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Episode 0320

3/3/2022 – Torpedoes Away – Episode 0320

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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  • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll recap a wild Coke Series Race at Las Vegas with the voice of eNascar, Evan Possoco. We’ll take a tour of the Coanda SimSport Facility, Start contemplating what might be coming in the Season 2 build and follow the next steps in purchasing my (Mike) formula wheel.

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

Coke Race – Las Vegas

Great long form interview with Femi pre-race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0NMHk-NagA

  • Green flag but TROUBLE LAP 2!
  • Cody Byus and Vicente Salas get together, multiple cars involved in Turn 1! @Nick_Shelton402, @KadenWHoneycutt and others involved

Crazy after the restart as they are all over the 3 lines side by side coming and going… 15 cars within .9 tenths of a second

Caution 2 at Lap 14  – Donovan Straus was hung out on the bottom while the top line was moving he arched it up trying to get a good entry but touched the outside car dylan ault, clipped his left rear and it was on… – Brian Mercurio and Taylor Hurst with big damage too. After DonovanStrauss got sent into the infield, tried to lock it down, but slid back into traffic. Murcurio, @znovak15, Retzlaf, and others collected in that wreck.

https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1498845933991256066

  • Up front, @MikeConti5 has control, but @RyanLuza is in pursuit. 30 laps complete. 70 to go at Vegas.
  • A third caution on the speedway – Garrett Lowe got loose, collected Matt Bussa. Just been a bad day for MODE.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1498852229469683713

  • RESTART LAP 50: Derik Bourdeau and @MikeConti5 lead the field into Turn 1. Luza third, conti ottinger 
  • LAP 53: NEW LEADER, @MikeConti5 as @bobbyzalenski gets loose! He saves it!

Caution #4! Derek Justis gets loose off the wall and gets his teammate Malik Ray!. Briar LaPradd and Kyle Peddle also involved. 46 to go.

  • RESTART 41 to go: @MikeConti5 and Derik Bourdeau lead the field into Turn 1.
  • TROUBLE! @MitchelldeJong1 just went head-on into the outside wall! CAUTION. 38 to go. He was a bit slow after a bad exit of Turn 4 and he and Corey Vincent came together..
  • Before the fifth caution, @MikeConti5 had taken back control of the lead with @NickOttinger just behind – they’ll line up on the front row for the restart with 33 laps to go.
  • Sixth caution! The defending champion Keegan Leahy goes around! Dylan Ault and Zack Novak also involved! When they wreck, they wreck big! A lot of fast guys torn up in that.

https://twitter.com/RFKracing/status/1498857617631891461

  • RESTART 18 to go: 
  • @MikeConti5 and @NickOttinger lead the field into Turn 1.
  • , luza in 3rd, bowlin kirwin manes vincent guest

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1498860445813329924

  • Under 10 laps to go. Anyone got anything for @MikeConti5? But the real battle is for 2nd, Luza and ottinger side my side digging hard…. This stacks them up behind them but conti has a nice breakaway
  • CHECKERED FLAG! @MikeConti5 wins at the virtual LVMotorSpeedway!

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1498863689465798656?s=11

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

Coanda Simsport Tour

Traxion posted an article taking you inside the former warehouse turned Esports Hub for Coanda Simsport. The team evolved the new location last month, just before the running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual.

https://traxion.gg/inside-coanda-simsports-esports-hub/

https://traxion.gg/inside-coanda-simsports-esports-hub/

Keeping the TK Tradition

Tony Kanaan Tweeted a video of a great start to his Porsche race, keeping up with the Tony Kanaan tradition.

https://twitter.com/tonykanaan/status/1497318116421951491?s=11

https://twitter.com/tonykanaan/status/1499021711815196673?s=11

Real Life vs Sim Life

In a Tweet at iRacing.com they posted that Seeing all the drivers struggle with this car makes me feel MUCH better about how I’ve been driving in the sim. Reinforcing the difficulty of handling the next gen car.

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1498054143390490633?s=11

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18497/cup-racing-is-fun-again#latest

2022 Season 2 Build Thread – Content List

Kyle A Noel posted in the forums what we already know to be coming on the next build, what’s been implied, and what’s a maybe. He also list what’s been confirmed for future bids.

CONFIRMED:

1987 NASCAR Legends Buick –

iRacing Grand Prix Tour –

MOAR Endurance Series –

Multiple Tire Compounds Rule for Grand Prix Open & Tour –

Multiple Tire Compounds Rule for Indycar Open & iRacing Series –

IMPLIED:

Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 –

A new GT vehicle for road

  • Mercedes AMG Evo?
  • Audi R8 EVO?

MAYBE:

Atlanta Motor Speedway rebuild – (due to their placement on 2022 Coca Cola Series in mid-March)

  • RTP confirmed using the old Atlanta scan in mid-March, so maybe not the case.

August 2021 announcements:

Indianapolis Speedway (Oval/Road/Dirt) – announced by IMS president back in August

Sandown Motor Speedway – – scans shown in August 2021

Winton Raceway –

October 2021 announcement:

Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series –

Spilling of Beans:

Formula 4 leak from last build –

Second street stock for pavement and dirt –

Mini stock 4 cylinder oval car for pavement and dirt –

Teasers:

Rain –

3D grass –

CONFIRMED FOR FUTURE BUILDS:

Lucas Oil Speedway  –

Port Royal Speedway –

Kern County Raceway Park –

Pro 4 Championship Series –

SCCA Runoffs –

LM Stock update or Pro Late Model –

2022 NASCAR Truck Series new bodies –

Mercedes W13 –

UNCONFIRMED RUMORS:

Lincoln Speedway (PA) – a dirt oval forum commenter listed 4 tracks the van was seen at (with 3 of them later confirmed)

https://twitter.com/greghi11/status/1499221784872337410?s=11

RTP Drama

Ashton Crowder’s team of drivers have decided to disassociate from THEDrillSpill which he owns amid a Tweet that the drivers considered to be disrespectful and unprofessional

https://twitter.com/KennyBrady54/status/1498894358812274693?t=2YthJyI6boWJMdzv5CeTBw&s=03

https://twitter.com/KennyBrady54/status/1498894358812274693

Top Highlights from Daytona Week

iRacing posted a video of highlights exclusively dedicated to the Daytona Week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tumMgtXfWA

2022 Sebring 12 Hour presented by Heusinkveld

Date: March 25-27

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18653/2022-sebring-12-hour-presented-by-heusinkveld

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

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Fantasy Vegas

Hardware/Software

Podium Button Module Rally

Fanatec has revealed more information for their new Podium Button Module Rally including that it will have the following features

  • nine buttons with RGB backlighting
  • two D-pads
  • three 12-way multi-position switches
  • a 1” OLED display

https://mailchi.mp/fanatec/this-is-the-podium-button-module-rally-2089744?e=511738d246

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/fanatec-reveals-more-about-upcoming-rally-button-module.464/

Company Review

“ONE3 Speed makes some of the best button boxes for iRacing.”

https://www.onethreespeed.com/

Sim Hound

Sim Hound offers sim racing equipment such as racing shoes, gloves and profile rigs that come in custom painted finishes.

https://simhound.com/

BDH Shifter

Base Performance Simulators offers their BDH shifter for serious sim racers for 687.5 pounds ( $920 usd)

https://www.facebook.com/100734911869323/posts/381678010441677/?d=n

https://www.baseperformance.net/product-page/bdh-shifter

From Russia With Love

The Aiologs Projects sim sequential shifter is available at Advanced Sim Racing and sells for $240

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/blogs/news/now-available-aiologs-projects

Breaking News From Race Dept

British racing car manufacturer, and iconic 60s Formula One champion Jack Brabham, last week announced that they are teaming up with Base Performance Simulators. They are launching limited edition Brabham Motorsport racing themed simulators, celebrating three defining eras in the history of the Brabham name in Formula One.

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/brabham-and-base-performance-simulators-team-up.447/

Motion Simulation Buys HPP Simulation Pedals IP

Motion Simulation has now established a plan for their pedal supplier by acquiring the intellectual property and production rights relating to HPP Simulation’s impressive JBV simulation pedals.

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/motion-simulation-buys-hpp-simulation-pedals-ip.430/

Elemento S

The VPG Elemento S is an Italian designed formula wheel with a 4.3″ display and sells for 1,150 pounds ($1,540usd)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsPuwRJWhlE&t=31s

https://vpgsimlab.co.uk/shop/p/elemento-s

PT Actuator TensionR Belt Tensioning System Review

Barry Rowland at the Sim Racing Garage reviews the PT Actuator TensionR Belt Tensioning System.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WbCV_2DUCs

What Makes Cube Controls’ F-Pro Different?

On Squirrel’s YouTube Page he posted a video review of the Cube Controls F-Pro formula wheel and what surprising new features he found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0jg2I3ySk

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Fri open: Cali

  • Ellis –   p7 – Finally stop the bleeding and finished on the lead lap for the first time this year reign very respectable coming up to the field multiple times has higher second we’re just a few laps to go I had gotten tight Late in the race 
  • Rochette- P need to relocate to Bell Aire (fresh Prince Theme)  Now, this is a story all about how the chubby birb got flipped-turned all around 

And I’d like to take a minute

Just sit right there

I’ll tell you how I became black flagged Required Repaired 

  • Sunday Open
    • Rochette- P2 unlike the hollywood hit Twins with Danny Devito played by David Hall and I as Arnold. Car was fast but not fast enough for the leader. Had a blast with a 3 way for sloppy 2nd in the final 30 laps 
    • Hall – p Torpedoed
  • Sunday fixed 
    • Mike -pwRecked Out – Couldnt Miss It

Race : Las Vegas

  • Wed Open:
    • Hall –p 7.  Caught in early wreck, minor damage.   Long run slow as result, Loosened the car up on late runs and had a GWC finish went from 13th to 7th
    • Ellis – p wrecked out – car was a rocket ship always moving forward, as high as p2… got wrecked running 6th where guy in front of me checked for a guy in front of him who was spinning out, i got off gas but it wasnt enough and i plowed in, car destroyed on lap 37
    • Tyler – P7 solid race car felt great. Gently brushed the wall on the tri oval entering turn 1 and really lost some speed and handling mid race. Happy to see Tom win as I was the last car he lapped before taking the checkered. Great set by the guys. 
    • Tom D – P1. Viva Las Vegas! Car was fast.  I was not planning on running, but was able to get out of work early.  Used the first ½ of the race to learn the car at Vegas.  Was able to take the lead right before green flag stops.  Came out of the pits 2nd and was able to run down the leader with about 25 to go.  Was able to run my laps and take down my first NexGen and Vegas win at my “Home Track”. Closest to Colorado.  Happy to take my first NiS win down so early in the season to keep my streak alive for another year.  Happy for the team. We are now 3 weeks into the NiS season and we have picked up a win as a team each week. Great job boys
  • Thurs Open  

Ellis – Got wrecked on lap 12 had six minutes optional continued on and ended up P 17

Official Series

  • A Open
    • Hall – P5 in a race with Parker Kligerman, he got wrecked on white flag lap from 3rd


League / Hosted Races

Leagues/Hosted Races 

  • FastTrack League – cali
    1. David – p11, a little wall damage hurt my long run speed
    2. Bobby – Throughput fell to an unacceptable level
    3. Greg p – 4 – was right on leader on white but hit the wall
    4. Mike – p26 – got tagged by someone and slid the car sideways a ways, could not drive it at all after that, kept getting loose having to stab the brakes to stop it. Never caught a caution to sort it out.
    5. Adam – wrecked out
  • Hosted – 
    1. Ellis  – Chris Macguire 
      • Supercars at michigan
      • Lite Volkswagon bug at figure eight irwindale with the jump – p5 – 
      • 87’s at Tally
  • Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League

Mike – n wilkesboro – fun race ran fairly well back half of top ten…

  • Saturday – SIM 500 eSports Racing League 87 Car 
    1. Mike -p12 – 1 early caution but green after that – pitted at halfway kind of a boring race…

Greg-p13

  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
  • OBRL CUP Series
    • Brian P.DQ’d Too many incident points. This car even giving the OBRL guys trouble
  • Git R Done Racing 
  1. Brian P11  Damage-paloza continues. The iRacing open setup was too loose for me in turn 4

Git R Done GT3 Series

Greg – P2

Final Thoughts

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On today’s show we’ll recap a wild Coke Series Race at Las Vegas with the voice of eNascar, Evan Possoco. We’ll take a tour of the Coanda SimSport Facility, Start contemplating what might be coming in the Season 2 build and follow the final steps in purchasing Mike’s new formula wheel. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Episode 0319

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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  • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

Today we visit with old teammate Will Gibson, introduce several new series, and Dale Jr asks the community a question. Mike contemplates what formula wheel he’s gonna get and we watch a tour of the Sim Coaches Factory!

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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Special Guest

Guest Name Will Gibson

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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

Road to Pro Standings

In a Tweet from Local Average Guy he posted a Google doc of the current results for the Road to Pro Qualifier Series after round 1 Daytona. He shows that Seth DeMerchant currently sits atop the points.

https://twitter.com/gustheant/status/1494521789006897158?s=11

Mercedes AMG F1 W13 Reveal

Steve Myers, Executive VP of iRacing, posted on Twitter a comment on Mercedes AMG Petronas’ F1 page of the newly designed Mercedes AMG F1 W13, saying that, “And no we are not working on it yet…”

https://twitter.com/iracingmyers/status/1494682570734325761?s=11

iRacing Podiums and Fanfare

Mark Heitchue posted in the forums the following…

Just curious – so, I actually have manged to hang on and podium a few races – AND iracing – where is the podium? Show me the podium buddies!!!

And I just leveled up to C after a bit of a long-haul D-slump – where are the fireworks or fan mail??!!! Come on (!)… – it is a game after all – I want to…. “Celebrate tonight – come on!” I mean dirt Rally 2 has podiums………… : )

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18321/where-is-the-podium-iracing#latest

New NIS Logo

Nick Simon noticed, and commented in the forums that iRacing has a new Nis Logo and is asking for files to add to his paints.

I see iRacing updated the NiS logo a few hours ago. Has a high res version been posted anywhere? Need it to update the logos on my spreadsheets, stream, and wouldn’t mind putting it on the car. Maybe someone on staff could help out?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18305/new-logo#latest

Where Do You Rank

Derek M Cyphers posted links he created on public.tableau.com to see how you tank in iRacing with your iRating anf Safety Rating in all 4 categories of licenses

Hi All,

One of iRacing’s strengths is its community and all the data it captures around that community. I was recently inspired by some blog posts correlating Safety Rating with iRating (spoiler: it’s there, but it’s loose) to go grab the data myself and do some personal analysis. In particular, while I know my iRating and SR, I wasn’t sure where that put me in terms of percentile rank against all other road racers.

Since my company specializes in data and analytics like this, I decided to build out a simple interface to answer that question, and I’ve published it using Tableau Public so any other nerds like me can do the same.

