Episode 0411

11/30/2023 – Enhancing Your Hippocampus – Episode 0411

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we welcome Dave Allen, coordinator for the “Shaun Timmerman Memorial Event”. We look at why sim racing is a good hobby, and we find out who has the highest combined iRating on the service, and does it really make them the best driver on the sim.



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Special Guest

Dave Allen: Coordinator for the “Shaun Timmerman Memorial Event”

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid029PMdYKYtVFrhgzGEuRQX2RgZQcxaYBiVAW7mwyjguvmZ4JUgWUKTvUh7VHEL388Wl&id=100005552223261

https://discord.gg/SCBqZsnp



Topics



New Toyota

Toyota unveiled their new Camry XSE that will be running in the Nascar Cup Series next season

https://twitter.com/KellyCrandall/status/1729168615046598735


WoO Sprint Cars Week 3

Timothy Smith dominates in week three of the Worl of Outlaws series at Williams Grove

https://www.iracing.com/timothy-smith-dominant-wins-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-at-williams-grove/



Why Sim Racing is a Good Hobby

Seth Lea posted a letter in thr forums explaining why he thinks sim racing is a good hobby

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51622/why-sim-racing-is-a-good-hobby#latest



iRacing Rivalry Week

Steven Wilson and Garrett Lowe battle their way through the last lap at Watkins Glen in the eNascar College iRacing Series

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0PZWEdviGz/


Highest All Around iRating

DJ Yee J digs into who has the highest overall iRating by adding up the ratings in all 4 diciplines

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YTsYU6Sv5a4


Down for Deployment

iRacing will be down for the deployment on the 2024 Season 1 build on Tuesday, Dec 5th at 8:00am EST

https://twitter.com/iRacingSupport/status/1729620955918426385


Coexisting Cultures

DJ Yee J explores how iRacing has kept the 2 different communities (Racers and Gamers) racing on the servuce at the same time, and how to keep them happy in the future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5NW7QEIwRA


iRating Division Thresholds

Vern Klukas breaks down the division threshold for iRating

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51714/irating-number-for-divisions#latest



More Mooncar Glory

The Mooncar Series and it’s fantastic announcers have another great Mooncar Moment

https://twitter.com/itsmoonhead/status/1729959847527899373


Sim to Real World 

Daniel Morad posted a video of his Sim Racing Team as they took a shot at driving a real GT4 Mercedes racecar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1fqhzrXTrU


Outside Line

Premiering in New York for the first time was Outside Line, a 17-minute documentary starring NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth. T

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1729212366422970459

https://www.iracing.com/rajah-caruth-taking-the-outside-line-in-evolving-professional-racing-career-stemmed-from-iracing/



iRacing Weekly Challenge

iRacing’s latest new series concept comes to life for 2024 Season 1 with the introduction of the iRacing Weekly Challenge. If you’re into all forms of road racing, this is the series for you—it’s 12 weeks of different car and track combinations, with no repeats on either, for a season-long championship. Prove you’re the best at everything from sports cars to open-wheel racers on a global tour of some of iRacing’s most popular circuits!

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-weekly-challenge-debuts-for-2024-season-1/



Full Send Spec Miata 50

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0NYS-QtRtS/


Creventic Endurance Series VIR

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-creventic-endurance-series-at-vir/



eRacing Association Omega Cup

Registration for the eRacing Association Omega Cup Winter Bowl, eRA’s final event of 2023 in its premier Omega Cup series, is open now. Racers can join eRA as a member and RSVP to compete in tournament-style racing from Phoenix Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car, with $5,000 in prizes on the line for eRA members in the December 13 feature and a live broadcast of the feature airing across all official iRacing pages.

https://www.iracing.com/eracing-association-omega-cup-returns-december-13-with-winter-bowl-from-phoenix/



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Hardware/Software


Moza R12 Review

OC Racing reviews the Moza R12 wheel base

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h7LwpR06co

Concerns about long term reliability but does emerge as a good balance between value and performance. A mid range wheelbase, is a strong recommendation of power precision and value…



Fanatec F1 Formula Wheel

OC Racing revies the new, limited editon F1 Formula Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5cGWurjqE

Limited edition of 2023 units worldwide available, with a new green color…



Cube Controls GT Pro V2

Dan Sizuki revies the new Cube Controls GT Pro Versin 2 D-shape and GT Zero shaped wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8ksOOqFmU


Asetek Forte Wheelbase 

Random Callsign reviews the Asatec Forte Wheelbase coPrompared to the Simucube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkjhNKr584


VPG VP GT

Dave Cam reviews the VPG VP GT calling it their best wheel yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgIwf7HsfU

https://v-pgt.vpgsim.co.uk/



DD Bundles for Beginners

Overtake GG gives the best direct drive bundles for beginner sim racers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kzyALomsic

https://www.e-pxn.com/products/racing-wheel



Laptime Comparison Files

Broken A Motorsports shows you how to use and setup comparison laptime files to train 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tctq5qbr5ZE


Fanatec / Sparco Wheels

Fanatec officially unveiled their Sparco series of wheel rims

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0EsIXWseEV/


Asetek Ecosystem

Will Ford at Boosted Media reviews the new Atetek wheel and wheel hub modular system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db1qXvfO_GM


IMB Racewear Gloves

The Sim Pit shows off their Simpit themed racing gear from IMB Racewear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW7ILxBsR6k


Simucube in the US

Marko | Simucube — Today at 7:46 AM
My dear Americans 🇺🇸,

Simucube is visiting the US first time on Dec 7-9 in Indianapolis Performance Racing Industry.
We will have ActivePedals, SC2’s and the new Valo GT-23 wheel.

We are partnered with Advanced SimRacing 🇨🇦, who will bring two motion rigs.. so the setup is top notch! 🔥

We are genuinely very happy, if you happen to pop by. 😍

https://discord.com/channels/1001782368815820820/1034770389815013406/1179433090637115392



Precision Sim Engineering Pro Switch Panel 

You can pre oder the Precision Sim Engineering Pro Switch Panel (PSP) 

https://mailchi.mp/precisionsimengineering/the-future-of-sim-racing-12778756?e=08b8bc3eff



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Winter Series – 

  • David – P7 steam VR shat the bed, decided to run open XR, had no overlays.  Had mediocre speed but stayed mistake free when a lot of others didn’t.
  • John – P16. Started 23rd and I am happy to pick up 7 spots. Some real aliens in here. Learned a lot watching the fast guys’ lines and picked up lap times based on that. ZeroX and that is a plus for me. 
  • Justin P14 i ran out of gas i suck


Final Thoughts



Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Enhancing Your Hippocampus

Description

On the show today we welcome Dave Allen, coordinator for the “Shaun Timmerman Memorial Event”. We look at why sim racing is a good hobby, and we find out who has the highest combined iRating on the service, and does it really make them the best driver on the sim.

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0410

11/24/2023 = Who’s the GOAT? – Episode 0410

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we welcome a very special guest, long time Coke Series driver, Michael Conti. Well check out a detailed development update from Greg Hill and we’ll debate who is the iRacing Greatest of All Time.



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Special Guest

Mike Conti

General Questions:

  1. Two time podcast guest, episodes 146 and 169, back in the day… Retired from Coke racing here in 2023.
  2. https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=38602
  3.         Gen 4 5 6 or 7 or 87’s? What is the best
  4. Playing some videos of some older racing… What were you wanting to message here?
  5. So lets talk about “Team Conti Sim Performance”.
  6. https://www.iracerslounge.com/team-conti-sim-performance/
  7. https://kickinthetires.net/esports/team-conti-simperformance-shake-enascar/


Topics



2023 Development Update

Greg Hill, iRacing’s Executive Producer,  narrates the Develpment Updates for year 2023 and what is coming up next in iRacing

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1725900102361878976


Indy Car Updates

A bit of a more pessimistic view of the situation, this youtuber is not entirely hopeful for the chances of us having a 2024 Indy 500 on iRacing… He also highlighted a tidbit of info we missed out on, on this deal, this was published by Marshall Pruett from racer.com in a Q and A.

“I’ve been told by quite a few folks that at least one decision-maker in Penske Entertainment’s leadership team has deep ties to the company in question which, if true, would explain how they got themselves into this mess.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQv9siq6LM

https://racer.com/2023/11/15/the-racer-mailbag-november-15/



iRacing and Indycar

Myers: “We would love our previous IndyCar [simulator] rights back for our iRacing product, but I’m guessing they still have much to consider. As far as potentially building a dedicated IndyCar game for consoles, if we could acquire the license, that is also a big decision. We currently only have the capacity and resources to do so much simultaneously.”

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1725566723141836973
https://twitter.com/JPetschauer/status/1727503663357473241

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/17/iracing-indycar-video-game-future.aspx



iRacing Top Ten – November

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKEr0Fa-uIc


Road Racing iRatings

DJ Yee J explains in a Youtube video why Road Racers have higher iRating than oval racers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P55w03E2fSI


Who Is the iRacing GOAT?

DJ Yee J has a different perspective of who the is the iRacing Greatest of all Time

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YYcm5KFUHQQ


WoO Sprint Week 2

Alex Bergeron goes back-to -back to win his second WoO race at Weedsport 

https://www.iracing.com/bergeron-goes-back-to-back-wins-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-at-weedsport/



Sim to Reality Double

Glenn McGee and Sim2Reality brought home the Lamborghini Super Trefeo World Title to match his iRacing FIA sancioned World Title

https://twitter.com/RacerMcGee/status/1727442627484856511


AI vs AI in Real Life?

