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With the start of the season right around the corner, the final pieces of the Coke Series fall into place as we kick off Daytona Week on iRacing, The new season is here, so let’s go!
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Daytona Clash [Hall]
Logan Clampitt takes the checker at the Daytona Dash just out pacing teammate Nick Ottinger in a caution filled prelim before the season opener next Monday.
The newly formed Elloitt Sadler eSports, Coke Series verision, announced their drivers for the season. Garrett Manes will remain with Elliott Sadler and they add series regular Ashton Crowder.
Be ready for tons of hype this year in iRacing, as well as Nascar, with the newly formed 23XI Racing team, owned by Denny Hamlin and world icon Michael Jordan. They sign what may be the strongest team out there with eNascar standout Keegan Leahy and possibly the most well rounded driver in the entire sim, Mitchell deJong.
We’re going @iRacing‼️ Introducing this year's @eNASCARCocaCola lineup:
JTG Daughtery racing has added Brian Schoenburg and his Norse Force Racing Teammate Derek Justice
No real surprises here, but I’m proud to be joining @JTGRacing in 2021 by driving their #47 car in the @eNASCARCocaCola Series. Also really proud to tell you my @NorseForceRL teammate @DerekJustis will be in the #37 car. Thanks to Blake Cope for the opportunity. Really fun group!
Justin Melillo posted on Twitter a 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series team chart as a quick reference guide to see where all if the drivers have landed for this years season leading up to Tuesday’s Daytona Clash Event in which drivers will be sporting IROC style paints.
The (unofficial) 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series team chart.
20 teams. 40 drivers.
The season begins tonight. You'll see IROC-esque paint schemes tonight, as it was in last year's clash.
Josh Rogers takes the win in Saturdays iRacing Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup race at Imola. With the win he also takes the series points lead going into round 4.
VRS GT3 Sprint Series Guide [Tony]
Show favorite iRacing Streamer Annie Rabbets from Snail Racing posted a VRS GT3 Sprint Series Guide as a newcomer to the series.
Gentleman, Start your engines! Tyler Hudson has posted in the iRacing forums the complete schedule for the 2021 iRacing Daytona 500! Let’s go Racing Boys!
Rodney Denholm posted in the forums a poll as to whether iRacing should add more weather, asking who would like to see rain in iRacing. Along with the poll came some whimsical replies.
According to the Racer.com website, IMSA will replacing the GTLM class with the GTD Pro class for the 2022 season. How will iRacing respond to one of their more popular classes .
Kyle Robinson, a trucker from Texas, has set up a sim rig in what looks like the passenger seat of his truck and asks if there’s any other truckers out there who have similar setups
Michigan indy cars no damage – started p28, finished p6
COT Daytona – started p29 ended p4
Supercars Michigan -p4
Then pro mazdas michigan – wrecked out
Then cot at coke – p1
League / Hosted Races
Winter League- -.
Mike – p14 – ran dead last forever was on two stopper when most on one. Some later cautions played to my favor.
Hall – P19 Self Spinner in front of me, had mid pack speed before
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- Michigan P6 Started on Pole. Terrible start, fell too far behind to get back to the front
Final Thoughts
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This is the last week before the start of the eNascar Season, and we’re all fired up! We cover all of the last minute Coke Series news that unloaded this week and talk of our plans for the upcoming NIS Season. We’ll catch you up on some hardware and could an exclusive deal mean the end of a certain day long race in France? We’ll sit and discuss in this week’s iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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1-28-2021 – The 29 Hours of Daytona – Episode 0264
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On todays show we take a deep dive into the good, bad and the ugly of the 24 Hours of Daytona. A champion is crowned in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and we prepare for the start of the Nascar/ NIS Season.
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World of Outlaws Round 10 Charlotte [Brian/Mike]
Monday Night was the 10th and final week of the NOS Energy Drink iRacing World of Outlaws Series at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, Alex Bergeron entered the race with a 30 point lead over Hayden Cardwell after his disappointing finish last week at Williams Grove and in a great position to win his third consecutive series Championship.
Aussie Tim Ryan posted fast time in qualifying and took the win in the first heat, grabbing the pole for the feature.
Heat 2 went tp Greggory Lemay (LE – MAY) after his best qualifying run and best finish in the heats.
Bergeron started outside row one in Heat 3 beside pole sitter Kendell Tucker. However Tucker remained fast and consistent for the win, with Bergeron grabbing second.
Hayden Cardwell started on the pole for Heat 4 and gets a much needed win to keep the pressure on Bergeron for the series championship.
So, setting up the feature we have Tim Ryan on the pole, Cardwell starting P3 and Bergeron starting P7 needing a top ten to lock up the championship, if Cardwell wins the race.
When the green dropped, Tim Ryan had the speed to separate himself from the field even after regrouping twice with cautions to win his second race of the year without much of a challenge.
Cardwell quickly took 2nd at the start of the race, but never really challenged Ryan for the win finishing P2.
Bergeron had some tense moments early in the race with heavy traffic that he eventually cleared, settling comfortably in 4th and capturing his third straight title and taking home the $10k champions prize.
The winner of the Jim Beaver eShort Course World cup brought to you by Fistful Bourbon was Holden Heitritter. And remember to catch the broadcasted replay on CBS Sports net on February 14th at 1:00 pm eastern time.
Last wee we reviewed a video called Brick x Brick chronicling the former driver and paraplegic Robert Wickens as he shows his rig that has let him get back into racing. Staffer David Tucker posted the video on the forums and announced that he is adding support for dual throttle and brake inputs in iRacing, letting him to be able to combine paddles if needed and use a handbrake and paddle together as well.
Jon Brown posted a video in the forums of a last turn pass at Spa where a driver goes off track to get the win and asks if this should’ve been a valid win.
Champweb wrote a note to iRacing and all of their top brass expressing their displeasure with the problems and communications, going on to suggest that their next season release be focused on infrastructure and personnel updates instead of new vehicle and track releases.
Ty Majeski posted his anticipation of the 24 hour race and also a video explaining that his vaunted sim rig (Laptop with a G27 clamped to his desk) may no longer be up to the task. He will be using his roommate’s, Derek Kraus’ VRX rig as a backup.
Update: We’re going to try again in the AM 😂 better to wreck 20mins in rather than 12 hours.
Coke driver Casey Kirwan’s 24 ended when a teammate was broadsided by a GTE car that blinked out and reappeared in front of them in the horseshoe curve.
This was our unfortunate end to our race. GT3 blinked out and got sent off out of the esses and that sent him flying through the grass into the horseshoe and we got nailed. This is simply how all these races have gone for us over the past year 😂 https://t.co/J2y5GCQGCf
$5,576 was raised for the Miracle Network Hospitals by running the 24 Hours of Daytona SOLO.
$5,576 dollars raised for the Miracle Network Hospitals. You leave us stunned… Thank you for supporting everything we do at @OutrunGG . You make this worth running solo every single year in the @iRacing 24 Hr of Daytona
iRacing posted a video of what was probably the closest finish of the entire event where Tim Greven chases down the leader for a side by side finish
Ride along with member Tim Greven in the @BMWMotorsport M4 GT3 Prototype as he chases down P1 on the final lap of the 24 Hours of @DAYTONA for a side by side finish! To be exact, this was lap 808.
Looks like the iRacing curse has struck again, this time in Mike’s backyard. The map of a new development looks to cover the entire Motorsports Park area including ther Wild Horse Pass featured in the Pro Truck series on iRacing
Nascar driver Chase Briscoe has been spotted on The Service setting up an open hosted session at Daytona, possibly practicing for the Daytona 500
Just put up a hosted session on @iRacing at @DAYTONA. Server name is “500 Practice” password is shr come join the fun and help me do a little practice.
