Show Notes

7/13/2023 – Big Dough Joe – Episode 0391

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll review a controverial finish at the Coke Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. The Buttkicker World of Outlaws Late Model kicks off thier season opener, we’ll show where you can get a track guide for Spa, and did we see the a top speed record on iRacing?

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..

Special Guest

Joe Owens

Topics

iRacing and Driver Development

Kaden Honeycutt is among the growing list of drivers who have turned to iRacing for driver development in recent years. William Byron and Ty Majeski used the service to perfect their race crafts before embarking on their own successful careers. Others like Josh Berry, Timmy Hill and Parker Retzlaff have all competed in the eNASCAR iRacing Series since its inception in 2011.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/07/10/kaden-honeycutts-journey-a-part-of-iracings-growing-influence-on-driver-development/

Coke Series – Nashville

https://www.iracing.com/jimmy-mullis-returns-to-enascar-victory-lane-at-nashville-superspeedway/

iRacing Highlights of the Week

Season 4 GT Racing Updates

Greg West posted in the Forums the details of the Season 4 GT updates

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44820/season-4-gt-racing-updates-imsa-ess-ees/p1

Charlotte Rally World Record

Beau Albert sets a iRacing World Record at the Charlotte Rallycross track

Top Speed Record

TP SimRacing tries to set the top speed among iracing cars

Spa – Turn by Turn

iRacerstuff posted a Twitter video of a turn by turn guide to Spa

http://iracerstuff.com/2023/07/12/turn-by-turn-guide-to-mastering-spa-francorchamps-in-iracing/

Ty Majeski Wins Slinger Nationals

Ty Majeski wins the Slinger Nationals in his iRacing sponsored late model

Season 3 Patch 3

Forum Link

Staying Hydrated

Dylan Macintosh shows how he stays hydrated while sim racing

Steam Price Bump

iRacing increased it’s Steam Price by $1.00 to bring the content prices closer to identical for all Steam/iRacing customers.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44791/steam-content-pricing-update

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Firecracker 400

https://www.iracing.com/eracrs-firecracker-400-returns-for-third-edition-in-2023/

WoO Late Models are Back

iRacing World of Outlaws ButtKicker Late Model Series Kicks Off Battle for $25,000 Monday at Volusia

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-world-of-outlaws-buttkicker-late-model-series-kicks-off-battle-for-25000-monday-at-volusia/

Picking up right where he left off, the 2022 iRacing World of Outlaws ButtKicker Late Model Series Champion Evan Seay had a dominant start to the 2023 season at Volusia Speedway Park on Monday night.

https://www.iracing.com/evan-seay-scores-win-in-opening-round-of-iracing-world-of-outlaws-buttkicker-late-model-series-at-volusia/

Race for More 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43590/iracing-presents-the-race-for-more-2-4-benefiting-the-national-ms-society-on-august-3

iRacing 24 Hours of Spa

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44391/2023-iracing-24-hours-of-spa/p1

Porsche Series Qualifying

 The first step of the journey kicks off on July 22, as the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Qualifying Series kicks off with six weeks of wheel-to-wheel action in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Open to drivers with a Road license of B 4.0 and up, these races will take place at 18:45 GMT every Saturday with multiple splits based on iRating.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44779/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-qualifying-series-announced

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Hardware/Software

Turn Racing BP2 Button Plate

The Sim Racing Den reviews the Turn Racing BP2 Button Plate

Using Telemetry

DJ Yee-J shows a video of how to use telemtry to turn faster laps and save tires

Rig Review

Adam Buzzeo shows off his rig in the iRacing forums

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/35830/my-rig-just-wanted-to-share-it-as-its-a-bit-unique#latest

Trak Racer DD

Trak Racer annunced they will be launching a driect drive wheel base in Q3 2024

Pro Racing Simuladores

Brazilian Manufacturer Pro Racing Simuladores has an assortment of Direct Drive Wheel Bases to choose from

https://proracingsimuladores.com.br/

SimJack Pro Pedals

SimJackPRO Pedals Sim Racing  Load Cell HE Hydraulic Pedal

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803935804582.html

VRS Direct Force Pro Wheel Review

Boosted Media reviews the VRS Direct Force Pro sim racing formula wheel

https://vrs.racing/shop?aff-code=boosted

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Atlanta

• Mike –.  P 19- just no luck with missing the racks and I ran out of incident points with about five to go and how to do a pass through penalty.
•  Justin –  p4

Sunday Open

• • Tom D – p3

• • Justin- p2.

Sunday Fixed 

Wednesday Open: New Hampshire

• • Mike- p P 18 after a drive through penalty near the end after spinning on my own and getting five minutes damage

• David – p Disconnect, was running 24th as car 32, so mediocre speed.  Never lost TS when I got dropped
• Kyle- P3 Car 24 started P5 and just held myself in the top 5, but got as high as 2nd on 2 different occasions. Pitted off sequence to try and gain a grip advantage. Worked my way back from 11th after pitting. Had a sniff at the lead on the 2nd GWC when the leader drove in too deep into turn one, but he was able to throttle out of the corner and keep the lead. Had one small swipe during a wreck around midway, that gave me my only 4x of the night and after surviving 22 cautions and 88 caution laps to come home with a P3 and only a 4x is the next best thing. A podium is a win in my book.
• Justin – p33 wrecked out rage quit had to leave seen cars wreck checked up and the guy spinning out didnt hold his brakes. Junked my car  
• Chris – P13. Race was filled with cautions and sloppy racing. Played the survival approach to finish 13th.

