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Episode 0482

4/24/2025 – 41 Cents A Day – Episode 0482

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we discuss the cost to purchase all of iRacing’s content, see how long some third party overlays will be broken, do you understand safety rating better than ChatGPT, what future changes are coming to Stream Decks, is mixed reality better than triples and it’s almost May so Indy is right around the corner.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

Finding The Next Motorsports Star

Broken Overlays

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78170/overlays-not-receiving-data-since-latest-update

A First?

https://x.com/MrF4Speed/status/1913330551496339796

Zalenski Grabs The Win At Dega

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1914856093651554499

https://www.iracing.com/bobby-zalenski-holds-off-the-field-for-second-career-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-victory-at-talladega/

Free Webinar

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G5o8B6WJ9/

https://event.webinarjam.com/register/188/pq1gvhqg?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2WNxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzSnQ5MTR2ck1jQXJubG9vAR7llhHKf7hmgdhP5u-Moe-KDCqmXDeGqBkC319MWHmiX36IGg0N9RQXyW6Vug_aem_zrv1T_yUNlHCsDOB3vkoVw

Is This Too Much?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78316/it-costs-more-than-2k-usd-to-own-all-iracing-content#latest

Too Much Drama

Has ChatGPT Over Thought Safety Rating?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78312/does-chatgpt-know-its-stuff-about-sr-and-cpi-you-decide

Porsche Experience Centre Toronto

More “Damaged” Physics

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/669488#Comment_669488

Robbed?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78138/robbed-by-iracing

Prodigy V2R

109th Indy 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78482/iracing-presents-the-2025-indianapolis-500

Road America 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77957/2025-road-america-500

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-22-28-2025/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Stream Deck Modules

One Of A Kind

Vendor/Listener Feedback

Hello,

I just listened to your lastest episode, 0480, and was glad to hear that you made room for our Sim Straps in your hardware segment.  I really appreciate the plug.  

Though there seemed to be a mix up with the 2 different products that we offer.

Our main product, the Sim Straps, are specifically designed for 80-20 extruded aluminum rigs.  They utilize the t-slot channel to attach to the rig with a simple twist and no adhesive strip.  They essentially have a T-nut built into the design.

The Workspace Straps utilize the adhesive strip, to be attached to your desk or anywhere you might need it. 

I would like to send some Sim Straps out to you guys for your rigs, simply as a thank you for the plug.  I’ve been a listener of the podcast for a few years now and planned to eventually get some out your way at some point anyways. 

Do you have an address where we can send the package to?  

Thank you,

Jimmy Hoffer

Optimal Sim Solutions

Is Real Good Enough For Sim Racing?

Customizable Storage Bin

Pierre Gasly Steering Wheel

Pedal Buyers Guide

Haptics Build

Brad Wrenn: Update on the haptics project. I have a link below to the build sheet and photos of the completed project.

When I started this I wanted it to be virtually invisible when you look at the rig. Therefore everything is mounted on the inside of the chassis. You will notice in the pics that I’m very OCD when it come to how the rig looks and I really like clean cables and thing to be neat and tight.

All in this was a little over $400 USD and the immersion factor has really gone up. I have the settings pretty dialed in on the road side but I’m still tweaking the oval setup. I can say for certain that when it comes to haptics, less is more. There are so many things to add in Simhub but when you over do it, it really gives you not usable feedback.

I’m not sure how many of you have haptics but if you don’t, I would put them on the wish list. The next phase will be to add them to my pedals but that will wait a little. The wife was nice enough to let me splurge on these. Enjoy the photos and feel free to ask any questions.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1brFgwYcbzJd3j2ksK81uTnjEnZPL6uzq

Watch This Before You Buy

Triples vs Mixed Reality

@driver_808

Triple Screens vs Mixed Reality – Which Feels More Real? It’s not even close! – I compare my new mixed reality setup with my 32” triples setup. Keep in mind, mixed reality is in 3d, it actually looks like you and your gear are in the cockpit 🤯. #simracing #mixedreality #simulator #mr #vr #iracing #f1

♬ original sound – driver808

Is This The DD Dark Horse?

Screenway System By Qubic System

https://qubicsystem.com/2025/04/screenway-system-explained/

Why More Than 12 NM Is Needed

Do I Need My Tin Foil Hat Again?

Porsche 911 RSR Wheel By Grid

Adobe 2D To 3D

@asmongold.daily

This Is Insane #asmongold #fyp #twitch #livestream #foryoupagee #ai

♬ original sound – Asmongold – Asmongold

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Talladega

  • Mike- P17 got to the lead around lap55 and then ended up hitting under green coming into the end and then a caution came out after  pitting. Final restart was 14 got to 10 but on the final lap, I got shuffled to 17 in a wreck.
  • David – P dnf, severe penalty after being stuck on the outside when time to pit came
  • Tony – P7 accidentally Missed the start while looking for some Kayne West news about his cousin for Tyler Williamson. Unlike said whacked ass clown i did not suck. Eventually made my way from the back to front where i was playing fuel strategy. With like 25 laps to go with the last caution i was lap ½ short. But made it to about 5 to go where i realized couldn’t save the remaining. 3 of a lap and had to pit with 7 to go. You always 2nd guess your self on what you should’ve done. Which i should’ve went in and topped off with 1 lap to green and probably would’ve had a top 3
  • Chris – P 23. Had a great run going. Pushed Justin to the lead with 2 to go. We got disconnected and I spun in pit lane for 50 feet and a black flag. Finished 9th but the penalty made me 23rd. 
  • Brad- P28 Did not have a great start but managed to work my way up due to pit strategy. Right after the first round of green flag stops, just as the leaders were catching our group, my connection started going. Ended up getting dropped and once I got back in I was 3 laps down. This will be a theme this week.

Thursday Open- NiS – Talladega

  • Mike- P right in the middle of the race just after halfway we got the plug pulled on us. The entire service went down. 
  • David – P same 

Official Series

FIA F4 Americas 

  • Mike – P6 ran fixed Long Beach. Qualified 15th there was a big pile up in the fountain. I waited for them to clear. And drove through and finished P6.

A Open

  • Brad W – P18 Started mid-pack with Mike. We really struggled to make any forward progress. But as the race was finishing up, I managed to lead the outside line up to the front. Coming to the line I was in p4 only to get turned from my pusher to finish p18 backwards taking the checkers. I have this type of racing!
  • Mike. P was just racing along and the power turned off on my computer suddenly, no idea why.

IMSA

  • Hall – P2, p4, p4 at the Glen
  • Brad W – P24 (GT3 @ Watkins) Started p4 and was running with the leaders until killing the left side coming on to the front stretch. Car lost some speed and I had fallen back to p7. Made pitstop and actually got the damage fixed. Came out in p2 and was pulling away from p3. With about 10 minutes to go, I get dropped from the server. Why does it never happen when I’m running p20?
  • William W- P13 Imola – Absolutely love this track. Haven’t raced it since porsche cup. I am not made for top split yet. Range of 7000-2500. Messed up qualifying and started near the rear, held my own pretty well but was 1 sec slower than top guys.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P20 – Money shifted. Slight contact with weaver, jolted wheel much more than it should have, and bumped the shifter a second time. 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P5. 50 cars on the grid!! Chaos on lap 1. When back and counted and got hit 5 separate times. Sloppier race than normal, but I’ve been told that Imola is naturally like this. Had a lot of pace, but tough getting back front after losing time dodging incidents. After pitting every time I got within a second of 4th a GTP would separate us in a slow corner and gap would go back to 2.5s. Overall happy with the result considering everything. 

Hosted- 

  • Ellis –FF 1600 rookie series at Virginia international raceway North course. Started P6 finished P4.
    • Qualify my best lap ever qualified P6 finish P4
    • I switch to rookie legends at South Boston and winner winner, chicken dinner by 106 career win 
    • Then switch cars to mini stock rookie at South Boston was running second and got taken out by a lap car to finish P9
    • Try again, started third ended up finishing P3
    • Then the pro to light truck at wild West motorsports Park finished P6
    • Then switch to the dirt mini stock at Lanier qualified 11th out of 13. Finish 10th.
    • Then we switched to the micro nonprint car rookie at Lima land finish ninth
    • we switch to the micro wing Sprint car at limaland . P9
    • Volkswagen beetle light. At Phoenix P2.

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

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  1. .41 Cents A day

Description

On today’s show, we discuss the cost to purchase all of iRacing’s content, see how long some third party overlays will be broken, do you understand safety rating better than ChatGPT, what future changes are coming to Stream Decks, is mixed reality better than triples and it’s almost May so Indy is right around the corner.

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – https://x.com/mikedeanellis

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

Links:

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Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

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Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0481

4/17/2025 – Another Dead Horse – Episode 0481

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, Motorsports Games gets another cash infusion, find out who was crowned Porsche Cup Champion, more sim to reality news, take a detail look at how the many direct drive bases compare on price, does Next Level Racing have a winner with their new sim rig and is iRacing in a good spot or is it in trouble?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

Getting Seat Time

https://x.com/AlanCavanna/status/1911065119972261941

I Know That We Take It Serious

https://x.com/DirtyMoMedia/status/1911071819366379663

The NOT Top 10

Exploitable Damage

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77925/gen-iii-and-exploitable-damage-model#latest

100 for Robby!

https://challenge.duncanwatts.com/AllTime

It’s All In His Hands

Not As Easy As It Looks

https://x.com/MLB/status/1910757298383007853

Do You Agree?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77851/why-i-think-the-lotus-79-is-the-best-car-with-the-best-racing-in-iracing

Will They Survive?

Should iRacing Be Worried?

Jeff Wubker 
to iracerslounge

I think iRacing better start looking at their sim competitors advancements. 

Thanks,
Jeff

https://x.com/TraxionGG/status/1912521482246238538

Not Surprised

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78109/iracing-where-wreckers-thrive-and-words-get-you-banned

Is iRacing Lost For Good?

The Champion!

https://www.iracing.com/cooper-webster-clinches-2025-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-title-at-le-mans

2025 Season 2 Patch 4 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78141/2025-season-2-patch-4-release-notes-2024-04-14-02#latest

Salas Gets First Xfinity Start

https://x.com/vicente_salas14/status/1911776948876980693

Two Top Tens For Lowe

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

Road America 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77957/2025-road-america-500

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-15-21-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Asetek Warns Of Upcoming Price Increases

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DX4aEkNAx/

Direct Drive Bases, By The Numbers

Big shoutout to listener Chad McNeese and his work on creating this chart.