Nascar reporter Bob Pockrass posted that Nascar will use the low downforce, high horsepower package for the Busch Clash and the Daytona Road course. Last year they ran the high downforce package for the Daytona Road Race.
NASCAR will use the low downforce (and high horsepower-750hp) package it uses at all road courses for both the Busch Clash and the Daytona road course points race. Last year, it used high downforce for the Daytona road course race. #nascar@NASCARONFOX
iRacing has posted a comprehensive list of all of the cars and tracks currently available for AI racing and promise to be adding more and more all of the time.
MX 5 Cup – Oran Park – started p7 of 18 – finished p6 – got involved in a big one lap 1 turn 1 but came out ahead of most
League / Hosted Races
FastTrack Sim Racing League – p5 – michigan – Lots of fun
Then vegas – p3 – Slipped and fell back to 22nd, made my way back to third saving fuel, ran out at line.
Winter League- -.
Mike – wrecked out – had a slight miss on first stop under green put me way back – finally caught a caution but then got in a wreck
Hall – P5 Stuck on the bottom at the end. Still a great points day.
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- Charlotte oval P 20 Got destroyed when there was a big wreck in front of me
OBRL National Series (Xfin)
Atlanta
Rochette P13 had issues trying to save tires.. Screwed myself by stalling car twice on pitroad on final GF stop. But did make it into the top 8 for the second round of playoffs
OBRL CUP Series
Atlanta
Rochette P13 forgot to recalibrate the brakes from the 24 and ended up speeding in pit entry but enough guys had issues having Chris and I surviving
Scales P14 had a penalty late in race put down a couple of laps but made it to the final 8
Mtec –
Hall & Greg – P14 had a penalty late in race put down a couple of laps but made it to the final 8
Final Thoughts
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The 24 Hours of Daytona kicks off the beginning of Speedweek in iRacing and we dive deep into the good, bad and the ugly of the event including a fantastic result from some of your show hosts. Coke news continues to trickle in as well of lots of other topics and hardware, so pace yourself as you listen to this weeks edition of the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
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On today’s show we recap round 9 of the World of Outlaws Series with our guest, Lead announcer Chase Raudman. More Coke Series news is developing and we get ready for this weekends 24 Hours of Daytona.
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Show Introduction
On today’s show we recap round 9 of the World of Outlaws Series with our guest, Lead announcer Chase Raudman. More Coke Series news is developing and we get ready for this weekends 24 Hours of Daytona.
What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Which series do you normally run?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
Software
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
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World of Outlaws Round 9 Williams Grove [Brian]
Monday night was week 9 of the iRacing Nos Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Championship from Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. With last weeks win Hayden Cardwell pulled within 2 points of the leader, and 2 time defending champion, Alex Bergeron.
The first surprise comes early when Lewis Hewett takes fast time in qualifying ahead of Bergeron who always has great speed at the Grove, and Cardwell qualifies P5
So Hewett starts on the pole with Cardwell on the outside in the first heat. Hewitt takes an early lead but with Cardwell closing late, tries a desperate slide job on the final turn that is ultimately unsuccessful finishing P2.
Heat 2 found Bergeron on the pole with former series champion Tim Ryan on his outside. Bergeron takes the early lead, but Ryan finds enough speed to get to his inside on the front strait where they make contact. Bergeron get the worst of the contact, hitting the wall, but managing to take second and missing the chance to add a heat race point to his slim series lead over Cardwell.
Cameron Merryman takes the win in heat 3 ahead of James Edens and the final heat is won by Tyler Schell.
After 2 desperately run B main races we come to the feature event of the night with Hewitt on the pole and Tim Ryan on the outside with championship contenders Hayden Cardwell and Alex Bergeron starting side by side on row 3.
The drama started right away when ont he first lap Cardwell spins after getting into the back of Bergeron in the middle of turn 4. He will be restarting in the back of the field, P20 with a monumental challenge to just stay in the championship hunt.
When the green comes back out Lewis Hewett takes the lead until Tyler Schell grabs it from him on lap 6 with Alex Bergeron on his heals. The 2 remain nose to tail for the remainder of the race and Tyler Schell grabs his first win in the sim’s top series. Bergeron holds second and Cameron Merryman grabs third. Cardwell can only make his way up to 12th finding himself 30 points behind Bergeron going into the finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
Joe Gibbs Racing has landed Coke Series 4x champion Raya Alfalla and series rookie, and iRacers Lounge guest Femi Olat who will take over the famed 18 car.
McLaren Shadow [Greg]
The newly formed McLaren Coke Series team has announced their inaugural drivers for the upcoming season, rookie Allen Boes and Blake Reynolds
Big news! 🚨🎮 #McLarenShadow will be entering a team into this year’s @eNASCARCocaCola championship.
Alex Horn posted a video of what may be the most improbable pitstop ever where an Indy car clips the wall at the pit road exit at Monza, barrel rolling an incalculable number of times and lands, albeit in rough shape, in the pit stall ready for service.
Christopher Bell continues his early dominance at the Chili Bowl nationals taking the iRacing sponsored midget to victory lane in Thursday’s John Christner Trucking Qualifying Night, setting him up for the A Main Feature race on Saturday.
Congratulations to Gabriela Jílková, (Quick Gabi) for winning the Porsche All Star Race Saturday with second going to Matt Campbell and Dan Suzuki in third.
Defending Porsche Tag Heuer Series Champion Sebastian Job redeems himself after technical difficulties in week 1 to take the win in week 2 at Barcelona. Second went to Josh Rogers and third going to Charlie Collins.
So i use simracingapps count down to pit road, and it has a visual, MPH, in tenths. So if pit road speed is 55, I can use that meter and increase my speed from 55.0 to 55.9 without it beeping at me – Being able to see it to the tenths helps you find that spot on the throttle when your closer to 56 instead of 55..
Poll – Should Pit Lane Speed Limits be Tightened?[Tony]
Also in the forums there was a poll as to whether to keep the speed limits as they are, make the tolerances tighter, or enable a zero tolerance pit speed patrolling.
Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. is seeking the fastest 40 Canadian Sim Racers to race in an epic 8 event series. The Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Canada will take place on iRacing.com with two classes – the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR and, new for this year, the 911 GT3 Cup. To enter, set your best times at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Laguna Seca from January 29 to February 11, 2021 using the 911 GT3 Cup. The quickest lap time from each track will be added together for one total and the fastest 40 drivers from Canada will qualify to participate in the race series.
The New York Times article by Roy Furchgott cornicles the rise of iRacing as an eSport, its ability bring a younger audience to Nascar and how it sustained real-world racing thru the pandemic
A tweet by iiPolaris sent to the attention to Greg West and iRacing says that a site called “sim dream development’ has stolen a car model from iRacing and selling it on their site.
Greg West responded that they are aware of the situation and are pursuing it with all available resources noting that IP protection is very important and they are taking it very seriously.
We are actively investigating this situation and will be pursuing it with all available resources. IP protection is incredibly important to us and any credible accusations of third parties stealing our work are taken very seriously. https://t.co/TrCY0sD2Ae
Jim Beaver eSports has announced that The Short Course World Cup presented by Fist Full Bourbon returns today, Jan 21st and will make it’s televised debut on February 14th.
David Schildhouse posted a Youtube video on his channel an iRacing guide for fixed setup oval racing.
Romain Gets It [Greg]
Romain Grosjean, fresh off a remarkable escape from a fiery F1 crash at Bahrain Tweeted about his iRacing experience, saying, “You think it’s just a video game, and then, you find yourself super focus and trying to find every little details to go fast.”
Tyler Hudson has introduced on the forums a new Buy, Sell, Trade section where all third party sales can be posted in a centralized location so that other iRacing forums can stay focused on the cars, tracks, regions or series they are designed to highlight.
