Author: MacRubbin

4/13/2023 – Two Lap Runs – Episode 0378

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show today we will take a look at the first ever International Race in the Coke eNascar Series, while the Porsche Supercup cars come to America. We’ll look at what a professional driver says are his 5 must have sim racing accessories, and in the Hardware we see what Direct Drive wheel was described as “Killing the Competition.”

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 sRachow notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

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Coke Race at Monza

Call him Back-to-Back Bobby 🏁@bobbyzalenski gets it done in Italy with a historic first win at Monza in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series! 🇮🇹@NASCAR | @CocaColaRacing pic.twitter.com/BJ9lTVjRtv

— iRacing (@iRacing) April 12, 2023

https://www.iracing.com/bobby-zalenski-doubles-up-wins-in-enascars-first-trip-to-monza/

It’s been two full seasons since Bobby Zalenski’s been a winner at any road course, but in the series’ inaugural Monza visit, Zalenski was untouchable, leading all 30 laps from the pole position en route to his second victory in a row on the year.

Zalenski made zero mistakes. He pulled away early from Leahy and the rest of the field, waited as long as possible to pit, executed a perfect pit cycle and maintained the gap through every lap.

Talladega just next week…

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New Console Game

iRacing and Orontes Games are pleased to announce the creation of ExoCross, a futuristic off-road driving game that will be coming to Steam, PlayStation and Xbox in fall 2023!

Learn More: https://t.co/Hh0PZd1Qch pic.twitter.com/Iwxo4ivLdH

— ExoCross (@ExoCross_Game) April 11, 2023

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-orontes-games-unveil-exocross-playstation-and-xbox-console-ports/

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Highlights of the Week

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Dumpster Fire Update #5473

Insider Gaming posted an article about the current state of Motorsport Games

Exclusive: NASCAR Responds To Motorsport Games Delays

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5 Sim Racing Accessories I Cannot Drive Without

These are the 5 sim racing accessories I cannot drive without (I probably could drive without them but I don’t want to :P).

Accessories:

1. ASUS ROG Bezel-Free Kit – https://amzn.to/3MfQIPf (Ultra Strong Double-Sided Adhesion – https://amzn.to/3nQ9qTt)

2. Stream Deck – https://amzn.to/3m2X6yM

3. DBOX – https://www.advancedsimracing.com/pro…

4. Moradness Gloves & Socks – https://moradness.com/

5. SimCore Extension Shaft – https://www.advancedsimracing.com/pro…

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Porsche Supercup Series

Ariel and Campbell win, Coanda sweeps Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup podium at Watkins Glen

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup feature results from Watkins Glen were as follows:

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	4	15	Zac Campbell	22	0.000	19	1:05.897	66
2	3	46	Bryn Collins	22	-0.531	1	1:05.860	60
3	2	83	Bobby Zalenski	22	-0.721	0	1:06.037	54
4	1	47	Alejandro Sánchez	22	-0.784	2	1:06.034	50
5	11	99	Oscar Mangan	22	-0.899	0	1:05.926	44

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup points through six rounds are as follows:

Jordan Caruso, 348
Diogo Pinto, 290
Charlie Collins, 286
Alejandro Sanchez, 274
Sebastian Job, 273

All Star Race Last Lap Battle

Matt Malone streamed his last lap battle in the All Star Race that earned him a podium finish

https://www.iracing.com/ariel-and-campbell-win-coanda-sweeps-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-podium-at-watkins-glen/

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Moonhead Madness

Moonhead Tweeted a highlight video of some of the more outrageous clips from his announcer calls in the Mooncar Racing Series

Why should you watch my twitch streams? Bc you never know what the hell is gonna happen. pic.twitter.com/YaUqTBmIjv

— Moonhead (@itsmoonhead) April 12, 2023

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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)

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https://channelstore.roku.com/details/9d27a1e9dd15b92535d7cfe85407288e/the-sim-racing-channel

https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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MOZA HGP Shifter Review

The Sim Racing Garage Reviews Moza Racing’s HGP Shifter

Fit and Finish was great, you have to have the software running in the background all the time which is a bit annoying… feels solid but a hint of shaft flex during aggresive driving… No sequential function…

https://mozaracing.com/moza-hgp-shifter

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Ricmotech AP-Xtreme

 Brandon Gargner reviews the Ricmotec AP-Xtreme race rig

https://www.ricmotech.com/racing-simulator-starter-package

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Sim-Lab Push-Pull Rally Shifter!

Sim-Lab reveals their Push-Pull Rally Shifter

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https://sim-lab.eu/shop/product/sla157-push-pull-rally-shifter-4119#attr=

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Another Look at Grid MPX

Dan Suzuki took a clse look at the Grid MPX formula wheel 

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Victory Sim Eye Candy

Victory Sim offers several rig options for your sim racing needs

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A post shared by Victory SIM LLC (@victorysimllc)

https://victorysim.com/victory-sim-standard-pricelist/

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Gomez X-29

Gomex Sim Racing reveals their new ‘entry level’ sim racing gormuls wheel

Introducing the X-29 by GSI! The ultimate entry-level formula wheel for those who demand the best. Packed with features like 3 push button rotary encoders, 2 multi-switches, and 10 white LED buttons, this 290mm, 1.1kg (1.2kg with optional clutches) wheel boasts a one-piece… pic.twitter.com/3XWxLLOHcc

— GSI (@gomezsimracing) April 10, 2023

Jonathan Giakonoski
Looks great and what I’d expect from GSI ~Buuuuuut~
The dual clutch option is uncomfortably close in price to the GRID MPX which has much more functionality, telemetry-driven RGB, and is also their “entry level” (lol). And that’s not even accounting for when their pre-order price was the same as this.
The functionality is just a little bit more than a Polsimer, which is a true entry level wheel at a true entry level price that doesn’t feel particularly entry level in hand. This absolutely deserves to cost more, but not two times more.
Not sure who this is priced for–brand loyalists aren’t looking for an entry level wheel, and it’s only a dub fifty more to upgrade from this to a forever-wheel.

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Which Direct Drive Wheel Is The Best? 

The Car Doc asked which Direct Drive Wheel Is The Best between the Logitech G Pro , Thrustmaster T818, and Moza R9

Moza is the best value for the money

Logitech is the best feedbach

Thrustmaster has best eco system

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Racing Boots

Invicta offers their spectacular Sim Racing Boots for $99.99

https://www.asetek.com/simsports/webshop/us/product/invicta-racing-boots/

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CAMMUS Just KILLED The Competition

Cammus annouced their new ZC5 Direct Drive Steering Wheel and reviewer SleepyPants claims they just Killed the competition

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The Most Realistic Sim Racing Wheel Settings

Daniel Morad gives settings for the most realistic settings for Sim Racing

DR Orzy in Discord: “The way he does it is exactly how I have been running it with 100% in Truedrive and then just dial it in sim (from there) with the Wheel Force. Ive heard some people do it the other way and I think they are missing out on the fidelity and everything the wheel base can give you if you turn it down in the wheelbase software.”

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FuelTek P1 Cockpit 

The GuelTek P1 3.0 cockpit features rock solid carbon steel construction on the chassis, a wide shoulder racing seat with thick padding, adjustable seat mounting, adjustable pedal plate & wheel deck plate. 

https://www.fueltech.net/products/cockpit

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Simline 720s

The Simline 720s GT3 Wheel feayures…

• 300 mm wide
• Alcantara or fabric trim
• 12 automotive APEM/MEC switches
• 4 CTS288 encoders
• Alluminium or carbon fiber shifters
• USB or SC2 wireless connection
• 3×50.8 PCD

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/25327/simucube-wheels-simline-and-others#latest

https://simline.eu/en_US/p/Simline-720s-Dual-Clutch/34

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Bristol Dirt

Friday Open – 

• Mike -.  P  14- drove up through the field at least one time ran top five most of the race had started fourth on the final restart second and third took each other out in wreacked us all  and I finished 14th.  
•  Justin – p7 Qualified 5th got into trouble early picked up a couple x’s with eight minutes damage still had speed just play real conservative. 
• Tyler- P
• David – P wrecked, was running well near the front, in the last laps just slammed and got stuck on the wall and got meatball

Saturday Fix 

• Justin-P1, Qualified 8th got to the top 3 real quick stayed there took lead 50 to go and kept it

Sunday Open

Mackenzie – P7, started 28th, I wasn’t very fast but managed to survive all 16 cautions for a 7th place finish

David – P9, survived a boring dumb shit show.

Sunday Fixed 

Justin- 1st Place,

Wednesday Open: Martinsville

Justin- P 17 rough race pitted lap 120 put me in the back then just got beat up.

• Mike- p  got hit at one point and had to go to the back ended up hitting that boy which was 1/3 of the way through the race worked my way forward and took the lead with 74 to go. Was able to hold them off all the way to the end with short run into green white checkers by 92nd career wins.  
• David – p 11, another dumb board shit show.  I just don’t get why dudes can’t race here.  Had to run 100 laps on 16x
• Stephen -p3

Thursday Open  Ellis -P well did the same strategy where I pitted at the third Waymark but this race I was involved in a lot more different incidents that were really not my doing but by 50 to go I got the drive-through penalty then make things worse I got disconnected from the server for a loss of connection for the first time since I got my new ISP.

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Official Series

Ellis– 

• Indy pro 2000 at road America. Couldn’t get a cue lap in because I didn’t have the force feedback set right I had it way too low, which intern allowed me to turn the wheel more than I normally should once I got the force feedback, right? It really prevents me from turning the wheel too much physically because my muscles aren’t strong enough kind of thing.  Went from 12 to 8 on the first lap but got wrecked out on lap. Six from behind a guy was young drafting catching me and as we approach turn one and I go to break he does plows right in full speed.
• Gen 4 at Daytona I missed a big caution early on by driving Low and Missing it, that put me in the top 10   got to the lead with 20 to go before the Caution came out I got to the lead after the restart, but then got wrecked and sent down through the grass, but fell clear to the back and had three minutes damage. Somehow someway made it back to finish P 11 really fun racing. I ran force feedback at 100% and boy what an impressive example of this wheelbase cockpit and seat. It don’t get no rougher than that. I was just hanging on.
• Ran again it stayed green pretty much until the leader got turned in the High Lane and wrecked the Field nine minutes damage I limp it  home P 19 
• Sprint Car at Southern National – p11 – 30 cars showed up two splits I was bottom split – ran around tenth – caused 2 cautions spinning on my own off 4 – really tough car…

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League / Hosted Races

OBRL Cup

• Brian -P7 Bristol Dirt  Ran incident free which allowed me to move from starting position of 14 the 7th.  Had a couple of good racing moments, but for the most part just tried to keep from wrecking. 

1 Lloyd Moore

2 Eddie Jones

3 Dale Copeland

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Final Thoughts

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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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Description

On the show today we will take a look at the first ever International Race in the Coke eNascar Series, while the Porsche Supercup cars come to America. We’ll look at what a professional driver says are his 5 must have sim racing accessories, and in the Hardware we see what Direct Drive wheel was described as “Killing the Competition.” So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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4/6/2023 – Parks and iRec – Episode 0377

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show today we welcome guest Chris Waldron, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Fulton NY. We get an April 1st tweet about rain and dynamic weather. We’ll show you were you can learn to edit your own video on iRacing and how to learn all about the new Late Model car.

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..

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Special Guest

Chris Waldron,Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Fulton NY

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Topics

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2023 Season 2 Patch 3 Release Notes

Race Control

Fixed an issue where the leader during a rolling restart in a Start Zone could trigger a Jump Start Black Flag penalty on themself.

Auto Fuel

The Auto Fuel Lap Margin limits have been increased to +/- 10.

A label has been added to the Auto Fuel box when there is not yet sufficient fuel data for it to work correctly.

Auto Fuel now appears in a disabled state during the Cooldown, Gridding, and Outlap.

Controls for Auto Fuel in the Options menu have been renamed and are now functional.

Some values for the Auto Fuel system have been added to the [Pit Service] section of the “app.ini” file.

– – autoFuelDefaultEnable= 1 (Enable Auto Fuel by default for Races) or 0 ( Disable Auto Fuel by default for Races)

– – autoFuelDefaultMarginLaps= 1.0000 (Number of Laps of fuel to add as a safety margin by default)

New Damage Model

With the systemic New Damage Model changes released with 2023 Season 2, many vehicles were in a place of unrealistically higher durability. This patch includes a variety of vehicle body panel adjustments that should generally weaken their strengths, and make the cars much more realistic. This Patch completes our post-Season 2 Release assessment for realism and balance for New Damage Model cars that was identified in Patch 2. 

Graphics

The upper limits for both CPU and GPU memory sliders in the graphics options have been increased to 32GB and 16GB respectively.

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000169672-2023-season-2-patch-3-release-notes-2023-04-05-02-

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#Soon?

iRacing Tweeted that the iRacing team is making great progress with graphical, physical, and weather-based systems.

No April Fool's joke here. The iRacing team is making great progress with graphical, physical, and weather-based systems. The tire modeling recently reached a significant milestone too!

Enjoy this completely real screenshot amidst all the pranks and fakes on the internet today! pic.twitter.com/Ce3zKUlSYO

— iRacing (@iRacing) April 1, 2023

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Porche Super Cup All-Star Highlights

iRacing Streamer Matt Malone posted a video on his Twitter page of his intense battle to keep from finishing in last at the Porsche All-Star race at the Red Bull Ring.

Battle for P10 during the @iracing #PESC All-Star race at the Red Bull Ring. Thanks to #Porsche and #TAGHeuer for putting this ultimate streamer collaboration together season after season!

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/jiPERlOLUP@Basic_Ollie @borja_zazo @keny500 pic.twitter.com/3tPIidpty0

— Matt Malone (@MattMaloneTV) April 5, 2023

Porche Super Cup Feature

Jordan Caruso scored a victory in the Sprint race over the reigning series champion Diogo Pinto. In the Feature, it was rookie Gustavo Ariel scoring the win in dramatic fashion over Alejandro Sánchez and Pinto after a spirited battle in the late stages.

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup feature results from the Red Bull Ring were as follows:

Fin.	St.	No.	Name	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts
1	10	21	Gustavo Ariel	20	0	3	1:30.575	61
2	4	47	Alejandro Sánchez	20	-0.916	10	1:30.723	71
3	7	1	Diogo C. Pinto	20	-1.505	0	1:30.738	66
4	5	15	Zac Campbell	20	-1.968	0	1:30.706	61
5	2	49	Jamie Fluke	20	-2.723	7	1:30.891	48
6	3	40	Julien Soenen	20	-2.895	0	1:30.683	48

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup points through five rounds are as follows:

1. Jordan Caruso, 302
2. Charlie Collins, 271
3. Diogo Pinto, 270
4. Alejandro Sanchez, 229
5. Sebastian Job, 213

https://presse.porsche.de/prod/presse_pag/PressResources.nsf/Content?ReadForm&languageversionid=1425424&hl=motorsport-news

https://www.iracing.com/points-leader-caruso-rookie-ariel-score-first-career-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-victories-in-austria/

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Late Model Stock PDF

iRacing posted a PDF manual for the new Late Model Stack Car in the Forums

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/39825/late-model-stock-manual

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ALT F4 Equals Suspension

Joel Blewitt posted in Twitter that he was protested and then suspended by Intentionally using Alt F4 to leave a session

https://twitter.com/joelthekiddd/status/1641872213669298176

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iRacing in the Rain… for Real

The real rain in Richmond did not stop Sim Seats from having their iRacing rogs set up for the fan experience

#eNASCAR @RichmondRaceway Fangrounds activation was hot despite the rain. We’ll be back at it tomorrow come throw down a lap and see if you can top the charts!!! pic.twitter.com/qr3Vd9nf97

— Sim Seats (@SimSeats) April 1, 2023

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Sprint Car Full Field – The Unicorn?

