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This week we start reviewing the various leaks for the upcoming build, Mike gets his new wheel as we head to the lady in black. And then can you imagine putting your computer inside of a fish tank? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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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I don’t know all the details exactly but ultimately there was an issue found deep inside the code that forced us to post-pone the last patch until Today. This caused significant set backs on a lot of the development work that had been done to the next gen car and other cars. Rather than push out another patch with the new build weeks away, it was determined that the best course of action would be to continue the development work and release it with the June build.
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This week we start reviewing the various leaks for the upcoming build, Mike gets his new wheel as we head to the lady in black. And then can you imagine putting your computer inside of a fish tank? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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It’s week thirteen everyone, and you know what that means,,,new cars, tracks and more. And we’ll cover it all. We’ll catch you up with it all including how well iRacing compares to it’s real-world counterpart. A bomb was dropped in the world of the Porsche Supercup Series and we’ll cover some new hardware including one of the most plush rigs we’ve ever seen.
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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What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Which series do you normally run?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
Software
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
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Pre-Build Hype
iRacing Tweeted out some pre-build hype in anticipation of the 2022 season 1 build including an introduction of the Honda Civic Type R and the Hyundai Elantra CN7 with an accompanying video reveal.
Listener Eric Whiting sent in a Tweet from Coanda Simsport announcing the withdrawal of returning champion Josh Rogers as well as Mitchell deJong, Martin Kronke, Mack Bakkum and Tommy Ostgaard from the Tag Heuer Porsche Supercup Series.
Tom Wilcox from the iRacing community saw a phone number for a Chevy dealership on a billboard at Texas Motor Speedway. He decided to give it a call and got a real surprise
iRacing – Braking Tips
Dori N on his YouTube channel has a video discussing braking tips in a series of iRacing instructional videos.
iRacing 2022 Season 1 has the green flag! This major season release adds a pair of new touring cars, the Honda Civic Type R and the Hyundai Elantra N TC, as well as the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance racing machine. The iRacing horizon has expanded to include Scotland’s Knockhill Racing Circuit, Watkins Glen International has been fully re-built with brand new 2021 scan data, and the Porsche Experience Center at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is open for business with four new track configurations! iRacing also adds a new tire scuffing visual effect, and a “Ready to Race!” button to help everyone get back to the action even faster. Our AI Drivers have been busy training up on three new vehicles and NINETEEN new track configurations, and they’re ready to give you a run for the gold. Welcome to iRacing 2022 Season 1!
Season highlights include:
Honda Civic Type R
Hyundai Elantra N TC
Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Watkins Glen International (Fully re-scanned and re-built for 2021)
Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg – 4 New Track Configurations for the Porsche Experience Center
Tire Scuffing Visual Effect
New “Ready to Race!” Button in the Simulator
New Damage Model has been enabled on the Dirt Street Stock, Honda Civic Type R
Hyundai Elantra N TC, and the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance
AI Racing for THREE New Cars (Dallara IR18, Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai Elantra N TC)
AI Racing at NINETEEN New Track Configurations (Charlotte Motor Speedway – All 6 Non-Rallycross Road Configs, Homestead Miami Speedway – Indy Oval, Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Oval and IndyCar Oval, Knockhill Racing Circuit – All 4 Road Configs, Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway – Oval, Watkins Glen International – All 4 Configs, World Wide Technology Raceway – Oval)
James Edens Takes the win at the first Bristol dirt race in the series’ history. Second is Hayden Cardwell third is Alex Bergeron, (Jason Sherman) Bergeron extends the series lead to 19 points.
James Edens goes back-to back with a photo finish last lap pass to get by Harden Cardwell with Evan Seay taking third. Edens takes over the points lead after Alex Bergeron looses connection in the last ten laps of the race.
New F1 Side by Side
Dani Elgarbay posted a side by side view from the drivers view of the new Mercedes F1 car cockpit view and the similarities are amazing
Johnathan Dickert posted that member Cecil Green sadly passed away this week. Vincent Crow said that Cecily was, “one of the funniest and cleanest competitors on iRacing.”
10th Annual WINSTEL 400 – January 16th
The WINSTEL 400 returns once again for its 10 Annual race which was formerly known as the I’ve Got Ballz 400 for the biggest and longest running event at Daytona 2007 here on iRacing and all events will be LIVE on FTF.GG. Once again Emily Howe and @BrandonCruzDFS have joined on to sponsor the race, bringing this year’s total purse to $1,250 and NO ENTRY FEE. This year’s race will utilize the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series cars at Daytona 2007. Below you can find all of the info for the race, rules and how to register.
I want to announce a new charity event that will be put on by Freeky Fast Broadcasting. This charity event is to help raise awareness, and hopefully donations, for juvenile type-1 diabetes. The event will be a 6 hour endurance race at the Daytona Road Course, with the cars used in the iRacing Official 24hr race. this event will be held on January 7th, 2022 at 8PM EST. Additional information can be found at the links below.
GZR Daytona 6h for QUIET Netherlands Charity/Practice Race!Saturday January 15th, GZR will host a charity practice race at Daytona. It’s an ideal opportunity for your team to practice for the upcoming iRacing Daytona 24h! And best of all, entry to the event is completely FREE! We do run this race for charity, and we’ve set our goal at $250! Please donate as all proceedings will go to charity!
– Event Format: 30m practice, 30m open qualifying and a 6 hour race.
About QUIET Netherlands QUIET is an organization located in The Netherlands that fights poverty all over the country, by using their and local businesses’ assets to organize things for people that don’t have a lot to spend. You can help their cause, by donating anything you can miss.
Hall – p9, Nashville is now the best racing on larger tracks cause Package
Man Cave After Dark Thursday Night Truck League
Mike – last
Saturday – SIM 500 eSports Racing League Throwback ARCA Series
Arca Car at Tally
Mike -p almost – We were in a good spot going into the stops right behind chris -then he sped getting onto pit road – so he ended up lapped – then i was in contention, but got wrecked near the end
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- Milwaukee Mile P7 started p4 was running top 5. Tried a two stop run but a late caution ruined my strategy
OBRL Aftermath Truck Series
Git R Done Racing
Tyler P-10 Started in the back and quickly drove into the top 10 before first pit stops. Has a really fast car on old tires and saved a good bit of fuel. Led some laps under cycles and Ran around 5th most of the race till got caught up in a wreck from a driver that his VR went out. Limped to a P10 finish with heavy damage. Just glad I was fast and competitive especially at Dover
Final Thoughts
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F1’s New Home
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It’s week thirteen everyone, and you know what that means,,,new cars, tracks and more. And we’ll cover it all. We’ll catch you up with it all including how well iRacing compares to it’s real-world counterpart. A bomb was dropped in the world of the Porsche Supercup Series and we’ll cover some new hardware including one of the most plush rigs we’ve ever seen. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
Show Introduction
On today’s show we will welcome back returning guest and League Administrator of the Old Bastard Racing League, Steve Thomson. We’ll also recap all of the highlights and lowlights as we review the end of the NIS racing season for team Tifosi. That, and lots of hardware reviews you won’t want to miss.
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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Stephen Thompson
General Questions:
What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Which series do you normally run?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
Software
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
Guest Specific Questions:
Topics
NOT Top 10 Highlights October 2021
iRacing dropped their Not Top 10 Highlights for the month of October 2021
Monday Night Racing announced that Hall of Fame Nascar Driver Darrell Waltrip and former Cup Series Crew Chief of the Year Gil Martin will be in the broadcast booth for Monday nights race.
Brian Schoenburg sent out a tweet announcing that he’s stepping away from professional sim racing.
It's been a hell of a ride, thank you for the more than decade of it @iRacing. (BTW, if you would still consider me in some form of broadcast role next year, I would enjoy doing that… if not, it's okay). I raced it up for over a decade with some of the best drivers in the world pic.twitter.com/m3U9ClWnHU
Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship
Martin van Loozenoord took his 4th straight win at round 7 Road America. Peter Berryman reclaimed the series lead with a win in round 8 at the new Red Bull Ring
iRacing Presents the 2021 Winter Derby
iRacing Presents the 2021 Winter Derby
The Winter Derby is a 300 lap race held at the renown Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida featuring the Super Late Model stock car.
In an effort to increase participation, we have adjusted the time slots to those of the NiS Open series now that that series has been completed.
event is for family members of iRacing account holders who are 15y/o and under
Registration is now open for this 1 time only iRacing Pre-approved live broadcasted event November 24th race starting at 7:30 pm eastern in the free Global MX-5 cars at free Legacy Michigan track. There will be no cost for this event.Please register ASAP because spots will be limited. This event is for family members of iRacing account holders who are 15y/o and under.***To register send a league application to 3f Media league # 7677 and include your family members name and age in the comments of the league request.*** If you have any questions regarding this please direct them to me 3F Media and I will be more than happy to answer them. Have a blessed day and remember “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
Git’r Done Racing is a new iRacing League started by Pete (KokoPuffs) Kopko that is recruiting clean, respectful racers looking for good comradery and great racing. They are running races in the Gen 6 Cup Cars on Sunday nights at 9PM est. Drivers must be a minimum of 25 years old and have an iRating of under 3500.