Thursday Open  

• David – p21, top split, more of the same crap, caught up in someones mess on lap 17.  Spend all race down a lap or two including getting dumped while in the lucky dog position by a divebomber.  Got lap back with 7 to go and gained 4 spots

Official Series

Ellis– 

• Fiat f4 at Watkins glen start a 12 foot actually went off track on lap 4 and wrecked hard.

A Open

Kyle –  P12 Used this race on Tuesday to shake down the setup and get a feel for the track and the grip level. Race was going well, holding a top 5 for the majority of the race. Car felt strong and planted but other drivers weren’t so planted and kinda ruined my race, giving me 3 minutes of damage and clocking my wheel far left. Limped it home to a P12.

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. Big Dough Joe

Description

On the show today, we’ll review a controverial finish at the Coke Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. The Buttkicker World of Outlaws Late Model kicks off thier season opener, we’ll show where you can get a track guide for Spa, and did we see the a top speed record on iRacing? 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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7/6/2023 – Trout’s Tail – Episode 0390

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show today we lookmat how iRacing’s impact on the Nascar Chicage Street Race. We’ll take a look at all of the goodness for what might be coming up in future iRacing builds. Then ae’ll check out a full scale motion Off Road Simulator and a full scale formula rig to drool over.

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

Topics

iRacer Goes Pro

The iRacing Icegberg

DJ-Yee J give his listeners a flavor of just what a encyclopedia this 1 hour and 21 minute video covers…. So the following is a sample of topics covered from minute 22 to 32 – Grass physics, Meatball, 40 Piece Discount, Scott Speed Incident, Lost Indycar License, Outdated Track Scans, NJ Motorsports Park tech track forever, Downtime Testing, Chicago StreetCourse Made in iRacing, Nim Cross, Jos Verstappen, Kern County, Talladega Car Launch, No LeMans Bugatti Circuit, Spa 24 Incident Glitches, Broadcasting forbidden for certain cars, Dega Gotta Pit, Hidden Dale Jr, Verstappen practicing f1 overtake, Gen 4 is an accident, Fuel Savings Techniques, Discontinued World Championships, Brake Dragging, Kneebon5 vs setup shops – So those topics are only 10 minutes of this 1 hour 21 minute video… Kudos for DJ Yee-J for this very cool idea…. For new people that just want to absorb everything there is to know about iRacing, I cannot think of a single place you could sit and get literally a ton of knowledge…

More Mooncar Madness

Gavin Cornelius wins in another crazy Mooncar race at Talledega

Props for SVG

iRacing Lounge host predicts the winner of the Nascar Chicago Street Race, fellow iRacer Shane van Gisbergen

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/370497/#Comment_370497

What’s Coming Up Next?

Kyle A Noel lists out what may be coming, has been promised and is rumored as new content for the future of iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44720/2023-season-4-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors#latest

Nail in the Coffin?

JR Armstrong posted in the forums that the new iRacing dirt and pavement are undrivable

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43159/iracing-has-finally-put-the-nail-in-the-coffin

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44539/dirt-oval-car-counts-dwindling#latest

Floating Lamps

Cade Mckee pointer out in the forums a seriesof floating street lamps at the Chicao Street course.  iRacing staffer replied they were aware of the situation and are working to make corrections

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44423/chicago-2023-cup-floating-lamposts

Logos Glore

iRacing makes their Logos and eSport Logos available for download in high definition

https://www.iracing.com/resources/logos/

Porsche Series Qualifying Announced

The first step of the journey kicks off on July 22, as the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Qualifying Series kicks off with six weeks of wheel-to-wheel action in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Open to drivers with a Road license of B 4.0 and up, these races will take place at 18:45 GMT every Saturday with multiple splits based on iRating.

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Qualifying Series schedule is as follows:

• July 22: Hockenheimring Baden-Wurttemberg – National A (22 laps)
• July 29: Silverstone – International (28 laps)
• August 5: Red Bull Ring – National (36 laps)
• August 12: Watkins Glen International – Classic (22 laps)
• August 19: Nurburgring Grand Prix Strecke – Sprintstrecke (22 laps)
• August 26: Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari – Grand Prix (16 laps)

https://www.iracing.com/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-qualifying-series-announced/

Spa 24 HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44391/2023-iracing-24-hours-of-spa

Firecracker 400

Registration for the eRacr.gg Firecracker 400 is now open.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44755/eracr-firecracker-400

Race for More 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43590/iracing-presents-the-race-for-more-2-4-benefiting-the-national-ms-society-on-august-3

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Precision Sim Engineering Pro Switch Panel

Dave Cam reviews the Precision Sim Engineering Pro Switch Panel on his YouTube channel

https://www.precisionsimengineering.com/shop-online/pro-switch-panel

Rig Review

Sim Racing Setup shows off a custom rig with fully automatic seat adjustments

Pinapple Grips

Karl Gosling reviews the Pinapple Grips Asatek WheelConversion Kit

https://pineapplegrips.co.uk/shop/ols/products/conversion-kit—asetek-simsports-formula-wheels-to-usb

Off Road Truck Simulator

therj37 put on Instagram the cxcsimulations full size offroad trucksimulator 

Simrig SR1

Simrig is reintroducing their SR1 aluminum profile motion rig

https://www.simrig.se/products/sr1/

Frex G-Force

The Frex G-Force simulator has 8 actuators including  seat belt tensioners, motion and head motion

Door For Your Rig

Trauma Team Racing shows how to make a door for your 80/20 rig

Pit Lane Sim Racing Formula Simulator

Introducing the Pit Lane Sim Racing Formula Racing Simulator (FRS) Cockpit, the world’s first sim racing cockpit of its kind. Designed from the ground up as a simulator based on F3 size and proportions, the FRS ushers a new generation of sim racing cockpits that bring together form and function at an unprecedented price point!