Nick Neebon posted on his Twitter page that he was in an open wingless sprint car race with a near full field

https://twitter.com/kneebon5/status/1643433225602183175

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Editing and Saving Replays

iRacing posted on their YouTube channel a tutorial about how to Edit and Save Replays in their ‘How To’ Series of videos

Porsche eSports Sprint Challenge Canada

The Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Canada put on a heck of a show and iRacing posted on their YouTube Channel the highlights from Sebring

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The Road America 500

The Road America 500 is a throwback event paying homage to the analog days of racing. With the event’s roots dating back to 1950, it has seen many different names and formats in the 73 years since under banners such as the SCCA, ALMS, and IMSA. The iRacing event will be a 500 mile affair that is able to be run solo or as a team. It will feature both the Nissan GTP ZXT and Audi 90 GTO

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/39685/special-event-iracing-road-america-500/p1

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Nurburgring Endurance Championship

The iRacing Nürburgring Endurance Series will feature a series of 9 endurance races – each 4-6 hours long – on the combined Nürburgring VLN circuit. Drivers may participate solo or with a team.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/39020/2023-iracing-nuerburgring-endurance-championship-bop-added-3-31/p1

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

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Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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Upgrading My P1X To An X1 Pro Sim Rig

Usman Gaming posted a YouTube video of his upgrade from a SimLab P1X to an X1 Pro Sim Rig

https://sim-lab.eu/shop/product/x1-pro-sim-racing-cockpit-3953

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Thrustmaster T818 Review

TheCarDoc bought a Thrustmaster T818 and posyed a YouTube video of whether it was worth it, or not?

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O-Rouge Cold Fusion Seat Review

Dan Suzuki reviewed the O-Rouge Cold Fusion Seat and says he doesnt think he will ever be able to go back to a regular seat

https://www.simraceshop.de/o-rouge-c1-cold-fusion.html?refID=34564684

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GSI Entry Level Wheel

Gomez Sim Racing will be offering their new “Entry Level” formula wheel starting at $650

Sim racing is addictive! Get ready for the new gateway drug to excellence from GSI. A little teaser…The X-29 weighs just above 1 kilo, measures at 290mm and oh one more thing….it starts at just $650. Let’s do this! pic.twitter.com/QAUbgSiKaw

— GSI (@gomezsimracing) April 3, 2023

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Cube Control CSX Review

The Sim Circuit Reviews the Cube Controls CSX3

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The 2023 MOZA Sim Racing Buyer’s Guide

Boosted Media has put out their Moza Sim Racing Buying Guide on their YouTube Channel and gave a top level overview of the Moza ecosystem saying… They have done a really good job but there are opportunitys to improve, especially on the software side… Pedals can be improved on for sure…

Standout features, best QR on the market… Smoothness and refined drive you get is very very good for the price point…

https://mozaracing.com/product/12-inch-round-wheel-mod-for-es

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MECA EVO1 Pedals | Long Term Review | Load Cell vs Hydraulic

Laurence Dusoswa on his YouTube Channel posted a long term review of the MECA EV01 Pedals

https://mecasimhardware.com/eshop/

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GRID MPX & DDU5 | First Impressions

Laurence Dusoswa also posted a firts impression video of the GRID MPX formula wheel and DDU5 sim dash

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Mike’s PC Part Picker List

Mike has made a shopping list of the components he’s looking for to make his dream system

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/mikedeanellis/saved/sHxV6h

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SimLab Pedals

SimLabs revealing their Loadcell Pedal Set ! With a proprietary loadcell design (patent pending) capable of handling up to 200 KG of brake-pressure, dual-stage compression, swappable elastomers, and adjustable inclination and travel. Additionally they will be releasing various upgrade accessories in the near future, with the clutch pedal coming along first!

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Richmond

• Mike -.  P  5- took the lead on lap 72 and kept it right up  there until the end leading the most laps. I lost the lead with about four to go and got wrecked via NetCode  basically.  The guy from a higher split on an alternate account, came down to our split the winner, which is pretty irritating.
• Rochette- P14 2 days after having a camera shoved in my right knee for a torn Meniscus decided to have some fun at Richmond. Ran with Donnie as we dodged and weaved well we tried. Final gwc started 7th was aiming for a top 10 but my leg mustve twitched or something as i gassed it alittle too much and spun myself out in T2. 
• Stephen- bled. A lot of laps, forgot wreck near the end.  
• David – P school event 
• Tom- came up through the field twice. Finish 10th.
• Joe – lost a couple laps early, but got them back. 
• Mackenzie – p14 started p27 was running pretty well got caught in a wreck and had to fix some damage so ended up a few laps down but still managed a p14

Sunday Open

• Rochette -P3 wasnt the fastest but consistent stayed out and ended up finishing the race on some old ass tires (96 with about 3 or 4 cautions on em) 
• Mackenzie – P20 started p7 ran in the top 10 most of the race. Was up to 2nd around lap 110 and had a guy dive in on the inside from behind me as I was turning to the bottom of the corner and got spun
• David – P10 Top Split.  Good run in a tough field, raced very conservative since didn’t have a good finish in the bank, and had great long run speed.

Sunday Fixed 

• Mike – p dq’d out 4 to go 

Wednesday Open: Bristol dirt

• Rochette -P6 17 cautions for 87 laps. Only got 6x for the about the 135 times i got hit and spun. Even had a guy wreck me and shown his displeasure under caution of hitting me multiple times. Ya the birb will remember 

Justin- P2, started p2, kinda uneventful race, so many cautions. Didn’t fall back more than 5th. Just tried to not get run over.

• Mike- p  qualified P5 and pretty much ran top-five all night long as high as second. Got destroyed on the final restart and spa and finished 11th.
• McKenzie- p
• David – p wRacked out, dirt is dumb, didn’t even go back to see who wrecked me, cause dirt is dumb 
• Tyler- P 14

Thursday Open  Ellis -P6 in top split rail top-five all day long as high as third. Big heavy hitters in the race including Matt Busse.

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Official Series

Ellis– 

• I R.04@circuit Gilles Villeneuve. – wreacked Out
• Toyota GR 86 production car challenge finished 11th at a 25 after a rough start
• Dallara dash I Daytona pole  position. 
• Gen 4 at Bristol. Top split qualified 16th.  I had a long. Green run got as high as 12 and then fell back to dead last 25th one lap down after a couple of cautions. I got the lucky dog and ran around tent the rest of the race and brought it home P 10.
• Dallara dash at Pocono. Got wrecked off early.
• A fixed at Bristol dirt. Q3. Got a black flag on our restart when I was starting second the leader didn’t go at all and I got black flag so the question begs what am I supposed to do if the leader doesn’t go then I don’t go either. So restart a dead last got up to pee five. Then got spun in the caution restarted 15th with three to go and got back to P6.
• Carburetor cup at Monza.

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League / Hosted Races

OBRL Cup

• Brian -P16 Started P21.  Had a decent run going.  Saving tires was key and was able to move up on longer runs.  Was up to 11th when a yellow came out not long after a green flag pitstop, trapping me a lap down.  Got the wave around, but had to start from the rear, making my way back up to 16th

1. Josh Robinson
2. Eric Essary
3. Tom Ogle

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On the show today we welcome guest Chris Waldron, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Fulton NY. We get an April 1st tweet about rain and dynamic weather. We’ll show you were you can learn to edit your own video on iRacing and how to learn all about the new Late Model car. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

Sponsors: 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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3/16/2023 – You Can Mount Anything – Episode 0374

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show tonight, we talk about everything AltantaDega, the new Dallara Dash and Gen 4 series, and an absolute massive amount of hardware/software to pick through. Pull up a chair on join us in the lounge…

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..

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Coke Race – AtlantaDega

• REMINDER: Darik Bourdeau (@Dard2121) is NOT on track tonight after the events at The Milwaukee Mile 2 weeks ago.
• After maybe 10 pace laps we finally get the race started . –
• @RyanLuza  leads Lap 1 by 0.001 seconds over @MalikRayTTV
•  Big pack racing 3 wide lap after lap 8 deep, top 3 break away a bit – luza boes conti – center lane eventually disentigrates, 2 wide now for the pack, breakaway gaining though.
• LAP 6: @KeeganLeahy breaks loose! @BowlinGraham is on the apron! 4-WIDE! And they SAVE IT!
• LAP 11: There’s 2 distinct packs, the lead pack and a 2nd one about 2.5 seconds behind led by @KadenWHoneycutt

• .Lap 12 – @A_Boes21 takes the lead with help from @MalikRayTTV
•  LAP 16: NEW LEADER, @GarrettManes
•  LAP 24: @MalikRayTTV takes the lead.
• Still green at Atlanta, we’ve hit the quarter race mark at lap 25. @MalikRayTTV leads after a push from @CaseyKirwan23
•  A third of the race is gone. @DDuval42 has control of the top. @BigDogBowden leads the bottom. Things look chill for the moment. When will pits be?

• For Derek Justis and Matt Bussa fans – The pair had lost the main pack and were working together, and at lap 31, the #31 went around… no caution but they are both screwed without a yellow.
• Lap 48 – another close call! Somehow they all saved it here but Jimmy Mullis gets the worst of it – He’s now down multiple laps.
• Past halfway and @DDuval42 has been leading for a while – the bottom hasn’t been able to prevail for some time now. Pit stops are imminent. 27 in lead pack at this point

• 36 to go: Green flag pit stops are underway. Looks like about 6 or 7 cars ducked onto pit road.
• These pit entrances are CHAOTIC.
• Commercial breaks right during Greenflag stops – like timing couldn’t of been worse…
• After stops – 17 car pack up front 30 to go – duval bowden ray, kirwin lowe lopez jr lowe leahy manes wilson leahy 
• CAUTION! 25 to go. @BigDogBowden is around! Collin Bowden, Ryan Luza, Kaden Honeycutt involved!!!

• RESTART 21 to go: @JBeavereSports’ @MalikRayTTV and @GarrettLowe_6 lead the field into Turn 1.
• Crazy restart 3 and 4 wide –
• CAUTION! 19 to go. @KollinKeister has crashed.

• RESTART 15 to go: @swilson3_ and @JordyLopezJr lead the field into turn 1.
• CAUTION! 14 to go. It’s the big one! 11 parker white got pushed into the middle faded back but kirwin was getting pushed by olat up the middle hit parker and it was on…

• RESTART 10 to go: @swilson3_ and @JordyLopezJr lead the field into Turn 1.
• CAUTION! 5 to go! That’s the 2nd big one of the night.
• 23 went from bottom to middle guy behind went up above to a higher middle they touch and its one big wreck….

Going green but holy moly @MikeConti5 HOW pic.twitter.com/W31GIkjRLw

— Justin Melillo (@justinmelillo) March 15, 2023

• GWC #1 – wilson lowe salas lopez jr bowlin guest leahy cosey jr keister duval
•  Garret Lowe the leader goes to block  on salas but it’s too late and he gets turned caution!!

I had 3 avoidances/saves of a lifetime, but this was the best by far. What a wild race. P18 & onto @RichmondRaceway!

Please enjoy this small break in Gen4 content to see something pretty spectacular. #eNASCAR I #ItsBeenGr8 I @iRacing I @JRMotorsports I @chadwheeler88 pic.twitter.com/ljPpAfrD73

— Michael Conti (@MikeConti5) March 15, 2023

• OVERTIME RESTART 2: @swilson3_ and @JordyLopezJr lead the field into Turn 1.
• Bottom looking good on the restart outside fades they make it to the white – 
• Second line coming, they go 3 wide – kiester looks he cant do it WILSON wins!
• CHECKERED FLAG! @swilson3_ wins at the virtual @ATLMotorSpdwy
• .🏁 @swilson3_ holds off @KollinKeister by 0.035 seconds for the inaugural #eNASCAR @iRacing Series win at the new @ATLMotorSpdwy The 3rd-year driver is already a 5-time race winner, good enough for 9th on the all-time wins list alongside @pjs_57 and @jmullisracing

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User Guide: The Future of iRacing and iRacing Web

For 2023 Season 2, the iRacing team made significant updates to our user interface. As iRacing continues to evolve, our Legacy Membersite will be sunset in the coming months in favor of an all-new iRacing Web experience, which preserves certain core functionalities of the iRacing interface within a browser for users who would like to access information on computers without an active iRacing installation.

Moving forward, we’ll be using the following terms:

• iRacing: This is the interface that allows you to join races, paint cars, launch replays, and more. Formerly known as the iRacing UI.
• iRacing Web: The web browser version of iRacing that allows users to interact with the parts of our interface that don’t require an active iRacing installation, such as managing teams and leagues.
• iRacing Simulation: Your experience at the virtual racetrack.
• Classic Membersite: The web browser version of iRacing currently accessible at members.iracing.com. This will be replaced by iRacing Web in the coming months.

https://www.iracing.com/user-guide-the-future-of-iracing-and-iracing-web/

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Dallara Dash and the IR-01

Beginning with Season 2 , next week, the Dallara Dash will feature the newly updated iR-01 and it’s oval package. The schedule has been updated and can be seen here:

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38553/dallara-ir-01-moving-to-dallara-dash#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38919/dallara-ir01-suggestions#latest

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Season 2 Patch 1

This Patch includes updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 2 Release, as well as the official release of the Gen 4 Cup Car

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000169444-2023-season-2-patch-1-release-notes-2023-03-12-02-

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2023 Cup Rules

Andrew Benagh asked in the forums, “Can we please bring back the 2003 cup series rules for the Gen 4 series? Lap cars to the inside, no lucky dog, and racing back to the yellow.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38849/2003-cup-rules#latest

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Season 2 Contests

Season 02 2023 brings with it great opportunities to win great prizes from companies like Buttkicker, SIMAGIC, MOZA RACING, Extreme Simracing, Ricmotech, Falken Tyre, DOF Reality, NEXT LEVEL RACING, Pure Driving School, and Sim-Lab!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38866/season-2-2023-contests

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Atlanta Pit Road

Anthony Alfredo Tweeted that the new entrance to pit road at Atlanta will be very interesting

Woah. Pitting at Atlanta will be interesting… pit road commitment line/speed line is on the apron on entry into T3. pic.twitter.com/kUi46322W6

— Anthony Alfredo (@anthonyalfredo) March 13, 2023

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Sprint Car Love

Nick Neebons is looking for some love with the sprint car and is asking for racers to join him on Tuesday nights

https://twitter.com/kneebon5/status/1635713164519014417

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Sim racing VS Real racing

Real world Formula Ford driver Brendon Leigh says the iRacing version if the Formula Ford feels like the real thing.

https://www.iracing.com/insight-max-esterson-on-the-ray-ff1600/

Sim racing VS Real racing 🏎

Amazing work by the team @iRacing !
Personally I’ve raced Formula ford and the sim feels like the real car 🤩 pic.twitter.com/q1ZqnJR1EH

— Brendon Leigh (@BrendonLeigh72) March 14, 2023

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Cheating in Sim Racing

DrOrzy —

Jimmy Broadbent ask, ” is iRacing seriously the only legit Sim out there currently? I know we can easily be pegged as Fan Boys but just look at the facts. Sure iRacing had its own “Cheating” scandal through Daytona but that was actual drivers and teams doing unethical things it wasn’t people/cheats opening up a 3rd party app to gain more grip or a physics advantage over other non cheating competitors 🤷🏽‍♂️ I know iRacing isn’t perfect but do know they are pretty stringent with Anti-cheat. I hope they use all this current crap as a heads up and even focus harder on this side of things and keep the cheats out 🤞🏽

Is the massive prize money that’s on offer these days the only cause and is it just going to get worse? Do we end up with a scenario where every Joe blow is opening up a 3rd party app tripping over each other to buy cheat hacks instead of setups before joint a race

Kristoffer Dahlstrand —
Prize money is not a major motivator for cheating. All competitive games have cheating problems, real world and digital. When winning becomes more important to a person than how strong their love for the game is when people will cheat. The sad reality of the matter is that the problem is that the world is full of cheaters. It has to do with character and integrity, cheaters gonna cheat.
One good thing that iracing has going for them is their monetization model.

We pay for the subscription which ensure that they have enough staff and resources to take care of our needs.

We also invest more in our accounts so there is more on the line for us both when it comes to racing clean but also when it comes to competing clean.

I must say Im hurt with all those cheating problems in Sims and specially now as it hit ACC as well☹️
I literally caught myself yesterday racing and thinking
"what if that guy ahead cheats as well"🫢
And I dont want to think stuff like that, I havent for years…😭😅
What to do pic.twitter.com/npTgONk2nS

— Jardier (@JaroslavHonzik) March 14, 2023

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Pro 4 Off Road Championship

Think you've got what it takes to compete at the top level of our Off-Road series? Hop into the Pro 4 Off Road Racing Series and see if you can qualify for the Championship series later this year!

