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Episode 0491

6/26/2025 – iRating Be Damned – Episode 0491

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll update you on the 2025 Season 3 Patch 2 release, discuss the things we wished we knew before we started sim racing, show you how to practice more efficiently, could you add a MOZA wheel to your daily driver, discuss a ton of hardware topics and why are we seeing so many cautions on the oval side of the service?

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

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Topics

Schedule Announcement

More Penalties

FIA Over Reach?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/fia-to-include-sim-racing-in-international-sporting-code.3326/

NASCAR Euro Series Coming To iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/282852-2

Focus Sim Racing

iRating Achievement

2025 Season 3 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/81364/2025-season-3-patch-2-release-notes-2025-06-21-01

All We Saw Was Yellows

https://x.com/KarmaMJO/status/1936962856399880364

Is Ollie A Jedi?

https://x.com/Basic_Ollie/status/1936875046128984285

Calling In The Reserves

https://x.com/justinmelillo/status/1937568561091719380

Salas Manages Tires To The Victory At Dover

https://www.iracing.com/vicente-salas-and-his-tires-survive-the-long-run-scores-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-win-at-dover

More Rear Air Grief

https://www.twitch.tv/carwild/clip/RockyAdventurousEggnogMVGame-VAv98jryt_uG_Zsc

How to Practice More Efficiently

Things I wish I knew…

  1. Tame your FFB.
  2. Seat time beats tinkering.
  3. Don’t chase high end gear to early.
  4. Watch a Track Guide first.
  5. Mindset – Its just me versus the track, don’t fret about the other cars.

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

iRacing Race For The Cure

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-national-ms-society-reunite-for-race-for-the-cure-on-august-13

Six Hours Of The Glen

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/81037/2025-iracing-watkins-glen-6-hour-presented-by-vco

Firecracker 400

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/81231/2025-iracing-firecracker-400

iRacing Weekly Tune In

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-weekly-tune-in-esports-community-events-june-26th-july-2nd/

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-24-june-30-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

ANNOUNCEMENT: WE ARE SKIPPING THE SHOW NEXT WEEK FOR THE HOLIDAY, 4TH OF JULY. THIS WILL ALSO MAKE US LINE UP NICELY TO HIT EPISODE 500 AT THE SIM GAMING EXPO, SEE YOU THERE!

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

GSI AeroFlex Gloves Now Available

Force Feedback Transformed

GRD 3D Thrustmaster Wheel Mods

https://grd3d.com/collections/all

Is It Next Level?

Simucube Active Pedal Profile Shared

Asetek Invicta Pedals Setup And Review

Cool Performance’s Formula Sport 

Next Level PRS Series Seats

10,000 Laps Later: Long Term Review

Yes You Can, But Would You?

New Spotter Pack: The Englishmen

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79047/the-englishmen-a-new-spotter-pack/p1

Officially Licensed Red Bull 2025 Simulator

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Pocono

  • Brad- P29 The race started fine and was in the front half for the bulk of the race. With about 30 to go someone decided to drive through me getting into turn 1, plain and simple. An apology goes a long way but did not get one.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Pocono

  • Mike- P drove myself up to round P5 was just riding. There were a bunch of cautions behind us.  Lap 23 had some bonehead making weird moves and I went to the inside coming up on the front street well out of the way, but it was for wide and the guy on the outside got the wall and hit the other guys and they came down into me all three of us into the inside wall too much damage we are done

Wednesday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

  • David – P6, one and done, this aint racin.  I just rode on the inside the whole race never made any moves.  Making moves usually resulted in guys getting wrecked.
  • Chris – P 4. The racing has been a mess on NiS. The red Waldron’s Furnitue/iRacers Lounge Chevy stayed safe in the back to let them wreck. With 15 cars left I made my move and finished P4. Side note I had lots of trouble pitting. The pits would open while the field was reforming and if I missed entry, the pits would close. Sitting P6 in points still in contention. 
  • Brad- P18 I hate this type of racing! Qualified mid-pack and got collected in the first wreck on lap 1. Three minutes of damage and spent the rest of the race getting that fixed. Continued to get additional Xs from too many games being played on restarts and the normal phantom 4x had me at 16x at the GWC. Coming to the checkered sitting in p10 only to get hit by another car spinning off the nose of the guy beside me. That pushed me over the limit and dropped the finish to p18. The amount of stupidity that I have witnessed over the last two weeks on the oval side is ridiculous.

Thursday Open- NiS – Echo Park Speedway

  • Bobby – Pwrecked

Official Series

FIA F4 Americas 

  • Mike – P start at 18th out of 22 at W Glenn drove her up to finish top 10 P 10. Very happy with that. It was quite a battle.

M2

  • Ellis – P8 at the motorsports Arena, Oscar Slaven qualified for out of 11 in the BMW, M2. Ended up jumping the star and I didn’t have my clutches mapped. Had to do a drive-through penalty finish P8.

Gen 4

  • Ellis – P wrecked out didn’t even get to the start finish line on the initial start. Some guy lost it and wrecked the entire field. I had seven minutes damage. Charlotte
    • Then Talladega there was a check up and got ran over from behind totally destroyed finished death laugh wrecked out
    • Next time Talladega qualified eight out of 24
    • Next night Charlotte qualified 14th out of 22. Got neck coated from about 10 feet away. Had over 10 minutes damage the worst net coat I’ve ever been a part of. Finish 21st.
    • My journey is complete. I finally arrived at bottom split car number one out of 20 qualified eight. we ended up on a split strategy at Charlotte. Me and another guy had tires and fuel. The other rest of them didn’t we got out front? I was running second I was about two laps. Short ended up hitting and getting rights and just flying through the field and come up on a slow car that couldn’t make up his mind what line he was in and I ran over the top of him still somehow someway I finish P9 out of 20.
    • Qualify 10 out of 21 at Charlotte. Wrecked out. 
    • Monday night Bristol had a restart on lap 26 where we’re single file restart with without cars to the inside piece car is still on track track goes green pace. Car is still in front of the leaders for maybe a second and a half and then it just disappears off the screen it stays green so then we all kinda go and ever we could and it was awkward.  Eventually, I worked my way up to lead the race on some pit tire strategy differences let a few laps and then finish a very respectable P3.  So happy to have a decent finish and stop the bleeding. 

A Open

  • Brad W – P28 Atlanta Screen froze on lap 8 for the entire backstretch. I pulled left to get out of traffic only to hit the inside wall. TOO MUCH DAMAGE, WERE DONE!

IMSA

  • Hall – P 2, finally snagged a podium
  • Ellis – P11 ran in the open at Watkins Glen start at 18th finish P 11…. 25 lap race kept my nose clean and it was a good practice event. Had a fast lap of a 1:47.82.
    • Ran again the next night started dead last P 25 drove up to P 16 before I spawn on the carousel didn’t hit anything go back to last and then drove up to finish P 13
  • Brad W – P8 (Motegi-GT3) I have to learn to drive on cold tires. Lost five spots over the first 3 laps while the tires came up to temp. From then on it was try to get positions back. Really frustrating race when you are so much faster than people and they just won’t give up a spot. We both lose time over the race. Too many games are being played getting into the corners.
    • P18 (Watkins-GT3) Was wrecked by someone driving way over their skill level. I think I only made it about 8 laps.
  • William W- P5. Started P8. Should have been a podium but almost killed myself twice. Luckily no damage. Driving the Ferrari to practice for the 6 hour and struggling a bit. Track is on fire and the front just wants to slide through a lot of the turns. Going to do a couple more to prepare for Saturday.

GT Sprint Simucube Series

  • Brad – P15 (Daytona) This was like Draftmasters, I knew I should not have joined but I did. Again, guys driving way over their skill level especially on cold tires. Lap 3 a guy loses it in the kink, I go into the grass to avoid but get hit in the left rear. I have wheel damage but soldiered on to the finish.
  • William W – P12. Daytona. 2nd split and there were some fast people here. Started P18. Still haven’t gotten the hang of qualifying and the first couple laps on this new tire. Way too tentative early and it cost some positions. Punting going into turn 1 on lap 2. Luckily was able to save it and only list about 4 spots, but had some aero damage that felt like I was dragging a rock on the straights. Felt really good with pace once the tires were warm after pit.

League / Hosted Races

Majors 24h Le Mans

  • Greg, Tom and David –  P2 –  Rain, Dry,  Fun.  Persistence and way fewer mistakes than most other cars.  Two insane wreck avoidances. Mine was the LMP2 leader got loose by him self going into Indy, I opted to take the escape road as I just instinctively new he was out of control and wasn’t going to make the left hand turn.  WIth 12 hours ago, we figured it was in the hands of others weather we would get back into a podium position, however over 6 hours we dropped a 9 minute gap to less that 1 lap to third.  Then a team had connection issues and just quit after they were out of third.  I was asleep with another 1 of the other teams had extreme difficulty in the rain.   This type of rain setting was perfect.  There was one session that was extremely wet.  During that time I was turning some of the faster laps among remaining GTP’s.  But he switching between wet and dry was fun, challenging and added strategy for a split that didn’t have safety cars.

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P4. Homestead Roval. Track is actually fun for Mazda’s. Draft is strong. 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P3. This track is not fun for GT3. We tried something else and I was not a fan. Attendance was down because of track choice too. Hope to not come back here. Ran 4th for most of the time, P3 spun in front of me, got minor damage from that but was able to fix in pits. Not much passing here, rather boring race. 