Logitech G eSports
This is the last month that you can qualify for the Logitech McLaren G Challenge at Daytona
Let's go to Daytona International Speedway with the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on @iRacing! ????️
This is the last month that you can qualify for the Logitech McLaren G Challenge https://t.co/xjLc2iH8Zj ????
Just out of curiosity, how come you don’t go by the playoff points for fantasy instead of the overall? Most guys have a few weeks over the course of the season where they forget to set lineups or whatever. Not a big deal was just wondering.
Sincerely,TrickDickle
Phoenix
Hardware/Software
The Trak Racer TR8 PRO has set a new benchmark
The Trak Racer TR8 PRO has set a new benchmark for sim rigs and inspired by the upcoming Alpine Racing TRX Formula/GT Hybrid racing simulator
OC Racing has a YouTube video asking if you need a gaming monitor for sim racing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/CqPEjc80jdo?feature=oembed
Damn, Intel!
It runs super hot – you will top of the line cooler and it will run hot –
DDR 5 wont be cheap and same is true of the new motherboard. It does have PCI Express Gen 5 – this will unlock full capabilities of future graphic cards….
And new DMI 4.0 link between cpu and chip set means more and better.
i9 12900k at 650 gets the nod if your a gamer.
i5 12600k is a good value at 320$. Still a generational leap over the comparably priced ryzel 5 5600xhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/-EogHCFd7w0?feature=oembed
Ellis – p10- bad q as usual but worked my way up to top 5 – ran 5th to 2nd for most – made some bad tire decisions near the end and got wrecked a couple of time and put to the back near the end – i will take the top ten and first finish in 3 weeks. 35th in points div 2…
Rochette P8 think this is the 1st Phoenix race ive completed in a couple of years,got caught in a wreck put me down a couple of laps got em back. Got doored by a asshat on a restart that wanted to go down to the wall and i wasnt moving so he wrecked himself, than got caught in a wreck on white flag but puttered to the finish. Been a good year for me in Div 3 as i’l finish 8th and 21 top 5’s which lands me 4th in overall nis. But no wins wtf
Greg – pWrecked out
Kyle – P-Blinked out then wrecked out
Sunday Open
Hall – p.7 Survived, ran 7th to 10th all day.
Sunday fixed
Mike -p wrecked out – 2nd gwc got ran over from behind and shot to the moon
Kyle – P P-3 I redeemed myself from the bad luck lately and got a Humbling P-3 in the farewell goodbye to the Gen 6 NIS cup car races. It was bittersweet as i fought hard and ran a solid top 100 all race long with a few bit of trouble. But To start 11th and finish 3rd. I’ll take that all day long.
Tom – pwrecked out
Official Series
Mazda cup – oran park -Ellis – qp3, finish p2 – guy on pit rd left before field
Qp4 finish p2
Q p7 finish p3
Qp20 -p9 out of 33
360 dirt at bristol -qp5 – p4 –
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League –
David – p3
Greg p2
Mike – p11 – did a two stop tire strategy, didnt pay off…
Joe -p16
Winter League
Ellis – p21
Hall – p30
Greg – p23
OBRL ARCA Series
Scales –
Groves-
Brian Charlotte Oval P9 screwed up qualifying and never really recovered.
OBRL Aftermath Truck Series
???? ????Bruce Pearson #22 Wins The iRacers Lounge The Aftermath Podcast Nascar Truck Series at Daytona
Ralph VanderVorste #12 Finished 2nd
Mike Watts #199 Finished 3rd
Final Thoughts
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Polite Canadian
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On today’s show we will welcome back returning guest and League Administrator of the Old Bastard Racing League, Steve Thomson. We’ll also recap all of the highlights and lowlights as we review the end of the NIS racing season for team Tifosi. That, and lots of hardware reviews you won’t want to miss. 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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Introduction
On this weeks’ show well say hello to iRacing YouTube favorite Dave Cam. We’ll celebrate the one year anniversary of our great sponsor Gridfinder and we’ll check out what may be the biggest story of the year for iRacing, so stay tuned.
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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Maarten van Loozenoord took the win in the first round of the Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship
A thrilling final two laps in the first round of the Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship!@R8G_Maarten knew what he had to do and did it, placing himself on the top step of the podium! ?@fd_sims | @DallaraGrouppic.twitter.com/COsxZn7qL3
Wednesday marked the return of the iRacing RallyCross World Championship fighting for a $25.000 purse. The first round at the rallycross at Daytona was taken by Tommi Hallman.
This Wednesday, the @iRacing RallyCross World Championship returns with 28 of the best drivers fighting for $25,000. Join us at 6pm ET tonight for a pre-season preview to learn more about the teams & drivers on the grid!https://t.co/ioVxftGSxO#iRacing | #eSports | #iRXWCS
Staffer Tony Gardner announces that they have adjusted the color tone in the sim and, (maybe?) fixed the yellow color tones many have complained about.
For a while now we’ve been too a little too warm in tone, and the sun has overpowered the color mix too significantly, while the blueness of the sky was washed out. We fixed this and the fix went out in today’s patch.
The “yellow” world complaint should be gone or minimized and the colors do definitely pop more now and it looks better.
Ok, with the NextGen taking over for NIS in 2022 I know there are going to be some people who miss regular stock car racing. This isn’t a dig at the NextGen car, just the style it provides is not fun to some.
With current member number shooting way up, I think it is time to offer NIS – Cup, NIS – Xfinity, and NIS – Truck
Cup would stay the same and run 50% races with the special 100% races
Xfinity would run 100% races with Xfinity schedule (would usually be the same laps as NIS Cup)
Trucks would run 100% races as well from their schedule offering a shorter race of the three but longer than the regular weekly series.
Running Xfinity and Trucks at 100% would offer something different than the regular open series, and we don’t often get full races with these two series. If you tried to shorten them to 50% it would end up the same as the regular series and not offer anything different. I believe most people run NIS for the longer races.
Hey Mike This is John this is the info for my new league. The name of the new league is call MASCAR. We will be doing a Dirt Series that will be starting on the 8 of November. To join there is a $10 fee. We will be running two different cars. We will rotate cars each week. The two cars are the Pro Late Models and the 358 Modified. We will be running fix setups has well. The dirt series will run on Monday nights practice starts at 8:30pm eat. I am working on getting a broadcast to do all 10 weeks. We will also run the Cup Cars next year when the new season starts. We will follow the nascar schedule. These races will be on Thursday nights and also will have a $10 fee. So please check us out I will put the website down below. I did the website myself so not the best but I try . Anyway thanks for all your help man we appreciate it a lot. Website- https://mascar2021.wixsite.com/league Facebook Page- https://www.facebook.com/Mascar-League-100473672386018/ Twitter- @mascar2021
ASCARI CARBON is a fully programmable sim racing button box, compatible with PC (USB) and Fanatec CSL Elite wheel base. The button box is designed to be attached to the mounting holes provided on the CSL Elite wheel base and is available for right and left side. ASCARI frame is made of beautiful and sturdy real carbon fiber to give you the perfect motorsport feeling . The unit is supplied with colorful customized stickers for the rotary encoders, elegant rectangular and rounded labels to fully customize your racing experience.
Ellis – p8 – started 15th got up as high as 2nd – got involved in a wreck w slight damage – then later running 5th got netcoded hard to the wall – just brought it home after that
Rochette P33 I screwed up in Q and that put me back in that mess and not being aggressive got me caught is crap. Meatballed so called it a night and watched one of the greatest Xfinity race finishes i ever seen
Steve – wrecked out
Sunday Open
Hall – p wrecked
Tom D – p2. Finally back. My wheel is back and better than it was. Had long run speed. Unfortunately a caution came out with 15 to go. Not enough time to get the win. On to Vegas
Sunday fixed
Mike -pwrecked out – netcoded from 3 feet away eventually took me out – this was after getting massively wrecked on lap 2.
Race : Vegas
Wed Open:
Hall –p18, set to loose early, thought it would build tight, but didn’t. Good car though and very long run after adjustments. Late caution ferry hurt my track position again, however was up near the front and and got caught up in late wreck.