📰 https://t.co/xFotECngHw pic.twitter.com/tbiMyeRrGL

— iRacing (@iRacing) March 16, 2023

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Off Road Championship Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38652/qualifying-for-2023-iracing-off-road-championship-series-launches-this-week

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2023 Sebring 12 presented by VCO

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38462/special-event-2023-sebring-12-presented-by-vco#latest

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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.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/9d27a1e9dd15b92535d7cfe85407288e/the-sim-racing-channel

https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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Asatek Forte F1 Wheel

The sim Circuit reviews the Asatek Forte F1 Wheel

Amazing wheel, loving it… solid wheel really liked it… A bit disapointed about the color schemes, as the early versions shown had more color then what was shipped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjIeiboi7k

Looks great…

Fit and finish – quality product…

Performance – OUTPERFORMS Simucube Pro…. Dave Cam is ready to buy it…

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Caravangoes GT steering wheel

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https://caravangoes.com/

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Simucube Pedal Tips

Simucube posted an Instagram video with quick tips on their new Active pedal system.  They also unveiled their new baseplate with Heusinkveld pedal adapter kit

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Hybrid Racing Stream Deck

Hybrid Racing Simulations offers their new Stream Deck being sold as a DIY kit

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Meca Evo 1 Hydraulic Pedals

Karl Gosling reviews on his YouTube channel the Meca EVO1 Hydraulic Pedals

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Force Feedback Update Explained

Staffer David Tucker explains the 360hz Force Feedback update from the new build.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/313619/#Comment_313619

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Advanced Sim Racing ASR 4 Sim Racing Cockpit Review

Will Ford revied the Advanced Sim Racing ASR $ cockpit on hi s Boosted Media YouTube Channel

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Eau Rouge EVO

Following the success of Eau Rouge Carbon for Fanatec Podium Series, CSE introduces Eau Rouge EVO.

Like the other button boxes made by Custom Sim Engineering, it is fixed directly to the wheel base for motion and static sim rigs. This is particularly suitable for rigs with limited space where standard button boxes can’t be used. CSE button boxes are also designed for the most demanding drivers who want the buttons close to the wheel, easily and quickly accessible.

https://www.customsimengineering.com/product-page/eau-rouge-evo

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MPI Oval Wheel 

MPI has a Oval Sim Wheel with quick release and buttons available from Sim Seats

https://sim-seats.com/shop/custom-oval-wheel-w-quick-release/

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Almiun Arospace AMU SR

Almiun Arospace offers their AMU SR formula racing wheel

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Bridgemoto GT-S Seat

The BridgemotoGT-S has a reclinable racing seat 

https://www.bridgemoto.com/product-page/bridgemoto-gt-s-reclinable-seats

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Simutrack 01

Simutrack is offering a racing simulator that takes real world driving data from your own Porsche Racecar or Porsche Roadcar to get you as close as possible to your own real world racing experience, so when you get back to the real race track, all of the virtual training will pay off in racing performance improvements.

https://www.simutrack.de/

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Bash Pro Active H-Shifter

The Bash Pro Active H-Shifter is the first active sim racing shifter using a gate locking feature powered by real time in-game telemetry data.

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

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DSD Spring Blowout Sale

Derek Spears Designs is having a Spring 2023 Blowout sale on button boxes and wheels

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Phoenix 

• Mike -.  P 3- I had a great car ran second most of the race got cycled back on pitch strategy and got wrecked but no damage was on a different tire structure strategy then the leader there were too many cautions at the end for me to get back up there I got up to pee three but didn’t have enough laps to catch him. 
• Rochette- P5 had a good car. Missed just a caution fest
• Greg- p2
• Donnie – P29, Q5 DNQ
•  Justin -started p35th, Raced with tyler, team member. i think the very first run we can a 20 run and that was about the lost stint, caution after caution. Mid race, the hooked took front end damage but still had speed. 1 lap down didn’t take long to get on the lead lap. Took all 3 green/white/checkers to finish 11th

Sunday Open

• Rochette -P4 man that was probably the most fun ive ever had at phoenix. Ean in VR for the first time since middle of last year. Didnt have my spotter sound set up so had to pit from 4th on the first caution. Slowly made my way back up front to where i did the only stop i had for tires on lap 90. Ended up leading some laps. Just about everyone pitted about 15 laps after i did and i stayed out. Led some more laps and had a couple of guys pass me on fresh but towards the end of the race i was gaining and passing em back. That was fun. Was fighting for 2nd and 3rd at the end.but screwed up passing em when i mis judged where a car was on my rear and stayed alittle too high not knowing if i was clear or not. That would’ve been for a podium. Good clean racing today now i have 4 top 10s in my nis open at phx in the last 5 years 
• Tom D – p5. Was able to work my way up after starting 25th. Late cautions hurt me as everyone does that land rush restart. But I’ll take 2 top 5s this week
• Donnie – P10, Q12 2X
• Justin- started p18 ran half the race mid pack trying to stay out of trouble but the dog leg bit me locked it up and hit the LF not too hard 3min of damage steering wheel was a little at 11 o’clock still had speed. There were so many cautions everything did get repaired. There were 19 cautions all together with pit cycles that got me up to 6th on the g/w/c. That actually ran clean and stayed in the same spot. Finished 6th
• Mackenzie – P 16 ran pretty well in this race but had a lot of accident problems, worked my way back to the lead lap p11 for the final restart but got rear ended on it and got the black flag for too many incident points

Sunday Fixed 

• Mike – p6- ran top-five pretty much all day as high as second could never get to the leader had old tires at the end and faded a bit. 
• Mackenzie – p11 – was running in the top 5 most of the race, got to the last 15 laps and got wreaked, finished the race down 10 laps but p11

Wednesday Open: AtlantaDega 

• Rochette -P8 man what a shit show i like Superspeedway racing and i like mile Nd halfs but this bastard of a track was not fun
•  Started 5th ended up getting screwed on a restart behind 2nd and fell to the back when he didnt go and i got a train ran on me. Couldnt make it back up front because no one knew how to draft. At the end with 15 to go we had greeen flag stops and i stayed out and bam caution in P3. A wrecked car was slowly taking his time and i had to avoid pit road and try to avoid a BFlag but had to pit under closed and still got a bf.. got it served and another caution came out. With 2 to go on the green was stuck behind lapped cars so never had a shot for a top 10 til the field wrecks at the checkered

Justin- Started P3 stayed in the top 5 about half the race then coming going along the front stretch i was the out side line and the guy that was in p3 threw a really late block caused a bunch of damage 2 laps down 21st

• Mike- p   wrecked out. Took it easy running top 10 all race I eventually took the lead on 30 to go. We’re just riding on the outside with the guy pushing on the bottom floated up into the top lane and destroyed the pack.  
• McKenzie- p13 – took the pole to start the race, lead the first 25 laps then ran top 3 until around lap 60 when i got hip checked and pushed down to the inside wall to get 5 mins req damage, ran back to p13 by the end of the race
• David – p3.  Got in a little trouble early as a guy moved up then changed his mind and came down across my nose.  It didn’t seem to cause any damage though, got separated from main pack but a 2nd line formed well and caught them, was running 22nd.  After green stops, I came out 12th.   Good thing I practiced them.  Then with 17 to go the caution fest started.  Each time I kept surviving or just flat out gaining positions.  Then had to throw a block to protect p3 at the end.

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Ellis– 

• Gen 4 at Homestead. Started 19  got to 11th by the end of the first run 30 laps of an 80 lap race. We’re running top 10 near the end there was a wreck in front of me. Somebody didn’t check up and ran underneath me and knocked me up in the air finished P 15.
• IRO4 at Virginia rocked out first lap I suck

SPIKER

GEN 4 CUP – Miami P17, Q15

GEN 4 CUP – Miami P9, Q7 Nascar C OPEN – Atlanta P13, Q5

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League / Hosted Races

Hosted

• Late model stock at Lanier. Got wrecked near the end.

• Ellis – GEN four at Michigan – start a 22nd finished P4. 
• De LaraDash at Charlotte- ran the last time Sunday night with the old car as a sendoff and of course got wrecked out
• Dilara Dash at Charlotte with the new car It’s pretty crazy. What is the tires warm-up it sticks in the corners. You only have to breathe the throttle a bit. I spoke with Kevin McCarthy, who is been the king of the series for many years what he thought about it, and he said it was certainly a surprise, but he’s up for the challenge.  Qualified with a 22.93 on Pole lead the most laps finished P4. 
• The Laura Dash at Charlotte. Started fifth I took the lead on lab seven and was able to keep it in, won the race.!

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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 Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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3/9/2023 – Oops, I made a Gen 4 – Episode 0373

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Its build week everyone, and we’re gonna take you thru all of the goodness of the new content. The iRacing Skip Barber formula Series wrapped up and which iRacer will get a shot a fully funded ride. And did iRacing accidentally make the best oval car in the service?

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..

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2023 Season 2 Release Notes [Pre-Release Version]

First up on week 13 was the pre-release notes posted in the forums by Alex Gustafson

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38063/2023-season-2-release-notes-pre-release-version#latest

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2023-season-2-is-here/

• Late Model Stock: Used in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, iRacing’s newest stock car comes straight from the championship-winning stable at JR Motorsports.
• Renault Clio R.S. V: Used around the world in the Renault Clio Cup, this fun, agile FWD machine carries the heritage of decades of single-make racing powered by Renault.
• Ray FF1600: The machine of choice for up-and-comer Max Esterson in one of the world’s most historic entry-level racing formulas, the Ray FF1600 is the latest addition to iRacing’s open-wheel ladder.
• Circuito de Jerez–Ángel Nieto: Former home to both the Spanish and European Grand Prix, Jerez features two configurations and becomes the latest European road course on the sim.
• New Damage Model: The Ray FF1600 debuts with the NDM enabled, while the Toyota GR86 also gets an NDM update!
• AI Racing: Not only does all of this season’s new car and track content come AI-ready, but the Mercedes-AMG W13 E Performance and tracks like Barcelona, Suzuka, and Zandvoort also have all their layouts unlocked. In addition, the new Atlanta oval, LA Coliseum, Pocono, and Darlington headline a deep list of oval unlocks.
• Auto Fuel: A new refueling option uses your lap data to calculate fuel settings and help you take just enough fuel to make it to the finish, or determining how much you’d like to spare.
• Car Parameter Updates: The NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars have received tire and drafting parameter updates, while the Dallara iR-01’s aerodynamics have been updated to aid in oval racing.
• Dynamic Brake Audio System: GTE, GT3, GT4, and Touring Cars will all produce different sounds under braking depending on brake temperature and pressure.
• iRacing (UI) Visual Refresh: Enjoy a new, modern look for the iRacing application! Various fixes and improvements to modernize the user experience have also been added.

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Release Notes for iRacing Companion App

Next up was the Release notes for the Companion App

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38003/release-notes-for-iracing-companion-app-1-2-1#latest

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Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series 

Diogo Pinto Earns 2023 Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Title, Splits Wins With Wheldon at Road America

Final Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series points are as follows:

Diogo Pinto, 301
Harley Haughton, 288
Brandon Hawkin, 246
Josh Thompson, 244
Michael Janney, 241
Matt Caruana, 233
Sebastian Wheldon, 231
Michael Romanidis, 208
Przemyslaw Marek Lemanek, 202
Matthew Zeis, 193

https://www.iracing.com/pinto-earns-2023-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-title-splits-wins-with-wheldon-at-road-america/

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5th Digit Acquired (Quik Hit)

Casey Kirwain joins the short list of iRacers topping the 10K Oval iRating

5th digit acquired. Appreciate everyone's support as always especially over the past 4-5 months hovering around 9900😂.

And no, there will never be an alt account. We're taking flying into the catchfence at Daytona and Talladega on the chin. pic.twitter.com/ZMatNMncTN

— Casey Kirwan (@CaseyKirwan95) March 3, 2023

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Screen to Speed At Vegas

The all-female Screen to Speed sponsored by Penzoil made its way tp the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

I’m on site at @screentospeed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for an all-women’s iRacing event! ✌️🏎️💨🎮 watch now 👇@InitEsports x @penzoil #iRacing pic.twitter.com/98db32z0kd

— Mari Takahashi (@AtomicMari) March 5, 2023

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11K iRating Road (Quik Hit)

Sven-Ole Haase became the second iRacer to ever reach 11K iRating in Road (or any) series.

It has been a long time since my last tweet, but never say never. After a long journey we made it Happen, 2nd ever driver to reach 11k Road iRating. Been proud of everyone who has been on my side during this journey, relax now@bielaracing45@HeusinkveldEng@EURONICS@iRacing pic.twitter.com/B71srOLXrl

— Sven-Ole Haase (@LSea89) March 5, 2023

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NIS Rap

Jacob Kline was in a NIS race when, under caution, he decided to have some fun with ChatGPT to have it create an NiS ChatGPT Rap. Here’s the conversation.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38143/nis-chat-gpt-rap#latest

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Teasers (Quik Hit)

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Introducing the Ray FF1600 – which will be available in the Season 2 build update.https://t.co/1VZrbx1gUe pic.twitter.com/Ycr7JeYYye

— iRacing (@iRacing) March 7, 2023

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Malone and the All-Stars

Content creator Matt Malone posted the start to his Porsche All-Star race at Long Beach

The Long Beach hairpin didn't disappoint for Round #3 for @PorscheRaces @iRacing #PESC All-Star Series. 2 super fun races with some intense finishes. Onto the GT4s in 2 weeks @ COTA! pic.twitter.com/5s6QT5Ikau

— Casey Kirwan (@CaseyKirwan95) March 6, 2023

https://www.iracing.com/sebastian-job-returns-to-top-of-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-podium-at-long-beach/

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Porsche Supercup Round 3

Sebastian Job takes the victory in a tough Tag Heuer Porsche Supercup Race at Long Beach.  

Fin.	St.	No.	Name	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts
1	2	22	Sebastian Job	26	0.000	26	1:19.257	64
2	4	93	Charlie Collins	26	-0.436	0	1:19.138	61
3	7	12	Jordan Caruso	26	-0.815	0	1:19.052	62
4	9	37	Cooper Webster	26	-1.116	0	1:19.036	49
5	3	90	Yohann Harth	26	-4.345	0	1:19.368	49
6	11	77	Alessandro Bico	26	-4.923	0	1:19.246	41
7	8	27	Simone Maria Marcenò	26	-5.307	0	1:19.172	53
8	13	10	Christopher Dambietz	26	-17.037	0	1:19.661	34
9	15	81	Quentiin Vialatte	26	-17.183	0	1:19.597	30
10	1	83	Bobby Zalenski	26	-17.886	0	1:19.691	35

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup points through three rounds are as follows:

1. Charlie Collins, 197
2. Jordan Caruso, 194
3. Diogo Pinto, 146
4. Sebastian Job, 146
5. Cooper Webster, 120

Long Beach Lament 

Porsche Supercup driver Kevin Ellis Jr was not too happy with the decision to race at the Long Beach Street circuit.

What a sad display that was today.

Tracks like that don't belong in a series like #PESC with how the series is structured and how car contacts are dealt with.

Feel bad for the drivers, @iRacing's Premier Road Series should look better than that did today.

— Kevin Ellis Jr (@KevinEllisJr98) March 4, 2023

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IR-18 Season 2 Schedule

Greg West posted the 2023 Season 2 iRacing schedule for Open and Fixed steups for the Dallara IR-18 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38168/dallara-ir-18-open-and-fixed-schedules-season-2-2023

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Late Model Stock – Broken or Super Grip?

