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Episode 0421

2/8/2024 – Daytona Time! – Episode 0421

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we will look at the expected splits for Road to Pro, the kick off of the 2024 NASCAR iRacing Series, we get caught up on new hardware, the story of sim racing’s greatest underdog and we ask the question that everyone wants to know……Is Dale Jr. the greatest negotiator?

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

Show Me The Money

Steve Myers posted about a recent interaction between himself and Dale Jr in regards to bringing a new track to iRacing.

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1753600616872522156

iRacing IROC Incoming

A screenshot from Discord…..Ray Evernham confirms IROC to iRacing?

TAG Heur Esports Supercup Opening Round at Daytona

Luke McKeown and Sebastion Job split the wins in the opening round t Daytona.

https://www.iracing.com/luke-mckeown-sebastian-job-split-wins-in-opening-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-round-at-daytona/

IRACING’S NASCAR CONSOLE GAME IS BEING BUILT IN UNREAL ENGINE, LED BY MONSTER GAMES

Insider Gaming sat down with Tony Gardner to discuss multiple topics. Full article to drop on February 9th.

EXCLUSIVE: iRacing’s NASCAR Console Game Is Being Built In Unreal Engine, Led By Monster Games
https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-iracing-nascar-console-game-monster-games-in-unreal-engine/

The Greatest Underdog in Sim Racing History

DJ Yee-J asks…Is Laker Peterson the greatest underdog in sim racing history?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fas51-QA-ks

Updated NASCAR Templates

All 3 cup templates were updated the other day with information from the Clash. Toyota and Chevy had spec channel updates. Ford Mustang also has spec channel updates, along with revisions to the upper headlight area identity package. Fair warning, the whole upper headlight area on the Ford will be mandatory stamped the next patch we release.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/475366/#Comment_475366

More Updates on Tempest

A post from iRacing reveals more information regarding Tempest and the options that racers will have when setting up test sessions.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1755621842897818013

2024 Will Be The Biggest Season Yet

iRacing and NASCAR are pleased to kick off the 15th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, the premier stock car sim racing series in the world, starting on Feb. 13 at the virtual Daytona International Speedway. With a record payout of more than half a million dollars on the line, a host of new competitors, and a brand new schedule, the 2024 season should be the most exciting and dramatic in series history.

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-2024-season/

Road To Pro Split

David Brown has posted on the iRacing forums an updated 2024 Road To Pro Spreadsheet broken down by iRating and Split.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/34678/2023-road-to-pro-splits-spreadsheet#latest

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T2mSlNbVmFcZAcgUc_owO_8hBBRWquZdPStH3jXkr2k/edit#gid=402563835

How Do You Practice Restarts During Off Season?

Brandon Jones shares that he has used iRacing during the off season to work on restarts and race craft.

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1754884150283080080

Check Your Replay Folder

Drew Adamson is looking for a replay from Dale Jr. winning the first ever eNASCARGG race.

https://twitter.com/thedrewadamson/status/1754928018261172499

Found It!

Tune in on Tuesday the 13th for the video.

https://twitter.com/thedrewadamson/status/1754999100112544108

Another Leaking Hole In The Ship?

Continued financial woes for Motorsports Games.

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1754944818365468773

In This Lap!

Cold tires or not…get in here!

https://twitter.com/CGReflections/status/1754624876973814022?s=20

Time Attack Update

It’s been a week. Were do you sit in the standings? Brian Curry-31st, Greg Hecktus-38th, Brad Wrenn-47th, Justin Pearson-62nd and Mike Ellis-119th.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55422/thrustmaster-time-attack#latest

Time To Tackle The Mountain

The Bathurst 12 is a few weeks away. Do you have your team together yet?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55683/2024-bathurst-12-hours-presented-by-coach-dave-delta

Yeah Baby!

It’s time for the Great American Race that will kick off the 2024 NASCAR iRacing Series.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55477/2024-iracing-daytona-500

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Hardware/Software

Moza SGP Shifter Review

The Sim Pit and Shaun Cole reviews the Moza SPG Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRprIiZhv6U

https://mozaracing.com/product/moza-sgp-sequential-shifter?ref=maL9GDv6c22B

EvlRabbit also reviews the Moza SGP Sequential Shifter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5VqypuCbKM

DSD Micro 32

In a forum post Derek Spears has announced the (re)introduction of the DSD Micro 32

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48211/re-introducing-dsd-micro-32-for-2023

Ghost Sim Racing Phantom Pedals

Ghost Sim Racing has released a very affordable set of pedals.

https://ghostsimracing.com/product/phantom-sp5-pro/

Triple 55’s!

Louder Racing shares a video of Watkins Glen in iRacing with triple 55’s.

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

Steering Wheel PTT Buttons

Mardon PC has a single PTT button with a velcro strap to secure it to your wheel rim.

Here is another option that was found on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1581985657/nascar-style-push-to-talk-usb-button-box?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ptt+button&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&frs=1&sts=1&organic_search_click=1

Conspit GT-Lite

An Instagram post from Conspit shows off the GT-Lite cockpit.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2uEryHOoUO/?igsh=MnpiMGgwNmQ5enEy

GS Extreme Tactical Earbuds

The world’s first tactical wireless earbuds. Can we sim race with these or something similar?

https://goaxil.com/pages/gsextreme

Gomez FPE v2

Gomez Sim Industries released news on Instagram of the FPE v2 wheel being released on February 13th. The post highlights that the wheel is lighter, brighter and a tab bit smaller (300mm).

https://www.instagram.com/p/C22URsMuV-J/?igsh=NTVsMjN4bXlrbGpq

Logitech G Pro Formula Wheel

Sim Racing Corner posted a video about an upcoming wheel add-on for the Logitech G Pro from 3DRAP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-03a-ao7OOg

Sim Racers Have Asked For A Better BAZOOKA

BDH has delivered with their new H1SQ dual mode shifter. We have a post on their Instagram account and a video of the new shifter in action.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C20DGaNtI2v/?igsh=MWRteGt6ZmcxNmhkNQ%3D%3D
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C25JrIStgQx/?igsh=ejBlenN1cGk5aHE0

New Wheel

Zen Sim Wheels posted to Instagram a video of a new wheel that will be released soon. The Vezza Ultra.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C200auOoR3U/?igsh=aHdyMndtbG52bDBn

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Boosted Media and Dan Suzuki review the Simagic GT Neo wheel and share their thoughts on the new wheel. Does it deliver?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Nh88y5bLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZJy9SO-vE

Looking For a Button Box?

EP Lab Sim Racing teases a new carbon fiber button box that will be releasing soon.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C28FN_YNmbM/?igsh=dGMwZHA5a2sxM3Jj

Are 20 Buttons Enough For You?

Box One Racing posted to their Instagram account showing off their newest addition to their offerings.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxOSYpSqChq/?igsh=M3Y4ZGVmNWxoazZi

Valid Explanations?

Thomas Jackermeier sits down with Kireth to answer questions regarding the Black Friday issues and continued delays and back orders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDLY2dbYoQ

Jinx Releases New Shifter

Jinx has released a v2 of it’s sequential shifter in silver.

https://jinxshifters.com/products/v2-jinx-sequential-shifter

Safety Net For Your Rig

Make Sim Info has a customizable safety net for your rig.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3A1FZgx8L-/?igsh=OXo4eWRoNXJnMXQ4

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Justin- Well I was going to come on the Pod and share the exciting news but the dongle on my headset died darn it but I did manage to clinch not 1 but 2 championships in Division 2. Gotta Thank my team, Tifisio for guiding me in the right direction cause I still don’t know what i’m doing half the time. Lol. Made a little spreadsheet when I was keeping track of points because it was close between me and the guy in second place in both series and It was the same guy in both series also. Had a blast in this series and I learned a lot! Thanks Everybody!

Official Series


Ellis– 

  • DraftMaster COT car at Talladega I couldn’t resist the lure. qualified fourth. Get the wall just once and that put me back was able to rally back to finish P6.
  • Chris McGuire hosted three different Indy cars at Michigan winner winner, chicken dinner. I smoke them all.
  • 87 at Talladega came from dead last of the seventh, but then got wrecked out
  • COT at Talladega. Wrecked out 
  • Old IndyCar at Michigan winner winner, chicken dinner I roast it!

Kerley

  •     Draftmaster P6, 13, and 25. What can I say. The usual adrenaline rush with crash avoidance (almost).

League / Hosted Races

   Winter Series League – 

  • John – P17 forgot to pit went 3 laps down. Was out of sequence with everyone else. Got lapped. Pitted again late and went even more laps down. But, zero X. 
  • Brad – p18. Had the opportunity to get a great result with pit strategy but blew that when making the last pit stop and only took left side tires. Had to pit again for rights and that dropped me two laps down. To add insult to injury (first from my teammates) I was dropped from the server with about 10 laps to go. Had fun but I’m glad it is over.
  • Mike- p started dead last worked. My way up got involved in the first wreck couldn’t miss it. About one minute damage on the second caution actually got ran into from behind well after the yellow came out, it ended up hitting at that point, and then driving from dead last up to second. Headed under green with 50 to go and cycle 1/ ninth work my way up to six with about eight laps to go I get dropped from the server don’t get disconnected in discord at all but IRacing drops my sorry ass connection Dnf.

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. Daytona Time!

Description

On today’s show we will look at the expected splits for Road to Pro, the kick off of the 2024 NASCAR iRacing Series, we get caught up on new hardware, the story of sim racing’s greatest underdog and we ask the question that everyone wants to know……Is Dale Jr. the greatest negotiator? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0420

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On the show today we’ll take a look at how many tracks are missing from iRacing. Discuss the eNascar Coca-Cola iRacing Media Day. 2024 season 2 build’s confirmed and rumored content and has a possible cheater been exposed?

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? 

Topics

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Movie Review-The Sim Racer

Heath Ropp 
to iracerslounge

If you’ve got an hour to spare (with a runtime of 1:07), buckle up for a cheesy yet entertaining ride. This film promises thrills, spills, and a cameo by iRacing’s Evan Posoco and Jeff Maconi. And kudos for the tip about it being available for free on Tubi! 

Quick Synopsis:

 Sim racer Luke Wallace is caught in a streak of bad luck. He’s fallen behind on his mortgage, his girlfriend dumped him for being too nice, and his bartender buddy Earl is hell-bent on turning him into an “ass man” (given Earl’s unique affinity for feet).

Desperate to save his home, Wallace throws himself into qualifying for the World 500 Late Model race, where the grand prize is a hefty $20,000. However, his hesitance stems from his reliance on “fixed setups” and the looming threat of his rival Shooter Jones, who’s notorious for employing underhanded tactics like the infamous “Arca Brake” to wipe out the competition.

NASCAR Updated Car Models

iRacing has released the new car models for the upcoming 2024 season.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1752013563122565236

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Dirty Details?

iRacing released this teaser screenshot of a dirt corner on X.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1750915507572588590tea

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Media Day for eNascar Coca-Cola iRacing Series

The eNascar Coca-Cola iRacing Series drivers were at the NASCAR Hall of Fame this past week for media day.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1751012188922236948

Go along with Briar LaPradd as he spends a day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame for eNASCAR Media Day.

iRacing Reports Breaks Down the Daytona 24 Classes by Split

What teams captured class wins and podiums in each split.

https://iracingreports.com/stats/24s1-Daytona_24-GTP.html

https://iracingreports.com/stats/24s1-Daytona_24-GT3.html

https://iracingreports.com/stats/24s1-Daytona_24-P217.html

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How Many Tracks Are Missing From iRacing?

DJ-Yee-J brings us another video with iRacing trivia that you may never need to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHkAoT1HwEA

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Who’s Cheating?

