2/13/2025 – America’s Sim Gaming Expo – Episode 0472
iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics
Show Introduction
On today’s show we sit down with Sim Gaming Expo coordinator Jorge Anzaldo for a preview of the September 2025 event, it’s Daytona 500 week and the kickoff of NiS 2025, should iRacing take different approach to Safety Rating, see who is Mr. 10,000, do you need skill to be successful at drafting tracks and is your sim rig ever really finished?
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Special Guest
Jorge Anzaldo
Topics
Nathan Brown Wins 2025 iRacers Lounge Clash
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Mr. 10,000
How we was racing Late Models, and had heard from the Waltrip brothers about iRacing. So bought a used g27 wheel, and still have it today.
In the beginning it was for me to get used to the parameters of a big vehicle.
Helped him the most is the muscle memory, learning consistency.
Talked about his laptop with the g27, he could race on the road, in the hotel, etc…
So while he was at the snowball this year, he used iracing in the hotel, doing laps talking to the crew chief about the car…
Made friends with TJ, and TJ kinda got him involved in the nascar funnel…
Iracing is about getting a good group around you, a community, you go on there to hang with your buddys, its not always about turning laps…
Iracing is more difficult as you can only ‘see’ the car getting loose/tight, while in real racing you feel it in your seat… U can almost see yourself get loose before you feel it, with the iracing realling training you on the seeing the car….
Got to 10000 irating, on 3 accounts….
HOT! iRacing Swag!
https://twitter.com/imbracewear/status/1888004628333101363
This Still?
https://twitter.com/AJRGaming_/status/1887891058853400579
If Safety Rating Was Money
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/637893#Comment_637893
Job Grabs First Win Of The Season
Listener Feedback: Should SR Be Related To iR?
To whom it may concern, I have been a faithful listener of the podcast for several years and in listening to the many conversations about the frustration of being involved in way to many accidents, I can’t help but think about an idea I had a few years back now to reduce accidents.
I happen to know many really good drivers that may have ony a 2000 to 3000 IR but a 4.5 or higher SR, and quit officials only to participate in either hosted, or league racing. I tend to be one of those. Actually I have always maintained a SR in the mid fours in both oval and road but in all sincerity I think the last 7 or so official races I ran, I was taken out in about 6 of them no fault of my own. I have also found the most unsafe area to qualify is mid-pack. There always seems to be that one guy that goes for the win in the first turn.
In my opinion, the most unrealistic aspect to sim racing, is the high percentage of wrecks. As we all know the one thing sim racing cannot replicate is the fear of bodily injury or worse, and the repercussions of very expensive car repair and damage.
So my idea would be to try and equalize this, by having IR more related to and incorporated with SR. So my thought is why not have drivers receive a higher percentage of IR points based on their SR.
So for example, if you you have a 4.5 or higher SR, a percentage could be attached to the IR accordingly. Say for every .5 or whatever number determined a driver would receive say a 5% bonus to the IR score.
The numbers could be determined however but the premise is a 2.0 safety rated driver would essentially be punished and the 5.0 driver rewarded.
Lets face it. In real life if we wrecked as much as in the sim world, a high percentage of people would either lose their careers or worse, their lives. I”m also of the opinion that some sim racers hold much pride in SR as some do IR.
Well that’s my thoughts. I”d really like for Brad Wrenn’s to hear my thoughts and get his opinion on this. I hear so much frustration in his voice when sharing his race results from sloppy driving and poor etiquette. I sympathize. I don’t suspect this is what occurred in his real life racing experience.
Please don’t share my name if discussed
Thank You, Anonymous
ENASCAR Post Race Press
Wilson Grabs Season Opener At Daytona
“Holy SOF Batman!”
https://twitter.com/BriarLaPradd/status/1889110505945550969
A View From The Stands
Is It Luck Or Skill?
Sim Gaming Expo
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/74746/2025-iracing-nuerburgring-endurance-championship
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/74745/indycar-iracing-series-2025-schedule#latest
Daytona 500
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18014/nis-fixed-and-open-race-times/p1
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-11-17-2025
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
Is This How Real Drivers Work Out?
Spend Mike’s Money
Hmm…What Do I see?
Is It Ever Complete?
Is There A Problem?