SEEN in DISCORD – Listener Ryan Carwile asked Landon Huffman, real world late model driver “cars are way too gripped up right?”, and Landon replied “Yes, bad…”

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SimdyCar – The new Dallara iR01 Oval Package

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Ops, I Made a Gen 4 – The Big Story 

So the build came out Tuesday, by Tuesday night we are hearing word of mouth through the community, hey, go try the ARCA car… Long story short, iRacing mistakenly, according to Greg West, removed the limiter on the ARCA car causing the engine to go from a high of 7000 rpm up to 9700 rpm… Word spread quickly and hosted races popped up organically…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38314/arca-hp/p1

https://twitter.com/PFrisch_/status/1633293205809553409

https://twitter.com/Dr_Bob41/status/1633335638404603904

https://twitter.com/ChrisOverland47/status/1633331148947443713

https://twitter.com/kneebon5/status/1633321490732011520

https://twitter.com/TMCSJonathan/status/1633319062091751424

https://twitter.com/FemiOlat_/status/1633333832396034048

https://twitter.com/nate_stewart4/status/1633337249680039939

.@iRacing we are BEGGING you not to touch this car. You have to drive the damn thing. This is one of our last hopes for a car that enjoyable to drive, start to finish. This is the stuff we signed up for, not the bullshit we drive today. pic.twitter.com/XvAFc4UkGI

— Bendy (@bendy023) March 8, 2023

Word spread via social media fast, with lots of very positive input on the car and the situation of this is only temporary until the next patch when they fix it… I could not find anyone with anything negative to say about the situation. It was also perhaps the most interest and genuine enthusiasm for a ‘new car’ in iracing, that I have ever seen. It probably has more to do with the nostalgia of really good racing in those days, where it was 190 on the straights and 160 in the corners…

In my 14yrs of being on the sim, I’ve never seen the community so unified & genuinely excited. It’s an incredible contrast to the norm and I love it. Best “mistake” ever. https://t.co/FRFFPfPyto

— Michael Conti (@MikeConti5) March 8, 2023

iRacing Big Wig Greg Hill gives confirmation that he hears the crowd…

https://twitter.com/greghi11/status/1633536028676874246

It's been a very passionate 24 hours on the oval side of sim racing. It WAS a mistake on our end, but it is staying.

You wanted it, you got it! Gen 4 Cup coming to iRacing NEXT WEEK! pic.twitter.com/EgxKCMVAtg

— iRacing (@iRacing) March 8, 2023

Race lengths for the new Gen 4 Cup – Fixed series will match the race lengths of the C Open Series (Trucks). 80 laps on 1.5 milers, 60 laps at Autoclub, Etc. Schedule will be posted soon with race lengths.

https://twitter.com/tdhudson001/status/1633560734914211840

By popular demand, iRacing is happy to announce we are introducing a variant of the ARCA car built to Gen 4 specs next week. This car, which will be included for all customers that own the ARCA car, will debut in a new series at the class C license level; the Gen 4 Cup- Fixed. Please note that we will also be including a reversion of the ARCA car physics in a patch scheduled for Monday, to keep the class D ARCA series intact. 

Moving forward, we are looking to update the iRacing ARCA car to a modern version as well as update the Gen 4 car, in the future, to our current standards. 

The schedule for the Gen 4 Cup – Fixed is as follows:

Homestead Miami Speedway – Oval

Richmond Raceway

Charlotte Motor Speedway – Oval – 2018

Bristol Motor Speedway

Daytona International Speedway

Auto Club Speedway

Dover Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway – Oval – 2008

Talladega Superspeedway

Nashville Superspeedway

Darlington Raceway

[Legacy] Texas Motor Speedway – 2009

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38385/you-wanted-it-you-got-it-gen-4-cup-coming-to-iracing-next-week#latest

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Motorsports Games – Getting The Job Done

Allen Bailey posted on Twitter that Motorsports Games has shut down their Nascar Heat servers

#GAMING NEWS: @MSportgames have shut down @NASCARHeat Servers.

Developing… #NASCAR #IndyCar #NASCARHeat5 #ARNrace

— Alan Bailey (@HeyAlanBailey) March 8, 2023

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LA Rush Hour

What do you get when you have a 60 car field in the new Renault car at the LA Colosseum?  Nick Neebon found out.  It’s LA Rush Hour

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Can We Scan This?

Historic Racetrack Arials Tweeted a picture of the track located on the roof of the Fiat Factory. We need this in iRacing!

Busch Light Clash at the Fiat Factory Roof Track 💯 pic.twitter.com/reYOlpgWhZ

— Historic Racetrack Aerials (@RacingAerials) March 3, 2023

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Beta UI – Lipstick on a Pig?

Nick Broyles asked in the forums what you think of the new UI

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/38292/i-love-the-new-ui-what-you-think#latest

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iRacing RAGE! “#1 car syndrome” Don’t be this guy…

iRacing Rage! posted clips from an A Cup race with drivers with a big difference of opinion

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2023 Season 2 Preliminary Schedule

The Prliminary Seasn 2 Schedule has been posted in the Forums

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/315414#Comment_315414

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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.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

https://fantasygames.nascar.com/live/league/iracers-lounge-podcast-fantasy-league

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Hardware/Software

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Simucube Extension

Sim Racing Bay has a extension for the Simucube 2 Wheel Bases

• Length 130mm (replace original hub and adds 80mm extra lenght)
• Compatible with Simucube 2 systems (Sport, Pro and Ultimate)
• CNC machined from Automitive grade aluminium
• Weight 365g
• Included SQR Adapter – 6x70mm

https://www.simracingbay.com/product/extension-for-simucube-2/

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NJMotion Compact-R Base

The NJ Motion Compact-R Base is a motion system for your seat

https://www.njmotion.com/en/motion-systems/39-compact.html

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Playseat Trophy Logitech G Edition review

9To5 Toys reviewed the Playseat Logitech G Edition

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Best Lights for Sim Racing Streamers

Anthony Alfredo says the Logitech Litra Beem is the the best lighting for Sim Racing Streamers, and the one he uses.

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/lighting/litra-beam.946-000006.html

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Mike’s Been Told They Are Not Messy

The Sim3D Pedal Rumble Kit review

https://www.sim-3d.co.uk/product/pedal-rumble-motor-kit/6

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DBox Setup

Anthony Alfredo shows the ease of setup of the Dbox Platform motion rig

Since @dboxtech is the title sponsor of tonight’s @eNASCARCocaCola @iRacing event, here is a clip from adding their full haptic system to my racing simulator. It truly is plug and play, adding a whole new level of immersion to your rig or cockpit. https://t.co/V2IlVlhC68 pic.twitter.com/2IN44ulBUP

— Anthony Alfredo (@anthonyalfredo) February 28, 2023

https://www.d-box.com/en/blog/hf-l4-universal-haptic-platform-rseat-dbox

https://www.rseat-europe.com/rseat-hf-l4-d-box-gen-5-haptic-system

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Hands on Performance

Hands on Perfomance’s HC1. Brake / Accelerator Sim Racing Hand Control gives you throttle and break controls with your hands.  

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Las Vegas

• Mike -.  P running about 10 or so. Got spun by a guy coming. I’ve been to be no damage restart the body to lab 66. Later on I got spot again end of the wall with 30 second shot required in three minutes off. I ended up fixing one minute and staying on the lead lap. Interestingly, I was able to drive it up to the top five fairly quickly and was restart fifth with 20 to go.   Was running really good and then all of a sudden the car got hospital wobble loose, and I fell all the way to 18 right at the end of the race.
• David – p3,  15th after 2 green flag stops,  caution with 25 to go, and was able to haul it.  Oddly at this track I’m  better short run, if I know I don’t have to save.

Justin – started 34th, was the 34, car chose not to qualify, worked his way to 17th coming to green flag stops and that’s when it went downhill from there caught speeding on pit road went 2 laps down and couldn’t catch up after that. P 24

Sunday Open

Brian – P4 Adjusted my car from practice to get the car more stable.  Wasn’t super fast early, but had really good long run speed.  Lead a few laps along the way.  Had a caution with about 15 to go.  Lost a few spots on the restart and gained them back on the long run for a P4. 

Sunday Fixed 

Justin-  started 8th, made it to green flag pit stops running 4th. Then after the field halfway cycled through their pit stops, a yellow flag flew which caused me to be a lap down. Luckily I had the luck dog to put me back on the lead lap. Took it easy for a few laps, another quick caution flew and gained a couple stops on pit road to put me 11th. Then the final green/white/checkered went from 11th to 8th. So finally had a positive NIS

Wednesday Open: Phoenix 

Greg -P wrecked out

Mike- p  6 – had a fast car and we drive forward on most runs. I finally pitted it under green on a long run and sure enough the Caution came out while I was on pit road I was able to take a wave around and stay on the lead lab and drive forward, but I could never really recover from that finished P6.  

Tom D – p4 – started last (of course I didn’t qualify). Was able to work my way up to the top 10 after two long green runs.  Got involved in some bumping a little bit later as I like the high line.  A few late yellow and I’ll take my 3rd top 5 of the season. 

McKenzie- wrecked out early

David – p9, spun early, took 2 cautions to get LD, then cars just kept dying around me.  Survived for p9

Thursday Open  Ellis – started 14th car number 30. Would move forward on the short run but on the long run with fade hard because it was snappy loose ended up P 11 and realize that I had ran the qualifying set. I’m a stupid fool.

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Official Series

Ellis– 

• Pick up Kup at Phoenix. Got wrecked out.
• Carburetor cup at IRacing superspeedway. 
• Pick up cup at Phoenix finish P4

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League / Hosted Races

OBRL Cup

• Brian -P.34  Started in tenth.  Car was super loose after about 10-12 laps.  Had to run high the whole time.  Stayed in the top 15 until midway when I taped a car exiting turn 2.  Made it back into the top 12 after a few cautions.  Had a couple of scary moments with getting loose until finally, with about 25 laps to go lost it and didn’t recover.  

1 Joshua A Robinson

2 Greg McDaniel

3 Eric Essary

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Final Thoughts

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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. Oops, I made a Gen 4

Description

Its build week everyone, and we’re gonna take you thru all of the goodness of the new content. The iRacing Skip Barber formula Series wrapped up and which iRacer will get a shot a fully funded ride. And did iRacing accidentally make the best oval car in the service? 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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3/2/2023 – Coke Rage – Episode 0372

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the Show this week, we’ll recap an action packed Coke series race at the Milwaukee Mile. The iRacing Formula Skip Barber Series is heading down to the wire with a full ride in the real Skip Barber Series on the line. We are getting more peaks as to what Season 2 will offer, and we’ll look at what is the fastest single lap in the history of 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..

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Coke Race – Milwaukee

• Jimmy Mullis reveals he is covid positive but ready to race tonight.
• Ryan Luza tells us about his experience at the Snowball Derby
• Colin Bowden said – No Milwaukee pic, we spent the week on a bender at Mardi Gras, not worried about practice because our fits were 💯 momma raised a G so we’ll be fine
• iRacing got a title sponsor DBox – Adam has got a great intro video right before Evan’s intro…
• One driver did not show up: Femi Olatunbosun

• Incredible save by @BigDogBowden after contact with Luza here. 
• Through 16 laps, @NickOttinger continues to lead from the pole.

• Another amazing save in this race! @CoseyJr got a *boop* from Kevin King and took a tour through the grass.
• LAP 24: @JoeyBrown is currently the biggest mover, up 10 spots from 28th to 18th.
• LAP 40: @JoeyBrown is still the biggest mover, up 13 spots from 28th to 15th.
• Lap 44 – Caution Colin Bowden wrecks from the back -Another case of “you pinch, you pay” where Collin Bowden has found out across the nose of Michael Cosey Jr. –  they all pit – Honeycutt missed his box

• RESTART LAP 47: @NickOttinger and @CodyByus lead the field into Turn 1.
• A quick caution #2! Timmy Holmes gets sent off the nose of Tyler Garey! HARD CONTACT!
• And another quick caution – Manes dive bombs bourdeau which brings out the caution – cars slow but derek goes after manes but hits vicente salas and spins him out under caution… then eventually goes onto hit manes after passing several cars under caution… No apparent penalty.

https://twitter.com/WhoisSkid/status/1630759938111819776

• RESTART 45 to go: @NickOttinger and @JordyLopezJr lead the field into Turn 1.
• CAUTION! @jmullisracing slides. 44 to go.
• RESTART 39 to go: @NickOttinger and @JordyLopezJr lead the field into Turn 1.
• NEW LEADER! @MalikRay Edges Nick Ottinger Right before  CAUTION! @jmullisracing spins contact w Joey Brown and others infront of him
•  OK we must be watching Fox because we cant get a replay of the only lead change of the race….
• RESTART 33 to go: @MalikRayTTV and @NickOttinger lead the field into Turn 1.
• CAUTION! 30 to go. @DonovanStrauss is involved. Got hip checked down to the inside by cosey jr

• RESTART 26 to go: @MalikRayTTV and @NickOttinger lead the field into Turn 1.
• CAUTION! 25 to go. That’s the big one! Duvall went 3 wide kirwin and jordy lopez get together then manes plows through and then its a parking lot…

• Per the booth, @iRacing officials are opting to change to single-file restarts. 👀
• Malik misses a shift and Conti Takes the Lead on the restart! 19 to go
• Discussion about how guys who took tires lost lots more track position due to the sudden change by race control… is it fair

• With 16 to go, @NickOttinger returns the earlier favor from Malik to take back P2. He’s now looking to chase down Conti. Conti has more than a second lead!
• CAUTION! 10 to go. @vicente_salas14 spins.
• RESTART 5 to go: @MikeConti5 leads the field into Turn 1.
• 3 to go ottinger is right with Conti… 2 to go manes gets to third – 
• CHECKERED FLAG! @MikeConti5 wins at The Milwaukee Mile!

He's not done yet! 🏁@MikeConti5 makes a late lap pass and holds off the competition to drive it into victory lane in Milwaukee!@NASCAR | @CocaColaRacing pic.twitter.com/LDMyhpa8jk

— iRacing (@iRacing) March 1, 2023

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More Build Teasers

iRacing has been giving up more teasers for new content in the upcoming Season 2

pic.twitter.com/NTAmKZ1gLT

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 23, 2023

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Is iRacing still worth it in 2023?

Our iRacing expert Emily Jones is playing the game for many many years now and she still get’s the same question: Is iRacing still worth it, even in 2023? So she made up this video for you, so there will be no open questions about the status of the game in 2023. Do you think iRacing is still worth it in 2023 or not?

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Season 2 Road Series Updates

Greg West posted in the forums that in the release of season 2, iRacing has some exciting new content entering the ecosystem as well as some changes to existing series. 

Ray FF1600:

This car will be part of our FREE base package and will debut in both a Rookie and class D road series.

The Formula 1600 Rookie Series – Fixed will share a schedule with the Formula Vee Series while being 30 minutes offset. This will allow for new members to only have to learn one track per week while being able to easily understand the differences between the two cars’ handling characteristics. The timing of these series will allow for drivers to be able to race in both series back to back if they so desire. To accomplish this, the Formula 1600 Rookie Series – Fixed will start on the :15 every hour while the Formula Vee Series moves to the :45 every hour. 

Joining the ranks of our class D road series is the all new Formula 1600 Trophy. This open setup series will also run hourly on the :45 featuring 20 minute races.  

Renault Clio Cup:

Joining our tin tops at class D will be the all new iRacing Clio Cup – Fixed. This single make series will have 15 minute races starting on the hour every hour. 

The Renault Clio Cup will also debut in the Production Car Challenge replacing the VW Jetta. This will give the car both fixed and open setup series to participate in. 

Dallara Formula iR:

This series is undergoing a series structure revamp for Season 2 with the switch to 20 minute races using fixed setups. This change is in concert with a tire and aero update that addresses many of the complaints about how the car handled. Give it a whirl!

Supercars – Fixed:

This series is switching back to open setups while keeping the shorter race distances.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37636/season-2-road-series-updates/p1

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Wheldon, Romanidis Split Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Wins at VIR

Sebastian Wheldon and Micheal Romanidis took feature wins in the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series  at VIR.  The series finale will wrap up at Road America with points leader Diogo Pinto looking to hold off Harley Haughton, who trails by just one point.

https://www.iracing.com/wheldon-romanidis-split-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-wins-at-vir-pinto-haughton-set-for-title-showdown/

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We are talking about adding a UTV to the service

Steve Myers posted some tweets about iRacing looking into adding UTV’s to the service to bolster their dirt road content.

We are talking about adding a UTV to the service for the off-road side so the only responsible thing to do was to get dirty when I had the chance! I think this now also qualifies as an ⁦@iRacing⁩ expense! 😂 pic.twitter.com/XnecZmWKsb

— Steve Myers (@iRacingMyers) February 24, 2023

I am! @CanAm or @PolarisRZR who wants in? https://t.co/nSjaqvPXhr

— Steve Myers (@iRacingMyers) February 25, 2023

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Next Gen Top Split AI Settings

I’ve been testing out the AI in the Next Gen with specific settings. After a few races at certain tracks I’ve gotten the settings down to where it’s top spilt competitive and very fun. The settings for each track are below. Please keep in mind to add the correct day and time as well. I start in the back and each race is around 30 minutes with no green flag pit stops and no yellows. I also use the fixed set as well for each track.