Dave Cam posted a video from a session at the Nordschleife where he found a driver doing some very peculiar things on the track and in the pits. Has he stumbled across an exploit or a cheater?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIWBwvvg90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIWBwvvg90

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2024 Season 2 Build Thread

Kyle Noal has a forum thread about confirmed and rumored content for the Season 2 2024 build.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54452/2024-season-2-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors#latest

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Who Said Anything About Track Limits?

What happens when you take a stock car to Spa? Davin shows us how not to respect track limits in this video.

https://twitter.com/DriveThrough_/status/1750988580892119317

Bus Stop Curbs Cause Engine Damage?

Adrian Mataisz posted a video in the forums of his team losing an engine in the Daytona 24 Hours after a run through the bus stop. A reply from staff member Michael Hinkle confirms that an error was found and it will be corrected in the next patch.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54772/busstop-exit-curb-making-engine-blow-38-mins-of-repairs

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Asking for a track to not be re-scanned?

A forum post from Casey Carrington is asking iRacing not to re-scan Daytona after some change were announced for the area around the Le Mans Chicane (bust stop).

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55069/heres-hoping-iracing-doesnt-re-scan-daytona-any-time-soon#latest

Road Racing Unofficial Series?

Rod Gibson proposes the idea of an unofficial rad series being added to the weekly schedule.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55139/road-racing-needs-an-unofficial-series#latest

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How Do I Do This in iRacing?

OverTake GG answers 21 of the most searched questions about iRacing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbn5OHmUJZM

(hover over timeline to see the questions…)

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NASCAR: Full Speed

The Netflix documentary from the 2023 playoffs has been released.

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1752476818374848969

A nice section in episode one about William Byron and how he got his racing start in iRacing.

eNASCAR Clash

iRacing posted on X a clip from this weeks eNASCAR Clash from Daytona.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1752511221968797838

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WoO Week 10

Aiden Forster and Ryan Avila finish the Sprint Car Season with a points tie for the championship.

https://twitter.com/WorldofOutlaws/status/1752169534373429534

https://www.iracing.com/aiden-forster-claims-2023-24-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-championship-at-charlotte-by-tiebreaker/

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Secret Content Leaks

DJ Yee-J brings to light iRacing content that has been leaked before release or never was released.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2fOQLzP_rrU

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Should the Dallara Dash Return?

Jared Junkans has a poll on the forums asking you, should the Dallara Dash return?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/55323/old-dallara-dash-should-come-back-to-iracing#latest

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Hardware/Software

Asatek TK Sim Racing Bundle

Redline Sim racing reviews the Tony Kanaan version of the Asatek Prima racing bundle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNn_qFg2aU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1uIKSXqhaY

Rig Review

D J Yee J reviews his racing rig setup and implies how he might upgrade

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R1e7TDVFGRI

Low Slider

Karl Gossling reviews the Race@Home Low Slider yaw motion system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS-VyHmiP-c

Varjo Aero Discontinued

Varjo has announced that the Zarjo Aerp will no longer be produced

https://www.uploadvr.com/varjo-aero-is-off-the-market/

Cube Controls GTX2

Cube Controls teases their new GTX2 formula wheel

SG Racing Sequential Shifter and Handbreak Review

Boosted Media reviews the “Tough” SG Racing Sequential Shifter and Handbreak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HsSbDfcGFg

Simucube 2 Pro Review

After ditching his Fanatec DD2 wheel base, Daniel Moffat reviews his new Simucube Pro 2 Wheel base after one week of usage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gydobBr4Q20

Sim Legends Head Haptics

Sim Legends posted a video of a haptic system that simulated G Force on your head and neck

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz1CubtuHae/?igsh=Njd3bGNsOHl6bGt5

Track Racer Super Ultra Wide

Track Racer introduces their 49″ Super Ultrawide Gaming Monitor

https://trakracer.com/collections/gaming-monitors/products/49-144hz-dfhd-super-ultrawide-gaming-monitor

Nvidia 4080 Super

Moza SGP Shifter Review

The Sim Pit and Shaun Cole reviews the Moza SPG Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRprIiZhv6U

https://mozaracing.com/product/moza-sgp-sequential-shifter?ref=maL9GDv6c22B

EvlRabbit also reviews the Moza SGP Sequential Shifter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5VqypuCbKM

What’s In Your Oven?

Nvidia Founder/Ceo Jensen Huang reveals the largest graphics card. Kept in his oven?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2VDiQMCyJb/?igsh=dGw3d2lrN3Y1cW9w

DSD Micro 32

In a forum post Derek Spears has announced the (re)introduction of the DSD Micro 32

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48211/re-introducing-dsd-micro-32-for-2023

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Ghost Sim Racing Phantom Pedals

Ghost Sim Racing has released a very affordable set of pedals.

https://ghostsimracing.com/product/phantom-sp5-pro/

Triple 55’s!

Louder Racing shares a video of Watkins Glen in iRacing with triple 55’s.

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

Steering Wheel PTT Buttons

Mardon PC has a single PTT button with a velcro strap to secure it to your wheel rim.

https://shop.mardonpc.com/products/sim-racing-push-to-talk-button-1

Here is another option that was found on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1581985657/nascar-style-push-to-talk-usb-button-box?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ptt+button&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&frs=1&sts=1&organic_search_click=1

Conspit GT-Lite

An Instagram post from Conspit shows off the GT-Lite cockpit.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2uEryHOoUO/?igsh=MnpiMGgwNmQ5enEy

GS Extreme Tactical Earbuds

The world’s first tactical wireless earbuds.

https://goaxil.com/pages/gsextreme

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series


League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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

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Description

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 Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Brad Wrenn –

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1/25/2024 – Racing with Depends – Episode 0419

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iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On the show today, we will be recapping the highly sucessful Daytona 24 Hours and how the Tifosi Teams faired. We have the final iRacing 2024 Coke Series lineup and sponsores, and we get a glance at what the rain setup could look like.

And if you join us at iRacersLounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing on todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there at iRacersLounge.com

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Topics

Coke Series News

eNascar reports that there will be 6 new teams that will be involved in the 2024 Coke Series to go along with their new format as the full sponsorhip field is set.

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1748390507514822726

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2024/01/19/newteams2024/

https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1749479343464546468

https://www.iracing.com/2024-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-free-agency-results/

Virtual Tie

AREA racing posted a video of a fantasic finish at their race at Richmond

https://twitter.com/AREAiRacing/status/1748193350551744704?s=20

iRacing in Stages

iRacing AutoStages -is a fully automated stage racing and season tracking program.  AutoStages will allow racers in Hosted or AI sessions to simulate NASCAR-style stage racing complete with points tracking. You’ll be able to toggle options to customize your stage race experience – including 2, 3 or 4 stage races, custom stage lengths and whether or not to throw stage break cautions. Here’s a look at what the beta UI looks like as of today:

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54677/coming-soon-iracing-autostages-automated-stage-racing-and-season-tracking#latest

Top 10 Highlights

iRacing puts out the January Top 10 Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogWTipacl5I

52 Car Pile-Up

iRacing posted a video of a huge, 52 car pile up at Talladega

@iracingofficial

Have you ever seen a 52-car big one at Talladega? 🤯 #iracingofficial #iracing #nascar #bigone #wreck #simracing #gaming

♬ original sound – iRacing – iRacing
https://www.tiktok.com/@iracingofficial/video/7322964259229453610?lang=en

Streaming The Simracer

The SimRacer, a feature film set in the world of Sim Racing, is now available to watch on Tubi

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Vjl8lP9wA/?igsh=aDh2d25nOGUxZWJh

The 24 Up in Smoke

Presley Sorah Tweeted how is Daytone 24 Hour race was ended with a unexplainable blown engine

https://twitter.com/PresleySorah/status/1749028306324754854

Tony and Matt At the 24

Matt Malone posted a video of his Daytona 24 race at Tony Kanaan’s Sim Racing Garage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWtX3hDXUQc

Redline Takes the Crown

Team Redline featuring Max Verstappen won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD division

https://twitter.com/TeamRedlineSim/status/1749052656285286648

Drafting to the Title

Paul Wainwright asks in the iRacing Community what’s everyone’s thought on the drafting strategy that got Team Redline the 24 Hour victory

Sailing it In 

Jack Mace shows a video of a GT car taking off in a crazy glitch at Daytona

https://twitter.com/jackmace07/status/1748949976720330767
https://twitter.com/jackmace07/status/1748949976720330767

No Spotter

Leigh Overton asked why they were unable to spot or crew for their team during the 24.

Staffer Jason Bryfrogle responded…

I can see that you can join a team in a practice session that started after the 12:00 UTC session launched. But you are not in the list of people who can join that same team in the 12:00 UTC session. The only reason there wouldn’t be an entry in that particular table is if you were not a member of the team at the time the team was registered for the 12:00 UTC session. If a team invitation or application is accepted after the team is registered, they do not get added to the list of people who can join the team in the session.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/466384#Comment_466384?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=

Daytona 24 Recap

The 2024 iRacing Daytona 24 event wrapped up this weekend with some very impressive numbers

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2agL9vP2yC/?igsh=MXZtNGx2eDZxYjFudQ%3D%3D

this year’s event was the largest in history, with more than 18,500 competitors split across 95 concurrent race sessions that started at four different times on Friday and Saturday. In addition, more than 1.8 million viewers watched iRacing broadcasts of the event across Twitch and YouTube.

NASCAR Avg for 2023 2.8m on broadcast/cable tv

https://www.iracing.com/2024-iracing-daytona-24-powered-by-vco-sets-record-with-over-18500-drivers/

Where’d That Come From

Listener Ryan Carwile submitted a video clip of a LMP in the Daytona Pits getting cleared out by a rouge GT car

Daytona Solo

Matt Sherlock (kinda) won his split of the Daytona 24 by himself 

I won my Daytona 24 hour split SOLO!!
byu/rhilXD iniRacing
https://www.reddit.com/r/iRacing/comments/19camdf/i_won_my_daytona_24_hour_split_solo/?share_id=psPi0kMqotTzT5WfVu901&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=35985

Fastest Down the Hill

iRacing posted a video of what might be the fastest decent of Mt Washington ever in the Mercedes F1 car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctg1R5UX4TY

Rogan’s Rig

Podium 1 Racing posted a video of a ultra high end build-in-progress Sim Rig for Joe Rogan

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2dN84WPQpC/?igsh=MWxnbDY2cTNmeGVwZQ%3D%3D
https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/1749872228026499229

Next Gen Updates

iRacing is ready for 2024 with the new artwork and texture updates for their Next Gen Cup cars

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1749846138553770409

WoW Week 9

Forster assumes championship lead as Bergeron takes fifth 2023-24 World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Cars win at Eldora

https://www.iracing.com/forster-assumes-championship-lead-as-bergeron-takes-fifth-2023-24-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-win-at-eldora/

Storm’s Coming

iRacing posted a quick view of how you will be able to set up weather timelines that will change according to how you edit your session

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1749820998394745125

Vetting IMSA

Michael Poole is asking iRacing to get the new Chevy Corvette into the new IMSA season 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54408/new-corvette-iracing-wake-up/p1

Season 1 Patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54914/2024-season-1-patch-4-release-notes-2024-01-23-01

iRacing Stats

Jason Chess put out some interesting iRacing stats 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/28333/iracing-survey-iracing-stats-site#latest

https://json.racing/irs/

https://json.racing/irs/24s1/oval/series/

Mt Washinton – ReScan Needed?

In an iRacing discussion post, Johnny Mularz reported that Mt Washington is totally paved now, and there’s no dirt section. Does this need a rescan?