Full Motion

Twenty One Performance 21-R-P2X

https://www.twentyoneperformance.com/products/21r-p2x

Smells Like Victory

https://eobathnbody.com/collections/man-cave-candle-tins/products/racing-fuel-man-cave-soy-wax-candle-racing-fuel-soy-candle-hi-octane-scent-loved-by-race-fans-8-oz-hand-poured-zero-waste-reusable-tin-man-cave-design-hemp-or-cotton-wick-free-gift-box

F-GT Pro Evolution

MOZA NexGen FFB

Simagic Evo Release

VRS DFP R295 Wheel

Magshift Mini Review

One For The F1 Fans

Pokornyi’s Sim Racing Safety Net

DIY Invisibility Shield

High End Wheel Killer

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Bristol

  • Brad- P wrecked. Got caught up in trying to avoid a spinner and crushed the inside wall ending my race.

Sunday Open- NiS – Bristol

  • Tony – P4 stayed top 5 car most of the race till there was a wreck and was slowly passing it when I got t-boned on the top. but cautions kept me in top 5 still and even got to lead some laps on the final restart. But got screwed in pits when i got tires and only had 1 set left with 70 to go. :/ hindsight should’ve taken them on the final restart with 50 to go. Probably would’ve stayed competitive.

Official Series

A Open

  • Brad W – P7 (Las Vegas) Started p3 and ran up front until getting lulled into racing way too hard to the end. Cooked the tires and fell back to p7.
  • John K. – P10  Had a great run going on lap 50. Car to the outside of me decided to pit from the outside lane and I rear ended him. Gave me 37 seconds of optional but never had time to fix it since there was only one caution. The front end damage slowed me down the rest of the race, but I’ll take the top 10.

IMSA

  • Hall – P4 Imola – liking the new tire model

Indycar iRacing Series

  • Tom D – P5 (First race Saturday). Started 16th, was able to work my way to a top 5.  Long Beach can be fun

League / Hosted Races

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  Daytona P6 – Running 3rd on the first lap in turn 4 when car in about 10th forgets to brake. Missed all but me and 4th. T-Boned causing wheel damage and dropping me to about p17 and causing a giant pileup behind us. Frustrating as this is a good track for me especially with Long Beach next week.
    • Long Beach – P9. Can’t stand this track. I’m slow here and feel like the McLaren is too. Running 4th and made a mistake coming out of T8. Spun in front of a GTP. Luckily no damage but lost a lot of time. 

MX5 League

  • Wiliam W- Daytona: P6 – Was open quali by mistake and I just did not get a draft in quali so started P18ish. Was able to keep it clean and drive through the field, but just couldn’t get any drafting help to catch the lead pack. 
  • Long Beach: P14. Was having a good time running with someone from the GT league in around 10th when my internet had a hiccup. Blinked out in front of someone, came back in his car, and perry the platypus died a spectacular death.

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – p Ray formula 1600 @VIR. P6
    • Next race wrecked out turn one lap one I was a bit aggressive and Guy did not give me any room
    • Next race finished P6 after starting dead last in 10
    • Got wrecked out and turned to this time fell the dead last made my way back up to finish P6
    • Started at six got the second on lap one and ended up finishing third
    • Qualified my best time ever in this race only qualified ninth out of 11. Got the fifth by lap one but fell to finish P6.

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

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  1. Another Dead Horse

Description

On today’s show, Motorsports Games gets another cash infusion, find out who was crowned Porsche Cup Champion, more sim to reality news, take a detail look at how the many direct drive bases compare on price, does Next Level Racing have a winner with their new sim rig and is iRacing in a good spot or is it in trouble?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – https://x.com/mikedeanellis

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0480

4/10/2025 – Goodbye Clubs…Hello Flags – Episode 0480

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we will discuss a surprise removal of a long lasting feature in iRacing, should you learn how to be a dirty racer, is Intel having more issues, watch a pro driver review your sim rigs, find out what is wrong with the new ARCA car, does iRacing need more racing disciplines and which F1 driver used the iRacing line at Suzuka?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

A Lap With Rossi

https://x.com/IndyCar/status/1909607159869907103

“Looking For More Front Grip!”

https://x.com/aaronsmithrcn/status/1908199680963432648

Garage 2 Grid Sim racing Center

https://g2gsimracing.com

Keep It In The Fence!

https://x.com/TGarey26/status/1907645445771334050

How Do We Not Have This?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77611/spotter-needs-to-audibly-tell-you-not-to-exit-a-close-pit-instead-of-having-to-read-a-message

Do We Really Need More Racing Disciplines?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77630/could-iracing-expand-even-more

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77724/iracing-go-kart

Disbanding Of Clubs And Raising Of Flags

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77912/disbanding-of-clubs-and-raising-of-flags

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77916/flag-system-and-potential-issues#latest

Broken Graphics

https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1346250059973869/

iRacing Line At Suzuka

Bearman says “iRacing line” helped him to surprise Q3 appearance at Suzuka

https://www.racefans.net/2025/04/05/bearman-says-iracing-line-helped-him-to-surprise-q3-appearance-at-suzuka/

https://x.com/racefansdotnet/status/1908471922221826322?s=46&t=LEZuDMZrAD0O9e17hVtQrQ

A Sim Racer Dialed In Max’s Setup?

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0mGJmKz5WrgF1kttp25hqbiDqBGbztKvAa8iJFozejEhgqavxTzrX6GdJbKR3hZD8l&id=61564670494835

Best Nickname?

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1909636855642943656

Is It The Car Or The Setups?

Well, That Explains The Lack Of Grip

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77716/mercedes-gt4-rain-tires-are-installed-backwards

Netcode = 1: Driver = 0

@signatureesports

THE WORST NETCODE POSSIBLE DARLINGTON | GOAT RACING DIECAST XFINITY SERIES | #signatureesports on #Twitch

♬ original sound – Signature eSports

Riding Dirty

Webster Maintains Points Lead

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1908603767756317163

https://www.iracing.com/cooper-webster-maintains-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-points-lead-after-wet-fuji-sprint-victory

Minter Grabs First Win Of The Year

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-minter-dominates-in-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-rockingham-return/

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-8-14-2025/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

VRS Direct Force Pro 15

Accuforce Xtreme

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1064512849037297&id=100064357765292&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=vxLGH2etQrd5FqVq#

https://www.simxperience.com/shop/accuforce-xtreme-wheel-base-28nm-1785

Check Those Drivers

https://www.facebook.com/groups/608473926761307/permalink/1763251971283491

More Intel CPU Issues

Pro Driver Rates Your Rig

Best Sim Racing Deal Ever?

Thrustmaster T589 Servo Base

https://eshop.thrustmaster.com/en_us/t598-us-servo-base-playstation-pc.html

Cable Management Option

https://www.optimalsim.com/shop

Velocitas Imperium VI-LMDH

https://velocitasimperium.com/products/vi-lmdh

A Change Of Color For TK

Grandfathered In?

https://x.com/_boostedmedia/status/1909581632413343797

Conspit Max 01

Still The G.O.A.T?

Why Braking In Sim Racing Is Unrealistic

Sabelt P Series

https://sabeltsimracing.com/pseries-landing

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- P dnf – kept getting involved in other people‘s wrecks seven minutes damage eventually completely wiped out too much damage were done
  • Chris- P dnf. 
  • Justin – P WINNER!
  • Tony -P didn’t Even make it 3 laps. Lap 3 guy sent it in the corner and under me in 4 and put me in the wall killing my right front. Thought last 2 years my racing in a slump nope 2025 is looking to become worse. Ive lost just about 400 putting me in the 1600s. Something stop my bleeding 
  • Brad- P28 A disaster of a race. Was wrecked three times and not once was I at fault. I was running in the top 10is to start but when trying to make a pass into T3, guy behind decided to throw it three wide. That was just the start. Towards the end I had a chance for a decent finish until I was literally driven through in T1 and T2. DNF
  • John – P6. Had an unusual event here. I was in P6 and got a lucky dog. That’s the highest position I’ve ever seen one. Bad news is that on the restart I got a black flag for passing under yellow. What happened was spotter was saying let the #8 car by, but he was nowhere around me. Iracing has got to fix this. The only way I could have avoided this was to stop at the start finish line as the green flag flew. Frustrating, but I had a great run and was happy with a P6.

Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington

  • Tony – P9 this tramp got me in a different way this year. Fast car on a long run was a top 5 car all race til towards the end on a restart a guy didnt like me passing him on the bottom out of T4 and just left doors me. Fixed damage and got out of the pits same time as it closed. Some how put me a lap down and starting behind the leader. I just stayed on the apron on the restart so wouldnt BF anyone… Few laps later got the lucky dog and was making my way around pits were open til they weren’tjust as i crossed the line and black flagged me the the hell ya db whore. couldnt serveit til the last GWC. 
  • Chris – P9. After two rare DNFs from the Waldron’s Furniture team, it was time to regroup and refocus. With iRacers Lounge teammate Justin Pearson, the Friday night NiS winner, getting on the pit box to coach our Sim Wraps Dale Earnhardt throwback. The first half of the race we fine-tuned the car with Premier Set-Up Shops adjustments. In the second half, we started making moves. A late-race caution with 10 laps to go found us in P19. We took two tires, lined up P14, and pushed our way to a hard-earned P9 finish at the checkered flag!

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- P7- finally after a horrible week I get a decent finish and pull off the top 10 basically stayed out of trouble this time and avoided and kept the nose clean

Wednesday Open -NiS – Bristol

  • Mike- P dnf –got involved in too early cautions with no damage really and then I had a guy beaten on my back door four times and four laps and eventually I ran into the wall and then he took me out from there and drove through me too much damage we’re done. He started cussing after that so we turned in a replay to get that guy parked.
  • David – P8  Low line was really good on long runs, but we finished with a 15 lap shootout.  Took 2 tires and stayed high to defend.  Thought I was in trouble early as two spins right in front me for 8x in the first 10 minutes.  
  • Brad- P6 Ran at the front the whole race. Was enjoyable when we would get a longer run and to watch the guys that cooked their tires come back to me. The Premier Racing Setups this week are good on the long run. Had a chance to grab the lead with about 30 to go but clipped the wall attempting to pass. Crew said I had no damage but the car was never the same after. A late restart and only grabbing two tires would prove to be the wrong call.