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – ran the GT challenge fixed at Daytona spun on the first lap and was dead last 19th worked my way up to finish P9 lots of attrition
    • Jumped into a hosted 87’s at Talladega. The caution came out and I realized I haven’t mapped my new brake pedal correctly in the settings and I literally have no brakes so I have to crash the car into a wall just to escape from the car.
    • Ran the brand new advanced pro two off road trucks D class at wild West motorsports Park a new series. This is the only one left out of all the cars I own and tracks I own that I haven’t ran as of yet. Qualified second out of nine and finished P3.

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. iRating Be Damned

Description

On today’s show we’ll update you on the 2025 Season 3 Patch 2 release, discuss the things we wished we knew before we started sim racing, show you how to practice more efficiently, could you add a MOZA wheel to your daily driver, discuss a ton of hardware topics and why are we seeing so many cautions on the oval side of the service?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

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

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

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

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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

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

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0490

6/19/2025 – Divisional Splits – Episode 0490

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll cover some growing concerns after the Season 3 build, see if these top 7 races are on your list, more NASCAR 25 information has dropped, help elevate your cable management, help you if your MOZA wheel base has started vibrating and hopefully answer two questions; What does the future of sim racing look like? and Does Safety Rating even matter?

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

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Topics

Is The 296 The New King?

2025 Season 3 Patch 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80739/2025-season-3-patch-1-release-notes-2025-06-12-02

Working On Period Correct Restarts

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/689817#Comment_689817

2025 Season 3 Contest Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80751/season-03-2025-contests/p1

Does Safety Rating Mean Anything?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80651/getting-to-d-0-0-safety-rating-should-mean-something/p1

2025 Season 3 Video Development Blog

Gen 4 Physics Issues?

https://x.com/MGuest33/status/1934657339778383979

https://x.com/ChrisOverland47/status/1934783674236424393

Are These On Your List For Season 3?

  1. GT3s At Daytona
  2. Major’s 24
  3. 6 Hours of The Glen
  4. Spa 24 Hours
  5. IMSA at Daytona
  6. Portimao 1000
  7. Indy 6HR

More Rear Air Grief

https://x.com/jackmace07/status/1933353291598987500

How Many?

NASCAR 25 News

https://x.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1933249107545510143

Is The Gen 4 The Craziest Car In iRacing?

iRacing 2025 Season 2 Is Complete

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1934985273508512024

Yes, We Are All Geeks

https://simracelife.com/products/sim-racing-geek-t-shirt

Issues That Needed To Be Sorted Out?

Wilson Makes It Two In A Row

https://www.iracing.com/hawkeye-steven-wilson-claims-second-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-win-in-a-row-at-iowa

https://x.com/eRacr_gg/status/1935438732594991474

New Tires Worth The Hype?

What Does The Future Of Sim Racing Look Like?

Are Division Splits Getting Worse?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80998/divisions-have-just-got-worse-for-higher-iratings

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

The Majors 24

https://majorsseries.com/event/majors-242025

iRacing Race For The Cure

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-national-ms-society-reunite-for-race-for-the-cure-on-august-13

Six Hours Of The Glen

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/81037/2025-iracing-watkins-glen-6-hour-presented-by-vco

iRacing Weekly Tune In

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-weekly-tune-in-esports-community-events-june-19th-25th/

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-17-june-23-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

How Much?

https://www.advancedsimracing.com/products/precision-sim-engineering-gt-fx-steering-wheel

Elevate Your Cable Management

https://www.optimalsim.com

Is Quad Views A Game Change?

SimPro Manager Update

Asetek 360 Hz Hotfix

MOZA’s M Booster In Action With ABS

Car Motor Vibration On MOZA Wheel After Update?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80374/car-motor-vibration-on-moza-ffb-after-update/p1

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Pocono

  • David – P wrecked, running well, but you can’t pass here, its just use pit strategy, so at some point i had to be back with the squirrels and i got squirreled
  • Brad- P5 Started p15 and hung around the top for the first half of the race. Way too many yellows but waiting till lap 35 to pit only to get dropped from the server during the cycle, lost a lap. Managed to get back in but lost a lap and then was collected in a wreck and had almost 3 minutes of damage to fix. Was able to get all but 45 seconds fixed and get back on the lead lap. Tried to gain some track position and stayed out under a yellow but would spin off T2 from the 5th spot. Went back to p16 and was able to avoid the carnage over the next 15 laps, 3 GWC to come home with a P5. (15 yellows and 47 caution laps) WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS! 

Thursday Open- NiS – Pocono

  • Mike- P 20 had a pretty good run gone. I started in the pets and stayed in the back the first half the race basically but still got caught up in incident inside three minutes on 14 minutes on another just rode around and finished.
  • David – P 8, can only gain positions by strategy and restarts, its really just like the real thing now.  Used strategy to get up to p3.  Got caught in a leader wrecking, made it back up again with strategy to p8 and pretty much held that.  This isn’t racing.
  • Justin – P4 top split
  • Bobby – Pwrecked

Official Series

Gen 4

  • Ellis –car 20 out of 25 first race of the week. Talladega draft Masters definitely less horsepower in this package and I got wrecked out pretty bad running up the middle in a three wide four deep with a massive check up.
    • Then onto the regular series at Charlotte. Ran the tires off way too hard in the first run. Second run was a lot more gentle got up to run in as high as P5. Then I killed the wall but save the car. It fell back to 14th ended up finishing P 14 out of 28.
    • Next night ran Talladega again, ended up wrecked out
    • Then to Charlotte had a good run going but got wrecked out was able to finish though P 14
    • Next night, Talladega DraftMaster car 21 top split out of 24. Finished P2.
    • Then Charlotte ended up P5 great run. I was involved in three different cautions, but they were all racing incidents.  12 incidents.

A Open

  • Brad W – P17 Started p10 and ran in the front all race. Pitted around lap 25 and was good to go from there. Was running p8 on GWC when the car ahead started to loose it out of T1. I tried to check up but could not avoid him. Caught up and finished p17. (10 yellows and 31 laps under caution.) DO WE SEE A PATTERN HERE?

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – Gen 4 @Richmond qualified 12 out of 21
    • Gen 4 at Dover qualifying 13 out of 20

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. Divisional Splits

Description

On today’s show we’ll cover some growing concerns after the Season 3 build, see if these top 7 races are on your list, more NASCAR 25 information has dropped, help elevate your cable management, help you if your MOZA wheel base has started vibrating and hopefully answer two questions; What does the future of sim racing look like? and Does Safety Rating even matter?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

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

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

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

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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

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

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

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Episode 0489

6/12/2025 – The Pedal Has Landed – Episode 0489

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we take a long look at the 2025 Season 3 Build release, discuss some of the issues after the release, discuss another “cheating” scandal, remind you why you need to see who is in your race lobby, visit the largest sim racing store and see what Max has been up to in the virtual racing world.

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

TITLE SPONSOR READ:

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Topics

New GT3 Tire Update

NASCAR Tracks Refresh

Ferrari 296 Challenge Car Has Arrived

Fast Pasta’s Thoughts On New Build

https://x.com/anthonyalfredo/status/1932215501574295689

Service Interuption

https://x.com/iRacingSupport/status/1931332892036092011

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/685063#Comment_685063

Scan This Please

https://x.com/marshallpruett/status/1932094493978951730

@bigduke_sim_racing

#stitch with @Barstool Sports #fyp #foryoupage #iRacing #simracing #powersports #haulinballz #WFO

♬ original sound – Big Duke

IndyCar In The Rain At Portland

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1933199058023174271

NASCAR Gen 4 Is Here

AI Commentary On Races

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80120/new-live-ai-racing-commentary-by-new-eleven-v3-could-be-amazing-in-iracing

The Bend Motorsports Park

Penalty Reversal

Team Redline Disqualified

They started the race on wets and no fuel, set the car to run as low as it could on those tyres, then they did a single lap, put slicks on and filled the tank and it lowered the car further than the tech would normally allow giving them an advantage or a lower ride height.

I heard that the limit at Nords was 70mm and does this hack allows you to run 50mm..

https://x.com/AVL_44/status/1931375240300450145

Cone Damage!

Who’s In The Lobby?

Rear Air Grief?

https://x.com/TylerrJorrdan/status/1932989956261392557

New Jumpy Trucks Series

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1932075289808703582

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80310/advanced-pro-2-lite-2025-season-3

Max Weekly Update

Max Verstappen joined two races on Thursday night (CET), took a dominant win, and dropped insane lap times in the 6:17s

WoO Late Models Team Up With Iracing

https://x.com/WoOLateModels/status/1932801712324010095

More Issues During Build Deployment

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80434/2025-season-3-known-issues

2025 Season 3 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80380/2025-season-3-preliminary-schedule

2025 Season 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80339/2025-season-3-release-notes-2025-06-10-01

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80522/2025-season-3-hotfix-1-release-notes-2025-06-10-04

The Flying Lap Racing & Flight Simulation

https://www.theflyinglap.com

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

https://www.instagram.com/p/DK0Pz5Nylt1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

The Majors 24

https://majorsseries.com/event/majors-242025

iRacing Race For The Cure

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-national-ms-society-reunite-for-race-for-the-cure-on-august-13

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-10-june-16-2025

Podcast Housekeeping

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

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Coanda Esports Hardware

https://x.com/CoandaEsports/status/1930923661747208526

Simsonn Pro X Ultra Pedals

https://www.simsonn.com/products/simsonn-racing-sim-pedal-pro-x-ultra

A Visit To The Largest Sim Racing Store In North America

Better Motion: Less Money?