A new series called Brick by Brick has launched with it’s first video chronicling former IRL driver and paraplegic Robert Wickens as he returns to racing in the sim world. This episode explores the sim rig that has been created to serve his specific needs.
Galaxy iRacing League [Mike]
The Galaxy iRacing League (GiL) was started a couple of years ago to race the NASCAR “A” class cars. The race lengths, scoring system, playoff procedure and rules follow hand-in-hand with the real-life NASCAR Cup Series. The goal of this league is to create a community of race enthusiasts that are respectful of one another on and off the track, and enjoy racing in series that closely simulate their real-life counterparts. The Admin team is diverse, ranging in age and areas of the country that we reside. One of the admins is a retired NASCAR official and a crew chief, and another one of the admin’s is a retired championship-winning NASCAR crew chief. 2020 was the first full-time season for Galaxy Cup. We are excited about the 2021 season, as we have added more drivers and some prizes. We are working towards title sponsorship of the series and race purses.
The GiL is centered around the Galaxy Cup Series. Most of the races run Saturday nights. There are 5 races that run on Friday nights, because those are the races that the real-life Cup series runs Saturday nights. The GiL currently also runs a Truck Series. This series runs on Friday nights on the same race weekend as the real life Truck series. If the Galaxy Cup is racing Friday nights, then the Truck Series races on Thursday. Let me know if there is any other information I can get to you! Dave Fuge, Jr.
Sim Labs announced they will be taking over the XERO-PLAY quick release system to have it sold under the Sim-Lab flag while still being available in the Hybrid Racing Simulations variant in the Australian region.
Coming this February Nvidea announced the GeForce RTX 3060which brings the power of Ampere, their 2nd Generation RTX architecture, they should produce twice the raster performance and 10x the ray tracing performance of the GeForce GTX 1060.
Freem Simracing is a european company offering an Italian made innovative simracing glove with breathable fabric, ultra grip ;with touch screen inserts on the index finger and thumb for 55 euros.
PitBuddy provides feedback to the driver to indicate if either side tires are checked, if you have checked to fill any fuel, and if you have your fast repair checked
Ellis – p16 out of 22- best lap a 1:44.1, had a good start gained 7 spots then got punted in turn two on lap 2, went clear to the back – 15x out of 17x
Euro Sprint
Hall – P1 Daytona in 919
Tom D – 3 wins in the LMP2 getting ready for the 24 hours @ Daytona. The 3rd win now puts me at 100 wins in Official iRacing races in all classes. I’m super proud of this.
Class A Fixed
Ellis – p 5 texas – lead the most laps – by lap 10 i had gone 14th to 1st – long run to end, I ran the tires off and faded – Mike Ramos4 in the race even told me ellis your gonna run the tires off!
P18 – got caught up in 1st caution someone hit the wall no where to go – then wrecked in final restart bad someone cant hold a line.
P 16 – started 17th got up to 4th but started blinking they said – Quality was 100,90 – so i pulled up and let the pack go…
League / Hosted Races
Pacific Majors –
Hall – p12 GTE. Problem with an LMP2 who thought 2 wide was a good idea in the bus stop. Other wise clean.
Pro Mazda at Michigan – So much fun but got wrecked by fools – If we could get a good group…. It would be gold.
Winter League- -.
Mike – Legends –
Mike – p16 – Chicago – Slid thru stall on first stop bad – lost 10-15 seconds on track – could never recover
Hall – p 11. Clean race, that was my pace, good on long run. Dropped to 5th in points still, its going to be a tight race as drop weeks kick in.
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- P6 Rockingham decent speed, spun out of pit road keeping a possible podium finish out of reach
Final Thoughts
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Come and get dirty this week as we talk to our guest, iRacing World of Outlaws announcer Chase Raudman and get his thoughts as the season wraps up. There’s more Coke Series announcements, Porsche Supercup results and iRacing goes big time, featured in the ‘Paper of Record’ the New York Times. So hot off the presses… it’s this weeks edition of The iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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This week we be getting into all of the news with the Coke draft and how is Bristol Dirt shaping up for this year, The 24 Hours of Daytona is coming up really soon, and tons of Hardware topics tonight.
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World of Outlaws Round 8 – Kokomo [Brian, Mike]
Round 8 of the NOS World of Outlaws World Championship was at Kokomo Speedway with Alex Bergeron holding a 10 point lead over Hayden Cardwell and no one else even close.
Bergeron took the lead early in the feature with Cardwell up to 4th after the first lap.
By lap 10 Cardwell had made his way up to 2nd and was following Bergeron outside of striking range as they worked their way thru traffic, Then, with just 6 laps to go, Zane Smith spins in front of the leader Bergeron and he can’t avoid the collision, getting significant front end damage.
But in a stroke of good luck, the caution actually came out just before the contact, so Alex was able to resume the race in front Cardwell was able to avoid the mess and was able to take advantage of Bergeron’s ill handling car, take the lead and the win. with James Edens taking second and Tyler Schell i third.
Bergeron fell to the fourth spot which was good enough to maintain a razor thin 2 point lead over Cardwell heading into the 9th round on Monday at Williams Grove Speedway.
Coke News – Dillon eSports [Hall]
Justin Melillo reports that Team Dillon eSports has added Corey Vincent (formerly of Renegades) along with Taylor Hurst who advanced from the Pro Series to their 2021 lineup.
Deadzone Racing has landed perennial Coke Series Championship contender Ryan Luza as well as Dylan Duval making a formative team for the 2021 season.
It's that time❗️ On the brink of the 2021 @eNASCARCocaCola @iRacing Series season, Deadzone Racing would like to welcome @RyanLuza & @DDuval42 to the team!
Part 5 of Nascar’s 2020 GIFs of the year includes the top GIFs of iRacing including a frustrated Clint Bower, a clueless Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin’s monitor turned off by his daughter.
Bristol Motor Speedway posted a video of what arrived at their facilities today, a load of dirt being delivered for the Nascar dirt event. Aaron Bearden asked if there was a chance of getting Bristol Dirt on iRacing. Steve Myers responded to the thread by saying; “Already being worked on.”
Alan Pajari from the Winter Series League regretfully announced the passing of fellow racer and One Up Motorsports team member Jason K Miller, known to his fellow racers as ‘Junior’ and was described by Alan as a tremendous person who was funny, thoughtful and serious when the situation asked for it. Christian Challener also added that, “Jason Miller was one of the unspoken greats of the iRacing oval community. He had time for everyone and raced with respect. An absolute masterclass in how to conduct yourself.”
Jason Miller was one of the unspoken greats of the iRacing oval community. He had time for everyone and raced with respect. An absolute masterclass in how to conduct yourself. He was instrumental in TDH and myself's time in the pro series, a great friend who will be deeply missed pic.twitter.com/Rt6EVSXwOP
Apex Race Team announced that the new Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing eSports team will have Kevin Ellis Jr and Zac Campbell as it’s drivers for the 2021 Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Season.
Not long after the announcement, Kevin Ellis Jr goes on to win the opening stage of the Porsche Supercup race at Interlagos with Max Benecke in second and Mitchell deJong in third.
Christian Challiner spelled out the new changes to the LMP2 to inform those running in the 24 Hours of Daytona. these include a 40HP reduction, increased tire warmer temperatures, revised camber limits and the introduction of ‘Pushrod Length’ and ‘Third Pin Length’ adjustments.
Cameron Gridley shared in the iRacing forums that he routinely stretches before his race sessions to help with some old injuries and muscle tightness that flare up when driving for long periods of time. And wonders how many others do that or something similar.
Eric Barile of Lazy Dayz Racing is setting up an open, community Discord channel for racers from every corner of the world to chill, talk racing and have a place to race anything they want.
