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Episode 0475

3/6/2025 – Spleenix, Arizona – Episode 0475

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we close out 2025 Season 1 and get ready for build week, see what size wheel you should buy, if you need a sim coach; we have one for you, which is the most realistic GT3 in iRacing, find out what Asetek’s HUGE news is and who is Max Verstappen putting in his GT3 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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Topics

Updated Series Page

Life Of A Next Gen Tire

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1895317696927146226

Where Is He?

Happy Retirement!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75433/legends-ford-34-coupe-rookie-retirement-march-11th-12-00-utc

Season 2 – 2025 Car And Series Updates

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75448/season-2-2025-car-and-series-updates/p1

GTP Physics And Tire Updates

Adaptive AI

Racing With Rajah

https://x.com/rajahcaruth_/status/1896637110637281292/

Is Cletus Here?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75285/who-would-like-to-try-crown-vics-on-iracing

Verstappen.com Racing To Join GT World Challenge

https://www.gt-world-challenge-europe.com/news/2920/

More Sim 2 Reality

https://www.iracing.com/glenn-mcgee-returns-to-mx-5-cup-in-st-petersburg-with-iracing

Coaching Available

https://x.com/KadenWHoneycutt/status/1896699372341203174

Lane Change Penalty

https://x.com/aaronsmithrcn/status/1895355196517294390

Wilson Grabs Second Win Of The Year

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-rebounds-for-second-win-of-2025-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-season-at-inaugural-interlagos-event/

How Different Will It Be?

iRacing GT3 Showdown: All Cars Ranked

Variations On A Theme

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1896412608590430668

Remote Control…From 2000 Miles Away

Hmm, We’ve discussed This Before

Brake Check!

Next Listener Race Is A few Weeks Away!

Join Us In Chicago!

NASCAR 25 Career Mode

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG3hTcRPe5P/?igsh=QkFaSnpHand2bg%3D%3D

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-4-10-2025

Sim Gaming Expo 2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Advance Sim Racing / Corbeau

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/collections/corbeau

https://corbeau.com/products/fx1-pro

Size Does Matter

Check Out Max’s Gear

Too Much Or Just Right?

Huge News: New Products

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – COTA

  • Chris – P 16. I finished… that’s an accomplishment 

Wednesday Open -NiS – Phoenix

  • Mike- P9- lots and lots of cautions I kept it clean but a little past halfway I got wrecked out a couple different times with a little over six minute damage was able to keep it on track and somehow bring it home to finish P9
  • David – P5 stayed safe
  • Justin – P wrecked out
  • Chris – P 16. The bright red Waldron’s Furniture team fought hard through an action-packed race today. Starting with a challenging 16x 50 laps in, we found ourselves playing catch-up right from the start. But our team’s perseverance showed through. Despite multiple repairs and constant adversity, we stayed sharp and safe as the race wound down. In the end, we brought the iRacers Lounge, Primer Setups, Sim Wraps Chevy Camaro home in 16th place, managing to finish just outside the top 15. Considering the circumstances, it was a solid effort, we’re proud of how we pushed through.
  • Brad- P 27 – Self-inflicted. Started p2 and dropped back to avoid some very aggressive driving at the start. Made it to about half way and on restart cut the dog leg only for the car to bottom out and spin. Was completely caught off guard as it had never happened in practice or the race the previous day. Worst part was I took out teammate Justin Pearson. Had almost 7 minutes of damage to get fixed. At that point came out to ride it out for SR. Was going to finish p25 but was collected by two spinners on a late restart through the dog leg. I run really well here but can’t ever finish a race.
  • Bobby – Decent, trying to click off laps, tons of yellows. Got shoved into wall by driver cutting dogleg and    shoving up into me, lots of damaged, ended up extremely tight, hitting wall again, killing car. 

Thursday Open- NiS – Phoenix

  • David – P21  its not a NiS week if I don’t have somebody spin in front of me.   Had to fix the damage even though it wasn’t drivable.  After words we finished with a long run. I ran all the way to behind 4th place, but 8 laps down.
  • Bobby – Well, for the 25 feet we made it passed the line on the green car was very solid and quick. Driver who started on the high side, laid back, got a jump and right passed the line turn down trying to cut dogleg and hooked us dead into the wall. Car was done at that point. I get there is no track limits there, but a solid object like a CAR, should be avoided at all cost. 

Official Series

M2

  • Ellis – P11 Summit point. Wasn’t fast finished ninth out of 11.

A Open

  • Brad W – P23 Started p7 and was in top 10 for the first half of the race. As usual, I get caught up in other people’s mess. Two spun in front of me getting into T1. Could not avoid and ended up with “Too much damage to fix” While the two that caused the wreck go on to finish p9 and p12. SMH

IMSA

  • William W- P17 – Spa – Embarrassing. Got dumped lap one before even the start finish line. Guy took it 4 wide then wrote me a book how it was my fault. Then coming up through the field I murdered a GTP. Just a mistake I haven’t made in ages. Was paying attention to the car to my right and missed my breaking point. 8 min repairs, just called it a day. 

League / Hosted Races

Majors Endurance Championship

  • Greg, Tom and David –  P13  Ended up with early trouble from a GT3 who shot up high in parabolica blocking our outside pass.  Hung in there and worked back up through some attrition, to have a decent finish.  They learned a lot on the live caution officiating side and that aspect was way smoother.
  • Brad and Justin – P11 (GT3 Monza) Started on pole but lost it coming out of Lesmo 2 on cold tires. Started fighting back through the field only to get caught up in an accident going through Ascari. Had a meatball and forgot that we had a fast repair, so sat and had it fixed. It was a fight for all 4 hours but kudos to Justin for doing  the middle stents and got us up to 14th from 18th. Played some pit strategy to gain a few spots as we finished the race.

Grass Roots Racing GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P4. Week 10 at Montreal. Thought this track would be bad for multiclass but it was actually great. Probably could have had 3 but was over driving the car in a couple corners. Straightened that out but it was too late, still solid result. 

Final Thoughts

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

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  1. Spleenix, Arizona

Description

On today’s show we close out 2025 Season 1 and get ready for build week, see what size wheel you should buy, if you need a sim coach; we have one for you, which is the most realistic GT3 in iRacing, find out what Asetek’s HUGE news is and who is Max Verstappen putting in his GT3 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: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

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Episode 0457

10/17/2024 = Barney and Fred – Episode 0457

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topi

Show Introduction

On today’s show we find out which manufactures are releasing new hardware at the ADAC Sim Racing Expo, update you on the 2024 Season 4 Patch 3, discuss what to do when you are burned out on sim racing, find out why there is no karting in iRacing and is the FIA really seeking a sim platform for the 2025 Olympics?

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

Topics

We Have Lift Off

Are You Burned Out?

  1. Excessive gaming
  2. Real life stressors
  3. To correct:
    • Personal goals
    • Join a community
    • Explore other games

How Close Is It?

Too Young?

Sim2Reality: Matt Bussa

Trading Paints Now On Instagram

2024 Season 4 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69354/2024-season-4-patch-3-release-notes-2024-10-09-01#latest

What A Finish!

Why No Karting In iRacing?

2025 Olympic Esports

https://racinggames.gg/article/fia-seeking-game-developrs-for-new-olympic-push?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-D1RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc4h28W853ABhVJUB4yw3Za8juXC1B7KQde-jnccpOPl80T5jpK8RxQfBA_aem_Xu8K16xIDot8_VavP_jsgQ

For All The International Stockcar Drivers

Hello driver,

in 2023, we created a Internationnal Open CUP Series NASCAR league, based to 100% distance with Sectors in the races at European Friday evening time.

(Race Start, Friday 9:10pm at Paris/Brussel - UTC+2) summertimer

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We are a serious and clean league with a “Race Commission” after each race…and of course “cash prizes” for drivers and teams.