Everything You Need For $400

Simucube/TK Pedal Face

Simucube vs Moza

Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack – Updated

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1148227910654377&id=100064015361749&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=ZcSIAnbMyGFUcw4h#

When Just Two Will Do

TK On The P1 DDX Prime 

This Is Not A Game

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Michigan

  • Tony -P3 gawh Damn it. Ran different set and ran much better. Stayed in the top 10 majority of the race avoiding everything under the sun.  Took 2 came out 4th with 10 to go. Grabbed the lead lap and half later. Lost the lead til slipped out of 2 with 5 to go. Was right on his bumper waiting for the right moment to make a move but caution came out with 3 to go. Had 2 gwcs where restarting 2nd and the leader was playing the try to guess what speed im going before the restart zone. Oh well Im just never gonna win a race again. Bright side ir above 2200 for first time in a long time and sr is 0.04 from becoming a pro hahaha
  • Brad- P4 A tale of two races. Started p9 and would stay around the 14-15 for the first half of the race. The race was slowed seven times for yellows and most of those were from aggressive driving. About midway I got into the wall coming off T2 trying to avoid an accident and ended up with wheel damage. Was able to fix it but went to the rear. Over the remainder of the race I was able to work my way back through yellows and pit strategy. Was sitting P8 on final restart and was able to avoid an accident on the last lap, split two guys and race back to P4. A welcome finish after the last few weeks.
  • Kyle – P14 started P18 and just fought the tire wear.

Sunday Open- NiS – Michigan

  • David – P wrecked, got straight dumped, red card it is
  • Tony – P safe from seeing the dumb stupid ugly big hat in victory lane had a day at real MIS even got to try a motion rig from the Ford Display. 
  • Greg -P7
  • Kyle – P13 Started P8 and just couldn’t find a good pace. Fell back to 19th and just held on as the tires were fading away. After a few cautions and a strategy to run a set of tires longer then most I pitted with 14 to go under caution and used the new tires to my advantage. Last lap picked of 5 cars to finish P13.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Michigan

  • Mike- Phad a great run all night, gwc, p5 digging on the bottom, i get loose and lose it – wrecked finish p14.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Daytona Road

  • David – P ya screw this.  Not driving this car on this track again
  • Brad- P33 Started P16 and only made it 2 laps. Had a spinner in the trioval not hold his brakes and came back up into the track. Myself and the car behind me went high but could not avoid it. Too much damage, we’re done.

Thursday Open- NiS – Daytona Road

  • Mike- P14- started 15th got as high as seventh got cream from a guy from behind totally wiped out continued on ended up getting high centered on a turtle and had to toe came out like 20 second but after stops and pit cycling I moved up to 14th.

Official Series


League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P20somthing. Killed myself on lap 2 in the rain. 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P5. VIR. Started 3rd. Spun the car on my own in turn 1. Got on the gas too hard and didn’t respect the new tire model. Did this in my first 3 races with the new tire. Had to fight all the way back up through the field of gt3 about 25 cars. Made it back up to 5th but was too far behind any more positions having to make that many passes. 

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – new GEN four at new Vegas wrecked out super fun
    • 13 week GT three challenge fixed at spa. Spun on turn one fell to dead last 30th then drove my way up to finish P 11.
    • Prototypes at Daytona qualified fifth out of 24
    • Gen 4 at Michigan started 20th finish 11th even after getting spot
    • Then Gen 4 at Daytona got wrecked out
    • Then street stocks at South Boston 14th out of 17th finished P7

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  1. The Pedal Has Landed

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On today’s show we take a long look at the 2025 Season 3 Build release, discuss some of the issues after the release, discuss another “cheating” scandal, remind you why you need to see who is in your race lobby, visit the largest sim racing store and see what Max has been up to in the virtual racing world.

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Episode 0488

6/5/2025 – Hocevar Corner – Episode 0488

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we get some upcoming build teaser shots, find out what the fall out was from the iRacing Coca-Cola eNASCAR Series race at Kansas, more Sim Gaming Expo announcements, see if a $15,000 sim rig is worth it, is there a new wheel base coming from Logitech and which real life driver found an exploit in iRacing.

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Topics

Hocevar Finds An Exploit

Caruth Grabs His Second Win!

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Can ChatGPT Analyze My Lap?

Dale Jr On Max

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Karl Samson Has Won In Everything

https://challenge.duncanwatts.com/Driver/339746

A Farewell To 2008 Charlotte Oval

#VerySoon

Should Low Participation Series Have Increased Grid Size?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80047/all-semi-dead-series-sould-have-at-least-40-grid-spots

Coanda’s Purple Lounge

Mount Washington Hill Climb

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/682803/#Comment_682803

Wilson Returns To Victory Lane At Kansas

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-returns-to-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-victory-lane-at-kansas-for-fourth-win-of-2025

ENASCAR: Penalty Report

Never Know Who Will Show Up In Your Lobby

https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1386566629275545/

Dodge Set To Make Return To NASCAR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/80095/leaked-race-vehicle

Super Formulas Get Rain Tires Next Week

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1146374937528732&id=100064687091588&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=gvSVBrm8oUkdqhvn#

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

Skip Barber Formula Series Returns In 2025

https://www.iracing.com/skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-returns-for-six-race-2025-campaign

The Majors 24

https://majorsseries.com/event/majors-242025

Nurburgring 24 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79289/2025-nuerburgring-24h-presented-by-thrustmaster/p1

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-3-june-9-2025

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Hardware/Software

Does This Change The World?

Is A $15k Sim Rig Worth The Price?

Virtual Stream Deck

VRS 295 Now Available In The USA

OC Racing On The P1 DDX Prime

So, How About This Sim To Reality?

Beware GPU Scammers

Trak Racer TR120 V2 Review

Carl Edwards Tries Out The P1 DDX Prime

2025 Triple Screen Setup Guide

New Logitech Wheel Base Leaked

SimCore Indy2 EVO

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Nashville

  • Tony -P4 decided to Mike Ellis it and show up with no practice all week with a few minutes to spare. It showed with a p22 qual. Raced smart avoiding the wrecks in 1st half. Last caution was with 78 laps to go and about 2/3rds the way realize it was probably staying green so started saving fuel. A few of the leaders had to pit with 3 to go and gained a few spots. Bonus was the asshole that wrecked me last weeks coke 600 was leading and ran out of gas with 2 to go. (Evil laugh) 
  • Brad- P27 Another disaster of a race. Started p7 but was caught up in another accident not of my making. Worked to get damage fixed only to get collected again. This time the damage was too much, we’re done.
  • John – P22.  Got wrecked. Was running in the top 10 when a guy tried to pass under me in turn 1. He did not have enough room to make the pass, so instead of braking he decided to just take me out. Impatience of drivers like that guy is what is killing NIS. Oh well, I have a good memory. Car was junk after that. By the time repairs were done I was 13 laps down.

Sunday Open- NiS – Nashville

  • David – P2,  started of stretching fuel to make a 1 stop race, but caution comes out, so everyone gets back even i’m around 13th.  Hanging around that spot until late race caution 20 laps to go, take 2, p6.  I survive a lot of carnage at the front, and the leader on the last restart had to serve a penalty for bad restart.  If i’d known might have gotten in a better position.  But was having a tracking issue with pimax since the last patch, and the horison was bouncing of line and back, making it really hard to precisely drive the outside line.  So on the last lap i coudln’t really fight.
  • Tony – P7 had a great long run car again but late race restart wasn’t good for me 
  • Greg -P7

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Nashville

  • Mike- P started 28th drove up to eighth by lap 35 but then got destroyed by some loser couldn’t miss it. Seven minutes damage rode around for quite a while trying to stay on the lead lap and get it fixed, but got destroyed again and some other incident too much damage were done.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Michigan

  • David – P14, caught in an early wreck from a 4 wide in front of me.  5 minutes of damage, but enough cautions got it all fixed, then flipped to the front on tire strategy.  Was terrible on restarts though and fell to 14th.
  • Tony – P17 ever get excited for something and than it ended up being one of the worse experiences you ever had? Welp that was me whole race and I wasnt even wrecked. Either I wasn’t driving the set right or it was just a miss for me. I still love my track in the Irish Hills. Il be hanging out in my usual spot T1 with my camera glued to my face
  • Brad- P10 Started p8 and was keeping up with the top group. After a restart I was taken 4 wide off turn 2 and I bobbled and with no room for error, I bounced off the car inside, spun and collected teammate David. From then on it was a fight to get damage fixed. Made the mistake of pitting early before pits were open figuring I would get the EOLL penalty. I did this in order to get two trips down pit road. Coming down the second time I was flagged for passing under yellow. Ended up with a 11 second hold and lost a lap. Managed to get the lap back and repairs made to fight back to the front. Very happy with the finish after the challenging race that it was.

Thursday Open- NiS – Michigan

  • Mike- P riding around 20th at lap nine when they wreck up ahead of me they’re reckon down low and up high. I get through the middle but ran over from the guy behind me. He right rears me hard into the wall blows the engine.
  • David – P Wrecked, don’t like this style of track

Official Series

Draft Master

  • Kyle -Top Split Daytona B Car P1 by half a car. Started P5 and just shuffled back to P10 until the big one on lap 8 happened going into 3 and it was a sketchy moment. Locked bumpers with P4 and worked with him to make up a 2 second gap to the top 3. We run them down and coming to the white P1 makes a bad block to the high lane and gets sent to the infield collecting 2 more cars and I slide up to P2. stayed on the leaders bumper until P3 was knocking on my bumper and we went high going into turn 3 where I was able to squeak out a win. 2nd oval win this week. Feeling pretty good with 2 wins in the bag this week and this race having a 0 ”x” each. I have now set my Highest iRating of 2823 since joining in April 2020.

A Open

  • Brad W – P14 and p15 (Michigan) Missed the gearing on the first A open. Got collected in a wreck fought back to p14. Second race had the gear in the set much better but was collected in another 3 wide wreck. Damaged and struggled for pace after getting most of it fixed.

