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Episode 0450

8/29/2024 – One Weak Answer – Episode 0450

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we see more 2024 Season 4 content, find out which eNASCAR Coke Series driver punched their ticket for the championship four, get to know another iRacing staff member, see what new hardware MOZA has to offer, can high end gear make you faster and why can’t iRacing just follow NASCAR’s rules?

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

2024 Season 4 IMSA Schedules 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66741/imsa-imsa-endurance-global-endurance-tour-schedules

iRacing Member Profile: David Tucker

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-senior-software-engineer-david-tucker

They All Survived 4 WIDE!

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1827004150539776260

Just Like Max?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5lcIHONdkK/?igsh=MXRhYTNzNHBveGRvZw%3D%3D

2024 NASCAR Cup Series AI Roster

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66820/blair-thomas-2024-nascar-cup-series-roster-for-ai-ratings-randomizer

Apex Racing Lab

https://apexracinglab.com/

Cadwell Park, #Soon

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1828161037096382798
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_Le89ptt2s/?igsh=Yjl1YWEyMnAycDNs

BMW M4 G82 GT4 Gameplay Footage

Is iRacing Adding The Wrong Road Tracks?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/column-are-iracing-adding-the-wrong-road-tracks.2351

Things You Should NOT Do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FrV0PaUBos
  1. Posture.
  2. Being overly reliant on your relative.
  3. Racing only in 1 series.
  4. Not smooth coming off the throttle.
  5. Not smooth coming on the throttle.
  6. Only practicing qualifying before the race.
  7. Reviewing race replays.
  8. Actively trying to save tires.

Hola Mi Amigos!

https://x.com/NASCAR/status/1828469497831006564

Umbrella Time

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1828481103029481686

Is The Rain Too Realistic?

Steven Wilson Punches Ticket To Championship 4

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-set-to-defend-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-title-following-dominant-victory-at-texas

Just Follow The Rules

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/573745/#Comment_573745

Most Bizarre Sim Racing Injury?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/community-question-what-is-your-most-bizarre-sim-racing-injury.2365

Michael Dionne
Bilateral CMC ligament injury….held on to the wheel when I shouldn’t. Big lesson learned.

Jesse Powell
I got a bad case of turf toe on my left foot from breaking barefoot on load cells and was recently diagnosed with carpel tunnel in both wrist. The carpel tunnel can be attributed to my job but was definitely made worse with my DD wheel.

Scott Carlson
Nothing crazy…dislocated a finger when I lost control at Charlotte…wheel went nuts and my ring finger got caught in the wheel.

Stephen Bradshaw
Put my shoulder out when clipped doing 240 on the straight at Monza spun me into the wall the motion platform NLR Motion plus x 2 and Traction plus launched me one way and 21NM wheel went other way lol.


iRacing 101 – Week 13 = Perfect Timing

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-week-13

FIA F4 eSports Regional Tour Week 11 Report

https://www.iracing.com/fia-simagic-f4-esports-regional-tour-week-11-report-woods-maintains-a-p-lead-rankin-sanchez-move-on-top-of-respective-regions

Testing…Testing…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67022/13th-week-itested-event

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-27-september-2-2024

Podcast Housekeeping

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

New Hardware Shown Off At Gamescom 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSQLm3WPq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaiyRBtp_o

MOZA mBooster Active Pedals, Next Gen 3.0 FFB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFFOVJ8h1a8
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-99fXQtgj0/?igsh=MWV4aTZ1eGozOXJlOA%3D%3D

Proper FOV With This DDU

@smracingproducts

Does proper FOV remove valuable dashboard information in your favorite car? Enjoy the benefits of a DDU by adding the DB01-Dashboard to your steering wheel. #simracinghardware #simrig #simracing #iracing #simhub #mozaracing #simracingrigs

♬ Elegant – Glow City
https://www.tiktok.com/@smracingproducts/video/7406480699248610590

The Red Is So Nice

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_Lh-LvVhC/?igsh=c3M4cDYyb3pjeW8%3D

Bavarian Sim Tec Formula Wheels

https://www.bavariansimtec.com/products/alpha

Could This Be The Perfect Sim Racing Wheel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4aHlUVOYV4

Has Moza Fired The Kill Shot?

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

Simagic Rumble Haptic Pedal Reactor

https://www.instagram.com/p/C–BEaHPn6c/?igsh=MXV3aHU0a3d2anMwNg%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kiKnORFKVw

Simsonn 6+R H Shifter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWL61KQJ

Whose Truth?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Daytona

  • Mike – P DNF had a good race going until I didn’t was near the front riding on the bottom and the bottom lane kind of disintegrated the middle lane neck coated. The bottom guy was right in front of me and I got destroyed. DNF.
  • Bobby- P2
  • Tony -P11
  • John -Pwrecked out 
  • Brad – P18. Started p9 ran up front for first half of the race. Was shuffled to the rear after green flag stops. Drove back to the front and made a poor attempt to help teammate Justin Pearson win but failed. Ended up getting caught up in the big one and crawled across the line in 18th. 

Sunday Open – Daytona

  • Mike- P DNF out for a Sunday drive with Tom just riding in the top 10 at one point the outside lane started collapsing, and the guy was desperate to get down. There wasn’t a hole but he forced his way into me and I lost all my spots I was able to quickly drive back up through there, and was pushing the leader on the bottom with 13 to go in an epic battle and I like a fool blew my engine oil too hot I was ashamed of myself and felt really bad caused a big wreck. Dnf
  • Bobby-P winner winner chicken dinner! With Joe Owen Spotting 
  • Tom – P wrecked out on second Green white checker running eighth 
  • Joe – p wrecked out

Sunday Fixed – Daytona

  • Mike- P 15. Got involved in several incidents. I had to drive-through right at the end for a penalty multiple minutes. Damage was a pretty rough week.
  • Chris – p 9. Mike and I were in the race and we got in a few fender benders. After a late pass though penalty there was a crash right away, missed and wrecked at the end…. Sort of to finish 9th. New personal record iR 3324. 

Wednesday Open – Darlington

  • Mike- P18– ran basically around 10 to 15th most of the race got some damage never fixed it. I would feed after about 2025 laps. We had green white checkers at the end. I got myself up to seventh but got to drive through penalty on the final lap of the final green, white, checker so it put me back to 18.
  • Brad W – P2 after starting p9. Ran in top 5 most of the race. Was able to take the lead very late in the race only to have the yellow come out and force a GWC. Got a great start but over drove on the last lap and lost the win by .006 seconds. I wanted to throw up. Gave away a win.
  • Chris W – P19. This one makes me want to cry. Was P12 with 8 to go and was quickly catching the slower cars ahead. I’m good at saving tires. Passing 11th he got loose on exit of 4 and took us both out. Only race of the week. One of my favorite places to race. P19.

Thursday Open – Darlington

  • Mike- P DNF top split. Started 23rd, I started making my way forward up to 18th around lap 18, go to pass the guy on the inside of one and two, I touch him just a hair that got him loose. Then he comes down to my lane and turns me nose into the wall. There’s no steering

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis -. 1st race of the week top split car number 15 out of 16 qualified 10th could not back up my time from practice the night before
    • P3! 76 points. Probably not enough.
    • P 16. Was a high split where I could’ve easily gotten enough points to win it by running if the seventh got as high as six after starting 11th but got raced at a guy and got greedy and spun myself off. Event had spun off three times putting me to the back.

IMSA

  • Hall – P7 Single Split at COTA, top 7 iRating  7.9, 5.7, 3.4, 2.5, 2.0, 3.1, 1.6
  • Brad – P1 (GTD – VIR) Winner Winner! The race started on a wet track but with no rain. Track continued to dry but I made the gamble on staying on wets while some others put on slicks. The gap I had after stops was too much for them to overcome. I know that I have complained about the rain but these seem to be some of my best results. Sitting p4 in championship, hoping to get a decent finish to get back into top 3. Don’t think I can catch the guy in p1.


League / Hosted Races

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. One Weak Answer

Description

On today’s show we see more 2024 Season 4 content, find out which eNASCAR Coke Series driver punched their ticket for the championship four, get to know another iRacing staff member, see what new hardware MOZA has to offer, can high end gear make you faster and why can’t iRacing just follow NASCAR’s rules?

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

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Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0453

9/19/2024 – iRacing Cheese – Episode 0453

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we see how eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers are giving back to the community, find out how the Fanatec acquisition will effect you, look at the 2024 Season 4 Patch #2, see if these bad habits are holding you back, will iRacing ever get proper multiclass starts and has Logitech finally gotten serious about 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

Oops

Greg West comments on the INDY 6HR splitting issues.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/582439#Comment_582439

2024 Season 4 Patch 2 Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68188/2024-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2024-09-17-02

He’s Not Wrong

Is This The End Or A New Beginning?

Corsair purchases Fanatec assets, Endor AG liquidated

https://endor.ag/2024/09/16/corsair-is-set-to-acquire-fanatec-sim-racing/?lang=en

Fanatec Joins Corsair

https://mailchi.mp/fanatec/fanatec-joins-corsair-family?e=511738d246

2024 Season 4 Build And Other News

So, How Close Is It?

McLaren Shift/ABS Bug

You’re Invited

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68261/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-invite

Driver To The Penalty Box

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2024/09/12/penalty-points-report-phoenix-fallout-and-wall-riding

eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers Giving Back

Slicing Through The Field

iRacing Cheese And A Serial Protester?

2025 Season 1 Build Thread

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67975/2025-season-1-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors

This Again?

Always to be found in the contest thread…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/583029/#Comment_583029

Are These Bad Habits Holding You Back?

Top 10 Highlights

Who Needs Suspension?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/583388#Comment_583388

Wait, I Can Get A Trophy Too?

