Episode 0469

1/23/2024 – Purrfect Race – Episode 0469

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we will recap our Daytona 24 weekend, discuss more stewarding drama, see how close Max thinks sim racing is to reality, a content update for NASCAR ’25, does sim racing have a blind spot? See what new hardware MOZA has introduced and where is the ENASCAR 2025 roster information?

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Special Guest

Bryant Lucas

General Questions:

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

Topics



Was The Appeal Ruling Correct?

https://twitter.com/mikedeanellis/status/1880378866273071332



300k Subscribers

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1880756886724907110



A Podium Finish For Team iRLP

https://twitter.com/iRacersLounge/status/1881029676854022311



Turn 1…Lap 1

https://twitter.com/SteelHorseLive/status/1880659432675373231



Penalty Box…Twice

https://twitter.com/SCUDERIAFEMBOY/status/1880767848672629176



Un-CrashGate

https://twitter.com/D1ckTr1ckle/status/1880967682146853364

Grid-and-Go.com eSports are the new GTP winners of the iRacing Daytona 24, powered by VCO, following post-race penalties. Congratulations!



“These ‘Motion’ Rigs, They Are Slower”

https://twitter.com/TeamRedlineSim/status/1880737443076567320



More Lap 1 Heroes

https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1290689128863296/



Daytona 24 By The Numbers

23,397 iRacers entered the iRacing Daytona 24 over the weekend, making it the largest sim racing event in the world!

You all showed up to Daytona and drove a combined 2,915,614 laps for a total of 89,444 hours of racing!



Is This A Problem?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73724/daytona-24-team-behavior



Daytona 24 Feedback

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73756/daytona-24-feedback



Not Sure I Want A Re-scan

https://twitter.com/cytrusf1/status/1881671501075865951



ENASCAR Media Day



Wobbly Wipers Wanted

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73659/many-of-us-are-missing-out-on-the-best-feature-of-the-s1-2025-build-wobbly-windshield-wipers



Should iRacing Meet His Demands?



NASCAR 25 Information

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFIkIgYxn8n



Sim Racing’s Blind Spot



Is It Time To Fix The Fixed Setups?

https://twitter.com/MGuest33/status/1881447672470818945



IMSA Time Attack Is Back



Come Race With The Lounge

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZBLNN7zgwsD6QeFytxKuQLIWVXZ5P1eA74i1TyffGAEn4Sg/viewform



This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-21-27-2025/




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Fantasy



Hardware/Software


Start The PC From Your Phone



Impressive Combo Or Overkill?



Ascher F64 V3: Almost Perfect



PurrPRO Pedals Open For Pre-order



MA-24 Light Mount Available



MOZA DDU



New MOZA FSR2 Wheel



Keep Your Rig Neat And Organized



Sim Formula Europe Walk Through



4090 Performance for $549?



Muzzle That Gamer!



AI Gamer Copilot



BDH H1SQ Shifter Review



Spend Brad’s Money…Round 2



How Many?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/73713/windows-11-showing-54-instances-of-my-monitors-under-audio-inputs



Simutec’s SDU-3-5″ Display

https://www.simutec.co.uk/product-page/sdu3-5-display



MOZA’s DDU





Results

NASCAR iRacing Series



Official Series

24 hours of Daytona – 

  • EllisP3 I got in the car with about six hours left. We were already in P3 at that point and had a very uneventful race in the fog. Stay dry the whole time I ran two double stents took a break and then another double stent.
  • Chris – P15: I had a great experience all week. It was fun to get practice and to bond with teammates. I got to race in the rain for the first time at 1am est to 4am and absolutely loved it. I wanted to bring the car back with 0x added but had two fender benders. This is my second 24, first finish, and I can’t wait until next year. Proud of the resiliency of this group. 
  • William- P3. GRR team of 4. Did the 7AM EST timeslot. Started P15, was P6 by the time I got in the car for my first stint. Team of 4 did double stints, 1 guy couldn’t race during day, one at night. Pretty clean race overall. Got punted off in the horseshoe early on but no damage and not much spot lost. Started raining in my second stint, rained for a couple hours then dried. Then rained again all night long. We did fine in the rain, and I understand its a part of racing, but kinda disappointed in the amount when i’ve talked to other timeslots that didn’t have any at all. We were P2 at one point chasing the leaders, but had a slight mishap with the inside pit wall about 16 hours in. 6 min repairs, dropped to 6 but recovered to podium P3.
  • Tyler – P15 in class and P25 overall. Spent a week practicing for this event only for half of it to be wet. Disappointed by the weather forecast but had a great time with the GT3 team. Rain and multi class racing was a major challenge but the best 24 yet. I’m ready for the next one. 
  • Brad – P15 Can’t say enough about the team’s effort this past weekend. The race did not go the way that we planned. Almost half was in the rain (on a 25% forecast). The guys stepped it up and overcame many challenges. Did we make mistakes? Yes, did we learn? Yes and we will be better prepared for the next one.

GT4

  • Donnie S – GT4 Challenge Barcelona – P6 and P17  GT4/LMP3 Barcelona – P7 and 3

M2

  • Ellis– P qualified P4 finish P2 made a couple mistake mistakes. I probably could’ve won it.
    • Qualified second
    • New track Winton motor raceway.  Qualified third got dumped in the first turn on the first lap fell back to the end and finish P 10.
    • X-ray qualified for

IMSA

  • Brad W – P11 (GTD-Nurburgring) Last car in top split. I like this track but I can’t find speed here. I’m normally 1-1.5 off the fast guys but this weeks it’s closer to 3 seconds. Honestly a p11 was better than what I deserved.
  • William W- P9 Daytona day after 24 and the only race I did this week besides the 24. Only car under 2.3K in this field. Hard race but rewarding keeping pace with with 2.6k drivers. Higher split helped as I was able to get my race pace down to the low to mid 44s, was only able to get to that in qualifying before.


League / Hosted Races



Final Thoughts



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On today’s show we will recap our Daytona 24 weekend, discuss more stewarding drama, see how close Max thinks sim racing is to reality, a content update for NASCAR ’25, does sim racing have a blind spot? See what new hardware MOZA has introduced and where is the ENASCAR 2025 roster information?

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