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..
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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
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
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
DD-X From Precision Sim
New Product: Mag Shift Mini
Sim Labs ASMR
MOZA FSR2 Formula Wheel
$10 Or Less
- HEX Key Holder
- Phone Holder
- Cup Holder
- Head Phone Holder
- Sim Racing Wheel Holder
Will Bloops Make You Faster?
3D Printed Window Net Quick Release
Is This The Sim Racers Cool Shirt?
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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!
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 .”
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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.
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