Toyota Announces Entrance Into Supercars

https://www.supercars.com/videos/6362073116112/a-new-era:-toyota-joins-supercars-in-2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68164/toyota-joins-supercars

Opening Round Of FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports

https://www.iracing.com/alex-dunne-sweeps-opening-fia-simagic-f4-esports-global-championship-series-races-at-mugello-and-okayama

Skip Barber Title Decided At VIR Finale

https://www.iracing.com/victor-miranda-scores-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-title-following-fifth-victory-in-2024-matt-caruana-wins-vir-finale

Bristol 500…Baby!

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-bristol-500-special-event-2024

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-17-23-2024

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Force Feedback Analysis Tool

Podcast listener Scott Velez shared an update to his FFB Analysis tool on our Discord.

https://svappslab.com/iRacing

Daniel Newman Racing LED Profiles

The Sim Racing Den guides you through all of the different LED profiles that are offered.

How Many Is Too Many?

https://trakracer.com/products/rexing-formula-steering-wheel-mayaris-2?_pos=3&_sid=6f882a729&_ss=r&ref=47-1

What Do You Mean Free Pedals?

Cube Control and Asetek Bundle

Sim Racing For Everyone

OC Racing Reviews the Cammus ePedal Steering Wheel.

NASCAR Stages For Hosted Or AI Sessions

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54601/iracing-autostages-v2-automated-stage-racing-and-season-scoring-now-w-cup-xfinity-cts-seasons

Best Graphics For iRacing

Dan Suzuki shares his settings in iRacing and Reshade.

Everything You Need To Know

Has Logitech Gotten Serious?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Watkins Glen

  • Mike – P P8- it was boring, but it was fun at the end when I got some love from Haley Deegan and her husband
  • Greg – P4
  • Kyle- p4
  • Tony -P13 2nd from bottom

Wednesday Open – Bristol

  • Mike- P13– ran anywhere from 2nd to 10th most of the night was running when I got too many incidents and had a drive-through penalty. I fell down two laps from there and never recovered.  
  • David – P
  • Justin – P1! I really just tried to survive until the end. I wanted to park it half way through the race just cause I was getting beat up so bad but I stuck with it. I channeled my inner David Hall and pulled some strategy out of my ass. We got a caution around lap 20 and I was p6 when the field went into the pits. The whole field took 4 tires besides me and another guy. Which lined me up on the front row P2 on the start. We had a green flag run until about 2 to go. I was on that leader’s ass the whole time if he messed up I was going to get him which he did. We were coming up on a lap car. The lap car stayed high which so did the leader and I just chose whatever lane was open and as soon as I cleared the leader another caution fell. Which led to a Green White Checker. Soon as we hit the Geico Restart Zone I mashed it and kept the lead until the checker came out. This might be my biggest WIN yet! This is a team Tifso Win all the way. If you guys didn’t help me with my computer issues the last couple of weeks I would still be on the sidelines. Thanks Team!
  • Brad W – P29. Running 3rd and was collected by a wreck of back markers that had the track blocked.
  • Chris W – P 20. 19 laps down and 18 of them were from stupid pit road mistakes. Works been nuts, I’m chasing a toddler, and have not slept well and it shows. Hopefully I’ll get some rest and be better at Kansas. Great win Justin!

Thursday Open – Bristol

  • Greg -P9

Official Series

6HRs of Indy

  • Kyle,Tom, David – p2
  • Brad and Justin – wrecked on lap 2 and then taken out by an LMP2.

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – ran my third attempt at Willow Springs started fourth got up to second and finish second. Only 83 points compared to 85 for my fifth last week.
  • Fourth attempt qualified P2 was running P2 when I got ran over after getting loose. A little bit a lap car was right on my ass and ran over me finished P 11.  Haley Deegan and Chase Cabre were back in the chat. Got a hat and mustache from Haley. I asked her about what she’s racing and why she wasn’t racing with me. She said she’d be back in f four on Monday but she’ll be racing the F3 car at cota in October.
  • Monday first race at Sebring car number four in  second split qualified third really made no mistakes finished second. Guy won was about a second a lot faster than me. I got 89 championship points that’s enough for this week but I’ll run the other three races to see if I can beat it. 
  • Second race I qualified for I would make some aggressive moves and got to the lead, then spun myself out of the lead back to sixth then drove back up to second myself out and wrecked out DNF
  • Third race fairly high split qualified seventh got to fourth then Rector tangled with a guy on the final turn and we all wrecked and had to tow P 15

B Open

  • David – P10 at the glen

IMSA

  • Hall – P 
    • Fuji P 4,6,7 – getting the rain sort of but sometimes it still just goes
  • Brad – P12. Struggled in the rain. Very frustrating race.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis- Dallara dash – came in P2 at Charlotte. Talk to Kevin McCarthy after the race and he informed me that Moza sent him some complementary new petals. we talked about the active break that’s upcoming. He said this fall and they’ll be one for not only the break but the clutch and the throttle.
  • Then ran pick up cup at old Daytona and winner winner chicken dinner got the win!
  • Ran GEN four at Bristol finished P7
  • 87 at Talladega wrecked out 
  • mini stock at Iowa p5.

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. iRacing Cheese

Description

On today’s show we see how eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers are giving back to the community, find out how the Fanatec acquisition will effect you, look at the 2024 Season 4 Patch #2, see if these bad habits are holding you back, will iRacing ever get proper multiclass starts and has Logitech finally gotten serious about sim racing?

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

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Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

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Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0448

8/15/2024 – Bar Rules – Episode 0448

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out who grabbed their first eNASCAR Coke Series win, see if Intel is addressing the Microcode issue, find out where we spent my money, wonder if you have the right mindset to race, tell you where iRacing is in the world and have you figured out what your career incident points are?

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

Story Title

He Has Spoken…

https://x.com/DaleJr/status/1822045291702296916

Their Not Wrong

https://x.com/AJRGaming_/status/1821999234121339205

More 2024 Season 4 Updates

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2024-season-4-content-and-series-updates

iRacers, Pull Out Those Maps

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66331/where-on-earth-is-iracing-mapping-all-tracks-2024-version#latest

Do You Need  A Mindset Change?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtQL_Tt6yvQ

Checking yourself – make sure in the right mindset before going racing…

Understand your Abilities –

Observe the conditions – observe the competition

Real World Issues

The Overall Mindset – Its not always going to go your way…

Superlap Sim Center

https://superlap.world

Staff Member Profile: Alex Patzke

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-graphic-designer-alex-patzke

Please… Don’t

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1822806000090431790

So Is He Right Or Wrong?

https://x.com/MalikRayTTV/status/1822844542514495530

Backwards….Really?

https://x.com/BriarLaPradd/status/1823095545390600644?s=07

LaPradd Grabs First Coke Series Win!

https://x.com/ENASCARGG/status/1823532654341328941
https://x.com/BriarLaPradd/status/1823740109532856334?s=07

https://www.iracing.com/briar-lapradd-plays-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-playoff-spoiler-with-maiden-win-at-michigan/

Yes The Title Is Accurate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QsxlP7meq4Y&si=AkRkrEkBXxOPKdJI

Strength Of Field – Best And Worst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdEwco4g_dQ

How Would You Stack Up?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66467/career-incident-total

iRacing 101: Championship Points

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-championship-points

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship

https://x.com/amgmotorsport/status/1823692437816021129
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport launches multi-platform sim racing competition with race car test prize
https://traxion.gg/mercedes-amg-motorsport-launches-multi-platform-sim-racing-competition-with-race-car-test-prize/

Happening This Week

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-13-19-2024

Nurburgring Endurance – Round 6

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-nurburgring-endurance-championship-2024-round-6

Up Next…Crandon Championship

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66242/iracing-presents-2024-crandon-championship#latest

Your Chance To Represent

https://x.com/fia/status/1821925766898057251

Podcast Housekeeping

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iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Drop Gear Chassis Coming Soon

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-OuKN_tUBv

https://dropgearracing.com

Sim Coaches – Chicago Build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryqP8V1E1nE

Simucube x-29

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-Sly1otHCg/?igsh=a2JrbmR6N3o0eXJp

CAN-Bus Keypads

https://www.aimsports.com/us/products/k-keypads/index.htm

Is The Speed Worth It?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xGAE0iZ4ygI

How Easy Is It To Stream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AvmzmiNGdro&si=ai566Ag6mob4XhIL

MOZA R12 Upgrade, Sorta?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9Z2uxY1Rlij3Pez4omyeA/community?lb=UgkxLoLVwHVqO4BFZ2U5KXASEHBzu0ZJHbDZ

Intel Microcode Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bEv74JrHQo

Simagic 360Hz How To

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-XdMpDROnf/?igsh=MW5sbHkydXhnNW41aA%3D%3D

See How We Spent Mike’s Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTfUIyVx3f0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQnINLFPaR4

Worth The Hype?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSzgiN933uE

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Richmond

  • Tony -P7 with 0x and 14 cautions. A regular 4 lettered first name guy knocked me out of a top 5 on the white flag. just surprised he didn’t wreck me
  • Brad – P30 Started p6 and ran in the top 10 for all of the race. A restart with 25 to go running 5th and get destroyed. Forced three wide on restart and wrecked trying to back out. Sit on track for almost 15 seconds to let all the cars go by only to get hit by someone who never lifted.
  • Chris W – P 18. Was 11th with 10 to go and got loose and spun. Went back to P22 for GWC’s and got up to 18th. We had 19 cautions… it was not pretty.

