11/12/2026 – Hottest Common Denominator – Episode 0558
iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics
Show Introduction
On today’s show: more wheels from MOZA, I thought rain was fixed?, I thought passing under yellow was a penalty?, has Simucube killed their own product?, why do we iRace?, Sim Lab’s announces the end of an era, Heusinkveld is asking for Brad’s money and finally multiclass starts…well sort of.
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Topics
Multiclass Starts Are Here
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101839/new-road-course-start-zones/p1
https://www.iracing.com/multi-class-starts-coming-to-four-iracing-series-for-2026-season-4
Why Do People iRace?
Wilson In The House
What Are They Doing With Fixed Sets?
Is This The Next Boom?
Passing Under A Yellow?
NASCAR AI Testing
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101810/nascar-era-testing
It’s All About The Community
Lead Or Follow?
AlperX By Cosworth
Film Day For The IndyCar Game
Is The Rain Fixed?
Miata Vs GTP
Black Friday Sale
https://www.iracing.com/blackfriday
2027 NASCAR Ford Mustang
Myrtle Beach 500
Mountain Showdown
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101766/2026-iracing-mountain-showdown
SCCA Runoffs
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101767/2026-iracing-scca-runoffs
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-november-10th-to-november-16th-2026/
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Oplite Coming To The USA/Canada
New From MOZA
Conspit Link 2.0
Grab One Before They Are Gone
Sim Lab GTSL Pro
Simsonn Plus X V2
Sim Lab x Simrep
Conspit GT Vent
The End Game?
Killing Their Own?
Shots Fired!
Massive Update
Take My Money!
Simagic P-Active First Look
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Official Series
IMSA
- Brad – P4 (Suzuka) Started p3 and had a great race running towards the front. Was disappointed that the first race of the week did not have the multiclass start.
Ring Meister
- Mike- P GT4. Ran about 7 to 8 races – dnf couldn’t make it far without wrecking out on my own or being wrecked by someone else. Twice i was leading when wrecked. Then eventually I put a race together had a great race with one guy the whole way, he got it, i got p2… so that was Monday and Tuesday
- Wednesday night started P1 pole position, led every lap, pulled up a 7 to 9 second gap on everybody else, and won the race, winner, winner, chicken dinner, number 173, our first win at the ring in the motion system
BMW M2 cup at summit Point Raceway
- Ellis – P9 just running laps motion testing
Formula 1600.
- Mike – P1 Okayama. Start at second, took the lead with a great move, and then pulled away from the field with an 11 second gap. Winner, winner, chicken dinner
Draft master
- Mike – P17 NextGen cars qualified 15th out of 26. It wasn’t long before I got involved in the big one. got a fast repair, went back out, finish P17
- Then qualified fourth out of a 21. Got the P2. they lined up. I pushed till the end. Last lap. I back off on the leader on the backstretch and make a gap and then pull up and just drive around him on the outside. Fourth pulls up behind me, pushes me onto the wind. winner, winner, chicken dinner. First win on motion!
- COT Gen 5, qualified P6 out of 22. Wrecked out on my own, going into a corner, it just went around, totally lost it by myself, spun out. Checked the replay carefully. I hadn’t turned the wheel. I hadn’t changed the throttle or touched the brake. None of my inputs changed, but the car goes instantly spun out. I don’t understand what happened.
- John – P11. Started P10. I knew I needed to lag back since I had not driven the COT in a very long time and they drive like a wild horse. I figured there would be enough wreckage to get some spots back. Dropped back to 19th and the wrecks started. I avoided all of them and managed to finish with zero X.
League / Hosted Races
Grass Roots Racing
GTP/GT3 League – Suzuka Endurance Race
- Brad W – P wrecked out
Elbows Out Racing League (GTP, LMP2, GT3 Wednesday Nights) – Suzuka
- Brad – P5 Oh what could have been. This is one of my better tracks and I had the chance at p2 after the mandatory four pitstop. I was quicker than p2 and was really pushing hard and dropped a wheel off coming out of the esses. This dropped me back to p5. Really tight racing in the GTD class. Frustrated at times with other drivers but was smiling more than frowning.
Hosted-
- Ellis – P hosted by Sean Barry, 87th at Talladega, turn the motion up to a 6 inch throw and under pace laps, the rig literally tilts to the left 33°. Feels like it was gonna turn over. Ended up finishing P2
- Then Lotus 79’s at Homestead, oval couldn’t figure out the pit stop and finished like P15
- Then at Talladega, humans in the Gen five AI and the SRF and street stock, it was like moving chicane, lots of great fun. This one was P6
- Then street stock at Bathurst wrecked out
- Pick up cup at Charlotte., basically testing motion
- Sean Barry hosted Lotus 79s at Homestead. wrecked during the pit stop..
- Then 79s at lime rock
Final Thoughts
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- Hottest Common Denominator
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On today’s show: more wheels from MOZA, I thought rain was fixed?, I thought passing under yellow was a penalty?, has Simucube killed their own product?, why do we iRace?, Sim Lab’s announces the end of an era, Heusinkveld is asking for Brad’s money and finally multiclass starts…well sort of.
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