Here’s the car set I use (adjust ratings as accordingly as I know it may be a little biased haha): Collections – Trading Paints

Daytona 2/19 2:30PM 35 Laps Skill-120-125%

Auto Club 2/26 3:30PM 40 Laps Skill-63-68%

Las Vegas 3/5 3:30PM 55 Laps Skill-68-73%

Phoenix 3/12 3:30PM 65 Laps Skill-82-87%

COTA 3/26 3:30PM 15 Laps Skill-85-90%

Richmond 4/2 3:30PM 80 Laps Skill-80-85%

Bristol (asphalt) 4/9 7:00PM 100 Laps Skill-55-60%

Martinsville 4/16 3:00PM 90 Laps Skill-98-103%

Talladega 4/23 3:00PM 35 Laps Skill-120-125%

Dover 4/30 2:00PM 70 Laps Skill-101-106%

Kansas 5/7 3:00PM 55 Laps Skill-103-108%

Charlotte 5/28 6:30PM 55 Laps Skill-63-68%

Michigan 8/6 2:30PM 40 Laps Skill-103-108%

Texas 9/24 3:30PM 55 Laps Skill-94-99%

Homestead 10/22 2:30PM 55 Laps Skill-95-100%

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36537/next-gen-ai-settings#latest

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iRacing Classic Membersite Postponed

The sunsetting of the Membersite may have been delayed as iRacing continues to work out the kinks in the Member UI

Listener Wesley True alerted us to an old post that got updated with the word ‘postponed’ added to the title as well as an update about it.

Alex Gustafson Posts: 

UPDATE:

This process has been put on hold. The iRacing Classic Membersite Sunset will occur once the iRacing UI is considered feature complete. A short term goal we have is also to make portions of the iRacing UI available via a web browser and not require an iRacing client install. For example, features such as Create a Hosted Session, Manage a Team, Manage a League, or view Time Attack Competition Standings will be available from an internet browser. We will have more details on this during Week 13.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32798/iracing-classic-membersite-sunset-simulator-connection-severed-postponed

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Celebrity Rig Review

 Pro Sim Rigs shows off on Instagram the custom rig they made for F1 driver Lando Norris.

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The Fastest Lap in Sim Racing History

DJ Yee-J posted a YouTube video trying to set the fastest single lap in iRacing history

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Introducing E-Class: A Modest Proposal

Michael Barry has made a proposal of an new E series liscensing ladder that might clean up the variety of cars in the road side, especially after the upcoming release of new content

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37652/introducing-e-class-a-modest-proposal#latest

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Short Track Rant

Nick Neebon posted a video of a rant about the lack of new vehicle content on the short track oval side and added some ideas pf what could be added.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37813/short-track-content#latest

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New Nascar Rules

Nascar made some new rule changes for road courses and short racks which include a 2-inch spoiler (from the current 4-inch spoiler) and the removal of three diffuser strakes and engine panel strakes. The changes are expected to lead to a 30% reduction in downforce.

https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2023/02/28/nascar-makes-rule-changes-for-road-courses-many-tracks-1-mile-or-less/?fbclid=IwAR1SwsxUbyxp5Tl_NtSPa8053NdNK61zQiPO2wZTFel77fjVuvQO_-3kFnQ

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Hail Mellon Sighting on iRacing

Bill Nolan JR posted in the iRacing Community posted that Nascar Driver Ross Chastain was on the service, possibly practicing for Las Vegas

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“That’s Gotta Be 30 F’ing Cars!”

Moonhead Tweeted the video of their race at Talladega where at least 30 cars were involved in a massive white flag lap melee.  

junked over 30 of em on the last lap last night lol pic.twitter.com/lACLEApYaj

— Moonhead (@itsmoonhead) March 1, 2023

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Week 13 Downtime Schedule

Alex Gustafson posted in the forums the scheduled downtime for the Season 2 build

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37936/2023-season-2-release-march-7th-0800est-1300gmt

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Looking for Commentators

Racespot TV is looking for simracing commentators and producers to be added to their options for 2023 and beyond

We're looking for simracing commentators and producers interested in being added to our pool of options for the rest of 2023 and beyond!

No matter if you have a wealth of experience or none at all, links to apply are in the replies below! pic.twitter.com/5cNrfIRxhy

— RaceSpot TV (@RaceSpotTV) February 28, 2023

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Story Corrections

Rick Lockwood —

@1.) Jerez is far from a dead track, anyone that follows MotoGP will know that 2 weeks ago they had GT and formula cars with some prototypes for a winter series. WEC races over at Portimao in the Algarve area of Portugal, 3 hrs from Jerez.. Jerez is pronounced in english as “Ha-Reth”.. Nice track and facilities also a nice Jack Nicklaus golf course next door.

Nicky Bobby —

https://mozaracing.com/product/moza-quick-release-adapter Currently listening to this weeks show and you mention that MOZA does not allow 3rd party rims. But they do. I’ve seen several videos of people using other company’s rims. The quick release they use is a NRG v2 style. There’s even videos of people putting their drift car rims directly onto a Moza r9. The only thing they don’t support is the buttons through the base so you will need to connect the electronics of the wheel via usb, Bluetooth, etc. I’m planning on going to a moza R9 and use my thrustmaster sparco wheel with an adapter I found on the VRS website

1. scott velez — regarding the asetek wheel topic and how good it is, a lot of that comes from the fact that asetek licensed the intellectual property (IP) of the simucube hardware and software. the asetek product is literally based on what many called the best FFB wheel available (simucube). so while many wheel manufactures had to create their designs and software from scratch, asetek did the smart thing (trading cash and stock) and jump started their product right onto the top shelf with an IP deal with simucube it’s no wonder it’s a top tier wheel
2. Darren F — Correct @scott velez but its not just a copy and paste, they still need to source the hardware and then base the software around the IP they brought so it wasnt just buying some code and shipping a wheel. There has been a lot more to it than that. There is also other parts that no one has really picked up on, like the 5 port hub on the back. That can be used for anything I currently have my 2 flags, streamdeck, pedals and wind sim all plugged into the base keeping 1 simple wire for each at the wheelbase and sending it through the base. I only have the Wheelbase and Mic now going off the rig and into the PC, for some people with MoBo that is limited on ports thats a game changer in its own right !! Something that Simucube doesnt have.
3. 1.) Mike Ellis — How much does simucube make each time asetek sell a base?
4. scott velez — i agree @Darren F. they bought IP (likey electronic designs and firmware), not the actual hardware or end user software.
5. Mike Ellis from what was posted in the iRacing and GD forums, it sounds ilke it was a one time deal for cash and asetek stocks, not ongoing licensing fees. but it was a private deal, so we may never know the details.

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Late Model Update

iRacing’s updated Late Model Stock is based on JR Motorsports’ CARS Late Model Stock Tour entry.  Weighing in at 3100 pounds, the Late Model Stock produces more than 400 horsepower and features fiberglass body panels designed to take the abuse of wheel-to-wheel short track racing. Dale Earnhardt Jr., iRacing executive director and owner of both JR Motorsports and the CARS Tour, was hands-on in the development of the car, spending hours testing and giving feedback to help tune the car to match its real-world counterpart. 

https://www.iracing.com/all-new-late-model-stock-cars-late-model-stock-tour-coming-to-iracing-in-2023-season-2/

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iRacing Creventic Endurance Series

The full CREVENTIC Endurance Series schedule is as follows:

March 11: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
May 27: Autodromo Nazionale Monza
August 12: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
December 2 : Virginia International Raceway (Full)

The full CREVENTIC Endurance Series vehicle lineup is as follows:

GT3 Cup:

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
GT4:

Aston Martin Vantage GT4
BMW M4 GT4
McLaren 570S GT4
Mercedes-AMG GT4
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
Touring Car:

Honda Civic Type R
Hyundai Elantra N TC

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37632/iracing-creventic-endurance-series-returns-for-four-race-2023-season

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-creventic-endurance-series-returns-for-four-race-2023-season/

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Hardware/Software

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New Bundle for the Fanates CSL DD

The best deal in sim racing? Get a complete set with a Direct Drive Wheel base, steering wheel, and pedals with our NEW BUNDLE: CSL DD Race Ready Bundle P1. Available for pre-order now.

https://fanatec.com/eu-en/detail/index/sArticle/1749

The best deal in sim racing?

Get a complete set with a Direct Drive Wheel base, steering wheel, and pedals with our NEW BUNDLE:

CSL DD Race Ready Bundle P1.

Available for pre-order now.

Our mission? Bring Direct Drive to everyone! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/TaynkiOsYV

— Fanatec (@fanatec) February 24, 2023

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PNEUMATIC Pedals – Hot Air or Genius?

Dan Suzuki reviews the SRP-GT-R 3Pc Black Edition hydraulic pedals.

https://www.simracing-pro.com/product/srp-gt-r-3p-black-edition/

amazing finish, no play or sway

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Cube Controls Wheel in real Mercedes Benz

Cube Controls with their colaberation with Mecedes shows that you can use their sim wheek in a real AMG-GT2

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – AAA
Mike -. P6. Got hit a couple times had a little bit of damage decided to pit I probably shouldn’t have was far back as 22nd drove clear up to second, but the leader was eight seconds in front of me. At that point I couldn’t catch a caution and had driven the tires off and faded back to P6.
David – p15, had a better car, cautions fell and lost the coin toss on the fresh tire timing
Rochette- P
Donnie – P8. Started P7, Car felt great and fast along the high line. Tire wear felt different during this week than it had all week long. Good Run gaining confidence.

Sunday Open

Brian – P.12 Started 8th had fun running the high line, but really made a lot of passes on the bottom. Made my way to first for a while, but was caught up in a wreck at the front of the field. Not too much damage, and was able to stay close to the front.

Rochette -P8 as the end credits scroll on the Auto Club speedway in Fontana so does its official racing. Just like a lack luster mid credit scene in a medicore marvel movie so was my last run at the 2 mile track. Had a long 65 lap run on the start where i was hanging in the top 5. But cautions after cautions killed my long run greatest and with a track tighter than i had all week i was wasn’t coming or going just like the I5 on a friday afternoon.
Hall – p16, car 37 in top split, might have stolen a better position with fuel milage
Tom D – p20. Got spun on lap 5, got a lot of front end damage and no yellow. Fell about a lap down. Was able to work my way from last to 20th during a caution free race. Will miss the big track at California. On to Vegas

Mackenzie – P 23, had a very fast car, was running around 15th and got turned sideways and crashed into the wall getting 4 min in damage, went 2 laps down. Gained one lap back and was running up behind the 9th car 1 lap down and got turned again, e

Sunday Fixed 

• Mike – got wrecked out on lap nine where the guy in front of me got ran over from behind and he got turned and I T-bone them 11 minutes damage. Knock the right front completely off.

Wednesday Open: Vegas

• Groves –
• Rochette -P15 Rolled the dice and lost was super loose in the start of the race so ended up falling in the back trying to get it adjusted right. Got caught in other peoples door banging and got spun and saved it. With my wheel at 2 o clock i ended up going from the back to the top 10 just to get hit and spun again. At the end just couldnt get around the super aggressive guys making it 4 wide in the corners. 
• Donnie – P17.  This race started terribly as the team set was crazy loose.  Made some pit stop adjustments that made the car enjoyable.  But for two weeks in a row, my wheel base was failing.  With the loose set up, the lack of any FFB, I had zero faith in entering any corner with competence.  Vegas was one of my worst track performance, I am encouraged by the progress.  
• Mike- p wrecked. Ouch was doing pretty good without cautions I short pitted, but then the caution came out had to take a wave around was running 15th the 20th basically got a caution and drove it up through there. I was riding minding my own business on the top, and the guy drift it up in the band, took us all out.  
• Tyler – P25, set was extremely loose early on and struggled quite a bit till the first caution around first green flag stops. That was the only caution for the day and just never felt comfortable with the set. Ran the middle lane as I saw others ripping the bottom. Just was not happy the entire race. 
• Mackenzie – p30, had a very loose car and was fighting to keep it driving straight around the corners, was running around 20th on lap 95 but then a car went sideways in front of me and I t boned him getting 8 mins in damage, repaired the damage and went 10 laps down to finish 30th

Thursday Open  Ellis – I started till I took the lead by lab 17 it stayed green until green flag pitstops I put it on lot 54 coming out of the pitch and one and two as I was trying to go from 2nd to 3rd I somehow shifted the first and spa in the car out coming up on the track bring out the caution ended up 30th one lap down for the next restart. On the next run drove like hell to get the lucky dog and I got it 12 laps later. I ran hard from dead last up two nights before a guy slowed in front of me causing me to spin out causing a Caution. No damage restarting for the restart P 12. The very next restart I’m headed to the front. I go three wide to the outside. The guy in the middle panics and drives me to the wall and five minutes damage.  I soldier on staying on the lead lap, but near the end, I get sideswiped again off the high side, and hit to the wall and wrecked DNF. 

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Official Series

Ellis– 

• Indy pro F 2000.
• USF 2000- yeah USA qualify 10th out of 15 ran as high as eight fell back to 10th, but was some late trouble I climbed up to seventh
• US F 2000 at Watkins glen started P6 out of 13 got to pee for by the end of last one had a good battle all the way through the end it was able to keep a podium finish P3

Stevens

• C class trucks at Auto club speedway – p8, #22 car started 13th, ran a great race was up to 5th with about 10 to go but used too much tire too early and lost 3 positions to finish 8th, ran the whole 30 lap race with no cautions

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League / Hosted Races

OBRL Cup Brian -P.15 Started in the back half P23 with a bad qualifying.  On Lap 8 was clipped in the left rear as a car came up the track while wrecking.  Not too much damage, but went to the back.  Had to be careful because of the incident limit, but was able to move up thru the field, much thru attrition.

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Final Thoughts

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1. Coke Rage

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On the Show this week, we’ll recap an action packed Coke series race at the Milwaukee Mile. The iRacing Formula Skip Barber Series is heading down to the wire with a full ride in the real Skip Barber Series on the line. We are getting more peaks as to what Season 2 will offer, and we’ll look at what is the fastest single lap in the history of 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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2/23/2023 – Floppy Mike – Episode 0371

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show this week we welcome special guest and new Lounge Mate Mackenzie Stevens. The Skip Barber Formula Race Series really heats up as the season nears its conclusion, and iRacing gives a peak into new content coming in the next build.

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..

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Mackenzie Stevens

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Porsche Supercup Round 2

Charlie Collins wins round 2 of the Poursche Tag Heuer Super Cup series as it made its debut at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. Returning champion Diogo Pinto took he overall series points lead with race winner Collins just 2 pointa behind

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup feature results from Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours were as follows:
1 Charlie Collins 20 0.000 20 1:39.065 63
2 Diogo C. Pinto 20 -6.600 0 1:39.037 65
3 Jordan Caruso 20 -7.079 0 1:39.057 55
4 Sebastian Job 20 -7.500 0 1:39.116 55
5 Cooper Webster 20 -7.841 0 1:39.239 56

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup points through two rounds are as follows:

Diogo Pinto, 138
Charlie Collins, 136
Jordan Caruso, 122
Zac Campbell, 100
Sebastian Job, 87

https://www.iracing.com/collins-wins-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-feature-at-magny-cours-pinto-grabs-points-lead/

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ADAC Simracing Expo

The ADAC Simracing Expo, which began in 2018 will return in 2023. After a sucessfull show last year the event will return with a change of venue, Messe Dortmund

https://traxion.gg/adac-simracing-expo-returns-in-2023-moves-to-dortmund/

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IMSA GTP01

The Racer channel has a YouTube video explaining some of the feul complexities with MSE (maximum stint energy) and VFT (virtual fuel tank)

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Why is There Trading Paints?

Sam Halliday asked in thr forums, “What is trading paints doing what the default game is not doing? Wouldn’t people just be able to share the custom maps offline without the need to run a third party service?”

Vern Klukas, among many others responded as such,..

The more or less complete tale is like this:

Originally, there were no custom paints. Later they opened it up so that you could place a tga in the paint folder and released templates. But no way for you to share you paint other than by emailing to folks. The limitations were all to do with the legal risks.