GT Sprint Simucube Series

  • Brad – P18 (Monza-Rain) I like this track but it does not like me. I avoided much of the lap 1 and 2 carnage and made my way up to p10 only to get collected in a stack up that caused quite a bit of nose damage. Kept racing to try and avoid the SR loss.

Indycar iRacing Series

  • Kyle P- P1 at Auto Club. Started P13 and just picked off cars 1 by 1 and battled for the lead. Led 6 laps but unfortunately I got this win the way I didn’t want to get it. 3 to go we are about to hit turn 1 and I go to squeeze the gap between P1 and P2 for a 3 wide run when P2 drops down to block and I bump P1 and that takes out P1 and P2 and hands me the win under caution.

League / Hosted Races

Majors Series – leman 2.4

  • David – P9, on the last lap running p7, leap frogged tom and was holding him off.  On last lap at the end of the mulson straight we caught a lmp2 and he was far enough ahead he didn’t have to yield to us.  Probably could have if he was paying attention to a 4 car fight and he wasn’t in one, but i was unable to get a good exit and tom got beside going into Indy, then i just missed a turn and go off the track and fall to 9th.
  • Tom D – P6

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – Indy car series fixed started P1 out of 14 finished P6.
    • Rein Meister at RuddsCogan in the GT three. Wreck out.
    • IndyCar at Daytona in hosted started 45 out of 60
    • Indy car fixed at Detroit qualified 11 out of 15. P8 no incident. Dean .12 got me to 3.5. This concludes my fourth mpr race at level B and so when week 13 comes, I will be promoted to class a formula.
    • Posted 87’s at Talladega started 40th at a 45. Wrecked out twice.
    • Then trucks at Talladega hosted start a 32nd out of 45
    • The fat attack GT3 challenge fish at the ring with the stadium qualified six out of 18. Pitch black can’t see it all no driving line. I wrecked out on lap one about halfway through the lap seven minutes damage I parked it.

Final Thoughts

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Episode 0487

5/29/2025 – Timeslot Malpractice – Episode 0487

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, find out the top 10 cars you should buy on iRacing, we are under 100 days till the Sim Gaming Expo, re-visit the increased time slot experiment, show you how to get overlays for iRacing, are the new wheel bases being released a wake up call for Simucube and which NASCAR driver and new spotter used iRacing for practice ahead of the Coke 600?

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Topics

Pro Driver’s iRatings

Track Retirement: A Further Explanation

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/679965#Comment_679965

iRacing…Are You Listening?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTdKdsvR1_qC2dXdz8ErM5w/community?lb=UgkxNpH9k3halMV_VO45zca0qZdfv_Oc2aLe

Taking It Too Far

https://x.com/G2Rosso/status/1925658929800855560

Winners From This Past Weekend

Top 10 Cars To Buy

  1. Ferrrari 296
  2. Porsche 911 GT3
  3. Dallara P217
  4. Cadillac V-Series.R GTP
  5. Ligier JS P320
  6. BMW M4 GT4
  7. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
  8. FIA F4
  9. Super Formula Lights
  10. NASCAR Truck

C Bell And New Spotter Use iRacing To Practice

https://x.com/bobpockrass/status/1926750120609034481

We Said This Would Happen

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79689/timeslot-malpractice-an-in-depth-look-at-25s2-race-stats-compared-to-25s1

Minter Goes Back To Back

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-minter-victorious-again-wins-back-to-back-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-races-at-nashville-ss

Well It’s Not iRacing

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NICE SAVE!

Sim Gaming Expo

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Nurburgring 24 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79289/2025-nuerburgring-24h-presented-by-thrustmaster/p1

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-27-june-2-2025

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FS3 Motion Sim

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Cube Controls And VNM Collaboration

Are You Surprised?

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Rouge Racing Designs

Re-Birth Of The H1 “Bazooka”

A Wake Up Call For Simucube

Simagic Alpha EVO Adjustment Guide

Are They Worth It?

LEOXZ XGT Ultimate

Hit The Target…And Grab A Deal

Pimax Vs Bigscreen

Race Labs Overlays: A How To

New Offering From Wave Italy

The Ultimate Wind Sim!

Sim Sport Gadget And Sigma Motion Partnership

Victory Cockpit By Next Level

REVOSIM RS Oure Ecosystem

New Cube Control Wheel Adapters

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Charlotte

  • David – P wrecked out late
  • Brad- P11 after starting p8. Finally finished this race. The previous attempts for 2025 and 2024 ended in DNFs. The first third of the race was tame but ended up with some damage mid race, got that fixed but lost a lap due to a yellow during green flag stops. The field could not get gathered up in time so none of the lapped down cars could get the wave around. Finally got back on the lead lap only to get damaged and spend about 80 laps driving off pace. Damage was finally fixed and had made it back up to p8 for last restart and forgot to reverse the adjustments I made for the damaged car. Last run the car was wrecking loose and I dropped a few spots. Overall after my past history, I was happy with p11.
  • Kyle – P11 had a yo yo of a race. But had one of the strongest cars of the race. Started 16 and just bounced back and forth from top 5- top 15. Lap 87 caution and its tim to take my pee break. Come out 25th and just rocket towards the front. Battled the leader for 4 laps and even sniffed the lead for a half of a lap. Just couldn’t keep from burning up my tires and the tires just died a long painful death and I just fell back to P11.

Sunday Open- NiS – Charlotte

  • David – Pwrecked early by a typical asshole
  • Tony – P10 tale of 2 races. 1st half was top 5 had a fast car. Got lead 176 laps in lead 12 laps than a fuck stick lap car decided to yeet it in the corner was me up than got pissed and just turned me. I hope you get a burning std. Was still on lead lap minding my own business and GF stops and hit the damn shitty bumps on pit exit. I hope Marcus Smith gets the same STDs. Welp spent rest of the race 2 laps down. Least i finished the race 

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Charlotte

  • Mike- P start a 25th got to 16 by lap four. Drove it up to seventh by lap 40 but a guy tried to arc into the corner and push me into the wall and got me involved in the first caution. During that caution, I get dumped from the server disconnected. My Cox Internet went down for almost 3 or four minutes before I was able to reconnect even my phone wasn’t working. Got back on track six laps down.  There’s another caution I get my repairs. I’m coming around to catch up to the field. My screen freezes a full 3 to 4 seconds as it comes back to life. I’m in the wall hard. I’m knocked the right front off the car is completely destroyed. I have a red packet loss symbol with warnings from the crew chief about my connection. I put it on pit too much damage we’re done

Wednesday Open -NiS – Nashville

  • David – P14, had to come back from 4 minutes damage, was up to 11th and the car infront of me got spun, had to check up and lost a few spots
  • Brad- P32 – Started p17 after a spin during qualifying. I never was able to make any progress to the front but did manage to avoid some early wrecks. Restarted in top 10 about mid race but a check up on the restart gave me nose damage but no incident points. The car was a slug till getting in to fix the 40 seconds of damage. The car felt great on the restart and was starting to make way back towards the front only to get collected in a front stretch spinner that I could not avoid. The sets from Premier are great this week, just have not been able to avoid the bad luck.

Thursday Open- NiS – Nashville

  • Mike- P3- ran somewhere between fifth and 10th most of the race kept it out of trouble and finished a very respectable P3. David had a great call with a late pitstop to take two tires. However, the person who didn’t pit actually won the race.
  • David – P10,  got spun in some tight racing, caution didn’t come out for a few laps but did, was able to get back to field, 10 was about how fast i was

Official Series

A Open

  • Brad W – P12 (Nashville) Started 11th and drove up to the front. We had an early yellow so only took two tires to get the lead. I was fine out front for the first 20 laps but the tire call did not play out. I tried to make it on fuel but could not, so had to pit and could never recover the spots.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis – the ring Meister in the Ferrari started third out of 22 had a good battle for P2, but ended up finishing P3
  • Ran another top split starting 13th out of 26 someone tries to pass me at the top of the hill there’s not enough room I get wrecked out
  • Same race next night starting fifth out of 25. Had a great battle for fifth. The guy thought I did it wrong. It was giving me a lot of verbal harassment throughout the race, but I still finished ahead of him P5.
  • Next evening ran another started fourth out of 23rd. Got as high as second but finished P3 great podium very proud.
  • Started second out of 22nd wrecked out
  • Pro two off-road racing series fixed at wild West motorsports Park started P4 out of four and finished P3
  • Then for SR only ran the IRX Volkswagen beetle light series. At Atlanta motor Speedway rally Cross long track.  Currently a 2.7 need to climb to 3.0 to be able to race the final series in my series challenge. started seventh out of seven somehow finished P3 no incident. Gained .08 SR
  • Switch to rally Cross series fixed in the Volkswagen beetle. 
  • Then rally Cross series fixed started at seventh finish P2 lost .02 SR with four incidents. 
  • Then another start. Started P6 out of six. finish P6 two incidents gained .04 SR.  It is moving slow.  This race however, did complete MPR four out of four.
  • Moved onto off-road racing series pro two light at Daytona. Start at seven finish six out of seven gain .09 SR now at 2.96.
  • Moving onto IRX Volkswagen beetle light series at Atlanta started fifth finished fourth out of six got two incidents zero safety rating change
  • Volkswagen beetle light IRX rookie series. Start at six out of six finish P4 got ran over twice lost .05 down to 2.91
  • Pro two light off-road rookie racing series at Daytona started six out of six finish P6 gain .07 down at 2.98
  • Volkswagen beetle light IRX rookie at Charlotte. Believe it or not got wrecked out the last place somehow could not finish the race.
  • The next day, try rally at Charlotte again start a dead last they decided to all wreck so I took the lead still trying to not get hit and a lap car somehow takes me out looked intentional to me and I got two incident points, but finish P2
  • Volkswagen beetle light at Atlanta. Started that last finish P2, no incidents and finally gained .48 safety rating to get to 3.42. Ready for season promotion to dirt road class B.
  • So decide to work on my formula license by running formula 1600 rookie series by motion in the FF 1600 started P9 ended up P6 with zero incident gain .09 SR for 2.56 need to get above three
  • Ran the same race again started ninth finish third at two incident points. Game .04 now 2.6.
  • Ran again, same race. Start ninth finish six had two incidents. Jane .03to 2.63.
  • Ran it again started the 11th dead last finished P5 no incidents. Gained .09 up to 2.72.  
  • Dirt car  umP modified series at Knoxville started ninth finished P6 no incident. 
  • Ran same race again. Did OK and qualifying and heat enough to not have to race in the consolation race. Got a P 10 and instantly promoted to class a on dirt oval.
  • Formula 1600 rookie series by CM motion in the FF 1600 started dead last in P 11 and finished P3 nice podium with zero incidents a .1 increase to 2.82
  • Ran same race again gained .1 SR finishing seventh from 11th with zero incident
  • Same race again. Start at tense finish fourth no incidents gained .1 sitting at 2.99.
  • Ran again qualified seventh at a 9/4 with no incident. 8.53 gain bounced me to 3.52 mission accomplished.
  • Indy car fixed at Detroit Grand Prix Belle Isle qualified fifth out of nine. Finished for no incidents .13 increase now at 3.65.
  • Ran the same race again. Started at 11th at 19. Got wrecked out DNF 12 incident.