Ellis – pWrecked Out – Had a big save and missed the big one. Later i came washing up and nicked someones nose which sent me down but i saved it then two went to miss me they collected into the wall and i netcoded maybe 5 ft away and got destroyed
Thurs Open
Ellis – p.Wrecked out
Official Series
A Open
Hall – P1 – Win #116 after horrible luck in NiS
D Fixed ARCA Kansas Brian P2 Started on the Pole. Got too aggressive in getting a big lead, but used up tires too much and was run down with 10 to go.
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League –
David – p7. Wrong guess on the caution coin flip, but Don’t think I had the leaders pace, as me and Steven had the same pace, and leader pulled away from Steven who was on the right pit call. Did finish first among the old tire cars.
Greg p 13
Mike – p1 – got involved in the first caution a bit of damage – lost laps on long runs – had a good battle in the middle for lucky dog, ran my ass off….
Stephen – p2
OBRL ARCA
Brian Iowa P13 made my way up to the front then got in trouble on a late restart
OBRL Aftermath Truck Series Las Vegas
1. Dwayne Mcarthur
2. Josh Robinson
3. Steve Thomsom
Final Thoughts
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F1 Era Begins
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On this weeks’ show well say hello to iRacing YouTube favorite Dave Cam. We’ll celebrate the one year anniversary of our great sponsor Gridfinder and we’ll check out what may be the biggest story of the year for iRacing, so stay tuned. So strap in and try to keep up with us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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We talk Coke playoff racing at Bristol with Evan Posocco, we check out a new stats page, then we got the 2022 NiS, we mean NASCAR, schedule. Take a load off and check out the weekly news at the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Coke Race – Bristol
Pre-race interview w Elliott Sadler. And in race too. Great insight on how he is managing the day to day of ESE, including making sure these guys are using telemetry.
So far, so good for the Coanda crew.
@KeeganLeahy leads, @MitchelldeJong1 is second. Last week’s winner @bobbyzalenski is third. Already 15 laps completed!
Lap 17 TROUBLE! @DDuval42 got loose! @GarrettManes SLAMMED into Duval. No caution. Manes has a ton of damage.
Still clean and green. @MathesonRacing started from the pits and is currently two laps down, in danger of losing a third lap. 35 laps complete!
LAP 50: @KeeganLeahy continues to lead. He’s in a must-win situation for the @eNASCARCocaCola@iRacing Series playoffs. Still caution-free so far.
LAP 53: They’re racing three… and FOUR-wide at the virtual
It took 60 laps, but the leaders have finally caught lapped traffic.
It looks like the high line is the place to be.
@KeeganLeahy can’t get around @znovak15 and now @MitchelldeJong1 is waiting in the wings to take advantage. 95 laps complete!
Caution! Lap 102. Looks like @BBryant53 spun after contact with @Blade_Whitt
Bryant stays on the lead laps and @jmullisracing gets a fortunate break with the Lucky Dog.,
RESTART LAP 108: @23XIRacing teammates @KeeganLeahy and
@MitchelldeJong1 lead the field
Biggest mover so far is @swilson3_, currently up 20 spots from 32nd to 12th.
Two playoff drivers that need to turn it around and quick are
@jmullisracing and @BBryant53. 32nd and 33rd respectively, they’ll be in a must-win situation at Dega if they finish as they are.
“Do you think in a million years that you’re going to be able to pass like that, Vicente?”@CaseyKirwan23 was not happy with this attempted bump and run.
Got word ryan luza is running on a generator has no power.
@mbussa75 is coming back through the pack, P13 currently. He came into this race as the fourth man in the Final 4 by points… He’ll need a little more to stay there if points are on his mind.
Into second and aiming for the lead, @LoganClampitt_ is on the move! Just over 50 to go at Bristol!
Race leader @KeeganLeahy pounds the fence with 50 to go.
63 to go: @LoganClampitt_ challenges @KeeganLeahy for the lead.
Race leader @KeeganLeahy pounds the fence with 50 to go.
CHECKERED FLAG! @KeeganLeahy leads every lap and wins at the virtual @BMSupdates and dominants at virtual @BMSupdates to clinch a spot in the eNASCAR @CocaColaRacing iRacing Series Champ 4.
“Not much sexy in this build. I’m happy for Hickory. The GT3 cars feel a lot different as well as the indycar. I feel I can attack harder into the corners than I could. The GT3 cars always felt like they had no grip going into the corner, than no power coming off”
“If they waited for Mt Washington until build week it would’ve seemed better”
“I think because the cup car wasn’t effected at all that makes it less too”
Season 4 is here! What addition/change are you enjoying the most in the new season? ?https://t.co/ABNN3IAOlq
Hello fellow stats nerds. You might remember me from the end of season stats that I’ve been posting up into each official series forum section… for like the last 3 years?
As you can expect, doing this was a fair amount of effort and since I’ve been focused on investing my time into developing and supporting my iRacing Reports Discord Bot project, I concluded that doing the end of season stats stuff as I had in the past wasn’t an efficient process.
Use the filters at the top of that page to help you find the series/season you’re interested in.
I can still generate custom outputs for teams/drivers, that include specified people in all the tables and highlight their dots in the charts. This will become a bundled feature for my Discord Bot supporters for 2021 Season 4 onwards.
We ran races this week with some of our Coke drivers for @NASCAR on multiple configurations and the racing looked terrific! I think we are very close to nailing down the final version. The curb you see on the apron was a new addition this week based on the racing we saw. https://t.co/rWXs9VpaJF
NASCAR announces 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule [Mike]
NASCAR announced the Clash – NASCAR’s prelude event to the Daytona 500 since 1979 – will take place somewhere other than Daytona International Speedway when NASCAR visits the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 6, 2022.
The NASCAR Cup Series will visit another track for the first time when the green flag flies at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside St. Louis on June 5.
Petit Le Mans is a 10 hour endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. It is a marquee event in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Date: October 1-3
Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT
Timeslot #1 – Saturday 07:00 GMT
Timeslot #2 – Saturday 12:00 GMT
Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT
Track: Road Atlanta
MASCAR [Mike]
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Hey Mike This is John this is the info for my new league. The name of the new league is call MASCAR. We will be doing a Dirt Series that will be starting on the 8 of November. To join there is a $10 fee. We will be running two different cars. We will rotate cars each week. The two cars are the Pro Late Models and the 358 Modified. We will be running fix setups has well. The dirt series will run on Monday nights practice starts at 8:30pm eat. I am working on getting a broadcast to do all 10 weeks. We will also run the Cup Cars next year when the new season starts. We will follow the nascar schedule. These races will be on Thursday nights and also will have a $10 fee. So please check us out I will put the website down below. I did the website myself so not the best but I try . Anyway thanks for all your help man we appreciate it a lot. Website- https://mascar2021.wixsite.com/league Facebook Page- https://www.facebook.com/Mascar-League-100473672386018/ Twitter- @mascar2021
Bathurst 1000 [Greg]
2021 Bathurst 1000
Just a reminder the Bathurst 1000 is coming up this September 17th-19th
On September 24th my friend and I will be hosting the inaugural Intimdator Challenge. This event will be a week-long process starting with 4 practice sessions taking place between September 18th-21st, we will then have our It’s a Robin Miller Pole Night on the 22nd where we will find out which 24 drivers (33 if we receive 60+ entries) will move onto the main event. The pole-sitter will also receive a $50 prize courtesy of Ambitious Cloud.
The race will take place on September 24th at 8:00 pm. The race will be 76 laps and will be broadcasted live on PitStopTV!
The only cost to enter the event is a donation to the gofundme set up to support Marshall and Shabral Pruett as Shabral continues her ongoing battle with cancer.
The new Thrustmaster T3PM pedals are now availablehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CThTC83gi97/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=522&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iracerslounge.com&rp=%2F%3Fp%3D2269%26preview%3Dtrue#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A515.4000000022352%7D
In a YouTube video from Random Callsign he speculates whether Logitch may be the next manufacturer in the Direct Drive Wheel market.https://www.youtube.com/embed/h1hN3ur9kbo?feature=oembed
Ellis – DQ’d- w six to go. Kept getting run over from behind for some reason tonight like three different times. I spun off that road and hit the wall and the wheel spun quickly in my hand got a card up in it in it like sprained my thumb.
Rochette P10 few people in my and Mike’s split had server issues. I had issues got booted under caution made it back down 3 laps. Enough cautions made it back to lead
Sunday Open
Greg pwrecked
Hall – p wrecked early 26th
Sunday fixed
Mike -p11 – got involved in several wrecks that were not my doing but soldiered on. Got a drive through for too many incidents but still had a decent run
Tyler – P8 – ran my normal, did not qualify and started in the back. Took my time and chipped away at the guys killing tires. Finished with a 8x dodging the disasters but finished strong. Thanks to the team for helping with pit strategy and when to push it.
Brian – P13 ran pretty well all night. Stayed in the top 10 until the GWC when I was dive bombed and the car pushed me up the track allowing several cars to pass.