  • We are preparing season 3 which will begin in February 2025.
  • There are 7 races left to date and we have entered the Playoffs of this 2024 season.
  • Join us as “tester” drivers for the end of the season, alone or with your team !!! You have more than “2000 irating” in OVAL and would you like to participate in this end of the 2024 championship in order to try yourself in this unic format 100% on iRacing?
  • Next Race friday 18 October at Las Vegas, ..Martinsville 1 November ; Phoenix 15 November(final)

Participation is only 5€ and we distribute bonuses at each race, until the end of season 2.
(If you take a membership in 2025, your 5€ will be deducted)

Join ourDiscord server or copy/past that—>https://discord.gg/btNgsWGhbr

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After joining discord, the registration procedures will be communicated to you HERE “

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iRacing Petit Le Mans This Weekend

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69056/initial-bop-added-2024-iracing-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco/p1

Time Attack Starts October 21

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-15-21-2024

Sim Gaming Expo ’25

Home

https://simgamingexpo.com/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Sim Lab’s Direct Drive Wheel Base

Comment
byu/duude88 from discussion
insimracing

https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1g3cu7y/comment/lrxhmx0/?rdt=52678

Velocity One Multi-shift By Turtle Beach

Simagic Releasing A New Pedal Set

Sim Design Simucube Shaft Extension

Conspit Halo

Dyn X Simulator At ADAC

MME Motosport To Debut H-Shifter EVO2 At ADAC

Thrustmaster T598 Preorder

Ascher Racing Debuts New Wheel At ADAC

RGB Logo Lights From Sim Sport Gadget

Its A Proper Bit Of Kit

Simucube Active Pedal Pro: A Closer Look

P1 Sim Ascari Wheel

Next Level GTE Lite Ford Edition

Lian Li 011 Vision Compact

Simworx SX-02 Edge Simulator

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Charlotte ROVAL

  • Mike – P computer issues

Wednesday Open – Las Vegas

  • Mike- P wrecked out. Had a good first run that came from 22nd up to fourth then we had a green flag run. The caution came out while I was on pit Road and ended up taking a wave around. I was 22nd and got myself up to around 15th and then got involved in an incident where a guy got loose and I got ran over and the car was undrivable from that point DNF.
  • Tom – P12. 
  • Brad W – P29. Started 10th and ran way too hard the first run. Made a change to the car and ran too hard the second run. Went to make a green flag pit stop and yellow came out while coming to pit road. Speeding on entering and was trapped a lap down. Played the strategy to get back on the lead lap but the last restart was on old tires. Ended up getting turned coming to the checkers. Self-inflicted issues all the race.
  • Chris W – P12. Got stitches on my hand but raced Davey Allison style. Stayed out during green flag stops and got a caution. After getting fresh rubber we had a nice long run to end the race and drove up to P12. Set the fastest time in the race and NEW iR personal record 3522.

Thursday Open – Las Vegas 

  • Mike- P9- ran back half of the top 10 as high as P2 at one point, some guy tagged me and I fell back and had damage and from there fell back to P 22 on a longer run, but finally caught a caution with three to go, and with the subsequent cautions was able to work my way back up to finish a respectable P9 with a heavily damaged car

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P5 started at 11th got up to P6 by the end of lap one was able to not get wrecked and keep it clean from there and finish P5 Watkins Glen
    • First race at Montreal and it’s raining started 11th got to finish P8
    • Second race started P2 quickly took the lead and then swap the lead with two other cars back-and-forth throughout most of the race eventually reclaim the lead and was able to pull away. Bit by Bit eventually winning the race with about a seven second gap to second place.  My 103rd career win 106 championship points. 
    • Third attempt qualified, fourth got the second spun off on my own at least once but finished P3 finally learning I need to drive off-line in the rain
    • Fourth attempt started P3 got to pee too and on the first lap about halfway through got ran over from behind from a guy who completely missed the chicane I went in and got the fast repair came out 15th worked my way back up to finish P4. Heck of a drive in the rain.

B Open

  • Brad W – P18. (Las Vegas) Decided to give the B car another go. Really enjoy the car but you have to drive these. Top split and out classed. Dropping iR but having a good time.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis- winner winner, chicken dinner posted Chris McGuire, one in the supercar at Michigan
  • P8 1987 at Talladega started 44th out of a 55 car field
  • Radicals at Phoenix finish P5
  • Delaura Dash at Michigan ran it twice and got wrecked out twice

Final Thoughts

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

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  1. Barney and Fred

Description

On today’s show we find out which manufactures are releasing new hardware at the ADAC Sim Racing Expo, update you on the 2024 Season 4 Patch 3, discuss what to do when you are burned out on sim racing, find out why there is no karting in iRacing and is the FIA really seeking a sim platform for the 2025 Olympics?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0461

11/21/2024 – Grammatical Errors – Episode 0461

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show find out who is in and who is out of the 2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, re-cap the 8 Hours of Fuji, see what special events are left for the year, check out some Black Friday deals, iRacing and STEM school programs and how should iRacing’s Blue Flag be treated?

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

Topics

The Champion Arrived In Phoenix

Reacting To Sim Racing TikToks

COTA Layout Change For 2025

https://www.jayski.com/2024/11/20/circuit-of-the-americas-to-change-course-layout-for-cup-and-xfinity-races

Sim Racing And STEM Program

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-sim-4-stem-program-driving-girls-to-pursue-stem-careers-in-auto-racing-224462405980

Or Else Nothing Will Happen

30 Are Heading To Free Agency

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1859069007493533790

Ski Barber Shootout

https://www.iracing.com/ivan-machado-perez-wins-full-season-skip-barber-formula-race-series-ride-for-2

I Made Something Cool Over The Weekend

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/70530/i-made-something-cool-over-the-weekend

https://nyoom.app

Fuji 8HRS – How Did Yours Go?

Which Gear Box For Each Car

Black Friday

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1858911258893840458

IMSA eSports Global Championship Starts This Weekend

Winter Derby

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/70611/iracing-presents-the-2024-fixed-setup-winter-derby

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/70612/iracing-presents-the-2024-winter-derby

SCCA Runoffs

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-scca-runoffs-special-event-2024

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-november-19-25-2024

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Simucube Black Friday Deals

Simucube Black Friday 2024

https://simucube.com/en-us/simucube-black-friday-2024/

DIY Custom Button Box/Console

GO-RACE Quick Release For Simucube

https://www.go-race.co.uk/product-page/simucube-self-aligning-quick-release-boss

Phone Mount For Sim Rig

https://www.tackform.com/products/cr-01mv-20-s-maxx-motorcycle-cradle-for-iphone

Accuforce Extreme

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69728/accuforce-extreme

Lambo Build

Asetek Invicta Wheel Review

Simagic “Active” Pedal Interview

GT Spec Rig

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuIu90QoAJOf1CECq4ACKg/community?lb=UgkxyWoZbu8FMn26XT9F6bCbsLSdl0ncwlOh

Hyper Shift 2024

Apex Holiday Catalog

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Winter NiS – Daytona

  • Mike – P wrecked out. Lost it it on my own.
  • Greg – P
  • Kyle- P
  • Bobby- P
  • Tyler -P
  • Tony -P
  • David- P
  • John -P15, I really messed up this race. Got hit by other drivers twice, but I banged the wall twice on my own for no good reason. Required repairs put me 16 laps down. WNIS though is a great series and a great one to run in the off season. But boy oh boy I gotta do better than this. 