So Instead of AI Driving, SimRacers Control the Real Cars…? The Abu Dhabi-backed A2RL Autonomous Racing League plans to pit ten driverless cars in wheel-to-wheel battle from next year; the most ambitious AI motor sport plan yet. Its backer reveals more about the super-sized science experiment

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/the-worlds-biggest-driverless-car-race-a-new-type-of-motor-sport-with-different-heroes/


iRacing for Dummies

Sim Racing Pal made an iRacing guide for beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-XZABxqkHo


Southern National Repave

Mike Diaz at Southern National has repaved the top line and added PJ1 down the middle for the Thanksgiving Late Medel Stock Classic



Black Friday Deals

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1726637243597775215


Go Drive Smart

https://twitter.com/CaseyKirwan95/status/1727380071755743318


Winter Derby Open

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50902/2023-winter-derby-open-setup



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Hardware/Software


P1X Pro Review 

Sim Racing Setups reviews the SimLab P1X Pro Sim Rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Qmdf7LQdk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tgCatIvmpc


Conspit GT-B Sim Rig

Conspit unveils their GT-B Sim Rig designed for young racers

https://www.instagram.com/p/Czv1jBYPNW6/


Fanatec Black Friday

Karl Gosling reviews Fanantec’s Black Friday Sale includig 1/2 off the DD2 Podium Wheel Base

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXnSlgdDmOI

https://fanatec.com/eu-en/black-friday/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGLxWXvIWdU



DC3-RS Pedal Review

Race Beyond Matter reviews the DC3-RS Load Cell Pedals by DC Sim Racing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRPWTeBAC0

https://dcsimracing.com/gb/inicio/43-29-pedalera-dc2-rs-pre-order.html#/15-pre_order-prepayment_100/17-baseplate-without_base_plate



All in One Gaming

All-in-One Gaming shows off their Pro Series and Phantom Series Sim Rigs

https://allin1gaming.com/



Heusinkveld MagShift

Heusinkveld unveils their next generation og magnetic sequential shifters with the Mag Shift sequental shifter

https://twitter.com/heusinkveldeng/status/1726966615965622559


Sabrent 16 Port Hub Mount

SimSport Gadget makes a mounting hub for the Sabrent 16 port USB hub to attach to your 80/20 rig 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz5Smqbs8Um/


Long Term TR160 MK4 Rig

Dan Suzuki posted a long term review of the Trak Racer TR160 MK4 Sim Rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipcdji0IaCs


Simucube D

Simucube teased their new D-shaped racing wheel the Valo GT-23 coming to their ecosystem

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz_tVG5NdOV/


Fanatec and Sparco

Will Ford at Boosted Media checks out the new Fanatec Sparco wheel rims 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQYjgOk5nT0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQB4dmlOhS4


GTPROV2 Steering Wheels

Cube Controls unveils their GT Pro V2 Suede and Perferted GT Steering wheels

https://www.cubecontrols.com/product-category/steering-wheels/gtprov2-steering-wheels/?mc_cid=9e1ba5cfcd&mc_eid=aaf502f84f



Final Thoughts



Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Who’s the GOAT?

Description

On the show today we welcome a very special guest, long time Coke Series driver, Michael Conti. Well check out a detailed development update from Greg Hill and we’ll debate who is the iRacing Greatest of All Time. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0409

11/16/2023 – iRacing Multiverse – Episode 0409

https://soundcloud.com/iracerslounge/iracing-multiverse-episode-0409?si=34f2d1f05f694353b9f6b185f5d49a63&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics




Show Introduction

On the show today we’ll give the latest news on the IndyCar gaming license, and it’s possible impact in iRacing. We’ll ask if you are ready to bet on iRacing and would you be willing to bet your life in sim racing?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Topics



iRacing and Draft Kings

iRacing has hit the big time as you can now wager on races on Draft Kings

https://www.draftkings.com/help/rules/24



5 iRacing Features You Didn’t Know About

Josh Garner has a video detailing 5 features iRacing has that you might not know about.  The features highlighted were,,,,

Practice Groups, Custom radio frequencies, Graphics black box, Active reset, and Session Results info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAttXw7rxd4


Can You Beat Super Max

It’s pretty dang hard to beat Max Verstappen, even when it comes iRacing 

GrandPOOBear teamed up with Jimmy Broadbent, Cameron Das, and Cooper Webster of Red Bull Sim Racing to try to break Max’s world record. Will they be able to do it?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzoppswxisX/


100 Pits

DJ Yee J reviewed Jordan, aka Bottom Split, on his 100 pit stop race at NIS Martinsville and pulled out a P5

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tr83nBaA2kQ


DBox Motion Zone

The D Box Motion Zone at Phoenix Raceway let viewers experience everything the driver was feeling using the DBox Motion Systems

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bCMe_PaU0ac


iRacing in Drag

Bryan Miller asked in  a forum poll if it’s time for drag racing in iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50976/is-it-time-for-drag-racing#latest



Dying for iRacing

James Barry asked in the forums what your intrest in sim racing would be if there was a real risk of death

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51022/would-you-risk-your-life-for-iracing#latest



WoO Sprint Cars

Bergeron capitalizes, wins iRacing World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Car Series season opener at Volusia

https://www.iracing.com/bergeron-capitalizes-wins-iracing-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-car-series-season-opener-at-volusia/



iRacing 9.0.0 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51082/release-notes-for-iracing-9-0-0

https://members-ng.iracing.com/

What is iRacing Web?

Prior to sunsetting the Classic Membersite, we will make portions of the existing iRacing UI available directly in a web browser, without the need to have an iRacing installation on the machine. We are referring to this as iRacing Web in official documentation. This is not a separate product, merely an additional way to access what is currently known as the iRacing UI. The goal is to make sure functionality which does not require a connection to an iRacing installation is still available once the Classic Membersite is sunset in the future. This should be particularly helpful for Team and League Admins, but will obviously be nice for everyone who wishes to interact with the service on PCs without an iRacing installation. Results and stats are available in iRacing Web



Indy Breaking Free

Mike Straw reported on his Twitter account that IndyCar has officially Termonated its license agreement with Motorsports Games

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1724624272482545974?s=20
https://insider-gaming.com/indycar-terminates-agreement-with-motorsport-games/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Xr_jX8STM


Contender Series Champion

Vicente Salas takes the championship for the iRacing Contender Series and will be heading back to the Coke Series with a lot of momentum behind him

https://twitter.com/vicente_salas14/status/1724866554905416109


Phantom Cars

Robin Truswell compiled a list of ‘Phantom Cars’ cars without a series but not designated as legacy’s

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51044/list-of-phantom-cars-on-iracing#latest



Drive Smart to Daytona

Drive Smart to Daytona is a racing competition that sarts as a time attack, then 200 drivers will be drafted by sim racing influencer into teams, and then drive in  series of races for great prizes including a trip to Daytona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkaWCjxQR5Q

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qokzaQj5O3fhyQImtTVokvp0dPx1ROdKG9L2mkxtYjc/edit



iRacing Top 10 Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtHsXhZxEw


iRacing Black Friday Sale

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1724067241388396920

https://www.iracing.com/blackfriday/



Next Level Racing King of the Track

https://twitter.com/nextlvlracing/status/1723885694131556837
https://nextlevelracing.com/king-of-the-track/


This Week in iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-november-14-20-2023/



iRacing Winter Derby – Open

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50902/2023-winter-derby-open-setup



iRacing Winter Derby – Fixed

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50901/2023-fixed-setup-winter-derby



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Hardware/Software


Simracing 4U Button Box Review

The SimPit reviews the Simracing 4U Button Box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmy-VAWTXJI

https://simracing4u.myonline.store/a-83611241/usb-button-boxes-for-sim-racing-and-flight-simulators/pc-usb-button-box-3d-printed-carbon-style-with-neon-squares-29-functions-back-lit-blue-for-sim-racing/#description



iRacing on the Cheap

DJ Yee J (The Anti Boosted Media) tries to get a sim racing setup for the least amount of money possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjOPLAZTL4


Next Level Racing GTLite Pro

Dan Sizuki reviews the Next Level Racing GT Lite Pro foldable racing sim rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgLitvZtKUU
https://nextlevelracing.com/products/gtlite-pro/


QR2 Upgrade Review

trauma Team Racing revies the new Fanatec QR2 and asks if the upgrade is worth it or not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CqW3LPsRg


Disapearing 4090’s

Jayz Two Cents looks into the sudden lack of 4090 GPU’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_McXkYGGU


Cooler Master Dyn X Cockpit

Karl Gosling reviews the Cooler Master Dyn X Cockpit 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wRMMsnHC0w

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-dyn-x-adjustable-racing-simulator



Fanatec’s Kill Shot

Will Ford at Boosted Bedia reviews the new Fanatec Clubsport DD and DD+ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89YAK1KkcpQ


Results



League / Hosted Races

Winter Series – 

  • Brad – P. 8 What a dominating team effort that did not get the result that was deserved. Greg and I both lead race high laps of 66 and 54. Justin was with us until the green flag stops but lost him in the draft. Had the lead with two to go knowing the run was coming. Greg tried to stall them out but this separated us and I lost the lead on white flag. Had a run coming off of T2 but a late block caused a large wreck ending the chance for the win. Overall great broadcast time for the team and the podcast.


Final Thoughts



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  1. iRacing Multiverse

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On the show today we’ll give the latest news on the IndyCar gaming license, and it’s possible impact in iRacing. We’ll ask if you are ready to bet on iRacing and would you be willing to bet your life in sim racing? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Episode 0408

11/9/2023- Expired Beef – Episode 0408

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the Show today we see some iRacing champions getting their rewards, Motosports Games looses an official racing license series and we have lots of new hardware to check out.

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Topics



WoO Late Model Champ

World of Outlaws Buttkicker Late Model Champ Evan Seay picks up his winnings at the World of Outlaws finale at the Charlotte Dirt Track

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1720187021950366154


Protest System Fixed?