Dave Cam Gets Hacked

Dave Cam’s Youtube Channel was recently hacked and he posted how his subscriber nubers plummeted

iRacing at Court

iRacing finds itself in “The Stupidest Lawsuit” against them according to a video by DJ YeeJ

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8gWHTVjth8Y

Porsche 2024 Season 

The Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup returns on Feb 3 with some new formats

https://www.iracing.com/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-returns-with-new-formats-200000-in-prizes-again-in-2024/

The Family that Races Together…

SimRacing Family posted a video of a family with 3 kids all putting time into their racing simulators!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1cRkzptHZk/?igsh=MWxwdHF0dGh4azNyeQ%3D%3D

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Hardware/Software

Simagic GT Neo

Lance Dusoswa reviews the Simagic GT Neo formula wheel that’s well priced

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2C8GOKNAhL/?igsh=MWdjdHgxdWxyOTB5Zw%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAHCWDtNU8

Camus C5

Dan DiMaggio takes a first look at the new Camus C5

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

Discontinued Graphics Cards

Nvidia Is discontinuing the RTX 4080 and RTX 4070Ti GPU’s

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-and-rtx-4070-ti-officially-reach-end-of-life

Why You Need Triples

Karl Gosling explains in a video when you need triple screens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BqaaVVhNBA

Sim Formula Expo

Lawrence Dusoswa and Overtake.gg took a trip to the Sim Racing Expo 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93JIYhacEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mI_qyCMZQ

Sim Lab XP1 Review

Boosted Media reviews the Sim Lab XP1 Load Cell Pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6WlkZ7LIk

https://sim-lab.eu/en-us?clickref=1101lyb6siXt

ImSim – Motion With Style

Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the ImSim motion rig

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2F4H57NZU8/?igsh=bTA3bjVyNzExdmt1

Turtle Beach Enters Sim Racing

Turtle Beach is entering the Sim Racing market with a wheel / pedal offering for pre-order complete with integrated LCD display and button box

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2K_gayL4-h/?igsh=d3BrcDRybG9ycHg1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hrjy4wxF0I

https://www.turtlebeach.com/pages/velocity-one-race

SimHub Hue Lighting Setup

Alex Kay shows you how to set up you Hue Lighting system on Simhub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiSjx699NiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck56u7es2wM

Simagic P-HTS

Simagic reveals their P-HTS hydraulic throttle system fpr their P-1000 sim pedals

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2OzcI2slj1/?igsh=MTEwZHhmeG1sZGV0Mg%3D%3D

NVIDIA RTX 4090

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-4080-super.c4182

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday open –

  • Mike- P 
  • Justin- Winter Nis Winter Series update the fixed series i placed p6 and P26 then the open series i had a p9 and p4, just a steady week. The open race I placed 9th in I set the fastest lap time of the race, never done that before in any official race and there were some studs in that race too. My Open series points battle im losing by 58 points and fixed series im leading by 20 points. Side note without drop weeks in both series I would be leading more than 80 points in each series. I Hate drop weeks. Lol. Another side note: I had a family emergency and I’m stuck in Chicago starting tomorrow so I don’t know if I will be able to make all my starts. I’m not going to use it as an excuse though. I will keep grinding. Sorry for the paragraph mike 

Official Series

Daytona 24- 

  • Team Real Fun – P7
  • Team Fun P14 
  • Team Fun 2 p43

Ellis– 

  • FIAF4 fixed at spa. Started at 16th got wrecked out real hard and lap one and a huge incident. 
  • Second attempt started dead last 22nd. God is high as P6 in a great race before finally getting wrecked DNF.
  • Chris McGuire hosted old IndyCar at Michigan

Kerley

    Draftmaster P11, P17, and P22. People wreck and I get caught up in it every time. Doesn’t matter whether I’m in front or back. Never fails.   

B Open    

John P16. Car was terrible in turns 1 and 2 initially. Made some pit adjustments and stayed with the leaders the last 30 laps. Problem is I was a lap down. Was the lucky dog but did not get the caution

League / Hosted Races

Winter Series League – 

  • Brad – p 18
  • Mike- p started dead last finish P 16. Was planning on a one stop strategy, but a caution came out. We could make it from there on fuel. Next run ran it until the tire gave out had to put under green but then a caution came out, was able to take the wave around and get a lap back and threw attrition and what not worked my way up
  • David – p5 .  Good long run speed but spent most of the race 1 lap down after first long run.  Was p6 in lucky dog spot, late caution comes out puts me on lead lap, but cost me the lucky dog prize, finished p5, best finish for the year.

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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1/18/2024 – Screen Size Matters – Episode 0418

Show Introduction

On the show today, we will be looking forward to the Daytone 24 Hours and looking back at the Membership Site. The iRacing Coke Series Silly Season kicks off with some new changes and we’ll see how iRacing might be cracking down on cheaters.

And if you join us at iRacersLounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing on todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there at iRacersLounge.com

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https://teamconti.gg/

Topics

RIP Membership Site

Ryan Douchette put his own touch in saying goodbye to the iRacing Membership site on his Twitter account

https://twitter.com/RyanDoucette77/status/1747353613205434626

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54441/goodbye-old-friend/p1

2024 FIA Motorsports Games

The third edition of the FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia, Spain, this year (October 23-27 2024) will feature a hugely expanded Esports programme with two gold medals up for grabs across two separate gaming titles.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C19rR5_N5WW/?igsh=MTE5b3RpeXNhd2Zraw%3D%3D

https://www.fia.com/news/esports-expansion-2024-fia-motorsport-games

Coke Series Draft

The iRacing Nascar Coke Series Silly season is under way with a few new changes in the series format.

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Team News:

BS + Competition joins as a new team. They announce Garret Lowe.

Team Conti has announced that their proposal to enter the series has been rejected.

Jim Beaver and Beavermotorsports are out after 5 seasons…

Nitro Circus Sim Racing Team joins as a new team. They announce Dylan Duval and Matthew Zwack

Spire Motorsports joins… They quickly announce Malik Ray and Casey Kirwan are signed. And David Schildhouse is the General Manager

Driver News:

RFK Racing announces Timothy Holmes and Collin Bowden

PioneersGG annouces Wyatt Tinsley returns and they add Graham Bowlin

Other News:

2024 Contender is… INTERESTING! Top 20 no longer locks you into coke, top 30 just to have a shot to be picked in free agency! Imagine winning the contender title and getting stuffed as a backup driver the following season because 2nd-21st were more ‘marketable’ than you, Say a <team> guy wins the title and gets chosen in free agency. He could pretty easily sell his teammate who finished 30th in the points to them with some solid arguments. This GUARANTEES that at least one t20 driver doesn’t make it.

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Supporting Links:

https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1747051884949446658

https://twitter.com/BScompetition/status/1745495770457866526

https://twitter.com/JimBeaver15/status/1747038090659778684

 https://twitter.com/NitroSimTeam/status/1746970751855673509

https://twitter.com/SpireMotorsport/status/1747046157459538164

https://twitter.com/SchildhouseD/status/1747046810747650441

https://twitter.com/TeamContigg/status/1746920687195832814

https://twitter.com/jackmace07/status/1746951563896049789

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2QKgw2s4E7/?igsh=ZXJocWQ4amtla2Fx

https://twitter.com/BScompetition/status/1748042705970553239

https://twitter.com/NitroSimTeam/status/1748055732824768625

Sim in Your Real Car

Vern Klukas posted in the forums ways that his real world driving has changed since starting sim racing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54216/sim-things-you-do-in-the-real-car#latest

Coke Series Document

iRacing posted in the forums the 2024 iRacing Coke Series Document that spells aout all of the info you ever need to know about the Coke Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54235/2024-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-document#latest

SRX is Still Coming to iRacing

Steve Meyers confirmed on Twitter that the SRX is still coming to iRacing, maybe just without all of the fanfare.

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1745681900981596499

Darkhorse and New Camry

Steve Myers also announced in the Twitter thread that the new Mustang Darkhorse and the Toyota Camry Cup cats are already being worked on.

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1745809072371200350

Worst (or Best) Crash Ever

Denverracingsim crashed his car in iRacing is a crazy motion sim that took him for a literal spin

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1-vRD1srW1/?igsh=YXM2MGF1Y3AydTE0

iRacing with the Prez

President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, J Douglas Boles, introduced the new Indycar partnership with iRacing and turned some laps in the sim!

https://twitter.com/IMS/status/1745860175087497365

Youngest to 10K

At 14 years old. Joel Smith became the youngest member of the iRacing 10K iRating club in asphaly oval racing

https://www.facebook.com/100064687091588/posts/775758871257009/?mibextid=K8Wfd2

What’s in a Name

Kim Berry in the forums answers iRacer’s question of, “How do I change my display name?”  

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54242/how-do-i-change-my-display-name#latest

WoO Week 8

Alex Bergeron grabs fourth win of 2023-24 World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Cars season at Port Royal

https://www.iracing.com/alex-bergeron-grabs-fourth-win-of-2023-24-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-season-at-port-royal/

Daytona 24 Week

Its Daytona 24 Week, the most highly participated event in Sim Racing, and  Actrollvision relives one of the greatest saves of the event’s history

https://twitter.com/Actrollvision/status/1746834546312515697

Hire-acing

iRacing is recruiting for a Quality Assurance Tester

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54468/quality-assurance-tester

Catching a Cheater

D J Yee J speculated the new switch to the iRacing to the UI may have an element of preventing cheaters and the UI has better cheat protections

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8FTMnN4HB1w?app=desktop&si=Q4e5R65faDQUH01G

Max to F3

iRacer Max Esterson has linked up with Jenzer Motorsport the run in the 2024 F3 season

https://twitter.com/Formula3/status/1747607776161865880

Lego Sim Rig

Fastlane Fans has posted on Facebook a Lego build of a sim rig

May be an image of text

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122111115128168169&id=61555045093667&mibextid=K8Wfd2

Road to Pro Schedule

Tyler Hudson has posted the 2024 eNascar Road to Pro Series Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54511/2024-enascar-road-to-pro-series-schedules?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=/p1

Stats for the Roar in ’24

iRacing posted the impressive stats from this year’s iRacing Roar

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1747357420827918666

Goodbye Renault

Greg West posted in the forums that the Formula Renault Series will end after this current season due to low participation and a modernized open wheel ladder system

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54446/future-of-the-series

VCO Grand Slam

The VCO Grand Slam will  be kicking off this weekend with the Daytona 24 Hours, and iRacing has release the BOP 

https://twitter.com/vcoesports/status/1747305277668372856

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53748/special-event-2024-daytona-24-powered-by-vco/p1

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Hardware/Software

Gomez Formula Pro Elite V2

Gomez Sim Industries introduced on Twitter their Version 2 of their flagship formula wheel the Formula Pro Elite and OverTake.gg got their hands on one

https://twitter.com/gomezsimracing/status/1744342982935859233
https://twitter.com/OverTake_gg/status/1746957670651658714

Rig Insanity

Boosted Media got their hands on a Motion Systems QSV 20 4DOF 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgIQSL-OvN8

499Racing Dashboard

Nick Ebyhas introduced the free 499Racing Dashboard that is built within Simhub 

Soelpec Spectra XR

Will Ford at Boosted Media reviews the Soelpec Spectra VR Formua wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgvbz8A8tJc

The SOELPEC Spectra XR is a feature-rich Sim Racing wheel with outstanding build quality which has quickly become one of my go-to wheels.  With a 302mm diameter and 5″ Touchscreen Display, it is very well suited to Formula and GT racing giving quick and easy access to a huge range of inputs. At the price of €1499 (+ Shipping and Tax) it is in the same ballpark as the Gomez Sim Industries Formula Pro Elite and Cube Controls CSX-3 sim racing wheels.  So there is some tough competition in this price range, and for this amount of money our expectations are high.