Road: https://public.tableau.com/views/iRacingProfilesDashboardDark/RoadDriverProfile?:language=en-US&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

Oval: https://public.tableau.com/views/iRacingProfilesDashboardDark/OvalDriverProfile?:language=en-US&publish=yes&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

Dirt Road: https://public.tableau.com/views/iRacingProfilesDashboardDark/DirtRoadDriverProfile?:language=en-US&publish=yes&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

Dirt Oval: https://public.tableau.com/views/iRacingProfilesDashboardDark/DirtOvalDriverProfile?:language=en-US&publish=yes&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/12153/curious-how-you-rank-against-other-members-check-out-this-new-tool#latest

Not Top 10 – February

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLo45r8JcU

Updated Late Model Poll

Dale Earnhardt Jr Posted in the forums a poll asking how the late model should be updated, the options were an updates Late Model Stock, or a New Pro Late model

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18463/of-these-2-choices-what-do-you-prefer

iRacing Grand Prix Tour

Greg West Posts: 

New for 2022, iRacing will debut the iRacing Grand Prix Tour.

This 23 event full length (305 km) grand prix series will feature the Mercedes-AMG W12 E Performance with both Fixed and Open setup timeslots.

Series Overview:

License: D 4.0 and up

3 minute practice

8 minute lone qualifier

Race length as noted in the schedule

Drops: 4

*This series will require the use of multiple compounds

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18073/new-series-iracing-grand-prix-tour/p1

Nick Neben Posts: 

So has anyone figured out if the Triple is possible, running Long Beach, Indy 500, and Coke 600 in the same day? Haven’t looked to see if the dates align to try and pull it off.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/136824#Comment_136824

Random Snap Oversteer

Brodie Hannah posted in the forums his thoughts that the Next Gen has always had an issue with snap oversteer. This issues has been exaggerated even more with the new changes This is a phenomenon we’ve heard of from the tests, likely a design “feature” with the car. It does not like yaw at all, and any small amount of yaw will start a spin that may be unrecoverable. We saw Chase Elliott do it twice in less than 30 minutes at Phoenix, both started from very small amounts of yaw.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17098/random-snap-oversteer/p1

MOAR Series

Greg West Posted in the forums that if you like solo endurance events like the ROAR, you are going to love this! The MOAR Endurance Series, starting in Season 2, will feature biweekly races with limited time slots with some of our newest content in the Touring Car and GT4. These 2 hour long solo endurance events will follow along the IMSA Pilot Challenge schedule allowing drivers to have an opportunity to practice in race conditions before the endurance events

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17762/new-series-moar-endurance-series/p1

New Damage Model for Gen 7

Tyler D. Hudson Posted in the forums that the NDM development for the NG continues. It is something we are working on and want to release!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/136212#Comment_136212

 Porsche TAG Heuer Supercup Race 2 Barcelona

 Kevin Ellis Jr. returned to the top step of the podium with a dominant feature victory, Diogo Pinto held off Alejandro Sanchez and Jeremy Bouteloup for the win in the sprint race and took the points lead after the second week.

Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Canada

https://twitter.com/porschecanada/status/1495760258844827651?s=11

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are now on WIDSOM – https://www.wisdom.audio/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

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Fantasy

What a great turnout for the 3rd annual iRacers Lounge Podcast Fantasy League. I’m pretty stoked for another fun season, I see last year’s champion has returned and is starting out in a strong fashion in a 3 way tie for 3rd place with “A Random Tartingrade”(lol, great name) and our own JediMcFly(Chris Scales). My strategy of being ultra conservative didn’t totally payoff the way I was hoping but with it just being the first race, im not too bothered by it. We have lots to learn over the next few races as we head to California and hopefully get a better look at what we can expect throughout the season. Keselowski was a hot commodity this past week, could that be a trend? I’m not thinking its likely BUT with there being practice this year, we should have a better idea going into each week. I’ve got my eye on Larson this week, might be a good time to test the waters with him just remember there is only 10 uses!! Haven’t joined yet? Head over to Nascar.com and go to the fantasy section and search up iRacers Lounge Podcast League and sign up and see how you stack up.

Hardware/Software

Complex Simworks

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ComplxSimworks

Precision Engineering LM-X

https://www.precisionsimengineering.com/shop-online/lm-x-steering-wheel

Nvidia Reflex in iRacing

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/february-2022-reflex-game-hardware-updates/

What we mean when we say CPU-limited is that the CPU is taking more time on a frame than the GPU is, so the GPU finishes a frame and sits idle until the next one is sent from the CPU. In this case Reflex does nothing.

When you are GPU-limited the opposite is true, the CPU is producing frames quicker than the GPU can consume them. This means the GPU has to manage a backlog of frames every time it goes to grab one, and this leads to various weird problems. 

In this GPU-limited case Reflex will act as a messenger from the GPU to the CPU, telling it when the GPU is ready for a new frame. This means the CPU does less work to produce frames that will never be used, and the GPU has to sort through fewer stale frames that are actually a few ticks old. Reducing the number of frames left sitting in the queue is the focus of Reflex. Because this entire loop is how you get feedback on your own inputs (like steering) it means you can see the effects of your inputs a tiny bit quicker. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/125147/#Comment_125147

Best Bass Shaker Settings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk73cvyyFUM

Sim Coaches Factory Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFQvuwffLh8

Ascher Racing F65-USB V3

https://ascher-racing.com/de/f64-usb-v3/

Intel Arc GPU is Coming Soon

Intel Confirms Arc Alchemist Desktop GPUs Will Arrive in Q2!

https://www.eteknix.com/intel-confirms-arc-alchemist-desktop-gpus-q2

Sim Solutions Design

https://www.simsolutiondesigns.com/

GPU Price Drop

https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1495220167839662081

https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1495220167839662081

After dropping the big news about GPU prices, Greymon55 went on to talk about the upcoming generation of graphics cards: Nvidia 40-series “Ada Lovelace” and AMD RDNA3. Both lineups are set to release later this year

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/new-leak-says-gpu-prices-will-drop-in-march/

Company Review

https://ragnarsimulator.com/

irSidekick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfthjZFmvzE&t=222s

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18373/irsidekick-driver-free-app#latest

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Fri open: Daytona

  • Ellis –   pDNF – Led a bunch of laps at one point had a break away of about 12 seconds, on a green flag stop i somehow only took 2 tires and 1 tank of fuel – i had actually used the mouse to check prior to getting on pit road, i have no idea how this happened… From there it went downhill from there never caught a caution had to pit on my own, got caught up in a wreck.
  • Rochette the Chubby Birb is the LONE Tifosi 2022 DAYTONA 500 CHAMPION…. Started in the back had several misses with wrecks. Was a lap down at 1 point from trying to push someone that didnt know how to hold a line. Got wave around on a caution and got a caution with 4 laps left in tank put me up front. Had a great battle with 2nd last 20 laps dodging lappers. But car was definitely faster. Thank Mike for hopping in last 30 laps and Brandon Yuhouse for a great looking car. First official win in the Next Gen and first win since July of 2020… IM A DAYTONA 500 AND INDY 500 CHAMPION 
  • Brian P2 – Kissing your sister.  Qualified around p10, and worked to the front to stay out of trouble.  Was a part of a couple of break-aways but kept regrouping after cautions. Wound up in a 3 car break for the last 20 laps.  On the last turn  the car on my high side used a lapper as a pick.  I tried to squeeze thru but we made contact.  Finished in 2nd with damage. 
  • Greg – Should have won
  • Sunday Open
    • Rochette- Pcaught in wreck rip
    • Hall – p 6.  Front Runner, has some bad luck with caution timing that cost me track position and this split didn’t have many guy’s that were good at pushing.
  • Sunday fixed 
    • Mike -pDNF – Wrecked out lap 16 the pack is lapping a lap car he is well off the wall and sure enough gets tagged and wrecks the field.

Race : Auto Club

  • Wed Open:
    • Hall –p20   Destroyed on lap 25, car a few places up gets turned right into to a corner.  Praying that he wouldn’t slide back up, but he did.
    • Tyler – P2 got a 4x on lap 2 as a guy locked up brakes avoiding a wreck. Battled back from going a lap down twice and a black flag for entering closed pits. Noob mistake. Late race caution for the GWC with an amazing setup helped me get the podium. Great help from the team before and during the race and felt really fast. 
    • Rochette P8 well this was fun. 15 cautions tagged in a few stayed on lead lap all night. Was doored and walled 8 to go and wrecked at checkered. 
  • Thurs Open  
    • Ellis – wrecked out
    • Steve – win
    • David – p17.  Ran top 5 as High as 2nd in top split.  Cautions every 2 laps for the last 20, coming to white flag I got just loose and had to collect it and lost all my spots

Official Series

  • A Open
    • Kyle- P 1. Started P13 and just kept it clean. Made a last lap pass out of turn 2 and got pushed to the lead and walked away with the W!
  • RTP 
    • Ellis – DNF – Daytona – Wrecked out running 10th on lap 12 – couldnt miss it

League / Hosted Races

  • Saturday – SIM 500 eSports Racing League 87 Car 
    • Greg-p Should have won
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
  • OBRL CUP Series  
    • Brian P wrecked out.  Made it clean to a green-white-checker but got caught when cars in front of me crashed going 3 wide.
  • Git R Done Racing 
  1. Brian P3  Ran at the front except for a eol speeding penalty mid way thru.  Tough battle with 6 cars at the end, but got p3 after some last straight shenanigans

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. Adam Lovelace

Description

Today we visit with old teammate Will Gibson, introduce several new series, and Dale Jr asks the community a question. Mike contemplates what formula wheel he’s gonna get and we watch a tour of the Sim Coaches Factory! 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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Episode 0318

2/17/2022 – The Podidumb 500 – Episode 0318

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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  • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

Well, the Coke Series is back at Daytona this week and we’re very excited to have Series announcer Evan Posocco back to cover all of the exciting action. Another big Daytona iRacing event doesn’t go off quite as well. All that plus a look at one of the nicest formula and GT wheels on the market.

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Topics

Coke Race

  • Coke Race – Daytona – 13th season
  • Got Alan Cavanna and Ben Kennedy on…Pike and Blake joining in…. Playseat and Wendy’s as new sponsors.

LAP 4: There’s about a 10-car pack a second behind the lead pack, led by @TDawgHurst, although they’re closing back in.

  • TROUBLE! Lap 6!
  • Contact between @BriarLaPradd and @BigDogBowden sent the 69 into his @eRacr_gg teammate @Dard2121. That collected about 7 or 8 cars.
  • A lot of big names are hurt very early in the going of this event.
  • Up front, not much is happening. The field is two by two and both @NickOttinger and @MikeConti5 continue to swap the lead back and forth. Most of the aggression is in the back currently.
  • Lap 25/80 Trouble for Kyle Peddle! He lost it all on his own! Looked like he was trying to cut quick to the bottom and it just went around! HARD LICK! NO CAUTION!
  • LAP 40: Green flag pit stops are underway.
  • 37 to go -OH NO, TEAMMATES!!!! THEY WRECKED FOR THE LEAD!!!
  •  Contact between @LoganClampitt_ and @NickOttinger send Clampitt’s No. 97 around. @KeeganLeahy was also involved.
  • Back to green – then another quick caution for Casey Kirwin
  • He came down from top to button and wasn’t quite clear, and turned himself off someones bumper – no one else involved.
  • CAUTION! 22 to go. @DerekJustis spins on the backstretch.
  • CAUTION! 7 to go. @NickOttinger is among those involved. CAUTION! Nick Ottinger spins trying to avoid Ray Alfalla! Brian Mercurio is involved! We’re getting a late race restart at Daytona!
  • RESTART 3 to go: @MalikRayTTV and @FemiOlat_ lead the field into Turn 1.
  • TROUBLE! @MalikRayTTV gets turned! 2 to go. We’re going to overtime.

PHOTO FINISH! @FemiOlat_ WINS AT DAYTONA!!!!!! THREE WIDE AT THE LINE WITH @swilson3_ AND @GarrettManes!

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1493791572806320128

https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1493791363955052564

https://www.iracing.com/enascar/standings/

The Podidumb 500

The prestigious Podium 500 was held this past weekend and finished with much controversy.

Hours Later They Strip the Win, Manes is Winner

https://twitter.com/PodiumeSports/status/1492979005020123136

Next Day, Change Minds Again, Peterson Wins

https://twitter.com/PodiumeSports/status/1493078951438266368

https://twitter.com/PodiumeSports/status/1493353085967777798

Fleeing The Sinking Ship

Immediately following the rulings Podium eSports had a bunch of negative feedback and even resignations within the organization.

https://twitter.com/TerryRadford4/status/1492996102878109696

https://twitter.com/JamesVPike/status/1493366951464390661

The Vees in the Rain

Greg Hill posted in iRacing’s twitter page a couple of formula vee’s racing in the rain at Imola. He says that they’re making great progress on the upcoming rain system.

https://twitter.com/greghi11/status/1492229207321157634?s=11

https://traxion.gg/hill-iracing-team-making-tremendous-progress-on-future-rain-system/

iRacing Top 10 Highlights – January 2022

iRacing posted the January edition if the top 10 on their YouTube channel

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

Wore my watch to check heartrate

Porsche Supercup Driver Sebastian Job demonstrated why fitness is important in racing (even in sim racing) by wearing his heartrate monitor watch.

https://twitter.com/g2sebi/status/1491771019094372358?s=11

Vehicle Production Associate

iRacing posted another job opening in the forums this time for a Vehicle Production Associate

Job Title:

Vehicle Production Associate

Position Status:

Full-time position

Description:

iRacing.com, the industry leader in PC-based racing simulations, is looking for an experienced and successful sim racer with knowledge of vehicle dynamics and ability to create and tune car setups to join the development team. This Vehicle Production Associate would regularly test content and systems with a keen eye, and provide critical feedback for improvement. Through written reports, one-on-one conversations, and meticulous data analysis, the Vehicle Production Associate aims to ensure the highest level of user satisfaction, and will have the details to prove it. This person would regularly work closely with our vehicle engineers, and also with the ALPHA Test Team for team and group testing, as well as with our Quality Assurance Team to help manage and report bugs.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17757/vehicle-production-associate

Now What

Streamer Jimmy Broadbent posted a video of a race where he has a little wheel trouble

@jimmybroadbent

my wheel came off midrace lol #simracing #jimmybroadbent #crash

♬ original sound – Jimmer

https://www.tiktok.com/@jimmybroadbent/video/7063762144117984518

Bathurst 12 Hours

Coke Driver Vicente Salas along with teammate Garrett Manes teamed up for a top split win at the Bathurst 12 hours

https://twitter.com/vicente_salas14/status/1492593566475952128?s=11

Bathurst Goes Nuclear

iRacing posted a video on their Twitter of a video of a car at Bathurst running into a dead end when a car is stopped right in front of him.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-OeHdDVU1/

Sim Party Racing

Craig Gregory from the UK gave the Lounge shout-out mentioning that he and his teammates Rob and Tayma from Sim Party Racing finished 8th in their split, the first time they raced together.