DJ Yee J dives into the newly announced iRacing Protest System 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBZIUwDugK0

DeeJay YeeJay He thinks it will be like “The post race disqualify, irating may be removed”

In other words, he doesn’t believe the changes coming would be effective, unless the loss of irating is in play… “Are we going to take away irating for bad behavior?”

Seen in the comments:


@thiagoods021

2 days agoI feel that a drop in iRating for DQ’s will result in a massive improvement in driving standards right off the bat. The top splits are getting overloaded with the esporfs “win at all costs” mentality and if this approach eventually leads people from dropping out of the top split, we can have a less sweaty future ahead.

@ruleslawyer

1 day agoI don’t like the idea of docking irating. It just means that slower racers have to deal with the trolls. There is enough to deal with in those races without making it a dumping ground for them. I’d prefer to sell temp bans handed off more often, or make a hidden rating where the trolls all get matched.



Coke Series Champ Honored

As part of Nascar’s championship weekend at Phoenix, eNascar Coke Series Champion, Steven Wilson receives his honors 

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1721260200529723803


TOCA Termination

TOCA, the rights holder to the British Touring Car Championship (‘BTCC’).,  has been forced to terminate that agreement forthwith, due to ongoing fundamental breaches of the agreement by Motorsport Games. Having been given sufficient latitude to rectify those contractual breaches, unfortunately Motorsport Games has failed to do so.

https://www.btcc.net/2023/11/06/toca-terminates-btcc-video-game-licence-with-motorsport-games/
https://www.btcc.net/2023/11/06/toca-terminates-btcc-video-game-licence-with-motorsport-games/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3jQY1Jq_l4


Is Indy Next?

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1721897657235562622
https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1722033392881930662

https://racer.com/2023/11/07/motorsport-games-suspends-development-of-indycar-game/

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1721906284948082791


Deadge

Deadge is a bot that will check signups once a minute and let you know about races that are about to go official.

After missing a race that I would’ve otherwise raced had I realised it was going official, I’ve created a bot that will check signups once a minute and send a discord notification if it reaches 5 signups. Never miss a cheeky Stock Car Brasil or Mission R race again!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50735/introducing-deadge-a-discord-bot-that-notifies-you-when-a-series-goes-official#latest



Mike’s 2023 Awards

Our own Mike Ellis reviews his 2023 iRacing accomplishments

NIS Open points Overall – Garrett Manes is 1st, David is 29th, Tom 41st, Mike is 50th, Justin 82nd.



Black Friday Sale

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1721938921729183861

https://www.iracing.com/blackfriday/



Season 4 Patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50799/2023-season-4-patch-4-release-notes-2023-11-06-02#latest



How Wide Can You Go?

A crazy finish at Talladega may have the widest range of cars crossing the finish line ever

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1722360036607787244


Mooncar Opinions

Mooncar Driver Brian Hicks took aim at some of his competitors in the Maancar Series during a race broadcast interview

https://twitter.com/mooncarlive/status/1722460755461591186

We need fresh beef, the beef that we currently have is about to expire…



iRating Grip

Sergio Abella asks in a forum pole if you get more grip when your iRating goes up

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50855/the-more-irating-the-more-grip-and-or-speed-does-iracing-give#latest



BRSSC iRacing FF1600 Festival

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50108/new-special-event-added-to-the-calendar-2023-brscc-iracing-ff1600-festival



Fuji 8 HR BOP

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50107/bop-added-2023-fuji-8-hour-presented-by-coach-dave-academy



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Hardware/Software


Philips Hue Integration

Danial Kilian shows how to integrate the Philips Hue Lighting sytem into sim racing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcw2YgCmyAg


Simucube 2 Drive Releases

Simucube 2 True Drive Releases update details are posted on granitedivices.com 

https://granitedevices.com/wiki/Simucube_2_True_Drive_releases



McLaren GT3 V2

Danny Lee reviews Fanatec’s McLaren GT3 V2 wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmqhOOFEijg


New Rim for Malone

Matt Malone will never spin out again with his new oval rim

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9s6hwCwd6iQ


Conspit ALC

Conspit shows off their new Automatic Launch System and how it will get you the most speed on take offs

https://twitter.com/OfficialCONSPIT/status/1717482467765215262


SimLab GT1 

OC Racing reviews the SimLabs GT1 cockpit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZcLIzVfPg8


Moza R12 Review

Dan Sizuki Reviews the Moza R12 wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4sj8Fwnp2k


Simtrecs Pro Pedals

Dan Sizuki reviews the Simtrecs Pro Pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmeg5rEckaU


Gomez Hyper P1 Review

The Sim Racing Den reviewed the Gomez Sim Industries Hyper P1 formua wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8BKFOY-0Ro


Fanatec QR2 What to know

OC Racing lets you know the 10 things you need to know about the new Fanatec QR2 quick release system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hohJiCKvaS8


Fanatec Module Rally Buttons

Fanatec teases their new Poduim Button Module Rally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SScRSTDm-BE


How to Cockpit

Sampsoid posted a how to video making an iRacing Cockpit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dtJRDHRwXA


Still Mind Blowing?

Boosted Media checks out the production of the Big Screen Beyond VR Headset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7rkazI-5So


LM11-Light Bar

The LM11-Light Bar is an active display capable of outputting RPMs, fuel level, pit speed limiter, flag status and much more.

@smracingproducts

Never miss a shift again with the LM11-Light Bar, an active display capable of outputting RPMs, fuel level, pit speed limiter, flag status and much more. Check out SM-Racing Products for your sim hardware needs. #simracingsetup #simracinghardware #simracing #simracingrigs #assettocorsa #iracing #iflag #buttonbox #foryoupage #foryou #fyp

♬ Raindrops – Official Sound Studio
https://www.tiktok.com/@smracingproducts/video/7298541869846301982


V-PGT

Introducing V-PGT, the ultimate steering wheel designed with an unwavering commitment to attention to the smallest detail. Every element of the V-PGT has been meticulously crafted to elevate your simracing experience to new heights.

https://v-pgt.vpgsim.co.uk/#moreinfo



Pedal Buyer’s Guide

Aaron Quinn posted a comprehensive Sim Racing P

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50873/massive-pedal-buyers-guide#latest



Results

                                                                                                                  

  •  
  •  

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday Fixed -Phoenix         

Brad – P16-Ran middle of the pack but seemed to get caught up in almost every wreck. Finished with 16x just trying to not get a drive through. Race took too long with 24 cautions



Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Draft Masters car of tomorrow at Talladega p10. Was just way too loose and could barely hold onto it. 

Draft Master

John – Saturday P15. Car was way too loose. Got hit and never recovered.

Trucks

John – Tuesday – P12. Started P2 but a car netcoded me on the first lap and ruined it.



League / Hosted Races

Winter Series – Daytona 

  • David – P9.   Got separated after first green stop.  Never got back to the lead pack, but we gained a lot of ground once we got 4 team mates lined up.  A lot of carnage at the end gained us a couple of spots too.  Overall though, it was  nice to have a clean race free of the excessive stupidity of NiS this year.  Yes it was worse this year.
  • John – P28. First ever winter series race. Rookie mistakes on pit stops for me. First stop I turned the car sideways twice on the apron in turns 1 and 2. Lost the draft and never recovered. Second stop I overshot my pit a little and lost more time. I’m not used to green flag pitstops on superspeedways and it really showed. But it was nice to run with guys who don’t crash every 10 laps. 
  • Brad – P11 Follow the leader for most of the race. After the first pitstop we were separated and fought the remainder of the race trying to track down leaders. Setup was a bit squirrelly and that made following people difficult. Leaders wrecked coming to the the checkers and managed to slide through the grass for an 11th place finish. Will be glad to get to a non-drafting track.
  • Justin P12, Started P4 stayed in the lead pack until the first round of pit stops kinda got shuffled after that got hooked up with Greg but the car in front of the pack was just really unstable. Slowed us down, took the second round of pits, everything went well. Until the last corner somebody didn’t hold their brakes. Only lost 2 positions, a really fun race.
  • Greg – P6 Thanks to Justin


Final Thoughts



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  1. Expired Beef

Description

On the Show today we see some iRacing champions getting their rewards, Motosports Games looses an official racing license series and we have lots of new hardware to check out, including a Massive pedal buying guide.

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

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Episode 0407

11/2/2023 – iRacing in Dog Years – Episode 0407

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we will be taking a look ahead to the next season build and a look behind at the 2023 NIS Season. We’ll look at more iRacers makng their way to the real tracks, and ask what tracks need to be scanned before they disappear.

And if you join us at iracers lounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing in todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there.



Topics



The Martinsville Full Send

Tuckles Tweeted a video of him being victimized be the Martinsville full send

https://twitter.com/iTuckles/status/1718163075394683121


Nascar Next Gen Manual

iRacing released the manual for the Next Gen Cup Car 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50387/nascar-nextgen-cars-manual



Fontana Demo

Alan Bailey at Team Spire posted photos of the demo at Fontana preping for it’s new configuration

https://twitter.com/HeyAlanBailey/status/1718054239128416583
https://twitter.com/HeyAlanBailey/status/1719833008298230235


Scan Before It’s Too Late

D J Yee J posted a video that should be scanned before they are no longer available

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ovSO9tTXs

Rockingham

Greenville Pickens

Nazareth

de curtibita spain

calder park (thunderdome)

de terramar – high banks 66 degrees 1.2 mile oval spanish grand prix 1922

Heartland Park Topeka

Orange County Fair Speedway in Ny dirt oval

Wakefield Park Australia



NIS 2023 Wrap Up

With the NIS Season coming to a close, we look back to the 2023 Season

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1719053564029309231


Sim to Real Life

16 iRacers from the Moradness M Squad sim racing team drove the real world Mercedes GT4 car 

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1719153446379499663


Mid Ohio Repave

Mid Ohio has finished their full repave of the racing surface

https://twitter.com/Mid_Ohio/status/1719446914201014687


Salas Hat Trick

Vicente Salas won his third consecutive race in the eNascar iRacing contender series

https://www.iracing.com/hat-trick-salas-scores-third-straight-enascar-contender-iracing-series-win-at-darlington/



Season 1 Build Content List



New Graphics Engine

we are thrilled to upgrade our graphics team later this year through the addition of multiple industry-leading principal-level rendering programmers who (together with our existing team) will help evolve iRacing’s graphics tech in a way never before seen on this platform. These developers have spent the last 20 years building and leading graphics/rendering teams across a broad spectrum of powerful graphics engines such as id Tech, Unity, Unreal, Decima, and Glacier. Our reconstituted graphics team will be more formidable than ever and we couldn’t be more excited about what’s to come. It is important to note that a graphics engine upgrade is a major long-term project and results will take time. That said, it will be well worth it. In the short term, we will continue improving the current rendering technology.