Asetek Invicta Pedal Review

OverTake.gg reviews the Asetek Invicta pedals

DD Under $300

Boosted Media reviews Direct Drive wheelbases with a price point of $300 or less

Spend Mike’s Money

MPI’s American Dream Exclusive Collection

Must Haves

T.S.Custom’sYouTube Video gives their 2 must have products for ultimate immersion

http://www.tscustom.eu/mrs/

RSeat Haptic Frames

Rseats Haptic frames converts your rig to motion

https://rseat.net/product-category/haptic-frames/

Cammus LP8

Sleepy Pants Simracing reviews the Cammus LP8 wheel base

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Chicago
Mike -. P 12- pretty uneventful race hit the wall a few too many times and spun it once probably could’ve done a little better but I’ll take it.
Rochette- P
Greg- p spun early on and went to the back work my way back up to the top 10 but then junked the car into the wall. Dnf

Kyle- meatball fairly early on DNF.
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Sunday Open

Donnie – P Sucked!, but had pretty good speed
David – P. ran out of gas

Wednesday Open: Atlanta

Mike- p 12 – was running 12 with my teammate on the outside with the leader on the inside got loose and wiped out everybody but Justin. I went on with damage. It was able to cross the line P4, but I got an incident from a wreck behind me crossing the line with a black flag so that put me back to P 12.
Tom D – p 12-
Justin – p30 my fault at the end disqualified out.
Chris – Just minding my own business last night and got clipped on lap 29. Looked like he was dive bombing to the pits. Dnf w 8 minutes damage. Did Xfinity open right after NiS and finished P5 .188 behind the leader.

Thursday Open
Ellis -P18- was running second with Ford ago and got too many incidents. Drive through penalty finished P 18.
David – p2 cut a guy a break that passed on the apron, then was gonna get a good push one the out side for a shot, but my pusher got wrecked. Still will take top 2 in top split with the luck i’ve had.
Mackenzie – p2 started 4th led 23 laps, was leading for green flag pit stops and entered the pits too fast, dropped down to 14th down a lap and was lucky to be able to form a line, got my lap back with 10 to go and was p9, made my way up to 7th for one last restart with 2 to go managed to make my way through a wreck on turn 4 to get the p2

Official Series

Ellis-
Daytona prototypes at Talladega, was running up front in the PAC near the end. Second on the bottom I pulled up and created a new middle. The guy in the outside middle didn’t realize it hit me, and everyone got wrecked.
Ring, Meister Toyota, GR 86 at the Nord. Went from 15th the fifth, then hit the wall in Felton ninth, then hit the wall and crashed out halfway DNF.
A open at Atlanta led the most laps and won the race by 1/1000 of a second by 94 career win
We go to run it again and back it up and we do and we win for our 95th career win. Led the most laps. Justin came in at the end to do some spotting and help me pick the right lanes to go at the end. Well done.
https://twitter.com/TifosiRacing/status/1676747002426851329

Decided to go for a turkey this time at the top split though. Wrecked out multiple times.

SPIKER

Falken Tyre GT4 – P9
Falken tyre Sports Car Challenge -P Disappointment

Euro Sprint Series
Hall – p1 in Ferarri GTE at the Glen, gonna miss this car when it goes away

Mackenzie
A fixed – P6 started p10 was a good clean race, restarted 4th with 10 to go but top line fell apart right at the restart and managed to squeeze my way into the line at 5th, white flag lap i followed the guy in 4th to the outside line but we didnt get any help and i fell back to 6th

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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1. Trouts Tail

Description

On the show today we lookmat how iRacing’s impact on the Nascar Chicage Street Race. We’ll take a look at all of the goodness for what might be coming up in future iRacing builds. Then ae’ll check out a full scale motion Off Road Simulator and a full scale formula rig to drool over. 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_

Links:

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6/29/2023 – The “C” Word – Episode 0389

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the Show today we’ll cover the inagural eNascar Coke Series Race at the Chicago Street Course. We’ll look at what can be done with racers breaking the sporting code on race starts, and wonder if Atlanta will be a black-out. Then we’ll show you how to find those much sought-after user manuals for all of your favorite cars in the service.

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

Topics

Coke Chicago Street Race

https://www.iracing.com/bobby-zalenski-plays-strategy-card-to-win-inaugural-enascar-chicago-street-course-race/

Onboard Chicago

iRacing posted a YouTube Video of an onboard lap around the new Chicago Street course

Rework Rolling Restart

Dario Frattini asks iRacing when they will do a rework of rolling starts for raod coarse racing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44220/so-are-we-ever-going-to-see-a-rework-of-road-rolling-starts#latest

Dark Atlanta

Jayden Mizelli let iRacing know that an Atlanta night race is coming up, and iRacing does not have lights there yet 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44258/lights-at-atlanta-motor-speedway#latest

Meatball Positions

Dan Riffero asks if meat-balled cars should get their postions back

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44348/should-the-meat-balled-car-get-its-position-back

iRacing Cheats

Will Ford at Boosted checks out a problem with drivers dropping back and jumping restarts.

