1/5/2023 – Sisirc Noitcerid – Episode 0364

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

Ont today’s show we’ll take a look at the newly released iRacing Nascar Coke Series Schedule. There’s a new player in the Sim Racing market, and may be drawing talent from other platforms. We’ll check out a change in direction poll and see what’s the best wheel and base combo for under $500.

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

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ESL Makes Move Into Sim Racing

Upcoming sim racing platform Rennsport’s partnership with ESL looks set to shake up the racing esports driver market, with several top talents thought to have signed with squads new to the virtual motorsport scene.

Traxion.GG understands that several high-profile drivers have signed to ESL-affiliated teams, either effective at the start of this year, or after the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual. 

Top racing esports talent set for shock ESL, Rennsport, switch

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34655/esl-making-moves-into-sim-racing#latest

https://traxion.gg/top-racing-esports-talent-set-for-shock-esl-rennsport-switch/

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Will Sim Racing Become a Major eSport Player?

Luke Crane, via Twitter @Actrollvision proclaims this will the year Sim Racing becomes a bigger part among the eSport landscape.

This will be the year that Sim Racing becomes a major player in esports. By that I mean the likes of Faze, OpTic, Luminosity and Complexity to name a few will be entering teams. That is my prediction for 2023, watch this space.

— Luke Crane (@Actrollvision) January 1, 2023

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Tyler’s New Wrap

iRacing’s own, Tyler Hudson showing off his new paint scheme on his Dirt Late Model.

New body and wrap ✔️ #VortexBodiesByEli and @hpgraphics117 did a phenomenal job. The @iRacing machine has never looked so good. 😍 pic.twitter.com/ZNi8BAadyI

— Tyler D Hudson (@tdhudson001) December 30, 2022

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Should We Have Series Specific iRating?

iRacer, Marley Harrison posted a topic in the forums, “Should we have series specific iRating?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34809/should-we-have-series-specific-irating-not-per-car#lates

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Session Adim Chat Commands

iRacing shows in their support pages how to set up Session Admin Chat Commands

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000133518-session-admin-chat-commands

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Dale Junior Enters the Chat Stutter

iRacing Staff member Dale Jr. posted a topic in the forums asking if there has been a resolution to the stuttering many are finding in the replay playback.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34528/replay-stutters-any-resolution

Is the Damage Model Broken?

iRacer, David Beattie, posted in the forums indicting the current Damage Model, since the recent build, has become a complete joke.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34435/the-current-state-of-damage-in-sim-is-a-complete-and-utter-joke#latest

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Sim Racing Chicago

Sim Racing Chicago is a professional driving simulator studio that features 10 fully built simulators. These simulators are designed to showcase the best of what sim racing has to offer. Our studio is available for any events that you may be organizing.

https://www.simracingchicago.com/

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Sisirc Noitcerid

Kaleb Belak posted his idea in the forums an idea for a ‘Diretion Crisis” week 13 series where tracks would be run in reverse with a poll to go along with it.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34829/direction-crisis-series-in-week-13

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Coke Series Shedule

iRacing released the 2023 Coke Series schedule with some unusual venues

pic.twitter.com/HeGprJICpv

— iRacing (@iRacing) January 5, 2023

https://traxion.gg/monza-homestead-miami-finale-headline-2023-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-schedule/

https://www.iracing.com/2023-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-schedule-blends-new-tracks-with-familiar-favorites/

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Gripwerx Racing

Gripwerx Racing is a company in Washington, east of Seattle where you can rent time in a highly immersie racing simulator.

https://www.gripwerxracing.com/

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World of Outlaws Week 6

James Edens joined Hayden Cardwell as the second repeat winner of the 2022-23 iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series season on Monday night, leading the most laps in the series’ return to Fairbury Speedway in Illinois from his front row starting spot. Like Cardwell, who went back-to-back at Eldora and Williams Grove, both of Edens’ wins have come in a row, after he took the inaugural checkered flag at the virtual Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 one week ago.

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	2	52	James Edens	35		31	11.559	78
2	1	23	Kenny Miller	35	-0.486	1	11.541	75
3	5	86	Timothy S Smith	35	-1.868	0	11.651	71

1. Timothy Smith, 364
2. Alex Bergeron, 362
3. Tyler Schell, 340

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iRacing Roar Special Event

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34352/iracing-special-event-2023-iracing-roar/p1

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January Special Event Reminders

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https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34353/special-event-2023-iracing-daytona-24h-powered-by-vco

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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)

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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Best Wheel Combo Under $500

Shaun Cole from the Sim Pit reviews the best sim wheel combo for under $500

In this video Shaun Cole of the Simpit shares his thoughts on the best starter setups for gamers new to sim racing in 2022.

PXN V10 Racing Wheel Kit $299
Logitech G29/G920 $399 on sale $299
Thrustmaster T248 $399
Thrustmaster T300 RS $449 (Limited Stock)
Thrustmaster T300 Ferrari Integral $499

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Asetek Ultimate LMP?

Asetek is selling the carbon fiber from their LMP that a creative designer could make an ultimate LMP rig

https://simracing-unlimited.com/en/news-en/asetek-sells-starter-kit-for-ultimate-lmp-rig/

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Load Cell Pedals Explained

The Sim Racer Corner explains the basics that you need to know about load cell pedals…it changes the braking amount based on how much force you are pushing down with rather then the actual movement of the pedal…

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The Simcore SD-1XL with the SDC

The Simcore SD-1XL with the SDC-1 button box. Loads of you had feedback on my stories so I said I’d make a post with the model numbers for the parts.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Laurence Dusoswa (@ldusoswa)

https://simcore.com.au/sdc-1/

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DSD Fobster

Derek Spears Designs will be releasing their new Fobster next week, a wheel attached button box with fob lever.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Derek Speare Designs Official (@derekspearedesignsofficial)

http://derekspearedesigns.com/ubox12-266839.html

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DD Price Guide

Traxxion posted a Youtube video going over a list of several DD’s and their prices ranging from Entry Level to the High End.

Fanatec – dd1 and 20 – 25nm – 1200 or 1500, dd and ddpro 350 5nm 200 more to get to 8nm, dd pro works on console
Moza – r5 and r 9 – 350 or 439 – r16 and r21 – 1000 and 1200
Asetek – la Prima 840 bundle only 12nm – forte 800 18nm – invicta 1200 27nm
Logitech – bundle – 1000 – 11 nm –
Thrustmaster – 10nm – 650
VRS – – 800 – 20 nm –
–Cammus – 15nm – 900
Leo Bodnar – 4585 – 15nm
– Simucube – sport pro ultimate – 17nm- 1292 – – pro 25nm 1500 – ultimate 32nm – 3276

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First Flexable 45″ Gaming Monitor

Corsair is tsking pre-orders for their Xeneon Flex, the worlds first bendable 21:9 OLED gaming monitor

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Monitors/CORSAIR-XENEON-FLEX-45WQHD240-Gaming-Monitor/p/CM-9030001-NA

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NVIDIA RTX 50 Series Rumors

NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series might turn out to be the first mainstream MCM-based GPU from the company – if recent reports are to be believed. Not only that but Blackwell architecture could very well bring the largest performance leap in the company’s history. NVIDIA recently confirmed that the Blackwell GPU architecture will be releasing in 2024.

https://wccftech.com/rumor-nvidia-rtx-50-series-blackwell-gpus-will-bring-biggest-performance-leap-in-nvidias-history/

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Fanatec Driver and Fanalab Update

Fanatec released a new driver and Fanalabs version that has car specific profiles

Cody Richardson3 — (Listener on our discord)
Oh Fanalab has had the ability to use profiles, with the gentleman making them in the forums, for about 2 years now. They don’t do a very good job telling their customers about it though.

Cody Richardson3 —
Looks like the difference is now it can automatically load the car profile in for you. Saves me a couple of steps for sure.

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Grid MPX Preorders

The new Grid MPX formula wheel is now available for preorder

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by GRID Engineering (@grid.engineering)

GRID MPX V2

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TS Customs Response Pro

The Response PRO is the most compact motion simulator on the market, built without compromises to deliver all the important tactile information present in a race car. Fast and precise motion and vibration feedback in the right time were key features during the development of the Response PRO motion simulator. Driver position is electrically controlled and fully customizable to owners preference, even during the race. Available with virtual reality headset, or the most advanced curved triple screen setup. The simulator is intended for racing teams, simracing drivers and racing enthusiasts, demanding the highest quality and performance. Response PRO is the Hypersimulator in the simulator world.

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LG Ultra Geer 48″ Gaming Monitor

LG’s new Ultra Geer 48″ Gaming Monitor may be the best large screen gaming monitor

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Sim Rep Engineering P9XX

Sim Rep Engineering is now taking preorders for the P9XX formula wheel

https://simrep-engineering.com/pages/p9xx-pre-subscription

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V-RIG

The V-Rig offers a highly adjustable simulator allowing multiple configurations from Road & Rally to GT and Formula.

To save space in your home the S1 features quick release foldaway pedal system and a quick release slide mechanism to move the rear of the rig into the front.

https://vrig.com/

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Odessey Neo G9

Samsung revealed the Odyssey G95SC monitor, a 49-inch model that it claims is the world’s first 32:9 aspect ratio OLED gaming monitor. It also reminded us that its 34-inch Odyssey G8 QD-OLED monitor that debuted in the fall during IFA 2022 will be releasing “very soon.

https://www.engadget.com/samsung-ces-monitors-8k-57-inch-ultra-wide-odyssey-150046205.html

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/2/23529275/samsung-qd-oled-odyssey-g8-g95sc-curved-gaming-monitor-specs-price

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Thrustmaster Flaw?

on a Youtube Video found that the new Trustmaster T818 Direct Drive Wheel may have a flaw, that the mounting hole don’t line up with most rigs without buying a mounting plate.

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Is the Nvidia 4070Ti a 3090Ti Kiler

Jazs2cents on his Youtube channel compares benchmarks scores and value between the new Nvidia 4070Ti benchmarks and the 3090Ti.

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Buttkicker Settings

Gitgud Racing posted a Youtube video shoring his best settings for the Buttcicker Gamer Pro

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open:  Michigan

Mike –  p21- I save fuel like crazy to make it on a one stop strategy. I saved enough to get to lap 51 out of 100 but the leaders also did I don’t know how. I was dead last when I put it under green and I would’ve made it on one stop, but the caution came out shortly after.  Later I got involved in an incident when a guy let off the gas weigh early getting into the corner and I ran over him. Several minutes damage. Otis Road it home. 

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Official Series

• Ellis- F 2000 at Olton park. Qualified P5 out of 14.  Qualified fifth quickly. Got to pee to buy lap one but got ran over from behind in a corner and fell back to fifth work my my way forward to finish P2
  • Qualified six out of 10. Finishes p6
• Indy pro 2000 at Alton Park qualify fifth finished fourth. 
• Skip barber at Bathurst qualified six out of 14. Got to pee for by the end of lap one and end up finishing P3.  
• In the pro at Road Atlanta qualified 12th out of 19. Spun off all my own twice, but save the car and finish p9 
• F2000 road Atlanta qualified nine out of 16 on the first lap, got into it with a guy who was being super aggressive. He knocked off my front wings. I pity for repairs came back out and finished P 12.
• In the pro 2000 at Road Atlanta qualified nine out of 15. I spun off on my own and turn to lap one and destroyed the car. I suck.
• IMSA – The Glen
  • Hall – pwrecked, unavoidable, p wrecked, locked brakes up, p6, p5, p3, p4 with 6 min of optional and 4 seconds of pace.  Rear ended a gt3 that got loose right on the exit.  But the DTP field was extra careless
• Euro Sprint Series – Monza
  • Hall –  p3, p7,p6, p7, p4 
    • Lemans – p9 in a 3500 SoF, has a 10k driver on track, p8, p8

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League / Hosted Races

• Hosted – 
  • Ellis-87s at Talladega. They had a caution halfway, but it wasn’t enough for a fuel. I lead coming up to the white and ran out of fuel on the back stretch.  
  • Riley Daytona prototypes at Texas. Finished P9.
  • 87 Talladega started 37 out of 40 wrecked out. 
  • Super cars at Michigan started in the back got P3  
  • Pro Mazda at Lenier dirt. 
• Hosted 24 Daytona race. P4. 