Temptest

Weather/Rain:

And now for another big-picture update that I know many have been following closely: the status of our advanced new weather system, called Tempest internally.  While we aren’t quite ready to guarantee it for December, we are now confident enough to say that the release of this incredibly complex system is imminent. That means it’s going to rain soon, folks.

Tempest was built from the ground up and consists of several interconnected systems that simulate not only rain and the effect that water has on the racetrack, racecars, and surrounding area but also the physical components that combine to create various types of weather. This system is fueled by extensive real-world data from the very locations where you’ll be racing. Together with our Dynamic Track systems, the combined experience is unparalleled in simulation/gaming.

we do want everyone to understand that this system requires per-car development. It’s not as simple as adding a generic rain tire onto our vehicles; rather, we are doing car-by-car R&D to ensure proper rain tire construction/modeling and driving characteristics. As a result, rain support will be added to the sim in batches, starting with a compelling initial offering that is likely to include the Formula 1600, Toyota GR86, and Ferrari 296 GT3.



Protest System Updates

we have built a department whose job is to coach, correct, and take regulatory action when things go wrong. This team does a phenomenal job working through thousands and thousands of manually intensive reports, each of which requires research and careful thought to ensure that if a response is needed, it is an appropriate response. With the December build, we will equip this team with a more expansive toolset to do their jobs. A comprehensive list will be provided in our next sporting code update, but for now, a preview of what’s to come

Post-Results Race Disqualification. A member or team may be disqualified from a Race or event after Results have been posted. Their Championship Points for the Race or event will become 0, and they will drop to a last-place finish.



One New Car

our team has been focusing on some of our longer-term R&D initiatives this season, such as rain, our aero-modeling program, Oval Refresh, and tire model updates. That said, we are excited to be debuting one new car in December: the Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3. 



Track Updates

On the oval side, we are excited to release Slinger Speedway. Slinger is so much fun to drive, and you all will have a blast turning laps at the “World’s Fastest Quarter Mile Oval.” And yes, folks, it will include the figure eight configuration!

Mugello Circuit is looking amazing and will also debut in December.

Okayama Circuit will be re-released (for free) with modern artwork that meets our current standards for quality. It looks great.

Our scanning department has been busy. Processed data was delivered to the team recently for both Portimao and Navarra, and our production and art teams are already underway.

The scan team has also just returned from a big trip to the heart of oval racing country (North Carolina), where they scanned the SRX cars (pavement and dirt) and a handful of different Street Stock car bodies.

We are working on a Micro Sprint, which will provide a great entry point to dirt oval racing (do you all want a pavement version too?). This car will lend itself well to Millbridge Speedway (in progress), the already-released Kern, and a handful of additional current and future short tracks on iRacing.



Other Items

Our Career Mode team is making significant headway on this project, and we are really picking up steam across all supporting departments, including design, sim engineering, web engineering, and backend systems.

Our User Experience and Design teams are working on a new structure for the UI, which will move us away from the modal-based experience available now to a more approachable and accessible design for the future.

Pictures –

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/430661#Comment_430661



Oval Refresh

Oval refresh has a full complement of developers working on it each day, and they are making significant progress. These efforts will continue for some time as we iterate the many systems involved. That said, we don’t want to wait until we’re “done” to release these improvements to the service. With the December build asphalt ovals have been updated to produce an improved dynamic racing experience. Track surface grip levels will change more rapidly as temperature rises and fall depending on weather, time of day, and the energy the cars are putting into the track. Be prepared to tune setups for changing track conditions and search for grip as various lanes heat up and cool down throughout a race session.



Racing Prodigy

Racing Prodigy will take 12 sim racers to learn, train and compete at Atlanta Motorsports Park

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1718275361664901261


This Week in iRacing

This Week in iRacing is iRacings weekly post which details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-31-november-6-2023/



IMSA Global Championships

IMSA’s official Twitter account announced the list of entries for the 2023 eSports Global Championships

https://twitter.com/IMSA/status/1719430742495703342


Winter NIS 

iRacing posted the details of the Winter NIS Season starting in November

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50258/winter-iracing-nascar-series-wins-is-back-for-2023



Fuji 8 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50107/2023-fuji-8-hour-presented-by-coach-dave-academy



2023 BRSCC iRacing FF1600 Festival

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50108/new-special-event-added-to-the-calendar-2023-brscc-iracing-ff1600-festival



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Hardware/Software


Simucube Throttle

Dan Sizuki reviews the throttle pedal for the Simucube throttle that you can get in conjunction with the Simucibe Active Pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpvjSrOf3dc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TuB831wBLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w55YI34Zgto

https://simucube.com/simucube-activepedal/?v=fa868488740a



Is Motion Worth It?

Dan Sizuki reviews the D-Box Gen 5 4250i Haptic System and asks if motion is worth it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU2ypRv9WOw

https://simraceshop.de/D-BOX-Generation-5-4250i-Haptic-System.html?refID=34564684



Gomez Hyper SL

Gzomez unveols their new HYPER SL screenless wheel

https://twitter.com/gomezsimracing/status/1716427377717154150


 Apevie Simulator

Apevie Simulator offers sim racing hardware as well a complete turn key systems

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyUUBf0P2JG/


Simubox DDU Dashboard

SIMUBOX’s DDU Sim Racing Dashboard with 16 RGB LED. SIMHUB Compatible VOCORE 5inch

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyxt_sPIUzw/

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225828971698?hash=item349474a4b2:g:L54AAOSwaeVlM8bG



Simagic P100I Pedal Review

Shaun Cole from the Sim Pit reviews the Simagic P100I Inverted pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soCUb-cadCs


15% Off Trak Racer Black Friday

Black Friday deals are available from Trak Racer with a 15% off discount



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Martinsville

  • Mike -.  P5 top split 231 points might be the most points I’ve ever got in a race.  Just try to keep my nose, clean and not get to the incident limit and the strategy worked. I was right below. It. 
  • David – p Dq out – thats all i’m saying
  • Joe- dnf 

Saturday Fixed- 

  • John – P13. Somehow got in the top split and was against 5-6k drivers. Way out of my league, but a good clean race.

Wednesday Open: Phoenix

  • MikeP8 Ray I’m pretty much 5th to 10th most most of the race spent out on my own once had about two minutes damage but just kept it clean and brought it home top 10 I’ll take it
  • Chris- P16. Car ran great most the race and was able to drive up to Top 10 under green. Spun in the dog leg twice and took some damage and it was downhill from there . Finished P16 1 lap down. 
  • Tony – P8 was stuck in 6-9Th all of the 3 ½ hours of it. Never really passed or got passed much just stuck 
  • John – p21. Committed the unpardonable sin – spun out in turn 2 on the first last and sustained right front wheel damage that could not be completely repaired. Stayed in the race anyway and went up from P32 due to attrition. 
  • TylerP12. Long Race! Got caught a lap down, 3 separate times. Two wave arounds and 1 lucky dog. Had solid speed the entire race and felt pretty comfortable. Happy to complete this race with a 0x. I’m ready for Daytona! Shoutout to the entire team. What a season for Tifosi. Well done fellas. Congratulations Tom! 
  • Brad – P wrecked out


Official Series

Draft Master

John – Saturday P10. Started P16 and dodged the bullets. Zero X – thats a first in this series at Dega.

Sunday P6. Got wrecked twice and had a damaged right wheel. Kept driving anyway and got a respectable finish



Final Thoughts



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  1. iRacing in Dog Years

Description

On the show today we will be taking a look ahead to the next season build and a look behind at the 2023 NIS Season. We’ll look at more iRacers makng their way to the real tracks, and ask what tracks need to be scanned before they disappear. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

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Episode 0406

10/26/2023 – 25 Shots Later – Episode 0406

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics




Show Introduction

On the Show today, we get a little more info about the iRacing Nascar console game, ask how do we know pros aren’t cheating, and look at a heartfelt, well thought out reflection from a mature iRacing driver.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Topics



Meyers on  iRacing Console 

iRacing’s Steve Myers talks about some of the vision regarding iRacing’s console Nascar racing game

https://twitter.com/MattWeaverRA/status/1715464566044287286

https://sportsnaut.com/iracing-immersive-nascar-console-experience/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRh8SZMe4Y


Pit Entrance Trouble

In a move possibly inspired by Kyle Larson, an A Fixed race at Homestead goes wrong at the entrance to pit road

https://twitter.com/Max_Molina7/status/1715536503538057286


Checking Pros for Cheating

D J Yee J posted a quick video asking how do we know iRacing Pro drivers aren’t cheating

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2sWR64M0wRM


Insane Sim Lounge

Late Apex Simu;ators offers sim racing rentals in Ontario 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o5nT3OP7Now

https://www.lateapexsim.ca/



iRacing Top Ten Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtHsXhZxEw


Back in the Game

Former NFL player and iRacer enthusiast Bernard Pollard has some repair work to do to get back in the iRacing game

https://twitter.com/Crushboy31/status/1716900854148837717


The Bathurst Hop

Laurence Dusoswa pulls of the Bathurt Hop over the wall at the chicane to take the lead in a race