Final Thoughts

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  1. Timeslot Malpractice

Description

On today’s show, find out the top 10 cars you should buy on iRacing, we are under 100 days till the Sim Gaming Expo, re-visit the increased time slot experiment, show you how to get overlays for iRacing, are the new wheel bases being released a wake up call for Simucube and which NASCAR driver and new spotter used iRacing for practice ahead of the Coke 600?

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

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Episode 0486

5/22/2025 – We’ve Got A Wiener! – Episode 0486

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will get you up to speed on the the recent Development Blog from Greg Hill, find out how your Indy 500 went, see who has joined the lineup for the Sim Gaming Expo this week, Asetek has released it’s new Forte Pro button box, is iRacing deleting tracks and will Mike ever get his M-Booster brake pedal from MOZA?

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

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Topics

Season 3 2025 Development Blog

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79423/iracing-development-update-may-2025/p1

Some other tidbits put in the forums separately from Greg Hill:

Yes the F4 tire was rebuilt using the latest release-ready tire model.

That project is underway, but I’m reluctant to offer estimates just yet. That said, we’re thrilled with the team’s expanded capabilities in the areas of Race Control, as well as the progress that’s already been made. Sorry to be vague!

Top 10 Highlights

Just A Normal Weekend For Max

iRacing Is Deleting Tracks Forever

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79543/2025-season-3-track-retirement-planning

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/679811/#Comment_679811

How Was Your Indy 500?

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1923830504098234425

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1924484942282596672

Dude, You Won The Indy 500!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79368/can-i-ask-iracing-to-review-my-indy-500-win

Banned From Voice Chat

Minter Grabs Second Win Of The Year

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1925008146906661299

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-minter-doubles-up-earns-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-checkered-flag-in-coca-cola-160

Yellow Stone Grand Prix

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJxJV52oKmo/

iRacing Please….

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a64828958/six-oscar-mayer-wienermobiles-will-race-at-indianapolis

Overtake GG, Previews The Sim Gaming Expo

https://www.overtake.gg/news/high-end-hardware-low-profile-pcs-sim-racing-wear-meet-the-sim-gaming-expo-2025-exhibitors-part-one.3204

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

The Majors 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79296/2025-majors-24

Nurburgring 24HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79289/2025-nuerburgring-24h-presented-by-thrustmaster

4 Hours Of Thruxton

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79288/inaugural-4-hours-at-thruxton-presented-by-cube-controls

The Coke 600

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-coke-600-special-event-2025/

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-20-26-2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

HB Sim Racing USA Coming Soon

Forte Formula Pro Wheel

So, What Are The F1 Drivers Using?

THORP II Braking System

Cube Controls F-Core EVO

He Can’t Tell The Difference

Lotse Oval Steering Wheels

https://lotseusa.com/oval-race-steering-wheels/

Better Than Simucube?

It’s Coming….

Apex Boss

https://apexboss.net/

Aiologs Shifter Review

Aiologs H-pattern Shifter

Sim Mods You Need


00:18 Cheap Button Box
01:05 Wheel Dashboard Mod (with a phone)
02:45 Brake Pedal Mods
04:01 Moving Monitor & Pedals Setup
06:25 BEST SETUPS
07:14 DIY Handbrake Upgrade
08:04 Warning
08:51 VR Pulley Cable Management
10:02 Eye Tracking with One Screen
11:42 RPM Lights & iFlags
12:25 Swivel Arm Mount for Accessories

DIY Rig

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thediysimracer/permalink/2535893250098095/

AZ Racing Simulator

Ali Express Dual Mode Shifter

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808598793518.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

Another MOZA And Lamborghini Release

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Charlotte

  • David – P8, had a top 5 car probably especially in 2nd half, on last run let my self get just off line when some guys in front got squirely and popped the wall, killed the long run speed.  
  • Brad- P22 Started P3 and decided to not over drive. I gave up some spots early on but was gaining them back as the race went on. From the very get go guys were driving like it was the last lap. On restart about 70 laps in I hit the bumps coming through turns 3 and 4 and lost the car. Spun back across the track and collected some guys. I managed to get all the damage fixed under the next two yellows and then played some pit strategy to get the tack position back. Unfortunately around lap 125 I had a guy break loose under me coming out of T4 and he came back up and drove me into the wall. I did get the 7 minutes of damage fixed to gain three spots before retiring. Really sad that I tapped out at lap 145 and fell no lower than 22nd place. Will have to try again Friday.

Thursday Open- NiS – Charlotte

  • Mike- P got to the front in the top five got ran over from behind didn’t hit anything. Came back up through the field. Got back to the top five at lap 100. Ran there until getting wrecked w 75 to go dnf and too many incidents dnf, still finished p19
  • David – P4  struggling on long runs late cause of damaged caused twice by a lap car, the 2nd time he pitted with me right behind him with no announcement just stopped on the track.  But a late caution I took 2 tires and held on through 3 gwc
  • Bobby – P1 – Winner, Winner

Official Series

Draft Master

  • Kyle – P6Top Split Started P16 and had to play wreck avoidance and just ride around for the whole race picking off spots from drivers who just ran out of talent. Made a last lap pass out of 4 on the last lap to gain a P6.

A Open

  • Brad W – P12 (Charlotte) after starting p13. Had a very good run going and had stayed in the top 8 all of the race until green flag stops. I came in WAY too hot and had to abort to avoid wrecking. That took me out of the lead group but soldiered on for a 12th place finish.

IMSA

  • Hall – P2, p2 and was gonna be P1 but a tornado or just lightning just north knocked out power
    • P3 at wet spa
  • Brad W – P20 (Road Atlanta) My fourth attempt and another disaster of a race. I started mid pack and was floating around p12-15th. I was about 2 laps from pitting when I got the Packet Loss warning. Yep, I got dropped again! I did re-launch into the race because I was determined to at least finish one race this week. Still can’t figure out what is going on with the connection issues.

Indy 500 

  • David – p13, wrecked at the end.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P7. Road Atlanta. Good race. Top 3 got away and 4-12 stayed pretty close. 6-12 were 3 wide going onto the back straight 2 deep. Someone touched someone and caused a huge wreck. Finished P7

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P4. Started 6th and had pace for 2nd. Stuck behind 3rd because I thought I was faster but it would have been a lot of work to pass. Half spun myself in turn 5 right before stops and lost back to 5th. Pit to fix some damage I got from bushing the wall. Came out of pit in 5th. Was shortly able to get back up to 3rd, with about 4 laps to go a lapped car got in the way at the top of turn 2. I made a bad dive trying to keep on 2nd’s bumper and ended up forcing myself and the lapped car off track. Fell to 5th and was able to get back to 4th before finish. Good race but really felt like I should have at least had a podium. 
  • Ellis – prototype challenge fixed at r Atlanta full course in the Cadillac qualified 11 out of 16. Got up as high as P6, but went off the track once and fell to finish P 10. I’ll take a top 10.
    • GT three challenge fixed by fan attack at Sebring. Qualified 11th out of 19. Finish P 20.  
    • GTE Sprint series at Watkins Glen. Qualified 14th out of 26. Did pretty good at the beginning holding my own but lap seven got destroyed from behind actually and then he hit me again after he spun me out DNF.
    • Proto GT challenge by thrust master at Watkins Glen. Started fourth ended up finishing P2.
    • IndyCar series oval fixed at Iowa. Finish P6 out of eight. Lost 57 rating.
    • hosted cup cars at Charlotte with 60 cars in the race qualified P 29. Got as high as P2 during green flag cycle pitch stops cycled back out to ninth and then worked my way up to finish P8 super fun.
    • NASCAR IRacing class B series at Richmond raceway. Qualified 14th out of 22. Got as high as P5 but ended up finishing P9 super happy with a top 10. So interesting to get away from the vacuum cleaner, GEN seven garbage and run a real NASCAR. Gain 25 rating.
    • Post to June 5 at Talladega finished P4
    • Then ran stand alone qualifying for the ring Meister by Rick Motech in the Ferrari GT three dead last with a 654 nine
    • Then ran the race started on the pole, fell a second and then a guy trying to get by me for a second. We get coated and ended up wrecking real hard. DNF.
    • Try to run the Nord again the next night. Started fourth out of 23rd survive to finish P8 by letting some people go that were just faster. Happy to get a top 10 and a finish in the green hell
    • Ran the race again Wednesday night started fourth out of 23. The top two tangled and one went off the guy in front of me had to slow. I was able to get the second and then hold him off for the rest of the race by running hard and finishing a very respectable P2.
    • Feeling cocky so try again top split qualified ain’t out of 22. Turned off the driving line and realized how bad I was when I wrecked the car. 
    • gg