5 Practice Pro Tips for iRacing

Streamer Matt Maline posted a youtube video on his channel of 5 tips for practicing in iRacing

0:10 Ghost Car Offset

1:33 Watch/Ghost/Spot

3:56 AI

8:59 School Track Config

10:28 Opposite Lines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSX4yvV7ZY

Sim Racing Stats

Sim Racing Stats is a website that will show you stats of participation broken down by series

https://www.simracingstats.com/index.html

Dude is living in 3022

Alex Wiederhold posted a link of am extreme car crash simulator in action

https://www.facebook.com/100000026784809/posts/5291134650897375/?d=n

2022 Season 1 Patch 4 Release Notes

iRacing staffer Alex Gustafson posted the release notes for season 1 patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17910/2022-season-1-patch-4-release-notes-2022-02-12-02

The Best it’s Ever Been

Dale Jr Knows two thigs as well as anyone. Restrictor plate racing and iRacing, and says the current superspeedway package may be the best it’s ever been.

https://twitter.com/dalejr/status/1493669388234502149?s=11

eNASCAR College iRacing Series

NASCAR and iRacing have partnered with NACE Starleague to create the eNASCAR College iRacing Series, bringing the excitement of top-tier sim racing to college students across the United States and Canada this spring. The top 32 eligible drivers in three separate time attacks will qualify to represent their universities in races at the virtual Daytona International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Watkins Glen International over a three-month span. Additional events will be announced in conjunction with the fall semester to bring the total prize pool to $50,000 in scholarships.

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-college-iracing-series-announced-50000-in-scholarships-available-to-college-students-in-2022/

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/02/15/nascar-and-nace-starleague-bring-sim-racing-to-college-campuses-nationwide/

Junior Graphic Designer

Another iRacing job posted became available this week. This one is for a Junior Graphics Designer.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/18081/junior-graphic-designer

Buick Base Design

Dale Jr Tweeted out a poll asking which base design should be applied to the new ’87 Buick Lesabre

https://twitter.com/dalejr/status/1494443483955929091?s=11

Don’t Leave Home Without It

On an interview on TikTok F1 World Champion Max Verstappen mentions he won’t leave home without his iRacing simulator.

@iracingofficial

Max has his priorities. #verstappen #f1 #iracing

♬ original sound – iRacing

https://www.tiktok.com/@iracingofficial/video/7065333070412696879?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Fantasy starts this week!!! So, get in your picks or even better Join us for the most fun fantasy league in the business!

Hardware/Software

Light and Color effects in SimRacing Philips Hue Super Realistic Light


Didier Canetta posted in his Youtube channel his Phillips Hue Lighting system

https://youtu.be/h0Jf6mlcyCo

Cube Controls F-Pro

The new Cube Controls F-Pro will be available for pre orders in late April and run 860 euros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFR_mHRs_W0

https://www.cubecontrols.com/product/f-pro/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEuHZmZ720A

Full test using Thanos AMC + SRS in VR

Kawasaki Ninja posted a YouTube video of his test in the DIY Mega motion system from eRacing Labs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6trTk4iIMY

https://eracing-lab.com/products/rs-mega-plus

GSI GT-Max32

The GSI GT-<ax 32 is the most advanced sim steering wheel they have made to date! It’s the first GT steering wheel in sim racing to feature a total circumference carbon frame. 3 funky switches, 500 gram force programmable LED buttons, LED rotaries and 5 inch LCD touch screen. Pre-orders begin today

https://twitter.com/gomezsimracing/status/1493221594331852801?s=11

https://gomezsimindustries.com/shop/p/gt-max-32

Sim Lab Price Increase

Sim Labs is feeling the inflationary crunch with the rest of us, and regret to announce a price increase to the P1X by about 15%

Sim Lab P1-X
by insimracing

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

  • Race : Daytona
  • Wed Fixed 
    • Rochette– P35 taken out on lap 9 from dips going 3 wide. Fate is making sure that i race bottom split with Groves Friday night 
  • Wed Open:
    • Hall –p 9,  ran top 5 all race.  Was in 4 car brake away and a lap car got into with the 4th place car with 5 to go.  I took tires knowing they could be huge.  Was in good position and net code took me out.
    • Ellis – p DNF – Had just gotten myself to the lead a four second breakaway lead pack runnin 2nd the pushing car lap 60, teammate chris scales was a lap down and with the leaders so I got him in front of me so he was on tail end, and as soon as he got in front of me he shifted from 4th to 3rd, i plowed in and it wrecked the field…
    • Tyler – Wrecked Out Early
    • Greg Pwrecked myself with the best car

Official Series


Ellis – Carb cup – Charlotte – Twice and wrecked myself out, super hard to drive

League / Hosted Races

  • FastTrack League Duels
    1. David – p10, caught up in late wreck, ran well-
    1. Greg p – Bobby and Greg were leading lined up on the bottom the top was coming they pulled up but then aborted, lost the lead at that point stuck on the bottom…
    2. Mike – Wrecked Out when Adam Self Spun- Was not running great…
    3. Adam – Wrecked Out
  • Hosted – 
    1. Ellis -The Kia at Talladega and then the old cop car at Talladega, then the DP at Texas.
  • Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League

Mike – Missed it didn’t own the track Nashville Fairgrounds

  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. The Podidumb 500

Description

Well, the Coke Series is back at Daytona this week and we’re very excited to have Series announcer Evan Posocco back to cover all of the exciting action. Another big Daytona iRacing event doesn’t go off quite as well. All that plus a look at one of the nicest formula and GT wheels on the market. 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Links:

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Episode 0317

2/10/2022 – Chubby Birb – Episode 0317

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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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, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show this week we’ll be welcoming Pro Painter and hardware developer Brandon Yuhouse to the show. We’ll cover the first race of the Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Series, while iRacing announces another World championship Series and we’ll look at iRacing’s involvement in the development of the Clash at the Colosseum.

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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Special Guest

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Guest Specific Questions:

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Topics

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series

iRacing will stage its first-ever professional sim racing series for short course off-road trucks in the summer of 2022. The iRacing Off-Road Championship Series will kick off on Wednesday, June 22 and feature the Pro 4 Stadium Truck competing in premier short course venues across America, with a $25,000 purse on the line and $10,000 to the champion.

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-to-introduce-pro-4-off-road-truck-championship-series-in-summer-2022/

Daytona Solo

Haydon Gullis posted a video of the completion of his solo 24 Hours of Daytona

@wtf1haydon

When you complete a 24 hour race solo 🤯#Racing #iRacing #SimRacer #F1 #F12021 #Daytona #24Hour #Gaming #Daytona24 #SimRace #FYP

♬ original sound – wtf1haydon

https://www.tiktok.com/@haydon6gullis/video/7056381377838664965

Got confetti for finishing with class

Sent in by listener Eric Whiting we have a YouTube video of a Skip Barber crashing into a tire barrier and just watch what happens

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

Talladega Alt

Moonhead posted a video of a cup race at Talladega, with a twist. Drivers are able to drive thru pit road as part of the racing surface, and let the carnage begin

@itsmoonhead

imagine talladega but without the trioval #FYP #nascar #iracing

♬ original sound – Moonhead

https://www.tiktok.com/@itsmoonhead/video/7060736059176635694

BL’s Offline Real World Replica Rosters

Brendon Langlois decided to start a thread to share the real world replica rosters he’s created over the last year or so. He’s put tons of time into each one of these rosters to try to make them as accurate to real life as possible, and is sharing them with the community

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15998/bls-offline-real-world-replica-rosters#latest

Graphical Updates Delay

Tyler Hudson posted in the forums that the graphical updates for the new spoiler on the next gen cup cars will be released later. They wanted to get the car physics released asap for testing, NIS and Coke Series.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/124940/#Comment_124940

LA Coliseum Feedback

Jalopnick.com posted an article with their thoughts of the new LA Colosseum while Zach Sturniolo writing for Frontstretch.com explored how iRacing played a pivotal role in the success of the Clash

https://jalopnik.com/i-raced-iracings-la-coliseum-so-you-dont-have-to-1848486458

“iRacing has been tremendous in helping us create this track and really put it together,” Kennedy said Friday while standing atop the fresh asphalt off turn 4. “I have to give Steve Myers and Greg Hill and the entire team over there a ton of credit. We sent them a CAD file of what this track would look like in the fall of last year. They put it on their service, they built a couple of different variations of it. We played with banking a little bit, played with track with a little bit, played with different rumble strips in the corners, and [we] got a ton of great data and feedback from our Cup drivers and the professional eSports drivers that jumped on there.”

Would NASCAR be as willing to take these bold risks so quickly without the advantage of iRacing’s resources?

“Probably not,” said Earnhardt Jr., who also serves as an analyst for NBC Sports. “I think that iRacing being able to build this track and then let their really, really good, talented iRacers vet the track and give their feedback is an incredible scenario. It’s very lucky for NASCAR, especially with the position that NASCAR is in with this sort of new ambitious thought process of street courses.”

“I think iRacing opens up the possibilities, right?” Earnhardt Jr. said. “They [NASCAR officials] go into the projects with so much more confidence being able to build a virtual rendition of the track and being able to actually have competitors compete on that virtual track. You can make a render. You have an artist create a render or draw something, but you can’t race that render. You can’t put competitors on that render and let them go after it and see what they think.

“With the iRacing software and that component, it really opens up the possibilities of what NASCAR can do and how creative they can get.”

https://www.frontstretch.com/2022/02/06/zachs-turn-iracing-plays-pivotal-role-in-clash-success/

Fake iRacing Store

iRacing posted on Twitter that they are investigating a fake iRacing Store scam and remonds everyone to only make purchase from iRacing.com, the members.iracing.com or thru Steam. And you should never share your iRacing login info

https://twitter.com/iracingsupport/status/1490713575358357505?s=11

Monday Night Racing Live

Taylor Burris Tweeted a pic of the stage in preparation of the Rowdy Energy Drink Monday Night Racing finale live

https://twitter.com/irdtaylor45/status/1490741833043005443?s=11

Monday Night Racing posted from their Twitter a video of the action as the laps count down

https://twitter.com/MonNightRacing/status/1490879098440527872

And congratulations to Adam Cabot for his victory. Noah Lewis posted a video of Adam’s trophy presentation.

https://twitter.com/Noah_Lewis1/status/1490882510053462018

iRacers Pay Tribute – Lotus 49 Community

The Lotus 49 Community paid tribute to their fallen friend Colin Bentley and iRacing posted the video on their YouTube page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=8Xl1nSPcN_0&feature=youtu.be

2022 Season 1 Patch 3 Release Notes

iRacing and Alex Gustafson posted the release notes for 2022 Season 1 patch 3

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17548/2022-season-1-patch-3-release-notes-2022-02-07-01

Exciting news coming up

Carquest Auto Parts Tweeted that if you love iRacing give us a follow for some exciting news coming up. Drop your iRacing channel below in the comments so people can find you.

https://twitter.com/carquest/status/1491079381892096001?s=11

Porsche Supercup Week 1 Hockenheim

Ayhancan Guven took the victory in the first race of the 2022 Season of the Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Series at Hockenheim. Graham Carroll finished second and Jeremy Bouteloup finshed third.

In the All-Star race preceding the Supercup action, Porsche junior driver Laurin Heinrich passed defending series champion Emily “Emree” Jones on Lap 6 and lead the final 10 laps of the race.

2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge Canada series

The 2022 Porsche Esport Sprint Challenge Canada series begins on March 17th

https://twitter.com/porschecanada/status/1490686882946203652?s=11

https://www.iracing.com/pescc/

https://www.iracing.com/pescc/

2022 IndyCar iRacing Series Schedule

iRacing has announced that the IndyCar iRacing Series will be back for 2022. This 16 event schedule kicks off the week of February 22nd at Sebring and runs through September at Laguna Seca. New for this season (and available after the March Release so not Sebring) we will have an updated rule set that will require the use of multiple compounds for road course events for a bit more strategy.

Please see the rest of the year long series details below:

Timeslots

Timeslot #1 – Thursday 01:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Friday 18:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 13:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Sunday 18:00 GMT

Timeslot #5 – Monday 1:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17342/2022-indycar-iracing-series-schedule#latest

2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

Date: February 11-13

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16630/2022-bathurst-12-hour

Podium 500

The Podium 500 returns with the next gen cars on Feb 13th

https://twitter.com/podiumesports/status/1479815153076084740?s=11

Tony Rochette’s New Paints

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Tony Groves announces the return of the 2022 iRacers Lounge Podcast and Aftermath Show Nascar Fantasy League.

Hardware/Software

Carolina Sim Shop is coming later this year

Carolina Sim Shop is coming later this year! They have already started making and building iRacing Spotlights, and in the coming months they will be looking for people to help with beta testing the products they are making. Comment or Message if you’re interested! This product was created by Midwest Simulations, and they are no longer creating it. The goal is to have products on the market in Q3 2022!

https://www.facebook.com/184085205126228/posts/1947944218740309/?d=n

Rig Review

This rig was posted by Ryan Haines

Ryan Haines

I still have more stuff to hang but I just moved it into our converted garage room.

iRaceControl (Race Control, Stewarding)

This is a race control program for iRacing. It is being developed by Richard Hibbs and myself. It is still in a alpha state, and under development.

Main features:

  • Live track positions of cars (Map if available, circle otherwise), with yellow highlight if driver is off track.
  • Live timing with laps, sector times, last and best lap times.
  • Sector and Lap times are logged for each driver.
  • Incident-logging for review and giving penalties, or no action. Can also enable public or private notification in the iRacing chat of incident review results.
  • Can give post-race time penalties (Only affects exports from iRaceControl, not iRacing)
  • Playback control.
  • Random yellows. Can set timeslots for random yellows, with a given probability.
  • Auto Steward. Can give drivers warning/drive-though/stop-go/dsq at set inc-counts. Can also throw full course yellows if the total inc-count exceeds a set value during the 1st lap, the last 10 seconds, or in total.
  • Pace car controls; Send out (throw a full course yellow), call in, add/reduce laps to be run.
  • Buttons for closing and opening of the pit entry.
  • Button for advancing to next session.
  • Start control: Buttons for initiation of race start, or to postpone it.
  • Clocks for both session time remaining and session/race run time.
  • CSV export of race results in same format as iRacing website

https://iracecontrol.com/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/11055/iracecontrol-race-control-stewarding-0-6-2/p1

PreOrder Asetek Simsports Invicta Pedals

  • This is a free & no obligations pre-order opportunity for the Asetek SimSports Invicta Sim Racing Pedals – Brake & Throttle.
    • This pre-order guarantees that you can get the highly discounted introduction pricing for this product and priority shipment. Once the pedals are available for immediate dispatch across North America (late March or early April 2022), the Advanced SimRacing team will contact you to confirm your order.
    • Introduction pricing : 759.99$ USD / 995.99 $ CAD
    • Regular pricing (After February 28) : 899.99$ USD / 1195.99 $ CAD

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/products/asetek-sim-sports-invica-sim-racing-pedals-brake-throttle

JRT is the App That Keeps On Giving

Click the right side of any timing screen to get to red box, take PHOTO… Viola!