Tyler Hudson announced on the forums that you can now sign up to get iRacing texts to your mobile device. if you go to iRacing.com it will prompt you to sign up. You will then receive text notifications regarding Championship live events and/or special offers.
Greg West announced on the forums the creation of the BMW SIM GT Cup, the successor to the BMW SIM 120 Cup. Divided into two seasons, a total of ten races will take place in 2021. A total prize purse of 4,200 US dollars is up for grabs for the top three teams in the first four races of each season. The races are 120 minutes long and include a mandatory driver changeover. The dates have already been confirmed for Season 1 in the BMW M8 GTE, with the opening round taking place at the virtual ‘Daytona International Speedway’ on 17th January
These events are team races with a minimum of 2 drivers required. The fair share driving rules will be used.
In the week long events leading up to the Chili Bowl Nationals, Christopher Bell driving the iRacing sponsored midget wins the Race of Champions in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A comic style meme may have done the best job personifying what iRacing means to those of us who are iRacing fanatics.
iRacing Curse Strike Catalunya [Brian]
So it looks like the cure of iRacing has been felt in the recently introduced Barcelona Circuit. In 2021 turn 10 has been modified from the version iRacing just released. No sign from iRacing of any updates to the 2020 version
Rock Solid Rigs just Launched the RSR-21 Chassis. A solid wood, fully adjustable racing rig developed by a Formula One Car Designer for optimal stiffness.
The BMW Blog shows off the new Fanatec BMW M4 GT3 Steering wheel in an article that also addresses their commitment to sim racing saying, ” the (GT3) racing series will co-exist with the digital racing series and it won’t be unusual to see “hybrid” drivers racing in both.
The RSH eSports company from Finland has announced that they are ready to ship their Sim Rigs to the EU area and are constantly adding items to the English side of their company.
https://www.e-sport.company/en/home/
Spotlights 2 Rollout [Tony]
Midwest Simulations is rolling out their Spotlight 2 spotter/lighting system. The new Spotlights feature 20% larger lenses as well as a third light on each side, one of the most requested features for 3 wide racing so it is easier to differentiate between when one and two lights are on.
Nvidea Warns – High Severity GPU Driver Flaws [Mike]
On Thursday Nvidea fixed a slew of high-severity flaws affecting its graphics driver. The vulnerabilities allow bad actors to cripple systems with denial of service attacks, escalate privileges, tamper with data or sniff out sensitive data.
Watkins Glen – p9,. Started 16th – some early carnage i missed it – clean after that
Bobby – got pole finished 3rd
P13 – after starting p16 – just no pace
Class A Fixed
Ellis – p5 – texas – started p19 – via attrition and barely missing some early wrecks worked my way up – 10 to go or so got wrecked only 30 seconds damage still had my revs – drove it from 12th to 5th – I sucked on the restarts bad lost on a couple of them
P22 – tried again – 1 caution lap 3 then green from there was high as 7th but i was expecting cautions and ran my tires hard to move up – faded to p22 hit the wall like 3 times pushing
Brian – Ran several races over the weekend in the Skippy’s at Watkins Glen trying to advance my license in order to race in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Best finish was a P4, but I advanced to a C license, gained about 150 iRating,,,all starting from the pits.
League / Hosted Races
Mike – Legends – Wilkesboro – p6 – ran 4th to 5th most of the race – did two stopper and most others did 1 – that bit me
Mike – p18 – entered pit on wrong side 40 second penalty
David – Bristol, p8, 4th in points now 7th with drop week
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- P7 Indy. Wasn’t quite able to save tires well enough to stay up front, but still had some great racing.
Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .”
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In this week’s show we continue to report which teams this year’s Coke Series drivers land. We report that dirt is arriving at Bristol Motor Speedway, but will it be arriving at iRacing? The Daytona 24 Hours is a hot topic this week, and can you buy a dynamic, fully adjustable sim rig,,,out of wood? We’ll answer that question and so much more on this edition of The iRacers Lounge Podcast.
iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players.
Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`
READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!!
Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
Introduction
Today on the show we welcome rookie Coke series Driver Femi Olat, review the World of Outlaws Race at Cedar Lake Speedway and discuss all of this weeks hot topics including Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds in iRacing.
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What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Why do you race on iRacing over other sims?
Which series do you normally run?
Have you tried the new tire model? If so, what are your thoughts?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
Guest Specific Questions:
Pro Series – finishes – 4, 2, 21, 21, 29, 14
Tell us about your RTP journey….
What are you doing to get ready for the Coke Series?
Topics
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World of Outlaws Week 7 – Cedar Lake [Brian,Mike]
Monday night marked Round 7 of the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series which brought us to the new Cedar Lake Speedway coming into this week Hayden Cardwell held a slim 4 point lead over Alex Bergeron and Kendel Tucker a distant 3rd.
Bergeron has fast time in qualifying while Cardwell turns in an 8th place finish. and runs away with the first heat earning him pole position for the Feature race
James Edens gaps the field to take heat 2, and Tyler Shell wins heat 3 in a photo finish over Adam Elby.
In heat 4 Zane Scott starts from the pole, but Cardwell quickly clears him on the outside to take over the lead on lap 1, but on lap 2 Cardwell jumps the cushion on turn 2 and wrecks sending him to the back of the field and JD Brown taking the checker.
So, with the points in the heat race Cardwell’s lead had already evaporated before the feature even starts, but still having to advance from the B main to avoid a complete disaster and putting Bergeron firmly in control of the championship.
Cardwell started P4 in the LCQ, took some damage racing for second, but still managed finding the speed to take the win and getting the 18th grid spot in the feature.
In the feature event Alex Bergeron grabbed the lead fighting off challenges from Tyler Schell who was running him down from the extreme high line when on lap 27 he missed his line, hits the wall in turn 3 and flies over the fence, but no cations came out and no fans were injured..
James Edens also put some pressure on Bergeron, but ultimately ran out of laps finishing P2 with Alex Bergeron taking his 4th win of the season. Hayden Cardwell works his way all the way up to P4 averting a points disaster, and landing 10 points behind new points leader Bergeron heading into week 8 at the bullring ok Kokomo Speedway next Monday night.
2020 Year in Review [Hall]
iRacing looked back at 2020 by posting an inspiring Year in Review video in what may have been undoubtedly one of the most important years in the history of iRacing.
Can we get SRX Series Cars [Tony]
Tyler Stooksbury posted in the forums that he’s curious if iRacing might be getting the new SRX series cars. Tyler was especially excited about the the limited adjustments that’s available to the drivers and teams in the series. The SRX is scheduled to make their debut this summer with a 6 race season.
Youtube broadcaster Jimmy Broadbent was allowed to take a spin in the BMW Motorsports Center’s top of the line manufacturer simulator. The Youtube video goes thru his entire tour and experience of his visit.
Dale Jr & Steve Myers Found [Greg]
In iRacing’s version of Where’s Waldo, Dale Jr and Steve Myers have been found at the new iRacing Super Speedway hanging out in the construction crane!
SimSpeed along with VRS will provide coverage of every round of the 2021 Friday night Open NIS racing series. The full, complete broadcast details will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Nascar announcer Mike Joy responded to a Tweet from James Yoder who asked if there will be a return of the eNascar Pro Invitational this upcoming year. He responded that he hopes not, because it would have meant a suspension of the Nascar regular season. This implies that the story from last week that Fox Sports may broadcast iRacing events will most likely not be actual Nascar drivers.
I hope not. 'Cause if it does, that means the "regular season" of Nascar Cup racing has been interrupted or postponed again like last year!
Ajibola Lawal posted in the forums that he’s had a blast with the new iR-01 car at Suzuka and Silverstone, but has noticed a sharp drop in participation since it’s introduction. Greg West agreed with someone who responded that the holiday season along with a fairly unpopular track, and to give it some time.
