Episode 0528 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

4/9/2026 – Trophi with an i – Episode 0528

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: we sit down with Daniel Handover from Trophi.AI, share an iRacing Rookie checklist, 2026 Season 2 Patch 2 release notes, what is BOP anyway?, what are the five worst series on iRacing, a ton of expo announcements, Simucube co-pedals versus active pedals, a Cube Controls and VNM collaboration, a listener topic idea suggestion and five things iRacing needs to learn from Le Mans Ultimate.

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

Daniel Handover

https://www.trophi.ai/

Topics

What Matters More In A Time Attack?

Back At The Rock

5 Things iRacing Needs From LMU

Sim To Reality

PRS ENASCAR Factory Pass

2026 Season 2 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94550/2026-season-2-patch-2-release-notes-2026-04-06-02

What Is BOP?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/796869

BOP Adjustments

What Just Happened?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94578/rtp-bristol-restart-glitch

Listener Topic Idea: Fast Repairs

Rob Lowell 21 — Yesterday at 6:00 AM

Fast repairs, the worst idea in league racing? I’ve found over the last year that in leagues without fast repairs the races are cleaner and more respectful as guys want to survive and finish. I know a lot of leagues live by the fast repair and there’s a lot that don’t. Not sure if you’ve covered the topic before or not.

Drive Through Penalty Cleared In Pit Lane

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/796552

iRacing Rookie Checklist

Five Worse Series On iRacing

Special Event Support Races?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94421/support-races-for-special-events

Banned How Many Times?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2991962224468654&set=a.145268539138051&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=GNFaJgPlkkt4REPw&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F1LTCcXEz1u%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr#

Jumpy Truck Racing With Carson

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

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/797098#Comment_797098

Creventic Endurance Series Returns

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-creventic-endurance-series-returns-for-2026-season

992 Endurance Cup Special Event Added

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94598/new-special-992-endurance-cup

Vintage Grand Prix Tour

DTM 2026 Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94592/iracing-dtm-series-launches-for-2026-season/p1

MEC Mosport 4H

https://majorsseries.com/event/mosport-4-hour—round-3-driversports-divisions2026

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-7th-to-april-13th-2026

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Fantasy

OFF WEEK

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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

VNM And Cube Controls

Near Perfect Passthrough

EG EVO Formula

Co-Pedals Vs Active Pedals

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Bristol

Chris – P19 – stopped to miss a wreck and someone had ARCA breaks. Had 8min damage and repaired it all only to get a black flag for passing before the line due to a damaged car that went 75mph. It’s been an awful year. Try again Friday.
David – P caught up in shit, fix 7 minutes of damage and get 3 laps back only to get caught up in a shit again, and then get penalized cause iRacings Race Control is a sack of shit
Brad- P5 Started p11, what a messy race. 26 cautions for 107 laps at Bristol, literally Martinsville 2.0. Ran in the front with Justin till past halfway. Pitted around lap 150 but would not clear a car while making a pass on the inside and wreck myself. Went a lap down and had almost 3 minutes of damage. Was able to get 90 seconds of the damage fixed and back on the lead lap. Then it was just avoiding the carnage over the resulting laps. Really disappointing because this track used to have very good clean races.

Thursday Open- NiS – Bristol

Mike- P7– I had to drive through penalty from too many incident points. A little past halfway struggled on with 20 points from that point forward was about four minutes damaged 28 cautions later I finished P7.

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P20. (Bristol)started on pole but did not get a great start (still a little gun shy from jumping the start at MArtinsville). Settled into p2. Was starting to run down the leader after 15 laps or so. He checked up a little mid-corner and I had to jump on the brakes to avoid it. That unsettled the car and I spun in front of the field. Hit by multiple cars. The car was damaged but tried to keep going to stay on the lead lap. We would have a long run and with the damage I was killing the RF. Had to pit under green after going a lap down. This would drop me to 3 laps down and would end up going one more down while trying to get damage fixed. VERY FAST set this week from Premier Racing Setups, just need some luck to go our way.

Ring Meister

Mike – P street stock started 14th turn one lap. One guy doesn’t know I’m inside him sideswiped me into the grass. I continue on and the same guy tries to block me as I try to go around him and we wreck again DNF.
- Then start a 26th got the fourth by the end of lap one and eventually finish P3 podium after a legendary run through the field
- Then started ninth got the second, screwed up the carousel twice but eventually finished P3 another great podium
- Start a 16th got up to eighth but then got wrecked out
- Start at 11th got up to third had a good battle for third at the end where it was chickened we both wrecked off, but I finished ahead of him
- Started seventh got the second, but then crashed out
- Then I finally get qualified with a 757.5 after many failed attempts
- Then started, Paul position, kept the lead for the first half of the race and then stuffed it in the wall
- Started first led the first part of the race then spun out on my own, fell a second and was able to finish P2. Super frustrating.
- Cut copy paste from previous race exact copy. P2 after wrecking out from the lead.
- Started First spun out from the lead this time wrecked out DNF

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Mexico City Sprint Race

Brad W – P I hate this track. I’m never good here and even when I try to like it, I don’t. Started mid pack and would never make it forward. So easy to be faster than the car ahead but never able to make a move. Ended up getting collected when a car ahead spun in the stadium and I could not miss them.

Hosted-

Ellis – P13 pick up car at Phoenix. Started the 10th got the ninth. Some guy caught me from behind and tried to get under me. Didn’t quite work eventually he used me up and put me to the wall and I fell back to finish P3 first race back since we got the rig up and running.
- Chris McGuire hosted Talladega 87S. Had a good run going at the end came up through the pack, but then got wrecked out. Some guy came across my nose.
- Old Indy cars at Pocono got wrecked out
- Then radical SRH at Concord motorsports Park got wrecked out

Final Thoughts

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