• Winter league- homestead 
  • Mike -pdnf- got loose and overcorrected and how did the wall really hard knocking off the right front.  Add good tire where the first run but if I wrecked the car doesn’t help much.  
  • Steve Thomson – p 
  • Steve LouAllen-p 
  • David – P13, only one to finish.  Didn’t make any major mistakes or get caught up.  Late caution, don’t know if it helped me or not
• OBRL Cup

Brian -Kentucky P23 Had to start from the pits and fell a lap down immediately.  Needed an early caution, didn’t get one.  Tried long run strategy but had no help getting lap back finishing P23

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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

Ont today’s show we’ll take a look at the newly released iRacing Nascar Coke Series Schedule. There’s a new player in the Sim Racing market, and may be drawing talent from other platforms. We’ll check out a change in direction poll and see what’s the best wheel and base combo for under $500. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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12/29/2022 – 12 Steps of Daytona – Episode 0363

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 back former iRacers Lounge co-host Will Gibson who will help us cover the ongoing controversy with the Indy Car Series in iRacing. We’ll check out the winner of the Trading Paints Paint of the Year, and there’s lots of new hardware to catch up on that you won’t want to miss, and we look forward to the new year, and that means the Daytona 24.

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

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Indy Car iRacing Re-Hash

It’s been a little over a week, and the iRacing community is taking charge.

The last few days have been painful for the @iRacing @IndyCar community.

The overwhelming sentiment from sim racers is this will only hurt us & IndyCar more than it could ever help. 225 members of our (often divided) community have come together to sign this letter to @IndyCar. pic.twitter.com/7CpSqdB9eq

— Arjuna Kankipati (@ArjunaKankipati) December 23, 2022

Do we have any lawyers here in the mix of iracing drivers? This almost sounds like grounds for a class action lawsuit against Indycar by the iracers of the world.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/279905/#Comment_279905

IndyCar’s abandonment of an established entryway comes at an inopportune time, as the series has finally seen a long-needed influx of young new fans in 2022. Forbes reports that the first three televised IndyCar races of the season brought in the series’ highest viewership in 19 years and that its streaming audience had an average age in the 30s. That stands in stark contrast with the majority of IndyCar fans, which Racer reports are much older: 68.3% of IndyCar’s TV audience is 55 or older. A whole 43.6% are 65-plus, which puts the series at risk of losing most of its fanbase over the next few decades.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/indycar-is-pulling-out-of-iracing-and-everyone-is-pissed-off

So I can’t even say I was born and raised in Indy on my iracing profile? That seems a bit far to ban a very standard abbreviation of a city, let alone ban Indy500 (if split apart) and Indycar directly.

So it’s now against the rules for me to say in my profile that I joined Iracing due to being a big Indycar fan from Indy, who’s attended 30 Indy 500s.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/279706/#Comment_279706

https://twitter.com/kneebon5/status/1607773723633020928

A short list of the current planned 'Rectangle 500s' on @iRacing:

SCOWRS Christmas 500. @RaceVerse
12/30: The #FTFRectangle500 @FTF_Racing
12/30: @SR4MH Open Wheel 500
12/31: US 500 @runnings_racing (GAVINCAR)
12/31: 880,000 Yards of Bricks @JeffMaconi #iRacing #esports

— Seth Eggert (@SethEggert91) December 22, 2022

We're excited to add an EXTRA SPLIT to the US 500!

Registration is open in our Discord – with priority going to experienced IndyCar Drivers! 86 grid spots are available with already 56 sign-ups, don't miss your chance to be part of our goodbye.https://t.co/5D0RFo9S3E https://t.co/ihkzfUtxBE

— RaceSpot TV (@RaceSpotTV) December 25, 2022

News: The Lionheart Racing Series will continue to feature its main open wheel series despite losing the ability to have it broadcast.

We will continue to providing an organized highly competitive open wheel championship to the @iRacing community for the upcoming 2023 Season!

— Lionheart Racing Series Powered by HyperX (@LionheartSeries) December 28, 2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0KsuWSctoACs1gLdMcAfNSnPLXzSYPGHDYKqkNB5NG8pcx4u5XWCgxPf3X4Lvkjzal&id=100063466632982&mibextid=qC1gEa

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Trading Paints Winner

Paul Newton was voted winner of the Trading Paints Paint of the Year with his Nascar Racing Ford Mustang

And that's it! It's all over! Paul Newton has won Paint of the Year! #tppoty22 pic.twitter.com/lhiB8sTexB

— Trading Paints (@tradingpaints) December 29, 2022

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Steve Myer’s Spreading Holiday Cheer

During the Christmas weekend, iRacing’s Steve Myers was answering people and need and gifting them iRacing content.

Merry Christmas! I hope you all are having a great day with friends and family. But I know some of you are not, so let's make right some Christmas wrongs! Tell me why you or someone you know could use a Sony or Xbox @outlaws_game or @iRacing subscription!

— Steve Myers (@iRacingMyers) December 25, 2022

Done, DM your login email address. https://t.co/AwTObgQg46

— Steve Myers (@iRacingMyers) December 25, 2022

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Never Sleep and Drive

Fellow iRacer Mark Bolton, posted to the iRacing Community Facebook Group about a recent adventure he had while sleeping and driving. He, most likely joking, attributes his life saving driving skills to iRacing,

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5th Annual Podium 500

Podium E-Sports put out a tweet promoting their “Podium 500.” This race is the e-sports broadcasters annual 500 miler at Daytona.

You didn't think it was over, did you? Sign-ups for the running of the 5th Annual #Podium500 go live on Friday December 30th. We look forward to seeing seeing everyone chase the checkers this February. pic.twitter.com/iwQ5qovhXn

— Podium Sports (@PodiumeSports) December 27, 2022

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WoO Sprint Car Series

This week, as the series visited Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Edens bounced back in a big way: he won the first heat over top qualifier Aiden Bierlein, led 13 laps of the race, and grabbed the lead for the last time with just a handful of laps to go to return to the winner’s circle for the first time this season.

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	1	52	James Edens	35		13	10.670	78
2	3	86	Timothy S Smith	35	-0.381	19	10.684	75
3	7	48	Dylan Yeager	35	-0.916	0	10.929	71

1. Alex Bergeron, 327
2. Tyler Schell, 301
3. Timothy Smith, 293
4. Kendal Tucker, 282
5. JD Brown, 268

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RIP Barney?

One of iRacing’s legendary flagmen, Barney, was struck by a skybound Legends car. Barney was in action waving the yellow flag at AMS at the time of the incident. Barney’s condition is unknown at this point.

RIP pic.twitter.com/9enlrmn03V

— Elite Performance Industries (@RaceEPI) December 27, 2022

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Tony Kanaan Muscling Around the Track

Tony Kanaan posted a video on Istagram of him straining his way around the track with his foerce feedback setting cranked up

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Tony Kanaan (@tkanaan)

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Highlights of the Week – 12.28.22

iRAcing posted the video of their top 5 highlghts of the week

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People Still Don’t Know Better!

Benjamin White posted a twitter video of a driver in his race sessiom dropping an inappropriate slur that will certainly result in a long suspension, if not worse

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Majors Series

A new year in the Majors is just around the corner, in fact registrations for the first round are now open

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34374/2023-majors-series

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Special Event iRacing Roar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34352/iracing-special-event-2023-iracing-roar

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Special Event Daytona 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34353/special-event-2023-iracing-daytona-24h-powered-by-vco

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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)

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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DBox Motion without the DBox

Dbox in conjunction with R Seat has created a motion rig without the look of a full motion rig

https://traxion.gg/the-rseat-and-d-box-hf-l4-is-a-sim-racing-and-movie-watching-haptic-feedback-platform/

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Fanatec F1 Cockpit

Gamer Muscle checks out Fanatec’s new F1 simulator at the Sim Racing Expo

https://forum.fanatec.com/discussion/27092/new-fanatec-formula-simulator-prototype

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Sim Switch 

Gamer Muscle got to try out the Sim Switch sim rig with a fully adjustable, motorized pedal setup

https://shop.getcloserracing.com/

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Qubic System QS-V20

The Qubic System QS-V20 4DOF Motion Racing Simulator

https://www.apevie.com/

https://www.apevie.com/collections/cockpits-chassis/products/qubic-system-qs-s25-6-dof-simulator

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Results

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Official Series

• Ellis- Indy pro 2000 at Rd., Atlanta qualified fourth out of 14. Wreck out turn one lap while I suck. 
  • Qualified seventh out of 18. Lap one turn to. I spun off on my own, fell back to 17, but was able to recover up to finish 10.
• F 2000 at Rd., Atlanta. Car number six out of 14.Q p6. Got p2. Led some laps. 
• F 2000 at oulton park. Went off in the garage and add an unfortunate, rejoin and collected three other cars.  
  • Qualified sixth out of 15. The leader spins it in lap one turn one second place slows down dramatically, and I drive over the top of him. I need to pay for a black flag came back out and drove up to seventh. 
• In the pro 2000 at Alton park. Qualified ninth out of 18. Finished P8.
• I qualified nine out of 15. On lap to the two cars in front of me collide and turn sideways on the track and I T-bone my way in car is destroyed.  
• Skip barber at Bathurst qualified P3 out of 18. Got clear of the packet and was running p2. We had a huge gap on everybody else. I ended up spending and damaging my front wing, which slowed me down several seconds allowed. However, with the gap I was able to finish p4

• IMSA – The Glen
  • Hall – p3, p3, p4, p wrecked in chaos, p self spun fighting for win, P1, First in BMW, leader ran out of gas!, p9, VR crashed forgot to close Civ 6
  • Ellis – p9. Lock the brakes in turn one lap one five minutes damage finish the rest anyway.  
    • Had a pretty good beginning of the race and had clipped the grass. Just a hair has slowed down because of it and got ran over from behind 15 minutes damage DNF.
• Euro Sprint Series – Spa
  • Hall –  P3, p2, p5, P1, P1 (This one stolen on last lap), p7

Monza – p7, p5, p6

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League / Hosted Races

• Hosted – 
  • Daytona prototypes at Texas. Wrecked out.
  • 87 at Talladega wrecked out
  • Radicals at Virginia, P 10
  • Old INDYCAR at Michigan P5

• Winter league- 
  • Mike -p ended up, hitting under Grean and sure enough the caution came out while all pit Road, this is two weeks in a row. This is happened to me. I had to take the wave around.  Ended up p16
  • Steve Thomson – p 8th
  • David – P wrecked.  A driver is off the pace on the wall.  As soon as I turn low to go by, he pulls across the track in front of me trying to get out of the .  I over correct avoiding him.
• OBRL Cup

Brian – Talladega P6  Didn’t qualify, but should have.  Started near the back and lost the lead draft pretty quickly.  The race stayed Green until the last couple of laps, so I was able to regroup with the main field and was able to grab a few laps on the GWC finish.