Monday Night Racing posted on their Facebook that Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip will be broadcasting their final race on January 25th at 9am on Podium eSports.
Red Bull TV has started a series on Youtube called Game to Glory. It’s a series about Red Bull Sim Racing Driver and Porsche Tag Heuer Series Champion Sebastian Job. The first episode revolves around his history in karting, moving on to eSports and becoming a professional sim racer. It looks like in the upcoming episodes he will be getting an opportunity to try the Red Bull Factory F1 simulator that the real drivers use.
Time for Chili Bowl [Tony]
Nascar Driver and 3 time Chilli Bowl Winner Christopher Bell shows off his iRacing sponsored Midget for the as he gets ready for next weeks event.
Coanda Simsport has announced a new partnership with LEGO Technic for the upcoming Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup season and shows off their new paint scheme.
We are very proud to announce a new partnership with LEGO® Technic™ for the upcoming Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season. We are very honored to work together with such an iconic worldwide brand. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/U2zkBfQMlP
‘John Boy’ Faller emailed the show to help get the word out the he is hosting the Daytona Dirty Monkey 250 to raise money to fight Autism on Feb 20th. All of the $15 entrance fee will go to the charity. They will run 100 laps in a fixed setup and there are prizes for the top 3 finishers. You can sign up at his website https://johnboy202.wixsite.com/mysite
John Boy <johnboy202@gmail.com>
Wed, Jan 6, 7:12 PM (14 hours ago)
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Hi Mike I hope all is well my man. I wanted to ask you if you could help me out by getting the word out about a race that we will be hosting to raise money for autism. The race will be on 2/20/2021. Practice will start at 8:30pm est time and will be just 30mins then Qualifying 5mins or 2 laps. We are calling it Daytona Dirty Monkey 250 Autism Awareness. There will be an entry fee of $15. Which all money will go to autism. The race will be a 100 Laps fix setup. As of right now I don’t have anybody doing the broadcast so I will be doing it myself on Dirty Monkey TV on youtube. There will be prizes for the top 3 finishers. For 2nd and 3rd place they will get a snap hat with the race logo on it. I will put a pic of the hat in this email. The winner will get a Pitboard from the guys at IracingIflags. Also a nascar diecast From Race City Sports Memorabilia you can find them on facebook and a also a snap hat. Just 43 cars will make the race but if we get more than 43 cars we will take the top 30 qualifiers to the race and have a 10 lap heat race and the top 13 will make the race. To sign up all you have to do is go to our website and at the top right you will see autism race then click on the image and that will take you to the form. I know you love Daytona so i hope to see you guys in the race. Thank you and your guys for ALL the help with all my leagues and stuff. Thank you Website: https://johnboy202.wixsite.com/mysite
Coke Teams Announced [Hall]
iRacing has announced the 20 teams that will comprise the 2021 Coca-Cola series and also that the prize pool for this year has been increased to $330,000. Four teams will not be returning from last year including G2 Esports, Renegades and VRS.
Four teams will not return to the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing team roster. Kyle Larson Racing had already been removed, but joining KLR in leaving is G2 Esports, Renegades, and in a surprise move, Virtual Racing School, the 2020 team champions.#eNASCAR | @iRacing
In late breaking news, an announcement on Twitter, John Gorlinski will be joining Garrett Lowe on the Wood Brother Racing team.
Time to welcome our newest @iRacing Coke Series driver. Wheeling the @ridespin Mustang along with @GarrettLowe_6 this year, ladies and gentlemen, from Harrisburg, North Carolina, please welcome @john_gorlinsky
Hall – 1st ever win at Watkins Glen, first win for the team for the year
Ellis – p Ferrari GT Challenge-
Class A Fixed
Ellis – p21 – Hit the wall hard lap 2 – horrible race – stephen louallen ran w me got p7 – hermie sadler in the race
League / Hosted Races
Coke Raceway –
Hosted – Chris Macguire – Michigan mx5’s – fun
UMPs at Limaland
David Schieldhouse – Kias at Vegas
Mike – p 14 – legends at rock – lots of fun, ran the tires off a lot – had only 4% left on on set – it was the race to see who would not be last…
Mike – p20 — 1 caution – from there 1 did 2 stopper everyone else 1 stopper – really my only choice pretty sure my tires would not have held out for the 1 stopper – Tyler won – Fun to race the Sadler Bros
David – p 8. Good long run speed. Top 10 in this league is always good.
Derek Justis in points leader, Christian Chaniler is in Third, I’m in Fifth
OBRL ARCA Series Atlanta Brian- P2 Tire saving strategy pays off. Started in 6th, dropped back early and worked my way up thru the field
OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series Mosport
Brian P12 new road course for me and didn’t get enough practice. IPL takes a hit!
OBRL National Series (Xfinity)
Talladega
Brian P16 Pit lost a lap on pit stop fiasco
Final Thoughts
Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .”
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This week on the iRacers Lounge Podcast we welcome brand new Coca-Cola Series driver, Femi Olat. We take a look at how the new Coke season will be shaping up, who’s this years owners, and what’s the new prize pool. We see sim drivers in factory simulators at BMW and Team Red Bull as well as some resourceful homemade builds. So, come along and enjoy the show!
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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`
READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!!
Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
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Show Introduction
Welcome back the iRacers Lounge Podcast. We hope you all had a happy and safe Holiday. This week we bring to you special guest, Pro Series Champion Isaac Gann. We’ll debate should there be fixed setup in the Pro series? That, and more iRacing topics and reviews you’ve come here for.
What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
Why do you race on iRacing over other sims?
Which series do you normally run?
Have you tried the new tire model? If so, what are your thoughts?
What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
Do you run Monitors or VR?
How many monitors?
What VR headset are you running?
Are you part of a team?
Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
Guest Specific Questions:
Pro Series Champion! – finishes – 28, 11, 11, 3, 1, 1
Tell us about your RTP journey….
What are you doing to get ready for the Coke Series?
Topics
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Wonderwoman Car [Hall]
Art McEwen posted a video in the forums of a replay of his Dallara LMP2 barley visible but the wheels, windsheild and steering wheel. Greg West asked for a replay and his graphic settings, and others comments that he could be having GPU driver issues.
‘Fast Pasta’ Anthony Alfredo posted a video of himself testing the new wall proximity model at Homestead comparing it to his past experience there and giving some good pointers to fellow iRacers.
iRacers Lounge Paint [Greg]
Tifosi member Bobby Jonas and Sim Wraps created an excellent iRacers Lounge Podcast Cup Car that’s available in Trading Paints for any of our listeners to run.
iRacing posted a video of the staff members race at Long Beach spotlighting the many, comical incidents on the track, most noticeably some hilarious troubles at the hairpin turn.
Listener Craig Reams sends in GT3 BOP Video [Hall]
Podcast listener Craig Reams brought this Youtube video from Beau Albert Sim Racing which compares the balance of power between the 7 different GT3 cars in 5 individual tests of top speed, acceleration, lap times, tire wear and fuel consumption. He found that the new Lamborghini Huracan came out on top by a sizable margin over it’s next competitor including taking top lap time at Twin Ring Motegi
Another User Manual [Brian]
Greg West posted in the forums a new addition to the user manual section with the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO.
Listener Matt Crockett – Bandit Racing League [Mike]
From Podcast listener Matt Crockett, The Bandit Racing League will be recruiting for it’s Wednesday night Xfinity series league. The league will begin on January 27th at Daytona and all races will be broadcasted by Evan Wall Media on Youtube.