Sunday Open – Richmond

  • Greg –P13 – 
  • Tom – P16
  • Joe – p4 – I would’ve won if it stayed green cuz I was running 5th running the leaders down quick. I was over a 1/2 faster with 20 to go. But nooo.  lol 3 caution later. lol

Wednesday Open – Michigan

  • Mike- P loaded wrong set. Went to the back. Caught caution to fix that but got destroyed in the next big one. Soldiered on to get destroyed again. Dnf 
  • Justin – P2, long story short, came down to the last corner. I got to the leader’s right rear side and drafted him until we were about even and then he threw me a door and we got stuck together from the exit of turn 4 to the start finish line. Lost by .005 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One day I will figure this shit out.
  • Brad W – P28 Started p12 and drove to the top 8. Was making progress longer in the run to get door slammed by a guy for no reason. Decided to get the damage fixed on the second yellow flag and restarted mid pack. Started to drive back up only to get caught up in a wreck from up front. The NiS wreck fest continues. Three race weeks in a row of horrible finishes and none my fault.
  • Tony P30. Oh home sweet home. had a fast car on the fast track but apparently it was too fast for a couple of guys in front of me when a Chase Elliott car got wrecked and had no where to go. Meatballed
  • Kyle P – P21 started P7 and just was lazy on restarts. Had 12 cautions and had to play wreck avoidance the whole race until 3 to go and I got collected up in a wreck and the car was junk and limped home P21.
  • Greg – P17 was p4 on the 3rd gwc and was taken out by a guy that was in the gwc 2 wreck and given his spot back
  • Chris W – P 19. Ended a Michigan race with 24X. What a sloppy night. Got into a slow car and wrecked half the field. Then got caught in another wreck. Blinker made me wreck Mike and myself. I hate it. This is my favorite track and I was looking to have a good run. On the next week. .

Thursday Open – Michigan

  • Mike- P11 got in a couple different incidents but no damage was able to keep it together and finish P 11. I’ll take a finish.
  • Tony – P8 decided to roll out the throwback Kellogg Birb car. Was faster than Wednesday night. Again with the dumbasses that wanna take it 3-4 wide out of turn 2 and not hold a line. Got some wheel damage but the birb was still fast

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis -that’s Sonoma took Tuesday off to finish installing the brakes. First race out on the new pedal set was only six people I was leading the race spun out once and twice and finished third with only 60 points. That was a great opportunity missed.
    • Car number 14 out of 24 qualified third and finished second. 86 points is enough for me to retain my lead and park it for the week

IMSA

  • Brad – P5 (GTD Barcelona) Started p8 and was able to drive up to p5. That was about as much speed as I had. This is not one of my better tracks. Was 2nd in points at the end of the week, worried that with the drop weeks I’m going to slip behind in the points.

League / Hosted Races

Justin – ISNF league P2, @ Richmond

Final Thoughts

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  1. Bar Rules

Description

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out who grabbed their first eNASCAR Coke Series win, see if Intel is addressing the Microcode issue, find out where we spent my money, wonder if you have the right mindset to race, tell you where iRacing is in the world and have you figured out what your career incident points are?

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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Hosts:

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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 –

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

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

John Kerley –

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Episode 0449

8/22/2024 – Meatball For Dinner – Episode 0449

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out from a pro driver how close iRacing is to reality, has MOZA upped their game with new hardware, see who beat the original iRacing GOAT and is sim racing good for your mental health and well being?

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

He Beat The GOAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5r2DXaia0M

Strauss Grabs First Win

https://x.com/DonovanStrauss/status/1825217370392322258

Daniel Morad Tells Us How Close Is iRacing

Mental Health Of Sim Racing

https://gridstyleusa.com/blogs/news/the-benefits-of-sim-racing-for-mental-health-and-well-being

Time To Mic Up

What Are Your Thoughts?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/59304/so-is-bowman-gray-stadium-now-coming-to-iracing

iRacing Trophies Update

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66740/update-on-the-status-of-iracingtrophies

2024 Season 4 Changes Coming To Dirt Road

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66521/dirt-road-race-format-schedule-optimization-2024-season-4

Mini Stock Screenshots

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-20-26-2024

2024 Crandon Broadcast Schedule

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-3X6FTvCqz/?igsh=c3BpMnNkb2Q4bGtw

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66242/iracing-presents-2024-crandon-championship

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

So, Which Are You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPdPAfivup4

See How A Pro Sets Up His Sim Rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pOclFdmto

DPVR E4 Black Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22yU5wXD7Bg

https://www.newegg.com/dpvr-e4-pcvr/p/N82E16826744002

Is This The Best DDU Value, Ever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENbyvsCN5Cs

Sim Hub Vs Sim Racing Studios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRNAa8XxcWQ

Can This Help You Feel The Force?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clrS1cwCFJM

Handbrake Kit

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-rt5X9B6d6/?igsh=Y3Q0amtzaXRpeXBm

DIY Sequential Shifter Kit

https://www.oktanedesigns.com/store/p/v3-sequential-diykit

Well, Is It?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFkVJotF9A

https://sg-racing.co.uk/shifters/

Looking For Turn Key Motion

https://eracing-lab.com/collections/rs-series

SFX 100 Motion By Thanos

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805181442467.html

Prosimu Motion Chassis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_b8Kkk-UEw

MOZA’s New Product Lineup

MOZA mBooster Active Pedals
https://mozaracing.com/mbooster-active-pedals

https://www.overtake.gg/news/moza-unveils-active-pedal-at-gamescom-shows-porsche-wheel.2352

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAc_q7dhY1o

MOZA CRP2 Load Cell Pedals

MOZA CRP2 Load Cell Pedals
https://mozaracing.com/crp2-pedals

MOZA Porsche Mission R Wheel

MOZA Porsche Mission R Steering Wheel
https://mozaracing.com/moza-porsche-mission-r-steering-wheel

Best Entry Level Wheel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34wi9TUigTw

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Michigan

  • Mike – P19. No cautions on the final stop. I was 12 and I came out 20th. I don’t even know what happened.
  • Kyle -P P6 Started P4 Used some strategy near the first half of the race to stay out on old tires and got lucky with several back to back cautions to eat away laps as I held the lead. Kept the car clean all race long and brought home a respectable P6 with 0X
  • Tony -P34 second time i have been in a wreck caused by a Chase Elliott driver 
  • Brad – P10 Started p16. Drove up to the front early but missed the better fuel strategy on doing it on one stop. Car was just not good enough at the end of the run to drive closer to the front.

Sunday Open – Michigan

  • Tony P real life…. Best spot to put this hear. Got to hang out with form Teammate and fellow Aftermath co-host Tony Groves and his lovely wife Lisa. While they didnt bring me any fuzzy peaches but we did bring the rain.
  • Tom – P16
  • Kyle P P 4 Started P9.Race went caution free for 80 laps. Got to the top 5 and just held it for 48 laps. Pitted under green and came out 13th and just started working my way to the front until lap 80 and the first caution comes out. Pit and come out 5th. We would follow with 3 more cautions before having a 4 lap run to the end. On the final restart going into turn 3 2 cars to my outside hit and go spinning just inches off my front bumper and the race stays green. I help off the cars behind me for a P4 finish with 0X.

Sunday Fixed – Michigan

  • Mike- P4! I got involved in a big wreck on the second caution with over four minutes damage ran at the tail of the lead lap most of the race gradually getting it fixed as we approach the end and they keep working and I kept moving forward. I was up to PS six for the second green white checker restart. . another quick caution, final green white checker the leader loses it down in the corner. We all wreck. I knocked the right front off. I am able to finish P4, but have a meatball flag, but kept my position. P4!!!
  • Justin –P wrecked out

Wednesday Open – Daytona

  • Mike- P Ray on top 10 most the day as high as second right after green flag stops but made some bad moves and got shuffled pretty much at the end and wrecked out on the final lap basically destroyed and finish the race finish 20 something
  • Justin – P5, just tried to stay out of trouble, saved my X’s for the end of the race to survive.
  • John – P 4. 13 cautions for 38 laps – that tells you just about everything you need to know. The highlight for me was that I got to run with team mate Bobby Jonas. Love racing with him. We worked together really well and our plans were working. Unfortunately, Bobby got disconnected with about 15 to go. We had three G/W/C runs. There was a crash on the backstretch on the last lap which I avoided and was able to go from 8th to 4th. Happy with that finish, but hope Friday is cleaner. 
  • Brad W – P29. Started p15 too much stupidity to even discuss.
  • Tony P25 there i was just chilling saving fuel when car in front got wrecked and tagged me ending my night 
  • Bobby – P wrecked out and Internet issues
  • Chris W – P 14. I need to be more aggressive. Played it safe in the back. Ended up in front pack with laps counting down. Did not see the pack behind us catch and pass on the outside. Late caution let me top off but could not pass. Ended up p14 with 0x

Thursday Open – Daytona

  • Mike- P6- was the pusher on the bottom lane late in the race and the outside Lane wrecked us big time. I restarted back in 22 with like three to go and was able to get up to P6 as a final effort after a green flag run and we went 60 laps without a caution.
  • Tony – P20 guess i love the punishment. got Super excited for getting out of work early to see how i can race against a bunch of Europeans. Welp like usual in a 1.8k split they cant drive. Survived for awhile till wreck check up and i got Logano’d in the ass and spun me out coming out of T4. Saved it np caution.  Ended up getting lapped and while hanging out in the lead pack. Leaders wreck and caught a x so lost my lucky dog. Than actually finished green from 10 laps to go.

Official Series

24 Hr Lemans

  • P37, ran out of parts

FIA F4 

  • Ellis -Sonoma Sunday night finish P5 actually spun at three different times. Don’t know how I got a top five with that the goal was to gain some iron rating so I could potentially get more points and we gained 40 mission accomplished.
  • On the next week at Virginia North. Qualified fifth got to fourth and spun on my own under pressure and had to get a quick repair drove back up to 17th 

A Open

  • John K – P10. Was in 3rd on last lap coming into tri-oval. Guys behind decided to do the usual – pile drive into non-existent holes and wreck us all. Slid backwards over the S/F line with a banged up car. 
  • Tyler – P Tuesday night wrecked out and lab two from some guy hitting the apron and wiping everybody out enough. Meatball for dinner.
  • Mike. P3– got involved in one of the wrecks where knocked in the right front never pitted to repair it though and stayed out for track position. It wasn’t fast but with the way the last few laps played out I was able to work myself up to finish P3 super proud of that was a damage car.