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On the show today we welcome back former iRacers Lounge co-host Will Gibson who will help us cover the ongoing controversy with the Indy Car Series in iRacing. We’ll check out the winner of the Trading Paints Paint of the Year, and there’s lots of new hardware to catch up on that you won’t want to miss, and we look forward to the new year, and that means the Daytona 24. 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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12/22/2022 – I identify as an IndyCar Driver – Episode 0362

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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On this weeks show the NTT Indy Car Racing Series drops a bomb that has all of iRacing up in arms. We’ll recap all of the details and reactions to the news. The special events calendar was released and we’ll check out all of the events this year.

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

INDYCAR branding and Indy 500 event set to disappear from iRacing

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Another 10K Member!

Simone Maria Marceno became the newest member of the ten thousand iRating club for road

TEN THOUSAND IRATING ROAD @iRacing pic.twitter.com/HYkb2EL1IC

— Simone Maria Marceno' (@simonemarceno27) December 15, 2022

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Will iRacing be Ready?

R.E. Samuelson posted in the Forums asking if iRacing will be ready for the May All-Star Event at North Wilksboro.

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iRacing Track Garages

Ryan Blackford Tweeted his suggestion for iRacing: full screen garages

iracing feature suggestion: full screen garage UI

— Bryan Blackford (@bryanblack33) December 20, 2022

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World of Outlaws Week 4

The Carquest iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series made its debut at Lincoln Speedway which was won by Kenny Miller, his first win as a rookie this season.

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	2	23	Kenny Miller	35		9	13.433	78
2	5	00	Kendal Tucker	35	-2.526	0	13.815	74
3	10	51	Clayton W Tilley	35	-2.875	0	13.701	70
4	7	85	Tyler Schell	35	-3.282	0	13.780	68
5	9	13	Aiden Bierlein	35	-3.351	0	13.722	64

1. Alex Bergeron, 267
2. Tyler Schell, 236
3. Kendal Tucker, 233
4. JD Brown, 226
5. Timothy Smith, 218

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VIR Arrives for Season 1

iRacing tweeted the announcement of the arrival of the newly built VIR 

A brand new rebuild of VIRginia International Raceway arrives in iRacing today! It will be part of the base content and FREE to all iRacing members! pic.twitter.com/FR4FUSryPS

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 21, 2022

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Coke Series Drivers for 2023

The Contender Series wrapped up and now the new Coke Series Drivers are set for the 2023 season

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BGTatGJHlLlZStVKR8wlEZIiYne1E9OL2iai8r7z3qU/htmlview?urp=gmail_link

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Screen to Speed 

Traxxion posted a reference to the story we had last week, the Screen to Speed iRacing competition for women drivers.

In an effort to give a boost to female sim racers, the first-ever #ScreenToSpeed @iRacing competition by @init_esports will highlight women in esports through a unique online tournament 🌐💪https://t.co/fVHKUNwm53

— Traxion.GG (@TraxionGG) December 20, 2022

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iRacing Build Highlights

iRacing posted a video recapping all of the new content from the season 1 build

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Special Events Calendar

iRacing released their complete 2023 Special Events Calendar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33995/2023-iracing-special-events-calendar-complete

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Mighty Max at Dega

Max Verstappen was spotted by a driver running a race at Talladega. What famous drivers have you run with?

iRacers: is this actually max

We are at ‘dega. Me and @MatteAyce are debating. I do not know pic.twitter.com/GpEg26pSyN

— dale tanhardt (@daletanhardt) December 22, 2022

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Nascar in the Rain?

Kenny Wallace on his show said that all three Nascar series will attempt to race in the rain at the tracks at North Wilkesboro, La Coliseum , Phoenix, Richmond, Martinsville and New Hampshire.

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iRacing for All Ages

Ray Alfalla set up Jim Baker who was 89 at the time with iRacing, and 7 years later he’s still racing at 96!

Jim Baker is 96 years old, and he’s on @iRacing. We met him 7 years ago, and he’s still at it! Dad and I fixed up his simulator and he’s ready to go 🤙 pic.twitter.com/yIJGjFWJN0

— Ray Alfalla (@rayalfalla) December 22, 2022

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An Oldie But Goodie

Florida Man crashes his quadrillion dollar sim rig, circa 2020

Florida Man crashes his quadrillion dollar sim rig, circa 2020, colorized pic.twitter.com/NpuVdkeuD2

— ✰ Masyn! ✰ (@notmasyn41) December 20, 2022

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Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

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Logitech Through the Years

At the Sim Racing Expo, Logitech had a nice look at the evolution of Logitech Sim Racing Wheels

At their booth, @LogitechG offered a nice look at the hardware of yesteryear with all their #SimRacing wheels throughout history – what a long way we've come! What wheel did you start your virtual career with?#SRE22 #SimRacingExpo pic.twitter.com/G54tN3ZGwc

— ADAC SimRacing Expo (@SimRacingExpo) December 10, 2022

And btw…. Back in stock ….

The GT DD Pro (8 Nm) is finally available for pre-order again! We are preparing the first batch of the newly produced units to be shipped via air freight, at no additional cost to you.

We estimate the first units will be in customers' hands before the end of February 2023. pic.twitter.com/hk0QW8pNGw

— Fanatec (@fanatec) December 20, 2022

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Grid Engineering MPX

After many months of R&D, Grid Engineering is ready to reveal the MPX. With a pre-order special 3 digit price point and utilizing the highest quality components available,

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9Vz3-vcSs/?igshid=ZDhmZGIxNmQ%3D

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Fanatec QR2

Gamer Muscle reviewed the Fanatec new Quick Release system and Bentley wheel from the Sim Racing Expo

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Best Sim Rig of the Sim Expo

Gamer Muscle gives his thoughts of the best sim rig from the Sim Expo

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Saturday Fixed –

• Mike- top split car19 out of 20. Ran around 15th most of the race pretty much stayed out of trouble and got a P 11.

Wednesday fixed Mike- Car 11 and top split a lot of heavy hitters in here Matt Busse, Tyler Hudson, David L Brown, Blake McCandless. Ran about 10 to 15. Most of the race ended up p 13.

Wednesday Open:  Homestead 

Mike –  car 23 out of 25 in top split. Qualify 12th. P16.

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Official Series

• Ellis -USF 2000. 
• Ellis-rookie street stock at Charlotte. 97 registered- I was Kar number 8 to 14 car number one was 4600 irating. Qualified8th. Fairly clean race we ran in a pack the whole time clean with about three to go. They finally wrecked. I finished P5. Gained 42 irating.  
• Rookie dirt street stock at USA. Wrecked near the end 
• Toyota GR 86 and other production cars at nord 31 cars total start a tenth and finished fourth 
  • Got a seventh on this results. 
  • Yeah, in a big one on turn one. Had to tow eight minutes went back out and got it. Cleared back up to 12 out of 27.
  • Start a 10 got up the fifth by last one, but I was the final lap by wreck by myself and fell back to 11
• Indy pro 2000 at road America start a seven out of 12. Got to pee five by the end of lap one spun near the end of lap to buy myself hitting the final rumble strips. It is fun in the car around killed it.
  • Qualified six out of 16. Got to pee for bio lab one and was able to keep it and get my first good finish the series.  
• F 2000 at Rd., America car number two in bottom split out of 13. Qualify third sitting on the grid the guy in front of a backs into me destroying my front way before the race has even started. It wasn’t too bad and I survived for a P3.  
  • Call number two in the bottom split. Qualified fifth and finished fifth had a great battle throughout the race, though with third and fourth place.  

• A Open
  • Steve –  P7,5,13,6,16 at Kentuchy P3,2 and 27 at Indy.
• IMSA – Interlagos
  • Hall – p 14 Learning track, unsure about battery strat either.
    • P14, hit with 4x on pace lap and another 4x on turn one
    • P6, geting used to the new track and car
    • P13, put my self in grass so had to work back up
    • P7, clean
    • P5
    • p9
• Euro Sprint Series – Spa
  • Hall –  P1 in the Ferrari, first race back in this car in a long time.  Fresh paint goes to victory lane right off the bat.  Tire wear is now a factor
    • P4 – really enjoying the GTE reunion
    • P wrecked by dive bomber
    • P2
    • P3
    • P2

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League / Hosted Races

• Ellis -Chris McGuire posted 87th at Talladega started in the back and won the race
• GEN five NASCAR at Talladega got wrecked out
• GEN five – car at Talladega started in the back. Got to the lead before halfway.  I go on to win it holla!
• GEN five car and old Indycar.Talladega. Was leaving my class with sixth ago and got wrecked in Indy car crash.  
• New Toyota 86 at Lanier dirt. 
• 87. Cars at RudkCogan.  Wrecked out 
• Riley Daytona prototype at old Michigan. Started in the back got to the front pack, but wrecked out near the end.
• Riley Daytona prototype at new Texas, started mid pack ended up finishing P5
• Riley Daytona, prototypes at Talladega, got wrecked out
• 87s at Talladega start 25th. Wreck out
• GEN five NASCAR at Talladega started 37 out of 40.
• Riley Daytona prototype at Michigan. Was leaving on the white and got wrecked

• Winter league- 
  • Mike -p we’re going on a two stop race I’m headed for the second time as a caution came out while I was on it road I had energy 16 came out 26 down had to take the wave around 23 to go for the shoot out. I had another caution with 17 to go check my last set. A tires ended up finishing P 10.  
  • Steve Thomson – p17
  • Steve LouAllen-p 
  • David – P 22.  Had a top 10 car, caught in accident.  No recovering this time.  All 4 races I have been caught up in a wreck.
• OBRL Cup
  • Brian – Michigan P20  Qualified 11th ran the rubber off the my tires on the first green flag run, then over shot my pit stall in the first pit stop, losing as bunch of spots.  Did much better on tire wear after that, but the race stayed green the whole race and wasn’t able to recover.

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1. I identify as an IndyCar Driver

Description

Social media was in a buzz as Indy Car announced the it will be giving its exclusive rights to another video game company and possibly freezing out iRacing and did we find out that rain is not just for the road courses, but could come to oval racing as well? We’ll check out all of these stories plus lots of hardware news as well. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

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Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

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12/15/2022 – Too Many Clicks – Episode 0361

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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On the show today we will be taking a look at the best way to use the new Active Reset System. We look at some UI vs Website comparisons. VR users are up in arms after performance issues and whether iRacing has addressed these issues. We get reviews and thoughts of the Simucube Active Pedals and lots of other hardware.

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Micro Stutters with Jr

Kevin ‘@kkingstyle’ on Twitter noticed reflections on his hood have dropped in framerate to 15fps.  Dale Jr replied that he’s been dealing with new micro stutters in tight turns on road courses and short tracks

A bit unrelated but I been dealing with some new micro stutters in the turns at short tracks and tight corners at road courses that I didn’t have in the past.

— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) December 9, 2022

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Active Resets Explained

iRacing posted a video explaining how to use the new Active Reset feature

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LMDh MGU-K Dash

Yoep de Ligt shows what his LMDh MGU-K unit is doing and how often you can change modes

The absence of any mention of the workings of this system or any display option to show you is kind of baffling to me, but if you're like me and you want to know what your LMDh MGU-K is doing and how often you can change modes, my latest dashboard has you covered!@iRacing pic.twitter.com/QyPG5V8bF6

— Yoep de Ligt (@YoepdeLigt) December 9, 2022

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The Beta UI Debate

A post in the forums compares the relative time and amount of clicks it takes to get into different sessions on the website compared to the UI. A poll was taken by Collen Fern asking which do you prefer.

Start Test Session
WEB: 2 clicks    7 sec  RACE NOW -> Test Car on Track
UI:  3 clicks   25 sec  RACE NOW -> My Last Series -> Test Drive

Start Practice Session:
WEB: 4 clicks    8 sec  RACE NOW -> PRACT -> select session -> wait 5 sec for session -> Join Session
UI:  5 clicks   31 sec  RACE NOW -> My Last Series -> Scroll down & search practice session
                            -> Register -> wait 5 sec for session -> Join

Check number of participants registered for the next race:
WEB: 2 clicks    7 sec  RACE NOW -> RACE (first line)
UI:  3 clicks   25 sec  RACE NOW -> My Last Series -> Scroll down & search next race

Register for Race Session:
WEB: 3 clicks    8 sec  RACE NOW -> RACE -> klick Session
UI:  4 clicks   26 sec  RACE NOW -> My Last Series -> Scroll down & search next race -> Register

View Stats:
WEB: 2 clicks   10 sec  Results & Stats -> Series Stats (shows Top 25)
UI:  4 clicks   28 sec  RACE NOW -> My Last Series -> Series  Stats -> Scroll down (shows only Top 10)

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33004/removing-tournaments-and-ability-to-grid-field#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/270182/#Comment_270182

Alright. iRacers. Vote.

— Collin Fern (@CollinMFern) December 10, 2022

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Multiclass Restart Mayhem

Dan Suzuki posted a video on Twitter of a terrible start to his race asking, “When can we get proper multiclass starts?”

So @iRacing … when can we get proper multiclass starts?

🙂 pic.twitter.com/0jcFvsFhcr

— Dan Suzuki (@DanSuzukiTV) December 13, 2022

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World of Outlaws Week 3

Cardwell Goes Back-to-Back in iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series With Williams Grove Win.

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	1	07	Hayden Cardwell	35		34	16.902	78
2	6	5	Braden Eyler	35	-0.348	0	16.926	74
3	5	86	Timothy S Smith	35	-1.187	0	16.898	71
4	9	12	Alex A Bergeron	35	-2.893	0	17.055	67
5	4	51	Clayton W Tilley	35	-3.450	0	17.292	66

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

1. Alex Bergeron, 220
2. Timothy Smith, 173
3. JD Brown, 170
4. Tyler Schell, 168
5. Kendal Tucker, 159

https://www.iracing.com/cardwell-goes-back-to-back-in-iracing-world-of-outlaws-carquest-sprint-car-series-with-williams-grove-win/

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22 Pages of Frustration

Many people responded to a thread in the forums regarding frame rate issue is VR after the latest update

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32813/loss-of-frames-after-update/p22

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Hotfix #2

Alex Gustafson posted the release notes of Hotfix 2 for 2023 Season 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33499/2023-season-1-hotfix-2-release-december-15th-0800est-1300utc

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Last to First in Two Laps

Parker White went from last on the lead lap to the win in the trucks at Talladega

Last on the lead lap to the win in 2 laps in @roddcar💀 pic.twitter.com/FzxDzPEpsP

— Parker White (@ParkerW95) December 10, 2022

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Sim Cave Review

Daniel Morad shows of his million billion million dollar Sim Cave.  Also Simracingmechanics
@simlab shows the official Rig Setup by Shane van Gisbergen

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There is No Crash

Alex Horn shows off the new GT damage model in a great video he posted on Twitter

"There is no crash." pic.twitter.com/elA9ZNNhHl

— Alex Horn (@iRacingAlex) December 12, 2022

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Favorite Moment of the Year

iRacing is asking on their Facebook page, *What has been your favorite moment in iRacing this year?”

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02mV9p7GgFExwdNZddgebeGtFik2qMZ3R1iJKz3YbYNk7gvJB5dYivPXX8bAxorvL4l&id=48224116084&mibextid=qC1gEa

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Street Stocks to All Licenses

Pawel Kusmierek asked in the forums, “Street Stock rookies now open to all licenses?” Staffer Tyler Hudson replied, “We plan on opening it up for 2023 season 1. This has always been open for road and dirt road, and used to be on ovals. We would like to get the rookie series consistent across the different license classes and so will do that for the upcoming season.”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33313/street-stock-rookies-now-open-to-all-licenses

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Screen to Speed

Screen to Speed aims to give representation to women, or individuals who identify as women, in sim racing, esports, and motorsports. The goal is to create a critical mass community to provide opportunities for females in this space. Allies are also welcome, and we encourage everyone to participate as spectators and supporters, but only women, or individuals who publicly identify as women, will be able to race and score participant points to win prizes.

https://www.screentospeed.com/verification-page

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Force Feedback Change

John Owens asked in the forums if something has changed in the Force Feedback. Staffer David Tucker has been engaging in the thread to work thru what people were saying.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32887/has-the-force-feedback-changed#latest

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Driving at the Tire Limits

Multi-time Coke Series Champ Ray Alfalla thinks that the current tire model does not reward driving at the limit of grip, but these tires reward knowing how fast to go, not who can go fast. Way too much tire saving at the moment.

The current tire does not reward driving at the limit of grip, which is where I won as many championships as you have career top 5s in Coke. It’s on me for not adapting, but these tires reward knowing how fast to go, not who can go fast. Way too much tire saving at the moment. https://t.co/PO8CBzgCGi

— Ray Alfalla (@rayalfalla) December 14, 2022

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New Damage Model Video

iRacing posted a new video showing off the new damage model in the IMSA class cars

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Tire Canvasing Effects

lewtorace posted a video of the new canvasing changes that the F1 tires go thru in since the new build

@lewtorace

You can shred these tyres! #iracing #w13 #f1 #simracing

♬ original sound – lewto – lewto

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Chili Bowl 2022

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32929/iracing-presents-2022-chili-bowl-nationals

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Special Events

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32666/2023-special-events/p1

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Hardware/Software

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More on Active Pedals

Lots of Sim Racing journalists have had time to try and give thoughts on the new Simucube Active Pedal System

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Dan Suzuki on the Active Pedal

Had the chance to test the @Simucube pedals today. Wow! Very unique feeling, the effects are great and super immersive. Price is very steep – but it’s also a completely new approach – highly recommend trying them before only judging by the price! pic.twitter.com/5PvU9H5vzR

— Dan Suzuki (@DanSuzukiTV) December 1, 2022

an Suzuki — 12/01/2022 2:21 PM

Tried these pedals today and wow, this definitely is something very unique that I have never tried before. I personally think it’s amazing to see a company doing something completely new. Of course it is expensive and I’m sure the people at Simucube would be more than happy if they could produce and sell them at a lower price – there is so much tech in these – you basically get a simucube per pedal and then a lot of stuff around it. They feel amazing to drive with. I need to come back in the next days and do some more testing, I wonder how they feel on a car without ABS – can you feel the lockups if you disable ABS on the cars? Anyways, just wanted to share my quick first impressions, I love it when something completely new and unseen is coming out. If it wasn’t for these “jumps” in technology we would all still be driving with our Logitech G25. I wonder what some people in here do when they find out what sports cars can cost ….

Dan Suzuki — 12/01/2022 2:29 PM

you can feel the car loosing traction. i thought it was a bit exagerated in the profile they used on the rig i was testing, but then again its super customizable

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Marko from Simcube on Active Pedal Pricing on their Discord Server

Marko | Simucube — 12/01/2022 6:53 AM

Dear everyone,

Thank you sincerely for your comments. I carefully read through almost all of them. We honestly take all the opinions you shared to heart. The price for the ActivePedals was very carefully considered and hotly debated in-house before the launch. When we started developing the pedals, we knew the price point would not be very affordable, but based on the feedback on our other product releases, we knew that a set of basic pedals would be a letdown to the community.. so we opted to produce the best pedals in existence. As many of you guessed, the cost for R&D was substantial, but this was not the main reason for the price we are asking for. The main reason for the cost is that the components used in the pedals are the best available. Really, everything is top notch. So yes, the ActivePedals cost a substantial amount, but they are designed to last at least twenty years. These will not break, will not loose responsiveness or feel old after five years.

A SC2 plus a quality steering wheel cost more and we feel that for improving your lap times the pedals are even more crucial. This is the pedal for driving on the edge. This is the pedal we poured everything we got into.. and we will support and improve the features of the ActivePedals for years to come. If anyone knows us, they know this to be true.. it’s the same as with True Drive, the development has just started.

We understand the price was a shock for many, but this was the price this exceptional piece of gear can be sold currently. We truly appreciate the feedback from everyone.

-Marko, Simucube

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Beano iRacing from Active Pedal Discord Channel his conversation with David Tucker of iRacing

Beano iRacing 🇦🇺 — Yesterday at 1:50 PM

Coming back to a discussion over at iRacing, where David Tucker, the main FFB Developer, had this to say yesterday – I waited with posting due to asking his consent to post this – apologies for it being in a few parts, it was a bit long for Discord to go in one post – anyway really excited for some of these concepts to make it into sims, now that the technology to benefit from these are there:

Quote @David Tucker:

This is all pure speculation at this point, so it is difficult to answer your questions. Naturally we want to support the latest hardware, but we also want to spread our engineering efforts out fairly. This is just the first pass at a brand new idea, hopefully the second and third passes will help solidify what is and is not important in the design and we will see this become more commonplace.

As for potential benefits, that is really up in the air right now. We know that pedals are a weak spot (as are shifters) in the sim world. Everyone that gets there first rig wants to get a clutch pedal and h-pattern shifter and is very disappointed when they find out it feels nothing like driving a stick shift car. Some of that is because race cars are nothing like your daily driver, but a lot falls on the pedals (and shifter) not really giving enough feedback.

In my opinion these are some of the potential benefits of these pedals.

Part 2: Can be adjusted to match the throw and pressure profile of every car so it feels more like the real thing. This is a big plus for immersion.

Can accurately match the feel of a clutch pedal. This is something existing pedals could have done, but most do not. Hopefully with a bit of feedback from the sim you could feel the clutch plate chatter and get more out of it.

Can reproduce chatter from the brake system such as the pulsing of the ABS. Ultimately this requires better modeling on our part to try and perfectly match the behavior of the real thing. We probably don’t have the info to really nail this, but we can get close enough. And even with minimal sim support we can probably make this feel nice.

Can reproduce brake fade, a worn clutch, or ruptured brake lines and a whole host of other failures. Imagine having your brake pedal suddenly drop to the floor, it would be amazingly scary.

Can simulate the feel of brake assist. It is a subtle thing you don’t usually notice but your brake assist in your passenger car does not work in lock step with your foot. It tends to have a bit of delay and ramps up the assist over time so you get a feeling of the pedal moving on its own. Try pushing slowly on the brake pedal next time your parked and you will be able to feel this.

Can simulate g-force acting on your legs to soften up the brakes as deceleration increases. This is intriguing to me, as I mentioned above a lot of pro drivers say a static pedal set can’t ever feel like the real thing. Potentially this could get around it.