Sunday fixed – Winter NiS – Daytona

  • Mike- P  15- had a great race going, was leading on the final pitch stop under green, got sideways coming into pit road, nosed it into the wall, then reversed a bit to get turned around and ran into somebody like a fool. Totally embarrassed that I gave up my win and that I backed into somebody and ruined them as well.
  • Justin – P8
  • John – P4. The state of race craft is sad. Started P15. I passed only one car  that was on the lead lap under green flag conditions the whole race but gained 11 spots. It was all due to attrition.  I rode around the back the whole race to avoid the nonsense. It worked.  I’m very happy with a top 5, but it’s kind of sad I got there without ever having to race. In any event, I love the 87. It’s a blast to drive. 
  • David – wrecked out, caught in first big one, managed to keep on lead lap through two yellows, everything fixed with 10 to go, started p10, car wouldn’t go into 3rd gear.

Wednesday Open – Winter NiS – Phoenix[Legacy]

  • Mike- P15- ran as high as P7 but spun out on my own coming off for two different times to embarrass myself. Not happy with how I ran.
  • Justin – P 8

Thursday Open – Winter NiS – Phoenix[Legacy]

  • Mike- P 15 another horrible race where I spun out twice on my own I am just a mess out here ended up with a drive-through penalty on the green white checker

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P Rd., America in the wet could not qualify without wrecking. Only two people got
    • Laps. I’m gonna be 11th. Got up to as high as fourth but eventually spun off on my own had to pull into the pit for repair came out 10th worked my way back up to finish P7.
    • Qualified 12 and finish P 10 dry race

B Open

  • John – P16. Got taken out early by guys who can’t handle cold tires at Dover and who want to win on lap one. But, this is the state of race craft. Sometimes drivers have to realize it’s okay to give up a spot instead of pushing too hard and wrecking. Oh well, onward I go.

IMSA 

  • Brad W – P wrecked (GTD-Road America) Started on pole but gave up lead after 4 laps. Has settled into p3 only to get taken out by a very impatient GTP in the Hurry Down section.
    • P7 after starting p4. Rear ended p3 getting into T2 and the car was a pig the rest of the race because of damage. Tried my best to be competitive but was .7 to a second off of pace from damage.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – old Indy car at new Charlotte with 59 drivers in the grid got myself up to as high as P2 before being wrecked out
    • 87 de Talladega wrecked out

Polar Series – Daytona

  • Mike – P3. We had a great race working together at one point we had four cars make a sudden move from the top to the bottom so we could line up and we basically took control of the race for the first 2/3 of the race we lost the lead somehow on the last stop we got caught up in a pack that was dragging us down, but we eventually caught the leaders, and I was able to find a way to get to the outside behind a guy and I basically pushed him to the wind. I was hoping to get around him, but I lost Justin on the last lap but nonetheless a great finish we dominated the race up until that point and I’m super proud of the showing in a caution free race.
  • Justin – P6
  • Greg – P7
  • Brad W – P15 Thought we played the right strategy but in the end we did not. Was tucked up behind Justin P the whole race until a huge check up caused me to lose the draft and I fell back. 
  • Chris – P 22
  • Donnie Spiker – P 23
  • Bobby Jonas – P 24
  • McKenzie Stephens – P 29
  • David Waldron – P 34
  • John Kerley – P 35.Made two rookie mistakes. Speeding in pits on first stop resulted in a 40 second hold. Second pit stop I spun out on the apron in turn 1. Decided to quit on about lap 70. Not a rage quit, but figured there was no reason to keep going and get in other people’s way. Did enjoy running in a four man draft for a while with team mates Ellis, Wrenn and Pearson. This is not a series you can make mistakes in; too many great drivers. I’ll keep running.

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. Grammatical Errors

Description

On today’s show find out who is in and who is out of the 2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, re-cap the 8 Hours of Fuji, see what special events are left for the year, check out some Black Friday deals, iRacing and STEM school programs and how should iRacing’s Blue Flag be treated?

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

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

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Episode 0462

12/6/2024 – iRacing AI – Episode 0462

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we preview the final build of 2024, see if there is an app that can make you faster, are you iRenting, is Simucube still the GOAT, was 2020 the best and worst for sim racing and iRacing, Microsoft and AI oh my!

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

Topics

Husets Speedway Coming

https://twitter.com/WorldofOutlaws/status/1861440664757501974

iRacing Partners With Microsoft On AI

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1861078828744888638

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-collaborates-with-microsoft-on-ai-and-large-action-model-research

Formula Race Series Shootout, Part 2

IMSA eSports Round 1 In The Books

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1860807114102313337

https://www.iracing.com/williams-esports-chillblast-team-redline-top-respective-classes-in-imsa-esports-opener-at-road-atlanta

ARCA At Monza…A Great Idea

https://twitter.com/TheOnePizzaMan/status/1862685392438194536

Grab Them Before They Are Gone

https://twitter.com/MSportgames/status/1862534587206836467

2024 INDYCAR iRacing Pro Champion

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1859779511329366239

The Perfect Christmas Gift Idea

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Eat-Sleep-Sim-Race-Repeat-Car-Racing-Sim-Unisex-Funny-Racer-Gaming-Esport-Cockpit-Motorsport-Simulation-Gamer-Black-S/5409402027?sid=bb666e03-6678-4765-a6ba-7dab174955e2

499…?

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1861822665121562747

2020, The Best And Worst?

2024 SCCA Top Split Winners

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1860429241520673153

Wrong On Purpose?

Is There Content You Should Not Buy?

  1. Porsche Mission R
  2. Brazilian Stock Car
  3. Sonoma Raceway
  4. Sand Down
  5. Dalara IR1
  6. Formula Renault

I Know That I Disagree But Do You?

If You Could Do It All Over Again…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/70488/if-you-could-start-over-and-join-iracing-what-would-you-do-different

Is This The Future?

Fair Or Not?

What Have You Seen?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71030/dumbest-thing-you-have-witnessed-on-iracing

An App To Make You Faster?

Show Me My Stats

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71036/full-stats-site-app

Bump Time!

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1864000771383009553

New Content: Acura NSX GT3 EVO 22

Could The Lawsuit Effect NASCAR ’25?

https://twitter.com/dailydownforce/status/1864384677605216288

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-december-3-9-2024

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Worth The Hype?

Take My Money!

Still The GOAT?

New VRS Wheel And Base

https://twitter.com/realvrs/status/1860636026387013822?s=46&t=LEZuDMZrAD0O9e17hVtQrQ

More DIY – Belt Tensioner

Simcore UM1-ProS Mounting System

New RFS GT3 EVO Wheel

Which Ecosystem Is The Best?

Grid DDU5 Available

Omega Pro V2

The Unknown Sim Lab XP-1 Pedals

Best Feedback But…

Phantom Series By All In 1 Gaming

https://allin1gaming.com/collections/new-phantom-series

Tony R’s Next Pair Of Shoes

https://goodyearfootwearusa.com/products/accelerate-h-racing-sneaker

Results

“Winter” NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Winter NiS – Phoenix [Legacy]

  • Mike – Pdnf– ran about 25th most of the night in tops split minding my own business as we get to about 40 to go. I start racing get up to around 20th. They wreck up ahead of me. I can’t miss it. I get totally destroyed knocked the whole right front off the car
  • Justin-  P wrecked out

Saturday Fixed – Winter NiS – Phoenix [Legacy] 

  • David – P18, running 5th near end, a 14 lapd down car wrecks another lap car into me on a restart, but of course iracing doesn’t allow you to protest stupid, you can only protest saying stupid.

Sunday fixed – Winter NiS – Phoenix [Legacy]

  • David – P wrecked, unavoidable stack up

Wednesday Open – Winter NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- P 12 had a horrible first run came in with no practice. I kept spinning the car and falling to the back eventually I was one lap down when the one caution came out and I got the lucky dog restarted dead last was able to work my way up to finish finally P 12 in top split
  • Justin – P9

Thursday Open – Winter NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- P5- had a great run going got as high as leading laps ran second for a while. There were only two cautions early on the rest of it green flag.  I short pitted from fourth on the final stop was in a good position, but hit the wall too hard had wheel damage struggled for a while, but was able to get it back under me and drive it up to finish P5.