That’s where the guys that do TP stepped in. They were the first to start a file share site. This solved the problem for everybody.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36274/why-is-trading-paints-a-thing

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Formula 1600

iRacing Tweeted a sneak peak of the upcoming Formula 1600 as well as a intro video of the new Circuit De Jerez

📸 RayRaceCarsFormula1600.jpg pic.twitter.com/QbfMR8KcH8

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 17, 2023

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Come behind the scenes for an in-development preview of the Ray Race Cars Formula 1600 at @circuitodejerez with temporary laser scan data!https://t.co/a283UzCDYk pic.twitter.com/hWS47a1hGd

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 21, 2023

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ESL Gaming Now Owned by Saudia Arabia

Pending regulatory approval, a holding company owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has purchased esports event organizer ESL Gaming and tournament platform FACEIT. According to Sports Business Journal(opens in new tab), the price for both companies was $1.5 billion. As part of the acquisition, the two companies will merge into the ESL FACEIT Group(opens in new tab), and plan to combine their technology and expertise to “create the ultimate platform for competitive gaming.”

https://www.pcgamer.com/esl-and-dreamhack-are-now-owned-by-saudi-arabia/

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Skip Barber Series 

After a solid debut season in the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series for 2022, Harley Haughton got a step closer to grand prize at the end of the season—a full-time ride in the 2023 Skip Barber Formula Race Series—with a sweep of both races at Circuit of the Americas on Thursday night, pulling him within one point of Diogo Pinto for the championship lead with two events left.

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series points through three events are as follows:

1. Diogo Pinto, 192
2. Harley Haughton, 191
3. Josh Thompson, 164
4. Michael Janney, 160
5. Brandon Hawkin, 144

https://www.iracing.com/haughton-closes-the-gap-in-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-with-cota-sweep/

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Sim Injuries Piling Up

iRacing streamer Matt Malone adds to the list of sim racing injuries as documented on his YouTube video

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Rajah Caruth

Sim Racer turned Nacsar Drive, Rajah Caruth was the subject of a USA Today Article documenting his path to Pro Racer

Great article @rajahcaruth_ ! – How 20-year-old HBCU student Rajah Caruth went from virtual racing to NASCAR https://t.co/V3NncoCUEb via @forthewin

— Steve Myers (@iRacingMyers) February 19, 2023

How 20-year-old HBCU student Rajah Caruth went from virtual racing to NASCAR

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Your Next Upgrade

iRacing asks on their Twitter Page, “What’s the next upgrade you’re looking to get for your sim setup?”

What's the next upgrade you're looking to get for your sim setup?

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 21, 2023

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New Content

iRacing Tweeted the next bit of new content that looks to be coming to iRacing.

✨ 𝓒𝓵𝓲𝓸 ✨ pic.twitter.com/ymQh1Jiope

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 22, 2023

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Hardware/Software

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Asetek Forte

Reviews for the Asetek Forte are coming in, and they are very good indeed!

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Simlab Handbreak

The all new Sim Handbrake XB1-Loadcell will elevate your drift and rally game with precision inputs! Pre-orders starting next month. 

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Sim Shifter Buying Guide

OC Racing posted on his YouTube Channel a Sim Racing Shifter review of the most common, reletively inexpensice shifters including the…

Logitech

TH8A Thrustmaster

Generic USB Shifter on Amazon

SHH Newt

Thrustmaster TSS Sparco Handbrake Sequential

Fanatec Clubsport

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Ascher Racing Dashboards

The Ascher Racing Dashboards in 4 & 5 inch will be available on February 21, 2023 10 am (CET) in their online shop (Link in Bio) and Ascher Racing dealers.

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Moza R5 Review

Laurence Dusoswa asks if the Moza R5 is the best entry level DD with his detailed, long tterm review

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Wall Sized Triples

Drew Builds Stuff made a YouTube video of a lifesize triple monitors

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37417/check-these-triples-out#latest

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Moza HGP Shifter Review

The Sim Racing Pit reviews thw Moza HGP shifter

https://mozaracing.com/product/moza-hgp-shifter

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Sim Racing Components 

The new SRC FX 2023 RED Edition: a newly refined design, unique features, and maximum comfort. Pay over three months, interest free

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Rig Review

Road to Immersion is building a motion rig with a formula seating position

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open: Daytona

Friday Open

• Mike – got the pole position. Dominated the first part of the race led the most/was in total control with about 70 to go. I was second on the outside, pushing and somehow hooked his bumper and rec the field. 18 minutes damage.  
• David – p26, speeding penalty, never got it back
• Rochette- P33 started 2nd was doing ok and just brushed the wall and wrecked made car super loose with all damage fixed. Few laps later lost it again and just parked it just to go and get my ass kicked by some hard ass ai in Call Of Duty DMZ 
• Donnie – P17

Sunday Open

Brian – P10 started P8, stayed near the front and actually lead some laps. Got some damage when a dart without feathers wrecked in front of me and i got pinned on the wall.  Was in the lead and got a black flag for passing a ridiculously slow pace car and could’t get my lap back.

Rochette -P 30 started on pole fell back alittle survived some stuff with a very aggressive car that was just pushing everyone out of the way. Welp little over half way that car caused a wreck that couldn’t avoid and just killed the front end. Welp no repeat 500 win but lets get it for the last time around the 2 mile Autoclub

Hall – p wrecked out

Donnie – P6

Sunday Fixed Mike – wrecked out let some laps ran top five top 10 around halfway I was running, ate the guy in front of me with high. I went low. I ended up on the apron and got pushed into the grass and then wrecked real hard with eight minutes damage.

Hall – p wrecked out

Wednesday Open: FONTANA

• Rochette -P3 had a strong long run car. Had a second and half lead with 8 to go and bam caution. 1 car on 40 lap tires stayed out and blocked me and had 2 cars get by me. A gwc later just couldnt get up to rip the top and i sucked on new tires. 
• Stephen LouAllen- P5 – Got spun and came from back twice 
• Hall – p19, tough split 33 car, cali no my best of tracks, but still ok run, needed more long runs
• Greg -pP2 nis was racing for the win
• Mike- p3 – had a great car, got doored at one point had damage got half of it fixed- came up from the back to finish p3! Great run. I’m a little bit in shock that’s a great run
• Tyler – P5! Finally a solid run after a string of the Daytona blues. Started 35th and raced my way up. Used the high line the entire race keeping the tires cool. Several cautions around each pit stop helped make my way through traffic after two mistakes blowing my pit box. Able to save enough tire for the end and took 5th. Seeing green on the SR and IR. LETS GO!!!
• Tom D – WINNER –   Started 29th, because I don’t like to qualify.  I like the back end pit boxes.  Worked my way up through the first half of the race.  Was able to get myself in a top 5 spot when the cautions started coming.  Was able to get to the lead with 10 to go. After 2 GWC attempts I was able to hold of everyone to capture my 1st win of the season and my 21st NiS Career win. 
• Mackenzie – p30, had a rough start to the race got ran into and pushed up into the wall on the 3rd lap, ended up having over 4 mins of damage to repair and ended up going 15 laps down

Thursday Open  

Rochette – P18 took the day off from the ice storm we had last night. Started 6th was ok til caught the wall and fell back and than caught in a 4 wide situation (me on the top) into T3. Made my way to the top 10 from back and than had 2 cars in front wreck and to the back i go again

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Official Series

Greg A open P1

Ellis– 

• Indy pro F 2000.
• USF 2000
• Formula IR04 at oulton park circuit. Qualified 14th at a 23.  Got to pee six by the end of lap one.  I finally got to the inside of a guy and a hairpin, and he dogged me into the grass. I fell back to 15.  Somehow someway I rallied all the way back to eighth great first race in this car.  
• Formula IR 04 at Rd., America. Qualified 11. Got to pee six by the end of lap one. Eventually got to third but spun and fell back to sixth. A great battle with one guy.
• Dilara dash  at Daytona. Wrecked it out.
• Formula IR 04 at road Atlanta qualify P6. Got to pee for by the end of last one.  Stayed in it till the end and finally got to third a great podium finish.

A Open

• Hall – Highlight p4 in a 4500 SoF,  Set fastest lap on lap 73 of 80.  Wow.  Now, 5 of the fastest guys were out of tires on the last caution.
• Greg – p1

Spiker – P16 and P6

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League / Hosted Races

OBRL Cup

Brian -P23 Had a decent run going.  Started P21 and made progress to get to the lead group.  With 18 laps to go I was on the bottom and a car on the high side got loose off of turn 4 and side slammed me off the track.  I was able to save it from hitting the wall but fell way off the pack.  Race stayed green and finished where I ended up after the contact.

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1. Floppy Mike

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On the show this week we welcome special guest and new Lounge Mate Mackenzie Stevens. The Skip Barber Formula Race Series really heats up as the season nears its conclusion, and iRacing gives a peak into new content coming in the next build. 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 Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show today, it’s Daytona week and we’ll bring you all of the action fron the Coke race that kicked off the week. We’ll see how team Tifosi fared in the first week of the NIS Series look at the week’s best and worst in iRacing and ask what can AI bring to 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..

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Does Conti Impress the Podfather?

Coke Series driver showed off his speakers on his rig prior to the season opener at Daytona. However, I think we’ve heard louder.

What's that? I can't hear you!

✅Pulse check: Passed
🔊Sound check: Speakers on Blast 🔊

Apologies to the headphone users out there…and my neighbors, but it's race day and I'm ready to go. #eNASCAR I #ItsBeenGr8 I @iRacing I #WR1 pic.twitter.com/bQitDFIEiQ

— Michael Conti (@MikeConti5) February 14, 2023

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DRIVEN: Matt Bussa

Matt Bussa’s passion for sim racing and motorsports has taken him from the virtual world to the real track. Through his success in iRacing, the eNASCAR driver has earned opportunities driving with the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series!

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Coke Race – Daytona

• @SteveLetarte is on the Pre-Race show talking about the @eNASCARCocaCola@iRacing Series finale that took place at the @NASCARHall last year and how iRacing can be used to showcase stock cars at different tracks.
• The entire @eNASCARCocaCola #iRacing Series field was within 0.077 seconds of each other in qualifying.

FIRST CAUTION, BEFORE TURN 1 ON THE FIRST LAP! @DonovanStrauss, @MGuest33, and others crash in Turn 1!

• RESTART LAP 4: @bobbyzalenski and @DDuval42 lead the field into Turn 1.
• LAP 6: NEW LEADER, @KollinKeister
•  Lead change, it’s @bobbyzalenski back up front with a MONSTER push from @CoseyJr. The bottom line now prevails at Daytona! 15 laps complete. 
• LAP 18: @RyanLuza goes a lap down after he was in that Lap 1 wreck.
• Things have settled out here in Daytona. @bobbyzalenski leads as they begin Lap 20

• LEAD CHANGE AT LAP 30! @CoseyJr  backed up to @TuckerMinter and they FLEW around Zalenski to take control! The rookies are out front!
• Halfway: Green flag pit stops are underway.
•  39 to go: CoseyJr pits from the lead.
• 36 to go: @TuckerMinter cycles to the lead after green flag pit stops.
• Two packs, there is a top 4 and 8 cars in 2nd pack then 6 in a 3rd pack

• What a SAVE by @brandonmKissic We stay green!
• after pits cycled, @TuckerMinter wound up taking control from @Cosey Jr  – We’ve got just over 25 laps to go!
• CAUTION! 23 to go. @CodyByus is involved.IT is a case of the a pusher pushing the pusher

• Coming back to green – @A_Boes21 leads!
• Don’t know how they all didn’t wad it up here but we all stayed straight and kept it green. Front nine cars have pulled away as a result! That was CLOSE. STILL GREEN. LESS THAN 10 TO GO AND THE SECOND PACK IS GONNA NEED A YELLOW!

• SIX LAPS TO GO!@A_Boes21 LEADS!WHO MOVES FIRST?!?!
• 4 to go. It’s a 9-car breakaway.
• CAUTION! @kkingstyle, @KadenWHoneycutt, @DDuval42 and more. We’re going to overtime!

• OVERTIME RESTART 1: @A_Boes21 and @CaseyKirwan23 lead the field into Turn 1.
• CAUTION! They wrecked just before the white flag. Back to overtime once again.

• Restart again Kirwin Minter Ray – and others lined up on the top they get the white – cosey goes to bottom with his teammate but it fails they line up again.
• Minter Dumps Kirwin for the win!! OR is it Kirwin with an ill advised block either way Tucker Minter Wins!
• CHECKERED FLAG! @TuckerMinter wins at @DAYTONA!Minter is just the THIRD driver to win in his @enascarofficial debut

A mad dash to the finish line! @TuckerMinter makes his move and @CaseyKirwan23 tries to react.

Tucker Minter wins the season opener at Daytona! 🏁@NASCAR | @CocaColaRacing pic.twitter.com/WPNxmBREao

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 15, 2023

WHERE DID WE COME FROM???

25th to 12th on a GWC to dig ourselves out of a hole and salvage a solid finish. What a hell of a way to cap off a career at @DAYTONA.

Enjoy this mega run, featuring @znovak15!#eNASCAR | #ItsBeenGr8 | @iRacing pic.twitter.com/qp45UF1N7g

— Michael Conti (@MikeConti5) February 15, 2023

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Highlights of the Week

8.) Formula Cars at Road America 7.) GT Cars at Interlargos 6.) Pro Trucks at Crandon 5.) GT Cars at Monza 4.) GT Cars at SPA 3.) TCR Cars at Laguna Seca 2.) GT Cars at ??? 1.) TCR Cars at the Red Bull Ring.

Not Top Ten

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iRacing Wants You to Decide

Do you want to win a pair of Bose ear buds. Then let iRacing know which track the PESC goes to. Your options are Imola, Laguna Seca, or Long Beach.

#PESC – We want YOUR help to decide where the @PorscheRaces TAG Heuer Esports Supercup drivers will race in round 3! Let us know your choice in the comments below and you could win a pair of @Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II!

– Imola
– Laguna Seca
– Long Beach pic.twitter.com/hj3QI7nMd7

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 9, 2023

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Prayers for Our Turkish iRacers

A Turkish iRacer was streeming live when the deadly earthquake hit 

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A post shared by Sim Racing Setup (@simracingsetup)

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ESL R1 Thoughts

First thoughts of the new Rennsport Sim

So what are the communities first impressions of the ESL R1? Now we have time to digest it.

— Luke Crane (@Actrollvision) February 13, 2023

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CosO2MrsozP/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

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Overtake.gg Grabs Race Department

The internet’s leading sim racing community and mod depository RaceDepartment has been purchased by German media outlet Overtake.GG.

Porsche and Overtake.GG purchase sim racing community RaceDepartment

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iR-01 Oval Setup

iRacer Dan Riffero, posted in the forums requesting iRacing develop and Oval setup for the iR-01.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34867/request-for-ir-01-oval-setup-configuration-asymmetrical-suspension-ss-tires-ss-wings

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Victory Sim at Daytona

Sictory Sim set up 10 sims in the fan zone area at Daytona

Was a huge off-season project and a long day but our guys did an amazing job setting up 10 of these bad boys in the fan zone. Come by the @NASCAR display and make some virtual laps around the @DAYTONA speedway every day till Sunday! pic.twitter.com/heG9iONp8L

— Victory SIM (@VictorySimLLC) February 16, 2023

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World of Outlaw Champion Crowned

iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Auto Parts Sprint Car Champion Tyler Schell collectedd his prize money at the World of Outlaws Season opening race at Velosia Speedway

Meet the World of Outlaws CARQUEST Auto Parts Sprint Car Champion! 🏆@ElbowsupTyler85 got to celebrate his successful iRacing season down in Volusia at the @DIRTcarNats! pic.twitter.com/IVLWFnwdF7

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 11, 2023

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Bathurst 12 Hours Recap

iRacing posted the stats from last weekend’s Bathurt 12 Hour Race

An incredible weekend on the Mountain!

8,160 of you showed up across 2,994 teams. In total, you completed 608,591 laps! How did you do in the iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour? pic.twitter.com/j9tIZBr0CI

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 13, 2023

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/37255/bathurst-12-hour-2023-stats-by-iracingreports-com

https://iracingreports.com/stats/23s1-Bathurst_12_Hour.html

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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.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/9d27a1e9dd15b92535d7cfe85407288e/the-sim-racing-channel

https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

Fantasy is Back!

The iRacers Lounge Podcast fantasy league at https://fantasygames.nascar.com/live is back. Currently 67 competitors composed of Team Tifosi members and Listeners are signed up ready to go. Get signed up before the 500 and attempt to take the championship title from Louder Racing.

What are your Picks?