Road & Track Best Sim Racing Games

Road and Track posted a n online Twitter story coveing their best sim racing games

User Manual Page

iRacing has a User manual Page with  documents explain how to get the most out of your new iRacing cars. More vehicles will be added regularly over time, so check back often for frequent updates

https://www.iracing.com/resources/user-manuals/

iRacing Spa 24 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44391/2023-iracing-24-hours-of-spa

Race for More 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43590/iracing-presents-the-race-for-more-2-4-benefiting-the-national-ms-society-on-august-3

Racing Prodigy GR86 Open Cup Challenge 

Racing Prodigy had a Gr86 Open Cup Challange where the winner gets a ride in a Radical car in Atlanta

Open Wheel World Championship

iRacing’s open-wheel World Championship returns this year as the Turn Racing Grand Prix iRacing Series.  Fight your way through the Qualifying Series and earn your spot on the grid!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/366126#Comment_366126

https://www.iracing.com/turn-racing-grand-prix-iracing-series-qualifying-schedule-announced/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

MOZA R12 + MOZA KS

Moza Presents their latest addition to their lineup – the #MOZA #R12 DD base and #KS wheel!

iRacing TV App

Marvin Herbold has created an app that mimics a Nascar TV leaderboard display

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/41636/my-new-iracing-tv-app/p1

Thrustmaster Ferrari Wheelbase

Thrustmaster unveils their new Ferrari branded drirect drive wheelbase

Podium P1 Sim Rig

Podium offers their P1 Sim Rig that is turn-key ready

Igniton Controls NA2 EX E6

The Sim Racing Den reviews the ignitiOn Controls NA2 EX E6 button box saying they’re the “Best button I’ve ever pressed.”

Cammus C5 Wheel Base

YT GeekStreet shows off the least expensive Direct Drive wheel, the Cammus C5

Moza Special Offer

Moza is offering their R5 Direct Drive Wheelbase for $299, and wheel and pedal bundle for $499

https://mozaracing.com/product/r5-bundle

King Budget Rig?

TP Simracing give a Youtube video tour of their King Budget rig

Treq Wind Sim Mount

Treq intruduces their Wind Sim Mount

Pro Switch Panel Review

Dave Cam gives a glowing review of the Precision Sim Engineering Pro Switch Panel

https://www.precisionsimengineering.com/shop-online/pro-switch-panel

Sim Seats D-Box Actuator Platform

Sim Seats D-Box Actuator Platform lets you sit your SR-X or other sim chassis on top and get going with accurate motion today. Available for 2 and 4 actuator systems. Custom powder coat colors available.

Sim Panel Button Box

Sim Panel offers their latest Left or Right Button Boxes

https://www.simpanel.com/race

Soelpec Spectra XR

The Soelpec Spectra XR formula wheel specs

302mm Wheel Diameter
5 Inch Touchscreen Display
17x Push Buttons With 700gf Tactile Switches
2x 7-way Switches
3x Center ELMA Encoders With Push Buttons
2x Dual-action ELMA Thumb Encoders With 8 Inputs
Fully Customizable RGB Illumination
23 Additional Configurable LEDs Around the Display
1350gr Total Weight Without the Rear Hub
50A Overmold Silicone Grips
6061 Anodized Aluminum Structure
Carbon Fiber Center Plate
PMMA Button Caps and LED Diffusers
Textured PVC Film Stickers
Ball Bearing Magnetic Shifters With Black N52 Magnets
Ball Bearing Dual-Clutches With Hall Sensors
Dedicated Bite-point Adjustment Butto

https://soelpec.com/products/soelpec-spectra-xr

Quirkitized Stuff

Quirkitized Stuff posted a Google Docs list of their sim gear and hardware

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CDSBrTpaHHCvVOE1KjijrbuSWGR8FtHHA_0-0sSV4m4/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR1OL89M-TDNrlBG-AKyfT57-Ihi8kDDKbBO4MSXYjaZ308JE6Juble04u8_aem_Afzt5oleNetS0uwJ0s0BHaxPhXHtixLfmSotjdujwA-QRej4lDtIcVjh1KPyNAftj5o&urp=gmail_link#gid=0

Sim Rally Package

Douglas Thompson posts a YouTube video of Sim Labs SP-1 Rally Package

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Nashville 

• Mike -.  P 16- green flag race the whole way no cautions.  Ran as high as second ended up doing it two stop race I actually blew my tire while hitting the second time.  
• Rochette- P4 car number between the father son duo that there them Spiker Boyz. Qualified crap, just moseyed my way to the front. Almost had 2nd as 2nd and 3rd wrecked eachother just before the checkered and they slid across line just a hair before i did 
•  Justin – p  3
• David – P 13  pinballed around again and couldn’t ever get track position back

Sunday Open

• Mackenzie –
• David – P. 11 Top Split, avoid 2 big wrecks

Sunday Fixed 

• Mike – p 24. I was running pretty good about mid back. I got hit down to the grass sent to the back and never really recovered.  
• Stephen- wrecked out.

Wednesday Open: Chicago. 

