can really sling the car around
and that's kinda what I'm doing.
Is trying to just get in the corner a little bit too hard
and then try to slide around these guys.
Try to get to the lead.
I always struggle if I'm not being that guy,
being the aggressor like if I'm driving down the highway.
I gotta, I gotta be in the left lane.
There's, go to the lead right there.
Yeah I race against guys all the time on the computer.
And a lot of times they know who I am so,
either they race me clean
and they're like too scared to race against me.
Or they're like, or they're like resentful or whatever, so.
I try not to be a know it all.
Nobody likes to race against somebody
that's like a know it all but, I just love competing.
This guy's being a pain, I keep passing him
and then he's passed me back.
Here we go, chews him up a little bit.
(laughs) See if I can win this, I think I'm on the last lap.
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Winner! - [Interviewer] First place.
- There we go! - [Interviewer] Nailed it!
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- I mean I understand generally like
what it is, I just don't always know what would help.
So I know what toe or camber is.
Camber's like the angle of the tire.
So it's like if the tire's up like this,
you can put camber in it and angle it you know, in.
Based on where the corners are.
Basically it's like to keep the tire on the surface
as much as possible.
Then it's shocks and springs are pretty simple.
The stiffer you go the more rough the ride is.
But sometimes that's more grip
'cause it keeps the platform better.
Aero's pretty important.
If you have more front down force
the car's gonna turn better, hopefully.
More rear down force the car's gonna
be a little bit more stable when it's like,
you know, under braking or things like that.
So it's all important but I leave
that stuff up to my engineers.
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Let's see, let's make it.
Highly skilled.
See how this goes.
Alright.
This one's gonna be tough.
Man.
Bringing up the rear right now.
That's one of the biggest skills
as a driver is kinda how you work
the traffic in the car.
You know, how you get through and
manage that is very important, so.
I would say that's probably the most important thing.
When I first started racing everything I did was all
from video games so it was like,
alright let me try that see if it works.
And sometimes it did, a lot of times it did,
sometimes it didn't work out so good.
But I mean yeah, that's kinda how you learn I think.
It's like playing Madden for an NFL player.
Let's see I think we're on the last lap here.
Close to winning it.
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Oh no!
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- Oh no!
Trees don't move, that's alright, here we go.
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See if I can get top five.
Ah!
That--
- That one was rough.
- I was going for it.
I have to spend some time racing a little bit
to get a little better but I would probably make
the stone walls not just move when you (laughs)
when you hit 'em head on.
But the trees don't move so I learned that.
That was disappointing.
It's less NASCAR racing than it is like other cars,
but that's cool for me to do.
I mean the road courses are fun and the dirt tracks.
So I liked it, it was cool.
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