Thursday Fixed – Winter NiS – Darlington

  • David – P5,  ran top 5 all night, should have been 2nd or 3rd but a late caution put us on a 4 lap run, and I just didn’t have short run speed.

FridayFixed – Winter NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- p2- had an absolutely great run in The Top Split, ran top five most of the night and ran second behind the leader who has an 8200 rating on the final restart. I was fifth going into the White. A couple got collected and I was able to sneak through and get P2. 205 championship points I think is my highest I’ve ever gotten in any race.
  • Justin – P wrecked out in the first caution DNF

Sunday fixed- Winter NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- dnf. Got ran over in the middle of the corner from behind and dumped basically with no apologies. I was the first caution about five minutes’ damage didn’t wanna run around so I parked it.  

Wednesday open – Winter NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- p13 top split got about what I deserved. I spun twice on my own.
  • Justin – P6

Thursday open- Winter NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- dnf. Right after the start two guys had a B right in front of me they ended up wrecking each other under yellow after the next restart. The one guy who was badly damaged heavily his left front wasn’t even spinning and he was out on the track and he was right in the middle and I went to go around him and I was way too high and slammed the wall. Nine minutes damage the way I’m gonna run it out so I quit.  

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P10- qualified second was able to take the lead and was swapping the lead back-and-forth with another guy. He eventually ran me off the road I had to pit for damage finished P 10.
    • Qualified second in the rain spot off on my own ended up finishing third
  • Laguna Seca first attempt didn’t qualify well and it got wrecked out on that four went on to finish 17th
    • Second attempt qualified, 10th got the eighth at the end of lap one and eventually worked my way up to finish P5. Top split 118 championship points.
  • Next week, Virginia first start of the week started. P7 got as high as P5 and ends up finishing P6.
    • Qualified 17 top split got up to seventh then got ran over from behind fell back and finished P 14

A Open

  • Brad W – P3 (Auto Club) Started p5 and ran in top 10 all the race. We had a caution at lap 20 and went green from there till the end. Had to back off and save fuel but managed to save enough for a p3. Really had to be disciplined with lap times. I loved it.

IMSA

  • Hall – Quite a Few Podiums at Road America and Monza.  Currently sitting 2nd in points, not likely to catch the leader. 
  • Brad W – P4 (GTD Monza) I attempted four starts and only finished 1. Race three was the most complete but was wrecked out while taking the lead with 2 minutes to go by a GTP taking p2 and myself three wide on the front stretch.
    • P4 (GTD Daytona) Avoided most of the first lap drama and settled into a good rhythm. Kept the car clean with only a few tire drops in LeMans Chicane. Finished about where I should have.

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – Chris McGuire hosted ended up winning in the Pro Mazda at Michigan winner winner chicken dinner came from the back of the pack all the way to win it
    • Supercars at Michigan wrecked out
    • Car tomorrow at Talladega came from the back to the front got wrecked out
    • Ran pick up cup at Charlotte got wrecked out in the first turn
    • Running 87 at Talladega hosted
    • Running GEN five at Talladega started at 18th ended up getting the lead on the white but ran out of gas coming to the line and finish third

League / Hosted Races

Polar Series – Atlanta [Legacy]

  • Mike – P18- no cautions did a two stop strategy where I Short pit. Some of the guys I was 17th going into the stops ended up 17th coming out. I was just passing the leader on the White and they gave me the checker. I thought it was over and let up and then they gave me the white and one more guy got by me so I was P 18 about what I deserved.
  • Justin – P7
  • Greg – P23- wheel damage
  • Brad W – P16 Started on the front row and jumped out to an early lead. Ran too hard to start and had a few incidents where I got the car very squirrely. Decided to try a two stop race and thought it would work but did not. Had to try something different.
  • Chris – P wrecked out P 27
  • Donnie Spiker – P21
  • David Waldron – P24

Polar Series – Dover

  • Mike – P9– we had three cautions fairly early then green flag after that I basically ran the right front off until I blew a tire pitted with about 30 to go. I drove back up to P9 for about 15.
  • Justin – P4
  • Chris – P11. Blew a tire with around 30 to go after running in top 10. Missed the pits drove around and got into pits. Got 4 fresh tries and drove back up to 11th from 20th.  
  • Donnie Spiker – P15

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. iRacing AI

Description

On today’s show, we preview the final build of 2024, see if there is an app that can make you faster, are you iRenting, is Simucube still the GOAT, was 2020 the best and worst for sim racing and iRacing, Microsoft and AI oh my!

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

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Episode 0463

12/12/2024 – A New Frontier – Episode 0463

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we cover all of the new updates for 2025 Season 1, check out more sim to reality stories, spend Mike and Brad’s money, is there an iRacing brake hack?, will this simple fix help with stuttering in iRacing and get a tour of Sim Coaches new show room and shop.

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

Topics

Gen 3 Supercars Have Arrived

Bump Start First Look

Thruxton Cricut Released

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1865103211369042323

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1867252932443337211

Ferrari 499 Now Available

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1866489025915457978

Huset’s Speedway Preview

BMW M2 CS Now Available And Free

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1866185252877550027

Debris Refresh

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71211/new-feature-debris-refresh/p1

Acura NSX GT3 EVO 22 Available

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1865801130711609445

New Hampshire NASCAR Refresh

Genesis GMR-001 Debuting In 2026

FIA Esports Code

https://twitter.com/fia/status/1866889484559847497

Issues With The 499 and Other Hyper Cars

https://twitter.com/KyleDrives_/status/1866856946583917054

https://twitter.com/PabloGz/status/1866908946667278597

TP Paint Of The Year Voting

https://www.tradingpaints.com/poty/2024

Sim To Reality, Will It Work?

2025 Season 1 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71357/2025-season-1-preliminary-pdf-schedule

Why You Should Avoid This Brake Hack

Sim To Reality Story

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71092/iracing-racer-driving-in-real-gt3

New/Updated Series for 2025 Season 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71395/season-1-2025-new-series-and-series-updates

2025 Season 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71285/2025-season-1-release-notes-2024-12-09-03#latest

2025 Season 1 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71581/2025-season-1-hotfix-1-release-notes-2024-12-11-01#latest

Atlanta 550

https://twitter.com/MrF4Speed/status/1867052082672398682

North America Sim Expo 2025

Chili Bowl Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71082/2024-chili-bowl-nationals

Creventic Endurance Series At Spa

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-creventic-endurance-series-at-spa-2024

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-december-10-16-2024

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Stutter Fix, That Worked

How Much?

Let’s Spend Mike’s Money

https://www.fluidlogic.com/hydration-systems

Heusinkveld Software Update

Spend Brad’s Money

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/products/vpg-mustang-gt3-steering-wheel

Sim Coaches Shop Tour And Employee Interviews

Results

NASCAR Winter iRacing Series

FridayFixed – Winter NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- P6- ended up getting a passing under yellow because I was being a dumb ass and it was a 26 second hold penalty so I lost two laughs was able to get lucky dogs and get them back then Justin had a computer problem and I got a penalty for passing to the left before the start finish because he ended up in the wall right in front of me I got another lucky dog to get back from that and then later I get another passing to the left on a restart from a dumbass move I made because somebody was slow in front of me and got another lucky dog after that so worked my way up from dead last to finish P6 by staying out the last 70 laps or so
  • Justin – P DNF

Wednesday open – Winter NiS – Charlotte

  • Mike- P DNF. Spun out on my own and turn one three or four times eventually wrecked it where I couldn’t continue near the end DNF.