Thursday Open- NiS – Bristol

  • Mike- P 20. Had a good run early on stayed out of trouble and worked my way from the back up to the front but eventually got destroyed in two different cautions with seven minute damage I couldn’t steer at all went many laps down and just rode it from there to finish P 20.
  • David – P6, is  the damage model bugged?
  • Brad – P5 Ran up front all race and was able to grab a top 5. The cooler weather has made tire management much easier than the A Open. We had one nice long run and everyone was starting to come back to me about the time the yellow came out. I never run the afternoon races so there were many names that I did not know.

Official Series


A Open

  • Brad W – P2 (Bristol) What could have been…Typical Bristol race, some yellows and a long run. I drove out to a 4 second lead only to have a yellow come out with 25 to go. Eventual winner took two tires and I took four. I was faster but it was hard to pass as he was ripping the high line. I probably could have forced the issue but didn’t want to win that way. Premier Sets are a rocket this week!

C Open

  • John K – P wrecked every time. Ran about 6 of these. Typical Talladega. Still fun though. 

IMSA

  • Brad W – P12 (GTD-Fuji) Top split so I did not expect to have a great finish. It would have been better but self spun from 10th place. I like this track but I struggle so badly in the last sector. Just can’t figure that section out.

Indycar iRacing Series

  • Tom D – P2 on Wednesday night @ Long Beach.  Qualified 15th.  Was not my fastest on the primary tires.  Once I switched over I was able to move forward.  I’ll take a top 5 and look forward to Saturday with 2 more chances

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – pro trucks at South Boston
    • GEN four at Michigan with full horsepower
    • Old Indy car at Talladega. Started 52nd out of 60. Finish P5.
    • Supercars at Michigan led some laps was leading on the white but got dumped on the back stretch by  2nd place. P6
    • 87 at Talladega towards the final laps I got to the front top 3 to 5 one guy got out to the lead and he started getting cocky on the radio saying oh now I’m in control of the race and so when I got up behind him, I gave him a little bump draft did reckon he got a little out of shape, but he kept his position. He stayed in front of meno big deal. Well, it was a big deal for him because he went after me and tried to wreck me he got up behind me, made a violent attempt at wrecking me, and actually missed and wrecked himself and several others. I called him out for it ended up finishing P3.
    • Did an AI race with adaptive AI at Bristol on the highest setting started 20th out of 40 and got to the lead around lab 17. It was too easy eventually they all piled up in a parking lot on lap 35 and I stopped in there. I had lapped the field up to ninth place.
    • BMW at Winton qualified third out of 10. Finish P3.

Final Thoughts

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  1. Goodbye Clubs…Hello Flags

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On today’s show, we will discuss a surprise removal of a long lasting feature in iRacing, should you learn how to be a dirty racer, is Intel having more issues, watch a pro driver review your sim rigs, find out what is wrong with the new ARCA car, does iRacing need more racing disciplines and which F1 driver used the iRacing line at Suzuka?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Episode 0479

4/3/2025 – The Mechanical Goat – Episode 0479

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, did you fall for any April Fools pranks, see if more racing sessions per hour is helping the series, we have more Sim Gaming Expo announcements, find out what a seasoned product reviewer has learned, more reviews of MOZA Active Pedals and shifter, new product from Cube Controls and VRS and is sim racing just gaming or is it more?

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Topics

Did They Fool You?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77419/2025-nascar-iracing-series-race-8-36-legends-600-iracing-superspeedway

Dynamic Debris

More Races Per Hour, Not Successful?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77263/15-minutes-between-the-formula-vee-races-ruines-the-fun-and-gameplay#latest

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69307/racing-every-hour-rather-than-1-2-hour-was-better-imo#latest

He Said I Was “Number One”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77172/hear-me-out-guys-an-in-race-one-finger-salute

Sim Racing Is Not Gaming

https://x.com/GregorSch5/status/1905926953758015566

If You Like Stats…

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2025/03/25/cup-series-2025-introducing-nascar-insights-performance-metrics

Look Who Testing At Long Beach

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimRacingPublic/permalink/3142836105854120/

2025 Season 3 Schedule Submission Time 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77481/2025-season-3-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77485/2025-season-3-schedule/p1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77508/2025-season-3-schedule/p1

2025 Season 2 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77574/2025-season-2-patch-3-release-notes-2024-04-02-02#latest

Max’s Sim Racing Program

@oc_racing

Verstappen’s Upcoming Sim Racing Program! 🤯

♬ original sound – OCRACING

McKeown And Webster Split Wins At Thruxton

https://www.iracing.com/luke-mckeown-cooper-webster-split-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-wins-at-thruxton/

Sim Gaming Expo

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More Sim Gaming Expo Announcements

STEM Invitational Time Attack Open

https://www.iracing.com/racing-with-rajah-stem-invitational-time-attack-open-now

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-1-7-2025/

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Hardware/Software

High Speed Hygiene

Sim Rig Break Down

@grandpoobear

How do you crash a SIM rig IRL #iracing #racing #simrig #twitch #fyp #streamer

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Portable Steering Wheel 

Big Screen Beyond 2 VR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76736/bigscreen-beyond-2/p1

Random Callsign On What He Has Learned

00:38 most stuff is good 02:53 value is king 04:10 screw FOMO 05:40 watch multiple review

DIY FFB Wheel

Cammus C12 Released

MOZA mBooster Pedal Review

Simruito Button Box One

MOZA Active Shifter

Simucube Tuner 2.5 Software

Reboot Your GPU

Listener Suggestion

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DGX Station, An AI Powerhouse

Conspit Gets A US Distributor

F-Core EVO

https://www.cubecontrols.com/product-category/steering-wheels/f-core-evo/

When You Go…All In

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476277217678724/permalink/1044733354166438/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- P13-running basically 5th to 10th but kept getting incidents and I was at 16 X and got a drive-through penalty near the end
  • tony -P wrecked out… bleep these bleeping dumbass bleeping bleeps that cant drive this bleeping bleep track you bleeping bleep holes go bleepy bleeping bleep yourselves. 
  • Brad- P4 after starting p3. Really felt like I let a second win slip away. Ran up front the entire race. Too many yellows as usual but that is the pattern. In the late stages of the race I was bouncing back from p2 and p3. I was getting very aggressive on the restarts from p2 because of the outside disadvantage. I got too aggressive on one and spun the tires and caused a huge wreck on the front stretch. Teammate Mike Ellis was collected as well. Wanted the win so badly that I screwed up.

Saturday Fixed- NiS – Martinsville

  • Tom D – P4 – Pretty much my basic Martinsville.  Started 21st, a very bad qualifying.  Worked my way back and forth to the front.  Tried to stay my way out of danger.  I’ll take a top 5

Sunday Open- NiS – Martinsville

  • David – P software crashed, i logged back in, 4 laps down, but after two quick cautions caused 8x by people running the very back of the field and just not knowing how to fucking drive a car, I just left.  Nothing short of trashing the “fast track” system or putting real consequences behind repeated dirty driving will fix this.  As it stands now a rookie never has to touch a short track before fast tracking up.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- Pdnf- I was the first caution I got loose off of turn two went down to the inside, kept it off the wall spot it out and to a complete stop just off the racing grid and had it lockdown and stopped for a full more than a second six cars go by me, but the seventh car does it and decides to T-bone me. He couldn’t see me apparently while the other six cars did about 10 minutes damage.
  • David – P 3, fighting for 2nd at end.  Might have had something for the leader but a car took us three wide into turn 1 when i properly setup the pass.  Of course this guys lack of race craft was reflected in a poor finish afterwards.
  • Justin – P gearshift came unplugged DNF
  • Chris – P wrecked out
  • Brad- P14 Really frustrated with this result. The race was not as clean as the A Opens had been (not surprised). I kept the car in the top 10 most of the race and kept it clean. We had a restart with about 30 to go and the wrecking started off of T2. The yellow did not come out until everyone ahead of me wadded it up in T3. I was on the high side and could not get slowed enough to avoid. Should have pitted for repairs but was too scared to see how much damage I really had. Limped it home in 14th but the result should have been better. Great long run setup from Premier Racing Setups but never got the chance to let it shine. (11 cautions at this track is stupid!)

Thursday Open- NiS – Darlington

  • Mike- P22 – got wrecked once for eight minutes damage continued on but was pretty slow kinda lucky dog at one point finished P 22
  • Bobby – P wrecked out

Official Series

Super Formula Lights

  • William P3- Tried this out since GRR might be doing a fun league featuring these cars. In fairness I haven’t done formula since the license split and my rating is about 1250 lower than my road. Seems like ¾ of the grid went off track in the first lap. Cars are pretty fun, but might prefer F4.

A Open

  • Brad W – P6 The weather was much hotter fr the A Open race. I went with a setup that ended up being too free and I struggled. Made the changes and it was better. Only one yellow and that was at lap 80. It Felt so good to have green flag stops at Martinsville. 

GT Sprint Simucube Series

  • Brad – P12 (Watkins Glen) Does not matter what car or series, I just struggle at this track. Fast sweeping corners is just somewhere I seem to struggle. This series is so challenging and can be rewarding but this was not one of those races. I had ok speed but just not enough to make much progress forward.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  Week 13 Fun Run / Off Week Monza combined. It went about as well as you thought it would. Week 1 of league season 4 starts next week. Daytona!

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – indyCar at Pocono finish P9
    • Supercars at Michigan, P 19
    • BMW M2 @Summit point hosted started 14th finish P5
    • BMW lime rock official qualified seventh out of 11. Finished P4.

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

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  1. The Mechanical Goat

Description

On today’s show, did you fall for any April Fools pranks, see if more racing sessions per hour helping the series, we have more Sim Gaming Expo announcements, find out what a seasoned product reviewer has learned, more reviews of MOZA Active Pedals and shifter, new product from Cube Controls and VRS and is sim racing just gaming or is it more?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

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Episode 0478

3/27/2025 – Trading Wraps – Episode 0478

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we will dig into many recent iRacing forum discussions, get you up to speed on the second 2025 Season 2 patch, see how your Sebring 12 Hours went, cover a ton of hardware topics, find out what a F1 driver thinks of simulators and how young was Yung Money when he started sim racing?