Gen 7 MOTEC Workbook and Jargon

So with the Next Gen, some of the newer telemetry outputs have seemed to not quite work properly with some older workbooks, which means that some work has had to be done to update them. Kyle L Steinwand is offering up an updated version of the old MoTeC Project 2015 Gen6 created by Peter Chamberlain (it’s original creator), titled MoTeC Project 2022 Next Gen. This book has some updated information to better match the newer telemetry outputs we have available. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15825/next-gen-telemetry-workbook-for-motec#latest

ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® Esports V2

Celebrating our partnership with Formula 1 as official provider of the F1 Esports Series, the ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® Esports V2 is designed for driving Formula 1 cars at the limit. The V2 comes with magnetic shifters, customizable RGB LEDs, revised electronics, and an exchangeable quick release.

https://fanatec.com/us-en/steering-wheels/clubsport-steering-wheel-f1-esports-v2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8BGJcOtrI

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

  • A Fixed 
    • Rochette P8 @ Kentucky first time running updated NG package


League / Hosted Races

  • Hosted – 
    • Ellis -The Kia at Talladega and then the old cop car at Talladega, then the DP at Texas.
  • FastTrack League
    1. David – p3 lost my help, but went from 20th to 4th in 2 laps. I love the package https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1NijLF_WDY 
    1. Greg p Hooked
    2. Mike – 14 – But on the white was pushing david to the win but got hooked from behind. Great run, most of the race the 3 of us lined up near the front.
  • Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League

Mike – lucas oil raceway – twice someone spun in front of me and i had to take massive action to avoid. I end up at the back because of it, eventually lapped. But caution then got the lucky dog. Then I ended up spinning on my own and killed the left front on the inside wall for 3 and half minutes damage. But it was a short track and didnt lose much speed, but later got ran over from behind and dumped basically.

  • Saturday – SIM 500 eSports Racing League 87 Car Wilkesboro
      • Mike -p10 – Got involved in a lot of early incidents that weren’t my doing, but this car is a tank and it seemed to be just fine with a minute and a half damage. Turn it up taking tires on a lab 35 but then we had a long green run and I got lapped. Missed out on the lucky dog opportunity near the end so I just brought it home. 
      • Chris p12?
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
  • OBRL CUP Series

Final Thoughts

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Description

On the show this week we’ll be welcoming pro painter and hardware developer Brandon Yuhouse to the show. We’ll cover the first race of the Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Series, while iRacing announces another World championship Series and we’ll look at iRacing’s involvement in the development of the Clash at the Colosseum. 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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2/3/2022 – Wet Wood – Episode 0316

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

This week on the show, the final unsigned Coke Series drivers find their home. We recap the final race of the iRacing World of Outlaws season and crown a series champion. And is the Next gen cup car worse than it was before?

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Topics

Coke News

Letarte eSports return to the Coke Series with two new drivers, Brian Mercurio and Dylan Ault

https://twitter.com/steveletarte/status/1487161070531796995?s=11

Elliot Sadler eSports announced the acquisition of driver Liam Brotherton. Also, they announced that they will be partnering with Next Level Racing as their exclusive sim chassis provider.

https://twitter.com/sadleresports/status/1487893421284990977?s=11

More from Elliot Sadler eSports in that they will be returning with Driver Garrett Manes and also they have formed a driver development program with Kaulig Racing in 2022

https://twitter.com/sadleresports/status/1487923610551414784?s=11

23XI Racing holds with their two drivers from last year, returning champion Keegan Leahy and top rookie, Mitchell deJong

https://twitter.com/23xiracing/status/1488225384747483136?s=11

Spacestation racing will be returning with Kyle Peddle and Allen Boes

https://twitter.com/ssgracing/status/1488308946100178945?s=11

https://twitter.com/ssgracing/status/1488308946100178945?s=11

Kyle Long’s Mode Media House will have drivers Cody Byus and Matt Busa.

https://twitter.com/modemediahouse/status/1488542936165928966?s=11

Coke Series Clash

Casey Kirwan wins the Coke iRacing Clash at the Colosseum

https://www.iracing.com/casey-kirwan-wins-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-clash-at-the-coliseum/

2022 Daytona 24 Stats

Rob Crouch posted the stats for the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona

https://iracingreports.com/stats/22s1-Daytona_24-P217.html

https://iracingreports.com/stats/22s1-Daytona_24-GT3.html

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17007/2022-daytona-24-stats

Porsche Supercup Series

The Tag Heuer Porsche Supercup Series will return this Saturday, February 5th at the Hockenheimring with $200,000 prize pool.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZZ0-yDBxkI/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Reason #437 To Not Use The Beta UI

iRacing posted a Tweet recognizing that there is a know issue with the UI not allowing races to show up and direct user to use the website until the issue is resolved.

https://twitter.com/iRacingSupport/status/1488136398750236679

https://twitter.com/iRacingSupport/status/1488136398750236679

It’s even worse now

Nick Neebon posted a video on his YouTube Channel criticizing the next gen car noting the snappy loose conditions that are prevent in mile and a half tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEMjQdp55yI

Poor Next Gen Braking Performance

iRacing member Isaac Lockhert noticed while racing the Next gen Cup car at the Charlotte roval course that he actually had to back up his break points compared to to Gen 6 car and blamed poorer brake performance. Staffer Matt Holden posted a reply with his explanation of why this is.

There’s a lot behind the “curtain” that has to be considered between the two cars. First and foremost, the NextGen brakes do provide more stopping power at their peak than the Gen 6 car, but there’s other stuff going on. Mason is right that the Master Cylinders are intentionally set to be larger than optimum, which basically means you can go to 100% brake pedal travel without lockup on initial braking. This helps with people who are more arrive-and-drive since front lockups tend to be harder to recover from than just a softer brake pedal. Reducing MC size will increase line pressure and cause the brakes to bite harder, but can more easily lock up.

Also, NextGen cars have the temperature system enabled on the brakes while the Gen 6 did not. This basically means the G6 brakes are always at optimum temperature, the NG brakes start too cold, thus don’t have as much power as they could, and will start fading with excessive heat. It’s actually quite difficult to get all four rotors to run in the optimum temp range (usually the front rotors overheat when the rears are optimum), so brake performance can suffer slightly. There’s also some engine braking differences between Gen 6, but all-in-all we’ve gotten feedback from the real drivers that the performance is accurate on the NextGen. The most common thing I heard from real drivers was that the Gen 6 brakes were way too powerful than the real things.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/113609/#Comment_113609

BrokeA$$ $imra¢ing

Broke A$$ $imracing posted a series of videos using some imaginative ways to replace a steering wheel.

@douglasthompsonofficial

BrokeA$$ $imra¢ing Ep.5 BMX Handlebars Wheel #douglasthompson #brokeasssimracing #funny #fan #simracing #cammus #csldd #fanblade #fanmode #bmx

♬ original sound – Douglas Thompson

https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasthompsonofficial/video/7052738900158205189

@douglasthompsonofficial

BrokeA$$ $imra¢ing Ep.7 (Airsoft) #douglasthompson #cammus #assettocorsa #brokeass #simracing #funny #dumb #racing #subaru #random #wrx #airsoft

♬ original sound – Douglas Thompson

https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasthompsonofficial/video/7056437359432420655

@douglasthompsonofficial

BrokeA$$ $imra¢ing Ep.9 (TV Remote) #douglasthompson #tvremote #controller #brokeasssimracing #cammus #funny

♬ original sound – Douglas Thompson

https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasthompsonofficial/video/7059369599812341039

@douglasthompsonofficial

BrokeA$$ $imra¢ing Ep.9 (CSL DD) #douglasthompson #brokeasssimracing #simracing #cammus #csldd #fanatec #funny #dumbidea

♬ original sound – Douglas Thompson

https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasthompsonofficial/video/7059373048469687598?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

iRacing was on site scanning Kern County Raceway

The iRacing track scanning vehicle was spotted at Kern County Raceway Park a half mile oval in Bakersfield California that hosts the Whelen All American Series and K&N Pro Series West. It also sports a 1/3 mile clay track in it’s facilities.

https://www.facebook.com/kernraceway/posts/7092951954080757

Reminder – Yes we have F1

iRacing Posted on their YouTube Channel a video of member Jarl Teien posting a 1;23.65 in the Mercedes Formula 1 Car at Suzuka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVwTRwDAhk4

World of Outlaws Week 10 [Brian/Mike]

The iRacing Nos Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car series closed out Monday at the Dirt Track at Charlotte. Coming into the race Cameron Merriman held a 13 point lead over 3 time returning champion Alex Bergeron with James Edens 19 points back, third in the points.

Blake Matjoulis was fast in qualifying and won heat number one and earned the feature pole. Merriman was second fastest in qualifying, won his heat and would start on the outside of the front row for the feature.

Meanwhile Bergeron did not have great qualifying effort. Bergeron qualified 21st, started 6th in his heat, and managed only to make his way to third meaning he would start in the fifth row of the feature.

That put Merriman in great position since Bergeron would need to finish at least 5 spots ahead of him to take the championship.

After the flag dropped, Merriman was able to get by Matjoulis 6 laps into the race running the high line around the track. He stayed comfortably ahead of the field while Bergeron charged all the way up to p5.

With the race staying green, the only way he could loose the championship is of he made a major mistake like happened at Fairbury. But no, Merriman stays clear of lap traffic and take his only race win of the season and claiming the 2022 Championship and the $10,000 prize.

https://www.iracing.com/cameron-merriman-wins-2021-22-iracing-world-of-outlaws-title-with-charlotte-victory/

EasyAntiCheat (EAC) Update

Alex Gustafson posted in the forums that the iRacing partners at EasyAntiCheat (EAC) recently released a new client-side version update that needs to be present in order for you to join Races. Many of you may have received this update automatically, but if you have been unable to join events lately, these steps might solve your problem:

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/17139/failure-to-join-races-and-easyanticheat-eac-update

Do you have the same sim racing bad habit as me? [Hall]

Dave Cam on his YouTube Channel was shocked to see that he was turning faster times at Bell Isle with one foot for throttle and braking than with two. After checking his telemetry, he figured out his mistakes and asks if you might be having this habit as well.

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

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Monday Night Racing Pro Series Finale

The Rowdy Energy Monday Night Racing Pro Series Finale Presented by Market Rebellion will be brought to you LIVE at the Carolina Esports Hub for a first of its kind event featuring the best real life & sim drivers alike.

Register on Eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rowdy-energy-mnr-pro-series-finale-presented-by-market-rebellion-tickets-253478901217

Hyundai N e-Festival Global League

https://twitter.com/racespottv/status/1486059463559856130?s=11

2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

Date: February 11-13

(Registration opens 1 hour prior to the event)

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16630/2022-bathurst-12-hour

Podium 500

The Podium 500 returns with the next gen cars on Feb 13th

https://twitter.com/podiumesports/status/1479815153076084740?s=11

Prelude to the Daytona 500

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

Buy our NFT! https://ftx.us/nfts/token/397094821527779177

Join our Discord – https://discord.gg/fEmQ2Awaps

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Samsung Odssey Ark

Samsung posted a video on TikTok of the Samsung Odssey Arc monitor.

@newegg

Testing the Samsung Odssey Ark at #CES before it comes out #gaming #science #monitor #gamingsetup #gaminglife #pc #newegg

♬ Soundtrack – Maximilien Mathevon

https://www.tiktok.com/@newegg/video/7053517595286375727

GRID DDU-5 Display [Brian]

Grid Sim Lab offers their DDU-5 wheel-base mounted LCD display

https://gridbysimlab.com/shop/product/grid-display-ddu-5-3619?category=167#attr=2878

Rise Sim Engineering

RISE Sim Engineering offers button boxes, iFlags, displays and and oval wheel button cluster

https://www.risesimengineering.com/shop

The DSD uBox Button Controller

Derek Speares Designs offers their new uBox Button Controller

https://derekspearedesigns.com/ubox12.html

Why I Ditched My Triple Screen Sim Racing Setup

Chris Haye Simracing posted on his YouTube Channel the reasons he ditched his triple screen setup for a single monitor. Most of his reasoning revolved around video performance and video capturing, budgeting for 4k triples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO5YOttZqbE

Rig Review

itchie.diz posted a short video on TikTok of his 80/20 composite rig that features an enclosed hood and roof complete with window netting

@itchie.diz

Reply to @a.better_brain7 I got a bunch of b roll . #racekraftsimulations #simrig #simrace #simracingsetup

♬ original sound – Stan 🙂

https://www.tiktok.com/@itchie.diz/video/7058254212567780609?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

P1 Pro Cylinders are leak-proof

Sim Coaches have managed to engineer the first purpose built hydraulic cylinder for sim racing. where they have added more o-rings and tightened the tolerances from other brands to ensure that they are completely leak proof.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZciBgnFrx-/?utm_medium=share_sheet

RaceKit Simulators

RaceKit Simulators will sell the plans and instructions to build plywood simulators from $25. Designed and developed in New Zealand.

https://racekit-simulators.myshopify.com/

Results

Official Series


  • PDS Euro Sprint Series
    • Hall – P1 at Suzuka.  Unusual win.  Was close at first, then started to pull away from 2nd as tires got warm.  I GTE gets loose beside me and pops for what would be 5 seconds damage.  Didn’t hurt the car except for long straights.  Held on as Long as I could lost the lead a few laps before pit window.  Pitted and fixed 5 seconds, cycled out later to 5 seconds behind lead.  Catch him, and he’s as fast as me on the long straights, but weak in the S’s, i finally setup a pass on the out side of the final left hander and pull away.

League / Hosted Races

  • FastTrack League
  1. David – p1, stayed in top 4 for whole race with pole.  Took lead on 2nd to last restart, big wreck.   Final restart to few cars out side line couldn’t form up.  2nd place car tried to lay back so I let off to limit his run.  Took win. 
  2. Bobby – Wrecked Out
  3. Mike – Wrecked out – Tifosi front row Q – We ran up front until i got hooked.
  • Hosted
    1. Ran supercars at Michigan hosted Chris McGuire end up wrecked getting on the pit Road. 
    2. Tried several carb cups at Daytona Friday got wrecked out early in each one
  • Winter League
    1. Ellis – pDNF – Ran about two thirds of race was just slow and bored, tired. So parked it.

Hall –  p wrecked out, not of my own doing, disappointed end to season.  Finished 8th in points.

  • Saturday – SIM 500 eSports Racing League 87 Car
    1. Mike -p17 – Charlotte – hit the wall hard 3 times and through the grass once, was enough to lose my track position to the back, gained back a few spots through attrition. GF stop at half way then caution right after put me and others down a lap fighting for lucky dog. I held it for the first part of the run but lost it eventually because I never caught that next caution

Final Thoughts

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

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  1. Wet Wood

Description

This week on the show, the final unsigned Coke Series drivers find their home. We recap the final race of the iRacing World of Outlaws season and crown a series champion. And is the Next gen cup car worse than it was before? 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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1/27/2022 – NFT Cabbage – Episode 0315

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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  • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On todays show we’ll do a full review of The 24 Hours of Daytona 24, including the Tifosi team results and all of the rest. iRacing releases a mid season patch including a new track and a much anticipated adjustment to the Next Gen Cup cars.

