9/12/2024 – Dude…Where’s my car? – Episode 0452
iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics
Show Introduction
On today’s show we will cover the final playoff race for the eNASCAR Coke Series, get you caught up on the 2024 Season 4 patch, discuss the new multi-class splitting algorithm, see if your sim rig needs two seats, is the new McLaren as good as the real thing, is driving Watkins Glen in reverse really that hard and how many weeks are in Season 4?
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Topics
Time For Jumpy Cars?
Painters…Grab That Metallic Paint
Concern With New Splitting Algorithm
Alessandro Barbagallo brings up major concerns with the new multi-class splitting algorithm.
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/581702/#Comment_581702
Sim Max Doing Sim Max Things
Trading Paints 2024 Season 3 Recap
https://blog.tradingpaints.com/recap-2024-season-3-by-the-numbers
The McLaren 720S GT3 EVO Has Arrived
https://www.iracing.com/mclaren-720s-gt3-evo-joins-iracing-for-2024-season-4
Xfinity Car Updates
Greg West announced some chassis setup changes to the Xfinity car for 2024 Season 4.
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67705/2024-season-4-xfinity-car-updates
2024 Season 4 Patch 1 Notes
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67674/2024-season-4-patch-1-release-notes-2024-09-06-02/p1
Dude…Where’s My Car?
Championship 4 Decided At Phoenix But Not Without Some Drama
How Did We End Up With 13 Weeks?
https://www.iracing.com/2024-season-4s-extra-week-how-does-it-work
2024 Season 4 Contests
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67791/season-4-2024-contests/p1
Time For A New Scan
It Can’t Really Be That Hard…Can It?
Justin Allgaier attempts to turn laps at Watkins Glen…backwards.
The Best And The Worst Tracks…To Buy
iRacing’s New McLaren Compared To The Real Car
James Baldwin drives the new McLaren.
Racing Prodigy Announce MX-5 Cup Series
INDY 6HR BOP Announced
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67355/initial-bop-added-2024-indy-6-hour
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-indy-6hr-special-event-2024
The 33 Car Grid Is Set
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-10-16-2024
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
What Would You Use This For?
Could this be a date night option for the sim centers opening up?
Qubic’s QS-BT1 System Helps You Feel The G-Forces
The Sim Racing Den reviews Qubic’s QS-BT1 Belt tensioner system.
Force Dynamics…WOW
Not enough or too much motion?
https://www.force-dynamics.com/202
The Worst Wheel…Ever?
Karl Gosling says, stay away from the PXN 9 Wheel.
A Sim Racers Perspective On The DPVR E4
Dave Cam reviews the DPVR E4 Black VR headset.
Simmetrics Updated SD1 Dashboard
https://www.simmetricsracing.com/shop/p/sd-1
MPI SIMLINK Now Available
DRE Tutorial
Haptic Bass Shaker Kit
Sarah Nocchi walks through installation and setup of Trak Racer’s haptic bass shakers.
https://trakracer.com/products/haptic-bass-shaker-kit-with-200w-bass-amp-and-100w-shaker-copy
The Best Cheap Pedals That You Have Never Heard Of
Scorps03 reviews the SIMSONN Pedals.
Wayfair Has Sim Racing Gear?
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Friday Open – Atlanta
- Mike – P14- had a good race going ran top 10 most of the Reyes got to the lead with about 40 to go and led some laps. Was running about 40 on the white flag when some guy got into me and destroyed my race and I finished P14.
- Tony -P6
- John -PP22. Got wrecked on about lap 30. 16 minutes required
- Brad – Pwrecked again. Started p2 and was up front most of the race until the squirrels started getting nutty. Finished p25 too many laps down to count.
Sunday Open – Atlanta
- Mike- P16 the crazy race where I was leading and got hit down to the inside and lost the pack. Then green flag stops got interrupted by a caution put me two laps down. I took a wave around got a lucky dog and took the lucky dog a bit too soon and got a black flag six second stop and go got another Lucky dog later hit the wall while I was checking the TikTok chat and then finally drove up through the field after getting back to the lead lap to second with the first green checker. Here I was leading the outside on the restart the leader came up in front of me to block. I hit him, he wrecked, and we wrecked the entire field. People in the chat were blaming me for saying I should’ve lifted. From the replay I saw it looks like he got a bit loose right after he came up about halfway into the Lane and when I did hit him, it turned him. Definitely wasn’t intentional. I don’t feel like I should’ve lifted being the end of the race. then one more green white check. Where I was on the outside there was a massive scramble on the bottom during the white and they wrecked my teammate just actually came up into me to avoid and we wrecked. P16.