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Topics

It’s Getting Very Real Now

Very Yung Money

https://x.com/nascarman_rr/status/1902678717047910466

Lando Norris On The Necessity Of Simulators

@outdrivegp

“If you want to reach the top level of motorsport, this is the thing to get.” Think talent alone will get you there? It’s not enough. Lando Norris has been using simulators since he was six years old—not just for fun, but to train, sharpen his skills, and stay ahead when he wasn’t in a real car. And it’s paying off. One of the favorites for the 2025 season
Winner of the rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix last weekend “It’s not just about an investment on the track—it’s about the investment away from it.” Simulators are shaping the next generation of drivers. OutDrive GP is building the league where they prove themselves. The shift is already happening—who’s ready to take the next step? DM us if you want to be part of the future of motorsport. #F1 #SimRacing #LandoNorris #Motorsport #OutDriveGP #RacingInnovation @Lando Norris

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COVID Flashback

https://x.com/nascarman_rr/status/1903431543692906579

Regional Series…Ridiculous

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76940/the-regional-f4-series-are-ridiculous#latest

2025 Season 3 Build Rumors

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76818/2025-season-3-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors

No Paint On The Track

https://x.com/tradingpaints/status/1904241868516503609

Why Is This Not Implemented?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77028/network-quality-rule

2025 Sebring 12 Hours…How Did Yours Go?

Race Lengths?

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1904408828978012298

Why Is Gargamel So Angry?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77073/deep-dive-into-the-severity-of-smurfing-special-events

Please Fix The Body Panels

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/660289#Comment_660289

2025 Season 2 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77145/2025-season-2-patch-2-release-notes-2024-03-25-02

Incident Messages Are Part Of Chat?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77160/why-are-incident-messages-part-of-the-chat-function

No Decals For You!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/660781#Comment_660781

Wilson Grabs Third Win Of The Year

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-earns-third-win-of-2025-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-season-at-richmond/

Virtual 2 Reality

Virtual2Reality.tv

🏁 A SIM RACING OPPORTUNITY LIKE NO OTHER 🏁

@virtual2reality.tv , @oasissimracing Sim Racing, and @racingprodigy have teamed up to deliver a game-changing competition for sim racers across North America.

This is more than just another tournament—this is your shot at going pro. Racing Prodigy is offering a Golden Ticket, giving the winner a chance to step out of the sim and into a real-world race car.

🔗 Learn more about the Prodigy Pass: https://racingprodigy.com/prodigy-pass/

📍 Get Your Local Sim Center Involved!

We are launching with 14 sim centers, but we’re actively expanding during the official qualifying period. If your local sim center isn’t listed, now is the time to get them involved! Let them know about this opportunity and encourage them to join the competition.

Drop your location in the comments, and we’ll help you find the nearest participating center—or guide your local facility on how to get onboard. Don’t miss your shot at racing for a real-world seat!

🗓️ KEY DATES

🏎️ Qualifying: 03.21.25 – 05.04.25

🏁 Main Event: 05.18.25

👑 Winner gets seat time in a real race car this summer!

THE DETAILS:

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Don’t miss your chance to turn your sim racing skills into a real-world motorsports career. Contact your local sim center and get on the leaderboard. This is your shot—take it.

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Sim Gaming Expo

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This Week In iRacing

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Enzo Bonito: Team Redline

Next Level ERS4 vs ERS5

Asetek: Next Generation Review

SimRuito Pedals Reviewed

Heusinkveld Race Center Sprints

Trak Racer Peripherals, First Look

You May Need To Revisit This

Asetek iRacing Wheelbase Settings

https://www.asetek.com/simsports/guides/iracing-wheelbase-settings

Marvin’s Amazing iRacing App

MOZA 360 Hz Soon

Conspit Welcome Tyler Wang

Best iRacing Settings By James Bladwin

Terra Forte Now Available

Razer Sensa Sim Racing

https://www.razer.com/campaigns/razer-sensa-sim-racing

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Homestead

  • Mike- P19- the first run. I wasn’t too bad. I came up through there, but got involved in a wreck not much damage. It was never the same after that once I lost track position. I pretty much ran in the back. I was lucky to get P 19.
  • David – P wrecked late by bone head moves on a restart
  • tony -DNF same ole song and dance, wrong place wrong time early on wrecking in front of me and couldnt avoid it. 
  • Brad- P6 after Starting p7. I had really good long run speed but the race did not fall the way it needed to. Another yellow during green flag stops would throw the long run out the window again. Faded at the end to finish p6. Shout out to Drew Blaze for the clean run to the checkered fighting for 5th.
  • Kyle – P 18 started P9 Just didn’t have the car I needed to be strong. Running in these higher splits is teaching a whole new race craft that I am trying to adjust.

Sunday Open- NiS – Homestead

  • David – P 8 faded bad on a long run from the lead
  • Tony – P7 had a decent clean race the i could run about anywhere and was actually passing cars middle and end of long runs. 
  • Greg -P3 – Lucked into setup coming in at the end
  • Kyle – P19 started p-19 Car felt tight all race. Couldn’t get it to turn. Was able to drive up to 6th for a portion of the race but tires faded and newer tire cars charged up and I had to just ride it out until the next caution. Tried to use strategy and save my last set of tires to the end. 13 to go I take my last set and hope it is enough for a strong finish. Greg and Tyler pitted the caution before and took the track position and I just didn’t have enough laps to work my way back up to them finishing P-19 after 3 Homestead starts this week and finishing on the lead lap in all of them. I must say I am proud of myself.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Homestead

  • Mike- P19-started 23rd worked my way up to run as high as P5 but had a few incidents that put me back and this was not able to move up after that ended up getting wrecked near the end

Wednesday Open -NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- P9- ran as high as P4 until somebody sideswiped me and sent me to the back got involved in an incident where David got taken out, but I was able to continue on and finish P9! 
  • David – P wrecked out late
  • Chris – P 5 We tried a strategy to keep the Sim Wraps Red Waldron’s Furniture Chevrolet up front. I was running 10th when I picked up 8x in incident points, so I dropped to the back to avoid further issues. Took fresh tires at halfway and worked my way back into the top 10. A few check-ups later, I had to serve a pass-through penalty. But luck was on my side when I got the Lucky Dog with 15 laps to go. From there, the Premier Set-up Shops car really came to life, and I powered my way up to 5th, just behind my iRacers Lounge teammate, Justin Pearson. We rubbing doors on the cool down lap as we both celebrated our finish and Brad Wrenn’s win! Big congrats to Brad Wrenn for his win in his split
  • Brad- P1 WINNER!Started p4 and stayed in the top 5-ish the whole night. The cautions were horrible but once out front I was able to control the restarts and led the most laps. First NiS win since 2016. Really have to give a huge shout out to the guys on this team. All of you are great encouragers and that really helps when we have races that don’t go the way we wanted. The setups this week from Premier Racing are on fire. Would have loved for this thing to have had a long run because I really think I had the field covered.

Thursday Open- NiS – Martinsville

  • Mike- P5!- started in the back ran around 5th to 10th. Most of the race was involved in several different incidents with about two minutes damage never got it fixed lost a lap at one point and got a lucky dog, but got to clean towards the end and finished in a nice respectful P5

Official Series

FIA F4 Americas 

  • Kyle – P11 started P12 spun on lap 1 and just spent the race trying to catch up.

A Open

  • Brad W – P12 (Martinsville) Started 6 and stayed in top 6-8 positions till final restart. Never pitted since we had 13 cautions. Green-white-checkerd had me in p3 heading into T3 to take the white only to get driven through from the car in p5! Really stupid race that was completely the fault of a handful of drivers. I can attest, races don’t get any better the higher the iRating.

IMSA

  • Hall – P3 at a Sebring 
  • Brad W – P10 Sebring – finished where I deserved.
  • William W- P5. Tossed away a podium with 2 mistakes. Auto fuel was not on, and spun the car in turn 4.

Sebring 12 Hours

  • William W, Brad W and Jacob J. – P5 Really had a very clean race for iRacing specials. William started the car and did a great job for the first three hours. I jumped in and with about 8 laps to go lost connection to the server. Jacob jumped in and from there one we were fighting to regain lost time due to the disconnect tow. A big shout out to William and Jacob fr having more speed than me which helped to get us back in contention for top 5. Being off cycle actually played to our advantage towards the end but had that not happened, I’m confident we would have podiumed the event.
  • Tom, Kyle, David – wrecked.  We’re running good, then has a severe mishap in sunset.  Started the race behind the whole field cause two GTP’s wrecked before even getting to turn 1.

Indycar iRacing Series

  • Tom D – (Saturday 1st race) – P8 ran up and down all race.  Got contact 3 different times and had to replace my wing 3 times.  Was able to work myself back.

ARCA

  • Kyle – P P10 started P18 save save save that is the strategy for the arca cars at Charlotte.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P2. Fast car but qualified 5th. Start on the outside so lost 5th in turn 1. Spent the rest of the race trying to get forward. Would have been 3rd but P2 had an unfortunate tangle with a lapped car. 

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – BMW M2 at Summit point started dead last drove up to P6
    • Draft masters GEN seven at Talladega got wrecked out right away and finished near the back

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Trading Wraps

Description

On today’s show we will dig into many recent iRacing forum discussions, get you up to speed on the second 2025 Season 2 patch, see how your Sebring 12 Hours went, cover a ton of hardware topics, find out what a F1 driver thinks of simulators and how young was Yung Money when he started sim racing?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – https://x.com/mikedeanellis

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

Links:

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Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

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Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0477

3/20/2025 – Spent Mike’s Money – Episode 0477

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get you caught on the 2025 Season 2 Patch 1, see what iRacing needs to add to dirt racing, what sim racing traps to avoid, show you how to get the perfect position in your sim rig, find out what Mike is spending his money on and did a sim to reality driver just win his first NASCAR Cup race?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

TITLE SPONSOR READ:

https://www.premierracingsetups.com/

Topics

NASCAR Refresh

New Stats Site!

https://irstats.net

2025 Season 2 Patch 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76457/2025-season-2-patch-1-release-notes-2024-03-16-01

What Does Dirt Need?

What are the 5 BIGGEST things iRacing needs to add to make dirt racing undeniable on their platform? With the 2025 Season 2 build dropping and little dirt updates, it’s time to talk about what’s missing and how iRacing can take dirt racing to the next level.

In this video, we’ll cover:

✅ The cushion model and why it needs an overhaul

✅ Why we need updated dirt cars (Longhorn, Rocket, Maxim, etc.)

✅ How better hosted session options could change league racing

✅ The water truck feature that could make track conditions more dynamic

✅ Dirty air, and how adding it would transform racing on the sim.

Dirt racing in iRacing has huge potential, but these five changes would make it unstoppable! If you agree (or disagree), drop a comment with what you’d like to see changed!