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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Special Guest

Guest Name

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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

24 Hours of Daytona

The guys at the iRacers Lounge Podcast were geared up for the start of Sunday’s 24 Hours of Daytona with the LMP team and Ferrari GTE fun team!

https://twitter.com/iRacersLounge/status/1484304210812231683

https://twitter.com/froozenkaktus/status/1484948309907316737

24 Hour Participation

https://twitter.com/iracingmyers/status/1484994317471162370?s=11

Skull SimGear Split Winner

The team of Skull SimGear won their GTE split in the 24 with the drivers of Robbie Tear, Mark Heron, Andy Hanson, Yas Samaai, and Chris Skull.

https://twitter.com/skullsimgear/status/1485291384936583171?s=11

Kirwan Wins at the 24

Coke Series driver Casey Kirwan was a part of the LMP2 team that won his split in the 24 Hours. He posted that they had to comeback from 2 and a half laps back after lagging out early but some luck and good stints got us back into it.

https://twitter.com/caseykirwan23/status/1485338477365506053?s=11

GTE Top Split Winner

Denmark Drivers Lasse Bak, Mikkel Gade and Lasse Sørensen of FYRA SimSport were the top split winners of the GTE division of the 24 Hours of Daytona.

https://twitter.com/fyrasimsport/status/1485242491959840768?s=11

LMP2 Top Split Winners

Congratulations to the Apex Racing Team of Peter Berryman, Yohann Harth, Michele Costantini and Maxime Brient on top top split and overall winners of the iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona.

https://twitter.com/apexracingteam/status/1485237681755992069?s=11

Garrett Manes, Vicente Salas Top Split Winners

Garrett Manes with fellow Coke Driver Vicente Salas won their top split in the GT Division of the 24.

https://twitter.com/garrettmanes/status/1485041215976452099?s=11

Cosey Jr Wins His Split after 5 Years

Michael Cosey Jr, winner of last year’s Firecracker 400, won his LMP2 split of the 24 after five years of trying.

https://twitter.com/windvow8820/status/1485243248671178754?s=11

Allgaier Wins at the 24

Nascar driver Justin Allgaier and his team won their GTE split at the 24

https://twitter.com/j_allgaier/status/1485300239380717572?s=11

Reynolds and Boes Win in the LMP2

Coke drivers Blake Reynolds and Allen Boes along with teammates Blake Bryant, Hogan Garrison, and Shawn Butler for the DeadZone Racing Gold team

https://twitter.com/blakereynolds66/status/1485241957450407939?s=11

The Power of 69

Twitch streamer SteelHorseLive posted that he won his split in the Daytona 24 in the LMP2 car runnong the number 69 car, driving 69 laps and despite having 69 total incident points.

https://twitter.com/steelhorselive/status/1485299643944742915?s=11

Sim Party Racing gets a W

The guys from Sim Party Racing won their LMP2 split

https://twitter.com/simpartyracing/status/1485311402583764995?s=11

Indy Autosport

Indy Autosport Tokyo Drift have won their split in the Mercedes AMG GTE

https://twitter.com/autosportindy/status/1485264100083273730?s=11

Arrow CHS Wins at the 24

https://twitter.com/arrowcsh/status/1485247523702947840?s=11

Side By Side at Hour 23 [Brian]

Alex Tagliani posted on Instagram of his team coming out of the pits at hour 23 side by side for the lead

Taylor Burris Split Winner

Podium eSports announcer Taylor Burris won his LMP2 split

https://twitter.com/tagliani/status/1485381791636770818

https://twitter.com/iRDTaylor45/status/1485311131266736130

https://twitter.com/iRDTaylor45/status/1485311131266736130

Bawls Out wins their LMP2 split

https://twitter.com/bawlsoutracing/status/1485023988560576518?s=11

Side by Side after 24 Hours

After 24 hours of grueling racing at Daytona in the LMP2 cars, the teams of Driven Motorsports and Triple S Racing came down to a side by side finish for the win. In perspective. that’s over 3200 miles of racing and finishing a few feet apart

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1486096459665707008?s=11

Largest Motorsports Event?

Parker Klingerman was chatting with Steve Myers and speculated that the iRacing Daytona 24 hour event may be the single largest motorsport participant event in the world

https://twitter.com/iracingmyers/status/1485287142146420744?s=11

Podium Certificates

Steve Myers thought that Jake Fluman’s idea of adding a certificate for podium finishes in the 24 Hours of Daytona

https://twitter.com/iracingmyers/status/1486415072259936256?s=11

Monday Night Racing to host Season 4 finale live at Carolina Esports Hub

The championship finale of the Monday Night Racing Series will compete in front of a live audience for the Season 4 Championship Finale at the Carolina Esports Hub on 7th February.

https://twitter.com/monnightracing/status/1485690391705931777?s=11

https://traxion.gg/monday-night-racing-to-host-season-4-finale-live-at-carolina-esports-hub/

What iRacing does best

Race Depatment posted a YouTube video about what IiRacing does best as a racing Simulation

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/what-iracing-does-best-opinion-piece-ben-harrison.386/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gznHch_XyrU&t=1s

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Bob Pockrass Tweetes that track owner Marcus Smith has some renderings of possibly what a revised North Wilkesboro Speedway would look like.

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1484553371671531525

Dale JR in the HOF

iRacing congratulates Nascar Driver and iRacing VP Dale Earnhardt Jr for his induction into the Nascar Racing Hall of Fame

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-celebrates-dale-earnhardt-jr-s-induction-into-nascar-hall-of-fame/

Better Ergonomics in a Racing Simulator

Asetek Simsports posted a video on their Facebook page about how to set up your rig for a more agronomical fit.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&v=1035952440594388

Everyone Please Start Using XAudio2 and say goodbye to DirectSound

Aussie Greg Hill posted in the forums that e default sound system is now XAudio2, there is no reason to use DirectSound anymore.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16294/everyone-please-start-using-xaudio2-and-say-goodbye-to-directsound

Logitech G eSports

Logitech announces their NA Champions Philippe Simard, Nick Ottinger and Brandon Hawkin

https://twitter.com/logitechgesport/status/1485296312635510820?s=11

2022 Season 1 Patch 2 Release Notes 

Alex Gustavson posted the notes the 2022 Season 1 Patch 2 release notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16727/2022-season-1-patch-2-release-notes-2022-01-25-03

The LA Coliseum

The new patch included the release of the new LA Coliseum

https://twitter.com/greghi11/status/1485840207710728197?s=11

https://twitter.com/greghi11/status/1485846832815263744?s=11

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1486356500834619392?s=11

https://twitter.com/anthonyalfredo/status/1486367774020673543?s=11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp1kXC3Cg8U

LA Crashiseum

Nick Nebon posted a Youtube video of a win at the La Coliseum Clash where 50 of the 75 lap feature were under caution. Tyler Stooksbury was in a Clash race where EVERYONE in the session lost significant SR. He had a just single 2x in the feature and lost a lot of SR because its near impossible to run laps in the warmup sessions without getting hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKY2L88jZGI

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16769/every-driver-in-la-clash-race-loses-sr-even-those-with-low-incidents

Next Gen Update

The Next Gen Cup cars received the new update on the HP package. Nick Neebon posted a video of his initial test session.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pR703i74U

NFT’s Have Arrived in Sim Racing

Box this lap has an post on their website saying that NFT’s ( non-fungible tokens) have arrived in sim racing.

https://boxthislap.org/nfts-have-arrived-in-sim-racing/

Original artwork to celebrate the 200th episode released on 10/31/2020 of the iRacers Lounge Podcast. Grab a piece of their history with this one of kind podcast logo NFT! If you buy this NFT we will coordinate to schedule you to be a guest on a future episode.

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Piling up

Andreas Moor had a video posted on iRacing’s Instagram page that shows a massive pile-up of sportscars at Watkins Glen

https://www.instagram.com/iracingofficial/tv/CZNNeiMhmKT/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Coke Series Team Chart

iRacing has posted the current Coke Series team chart

https://twitter.com/jrmotorsports/status/1486723274125897729?s=11

WoO Week 9 Weedsport [Brian/Mike]

The iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint car championship was at Weedsport Speedway for the next to last race of the season with Alex Bergeron holding on to a narrow 4 point lead for the championship over Cameron Merriman and 19 points ahead of James Edens

Brayden Eyler was the fast qualifier, but hit the wall in his heat race allowing last week’s winner Evan Seay to take the win and pole in the feature. Cameron Merriman wins heat 2, meaning he’ll start on the outside of row one and a great spot to claim the points lead.

Alex Bergeron started third and finished third in his heat meaning he would be starting in the middle of the field on the short bullring, leaving a lot of work to be done to chase down Merriman.

Evan Seay takes the lead early, but his car goes away mid way thru the race when Merriman takes over the lead. Meanwhile Bergeron is marred in 12th place and unable to advance thru the field.

Merriman posted a 3 second lead over the field when a late caution bring the field back together with a hungry Hayden Cardwell ready to pounce from the second position. When the final green dropped, Merriman losses traction on a slick section of track allowing Cardwell to get alongside him with 2 to go.

The two drivers make contact and Cardwell takes the lead and stays there for his second win of the season. Merriman gets bumped back to finish P4, but that was enough for him to take the series point lead over ninth place Bergeron.

So heading to the final race of the season Cameron Merriman will be taking a 13 point lead to The Dirt Track at Charlotte, and try to hold off Alex Bergeron who would is seeking his 4th consecutive Championship.

https://www.iracing.com/cardwell-wins-iracing-world-of-outlaws-sprint-cars-at-weedsport-merriman-seizes-points-lead/

9th Annual Majors Series Daytona 500

https://www.facebook.com/103355085047710/posts/323355936380956/?d=n

Hyundai N e-Festival Global League

https://twitter.com/racespottv/status/1486059463559856130?s=11

2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

The Bathurst 12 Hour is a 12 hour endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Date: February 11-13

(Registration opens 1 hour prior to the event)

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16630/2022-bathurst-12-hour

OBRL Metro Cup

The OBRL is gearing up for their Metro Ford 40 week cup series starting in February. They’ve added two new sponsors, KIMBOWL and Victory Lane Sports to help make it possible for a $3000 prize pool for the season . There’s the Manufacturers Cup ( $500 ) – Top 10 positions Payout ( $1500) – Safety First Award 8 Positions paid ( $700 ) – Hard Charger Award ( 10$ per race for positions gained ) – Rookie of the Year ( $100) – Ride the pole Award ( 100) . The winner of the safety award pays almost the same as winning the championship which is a really cool message. And if you like seeing your car in a TV style show, they’re singed up for a full year with their broadcasting partner Team Goon Squad.

https://oldbastardsracing.com/

Podium 500

The Podium 500 returns with the next gen cars on Feb 13th

https://twitter.com/podiumesports/status/1479815153076084740?s=11

Prelude to the Daytona 500

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

LCD telemetry boxes

Yuhouse Racing Designs presents their LCD telemetry box

https://www.facebook.com/103842818263121/posts/338134138167320/?d=n

V Rig

The V Rig offers multiple seating positions with a triple monitor stand that adjusts with you

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CY9LU74KMsG

Reviewing The New Cube Controls F-Pro Wheel

jaaames reviews on their Youtube channel the Cube Controls F Pro Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM1asaUS8po

25k not including the monitor [Brian]

9999 Monkeys posted a picture of his 25k rig including a full dashboard and center console for his shifter and e-brake

25k not including the monitor
byu/9999monkeys ingaming

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/sauktf/25k_not_including_the_monitor/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

New Thrustmaster Direct Drive info: This is becoming a joke

Random Callsign reviews the release updates for the new Trustmaster DD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSOp7J_WCY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSOp7J_WCY

iRacing now included in NVIDIA Reflex’s low latency ecosystem

https://traxion.gg/iracing-now-included-in-nvidia-reflexs-low-latency-ecosystem/

https://traxion.gg/iracing-now-included-in-nvidia-reflexs-low-latency-ecosystem/

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/technologies/reflex/

Why I use 27″ triple monitors for Sim Racing?

Dave Cam released a video of why he thinks using 27″monitors in a triple setup is the correct size.

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

Motion Simulation TL3 Lite Rig

WATCH: A tour of the Motion Simulation TL3 Lite rig

https://traxion.gg/watch-a-tour-of-the-motion-simulation-tl3-lite-rig/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLqAF7Fzea0&t=1s

https://www.motionsimulation.com/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series


League / Hosted Races

  • Hosted – Tally Cadillacs – Win! Started dead last
  • Winter League
    1. Ellis – pwrecked out – ran as high as p2
    2. Hall –  p p16, late caution right on pit window.  Thought I could save fuel, but after about 10 laps decided it wasn’t gonna make it and moved up to outside to at least fight for position in the pack I was in.   Something happened in front and I had no where to go.   Limped around and engine out lasted another guy, now surprisingly tied for 7th in points.
    1. Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League
    • Mike – Nashville- Wrecked out. It was hard to pass I finally got underneath a guy held my line fine but he doored into me and then I was slow after that took my quick fix on the green flag stop I also got doorred on pit Road before the stop I was side-by-side with a guy and he just drove into my side   was looking good after that up to P9. Then the same guy that caused me damage previously took out another guy up ahead of me and I plowed in. With no more resets I was done 
  • OBRL ARCA Series 
    1. Brian Nashville P15 started p8 was able to get up to top 3 and was turned on a restart
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 

Final Thoughts

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Show Introduction

On the show tonight, more Coke Series Drivers find their homes for the season, including a driver return to the Joe Gibbs team. Will iRacing scan some of the most iconic cars in the history of Nascar and we review this weeks wild World of Outlaws race at Faibury.

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Special Guest

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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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

Coke Series Update

More Coke Series drivers announcements this week starting with Williams eSports signing Vicente Salas and Donovan Strauss

https://twitter.com/williamsesports/status/1482065043269341193?s=11

William Byron eSports returns with the same lineup as last year with past series champion Nick Ottinger and final 4 driver from last year Logan Clampitt

https://twitter.com/wbesports_/status/1482092750082347011?s=11

Xset returns to the series with past champion Ryan Luza and fan favorite Casey Kirwan

https://twitter.com/xset/status/1483501521786580996?s=11

The newly named eRacer.gg team announced the signing of drivers Darik Bourdeau and Collin Bowden

https://twitter.com/eracr_gg/status/1483550280251813893?s=11

Joe Gibbs comes out of the box strong with Ray Alfalla and a return to the number 18 Interstate Batteries car Bobby Zalenski

https://twitter.com/joegibbsracing/status/1483598149415587842?s=11

Holy Shitballs Batman

Petty’s Garage posted on their facebook page that Petty Motorsports has pulled down their iconic Richard Petty Stock cars, including the ’71 Plymouth Roadrunner and ’74 Dodge Charger, and wrote, “Alright iRacing, we pulled these out of the Petty Museum for you, come work your magic! There’s a lot of people out there that would love to sit in the same seat as Richard Petty and blast through the tri-oval at Daytona…”

https://www.facebook.com/382265150160/posts/10166226694780161/?d=n

Winner winner, chicken dinner

Maarten van Loozenoord won the Logitech G challenge EMEA Open Wheel Championship

https://twitter.com/r8g_maarten/status/1482729187941171204?s=11

iRacing Top 10 Highlights – December 2021

iRacing posted the top 10 highlights for December 2021 on their YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTAzzN2_nR4

iRacing To Add Multiple Dirt Tracks

iRacing announced multiple dirt tracks that will be added to the service including the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 to be followed later in the year by Wheatland, Missouri’s Lucas Oil Speedway and Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway. Announcements on multiple additional dirt ovals set to join iRacing will be made in the coming months. Alongside the upcoming dirt oval releases, Lucas Oil Speedway’s off-road track will also join the iRacing service in a future build.