Can provide LFE style vibrations at your feet that change from pedal to pedal. This is especially useful on cars like the skippy that rely on mechanical linkages that couple directly to the transmission. You should be able to feel the engine and transmission buck when adjusting the throttle and more direct vibration at the pedals as well.

Part 3:

That is a lot of potential, but it is also a lot of work to really be able to fully take advantage of it all. We may need to extend our models. For example our clutch plate can’t really chatter, our brake rotors can’t warp, and so on. But if we have a way to give you those details then there is incentive on our end to model more of them.

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Doyo R808 Racing Wheel

The Sim Racing Corner posted an unboxing video of the new Doyo R808 Wheel and pedal system.

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Laptop Triples

Xebec has a unique 3 monitor upgrade for laptops that could be used for your mobile triple monitor rig.

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Sim Racing Pro 

Sim Racing Pro offers new pedals with the latest technology, including software designed by SIM RACING PRO 

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Gaming Mobile Tailored Rig

Tailored Rig offers their new SRRX and other sim racing rigs

https://www.tailoredrig.de/

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Acto Racer

Simulationstechnik offers you a new generation of full motion racing simulators and a selection of motion sim racing centers where you can feel your car. Their products have been developed, tested and tuned by a professional team consisting of designers, racers and IT experts

https://actoracer.com/

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Thrustmaster T GT 2 Review

Shawn Cole at The Sim Pit reviews Thrustmaster’s new flagship belt-drive wheel

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Shifter Teaser

Sim Magic teased their new DS 8X shifter on their official Instagram page

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Moza Brake Performance Kit

Mike from Sim Racing 604 reviewed the Brake performance kit for the Moza SRP Lite Pedals that come wit the R5 Bundle

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open: Charlotte

• Mike- p 16 – did pretty good eventually got to the lead on lap 60 and led some laps. I was running, suck it when I actually got loose and spun all by my own ended up last car on the lead lap and pretty much couldn’t recover from that. Also had a fun safe exit from Pip Lane after the final stopwatch really sealed my fate. 

Saturday Fixed –

• Mike- wrecked out on lap nine on the first car gone. They wrecked up in front of me. I couldn’t miss it. I got turned sideways was stopped all the track waiting for all the cars to come around and some guy T-bone me at full speed.

• Sunday Open
  • Donnie – Q4, P6.  Good car on during the middle of the long runs.  Led my first laps of the season.
• Sunday fixed 

Mike – p  wreck out on lap one turned one some guy couldn’t get it in the fourth gear and blew his engine and recd the field

Wednesday fixed Hickory.

Ellis. Top split. Matt Busse, Tyler Hudson, Blake, McCandless are the heavy hitters in this race of 20 cars. I qualify 10th. Ran all over the place is high as first.  Ended up P6.

Wednesday Open:  Hickory

• Mike – top split qualified 11 out of 23. Stayed on the lead lap and kept it clean until the green white checker. I was running seventh when some guy spun in front of me and I couldn’t miss it and I had to fall back to 15 got 14th.  
• Steve – P16 Top Split. 1 Caution, got caught in pits on lap 49 when the caution came out. Went lap down, got wave around restarted 16th.

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Official Series

• SPIKER  – USF 2000 Summit Point, Q3, P7.  Made a mistake racing an overly aggressive driver.  Running P3 on final lap.  Wrecked out.

IP 2000  Summit Point, Q6, P8.  Dropped a wheel, spun out into wall. Wrecked out.

GT4 Fixed Oran Park, a P3 and P9.  Both great races.

GT4 Open Oran Park, P10 out of 28 starters.   

2022 Chili Bowl – Heat Race P7, C Main P7.  Did not make feature.  Did not wreck, did 

not wreck or get into anyone’s way.  Actually made some competitive passes.  First race        in the Dirt Midget.  Looking forward to running some more.

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League / Hosted Races

• Hosted – 
  • Ellis – new BMW hybrid finish pee eight
    • Then started 11th and finish p4. I was up to pee five by turn three Onlap one  
  • Ellis – Chris Macguire – ran the new Toyota 86 at lime rock got wrecked in lap one turn one. 
  • Than 87th at Talladega, got wrecked in the first lap, turn one lap one there was a Caution half way I quickly got to the lead and was able to win the race #261

• Ellis – Ran new BMW hybrid at sebring twice – wrecked first time, 2nd race i did finish but went off a few… Hard to break you have to slow it for half the braking zone then like back off the pressure on the brake as it loses downforce so you dont lock the wheels…
• 87. Cars at Talladega start a 27 out of 32. Got wreck in the first lap turn one. After the Caution quickly got to the lead, and was in the lead on the back stretch of the white flag lbut got wrecked after turn four
• BMW hybrid at Sebring. Started tenth got to P6 by the end of lap one finished P7
• Skip barber at summit point. Starting 21st finished 18th overall fourth in class was running first in class, leading the race for quite some time before being ran over from a faster car from behind.
• F 2000 at Summit 15 cars. Qp13. Was running 10th up until the last lap, and I shut off on my own and wrecked.
• Indy pro 2 thousand at summit – qualify P7 out of 16 – wrecked out lap 1
  • Qualify P 14 out of 24. Got to pee nine by the end of lap one on lap two. They wrecked up ahead of me out of the final corner and I ended up driving straight in and pee boning the guy destroying my car.
  • Third attempt I go off in the grass on lamp one I rejoin safely, but I’m not up to speed and somebody then runs over the back of me doesn’t even try to go around at all. Just drives over the top of me. 
  • Qualify P6, out of 10. Had a pretty good start but lap too. I spun off on my own and got high centered head to toe.
• Test drive for 45 minutes the lotus 49 at the nords. 
• Dirt street stocks, but it would not load gave me mismatch error I had to forfeit and give up Irating 
• F 2000 at Summit. Pole. Led every lap and win!!! 89th career win 61st career pole out of 3094 starts. That actually winning percentage to 2.8% overall.

• Winter league- 
  • Mike -p20. Ran about 20th to 25th through most of the race, pitted under green and got caught a lap down.  Enough late carnage got me up to 20th.  
  • Adam – p17
  • Steve Thomson – p30
  • Steve LouAllen-pwrecked out 
  • Greg – p16
  • David – P 12, ironically was about the long run speed i had, but caught in accident, 10 seconds of required.  Go a lap down, am able to race back into the lucky dog position and hoping to finish there for the prize, but caution comes out, take lucky dog.  GWC,  I lay back 6 seconds as I have no tires, big wreck, I creep past them and p12.

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Final Thoughts

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On the show today we will be taking a look at the best way to use the new Active Reset System. We look at some UI vs Website comparisons. VR users are up in arms after performance issues and whether iRacing has addressed these issues. We get reviews and thoughts of the Simucube Active Pedals and lots of other hardware. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Show Introduction

It’s week 13, and we will be diving deep into all of the new and exciting content from iRacing. We’ll check out some highlights from the Sim Racing Expo held last week in Germany and we see our first reviews of the new Simucube Active Pedals. All this and much more on this weeks’ iRacers Lounge Podcast!

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Sim Racing Expo News and Highlights

The Sim Racing Expo was last weekend and many reviews were there checking out all of the new products from the sim racing world. Here are some of their thoughts…

They are pumping DJ music and they’ve given the mic to gamer muscle and he’s yelling. It looks like fun. Not a lot of people but a show this size could easily support like 10k more people…

This p1 sim wheel w vertical display is freaking awesome looking.

McLaren by ascher wheels look amazing.

Trak racer doing load cell pedals w haptics. They’re also doing their own butt kicker style transducer with amp. Trak racer. Formula wheel too.

This guy rumored this event might be in Canada next year

Guy from overtake just loved loved the simucube pedals, he said they are so cool and worth the 6k…

Thomas from Fanatec – brought his own supercar and f1 Toro Roso Sebastian Vettel car, gave vague ansers on qr2 saying soon…

Cube Controls has a GT version of their new wheel.

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Say hi to our new @MercedesAMG sim racing GT steering wheels! 😎 #SimRacingExpo pic.twitter.com/OWua1VP8ku

— Cube Controls (@Cube_Controls) December 2, 2022

Tony Kanaan at the Fanatec booth at the expo

Debuting at the @fanatec booth at the @SimRacingExpo today the @BMWMotorsport LMDh/GTP car. Even @TonyKanaan gave it a go. pic.twitter.com/tAl4ruQEeu

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 3, 2022

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PreBuild Teasers

iRacing dropped some spoilers for content for the 2023 Week 1 build…

📍 Magny-Cours 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/b9jzvbfpZp

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 2, 2022

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Introducing Lincoln Speedway – which will be available with today's Season 1 build update. pic.twitter.com/50FQCwChSF

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 6, 2022

Some observant iRacers may have noticed recent screenshots featuring a shiny new version of an iconic iRacing track.

Well, here is your confirmation. Sebring International Raceway is getting a BEAUTIFUL upgrade! pic.twitter.com/YC8mFbd8cO

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 4, 2022

Introducing the @BMWMotorsport M Hybrid V8 – an all new contender in the @IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – available with today's Season 1 2023 update! @BMW @DallaraGroup @RLLracing pic.twitter.com/sbfXbjPQuI

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 6, 2022

The AI is learning 👨‍🎓 Now you and your friends can compete against the iRacing AI in the:

– BMW M Hybrid V8
– Ford Mustang FR500S
– Legends Ford '34 Coupe
– Lotus 79
– NASCAR 1987 Class
– Toyota GR86 Cup pic.twitter.com/AzTTJDPBCu

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 7, 2022

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NEW TRACK! The legendary Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is available with today's build! @MagnyCoursTrack pic.twitter.com/ObzqNTka63

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 6, 2022

iRacers can now hop behind the virtual steering wheel of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Performance!

Have you turned any laps in this beauty yet? pic.twitter.com/fgaNOPJzZA

— iRacing (@iRacing) December 8, 2022

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Do We Need to Update All Our Paints

For the 2023 Season 1 build iRacing is adding a new shader to the sim that will allow you to add a clear coat to your car for custom schemes!

This new shader will allow you to put a clear shell over the existing paint scheme of the car with it’s own specular qualities separate from the underlying material. This is meant to replicate automotive paintjobs where the underlying car paint is overlaid with an acrylic clear coat. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32624/new-clearcoat-feature-added-in-iracing-2023-season-1#latest

Patrick Lindsey 

This change won’t effect cars without spec maps, just ones that have a spec map other than the default values, right?

Brian Simpson 

That is correct. If you don’t have a custom spec map you don’t have to edit anything. If you do and want to keep your current look. Make the blue channel on your custom spec map pure black (0, 0, 0 RGB).

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Trading Paints Paint of the Year

Trading Paints is now taking votes for round one of the Paint of the Year contest.  Also, on the other side of the spectrum,  Nascarcasm will be taking submissions for the ugliest paint scheme.