“I will put it up there with the best of the best…”

https://soelpec.com/?sca_ref=5178884.TeTGIFjocA

Quest 2 Price Cut

The Oculus Quest 2’s price was reduced to $249 for the 128GB unit and $299 for the 256GB unit

https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/the-oculus-quest-2-gets-another-price-cut-and-its-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-meta-vr-headset

Simucube Swapout

Nixon Motorsports swaps out his Fanatec DD2 with a new Simucube 2 Pro Direct Drive wheelbase on his Alpine TRX Chassis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euDIplg24ws

Simucube 2 Pro Unbox

Danny Moffat unboxes the Simucube 2 Pro wheel base after boxing up his 2nd Fanatec to be returned 

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

Bargin of the Century?

Dave Cam Reviews the Race Gear 3 pedal set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_G8P7QMUpo

Ricardo Haptic Seat

Ricardo introduces their new sim racing seat with 14 individual metahaptics

https://www.thedrive.com/news/recaros-new-sim-racing-seat-turns-sound-into-vibration-with-haptic-feedback

Pinapple Grips 

Pinapple Grips has replacement grips for many popular wheel rims

https://pineapplegrips.co.uk/

Seperate ABS and TC

Bostjan Fujs asked David Tucker in the forums if iRacing will provide Traction Control Data for the Simagic HPR’s

Hey David, as I am looking to buy the Simagic HPR (if they will restock sometime), could you answer one question please, I was thinking about only using one HPR on the brake for ABS, as iRacing will not provide TC date for the HPR on the throttle. Will the support you are working on, support two HPRs independantly for brake and throttle? In this case I will order 2 HPRs! It would be great to know what is coming before ordering.

Thank you, Bostjan

I’m not sure where we will land. I have something stubbed into the sim but currently don’t have anything but wheel slip/ABS to drive these with. Ideally I would have time to add in traction to the mix, and possibly even separate things out per pedal, but I also have other projects coming up fast that will take me away from this in a few weeks. I would not buy anything based on what I could potentially do in the future.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/461286#Comment_461286

Hori 7 Speed Shifter

Sim Racing Corner unboxes the Hori 7 Speed Shifter with Sequential mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM9_rz9I2DY

https://www.amazon.com/HORI-7-Speed-Racing-Shifter-Windows-Desktop/dp/B0CFG1SFXH?crid=ORRUJYBQHWEP&keywords=hori+shifter+7+xbox&qid=1704882362&sprefix=hori+shifter,aps,135&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=30minvr-20&linkId=2eb6e40f377c631b103f27a7528e7474&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

VNM Wheelbase

Alan Quan Reviews the VNM Wheel Base

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v6iwtaGE04

Sim Facility Tour

Daniel Morad shows off his Sim Racing Facility

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

Podium 1 Racing

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1-2QQNR9Ut/?igsh=MXVtOTEycDQ2MGx0NA%3D%3D

TRS 160S

Lance Dusoswa reviews the Trak Racer 160S Sim Rig

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2FZucjNX_q/?igsh=MWs5ZHhodWs0bXRkbg%3D%3D

https://www.overtake.gg/news/trak-racer-enters-sim-racing-pedal-and-peripheral-market/

TR160S Racing Simulator
https://trakracer.com/products/tr160s-racing-simulator

Does more NM’s make you faster?

Third Wheel Exclusive asks if boosting the FF nanometers make you any faster

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday open –

  • Justin- NiS Winter Series Update North Wilksboro, Open series i did a total of 2 races a P6 and a P2 really solid races, track position over tires was the key i think. In the Fixed series it was kind of a roller coaster. My first race I had a P26 made it to 20 to go with a 0x and got junked. The second Fixed race I did was a little better result, took the lead 30 to go and never looked back P1. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. At the end of the week I’m leading the Open series by 30 points and leading the Fixed series also by 3 points. Dover next week. I’m trying to get team Tifosi another NiS Championship. Wish me luck       

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Supercars at Michigan posted Chris McGuire. winner, winner, chicken dinner.
  • 87 at Talladega wrecked out
  • GEN five at Daytona. Came from the back to finish P5 great race another couple laps I might’ve won.
  • IndyCar at Indy nice respectable finish P10. The sticker on the outside wall that shows the Indy logo coming out of turn four is missing.
  • Supercar at Michigan with John Curley. We were mixing it up in a huge pack of four and five wide green flags and everything but both get wrecked out at the end.
  • 87 at Talladega got wrecked out at the end
  • GEN 5 cup car at Daytona was running P2 with two to go when a lab car purposely wrecked the entire field. 
  • srF@Oran Park started P six finished P3 I’ll take it
  • Pick up cup at Phoenix. P11

WRENN

  • Roar-started p17, finished p13 in class and p23 overall. Got some nose and rear damage on lap two from a stack up in bus stop. That hurt my speed on the oval. Drove up to p10 before first pit stop. Missed my pit stall so gave up a bunch of time. Short pitted second stop and double stinted tires because I did not need a full tank of gas try to jump some spots. Ended up looping it in the horse show. After that kept it clean till the finish.


League / Hosted Races

Winter Series League – 

  • Brad – p 19-Felt like I had good speed but ended up with some damage and blew the green flag pit stop by missing the commitment cone. Sat for 1:10 penalty and ended up three laps down. 
  • Greg – p poor pit strat
  • David – p9

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1/11/2024 – Fanatechnical Difficulties – Episode 0417

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Show Introduction

On the show today we will be talking iRacing and Indycar, officially this time. We give sad farewell to the iRacing membership site, and in the Hardware section talk about the what’s happening to one of the largest sim racing product companies.

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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General Questions:

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

Topics

Are Esports Failing?

D J YeeJ asks if Esports are failing in the realm of sim racing’s different genres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqTB3rN7II8

Three genres –

Simcade (forza, gran turismo)

Sim Racing (iRacing, acc, rfactor)

Official Titles (F1, wrc)

Season 2 Schedule

iRacing is taking input for the season 2 schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54011/2024-season-2-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54009/2024-season-2-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54006/2024-season-2-schedule/p1

The Grass is Slippier

Albert Piskula asks if the grass is back to being icy slippery

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53778/is-ice-grass-back

Onboard Oval Refresh

iRacing posted a video with an onboard look of the new Oval Refresh in action and some explainations of how it has changed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5AF0xWwQQ

IROC Changing Hands

the iconic IROC (International Race of Champions) brand has been aquired by NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham and venture capitolist Rob Kauffman with the intent to have an IROC racing event in 2024 with historic IROC race cars while exploring future opportunities. 

https://twitter.com/irocofficial/status/1744343377863221709

iRacing Late Model Ready for 2024

iRacing’s Tyler Hudson is ready for his iRacing sponsored Late Model, where he will be moving up in a division.

https://twitter.com/tdhudson001/status/1743327474316898547

When Opportunity Knocks

iRacing posted a video of Anthony Jones making a last second pass to take an improbable victory when the oportunity arrised

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1744013972620145050

No Glitching in iRacing

D J YeeJ posted a short video of some of iRacing’s more extreme glitched

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2PNIEyb4zL8

It’s Official!!

After the collapse of Motorsports Games and a few teases over the last couple of weekds, iRacing and Indycar have announced a multi year licensing agreement

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1744767183274565829

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-indycar-sign-multiyear-license-agreement/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgPMTrY8alc

Broadcasts Can Resume

Drew Adamson tweeted that broadcasters are now permitted to broadcast races utilizing the following 3 cars again.

-Dallara IR18
-Dallara DW12
-Dallara IR-05

https://twitter.com/thedrewadamson/status/1744796666727670206

WoO Week 7

Aiden Forster claims first World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Cars win at Fairbury

https://www.iracing.com/aiden-forster-claims-first-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-win-at-fairbury/

Member Site Expiration Date

iRacing announced on the forums that January 16th will be the end of the run for the iRacing Member Site.  Everything race related will now go through the iRacing UI

https://twitter.com/Dr_Bob41/status/1744842100930179446

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54084/iracing-legacy-membersite-sunset-simulator-connection-severed-january-16th-0800est-1300utc

Shift Up Now

Ash Vandelay will be working with Shift Up Now.  first up for them wil be a webinar for members on breaking down any entry barriers to iRacing – download, setup, going through the UI – everything explained.

https://twitter.com/AshVandelay/status/1744734716052615369

11K and Counting

Aaron Vazquezz has hit 11,000 iRating and now has the top iRating in all of iRacing

https://twitter.com/AVL_44/status/1744104834322547197

Short Track Rules

NASCAR officials announce new 2024 rules package for short tracks and road courses. How will this effect iRacing

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1745199847043424285

Fixed RTP

There has been some rumors about the  iRacing Road to Pro Series going to fixed setups

https://twitter.com/LoganClampitt_/status/1745250502739394661
https://twitter.com/tdhudson001/status/1745244589705797948

Indy Details

Following up on yesterday’s exciting news regarding the renewed partnership between iRacing and INDYCAR, I am going to outline and expand on some of our plans for the relationship.

First and foremost, the return of the Indy 500 on iRacing.  We are excited to bring back this iconic event. Given the calendar dates available, we will be running both the Open and Fixed setup version of the Indy 500 concurrently during the week of May 27th-June 2nd. However we will once again run them on separate weeks in 2025. We have not finalized the time slots as of yet but we will focus on limiting overlap as much as possible. Both events will once again feature unattached qualifying throughout the week. 

We are also happy to bring back the year-long INDYCAR iRacing Tour (formerly the INDYCAR iRacing Series). We have been quietly working with the community to fine tune the concept. We are happy to announce that the series will feature full length races with the exception of the week of the Indy 500. That race will be shortened for the events happening within the series so as not to have competition for the Indy 500 special event. 

Regarding the INDYCAR Series (or the Open Series as a lot of people call it), we are not mandating any changes. We are excited that the community can vote on the real world tracks again which only adds to the authenticity of the series. We have been in discussion with the community to work on keeping the overall race session at or under 1 hour to make it more palatable to more members. Hopefully, with the addition of the full length series, this will be understood as a step to bring in more drivers. 

We are also going to be adding a supplemental series to the open series with INDYCAR Series – Fixed. This series will also run at the B level and will follow the same schedule as the open variant. However these races will be of the sprint variety similar to that being used with Super Formula. These races will not overlap with the open series. Once again, the goal here is to bring in new drivers and give them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Dallara IR-18.

Lastly, the C level series will also move to the B class and will be renamed INDYCAR – Oval. With the addition of fixed setup series that follows the open series, we are going to make sure that those wanting that open wheel oval experience have a dedicated home. The series will run 12 weeks of ovals moving forward and may use any oval available. 

Schedules requests for these series will be posted shortly.  We look forward to seeing everyone on the track!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54145/in-hosted-races-will-ai-slots-despawn-based-on-number-of-real-players#latest

 The new fixed series will be pure sprint races that are about 15 minutes in length. There will be no pitstops. We still have the open setup series and the full length race series to let this car shine through multiple strategy usage. The fixed series is just to get folks in the door.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/460934#Comment_460934

The 2024 Indy 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54124/indycar-update-details-indy-500-series-expansion

Season 1 Patch 3

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54176/2024-season-1-patch-3-release-notes-2024-01-10-01

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Coke Schedule 2024

https://twitter.com/evanposocco/status/1745478564009693435

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2024/01/11/24cocacolaschedule/

The Roar in ’24

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1742987294288568572

Daytona 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53748/special-event-2024-daytona-24-powered-by-vco

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Hardware/Software

Customer Service Hell Pt3

Danny Moffat released part three of his Fanatec customer support issues.  This is just the biginning of a litany of Fanatec customer support and product problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8f5O3Zdxzs

Here we are again unfortunately with another faulty wheelbase. It’s one of a faulty batch from last year that won’t detect when a podium hub is attached

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeD1a-utI7Y

He lives in Macau, near Hong Kong, so he bought it from his supplier and not directly from Fanatec. Well, fanatec will not honor their warranty because of that…

They also should have ‘recalled’ the plastic qr, he says it is defective, and there should be a recall where they replace it with the metal one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRLI5aliUU

He bought a package, base, formula wheel, rally wheel. He got everything but the base. Found out recently that Sony has yet to grant the licensing to Fanatec and that is why they are not shipping it.