Final Thoughts

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TITLE

  1. We’ve Got A Wiener!

Description

On today’s show we will get you up to speed on the the recent Development Blog from Greg Hill, find out how your Indy 500 went, see who has joined the lineup for the Sim Gaming Expo this week, Asetek has released it’s new Forte Pro button box, is iRacing deleting tracks and will Mike ever get his M-Booster brake pedal from MOZA?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

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

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

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

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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

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

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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Episode 0485

5/15/2025 – Bags of Milk – Episode 0485

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will cover a different type of sim to reality, could AI write commentaries of replays?, show you how to build a PC in 3D, see if a gold graphics card is on your shopping list, which hardware manufacture announced a pre-owned purchase option and find out what is special about this date in iRacing.

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

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Topics

So, Who Could Make The Next World Rally Game?

Berryman Wins Indy 500 Top Split

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1921299276774183401

Wrong Type Of Milk

https://x.com/zachsprouse86/status/1921068504800735660?s=49

Grand Prix Legends At Indy

Happy Default iRacing Weather Day!

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1923045826982543450

A Different Sim To Reality

Kansas, ENASCAR Style

https://x.com/ENASCARGG/status/1922303695284314584

A Look Back

No Help From Man’s Best Friend

Could AI Write Commentaries For Race Replays?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79136/ai-generated-commentary-for-iracing-replays-would-that-work

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

One For The Ladies

https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1372844697314405/

Indy 500 Open Races

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1922680979547718078

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78482/iracing-presents-the-2025-indianapolis-500/p1

Nurburgring 24HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79289/2025-nuerburgring-24h-presented-by-thrustmaster

4 Hours Of Thruxton

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79288/inaugural-4-hours-at-thruxton-presented-by-cube-controls

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-13-19-2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Pimax Crystal Super *Re-visited*

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77235/pimax-crystal-super-update-final-specs-in-depth-tech-pre-order-bonus-more

Unrivaled Control

Please Read The Instructions

Interactive PC Building In 3D

https://buildcores.com

The Best Got Better

Aiologs H-Pattern And Hand Brake

As If The Original Is Not Expensive Enough?

PC Tower For Motorsports Fans

Grey Wolf Technologies Coming Back May 15th

BDH-H1SQ Shifter

Simucube Pre-Owned

Which Am I Faster: VR Or Triples

MOZA ES Customizable Wheel

https://www.rogueracingdesigns.com

Custom Safety Nets

Had To Hit The Pause Button

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9Z2uxY1Rlij3Pez4omyeA/community?lb=UgkxHCnbBC8LLtjcS_20yx6kTXBKUfDgSbTA

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Kansas

  • Chris – P 12. I could not find speed and rode around in the upper 20’s. Late cautions, saving a set of tires, and short run adjustments put me P12 on the finish. 
  • Bobby – P7
  • Brad- P13 Started 16th and worked my way up to the front. Made a mistake when taken three wide and spun. With this being my only shot for the week after wrecking out on lap 3 Wednesday I over drove the car trying to get back to the front. Lots of sloppy mistakes on my part and this reminded me that even when you get put in a bad spot, just run your race and don’t over do it. Should have been a better finish but it is what it is.

Sunday Open- NiS – Kansas

  • Greg -P5
  • John – P5. Well, 10 cautions was a bit much. I tried my best to stay out of them, but ended up with 10X. Ran around P20 most of the race but thanks to attrition and pit stop adjustments I got faster as the race went on. We had 3 G/W/C’s. In P 14 th first one, P10 the second one, and P8 the third one. Made it up to P5 and to be honest two more laps and I would have won this thing. Kansas is a one of my favorite tracks and I was very happy with my finish.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Kansas

  • Mike- PP15- started ninth got to the lead by lap 28 ended up leading. The most laps was in control of the race, but got dumped at one point by a guy put me back. I got cleared back up to third for the final restarts, but it didn’t go my way and I got wrecked.

Official Series

FIA F4 Americas 

  • Kyle – P P11. Started P6. Got into early trouble lap 1 had to pit for repairs but kept it on the lead lap

IMSA

  • Hall – P3 at Road ATL, and a lot of poor finishes due to lap 1 heroes or clueless GT3’s.  And according to iRacing its okay to violently slam into the side of a car when its beside you before the corner.
  • Brad W – P no finishes this week. I have tried three races at Road Atlanta and have not finished a single one.
    • First race I wrecked out coming to the pits. Stupid mistake on my part.
    • Second race, got dropped before the start. Reloaded in and left the pits but had no force feedback. Was already laps down so I parked it.
    • Third race got wrecked by an aggressive GT3 driver taking it three wide in turn one 8 minutes into the race. About 5 minutes later get wrecked by a LMP2 driver who had to pass me in the esses. He apologized that he thought he would clear me before the apex…needless to say…he had not. 

Porsche Cup Fixed

  • Westbrook – P17- Top split. GRR group wanted to do an official after some PCUP hosteds. Gustavo Ariell and Olivier Piatek in here so once I saw that the only goal was to survive. 4k SOF. Start was crazy, in any other split 15 cars would have died. Settled in and actually had some pretty good racing with P14 15 16 17 until I locked the brakes going into the bus stop with 2 to go. Almost made it back to the back of that group. Overall pretty happy to just get 2IR out of this. Forgot how much I liked this car. Might drive it more if I can stop worrying it’s going to throw my GT3 off. 

Indy 500 

  • Mike– start at 10th and on lap one I was a bit slow going through the corner so I wouldn’t hit the wall and the guy just ran over me from behind too much damage we’re done. 

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P-Whatever. It rained. I died. 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  P3. Started P6. Someone missed their braking point going into the last corner on T0 and forced me outside. Lost about 5 spots before the finish line on lap one. Unfortunate because I had fantastic pace here, which was a surprise after practice and qualifying. Really feel I could have played with the leaders if I hadn’t had to drive through so much traffic. 
  • Ellis –pro two off-road truck at Firebird fixed. Didn’t go official finish P2.
    • Then motorsport UKFF 1600 trophy by thrust master. at snetterton started at six out of eight and ended up finishing P3 after a very intense battle.
    • Raleigh cross series at Daytona. Started second P4.
    • SK modified at Concorde in the weekly fixed. Qualified ninth out of 14. Finish p five. -9 rating.
    • Then I ran the open version of this series. Fourth out of 11, running a fixed set. Finish P2 by surviving some carnage at the beginning. Game 34 rating. Super fun track car combination highly recommend.
    • NASCAR tour modified series at Langley ran as high as P2 and got hit and put to the back, but ended up finishing P4
    • Then ran the fixed version of the same series qualified fifth out of 12. Swung by myself on lap one and they got involved in other incidents and finished P9.
    • VRS GP Sprint series @ leman. Qualified 17 out of 28. 20 after spinning on my own and fall into dead last and then worked my way back up.
    • Radical SR eight @old Charlotte oval 53 cars qualified 16. Finish P7.
    • Junior open wheel oval challenge at IRP in the Indy pro 2000 pm18- qualified fifth out of 10. Finished P6.
    • Dirt car 360 sprint car series at Eldora
    • Super late model series at North Wilkesboro. Started fifth finished fourth lost 21 rating. 
    • Super late model series fixed at Wilkesboro started fifth out of six got as high as P2 ended up finishing P3 with a loss of 14 rating
    • Dirt car UMP modified series fixed at Lanier national Speedway. Finish P4 out of 11.
    • Dirt car 360 Sprint car series fixed at Eldora qualified eight out of 11 finish P8
    • Dirt car UMP modified series at Lanier. Start at 16th out of 16 finished P7.

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. Bags of Milk

Description

On today’s show we will cover a different type of sim to reality, could AI write commentaries of replays?, show you how to build a PC in 3D, see if a gold graphics card is on your shopping list, which hardware manufacture announced a pre-owned purchase option and find out what is special about this date in iRacing.

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

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

David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

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

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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

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

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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

Links:

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Episode 0484

5/8/2025 – 1000 Ways To Wreck In iRacing – Episode 0484

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we get you up to speed on the latest patch, dive into a bunch of forum discussions, see if mixed virtual reality is a good option, can a haptic cushion provide useful feedback, get more Sim Gaming Expo updates, see who the fast 5 are at Indy and find out which streamer is regretting his choice of words.