Voting is underway for round one!https://t.co/I707x66jp1#tppoty22

— Trading Paints (@tradingpaints) December 5, 2022

https://www.tradingpaints.com/poty

🚨ATTENTION PAINT SCHEME DESIGNERS🚨

THE IRACING UGLY PAINT SCHEME CONTEST IS BACK

GREAT @iRacing PRIZES AWAIT THOSE WHO CREATE THE MOST GRUESOME ABOMINATIONS

DETAILS HERE -> https://t.co/dyTSGvS7cO#NASCAR.com pic.twitter.com/cAVzXvUjVe

— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) December 6, 2022

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/12/06/nascarcasm-the-ugly-paint-scheme-contest-is-back/

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Rajah Goes to Petty

Jammie Little posted on Twitter that (Sim Racer) Rajah Caruth will be joining Petty GMS full time next year

Good news day for @NASCAR_Trucks w/ the announcement that @christianeckes is going to @BMR_NASCAR & this guy @rajahcaruth_ full time @PettyGMS. (He was a race fan just a few yrs ago! @NASCARONFOX pic.twitter.com/JjkrogH4ev

— Jamie Little (@JamieLittleTV) December 6, 2022

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/03/30/rajah-caruths-racing-timeline-from-iracing-to-nascar-xfinity-series-in-just-a-few-years/

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2023 Season 1 Release Notes

Week 13 is here, and here are the release notes from the latest build.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32710/2023-season-1-release-notes-2022-12-06-01/p1?new=1

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Post Build Reaction/Content

Some Sim Content Creators have given some thoughts on videos of the new build features

Greg West Posts: 

In conjunction with the release of the Toyota GR86, we are pleased to announce a new series; the iRacing GR Cup – Fixed.

This new D license series will feature 15 minute fixed setup races and will include 7 free tracks in its debut season.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32693/new-series-iracing-gr-cup-fixed#latest

Greg West Posts: 

We are happy to announce that the Toyota GR86 will be joining the Sim-Lab Production Car Challenge replacing the Pontiac Solstice.

These changes will be in effect for Season 1, 2023.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32680/toyota-gr86-joins-production-car-challenge#latest

Hey @iRacing @iRacingMyers I’m almost positive that Lucas oil and Lincoln speedway both have lights…but yet according to y’all they don’t exist? How is that even possible?? pic.twitter.com/fSKlP6L8AS

— Smitty575 (@JacobSm83461171) December 6, 2022

Yeeessss! The Lambo is back on @iRacing !!! My favourite car is back in business this season! After testing tonight, the Lambo and Audi will be it for the season I think.

— Annie Rabbets (@AnnieRabbets) December 7, 2022

Golden era of GT3 is here. They took off any front end grip of all cars except for the Audi, the Italian Audi and the Ford.

Audi is twitchy, Lambo is nice out of the box.

If you manage to not die in McLaren you probably win. pic.twitter.com/I1Flz22Cc8

— Yuri Kasdorp (@YuriKasdorp) December 7, 2022

Smoothing FFB is new set at 15%….

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/268529/#Comment_268529

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iRacing and the Cramps

Annie Babbets filmed herself in an iRacing session when she was hit with a foot cramp.  

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Bye, Bye Member Site?

Mortiz Lohner Tweeted that in the next build, iRacing may be pretty much phasing out the member site 

"As part of the next quarterly iRacing Season Release in March, 2023, the iRacing Classic Membersite will lose all ability to [basically everything]…"

Worst news of the decade.
My boomer ass can't navigate the UI.

— Moritz Löhner (@MoritzLoehner) December 6, 2022

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32798/iracing-classic-membersite-sunset-simulator-connection-severed-2023-season-2-march

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2023 Season 1 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

iRacing posted a quick hotfix for the new build season.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33020/2023-season-1-hotfix-1-release-notes-2022-12-08-01

VR users have noticed a frame rate drop since the update, But the patch didn’t seem to address these issues.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/33021/release-notes-not-addressing-vr-issues#latest

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World of Outlaws Week 2

Hayden Cardwell Wins round 2 of the World of Outlaws race at Eldora

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	5	07	Hayden Cardwell	35		22	13.554	77
2	2	12	Alex A Bergeron	35	-1.542	9	13.428	75
3	6	00	Kendal Tucker	35	-1.785	0	13.646	71
4	9	14	JD Brown	35	-2.068	0	13.544	67
5	1	5	Braden Eyler	35	-2.574	2	13.480	66

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

1. Alex Bergeron, 153
2. Tyler Schell, 123
3. JD Brown, 122
4. Evan Seay, 112
5. Adam Elby, 107

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2023 Season 1 Schedule

iRacing released the schedule for the upcoming season

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32788/2023-season-1-preliminary-pdf-schedule

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Special Event 2022 Chili bowl Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32929/iracing-presents-2022-chili-bowl-nationals#latest

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Early 2023 Special Events

iRacing posted the dates of the early 2023 special events so participants can start to plan their races early.  The full special event calendar will be released at a later date 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32667/2023-special-events

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Advanced Sim Racing Gets Radical

Advanced SimRacing will be the new be the exclusive manufacturer of the ASR-F PRO – Radical Edition, the world’s first and only SimRacing chassis made in Radical’s image. 

Huge news for the world of SimRacing! ASR becomes the Official Racing Simulation Partner of one of the world’s most prolific sportscar manufacturer in @RadicalMSport

More information on our website: https://t.co/mQalZl6TLN pic.twitter.com/T79xknLP06

— Advanced SimRacing (@AdvSimRacing) December 1, 2022

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Cube Control F-Core and Other News

Cube Controls is introducing their new F_CORE their new upgraded entry-level formula steering wheel!

Introducing F-CORE, our new upgraded entry-level formula steering wheel! Come and have a closer look here at the @SimRacingExpo! 😉 #RACEHARD pic.twitter.com/LFiCfvAAGh

— Cube Controls (@Cube_Controls) December 2, 2022

…And they have completely redesigned their GTX2, the new, completely redesigned, flagship GT steering wheel with5 inches display, interchangeable grips to customize diameter (30 or 32 cm) and material.

Ladies and gentlemen, here's the GTX2, the new completely redesigned iteration of our flagship GT steering wheel. 5 inches display, interchangeable grips to customize diameter (30 or 32 cm) and material. 😎 pic.twitter.com/FUHmdoexWq

— Cube Controls (@Cube_Controls) December 3, 2022

…Also, their SP-01 Pedals will be available Q1 of 2023 with updated design and a completely customizable experience.

Sorry for the delay guys, but the wait is almost over! SP-01 Pedals will be available Q1 of 2023 with updated design and a completely customizable experience. 🙌🙌🙌 Come and try them! #simracingexpo pic.twitter.com/3rc3DHU8Mx

— Cube Controls (@Cube_Controls) December 3, 2022

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O-Rouge Formula Wheel

O-Rouge has revealed the details and a photo of their new Formula Wheel with sleek new design

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02E8gxNbGd3kbMR6evQVnwfWw5hxvwpTPChRexu5ouiqYDUS56YSNboizwf4JFUDi8l&id=100063801872739&mibextid=qC1gEa

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SRC Buttkicker Review

The Sim Racing Corner reviewed the Buttkicker Gamer Plus

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ASETEK, the 1st to ABS?

Asetek SimSports has revealed a working prototype of an anti-locking braking system for sim racing. Billed as an optional upgrade for the existing Invicta hydraulic pedals – which in turn can be initially purchased as load cell La Prima or Forte models before being upgraded – the ABS module will provide pulsating feedback through the brake pedal

Asetek SimSports showcases sim racing ABS system

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No Refunds for the RTX 4080

 It’s no secret that the RTX 4080 has not been selling particularly well, primarily due to its $1,200 price tag, which most people feel is far too expensive. The situation has even impacted scalpers, with many now having to resell their cards at MSRP or even less in some cases. A few second-hand sellers have tried returning them, which seems to have prompted certain retailers to stop offering refunds for the RTX 4080.

Scalpers are struggling to sell the RTX 4080 above MSRP, but retailers won’t let them return the cards

https://www.techspot.com/news/96837-scalpers-struggle-sell-rtx-4080-above-msrp-but.html

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XR Supported Foveated Rendering

Varjo has on their website a great explanation of how their dynamic foveated system works in XR and how your eyes interpret what is being displayed in VR

A great explanation how our eyes work and what they can actually see in VR and how OpenXR helps with the performance of VR.

Human eyes have a unique design with two kinds of photosensors, the rod and the cones. Cones are very accurate and detect fine details. Rods are much more sensitive to light than cones, but blurrier. Cones and Rods are distributed very non-uniformly. Cones are concentrated within a few degrees of field of view around the gaze. There are no rods in the center of the FOV, but they are covering most of the eye field of view. There is even a blind spot where the nerve is attached, an entire area of the eye that has no photosensors at all.

https://varjo.com/vr-lab/dynamic-foveated-variable-shader-rate-with-openxr-toolkit-and-aero-a-k-a-foveated-rendering/

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REVIEW – NEW 2022 SIMTAG ASHLEY HYDRAULIC 3-PEDAL SET

Let’s Go Race reviewed on his YouTube Channel the new Simtag Ashley Hydraulic Pedals

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The reviewer Let’s Go Race was impressed with the high quality build of the Simtag Ashley Hydraulic 3 Pedals.

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Stuttering Problems Fixed With Latest Windows 11 Update

Quick heads-up that today’s Windows Update KB5020044 should fix the issue for Windows 11 22H2 + WMR users (and no more need for manually turning off the event tracing).

This is a manual update, you must go into Windows Update and check for updates, then select download and install manually. The automated update will be pushed next month.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/30205/vr-stuttering-frame-drops-after-the-latest-win-11-22h2-patch-turn-off-holographicshell-event-trace#latest

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open: Nashville 

• Mike- p car number 21 out of 23 top split. P18. Probably about what I deserved. I was slow out there in the fixed set

• Saturday Fixed – 
  • Mike p18- pop split Matt Busse was in there. Ran about 15th. Most of the race slipped a little on the last run. I suck here

• Sunday Open

Donnie – Q13, P14

Wednesday Open:  Charlotte

• Mike – top split car number 26 out of 27 cars. Ran 10th to 15th through the first half of the race that had six different cautions mainly caused by one guy. Once he left it went green from there and I feed it back to 18th.

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League / Hosted Races

• Hosted – 
  • Ellis – Chris Macguire – 87 cars at Talladega went from the back to the front lead some laps, but got wrecked out but I tried to push somebody my bad. You can’t push in these cars
  • Week 13 GT three challenge. Virginia international raceway in the Ferrari.  

Nice to seven on the first loud, but wrecked real hard on the second. Toad and took the quick fix  came out and Raleigh back to seven. Out of 27.

Rudskogen- new Toyota gr86.  Winner winner, chicken dinner first race in this car and I win 

• Volkswagen beetle light at Daytona rally cross started P 2 to end up winning the race. I had a 10 second post race penalty for bad exit on the joker laugh yet I still won the race because I gapped the field by over 11 seconds. 
  • Second race qualify P3 got dumped before even getting to turn one was dead last but rallied to P6. 
• Pro two light trucks at lima land motorsports Park. Qualify dead last everyone qualified 17 cars. P12
• McLaren GT three car at Sebring start a 24th out of 25. Got to P6 by the end of lap one eventually got to pee for.
• Start at 15th out of 27 got to eight by the end of the first flap got his highest third but finished fourth

• Winter league- 
  • Mike -pwrecked out
  • Steve Thomson – p 15
  • David – P 14,  Cautions twice fell in poor spots for me.  Green flags stops were poor, and didn’t do very well on taking care of tires.
• OBRL Cup

Brian – Las Vegas  P12  Started P5 Had decent short run speed but when the tires wore off and things got really slick.  Dropped some spots when losing the rear on the exit of turn two,  But made it home in one piece.