B Open

  • John. P22. Was in P2 on lap 8. P5 decided to ram the heck out of P3 and sent him head on into my right rear. I went upside down and had 38 minutes of required repairs. I quit the race because race would have been pretty much over by the time the car got fixed. 

IMSA

  • Brad – P4 (GTD LeMans) Started p5 and was able to stay with leaders until a cut course penalty. Was able to jump two cars during the pit stop. Had a good battle for p3 over the last three laps but did not press the point as I really needed a good finish. 
    • Two starts at VIR and have not finished either one. There is a reason that this is a GTD only event in real life.


League / Hosted Races

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. Meatball For Dinner

Description

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out from a pro driver how close iRacing is to reality, has MOZA upped their game with new hardware, see who beat the original iRacing GOAT and is sim racing good for your mental health and well being?

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 –

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

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

John Kerley –

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Episode 0445

7/25/2024 – Hip to be Square Screen – Episode 0445

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will recap iRacing’s 24 Hours of Spa, discuss the recent cause of more downtime for iRacing, check out a very unique wheel design, are things are getting worse for Intel, find out what is iRacing’s ten year plan and see if Max’s off track activities are going to be limited by Red Bull?

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

Continued Server Issues

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1814303646093304219

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65451/service-interruption-july-19-2024

Swing And A Miss…Again

https://x.com/NASCAR/status/1814831443165782125

ExoCross On Xbox To Be Delayed

https://x.com/iRacingMyers/status/1814335202262667627

A “Powerhouse” Is iRacing’s Goal

iRacing has a 10-year plan to become a “powerhouse” game publisher and developer
https://traxion.gg/iracing-has-a-10-year-plan-to-become-a-powerhouse-game-publisher-and-developer/

The Final eNASCAR Heat Champion

The story of Justin Brooks, Daniel Buttafuoco and the Final eNASCAR Heat Championship.

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

The Super Project – Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIxlfT-3xsI

This Should Be Easy…Right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytHo1DCVKDI

What A Turn Out!

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1815432298554138709
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrSaQhhwSAE

I Think We Need Another Camera Angle

https://x.com/O_Diallo23/status/1815232680058823063

ExoCross Trailer

https://x.com/ExoCross_Game/status/1815732456299106756
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EadU2x8C4OM

Crash Compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCITY5xOMB4

Restrictions On Max?

https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1816063146324353227

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/verstappen-not-banned-from-late-night-sim-racing/10638668

Congrats On A Great Finish!

https://x.com/BradleyPhilpot/status/1816091452964749312

Help Wanted

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65727/quality-assurance-console-specialist

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65728/quality-assurance-tester

iRacing Wants To Know…

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1816528257841578251

Come And Race With Us!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciy5i2CbiG2Q6ppN2dGnqUW4o9L8qeRkC5WxwJUWQVyTBLwA/viewform

What Is Happening This Week?

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-23-29-2024

Skip Barber Qualifier – VIR Grand

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-hot-lap-qualifier-at-vir-grand

Just Remember…It Happened Here First

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65637/iracing-mx-500-fixed

Nurburgring Endurance – Round 5

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-nurburgring-endurance-championship-2024-round-5

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Hardware/Software

Moza Vision GS – Reviews

https://youtu.be/RdN_duGtcp8?si=iafp2p5Y2lZFv0e5
https://youtu.be/C1Gub29rQgU?si=rcafAXGBZuSGh23M

Asetek’s Summer Deal

https://x.com/AsetekSimSports/status/1814258774628081848

For All The Porsche Fans

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9nAF5xJNcq/?igsh=OGRuMXBybG1ja3R2

A Must Watch If You Are Looking For A Monitor

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

Need A Hand-le?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9p8Q03SI87/?igsh=MTV3dW0wanR3cjhlbw%3D%3D

Right For You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Bd-5BYtlQ

https://www.asetek.com/simsports/us/product/invicta-s-series-brake-and-throttle/

Intel’s CPUs Having Issues

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65125/intel-13th-and-14th-gen-cpus-having-a-few-issues#latest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXi6i5qYCqw

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-finally-announces-a-solution-for-cpu-crashing-errors-claims-elevated-voltages-are-the-root-cause-fix-coming-by-mid-august

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrWQLFWbQY8

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Indy

  • Mike – P6- Ran good worked my way to the front laps for a while. Had a couple times where I got shoveled to the back and had to work my way through the pack and car speed. The brake pedal is messed up. I’m surprised I was able to get by with it.
  • Tony -P11 knew i was fucked when  caution came out with like 10 to go. Was shit in the short run. Got used worse than a lot lizards coke bottle
  • David- P got conned into running cause teammates.  Taken out by a wreck in front of me.  I declare it official. I’m off NiS for at least the season.
  • John -PLast. Before the race I told Tony Rochette to watch out for the #8 because he is oblivious to his surroundings. So, on lap 1, turn 1 the 8 car turned down into my lane and ended my night. It’s guys like him that have killed me week after week. Done with NIS for now. I’m a B car and C truck driver for now. 
  • Brad – P34. Started p5 and was wadded up by turn 3. Leader lost it getting into turn 3 and I could not avoid it. Really frustrated that I have had such poor showings in all the big races this year.

Sunday Open – Indy

  • Mike- P4! – Fairly competitive car ran top five most of the day let some laps just didn’t have enough for some of these guys at the end. They’re faster than me but pretty happy with that result. 
  • Tony – P wrecked out
  • Bobby-P wrecked outP32 after leading roughly 1st 20 laps. Lost 88 irating.

Official Series

Spa 24 – 

  • Brad, Greg, Justin, Tom, David– P7.  We had a few mistakes and a power outage that probably cost us a total of 15 minutes of track position.  Might have had a shot at a podium, but still finished in a very drivable car. 

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – lime rock – lap one turn four side-by-side. I see a guy up ahead off track. He decides to rejoin the track, literally as we are coming by and destroys all of us.
    • From dive bomber dives to turn one on lap, two wipes out two or three of us I couldn’t miss it
    • Get wrecked out again, but take a quick repair and drive it back up to finish P 10
    • Started P7 made no mistakes and gradually worked my way up to finish P3. I will take that result for the week and park it probably.

Rain Master

  • Ellis -Ferrari- P1 Oulton park – took pole position! fell the second at one point but led the most laps had about a 30 second lead. I spun it on the final lap, but somehow got it running and still finished so I’m 20 seconds ahead of second place.
    • Qualified P6 went all four times and finished P8

C Open

  • John K – P1. Qualified P2 and stayed in top 5 the whole race. On the last lap a guy who was overly aggressive the whole race took out the top three cars on the back stretch. This guy was bump drafting the whole race even though the bumpees had cars in front of them. He tried to bump P3 and spun him out. I benefited from his incompetence. I went around it and cruised to the win. 

IMSA

  • Brad – P1 (GTD-Interlagos) Started p3 and the leaders got together on lap 3. Was in the right place at the right time. Was able to drive away from the field and score first win since being back on the service.
    • P1 (GTD-Fuji) Started p2 and took the lead on lap one. Was able to stretch it out while p2 and 3 were fighting for position. Had a 9 second lead after pitting but lost some time as all faster traffic was catching me at the worst places. Can’t believe that I won two races back to back. Currently leading the championship in Division 3.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis-Chris McGuire hosted old IndyCar at Pocono finished P9. Graphics look awesome here.
  • Winner winner, chicken dinner !! My first time in the dirt midget at dirt Lanier. So the whole Stone only put in 2.4 gallons and you can’t refuel the car that we knew this from the beginning so from the get-go I never put down the throttle more than 50% and I was the only person that actually finished the race. I finished ahead of everybody by four laps. I beat the entire field of 44 cars.

Mad Sim Summer Series (gt3)

  • Bathurst
    • David – P5, rained last two laps in a torrent, last lap was going 10mph

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. Hip to be Square Screen

Description

On today’s show we will recap iRacing’s 24 Hours of Spa, discuss the recent cause of more downtime for iRacing, check out a very unique wheel design, are things are getting worse for Intel, find out what is iRacing’s ten year plan and see if Max’s off track activities are going to be limited by Red Bull?

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0444

7/18/2024 – NiS Tender Meat – Episode 0444

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will see what is the current situation with Fanatec, take a look at a true “real to sim” project, ask how is 2024 NiS season going for you, see what new wheel is “As good as it gets”, check out a track guide from the current F1 champ and does Intel have issues with their current chipset?

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

DDoS Woes

https://x.com/Crushboy31/status/1812495605006021110

More Fanatec News

Battle For Fanatec/Endor: Current Board To Have Confidence Withdrawn?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/battle-for-fanatec-endor-corsair-owns-trademarks-brand-suppliers-on-strike-update.2232/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0docC5ieiZlIwRygsu_xhbsfxPd-nq2aUh8EMotwtRi6cHSSRlHWBJfjI_aem_sJIhNhSLhA7SLkM5YMCUxw

iRacing Staff Member Profile: Kevin Combs

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-technical-art-director-kevin-combs

iRating Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qy5Oplyjjc
  1. Don’t chase it.
  2. Do what you enjoy.
  3. Analyze not blame.
  4. Practise.
  5. Avoid crashes.

It’s Bristol BABY!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qVvOkJwuxXY
https://x.com/iRacingAlex/status/1812967918940135786

A True Real to Sim, Super Project

Kneebon5 does the math and calculates real life drivers’ real life iRating from historical results for 49 through 80.