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Fanatec has delayed the release of its upcoming ClubSport DD+ racing wheel base due to a slow licensing process at Sony, the company has told customers awaiting the product. Originally expected to arrive with customers in December, the DD+ is now in a limbo until Fanatec can square it away with the console giant.

“The ClubSport DD+ is the first product on the market incorporating Sony’s new security electronics,” an email sent to pre-order customers from Fanatec says. “Consequently, the product approval procedures are comprehensive and time-consuming. Initially we expected to receive this approval sooner. To date, we are still waiting for it, which is why we are currently unable to ship your order.”

“We hope to have an update on the matter by mid-January and are doing whatever we can to expedite the approval process and deliver this exciting new product to you as quickly as possible.”

https://www.pcgamer.com/customers-left-cold-as-fanatec-says-sony-validation-is-delaying-clubsport-dd-wheel-base-we-expected-to-receive-this-approval-sooner/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLcOJN7p98Q

Today I received an apology email from Fanatec Customer Support. I’m assuming many others got it as well. Once again they are blaming their slow response times to “system and process” issues instead of just admitting they have sub par customer service and it needs a major overhaul. I don’t know about you but I don’t feel like this is the best way to address the situation and Fanatec customers deserve better in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heb-B9enHwA

He advised they changed warehouses and that is where the issues started and have snowballed, he doesn’t think a company can recover their reputation for the coming years…

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday open –

  • Justin-  Winter NiS series Recap real solid week, Open Series I ran 2 races a P5 and a P9. Fixed series i ran 2 races also and came up with a P15 and a P1!!! WINNER WINNER. So with those races In the Open series it put me to P1 in Points with a 30 point lead. Then in the Fixed series this puts me tied for P1 in points. North Wilkesboro Speedway is going to be tuff this week. Short tracks are one of my weak points. Wish me Luck  

Friday Open – Mike -.  P25 – top split was running at highest top five for a while, but then ran into the back of a guy who just kind of stopped in the corner and I had damage and the car was never the same sense later on. I ended up spinning twice on my own. 

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Draft masters, 87’s at Daytona. Got wrecked P18.
  • I was running fifth and they got wrecked from a guy on the outside of creamed the wall and took me out finish P 23
  • Wrecked out on third attempt
  • Wreck out on the fourth attempt
  • Fia F4- tsukuba – qualified 10th finish fourth great race
  • DraftMaster GEN four at Daytona – got dumped on lap six finished P 16
  • GT Sprint VRS – Daytona started p12 finished p13. Had good pace and made it into top 10 but had not ran this series in a while and took too much fuel on pit stop. Gave up at least 2-3 spots with that error.

Kerley         Draft Masters P8. Good clean race except for the 563 wrecks. I actually avoided all of them but had to slow down to avoid them and could not catch anyone.

  • Brian – Atlanta. Qualified 4th and jumped out to the lead early. Led the first 10 laps but quickly learned I was pushing too hard. Settled in and rode in 4th until pit stops. Did a better job of managing tires from that point. P2

B Open

    John P13. I’m pissed. Was running 5th and moving up and some jerk that got in a wreck drove off the apron and hit me three times. We were in the last 15 laps when this happened.  That ruined my race. I was fast and could have won . What can I say.

C Open

John P6. Was in the mix the entire race. Great close racing the whole way in the top 10. Top 6 pulled away with 10 to go and we had a dogfight and it was a blast. One of the cleaner races I’ve had in awhile. 

IMSA

Brad – P4 after starting p12. Survived the first few lap heroes and worked my way up to p5. Had pace but p6 was quicker till stopping for fuel. Came back out ahead of him and the remainder of the race was a yo-yo of gap between the two of us. It really depended on how and where I was when the GTP cars caught us to pass. Really caused me to try and set them up to pass me at the most opportune time for me.


League / Hosted Races

Winter Series League – 

  • John – P0. Had a meeting and missed the race. 
  • Brad – p 25 Started p12 and had very good pace until getting caught up in an accident not of my own doing. Someone got turned on the front stretch and drilled me into the outside wall. Tried to get repairs without losing a lap but the car was never right after the accident. Looped it late in the run and pounded the inside wall. Night was done.
  • Justin P24 really not much to say was running mid pack most of the race and a lap car got into me and i was done
  • Mike- p P 17 I ended up spinning on the first caution, bringing it out by myself. I pitted at that time and got off sequence with the leaders ended up staying out with everyone else. Put it under green was high as P2, but eventually settled into finish P 17.

Final Thoughts

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1/4/2024 – The California Pickle – Episode 0416

Show Introduction

On the show today, iRacing kicks off 2024 with some more clues about the upcoming Indy Car Series, we ask what are your iRacing New Years Resolutions, and could we have seen the fastest speeds ever in iRacing?

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Topics

New Cali

Motor Racing Media posted on their Facebook account an updated look at what the newly reconfigured Auto Club Raceway might look like

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=765192802314949&id=100064727076919&mibextid=K8Wfd2

Start Hero

iRacing posted the 2023 stats of Tuckles, who had 2433 starts this year, an average of 6.7 starts each day

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1741234452364165440

Sim Not Loading

Luke Smoker and others have been having problems loading into iRacing ever since the last update. Staffer Michael Hinkle posted his fixes in the forums

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53214/sim-not-loading-past-90

Conti Has the Grip

Michael Conti posted a video of his A Open race where his grip level matched his commitment level

https://twitter.com/MikeConti5/status/1742247089092907079

Kirwan Leaves XSet

Former Coke Series Champ Casey Kirwan announced on Twitter that his time at XSet has come to an end 

https://twitter.com/CaseyKirwan95/status/1742236696073097695?s=20

 More MSGM Problems

JPet27 Tweeted that MSGM still out of compliance with the NASDAQ regarding minimum amount of required shareholders in the company. IF they do not regain compliance with NASDAQ, they will be delisted & they will declare bankruptcy

https://twitter.com/JPetschauer/status/1742031512114221115

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Stroll Through the Infield

Joey Masiewicz found out the hard way during Daytona testing that the infield is a lot more accessable that he remembers them being

https://twitter.com/JoeyMasiewicz/status/1742645047290667325

Top Speed Yee J

DJ YeeJ shows a glitch in iRacing that may have given him a speed world record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2ARhFiyOo

Indy Car Schedule

Indy Car’s official 2024 schedule was released on Twitter Wednesday, and iRacing says their ready for it

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1742571388664246296

iRacing New Years Resolutions

Jordan Wentzel posted in the forums his personal iRacing Goals/resolutions for 2024 and asks what is yours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53592/2024-iracing-resolutions

Sonoma Asphalt

Nascar posted on Twitter that Sonoma is getting some new asphalt on the road course

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1742606520926224762

LA Clash

Bryan Darlington asked int the forums if there will be a 2024 Nascar clash at the LA Collsseum 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53695/la-clash

Daytona 24

The biggest Special Event in iRacing is right around the corner.  The Daytona 24

2024_D24_poster.jpg

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53748/special-event-2024-daytona-24-powered-by-vco

IIS Championship

Listener Lionel Marbezy sent this in…

FTF.gg’s 2.4 Hours of Daytona

https://twitter.com/FTF_Racing/status/1741873176215539809

2024 Roar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53027/2024-iracing-roar/p1

Greg West Posts:
Hi All- By popular demand, we are adding an additional timeslot for the Roar as a trial; Sunday 00:00 GMT (7:00 pm eastern).

Based on participation and feedback, we will consider this for special events that are 4 hours and shorter moving forward.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/457338#Comment_457338

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Hardware/Software

FF Clipping

Emanuele Ottonello asks in the forums what the second line in the force feeback HUD means

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/454927/#Comment_454927

Sound Shift

Clayton Mcloud is working on his Sound Shift program that gives audio cues for shifting gears

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

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/448958/#Comment_448958

Chris L. Cothern — 12/25/2023 4:08 PM (in discord…)
I tried it but didn’t love it. Was more of a distraction for me than anything

Laptop Beast

PC Gamer shows off a beast of a laptop computer with server grade hardware

Yungai REV-9 mobile workstation against a stylised backdrop

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52963/a-new-gaming-laptop-for-you

https://www.pcgamer.com/this-is-the-most-absurd-blend-of-retro-futuristic-looks-and-server-grade-hardware-that-ive-ever-seen-and-its-all-in-a-laptop-and-i-want-one-badly/

Evil Racing DGT+

The Sim Pit reviews the Evil Racing DGT+ Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyezZ7cu6_oy

https://simraceshop.de/lenkraeder/nach-hersteller/evilracing/

Hot Moza

Michael Smith noticed that his Moza R5 Wheelbase was overheating and was loosing grip in his race because of the problems he was having.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FIR4oJGWQA

CXC Simulations 

CXC Simulations makes customized super high end motion simulators 

https://www.cxcsimulations.com/simulators-for-home/

Triple Ark’s

Dominic Calvani is thinking of running triple Samsung Ark monitors, and was asking if anyone has done this already

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53498/anyone-running-triple-55-arks-or-similar

The Simagic Connection

Simagic posed an Instagram message showing off their revolutionary magnetic connection design

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1bety3BKPc/?igsh=azIzemQ3NWo1Njhq

Slip Angle Shaker Kit

OC Racing reviews the Slip Angle 4 corner LFE Transducer Spring kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCNWv97TyjE

No Excuse Racing

Tom Ford posted pictures of him custom sim rig that lets him race with one leg after loosing one in a motorcycle accident

Simagic GTC

OC Racing reviews the Simagic GTC formula wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlKpPhb51DM

https://en.simagic.com/product/9?ref=ocracing

Fanatec Support Part 2

Sim Racing Corner made a follow up video about his poor experience with Fanatec Customer Support

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

Thrustmaster T818 Worries

Laurence Dusoswa is worried about Thrustmaster and theor new T818 Direct Drive Wheel Base

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_kYuuJekE4

It’s my role in Sim Racing to inform and to be objective in my findings, so that I can equip potential buyers with as much info as possible to make an educated decision. So this one hurt because it brought up some very harsh realities for Thrustmaster and their future. Where once I was a fanboy, now I’m struggling to find the positives. To add confusion into the mix, the T818 wheelbase is really good. Maybe it was just born into the wrong family…

Jayz Ultimate Rig

Jayz Two Cents build his ultimate rig using all products he found at Microcenter’s Sim Racing Department

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmWzMf7ZptE&t=3s

Trading Paints Updgrade

Trading Paints announced that they have updated Paint Builder with a number of new features, wtih a big one where you will have the ability to share layers with others using a share code similar to Forza and Nintendo multiplayer.

https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1742562783399407829

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday open –

  • Justin, Winter NIS recap for Rockingham, it probably took me until Sunday to learn how to really drive the track. In the Fixed series P16,19,P9 and the Open series I got a P11 and P6. I kinda dropped the ball on my point battle in Fixed and Open. I was leading in both of them. Now I’m 2nd in Fixed and 3rd in open. Hopefully I can turn it around at Michigan this week. 