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CysXo6mNanr/


iRacing CEO DJ Yee J

What would DJ Yee J do if he were the new iRacing Ceo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJkEzYNiEQ0


It’s Raining Cars

Bill Sirinek posted a video at Watkins Glen where cars come crashing out of the sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQOmPachKU


Car Manuals

iRacing drops more car manuals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50127/formula-vee-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50129/aston-martin-vantage-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50130/mclaren-570s-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50131/porsche-718-cayman-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50132/audi-rs-3-lms-manual



HPD ARX-01C Returns to Official Racing

Greg West posted that the HPD ARX-01C car will be returning to official racing in Season 1 by joining the GT Thrustmaster Challenge alongside the GT1/GT2 field.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50111/hpd-arx-01c-returns-to-official-racing



All Time High

iRacing hit an all time high in active memberships in October as announced in a post by Greg West

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/425775#Comment_425775



Safe Driver Dilemma 

Paul Seeley posted a very introspective essay about his iRacing status.  He is not super fast in official races, but is safe and has good car control, so he finises well, although he never wins, so he gets in higher splits than his skill level.  He’s using AI more and more because of the competancy and quality of the racing.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50228/ill-never-win-a-race-a-reflection#latest



Winter NIS is back

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50258/winter-iracing-nascar-series-wins-is-back-for-2023



Fuji 8 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50107/2023-fuji-8-hour-presented-by-coach-dave-academy



British Racing & Sports Car Club iRacing FF1600 Festival

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1715427645398114546

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50108/new-special-event-added-to-the-calendar-2023-brscc-iracing-ff1600-festival



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Hardware/Software


Thrustmaster ESWAP XR Pro Controller

Thrustmaster’s ESWAP XR Pro is a controler designed for racing

https://www.tiktok.com/@ytgeekstreet/video/7287680790995946785?_r=1&_t=8gXtKfGwTfu


Pimax Fixed?

Boosted Media re-reviews the Pimax Crystal and asks if they have fixed thier install problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Mg9VHUv_A


Sim Magic Review

Boosted Media answers the question is Simagic and its ecosystem worth it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WH4TKI5KG4


Simagic Haptic Pedal Support

Neil Gardner is asking if iRacing will bring support to the Simagic Haptic pedals like the LFE support

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49959/simagic-haptic-pedal-reactors-support-in-iracing#latest



Ascher McLaren Sport-SC

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyi17C-q3nd/


Maple Rig

Rukus Garage makes a maple wood sim rig the Race Kit The RK-1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyYNWcqO-2Z/


Conspit FW-1

Conspit unveiled their new FW-1 formula wheel at the Sim Racing Expo

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyk-gb-NoDJ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyx0BKVPXkD/


Conspit Pedals CPP Lite

Dave Cam reviews the Conspit CPP Lite pedals and tested put their launch control system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qZvf97Z7vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjR9ew-VELc

https://conspit.com/CONSPITtabanxilie/38.html?lang=zh-cn



BASH Pro Active H Pattern Shifter

Sim Racing Corner looks at the BASH Pro Active H pattern shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BlPoCC6LS4

https://mvhstudios.co.uk/products/bash-pro



BDH (Bazooka) Shifter

Laurence Dusoswa revieas the BDH H Pattern Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXqKe5ItEa0

https://www.bdhracesim.com/where-to-buy



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Homestead 

  • Mike -.  P wrecked out early. Lap three they reck in front of me. I go to miss it. I get ran over from behind shove down to the inside wall. Five minutes damage after the green flag. I’m running in the back another guy gets wrecked. I can’t slow down in time, and I plow him.  40 minutes required.
  • David – p 4, long run near end got me track position back, then held on for 2 short runs
  • Tony -p22 was just meh 

Sunday Open-Homestead 

  • David – P 10  self corrected into wall on first green run.  Caution comes out right before window is over.  Fix most of damage, save fuel and out stretch others to 10th with wheel damage
  • Tony – P6  dont remember much from this one think it was ok. Did end up finding a groove that i liked hugging that bottom 
  • John – P16. Started in P24 and ran consistent laps. Stayed out of trouble, but the top 3 drivers smoked the field. 

Wednesday Open: Cautionville

  • MikeP 7 – got wrecked with about three minutes. Damage could barely drive it got some repairs done and just kept it on track got up to 24X was one away from the DQ and brought it home P7 I’ll take it.
  • ChrisP5. Raced in the back for most of the race. Had 12x for most of the race and raced safely with 16x. P5 never never felt so good. Broke the 2700iR mark for my personal high. 
  • David – P 14, really getting sick of this crap,  running third, fourth cuts down in front of justin and then wipes me out.
  • Tony – P13 oh this race, i dont think ive ever been and ive been in a ton of absolute shit shows on the sim. 32 cautions 2 ½ hours of just absolute trash. I was everywhere top 5 bottom 5 middle 5 wrecked several times was clinging on to that 1 last x for last 90 or so laps trying to get back on the lead lap which i eventually did on the 2nd gwc i stayed in to least get some much needed points fornthe quest of top 15 in div 3. Im 1 and done with this BS. Would rather listen to David Hall read some more Taylor Swift lyrics under cautions than run that atrocity again
  • John – p 11. My car was good, but the usual Martinsville cautionfest. Thanks to the overwhelming lack of skilled drivers I had 22 X fairly quick and had to be careful to avoid a DQ. Got up to 24X with 30 to go and babied the car from there. 

Thursday Open: Martinsville

  • Mike- P8- top split typical shit show I had 16 incidents before halfway got drive-through and finally got a lucky dog to get back on the lead lap with about 20 to go and work my way back up to finish P8 another great top 10
  • Mackenzie – P2 – Great 1st NIS race back, started 3rd got spun early and ran around 15th for a while, stayed out while leaders pitted and took the lead and lead 79 laps, got screwed on a car coming from the pits and dropped back to 3rd, pitted for fuel and took tires around lap 200 and started 8th, worked my way up to 4th for the GWC and 2nd and 3rd place spun before the line so I took 2nd


Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Legends,, 87 cars at Talladega ran top five all day there were several cautions was leading at the end on the white they were three wide the middle lane guy came down and wrecked All P 20. 

Draft Master

John – Saturday P2. Stayed there the whole race and just pushed P1 to the end. We never got passed.

Saturday again. P11. Good result considering I got in top split with over 4k rated drivers. I kept up with lead pack the whole race

Tuesday and Wednesday Trucks. 4 races and they all sucked. The usual “nobody can keep a straight line” races and lapped cars wrecking leaders. My SR took a massive beating

Mackenzie – P9, Started 16th, pretty uneventful race, was probably 6 or 7 wide coming across the finish and got squished into the wall and lost a few positions



Final Thoughts



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Episode 0405

10/19/2023 – Winter is Coming – Episode 0405

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll check out what was on display at the 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo, including new offerings from Fanatec. We’ll check out an open letter to iRacing from an influential sim racer reguarding the new conso;e game, and debate iRacing having free, spectator only accounts.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Special Guest

Brad Wrenn



Topics



Winter is Coming

Dante Pontecorvo asked in the forums if there’s a date for the release of the Nascar iRacing Winter Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49784/winter-nascar-iracing-series-schedule



iRacing Support Solutions

iRacing’s support solutions menu may be able to answer your iRacing questions

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions



Bobby Foley Interview

iRacing interviews IMSA GT3 driver Bobby Foley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpMYPWMYMA


Get Closer Racing

Get Closer Racing shows off thier products at the Sim Racing Expo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyVl8B-NUju/


More Sim Racing Expo

Unicorn Reviews makes the rounds at the Expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1p7ounGXRk

Venym Pedals – country flags on the pedal faces

Coffee Racer – Folded up rig in a coffee table

pXn – Base and wheel –

SRP Sim Racing Pro – pnumatic pedals

Aceolith – Prototype wheels

Grid Racing – Using balloons in the seats with air hoses in seats for a g seat – early prototype

Asetek had the biggest booth –

Sabelt Rigs with Seat – neat colors on the seats

p1 Sim – Pedals look nice w heel bucket

Conspit – Interesting rigs, hydralic pedals



Tour of the Expo

Laurence Dusoswa gives a full tour of  the Expo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_lfPqbLxM

Cube controls and Gomez are not at the the expo



Overtake-ing the Expo

Overtake.gg takes a look at new wheels at the Expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTa_NGzWa9w

0:19 Fanatec
0:29 Podium Button Module Rally
0:38 Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3
0:54 QR2 Hands-on
1:23 Fanatec Formula Rig
1:30 Fanatec ClubSport DD 12 Nm Check
2:59 Ascher Racing McLaren GT4 Wheel
3:45 Sabelt Wheel & Track Time Motion Prototype
4:30 Asetek La Prima & Forte Wheel Button Box
5:45 Cube Controls AMG GT Wheel
6:18 BavarianSimTec Omega Pro Hands-on
6:56 PXN
7:07 Varjo Aero VR Headset



Fanatec New DD’s

Fanatec shows off thier new Direct Drive Wheel Bases 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CybKfKWMpKa/


Setup Updates for New Patch

Greg  West posted in the forums that the new 10/19 patch will correct setup issues in the ’87 Legacy Cars

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50051/setup-updates-for-10-19-patch



Patch 3 Release Notes

https://twitter.com/iRacingSupport/status/1714977976800993670

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000171318-2023-season-4-patch-3-release-notes-2023-10-18-01-



Overland to iRacing

Chris Overland posted an open letter to iRacing with his thoughts of the newly announced console game

https://twitter.com/ChrisOverland47/status/1714676924205748673


Worst Value on the Road

DJ Yee Jay asks which road courses were the least value based on official races this season.  Winton and Zolder