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A.I. Commentating

Pit Lanes Sim Racing posted a video of Tik Tok of an A.I. generated commentary.

https://www.tiktok.com/@pitlanes/video/7198266885744512261

https://simracing-unlimited.com/en/featured-en/straight4-ai-patent-to-revolutionize-commentary/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5BpjzCsYfk

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AMD Benchmarks on iRacing

Listener Craig Ream

Interesting bench test on this particular chip considering not many are dedicated to iracing only

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Sim Cave Review

Gaming Guilts posted their Sim Racing Cave

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Direct Drive Price Guide

Traxion,gg posted a YouTube video price buying guide for direct drive wheel bases

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GSI 3D Config Tool

Gomex Sim Industries new 3D wheel Configuration Tool is ready!

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by GSI – Gomez Sim Industries (@gomez_sim_industries)

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Asaetek Shipping Update

Asetek Sim Sports had to halt shipment of preorders for components of their quick release that was out of spec

Full shipping update on wheels and wheelbases below 👇

If you have any questions regarding your preorder, please contact our customer support at hello@aseteksimsports.com ✏ pic.twitter.com/IMZJCwy8bz

— Asetek SimSports (@AsetekSimSports) February 14, 2023

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Custom Button for Aiologs Shifter

R/Simracing posted on Reddit a partslist breakdown to make a custom button box for the Aiologs shifter.

Custom button box for my Aiologs shifter
byu/MP441988 insimracing

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Logitec G Racing Adapter

Logitech has released its G Adapter, enabling compatibility between its G29, G920, G923 and PRO Racing Wheels, plus its PRO Racing Pedals and Driving Force Shifter.

https://traxion.gg/logitechs-new-g-racing-adapter-enables-backwards-compatibility-with-older-logitech-wheels/

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open: Daytona

• Stephen- wrecked out
• Hall – p wrecked my a spinner from the apron.  Stay near the front for first half of race.  Once Cody was able to get with me we took the lead and lead a large chunk of 2nd half.  After Green Flag starts I’m just a little slow on pit road, loose cody and the that pitted, then a guy who was dangerous all night spins on his own on pit road and knocks someone else onto track right into my path.
• Tom – P5.  Started on pole.  Lead 62 laps including the white flag.  My pusher unfortunately started blinking on the last lap. So I lost all momentum
• Greg -p6 – led the most laps. 
• Mike- p7 – round top three top five most of the night led a few laps.  I got shuffled and hip checked with about 30 to go fell back about 12th or 13th. Had trouble getting back up there, but eventually did got wrecked on the white and had a limpet across.  P7.
• Tyler – p25 – started from the back and ran well until a wreck under green pits as a car wrecked on pit out in T1. Got snagged a lap down during the cycle and was able to get the lucky dog by staying with the lead pack. Set was great and the car felt good. Received a meatball dinner on lap 140 from over aggressive pushing and the full throttle cars blasting through the wreck. Finished but with a 9x. 
• Joe – wrecked 

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Official Series

Bathurst

• David- p21, in a 488 gt3 team had problems before i got in the car.  Ran very clean laps and attrition piled up for us to climb back to mid pack

A Open

• Hall – p7 best finish so far
• Ellis -p10. Lots of big wrecks I was able to miss read about fifth the 10th most of the time as high as second, but finally got involved in the big one with about 25 to go seven minutes damage. Was able to stay on the lead lap and got in another big wreck and ended up with 12 minutes damage but still able to stay on the lead lap and bring it home P 10.  
• Rochette P9 first been in the cup car dince Phoenix. Started on pole. Half way was tagged in a wreck caving in the right front was still fast in a pack but just couldnt be out front. Good practice for friday night

SPIKER

C OPEN @ Daytona – Q2, P16.  Ran great, the truck was good.  Led a few laps.  Caught up in a wreck about 1/3rd way through (1.45opt).  Lost the draft on the restart, fell a lap down, race went green the final 30 laps. Unable to get the lap back.

B OPEN @Daytona – Q4, P2.  Ran upfront all race long.  Led laps.  Pitted under green with 25 to go, with only one other car who took four tires.  I was alone on the track for several laps until I connected with a David “Smeal.”  When we hooked up, we were 3 seconds from being lapped.  Our two car tandem was able to gain over 7 seconds on the pack.  Late race GWC allowed me back in it to finish P2.

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League / Hosted Races

• Mike Supercars at Michigan started 12th finished P2 almost won it 
• 87 that Talladega came from 25th up to the lead pack, got wrecked it at the end
• GEN five at Talladega start a 23rd got wrecked out
• Beetle light at Lanier dirt started 35th got to the lead by lap 26 finish P3
• Riley Daytona prototype at Talladega let a bunch of labs was in a position to win at the end, but got hit and recd P5
• 87’s at Talladega got wrecked ou

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1. 500 Ways to DNF

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On the show today, it’s Daytona week and we’ll bring you all of the action fron the Coke race that kicked off the week. We’ll see how team Tifosi fared in the first week of the NIS Series look at the week’s best and worst in iRacing and ask what can AI bring to 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 Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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2/9/2023 – State of the Sim – Episode 0369

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show this week we’ll check out an informative message fron the iRacing Development Team, an iRacing infuencer asks if eSports is killing sim racing. We’ll check out a video showing how tomake iRacing better, and it’s less than a week before the iRacing Daytona 500 begins, SO LET”S GO!

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 iracersmlounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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iRacing Development Update

Over the past year-plus, a significant focus has been placed on increasing the size of our team and hiring talented and experienced new developers. Our teams have been reinforced with new artists, programmers, creative talent, production staff and managers.  For example, one high level engineer joined us with years of experience working on both the consumer and pro version of a different sim. One of our top creative hires has experience spanning decades across sims of multiple racing disciplines, ranging from rally to oval. Several of these new hires come from Slightly Mad Studios (a former fellow sim development studio), and they worked on Project Cars and other racing titles. We always have had a lot of respect for these racing studios and teams, and are excited to bring their experience, expertise, and fresh ideas to iRacing.

In regard to dirt oval racing, we have a team with varying skill sets doing a full review and full refresh. The dynamic track surface, tires, physics, dirt, water, etc. is complicated and a time-consuming endeavor to improve the racing, but we are making progress. Among other things, we are making adjustments to the tires. We are making improvements to the dirt track composition and surface itself, which is critical. The engineers have also provided more car tuning tools to the vehicle dynamics engineers, production people and testers. The outcome we are seeing is that the cars feel more connected to the track than in the past, which is something we have struggled with on dirt. We are seeing a bigger separation from a tacky (fresh) race track to a slick (worn out) race track that should lead to more realistic race lines. Overall, the cars are just much more realistic, fun and enjoyable to drive. I’m not trying to hype any of this, I’m just trying to provide an update. We do many things well already, so this is not a complete overhaul. I think you will find it is just a very nice improvement and hopefully you will agree it is more fun and realistic. As far as timing on a release to you, our members, I think there is an outside chance for the March build, but a more realistic target is June.

We are essentially doing the same thing for pavement oval as above; a dedicated team is taking a fresh look, but we are not as far along as we are with dirt oval. We certainly still have the goal to release improvements this year for oval racing.  Additionally, we think some of the improvements we are making for dirt oval racing will translate to dirt road racing, and we hope to get to that as well.

As far as road racing and racing in general, as most of you know, a massive project has been underway to add rain and a whole new dynamic weather system to iRacing. We are very excited about how it is all coming together. The plan for that is also to release it this year, and we are really pushing to do that. However, I will get yelled at if I promise anything; it is such a big project. If it was done to our expectations, we would have already released it, so we still have some work to do.

The tires themselves are also being worked on constantly which will improve all forms of racing. Of course, rain created a tremendous amount of new tire and track surface work, or as our engineers call the rain tire work in their technical design document, “Tires on a Film of Fluid”. 

A major project over 2022 in regard to tires was developing a finite element model (FEM) specific to vehicle racing tires. The intention of this separate model was to build a tool to accurately simulate the behavior of tires under different operating conditions, especially to analyze the loads and forces/moments occurring in the contact patch. With this tool available, we should be able to extend and improve iRacing’s current tire model to respond more accurately to these loads, forces and moments.

While our list is extensive and development efforts will span many seasons of development, some notable upcoming projects include Algarve, Aragon, Jerez, Misano, Pukekohe, and Lédenon.  We have actually signed several other great International tracks beyond these, but that is enough to tease for today.   We are also returning to an iRacing favorite that has become outdated: Zandvoort.  Zandvoort was scanned last week and it will be going straight into our production process. Locally, our US-based team is on their way to California to capture data on a dirt oval and paved short oval, and our collaborative projects with NASCAR continue to expand and evolve as we are working on additional track-related R&D projects and updates. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36647/iracing-development-update-on-a-few-things/p1

We would like to rescan/redo Spa as well.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/300604#Comment_300604

🇪🇸 ¡Vamos, amigos! pic.twitter.com/4zmwak6d14

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 6, 2023

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75 Years of Next Gen’s

According to a re-tweet by Trading Paints of Paul Newton, Paul Newton plans on releasing all the past Cup Champion’s Paint Schemes in a Next Gen form.

Absolute beauties https://t.co/zpoJWVRINr

— Trading Paints (@tradingpaints) February 5, 2023

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E A Sports, it’s in the Verstappen

Max Verstappen and EA Sports have joined forces. Verstappen will help promote future EA Sports Racing and Sports games.

EA SPORTS and Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen join forces

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Update on iRacing and Russia

Greg West: Good day,

Unfortunately, due to the war with Ukraine and the associated international sanctions, iRacing is having difficulties conducting business in Russia.

As a result of these issues, several months ago we stopped accepting new direct customers from Russia. Unfortunately, we are forced to take the next step to minimize memberships with our existing direct Russian customers. We urge you not to renew your membership if you are a direct Russian customer (as opposed to non-direct customers that are on iRacing via Steam) or purchase any additional cars and tracks.

Additionally, starting on March 7, 2023, direct Russian customers will no longer be able to use any payment type to make purchases on iRacing including: cars, tracks, or renew your direct iRacing membership.

Russian iRacing Steam customers will still be able to have memberships through Steam and new Russian customers can also join through Steam. These transactions are managed directly through Steam, not iRacing.

Direct iRacing members may contact customer support at support@iRacing.com with any questions.

We sincerely apologize for this action, it does not benefit iRacing, but we were left with little choice.   

We do hope one day we can return to providing full direct iRacing memberships to customers located in Russia.

Thank you for understanding.

Sincerely,

iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36644/update-for-russian-iracing-member-accounts

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Are eSports Killing Sim Racing?

1. The Win at all cost mentality – Gentlemen racing is out the window….
2. Live embarrassment – Using big stars like Max when it goes wrong sim racing looks bad with a lot of people watching us.
3. Focus on esports instead of sim racing
4. Big Money – Big Companies – Controlling everything
5. Licensing is getting worse not better

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Porsche Supercup Round 1

Zac Campbell kicked off the chase towards the 2023 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup championship with a win in the feature race from Hockenheimring Baden-Wurttemberg, passing Lasse Bak on Lap 4 and leading the balance of the race to return to the top step of the podium

#PESC – Double victory for @CoandaEsports at the first round of the #Porsche @TAGHeuer ESports Supercup 2023: @ZacCampbell02 wins at #Hockenheimring, @CCollins_93 finishes P2. @AlessandroBico of @WilliamsEsports comes in 3rd. pic.twitter.com/y9inyRVT2z

— Porsche Motorsport (@PorscheRaces) February 4, 2023

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Season 1 Patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36829/2023-season-1-patch-4-release-notes-2023-02-06-02

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Stolen 500 Car

Brendan Hypprstar Tweeted his Daytona 500 protest car scheme

I'll be running the iRacing Daytona 500, but only because the other 500 mile race was stolen: pic.twitter.com/SmYqzspICl

— Brendan (@brendanhyprstar) February 7, 2023

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Screen tp Speed

Screen to Speed, the ladies only racing series, has just 5 days left to make it through the qualifying rounds

Friendly reminder ladies, you only have 5 days left to make it through the qualifying rounds. Make sure to keep running your laps to improve your standing 😃#ScreentoSpeed #KellyMoss #FordPerformance #NextLevelRacing #Pennzoil #InitEsports #iRacing pic.twitter.com/tTigabOLVa

— Screen to Speed (@screentospeed) February 8, 2023

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Spartan Sim Racing League

dave fuge jr

The Spartan SimRacing League (SSRL) Cup Series will be competing on select Monday nights starting Feb 27th and concluding at the end of October. This is a 50% fuel and distance league, putting an emphasis on race strategy and race craft, not just blinding speed. This is an open set up league that will also have at least 1 set up provided by the community for everyone to try, so you do not have to be a set up expert to be able to race with us. The total schedule is 24 races, with 7 Groups of 3 races to determine who will compete for the championship. The final 3 races will decide the champion, with a group of 10 drivers competing. There is also a Tier 2 championship available for the remaining drivers that did not make the Final 10. More detailed information on the procedure is located on our website at www.spartansimracingmedia.com .

The SSRL Cup Series prides itself on clean, competitive racing and a sense of community and camaraderie amongst the drivers. The races are professionally broadcasted by Prime Time Racing TV. Season 1 races can be viewed on their YouTube channel.

This league has cash and product prizes. Each race will have payouts and cash awards, and at the end of the season there will be final championship payouts and prizes. There may also be a team championship if there are enough teams signed up to compete. There are two different competitors’ fees to race, but there is only one that is mandatory. That is $10 per race that you compete in, which is the pool that gets paid back on the individual race payouts. The second fee is the championship fee, which is $150 for the season. This fee is not mandatory, but if you want to be involved in the end-of-year cash and prizes, you have to be bought into that.

All league business is conducted through our SSRL Cup League discord channel. The link to the discord channel is on the website.

https://spartansrl.weebly.com/

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Bathurst 12

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36273/2023-iracing-bathurst-12h-bop-added/p1

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Grand Prix Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36780/2023-iracing-grand-prix-tour#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/301860#Comment_301860

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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.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/9d27a1e9dd15b92535d7cfe85407288e/the-sim-racing-channel

https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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Gran Turismo Pre Orders

The Fanatec Gran Trismo DD Pro is now available for pre-order

https://forum.fanatec.com/discussion/27066/gran-turismo-dd-pro-8-nm-available-for-pre-order-today-update-1

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ABS in Action 

Simucube shows off thier new Active Pedal ABS brake effects on a video on ther Twitter Page.

Check out the ABS effect on the Simucube ActivePedal with @DanielMorad 🔥 pic.twitter.com/FdrGN6ZaJO

— SIMUCUBE (@Simucube) February 3, 2023

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Listener Darren F with Asetek Fix

Listener Darren F hit us up in the discord to share he has made a part for the heel issue on the Asetek Pedals and sells it on ebay….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255954080457

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VRS Direct Force Pro Review

Boosted Media reviews the VRS Direct Force Pro and has great things to say

https://boostedmedia.net/sim-racing/hadware-reviews/vrs/vrs-direct-force-pro-pedals/

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Kirwan Gloves

Daniel Morad posted that he’s finished making new gloves for Casey Kirwan as he prepares to defend his Coke Series Championship this season

Finished making all of @CaseyKirwan23 @Moradness gloves for the start 2023 season. There will be more to come but we added his team logo and number as an extra little touch of personalization. pic.twitter.com/qF4XFBUSfJ

— Daniel Morad (@DanielMorad) February 4, 2023

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Pimax Crystal

Pimax Unvailed the new Pimax Crystal VR Headset

https://pimax.com/crystal/

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INI File Tweeks

Front seet racing posted a YouTubre video with 55 INI,files  tweeks that make iRacing better

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SimVosi Pro

SimVosi PRO traction loss & yaw system for professional driver training. 