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Carburetor cub at Daytona, wrecked on lap one. 
  • Pick up cup at Phoenix started P8 finished winner, winner, chicken dinner!
  • Second, try finished P3
  • Chris McGuire supercars at Michigan. We were running into the green flag stops in the pack. I was going to do one more lap a bunch of them around me were pitting I got boxed in and somehow wrecked a bunch of them and they booted me out of the race off the server. Yikes~! I didnt mean for that to happen
  • Skip Barber at Monza qualified dead last 16th got wrecked hard and lap one had to get repairs finished 21st
  • FIAF4 at Sebring. Started ninth finished P11
  • DraftMaster 87 at Daytona. Qualified 16th. got wrecked out hard on lap. One was dead last stayed in the race and somehow got back to 13.
  • Chris McGuire, Deya prototypes at Michigan at night with no lights wrecked out
  • Old IndyCar at Monza combined no chicane p11. 

SPIKER

WRENN

  • Falken Sports Car Challenge-p5 after starting p7 at Daytona. Crazy start to race that pushed me back to p15.  Head down and  spent time picking them off one at a time. Lots of guys over driving. Running a few of these as prep for the Roar.

B Open

    John P12 at Iowa. Having a good run when a guy took me out on purpose and as much as admitted it.  Had a top  5 car easily. Really like the track and had a great setup. Hate to have it ruined by a guy who was making everyone mad. But, thats the way is goes sometimes. 

IMSA

Brad – GT3 Class p10 after starting p14. Have taken a beating in SR the last few weeks so this was a great race to get some back. Lemans is so easy to get slow down penalties. Probably gave up a p7 because of them.


League / Hosted Races

Winter Series League – 

  • David – P12  Mid pack car.  Interesting fuel strategy some went 1, some went two.  I went two and beat half of the 1 stoppers.  Had another early race incident with a different driver who thinks its a good idea to race like Ryan Newman.  This time you cross over a car that i clearly gonna to out run you in the long run and then door them on corner exit.  3rd party reviewed by the way not just team mates.  Yes you raced too hard for your own good.  Learn dude.
  • John – P27. Started dead last. Never found a good line but was keeping up. One of the team mates said look out for a certain guy. Sure enough, on lap 33 he rear ended me and gave me some irreparable damage. That ruined my night. Just puttered around the track the last 120 laps. Probably would not have had a good finish anyway because i could not find a good way around Nashville in the cup car.
  • Brad – p19-could not keep the tires under me at the end of the runs. Found better wear during 2nd and 3rd run but lost too much track position during first run. Racing would be so much better if we did not have to shift.
  • Justin P28, a day ago I had an issue with my pc. I had to reinstall windows and re-downloaded JRT and forgot to program the fuel calculations. My fault 
  • Mike- p23- completely missed Pitt Road entrance and overcooked it in there on the first green flag. Stop had to go back around and never really could recover.

Final Thoughts

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  1. The California Pickle

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On the show today, iRacing kicks off 2024 with some more clues about the upcoming Indy Car Series, we ask what are your iRacing New Years Resolutions, and could we have seen the fastest speeds ever in iRacing? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Episode 0415

12/28/2023 – The Only Show in Town – Episode 0415

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

Welcome to the final show of 2023 where we will be looking back at some of the milestones iRacing has achieved this year. We’ll check out or favoite new content of the 2023 season, review how your safety rating is calculated and a huge announcement from iRacing for the upcoming 2024 season.

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Topics

Hocevar Getting Mousy

Nascar Driver Carson Hocevar tried his hands at superspeedway racing with a mouse 

https://twitter.com/CarsonHocevar/status/1737852407386959929
https://twitter.com/CarsonHocevar/status/1737852407386959929

Killing iRacing 

Did Low Fuel Motorsports’ lower costs cut into iRacing’s fanbase?  

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g7n_0eHmfh8?si=cjDs2iH3AmlqlToa

Bottom Split Broadcast

The January 19th bottom split of the Daytona 24 will be broadcasted by Bottom Split broadcasting 

https://twitter.com/bottomsplitCEO/status/1737840230684877072

The Only Show in Town

Juen-Jen Wang asked in a poll in the forums if iRacing is the only simulation you use

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53106/is-iracing-the-only-show-in-town-for-you#latest

Indy is Back?

Adam Stern announced on Twitter that Indy Car will indeed be back in iRacing in 2024 after the Motorsports Games deal fell apart

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1738934383099154747?s=20

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53258/adam-stern-announces-indycar-will-announce-a-move-back-to-iracing-with-the-latter-retweeting-this#latest

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/12/24/indycar-iracing-moving-forward.aspx?publicationSource=sbd

Larson Needs a Set

Nascar driver Kyle Larson was doing some fishing in the off season, fishing for iRacing setups

https://twitter.com/KyleLarsonRacin/status/1738688557722800323?s=20

My Dog Ate My…

Lewtorace posted a video of his puppy taking a bite out of his glove while racing around Bathurst

@lewtorace

My puppy chomping on my hand while im sim racing #simracing #fyp #puppy #pain

♬ original sound – lewto
https://www.tiktok.com/@lewtorace/video/7314625820767603969

Sim Racing Bringing Joy

Sim racing brought some joy to a gentleman who is unable to drive in real life due to a dibilitating disease

https://twitter.com/_boostedmedia/status/1738870157576126834

I’m Good on Fuel

Robert Crisdale found out his IMSA Ferrari GT3 is holding a lot more fuel than ot should

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53294/i-think-someone-is-running-a-exploit

Simmy Awards in 2023

The iRacing Daytona 24 was awarded best sim event in 2023, and the Cadillac V-Series.R GTP won the award for best vehicle

https://twitter.com/vcoesports/status/1739692549881704498
https://twitter.com/vcoesports/status/1740024744458776744

PC Giveaway

Team Conti Sim Performance and Mardon PC are giving away a new PC to someone whoe enters their contest

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How is Safety Rating Calculated

DJ YeeJ pisted a video of how your iRacing Safety Rating gets calculated

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ClLT7bd4uik

2023 iRacing Favorites

iRacing asked what’s your favorite new car or track introduced on iRacing in 2023

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1740055403314995203

iRacing in 2023

iRacing put up some pretty big numbers in 2023 and look forward to 2024

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1740409702926700627

The Roar in 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53027/2024-iracing-roar

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Hardware/Software

Custom Console

Alex Kay shows you how to make your own customizable center console for your rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmwTYPmnp-0

Asatek vs Simucube 2

Beano von Rensburg gives his thought in the forums whether the Asatek DD is comparable to the Simucube 2

Alt-K

Gavin Auld noted in the forums that, “By default all on screen info is placed around the edge of the screen. Racing in VR means it can’t be seen without breaking your neck. This is solved by pressing Alt-K and dragging the boxes to a location that best suits the POV of your headset. The problem is, some things can only be seen when a notication is on screen. Certain pop ups, like lap splits are only there for a few seconds.”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53002/alt-k

Qubic QS-BT1

Qubic teased their new Dual channel belt tensioning system

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

Simagic Shifter Review

OC Racing reviews the new Simagic DS-8x H pattern and sequential shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2AblDS8z4

https://en.simagic.com/product/60?ref=ocracing

Cammus C5 Direct Drive Review

The Sim Racing Corner reviews the Cammus C5 Direct Drive Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsqyCDd8qg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y55Mt5T5X7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y55Mt5T5X7c

SuperWide or Triples

YouTuber Dr Alan Quan compares different triple wide monitor setups vs un ultrawide display

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

Listener Submission

Listener Troy Eaton sent us a story that Mircosoft may be shutting down WMR for VR users

WMR TO BE SHUTDOWN

Troy Eaton 
to iracerslounge

Fella’s-

Is VR going in the wrong direction?

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsMR/s/72xwyPpULf

Simagic GT Neo and Maglink

https://twitter.com/SimagicOfficial/status/1738221958758850636

GT Omega ART Cockpit 

Karl Gosling reviews the 2024 GT Omega ART cockpit amd answers if it’s the best entry level sim rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJb40iHpvgM

Clubsport DD

OC Racing checks out the new Fanatec Clubsport DD 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=685JCTW_nPM

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

  • Justin – NIS Week, summary, 
  • Ran 3 Open Races P1,P8,P2 and at the end of the week still leading the series by only 8 points. Fixed i only ran two races, a P5 and a P8 i did decent still leading point on the fixed by 35 points at the end of the watksglen week. Gained 343 IR and now I’m a couple tenths below my A license. Productive week!

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • DraftMaster GEN five at Daytona got ran over from behind trying to save tires. P 16.
  • Chris McGuire hosted old IndyCar at Charlotte – got wrecked out running third
  • Supercars at Michigan. P10
  • Indy pro 2000 @Gateway qualified nine out of 17.  P11
  • Brad-
  • Weekly Race Challenge – FF1600-Oulton Park Started p15 and avoided early spins. Was spun by over aggressive drivers that spin early and then drive like mad to get spots back. Finished p14 but continue to lose SR from getting collected in other people’s messes


A Open

  • Brad W – p4. Second split, started p3. Had the fastest car but just like real life it was hard to pass. Late in first run got the the lead only to get punted into T3. Was able to fix damage and drove from 14th back to 4th on 35 lap run to the checkers.
  • SRF at Southern national. P9
  • Cot Daytona- 

IMSA

Hall –   P2 highest at Le Mans in Caddy

League / Hosted Races

    Winter Series League – 

  • David – P wrecked out lap 1
  • Brad – p14 and this was what I deserved. I was way to lose on short run and that caused me to lose multiple spots on the last restart. I had fun, just wanted a few more spots at the end.
  • Justin P16 its was a good race same as brad got what i deserved. She was slick 
  • Mike- p26- hit the wall hard 3 minutes 20 seconds damage – limped it home

Final Thoughts

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  1. The Only Show in Town

Description

Welcome to the final show of 2023 where we will be looking back at some of the milestones iRacing has achieved this year. We’ll check out or favoite new content of the 2023 season, review how your safety rating is calculated and a huge announcement from iRacing for the upcoming 2024 season. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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Episode 0414

12/21/2023 – All I Want For Christmas – Episode 0414

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we get in the spirit if Christmas with an iRacing Chrostmas Carol. We’ll ask what’s on our sim racing Christmas Wish List. We’ll ook at what is in store for oval racing in 2024 and give our thoughts on the upcoming loss of the Member Website

And if you join us at iRacersLounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing on todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there at iRacersLounge.com

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Topics

Listener Mailbag

From Robby Swan: Was listening today and heard you guys talking about wishing Mt Washington had a special event. Well, it’s actually not dead! Next Level Racing has put up huge prizes(3 nice simulators) for this years “RacecraftTV Race to the Summit”. Qualifiers are open right now in time attack. Top 20 will be in a super session, 3 runs per person…

Race To The Summit – Presented by Next Level Racing & RaceCraft
https://nextlevelracing.com/race-to-the-summit-2023/

Something Isn’t Right

There apparently a problem with the Chili Bowl Super Sessions where the morning super session DID NOT take top 60 into top split, it took all drivers and split them equally.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/451363/#Comment_451363

Oval Content in 2024

Kneebon posted a video exploring the new oval content that may be coming in 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_MIWUrI7U

00:00 – Winchester
00:32 – Anderson Speedway (possible)
01:35 – North Wilkesboro New Scan (possible)
02:24 – Street Stocks New Bodies (confirmed-ish)
03:24 – ARCA Body Update
04:25 – Micro for Pavement
05:30 – California Track
07:20 – Random chunks of guesses

Beta UI Rant

With the upcoming removal of the member site from service, some members are pointing out UI Site inefficiencies.  