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/of5yfuc8MEU


Unscheduled Pits

Matt Malone takes an unplanned pitstop in his race session

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8LfejNmWinc


Spectator Accounts

Neil Gardener ask in the forums why we can’t have spectator only accounts for spotting/broadcasting

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49735/spectator-only-account#latest



SCCA And Trading Paints

iRacing will allowthe use of Trading Paints for the Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49999/iracing-scca-runoffs-paint-update



Sim Racing Chicago Mobile

Sim Racing Chicago’s Mobile Sim Racing Trailer is almost ready to go!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1473986726714630

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0idSKC1CFb7fbbvDgJ9SSXLJFLiBaM3QUuAD6bvpmMXYVBF17ENmUYudH7eVdAyPfl&id=100088726105522&mibextid=K8Wfd2



iRacing Spend

DJ Yee Jay adds up how much he’s spent on iRacing over the years

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AMvGAvtnmE0


SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



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Hardware/Software


Qbic QS-210 Review

The Sim Pit reviews the Qubic QS-210 motion actuator system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MkBHsfOZs


Meta Quest 3

Meta has released the Newest version of their VR platform, the Quest 3

https://www.reddit.com/r/iRacing/comments/175da0z/quest_3_iracing_wow/?share_id=F8HcN2NtU-zJJEC1QXu1N&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=5&rdt=40083

https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/



Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack

Dwarehouse dropped a new version of the Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack



Asatek SimSports Launch Premier

Asatek Ceo gives a rundown of their new button box with exchangable rims

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WF6NqbO00


Fanatec Clubsport DD

Fanatec introduces their new direct drive wheel bases, the Clubsport DD and Clubsport DD+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYfhu236oJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErib14Gjx8

https://fanatec.com/eu-en/detail/index/sArticle/1891

https://www.instagram.com/p/CydgfNUONtx/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7AuGhPzPxU


Saving You Back

Sense of Speed shows how to save your lower back in your sim rig with inflatable lumbar supports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ3AJYUi0s0


Sabelt Sim Rigs

Random Callsign reviews Rim rigs from Sabelt- a high performance safety company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQgwQ06KaeE


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – 

  • Mike -.  P8- kind of ran around mid pack most of the race a bunch of cautions at the end played in my favor and I was able to move forward from about 15th up to eight. I will take it.  
  • Tony -p20 Just felt absolutely stuck the whole race. Didnt gain or loss anything hanging around top 10 but was caught in white flag BS 
  • John -p10 – Started P11 and stayed there most of the race. In P9 with 19 to go and stuck to the turn 4 wall like super glue. That put me back to 16th but fought my way back. Felt good about the race because I stayed with the lead pack and avoided all the wrecks behind me.
  • Tom- p10

Sunday Open-

  • David – P good long run car, wrecked a by an asshole who took out other people early in the race and expect everyone to get out of his way, yet turns across my nose and blames me.

Wednesday Open: vegas

  • MikeP got involved in three different cautions. The last one was eight minutes damage. P22
  • ChrisP 10. Took a bit to learn the track. Drove around 30th the first part of the race. Drove up under green. Nice Top 10 and iR at career high. 
  • David – P Wrecked on lap 2 unable to fix drove a green flag run with damge, pited, pit crew never showed up – rage quit
  • Tony – P26 was doing ok while trying to get jiggy with it when cars wrecked and t-boned a guy. Spent lap and half getting damaged fixed figured i was the only car a lap down til we started getting green flag stops. Waites til i had ½ a lap left when pulling onto pit road when i was hit getting on pit road saved it but missed pit road and ran out of gas and had to tow. 3 laps down rest of the race  
  • John – pP14. Strarted P16 and fell back quick. Got as far back as P29 one lap down. Got lucky dog in P 19 with a green white checker.Gained 5 spots on green white checker. Heck, I’ll take it. 
  • TylerP6. Started in the back and caught up in a massive wreck on lap 1. Got damaged fixed and caught a lucky dog on the very next caution. Again on the green flag. Race stayed green the rest of the way. Pitted 1 lap before halfway and was able to finish strong only on the one stop. 

Thursday Open: 
MikeP top split. P23. Caution free race. I ran what I deserved.



Official Series


Draft Master

John – Started P1 on Thursday night. On lap 5 the guy behind me thought it would be a good 

Idea to bump draft in the tri oval. It caused a massive pile up. Got going again in P10. Draftmastered my way back up and finished P2.

John – Friday night. Started P1. Led 17 laps of a clean race. Leading on the last lap and got passed at the finish line on the outside. P2 by 2/1000 of a second. 

John – Wednesday night. Started P8. Dodged two massive wrecks. With one to go I was in P6 and get caught up in  a wreck and had a damaged right front wheel. Kept going anyway and finished P3



Final Thoughts



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  1. Winter is Coming

Description

On the show today, we’ll check out what was on display at the 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo, including new offerings from Fanatec. We’ll check out an open letter to iRacing from an influential sim racer reguarding the new conso;e game, and debate iRacing having free, spectator only accounts. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0404

10/12/2023 – Runoff at the Runoffs – Episode 0404

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today well ask what your iRating might say about what kind of driver you are, we’ll dive into reactions to Nascar and iRacing on consoles, and what tracks are most desperatly in need of updating and why.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Topics



Multitasking While iRacing

Incoming Cup driver Carson Hocevar knocked out a Nsscar Radio interwiew on his phone while iRacing at Dega

https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNASCAR/status/1712214516312797347


iRacing at Charlotte

Rajah Caruth was repping the brand in the iRacing sponsored Xfinity car at Charlotte

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1710644906534773070


Pocono Update

Listener Craig Ream gives the Lounge some great feedback about the infield courses at Pocono.

Hi Gents,

Just to lend input on your mention about the Pocono infield courses.  While they “could” be used for go carts but they are most often used for HPDE and drift events.     Some club level racing is also booked there. (example spec Miata’s)

The legacy Pocono config actually has a few of the infield courses but they are now dated and have changed slightly.

Craig Ream



NASCAR Game 2025 – What Do iRacers Think?

iRacing will be bringing Nascar to consoles in 2025 and the forums chime in with their thoughts.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49407/iracing-to-develop-nascar-console-game-available-in-2025



Send It Sim Racing

Send It! Sim Racing in Amherst, NY provides racing simulators to rent for single drivers leagues and more

https://senditsimracing.com/



SRX Ready for Scanning

In a Tweet from SRX racing, the IROC style racing league is readt for iRacing’s scanning team

https://twitter.com/SRXracing/status/1711375156617072991
https://twitter.com/SRXracing/status/1712162933210247205


Your iRating and You

DJ Yee-J posted a YouTube video discussing what, as a driving instructor, he sees with drives at certain iRatings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjmRK-pRkM


Update Me!

RacingDepartment.com posted an article about which 3 tracks in iRacing desparately need updating

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/top-3-iracing-tracks-that-desperately-need-updating.1402/



Racing With Alonso

PitBits found himself in a Formula Vee race with F1 world champion Fernando Alonso and posted  his race on his YouTube Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEcejcl0Y0


Pro Driver Pipeine

Coke Series Driver Vicente Salas is turning his dream of racing into a reality as he chases a career in Nascar 

F8ppdlyauaapckz

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2023/10/12/vicente-salas-nascar-career-enascar-iracing/



Sim Racing Expo

The 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo starts this weekend  in Dortmund, Germany

https://twitter.com/SimRacingExpo/status/1712482204457329040

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49754/sim-racing-expo



Season 1 Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49701/2024-season-1-schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49713/2024-season-1-schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49712/2024-season-1-schedule



iRacing athe SCCA Runoffs

iRacing made it’s presence well known at the 2023 SCCA Runoffs

https://www.iracing.com/michael-hinkle-2023-scca-runoffs-recap/



IMSA 2023 Esports Global Chamionships

https://www.imsa.com/news/2023/10/12/imsa-announces-2023-imsa-esports-global-championship/



Crandon Pro 4 Championship

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1712507206610935908

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-crandon-pro-4-championship-special-event-2023/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49559/iracing-presents-2023-crandon-championship



BMW M Road Atlanta

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-bmw-m-sim-cup-at-road-atlanta/



SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



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Hardware/Software


Next Level Racing Go Kart Plus

Next Level Racing offers their new Go Kart Plus Sim Rig



Sim Racing Pro Handbrake Review

Sim Racing Pro reviews thier handbrakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tmjhRpoazvY&feature=youtu.be

https://simracing-pro.com/product/srp-hb-handbrakes/



Samsung Odyssey and the 4090

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PyA_yJ0chY

It appears that the Samsung Odyssey G9 cannot be handled by one of the world’s highest-performing gaming graphics cards, namely the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/geforce-rtx-4090-cannot-handle-samsungs-odyssey-neo-g9-240hz-monitor-limited-to-120-hz



Cube Controls Mercedes AMG GT Wheel

Boosted Media reviews the Cube Controls Mercedes AMG GT Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aTFANIFRWw


Asetek Invicta 27 NM Review

Simracing Enthusiast Reviews the Asetek Invicta 27 NM wheelbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVxAcml6KQ


Logitec Foldable Rig

Logitech launches collapsible sim-racing rig which supports the full range of Logitech G Wheel and Pedal products.

https://www.gamereactor.eu/logitech-launches-collapsible-sim-racing-rig-1309323/



Grid Porsche 911 RSR

The Sim Racing Den reviews the Grid by Sim by Sim-Lab Porsche 911 RSR calling it the best sim racing wheel I’ve ever used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYcZctz8hek


Pimax Crystal Sim

The Pimax Crystal VR headset now comes in a Sim version at a reduced price

https://msfsaddons.com/2023/10/02/pimax-releases-simulation-focused-version-of-its-high-end-crystal-vr-headset/


Ascher Racing Artura Sport/Pro SC

McLaren Artura Sport-SC and Artura Pro-SC will be available for presale to end customers on October 13, 2023, with the first units scheduled to ship in mid-November 2023!