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by SimVosi PRO | Racing Simulators (@simvosi.pro)

https://simvosi.com/

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P1Sim Arnage

The P1Sim Arnage formula wheel is available

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by P1 SIM (@p1sim.fr)

SPECS:

• 4″ LCD Touchscreen
• 7 illuminated push buttons
• 2 rotary encoders
• 2 twelve position rotaries
• 2 Thumb rotaries
• 33mm ergonomic Rubber grips
• 20 RGB LEDs
• 2 magnetic shifter paddles
• 2 Switchless Clutch paddles
• Wheel diameter: 290 mm
• 5mm Carbon plate
• CNC machined Aluminium parts
• High Quality 2.5m long USB cable
• VR Compatible
• Hub compatible with any bases on the market.

https://p1sim.fr/products/p1-arnage

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Moza R21 Wheelbase Review

Shaun Cole from the Sim Pit reveiws the Moza Racing R21 Wheelbase

https://mozaracing.com/wheel-base-r21

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Qubic System QS-DD-20

The QS-DD-20 direct drive steering wheelbase was designed from the ground up by Motion Systems engineers. It uses industrial-grade components that are also used to build Qubic System cockpits and motion platforms. The steering wheelbase is also equipped with a standard 6-hole mounting flange, to which most sim racing and real car steering wheels can be mounted.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Qubic System Official (@qubicsystem)

https://qubicsystem.com/product/qs-dd-20/

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Heusinkveld Black Edition

Heusinkveld Sim Pedals Sprint are now available as a Black Edition in 2 and 3 pedal sets. Same product, different colour, but limited stock only!

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Heusinkveld Engineering (@heusinkveldofficial)

https://heusinkveld.com/sim-pedals-sprint-black-edition/

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open: Phoenix

Mike- p 13 had a long run and faded down the 20th a lot down, but finally caught a caution and thought for the lucky dog and eventually got it. 313 I’ll take it. It’s been a great season. This is the end of the season a bunch of good drivers. Finish 10th in division two for the season.  35th overall divisions.

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Official Series

Ellis- 

Srf at phx rd. A very last minute decision with absolutely no practice before the race.  Started 15th finish 10th spun off on my own two or three times but still a good result out of 19.  

Toyota TR 86 at tsukuba circuit qualified 12 out of 18. Got to pee seven by the end of lap one ended up in a tassel go back to pee 15 but recovered to finish 10th

BMW Challenge

• Tom and I, p7.  Incident free at Daytona

Euro Sprint Series

• Hall –  p4 at Nuremberg GP

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League / Hosted Races

Hosted

• Mike. Hosted Chris Maguire old INDYCAR at Michigan. Stop for fuel only and fun on the really slick it out not once but three times.  
• Riley Daytona Proto types at Charlotte started dead last got the 18th by the first lap eventually up to 12 before we all wreckEd.

Winter League-phoenix

• Mike -p seventh. Had a pretty good run round top 10 basically most of the night tried to fit under green flag when most other side petted and I spun getting on to pit Road causing the Caution to come out I was able to stay on the lead laugh and restart forth with 40 to go faded it back to seventh.

MAJORS SERIES  – Intimidator 500

• David – p5.  I won my duel, started p4.  Ran in the front with team mates, after a slightly bad green flag stop lost the lead pack.  Near the end, was in a pace of 6th through tenth with a team mate.  At 3 to go we decide to go ahead and play for 6th, I was pushing, not bumping around the corner and it went bad.  Unfortunately took my teammate out he had to tow.  Un-intended consequence was it gave my team mates a shot at the win, and it worked out that was as a member of another team tried to hold the outside line up so his team could get a 1-2 finish.  I limped in in 5th.

Greg – p7 Deserved better

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Final Thoughts

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1. State of the Sim

Description

On the show this week we’ll check out an informative message fron the iRacing Development Team, an iRacing infuencer asks if eSports is killing sim racing. We’ll check out a video showing how tomake iRacing better, and it’s less than a week before the iRacing Daytona 500 begins, 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 Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

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2/2/2023 – Simnado – Episode 0368

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

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Show Introduction

On the show this week, a new World of Outlaws Sprint Car Champion was crowned, the 2023 Coke series made it’s unofficial start, and the Porshe Super Cup series begins this week. There’s more from the controversial 24 Hours of Daytona, and is there data that can prove that Sim Racing is a sport?

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..

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It’s Back!

Announced by iRacing, the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series is back. The sim to reality championship returns this week.

The Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series is back! Registration and qualifiers for round 1 are now running through the 29th – sign up at https://t.co/J23LJIuY1I

$500,000 in prizes and a fully funded ride are on the line – don't miss it. @SkipBarberRS @RaceSkipBarber pic.twitter.com/G4YTF8Tr6Z

— iRacing (@iRacing) January 27, 2023

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A Late Apology

Williams eSporst posted a letter to explain the actions of their Daytona 24 team and their posts afterwards

pic.twitter.com/zR7t723SwG

— WILLIAMS ΞSPORTS (@WilliamsEsports) January 27, 2023

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Spin Cycle

Overtake posted a video of a car going absolutely spin crazy

Wait for it…! 😂

Credits: @joshuagrosso18 #simracing #iRacing pic.twitter.com/QphVaOs9Jx

— OverTake (@OverTake_gg) January 26, 2023

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iRacing at the 24 Hours of Daytona

In Daytona for the big event? Come on by the BMW display and turn some laps!@Philipp_Eng got some practice laps in before the 24! pic.twitter.com/KQdNX60W9n

— iRacing (@iRacing) January 26, 2023

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Patch 3 Release

Patch deployment has begun. Here you can find the Release Notes (in the forums: https://t.co/q9e7zeYk5G and FAQs https://t.co/IHpkgfcMad)

Check here to see if we are back up yet: https://t.co/3UxMPAmFi3 https://t.co/yxSEbQAsZL

— iRacing Support (@iRacingSupport) January 26, 2023

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36265/2023-season-1-patch-3-hotfix-1-release-notes-2023-01-26-06#latest

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Bringing Down the Hammer

iRacing Short Course penalizes 2 drivers, including Parker Retzlaff, to the back of the field for poor driving

Statement regarding yesterday’s event. pic.twitter.com/Fe3lJrql7C

— iRacing Short Course Series (@iRacingshort) January 27, 2023

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Rigs on a Plane

Max Verstappen installed a sim rig on a private jet so he can keep racing while traveling

https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/01/26/verstappen-installs-sim-racing-rig-on-private-jet/

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Saved! Then Dead

Sim Streamer Matt Malone shows a video of his last lap drama while racing at Talladega.

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Slowing iRacing Down

Ilkka Haapala Tweeted that after watching the real Daytona 24, iRacing needs to slow down all classes to match reality

Watching #Daytona24 has made it pretty clear @iRacing needs to slow down all classes, a lot. The BMW LMDh is at least 4 seconds too fast, and the same goes for all other classes as well.#IMSA

— Ilkka Haapala (@FinnSim) January 29, 2023

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And Another One Gone

Kevin Ellis Jr has pulled out of the iRacing Porschr TAG Heur Supercup citing “other competitions and commitments”

I am no longer a driver in the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup.

Forever grateful @apexracingteam 💙 pic.twitter.com/D1Kyoj2Pb5

— Kevin Ellis Jr (@KevinEllisJr98) January 30, 2023

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Rennsport Delays

Rennsport Tweeted an apology for a delay in the beta version of their sim

Sorry guys! 😕 pic.twitter.com/DHoGqFJpeE

— RENNSPORT (@RENNSPORT_gg) January 31, 2023

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Coke Race – The Clash

This entire race is really a race of yeet or be yeeted. The heats had no cautions and someone usually was getting sent most of the time…

Heat 1 -Garret Lowe wins

@RyanLuza was able to set sail to win the second heat with ease!

Another Rookie statement MADE! @timothyholmes67 DOMINATES in his opening race with @RFKracing in Heat 3

Pure chaos in this 40 lap consolation.@ParkerW95 and @GarrettManes have been battling for the lead among the lapped traffic. Top 7 advance – Keister was 7th Keister did what he had to bar rules

CASEY KIRWAN GOES BACK TO BACK IN THE CLASH!

Picking up right where he left off! 💪

Defending champ @CaseyKirwan23 picks up his first win of 2023 in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Clash! 🏁 pic.twitter.com/LiFN1fI6Wt

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 1, 2023

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Sim vs Reality

Anthony Alfredo post another Simulation vs Reality video at Charlotte

Simulation vs. reality 🧐 @iRacing #Sim2Reality Full video on YouTube! https://t.co/SdXBqwJs8X pic.twitter.com/NbEszh04jX

— Anthony Alfredo (@anthonyalfredo) February 1, 2023

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New Content Tease

iRacing Tweeted a teaser for possibly a new track!

The art team just sent this over to show to the community. I think it's Rainbow Road? pic.twitter.com/41LPcQ7vjo

— iRacing (@iRacing) February 2, 2023

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Sim Racing Cardio

Overtake tweeted some heart rate monitoring data from the Daytona 24 and how it compares to other aerobic activity

Save this for when someone again says that simracing is not a sport. 🤝

Credits: u/arcticrobot#simracing pic.twitter.com/CrEajkznh2

— OverTake (@OverTake_gg) January 31, 2023

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World of Outlaws Championship

Week 10 of the WoO Sprint car championship saw an unlikely champion crowned in an exciting finale at the Dirt Track at Charlotte

Tyler Schell is your newest iRacing World of Outlaws CARQUEST Auto Parts Sprint Car Champion! 🏆💰@WorldofOutlaws | @Carquest pic.twitter.com/H7O9yDNuXv

— iRacing (@iRacing) January 31, 2023

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	2	85	Tyler Schell	35		9	13.932	78
2	8	52	James Edens	35	-0.016	0	14.033	74
3	1	20	Aiden Forster	35	-0.377	25	13.952	72
4	19	1	Mason Hannagan	35	-0.891	0	14.149	64
5	5	86	Timothy S Smith	35	-1.067	0	13.913	65

iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series points are as follows:

1. Tyler Schell, 610
2. Alex Bergeron, 602
3. Timothy Smith, 581
4. James Edens, 565
5. Kendal Tucker, 500

https://www.iracing.com/tyler-schell-claims-2022-23-iracing-world-of-outlaws-carquest-sprint-car-title-with-win-in-charlotte-finale/

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Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Preview

This weekend begins the new season of iRacing’s top road course championship, and Overtake.gg and Newsroom have a season preview

https://www.overtake.gg/esports/previews/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-the-drivers-who-will-be-participating?linkId=300000004509582

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/motorsports/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-season-2023-round-1-hockenheimring-germany-31132.html

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BMW M Sim Cup

The BMW M Sim Cup kicks off this weekend with new cars, catagories, Prize Money, and schedule.

Action in abundance is guaranteed when the BMW M Sim Cup kicks off its season on Sunday.

What's new in 2023? Cars, categories, prize money, schedule: We have all the details! #BMWSIM @iRacing pic.twitter.com/J2QYvvK4ru

— BMW M Motorsport (@BMWMotorsport) February 2, 2023

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2023 iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour

Date: February 10-12

(Registration opens 1 hour prior to the event)

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

Track: Mount Panorama Circuit

License – D 4.0 Road

Sim Date (Time of Day Setting): February 5th, 2023

Warm Up Sim Start Time (Time of Day Setting): 5:05 AM

Green Flag Sim Start Time (Time of Day Setting): 5:45 AM

Session

Warmup: 30 Minutes

Qualifying: Attached & Solo – 8 Minutes for 2 Laps

Race: 12 Hours

Weather: Dynamic

Splits By: iRating

Team Event: Yes. Declare drivers and fair share rules apply. (min 2 drivers and max 16)

Drive through penalty limit: 50 incs and every 20 thereafter

Field Size : 50

Cars & Class:

BOP will be announced roughly 1 week prior to the event and we reserve the right to make a change to that BOP up until the Wednesday immediately preceding the event.

GT3

Audi R8 LMS

BMW M4 GT3

Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020

Ford GT GT3

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Mercedes AMG GT3

Porsche 911 GT3 R

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/36273/2023-iracing-bathurst-12h

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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.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/9d27a1e9dd15b92535d7cfe85407288e/the-sim-racing-channel

https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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WRC/TCR Sim Wheel

The steering wheel is modelled on the one from the Hyundai i30 WRC, e.g. Ken Block, along with the i30 TCR cars, made in Simline’s own style, i.e. with good electronics based on PCB and enclosed in an aluminum housing.

Simline WRC / TCR wheel
– 12x high quality MEC backlight switches
– 4x high quality ELMA E33 encoders
– Illuminated front panel
– aluminium housing
– 320mm diameter wheel, in alcantara with yellow centre stripe
– Spiral/coil cable
– LeoBodnar main controller

https://www.raceanywhere.co.uk/collections/wheel-rims/products/wrc-tcr-simline

https://www.raceanywhere.co.uk/collections/wheel-rims/products/wrc-tcr-simline

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Asetek Invicta Hydraulic Pedal Review

The Sim Racing Den offers their review of the Asektec Invicta Hydraulic Pedals.

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S6 Sequential Shifter

Compatible with PC. Mounting plate included. Plug USB and play.

Bolt plunger feedback mechanism

Shifting type: Microswitches 

Lever for fast neutral gear

Solid aluminium body. Strong and heavy shifter. Weight approx 1.5kg

Height 34cm

http://sg-racing.co.uk/sequential-shifter/

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Simucube 2 True Drive

Simucube releases their True Drive software

https://granitedevices.com/wiki/Simucube_2_True_Drive_releases

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Screen to Wheel to Head spacing (maximize FOV)

So the rule of thumb is you want your monitor just a touch closer to your face than its width. Naturally a smaller monitor is going to be closer to your face. 27″ monitors are about the smallest you could get and still hit 180 degrees and to do that you probably need to compromise on your seating position by sitting more upright and closer to the wheel than you would normally.

Also watch out for aspect ratios. You really want as square an aspect ratio as possible. You can’t find them anywhere anymore but the older 4:3 aspect ratio monitors were perfect for triple monitor setups. Going with an ultrawide monitor setup will result in a very short vertical FOV and you will be completely unable to see the dash.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/296555#Comment_296555

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VPGSim Formula Wheel

Via VPGSim on Instagram: The new V-RSPG PRO is finally here! 🔥 New grips, VoCore, new RGB rotaries, SimHub Compatible! Thanks to you guys we’ve been able to improve the already great V-RSPG and bring it to the next level! 🙏🏻

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by VPG Sim (@vpgsim)

https://vpgsim.co.uk/viewer.php?id=28

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From Cradle to Rig

Made by Decker created a sim rig from a repourposed children’s bed

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T818 Review

OC Racing is the latest to review the new Thrustmaster T818 Direct Drive Wheel

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Sim Racing Purchase Advice

Mac Evad (Dave Cam) gives advice on Sim Racing Purchase Advice by using his long purchasing history as a guide

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Did They Fixe the VRS Direct Force Pro DD?

Will Ford at Boosted Media revisited the VRS Direct Drive Pro DD after some much needed updates from his previous review

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Hide-Away Rig

pebseygtracing posted on Tik Tok their hidden sim racing room

@pebseygtracing

Gave the sim rig a much needed update #sim #simulator #simrig #gt7 #gts #ps5 #fanatec #gt3 #maclaren #v3 #foryou #fyp #viral #harrypotter #custom #built #selfmade #install #fypシ #foryoupage #secret #mancave #spacesaving #smarthome

♬ original sound – Sickickmusic

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Simucube in the USA

A Instagram video shows the Simucube products, including the new Active Pedals, availavle in the USA

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Simucube (@simucube)

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open: 

Mike- p I don’t wanna talk about it. We’ll just pretend this one didn’t happen.

Wednesday Open: phoenix

Mike –  p17. Ran as high as P9, but didn’t do tires on the last stop a huge regret and I faded to last car one lap down. 

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Official Series

Ellis– 

• Indy pro F 2000 at spa qualify 10 out of 15. Got ran over from behind on turn one lap one but no damage and finished P6.
• USF 2000 at spa- qualified fourth out of 13. I got wrecked out at the end of the Long Street on live one when the guy behind us didn’t even try to break for the corner and just plowed i

SPIKER

ARCA – Talladega- Wrecked

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League / Hosted Races

Winter League- Atlanta

• Mike -p DNF. I started dead last drove it up to the ninth and then faded back to last before I parked. It felt kind of sick to my stomach other people in my house had the flu and I was fighting trying to get it so I also couldn’t hear David on the TeamSpeak, so I parked it.  
• David – p20, everyone except me saved fuel the whole race and made it a one stop

MAJORS SERIES  – Intimidator 500

• David – Ran a ton of Pre Q  currently have a 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th to set my average
• Donnie – Pre Q Race 1 – Wrong Set

                           Pre Q Race 2 – Wrecked 3X, P20 Something

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Final Thoughts

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On the show this week, a new World of Outlaws Sprint Car Champion was crowned, the 2023 Coke series made it’s unofficial start, and the Porshe Super Cup series begins this week. There’s more from the controversial 24 Hours of Daytona, and is there data that can prove that Sim Racing is a sport? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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