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/444194/#Comment_444194

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/451742/#Comment_451742

2023 eSports Disaster

DJ YeeJ posted a video suggesting that 2023 was a disaster for Sim Racing eSports

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kUqtJT-FLOU

IMSA Champions

VRS Coanda and Team Redline won their respective divisions in the IMSA eSports Global Championship

https://www.iracing.com/vrs-coanda-team-redline-crowned-imsa-esports-global-championship-champions/

Future iRacing Ideas

Jonathsn Pugh has some interesting ideas for the future of iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52846/ideas-for-the-future-of-iracing

Sim Racing Cliches

Mathew Wise launched a forums thread asking your favorite sim racing cliches

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52960/cliche-sim-racer-sayings-and-phrases

Not Top 10

iRacing posted a video of December’s less than perfect highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T17i5ur3MU
https://twitter.com/iRacingAlex/status/1737235905159758260

WoO Sprint Cars Week 6

Alex Bergeron goes back to World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Cars victory lane at Knoxville

https://www.iracing.com/alex-bergeron-goes-back-to-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-victory-lane-at-knoxville/

All I Want fo Christmas is…

iRacing asks what Sim upgrades you are asking for this Christmas

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1737126556873499038

Sim Racing Christmas Carol

Trauma Team Sim Racing posted an iRacing themed Christmas Carol for the season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-LtnqAC8hU

Season 1 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000172263-2024-season-1-patch-2-release-notes-2023-12-19-02-

SHR Pulls Out 

Stewart Haas Racing announced that they will be shutting down their eSports operation in 2024

https://twitter.com/SHR_eSports/status/1737495572356256235

Following the Rules

Kevin Moseley asks in the forums why iRacing doesn;t follow all of Nascar rules

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53057/why-doesnt-iracing-follow-actual-nascar-rules#latest

iRacing Roar ’24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/53027/2024-iracing-roar

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Hardware/Software

Simgrade VX-Pro Pedals

Shaun Cole at the Sim Pit reviews the Simgrade ZX-Pro Pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQAGPr_QH4

https://simgrade.fi/product/vx-pro-pedals/

Costco Computers

Toasty Bros buys a gaming computer at Costco on Thanksgiving week and give you their review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvRm7_Q1iAs

Simagic P1000 Pedals

Dan Sizuki reviewed the Simagic P1000 pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZlYxnp6n68

https://shop.simagic.com/products/p1000

Upgraded Moza R-21/16

The Sim Pit and Sim Racing Setups review the newly updated Moza R16 and R21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibxcE7ZKsbU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgEthvBHTs

Simagic DS-8X Shifter

Sim Racing Corner reviewd the Simagic DS-8X Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOBVYjNQ3k8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7FC4HMksx3g

 MME Motorsports Shifter

MME Motorsports displayed their H pattern and sequential shifter at PRI 2023

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0nmU6bM32M/

Zen’s SimwheelsD ZS-LMP-P

Zen Simwheels offers their newly updated ZS-LMP-PRO Steering Wheel!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0mnSrTNlTN/

O-Rouge Cockpit

O-Rouge, the makers of the Cool Zone Sim Seats, now offers their new LMP rig setup

Triple 4K Setup

OC Racing is ready to upgrade to a triple 42″ 4K monitors

BDH Bazooka Shifter 

Boosted Media reviews the BDH Bazooka Shifter 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ankT2HEVbnY

Novus Sim Rig

The new Novus Sim Rig will be available for preorder for Q4 delivery

https://novus-sim.com/

Heusinkveld Magshift

OC Racing reviews the Heusinkveld Magshift Sequencial Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CbyAgGI1Bo

Exodus XR1 Cockpit Review

Allan Quan reviews the SimrRigs Exodus XR1 cockpit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7Q-vf6W50

Essential Controls

Sim Racing Support posted a YouTube Video showing you what essential controls you need to map to your buttons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmT0jYQGTWw

Rig Review

Sim Magic P1000 Add Ons

Shaun Cole from the Sim Pit reviews the Simagic P1000 haptic add-ons

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

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Justin – p1, Started 11th just kept the car on the track slow and steady worked my way to p3 when i picked lap 22 to pit cause of traffic once green flag stops cycled through i was p1 held the lead the rest of the way. First Ever Road Win!

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Rally car at Mount Washington next level racing contest in time trials, I placed 40th yet to be in the top 20 to make the super session
  • Draft Meister trucks at Daytona- Guy pushing on the outside, wrecked the entire field on lap five I still survived to finish P8.  
  • Fia f4 outlon pk. – finished 8
  • Chris McGuire hosted INDYCAR at Charlotte started 42nd out of 49 cars. Dnf
  • Super car at Michigan was leading on the white, but was sitting duck, and the guy behind me won the race
  • 87 at Talladega- p10. 
  • Daytona prototypes Riley at Talladega total pack racing, started dead lash got up to the front quick, going around the outside of everybody and won the race!!!
  • Draft master fixed car of tomorrow at Daytona- top split qualified fifth ended up, leading some laps near the end, but was a sitting dock on the final and the guy in second shut me up and passed me by just a hair at the line P2
  • DraftMaster, somebody spun out on the start and I had a pass-through penalty and ended up P 13
  • Get to the front lead, the most laps leading on the white on the backstretch the guy in second goes below the yellow and then tries to shove me up and I am hold my line and we both wrecked. P 16.

WRENN

  • Weekly Race Challenge-GT4 Laguna Seca- started p11 self spun on lap 2 drove back to p14. Had good pace and just pressed too hard at the start.
  • Weekly Race Challenge-GT4 Laguna Seca-started p16 finished p13. Sunday afternoon’s top split was in European server with too many fast guys. Finished were I deserved.
  • Weekly Race Challenge-RayFF1600 Oultan Park-started p9 was run over at turn 3 from a guy 5 cars back. Broken rear suspension so did a fast repair and made it back to p15.

A Open

  • John P5, P5, P6, P8, P6, and P3. Raced  a lot during bout with covid. Decent finishes, but could never get to the top.
  • Brad W – Saturday Evening Top Split – start p8 finished p9. One caution early and 66 lap run to the finish. Fell back at the beginning of the run but gained spots back over the course of the run. Glad to put an entire race together.

Draft Master

    John P16 and P12. Wrecked each race. The usual draftmaster

B Open

  • Brad W -Top split Sunday afternoon. Started p17 finished p16. No cautions, the car was good and a blast to drive. Finished where I deserved.   

         John P5. Long runs and tires held up great. Just didn’t have what i needed to get to the podium.

C Open
John Kerley–  Started P22 finished P7. Survived the big one at the end.

League / Hosted Races

    Winter Series League – 

  • David – P 12, details on show
  • Brad – p9-started p15 and managed tires throughout the race. Really had no confidence going into race so, very happy with the top 10.
  • Justin P16, a very good clean race, really didn’t figure out how to drive the track until the second half of the race.
  • Mike- p20 got what I deserved no cautions and ran my tires off
  • Greg wrecked out

Final Thoughts

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Episode 0413

12/14/2023 – Placebo Effect – Episode 0413

Show Introduction

On the Show today, you can now walk every track configuration in all of iRacing, we’ll share some tips for how you might better enjoy your iRacing experience and we’ll check out the newly released 2024 season of iRacing Special Events

And if you join us at iRacersLounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing on todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there at iRacersLounge.com

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Topics

Fixed Master/Meister

The New Draftmaster and Ringmeister series will mose to fixed setups for Season 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52242/draft-master-and-ringmeister-move-to-fixed-setups-for-season-1#latest

iTrackwalk 370

After a long few month iTrackwalk has announced that ALL the Tracks and Configurations are finally ready. All current 370 Track Configurations – including the only in maintenance mode available Stafford Motor Speedway – Mini Mile.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52032/irtrackwalk-com-has-now-all-370-track-configurations#latest

Tips to Enjoy iRacing

Kenin Bouhalassa posted on the Forums his personal tips to help you better enjoy iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52362/useful-tips-to-enjoy-iracing

Brake Bias Biased

D J YeeJ put to the test his claim that brake bias can effect the handling of a car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSA9obZrio

Deleted Track

D J Yee J posted a video of the only track ever permanently deleted from iRacing: the Summit Point right hand oval

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ARl7jR2iEVw

Mooncar Charity 

The Mooncar Series has raised over $9K for Marine Toys for Tots campaign and were congratulated by Dale Jr

Sim Gift Ideas

Random Callsign posted a video of great gift ideas for sim racers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNiCA18s3Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNiCA18s3Yc

Advanced Sim Racing Event

Successful event last night by @advancedsimracing at Kanaan eSports Headquarters. Super opportunity for sim racing fans and guests to enjoy a variety of ultimate equipment.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0pTBCFPQna/

MNR Final Season

The Monday Night Racing Sereis announced that this will be the final season for the long running series

https://twitter.com/MonNightRacing/status/1734233542027006450

Podium Sports Opportunities

Podium Sports are looking for Producers on Wednesday and Thursdays 

https://twitter.com/PodiumeSports/status/1734315269844308129

Season 1 Contests

iRacing posted the new contests that are available for the Season 1 series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52540/season-1-2024-contests/p1

ENascar Pro Invitational

ENascar held their pro invitaionla event at the LA Coliseum and the victory went to Anthony Alfredo

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1734722039754228119
https://twitter.com/pkligerman/status/1734713862841086090

https://www.iracing.com/anthony-alfredo-scores-overall-victory-in-enascar-international-iracing-invite/

Mugello Intro

iRacing posted the introduction video of the new Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1734615407464698084

WoO Week 5

Kenny Miller wins his second race in a row at I-55

https://www.iracing.com/two-in-a-row-for-kenny-miller-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-winner-at-i-55/

2024 Special Events

https://www.iracing.com/2024-iracing-special-events-calendar-released/

Why It’s Important

Overtake GG tells us why the seemingly unimpressive Season 1 build is a very important update for the sim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRLuFkt8hg

Season 1 Patch 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52660/2024-season-1-patch-1-release-notes-2023-12-12-04

Micro Center Sim Setups

Tony Kanaan was at a local Micro Center to advocate for sim racing and the products available at their stores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26N8R_AC0xQ

Auto Club Update

https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNASCAR/status/1735063043942588544

North Wilksboro at Night

North Wilksboro shows off their updated track with new lights

https://twitter.com/NWBSpeedway/status/1735113738292789428

FIA F4 Regional Tours

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1734952014038155387

RFK Holiday Showdown 

The RFK Holiday Showdown will kick off at 9PM ET, broadcasted on some of @ROUSHPerf’s social channels

https://twitter.com/RFKracing/status/1734617247069422061

Firt Step Dynamics

Femi Olat agrees with Michael Guest saying the season 1, phase 1 of the oval refresh is a good step in getting the dynamic track fans were looking for

https://twitter.com/FemiOlat_/status/1734408416121024580
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxwIHmvuaw

Team Conti Week 1 Setups

Team Conti Sim Perfomance’s new setup shop has posted their week 1 sets 

https://twitter.com/TeamContigg/status/1733643444411600909

Qualifying Tricks

D J Yee J posted a video of tricks Pro iRacers use for best qualifying

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ge5C7QOReI4

Race for Mental Health

Youtuber Jimmy Broadbent is hosting a charity race to benefit mental health

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1733583071763419346

Holiday Sale for new iRacers

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1730620360289128602

Shaun Timmerman Mermorial

Shaun Timmerman Memorial Event is fast approaching

https://discord.gg/SCBqZsnp

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/LeagueView.do?league=10010

Chili Bowl 2023

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52243/iracing-presents-2023-chili-bowl-nationals

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Hardware/Software

35K Rig

Charlie Ferer lets you know if his new $35k sim rig was worth the money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBONL6WnrU

AMG GT3 Button Box

The new AMG GT3 Inspired button box from Simworx will be available soon, Featuring real carbon face plate and a CNC machined body

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0aU5jhP1qR/

Fast Pasta Rig

Anthony Alfredo shows off his current sim rig in a short video

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hHdHE2IfQ5E

Helli-Case

Thermaltake’s AH T600 is a  Helicopter Styled Open Frame Tempered Glass Swing Door E-ATX Full Tower Case

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084QH12KV

Pokornyi Engineering

Pokornyi Enigneering will help you build your own formula rim and you can soon pre-order their new Rally Button Plate