SRP GT-R / GT Pedals

Experience unmatched sensitivity, precision and realism with our high-end professional pedal set. These pedals are fully modular, allowing for any combination and position you desire: three pedals, two pedals, inverted, formula style, and more. SRP’s exclusive innovative pneumatic piston technology takes your experience to the next level.

https://simracing-pro.com/product/srp-gt-r-sim-racing-pedal/



Conspit Pedals, Wheels and Cockpit

Conspit CPP.lite comes with hydraulic brake and the haptic system

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw-BprtvME6/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyGHoq8rMMt/
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Sim-Lab XP-1 Pedal Review

TraxionGG reviews the Sim-Labs XP-1 Load cell pedals  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8yR9cpGvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdaeh0PnPZ4


Simpush Wheel Mod

Billkwando reviews the Simpush 13″ Wheel mod for the Moza ES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTBryBYZErg


SimMagic P1000 Review

The Sim Circuit reviews the Simagic P1000 haptic pedals on their YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LmgmERyybA



Simucube 2 Software Update

The much anticipated Simucube 2 Software update is on its way soon as announced in their Youtube teaser

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hiDrcCz6z4I


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Roval

Mike .  P2. Qualified fourths. Got it to second the leader ran a bunch of quick laps at the beginning and got a big gap on me. Eventually I matched his laps, but it was too late. No mistakes though and I brought it home. P2. 

Wednesday Open: Vegas

  • MikeP19 – we had green flag stop so I had ran my tires off I was running 20th Short pitted just a little got up to 13 but made mistakes and fell back again. Was hoping for a caution near the end and we got it went hard trying to get to the top 10, but ended up killing the wall and having wheel damage limped home P 19
  • ChrisP13. Drove safe and managed tires for long runs. Was faster than leaders on long runs but caution would always come out. For the first time I went over 2500iR! 
  • DavidP 25, good on long run, blew it on short run
    • Justin – P11, started 28th caution around lap 20 stayed in the back went on a 75 lap run got a caution cycle to p11.
  • TonyP7 with my laps led 28 in the beginning was tight on the longer run
    • TomP9
  • John – p10 Skipped qualifying and started P29. Worked my way up the entire race and pushed hard the last 34 laps to pass as many cars as I could. My tires held up as tires dropped off for people in front of me. Got past 5 cars in the last 10 laps. Zero X!
  •  
  • Brad – P – Still down waiting on wheel base to be repaired.

Thursday Open: 
MikeP card number 22 and top split. Basically top 10 got as high as third but around lap 70 I got clipped by somebody sent to the wall wheel damage one and a half minutes, but no caution came out rolled around dead last on the lead lap until green flags stop started decided to stay out as long as I could ensure enough the caution flu, as I had about five laps of fuel, and I was P13 next. Got involved with two lab, cars wrecking, and another two minute damage with 20 to go. Did a restart with 11 to go a huge stack up and I turned the guy in front of me and get passing on the inside penalty.



Official Series


Ellis– 

  • Fia f4- wrecked out early on my own got ran over had to tow made it back from 19th to 14th. 
  • Started seventh out of 18. Wrecked out.
  • Chris McGuire hosted supercars at Michigan
  • DW 12s at Charlotte Roval start at 13th finish P3

A Open

  • John P 11. Started P 25. First 79 laps were green. Pitted in P 20 and picked up 9 spots in the final 17 laps. 


Final Thoughts



Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

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  1. Runoff at the Runoffs

Description

On the show today well ask what your iRating might say about what kind of driver you are, we’ll dive into reactions to Nascar and iRacing on consoles, and what tracks are most desperatly in need of updating and why. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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Epidode 0403

10/5/2023 – Bag of Air with Some Chips – Episode 0403

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Special Guest

John Kerley

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=824320



Topics



GP Turn Racing Series

Thursday’s third round of the 2023 Grand Prix Turn Racing iRacing Series was a first of its kind, as some of the top open wheel road racers took on oval racing in the Dallara iR-01 at Texas Motor Speedway. Utilizing the new oval-centric package developed for the naturally aspirated, 3.0-liter V10 open-wheel racing machine, 25 drivers entered the evening with a chance to score a win like no other in series history.

https://www.iracing.com/lebigre-wins-first-grand-prix-turn-racing-iracing-series-oval-event-in-photo-finish-at-texas/



South American Esports Championship

Brazil will host the 1st edition of the South American Esports Championship. The competition will be held on November 2nd, during the week of the São Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix and will be run on @iRacing using the FIA F4 car.

https://twitter.com/fia/status/1707751724201459932

https://www.fia.com/news/first-south-american-esports-championship-be-held-sao-paulo



Great Motorsports Quotes

iRacing asks on Twitter, Wgat are some of the best motorsports quotes

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707835272975552999


Season 4 Build Highlights

iRacing posted a Youtube video highlighting the Season 4 build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHmWe5l92HA


Nascar and MS Games

Sources have indicated that 9/30 is nothing more than termination date of NASCAR and MSportgames… There is no new license announcement as of yet.

https://twitter.com/nascaragous/status/1707847164603601099


Rennsport and rFactor

There have been rumors that Rennsport is using rFactor 2’s physics and parameters

https://racesimcentral.net/rennsport-using-rfactor-2-physics-parameters-and-more/
https://traxion.gg/rfactor-2-technology-not-issued-to-any-game-developer-following-rennsport-allegations/
https://twitter.com/RENNSPORT_gg/status/1709289718398288257


Chat Ban Prevention

Alan Strovich has some ideas to help prevent Chat bans in iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48967/iracing-chat-voice-ban-prevention#latest



Rally Dirt Issues

Robbie Kirtley posted that there’s something wrong in the Iowa and Atlanta tracks that feel more like asphalt than dirt

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49007/rally-dirt-issues



Is the UI Getting Worse

Massimo asked in the forums if there’s no more indication of how many cars are registered in a practice session on the UI

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49114/is-the-ui-getting-worst#latest



Hidden in Plain Sight

DJ Yee J posted a video with 10 iRacing tracks that are hidden in plain sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj8fNOPyGME


Hidden iRating

Dave Cam explores the benefits of having a hidden iRating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRfydkP5Ck


Tony Kanaan Sim Garage

Matt Malone posted a Youtube video where he gets to check out Tony Kanaan’s Sim Racing Garage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNon7sQc4CU


Top iRating

Max Benecke announced on Twitter that he has reclaimed the title of highest iRating

https://twitter.com/maxbenecke11/status/1708170689864253837


Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49237/2023-season-4-patch-2-hotfix-1-release-notes-2023-09-29-03



Time Attack Results

Because of the dirt rallycross physics bug iRacing has eraced all of the Time Attack results prior to the patch

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49245/time-attack-results-update#latest



Sim to Real

Kaden Honeycutt gets a win in the ARCA Menards West Series in his series debut.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx5keQIrSj7/


iRacing for Beginners

Anthony Alfredo posted a iRacing for beginners series on his Youtube Channel

https://twitter.com/anthonyalfredo/status/1708951085656776727


Nasar and iRacing Console Style

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-acquires-nascar-team-properties-exclusive-simulation-style-console-racing-game-license/



Le Petit Le Mans

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1709614768493900042


SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software


Simagic P1000 Pedals

Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the Simagic P1000 pedals with the haptic rumble motors 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUG3f1TAxyE

https://www.simwear.eu/en/webshop/product/simagic-pedals-p1000-triple-set



Rally DYI 

Pokornyi engineering offers a button and optional shifter addition to your favorite Rally, GT and Cup car wheel

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxpsZaQN_Ca/


Trackform Phone Mount

Trackform has a T-Slot phone mount for 80/20 rigs



Thrustmaster 488 GT3 

Thrustmaster is now taking pre orders for their new Ferrari 488 GT3 Wheel Add-on

https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/ferrari-488-gt3-wheel-add-on/


6 Sigma in the States

6 Sigma Simracing now has a new warehouse in Syracuse NY for faster shipping to US customers

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvcaZnuLPl/

https://www.6sigmasimracing.com/



GOVEE Lighting

Dave Cam shows in a video how to use GOVEE for ambient lighting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJrBLtcSBk


Top 5 iRaing Apps

Matt Barnett posted a video of his top 5 Apps to use with iRacing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7yFdid7hk

Trading Paints https://www.tradingpaints.com/

Crew Chief https://thecrewchief.org/

RaceLab https://racelab.app/

VRS Telemetry https://virtualracingschool.appspot.c…

iRacing Manager https://members.iracing.com/jforum/po…

CoachDave Academy https://coachdaveacademy.com/



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday Fixed – Tally

  • Justin – PWas in the mix for the win but didnt have a good push
  • Brad- wheel disconnected

Friday Open – Tally

  • Mike -.  P Was near the front on the side where the inside lane was trying to side draft up and I got no damage though, but I was in the First caution. Lap 11 I was pushing the leader on the bottom. The guy behind me started pushing me and turned me 2 1/2 minutes damage. eventually caught a caution took a wave around but needed a yellow to get enough fuel to finish. Finally got the yellow with three to go put me in the back after fueling for P 23 for the green White checker number one. Wrecked coming to the checker P 27.
  • David – p 14, wasn’t on the best fuel strategy and then got flush out of the draft by a huge check up right when I made a lane change.  So I went ahead and pitted so I could re catch the draft off cycle.  We cycled completely around.  I made a move to late to try to get in line and turned myself.  Trying to get back up to speed I spun the tires on the apron and that brought out the caution.  Made it back up to 2nd, then late caution and on restart I get hung out in middle lane and fade to 19th and pass 5 wreckings cars for 14th.
  • Tyler – P4 Started P1 with the Only one caution on lap 3.  Led the first 20 laps after giving up the lead to save gas. Was able to stay with the main pack during two green flag stops to bring it hope 4th. Lappers screwed me on the last lap but happy with a Top 5 and 0x.