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-to-add-multiple-dirt-tracks-in-coming-builds/

TikTok ProTips

Callum Races posted on their TiKToc page a guide of how to use RaceLabs in order to see which car might be the quickest in multiclass sessions

@callumraces

#tiktokpoll I use this so so much! Great app is RaceLabs!! #iRacing #SimRacing

♬ original sound – CallumRaces

https://www.tiktok.com/@callumraces/video/7053043369412545798

iRacing > rFactor2

Maxime Brient Tweeted that his team was kicked off th4 server in rFactors 2’s Virtual Le Mans Series in his opinion proving “why iRacing remains the best sim”

https://twitter.com/maxdaytona/status/1482691546935926792?s=11

Sending Well Wishes

YouTube Streamer Annie Rabbets posted an emotional video describing her health issues over the past 12 years as she battled an undiagnosed case on Endometriosis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldmb5SVw4t8

WoO SprintCars

The Nos Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series competed at the 1/4 mile track at Fairbury Speed way on Monday night with an insane night of racing. Evan Seay was fast qualifier and went on to win the first heat of the night, collecting the pole position for the feature event.

Alex Bergeron started side by side in row number 2 with rival Hayden Cardwell in the second heat. Cardwell took the lead in the heat ripping the high line, but made a rare mistake hitting the wall and crashing out of the race with Bergeron finishing second.

Cameron Merryman who started the race second, just 8 points behind Bergeron, also finished second in his heat meaning they both would start near each other in the feature.

Alex Bergeron had a great start from row 3 and was in third place and hunting down the leaders when a caution came out on lap 9. While pacing before returning to green Bergeron loses internet connection, and would finish P16, 15 laps down leaving, a huge opportunity for Merryman.

Merryman takes huge advantage of Bergeron’s misfortune by taking the race lead. He maintained a comfortable lead going into the final laps of the race. Merryman was in turn 4 coming to the white flag when he inexplicably hits the wall and crashes out of the race.

Polesitter Evan Seay takes advantage of all of the carnage and takes his second win of his rookie season. After all shakes out, Merriman finishes 2 places ahead of Bergeron allowing Alex to hold a narrow 4 point lead into week nine at another bullring, Weedsport Speedway.

https://twitter.com/justinpsports/status/1483270941056634885?s=11

iRacing at the Chili Bowl

Christopher Bell falls one position short of winning his fourth Chili Bowl Nationals in his iRacing Midget behind Tanner Thorson in last weekend’s event.

https://www.chilibowl.com/news/?i=103221

2022 eNASCAR iRacing Road to Pro Qualifying Series

iRacing announced the schedule and details of the 2022 eNascar Road to Pro Qualifying Series

https://www.iracing.com/2022-enascar-iracing-road-to-pro-series-schedule-announced/

Nascar Director of Gaming and eSports

Nascar has a job posting on their website looking for a Director of Gaming and eSports

https://nascar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NASCAR/job/Charlotte-North-Carolina/Director–Gaming-and-Esports_JR10900?fbclid=IwAR3jyEbVgK-5kNeqBM2Rq-oPkdttUsQeFv3fTuxcNw-hH6cxET2wKyF6SJc

Prelude to the Daytona 500

2022 iRacing Daytona 24 – Broadcast Information

RaceSpot TV is proud to be broadcasting the Saturday 12:00 GMT top split of the 2022 iRacing Daytona 24!

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Coverage takes place on Saturday 12:20 PM GMT on iRacingLive and RaceSpot TV.

Live Timing & Scoring will be available at racespot.tv/timing.

You can also stay in touch with us through our Discord server.

Join the conversation on Twitter using #iRacingDaytona24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/16054/2022-iracing-daytona-24-broadcast-information

Drag Racing on iRacing

Robby Swan III explained how they do drag racing on iRacing.

include whatever information you like, but I should explain how exactly we did drag racing on iRacing. We did an open practice at Sonoma, using the drag strip. The car choices were 87 cup cars or Asphalt Legends. We have pre-registration to ensure an even bracket. Every admin spammed “clear all penalties” so drivers could do a U turn out of pit road. People waited in the “parking lot” area in between pit road entrance and pit road. I controlled the bracket, called drivers to the line, and called whoever is next to the staging area(little behind the start line). It was my job to watch an overhead camera of the start line,  directing drivers how to line up evenly. Another admin named Max Wong was parked between both lanes in an LMP2 car. I called out “live on the lights” then 3-5 seconds later max would flash the headlights of the LMP22 car to signal the start of the race. James Batzer is the gentleman who runs MDiTV, he will be broadcasting every event.Every class is put in a bracket, everything is single elimination until its down to the last two. Then the final two guys do best 2 out of 3.

This first event went super well. Almost everyone who participated asked when the next event would be, and many watching commented asking how they could enter the next one. So we’re looking to keep this going and do every other sunday at 9pm. Going to stick with the two car classes until we start really growing, would love to soon add a third division. I think this could really gain steam and catch iracings attention if it grows popular enough. Maybe one day we will see a drag racing configuration at Sonoma. Or even a proper drag car/strip and official races added to the sim! Also were working on sponsors, hopefully will be able to offer payouts to class winners.
People should follow the MDiTV Facebook page and/or join the MDiTV discord for upcoming announcements on drag racing events
I hope to see your names registered for the next one. Thank you for helping promote this with your podcast. I really appreciate it guys. Keep killing it.

Podium 500

The Podium 500 returns with the next gen cars on Feb 13th

https://twitter.com/podiumesports/status/1479815153076084740?s=11

OBRL Metro Cup

The OBRL is gearing up for their Metro Ford 40 week cup series starting in February. They’ve added two new sponsors, KIMBOWL and Victory Lane Sports to help make it possible for a $3000 prize pool for the season . There’s the Manufacturers Cup ( $500 ) – Top 10 positions Payout ( $1500) – Safety First Award 8 Positions paid ( $700 ) – Hard Charger Award ( 10$ per race for positions gained ) – Rookie of the Year ( $100) – Ride the pole Award ( 100) . The winner of the safety award pays almost the same as winning the championship which is a really cool message. And if you like seeing your car in a TV style show, they’re singed up for a full year with their broadcasting partner Team Goon Squad.

https://oldbastardsracing.com/

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

Submitted to Speedsport Podcast Network to see if we can get added there… https://www.speedsport.com/podcasts/

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

Discord: https://discord.gg/fEmQ2Awaps

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Hardware/Software

Thrustmaster Direct Drive

Thrustmaster’s new Direct Drive wheelbase details emerge in the first in a series of Twitter announcements. First was that all of the add-ons will be compatible with their DD wheel base

Thrustmaster Direct Drive Racing Wheel Base details emerge in new #STARTINGLIGHTS campaign

https://traxion.gg/thrustmaster-direct-drive-racing-wheel-base-details-emerge-in-new-startinglights-campaign/

https://www.gtplanet.net/thrustmaster-teases-direct-drive-wheel-20211229/

iRacingAssistant : Gary Tall’s App

Gary Tall posted i the forums a link to his App that’s primary function is to ensure iRacing is started with the graphics, black box positions, reference lap and button bindings for the car I want to drive together with the support programs I want for that car (e.g. Crewchief, iSpeed, JRT etc)

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/4994/iracingassistant-gary-talls-application#latest

Drive-X

It brings you a sense of exhilaration like sitting in a cockpit of an actual Racing car.
The simulator is beautiful with a streamlined body and Electric actuators accurately replicate the vehicle behavior.

https://www.instagram.com/drivex_sim/p/CYaKdXmvxb-/?utm_medium=share_sheet

https://drivex-sim.com/en/top-en/

Sim Cabin

John Watts posted pictures of his ‘VR and Sim Racing Cabin’

HUGE GPU Price DROP Coming in 2022?

PC Builder speculates pricing for GPU’s in the upcoming year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmsB8fWyes

Rexing GT TIMUN wheel

Rexing Steering Wheels released their new TIMUN GT Wheel.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJSoqqNcZr/?utm_medium=share_sheet

https://rexing.eu/rexing-gt-wheel-timun/

Windowed borderless

I think I have this correct and still couldn’t comprehend all this windowed mode, windowed borderless, full screen to windowed but not back to full screen with active app focus. Anyway no one has been able to answer this for me. Lets say I’m in Windowed borderless that appears to be full screen but want to access another app and then return. Can someone please tell me what buttons to hit to get it to go back and forth. I’m new to PC gaming. Alt+Tab Alt+Enter ? Both, only one? It’s very frustrating.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15209/windowed-borderless#latest

DIY RUMBLE PEDALS

AMStudio posted a YouTube video of DIY instructions for rumble pedals for Logitech, or any other pedals

https://youtu.be/8aLqqcEaUVk

Ex-Rimac Engineer Built His Own Simulator!!

Misha Charoudin, an ex-Rimac Engineer posted a video on his YouTube channel of his own motion racing sim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC48eiXM0W0

The Fanatec CSL DD Meets The Hype — But There’s A Catch

Jalopnik reviewed on their website the Fanatec CSL DD wheel base mentioning that it meets the hype, but with a catch that the 8NM upgrade is strongly recommended.

https://jalopnik.com/the-fanatec-csl-dd-meets-the-hype-but-theres-a-catch-1848338523

Results

Official Series

  • Ellis – Carb cup – 
  • Delara – at Texas P3.
  • IMSA 
    • Hall – p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG6h7xYPwHA 
    • Ellis – p22 – Had error code 1 while loading in at the 90% mark 3 times. I ended up rebooting and getting in with 30 seconds left on grid – moved from p24 up to 13th but on lap 7 hit the curb coming out of the busstop and spun it – now in the back – i ended up spinning a second time off of the curb but never wrecked the car… fastest lap 145.6


  • PDS Euro Sprint

Hall – P1 at Watkins Glen

League / Hosted Races

  • Winter League
    1. Ellis – p15- First Ron took it easy didn’t try to pass a single car in an attempt to save tires yet failed miserably and fell to P 30 dead last by the end of the first run eventually caught a caution got a wave around and back on the lead lap. With attrition I got a nice respectable finish of 15th. 

Hall –  p 10,  a late caution hurt my cause, but a lot of people late had trouble, kind of balancing it out.  After the first 20 laps on the last run couldn’t pass a sole underneath.  Will not miss this package.

  • Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League
    • Mike – Quit the race at halfway running dead last I couldn’t get the truck to turn it was super tight at New Hampshire
  • Hosted – Ellis
    1. Ran Kia Optima at several super speedways then we ran the 87 at Talledega and I won!
    2. Then gen 5 no plate at tally. Most powerful fendered car on the service
    3. Then Indy at Michigan p4.
  • OBRL ARCA Series 
    1. Brian-Watkins Glen expected cup, but got the boot P7
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 

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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On the show tonight, more Coke Series Drivers find their homes for the season, including a driver return to the Joe Gibbs team. Will iRacing scan some of the most iconic cars in the history of Nascar and we review this weeks wild World of Outlaws race at Faibury. 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Links:

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Episode 0313

1/13/2022 – The Chute Is Back! – Episode 0313

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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  • 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, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show tonight, we’ll start tracking which teams some of the Coke Series drivers start to land on, and review the newly released 2022 schedule. Daytona gets an unexpected update in preparation of the new Nascar season and we’ll discuss the soon to be released LA Colosseum.

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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Special Guest

Guest Name

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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

Coke Draft Results

Team Dillon eSports announced that Corey Vincent and Taylor Hurst will be returning

https://twitter.com/teamdillonmgmt/status/1479457230600781824?s=11

RFK Racing welcomes Parker Retzlaff and Kayden Honeycutt to their team

https://twitter.com/rfkracing/status/1480562703513100294?s=11

Garrett Lowe and Blade Whitt will be joining Wood Brothers Racing

https://twitter.com/woodbrothers21/status/1480645475263037446?s=11

Stewart Haas lands Dylan Duvall and Steven Wilson

https://twitter.com/shr_esports/status/1480936288995864578?s=11

Klingerman Sport will return to the Coke Series, but will now be eRacer_gg

https://twitter.com/eRacr_gg/status/1481013044021010440

Jim Beaver will have Blake Reynolds and Michael Guest as their drivers

https://twitter.com/jbeaveresports/status/1481630872981884935?s=11

2022 Coke Schedule

iRacing released the schedule for the Coke Series in 2022

  • February 1: L.A. Coliseum Exhibition
  • February 15: Daytona International Speedway
  • March 1: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • March 15: Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • March 29: Richmond Raceway
  • April 12: Bristol Dirt Race
  • April 26: Dover International Speedway
  • May 10: Kansas Speedway
  • May 24: Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • May 31: World Wide Technology Raceway
  • June 21: Nashville Superspeedway
  • July 5: Road America
  • July 19: Pocono Raceway
  • August 16: Watkins Glen International
  • August 30: Darlington Raceway
  • September 13: Bristol Motor Speedway^
  • September 27: Talladega Superspeedway^
  • October 11: Homestead-Miami Speedway^
  • October 25: Phoenix Raceway^

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-returns-with-new-tracks-in-2022/

eNASCAR International Series

Rajah Caruth took the win in the first race of the eNascar International Series at Homestead Miami Speedway

https://twitter.com/rajahcaruth_/status/1479888457396887557?s=11

iRacing Making A Play For Consoles

In an article on the Jalopnik website has an article regarding the purchase of Monster Games by iRacing and speculates they may be making a play towards consoles.

https://jalopnik.com/iracing-sure-seems-to-be-making-a-play-for-consoles-1848321585

Commercial

iRacing dropped a new video thanking the iRacing community for another great year in 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3oDny2njg

Klukas Droppin Knowledge

Vern Klukas Posted the breakdown of the Road Pro licensing requirements

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/115306/#Comment_115306

2022 Season 2 Schedule

Tyler D. Hudson posted that beginning this season we need schedule submissions to be a little earlier in order to get everything that needs done completed. If the community wants to submit 2022 Season 2 track schedules and length of races please do so by Tuesday, February 1st. Only schedules submitted with the template provided will be considered. Only community-based schedules please, not individual requests.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15335/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15340/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15354/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15317/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15357/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15319/2022-season-2-schedule#latest

Daytona Updates

On Tuesday iRacing dropped a patch for the Daytona International Speedway including detailed 3d fencing, fully upgraded track textures, and current spec curb placements

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1480683134995906560?s=11

2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Release Notes

iRacing, by way of Alex Gustafson posted in the forums the release notes for the 2022 Season 1 Patch 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15642/2022-season-1-patch-1-release-notes-2022-01-10-03#latest

2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

iRacing was quick to come out with a hotfix for patch 1 of 2022 season 1 which ironed out some issues with the new Daytona update among other fixws.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15801/2022-season-1-patch-1-hotfix-1-release-notes-2022-01-13-02

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Sonoma Raceway announced that the Toyota Save Mart 350 will now run the 1.99 mile configuration previously used from 1998-2018

https://twitter.com/racesonoma/status/1480645641676091394?s=11

https://twitter.com/racesonoma/status/1480645641676091394?s=11

Which one is your favorite

iRacing asked on Facebook what is your favorite open wheel road car in the service

https://www.facebook.com/48224116084/posts/10160008323271085/?d=n

What Tracks are Missing

Steve Myers asked on his Twitter page, “What worldwide recognizable tracks are missing from iRacing”

https://twitter.com/iracingmyers/status/1480941711484502021?s=11

670HP #Soon

Staff member Matt Holden posted in the forums what may be coming up leading up to the Daytona 500

You said there are no changes, that’s not true. The gen 6 is a known entity and directly mirrors how the Nextgen works, and that car is currently being changed to the 2022 spec, so if it works on the Gen 6 then it will work on the Nextgen car as well. Also, within the group we put together through the 2021 discussion, there are multiple leagues running Gen 6 superspeedway races in the coming weeks where we can see the changes at work and update what is needed.