• Mike- p  7- started 17th. They piled up and turned one and I went to the inside. I got up to P 10 by the end of last one pretty much stayed there the whole race I paid it for fuel when the window opened I didn’t think I took enough fuel I panicked the car stopped. I had to restart it, and I had a long stop.  Eventually cycle back to p7!! I will take it. 
• Tom D – p screen froze
• David – p wreacked out, running good, wall isn’t forgiving

Thursday Open  Ellis -P12-  qualify 15th of 33 in top split. Got to 14 by the end of lap one ended up spinning by myself in the ashes on lap two fell back to 25th eventually recovered to finish P 12.

Final Thoughts

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1. The C Word

Description

On the Show today we’ll cover the inagural eNascar Coke Series Race at the Chicago Street Course. We’ll look at what can be done with racers breaking the sporting code on race starts, and wonder if Atlanta will be a black-out. Then we’ll show you how to find those much sought-after user manuals for all of your favorite cars in the service. 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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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

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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6/22/2018 – TeamSpeak’s too Much – Episode 0388

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show this week we have Sim Coaches owner Lawrence Thomas. We see how the sim racing community has helped a young, upcoming real world driver. We will debate if iRacing needs to make an adjustment to one of their most frustrating black flag penalties, and wish iRacing a happy landmark anniversary.

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..

Special Guest

Lawrence Thomas – Sim Coaches

Topics

Sim Racer Support

Laurance Dusoswa is using his platform as a sim racing content provider to help fund a young real world racer, Kayle Cole

https://www.gofundme.com/f/potato-nation-sponsors-a-race-car

Tale of the Glen

iRacing tweeted the 6 Hours at the Glen stats including the overall victory by Team Red Line

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43798/service-availability-for-comcast-users-2023-06-17

Road America Resurface

The RACER Channel reviews the new track surface at Road America

Chicago Ride Along

iRacing released a ride along video of the Nascar Cup Car at the newly updated Chicago Street Course

Stray Extinguisher

Zach Miller found an oddly placed fire extinguisher when checking out his paint job

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43652/fire-extinguisher-hiding-under-the-track

Penalty Reduction

Alex M Bates is asking iRacing to reduce the passing under Yellow penalty in Oval racing.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44059/passing-under-yellow-penalty-oval#latest

iRacing Anniversary

Mathew Wise reminded everyone in the forum that iRacing is celebrating their 15 year anniversary.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44038/15th-year-anniversary-of-iracing

Texas Project

IRacing has a podcast out today with Steve Myers as the guest. While on the show he mentioned that “we’re working on a project for Texas. Probably nobody knows this…”

Season 3 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44074/2023-season-3-patch-2-release-notes-2023-06-21-03

More ‘I’ in AI

Bryce Douglas in the Forums posted that since the latest update, AI cars don’t wreck each other on Superspeedway races

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44081/ai-no-longer-crashes-wrecks-each-other-since-2023-update#latest

Who Changed My FOV

Dennis Peters mentioned in the Forums that since the last season update that, ” all my cockpit cameras with adjusted settings are slightly more forward. It also feels like my correct FoV is now noticeable higher than before. “

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44017/fov-changed-since-season-patch

Who Needs Chicanes

iRacing posted a video of LMP’s flying through Monza without the chicanes

Nitro Circus Ready for Battle

The Nitro Circus Sim Racing Team is ready to compete in the upcoming iRacing Off Road Championships

Turn Racing Grand Prix Series

https://www.iracing.com/turn-racing-grand-prix-iracing-series-qualifying-schedule-announced/

Prodigy Racing GR86 Racing League

Race For More 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43590/iracing-presents-the-race-for-more-2-4-benefiting-the-national-ms-society-on-august-3#latest

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Hardware/Software

Pimax Crystal Review

Boosted Media reviews Pimax’s new Crystal Hi-Res VR Headset

Sim Magic Alpha U 23 Wheelbase

Laurence Dusoswa reviews the Sim Magic Alpha U 23nm wheel base

O’Rouge Cold Fusion Seat

Beat the Heat this summer with the O’Rouge Cold Fusion Seats

https://o-rougeshop.com/

The Need for Speed

A video from Corsair shows a motherboard sporting three 4090 graphix cards!

Advanced Sim Racing 

Custom UV print Corvette chassis meets ASR Pro sim racing chassis. Take control with the @simucube 2 Ultimate wheelbase. Paired with the @ompracing HTE-R seat, the Pro-sim sequential shifter and master racing with the @heusinkveldofficial sim handbrake.

Sim Coaches Sim Rig

Sim Coaches offers the best $11k Sim Racing Setup

Custom Rig Tour

Audio Tech give a YouTube Video tour of their custom sim rig

Invicta QR

Asatek posted a video of their Invicta Quick Release system

Up in Smoke

Will Ford at Booted Media’s 4090 GPU went up in smoke recently

https://www.techspot.com/news/99094-another-16-pin-rtx-4090-power-adapter-has.html?fbclid=IwAR2KLat2Cf5mGSoit-kUAmDRWczqm8pWS7BM_jRhgMnrH5jA2yX9UULgL94

Precision Sim Engineering

Precision Engineering shows an exclusive look at their all new Pro Switch Panel available on June 23

https://mailchi.mp/precisionsimengineering/the-future-of-sim-racing?e=08b8bc3eff

TeamSpeak Loses PTT

A Teamspeak user discovered rather abruptly that their programmed HOTAS “push-to-talk” configurations were completely blown away when updating to 3.6. They have many types of controllers and the only key bindings that work are the keyboard and the mouse. NO onther usb controller of any type works! It also destroyed all the whisper commands linked to HOTAS buttons.