Sunday Open-

  • David – P20 got hung out on green flag stops

Sunday Fixed- 

  • Mike- P 4- got spun twice but no damage really let some laps at the end there was just a top seven breakaway and I was six we mixed it up but I didn’t make very good moves P4

Wednesday Open: roval

  • MikeP7 – got as high as P5, but had a slip and fell back to eight missed the final chicane about four or five times but brought it home seventh. Pretty proud of this run. It was car number 34. Tom got a P9 in the same race and I only gained five championship points on him.
  • Chris- P 6. Good safe run.
  • GregP wrecked out top split
  • TomP9
  • Brad – P 32. Was ran off course and then was dropped by server.

Thursday Open: 
MikeP car number 35. Start 16th top split.



Official Series

Ellis-
FIAF 4 @inter-Lago Brazil start a 21st got wrecked in the first lap on a pile up. I got the worst of it was dead last at 23rd made my way back up to 16th.
Started near the back, but still got ran over on lap. One turned one from behind dead lash worked my way back up to 9 out of 14.
DraftMaster, 1987 cars at Daytona top split. Got involved in a couple of incidents but brought it home P9.
Ran three or four Chris McGuire hosted races, wrecked out of each one




Final Thoughts



Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

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  1. Bag of Air with Some Chips

Description

On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0402

9/28/2023 – The Grass Is Good – Episode 0402

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we will take you thru the iRacing Coke Series Championship Race Event as we crown the new 2023 eNascar Champion. We’ll discuss if iRacing could, or should be made available to consoles. In the hadware section we’ll look at the long, long awaited Fanatec QR2 quick release system and Simagic’s Pedals with haptic feedback.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..



Topics



End of an Era

Michael Conti posted the ContiFiles: 6 videos featuring the retiring Coke Series Driver

https://twitter.com/MikeConti5/status/1706130609775460575


Why is iRacing Not on Consoles

Kevn Lemberg asks why iRacing is not on consoles when other system demanding sim like Microsoft Flight Simulator are.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48788/why-isnt-iracing-on-consoles#latest



The Grass is Good!

Curtis Ramirez says that iRacing’s new grass grip physics are spot on

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48604/iracing-devs-i-d-just-like-to-say-grass-issue#latest



Hall Pass

Garrett Lowe had to get a note from Nascar to miss his college exams to run in the Coke Series Championship Race

https://twitter.com/GarrettLowe_6/status/1706307678564155402

Elliott Sadler eSports will not be back in the Coke Series next Year

https://twitter.com/SadlerEsports/status/1706386451527536701
https://twitter.com/A_Boes21/status/1706807612941976045


Kirwan is Out Early at Miami

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1706849419780399215


Class of the Field

Donovan Strauss and Steven Wilson were the class of the field all race long

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1706860680299630682

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-scores-redemption-with-2023-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-championship/



The Next Three

iRacing asks on X, What are 3 tracks you’d like to see make it into iRacing?

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707428159300272312


Toyota or Honda

You’ll now be able to choose between the Toyota and the Honda when selecting your Super Formula SF23!

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707045439269175340


Season 2 Patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48989/2023-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2023-09-26-02#latest



Happy 1k

Joel Smith celebrated his 1000th career win

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxuHnkeMrjb/


iRacing Attempted Hack

Bad actors attempted to  access to iRacing files, no member data was lost

https://www.iracing.com/member-account-security-incident-statement/



Byron and iRacing on Fox

Fox Sports has a 1-on-1 article with Nascar Championship contender William Byron on his path from iRacing to Nascar

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/william-byron-1-on-1-on-being-a-championship-favorite-his-path-from-iracing



Spot from Your Phone

Alan Strovch thought it would be cool if iRacing made an app that let you spot races from your phone

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48965/spectate-and-spot-from-your-phone#latest



Petit Le Mans

iRacing drops the balance of power for the upcoming Petit Le Mans 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48630/2023-iracing-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco



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Hardware/Software


Helicopter Case

Thermaltake introduces their Snow Helicopter themed computer case

https://www.tiktok.com/view/product/1729387183435846358



New Sim Rig Stuff

Jays two Cents dips his toes back into the sim rig hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TduCzIL-_Q


Wheel FOV Extensions

Motion Rig Simulations has a Wheel FOV Extensions that make your simulator more immersive with a realistic feel, just like it is in the real car.

https://tscustom.eu/mrs/index.html



Fanantec Getting Stale

Lawrence Dusoswa thinks Fanatec needs to get moving in order to keep up with the ever evolving sim hardware market

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C6gF9EgaoaU
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxlSPrSs7yB/

QR2 Review

Will Ford from Boosted Media reviews Fanatec’s new, long awaited QR2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWvPYtYVhKs

https://fanatec.com/us-en/cat/index/sCategory/190



PT Actuator Tension R

Jam First reviews the PT Actuator Tension R Seat Belt Tensioning system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwMjNm4S130


iR Sidekick

Dave Cam revies the iR Sidekick software that lets you easily configure system setups 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJoe9O_4eY


Sabelt Sim Racing Cockpits

Sabelt launch range of smart-looking sim racing cockpits

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Sunday Open-

  • David – P 19, top split last car, strategy up and down, finished ok
  • Justin – P6, qualified p7, deserved my finish. 0x on the day. This race was just as good as a win in my book

Wednesday Open: Tally

  • MikeP 17 Jack lead with about 25 to go kept it right up until the end and got hung out to dry not once but twice on the final restart and ended up wrecked. Was good to lead laps. 
  • ChrisP 10. Saved it with one to go and worked my way back up to 10th. 
  • David – P dropped, iracing is dropping people left in right
  • Justin – PLAST, i had 3 other Tifso teammates in the race. We got in order real quick. Random car bounced off the wall. junk
  • Tony – P7  I got spun early not hitting anything got stuck on the banking while still green. Almost went down a lap. Got stuck behind a lapper lost the pack middle of the race, dropped connection while a lap away on a GF stop lost almost 2 laps kept not getting lucky dog for checking up on wrecks and another guy passing me for it. Eventually got it and went from like 20something to 8th on the gwc and gained a spot for a guy getting dq’ed lol
  • TomP23
  • John – p17
  • TylerP8- Qualified 3rd and settled in for a long one. Stayed around the top 5 for most of the race till a late caution came out setting up the GWC. Had fun racing with Teammate Chris as we had a good run up top. Happy with 8th and a 0x!
  • Brad – P 19. Started 10th ran up front till early accident collected all four teammates. Fought back to running in top 10 till final wreck on 3rd GWC, ended up in P19.

Thursday Open: 

  • Mike- P car 33 and top split. I ended up changing lanes and turning myself off somebody’s nose and losing the draft. We finally caught a caution the first one with 20 to go I was almost out of fuel. I end up staying out for a waiver around, and luckily, got another quick caution so I can get enough fuel for the next restart with 12 to go. Finished at P12.
  • Justin – P4, got caught up in 2 wrecks only took a little bit of damage but just stayed chill. Came close to a chance to win. I was the one that gave the winning push.

TonyP4 kept my nose clean til the end went to the outside to push A car to the lead but he got wrecked just before the line



Official Series

Ellis– 

  1. FIA F4 at Road America – Pile up 9 cars had to tow – lap 1 turn 2 – i had stopped to miss it but got ran over from behind…
    • Second attempt of the night qualified P4. On the start the guy in front of me in P2 he left his transmission in neutral gassed it with the clutch in and when the green light came out, he dropped the clutch but never left. I had a great start, but turned right to miss him, but it wasn’t enough and I actually flip upside down Wrecking before I even get going.  
  2. Draft Meister car of tomorrow at Daytona top split qualified P5 – got to the Leed by the halfway point, but fell back to fourth after making a mistake P4
    • Top split again was running third near the end. A guy had a run on me. I blocked Lowe successfully and as we entered the corner, he just ran into the back of me and dumped me.  Still finished P5.
    • Next day top split, took the lap lead on lap seven held it to the White some 6500 guy came out of nowhere and blue by me. I finish second. This finished puts me above 3000 rating. I started the week around 2450.
    • Top split again with Matt Busse and Liam. Brotherton was running third behind them when I had to dodge a lopper and fell back to sixth.
    • Top split again end up hitting the wall once cost me maybe third I finished P5
    • Top split again let a bunch of laps and then hit the wall all by myself. Ended up finishing P3.
    • Was running third in this one top split again and a lap car basically ran into the back of me when I got loose and spun me clear out somehow I was able to finish fourth
    • Not top split this time the same guy who ran over me before was fighting me hard for third I finally got him and got the second but not enough to catch the leader
    • Somehow someway ended up three wide for the lead I was on the outside and got pushed to the wall fell the third, even with how heavy damage P3
    • Ran one more race and finished P4
    • Next night top split got in a wreck on the final lab, and somehow still finished 10
    • A open Talladega top split strength of field 5K I was car number 29 Garrett Maes was car number one started in the back of the pack after a bad move, but was able to make my way back up to the lead right before the caution and was leading lap, so I stayed out when everyone else pitted under caution fill back a little bit and got wrecked in a stack up domino effect wrecked out on lap 31 of 70


Final Thoughts



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  1. The grass is good

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On the show today we will take you thru the iRacing Coke Series Championship Race Event as we crown the new 2023 eNascar Champion. We’ll discuss if iRacing could, or should be made available to consoles. In the hadware section we’ll look at the long, long awaited Fanatec QR2 quick release system and Simagic’s Pedals with haptic feedback. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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