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0hXBsmNb7O/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0mAedvN14r/

VNM Simulations

VNM Simuations offers their direct Drive Wheelbase and D wheel

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0jZLbjvFC9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ohuRuPBGN/

Heusinkveld Magshift

Heusinkveld unveiled their new Magshift sequetial shifter was reviewed by Dave Cam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4jahlbHJPo

https://heusinkveld.com/shop/shifters-handbrakes/magshift/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

  • Mike- P 14 – I sucked out there I ran about 18th the 20th most of the day and brought it home 14th
  • Justin – P5

Sunday Fixed- 

  • Mackenzie – P1 – Started 13th, got some early damage and rode mid pack for most of the race fixing it during every caution, ran up to the top 3 within the last 40 laps of the race. Started P2 coming the to GWC, dove down to the inside and carried just enough speed to win before getting taken out at the line. Only won by .021 

Wednesday Open: 

  • John – p3. Started in back. Saved tires the first ⅔ of the race and ran like crazy the last ⅓ and picked cars off one by one. One of those rare races for me because everything I did worked. Special thanks to Nick Ottinger for the help on how to navigate this track.
  • Mackenzie – P2 – My first ever race with this car, struggled to figure out how to drive it at first but once I did I was very fast on the long runs, restarted 10th with 15 to go and just kept running them down. Another lap or 2 and I would have made the pass for the lead

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Fia f4 outlon park. Started 15th got the ninth by the end of first lap. Fought my way. Clear up to finish fifth fighting hard for fourth.
  • Then started eighth and got up the third by lap one and was able to hold it the whole race P3

A Open

  • John P3 today. Started on the pole and decided to go easy on tires at the start. Let 10 guys pass me used up their cars and fell back. Lap times never fell off and I was gaining on the leaders, but not enough time to catch them.

B Open

     John P23. Started P2 and banged the turn 2 wall three times. I was awful.

       John P5. Ran again and kept it off the wall this time. Started P13 but ran against some aliens I   could not get to.

C Open

John. Ran 4 of these this week. I was either really good or really bad. Finishes were 21, 17, 24, and 3. I got crashed by maniacs and a blinker in the first three races.


League / Hosted Races

   Winter Series League – 

  • David – P slow, tried to go fast, went into wall instead
  • John – P. Missed race thanks to Covid
  • Brad – Ran RFK Holiday instead.
  • Justin P17 3x just wanted to stay on track
  • Mike- top split. Got wrecked by somebody from behind with four minutes optional damage got most of it fixed ran around the back until 44 to go. A guy was pushing crowding me down to the bottom. I came up just a little and turned off his nose, hard into the wall upside down 34 minutes damage Did not finish 

Hosted- Chris McGuire supercars at Michigan

  • Ellis- p2 pretty good race, but the leader got ahead of the pack by a few seconds I had no chance of getting them. I thought I was racing for the lead and actually beat everyone in the pack, but it was a P2.
  • John- P12
  • Brad- got cleaned out
  • Then 87 at Talladega started in the back was in the hunt with the white, but got wrecked. 
  • Then 87 at Charlotte I missed the start because the beta UI sucks. Went to the website and got right in.  John got killed.
  • Trucks at dirt Bristol started dead last. P10.

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. Placebo Effect

Description

On the Show today, you can now walk every track configuration in all of iRacing, we’ll share some tips for how you might better enjoy your iRacing experience and we’ll check out the newly released 2024 season of iRacing Special Events. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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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 Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0412

12/7/2023 – Food for Mike’s Soul – Episode 0412

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

On the show today we will take a look at the 2024 Season 1 build! Also we’ll look at what you should expect from a direct drive wheelbase and what sim products you might want to avoid buying,

And if you join us at iRacersLounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing on todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there at iRacersLounge.com

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Topics

Oval Refresh Pase 1

A more dynamic racing experience is on the way for Oval iRacers as part of 2024 Season 1. Phase 1 of iRacing’s Oval Refresh hits the pavement as part of the new build, and as part of it, users will see much more contrast between surface grip levels as they relate to track temperature.

https://www.iracing.com/phase-1-of-iracings-oval-refresh-drops-in-2024-season-1/

Audi R8 LMS II Evo

The Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3 is arriving with the iRacing 2024 Season 1 Release

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1732105992404349406

Slinger and Kern

Slinger and Kern Speedways are are i the new update bringing new short track action to the sim

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1731710482493362201
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsQvR5tcbA

The Grass is Greener

iRacing shows off their new grass model in the Season 1 build

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1732514707032985897

Okayama Update

iRacing posted a video of the newly updated Okayama Intenational Citcuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5mhIqe9nHI

The Ship Be Sinking

Mike Straw posted a story that eight more Motorsport Games employees have won their case against the company for unpaid wages ranging from late 2022 to mid-2023.

While he wasn’t able to get a dollar figure, MSGM will be required to pay all of the back-pay wages as well as compensation for unused vacation time

Also, it seems that  the Motorsports game sitiation may have killed rFactor 2

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1730658230752207219
https://twitter.com/JPetschauer/status/1731258856083472810

How to Race with Max

DJ Yee J posted a video showing you the most likely way you might get to race with Max Verstappen

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hvJlJpu-doo

Lotos Nose-Stands

Josh Gardner shows how to do a nose-stand in the Lostus while cresting the hills at the Nurburgring

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XQxZhnH5wuY

Where Did Logo Come From?

The forums delvs into the history of the iRacing logo, and someone may have found a match

ezgif-5-f8459fe141.gif

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/443790/#Comment_443790

Turn 1 Sim Racing

TURN1 SIM RACING offers state-of-the-art simulators and cutting-edge technology that transport you to the driver’s seat of high-performance race cars. Whether you’re a seasoned racer or a beginner looking to kickstart your racing journey, our top-of-the-line equipment and professional-grade simulators cater to all skill levels. Located in Ontario.

https://www.turn1simracing.ca/

VCO Simmy’s

You can now vote in the 2023 VCO Sim Racing Awards

https://twitter.com/VCOSimmyAwards/status/1732110481857343577

WoO Week 4

The Week 4 World of Outlaws Series visited Lincoln Speedway

https://www.iracing.com/kenny-miller-continues-world-of-outlaws-thrustmaster-sprint-cars-dominance-at-lincoln/

Slinger Intro

HotKey for Weather, then Control K

There is a new hotkey for the radar that you will see when the Tempest Weather Model is released

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ha3x-o5D8M

Automated Driving Rules

iRacing has added an amendment to Section 8.1 of the Breech of Rules specifically pointing out Automated Driving Inputs, and the forums are asking why the change?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51935/breach-of-rules-section-8-1-has-been-updated-with-specific-notations-about-automated-driving-input

Kamel GT is Dead, Long Live IMSA Vintage

The Kamel GT series has been renamed the IMSA Vintage Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/445117/#Comment_445117

2024 Season 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51932/2024-season-1-release-notes-2023-12-05-04#latest

2024 Season 1 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52111/2024-season-1-preliminary-schedule-pdf

Holiday Sales Continued

iRacing is offering 50% off new memberships until January 5th

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1730620360289128602

eNascar International

Invitational iRacing action featuring some of NASCAR’s top drivers from around the world is set to return on December 12, as the eNASCAR International iRacing Invite waves the green flag at 6 p.m. ET. More than 25 racers, including representatives from the NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race, and NASCAR’s three national touring series, will take on a doubleheader featuring the Los Angeles Coliseum and Brands Hatch’s Indy layout, with a $5,000 prize on the line.

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-international-iracing-invite-returns-on-december-12/

IMSA Esports Open Challenge

IMSA, iRacing and VCO have something special in store for the final round of the IMSA Esports Global Championship: You can be part of the show!

https://twitter.com/vcoesports/status/1730673367613612106

https://www.iracing.com/imsa-esports-iracing-open-challenge-announced/

iRacing Weekly Challenge

The 2024 Season 1 iRacing Weekly Challenge schedule is as follows:

  • GT4 class at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
  • Ray FF1600 at Oulton Park Circuit – Island
  • Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) at Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) – Grand Prix
  • Skip Barber Formula 2000 at Virginia International Raceway – North
  • Toyota GT86 at Okayama International Circuit – Full Course
  • Dallara F3 at Suzuka International Racing Course – Grand Prix
  • Global MX-5 Cup at Road Atlanta – Full Course
  • Radical SR10 at Road America – Full Course
  • Street Stock at Watkins Glen International – Cup
  • Renault Clio at Lime Rock Park – Classic
  • GT3 class at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Grand Prix Pits
  • Formula Vee at Rudskogen Motorsenter

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51779/new-series-iracing-weekly-challenge-debuts-for-2024-season-1#latest

Chili Bowl 2023

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/52243/iracing-presents-2023-chili-bowl-nationals

eRacing Association Omega Cup

Registration for the eRacing Association Omega Cup Winter Bowl, eRA’s final event of 2023 in its premier Omega Cup series, is open now. Racers can join eRA as a member and RSVP to compete in tournament-style racing from Phoenix Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car, with $5,000 in prizes on the line for eRA members in the December 13 feature and a live broadcast of the feature airing across all official iRacing pages.

https://www.iracing.com/eracing-association-omega-cup-returns-december-13-with-winter-bowl-from-phoenix/

Shaun Timmerman Memorial Event

https://discord.gg/SCBqZsnp

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/LeagueView.do?league=10010

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Hardware/Software

Fanatec Issues

Sim Racing Corners had a bad experience with Fanatec support and reported it on his YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL6jQZQGt-c

“They F****d me, they will f**k you…. Be careful out there…”

DimSimracing Button Box Pro

  • completely dismountable metal body
  • manual processing of parts before painting
  • powder-resistant painting
  • high-quality fasteners
  • 3 sides for mounting
  • ability to change the direction of the USB cable output (useful for different types of installation)
  • electronics are compatible with PCs running Windows OS
  • the device is compatible with all simulators and games that support the simultaneous connection of more than 1 device (this is most modern and classic simulators)
  • equipped with a navigation pad made of aluminum plate.

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Simucube 2 Pro Review

Sim Racing Reviews gives his take on the Simucube 2 Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmxdCoizx4

How much Torque

eRacing Acadamy asks what you shouldexpect from your force feedback wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky49vGJCSCE

T300 Overheating?

David Vivas from The DIY Sim Racer asked if you might be having overheating issues with your Thrustmaster T300. like he did

What to Avoid

Daniel Gray gives his opinion on 10 products you should avoid buying for sim racing

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

00:25 Custom G29 Rims 01:40 Folding Rigs 03:00 Playseat 04:08 NLR F-GT Rig 05:15 Trak Racer GT/Rally Seat 06:28 Integrated Monitor Stands 07:08 Thrustmaster Belt Driven 07:57 New Category 08:14 Thrustmaster DD 08:59 VRS Wheel Rim 10:04 Real Car Sim Rims

Results

Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Pro trucks at irwindale figure eight – started in the back, p2 – 1st race back after rebuild


Dallara IR-18John P1. Started P14 and picked ‘em off slowly. Behind P1 and P2 coming out of turn 3. Caught a draft and went to the outside and made it 3 wide at the finish. Won by .002.

League / Hosted Races

Winter Series – 

  • David – P 8  Good long run speed, seemed to be able to run a line i haven’t run in a long time
  • Mike- p P 22 ran about 12 most the race, but screwed myself on fuel and had to spit with five to go for a splash and go. First race back though since I rebuilt the rig and it’s feeling pretty good to be back on track.z
  • Brad – P. Wrecked out.
  • Justin P19

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. Food for Mike’s Soul

Description

On the show today we will take a look at the 2024 Season 1 build! Also we’ll look at what you should expect from a direct drive wheelbase and what sim products you might want to avoid buying, 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 Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/