Debut Album Title?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9VE5r1Aywv/?igsh=MWdldmUzaTQ4bHR4dA%3D%3D

Another Member Survey Track Signed

https://x.com/iRacingMyers/status/1811543056404955152

ExoCross Releasing On July 23rd

https://x.com/iRacingMyers/status/1813226019765060029
ExoCross Preview – A New Gamble On Racing
https://insider-gaming.com/exocross-preview-a-new-gamble-on-racing/

The Big One

https://x.com/MrWyat5/status/1813022387665052076

We Agree…Do You?

https://x.com/JordyL0pez/status/1812685024933675127

Sim Racing Experience Center: Austin, Texas

https://onelineracing.com

2024 Season 3 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65265/2024-season-3-patch-3-release-notes-2024-07-12-02

Today Your Navigator Will Be…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9e8qrwNq0p/?igsh=bTU1dThjMGY1M3Y1

Faulkingham Kisses The Virtual Bricks

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1813384157659058337

https://www.iracing.com/daniel-faulkingham-holds-off-steven-wilson-for-maiden-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-win-at-indy/

Are You Ready For This?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9iJYB7vMPb/?igsh=MTB1bTFzdHdlMGxjcw%3D%3D

iRacing 101: Team Racing

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-team-racing

Now Hiring

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64916/technical-project-manager-web/p1

A Special 1-Week Dirt Road Series

https://x.com/iRacingSupport/status/1812884518828744871

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65285/wild-west-unranked-test-series-24-heures-du-fun-week-6-july-15th-to-22nd#latest

iRacers Lounge DEGA 200

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciy5i2CbiG2Q6ppN2dGnqUW4o9L8qeRkC5WxwJUWQVyTBLwA/viewform

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-16-22-2024

Brickyard 400

Spa Is Here!

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-spa-24-special-event-2024

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64876/initial-bop-added-2024-falken-tyre-24-hours-of-spa#latest

Podcast Housekeeping

Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to make it easier for more listeners to find the podcast. Mention the podcast to your fellow drivers so they don’t miss out, we would appreciate it.

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

You can now order fantastic looking merchandise for your favorite iRacing show, The iRacers Lounge Podcast!

Visit iRacerslounge.shop to get yours Today!

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Delta Sim-Tech At ADAC 2024

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Uf4FQMmKI/?igsh=MWV6aWd6NXZhd2Nibw%3D%3D

As Close To Real As It Gets

https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1813213761194631674
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HOLs9KPPM

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65418/when-is-much-too-much-simlab-wheel#latest

https://sim-lab.eu/en-us/products/mercedes-amg-petronas-formula-one-team-sim-racing-steering-wheel-2024

Simagic: GT Neo Firmware Tutorial

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9UfZ4WutZF/?igsh=em41c2ptY2JhaWk5

Start Saving….

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Sj2dtN7nw/?igsh=eWxrd3ptaHhpOHVn

Fanatec Woes

https://www.overtake.gg/news/battle-for-fanatec-endor-current-board-to-have-confidence-withdrawn-update.2232

Does Intel Have Problems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUV-zL49oM

Modular Control System

https://coolermaster.masterhub.gg

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Pocono

  • John -P24. Started P19, This was what is now a typical NIS race. 31 out of 81 laps under caution. I got creamed 5 times; none my fault. Spent  a ton of time in the pits getting repaired; I would get it fixed only to get clobbered again and need more repairs. Not to complain too much, but NIS is becoming less and less enjoyable. I’m not quitting, but you’re not safe even running up towards the front anymore. It’s so bad, we had a really bad blinker. He was told over and over again. His response: “F you guys. I don’t care, I’m racing”. I know it’s protestable, but after these races I don’t have the will to send in a replay. 
  • Chris W – P 12. Kept it out of trouble and avoided several wrecks on the end. 5 to go restart I was P9 and brought it home P12.

Sunday Open – Pocono

  • Mike- P wrecked out on the start because I was trying to shift with buttons and didn’t go up in gear. I went down in gear and blew the engine.
  • David – P wrecked out,  i’m really about done with the A car
  • Justin -P wrecked out from being a side, drafting fool
  • Greg –P4 went 44 laps on fuel at the end with a couple cautions and guys with fresher tires beat me
  • Bobby- wrecked out Ran a fairly clean race till restart with 3 to go when fucktards lost their minds and just started door banging everything in sight. Would have been like 6th even with throttle not reaching 100% most straights.

Wednesday Open – Indy 

  • Mike- P15- I have a problem with my pedals not working right so it was not comfortable not the fastest out there but hung in there and got a top 15
  • David – P19 , i don’t wanna do this anymore.
  • Justin – P2 I would give anything to have the last run back 10 to go. I was p10 when I entered pit road and I was the only one that took 2 tires exited  P2. On the restart I passed the leader quickly held the lead until the last lap, last turn. I could have driven the car harder there was plenty left. I know I should be happy but this one got away from me. Should have won. O well head up try again. 
  • Brad W – P20. Started p3 and was in the top 10 for the first half of the race. Ended up getting wrecked twice. The first was somewhat expected and the second was unintentional. Really frustrated as the car had great speed and should have been competing for a win.
  • Greg – P Winner Winner, (Pole, Most Laps Led, And Win)
  • Chris W – P. 13 took a gamble on fuel strategy. Was leading with 20 to go and was running low. Needed a caution and never got it. Took fuel and 4 tires came out 18th and drove up to 13th.

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – Long Beach qualified 10 out of 19. Big pile up turn one lap one I slowed down and missed all of it and came out of that turn. P3 fell back to P5, but worked my way back up to finish P2.!
    • Started 12 got to seventh on the first lap and was able to finish P7
    • Started at 13 at Laguna Seca. Got to 11th after the first lab and worked my way up to finish P4.
    • Screwed up qualifying. Start at 18. Got in a lap one incident where I had to pit for repairs came out 20th worked my way back up to finish P 12.
    • Wrecked out 
    • Qualified seventh finish P7

A Open 

  • Brad W – P21 (Indy) Started p14 but took it easy on start. Very hard to pass and if you started one but did not complete it, you were a sitting duck. Race had a long green flag run to the end that allowed for green flag stops. Stayed out two extra laps and that was a mistake. Lost too much time to cars that I was racing with. Top split p21 and I learned quite a bit.

IMSA

  • Brad – P3 (GTD-CTMP) Started p4 in class and ran in top 3 most of the race. Was raining the entire race but was drivable. Drove up to p2 before pit stops and did my normal strategy of pitting late but p3 pitted earlier than me and jumped me during my stop. Was up to p2 in points after the week ended.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis-Chris McGuire hosted 1987 cars at Talladega finish P7

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. NiS Tender Meat

Description

On today’s show we will see what is the current situation with Fanatec, take a look at a true “real to sim” project, ask how is 2024 NiS season going for you, see what new wheel is “As good as it gets”, check out a track guide from the current F1 champ and does Intel have issues with their current chipset?

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0443

7/11/2024 – What is DDoS Anyway? – Episode 0443

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we discuss the ongoing DDoS Attacks against iRacing, get an update about using ChatGPT for setups, find out more about a new iRacing partnership, take a look at all of the upcoming iRacing special events, see who are the next sim to reality drivers and tell you all the details for the iRacers Lounge Dega 200.

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

DDoS Attacks

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64713/server-issues-across-all-farms-on-july-3rd-and-4th-2024#latest

A post from Reddit helps explain.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/

Recent Updates Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64902/release-notes-for-iracing-9-37-0

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64950/release-notes-for-iracing-9-38-0

Did This Really Just Happen?

https://x.com/MaconiEntrtnmnt/status/1808662485836218373

Now Hiring

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64916/technical-project-manager-web

ChatGPT Follow Up

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

No Future In NASCAR

No Future In NASCAR
https://twitter.com/HarvickHappyPod/status/1810708315556524540

More ExoCross News

iRacing Announces New Partnership

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64955/iracing-and-original-fire-games-sign-exclusive-developing-and-publishing-partnership#latest

Another Sim Racer Gets His Shot

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Kx45qx8dN/?igsh=MXBvY3gyMWlvZGN0OA%3D%3D

Gaming To Racing

https://x.com/TraxionGG/status/1809586306059477430

https://x.com/Crimsix/status/1809256745249673379

Track Limits?

https://x.com/OwenCaryl12/status/1809568652410122284

Why?

https://x.com/_mrgit/status/1810945386762105163

If It Works…When Do We Get It?

https://x.com/MattWeaverRA/status/1811186861399789973

And What Would Your Advice Be?

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1811108522198725024

https

Racing Prodigy Announces Drivers

https://www.iracing.com/inaugural-racing-prodigy-draft-selects-12-iracers-to-compete-in-real-world-competition

https://x.com/racingprodigy1/status/1809291584250474598
https://twitter.com/racingprodigy1/status/1811047745496698925

SPA 24HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64876/2024-falken-tyre-24-hours-of-spa

MS Charity Race

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64068/4th-annual-ms-charity-race-benefiting-the-national-ms-society/p1

Brickyard 400

iRacers Lounge DEGA 200

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciy5i2CbiG2Q6ppN2dGnqUW4o9L8qeRkC5WxwJUWQVyTBLwA/viewform

Steel Palace Showdown At Oswego Speedway

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=778981117741180&id=100068878973631&mibextid=QwDbR1&rdid=nd0wtMIHVf77PV6u

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMWQfkc0qInd2xv8XBnlzBhvHrGb778vrXRIRio5hdwUirTA/viewform

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-9-15-2024

INDYCAR Series Qualifying Starts This Week

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1810319403872829564

Nurburgring Endurance Championship Round 4

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-nurburgring-endurance-championship-2024-round-4

Skip Barber Qualifier This Week

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-hot-lap-qualifier-at-circuit-of-the-americas

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Which Should You Buy?