Race Bristol:
Wed Open:
Hall –p21. Absolute wreck fest. Sloppiest Top Split race since Martinsville. 5 times unable to avoid wreck, and twice it was severe damage. Climbed to 21st by survival even with the BF at the end on the 5th impact. Just took the lap penalty and lost no spots. Iracing’s hamsters had a stroke twice during the race, and the second time the glitch that was happening to everyone took a lap from me. For as tough as it was, 21st not horrific.
Ellis – p26 – was working inside lane and a guy got under me and got turned
Kyle P – P9 Started 14th and worked my way to the front. Ran consistent top 10 and then last 28 laps i hammered down and worked my way up to 5ht. Lap car lost it with 2 to go and i got collected was down 400 RPM but got to restart 3rd. I tried to block the low line and keep a top 5 but just didn’t have the power. Only received a 4x the whole race and kept the car straight until that last caution.
Greg PWrecked by Server issues
Rochette P engine dun gon blown up after some damage in a couple of cautions
Thurs Open
Ellis – p.2 – led the most laps – this one hurt – almost had it won – ran off the tires
Rochette P3 stayed out of trouble ran tires off on last run… i was hoping Mike and the other guy wrecked, i need a win this year
Official Series
D Fixed ARCA Brian P2 Started on the pole. Fell to 4th in the first half trying to save tires and made my way back up to 2nd by the end.
Tony- P18 just not fast at Richmond but stayed out of trouble and on the lead lap
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian Southern National P20 Dirt tracked the qualifying and wound up taking the pole. Then wound up starting in the pits when I lost sound gridding. Small Track with lots of cars was tough to make many positions.
OBRL Aftermath Truck Series
CONGRATULATIONS Steve Thomson in the Ridetv #67 Wins The Iracers Lounge The Aftermath Podcast Nascar Truck Series at Bristol MotorSpeedway
Dwayne Mcarthur in the REG Customs #97 Finished 2nd
Josh Robinson in the Microcenter #23 Finished 3rd
Final Thoughts
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We talk Coke playoff racing at Bristol with Evan Posocco, we check out a new stats page, then we got the 2022 NiS, we mean NASCAR, schedule. Take a load off and check out the weekly news at the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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On the show this week, we will be unpacking all of the new content from the season 4 build including new tracks, new cars and all of the other updates including the addition of adding AI cars to hosted races. We’ll add in some hardware in the mix and get some clues as to what’s coming up in next years Nascar/NIS schedule.
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iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car World Championship Returns, Qualifying Series Announced
The iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint car championship will be beginning it’s qualifying series on September 20th at Cedar Lake Speedway and conclude October 25th at Kokomo. Then the November 15th will begin the championship series at Volusia.
Nascar will be announcing their new 2022 schedule and by association it’s NIS schedule as well. Some notable moves may be the addition of WWT Raceway and Pocono dropping a race.
.@NASCAR is tentatively set to announce the 2022 Cup Series schedule next week, per sources.
Bryan Black33 Tweeted about his regrets in missing the dynamic track changes in iRacing. Chris Overland was among those who commented his agreement.
I try to keep things positive but man do I miss dynamic track on iRacing. The game felt so alive & I wish the NASCAR industry could have experienced it during the PI. We were searching everywhere for grip & heat naturally balanced most lanes. Would love to be part of the solution
It was literally perfect, track heat determined the fast lane, as the sun went down shadows would cool different parts of the track and create new grooves, and there was no single “fast” line. I miss it so much. https://t.co/ANyhLe81jX
Scott Ross will be hosting a fun, Tour Mod 100 lap race at Dover on Saturday with fixed setups and no damage with a incident limit.
Scott Ross
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Hey guys could you mention this. It was a big help last week 13. So the last couple of week 13s I hosted a fun no pressure Tour Mods on road course races. This time I wanted to switch it up to a 100 lap race at Dover with Tour Mods on the Saturday of Week 13. Fixed setup no damage but there will be an incident limit. Tire Changes will also be available. There will be iracing controlled cautions. Date: Sept 11th 2021
On September 24th my friend and I will be hosting the inaugural Intimdator Challenge. This event will be a week-long process starting with 4 practice sessions taking place between September 18th-21st, we will then have our It’s a Robin Miller Pole Night on the 22nd where we will find out which 24 drivers (33 if we receive 60+ entries) will move onto the main event. The pole-sitter will also receive a $50 prize courtesy of Ambitious Cloud.
The race will take place on September 24th at 8:00 pm. The race will be 76 laps and will be broadcasted live on PitStopTV!
The only cost to enter the event is a donation to the gofundme set up to support Marshall and Shabral Pruett as Shabral continues her ongoing battle with cancer.
A reminder that Operation Motorsport Benefit 4 Hours of The Glen will be held on September 12th with the mission to engage, through motorsport, ill, injured, or wounded service members and disabled Veterans, affected by military service, leading to aiding in their recovery and rehabilitation. Now, twenty years after 9/11/01, we aim to recognize and remember the first responders who laid their lives on the line, and the service members who pushed forward thereafter, and over history.
Also, don’t forget that this September 18th there is an 8 hour IMSA Endurance Race at Daytona to benefit a local autism organization with practice starting at 1:00pm CST
Our flagship rig with the integrated triple screen assembly, ready to mount three 32″ flat or curved screens. It comes with a swivel arm keyboard tray and mouse platform, as well as a gear shifter/handbrake mount. This particular rig was setup with a uniquely designed Fanatec Podium DD1 wheel base mount assembly. We can supply you with a generic reclinable racing seat, or a proper Sparco racing bucket seat of your choice. This rig provides you with a solidly constructed base to setup your own dream racing setup.https://www.instagram.com/p/CSplCPitfh0/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=453&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iracerslounge.com&rp=%2F%3Fp%3D2244%26preview%3Dtrue#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A549.1999999992549%7D
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series mass production to start in the middle of 2022. According to new reports, NVIDIA’s Hopper architecture could tape out at the start of 2022, or late 2021 at an early estimate. Meanwhile, mass production of GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs is expected to start in the middle of next year, so an autumn or winter 2022 release could be on the cards for NVIDIA’s next-generation graphics cards.
RSeat reveals it’s new P1 Sim Chassis in a variety of colors with your choice with, or without Sparco Seat for $1,200. It works a variety of all of the popular hardware and offers accessories for keyboards, mousepads, shifters and more. A full review can be found on The Simpit YouTube channel.https://www.youtube.com/embed/GZknJ5p7D0s?feature=oembed
Daks Print Shop on the Etsy Store has a variety of 3D printed sim related products including things like sim inspired lights, dust covers for quick releases, mounting brackets for phones and tablets and much more.
Max Papis Industries’ new SimMax Chassis is the company’s first rig offered in their growing simulation product lineup. The MPI SimMax Chassis comes complete with everything you need to assemble and drive. Simply use the supplied pieces, nuts, and bolts and attach your desired technology which is designed to work with Logitech, Thrustmaster and Fanatec hardware. It comes in three configurable options with a price range of $799.00 – $999.00.https://maxpapisinc.com/product/mpi-sim-c1/embed/#?secret=aUYlgVHi39
Yvon Cognard posted in the forums that he created an open source command line application allowing the capture of multiple camera angles from a replay where you can record the whole replay or configure specific ranges. It controls OBS and creates a single clip by camera angle, making the video editing synchronization easy. Writing scripts, you can also control the camera live, as it plays, and avoid editing.
You’ll find the application and more details here:
Ellis – p2 – Led some laps and just had nothing for the winner – on the longer run he would gap me for sure – he would have a 10 second lead and I would short pit and wipe it out but eventually he would get by me and drive on – great run to back up my win
Greg – PWrecked from lead with 100 to go
Hall – P12 top split. Should have been top 10, but self made mistakes threw it away including missing the pits on green flag stop. Insane long run speed.
Rochette P7 had speed stayed in top 10 through the first green flag stop when cautio. Came out just as i was leaving box putting me a lap down, moss the lucky dog for the next caution decided to take a wave around which did not work in my favor as i somehow ended 3 laps down for what was probably the longest green flag run i ever had in a nis
Sunday Open
Rochette- P3 definitely had a great car again but lapped cars that wanna race ya and also not understanding what a wave around is kept me behind em
Greg p Back problems
Hall – p wrecked out by a clue less lap car
Race Richmond:
Wed Open:
Hall –p13 tough top split, green flag running except early caution, climbed from p22 start
Ellis – p.17 – was loose on the 1st caution and took a guy out. I moved forward and ran top ten pretty much as high as 5th. About 35 to go a guy on the inside came up into me and 5 minutes damage.
Kyle P – P4 Started P9 and hung out in the top for most of the race. About halfway through I slid through turn’s 3 & 4 on a restart brought out the caution. Fell back to P-19 and worked my way up to a P4 finish. With Stephen L getting a P3 in the same split.