2025 F2 Grid SOF 5,000

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1900749759377256752

New Lighting Changes

https://twitter.com/LostSchemes/status/1902495514832073190

https://x.com/DanSuzukiTV/status/1902441751861727279

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHZBvrDyTI9/?igsh=X25RT2IyN2g0

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1902742109850857749

Garret Lowe Racing Update

https://x.com/GarrettLowe_6/status/1902707361975763017

Bussa Has A Point

https://twitter.com/MattBussa/status/1901411691981668647

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1902341900134121499

AI Coaching=Faster?

How Was Your 2025 Season 1?

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1902397901692678320

Contest Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76592/season-02-2025-contests/p1

Mini Stocks At Monza!

NASCAR 25 More Immersion

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHL35w9NUzd/?igsh=QkFLSjVvT241ag%3D%3D

Sim Racing Traps To Avoid

Giving up too easy

Unsafe Rejoins

Neglecting Racecraft

Blaming Others

Sim Racing Magician (racing the delta bar)

Trading Paint 2025 S1, Wrap Up

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

More Sim Gaming Expo Announcements

Sebring 12 Hour

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76078/initial-bop-2025-sebring-12-hour-powered-by-vco

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-18-24-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to make it easier for more listeners to find the podcast. Mention the podcast to your fellow drivers so they don’t miss out, we would appreciate it.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

You can now order fantastic looking merchandise for your favorite iRacing show, The iRacers Lounge Podcast!

Visit iRacerslounge.shop to get yours Today!

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

2025 Simagic Wheel Base Settings

Simsonn Periperals

https://www.simsonn.com/collections/peripherals

Trak Racer Variable VESA Mounts

https://trakracer.com/collections/monitor-stands/products/variable-adjustment-vesa-adapter-kit-for-monitors

Trak Racer TR40S Simulator

https://trakracer.com/products/tr40s-racing-simulator

Cheap Upgrades To Make You Faster

✅ Wheel Extender – Get the perfect driving position 🏁 ✅ Seat Cushion & Heel Raiser – More comfort, better control 🎯 ✅ Pedal Spring Mods – Improve braking consistency 🛑 ✅ Rumble Motors – Feel ABS and traction through your pedals 🔥 ✅ iFlags LED Matrix – Stay aware of flags and on-track action 🟡⚪ ✅ Button Box – Free up space on your wheel for performance settings 🎛️ ✅ Head Tracking with a Webcam – DIY VR-like experience 🎥

The Perfect Sim Seating Set Up

Alpine F1 Extends Trak Racer Partnership

https://media.alpinecars.com/bwt-alpine-formula-one-team-extends-partnership-with-trak-racer/

Precision Sim Engineering DD-R / DD-X

https://www.precisionsimengineering.com/?category=Displays

Reinventing The Wheel?

IndyCar’s Steering Wheel Explained

Incredible Force Feedback

Cleetus Gets A Rig

Base Shaker Mounts

We Finally Get To Spend Mike’s Money

I love this quote.This is basically talking about me, “… Budget pedals will let you sim race totally fine but if you’re an idiot like me and you like fancy simming equipment you like features you like messing around with stuff you like having more information from the SIM you’ve wasted your life SIM racing too much. This sort of stuff is absolutely fantastic. Absolutely Fantastic absolutely amazing ….”

MOZA Force Feedback Shifter

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Las Vegas

  • Mike- P26- start a 24th worked my way up to around fifth was good to go but towards the end of the race so I hit the wall too many times the last run faded hard all the way back
  • Chris- P 6. The Red Waldron’s Furniture iRacers Lounge Chevy Camaro proved its resilience today. Despite battling PC issues that left us starting from 32nd, we refused to back down. The car struggled to find its rhythm early on, but with determination and hard work from the Premier Set-ups crew, we made key adjustments. As a result, we climbed steadily through the field and crossed the finish line in 6th after a thrilling green-white-checkered finish. A huge shoutout to Sim Wraps for getting that striking red vinyl wrap back on the car – it was definitely a factor in helping us secure this strong finish! We also hit a career record 3584iR after this race. 
  • David – P12 was first caution, a car forced a 4 wide, I should have crowded him more, but had no way to know there the was also 2 cars high, it just said 3 wide, instead came up just enough to get right hooked (not intentionally by him or me)  Only 13 seconds of damage, next run was frustrating but I think i just burned my stuff up working way back up.  Late caution with 25 I had worked my way up to 15th, loosened the car up, and was able to run hard for 12th at the end.
  • Justin – P4. The ol Red, White & Blue Iracers Lounge Podcast Chevy Camaro had good top 5 speed. I wore this ol girl out. I got my money’s worth out of her tonight. It was a dog fight out there. I had a problem passing guys just couldn’t complete passes as soon as they got on your right rear they would drag you back. The last 10 laps i took right front damage. Very lucky to come out p4. All in all a good night of racing with the boys
  • tony -P22 had a fast car again but dumbass mistake of over cooking my pit entry on a green flag stop and having a caution fly while on pit road just couldnt make my lap back up
  • Brad- P14 after starting p20. Had a really good long run car but the race did not play out that way. Made a few adjustments for the long run but a late yellow and a short run that I did not make the correct adjustments cost me a top 5. Great sets all week from Premiere Racing Setups but the driver messed this one up.

Saturday Fixed- NiS – Las Vegas

  • Tom D – P5 – Ran up front most the race with pit stops.  Got front end damage and just beast able to get to the top spot.  Happy to run upfront.

Sunday Open- NiS – Las Vegas

  • David – P14, not a NIS week unless i get caught is someones mess.  Wreck in front.  Everyone piles in and hoooks me when I checked up.  Got back to 12th the a car drives down the left side of pit lane and gets beside me hitting me when I turn to pit.  P14.  SO, according to some genius among the iRacing stewards, it is okay to drive on the inside line of pit lane the whole time.  So from now on I’m driving down the inside lane whe n piting.  
  • Tony – P9 after what was a fever dream race . All i remember is being doored, wrecked and ass ramming a wrecked car on the front stretch and being at 16x for last 100 laps.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Las Vegas

  • Mike- Pdnf. Got totally destroyed early in the race in the first caution. Some guy goes under me taking us three wide. He can’t hold his lane and wipe us out.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Homestead

  • Mike- P16- got involved in the First caution lost some track position never really made it up ran 20th to 25th most of the race gotten another wreck where I had a little bit of damage I got that fixed but with some late carnage I was able to get my way up into the top 20 to finish P 16
  • David – P DNF, got loose, got stuck back with the idiots, got turned, then a car running in the back arca brakes and torpedoes me.
  • Kyle – P24 Had a good car. Started 20th and stayed in the top 15. Sniffed the top 10 for a few laps but then faded back and kept it clean. Coming to the last restart and a driver decided to retaliate and spin another driver which then got the restart all tangled up and I received a passing under yellow which then gave me a black flag I had to serve and was able to stay on the lead lap but just didn’t have enough laps to gain anymore spots. Protest was filed and handled. Shout out to Lawrence and his team at Sim Coaches for fixing my gas pedal and making it good as new.
  • Chris – P21 Miami still has me scratching my head, trying to figure it out like Sunny Crockett in Miami Vice. The white Waldron’s Furniture Chevy just couldn’t find its rhythm, struggling to move forward all race. While the primer setup worked well for us in Turns 1 and 2, driver error slowed us down in Turns 3 and 4. We spent most of the race hovering in the 20s, but at least we stayed trouble-free. It was great to have my iRacers Lounge teammate, Justin “Tubbs” Pearson, in the race with me—it made the experience a little more enjoyable 
  • Brad- P6 after having a fantastic run. The car was so good on the long run. Was abe to drive up to p2 but just toward the tail end of the run I was too tight. Just drove it too hard at the beginning. Looked like it was going to be a green flag stop to the end but a yellow mid pit cycle trapped me a lap down. Took the wave around but restarted from p17. Had to drive really hard to gain spots and that was enough to use up the tires and was passed for p5 on the last lap. A shout out to Drew Breeze for the clean racing and great battle for two laps. Another really good set this week from Premier Racing Setups. Oh and the winner who led 131 od 134 laps…was on Premier Racing Setup as well.
  • Tom – P19 –  one of the worst races I have personally done.   I got red mist after slightly getting into another driver and as I came up to save my car it looked like I blocked him.  Some words were said to me and I crashed us both.  I am very disappointed in myself.  I did not get on the radio or chat because I didn’t want to get a ban.  My car was torn up and I could only get to that position.  Again, I am deeply disappointed in myself.  I am sorry for everyone involved in that if anyone is listening who was in that split, I am sorry

Thursday Open- NiS – Homestead

  • Mike- P12- ran usually between 10th to 20th. Most of the race pretty much stayed out of trouble. The last restart I was 19th got my way up to finish P 12.
  • David – P10.  Had a top 5 car.  On last run a car dive bombs me and fails to make the apex and stays up in lane three crowding me out can forcing me into the wall.  Say he doesn’t have to go to the bottom if he dive bombs, I disagree, and will treat him with the respect he deserves.

Official Series

A Open

  • Brad W – P20 after starting p4. This was just a really strange race. The car was super quick in practice but when the race started I was wrecking loose in turns 3 and 4. The weather was much different than NiS but I was really surprised how much different the car was. I threw air pressure and spring adjustment a it but could never get it comfortable. Fell like a rock and was actually lucky to finish p20.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P11. Was cruising in 3rd about halfway through the race when my screen froze for about 5 seconds. Was in the wall when it came back. Was able to limp back to the pits and gain a few spots before the end of the race.

Majors Series

  • Brad W – P21. Started p37 in 1st split. Kept the car clean and had no major issues. Ended up making contact try to pass a car and that resulted in a 10 second post race penatly. Finishing p21 with the stout fied is ok, I guess.
  • David – Road America – p11.   Started in 28th or so.  Ran clean, stayed out of trouble had good long run speed and consistency.  A few small mistakes probably cost my chance at the top 10, including forgetting to turn my lights on and having the tracking warning pop up in the middle of the screen.  Had to hit my button thats on the rig but gave away some time.
  • Tom D – (Race 1 – Bathurst 2 Hours) – Started 42nd in top split of the International Region.  Not my best combination.  Just worked steady and finished 28th without any major issues.             (Race 2 – Spa 2 Hours) – Started 34th in top split of the European Region.  A big crash at Radion hurt a few cars and had to use their fast repair.  I was able to pick a few spots and hold on to them.  Finished 19th.   I’ll take it for a GT3 race.        (Race 3 – Road America 2 hours) – started 20th in 2nd split of the Americas Region.  After a few laps I felt more comfortable than in the other races.  I lost it in the kink and destroyed my car. Had to pit, came back out in 33rd.   Had a fast car in the split, worked my way all the way back to 15th.  Probably could have had a top 5 without my mistake.  Looking forward to the next Majors race on April 5th & 6th.  Coke 600 with the Gen 4 cup cars.