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – P 13 at Virginia third attempt qualified 16th got dumped from being side-by-side with somebody and he knocked me off the track on the first lap fell way back and made my way up to finish P 13

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis -ran the new BMW at Oulton Park wrecked out on the first lap, but finish the race fun little car
    • Toyota‘s GR 86 @live rock in the rain qualified P2. Wrexked out 
    • Then ran several other races at the BMW at Oulton Park. Never finished.
    • On Tuesday, I’ve started fifth finish second
    • Next race got the pole position, pulled away for a 16 second lead and took the win !! Winner winner chicken dinner first win in this car! 

Polar Series – Chicagoland Speedway

  • Mike – P19. Caution free. I got what I deserved, not a fun race car that was super tight. It was just enough laps to make a one stop strategy for most cars.
  • Justin – P6, disappointed i should have had a p2
  • Brad W – P21 Really struggled to keep the tires under me. Blew a RF three laps before halfway. Spent the rest of the race trying to save fuel. Ran out on backstretch after taking the white flag.
  • Chris – P  14 – Went with the 1 Pit Stop stragity. Gained 7 spots from where I started. I enjoy Chicagoland in the A car. Not a bad night. 
  • Donnie Spiker – P20

RFK Holiday Showdown

  • Brad W – P15 Started p30 and had to survive the first two stages. Because of no yellows, there was a spin early on that broke the field up and I lost a lot of time. Second stage started and I was able to make my way up to p20 till getting fenced on the front stretch battling 3 and 4 wide. Caught a yellow before the last stage and was able to get the damage fixed. Drove up into the top 20 and with a late race restart, avoided the carnage and grabbed a p15. Was sitting really good on GWC with cars ahead staying out on old tires but had to avoid a mess coming off T2 on restart and dropped spots to avoid an accident. Finished better than I did last year.

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. A New Frontier

Description

On today’s show we cover all of the new updates for 2025 Season 1, check out more sim to reality stories, spend Mike and Brad’s money, is there an iRacing brake hack?, will this simple fix help with stuttering in iRacing and get a tour of Sim Coaches new show room and shop.

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

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Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0464

12/19/2024 – Strong Finishes – Episode 0464

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we sit down with the Majors Series MEC Director Garren Batten to recap this past weekend’s Blackout Endurance Event, head down the rabbit hole of VR and iRacing, get an update on the current state of the GTP class, more sim to reality stories and show you how to immortalize your last best race and is voice chat the best feature in iRacing?

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

Special Guest

Garren Batten

MEC Administrator for the Majors Series.

Topics

World Of Outlaws Coming To PC

https://www.iracing.com/popular-world-of-outlaws-dirt-racing-24-gold-edition-coming-to-pc-via-steam-in-2025

$7500 Going To Toys For Tots

https://twitter.com/itsmoonhead/status/1867946614763213127

https://twitter.com/itsmoonhead/status/1868114018524864641

Dave Cam Got Verstapppened!

Print Your Own Achievements

https://iracingachievements.lredshaw.com

Sim To Reality: Game To Glory

2025 Special Events Calendar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71612/2025-special-events-calendar/p1

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VEP3Oq_iStDz3GNXZO8fOLstNuux2V6YT67oY9Zqw2A/edit?gid=0#gid=0

TCR Class Removed From Nurburg24, Until It Wasn’t

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/613654#Comment_613654

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/614365#Comment_614365

Is iRacing Too Fast?

The absurdity of iRacers: Criticizing speed while ignoring physics.

GTP Issues; iRacing’s Response

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72077/iracings-gtp-implementation-dev-response-feedback

(Also mention guest discussion about their issue with wrong tires on car after a yellow, may be a different issue than this…)

Voice Chat: iRacing’s Best Feature

I thought We Were All On The Same Track?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71780/track-conditions-are-not-the-same-for-everyone

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/617082#Comment_617082

Season 4 2024 Contest Winners

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67791/season-4-2024-contests/p1

How Many Have You Ran?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/70723/does-anyone-have-the-award-for-10-000-races#latest

https://members-ng.iracing.com/racing/results-stats/driver-stats?cust_id=109076&tab=stats

Garrett Lowe To Test NASCAR Euro Series

https://twitter.com/BScompetition/status/1869028614765007107

Anyone Remember The New Bird Model?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72027/smh

2025 Season 1 Hotfix 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71923/2025-season-1-hotfix-2-release-notes-2024-12-16-02/p1?new=1

iRacing Companion App Updated

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72074/release-notes-for-iracing-companion-app-1-9-9

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72084/iracing-season-recaps

iRacing Winter Streaming Schedule

Season 1 2025 Contests

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71976/season-1-2025-contests/p1

Have A Cool iRacing Screenshot?

https://twitter.com/thedrewadamson/status/1869421222360207760

North America Sim Expo 2025

Production Car Challenge

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71959/new-special-event-the-production-car-challenge-at-vir

This Week In iRacing

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

Sim Gaming Expo To Debut As Premier Event In 2025

https://x.com/simrace247/status/1868578021126684753

Sim Gaming Expo 2025 to Debut as Premier Event for Simulation Gaming and Technology

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Impressive Yaw

https://twitter.com/TonyKanaan/status/1868072144841895965?s=07

Better Than Tradin’ Paints?

https://irpaints.com

Modular Dashboard By Simagic

How Many Rigs?

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=wwXIfr&v=2306524699702973&rdid=z1Mxnd9UtPhJdVbY

Simucube Tuner 2.5 Open Beta

Simucube Tuner 2.5 open beta

https://simucube.com/simucube-tuner-2-5/

Simlab’s Sequential Shifter

Christmas Contest

Play Station VR2 On iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66227/tested-playstation-vr2-on-iracing-my-thoughts#latest

VR Membership Model?

https://mixed-news.com/en/pimax-introduces-installment-model-for-high-end-vr-headsets

Next-Gen VR Performance?

Virtual Reality in 4K

Results

NASCAR Winter iRacing Series

Friday open – Winter NiS – Charlotte

  • Mike- P DNF didn’t load the correct set so I had to pit for fuel on lap two but was able to get a lucky dog and get my track position back started off pretty quick worked my way up to around seventh then got dumped from a guy from behind in the middle of the corner 2 1/2 minutes damage. After that, it kind of went downhill and I ended up spitting out on my own and rage quitting.
  • Justin – P got spun into Pitt Road and DNF

Wednesday open – Winter NiS – Indy

  • Mike- P wrecked out with five to go. I just hit it for a little bit of fuel splashing go with no tires, but couldn’t get the car to turn and killed the wall and blew the engine. Before that on lap eight got dumped down into the pit road with a 42nd hole with a lap down was able to recover clear up to leading the race before I wrecked running 17.

Official Series

GT4/SPorts Car Challenge

  • Donnie S – GT4 – Race 1, Q2 with a P4.  Race 2 Q7 with a P2
    • Sportscar Challenge – Race 1 Q2 with a P2.  Race 2 Q5 with a P6.  100% Rain.

A productive week 1.  A couple podiums and top 3 in points in both series. 

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P7- 1st race of the new season at Laguna Seca started 13th and made my way up to finish seventh
    • P 11 got wrecked on somebody going side-by-side with me up the hill on lap one had to get repairs was dead last 24th ended up driving back up to finish P 11

IMSA

  • Hall – Three consecutive p2’s  
  • Brad W – P3 after starting p3. Gave up a few spots on opening laps in the rain. Was surprised that so many guys started on dry tires. They pitted within a few laps. Kept it clean and finished with 0 x’s.


League / Hosted Races

Majors Series 12h Blackout- 

  • Tom, Greg, David – P7 – Super happy with this result considering we were the slowest qualifier in the GTP field.  Once the rain came we not only were better at staying on the track, our speed equalized with a lot of the field.  We got meatballs twice due to unavoidable situations.  One of them we only lost one lap as the incident also brought out the caution.  I really liked this format where A car needing to be towed is the catalyst for full course cautions.  It was balanced and organic rather than random like we’ve done in the past.