Thurs Open
Ellis – p.4 – Ran back half of top ten basically. At one point I spun off but saved it and worked back up – I was on outside once and they checked the guy behind me hit me, knocked me down into inside car, which wreck him. Turns out to be the same guy i wrecked on Wednesday. Later he came out many laps down and waited until I came around then ran hard side be side with me pushing me up in the corners… I eventually let off to get away from him.
Rochette P13 caught in late wreck blah
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League –
David – p8 wrecked early, heavily damaged. Car got the and bounced into me as I was passing
Greg pwrecked out I went to enter the corner and he slowed way up and I got locked to him
Mike – pblown up – was p7 before the caution and caught a lap down – took the wayaround and it put me back in the crap – where someone 3 cars ahead decided to let off the gas just after getting to 4th gear for about 2 seconds which stacked us all up and i got heavy front end damage and blew up shortly after.
Tony- Pwrecked out
Stephen – p3
Final Thoughts
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On the show this week, we will be unpacking all of the new content from the season 4 build including new tracks, new cars and all of the other updates including the addition of adding AI cars to hosted races. We’ll add in some hardware in the mix and get some clues as to what’s coming up in next years Nascar/NIS schedule.
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.
Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`
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Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
Introduction
On today’s show we’ll be welcoming Gridfinder Paint Festival winner Jordan Spoon to the show. We’ll take one more trip to Mount Washington, review some more iRacing special events and have lots of new hardware to check out.
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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iRacing posted a video of Nascar driver Anthony Alfredo who hosted a Formula Vee soapbox derby from the top of Mt Washington with Logan Sheets and Jimmy Mullis. after all was aid and done Alfredo turned out to be the lone survivor to the bottom of the hill.
irtrackwalk.com lets you do a Google Earth Street view type of point-to-point tour of iRacing’s Mt Washington. You can zoom, spin a look all around from each point as you make your way up the mountain.
Christian Challiner eluded to it earlier, but Greg West came out and said it for certain in the forums that the Lotus ’49 car is getting a pretty nice tire update with this build and he’s super excited for the community to get their hands on it!
Greg West also released info that the IR18 also is actually in the middle of a road course tire overhaul that we anticipate will make the September release
Will Lyon noticed that at the 30:37 mark of the Sounds of iRacing video it clearly features Indy Cars and at the 10;12 mark shows the GTE cars. They’re all taking the same line as each other and no one’s crashing, so…does this mean they’re AI and are both coming to AI in the next build?
Ermin Hamidovic has been a sim racer for 6 years, but never on iRacing. However he tried iRacing for the first time and posted a YouTube video of his thoughts and comparisons with other racing sims.
Davis Tucker announced in the forums that next season you will be able to hit ctrl-z any time when out of the car and then use the mouse to move around the world. The mouse changes your orientation, left/right buttons move forward and back, center button + mouse movement makes you strafe, and the scroll wheel changes elevation. They have an existing ctrl-z camera already, but it requires the camera tool be up and it does not use the scroll wheel or center button.
Dave Kaemmer, CEO of iRacing, sat down for an interview with Cnet Roadshow discussing iRacing, it’s history and future and comparisons with other driving games.
His thoughts on the comparison to other racing titles he said, “Every racing game manufacturer talks about how realistic they are, but from my biased perspective I think that’s all bullshit.”
Most racing games, Kaemmer mentioned in the article, create a fantasy aesthetic where you, the player, are really, really good at driving — even if you’re not. “The reality is if you get a Ferrari and you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re going to crash it very quickly.”
Kaemmer isn’t dishing details, but says iRacing’s long-awaited rain model is nearing completion, and that there’s much more to come: “I’ve been in an R&D phase now for a while. I’ve got a pretty big set of changes that I’d like to make that I think will make good improvements.”
The Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship
The Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship will mark the return of an open wheel World Championship Series back to iRacing. Competitors will be using the Dallara iR01 car with a $25,000 prize pool in the series.
The Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship brings open wheel racing back to the world championship stage with a $25,000 prize pool!@fd_sims | @iRacing
On the Supercars Twitter account they announced the iRacing will bring Sandown International Raceway a circuit a 1.9 mile road course in the suburb of Springvale in Melbourne, Victoria and Winton Motor Raceway a 1.85 mile track in Winton, Australia.
A reminder that Operation Motorsport Benefit 4 Hours of The Glen will be held on September 12th with the mission to engage, through motorsport, ill, injured, or wounded service members and disabled Veterans, affected by military service, leading to aiding in their recovery and rehabilitation. Now, twenty years after 9/11/01, we aim to recognize and remember the first responders who laid their lives on the line, and the service members who pushed forward thereafter, and over history.
Also, don’t forget that this September 18th there is an 8 hour IMSA Endurance Race at Daytona to benefit a local autism organization with practice starting at 1:00pm CST
You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!
Yuhouse Racing Designs is officially starting a pre order for YRD button box’s for sim racing! The box is plug and play! Equipped with a covered switch. Two on off switches. 6 programmable buttons and 3 tune dials and 2 toggle switches and a fully functioning brake bias knob! To get started, send them a Pm on their facebook page. They’re asking a $50 deposit to start your order., and will apply that to the Final cost of $130 and are estimating a $10-$15 per box shipping in continental US.
TweakTown posted a list on their Twitter page of Best Buy stores that currently have sock of the hard-to-find Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series’ graphics cards after a large restock.
Ellis – p3 – started 17th worked my way up ran top five most of the night – final stop the two leader short pitted and i stayed out a couple of laps, and that was it – after it shook out they were 4 seconds up on me. Great run
Hall – P 22, was pushing for top 10 in top split, wreck in front of me, once again no where to go
Rochette P11 from the real to virtual irish hills in less time than it took to complete this race. Conservative in the begining. On restarts kept getting checked up when guys dont know how to come out of a corner right. Was good on long run but felt slow. Was just tired
Sunday Open
Hall – p10, saved a descent run for the week
Sunday fixed
Mike -p19 – had a good run going but they stacked up on a restart and like dominoes i got crunched on both front and back – car was slow so just finished off from there.
Brian – P15 no sound! Started in the back, Avoided wrecks, but not black flags:two laps down. Had the speed to run with leaders, but couldn’t get laps back.
Tyler – P13 had a great run and felt comfortable during the race. Was side swiped avoiding a crash on backstretch but managed to stay clean and pull out a 13. Thank you to Mike for spotting at the end!
Race: Daytona
Wed Open:
Hall –p7, contending on gwc, outside line lead, Horrific net code, inside line was holding there line
Ellis – p.wrecked out – was running p5 all lined up just riding and 2nd place spun 1st and i got wiped out – 4 minutes damage can barely steer – go back out just riding around laps down leaders coming by on the bottom im in the middle i get tagged big wreck – i probably screwed up not leaving enough room – i should have parked it
Rochette P24 in the wall early never made it back up to recovery
Thanks to Kyle for the pushing and spotting at the end.
Thurs Open
Ellis – p.11 – was running top 5, first stop rights only got the lead – led many laps – The last run we had to save fuel, then later we got racing and i made several tactical errors on which lane to pick when… A good learning race and redemption a bit after last night
Rochette P stupid gah damn lap cars going 3 wide and wrecked, caugt in it
B open- Kyle – Daytona P all i do is win. Started P3 and just hung out behind the leader. On lap 18 the caution came out. I took fuel and tires and just waited my time behind the leader saving gas. 9 laps to go i made my move for the lead when we came up on lap traffic. Held off the field for a P1.
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League –
David – p2, survival of the luckiest basically
Greg pwrecked
Mike – p8 – started in the back was up to 7th by 1st stop – ran top 5 for a while but longer runs i ran the tires off then faded.
Tony- Pwrecked
Bobby -pblinked out
Stephen – pwrecked
Joe – pwrecked
Pacific Majors – Southern 500
Hall – p 11 had to spend an entire green flag run nursing overheating from a lap car, never got lead lap back.
Hosted – Mt Washington Hill Climb
Ellis – 5:43 beetle
OBRL Aftermath Truck Series
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? Congratulations To the Final 4 And Everyone from the Finale at Daytona International Speedway
Josh Robinson in the Micro Center #23 Finished 2nd In points
Steve Thomson in the Ridetv #67 Finished 3rd in points
Dwayne McArthur in the REG Customs #97 Finished 4th in points
Final Thoughts
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On today’s show we’ll be welcoming Gridfinder Paint Festival winner Jordan Spoon to the show. We’ll one more trip to Mount Washington, review some more iRacing special events and have lots of new hardware to check out. . So strap in and try to keep up with 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.
Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`
READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!!
Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
Introduction
On this week’s show we’ll recap the iracing Pro Invitational as well as many more great topics…and find out which Tifosi driver gets back-to-back NIS wins this week!
And remember you can follow along with us on your 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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Coming soon, Grid Finder 2.0. A complete overhaul to better suit the sim drivers’ needs adding many new features to its already robust search functions including allowed controller types, driver assists, race length and whether leagues are currently recruiting. The changes don’t stop with the League page, Grid Finder is also rebuilding the paint booth, commentary box and the merch page. The site is still fully functional as they work through the beta phase to make sure the Grid Finder 2.0 launch is as slick as their new logo.
Tyler Hudson posted in the forums that he is taking schedule requests for the ’87 stock cars, Silver Crown, Super Late Models and Tour Modified series’ for the upcoming season 3. Submissions must be sent in using the downloadable template found in his posts.
Bob Pockrass Tweeted that for the next Pro Invitational Race a fan vote will determine a non-Cup series driver into the field. Development driver Rajah Caruth is already campaigning for his nomination to be voted in on his Twitter account.
For the next Pro Invitational Series race, a fan vote will determine a non-Cup Series NASCAR driver into the field. Also, past Pro Invitational Series racers who have past series win & race in a NASCAR national series get in — meaning Timmy Hill is in for next wk Talladega. https://t.co/UtmyCn23Ip
Field for eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational race Wed virtual Dega. B/c Nashville tire test, KuBusch/Briscoe won’t race while Bell has Ty Gibbs on standby. Iwuji in by fan vote. Special guest racer: Keelan Harvick. All in main. 70 laps, 2 resets. Race Hub at 6p ET, race 7p Wed, FS1 pic.twitter.com/C3ENfwnzD7
Wild West Motorsports Park in Nevada regrettably posted on their Facebook account that they are closing due to “unfortunate circumstances”, and goes on to thank it’s fans, sponsors, promotors and race teams.
iRacing’s Response [Hall]
While we are sad that @Wildwestmotorpk is closing in real life.. it lives on forever in iRacing. Check out this awesome side by side finish for the win from member Jack Breuker ? pic.twitter.com/D3BIjBkbCE
Davin @DriveThrough livestreamed a simulated Daytona 500 with 40 unique variations of Danica Patrick paint schemes.
hear me out: we livestream a simulated Daytona 500 but with 40 unique Danicas. Viewers take picks on which one wins, and the winners get… something?? idk yet pic.twitter.com/RZ5AR6E10n
Terry Silvers says that when leaving the pits, slowing for a pace car, etc.. when he reaches 26mph the wheel shakes 100000 TIMES more than any collision or speed bump? He is using a Fanatec V2.5 wheel base and FFB is at 8. Others in the forums confirmed the shaking and staffer David Tucker said they are working on it.
Youtuber penguinz0 posted a video of his father who has gotten onto iRacing in a big way. He describes his life-long love of cars and racing and how iRacing was a natural progression.
Poll [Mike]
John Flowers opened a poll in the forums asking members what feature they’d like to see next.
Stefan Jones asked in the forums if rain has been put on the backburner. Tyler Hudson replied that they are definitely still working on it and there are a lot of variables to do it correctly.
Staffer Alex Gustafson posted in the forums that iRacing is aware of an issue causing users to crash when transitioning from Practice to Race servers.
Users can prevent this by setting “enableLCDDisplay=0” in the “[External_Displays]” section of the “app.ini” file, located in the Documents\iRacing folder.
Greg West announced that in the upcoming season 3 update the Spec Racer Ford will be transformed into the 3rd generation (Gen 3) racecar with an upgrade to the chassis and performance of the new model.
Erik Arneson, Fox Sports Vice President of media relations, tweeted his congratulations to the Pro Invitational Series broadcast team for their nomination.
Brody Anderson posted in the forums that he thinks the new draft package is garbage and turns the race into a giant game of follow the leader. His sentiments were affirmed by several others.
Greg West announced in the forums the 4 Hours of Charlotte special event.
iRacing will team up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on Saturday, July 31 to add a brand new race to the Special Events calendar. The inaugural iRacing 4 Hours at Charlotte Benefiting the National MS Society will feature the Global Mazda MX-5, Audi RS3 LMS, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, BMW M4 GT4, and the McLaren 570S GT4 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, and will mark iRacing’s first partnership with a non-profit organization for a special event.
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Ellis – – p1- Ran top 10 all night with no incidents but couldn’t catch the leader, and I even had better tires, but at 50 to go he pit I didn’t and it went green from there.
Hall = P11, top split, nice finish for car 27, even had an unplanned 4 wide moment
Rochette P5 caught in some wrecks miss timed pace car on getting damage fixed was 3 laps down but comeback kid my way through back to lead lap and landed another top 5
Sunday Open
Brian – p4 Screwed up qualifying. Set was stable and fast. Stayed consistent and worked my way up to 2nd, but settled in at 4th
Rochette- P11 Man Richmond fun to race but i got used and abused this morning got wrecked 3 times 16x and 17th after the checkered going through the grass on avoiding a wrecked at the line.
Kyle – P P-7 started P-11 and had a good run until about halfway and couldnt keep the tires straight and fell back to the 20’s was able to work my way to a P-7 in the finally 10 laps.
Sunday fixed
Brian – P14 Got in a lot more trouble in this race. People were just too aggressive with lots of cautions. Accidentally used up my extra tires on lap 122. Held on to p14 with car #34
Tyler – P13. started dead last and kept the car clean for the most part. Most passes were done under caution or in the pits. Longest green run we had was about 35 laps with everyone struggling to pass and keep traction.
Race: Tally
Wed Open:
Hall – p12, taken out buy a guy diving below the yellow line, luck on a GWC to get a lot of spots back
Tom D. P wrecked
Ellis – p.1 – Ran top 5, never passed anyone to the right side, basically slowly gained positions through pitting and pit strategy. Led the most laps all the way to end. Late caution for a GWC I didn’t want to see had me on fumes. Another GWC would ruin me but never came thanks to DB Bowman. Check his twitch at twitch.tv/dbbowman to see my win… I owe DB a case a beer big time as he did not challenge me for the win, but agreed to push me and finish 2nd….Class act – Two wins in a row. Check out his twitch
The winning move was the last GF stop, he got up beside me and was positioning to beat me off pitroad, but I had a very perfect stop and got off first…
Rochette – P10 helped Mike to the lead on a restart where he stayed and i fell back. Last restart cars in front wrecking killed my momentum with the lead pack
Thurs Open
Ellis – p. 4 – forgot to change out of the q set – so lost a lap taking tape off. Eventually got a lucky dog and worked my way back up – good fuel strategy put me up front near the end just had a bit of damage and couldnt pass at all…
Rochette P9 Got my annual Dega Pole, along with fastest lap and 14 led. Non caution wreck in front broke me away from the main pack and my 4 car line couldnt regain
Official Series
A Fixed
Ellis – p- 24 – couldn’t pass at all, ran 5th the whole race – then caution at end so gwc – guy starting third thinks he is going to let his bud in so he checks up and i run over him and we all wreck.
Kyle P – P1-Started P-11 Car 29 and ran top 10 until pit cycle and got up to P-5 and just waited my time until the last caution with 12 to go Was able to draft my way to 2nd and just rode there until the last lap and made the move to go to the high side and left the leader all alone and i caught the draft of a lapped car and had the help of the car behind me to make the pass coming to the Tri-Oval to secure the win on the last 300 yards of the race.
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League
Mike- p11 – Was running better than that, but got caught w a yellow after my gf stop and ended up a lap down – no other lucky cautions so that is all I could get – Shout out to Brian for great spotting
Mike P11
adam-p3
Tom D. P
UCRA-chicago
Mike – p 6
David -p
OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series
? Congratulations Steve Thomson Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at Talladega SuperSpeedway,
Koko Puffs #3 Finished 2nd
Andrew Hess #54 Finished 3rd
Hosted
Ellis – Chris Macguire Michigan old cup car- p7
Final Thoughts
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This week on the show we’ll be covering the iRacing Pro invitational at Talladega, or is it Carb Cup with Pros? We have lots of topics to cover and there’s a new direct drive wheel base that may stir up the market in a major way, so stay tuned for this week’s edition of the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
Introduction
This week we will be welcoming another new member as we introduce AJ Pritchett to the show. The Pro Invitational is back this week and cover all of the stories and much more. And remember you can follow along with us on your mobile device real time as you listen 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
AJ Pritchett
General Questions:
What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Which series do you normally run?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
Software
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
Guest Specific Questions:
What was the first question I ever asked you?
