Episode 0540 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

7/9/2026 – Flopping Like A Fish – Episode 0540

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: Cube Controls new wheel is revealed, more ways to waste Mike’s money, are you using the new Control Profiles?, sim racing tips for the older racers, Sim Gaming Expo news galore, do sim racers really need a carbon fiber seat?, is this the best FOV calculator and a price increase from iRacing….you’ve been warned, stay off the forums.

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Topics

It’s Broken

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97846/hosted-search-bar-broken-and-timselots-not-showing

Drafting Changes Coming

Tips For The Older Racers

Subaru To Tackle Mt. Washington

Paid To Play

Remove From Steam?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97708/please-remove-iracing-from-steam

Control Profiles

New Chassis For USF Pro 2000 In 2028

Price Increase

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98007/iracing-subscription-pricing-update-july-2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98011/raising-subscription-to-improve-p-l-is-maybe-not-the-best-move-for-the-customers-present-and-future

Throttle And Threads

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

USE CODE SGE15 TO SAVE 15% ON TICKETS THROUGH JULY 10TH

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Mercedes Motorsports Virtual Championship Returns

https://www.iracing.com/mercedes-amg-motorsport-virtual-championship-returns-to-iracing-for-2026-time-attack-open-now

Fire Cracker Summer Classic

ANNOUNCING THE SIMPERIOR FIRECRACKER SUMMER CLASSIC! We are thrilled to officially unveil this special event! Get ready to take on the high banks for an incredible cause. We are bringing you high-intensity sim racing action with massive stakes, all while supporting The Headstrong Project.

For this event, we are throwing it back with an absolute dream combo: the 1987 NASCAR Cup cars at old, bumpy Daytona! Drivers are going to be fighting the wheel, managing their tires, and sliding around the high banks all night long. It is going to be an incredible show.

About the Charity The Headstrong Project provides completely free, confidential, and barrier-free mental health care to military veterans, service members, and their families. By racing in this event, you’re directly helping them deliver trauma-informed treatment to those who have sacrificed so much. 100% of the money raised from this event goes directly to the charity.

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Spa 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97720/2026-24-hours-of-spa-presented-by-falken

This Week In iRacing

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

Next Level ES3 Seats

His And Hers

Swing Door For Your Rig

VRS Direct Force GT-2

Phoenix: On Pre-Order Now

Moradness Aura Pro Merica Gloves

https://moradness.com/products/aura-pro-merica-gloves

Coanda Esports Pedals

Waste Mike’s Money

https://www.sparco-official.com/en/cooling-vest

Sim Labs GTSL Pro: Pre-order

Simple FOV Calculator

Spec Sim Rigs

But Will It Get Them Lined Up Right?

MOZA Killed Their Own Wheel?

Wasting More Of Mike’s Money

https://venustas.com/products/icyloop-dual-cooling-vest

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Chicagoland

Mike- P21- had a fast car went up through the field several times as high as third place at one point but with about 30 to go I got destroyed when I wrecked on my own getting loose about five minutes damage just tried to bring it home from there finish P 21
David – P2. avoided the trouble. Had good long run speed, but the last run was 70 laps and with it getting split in half by the leaders I just didn’t have enough new tire speed to keep up with the leader. He would come back after 40 laps, but our last stint was only 35. Relieved to get a podium, but irritated from the previous two runs and this was a track i had a shot at a win.
Justin – P3
Tony -P wrecked out was on the inside of a car coming out of 2 and he wiggled and i got net coded right in the back wall
Brad- P7 Started p20. Somewhat of a sloppy race. I was caught up in multiple incidents that were not of my making but was able to come away with a p7. That helped to make up for the DNF from Wednesday.
Steven – P wrecked out

Sunday Open- NiS – Chicagoland

Tony – P3 fast again stayed in top 5 all race. Turns 1&2 were just tighter than have been all week. Restarted 3rd on final gwc. Was 2nd on white and pushed it a little hard in 2 and caught the wall. It’s been a fun and a fast PRS set.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Mike- P wrecked out was involved in three major incidents and finally didn’t walk away from it. I did have one run where I went from 25th to 10th up the middle between the two lanes and like three laps super fun.
Tony -P14 I hate new Lanta. Such shit racing. Whoever designed this repave with the tri oval needs to be dragged out back and hung upside down and gutted. Pretty much stayed in top 5 most of the race til about 10 to ago caught a spinning car got damage fixed and
Chris – P20. P20, P23, P24 in my last 3 NiS starts after running solid Top 5 and 10 all 3 races. It is frustrating and a gut punch but… that is racing sometimes. Got to keep wheeling it and the bad luck will stop sometime.
David – P wrecked by a guy passing below the red line
Brad- P1 WINNER..WINNER! I started p15 and would make my way to the top 5 pretty early. This race felt like it was going to be very tame for an Atlanta race, until it wasn’t. I would get collected in multiple wrecks that would happen directly in front of me. Had the first one missed till I was hit from behind. Unfortunately I could not avoid teammate Chris Waldron when the car ahead of him was turned. I would end up with 12x before the natural GWC. I restarted in p5 and stayed in the bottom lane. The leaders would get together coming out of T4 coming to the checkered. That allowed me to slip under and a healthy push from the car behind would give me the .002 margin over P2 for the win. Really thought this was going to be a winless NiS year but glad to grab the W!

Thursday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Tony – P2 avoided all the l wrecks to stay up front and even led some laps but just didn’t have any help on the 2nd GWC.
David – P5, got damaged by another guy trying to pass under the line, but made it through the carnage at the end. Something has to be done about people going below the red line to try to pass. You should not have to just hold your ground and let them wreck you to make it a protest able maneuver.

Official Series

A Fixed

Mike- P DNF qualified P8 out of 26. Got to fifth pretty quick, by halfway to the lead for a bit, then running about fifth on the outside guy in front of me just twist in a circle and wipes us all out, dnf.

Ring Meister

Mike – P2 GT4 started at ninth. Quickly made my way up to P2 about 3 1/2 seconds behind the leader. He was faster though and gap me up to eight seconds at the end P2.
- Started fifth leader got away quick second was holding us up for a bit before he went off by time I got to second place. He was four seconds out by the end of the second lap. He was eight seconds out. I’ll be getting frustrated. Never gonna win in this car so I ended up actually missing the corner and killing the car. DNF.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P GTO 90 @Mount Washington time attack got the P2. Only 9.2 seconds off of P1. Which I had ChatGPT tell me that’s 2.8%.
- Next knight got to within 1/10 of the winter
- I kept plugging and I finally did it. I beat him by about 3 1/2 seconds with a five minute 21.8 second. P1.

Final Thoughts

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