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – ran pick up cop at Charlotte got wrecked out
    • Ferrari got Nurburgring in the rain started fourth finished P5. Actually didn’t finish. I wrecked out somewhere on lap two but was the last car left on the track out of 21
    • FF 1600 @Limerock kept spinning off turn one finished almost dead last
    • Car of tomorrow at Talladega finish P3
    • BMW at Alton Park circuit. Some kind of Internet issue and I must’ve blinked out on the start because the guy behind me drove through me like ghosted through me and I got wrecked off and not but 10 seconds later I got disconnected from the server due to throughput.

Polar Series – Watkins Glen

  • Mike – P14. Got what I deserve basically didn’t go off track really much 
  • Greg – P2
  • Brad W – P7 Finished about where I should have. After not getting a finish during NiS this was a nice finish.
  • Chris – P21
  • Donnie Spiker – P17
  • McKenzie Stephens – P
  • David hall – wrecked out

Final Thoughts

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  1. Strong Finishes

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On today’s show we sit down with the Majors Series MEC Director Garren Batten to recap this past weekend’s Blackout Endurance Event, head down the rabbit hole of VR and iRacing, get an update on the current state of the GTP class, more sim to reality stories and show you how to immortalize your last best race and is voice chat the best feature in iRacing?

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Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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Bobby Jonas –

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Episode 0465

12/26/2024 – 2024 In The Rearview – Episode 0465

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we will take a look back at 2024 and spend some time looking forward to 2025, find out why iRacing wins against the competition, let you know about a listener fun race, see if you can do VR for cheap and see how many laps under caution is too many?

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

Topics

iRacing 2024 Season 4 Is In The Books

Might Need More Tear Offs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72114/lmp3-rubber-marks-move-during-wipers-on

Max Being Max

One Word…WOW

iRacing, Time To Schedule A Flight

https://midohio.com/news-m/1084-track-and-facility-improvements-completed-at-mid-ohio-sports-car-course

2024 By The Numbers

iRacing Asked…

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1870188458096112126

2024 In The Rear View

Best update/new content from iRacing?

Mike – Rain

Brad – Rain

2024 biggest update/content disappointment?

Mike – Oval Refresh

Brad – New UI

2024 best and worst hardware release?

Mike – Thrustmaster

Brad – Active Pedal(best) – Fanatec fiasco(worst)

Favorite 2024 iRacing memory?

Mike – NiS Talladega Win

Brad – IMSA win at San Palo

2025 And Looking Forward

Looking ahead to 2025, Update/content most excited for in 2025?

Mike – Gen 4 refresh

Brad – NASCAR Oval Refresh

2025, hardware most looking forward to?

Mike – Moza Active Brake

Brad – Simagic Active Pedal

iRacing 2025 resolution?

Mike – Win NiS Division 2, win at least 1 NiS Races

Brad – Return to victory lane in NiS

At Least We Have It Virtually

https://x.com/MatthewDillner/status/1870941530527354884

How Many Caution Laps?

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1870188458096112126

Is The Draft Model In The Trucks, Broken?

https://x.com/JoeSwanCrippled/status/1871618649460703484

This Is Why It Wins

Never Know Who You Might Be Racing

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1321159172334682112

TK Sim Racing Headquarters 2024

Production Car Challenge

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71959/new-special-event-the-production-car-challenge-at-vir/p1

North America Sim Expo 2025

Sim Racing For The Kids!

https://fundraise.sickkidsfoundation.com/sim-racing-for-the-kids

Come Race With Us!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8a16Bn8_fTl2R8G4K9536Ky7kBH7BBFIN02SB1sCnpOz1Aw/viewform

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-december-24-30-2024

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Hardware/Software

From Our Discord: Haptics/Shakers

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1320039718565449852

Simagic Question/Answer Time

P1 Sim: Beau Rivage

Sign Here Max

Active Pedal Ultimate Review

Top 5 Sim Racing Accessories

1) Slip-Angle Bass Shake Kit:

2) Simagic P-HPR Reactors:

3) Philips Hue Lights:

4) Wind Simulator:

5) Sim Racing Roof:

New DDU From Simsport Gadget

Spending Money On The Right Parts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476277217678724/permalink/974354477870993/

David’s Windows Reinstall And WMR Loss Issues

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72335/switching-to-steam-to-avoid-wmr-loss#latest

Spend David’s Money

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72293/pimax-dream-air-announced#latest

VR For Cheap?

Tobii眼动仪5

Simagic GT NEO, Long Term Review

Lego Set Up

https://www.instagram.com/pingy_5/reel/DDpRaIZNcMy

Another DIY Active Pedal

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCCK2U8t2eS/?igsh=cHVzamNydHZhZmJs

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

GT4/Sports Car Challenge/IMSA MPC/IMSA Sportscar Endurance Challenge

  • Donnie S– End of Week 1, ran the IMSA Endurance Challenge with Brad.  Recovered to P15, taken out on lap1, incidentally, by an LMP3 torpedo.
    • Week 2, ran two GT4 Fixed.  Race 1, Q12, P8 on a damp track with drys.  
    • Race 2, Q9, P12 on a wet track, wet tires.  Falken Sports Car Challenge, DNQ (spun), P9 with a 9X.  8X from getting ass jacked by LMP’s.
  • Brad W – P13 (GT4-VIR SPEC) Made an error on lap two and spun the car coming out of Roller Coaster and collected the poor guy behind me. Sat and repaired for 7 minutes and then just stayed at it and gained spots as other people dropped out. Ran the BMW GT4 and the car is a mess.

A Open

  • Chris W – P
  • John K – Kentucky. P5. This one went green flag all the way. Started P8. One pit stop on lap 55. Was hoping for a late caution to make an adjustment, but did not get it. Top 5 is always fine for me.
    • John K – Atlanta. P9. Started P12. Struggled for the first 65 laps. Got a caution and was able to make adjustments on the springs that worked great and picked up some spots at the end. 

C Open

  • John K – P5. Started on the pole and never got lower than P5. Three caution race with a G/W/C. All cautions were from guys trying to run three wide. Everyone always says you can run three wide at this track, but it always results in the yellow hanky. So, I guess you can run three wide until you can’t. 

IMSA

  • Hall – struggling and motegi and had to start running in the back to recover SR
  • Ellis – P
  • Kyle – P 
  • Brad W – P4 (GTD-Watkins) Third start of the week and this was dry. Not sure why the forecast changed mid-week. Was happy with the finish and gained more points in p4 than I did the previous race in p3.
    • P10 (GTD-Watkins) Fourth start of the week and I managed to spin coming through the bus stop from grabbing too much curb on the second set. Other than that, it was very uneventful.
    • P4 (GTD-Motegi) Started p2 but yielded on start to p3. Not a huge fan of this track but can’t love them all. Lap two p4 dove too late into the corner and spun me out. Went all the way to p15 and then became a mad man driving back up through the field. Way too easy to get offs at this track so SR took a beating.

ARCA

  • John. K – P19. I knew better than to run this, but I got sucked in because I like the new Atlanta. Got caught up in a wreck on lap 2. Got black flagged pitting somehow.  I was not speeding so I’m not really sure why I got it. 


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – Cara tomorrow June 5 at Talladega had a good run, but wrecked out
    • Supercars at Michigan wrecked out
    • Trucks at Talladega wrecked out
    • Indy cars at Indianapolis finished P3
    • 87 at Talladega wrecked out running top five had a blow over

Polar Series – Iowa

  • Mike – P wrecked out
  • Justin – P wrecked out
  • Donnie Spiker – P 10

Final Thoughts

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  1. 2024 In The Rearview

Description

On today’s show we will take a look back at 2024 and spend some time looking forward to 2025, find out why iRacing wins against the competition, let you know about a listener fun race, see if you can do VR for cheap and see how many laps under caution is too many?