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – GEN five at Talladega wrecked out
    • BMW’s at Nortslife in the rain finished P2 after towing
    • Second attempt, it was raining harder and wrecked right away and turned two
    • 13th week funny forecast at the Nurburgring North life in the BMW M2. Winner winner chicken dinner had a great class win and finished third overall kept it on the track pretty much the whole time heavy heavy rain super proud of this one.
    • Try it again the next day wrecked out right at the beginning
    • Then ran Matt Malone’s MX 5 cup at Oki Yama qualified 13th at a 19th
    • BMW’s at osher Slaven. Qualified fifth finish fourth.
    • FIAF4 @Sebring had a pretty good run going up to seventh but then wrecked out with two to go racing with a guy

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Spent Mike’s Money

Description

On today’s show we get you caught on the 2025 Season 2 Patch 1, see what iRacing needs to add to dirt racing, what sim racing traps to avoid, show you how to get the perfect position in your sim rig, find out what Mike is spending his money on and did a sim to reality driver just win his first NASCAR Cup race?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – https://x.com/mikedeanellis

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0476

3/13/2025 – CHOVAL – Episode 0476

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we cover the 2025 Season 2 Build, see who is attending the Sim Gaming Expo, check out new hardware from multiple manufacturers, help spend Mike’s money, find out how Matt Malone’s week 13 is going and sit down with iRacing Alien, Robby Swan.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

TITLE SPONSOR READ:

https://www.premierracingsetups.com/

Special Guest

Robby Swan

Topics

2025 Season 2 Development Blog

Just Brutal

“At Watkins Glen for example my outlap is in the order of 4+ seconds slower than timed lap 1 which is then around a second slower than timed lap 2. At that point, timed lap 2 is within a tenth of my best lap of a 5 lap run.”

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/650301#Comment_650301

ARCA Stock Cars

ARCA Early Access

Portland International Raceway

Legends Ford 34′ Coupe

Victory Lane At Bristol Baby

https://twitter.com/A_Schwartz67/status/1899528572441620899

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1899526895240106495

2025 Season 2 Build And Release Notes

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2025-season-2-build-is-here

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75906/2025-season-2-release-notes-2024-03-10-03#latest

Watch Them Skid Marks

AI May Need More Training

https://twitter.com/bottomsplitCEO/status/1899200564124107049

Net Code From…..

https://x.com/FawCreative/status/1899512674787934412

Caruso Dominates

https://www.iracing.com/jordan-caruso-dominates-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-sachsenring-mid-season-tournament

2025 Season 2 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75939/2025-season-2-preliminary-pdf-schedule

Save It…He Saved It…Uh Oh

Sim Gaming Expo Announcements

Sim Gaming Expo

Apex This iRacing League

Our new season kicks off next week, and we’ve got road racing four nights a week. Whether you’re a seasoned racer or just testing your skills, there’s a spot for you!

🔥 It’s Free. It’s Fun. And There’s a Trophy Waiting for You.
We have two divisions: Pro and Mid-Pack Larry. Maybe you’re the fastest Mid-Pack Larry out there? Or think you’ve got what it takes to run with the Pros? Let’s find out!

📅 Season 23 Details → https://apexthis.racing

We have over 1,000 members, but we haven’t seen all of you on track yet. What’s holding you back?

❌ Not good enough? → You are. We’re all learning and improving.
❌ Only free one night a week? → We race 4 nights a week—one is bound to fit!
❌ Never raced in a league? → We make it easy. Join us on Discord or FB—even introverts have fun here!

So, stop making excuses and get in the race! Your new racing friends are waiting for you.

🏁 See you on track!
— Apex This

https://discord.gg/fCgSHkACEu
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apexthis

Sebring 12 Hour

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/76078/2025-sebring-12-hour-powered-by-vco

This week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-11-17-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to make it easier for more listeners to find the podcast. Mention the podcast to your fellow drivers so they don’t miss out, we would appreciate it.

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

You can now order fantastic looking merchandise for your favorite iRacing show, The iRacers Lounge Podcast!

Visit iRacerslounge.shop to get yours Today!

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

DD-X From Precision Sim

New Product: Mag Shift Mini

Sim Labs ASMR

MOZA FSR2 Formula Wheel

$10 Or Less

  1. HEX Key Holder
  2. Phone Holder
  3. Cup Holder
  4. Head Phone Holder
  5. Sim Racing Wheel Holder

Will Bloops Make You Faster?

3D Printed Window Net Quick Release

Is This The Sim Racers Cool Shirt?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1772358530/nrg-triangle-seat-cooling-with-single

Smallest Button Box

Metahaptics

https://podium1racing.com/collections/motion/products/nitro-concepts-sensit-metahaptics

Lovely Dashboard for MOZA Vision GS

Smart Pro By Restech Simulation

10″ USB DDU

Printed Sim Racing DDU

Spend Mike’s Money!

https://twitter.com/moza_racing/status/1899807601803608274

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Phoenix

  • Tony -P14 19 cautions. Stayed clean ans in top 10 til about 2 laps to go and was taken out by a guy that couldnt hold it in T2
  • Brad- P wrecked again. Started p7 and was in top 10 most of the race. Only to get wiped out by someone bouncing off the wall on exit of T2. No sorry, no my bad, no nothing. Spent the rest of the race trying to get damage fixed only to get a passing under yellow because people can’t catch up after coming out of the pits. Glad next week is Vegas.
  • John – P23. 18 Cautions for 54 laps. Need I say more? The guy driving the 3 car caused 7 of them. Of course, he finished in the top 10 on the lead lap.  He wrecked me 3 times, the first time being on lap 1. He was a menace. I never could get the car completely fixed so it drove awful. Also, it seemed the pits during yellow flags was messed up – they would open and close at odd spots. For example, if I was a lap down it would say the pits were open for me at the same time as the lead lap cars. But when I went in I got a black flag. Anyway, I’m glad there is no more Phoenix for a while.  Nothing wrong with the track; I just can’t drive it well.

Sunday Open- NiS – Phoenix

  • David – P7  Got wrecked with about 30 to go, car on fresher tires still used his stuff up and bounced off the wall when i got back beside him.  But recovered as the damage wasn’t severe.  Was about a 4-7th place car.
  • Tony – P20 Got to race with Donnie and 1st part was ok but 2nd half of the race was a shit show. Was wrecked by a lapper with 5 to go. Sums up my iracing career. Wrong place, wrong time.
  • Tyler – P7 wreck fest. 8x all from other drivers. Not my favorite track but i’ll take the top 10.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Phoenix

  • Mike- P DNF started near the back got my way up to the front let some laps for a while had a slip fell back to fifth and then the guy in third basically wrecked and I couldn’t miss it and too much damage were done dnf 
  • Justin – Well lets just say The Iracers Lounge Chevy had one hell of week it was a roller coaster, 1st race, my buddy BW turned broad side in front of me in the dogleg meatballed, 2nd attempt was leading coming up to the G/W/C dropped the hammer just a little early Got Blacked for jumping the start. 3rd attempt halfway through the race i was leading came into the pits got caught speeding put me in the back with the squirrels didn’t end well But, now let’s talk about this 4th attempt Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, I dominated this thing. This was way easier than the other races because i didn’t do anything to self sabotage my race i just hit my marks and stayed up front led 105 laps out of 156.Most important thing 0x Baby! Big thanks to My Boiii BoBBie, the best spotter in the business couldn’t have done it without him.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

  • Mike- P5- I was trying to make the discord overlay work as I was getting on the grid huge mistake. It went completely gray screened across all my triples. I couldn’t see anything I couldn’t close Discord and so I did a task manager and did in task we start rolling off pit Road. I decide to try it one more time for whatever reason and the same thing happens. I end up having to stop the car and tow it so now I’ve missed the start. I’m sitting on Pitt Road as it goes green. It gives me four tires and then lets me off pit Road so I go for a little bit and there’s a caution and I decide to pit to look for damage cause I hit the wall, but I couldn’t see the track well as I was approaching my pit stall I went to uncheck the tires and I uncheck them and I see them unchecked and I put and they give me right side tires so now I’ve taken six tires within eight laps while the rest of the field has taken none. I hang in there persevere and end up recovering by doing a double stent on the tires end up in the top 10 near the end of the race worked my way up to finish P5.
  • David – P8.  FIX the Frackin Marshal.  Caution in the middle of green flag stops, lucky dog in 9th place was about to unlap myself.  Take lucky luck, a bunch take a wave by and because iRacing continues to let cars that come out of the pits in front of cars on the track, someone had to delay the green.  I then still get stuck with my EOL and forced back to 22nd  drove back up the field like a mad man though.  Very aggressive with the fresh tires against all the waveby’s.
  • Tony – P15 had a fast car  but couldn’t keep tires on it. Made mistake of not pitting with 30 to go 
  • Chris – P 21 Sim Wraps gave us a WHITE Waldron’s Furniture Chevrolet Camaro that was a rocket with that Premier Setup under the hood. We were comfortably in the Top 10 until about 50 laps to go when we got door-slammed. The damage took us about 3 minutes to fix, but we were back on track with fresh tires and 20 laps to go. Unfortunately, we got caught up in a wreck going into Turn 1. Stayed out, only to be collected again. Despite the setbacks, we limped it home in P21. We’ll be back at it on Friday in our normal bright red, thanks to Sim Wraps!
  • Brad- P7 after starting p17. What a rocket the PRS set was this week. The car was consistently fast and really good on the long run. Drove up to the top 10 and eventually to the lead for 29 laps. A caution during green flag stops would ruin the strategy that was playing out. Had to take a wave around to get back on the lead lap and was able to drive back to p7 over the last two restarts. The car was fast and I can’t wait to give it another shot Friday night.
  • Donnie – P18.  Thought I was underpowered all night, only to learn I was dragging my brake due to user error in the calibration process.  2025 is looking great!
  • Bobby – P11 One of the fastest cars after 20+ laps, running 2nd when the guy pushed me out of 4 into fence, fell to like 17th, drove back to 11th
  • Tyler – P7. Started 33rd and layed low. Saved tires every chance I could.Stayed clear from the chaos and managed my race. Fresh tires with 60 laps to go and no cautions. Saved enough to race all the way up into the top 10. Felt really good to have a fast pace and manage my equipment.