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

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Topics

Can We Get A Refresh?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78872/barber-needs-a-visual-refresh

MX-5 Cup Prepared Him For The Moment

https://x.com/GarrettManes/status/1918876169186787360

LMP3 Driver Reflects On The Digital Version

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/43075/lmp3-drivers-review-of-the-iracing-car

Double Dipping

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78949/possible-duplicate-subscription-renewal-processed-refunds-in-the-works

Careful What You Say

Weather Issue With Indy 500 Qualifying

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/674949#Comment_674949

The Fast 5

https://x.com/iRacing/status/1920150879648297460

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/675445#Comment_675445

Admitting You Have A Problem Is The First Step

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/674750/#Comment_674750

Been Broken Since The Papyrus Days

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78969/bfd-because-leader-spun-on-start

No Respect For The Slower Classes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78972/multiclass-ai-race-results-are-demoralizing-and-wrong

Rain Ready

https://x.com/RacerMcGee/status/1920183190917894230

Hocevar Grabs The Win In The 87’s

2025 Season 2 Patch 5 Release Notes

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000176261-2025-season-2-patch-5-release-notes-2024-05-06-01-

For The LEGO Nerds

MOZA Coaching Coming Soon…

Which Streamer Takes The Win?

https://x.com/TwitchRivals/status/1920214681454625140

FIA F4 Global Championship Returns

https://www.iracing.com/fia-f4-global-esports-championship-presented-by-moza-returns-in-october

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

Indy 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78482/iracing-presents-the-2025-indianapolis-500/p1

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-6-12-2025

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Pimax Crystal Super – Final Specs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77235/pimax-crystal-super-update-final-specs-in-depth-tech-pre-order-bonus-more

Sim Racing’s Secret Weapon?

Lamborghini By MOZA

Kodia TCR3 – DIY Build

Simagic P1000 Pedal Plates

A Masterpiece!

Mixed Reality And iRacing Tutorial

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Texas

  • Mike- P5- started in the back and worked my way forward methodically. We had a green flag stop and then the yellow came out. I was lucky dog. Got the pit for tires and come around to restart 10 worked my Way as high as third but ended up finishing P5 great run
  • Justin – P15? Top split 
  • Brad- P13 This was a sloppy race from the get go. I can’t remember the last time I had 14x on an oval outside of a super speedway. Seemed to get collected in everyone else’s junk.
  • John – P8. Really happy with this. I ran the first 105 laps in the back to save tires and avoid carnage. Ran around P20 to P23 most of the race. It worked. Pitted on lap 106 for the last time. We had 3 g/w/c runs. I was worried about the last restart since guys behind had fresher tires. No problem though. I just drove hard and actually pulled away from them because they were two wide fighting it out. Just about back to 2.1k IR.

Sunday Open- NiS – Texas

  • Mike- P15 came from 22nd up to run in the top 10 but eventually got involved in an incident where a guy got loose in front of me and put me in the wall and 3 1/2 minutes of damage so just road it home to run P15
  • Tony – P25 Texas sucks, the drivers suck. I should start a 1000 ways to be wrecked in iRacing. Was caught in with a spinner just out of 4  which sent me into the pits. The finish put me 2 laps down even though I was on the lead lap. 
  • Greg -P5
  • Kyle – P8 started P22 and just ran my race saving tires. Got caught up in an early wreck but wasn’t hurt to bad. Fixed the damage and came out ready to work my way up to the front. Did a full fuel run to take the lead for 9 laps and pitted coming out P13 and just drove my way up to P8.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Texas

  • Mike- P dnf- I had a good run going got up to around top 10 from the back, but I was on the outside of a three wide and the middle guy couldn’t hold it and came up into me and I got destroyed too much damage we’re done
  • Kyle – P23 started 6th and just kept it up in the top 10 during a long green flag run. Made it 54 laps green ans then I started blinking and then I was booted. Came back in 5 laps down and got a wave around to ride around down 4 laps. Brought home P23. It sucks having a good car and knowing how to drive the track with this car, to have to be laps down and just can’t compete with the lead lap cars.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Kansas

  • Mike- P4- start a 15th worked my way up to run top 10 Ish Kyle and I were as high as first and third I got the second at one point but towards the end I was about 3rd to 5th and I really couldn’t get more than that I’ll take a nice top five P4
  • Kyle – P10 Started P6 and just had a rocket ship the whole race. Kept it clean and coming down towards the end I took the lead for 10 laps and just set sail. Until 2 lappers with fresh tires decided to race in front of me and I tried to work around them and wore out the tires. Fell back after nearly self spinning out of 4. Saved by a caution and walked her home a P10.
  • Brad- P wrecked out on lap 3. Started mid-pack and was making progress toward the front. The leaders wrecked and I slowed down but the person behind me did not. I got hit and turned right into the accident. Had to take  tow and had over 9 minutes of repairs. Why is NiS so much worse than A Open?

Thursday Open- NiS – Kansas

  • Mike- P15- had a good run going, got up to the top five, was running third and fourth and got hit by a guy who lost it and I couldn’t miss it and got sent to the back with damage. Never really could recover from that. There was a guy in here who had beef and he would not stop cursing the entire race like nonstop. It was out of control.

Official Series

Draft Master

  • William- P4- Had 30 mins free before pod so decided to drop in here. Need to farm SR before Indy 500. I know this isn’t the series to do it, but it was fun. Top 8 had a great race until 4 to go when lappers decided to get in the middle of the pack and side draft. P4 still good but was really shaping up to be a good finish.

A Open

  • Brad W – P6 and P8. Ran two races before NiS and both were good races with a lot of hard but clean racing at the front. In race two I took the lead with about 12 laps to go and was pulling away from the pack. Only to have a yellow come out with 7 to go. I pitted along with the rest of the lead group but 4 stayed out on 30+ lap tires. The restart was a mess and we all got bottled up behind the old tire cars. Had to back out to avoid getting wrecked but could only get back to 8th.
  • Kyle P – P3  started P11. Used this race to get a feel for the setup and how to run the race to get a good result. Learned early to save tires and just trust that they would be better on the long run.

C Open

  • Kyle P -P16 started P22 coming to the green flag and P24 decided to jump the race start trying to squeeze between me and the wall at the line and then blamed me because I didn’t leave him a lane and brought out the caution right away. So I ended up having to fix damage and went 6 laps down. Gained one lap back on a wave around.

GT /IMSA  Conspit Endurance Series

  • William W – Creventic Endurnace 12 Hour Spa P21– Running 5th going into the bus stop at hour 11:15 when leader came up behind us and just couldn’t want until after the bus stop to make a pass, tried to send it 3 wide with me and a GT4 but there wasn’t room and he sent me flying over the curbs and flying into the pit wall, 8 min repairs.

Indycar iRacing Series

  • Tom D – P11 was my best.  Love the combo of Barber and the IndyCar.  I just need to be faster.  Indy road course next week

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

  • William W- P6. Indianapolis Road. Started 7th finished 6th. First laps in the car at this track were during qualifying. Not much else to say other than this car was a blast at this track. 

GTP/GT3 League

  • William W –  Indianapolis endurance round. P3. Started 8th. I know people are generally meh with regards to this track but I really like it. Was struggling much more than I remember or thought i would in practice and quali. Was able to avoid an unfortunate 2 car wreck and move my way up through the field. Got much better throughout the race. Unfortunate incident in the middle of the race where the car ahead of me in p5 tapped p4 in the rear and spun. No where to go and while I got no damage was taken off the track and lost 2 spots. Still don’t think I had anything for P2 but would never know after that point. Great race either way. 

Majors Series – Indy 500

  • Tom D – P9 – Top split International – Started 31st, took my time to get to the front and save fuel.  Was able to jump some people at the end to get a couple spots.          P27 – Top split European – Started 22nd.  Was able to get to the front than I had a major brain fart on green flag stops.  Fell a few laps down.        P9 – 2nd split American – Dang, what I would give for about a half a gallon of fuel.  After last caution I tried my best to save as much fuel as I could.   Just fell 2 laps short and because of the slowing down so much I fell out of the lead.   In the course of 18 hours I was able to run 592 out of 600 laps at Indy.  Looking forward to the next Majors race, Le Mans 2.4 hour on June 1st to warm up for the Majors 24 hours of Le Mans on June 21st

Hosted- 

  • Ellis –old Indy car at Pocono the leader clip the apron and turn one lap one the entire field piled up yet they didn’t throw a caution so I quit. It was stupid running apart three seconds from each other for another 20 minutes.
    • Volkswagen beetle light at Phoenix rally Cross p5
    • Then Indi at Indie wrecked out lap one turn one
    • Then open wheel battle, Formula One versus Indy car at Bathurst random Mercedes W 12
    • M2 at oulton park. P6
    • Then f4 at oran park winner winner, chicken dinner but there were only three people in the event so it didn’t quite count
    • Tried it again spun twice, but still finish P3 out of the field of six so got my podium
    • The Z max tour cars late model stock at North Wilkesboro. Qualified six out of 15 and finished P4.  Really worried about my eye rating but actually gained +21.

Final Thoughts

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  1. 1000 Ways To Wreck In iRacing

Description

On today’s show, we get you up to speed on the latest patch, dive into a bunch of forum discussions, see if mixed virtual reality is a good option, can a haptic cushion provide useful feedback, get more Sim Gaming Expo updates, see who the fast 5 are at Indy and find out which streamer is regretting his choice of words.

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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Episode 0483

5/1/2025 – 40 days Waiting – Episode 0483

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will cover another update on NASCAR 25, cover 6 tips pros don’t want you to know, 5 things that iRacing needs to change, Simagic has released it’s newest wheel base while Asetek takes a step back, will the Super Late Model Tour survive the year and see why one iRacer wants to protest himself?

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

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Topics

Again?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78543/service-interruption-april-25

https://x.com/iRacingSupport/status/1915800518380638700

Nordic Esports Championship

Is It All Lies?