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:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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Episode 0466

1/2/2025 – Cyclops – Episode 0466

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we look at iRacing’s first special events of the year, see which Cup driver was aggravated while racing online, get a track scanning update from Dale Jr, see if the recent announcement from MOZA has you excited, more AI discussions and what is Sim Coaches teasing?

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

Topics

iRacing To Reality

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-to-reality-yevan-david

Rajah In C-Fixed At Talladega

https://twitter.com/rajahcaruth_/status/1872817100366172632

Sim Racing 2024: What Happened?

Indy car returns….

Fanatec went belly up.

Rain

Max wins iRacing 24 hours same weekend as winning grand prix.

2025 Season 1 – GTP issues.

How Much $$$?

Dedication

We’ve Got Beef!

Would The Real Danica Please Stand Up

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72673/new-in-iracing

Two Out Three Aint Bad

I’ve Heard Of A Floating Garden But This…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72530/road-altanta-floating-grass-t1-new-foliage-issue

iRacing Not As Buggy As You Think

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72622/if-you-think-that-iracing-is-buggy#lates

Should AI Judge Fault In On Track Incidents?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71212/add-ai-to-judge-an-incident-during-a-race/p1

Track State Still Not The Same For All

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71780/track-conditions-are-not-the-same-for-everyone/p2

First Event Of 2025 For The Majors Series

https://majorsseries.com/event/daytona-24-amr2025

iRacing ROAR: First Event Of 2025

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72778/2025-iracing-roar-presented-by-sim-motion

Daytona 24 Only Weeks Away

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72780/2025-daytona-24h-presented-by-vco

1987 Coca-Cola 600

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71305/1st-annual-ucrl-1987-coca-cola-600-updated-12-17-24

North America Sim Expo 2025

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-december-31-2024-january-6-2025

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Hardware/Software

Wave Italy Pedal Choices

WAVE IMPETUS SIM PEDALS PRO

MOZA mBooster Active Pedal

https://mozaracing.com/mbooster-active-pedals/

https://mozaracing.com/mbooster-active-pedals/

https://simline.eu/en/pedals-accessories/moza-mbooster-active-pedal

Apex Sim Racing PTT Button

Etsy PTT Button

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1581985657/nascar-style-push-to-talk-usb-button-box?ref=user_profile&frs=1

Sim Coaches “Haptic” Shifter

https://x.com/SimCoaches/status/1874343828607603039

Marvin’s Awesome iRacing App

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72467/marvins-awesome-iracing-app

https://herboldracing.com/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

GT4

  • Donnie S – GT4 Fixed, P13 and P21

                               GT4/LMP’s – P12 and P5

  • Brad W – P10 (GT4-Watkins Glen) Decided to get some practice laps in for this weekend’s Sports Car Endurance Challenge race with a 30 minute race. I finished about where I should have. I never have great pace at this track. Kept it clean even though there were some sketchy moves early in the race for passes.

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P12- spin off on my own had to pit then finished it off. Watkins glen.
    • Brazil started way back and made myself miss all the racks and ended up finishing P6 and top split. There were three Coke drivers in there.
    • Started at ninth worked my way up to six but then shut off not once but twice on my own to finish P 16

IMSA

  • Hall – P3x1, P1, in an epic last 2 lap battle
  • Brad W – P8 (GTD-Motegi) Started near the rear as this was top split. Managed to avoid some spinners early and settled into a decent finish but top split is nice because I earned more points finishing p8 vs p4.
    • P5 (GTD-Sebring) Started p4 but gave up spots for safety at the beginning. Really struggling here with the Mustang. It does not handle the bumps especially through Sunset Bend. Was probably going to finish p7 but p5 and p6 took each other out. A very good points day.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – Indy car at Indianapolis started at 33rd finished fourth great race!
    • 87 at Talladega came from the back to the front that got wrecked out near the end
    • Jen for Michigan got wrecked out wasn’t very fun actually
    • Holiday event was dirt trucks at wild West motorsports Park cautions returned on which turned into a debacle and we didn’t end up finishing the event
    • 87 at old Daytona started at 33rd and won the race winner winner chicken dinner
    • Del Laura Dash at Daytona wrecked out
    • Old Indy car at Pocono wrecked out
    • 87 at Talladega got wrecked out

Polar Series – Homestead

  • Mike – P14 – set was really hard to drive
  • Justin – P7
  • Donnie Spiker – P16
  • David Hall – P taken out by a guy who has a history of taking me out, ran him down clean, passed clean, he gets back cause I let another faster car go, and stays beside me and washes up to take me out.

Final Thoughts

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  1. Cyclops

Description

On today’s show we look at iRacing’s first special events of the year, see which Cup driver was aggravated while racing online, get a track scanning update from Dale Jr, see if the recent announcement from MOZA has you excited, more AI discussions and what is Sim Coaches teasing?

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

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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 Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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Episode 0467

1/9/2025 – Grind Through Mediocrity – Episode 0467

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we cover the latest patch update, a multitude of special events coming, see if the Active Pedal make you faster, tell you why you can’t gain iRating, discuss the 2025 ENASCAR schedule, see what in iRacing to look for in 2025 and find out who is racing in the final IMSA eSports event at Daytona.

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

Topics

2025 Season 1 Patch 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73144/2025-season-1-patch-1-release-notes-2025-01-08-01#latest

The Golden Age Of Sim Racing

A panel discussion from the 2024 ADAC Sim Expo.

iRacing A Look Ahead To 2025

https://boxthislap.org/iracing-a-look-ahead-to-2025/

  • NASCAR 25
  • Series Fragmentation
  • Standardizing track limits
  • Enhancing the reporting and penalty system
  • New graphics engine
  • New in sim UI
  • Career mode

Summit Point – Not Accurate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZg6JjJACQ0

2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Schedule Released

https://www.iracing.com/2025-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-schedule-revealed

IMSA Esports At Sebring

https://www.iracing.com/williams-esport-chillblast-ao-racing-by-coanda-take-respective-imsa-esports-class-wins-at-sebring

Max To Compete In The Final IMSA Esport Round

Maintenance Ruined My Race!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/59050/race-ruined-by-server-maintenance#lates

“I Messed Up!”

Why Can’t I Gain iRacting?

Why You Need A Spotter

Design Your Ride

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1877012523305582942

Member Survey Time

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1877059686261813422

New Safety Car

https://www.iracing.com/bmw-m-motorsport-becomes-iracings-official-safety-car-partner-for-the-largest-events-on-the-popular-simulation-platform

I Want A Horn

https://twitter.com/MattMaloneTV/status/1874962154157412740

Driven To Give 400

North America Sim Expo 2025

The Roar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72778/initial-bop-added-2025-iracing-roar-presented-by-sim-motion/p1

Daytona 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72780/2025-daytona-24h-presented-by-vco

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-7-13-2025

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Hardware/Software

Multi LED Displays

Multi LED Display

https://shop.simrep-engineering.com/product/multi-led-display/

JJ Spotter Pack Update

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Simagic P500 Pedal Review

James Baldwin’s Hardware

Trak Racer Adjustable VESA Mounts

Will It Make You Faster?

Everyone Should Be Able To Race

Triple 45″ Curved Sim Rig

Top 5 Accessories Under $40

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

GT4

  • Donnie S– Q8, P9 (IMSA Sports Car Endurance Challenge) I have no memory…lol
    • GT4 Fixed – Daytona Q16, P25.  DQ w/in 5 laps.  The absolute worst iRacing experience in my 4.5 Years.
    • Falken Tire SC Championship – Q9, P8.  Much better race, solid points.
  • Brad W – P18 (IMSA Sports Car Endurance Challenge) I just can’t find pace at Watkins Glen. Does not matter what car I drive. I finished where I deserved. Very frustrating 2 hours.

