9/10/2026 – Blindfolded Ignorance – Episode 0549
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Show Introduction
On today’s show: 2026 Season 4 Release is live, how much has iRacing changed since 2008?, first impressions of Sim Labs DDS26, would a foldable rig save you space?, a new sim to reality story, what actions are ban worthy? and we are SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SIM GAMING EXPO IN CHICAGO!
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Topics
2026 Season 3 Week 13
https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-week-13-new-features-and-formats
https://www.iracing.com/meet-iracings-all-new-week-13-fun-series
10k + Awards?
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99694/new-awards-for-irating-10k
New F2 Car
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc5uvVbjSig/?stkn=MnZyaHV1cWJyZDh0
Jobless To Full-Time Sim Racer
Ban Worthy?
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99686/d-0-00-should-carry-an-automatic-ban
Ran Out Of Talent
Summit Point Refresh
Mazda Re-freshed
Sprint Car – First Look
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99813/season-4-sprint-car-update
Gen 4 Grand Nationals
Mid Ohio Re-Built
Incident Limit Challenge
https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-week-13-schedule-released
Caterhams Have Arrived
This Again?
https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc8kR7vttoT
Huge Crash
Mustang Mayhem
How Much Has It Changed?
Sim To Reality
So Much To Say
2026 Season 4 Release Notes
2026 Season 4 Preliminary Schedule
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99863/2026-season-4-preliminary-schedule-pdf
26 Sim Gaming Expo – One WEEK AWAY!
September 18 – 20, 2026
Suzuka 1000
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99629/2026-suzuka-1000-presented-by-pimax
Forever Rowdy 118
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99614/forever-rowdy-118-bundle-of-joy-charity-race
iRacing World Of Outlaws Returns
Battle For Reece
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-8th-to-september-14th-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
There Are Better Ways To Do It
Digital Tach
PXN 23 NM DD
Sim Lab’s DDS26 First Impressions
Sim Hub And VR
H.AO From Conspit
Insane Wheel?
Show Steeler
Phanteks EX-5
Foldable Rig
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Friday Open – NiS – Darlington
- Mike- P wrecked out. Pretty fast car was getting up to the front running second and the guy behind me. Tried to shove it in coming out of turn four and basically dumped me and caused a huge wreck and my day was done lap 36.
- David – P running p5 with 100 laps to go, iRacing software just closes
- Tony -PGuy smashed the wall in front no where to go smashed the inside wall still rolled no caution fell to the back 2 laps later passing a car on the outside my car said nope we gonna hit the wall again 8 minutes optional got minute fixed and kept spinning in 3&4 called it a night
- Steven – P11 had top 3 car all night to only get wrecked with 17 to go by a car on new tires 8 laps down. He bounced off the wall and into me while I was 4th
Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington
- David – P4 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- Tony – P4 o don’t know to be either pissed off or disappointed on this, how about both. Took the lead in the 2nd 3rd of the race and even had a successful green flag stop. Led 108 laps with a 14 second lead coming to the white out of 4 and damn caution comes out. While going into pit road was making adjustments which honestly I probably would’ve been fine without them, I passed the pace car entering and blackflagged myself. Mother fluffer. I should’ve known I was gonna do something totally stupid like that.
Wednesday Open -NiS – Gateway
- Mike- P7- had a good run going put it under green and then the caution came out. Had to take a wave around. Still restarted P5 from then on I kept getting in wreck. I got into one where I got loose coming off four and then net coated with a guy outside of me nine minutes damage I soldiered to finish on the lead lap P7.
- Tony –P no shifter. Couldn’t get the damn car going on pit road. Ended up finding i had a wire short in my fantec uni hub probably from me punching and slamming the wheel from the other day screwing myself out of a win
- David – P13, somewhat of a shit show, on the last run a car got out of shape on the outside, this put me in the middle exiting corner as we caught in midcorner, i didn’t trust the car on the inside and had to back out to probably loose a top 10.
Thursday Open -NiS – Gateway
- Tony – P24 self spun. Caution fest 1st half, had a guy wreck me out of corner. Got the damage fixed than had green flag stop with 40 to go and was getting around car and just spun it. Just about had it saved and got rammed and destroyed
- David – P7 survived a lot of carnage including my own mistakes, was running a real aggressive brake bias, and under normal conditions it was fine, but a couple having to get on the breaks hard results in self spins.
Official Series
League / Hosted Races
Hosted-
- Ellis – pick up cup at Phoenix start 13th out of 29 got a big wreck on lap one turn one had to go in for a quick repair went back out and finished P 10
- Sean Berry hosted street stock at Willow Springs international Raceway finish P4
- Pick up cup at Phoenix. Started at 11th finish P9.
- Five to go Daytona 87. Start an 18 out of 20. Finish P4.
- Ran it again started P3 took the lead early and kept it winner. Winner chicken dinner.
- Mini stock at USA international Speedway. Top split with a very heavy hitter qualified third out of 12. Finish P6.
- Storm chasers, Oulton Park BMW, M2 qualified 1st out of 27. In the rain. On the grid as everyone grid it up somebody said I hope you switched to your wet tires and I thought oh no I didn’t switch nothing So I pulled start pulling away. I get down to five laps to go. I have a huge gap of about eight seconds. I’m going by a lap car and the lap car wrecks as I’m going by him and takes me out. I checked the set up and sure enough I had dry tires on the whole time.
- Try again qualified fifth out of 20. Got up to run third for most of the race on the white spun out on my own crash the car on the way unbelievable. No rain in this race.
Final Thoughts
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On today’s show: 2026 Season 4 Release is live, how much has iRacing changed since 2008?, first impressions of Sim Labs DDS26, would a foldable rig save you space?, a new sim to reality story, what actions are ban worthy? and we are SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SIM GAMING EXPO IN CHICAGO!
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