Goals for 2021
New team Tifosi driver AJ Pritchett showed us what’s up by WINNING in his first ever start in the NASCAR iRacing Series – Fixed at Atlanta with a margin of winning at 0.000 in true Harvicks 1st win fashion!!! Welcome to the team bud. #winningpic.twitter.com/Ps03a527YA
Klingerman Sport Tweeted a ‘Mic Check’ segment that followed their drivers Bob Bryant and Isaac Gann’s radio chatter with their spotters thru last weeks Atlanta Coke Series Race.
Jenna Fryer also Tweeted that Kyle Larson’s car in the Pro Invitational Race will be in his “Drive for 5” paint, a campaign that supports causes he worked with during his suspension last year.
#NASCAR: @KyleLarsonRacin will return to the iRacing Series featuring his new foundation and the "Drive for 5" campaign that supports causes he worked with during last year's suspension: https://t.co/fQAVL6Irj2
David Schildhouse reported Tuesday on Twitter that Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Austin Cindric (driving the 2 car) will be in the race Wednesday and Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski
Timmy Hill Tweeted his disappointment in not being invited in the Pro Invitational Race despite competing in every cup race the last two seasons, And Jenna Fryer added that he won one of the iRacing events last season when it was the only sports on tv last year.
Sim racing "controversies" are assuredly some of racing's most stupid controversies, and they often seem largely self-inflicted (all of this is also self-evident).
If a guy won in the @iRacing Pro Series last season and runs Cup weekly, he should have a slot.
Nate Ryan, Dave Moody, Justin Melillo and Matt Weaver all jumped on the #LetTimmyIn Twitter campaign to have Timmy Hill added to the Pro Series lineup to the point the it was trending on Twitter.
Who cares how many people compete in the iRace? #LetTimmyIn
My final word on the topic because it is beyond ridiculous: The guy not invited to race is LITERALLY in the promotional graphic. pic.twitter.com/CJIjMM88Z9
Austin Cindric Tweeted yesterday morning that he had some big shoes to fill substituting for Brad Keselowski and suggested that Timmy Hill might be the man for the job.
Big shoes to fill subbing for BK. Tight squeeze into his virtual seat. Knees are in the virtual digital dash, and I didn't even have time to pack virtual tear-offs…
…And by yesterday afternoon Team Penske, along with Nascar made it official that yes, Timmy Hill will be in the number 2 car for the Pro Invitational Race.
Cody Hanley asked on Bob Pockrass’ Twitter account if there would be prize money for the Pro Invitational races, and he replied no, but Steve Myers responded that they will be giving away $5000 to the charity of choice of the winning driver for each race.
We, @iRacing, are giving $5,000 to the winner's charity of choice for each race.
Some interesting videos this week including an iRacing dirt promotional video and streamer Dave Cam with a video trying his hand at plate racing at Talladega in the Carb Cup.
Mike Ouellette regrettably posted in the forums the sad news of the passing of Black Adder Team Owner John King after battling brain cancer. He was a passionate driver, team builder and mentor to his fellow friends and iRacers.
Simon Butler from the UK noticed one day that his iRating had dropped even though he hadn”t raced. He checked his results and found that he had results in races while he was at work. He wondered if someone had used his login to race and contacted iRacing. Staffer Jason Bryfogle did some research and found that the questioned races were indeed from a different IP address
Porsche Motorsports posted a tweet letting fans of the Porsche All-Star race that you can vote for which car they will race in the finale at Monza between the Cayman GT4 Clubsport, 911RSR or the 911GT3 Cup car.
Motorsports reporter Adam Stern reported on Twitter that Nascar is working with the city of Chicago and iRacing to scan it’s streets to make a street course for the fifth iRacing Pro Series event.
.@NASCAR today is announcing that it worked with the city of @Chicago + iRacing to scan its streets to make for a street race for the fifth Pro Invitational Series event.
Adam Stern followed up, rehashing a report that the Sports Business Journal announced in February of 2020 that Nascar had discussions about holding a possible real life street race around Chicago and Los Angeles, and speculated that the Chicago Street Course on iRacing may be an experiment in furthering the discussions
SBJ reported in February 2020 that @NASCAR had discussions with Chicago’s @SoldierField and the @LAColiseum about holding a possible real-life street race around their venues, so the iRace experiment could indicate that those talks are moving forward.
Jason Perry Asked in the forums if the Chicago track will be available for the general subscribers, or just fire the Pro Invitational event. Steve Myers for iRacing assured him that iRacing would not have done the project if we could not put it up for sale! I expect it will be finished in late May in time for this event.
We would not have done the project if we could not put it up for sale! I expect it will be finished in late May in time for this event.
And this is a very different project than Monaco. The vast majority of the track is on the lake side of a park. Yes we are going to have to model some of the city but not as much as a track more centrally located in a city. When it is done it is going to be beautiful. The parks are going to be gorgeous and there will be an iconic shot at the start/finish line (if it does not change) with the fountain in the back.
In a news article on the Hendricks Motorsports website they report that Greg Ives, the crew chief for the 48 team said “iRacing is a huge tool for us as engineers and crew chiefs for us to understand what we may be challenged with. We try to set up changes here and there; it doesn’t technically correlate 100% but it does give you a general idea of what changes may do.”
An article in the LA Times documents the initial run of the Pro Invitational Series last year with the suspension of the regular season and it’s continuation this year while actual races are still being held.
Steve Myers posted on the socials giving Kyle Larson a lot of credit in the development and testing of the Nascar, Bristol Dirt experiment.
Kyle is leaving out that he helped us for the last two weeks test Bristol Dirt to give us his feedback on how he thinks the cars will drive. This is a rare situation when we have zero data on how a car will perform on a new surface. https://t.co/DgIRuNXr6I
iRacing Staffer Alex Gustafson posted a note in the forums the iRacing is aware that the suspension on current NDM cars is weak in some situations. They are working on the problems on a car by car basis and will release updates when they are happy with their testing results.
Auto Club Speedway will be doing a giveaway in anticipation of the upcoming iRacing Coke Series race on Tueasday March 30th. Prizes include a Coca Cola mini refridgerator, an Auto Club Speedway victory lane hat, and a year membership in iRacing.
To enter, fill in your information below. You will know you have properly entered when “Successfully Subscribed. Thank You” appears after clicking “Sign Up“. There will be only 1 (one) grand prize winner. Review sweepstakes rules here.
We are so excited to go iRacing on March 30th…so excited that we are doing a giveaway! Visit the link below to enter to win great prizes?
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Ellis – – p14 – ran back half of top ten most of night – two gf runs in a row then some cautions at the end – was 9th on final restart and choked and slipped back to 14.
Hall = P24 couldn’t avoid early wreck, limped around rest of race
Rochette P Can i stop being wrecked please
David – p 23, when wrong way with set
Tom D – Crashed. Couldn’t miss them
Rochette- Pparked it against gut went with another set.. ended up 2 laps down with no recovery so just parked it
Kyle – P Started P4 Kept it in the top 10 all race long and kept out of trouble. We came to a GWC in P1 but couldn’t hold off the #8 Car and brought home a P2.
Sunday fixed
Mike -p14 – Was running 24th when the green flags stops started and somehow cycled out to 12th after that got my way up at hires fifth before somebody ran over the back of me and I fell to last car on lead lap
Kyle – P4- Started P2 Got a caution on Lap 23 came out of Pits P3 behind a driver with old tires.he got wrecked and collected me. Pitted for repairs went one lap down in 29th till i got the lucky dog on Lap 58 and then battled my way back to the front to finish P4
Race: Bristol
Wed Open:
Hall – p wrecked out by the dirtiest driver in top split
Tom D. P18. Was not comfortable at beginning of race. Learned a lot. Look forward to Sunday to use what I have learned
Ellis – p4 – Qualified p4 – ran top 5 all night – got 12 x basically in first 20 laps – then with about 30 to go hit 18 had to do the drive through – was 19th – drove it up to 4th in two short runs –
“That last restart you made up a ton of spots, no one wanted to run the fence.” – Will Gibson
Rochette – P5 hung out in top 5 99% of the race which was aboot 65% pacing but when we did go green had alot of fun. Ran with Chris which ended up 3rd
Thurs Open
Hall – wrecked, initial spin was on my, but a driver instead of stoping accelerated through me and put me on my roof
Ellis – p.
Rochette P3 top 4 car all race but was a bit conservitive on final laps waiting for the leaders to hit the wall and slide under em Bristol Dirt is waaaaaaayyy better than actual Bristol
Official Series
A Open
Kyle P – Atlanta P1 started in P2 and watched the leader drive off to lead until green flag pit stops. After the pit stops cycled through rane 2nd behind the leader by 11 seconds. I saved my tires and was able to catch the leader with 15 to go and made my move with 12 laps to go to take the lead and pulled to a 4 second lead to take the win.