https://community.teamspeak.com/t/ts-no-longer-recognizes-any-controller-other-than-keyboard-and-mouse/41261

Abruzzi Leoxz XF1 Pro Wheel

TP Sim Racing has a word of warning before you buy the Abruzzi Leoxz XF1 Pro Wheel

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open: Nashville superspeedway

• Mike- p 9- I had a pretty good run going, but when we got into a long green flag run faded from as high as third down to 12 when the cycle started eventually it’s cycled I was 14 when the Caution came out.  Short runs from here. I was able to work myself up to pee nine  
• Tom D – p drive-through penalty went one lap down had a 16 second stop and go. 
• David – p 12 but would have been top 10 if people knew what to do when they’re in the grass.
• Tyler- P got wrecked a couple times, but finish the race 
• Justin – P really fast on the long run. I got wrecked closer to the end. Put me in the in me around 8th i think 4 laps to go on the restart i missed a shift 100 percent my fault i suck

Thursday Open  

• Ellis -Pwrecked out. I was running along as seventh about lab 20 and in front of me. They went three wide, and couldn’t figure it out and rec the entire field.  Eight minutes required two minutes optional knock the whole left front wheel off.
• David – p14, might have gotten more spots if i gambled that there would be no caution

Official Series

6hr of Glen

• Hall and Drieling, wrecked out twice

Ellis– 

• Hosted Chris maguire DW 12 @Michigan. Wrecked out.
• Daytona prototype at Michigan finished P3
• 87 at Talladega wrecked out
• GEN five at Talladega. Gridded it up on the backstretch. Very cool.  Came from the back up to P2. We had to do a splash and go. I slid through my box and so finish p8

SPIKER

FALKEN TYRE SCC – Oulton Park P2, Watkins Glen…???

GT4 – Oulton Park P3, Watkins Glen…???

Ring Meister – P18, 25, 11Dirt Street Stock – USA – WINNER

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. Teamspeaks too Much

Description

On the show this week we have Sim Coaches owner Lawrence Thomas. We see how the sim racing community has helped a young, upcoming real world driver. We will debate if iRacing needs to make an adjustment to one of their most frustrating black flag penalties, and wish iRacing a happy landmark anniversary. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

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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6/15/2023 – ChatGPT Speedway – Episode 0387

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

The eNascar Coke Series visits World Wide Tech Raceway and it delivers one of the closest finishes in the series history. We’ll answer the question of whether you should race with Jim or Aussie Greg, and we’ll look at some new VR headsets options.

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

Topics

Truck Demolition Derby

iRacing posted an Instagram video of the trucks showing off the new damage model with some glorious wrecking

Spotlight Video

iRacing posted a YOUTube video spotlighting the new Ligier JS P320

iRacing Sponsor Give-Aways

Season 03 2023 brings with it great opportunities to win great prizes from companies like Maconi Setup Shop, Buttkicker, SIMAGIC, MOZA RACING, Ricmotech, Falken Tyre, DOF Reality, NEXT LEVEL RACING, Pure Driving School, and Sim-Lab!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43528/season-3-2023-contests

Coke Series at World Wide Tech

https://www.iracing.com/another-new-enascar-winner-emerges-as-jordy-lopez-takes-maiden-win-at-wwt-raceway/

Conti Goes Real Racing

Coke Champion Driver Michael Conti will be driving a Small Block Super Modified car at Oswego Speedway in July

Season 3 Build Review Video

iRacing posted a YouTube Video reviewing all of the highlights from the Season 3 build

Season 3 Patch 1

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000170213-2023-season-3-patch-1-release-notes-2023-06-13-02-

Spotter Options

With the new improvements in the iRacing spotter, Owen Pyrah asks in the forums if it’s time to ditch Crew Cheif

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43320/2023-s3-spotter-improvements

Calm, Cool and Collected

Nothing phases these track officials in a Tweet from Alex Horn

Spotlight Cadillac V-Series.R GTP

Chat GTP Course

Nascar on NBC asked Chat GTP to create a new track using turn from extisting tracks

Free Stuff at the Track

Drew Adamson announced iRacing is giving away free stuff during the Happy Hour Race

Race for More 2.4

iRacing is teaming up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for the 3rd year in a row to host a multi-class team racing event for charity!

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-presents-the-race-for-more-2-4-benefiting-the-national-ms-society-on-august-3/

iRacing VCO Watkins Glen 6HR

iRacing will temporarily disable session registration via the Membersite (Membersite meaning the legacy website which most members no longer use versus the newer User Interface (UI)), for all series, during the Watkins Glen 6 Hour.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43659/registration-update-for-the-entire-iracing-service-for-watkins-glen-6-hour-weekend-of-june-16th

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-vco-watkins-glen-6hr-special-event-2023/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Meta Quest 3

Meta has announced their new Quest 3 VR headset

Full Send Sims

Full Send Sims offers their turn-key custom built sim rigs for sale and rental

https://fullsendsims.com/

What’s This Button Do?