Thursday Open- NiS – Las Vegas

  • Mike- P DNF. Start a 22nd work my way up to 11th then got involved in a big wreck. I couldn’t avoid was seven minutes of damage then just kept riding along trying to recover anything I could and the computer power just turned off didn’t restart just off.
  • David – P10  Was running a good p6 on a long run with a green flag stop, VR blacks out.  Turn left slam on brakes, VR comes back on I’m sitting on the apron on the front stretch.  Nota complete loss but still a bummer.

Official Series


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – DW 12 IndyCar at Pocono. Wrecked out.
    • GEN five at Talladega started 40th finish P6
    • Supercar at Michigan wrecked out
    • FIAF4 @lime rock got wrecked out
    • Carburetor cup at Monza oval was leading and got wrecked out

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. CHOVAL

Description

On today’s show we cover the 2025 Season 2 Build, see who is attending the Sim Gaming Expo, check out new hardware from multiple manufacturers, help spend Mike’s money, find out how Matt Malone’s week 13 is going and sit down with iRacing Alien, Robby Swan.

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

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Episode 0475

3/6/2025 – Spleenix, Arizona – Episode 0475

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we close out 2025 Season 1 and get ready for build week, see what size wheel you should buy, if you need a sim coach; we have one for you, which is the most realistic GT3 in iRacing, find out what Asetek’s HUGE news is and who is Max Verstappen putting in his GT3 car?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

Updated Series Page

Life Of A Next Gen Tire

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1895317696927146226

Where Is He?

Happy Retirement!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75433/legends-ford-34-coupe-rookie-retirement-march-11th-12-00-utc

Season 2 – 2025 Car And Series Updates

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75448/season-2-2025-car-and-series-updates/p1

GTP Physics And Tire Updates

Adaptive AI

Racing With Rajah

https://x.com/rajahcaruth_/status/1896637110637281292/

Is Cletus Here?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75285/who-would-like-to-try-crown-vics-on-iracing

Verstappen.com Racing To Join GT World Challenge

https://www.gt-world-challenge-europe.com/news/2920/

More Sim 2 Reality

https://www.iracing.com/glenn-mcgee-returns-to-mx-5-cup-in-st-petersburg-with-iracing

Coaching Available

https://x.com/KadenWHoneycutt/status/1896699372341203174

Lane Change Penalty

https://x.com/aaronsmithrcn/status/1895355196517294390

Wilson Grabs Second Win Of The Year

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-rebounds-for-second-win-of-2025-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-season-at-inaugural-interlagos-event/

How Different Will It Be?

iRacing GT3 Showdown: All Cars Ranked

Variations On A Theme

https://x.com/kkingstyle/status/1896412608590430668

Remote Control…From 2000 Miles Away

Hmm, We’ve discussed This Before

Brake Check!

Next Listener Race Is A few Weeks Away!

Join Us In Chicago!

NASCAR 25 Career Mode

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG3hTcRPe5P/?igsh=QkFaSnpHand2bg%3D%3D

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-4-10-2025

Sim Gaming Expo 2025

Podcast Housekeeping

Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to make it easier for more listeners to find the podcast. Mention the podcast to your fellow drivers so they don’t miss out, we would appreciate it.

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Advance Sim Racing / Corbeau

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/collections/corbeau

https://corbeau.com/products/fx1-pro

Size Does Matter

Check Out Max’s Gear

Too Much Or Just Right?

Huge News: New Products

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – COTA

  • Chris – P 16. I finished… that’s an accomplishment 

Wednesday Open -NiS – Phoenix

  • Mike- P9- lots and lots of cautions I kept it clean but a little past halfway I got wrecked out a couple different times with a little over six minute damage was able to keep it on track and somehow bring it home to finish P9
  • David – P5 stayed safe
  • Justin – P wrecked out
  • Chris – P 16. The bright red Waldron’s Furniture team fought hard through an action-packed race today. Starting with a challenging 16x 50 laps in, we found ourselves playing catch-up right from the start. But our team’s perseverance showed through. Despite multiple repairs and constant adversity, we stayed sharp and safe as the race wound down. In the end, we brought the iRacers Lounge, Primer Setups, Sim Wraps Chevy Camaro home in 16th place, managing to finish just outside the top 15. Considering the circumstances, it was a solid effort, we’re proud of how we pushed through.
  • Brad- P 27 – Self-inflicted. Started p2 and dropped back to avoid some very aggressive driving at the start. Made it to about half way and on restart cut the dog leg only for the car to bottom out and spin. Was completely caught off guard as it had never happened in practice or the race the previous day. Worst part was I took out teammate Justin Pearson. Had almost 7 minutes of damage to get fixed. At that point came out to ride it out for SR. Was going to finish p25 but was collected by two spinners on a late restart through the dog leg. I run really well here but can’t ever finish a race.
  • Bobby – Decent, trying to click off laps, tons of yellows. Got shoved into wall by driver cutting dogleg and    shoving up into me, lots of damaged, ended up extremely tight, hitting wall again, killing car. 

Thursday Open- NiS – Phoenix

  • David – P21  its not a NiS week if I don’t have somebody spin in front of me.   Had to fix the damage even though it wasn’t drivable.  After words we finished with a long run. I ran all the way to behind 4th place, but 8 laps down.
  • Bobby – Well, for the 25 feet we made it passed the line on the green car was very solid and quick. Driver who started on the high side, laid back, got a jump and right passed the line turn down trying to cut dogleg and hooked us dead into the wall. Car was done at that point. I get there is no track limits there, but a solid object like a CAR, should be avoided at all cost. 

Official Series

M2

  • Ellis – P11 Summit point. Wasn’t fast finished ninth out of 11.

A Open

  • Brad W – P23 Started p7 and was in top 10 for the first half of the race. As usual, I get caught up in other people’s mess. Two spun in front of me getting into T1. Could not avoid and ended up with “Too much damage to fix” While the two that caused the wreck go on to finish p9 and p12. SMH

IMSA

  • William W- P17 – Spa – Embarrassing. Got dumped lap one before even the start finish line. Guy took it 4 wide then wrote me a book how it was my fault. Then coming up through the field I murdered a GTP. Just a mistake I haven’t made in ages. Was paying attention to the car to my right and missed my breaking point. 8 min repairs, just called it a day. 

League / Hosted Races

Majors Endurance Championship

  • Greg, Tom and David –  P13  Ended up with early trouble from a GT3 who shot up high in parabolica blocking our outside pass.  Hung in there and worked back up through some attrition, to have a decent finish.  They learned a lot on the live caution officiating side and that aspect was way smoother.
  • Brad and Justin – P11 (GT3 Monza) Started on pole but lost it coming out of Lesmo 2 on cold tires. Started fighting back through the field only to get caught up in an accident going through Ascari. Had a meatball and forgot that we had a fast repair, so sat and had it fixed. It was a fight for all 4 hours but kudos to Justin for doing  the middle stents and got us up to 14th from 18th. Played some pit strategy to gain a few spots as we finished the race.

Grass Roots Racing GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P4. Week 10 at Montreal. Thought this track would be bad for multiclass but it was actually great. Probably could have had 3 but was over driving the car in a couple corners. Straightened that out but it was too late, still solid result. 

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Spleenix, Arizona

Description

On today’s show we close out 2025 Season 1 and get ready for build week, see what size wheel you should buy, if you need a sim coach; we have one for you, which is the most realistic GT3 in iRacing, find out what Asetek’s HUGE news is and who is Max Verstappen putting in his GT3 car?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

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Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0457

10/17/2024 = Barney and Fred – Episode 0457

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topi

Show Introduction

On today’s show we find out which manufactures are releasing new hardware at the ADAC Sim Racing Expo, update you on the 2024 Season 4 Patch 3, discuss what to do when you are burned out on sim racing, find out why there is no karting in iRacing and is the FIA really seeking a sim platform for the 2025 Olympics?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

Topics

We Have Lift Off

Are You Burned Out?

  1. Excessive gaming
  2. Real life stressors
  3. To correct:
    • Personal goals
    • Join a community
    • Explore other games

How Close Is It?

Too Young?

Sim2Reality: Matt Bussa

Trading Paints Now On Instagram

2024 Season 4 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69354/2024-season-4-patch-3-release-notes-2024-10-09-01#latest

What A Finish!

Why No Karting In iRacing?

2025 Olympic Esports

https://racinggames.gg/article/fia-seeking-game-developrs-for-new-olympic-push?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-D1RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc4h28W853ABhVJUB4yw3Za8juXC1B7KQde-jnccpOPl80T5jpK8RxQfBA_aem_Xu8K16xIDot8_VavP_jsgQ

For All The International Stockcar Drivers

Hello driver,

in 2023, we created a Internationnal Open CUP Series NASCAR league, based to 100% distance with Sectors in the races at European Friday evening time.

(Race Start, Friday 9:10pm at Paris/Brussel - UTC+2) summertimer

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We are a serious and clean league with a “Race Commission” after each race…and of course “cash prizes” for drivers and teams.