- Justin -P10
- Bobby-Pwrecked out
- Tom – P 9 laps down.
- Joe – PP19 of course a fast car just a victim of NDMF’s sad thing is… I’m blind as shit. lol 😂
- John – P22. Got wrecked
- Kyle P P8?
Sunday Fixed – Atlanta
- Mike- P8- had a great race going was leading laps at a lap 103. I got turned from behind while leading the race. Three minutes of damage. I got involved in another wreck after that I never pitted to check for damage but drove it back up through there because I was on the back to finish eight.
Wednesday Open – Watkins Glen
- Mike- P6- choked in qualifying and started P 25 was able to keep out of trouble and worked my way forward eventually took the lead and lead the race for about five laps before I pitted as the leader I came out PS six and was able to finish P6 great race
- Tyler – PP6 with a 1x. Broke my rule and qualified for once. Started 7th and stayed around 6th the entire race. Pleased with this run and a solid A open the night before. Shout out to my youngest son Grayson for being my spotter and crew chief but fell asleep before the finish. Thanks for the help buddy!
- Brad W – P23. Top split started p26 and never made it through the esses on lap one. Two guys go off and one does not hold the breaks and backs into me just as I almost have him cleared. I’m stopped and he is still not holding the brakes and hits me again. Drove back as best I could with wheel damage.
- Chris W – P 6. Stayed on the track and missed accidents. One year ago I could not finish’, now 2x P6. I did mess up teammate Bobby by getting in the way. Sorry about that Bobby.
Thursday Open – Watkins Glen
- Mike- P8- qualified 10 got the eighth by the time I pitted I was P1. Lead about three laps and then pitted came out eighth and finished P8
Official Series
FIA F4
- Ellis– Willow Springs first race of the week top split finished P5. They moved me from division seven to division four.
- Started P5 got to P2 by lap two but then sp off on my own and fell to dead last then worked my way back up to finish p nine. I had another offer where I re-entered the track and somebody ran over me. I obviously made a horrible mistake and apologized profusely to the other driver.
- Switched over to the fix series at Rudd Coggin. Ended up, wrecking myself out on that one.
A Open
- Brad W – Pwrecked. Turn 1 Lap 1, someone went three wide. I was the unlucky one on the outside. Drove back to p18.
B Open
- John. P9 at Atlanta. Don’t remember details.
- P9. Don’t remember details, but I didn’t get wrecked, so that’s good.P1!!!!. Running 4th with two to go. Laid back a little because I figured the leaders would wreck. Plus they were two wide so I knew I could not pass. Sure enough, they wrecked in turn 2. I led the GWC to a win.P6 at the Glen. I kept the car on the track and no spins. Do that and you can get a good finish.
C Open
- John K – P13. Got wrecked as usual
IMSA
- Brad – P4 (GTD-Indy) Started p6 and was average in speed. This place is really hard to let faster classes pass without losing time. Had way too many close calls with GTPs/LMP2s forcing passes in the most inopportune times.
ARCA
John. P8. Save the tires. Avoid the wrecks. Like this car. I’ll take a top 10 any day.
Dirt Mini StockJohn. P5. If you have not tried this you should. These cars are a blast. Great dirt racing
League / Hosted Races
Hosted-
- Ellis- mini stocks at Charlotte. Got wrecked out on first, attempt second attempt was OK. I kind of lost the pack. They were right in front of me, but I could never get to these cars have no draft at all.
- Dallara dash. Literally got ran over from behind running Ruth. Wrecked out.
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
- Dude…Where’s my car?
Description
On today’s show we will cover the final playoff race for the eNASCAR Coke Series, get you caught up on the 2024 Season 4 patch, discuss the new multi-class splitting algorithm, see if your sim rig needs two seats, is the new McLaren as good as the real thing, is driving Watkins Glen in reverse really that hard and how many weeks are in Season 4?
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