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It’s week 13, and we will be diving deep into all of the new and exciting content from iRacing. We’ll check out some highlights from the Sim Racing Expo held last week in Germany and we see our first reviews of the new Simucube Active Pedals. All this and much more on this weeks’ iRacers Lounge Podcast! 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 Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

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12/1/2022 – Formula Wheel Extravaganza – Episode 0359

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On the Show this week we check out a new car offering from iRacing coming in the next week 13 update. The new season of the CarQuest World of Outlaws Sprint Car Season kicks off with some familiar faces. In hardware we check out more very impressive Formula Wheel releases and some real world drivers compare the brakes performance between their real and sim brakes.

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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The Toyota GR86

As part of its industry-leading offering of hundreds of cars and tracks from around the world, iRacing offers dozens of pieces of content included for free with all active subscriptions. For 2023 Season 1, an all-new car—the Toyota GR86 Cup car, which will make its real-world debut next year—will join the base package as free content, while VIRginia International Raceway and Wild West Motorsports Park will also be granted to all users as included content for the first time.

iRacing community, say hello to the Toyota GR86 👋 pic.twitter.com/QF0fe5scCp

— iRacing (@iRacing) November 30, 2022

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Sim Expo Preview

The Sim Racing Expo is being held from Dec 1st-4th Nuernberg, Germany

Getting everything in place.#Fanatec #simracing #SRE22 pic.twitter.com/pxLPv5pnMo

— Fanatec (@fanatec) November 30, 2022

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Our booth for @SimRacingExpo is coming together! The launch of the Hyper P1 being the talk of the day… we can’t wait for the release in a couple hours time! Be there! https://t.co/fSs2lIpcrV pic.twitter.com/fRl7dB5E43

— GSI (@gomezsimracing) December 1, 2022

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North Wilkesboro Update

Another update of the North Wilkesboro Speedway update.  Suites being built, Safer walls being installed and drainage pipes going in.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0XLYFcUReSEkEUPAuaMz4CGJPpYVfxnfATdviJUR7o2hJAmnRcrkPu5C9fYWdT8iyl&id=76155928417&mibextid=qC1gEa

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Sprint Car Series kicks off

The premier series for the world’s top sprint car sim racers kicks off tonight, as the iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Auto Parts Sprint Car Series begins a 10-week quest for glory at Volusia Speedway Park at 9PM ET. As always, the racing action will stream live on DIRTVision and across iRacing social media channels, as 35 drivers go wheel-to-wheel for their share of a $25,000 prize pool.

The 10-race championship sees the series visit many of the biggest venues in the real-world World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series, matching both its opener at Volusia and finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Legendary venues like Eldora Speedway and Knoxville Raceway are also on the bill, while Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 hosts the highest level of sprint car action on iRacing for the first time at the end of December.

The full 2022-23 iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Auto Parts Sprint Car Series schedule is as follows:

• November 28: Volusia Speedway Park
• December 5: Eldora Speedway
• December 12: Williams Grove Speedway
• December 19: Bristol Motor Speedway
• December 26: Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55
• January 2: Fairbury Speedway
• January 9: Cedar Lake Speedway
• January 16: Knoxville Raceway
• January 23: Weedsport Speedway
• January 30: The Dirt Track at Charlotte

35 drivers wheel-to-wheel for $25,000!

The @Carquest @WorldofOutlaws Sprint Car Series kicks off tonight at 9p ET! You can watch all the action on https://t.co/qWcWaTumsz!

Series info: https://t.co/M1jPyApokT pic.twitter.com/0jg9Ss8iOS

— iRacing (@iRacing) November 28, 2022

World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Car Series

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-world-of-outlaws-carquest-auto-parts-sprint-car-series-kicks-off-2022-23-season/

https://www.iracing.com/bergeron-back-on-top-of-iracing-world-of-outlaws-carquest-sprint-car-series-in-volusia-opener/

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	1	12	Alex A Bergeron	35		13	14.737	78
2	6	52	James Edens	35	-0.111	4	14.841	74
3	3	85	Tyler Schell	35	-0.412	0	14.828	72
4	10	33	Evan Seay	35	-0.701	0	14.835	67
5	7	86	Timothy S Smith	35	-0.966	16	14.648	65

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Promoted

iRacing Road standout Sebastian Job announced on his Twitter account that he has been added as a sim driver for Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

One of the biggest moments of my career, today I can say I am now a sim driver for Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team! A massive thank you to everyone at @redbullracing for the opportunity.https://t.co/tK4Aghx98z

— Sebastian Job (@SebastianJob_) November 25, 2022

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Have you made the Jump?

Dave Cam reminds us all that it’s the law to do the jump at the end of every race at Bathurst

At the end of every race at Bathurst on @iracing its actually the law to do the jump. I forgot to explain this to @JulieAinswort18 properly before the race. Her reaction to what was going on in front of her as she goes over the crest is priceless! #Simracing pic.twitter.com/LJbSCEd0kX

— Dave Cam (@DaveCamYT) November 29, 2022

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Things You Hate to See

Elite Performance Industries posted a video of a sprint car getting “Coned”

Things you hate to see 😂😢@iRacing pic.twitter.com/MVYAMGGAx8

— Elite Performance Industries (@RaceEPI) November 27, 2022

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Elvis Rankin Converts Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Results Into Real-World Title Shot

Earlier this year, Indianapolis-based teenager Elvis Rankin impressed sim racing and real-world racing pros alike with a stellar performance in the inaugural Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series. His runner-up finish in that championship gave him the opportunity to compete in this year’s Skip Barber Formula Race Series in the real world, with a half-season scholarship to help him showcase his skills.

Flash forward to this week’s season finale at Circuit of the Americas, and Rankin has done much more than just show up for half the races. It took him just two rounds at his debut event at Lime Rock Park to find the top step of the podium for the first time, and after formalizing a full-season campaign, he enters Rounds 13 and 14 with a 13-point championship advantage.

https://www.iracing.com/elvis-rankin-converts-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-results-into-real-world-title-shot/

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Elvis won the sbrs 2022 season

Update sent in from Listener Jason Bosse

Elvis Rankin Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Results to Real World Title Shot

Skip Barber formula series’ last race week was Nov 29th and 30th. I do not know his finishing positions (he’s too cool to respond to old mx5 racing buddies) but the season is over and he is champion. I do not think he had much competition in this year’s group of drivers. This report was written right before the last weekend at cota….Circuit of the Americas. In other news, he did have a somewhat good showing in a F4 test in Europe amongst a group of new drivers.

https://www.simrace247.com/2022/11/30/elvis-rankin-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-results-to-real-world-title-shot/

https://www.elvisrankinracing.com/about/

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Steven Wilson Remains Utterly Undefeated

Steven Wilson has won every race in the eNascar College Fall Semester season.

STEVEN WILSON REMAINS UTTERLY UNDEFEATED🚨

Tonight's victory in the @playseatglobal 100 at Nashville Superspeedway has immortalized @swilson3_ as the 1st place sweeper for EVERY race of this Fall semester🏆

Absolute @iRacing Legend👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Trzb2AiThv

— NACE Starleague (@nacestarleague) November 30, 2022

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iRacing Strengthens Free Base Content Package

Included in this upcoming build along with the new free to own Toyota GR86 will be the additions of VIR and Wild West Motorsports Park

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-strengthens-free-base-content-package-for-2023-season-1-with-new-car-two-tracks/

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Also, There’s a Surprise

Hidden in the photo posted on Trading Paints is a message located on the footbridge

Also, there's a surprise in this pic Jimmy tweeted

hint: read the footbridge https://t.co/wF6WyfIaJI

— Trading Paints (@tradingpaints) November 30, 2022

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iRacing Credits Expiration Policy – 

Alex Gustafson announced in the forums that a new policy means that iRacing Credits expire two years after they are granted

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/32499/iracing-credits-expiration-policy-iracing-credits-expire-two-years-after-they-are-granted

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2023 Season 1 Build Thread – Content List (Confirmations/Rumors)

Kyle Noel made a list of 2023 Season 1 build rumors and updates

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/30898/2023-season-1-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors#latest

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JumpStartX charity event

The BIG day is almost here! Join me & @CaseyKirwan23 @DanielMorad @broughy1322 @AshVandelay @rex_tyranno & @quirkitized on #twitch for this epic JumpStartX charity event on @iRacing @iRacingMyers @iRacingAlex pic.twitter.com/8kb1ujJNrC

— Annie Rabbets (@AnnieRabbets) November 30, 2022

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

VIA: LOWDER RACING

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Hardware/Software

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VRS DirectForce Pro pedal

The VRS  DirectForce Pro pedals are ready and available in limited quantities now.  By the end of Summer,  they should have a large supply for direct order.  And, because of the limited quantities, owners of the DirectForce Pro wheelbase will have the first option to purchase if they get on the reservation list.

• Throttle and brake pedals only: USD 649 / EUR 549 VAT incl.
• Optional clutch: USD 249 / EUR 199 VAT incl.

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Trak Racer Wheel Teaser

Trak Racer Teases their new formula wheel with an Instagram video

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An anonymous source leaked us secret video footage for #SRE22 along with a note: "… #TrakRacer …" #SimRacingExpo pic.twitter.com/NLUp28Jl9T

— ADAC SimRacing Expo (@SimRacingExpo) November 25, 2022

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SIm Coaches Formula Racing Wheel

Sim Coaches is offering their new P1 Formula Racing Wheel with Founder’s Bundle

https://simcoaches.com/products/formula-sim-racing-wheel-with-screen

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Should Fanatec Be Worried? | Moza FSR Review

Coyote Racing gives a glowing review of the Moza FRS formula wheel with LCD Screen. (Editor’s Note: he mentions he is affiliated with Moza)

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Welcome to Sim Search

Sim Search is an online marketplace for buying hardware, setups, paints and more

https://simsearch.com/

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The F64-SC V3 is Now Available

The Simucube F64-SC V3 formula wheel was made available for purchase on last week

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The Hyper P1

Gomez SimRacing’s new flagship wheel, The Hyper P1 becomes available at their launch event on Dec 1st and use 10% off code HP1DAY1 for 24 hours only.

The Hyper P1! Our flagship model in the GSI line up. The “Halo” product built on customer feedback with a no expense spared approach. Be there for the day 1 launch event on Dec 1st and use 10% off code HP1DAY1 for 24 hours only. Starting at $1650! We can’t stop staring at it! pic.twitter.com/bCtujLqNYU

— GSI (@gomezsimracing) November 28, 2022

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Simagic Alpha Ultimate Wheelbase Review

Shaun Cole at the Simpit reviews the Sim Magic Ultimate 21nm Wheel Base

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Digital Race Engineer Update DRE 2022

The DRE- Digital Race Engineer has received an upgrade, no longer using Voice Attack. The offer 3 separate packages, one for free,

Digital Race Engineer | DRE

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iRacing Setup Differ – Message from Developer

1. Hi Steve what a nice surprise you mentioned the iRacing SetupDiffer software on your show. with the busy season around thanksgiving, i am a few shows behind in listening to the podcast. I just listed to the November 10th show today.
2. I created the iRacing SetupDiffer because at the time, all the setup comparison tools required you to export the setups to an HTML file and compare the “files” themselves. that has a number of problems, the main one being the comparison program has to be updated to work with each new car, and occasionally, with season updates, or changes that iRacing makes to an existing car. with the iRacing SetupDiffer,
3. I wanted to create a tool that was simple and straightforward, and worked with any car, and any seasonal update, without forcing users to constantly download new versions of the software. from the user feedback I’ve received, this has been a success. one of the most often mentioned features is the ability to compare the existing setup in iRacing (extracted live), with a version used in a previous race or practice session (extracted from the telemetry files). Also, not that it makes any real sense to do so, but it can also be fun to compare setups from completely different types of cars, just to learn what is different between them. anyway, thanks for mentioning the software. it was an unexpected surprise. see you on the track
4. scott

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David Tucker From iRacing on Slip Telemetry

Staffer David Tucker talked about the telemetry that might be available for the SimCube Active Pedals in the iRacing Forum. Also December 1st the pricing and availability dates are supposed to be announced at the Racing Expo!