Saying nothing has changed is completely false, we’ve been working on this for months, but as I said in that discussion topic we were going to take it off the forum because we had all we needed to move forward and can work in a controlled environment to push things forward

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/116235/#Comment_116235

WoO Week 7 Cedar Lake Speedway

Hayden Cardwell takes the checkered flag in week 6 of the World of Outlaws Series for his first win of the season. Alex Bergeron finished second with Cameron Merriman finishing third. With his second place finish Bergeron increases his series lead by just one point and will take a slim 8 point lead into round 8 at Fairbury Speedway

https://www.iracing.com/cardwell-returns-to-iracing-world-of-outlaws-winners-circle-at-cedar-lake/

DELIBERATE TAKEDOWN?

Will Ford at Boosted Media posted a video showing how, by analyzing his replay, can change your perspective on on track incidents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjaRlteK3-E

Coliseum is Close

iRacing Tweeted that the LA Coliseum is almost ready for it’s debut in Nascar as well as in iRacing

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYo5rqvu3RR/?utm_medium=share_sheet

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1481323205126205445?s=11

#eShortCourse World Cup

Jim Beaver eSports announced that the General Tire eShort Course World Cup, as well as both additional Triple Crown events on iRacing will air on CBS Sports Net this year on January 19th.

https://twitter.com/jbeaveresports/status/1481385913901109250?s=11

Senior Material Artist

iRaicing posted a job opportunity in the forums for a Senior Material Artist whos position will be part of their racetrack art team, which is responsible for the creation and upkeep of the hundreds of racetracks in the iRacing content portfolio. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15725/senior-material-artist

MVG Charity Race at Daytona

The Military & Veteran Gamers in association with the HOSS High Octane Sim Series will be hosting a charity event to help raise awareness to the 22 veterans lost to suicide each day. There’s a $10 entry fee and It will be in the Next Gen Cars at Daytona and will be held on January 22nd. Payouts to the top 3 finishers.

iRacing Presents The Daytona 24

Date: January 21-23rd

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 07:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14765/iracing-presents-the-24-hours-of-daytona

Listener League Mention

  • Name: britt vanmeter
  • Email: bv27race@gmail.com
  • Message: First off want to say thanks for putting on this podcast! I was wondering if you had any ways to promote a league on a episode to help us grow a little more. We run Ohio Sim Racing and have 3 Series Cup, Xfinity and Trucks. Fixed setup league www.ohiosimracing.com 
  • Thanks. Britt Vanmeter

NEW SERIES – 87 Cars Start Next Week

https://www.sim500.com/saturdaythrowback

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/LeagueView.do?league=38

Podium 500 [Hall]

The Podium 500 returns with the next gen cars on Feb 13th

https://twitter.com/podiumesports/status/1479815153076084740?s=11

OBRL Metro Cup

The OBRL is gearing up for their Metro Ford 40 week cup series starting in February. They’ve added two new sponsors, KIMBOWL and Victory Lane Sports to help make it possible for a $3000 prize pool for the season . There’s the Manufacturers Cup ( $500 ) – Top 10 positions Payout ( $1500) – Safety First Award 8 Positions paid ( $700 ) – Hard Charger Award ( 10$ per race for positions gained ) – Rookie of the Year ( $100) – Ride the pole Award ( 100) . The winner of the safety award pays almost the same as winning the championship which is a really cool message. And if you like seeing your car in a TV style show, they’re singed up for a full year with their broadcasting partner Team Goon Squad.

https://oldbastardsracing.com/

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

MTX SIM RIG

MTX Sim rig offers 80/20 aluminum profile sim rigs specializing in flight simulators, but adaptable to racing

https://www.monstertechusa.com/product-category/flight/mtx-sim-rig/

FREX Sim2PEDAL Formula Carbon

The FREX Sim2PEDAL Formula Carbon will be available soon,

Venym Atrax 3 Pedals

Sim Racing Unlimited offers the Venym Atrax 3 pedals

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXlG-p5M0JG/?utm_medium=share_sheet

https://www.simracing-unlimited.com/en/insights/previews-reviews/pedal-review-a-closer-look-at-the-venym-atrax-3

REVIEW – HPP JBV Hydraulic Sim Racing Pedals

Boosted Media posted a pedal review of the HPP JBV Hydraulic pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9okprdAURXM

The RTX 3080 12GB is real

Nvidia has launched the new 12GB RTX 3080

https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-rtx-3080-12gb-price/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

  • FastTrack League
  1. Mike – wrecked out- Well the track is Rockingham and I wrecked out but basically missed the corner going into the third one didn’t hit the right breaking mark and ran into the car in the outside lane putting us both in the wall. 
  • Winter League New Hampshire 
    1. Ellis – p24. Miss practice and qualifying showed up on the grid, literally pretty much ran what I had I got screwed on a wave around it was two laps down. 

Hall –  p 12.   Wasn’t fast.  Stole a few spots cause some guys chose to pit and race for the lucky dog prize money, I took wave around and got back on lead lap.

  • OBRL ARCA Series 
    1. Brian-.Lucas Oil P6 Not a bad result for a new track
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
  • Git R Done Racing 

Tyler P-4. Did not qualify but ran pretty well early on. Worked the out strategy out to putting every 50 laps as we had 4 sets total including what we started with. Had a great time racing Stephen and Chris. Brian was a huge help at the end spotting. Just happy to run well and finish Bristol with 0x.

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

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Description

On the show tonight, we’ll start tracking which teams some of the Coke Series drivers start to land on, and review the newly released 2022 schedule. Daytona gets an unexpected update in preparation of the new Nascar season and we’ll discuss the soon to be released LA Colosseum. 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

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Links:

Old Show Notes – bit.ly/2CFeArM

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (New Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0312

1/6/2022 – A Monster Acquisition – Episode 0312

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

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, ———— 

Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll discuss iRacing making another ‘Monster’ acquisition. The field is set for the 2022 eNascar Coke Series which we will review and we’ll check out a sim rig that could be a piece of fine furniture.

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..

TITLE SPONSOR READ:

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https://simcoaches.com/?fbclid=IwAR1pJASM3C_nV3wFACEHJrHitf8TOQWro4yp-Etaio1zU8Enbojap2Xff5w

Special Guest

Guest Name

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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

New Cars this Year?

Trading Paints asks what cars might be released this year, Dale Jr posted a response in the replies

https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1477288680528166916

iRacing at the CFB Playoffs

The eNascar Hauler was at the College Football Playoff Cotton Bowl Game this past weekend.

https://twitter.com/nascar/status/1477008045658054659?s=11

It’s Real Life

Brad Philpot posted on Twitter that the new 2022 Mercedes W13 F1 car was render based on the F1 mock-up, it’s actually been built.

https://twitter.com/bradleyphilpot/status/1477387761577562116?s=11

https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-more-2022-f1-car-images-reportedly-leaked-hours-after-mercedes-new-year-special-sneak-peek/

Favorite content creators in sim racing

iRacing asked in their facebook page, “Who are your favorite content creators in sim racing and motorsports?”

https://www.facebook.com/48224116084/posts/10159996233706085/?d=n

2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola Roster

iRacing posted the complete roster for the upcoming 2022 eNascar Coca-Cola Series

https://www.iracing.com/2022-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-driver-roster-revealed/

iRacing Aquires Monster Games

iRacing announced on Tuesday that they have acquired Monster Games

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1478397812027056136?s=11

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-acquires-monster-games/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15127/iracing-acquires-monster-games#latest

“

iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations announced today the acquisition of Monster Games, Inc. The Minnesota-based game development studio has a long history of racing game development, including the NASCAR Heat franchise and more recently Tony Stewart’s Sprint Car Racing game. The acquisition will bring another level of expertise under the iRacing roof, and further the company’s ability to bring the highest quality racing games to the broader market, including the console space.

This acquisition along with the previously announced Orontes Games purchase are standalone development studios and projects. The iRacing development team will remain 100% focused on continuing to develop the core product, iRacing. The iRacing platform is regarded as the most realistic and leading PC-based racing simulation on the market”

“We are at a point as a company that we are comfortable building out these two new teams to explore the broader racing game market to ultimately funnel serious sim racers to our flagship product iRacing on the PC.”

“I was getting very worried about Motorsports Games buying up everything possible in the market, they appeared to just be trying to capitalize on something, without caring about the actual product, another EA type situation we all went through in the early 2000s. Good to see iRacing start to protect the sector. We all know the passion iRacing/Papyrus has had for making racing games over the last 30 years, so it is great to see them dip their feet back into console/gaming and do more than just iRacing to fight this growing mess that is Motorsports Games, especially since EA ate up the F1 license.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5hK3RvGhw

Other Forum Takes:

Robert Crisdale Posts:

“Motorsport Games is another EA – full of cash and trying to buy everything. Papyrus were decimated with licenses taken then and between 2000 -2008 we had crap titles from EA which ultimately spawn Rfactor – modders and Iracing – ex Papyrus. Dave Kaemmer and Richard Garcia for that matter have been thru this all before, but this time are in a position to band with others and improve across the board and add console to the genre – something being PC only has been detrimental to licenses. These acquisitions will help i hope open up new content and secure others that have seen a spread of license purely just because Iracing scope has been limited to PC”

2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Release – January 11th

Downtime:

  • iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of the 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Release, Tuesday, January 11th, beginning at 08:00am EST.
  • This maintenance will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime.
  • You can check on the status of all iRacing services from our System Status page here: https://status.iracing.com/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15200/2022-season-1-patch-1-release-january-11th-1300utc-0800est

Who is Susan Flint

Clyde Coman Posted in the forums that he’s noticed in Ai Racing that Susan Flint is almost always the fastest or one of the fastest. I am sure the performance is random for each driver but for what ever reason Susan Flint is always one of the fastest. Wondering if anyone else has seen this.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/112859/#Comment_112859

New Atlanta Motor Speedway welcomes NASCAR this week

Atlanta Motor Speedway is hosted a tire test from January 4-6, 2022. The text will include the NASCAR Truck Series, Xfinity Series on Tuesday. The new Next Gen car for the NASCAR Cup Series will run on the track Wednesday and Thursday.

Work began to repave the track just hours after the checkered flag last year. The new paving was completed on December 22nd, 2021.

New Atlanta Motor Speedway welcomes NASCAR this week

https://racingnews.co/2022/01/04/new-atlanta-motor-speedway-welcomes-nascar-this-week/

47,900+ viewers

Monday Night Racing’s Sim Seat 215 at Talladega reported to have had over 47,900 viewers, making it the second most watched of their events ever.

https://twitter.com/monnightracing/status/1478390648155914244?s=11

Matt Stallknecht Survives Wreck-Filled Truck Race at Talladega for Monday Night Racing Victory

https://tobychristie.com/2022/01/04/matt-stallknecht-survives-wreck-filled-truck-race-at-talladega-for-monday-night-racing-victory/

iRacing back at the Chili Bowl

Christopher Bell Tweeted that he’s stoked to have the iRacing sponsorship once again for this year’s Chili Bowl Nationals.

OBRL Metro Cup [Brian]

The OBRL is gearing up for their Metro Ford 40 week cup series starting in February. They’ve added two new sponsors, KIMBOWL and Victory Lane Sports to help make it possible for a $3000 prize pool for the season . There’s the Manufacturers Cup ( $500 ) – Top 10 positions Payout ( $1500) – Safety First Award 8 Positions paid ( $700 ) – Hard Charger Award ( 10$ per race for positions gained ) – Rookie of the Year ( $100) – Ride the pole Award ( 100) . The winner of the safety award pays almost the same as winning the championship which is a really cool message. And if you like seeing your car in a TV style show, they’re singed up for a full year with their broadcasting partner Team Goon Squad.

www.oldbastardsracing.net

2022 BMW Sim GT Cup

Greg West Posts: 

The BMW SIM GT Cup is back for 2022 with a total of ten races will take place this year. However this year the events are even bigger with a series total prize purse of over $40,000. As in 2021, the races are 120 minutes long and include a mandatory driver changeover. These events will feature the BMW M4 GT3 again and will race on the following tracks:

1   January 9   Daytona

2   Feb 6   Road Atlanta

3   Mar 27   Sebring

4   April 24   Nurburgring GP

5   June 5   Watkins Glen- Boot

6   June 26   Spa

7   July 10   Hockenheim

8   Aug 14   Barber

9   Oct 2   Silverstone

10   Oct 30   Suzuka

All events are at 13:00 GMT. These events are team races with a minimum of 2 drivers required.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/15191/2022-bmw-sim-gt-cup#latest

https://twitter.com/BMWEsports/status/1478426001398845440

iRacing Presents The Daytona 24

The Daytona 24 is a 24 Hour endurance race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Date: January 21-23rd

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 07:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14765/iracing-presents-the-24-hours-of-daytona

MVG Charity Race at Daytona [Brian]

The Military & Veteran Gamers in assosiation with the HOSS High Octane Sim Series will be hosting a charity event to help raise awareness to the 22 veterans lost to suicide each day. There’s a $10 entry fee and It will be in the Next Gen Cars at Daytona and will be held on January 22nd. Payouts to the top 3 finishers.