  • We are preparing season 3 which will begin in February 2025.
  • There are 7 races left to date and we have entered the Playoffs of this 2024 season.
  • Join us as “tester” drivers for the end of the season, alone or with your team !!! You have more than “2000 irating” in OVAL and would you like to participate in this end of the 2024 championship in order to try yourself in this unic format 100% on iRacing?
  • Next Race friday 18 October at Las Vegas, ..Martinsville 1 November ; Phoenix 15 November(final)

Participation is only 5€ and we distribute bonuses at each race, until the end of season 2.
(If you take a membership in 2025, your 5€ will be deducted)

Join ourDiscord server or copy/past that—>https://discord.gg/btNgsWGhbr

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After joining discord, the registration procedures will be communicated to you HERE “

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iRacing Petit Le Mans This Weekend

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/69056/initial-bop-added-2024-iracing-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco/p1

Time Attack Starts October 21

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-15-21-2024

Sim Gaming Expo ’25

Home

https://simgamingexpo.com/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Sim Lab’s Direct Drive Wheel Base

Comment
byu/duude88 from discussion
insimracing

https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1g3cu7y/comment/lrxhmx0/?rdt=52678

Velocity One Multi-shift By Turtle Beach

Simagic Releasing A New Pedal Set

Sim Design Simucube Shaft Extension

Conspit Halo

Dyn X Simulator At ADAC

MME Motosport To Debut H-Shifter EVO2 At ADAC

Thrustmaster T598 Preorder

Ascher Racing Debuts New Wheel At ADAC

RGB Logo Lights From Sim Sport Gadget

Its A Proper Bit Of Kit

Simucube Active Pedal Pro: A Closer Look

P1 Sim Ascari Wheel

Next Level GTE Lite Ford Edition

Lian Li 011 Vision Compact

Simworx SX-02 Edge Simulator

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Charlotte ROVAL

  • Mike – P computer issues

Wednesday Open – Las Vegas

  • Mike- P wrecked out. Had a good first run that came from 22nd up to fourth then we had a green flag run. The caution came out while I was on pit Road and ended up taking a wave around. I was 22nd and got myself up to around 15th and then got involved in an incident where a guy got loose and I got ran over and the car was undrivable from that point DNF.
  • Tom – P12. 
  • Brad W – P29. Started 10th and ran way too hard the first run. Made a change to the car and ran too hard the second run. Went to make a green flag pit stop and yellow came out while coming to pit road. Speeding on entering and was trapped a lap down. Played the strategy to get back on the lead lap but the last restart was on old tires. Ended up getting turned coming to the checkers. Self-inflicted issues all the race.
  • Chris W – P12. Got stitches on my hand but raced Davey Allison style. Stayed out during green flag stops and got a caution. After getting fresh rubber we had a nice long run to end the race and drove up to P12. Set the fastest time in the race and NEW iR personal record 3522.

Thursday Open – Las Vegas 

  • Mike- P9- ran back half of the top 10 as high as P2 at one point, some guy tagged me and I fell back and had damage and from there fell back to P 22 on a longer run, but finally caught a caution with three to go, and with the subsequent cautions was able to work my way back up to finish a respectable P9 with a heavily damaged car

Official Series

FIA F4 

  • Ellis– P5 started at 11th got up to P6 by the end of lap one was able to not get wrecked and keep it clean from there and finish P5 Watkins Glen
    • First race at Montreal and it’s raining started 11th got to finish P8
    • Second race started P2 quickly took the lead and then swap the lead with two other cars back-and-forth throughout most of the race eventually reclaim the lead and was able to pull away. Bit by Bit eventually winning the race with about a seven second gap to second place.  My 103rd career win 106 championship points. 
    • Third attempt qualified, fourth got the second spun off on my own at least once but finished P3 finally learning I need to drive off-line in the rain
    • Fourth attempt started P3 got to pee too and on the first lap about halfway through got ran over from behind from a guy who completely missed the chicane I went in and got the fast repair came out 15th worked my way back up to finish P4. Heck of a drive in the rain.

B Open

  • Brad W – P18. (Las Vegas) Decided to give the B car another go. Really enjoy the car but you have to drive these. Top split and out classed. Dropping iR but having a good time.


League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis- winner winner, chicken dinner posted Chris McGuire, one in the supercar at Michigan
  • P8 1987 at Talladega started 44th out of a 55 car field
  • Radicals at Phoenix finish P5
  • Delaura Dash at Michigan ran it twice and got wrecked out twice

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE

  1. Barney and Fred

Description

On today’s show we find out which manufactures are releasing new hardware at the ADAC Sim Racing Expo, update you on the 2024 Season 4 Patch 3, discuss what to do when you are burned out on sim racing, find out why there is no karting in iRacing and is the FIA really seeking a sim platform for the 2025 Olympics?

So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

John Kerley –

Brad Wrenn – https://twitter.com/bradwrenn

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0474

2/27/2024 – iBoating – Episode 0474

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we cover the ongoing rain debate in iRacing, see which Coke Series driver cashed in at Vegas, see how you can earn the iTested award, look into a new program to help you manage your team races, find out what your sim rig is worth and why would AI stewards be a problem?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

TITLE SPONSOR READ:

Topics

Why We Don’t Need AI Stewards

Wow! Really?

https://twitter.com/vineypuddles28/status/1893371842762580469

Jump Scare

https://twitter.com/GarrettManes/status/1893140518793568420

iBoating

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75191/we-re-not-on-iracing-we-re-on-iboating

Where Do You Stack Up?

http://twitter.com/eternal_racing/status/1894203310753611976

Bathurst By The Numbers

http://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1894814204789444978

How Long?

https://twitter.com/MattMaloneTV/status/1894611271061749869

Top 10 Highlights

A New US Track?

https://twitter.com/fin_ewt/status/1894829671294128239

https://www.wate.com/community/whats-included-in-the-upcoming-flatrock-motorsports-park-and-motorclub-in-east-tennessee

Keister Wins Big In Vegas

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1894573377094128050
https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1894782325977661609

https://www.iracing.com/kollin-keister-earns-second-career-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-win-at-las-vegas

What A Save!

https://twitter.com/MrF4Speed/status/1894726350591668714

ENASCAR Penalty Report

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2025/02/26/penalty-points-report-2025-las-vegas

Prodigy Racing League On MAVTV

https://twitter.com/racingprodigy1/status/1894425522266149289

Telemetry Update

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75305/2025-season-1-vehicle-telemetry-update-2025-02-18-01

Earn Your iTested Award

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75306/earn-the-itested-award-join-the-itested-series

Help Wanted: Apply Inside

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75367/hiring-iracing-community-coordinator

Sim Gaming Expo

https://simgamingexpo.com/

Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup: Esports

https://www.grcupseries.com/esports

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-25-march-3-2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

RaceData.AI

Driven Dynamix Motion Platform

https://www.drivendynamix.com/

Add Some Color To Your Rig

iPredicter: Race and Team Manager

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/72591/%EF%B8%8F-ipredicter-plan-your-races-manage-your-team

3D Printing = Immersion

The Arnage

For Sale

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-might-sell-you-an-rtx-5080-or-5090-directly-just-fill-out-this-form

Old School

So, What Is Your Sim Rig Worth?

New Forte Design

Have You Heard Of It?

First Impressions

Best Mod Below $50

BDH H1 SQ Shifter-Podium1’s Exclusive Color

https://podium1racing.com/products/bdh-h1sq-podium-1-edition

Hexo Sim

New Shifter From Sim Coaches

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Atlanta

  • Mike- P12 – pitted for the last green flag stop from fourth came out first had a 3.8 second lead over second had a lap car trying to push me and after a little bit, I got turned. There were subsequent cautions that came out worked my way back up but ran out of fuel on the before the final green white checker so I had to restart at 16th made my way up to finish P 12.
  • Donnie- P10
  • Chris – P 16. The Waldron’s Furniture Racing crew showed incredible resolve this weekend. After getting caught up in a wreck, we dropped all the way back to 30th with four minutes of damage to overcome. But the team worked tirelessly in the pits, getting the car back in shape. Thanks to their hard work, we were able to salvage a 16th-place finish in our Sim Wraps, iRacers Lounge, and Premier Set-Up Chevy Camaro. It’s a true testament to the crew’s resilience and determination.
  • Brad- P17. Started p9 and same old story, different day. Ran in the top 5 almost all the race and even led some laps late but coming to the line with a top 5 finish in sight…Nope, not going to happen. Leaders wreck, I get turned and finish backwards in p17.
  • Joe– got the Pole. P13 
  • John – P8 Really like the racing at this track. We had 8 cautions, which was a bit much, but overall enjoyable. I stayed in the top 15 most of the race, had good pit stops, and good restarts, except one. Got a slow start on the GWC and left a gap. Thats never good. We were single file on the last lap. Guy two cars in front got out of line and the guy in front of me past him. I followed, but the guy that slid up gave me no room. I guess he thought he could side draft, but he was wrong. We touched and wrecked but I still got 8th. I’m very happy because this gave me my second top 10 in the first two weeks of the season. Pretty good for me.

Wednesday Open -NiS – COTA

  • Mike- P19- only got to 8x but was one of the slowest out there, got what i deserve.
  • David – P 9  8x.  Focused on racing the track, short pitted to get out of congestion with some lap cars and a guy behind that I wasn’t trusting his patience.  After pit cycle never saw him again so right call.  I actually like that shorter layout.
  • Chris – P DQ’d. The track limits on this track are stupid. Get a wheel a little on the paint and it’s 1x after 1x. Shame on iRacing for not having the track limits right. When we watch on Sunday the cars will be all over the place. I hate this new layout. Finished P2 last year. This is stupid and no fun. 
  • Brad- P26 – Top split so I finished where I deserved. Not a fan of this track and more so this layout. One and done but I scored more points here than I did at Daytona.
  • Donnie – P25

Thursday Open- NiS – COTA

  • Mike- P13- started 15th got the 10th by the end of lap 1/8 by the end of lap two and then got as high as P4 as pitstop cycled, but ended up spinning twice on my own and ended up finishing P 13

Official Series

Draft Master

  • Kyle P1 Started P8 and just drove around on the top lane. Lap 8 snake my way through the big one and fall back 1.4 from the lead pack. Just staying in their tire tracks I was able to suck back up the lead pack of 8 trucks. Made moves when I could. 2 to go I jump to the 3rd lane and just held it to the floor. Coming to turn 3 a lapper was way off the pace and he chose to stay in the middle allowing me to ride the top lane and get around the 2 other lower lanes. I was able to drop to the front of the bottom line and just watched out my mirror the last lap. Nice to have a win in 2025. It’s been over a year since my last oval win.

A Open

  • John K. P14. Started 19th. Could not keep the car under control. Handled like a log wagon. Too tight, then too loose, then too tight, then too loose and on and on. Had a good group in the lobby and that always helps. But I was just too slow. Some races thats just the way it goes. We just suck it up and move on to the next one and chase the win.

IMSA

  • Brad W – P11 – (GT3-LeMans) Top split and started next to last. Managed to get lucky with some guys taking themselves out but I was way off ace. Really struggled finding the balance with the Vette here in all the high speed curves.

GT /IMSA  Conspit Endurance Series

  • William W – P12. Unfortunate death about 5 hours in. First time driving GTP in a race. Only hit the wall once. 

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P8. I do not understand Algarve/Portimou whatever. Second off pace all night. 

Final Thoughts

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On today’s show we cover the ongoing rain debate in iRacing, see which Coke Series driver cashed in at Vegas, see how you can earn the iTested award, look into a new program to help you manage your team races, find out what your sim rig is worth and why would AI stewards be a problem?

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