Pro Drivr Daniel Morad gives the run down of how he programs the buttons on his formula wheel

Blue 92 Plus Pedals

Simulator Garage offers its Blue 92 plus load cell pedals

https://www.simulatorgarage.com/blue-92-plus_26_u.html?dil=tr

Paint Builder 2

Trading Paints unveils the new Paint Builder 2 for Pro members after more than 2 years of development

Pico 4 Review

Reviewer Karl Gossling reviews the new Pico 4 VR Headset

Rig Review

Simracingpoint posted a picture of a home-made F1 sim rig setup

Logitech G Racing Adapter

Boosted Media reviews the Logitech G Racing Adapter that opens new posibilities to cross platform componants

Gomez GLX Pro Review

Karl  Gossling reviews the Gomez GLX Pro Wheel

Precision Sim Engineering 

Precision Sim Engineering’s new button box is Simhub integration and live feedback with two, 7-Way funky switches

Naming Your Paints

Drew Adamson show you in a Twitter post how to name your paint file and use Trading Paints for others to see your paints, or send directly to your friends.

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open –Mike -.  P start p 28 finished P 10.

• Greg- p crashed
• David – P 21

Official Series

Ellis– 

• FIA F4-  at Virginia international Raceway qualified 12 out of 21. Got up to pee nine on lap one, but wrecked out by lab 7DNF.
• Dallara dash Charlotte wrecked out before the green flag from behind

IMSA

Hall –   3 P3’s in a row at the Glen

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. ChatGPT Speedway

Description

The eNascar Coke Series visits World Wide Tech Raceway and it delivers one of the closest finishes in the series history. We’ll answer the question of whether you should race with Jim or Aussie Greg, and we’ll look at some new VR headsets options. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

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_

Links:

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6/1/2023 – Smells like Willow Springs – Episode 0385

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Brought to you by:

Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

• Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Show Introduction

On the show today, we review the eNacsar Coke Series Race at Charlotte, We get a sneak peak at new content for the upcoming build and look at iRacing vs the Real World

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

Topics

Coke Race

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-minter-scores-second-career-enascar-win-in-coca-cola-150-at-charlotte/

The Grass is Always Greener

Willow Springs proved to be an excellent testbed for a rebooted foliage system that we’ve been working on for several months now. The variety of plants and grasses really put this system to the test and let us find the limits of the system as well as a balance between aesthetics and performance

Greg Hill Posts: 

I shared some of this info elsewhere, but folks here might appreciate some insight into this project if you didn’t happen to see it.

Willow Springs was a challenging yet fun project for our team. Due to the unique characteristics of the landscape, the track couldn’t have been recreated to the quality we wanted with our existing shaders. There’s just such variety there… sandy patches of ground, areas where there’s a bit more gravelly sand, some red clay, a variety of grasses, rocky bits, and soil that’s been eroded away. This really pushed our team to innovate and work with engineering to advance our rendering engine and tooling pipeline. While we’ve been using multi-material shaders for some time now (these let us blend one texture with another in an advanced depth-based way), we realized we needed twice as many layers to get an adequate appearance.

Willow also proved to be an excellent testbed for a rebooted foliage system that we’ve been working on for several months now. The variety of plants and grasses really put this system to the test and let us find the limits of the system as well as a balance between aesthetics and performance. Just like with the textures, the requirements of this track really demanded this new feature and improvement to do it justice, so we were happy to debut it here.

We have also been long dissatisfied with our off-track ground appearance, which is what we call the “terrain”. What I mean by that is the ground outside the track walls that you don’t drive on. We have tried new approaches over the last couple of seasons and made some incremental improvements, but nothing revolutionary. For Willow, getting nearby terrain and roads to blend in with the track, given that there are often not even walls, was really important. We put one of our most technical artists on the task and paired him up with a lead rendering engineer. They overhauled the whole process, from the modeling and texture application to the mapping and blending. What we ended up with is a shader that stands up to close scrutiny and gets us close to visual parity between the bits you drive on, and the bits you don’t. This will be great for camera placement, replays, and for the broadcast team, who will be able to show more of the scene than in the past.

Unrelated to Willow but also of interest when it comes to the upcoming June build: our tree implementation received a complete overhaul fixing significant lighting and shading issues present in the former model.

Our whole team contributed towards this result, from our multi-decade veterans to our amazing new hires who have brought so much energy to the company. This work will pay dividends at all new tracks going forward, and older tracks we revisit. There are also many more tooling, pipeline, and rendering improvements in the works for the future, including some near-term enhancements to the sky and horizon model that will be ready soon.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/352881/#Comment_352881

Ligier JS P320

Brand new race car coming in the next build, the Ligier JS P320

https://www.iracing.com/new-content-ligier-js-p320/

Should iRacing Add Monaco

Noel Marjanovic polled the forums if Monaco should come to iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/42418/monaco-circuit-in-iracing#latest

How to Become a Pro

The Sim Pit posted a video tips of how to become a pro sim driver

1. Develop your passion, skills, and knowledge
2. Communities and competing in leagues and tournaments
3. Building your brand and networking
4. Drive, Drive, Drive, practice and racing
5. Continuous improvement, adaptability and knowledge
6. Pick a sim, join a team

Where Da Ovals

Jason Winter asked in the forums, “whatever happened to his oval racing every hour? Not showing up anymore.”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/42423/mitchell-qualls#latest

More Mooncar!

Another crazy finish for the Mooncar Guys!

iRacing and FIA Formula 4

iRacing announced an official partnership with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) to bring a licensed FIA Formula 4 experience to iRacing!

