Episode 0545 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

8/13/2026 – Dirty Tracktics – Episode 0545

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: is iRacing still worth it in 2026?, a trip to the Conspit factory, what sim accessories does a pro driver use?, what was the real reason for the price increase?, should time trial rating be replaced? and what is the ideal sim racing display setup?

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Topics

Dedication

Needs An Adjustment?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98923/iowa-excessive-tire-wear

More On The Protest System

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/831291#Comment_831291

A New “Speed” Record

ttRating Should Be qRating?

Work On That Seating Position

South American Olympics

Shift Arcade

Top 10 Highlights

Conspit Factory

Ban Worthy?

Still Worth It?

How To Ruin A Lobby

The Real Reason For The Increase?

Sim Racing Naperville

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Marlin 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98933/special-event-marlin-2-4hr-presented-by-ruk-offshore-joinmrl-com

Empire State Showdown

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98835/dirtcar-esports-empire-state-showdown/p1

Portimao 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98866/2026-portimao-1000-presented-by-simucube

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-11th-to-august-17th-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

Five Points

Looking For Investors

From 10Nm To 32Nm

Pro Sim Accessories

How Much?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Iowa

Mike- P 4- had a fast car with up through the field a couple times settled in P4 near the end on the green white checker restarted third ended up finishing P4. We will take it after having a bunch of bad runs recently.
David – P11, a lot more cautions in this one, didn’t get the right roll of the dice at the end to have the fresh tires when i needed them, then got caught up in a 4 wide, did the best to hold a lane, but others cant. Then came back on the next short run and jumped from 20 to 11th
Kyle – P3
Joe – P 17

Sunday Open- NiS – Iowa

Tony – P19 was fast again just caught in some bull.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Richmond

Mike- P wreck out started towards the back move my way up pretty darn quick missed the first big caution weave my way through there without hitting anything car was a bullet made it up to the top five is running P2 almost at halfway when I just spun it out coming onto the back stretch all of a sudden it went around on me and I overcorrect it and then got T-bone 13 minutes damage DNF
Tony -P-forget Richmond caution fest.. won some free tickets to Berlin Raceway and used them for the Battle at Berlin for some pretty good Super Late Model action. Imagine being in a short track race and only having 1 caution for the first 200 laps with a wide SoF. Iracing we really need Berlin scanned and in the service. Mike remember the Name Tristan McKee. The 16 year old that whooped bubba Pallard Ty Mejeski and Carson Hocevar’s ass.
David – P22, had a top 5 car, really good on long run, sped in pits after the long run, got damaged fixed it, got back up to 7th and we kept having short runs and a lost in and got bounced off someone and down into the inside wall for 7 min damage, crept around at the end broken.

Thursday Open -NiS – Richmond

David – P 11, top split, 19 cautions, might have had top 10 if more that 2 laps to run at the end

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- ligier js p320- start at eight fell to 11th I was going the wrong way. People kept running into the back of me like I was going slow hit the wall at one point maybe that’s why I was slow but by the middle of lap too I had 17 incident points and DQ out.
- Start at nine Ira in front of me before turn one add me stopped blocked in. I had to wait for everybody to go by so I felt the dead last basically worked my way up to finish P 15.
- Start a ninth wrecked out on my own
- Started second and wrecked out on my own

League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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