  1. The Negotiation
  2. Scripting and Testing
  3. Editing and Thumbnails
  4. Monetization

Discussion Time

https://irstats.net/series/574

https://irstats.net/series/574?tab=races

Things Pros Don’t Want You To Know

  1. Optimize Pit Limiter
  2. LMP2 – using clutch to get out of pits (second clutch)
  3. Burn fuel with Pit Limiter On – during formation lap
  4. Optimize Your Overlays
  5. Planning Your Strategy – review previous races to determine total laps ran
  6. Adapt Strategy To Your Car – Endurance races (know your pit times)

Sim Racing South Barrington, USA

I’m Here To Turn Myself In

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78757/how-do-i-report-my-self

NASCAR 25: Dev Diary 04

5 Changes iRacing Needs To Make

  1. Pit stops in races under 60 minutes.
  2. Pace lap or staging. Very inconsistent with placement on grid for rolling start.
  3. The rain – it’s over done. Reserve it for very special events and should be an anomaly.
  4. Debris – in practice it makes it very difficult to get clean laps.
  5. Rain spray – not realistic to have this much spray when you are driving with slicks.

Sim Gaming Expo

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Indy 500

https://www.iracing.com/the-2025-iracing-indy-500-how-to-qualify

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

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-29-may-5-2025

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Hardware/Software

Trak Racer SA12

No Carbon Fiber For You!

Buttkicker And Pedal Haptics Set Up

Simagic Alpha Evo Release

Summer Deals

New Batch Arriving Soon

Thrustmaster Raceline Pedals III

Asetek Has Stopped Shipping To USA

https://x.com/traxiongg/status/1917218076938191256?s=49

AZRacing CS Pro Now Available On Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=AZRACING+CS-Pro+modular+simracing+cockpit&crid=1OOCRVVH1EWTR&sprefix=azracing+cs-pro+modular+simracing+cockpit%2Caps%2C73&ref=nb_sb_noss

Podium 1 Official US Distributor

LMP Pro V2 Released

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Talladega

  • Mike- P16- got a great race for me. I was racing off a pit road and nosed it into the front wall for 30 second damage later in the race with about 50 to go I decided to fix that gave up my track position and then after that and kept getting shuffled and what not not a good event for me p16
  • Tony -P10 had a ok race. Was wrecked twice through out. Final restart i went from 26 to 10th on the white. It was like the seas parted for me. Wish i was up front could’ve pushed John to his first dub instead of his 2nd
  • Chris – P seven minutes damage we got it all fixed. 
  • Brad- P8 Typical Tally race. Had to avoid some wrecks, get some damage fixed but did come home with a top 10. Glad it’s over.
  • John – P2. Almost the perfect race. I did everything right but came up a little short. Pit strategy was good, avoiding wrecks was good, drafting was good,  and setup was fast. Thanks Premiere. Just had no way to get around the leader at the end. I pushed him to the win and that got me ahead of the outside line. I’ll take a P2 anytime, although a win would be better. I’ll get someday. And I’m back to the 2K IR club.

Saturday Fixed- NiS – Talladega

  • John K – P10. First fixed NiS race in a long time. Qualified P3. After a while I was in the second pack. We could never gain ground because we had a bonehead who was 6 laps down in our pack who kept going 3 wide and laughing about it. But the race was fun otherwise. Just wish there had been a late race caution so I could get back in the mix and have a shot.

Sunday Open- NiS – Talladega

  • Mike- P6 got the lead pretty early on led some laps but fell back to say fuel ran top five clean and green and on the green flag stop. I was a little squirrel coming off Pitt Road lost a little bit of track positioned back to seventh and then a caution.  From there stayed out and manage through several cautions could never get the track position. I needed to make a run for the wind, but just happy to get a decent finish.
  • David – P11, leading, an accidental bad bump from a good pusher got me loose.  But didn’t crash.
  • Tony – P14 had a good feeling about today. Tied for the pole as a guy same time as me got it. But it was ok by lap 3 i took the lead and lead all the way to the green flag stop which played out great. Strategy wise i let a car in front of me so he could lead and I controlled the pace. Whole race never left top 3 til the end. Was making moves took the lead again on the white and hooked by a piece of shit that went below the yellow in T4. I had this race but nope. I hope that guy gets a flaming case of a harsh STD.
  • Chris – P1. The FIRST-EVER NiS WIN for the Waldron’s Furniture Chevy!
    Huge thanks to the iRacers Lounge Team, Premier Setups, and Sim Wraps for the Dale Earnhardt tribute wrap commemorating his final win.

I took the white flag in 5th, second car on the bottom row, and pushed like I’ve never pushed before. The top row wrecked, and it came down to me and “him.” Coming off Turn 4, I went right, caught the side draft, made the pass, and took the checkers!

Special thanks to Justin for weeks of coaching, Mike for guiding me through the finish, and Bobby for an incredible job relaying info and spotting.

After 3 ½ years….Pop that champagne!!!

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Talladega

  • Mike- P DNF got to the front pretty early had a bunch of laps ended up hitting under green on the final cycle lost the lead four was desperate to catch the next group that went by me. I was on the bottom they actually went below the yellow to pass me as the third car came by. He sideswiped me. I went up and back down into him and we both got destroyed.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Texas

  • Mike- P started in the back, worked my way up to well after halfway to be running P6 when I got dropped from the server by discord never disconnected nor my stream. 
  • David – Pwrecked, was doing well, then just self wrecked into wall and broke it
  • Tony – P dnf. Was wrecked from a car bouncing of the wall and tagging me into the wall on the way back up the track 
  • Chris – P 32.  DNF
  • Brad- P17 Rough race for me. Spun a fellow driver about halfway through the race. I can’t stand it when I get into someone, again sorry to Mitchell Howell. Just not how I race. Was able to get repairs from that only to get collected in a wreck after the restart coming through the tri-oval. From then on it was try to get repairs made and salvage as best a finish as possible. Looking for a better run Friday.

Thursday Open- NiS – Texas

  • Mike- P3 started in the back work my way forward got to the top five stayed there got as high as P2 never let a lap, but ended up finishing p3
  • David – Pwrecked on on lap 1 by arca braking.  Starting to feel like retiring from NiS again.

Official Series

A Open

  • Brad W – P13 (Texas) Car had good speed but I over drove it each run and cooked the tires. Tried to take it easy on the last run but got caught up in racing too hard too soon. 
  • John K. – P23. Got into other people’s wrecks. Just a typical Talladega. I was happy to only be one lap down all things considered. Still a good time – I love this track!!!

B Open

  • John –  P11. This race was a great example of why you should never quit. Got in other people’s wreck on around lap 40. It shot me through the pits and I got a black flag for it (fix this IRacing). 8 minutes of damage. Took several pit stops to get it fixed. Ran around all alone for 30 laps and got lapped again to go 2 laps down. Fast forward to the end: we had three G/W/C runs. I got my 2 laps back thanks to lucky dog. I was at end of line on final restart, so I laid back in case another big one happened. It did. Went from P23 to P11 as 12 cars wrecked out on final lap. Lesson: never assume you are done for the day. I stayed in and picked up some IR.

IMSA

  • Hall – P3 at Monza in the Rain.  It started wet and dried up, once it dried up I couldn’t stay close to the top 2.
  • Brad W – P16 High split at probably my worst track. I’ve said it before, I just don’t run well here. There are too many fast corners that I just can’t keep speed in the car. I finished where I deserved to finish. 
  • William W- P11- Watkins – Started P20 or so. I’m very slow at Watkins, and was in another high split. Messiest race that I’ve been in in a while. GT3 leader was brake checking on the pace lap causing chaos. Got a 4x from the guy to my right avoiding incident ahead. 3 more 4x incidents during the race from people losing it in front of me and having no where to go. First drive through since my first season on the service and then sped in the pits. Still finished P11 somehow. Glad this race was over.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

  • Ellis –BMW M2 in the production car challenge started at six finished P3.
    • Then legends Road at Tacuba  got wrecked on the start, but then kept spinning on my own and eventually gave up DNF
    • Then the BMW power challenger in Lagos Brazil

Final Thoughts

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

TITLE

  1. 40 days Waiting

Description

On today’s show we will cover another update on NASCAR 25, cover 6 tips pros don’t want you to know, 5 things that iRacing needs to change, Simagic has released it’s newest wheel base while Asetek takes a step back, will the Super Late Model Tour survive the year and see why one iRacer wants to protest himself?

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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Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus

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

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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

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

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Episode 0482

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

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

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

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

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Topics

Finding The Next Motorsports Star

Broken Overlays

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

A First?

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

Zalenski Grabs The Win At Dega

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

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

Free Webinar

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

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

Is This Too Much?

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

Too Much Drama

Has ChatGPT Over Thought Safety Rating?

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

Porsche Experience Centre Toronto

More “Damaged” Physics

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

Robbed?

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

Prodigy V2R

109th Indy 500

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

Road America 500

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

Sim Gaming Expo

Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets

This Week In iRacing

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

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Hardware/Software

Stream Deck Modules

One Of A Kind

Vendor/Listener Feedback

Hello,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you,

Jimmy Hoffer

Optimal Sim Solutions

Is Real Good Enough For Sim Racing?

Customizable Storage Bin

Pierre Gasly Steering Wheel

Pedal Buyers Guide

Haptics Build

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

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

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

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

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

Watch This Before You Buy

Triples vs Mixed Reality

@driver_808

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

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Is This The DD Dark Horse?

Screenway System By Qubic System

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

Why More Than 12 NM Is Needed

Do I Need My Tin Foil Hat Again?

Porsche 911 RSR Wheel By Grid

Adobe 2D To 3D

@asmongold.daily

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

♬ original sound – Asmongold – Asmongold

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Talladega

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

Thursday Open- NiS – Talladega

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

Official Series

FIA F4 Americas 

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

A Open

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

IMSA

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

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing 

MX5 League

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

GTP/GT3 League

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

Hosted- 

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

Final Thoughts

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

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