AdminBoxx
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Wednesday open -NiS – Daytona
- Mike- P had a good race going was running third when the guy behind me ran into me and knocked me down through the grass and then I lost the pack and then shortly after a lapper was pushing me in was scrubbing, left and right on my bumper and basically turned me seven minutes optional I’ve done
- David – P wrecked, dominate car, formed an alliance within the race and we had a 3 car trio pulling away from the pack. Caution bunches back up, and car who doesn’t know how to draft misses the line then comes right back down on me. Then the fuck tard says I need to get my iRating up.
- Justin – P
- Tony – P16 welp here we are new year, new season same ole NiS fun. Started about 9th. stayed out of the way most of the race. About 150 laps in running P8 and coming in for a GF stop When 2 cars behind me not pitting wreck and somehow hit me giving me a unsafe pit entry so had to serve the 40 second penalty while under green. Couldnt make up the 2 laps down. Racing was actually clean for most part for a 1.8k split. Only 6 cautions and a 30 lap run at the end. This is race 1 of 6 il be running this week. NiS Is back and catch me on Tik Tok Live when im racing its fun.
- Kyle – P6 started P25 and just hung out in the back. Was having technical issues with my throttle and had to keep resetting my throttle map every couple of laps. Finally about half way I marched my way to the front and took the lead for 9 laps until a green flag run came out and cycled back a few spots due to a lapper who wanted to block the whole track. Stayed in the top 10 to bring it home P6
- Chris – P 4. I kept the Waldron’s Furniture, iRacers Lounge, Sim Wraps, Premier Racing Set-Ups Chevy clean for most of the race as some big incidents thinned out the field. My goal was to stay safe until the final fuel run. Then it was balls to the wall. The draft had me moving both forward and backward, but I managed to charge from 11th to 4th in the final lap. You can see it in my eyes – I’m laser-focused and determined to win the Daytona 500 this week.
- Brad- P28. Really had a good race going. The racing was really tame for the first half of the race. It looked like fuel was going to come into play. However, a yellow around lap 115 had us all pit. Coming back to the green in the top 10 when we lost power at the house. Thursday night and we still have no power. Oh well, call this one an engine gremlin.
- Donnie – DNF. Ran top 8 the whole race, good pit stops. Finally taken out by the lobby closer. I’ll try again Sunday morning.
- Tyler – P lost internet
Thursday Open- NiS – Daytona
- Mike- P dnf – green flag stop around halfway running 4th, got into hot to pitroad and slammed into the wall
- David – P wrecked out, a pit in mistake getting loose on entry to put me where I was in the wrong mix, but the wreck was just bystnder standard
- Tony – P ass rammed welp got my pole on, led first 40 laps til GF stops. About half way was caught a lap down when caution came out when i was pitting. Was trying to stay clean in the lucky dog when i just got total slammed when i was checking up for car in front. Sent to the wall hood a flapping. Too much damage to finish.
Official Series
Draft Master
- Ellis -Daytona. Started ninth was leading laps and upfront in the mix coming to the end. I was pushing a guy on the outside, but I ended up getting wrecked and finishing P6.
A Open
- Mike. P22- was all over the place most of the race but at the end I was like five or six back on the bottom lane guy tried to shove it underneath me and turned me into Pitt Road and I ran through Pitt Road to get to the start finish line so it scored me one lap down in P 22. Fixed.
- Mike- Open -Man, last night I was in position to win. It was the White. I’m on the bottom three back the outside Lane is coming. I move up to block. I see him going higher like they’re gonna go around me. I don’t continue or finish the block and they go around me and I ended up fourth.
IMSA
- Brad W – P5 (GTD-Monza) Finally was able to finish one. Started mid pack but was somewhat consistent and picked them off over the race. Not my best track but glad to get away with a top 5 after two DNFs.
League / Hosted Races
Hosted-
- Ellis – Saturday night, The Clash and hosted special thanks to Chris Waldron for putting on the event and our winner. Michael takes on the wind and gets the push to talk button. Refill the room with 40 people had a pretty good event and I appreciate everyone coming out.
- 87 at Talladega finish the 11th
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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- America’s Sim Gaming Expo
Description
On today’s show we sit down with Sim Gaming Expo coordinator Jorge Anzaldo for a preview of the September 2025 event, it’s Daytona 500 week and the kickoff of NiS 2025, should iRacing take different approach to Safety Rating, see who is Mr. 10,000, do you need skill to be successful at drafting tracks and is your sim rig ever really finished?
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