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Filo1 SIM racing cockpit

The Filo1 Sim racing cockpit’s goal was to design a Formula 1 SIM racing cockpit with an exclusive and original design, to which you can then add any steering wheel or pedal and have given the FILO 1 sinuous and elegant curves that integrate elegantly into any environment.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/4119407651493791/

Cammus DD Wheels review

Douglas Thompson reviews the new Cammus 15 NM direct drive wheel base from China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ezpdfrr60

CSL Steering Wheel BMW / P1 V2

Fanatec posted a video of the unboxing of their new CSL BMW / P1 V2 wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LawH9D4Qyg

Simagic P2000 Hydraulic Pedals

Sent in from listener Eric Whiting – Laurence Dusoswa reviews the SimMagic Hydraulic pedals,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QgdFQZykso

HRS modular extension kit

Hybrid Racing Simulations offers the three piece modular extension kit for the SimuCube 2 and VRS race hubs

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXljx66PHGy/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Moza Racing R16 Direct Drive Wheelbase

The Simpit reviews on YouTube the new Moza R16 wheel base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4xMuRGaRk

3D Printed Full Size 1:1 RedBull RB16 F1 Simulator Update

Pat Staraceis building a 3D printed 1:1 scale Red Bull Formula 1 Race car simulator

https://www.facebook.com/groups/simracingbuilds/permalink/1345258352598178/

REVIEW – Pimax and Varjo Headset [Brian]

Will Ford reviews the Pimax 8K X Vr headset and the new Varjo Aero VR headset for sim racing

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

Building the ULTIMATE Racing Setup

Linus Tech Tips posted a video on his YouTube channel of his ultimate Racing setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJPSeYSg7k

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Fri open: Daytona

  • Sunday fixed 
    • Mike -p 7 – great run led some laps but slammed the wall at some point and had 3 minutes optional – was basically slow, last car on lead lap, but late carnage gave me some more spots

Official Series

Ellis – Carb cup – Daytona – Win! In 2nd attempt, pickup cup at phoenix 3 times


League / Hosted Races

  • Winter League
    1. Ellis – p So I get in the practice for the league I run a few laps I pit I get out of the car immediately I’m sitting out of the car on replay camera TV to Onlap five the pause button is showing. My gauges on my third-party apps are creeping up and I’ve been up and as I sit here and wait eventually the car blew up sitting on pit Road even though I was never in the car when it actually blew up. It basically blew up in  replay only. Alternate reality

Hall –  p 10  got beat by a few guys who fuel saved more than I thought could be.  But still great long run speed.

  • OBRL ARCA Series 
    1. Brian- USA International P11 missed qualifying and avoided accidents. Good enough for a p11. Great late racing with Eric Essary.
  • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
  • Git R Done Racing Charlotte
  1. Brian p Ran out of gas
  2. Tyler P-Don’t drink and drive.  You’ll have to make an extra pitstop to go to the bathroom.
  3. adam:

iRacing IROC Challenge Series Season 4

  •      Kyle P-  Tonight’s race is at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Final Thoughts

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

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  1. A Monster Acquisition

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On today’s show we’ll discuss iRacing making another ‘Monster’ acquisition. The field is set for the 2022 eNascar Coke Series which we will review and we’ll check out a sim rig that could be a piece of fine furniture. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

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iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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After a week of for the holidays, we’re back with all of the info you’ve come here for. We’ll see how iRacing is supporting their highest tech race car ever, the Mercedes W12 F1 car. We’ll see how Dale Earnhardt Jr. is spending his time in iRacing and hardware products that may be just what you’re looking for.

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Special Guest

Guest Name

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? 

Guest Specific Questions:

  3.               
  5.  

Topics

How to MGU

iRacing posted a video on their YouTube channel explaining the hybrid electrical system in the new Mercedes W12 F1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8qlW8X28A

How To Start

Next, they posted another video explaining how to launch with the F1 clutch system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrV3gLhoA3M

How To Setup The Car

Finally iRacing covers on their YouTube Channel what you need to know about setting up the Mercedes AMG W12 F1 car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bz4m8it1bw

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14256/season-spotlight-videos-manual-mercedes-amg-f1-w12-e-performance#latest

Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance Manual

An all encompassing User Manual for the F1 car was also released so you can learn the ins and outs of iRacing’s most advanced race car.

User Manual

Simracing is not just a game for Max Verstappen

In an interview on YouTube, F1 World Champion Max Verstappen was asked what he does when he not in the car, and his answer was Sim Racing. He talks about his Red Line racing Team and working with technique and setups in sim racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ayE2KPPT78

How to Make iRacing MORE FUN!

Wil Ford at Boosted Media posted a video of how to make iRacing Way More Fun. From etiquette to learning from faster drivers and racing smarter to learning the limitations of the software itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdyrcD-5y1I

Wrecked by Dale Jr and I Love It!

Who’s ever excited to be wrecked out in an iRacing session? We’ll that depends on who is doing the wrecking. Well, it made Chris Palmer happy when he was taken out by a wrecking Dale Earnhardt Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq3GFEhXpgQ

15th to 4th run in the final 2 laps

iRacing posted a video on Twitter of Dale Earnhardt Jr going on a wild ride from 15th to 4th in the last 2 laps of the Firecracker 400 hosted by eRacer_gg.

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1473698166042210311?s=11

Dale Jr Gets Framed

What do you do when you lose to Dale Earnhardt Jr in a photo finish? You blow up a photo of it and give it to your grandparents according to @UltraRacingPhil

https://twitter.com/ultraracingphil/status/1474452654726209550?s=11

NASCAR will ditch the 550

To the cheers of many, Bob Pockrass reports that Nascar will ditch the 550HP package in favor of a new 670HP package. Many iRacers await an update.

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1471879237070172161?s=20

https://m.nascar.com/news-media/2021/12/21/cup-series-2022-next-gen-rules-configuration/?linkId=100000097353236

Sim For Injured Dirt Sprint Driver Daison Pursley

Daison Pursley has begun his return to racing after a serious spinal cord injury during a USAC midget race at Arizona Speedway thanks to Chad Wheeler and Johnathan Davis and WR1 Racing Simulators.

https://twitter.com/ShawndaPursley/status/1473089619101204483?t=TkZ6l_q4i3hgUuw8S1eeTQ&s=07

New Commercial

iRacing produced a new commercial and unveiled it on their Twitter channel

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXwWKlZjBW5/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Wanna Give Up Some iRating?

Robby Swan III posted his thoughts and experiences of the asphalt sprint cars and why it may be the most overlooked car in the sim.

iRacing Acquires Orontes Games – Developer of Racing Game DRAG and Proprietary Game Engine

iRacing announced on Dec 22.d the acquisition Orontes Games founded by Christian and Thorsten Folkers in 2016, Orontes Games released an Early Access version of their game DRAG in 2020, on the digital game distribution site Steam. Built upon their proprietary game engine, this online racing game features high fidelity next generation graphics and advanced vehicle physics.

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-acquires-orontes-games-developer-of-racing-game-drag-and-proprietary-game-engine

https://store.steampowered.com/app/773840/DRAG/

Pro Series Concludes

Kollin Keister will return to the iRacing eNascar Coke Series by winning the Road to Pro Contender series Championship. He will be joined by Elliott Sadler eSports driver, and soon tot be series newcomer Liam Brotherton.

https://twitter.com/kollinkeister/status/1473498902045376513?s=11

https://twitter.com/sadleresports/status/1473729040729190407?s=11

Winter NiS Kudos

Coke Series driver Matt Bussa shows off the video of his photo finish win in the 1987 Winter iRacing Series.

https://twitter.com/mbussa75/status/1473798452484227080?s=11

Fun league idea

iRacing proposed on their Twitter account a fun league idea, the old school Riley DP ‘s on oval tracks.

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1474060289620463622?s=11

#Soon

Mercedes AMG Pertonas F1 Team shows the firing for the first time of the new 2022 F1 car.

https://twitter.com/mercedesamgf1/status/1474036575331889152?s=11

Championship Perks

More perks for the 2021 Coke Series champion, a Coca Cola cooler showed up for the holidays.

https://twitter.com/KeeganLeahy/status/1474113508224737281?s=20

Spa v2?

Circuit de Spa is getting some updates for the new race season.

https://www.racefans.net/2021/12/23/new-spa-photos-show-gravel-replacing-asphalt-run-offs/?fbclid=IwAR32CLzTzTxnh1ynvEa3cfvsmsMCcUtyJv8jceg4ze9lK64X7rv78-LqrMs

https://www.racefans.net/2021/12/23/new-spa-photos-show-gravel-replacing-asphalt-run-offs/

‘Twas the Racing Sim Before Christmas

‘Twas the Racing Sim Before Christmas a simracing themed poem for the holiday season.(original poem by Clement Clarke Moore)

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through my nest,
Not a sim was playing, not even Wreckfest;
The wheelbases were all left turned off and bare,
In hopes that a new wheel soon would be there.

It’s probably time to retire to my bed,
But ideas for setup tweaks are dancing in my head;
As mamma looks at statements, her finger does tap,
You reminder her it came out of a bonus; “I promise, no cap”;

From force feedback clipping, there arose such a clatter,
I hit the Escape key, to see what was the matter.
Into the settings, my cursor flew like a flash,
I would get a DD, if I only had the cash.

I mapped ECU buttons, to change on the go,
What that actually does, I only pretend to know,
When, what to my sim racing eyes should appear,
A heavy square box, but what type is not yet clear,

A new Simucube wheel sure would be slick,
Or a DD2 base, those things are sick.
But my expectations will still need to be tame,
Because my gift might actually be something lame;

With new gear across the finish line I would fly,
Up high on my podium, to the rookies I’d say bye,
I’d feel so cool, with gear shiny and new,
Come to think of it, I might need racing gloves too.

Thinking of tin tops, yes cars with a roof
I can’t focus on dinner, my attention is aloof.
Dreaming of my RSR driving round and round,
There is nothing better, than that sweet Porsche sound.

A nice racing boot would look nice on this foot,
But if none are coming, then my socks will stay put;
On Boxing Day, the Nordschleife I’ll attack,
Using cars I bought, in a DLC pack.

Driving a stickshift will someday be merry,
But learning to blipshift sure can be scary!
What’s the best looking sim car, I do not know,
But it definitely isn’t the GT4 X-Bow;

Simming an F1 car can be so much work,
Each time it oversteers, the steering gets a jerk,
What’s my next piece of sim gear, who really knows,
So with that said, I’ll bring this poem to a close;

May your new sim gear be clean as a whistle,
May your car on track be fast as a missile.
May your holiday sim racing be full of delight,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/twas-the-racing-sim-before-christmas.352/

What 2021 sim racing accomplishment are you most proud of?

At the close of the year, iRacing asks what sim racing accomplishment are you most proud of?

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1476217861794369543?s=11

Here is a closer look at our #WilliamsEsports Lounge!

The Williams eSport Lounge shows some closer look photos of their eSport facility.

https://twitter.com/williamsesports/status/1476153318191808517?s=11

My first Official F1 race

AJ Henderson posted on his Twitter a video of his first F1 race with an Xbox controller

https://twitter.com/iajhenderson/status/1476318894256185344?s=11

https://twitter.com/iajhenderson/status/1476318894256185344?s=11

World of Outlaws Week 6-Knoxville

Alex Bergeron wins qualifying, heat one and the feature to take his first victory of the season and the points lead over Trevor Merriman.

iRacing Chili Bowl Nationals

Ethan Uy takes the win in the 2021 iRacing Chili Bowl Nationals, the final special event of the calendar year. ooo yee

The 6 Hours of Daytona for Diabetes (01/07/22)

Just under 2 weeks til Freeky Fast Broadcasting will be hosting a charity event at Daytona. This charity event is to help raise awareness, and hopefully donations, for juvenile type-1 diabetes. The event will be a 6 hour endurance race at the Daytona Road Course, with the cars used in the iRacing Official 24hr race. this event will be held on January 7th, 2022 at 8PM EST. Additional information can be found at the links below. We are at 30 of the 60 possible teams signed up with 13 days before the race.

Sign Ups: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc61NlAzJA9FgJdYWlJ-q0bSfrKQAjWjtTITgWeJWyGy6reIw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Event details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BOhcj-gj8xRtV92mKujNxbMiZNTwFSoyjGdm37AuipA/edit?usp=sharing

Discord: https://discord.gg/eGnPEyj4z8

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14522/the-6-hours-of-daytona-for-diabetes-01-07-22

iRacing Presents the iRacing Roar

The iRacing Roar is back for 2022 as a solo endurance event to kick off the 2022 special events calendar. This 2.4 hour event will feature GT4’s, Touring Cars, and the Global MX-5. 

Date: January 14-16

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14164/iracing-presents-the-iracing-roar

iRacing Presents The Daytona 24

The Daytona 24 is a 24 Hour endurance race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Date: January 21-23rd

Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT

Timeslot #2 – Saturday 07:00 GMT

Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT

Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/14765/iracing-presents-the-24-hours-of-daytona

iRacer’s Lounge New Years Bash

So so far we will have a gen 5, arca, cot and Xfinity 20 lapper at old daytona and a 20 lapper figure 8 with some multi class cars

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Company Review ToyoSim

Toyo Sim offers shifters, handbreaks and more for your rigs.

https://toyosim.com/products/annx-sim-racing-handbrake-pc

https://toyosim.com/

ButtKicker – How To

Scott Valez sent in a message to the show with his input into the bass shaker setup

Podium Steering Wheel BMW M4 GT3

Fanatec reveals its new BMW M4 GT3 Podium hub which, sold out in minutes after its introduction.

https://fanatec.com/us-en/steering-wheels/podium-steering-wheel-bmw-m4-gt3

Fanatec’s Podium BMW M4 GT3 wheel sells out in minutes

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

Fri open: N wilkesboro Ellis –   p15 – I was fast and was able to move forward and eventually took the lead and lead some laps. I was involved in several of the cautions though and my incident count was high. 30 to go I did my last stop for tires while others stayed out. As I was coming back up through the field with about 10 to go I got wrecked again and had to do a drive-through penalty.

Hall – P. 8, ran well, had trouble early with SRA not beeping, lost a lap as a result, got it back, lost again after getting caught up in wreck, got it back.  Raced to 8th

Ellis – Trade off dallara dash at charlotte and pickup cup at daytona, most of the day, saw kyle busch in one race

League / Hosted Races

  • Winter League
    1. Hall –  p17 caught up in late wreck, but was never higher than 12th
      • 2nd week p16, caution free, had to claw just to stay in 16th

OBRL ARCA Series

OBRL Aftermath Truck Series

  • OBRL CUP Series–  
    • Brian P3 Probable my best run of the week. great pit stops terrible car for restrictor plate races

Final Thoughts

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  1. I’ll have the Chicken Dinner

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After a week of for the holidays, we’re back with all of the info you’ve come here for. We’ll see how iRacing is supporting their highest tech race car ever, the Mercedes W12 F1 car. We’ll see how Dale Earnhardt Jr. is spending his time in iRacing and hardware products that may be just what you’re looking for. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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