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Pro Drivers DEBUNK Sim Racing Pedals Misconceptions

Random Callsign asks Professional drivers Daniel Morad, David Perel, James Baldwin and Spa24h WINNER Raffaelle Marciello about their thoughts on real vs sim pedals.

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Listener Feedback

Darren F reviews our discussion about the 4090 series overheating issues.

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What Did We Learn?

Bruno Danese on the Fanatec Owners Group chat speculates about future offerings from the company based on their Black Friday Sales

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Simucube Pedal Pricing Revealed

Simucube dropped the pricing details of their new active pedals

https://simucube.com/simucube-activepedal-primary-set/

https://simucube.com/simucube-activepedal-set-of-2/

https://simucube.com/simucube-activepedal-set-of-3/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/31211/simucube-activepedal/p5

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open:  Nashville superspeedway

• Mike – car number one and wrecked out in the first part of the race. Some fool on the first corner, missed his breaking point and drove 10 car links to D I said watch out that guy as a weapon. A few laps later he’s coming off pit Road and hits the grass and spins right up in front of the field and destroys us, he apologized profusely, claiming his throttle hung.

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Official Series

• Ellis -USF 2000. OKayama- started P7 got up as high as P5, but faded back to P7.

• A Open
  • Steve –  Ran 4 open races at Chicagoland, was 28th Saturday Morning. Started in 10th on g/w/c – guy on old tires spun and took out half field. Ran later that morning finished 1st by over 14 seconds, no cautions.  Finished 1st on Sunday morning was going to be 2nd, but caution came out on lap 98. Came out 1st coming out of pits and won it.  Finished 21 Sunday night, lap 98 again, was 8th, guy clipped apron on restart and came up the track and took out 10 or so Cars.

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League / Hosted Races

• Hosted – 

• Ellis – Chris Macguire – Supers cars at michigan was p5 from the back on the white got dumped.

• 87s at tally – wrecked

• Gen 5 cat tally – wrecked

• Mazdas at old daytona – p5

• 87th at Talladega on Tuesday came from all the way in the back up to the top three to be wreacked out on the white flag. 

• Pro to light trucks at Southern National went from dead last all the way up to fourth.

• Winter league- 
  • Mike -p14 – my tires would fall off around lap 30 to 35 and at one point I was dead last run and 27th but this persevered and then it up with a top 15
  • Steve Thomson – p26, involved in 2 crashes.
  • Steve LouAllen-p
  • Greg – p9 – Lap down at 1 point
  • David – P 10   Ran top 5 all night.  Net code causes me to get severely damaged and struggle to hold on to 10th.  Once again Bristol bites me at the end.

• OBRL Cup

Brian –  P10 Auto Club Started in the back because of connection issues.  Slowly made some progress till making my way into the top ten with a couple of laps to go

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Description

On the Show this week we check out a new car offering from iRacing coming in the next week 13 update. The new season of the CarQuest World of Outlaws Sprint Car Season kicks off with some familiar faces. In hardware we check out more very impressive Formula Wheel releases and some real world drivers compare the brakes performance between their real and sim brakes. 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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11/26/2022 – Huge Thanksgiving Package – Episode 0358

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On the show this week, we will review the year in iRacing with all of the updates and new content throughout the year as well as a summary of our individual years in the sim. We have some product to review in hardware and we’ll discuss more last minute Black Friday deals.

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

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Champion’s Blog: Casey Kirwan

iRacing posted their Champions Blog, a story of Casey Kirwan’s experience during the Nascar Championship weekend on their website.

https://www.iracing.com/champions-blog-casey-kirwan/

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iRacing Year in Review

Season 1

iRacing 2022 Season 1 has the green flag! This major season release adds a pair of new touring cars, the Honda Civic Type R and the Hyundai Elantra N TC, as well as the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance racing machine. The iRacing horizon has expanded to include Scotland’s Knockhill Racing Circuit, Watkins Glen International has been fully re-built with brand new 2021 scan data, and the Porsche Experience Center at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is open for business with four new track configurations! iRacing also adds a new tire scuffing visual effect, and a “Ready to Race!” button to help everyone get back to the action even faster. Our AI Drivers have been busy training up on three new vehicles and NINETEEN new track configurations, and they’re ready to give you a run for the gold. Welcome to iRacing 2022 Season 1!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/12796/2022-season-1-release-notes-2021-12-07-01#latest

Season 2

iRacing 2022 Season 2 is here! Get ready to expand your garage – this Release features a whopping SIX brand new cars (Aston Martin Vantage GT4, Hyundai Veloster N TC, iRacing Formula iR-04, NASCAR Buick LeSabre – 1987, Stock Car Pro Series Toyota Corolla, and the Stock Car Pro Series Chevrolet Cruze), two brand new tracks (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, and Winton Motor Raceway), and 10 new pieces of content for AI Racing. The New Damage Model is coming pre-enabled on all new content except for the Stock Car Pro Series Cars. The NetCode system has received a little TLC, and the Multiple Tire Compound system has been fully developed. We’ve applied some new aerodynamic and tire knowledge to the GT3 Class Cars. Also, the NASCAR Camping World Trucks have been updated to their 2022 NASCAR Season specs, including a top-to-bottom full art upgrade for the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro. There should be something for everyone, welcome to iRacing 2022 Season 2!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18972/2022-season-2-release-notes-2022-03-08-04#latest

Season 3

iRacing 2022 Season 3 has arrived! We’ve added TWO new Mercedes-AMG race cars, Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020 and Mercedes-AMG GT4, and the Radical SR10 to our stables. Travel to Japan, Australia, and the USA with Fuji International Speedway, Sandown International Motor Raceway, and Port Royal Speedway. Start Zones have been added as an option to all NASCAR Cup oval tracks for a more authentic green flag experience. We have heard our community and have fixed a tire conditioning exploit used during Qualifying. Tire graining and cording visual effects may now be seen on all cars, and our GT3 class has received the latest IMSA visual updates. The New Damage Model is now in effect on FIVE more car models, and AI Racing is available for TWELVE more pieces of content. Oh, and you’ll also find over SIX-HUNDRED (600!) new custom built setups. Jump in head-first to iRacing 2022 Season 3!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/23746/2022-season-3-release-notes-2022-06-06-04#latest

Season 4

The green flag is waving for iRacing 2022 Season 4! This season includes the release of iRacing’s first fully electric race car, the Porsche Mission R, a pair of new European Road Courses, Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and Rudskogen Motorsenter, and a new Dirt Oval, Lucas Oil Speedway. We’ve added Indianapolis Motor Speedway – IndyCar Oval using our 2022 laser scan data, and have rebuilt all of the artwork for both the ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala and Lotus 79 from scratch. A host of quality upgrades have also been completed, including a substantial change to the New Damage Model so that now damage builds up in areas on your car with repeated strikes which could eventually cause breakage, a rewrite and significant upgrade to the Low-Frequency Effects audio system, and the addition of Driving Aid Pit Lines for all Road Courses. For the iRacing UI, the veteran-favorite Race Guide is now available, as well as Custom Car Classes for AI Racing, and a few new Guided Tours. With our seasonal AI update, we have gone back to our Grand Prix Legends roots with the release of the Lotus 49 along with the much anticipated release of the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars and 18 other new pieces of content. Buckle-up and drive full-throttle into iRacing 2022 Season 4!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/28418/2022-season-4-release-notes-pre-release#latest

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iRacing Highlights of the week

iRacing posted their top 5 highlights of the week

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Tire bug finally is getting a fix

Michael Hinkle posted on the forums that the GT3 driver swap tire bug is finally getting fixed.

Great news
After long time, tire bug finally is getting a fix 🥳 pic.twitter.com/RrpSK0eO43

— Pablo Araujo (@PabloGz) November 21, 2022

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/31198/gt3-tire-bug-in-team-events

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iRacing Winter Derby Special Event

This weekend will be the iRacing special event, The Winter Derby

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-winter-derby-special-event/

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Rockingham Repave

On Rockingham Speedway’s Twitter Page they posted a picture update of the milling process during the track’s repave.

Update on the milling process… it’s going smooth. Pun intended. 😂🏁 pic.twitter.com/KBCFGg0yJ8

— Rockingham Speedway (@Rockingham1965) November 19, 2022

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Daytona Impatience

Corey Rutherford asked if he can get the dates and setups for the upcoming Daytona 24 race so him and his team can start to prepare. Greg West responded, “Some stuff still up in the air so we can’t announce the calendar or vehicle lineups yet. Regarding setups though…. I’d wait until after the build ;)”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/259377#Comment_259377

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Road America Repave

On the Indy Car website they announced the progress of the Road America Repave.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02r2fSL22JNUDeX1Krms98tB9uX8XQGeh6eBSSLaCAphiK28y9zVrTdE58UExpw4nql&id=52534855847&mibextid=ncKXMA

https://www.indycar.com/news/2022/11/11-15-ra-repave

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Commercial

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Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

Presented by Metro Ford

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 BlackFriday is Here!

Cube Controls lists their Black Friday offerings

The #BlackFriday is around the corner! 😎 Here's a selection of some of the upcoming offers! Get ready and don't miss the chance! https://t.co/QbF8awY67n pic.twitter.com/DmcsNlF1YG

— Cube Controls (@Cube_Controls) November 21, 2022

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MASSIVE!! Savings With Fanatec Black Friday Deals!

Fanatec is offering a large selection of Black Friday deals

https://boostedmedia.net/fanatec-sim-racing-black-friday-deals-discounts/

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Sim Cave Review

Tony Kanaan shows of his Sim Game Room

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Nobody Wants NVIDIA’s $1199 US GeForce RTX 4080

Consumers are bulking at Nvidia’ Geforce 4080 GPU priced ate $1199 in the US market

https://wccftech.com/nobody-wants-nvidia-1199-us-geforce-rtx-4080-despite-lower-shipments-retailers-stores-are-stocked-with-cards/

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Thrustmaster Ferrari SF1000 Wheel Review

Garry at the Sim Racing Garage reviewed the Thrustmaster Ferrari SF1000

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Logitech G Pro Racing Pedals Review

Karl Gosling reviewed on his YouTube site the Logitech G Pro pedals

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Moza Racing GS V2 GT Wheel

The Sim Racing corner posted an unboxing video of the the Moza Racing GS V2 GT wheel on their Youtube channel

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Grid by Sim-Lab

Grid by Sim Lab is coming out soon their Grid MPX Wheel

https://m.facebook.com/100063840000232/posts/pfbid0nWmYfdC8hPDjR7gT17QiCyaG7eg1sSUdbH1roq9nuiubsWxNWcdPn8snSuJeqYqQl/?d=n&mibextid=qC1gEa

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A New Era is Wheels

Sim Coaches is about reveal it’s new Era in Sim Racing Wheels.

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

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Official Series

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League / Hosted Races

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Final Thoughts

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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. 

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David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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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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