Adam Stern Tweeted earlier last week that Nascar and iRacing are working on the possibility of airing sim races in the upcoming season. With a lot of one-day shows this coming season, there would be many open broadcast windows on Friday and Saturdays that would normally be filled with practices and qualifying, but are looking to be filled with sim races events
With a lot of one-day shows next year, @NASCAR and @iRacing are working on airing sim races during Friday/Saturday broadcast windows that would typically have practice or qualifying to help make up for the lack of real-life action, per sources. pic.twitter.com/FFMkr5YTof
After the conclusion of the Pro Series, Malik Ray kicked off a wave of controversy when he Tweeted that “you guys will never have the 40 best drivers if everything continues to be open!!!” Beau Albert uploaded a quality YouTube video to dive further into the topic.
I pray one day iRacing makes RTP & Pro fixed, you guys will never have the 40 best drivers if everything continues to be open!!!
In another set of awards this season, the Sports Business Journal’s 2020 Year End Award for Best eSports Content was awarded to iRacing, noting their average of 1 million viewers during their Fox Sports broadcasts this spring with the Pro Invitational Series.
This year's iRacing series averaged approximately 1 million viewers on @FOXSports channels, the most ever for an #esports property. The property's success now has #NASCAR looking to expand the program going forward. pic.twitter.com/KUo5gIQzMW
In a Tweet from Porsche Motorsports they remind all of their followers that January 9th will begin the new season of the iRacing Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Series with Sabastian Job looking to defend his championship from last season..
Pro Driver Pippa Mann Tweeted that she started using blue light glasses and it has helped her with depth perception and she’s had much less problems with headaches after her sim racing sessions.
Blue light glasses! They genuinely helped me with a few of my sim issues today – my on screen depth perception was noticeably better, and I have much less of a headache than usual post-sim session! 🤓
Ryan Vargas is introducing the Nutrishop Montery Park eStreet Stock Showdown. A $500 to win, 75 lap Street Stock event at Autoclub Speedway. It’s $8 to enter and there’s a 200 cap on entries. the event will be held at on January 27th and will be broadcasted on Podium eSports.
Introducing, the @NutrishopUSA eStreet Stock Showdown presented by Nutrishop Monterey Park!👀
75 Laps, $1500+ purse, $500 to WIN! All this at only $8 to enter! But enter quick, we’re capping at 200 entries‼️
The FTF Racing League will be hosting the FTF 500 at Daytona on January 31st Live on Bottom Split with a purse of at least $1700
The official guaranteed purse for the FTF 500 presented by Barr Visuals, January 31st, 2021, live on Bottom Split, is now $1,700. We are close to our goal of $2,000. $500 guaranteed to the winner. Sponsorships for the duels, tiny text race, and bruh clash are still available. pic.twitter.com/LynZmKKRAK
On February 7th, Podium eSports will hold their 3rd annual Daytona 500 event, The Podium500, with a $10 entrance fee. Last year had 175 entries and the first 2 years combined over a $12,000 payout
iRacers Lounge Trading Paints is now a Winner [Mike]
Fatboy 1990 (aka Tyler Williamson) looks to be the first to to take a victory in the new iRacers Lounge Podcast paint scheme by SimWraps in a Carb Cup race at Daytona.
Hello, I hear you guys talking about farming Irating, what does that mean and how is it done? I mostly do league races but want to get back into official races. Thanks and great show
Derek Branum <derek2448@gmail.com>
David Hall Thread [Hall]
Szabolcs Balog posted in the forums his thought in running in multiclass IMSA races.
MRTV host and VR reviewer, Sabastian Ang, will be doing an investigation in the sweetspot complaints of the HP Reverb G2.
Ramping up Re-Launch of RaceX Pro Cockpit [Hall]
RaceX announced on Instagram showing a work in progress on their revamped Pro Cockpit
Simagic Alpha Servo DD – Pre Order Now [Mike]
The new Simagic Alpha will be available to ship in early January and they are taking pre-orders now. The Alpha is the flagship direct-drive wheel base from Simagic. It comes with 15Nm of torque, delivered by a Servo Motor. The Alpha wheel base is equipped with the same quick-release used with the Simagic M-10 wheel base. This allows you to use any steering wheel with a 50mm or 70mm bolt pattern in conjunction with the Simagic wheels and button boxes.
Jack Dowell Motorsports shows off their 3000psi hydraulic motion platform Offical Nascar Simulator, part of a racing league called Silicon Motor Speedway.
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Official Series
Mike
Ferrari GT Challenge- Oran Park – p5! – Only had 1 off track too! – starting to learn track i guess….
Then p3! – only 3x –
Then p8 -1st turn got dumped bad – dead last out of 19 – moved back to 8th
Then p8- Was high as third but spun off bad rallied back to 8
Then p7 – I was starting like 6th after my best q ever – after pace car ducked off the leader slowed way down to almost nothing then went – stacked us up bad –
Then p2! – Same pole sitter did the same thing, but I was ready for it – great run!
Next Night – p7 – started 13th after botched q – up to 6th in 1st lap – had issues w a car that would all but stop in the s’s, so spun off back to 14th – rallied back to p7, but 10x
Then p10 out of 17 – horrible race spun off all by myself 3 times – I was just starting to get cocky too and actually said out loud I may be farming. But that is how iRacing is. If is was easy nobody would do it. And soon as you get cocky bad luck/driving will bite you and keep your ego in check…
Then p8- followed everyone off track in turn 1 lap 1 – put well back but recovered well. Ran my fastest lap so far
Then started p17 ended p9 – 13x though higher sof matched my fasted lap time 106 zero
Monday – Lime Rock – p11 – had a couple of early off’s…
P9 – got rear ended put to back – gained back abit through atrition
League / Hosted Races
Mtec –
Hall & Greg – P21. Traffic was horrible, a gt4 decided to just door us for passing him on the outside of a turn.
FastTrack Sim Racing League –
Recruitment race – A Car – Kansas – p8 – had a full field running 4th on white but killed the wall trying too hard – Alan Pajari wins, Jeff Marble and his son Tyler have a good league shaping up Mondays, A Car Open half distance…
Winter League- -.
Mike –p dnf – daytona – had good run going even led some laps – but i got a bit loose and spun on my own
Mike – p22 – texas cup – out of 25 – no cautions – i suck – hit wall a few times
Mike –
Mike –
David –
Texas p 17, no pace, long or short
Martinsville p 14, never ever listen to Mike on tire strategy!
Mike – Legends Martinsville – only ran a few laps and parked it I suck – It just won’t turn, maybe the hardest combo car/track there is
Mike – Cup – Martinsville – p18 – Ran top 12 most of race but bad tire strategy out me back never recovered went downhill from there – still happy with the first ¾ of the race…
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- P2 Kentucky started P2 Finished P2 120 laps, no cautions, no incident
OBRL Truck Series NashvilleBrian P14 Played it cautious…too cautious
OBRL National Series (Xfin)
POCONO
Scales P7
Rochette P10 good race just not fast enough
UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series – radicals
Hall –.p4, Crazy hard to pass here. I lost track position cause i guy infront of me bounced off wall. Then was the only one pretty much on the track that made a pass
Final Thoughts
Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .”
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Were back this week with an all new episode with special guest and recent Pro Series Champion Issac Gann. We kinda debate whether the top series of iRacing should run fixed setups after the community exploded with some controversial Tweets, and how could iRacing take the next big step into mainstream broadcasting. Happy New Year and thanks for listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`
READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!!
Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
Joining me are the usual characters, ————
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Topics
Season 4 Stats
Rob Crouch posted in the forums another comprehensive list of the 2020 Season 4 stats. Also, for a small $5 donation, you can private message Rob and he will create a custom output for you and your friends.
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Updated iRacing Apparel [Brian]
Staff member Otto Szebeni let everyone in the forums know that the merchandise page has been updated with new products.
The super high speeds and tight racing has already produced some fantastic wrecks. None to be outdone in a video posted and edited with sound of Jonathan Goke with a near perfectly executed barrel roll.
