Episode 0527 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

4/2/2026 – Empty Box – Episode 0527

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: we find out how your Sebring 12HR went, who had the best sim racing April Fools releases?, could you use a mechanic to dial in your setup?, check out another new wheel from MOZA, spend David’s money and 10 years of Simucube.

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Topics

Sebring 12HR In The Rear View

Changing Seasons

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94102/tracks-with-notable-seasonal-changes

iPacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94173/nis-martinsville

Best Combo Ruined?

Need To Ask The Ladies

https://rawsunshineorganics.com/collections/man-cave-candle-tins/products/2-stroke-dirt-bike-race-fuel-man-cave-soy-wax-candle-8-oz-hand-poured-zero-waste-reusable-tin-man-cave-design-hemp-or-cotton-wick-free-gift-box

Simucube: A History

Pitting Outside The Box

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1816485059028182

April 1st Humor

iRacing Arcade 20% Off

Repair Priorities

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/795434#Comment_795434

Skip Barber And iRacing Extend Partnership

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

September 18 – 20, 2026

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Rockingham 508

IMSA Classic 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94373/2026-imsa-classic-500

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-31st-to-april-6th-2026

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Haptic Engine Better Than SimHub?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93739/built-a-haptic-engine-for-iracing-that-runs-at-8ms-instead-of-simhubs-140ms-beta-testers-wanted

Mechanic Guy Overlay

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92556/your-setup-companion-overlay-mechanic-guy

Best Under $1000

Next Level Racing’s Haptic Seats

Focus Sim Racing: One Twenty

https://focussimracing.com/products/focus-sim-racing-fsr-one-twenty-sim-racing-chassis

Spec 282: Full Review

https://www.specsimulations.com

Sparco Prime Evo

What’s In A Name? Part 2

Unfair Advantage?

Simruito Button Box

Spend David’s Money

https://www.viture.com/product/viture-beast-xr-glasses

Mercedes AMG GT3 GT4 Replica Wheel

https://alex-racing.com/

Do They Really Sell Any Of These?

New MOZA Wheel Too Cheap?

EMC Handbrake

Coming Soon

AWIN Racing

Keep An Eye Out

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Martinsville

David – P33
Tony -P8 finally broke a streak of no top 10s since end of September last year. Typical shit Martinsville 29 cautions dont think we got more than 5 green flag laps In. Mostly stayed clean
Brad- P2 I tried to throw this one away also. Started p2 and spun the tires on the start. Managed to collect both teammates, Justin and Greg. From that on I was all about getting back to the front. We had way too many yellows but it’s Martinsville. I would finally get back to the top 5 with about 50 las to go and flip back and forth between P2/3 over the closing restarts. Managed to come out on the good side of the swing and grabbed a P2.

Sunday Open- NiS – Martinsville

David – P caught up in mess as usual fast car and never a good finish to show

Official Series

C-OPEN Talladega

Tony- P-win wow ever see a man cry on a Saturday morning? That was me. Huge shout out to PRS for a great truck set. And shout out to Tyler Williamson for letting me know trucks were at dega. Started 3rd and wasn’t comfortable with the truck for about ½ race. Survived the chaos. GWC restarted 8th pushed the outside line then shot the middle in the right spot and got the win. This is my first win in anything since August of 2022. It’s been a long time and feels great

A Open

Brad W – P3/9 (Las Vegas). Track is much hotter this week than we ran in NiS. That is a good thing because the cars are not all over top of each other. The first race missed my pitstall and had to restart from the rear. Drove the life out of the tires to get back toward the front. Got lucky with a yellow at the right time for tires and was able to hold on to a P3. The second race was a mess of errors on my part. Self spun in T2 and eventually T4. That forced me to pit and lose 3 laps. Was able to get one lap back being quicker than the leaders and took a wave by for the second. That set me up to get another and the lucky dog. That worked out and once back on the lead lap I was able to make it back into the top 10 as the race finished out.

Special Event – Sebring 12HR

Brad, Will, William and Jacob – P5. We started mid-pack only to be collected in a mess in Sunset Bend on the start. That would drop us back about 5 spots but put Jacob dealing with lots of slower cars. He would have a real odd self spin coming through sunset that would relegate us to last. From that point on it was all about getting positions back. We did not fuel save for the first half of the race in order to regain track position. Once we had worked our way back to the top 10 we realized that we were on a very off cycle pit strategy. We would gain positions over the last few hours getting as high as P2 but with having to make an additional stop, we knew we would be denied a podium finish. In the end I believe we passed more cars than anyone else and we were happy to grab a top 5. Definitely have figured out that fuel saving is the way to win these until we get safety cars.
David, Kyle, Tom, Greg – DNF

League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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