Episode 0534 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

5/28/2026 – Code Name Spark – Episode 0534

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: we will recap the Charlotte Sim Racing Expo, why is IMSA now in eNASCAR?, what is James Baldwin up to?, more bad news from Nvidia, cable management to drool over, has MOZA nailed it with their latest wheels?, is the IMSA track selection too repetitive and the Season 3 Development Blog is out!

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Topics

Sim Racing Expo Re-cap

Sim Racing Expo Hardware Recap

Max Speaks

Just Release It

Active Pedals And Why

Too Repetitive?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96004/imsa-track-repetition-graph

What Is Matt Up To?

Should Probably Bring A Gun

Season 3 Development Blog

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-development-update-may-2026/

A Coaching Session

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYk5OkaDihR

2026 Season 2 Patch 4 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/95904/2026-season-2-patch-4-hotfix-1-release-notes-2026-05-20-05

Kadlecik and Caruana Split Laguna

https://www.iracing.com/martin-kadlecik-matt-caruana-split-2026-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-wins-at-laguna-seca

Baldwin 2026 Update

Call For Help

eNASCAR College Series Format Changes

https://www.iracing.com/2026-27-enascar-college-iracing-series-tracks-format-unveiled-imsa-included-with-two-new-tournaments/

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

4 Hours Of Thruxton

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/95909/4-hours-at-thruxton

Majors 24

https://majorsseries.com/event/2026-majors-242026

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-26th-to-june-1st-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

Oh So Close

Is Nvidia Abandoning The Personal Computer?

Crazy Stream Deck Profiles

Another Knock Off

I Have More Work To Do

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Coke 600

Mike- P wrecked out. I couldn’t drive this set. I couldn’t keep it under me when I could drive it. It was fast, but I eventually wrecked out lap 157.
Tony -P28 caught in a wreck 100 laps in running top 5 most of that run oh my luck

Sunday Open- NiS – Coke 600

Tony – P3 what a race tried to survive most of it. Had a spinner tag me causing 6 minutes optional. Had enough cautions to get it fixed. Went down a lap a couple of times to get it fixed. Had an opportunity to get a wave around but the eventual winner pulled over after the start/finish line and was stopped for almost a ¾ a lap and was gonna get my lap back but he rushed back up front and got his spot back. That’s some bullshit. I tried finding it in the replay but couldn’t. I eventually got a lucky dog and my dumbass sped into pit road causing a penalty had to serve under green which i did. Was 2 laps down til about 50 to go where i got 1 back. Was watching Joe and the leader racing each other and was secretly wanting them to both wreck as i was 3rd lol.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Coke 600

Mike- P DNF a little bit past halfway I creamed the wall real hard off for took out another guy down to the grass for four minutes damage. I just parked it. I wasn’t having fun.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Nashville

Mike- P dnf. Was running about mid pack around lap 15 nobody in front of me lost it. I overcorrected it and hit the wall hard over six minutes of damage. It wouldn’t drive so I parked it.
David – P wrecked by someone who was mad at someone in front of me and driving too aggressively, used an apron that can’t be safely used, entered too hot, and slid up track and left hooked me. He was wise to get out the way when I repaired and came up to him.
Brad- P31 I wrecked myself. I started p6 and decided to try and take it easy early on. Was collected by a spinner ahead that forced me to pit for repairs and send me to the rear. I would start making my way back up and get into the top 20. While making a pass on the outside coming through turns 1 and 2, the car would get loose and I over corrected with a car to my inside. It hooked right and destroyed the right front, too much damage, we’re done. It’s been a while since I took myself out.

Thursday Open -NiS – Nashville

David – P 13, had about a top 15 car. With about 90 to go on a restart the guy in front of me was forced to slam on the brakes, I had no time to react so had about 40 seconds of nose damage, but it stayed green and the car was definitely slow. Ran the fuel out, caution comes out as I’m in the pits, so can’t fix damage, but get the wave around. Another quick caution comes out. I get it fixed, make the short run adjustments and make it to 13th on a short run.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike – P GT three started at eight got the seventh eventually got to fourth on the final app. My tires were fading. I fell to eighth and then had a lazy spit off a corner and dumped it in the wall. Couldn’t get turned around DNF.
- Then started P2, but quickly wrecked out in the first high breaking corner coming off. I spun it and wasn’t able to get it turned around DNF.
- Then started second before the green got dumped by third trying to go side-by-side had to wait for the entire field to go by dead. Last worked my way back up from 30th to P2, but then wrecked out on my own like a fool. DNF hate this car.
- Then started first was able to maintain a gap Kia, but on the last lap, he was closing he caught me by the carousel. He passed me on the long street coming to the checker. I went back by him at the very last second and outbreak his ass and went on the win winner winner chicken dinner unbelievable
- Then tried two other times to put a race together, but wrecked out on my own. I have no idea how I wanna race before. I can’t even drive this thing.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Belle Isle

William W – P9? Didn’t own the track before race day. Shouldn’t have bought it. Not a fun time.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P16 – Interlagos. This used to be one of my most hated tracks, but I guess it was because I was bad at it. Whatever breakthrough I had a few weeks ago has found me pace here. Put it on pole, but started on the outside so fell to second by turn 2. The top 4 rode all within 1 second of each other for about 15 laps. Was some of the most fun racing i’ve had in a while. A few position changes, some LMP2 traffic that wrecked early came through, but still kept the top 4 tight. BUT on about lap 16 coming through the front straight I had a hardware failure. I think my USB hub is failing, lost all devices and the car went straight left into the wall. Thankfully didn’t kill anyone, but by the time I got it straight I’d lost a lap. Real shame because I had the pace here, and this would have been a fantastic race up front the whole time.

MEC – Watkins 4HR

Will and William – P3 at Watkins. So I only got one quali attempt because of travel to the expo or we might have been able to put this in top split. Will did a fantastic job quali on pole and turning the car over to me I think in second. Rather uneventful first two stints for us, and really overall not too much. The two cars that finished ahead of us definitely sandbagged quali. The car that won had a 7k and 5.5k driver. 7k didn’t qualify in the session, but had driven to 3rd by the first stop while going a lap farther on fuel than everyone. Little disappointed that the MEC stewards didn’t look closer into that. But doesn’t take away from our race.
We’ve had such rotten luck this year that it feels good to get a result like that. We had 0x until I got a lazy off track halfway though the 4th and final stint. Finished with 5 from a near murder by a GTP, but that’s the only contact we had all race. Ended up 2 laps short on fuel at the end of the race, but wouldn’t have gained us a position even if we had been able to save more. Again happy with the result, can’t wait to get that cool plaque, and that locks us into top split for the 12hr finale at Road America, one of my best tracks. Also moved us into 8th in points, which is incredible considering the DNFs we had early. Good result at RA might sneak us into a good finishing spot overall for the season.
Tom & David & – P10 had a gt3 self spin in the carousel, clip the back of our left rear and kill us. He didn’t even know he had hit us when I had some words with him, was apologetic, which was all that was needed.

Final Thoughts

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