Jonathan Goke has done it. The double double McTwist big mac with extra tomato. pic.twitter.com/IdLM3yF8Ox
Joel Keller was the engineer who worked on the new Dallara iR01. He’s responded to some of the community feedback and made changes to the handling, steering speed and force feedback as a result and will keep making adjustments as more feedback comes in.
Some very high praise indeed from IRL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay who tested on the new Long Beach track and was very impressed.
Got a chance to get back on the home @SimCraft setup. Latest from @iRacing is incredible. Been missing Long Beach like no other. They nailed it. Very impressed. pic.twitter.com/3fReo3PaI2
What Do You Think of Cedar Lake, That’s Ruts! [Brian]
Some of the drivers noticed that while running the Big Block Modified at the new Cedar Lake Speedway that ruts are being created in the corners making the racing even more enjoyable. Tyler Hudson responded that apparent the weather and the construction of the Big Block Modified tires is playing a major role in their creation.
According to members in the forums Cedar Lake Speedway has a small 1-1/2 foot gap in the wall at the flagstand that is causing a bug where the cars (sprint cars especially) are being unrealistically launched sideways when it’s hit. Staffer Michael Bergh is now aware of the issue and it will be addressed in an upcoming patch
Mike Ouelette announced in the forums that after a two year break the World Cup XI will be returning. The World Cup of iRacing is a club competition to find out which club has the most depth of talent across a wide variety of racing diciplines.
Love the show and so happy to hear that you guys have a sponsor and a website now. Already been on the site and saved a quick link. I joined iRacing in April and absolutely love it. Your show has really helped keep me on track with good and bad equipment and things to stay focused on. So Many tips you guys have shared and the feedback is amazing. I was able to even race with you guys during a charity race at Daytona for iK9Hero.
The input you guys give on all the topics is great and really gives myself and others top quality information. However I am beyond curious as to what you guys are using equipment wise. What rigs y’all got! We would love to see some shots of your rigs with a breakdown of what you have. Also what do you plan on adding?
Also, it would be so cool to have a official iRacers lounge livery on Tradin Paints that listers could use to help promote and spread the word.
Currently I’m saving for a DD but until that happens I’m on a 80/20 rig by 4playracing using a Specter UltraWide with the GOAT G27 wheel and shifter. Using a i7 HP Omen with a 2070 RTX Nivida.
Again I love the show and can’t thank y’all enough for all the tips and info that is shared. Hope to see y’all on the track soon.
Greg, Chris, and Tony were in the broadcast booth calling the Ladies of iRacing ‘Ugly Sweeter Party’ Street Stocks race at Michigan with the call of a thrilling finish!
Greg West posted that the guys at iRacing aren’t satisfied with their current painter. In fact, they have been working for several weeks to make it much better than it is now. Although the work is far along, it wasn’t quite ready for the build, but we do plan to release it before next season. It will have the new 3D car viewer built in, so you won’t have to jump back and forth between the paintkit and the car info page to see your changes in 3D.
Autosport announced on Twitter a new category in their Autosports Awards in 2020; ‘eSports Driver of the Year’. And their winner for the inaugural reward goes to Sebastian Job winner of the Porsche Tag Hauer iRacing Supercup Championship.
Introducing a new category for the Autosport Awards 2020, and one fitting for a year where esports boomed 🏆
The iRacing Chili Bowl Nationals are underway. Each night this week at 9:00 EST is a race session culminating with a Saturday ‘Super Session’ with the top 60 drivers in points vying for the championship.
David Schildhouse posted on his YouTube channel a video showing 3 tips as to how to save tires with the new tire model in Fixed setup races.
iRacing Give-Aways
Turn Racing [Mike]
You can win a R20 EVO wheel. Just place the Turn Racing logo (found in iRacing Paintshop) on any car in the primary location. Race in at least 10 official races in 2021 Season 1 and you’re automatically entered to win an R20 Evo steering wheel.
New for Season 1, the Turn Racing Touring Car Challenge where one participant will win a new racing wheel from Turn Racing.
If you just race in the Sim-Lab Production Car Challenge this season, each completed race is an entry into the raffle to win a Sim-Lab P1-X sim racing chassis.
Heusinkveld is giving away a set of Heusinkveld Sprint Pedals during Season 1, 2021! Just race in the Heusinkveld GT Challenge. Each completed race is an entry into the raffle for the pedals.
If you place the Apex Racing Academy logo (found in iRacing Paintshop) on any car in the primary location and race in at least 10 official races in 2021 Season 1 you’re automatically entered to win 1 of the 5 Apex Racing Academy prizes!
In an Instagram post Parker Klingerman announced that he will assume full ownership of Burton Klingerman eSports and Jeff Burton will step aside to give Parker full control of the team noting his ‘ real passion and enthusiasm for the team’
Tyler Hudson posted a reminder on the forums that businesses and individuals are prohibited from using the iRacing forums to solicit members for business or personal gain without becoming an iRacing official partner or advertising.
iRacing announced it’s 2021 schedule of special events Not included on the list, they will be bringing back the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, Knoxville, and Winter Derby while also adding, new for 2021, events at Crandon, Suzuka, and Hockenheim.
Evan Posocco reported on Twitter the results of the eRacing Association Winterbowl iRacing Tournament at Nashville Fairgrounds where Parker Retzlaff put the bumper to Daniel Silvestri to take the win and the $7500 prize.
Pro-Sim’s sequential shifter pre orders coming next week for deliveries to start mid January. We also have our H pattern on pre order again for deliveries in mid February. Everyone on our waitlist will get an email when the pre order opens.
Official Series(Please Copy and Paste Template for format if using last spot)
ARCA – Ellis – Ran 1 race at atlanta to see if I could gain some iRating – Huge mistake, I kept pushing in 2 and having to lift, and quickly was headed backwards. I later accidentally doored a guy, I didnt mean to… Near the end a lapper took out the leaders so I was able to finish 5th… That was lucky, probably wont try that again
Leagues/Hosted Races
Unofficial – Mike –
Coke Raceway – ran about 6 races in a row – wrecked out of each- in one i was leading while wrecked. Love love love it, this is pretty much a new style of racing – getting runs and keeping them it is so wide that you can – 60 cars is a blast, there was always cars coming and going – wrecks self clear off the blanking –
Mike – p dnf – was wrecked on 1st caution – was going straight down back stretch 12inches off the wall, and a guy is like trying to side draft me or something and hooks me – car damage made it too loose to drive- don’t appreciate a simple apology from that driver
David – p12. Ends top 10 streak, but still good finish in tough field
OBRL ARCA Series
Brian- P18 started outside pole Had the Speed, but not the Luck
OBRL Truck Series NashvilleBrian P13 first time at Nashville. Fun track but got caught up in other people’s messes
UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series – lime rock radicals
Hall –.was slowest car pitched in early to take car of a real life thing
Ellis – Joined Scott Rupp from Midwest simulations in the booth on the podcast and had some fun calling the race
Final Thoughts
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Season 1 kicks off in a big way this week on the show, but first we review week 13, and all of the new content added to the service. After a short delay, we have the biggest, baddest superspeedway you’ve ever seen, and the carnage it can create. iRacing works out those oh, so pesky bugs after such a large release and we cover it all on this weeks episode of the iRacors Lounge Podcast.
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Topics
Week 5 Lernerville [Brian]
Monday night marked the half way point of the NOS iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car series at Lernerville Speedway with Hayden Cardwell holding a narrow 5 point lead over Alex Bergeron.
Series rookie Logan Rumsey wins the first heat and grabs the pole for the feature race with Cardwell finishing second. Alex Bergeron wins heat number 3 and starts on the inside of row two for the feature.