FIA F4 

  • Ellis – P wrecked out. Was running 10th and got totally destroyed. An intentional wreck from behind going into turn one from about nine Karl links back. They just never break and just run into the back of me.  Lime rock.

B Open

  • John – P7. Started in P6. This one went green until two laps to go, when two lappers crashed the leaders. On the restart the leader lost it in turn one and cremated half the field. My car was trashed, but apparently many others were even worse. Managed to pass two cars on the last lap with my junker and almost cracked the top five.

IMSA

  • Ellis – at Sebring in the Cadillac- p7 avoided some carnage and was a little bit involved, but didn’t hurt the car soldier dad home to finish P7 after blowing a right front right before I pit it for fuel.
  • Brad W – P2 (GTD-Sebring) Started p5 and the car had great pace. Gained a spot or two from spinners early and through pit stop. One of the best races I have had at Sebring.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis -BMW M2 @Ober Slaton started P6 finished P3 nice run
    • 87 at Talladega hosted Chris McGuire

Polar Series – Richmond

  • Mike – P 16 no cautions I got pretty much what I deserved
  • Justin – P rage quit too tight
  • Brad W – P 11 The car was tight but I managed it much better in the first half of the race. After pitting I used the tires up too quickly. Fell back and rather disappointed with the finish.
  • David Hall – P 17

Final Thoughts

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

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  1. Grind Through Mediocrity

Description

On today’s show we cover the latest patch update, a multitude of special events coming, see if the Active Pedal make you faster, tell you why you can’t gain iRating, discuss the 2025 ENASCAR schedule, see what in iRacing to look for in 2025 and find out who is racing in the final IMSA eSports event at Daytona.

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

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

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

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Episode 0468

1/16/2025 – Should I wait for the RTX 11090? – Episode 0468

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we sit down with new team member, William Westbrook, find out which drivers signed with which Coke Series teams, preview the iRacing Daytona 24, check out new hardware from MOZA, some very unique sim rigs and your next chance to race with us is only a few weeks away!

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

Special Guest

William Westbrook

Topics

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ENASCAR Series News

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One Of These Things Does Not Belong

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Funniest Rage Quit

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0.000 Photo Finish

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1877407874252501094

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Season 1 2025 Contests

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71976/season-1-2025-contests/p1

The Most Dangerous Rookie Car?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73425/this-is-probably-the-most-dangerous-rookie-car-on-the-service-yeah

Daytona Turn 1 – Unrealistic Entry

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73419/unrealistic-t1-line-at-dayto

Avoid Sim Racing Burnout

  1. Take a break and get outside.
  2. Avoid running the same races over and over again.
  3. Include other fun games like simcades versus simulations.

IMSA Esports Finally At Daytona

https://twitter.com/vcoesports/status/1878522668754092309

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https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1878837012297580984

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https://www.iracing.com/imsa-esports-global-championship-concludes-at-daytona-5-williams-esports-chillblast-171-team-redline-win-respective-class-titles/

How Did Your ROAR Go?

Should Special Events Get An Additional Time Slot?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73320/sunday-timeslots-for-series-like-mpc-roar-imsa-enduro-eastern-standard-time#latest

iRacing Special Events Promo

Scanning Bowman Gray But Not For Who You Think

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Search For The Next Racing Prodigy

North America Sim Expo 2025

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Yearlong Dirt Super LM And 410 Sprint Cars

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-announces-yearlong-dirt-super-late-model-and-410-sprint-car-tours

Daytona 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72780/2025-daytona-24h-presented-by-vco

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-14-20-2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Full Rig Build

RTX 5090 – First Look

Project DIGITS?

https://twitter.com/EHuanglu/status/1876495323302166822

Discover The Art Of Racing

VRS GT-2 Cockpit

https://twitter.com/EHuanglu/status/1876495323302166822

Simagic Neo X Hub

More Simagic Active Pedal Information

This Is A Steal

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7.1.2 Surround Sound

Turn The Game Filters Off

Simdid DV480 DDU

Spend Brads Money

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

GT4

  • Donnie S – Daytona and Mugello Results

IMSA

  • Brad W – P6 (GTD-Daytona) Had a horrible qualifying and figured I was doomed. It was typical Daytona on the first lap. Avoided too many spinning cars and was up in the top 10 coming out of the infield only to be spun coming on to the banking. The eyes turned red and I was driving like a mad man. Played the pit strategy right, took just enough fuel to finish and jumped a bunch of cars. Was happy at the end but know I have a better finish in the car.

GT Sprint Simucube Series

  • William W – 1/11 P4. Started P7 finish P4. Didn’t feel like I was as fast as some that I finished ahead of, but kept it clean and good pitstop. 

GT Endurance Series

  • William W – P26 Qualified horrible, started P52, getting used to porsche, up to P40 by lap 3 then got dumped in the horseshoe. Mostly incident free after that to finish P26, but could have been better.

Roar Before the 24

  • William W – P11. Self sabotage. First time driving the AMG in months. No practice. Started middle pack, got black flag on lap 3 for not clearing a slow down. Recovered nicely, but could have been much better without the self inflicted wounds. 
  • Brad W – P5 (GT4) What a fun race! Did not have a great qualifying lap but in race trim the car was great. Ran multiple people down making my way to the front to grab p5 by inches at the line.

League / Hosted Races

Leagues

  • Westbrook’s GTP/GT3 League – Daytona Week P3. Could have been P2 but got some damage pushing out of turn 5. Glad to hold onto P3 after that. Was a rather sloppy race than normal as far as driving standards are concerned in this league. 

Majors Series

  • Brad W P17 (GTD-Majors2.4) Started on pole but lost P1 because of iRacing multiclass starting issues. Lap one a safety car was called and half the field did not “hear” it. Lost 4 spots for cars passing under yellow. They were not penalized but that rant is over. Drove back up to p2 before first stop, cand came out and the car was a mess. I spun multiple times, used my fast repair and spun multiple times again. Could not figure out what was wrong until I parked it. Went to the garage and saw I had put on Wet tires. I had a button on my wheel mapped to change compounds and I somehow hit it during the first stint. I threw this one away. Needless to say, that mapping is now moved to the button box.
  • David P4 – Was comfortably in third, a lapped GTP dove bomb a gt3, the gt3 freaked out and spun into me.

Hosted- 

  • Ellis –supercars at Michigan Chris McGuire hosted finished P4
    • At Charlotte legend’s oval legend cars and radical SR8. Started in the back finish P8.
    • Supercars in Michigan wrecked out
    • All in the car at Pocono started at 12 finish P4
    • Lotus 49 and star Mazda at Pocono Road course start at P 12 finished p seven
    • BMW M2 at lime rock started P3 finish. P2 had a good battle getting around second to take that V2 nice clean pass.
    • Then Pole  position – let every lap no one challenge me, pulled away to almost 7 second gap to win the race career win number 105
    • Then fifth finished second
    • Then started fifth and won the race winner winner chicken dinner number 106
  • Westbrook – Sim Racing for the Kids. This was technically before last week’s show, but I’d like to talk about it if we have time. Great time for a great cause. Both of our teams had a fantastic time. We placed P12 after a bit of a slip in qualifying. Super clean race for our end. Sister team P2

Polar Series – Legacy Kentucky

  • Mike – P18
  • David Hall – P15, accidentally started from pits, and thus couldn’t make it on 1 stop

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. Should I wait for the RTX 11090?

Description

On today’s show we sit down with new team member, William Westbrook, find out which drivers signed with which Coke Series teams, preview the iRacing Daytona 24, check out new hardware from MOZA, some very unique sim rigs and your next chance to race with us is only a few weeks away!

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

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