Brandon Gardner discuss which you should buy, Moza or Simagic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q5VIMHUFwM

Simagic Haptic Pedals Review

Do haptics allow you to race with more consistency?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOHk_e3IGQQ

PXN V12 Lite Review

Should Fanatec and Moza be worried?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-BM_ib4jI

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBP6TKDS?tag=ocsimracing0a-20&linkId=b4ff4ca191f697e7dec3ae274653d7e0&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&geniuslink=true

Production Floor @ Podium 1 Racing

Budget Formula Chassis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNMhWC2UvMA

FOV Game Changer

Sense of Speed has an extremely detailed course on getting the correct FOV in iRacing.

Simucube Showdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCZ9VSnTZg

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Chicago Street Course

  • Brad – P17 after starting p27 in top split. Was able to avoid the carnage and multiple wrecks ahead of me. Managed to finish with 0x! I’ll take it.

Wednesday Open – Pocono 

  • David – P the hits keep on comin
  • Tyler – P1 We won it! Started in the back and stayed clean and patient. Let the car come in and kept tires cool. Late caution with 10 or so to go split the field on tire strategy and we stayed out. Ran my fastest lap on the last lap. Major team effort as credit has to go to the Team Tifosi. Justin with adjustments, Brad with the blocks. Chris and Tom on strategy. Full team effort and I am beyond grateful. Yall got me this victory. NIS win #2, Did It For Dale! 
  • Brad W – P3 after starting p6. Ran in the top five for the first 25 laps till getting doored into the wall off of T3. Pitted twice to get all the repairs done and came from the back twice. Had a green flag stop with 20 to go and only took right side tires to try and gain track position. This left me with no more right side tires when the last yellow came out. Stayed out and restarted p2 with Tyler but on final GWC got ran up the track by p3 and lost one spot. From that point I was defending Tyler. I’ll take the p3 but would have loved to have gotten a 1-2 finish.
  • Bobby – P9th with a destroyed car
  • Chris W – P 24. Stayed out on a late caution on semi-new tires. Was P5 with 5 to go and got turned going into Turn 1. Car flipped then blew my motor. P24.

Official Series

IMSA

  • Hall – P  The 24 got DDoS’ed
  • Brad – P2 (GTD-Daytona) Started p13 and finally put an entire race together. Was quick and was able to drive through the field. Was matching the speed of the leader at the end but just too far back to catch him. Ran the race with 0x till the last lap I somehow cut the bus stop and had to back way off to avoid crossing the line with a penalty. P3 almost got me as I took the checkered.


League / Hosted Races

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. What is DDoS Anyway?

Description

On today’s show we discuss the ongoing DDoS Attacks against iRacing, get an update about using ChatGPT for setups, find out more about a new iRacing partnership, take a look at all of the upcoming iRacing special events, see who are the next sim to reality drivers and tell you all the details for the iRacers Lounge Dega 200.

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0442

7/5/2024 – DJ Yee-J Talks Cluster Nuts – Episode 0442

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will get you caught up on the Season 3 Patch 2 fixes, give you an update on the continuing Fanatec situation, ask if AI is an option for setup help, check in on the ENASCAR Coke Series trip to Chicago and find out which former driver is fueling his competitive need with iRacing.

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

DJ Yee-J

General Questions:

  1. What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
  2. Which series do you normally run?                
  3. What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
  4. Software
    1. What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
  5. Do you run Monitors or VR?
    1. How many monitors?
    2. What VR headset are you running?
  6. Are you part of a team?  
  7. Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing? 
  8. What is your most memorable iRacing moment? 

Topics

His Videos Keep Getting Longer

DJ Yee-J explains why he has stopped making YouTube Shorts.

What Could Be Coming Next?

https://x.com/DaleJr/status/1808270618485240255

2024 Season 3 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64507/2024-season-3-patch-2-release-notes-2024-06-28-01#latest

TK’s Sim Racing Headquarters

TK shows off his sim racing headquarters.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6zQlcBPmvt/?igsh=dmE1ZHIxb3g2MTlo

“Get Off My Grass!”

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1807845230135435581
https://x.com/koop_designs05/status/1806447840857833784

Staff Member Profile: Jimmy VanVeen

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-senior-web-developer-jimmy-vanveen

Ummm..How and Why?

https://x.com/DD83/status/1806856805651251662

Wreck Avoidance: 101

A post on X from Jack Mace details masterful wreck avoidance.

https://x.com/jackmace07/status/1806504992473239806

Mike Try’s To Find Hosted Racing in the UI

So trying to find a hosted race. I know the guys name that hosts is Chris. On the old website in hosted they had a column showing the name of the host and you could sort that alphabetically. (No such column in the UI. )

So then I will just look for some populated races that I can run. So I sort by the only column indicator in the UI, xx/xx Stall count…. OK here is one that says 24/60 lets try that. So I am glad I didnt click Register, i click the line, and there are only two people in the room! There is nothing in the initial list that will show how actually populated the room is. And you guessed it, you could see all that, AND MORE, without a single mouseclick on the old website…

All they had to do is re-create the same functionality that existed in the website, then make it better. They haven’t even completed step A.

ENASCAR Coke Series Goes To Chicago…Literally

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1808303608938508735

Back To Back In Chicago For Zalenski

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1808314035990872366

https://www.iracing.com/bobby-zalenski-goes-back-to-back-in-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-event-at-chicago-street

You’re Never Too Old

Retired NASCAR driver Jeff Green shares his passion for sim racing with Dale Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z7YxhUwYJeY

Wife Tries Sim Racing

It’s not real…she says….

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RPyT7P_9wVw

Start Them Young

This kid has some skill!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8z2M2Mi5tO/?igsh=MXU2cmt5ZHQwMnNvOQ%3D%3D

Oswego Speedway Dirt Released

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr1qCvPA2VA

ChatGTP For Setups?

Can you use AI to help with setup changes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=451fqVwdxL0

iRacing 101 – League Racing

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-league-racing

Blind Trust…At Chicago

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8-jDu7Pnl2/?igsh=c3g0NDh0MDZsZmR5

IMSA Esports Global Championship Returns

The IMSA Esports Global Championship is returning and this time you have a chance to qualify for it.

https://x.com/IMSA/status/1808186754614075489

https://www.imsa.com/news/2024/07/02/imsa-esports-global-championship-set-for-november-return

https://www.iracing.com/imsa-esports-global-championship-set-for-november-return

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-2-8-2024

MS Charity Race

MS Charity 11x17.jpg

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64068/4th-annual-ms-charity-race-benefiting-the-national-ms-society

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Will You Try This On Your Nvidia GPU?

Nvidia has announced that auto overclocking is coming to their new app.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7w278LxMWd/?igsh=MTZhMW1zY21vMzNvcg%3D%3D

Asetek Announces More Customizable Options

You can now customise Asetek SimSports wheels with fresh handles and colours
https://traxion.gg/you-can-now-customise-asetek-simsports-wheels-with-fresh-handles-and-colours/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUe81CugeA

Hydraulics And Haptics At An Affordable Price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JK2i3IIg6o

iRacing Extra Apps And Tools

What kind of extra apps and tools do you need for iRacing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLDI4Xe7rHs
  1. Crew Chief
  2. Race Labs
  3. VRS
  4. Trading Paints

Asetek Invicta Pedal Review

Random Callsign reviews the Asetek Invicta Pedals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inEBPjiohM4

Fanatec Drama…Still Ongoing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BrqMUArpUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZkTM7mJqU

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Nashville

  • Mike – P 9- ran pretty good pretty uneventful race did some strategy to get some track position and was able to keep it when I had older tires ran high as p two
  • Tony -P3 started 7th and quickly fell back and was stuck in a gaggle of cluster nuts. Even got stuck a lap down during green flag stops when a caution came. Got my wave around and chaos still ensued. With like 13 laps on a set, I stayed out with 2 other guys and held on to the top 3 to what felt like 10 cautions to the end. Probably would’ve had the win if i wasn’t stumbling worse than Joe Biden
  • Chris W – P 20. Still trying to find speed. Late wrecks and tire saving sent me from 30th to 15th. Got bumped in the last turn to lose 5 spots and finished 20th. Lots of rain here in NY so I’ll give Sunday a shot. 

Sunday Open – Nashville

  • David – P wrecked lap 2, car spun in front, car behind had no chance to react and sandwiched me.
  • Chris – P 20. I thought Nashville would be a great week for me. However I could not carry a tune. Car started fast but was mad loose on exit. P20. 

Wednesday Open – Chicago Street Course 

  • Mike- P3! Started seventh got into a first lap incident where I overshot my breaking and drilled the guy in front of me. I was able to continue with a flat front and March my way methodically up to third. The leaders had pulled a large gap and at that point I couldn’t catch the top two and I ended up finishing P3 really felt like I backed up last year by getting a nice podium finish in my only start this week!  
  • John – P 15. 
  • Brad W – P26 – Started p27 but was dead last after the first corner as track was blocked. Managed to work my way back up to p21 but after getting passed by the leader, I stuffed it into the wall trying to make better time. Very frustrating track but will try again on Friday.
  • Bobby – P drill a guy who blew it engine. He would’ve had a top five.
  • Greg – P wrecked out

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – at Montreal qualified fifth. I got front wing damage on the first lap and was going to pit to repair it but it couldn’t find a pit entrance. Several others had to pick so I decided to stay out and see if I could hold it and I could and finished P3.
    • Brazil with a damp track qualified P 18 on wet tires, everyone else was on dry so running the race on dry tires on a wet track with no rain though. It wasn’t really wet. This one had spray coming off the cars I spun once but otherwise a clean race finished P 13.
    • Qualified 16th and top split sun is out. Got wrecked out and turned two 
    • Qualified six got the fifth on the end of lab one but then got wrecked several times after towing I was 20th and worked my way back up to finish P 15
    • Qualified eight. Got the sixth by the end of lap one. Spun just once and fell to seventh but worked my way back up to finish P5.
    • Qualify third my fastest lap ever at this track. Got the second Bill lap one by lap five I took the lead but a faster car was coming and I couldn’t hold him off. He got by and I finished P2.