Kyle P – Bristol Dirt P3 started P6 banged off the wall all race long was able to keep on the lead lap and brought home a P3
Euro Sprint
Hall – Win #100 at Sebring
Dallara Jet Car -Ellis – Hockenheim – p2 – out of 2 drivers
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League
Mike- p6 – Two early cautions then two gf stops in a row in the middle of the second one, caution – took a waveby – then fought for lucky dog and got it and a caution – p7 to lead lap, gained one more spot – nothing for the leaders I needed track position
Stephen – dnf
Tom D. P-dnf – got involved in a lap 1 crash. Thought I had a good piece going into the race.
Premier Race Network Cup:
Tom D – p9. Ran top 10 all race. Was fighting for a top 5. Late race yellow, got passed on the short run
Final Thoughts
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This Week we welcome new show co-host and Tifosi team member AJ Pritchett, who won in his first NIS as a Tifosi team member. The Nascar Pros return to iRacing with the Pro Invitational at Bristol Dirt and we’ll review all of the happenings and we’ll see a Little Giant of a rig in hardware/software, so tune in to the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Joining me are the usual characters, ————
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Topics
Season 4 Stats
Rob Crouch posted in the forums another comprehensive list of the 2020 Season 4 stats. Also, for a small $5 donation, you can private message Rob and he will create a custom output for you and your friends.
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Updated iRacing Apparel [Brian]
Staff member Otto Szebeni let everyone in the forums know that the merchandise page has been updated with new products.
The super high speeds and tight racing has already produced some fantastic wrecks. None to be outdone in a video posted and edited with sound of Jonathan Goke with a near perfectly executed barrel roll.
Jonathan Goke has done it. The double double McTwist big mac with extra tomato. pic.twitter.com/IdLM3yF8Ox
Joel Keller was the engineer who worked on the new Dallara iR01. He’s responded to some of the community feedback and made changes to the handling, steering speed and force feedback as a result and will keep making adjustments as more feedback comes in.
Some very high praise indeed from IRL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay who tested on the new Long Beach track and was very impressed.
Got a chance to get back on the home @SimCraft setup. Latest from @iRacing is incredible. Been missing Long Beach like no other. They nailed it. Very impressed. pic.twitter.com/3fReo3PaI2
What Do You Think of Cedar Lake, That’s Ruts! [Brian]
Some of the drivers noticed that while running the Big Block Modified at the new Cedar Lake Speedway that ruts are being created in the corners making the racing even more enjoyable. Tyler Hudson responded that apparent the weather and the construction of the Big Block Modified tires is playing a major role in their creation.
According to members in the forums Cedar Lake Speedway has a small 1-1/2 foot gap in the wall at the flagstand that is causing a bug where the cars (sprint cars especially) are being unrealistically launched sideways when it’s hit. Staffer Michael Bergh is now aware of the issue and it will be addressed in an upcoming patch
Mike Ouelette announced in the forums that after a two year break the World Cup XI will be returning. The World Cup of iRacing is a club competition to find out which club has the most depth of talent across a wide variety of racing diciplines.
Love the show and so happy to hear that you guys have a sponsor and a website now. Already been on the site and saved a quick link. I joined iRacing in April and absolutely love it. Your show has really helped keep me on track with good and bad equipment and things to stay focused on. So Many tips you guys have shared and the feedback is amazing. I was able to even race with you guys during a charity race at Daytona for iK9Hero.
The input you guys give on all the topics is great and really gives myself and others top quality information. However I am beyond curious as to what you guys are using equipment wise. What rigs y’all got! We would love to see some shots of your rigs with a breakdown of what you have. Also what do you plan on adding?
Also, it would be so cool to have a official iRacers lounge livery on Tradin Paints that listers could use to help promote and spread the word.
Currently I’m saving for a DD but until that happens I’m on a 80/20 rig by 4playracing using a Specter UltraWide with the GOAT G27 wheel and shifter. Using a i7 HP Omen with a 2070 RTX Nivida.
Again I love the show and can’t thank y’all enough for all the tips and info that is shared. Hope to see y’all on the track soon.
Greg, Chris, and Tony were in the broadcast booth calling the Ladies of iRacing ‘Ugly Sweeter Party’ Street Stocks race at Michigan with the call of a thrilling finish!
Greg West posted that the guys at iRacing aren’t satisfied with their current painter. In fact, they have been working for several weeks to make it much better than it is now. Although the work is far along, it wasn’t quite ready for the build, but we do plan to release it before next season. It will have the new 3D car viewer built in, so you won’t have to jump back and forth between the paintkit and the car info page to see your changes in 3D.
Autosport announced on Twitter a new category in their Autosports Awards in 2020; ‘eSports Driver of the Year’. And their winner for the inaugural reward goes to Sebastian Job winner of the Porsche Tag Hauer iRacing Supercup Championship.
Introducing a new category for the Autosport Awards 2020, and one fitting for a year where esports boomed ?
The iRacing Chili Bowl Nationals are underway. Each night this week at 9:00 EST is a race session culminating with a Saturday ‘Super Session’ with the top 60 drivers in points vying for the championship.
David Schildhouse posted on his YouTube channel a video showing 3 tips as to how to save tires with the new tire model in Fixed setup races.
iRacing Give-Aways
Turn Racing [Mike]
You can win a R20 EVO wheel. Just place the Turn Racing logo (found in iRacing Paintshop) on any car in the primary location. Race in at least 10 official races in 2021 Season 1 and you’re automatically entered to win an R20 Evo steering wheel.
New for Season 1, the Turn Racing Touring Car Challenge where one participant will win a new racing wheel from Turn Racing.
If you just race in the Sim-Lab Production Car Challenge this season, each completed race is an entry into the raffle to win a Sim-Lab P1-X sim racing chassis.
Heusinkveld is giving away a set of Heusinkveld Sprint Pedals during Season 1, 2021! Just race in the Heusinkveld GT Challenge. Each completed race is an entry into the raffle for the pedals.
If you place the Apex Racing Academy logo (found in iRacing Paintshop) on any car in the primary location and race in at least 10 official races in 2021 Season 1 you’re automatically entered to win 1 of the 5 Apex Racing Academy prizes!
In an Instagram post Parker Klingerman announced that he will assume full ownership of Burton Klingerman eSports and Jeff Burton will step aside to give Parker full control of the team noting his ‘ real passion and enthusiasm for the team’
Tyler Hudson posted a reminder on the forums that businesses and individuals are prohibited from using the iRacing forums to solicit members for business or personal gain without becoming an iRacing official partner or advertising.
iRacing announced it’s 2021 schedule of special events Not included on the list, they will be bringing back the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, Knoxville, and Winter Derby while also adding, new for 2021, events at Crandon, Suzuka, and Hockenheim.
Evan Posocco reported on Twitter the results of the eRacing Association Winterbowl iRacing Tournament at Nashville Fairgrounds where Parker Retzlaff put the bumper to Daniel Silvestri to take the win and the $7500 prize.
Pro-Sim’s sequential shifter pre orders coming next week for deliveries to start mid January. We also have our H pattern on pre order again for deliveries in mid February. Everyone on our waitlist will get an email when the pre order opens.
Official Series(Please Copy and Paste Template for format if using last spot)
ARCA – Ellis – Ran 1 race at atlanta to see if I could gain some iRating – Huge mistake, I kept pushing in 2 and having to lift, and quickly was headed backwards. I later accidentally doored a guy, I didnt mean to… Near the end a lapper took out the leaders so I was able to finish 5th… That was lucky, probably wont try that again
Leagues/Hosted Races
Unofficial – Mike –
Coke Raceway – ran about 6 races in a row – wrecked out of each- in one i was leading while wrecked. Love love love it, this is pretty much a new style of racing – getting runs and keeping them it is so wide that you can – 60 cars is a blast, there was always cars coming and going – wrecks self clear off the blanking –
Mike – p dnf – was wrecked on 1st caution – was going straight down back stretch 12inches off the wall, and a guy is like trying to side draft me or something and hooks me – car damage made it too loose to drive- don’t appreciate a simple apology from that driver
David – p12. Ends top 10 streak, but still good finish in tough field
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- P18 started outside pole Had the Speed, but not the Luck
OBRL Truck Series NashvilleBrian P13 first time at Nashville. Fun track but got caught up in other people’s messes
UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series – lime rock radicals
Hall –.was slowest car pitched in early to take car of a real life thing
Ellis – Joined Scott Rupp from Midwest simulations in the booth on the podcast and had some fun calling the race
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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The Money Shot
Description
Season 1 kicks off in a big way this week on the show, but first we review week 13, and all of the new content added to the service. After a short delay, we have the biggest, baddest superspeedway you’ve ever seen, and the carnage it can create. iRacing works out those oh, so pesky bugs after such a large release and we cover it all on this weeks episode of the iRacors 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.