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-to-partner-with-fia-for-authentic-formula-4-experience/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/42500/iracing-to-partner-with-fia-for-authentic-formula-4-experience#latest

Willow Springs 

New track announcement, Willow Springs

New Barcelona

Lewis Hamilton remarks on the new configuration of the Barcelona F1 Track

Is it Real, or is it iRacing

Real world driver Daniel Morad compares real life vs iRacing

Pit Lane Hack

TP Sim Racing on his You Tube Channel shows how to gain a little extra time in pit lane

Seven Time on the Sim

Jimmie Johnson Tweeted that he was excited to make it to his rookie orientation/sim session

Prodigy Racing League

https://www.iracing.com/racing-prodigy-announces-prodigy-racing-league-real-world-prodigy-week-competition-for-top-sim-racers/

BMW M SimCup at the Glen

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-bmw-m-sim-cup-at-watkins-glen/

2023 Watkins Glen 6 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/42301/2023-watkins-glen-6-hour-presented-by-vco/p1

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

No Regrets

OC Racing posted a video of the top 7 pieces of hardware they regret not buying sooner

➤ All Gear Mentioned in Video Keyboard Tray: https://trakracer.com/products/alumin… Mouse Tray: https://trakracer.com/products/comput… Bezel Free Kit: https://geni.us/ZaT6dD Integrated Monitor Stand: https://trakracer.com/products/integr… Fanatec H-pattern shifter: https://bit.ly/3Vnmqwa Cheaper Logitech H-pattern shifter: https://geni.us/bk3FyU Cable Velcro Straps: https://geni.us/FhS09O1 Powerstrip Box: https://geni.us/AxdjQ Aluminum Profile Cable Clips: https://trakracer.com/products/10-set…

Make Aluminum Better

Alan Quan shows the versatility and customizability of aluminum profile rigs

Qubic Systems QS-220-PL

Will Ford reviews the Qubic Systems QS-220-PL 3DOF Motion System

https://www.raceanywhere.co.uk/products/qs-220-pl-extended-set?sca_ref=2412423.JehQhmjktc

MME Sim Sport

Boosted Media also reviews the MME Sim Sports line of shifters and handbrakes

http://www.mme-motorsport.com/en/sim-racing

iCue Link

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Charlotte

• Mike -.  P10. The race took four hours and 45 minutes 19 cautions most of them happened in the last hundred laps   Was involved in an early Caution, which took out Justin only had a minute and a half damage. At one point through the middle of the race, I cycled to the lead but pretty much ran top five.  Was running really good near the end as high as third where the guy forced me to the grass which gave me over the incident limit so I had to do a drive-through penalty.  The guy ended up wrecking the leader to win as well. What a loser.   I told him don’t be proud of that win. 
• Rochette- P15 started super loose ended up short pitting twice and ended up 3 laps down with a 178 lap run eventually got it stable and ended up just a lal down
• David – P wrecked out, self spin into inside wall, took no one with me and kept it from bouncing.
• Mackenzie – p

Sunday Open

• Rochette -DNF so started 3rd but leader blinked out right before GF so got to start the race, led some laps and car passed me and was right behind him as he slowed up in a corner got in his rear and wrecked us both. Ugghhhh
• Greg – P8 Was Damaged by a guy that was acting like denny hamlin at gateway
• David – P dumped on lap 2 “HE THOUGHT I WAS GIVING HIM THE LANE”

Sunday Fixed  

Justin- p forgot to check my work tires. Dnf. 

Wednesday Open: gateway

Mike- p 17 – had a good run going till about lab 30 and got sideswiped by a guy in over four minutes damage got most of it fixed. It was about 40 to go to my last of the tires. I kept getting involved in different incidents and just had to survive.

MacKenzie- P7 – started 10th, ran about 10 laps then on the caution my vr went funny and I was looking out the side of the car, I pulled to the side to stay out of the way and got sent to the back for driving onto pit road exit. On the restart the car that was supposed to pass me was no where to be seen so I got a black flag penalty and had to hold for 50 seconds, luckily a caution came out as I was doing that so I only went 2 laps down, fought my way back and started p6 on the gwc but couldnt do anything with it. The only x’s i got were 1x for off track when my vr went funny and a 4x when someone ran into me from behind while pacing 

David – p13 mid pack car

Kyle P P4 after a long break and silently been doing a few races lately. I Had a YoYo race. Started outside pole and stayed there until about lap 30 and my tires were junk and nosed the outside wall and just fell back. After a mid race caution I pitted for tires and repairs. And just Went back and forth through the teens and 20’s after a final repair and new tires with about 20 to go I made my march to the front. After a late race caution with 12 to go I went in for my last set of tires and away I went. Restarted 8th and just didn’t let anyone get near me. Made some bold moves for position and was able to bring home a P4. Felt good to get a good NIS Finish as my last several races have been junk. 

Thursday Open  

• Ellis -P got pole position. They did pretty quick on the short run. Made it to the second set of tires by the time they got old I was sliding around and spun myself down to the inner wall and smashed the left front hard and couldn’t steer it.
• David – dn

Official Series

• Trucks at Talladega was leading on the way coming to the check her out at four and got turned by the guy behind me. 
• GEN four at Michigan start a 21st finished P3. 
• GEN four at Texas. P12

Mackenzie

Ran 2 late model races started 10th in one and 5th in the other. Finished both races 3rd with no incident points gained .73 safety rating and 119 irating between the 2 races, I love running this car

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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1. Smells like Willow Springs

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On the show today, we review the eNacsar Coke Series Race at Charlotte, We get a sneak peak at new content for the upcoming build and look at iRacing vs the Real World. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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