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Episode 0454

9/26/2024 – Fuji In The Dark – Episode 0454

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we tell you how to survive the Rookie classes, find out who is up for Sim Racer of the year, see what items under $25 you need for sim racing, check out the most authentic F1 sim racing wheel, how prevalent is cheating on iRacing and share with you a new way to teach your children their ABCs.

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

Topics

Have You Tried It?

Follow Up From Multi-Class Starts Discussion

Chad McNeese: 

Related to this weeks podcast on multi-class starts in iRacing, Le Man Ultimate has a system that pretty much covers this. It has the full grid covered with suggested/allowed position indicated for each car, including separation between class if I understand correctly. iRacing can surely solve this in one way or another because the current situation is well short of what’s appropriate (and possible) for cleaner multi-class starts. Below is a very short clip showing part of what LMU added this summer. https://youtu.be/YsfxpDyEB-s?si=IZ0k4nHrVDt_LUIu&t=79

Staff Member Profile: Justin Melillo

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-marketing-and-communications-specialist-justin-melillo

Connor Bell Says “Do This”

  1. Adjust your tire sounds.
  2. Force Feed Back clipping.
  3. Brake Pedal Linearity.

LFM Adds iRacing

Another Sim Center Has Opened

How Do I Find Past Wins?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68615/can-i-find-out-what-races-i-won

How To Escape iRacing Rookies

2024 Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68631/2024-season-4-patch-2-hotfix-1-release-notes-2024-09-25-03#latest

Not How I learned My ABC’s

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQYtU86gOF2PhnhjTT09Fqg/community?lb=UgkxtcBfnlkq6ejXyDk9fbxmdhkP_CbgCDmo

eCollege iRacing Series Returns

Vote For The Sim Racer Of The Year

iRacing’s Not Top 10 List

We Think It Is, But Do You?

The level of immersion, the cost and availability of ranked racing, and the sense of progression makes this stand out over every other sim on the market.

ADAC 2024: What To Expect This Year

Is It That Prevalent?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68506/how-prevalent-is-cheating-in-iracing

Schedule Time Again

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68575/2025-season-1-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68574/2025-season-1-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68573/2025-season-1-schedule/p1

ENASCAR Coke Series Final October 1st

A Million?

Porsche TAG Heur Esports News

https://www.iracing.com/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-contender-series-begins-september-21st

INDYCAR Pro Series: Race 1 Complete

https://www.iracing.com/edoardo-leo-team-redline-dominate-indycar-buttkicker-iracing-pro-series-opener-at-indianapolis-road

Knoxville Nationals: This Week

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68271/2024-knoxville-nationals

Nurburgring Endurance Championship Returns

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-nurburgring-endurance-championship-2024-round-8

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Grayze Dynamics Reviews The Simagic Alpha

5 Upgrades For Your Racing Sim

Must Haves For Under $25

#1 – Logitech Keyboard: https://geni.us/IDLB7xx

#2 – Mouse Tray: https://sim-lab.eu/en-us?clickref=110…

#3 – Cup Holder: https://geni.us/wZoh0kk

#4 – SimShield Wheel Cover: https://www.sim-shield.com/ 10% off code “SIMSPOTS”

#5 – Phone Holder: https://www.microcenter.com/product/6…

#6 – Furniture Sliders: https://geni.us/aTBVuNf

#7 – USB Hub: https://geni.us/zlBiw

#8 – Cable Management Velcro Straps: https://geni.us/2SPN7cV Aluminum Profile Cable Ties: https://trakracer.com/products/10-set…

#9 – Microfiber Cloths: https://geni.us/CxXNyad

#10 – Air Duster: https://geni.us/Nj5SM

Interview With Asetek CEO, Andre Eriksen

Raptor Pedals

https://aw-anotherway.pl/products/raptors-pedals-triple-set

Conspit CPP EVO Hydraulic Pedals

Simagic DS-8X Shifter

Orouge Sim Gear LMP Sim Rigs

Playseat Formula 1 Edition

Go “4D” When Sim Racing

MovieScent Landing Page

https://buygamescent.com/moviescent-special/

Logitech Finally Did It

TK Pedal Faces For The Simucube Active Pedal

Dave Cam Reviews The Sabelt SRS-1 Sim Seat

Are You Ready To Drive Like Max?

The Most Authentic F1 Sim Racing Wheel

MOZA ES Formula Wheel Mod

Stream Deck Plus Mount

For Our Endurance Racers

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Bristol

  • Mike – P disqualified out at lap 289. I was actually leading the race when I got the drive-through penalty from a lap car sideswiping me.  None of my incidents were actual wrecks that I caused or were involved with. They were just small brushes with people that got caught up.  
  • Greg – P4
  • Kyle- p4

Wednesday Open – Kansas

  • Mike- P wrecked out in the first caution
  • Justin – P forgot to take tires and got back with the squirrels
  • Tyler – P20 ran a great race until a sloppy late restart on the outside from 6th as 2nd never went on green. Put me in the back and played catchup with a ton of cautions. Then doored twice by the same person as he couldn’t keep it low. Felt fast and enjoyed the run under green. Gutted to have these finishes where I’m a contender only to finish this far back. 
  • Brad W – P3. Started p9. Stayed at the front all race and tried to manage my tires. Seemed like all of the accidents were happening around me. The race was looking like it was going to play into a long run but a caution flag in the middle of green flag stops ended that thought. Spent the last 40 laps cycling through yellow flags. Had an incident on the next to last restart where I did not give another driver enough room off of T2 and he spun. Managed to get a decent restart and grab third. Nice to finish one of these for once.
  • Chris W – P 9. Got 8x on restarts and the race got sloppy it’s 40 to go. We had about 12 laps of green the last 40 laps. With 16x brought it home P9. Hit 3400iR a NEW personal record.

Official Series

Conspire Endurance Series – Fuji

  • .Greg & David – P4

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– at Indianapolis first race of the week I made top split Chase Cabre ended up winning the race. I finished fifth after starting eighth and got 94 points.
    • Holy cow top split. And another P5 for 105 points.!!!!

A Open

  • Tyler – P5 at Kansas. Car felt great on the long run. Had one caution on the start and stayed green the rest of the way. Really enjoyed the late race battles on old tires. 
  • Kyle Started P 11 and just had a bad ass car. Car was strong. Led 12 laps and battled countless times for the lead. Big shout out to Rich Knott and the battle we had off an on for the last 10 laps. Finished P3

IMSA

  • Hall – P Fuji 4th, Mosport Wr,6th ,Wr
  • Brad – P9 (GTD-Mosport) Started on pole in the rain. Had the quickest car and drove away to a 5 second lead only to get hit by a GTP. Regained control and drove back out to a 7 second lead only to get wrecked and have my race ended by the GTP leader. No patience from either of them especially in the rain.

P1 (GTD-Mosport) Started on pole but was not as quick as p2. He passed me on lap two and was able to pull away. Was settling for 2nd but he made a fuel error when pitting and that forced him to make a second stop. I will take the win after being robbed the night before.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis- old Indy car at old Pocono. Started dead last finish P4.
    • Mini stock at Bristol started 43rd out of 60 and actually winner winner chicken dinner. I brought it home.
    • 87. Talladega.

Final Thoughts

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

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Description

On today’s show we tell you how to survive the Rookie classes, find out who is up for Sim Racer of the year, see what items under $25 you need for sim racing, check out the most authentic F1 sim racing wheel, how prevalent is cheating on iRacing and share with you a new way to teach your children their ABCs.

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Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

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