IMSA

  • Brad – P5 (GTD-Nurburgring) Started p3 but fell back to 5th after the first few laps. Ran my normal fuel strategy and after stops was out p4. Ended up looping it with the same lazy spin that I have been fighting with the Corvette. Really trying to figure out this car.


League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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  1. DJ Yee-J Talks Cluster Nuts

Description

On today’s show we will get you caught up on the Season 3 Patch 2 fixes, give you an update on the continuing Fanatec situation, ask if AI is an option for setup help, check in on the ENASCAR Coke Series trip to Chicago and find out which former driver is still fueling his competitive need with iRacing.

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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Episode 0441

6/27/2014 Big Triples – Episode 0441

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Show Introduction

On today’s show we sit down with Kyle Perry, an iRacer and real racer from New York. We discuss a lot of eNASCAR news, ask if Max’s “off track” activities are too dangerous, see if the stats on the new UI are getting worse, get updates on two titles coming out soon under the iRacing umbrella and make a call to the FOV Police to help a current NASCAR driver out with their setup.

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

Kyle Perry

General Questions:

  1. What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
  2. Which series do you normally run?                
  3. What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
  4. Software
    1. What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
  5. Do you run Monitors or VR?
    1. How many monitors?
    2. What VR headset are you running?
  6. Are you part of a team?  
  7. Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing? 
  8. What is your most memorable iRacing moment? 

Topics

Rain Tires For NiS #SOON?

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1805259715204587924

Navarra Pit Bug

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64316/schedule-adjustment-swapping-week-4-and-12-tracks#latest

Too Many “Off Track” Activities For Max

https://twitter.com/JunaidSamodien_/status/1803741462032515268

The Injury

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8sOgEBv1hi/?igsh=Mm8xMm5iZGIyb2Uw

“I’m Here For SR”

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1806026474085884099

So..It’s Raining But It’s Not Wet?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64210/rain-mt-washington

Four Wide!

Minter Wins At Nashville

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-minter-punches-playoff-ticket-with-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-win-at-nashville

eNASCAR Co-Streamers

https://x.com/ENASCARGG/status/1805243056330805734

It’s Almost Beautiful

https://x.com/iRacingAlex/status/1805455473706926309

iRacing Top 10 Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZD_juB3SfM

Should We Expect A Bowman Gray Scan?

https://x.com/dailydownforce/status/1805979334680707228

eNASCAR Bracket Challenge

https://x.com/WBeSports_/status/1806344962881069480

UI Stats Getting Worse?

A forum post from Luis Babboni think so.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64164/iracing-stats-are-devolving

Please Call The FOV Police!

https://x.com/SpireMotorsport/status/1804525494517322226
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8uIxeuxABh/?igsh=NjV2b2NrMnVpbGh1

Is It Real Or iRacing?

https://x.com/IMSA/status/1804174434632102071

ExoCross Update

https://x.com/ExoCross_Game/status/1805657032701173968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5mpdblH90

Coming In September

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8r1fVpxfde/?igsh=dTZhbGgwYzN4Znc0

Road To Pro – Round 2

eNASCAR QUALIFYING iRACING SERIES

The eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series returns with the second round of the series kicking off with two snake-split races commencing simultaneously this Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway. The top 70 drivers from the first round earned a chance to compete in the second round, and now the top 20 in Round 2 will get their shot to go up against the bottom 20 from the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series this season in the Contender Series later this year.

CHICAGOLAND RACE #1 – TOP SPLIT BROADCAST STARTS AT 8:00 PM ET (2:00 GMT)

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-25-july-1-2024

Porsche TAG Heuer eSports Qualifying

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ruyevNO1b/?igsh=MTl2NXJ3cmpyN2I4Yw%3D%3D

https://www.iracing.com/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-returns-for-2025-qualifying-series-kicks-off-july-13

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64366/qualifying-for-the-2025-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-series/p1

Creventic Endurance At Misano

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

4th Annual MS Charity Race

MS Charity 11x17.jpg

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/64068/4th-annual-ms-charity-race-benefiting-the-national-ms-society

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-national-ms-society-reunite-for-4th-annual-ms-charity-race

INDYCAR Pro Series Reminder

https://www.iracing.com/indycar-buttkicker-iracing-pro-series-to-debut-in-september

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Hardware/Software

Have You Ever Seen A Cockpit Like This?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8wSGCQ7gc

From Racing To Flying

https://x.com/moza_racing/status/180418262753834225

DIY Sim Racing Base Shakers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wLNhsjZ7wY

P1000…Almost Nailed It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdYenW9kvc

Tucker Says What Mike Thinks about Large Monitors

David Tucker Posts:
There is some evidence from the professional simulation world that larger screens set farther back are better for immersion, even when you have everything setup so you see the same FOV and have the same degrees per pixel density (pixels per degree?). Mostly this has to do with your eyes being more relaxed and relying less on parallax so they loose a sense of distance. But I also think it is less sensitive to head movement and that makes it feel more real. I don’t think it is a huge difference, but it is better.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/343671/#Comment_343671

Aiologs H-Pattern Shifter

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8mJ77jNhav/?igsh=MTNhbnlsZDUwZThyeQ%3D%3D

Road Car ABS vs Race Car ABS

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8nTCYAuh5H/?igsh=MTR0anFqc3NteDR1cw%3D%3D

Spend Brad’s Money

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8pXwa0prsX/?igsh=MW44ZnJrZG5tM3M2ZQ%3D%3D

MSI Project Zero

https://www.msi.com/Landing/project-zero

Are You Looking For A New GPU?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnjO1spYcxg

Turn Key…At A Cost

https://shop.mardonpc.com/products/mardon-rookie-sim-rig

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – New Hampshire

  • Mike – P7- pretty good race, uneventful for me stayed in the top 10 basically by the end I was in the top three or four for the green white checkers, but didn’t do very good on those and fell the seventh. 
  • Tony -Pscrew New Hampshire. I stayed away from this awful track. Can anyone name a good NH race that wasn’t wet?
  • David- parked it early cause I took out a teammate.  It was unintentional, I turned sooner than Justin, but I can only guess I didn’t brake at the right time because I was beside him when I didn’t want to be and he came down not expecting me to be there.  Worst I’ve probably ever felt in iRacing.
  • Justin-wrecked out early
  • John -P 10
  • Brad – P17 after starting p6. Race was good for the first half and then it was a wreck fest. Was caught up in everyone else’s mess. Finished with 22x. Race craft is gone.

Sunday Open – New Hampshire

  • David – P 22
  • Brad – P18 after starting p14. Ran in the top 10 virtually all the race until getting pushed up off of T4 into the wall with about 27 to go that resulted in damage and poor finish. Was in top split and looking to gain a ton of points. Super frustrated to run an hour and a half clean to end up wrecked again.

Wednesday Open – Nashville  

  • Mike- dq’d  out  actually no damage never ran higher than 19th
  • Justin – P up!
  • Brad W – P10, started p9. Ran around the top 10-12 all night. Had the race ran green till the end I think I was good for a p8. Had a couple late yellows and the car did not have enough fire off speed to hold positions. Happy with a top 10 but felt like I left some on the table.
  • Tony P17 just was slow and couldn’t get the car loose enough fast enough. Only 2 cautions and 130 laps green in the end.
  • Chris W – P16. Screen froze around lap 1 that sent me to the back with no damage. Road around the back trying to figure Nashville out. A few cautions late in the race and hard driving got me to 16th. .

Thursday Open – Nashville 

  • Mike- P wrecked out in the First caution some guy came up across my nose, too much damage to drive it
  • David – P20, Fell to back early avoiding, flipped track position to get back to the middle.  Top split.  Annoyed with 4x’s coming on minimal touches on restarts.  It’s supposed to be heavy contact.

Official Series

IndyCar IRacing Series – 

  • Ellis– P wrecked out. Just started my third set of tires from P9 and got wrecked on my out lap and then as I lifted it to Pitt Road some guy intentionally drove it in there and wrecked me real bad.  

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – mid Ohio was in a battle for the lead and got my winging taken off. Had to pit for repairs, P6 finished P5.
    • Qualified second-place winner, chicken dinner! 101st career win
    • Top split qualified 11th got wrecked on the first lap fitted for repair and worked my way back up to 11th
    • Qualify third. Got to the lead, but spun myself out, ended up with a slowdown and another spin out and fell back to P6.
    • Qualified 14th finish 14th spun a couple times on my own. I got to quit doing that.

A Open

  • Brad W – P5 (Nashville) started p3 and was in top 5 all race. Really tried to take care of the car and was able to keep leaders in sight. Had a 65 lap run to the finish and struggled towards the end. Was clean the entire race until getting doored coming to the checkered. SR has been on a slide the last two weeks.

IMSA

  • Brad – P14 (GTD Algarve) This track is a challenge with the amount of elevation changes and double apex corners. Had made it into top 10 until miss judging a passing GTP turn in point for a corner. Got yelled at as usual even though I apologized. Committed to run this entire season every week a I want to continue to get better at sports cars and road racing.


League / Hosted Races

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. Big Triples

Description

On today’s show we sit down with Kyle Perry, an iRacer and real racer from New York. We discuss a lot of eNASCAR news, ask if Max’s “off track” activities are too dangerous, see if the stats on the new UI are getting worse, get updates on two titles coming out soon under the iRacing umbrella and make a call to the FOV Police to help a current NASCAR driver out with their setup.

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_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

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Episode 0440

6/20/2024 – Noah’s Glen – Episode 0440

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we will recap the the 6 Hours of The Glen, find out how wanting to be last was the way to win, discuss which cars could be coming to iRacing, see who is opening a new sim center in North Carolina, see what the cheapest way to get into sim racing is and take a tour of some sim racer’s rigs.

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

Not Sure The Stewards Will Allow This

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63836/small-pitting-issue-at-navarra-long-circuit

Now, That’s Fast

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1803103198313357330

Could These Be Coming…#SOON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-La5_r03yM

Updated McLaren GT3 Car

Aston Martin

LeMan NASCAR Next Gen

Lamborghini GTP

Aston Martin LMH car – uses Cosworth naturally aspirated 6.5 liter v12 – redlines at 11k rpm

Rain Fall IMSA Stats

The 2019 IMSA season had 7 out of 12 races affected by rain.

The 2021 IMSA season had 4 out of 12 races affected by rain.

Schedule Drama

Greg West steps into a continuing drama filled forum post about IMSA schedules.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/547556#Comment_547556

Victory SIM To Open Hickory NC

https://x.com/VictorySimLLC/status/1803476776556929213

Did The Pace Car Stop For Fuel?

https://x.com/KarmaMJO/status/1803081829513097354

Exocross Update

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Z9T5SPODx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

FIA F4 Esports Regional Tour – Week 1

https://www.iracing.com/miranda-roberts-dunne-lead-respective-fia-f4-esports-regional-tour-series-after-first-week

iRacing’s Hidden Boss – Bob Bryant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ET7hAUCkps

Staff Member Profile

iRacing’s Travis Sollenberger is this weeks Staff Member profile.

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-esports-competition-manager-travis-sollenberger

iRacing 101 – Incident Points

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-incident-points

9.33.1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63698/release-notes-for-iracing-9-33-1

Schedule Submissions Due Soon

Tyler Hudson is requesting schedules for 2024 Season 4 to be submitted soon. The following three series , Street Stocks, Gen 4 Stock Car and 305 Winged Sprint Cars will have Week 13 schedules that will be created by the community.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63741/2024-season-4-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63725/2024-season-4-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63718/2024-season-4-schedule-c-class/p1

They Have Done It Again

https://x.com/vcoesports/status/1802287352443789332
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1802788059865313561

Was It Really That Bad?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63775/6hrs-of-death/p1

2024 Season Contest Follow Up

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/547239/#Comment_547239

Sim Racing Expo Time Attack

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8R3kP9M2rS/?igsh=MXJ0NjY3bTRoc2kzcA%3D%3D

INDYCAR iRacing Series

INDYCAR iRACING SERIES
With the return of INDYCAR, the INDYCAR iRacing Series (Open Setup) predominantly follows the real world INDYCAR schedule. It will have full length races on road courses while utilizing amended race distances for the ovals during the 16-week racing season.

The series returns for it’s ninth week of competition, this week at Laguna Seca, utilizing the Dallara IR-18 for 95 laps of racing.

Week 9 Schedule: Thursday, 01:00 GMT; Friday, 20:00 GMT, Saturday, 18:00 GMT; Sunday, 02:00 GMT

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-18-24-2024

Global Endurance CONSPIT Format Changes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/63118/global-endurance-conspit-tour-moves-to-24-hour-races-for-season-3

Round 2 Is Now Live

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8UcFVkNhrL/?igsh=dmxraTV1YzVwczE0

INDYCAR Qualifying Series Announced

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8NCpwxgjMv/

https://www.iracing.com/indycar-buttkicker-iracing-qualifying-series-to-kick-off-july-11

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Hardware/Software

Cheap Sim Racing Guide

Shaun Cole from the SimPit shares his guide to cheap sim racing gear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuPQ7zm-_KU

Thoughts?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7tG_ISvafp/?igsh=c2Z2bG9zanM1aGo0

Does The Perfect Sim Racing Wheel Exist?

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

Sim Tour Project Season 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcDLuk5YsDQ

BDH H1SQ Shifter Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjiaF4Rylc

BDH H1SQ

Does Your Rig Need A Floor?

https://trakracer.com/products/sim-floor

Logitech Ecosystem Add Ons

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8aC-htIEHV/?igsh=NXdlejN1OXFrMDFh

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday Fixed – Iowa

  • Jusitn- P1, Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Only led 1 lap and that was the last one, I have probably choked the last 10 GWC being  on the front row and now I finally closed one!

Friday Open – Iowa

  • Mike -P got a passing to the left black flag when the leaders wrecked out and I had to avoid them then running a lap down on a restart somebody misses the gear and they all stack up and they turn each other and take out the outside lane, including me, DNF
  • Tony -P7 race was typical nis short track’n was caught up in 4 yes 4 wrecks in front of me from guys not knowing how to handle the bump. Spent last 120 laps on 16x. Finally had a nice long run at the end of the night which i was a moving through the field. Iowa isn’t that hard to drive 
  • Brad – P wrecked on lap 2!
  • Hall – P wrecked out, caution fest, a lot of idiots, I’m going low to avoid a near wreck up high and then get loose and over correct

Sunday Open – Iowa

  • Mike- P wrecked out didn’t have the right set in the car and I couldn’t drive it and wrecked. I was distracted going into this race by some other stuff and that messed me up.
  • Kyle P P Ran Out Of TALENT early. Was top 10 for the first 20ish laps and just lost it off of 4 and nosed into the outside wall and then collected a half dozen others and the car was just “D O N E”    DONE!

Wednesday Open – New Hampshire  

  • Mike- P17- first lap I get wrecked out by some bonehead who can’t hold his car meatball with 4 1/2 minutes damage. Limp around and get it fixed throughout. During one caution while getting damage fixed as I went to leave the pit it decided to give me another set of tires so I ended up taking two sets of tires on the same stop and ended up losing a lap The race finally decided to go get up to as high as 13th and then faded caught caution but kept getting involved in incident and got DQd on the final restart for too many incidents while running ninth.  P17.   12 cautions.
  • David – P technical failure
  • Justin – P Whatever, Some days I don’t even deserve to click that green race button to grid up!
  • Tyler – P disqualified out
  • Kyle P P21 Car was good and strong. Started P5 and on the start 3 cars in front of me were involved in 2 separate wrecks and I got passing on the left on the start and was given a drive through after reaching P2. Stayed in the back most of the first half of the race and then marched up to top 10 and then got tagged from a car out of 4 who bounced off the outside wall and then I was along for the ride and had over 5 minutes of repairs and went down 7 laps and just rode around in the back collecting a P21 and done for the week. Bring on Nashville next week. 
  • Chris W – P 9. Road around in the back to be safe….. Aaaaand ended up with 22x. Car was wrecked on 100 lap tires and I spun causing a caution. Got the wave around, another caution gave me tires for a GWC. Went from 23rd to 9th. The worst feeling P9. After my spin all my teammates had horrible luck.

Thursday Open – New Hampshire 

  • Mike- P 19 top split what a mass 17 cautions. I had a good top 15 going but got door, slammed near the end and fell to the back.
  • Justin – P wrecked out rage quit
  • Bobby –final green, white, checker started second but wrecked out wrecked out

Official Series

6hrs at the Glen

  • Tom, David, McKee and Granspeed– P7.  I ran the 1st and 4th stint.  On the first stint started in 5th, had to avoid a turn 1 wreck on lap 2, took the runoff and stopped to escape.  Put me in last.  Drove back to 7th.  Got the car back in 3rd, drove up to 2nd.  Then during the rain out late drivers ran into torpedoes.
  • Justin- I partnered with Brad. He deserved a better teammate. There’s a lot of things I need to learn about this road racing stuff “being consistent” Brad had race winning speed. His first stint he put on a clinic on, 20 something to 8th. Its going to be a different Story next year on these enduro’s i’m going to figure it out. We are going to get that trophy someday!
  • Brad – What a fun time Justin and I had. Regardless of the outcome it is just enjoyable to team race. We had a great start and were doing well till the rain came. Justin pitted early for wets and I took over. We were making good time but it just continued to get heavier and heavier. The bus stop was a lake and I ended up looping it and stuffed it in the tires. We did get the damage fixed and Justin finished the race and came home in 28th. 

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – Road America. Started P2. Winner winner, chicken dinner.! 99th career win
    • Started fifth got wrecked on one and a three wide incident finished P 14
    • Qualified second- finished p1 – career win number 100!!! 
    • Qualified fifth at mid Ohio. Got wrecked in lap one had to pit for a quick repair, fell to dead last 18th and then gradually worked my way up to tonight if I had another lab or two, I could probably get to six but p nine.
    • Qualified eight out of 25  

IMSA

  • Hall – P 1, at the glen after twice being wrecked out by LMP2’s failing to pay attention on a straight away. 
  • Brad – P3 (The Glen, GTD) Started 6th in class and ran a consistent and clean race. The entire session was dry and I was able to capitalize on some others misfortunes. GTP doing GTP things but I was intentional when allowing them to pass.

GT Sprint Simucube Series

  • Brad – P11 (Barcelona) Started p16 and grabbed some spots early on and was in top 10. Ended up with a lazy spin as I continue to learn the new Corvette. Was able to recover but fell just a spot short to get back into the top 10. This series is extremely competitive and the races have been good.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis-Chris McGuire hosted GEN five at Daytona finish p8
    • Old IndyCar at Michigan p10

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. Noah’s Glen

Description

On today’s show we will recap the the 6 Hours of The Glen, find out how wanting to be last was the way to win, discuss which cars could be coming to iRacing, see who is opening a new sim center in North Carolina, see what the cheapest way to get into sim racing is and take a tour of some sim racer’s rigs.

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

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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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