When the feature starts Bergeron gets by the pole sitter Rumsey early, but on the opening laps Cardwell goes over the banking of the track and brings out an quick caution when he returns, damaging several cars, but he turns out to be ok and kept his position on the track.
When racing resumed Bergeron is able to hold off Cardwell until Kendell Tucker gets into the mix and Bergeron checks out to claim his third win in 5 races with Tucker grabbing second and Cardwell dropping to third.
With the win Bergeron reclaims a slim two point series lead over Cardwell as they pass the half way mark of the season. Next up is Weedsport Speedway, followed by Cedar Lake, which was just announced during the broadcast. Neither track has yet to host a Sprint Car Championship race.
Steve Myers posted on Twitter that he would give away an iRacing VIP account at the Snowball Derby if either Ty Majeski or Ryan Luza win their respective races, or 5 total VIP accounts if they both won. He gave Matt Weaver, Motorsports Editor of Autoweek, who was attending the event, the decision as to how the prizes would be given out.
.@MattWeaverAW since you are boots on the ground for the Snowball I have a contest for you. If @TyMajeski wins his race you get to give away an @iRacing VIP account. If @RyanLuza wins his race you get to give away another. If they both win you get to give away 5! You decide how.
Coke Series driver Ryan Luza finishes a self described disappointing P16 after running much of the night in 5th-6th.
Disappointing night. Unofficially P16 after running 5th-6th the majority of the race. Stagger opened up badly and restarts on the top didn’t help out our really loose @iRacing #53. Still an awesome weekend, thanks to everyone who helped make it happen! Hope to be back next year!! pic.twitter.com/yAeBGBSwPM
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League Announcement for listener Jeff Marble [Greg]
FastTrack Sim Racing. Mondays 9pm EST.Cup cars, open sets.Full Nascar NIS schedule. 50% length. NIS tire limits Playoffs Looking for a title sponsor to offset server costs and to pay drivers at end of the year. Season starts on Monday Feb 15th
We are holding recruiting races throughout the winter. Prefer A license and irating 2000 and up. But we’ll look at all drivers because we know league racers tend to avoid official races.
Kevin Bobbit announced in the forums an early release of the BMW M4 GT3 which is a pre-release version of the BMW M4 GT3 that will be made available to iRacing members in the weeks after the 2021 Season 1 build. The car succeeds the BMW Z4 GT3 as the second BMW to join iRacing’s GT3 offerings and is part of iRacing’s renewed focus on GT3 content.
iRacing dropped an introduction video on Youtube to their newest oval Dirt Track, Cedar Lake Speedway, a three-eights of an mile track located in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The track was constructed in 1956 and it hosts a weekly NASCAR racing program consisting of Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, and Midwest Modifieds and has seen drivers such as Kenny Wallace, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil, Greg Biffle, Sterling Marlin and Paul Menard race at the track
NEW CONTENT – New Rallycross Configurations [HAll]
iRacing has added Rallycross configurations to two existing tracks, Brands Hatch and Charlotte Motor Speedway. Brands Hatch combines new and old, mixing the original 1980s and 90s turn 1 with some newer ideas in Graham Hill Bend and a dirt Joker inside of McLaren/Clark Curve. Charlotte is raced in the interior roval area with areas of dirt covered asphalt, and a quick offroad area bridging two sections of the track.
In further Rallycross news Greg Hill announced in a forum post that in few short months we’ll be continuing our Dirt Road expansion with Barcelona RX. Something that was hinted at a few weeks ago when the mentioned a few new Rallycross configurations were in the works.
Podcast listener and European road racer Dannis Pearl letting us know some information regarding the Scottish Knochill Racing Circuit, one of the four premier road courses iRacing has planned for 2021, describing it as a small, twisty circuit similar to Lime Rock, great for Skippy’s and GT3’s
Hey guys European road racer here. Love the pod – you’ve converted me to turning left. Just to say – you are going to love Knochill. Small, twisty – think Lime Rock – great for Skippies and GT3 pile ups. Loved in Scottish motorsport. Everyone – yes everyone – who ever races there has history at the track. Was the best thing on Project Cars 2 in the Formula Rookie (Skippie type car). The Euro circuits are massive news here (even more so that the imaginary oval ) Dennis Pearl (please use this name on air if you mention, not my weird email) PS – keep up the road content. Your man who talks road is great, but do tell him Nurburgring is where they have the race tracks. Nuremberg is the place they had the post World War II war crimes trials. They are different.
NTM on IndyCar – Ohhh, multiple Tire Compounds [Tony]
iRacing posted a short, 9 second clip, of an Indy car hitting the wall at Long Beach with two possible clues. for one, it seems as though the Indy car has the new damage model and two, the tires appear to have the red lettering indicating mutiple tire compound options.
iRacing has apparently been secretly colaberating with Dallara to build fron the ground up a new vehicle cames the Dallara iR-01. The Dallara iR-01 is a blend of modern technology and classic grand prix heritage exclusively built for the iRacing sim. With it’s V10 900hp motor along with it’s low weight and absence of modern driving assists, the Dallara iR-01 is meant to be made to challenge drivers and make for better racing.
ON October 20,2018 a racer named Finn Sim, predicted that iRacing would have a car designed by Dallara for iRacing that would only exist n the virtual world. Kodos Finn Simm.
Decoupling the top tier open wheeler (and the WCS) from a real life series is a very smart move. This side steps the issues we’ve seen in the past where the title sponsor gets bored, or the real series folds, or cancels the contract and works with another company to create a competing product. It also removes the pressure of having to update the car on a timetable that is completely outside of iRacing’s control. I notice there’s no branding on the tyres, so they’ve got free rein there too.
I’m with you on this, Jim, can’t wait to test-drive this. This is a motorsport simulation after all, very glad iRacing has the balls (and vision) to move in this direction. Why is it it that we think real-life Motorsport should be driving innovation in simulators?
I can see a time coming when it will be the opposite, iRacing has taken that first step. Well done, Devs. Often, in the business world, it takes courage to be creative, to be different, with many naysayers along the way. Some won’t like what you are doing here, that’s ok, many more however, appreciate the efforts. Keep at it.
Tyler Hudson has announed the new format for the 2021 eNASCAR Road to Pro Series. They will be moving to Thursday nights and will consist of 2 rounds.
Round 1 will consist of 8 races open to everyone holding an Oval Class A 2.0 License or higher. (Pro/WC Licenses Ineligible) 35 car max split size, splits based on iRating.
Round 2 will be 7 rounds. The top 70 overall in points from the first round are eligible. Must maintain at least an Oval A Class 2.0 to participate. Round 2 is roster based with snake splits. (2 races going off simultaneously)
Points will completely reset for round 2 for the eligible 70 drivers.
Both rounds will include 1 drop week.
The top 20 in points after round 2 will be eligible for the eNASCAR Pro Series to be ran in the winter of 2021 on Tuesday Nights.
Coke Driver and Virtual Racing School instructor Keegan Leahy has developed a Class A Cup Car setup guide for free on the VRS website. It goes over several different conditions from loose to tight, to just plain slow and how to make setup adjustments to correct these issues.
Tyler Hudson announced in the forums that beginning with 2021 Season 1, the provided iRacing default setups for the Pro 2 Trucks will be the highly requested setups built by Mike Budzein and Corry “CAL” Lewis.
Tyler Hudson posted the 2021 Season 1 Schedule with a couple of key notes including the Centipedal Circuit being placeholders for Cedar Lake in Dirt Oval and Long Beach for road. Plus two new Dirt Oval Series, iRacing 358 Modified Series (Dirt Oval D License) and Big Block Modified Series (Dirt Oval C License). Also the Dallara Formula iR )Road C License Class)
Beau Albert on Twitter asked if he gets a prize for being the first person to land his car in the circle fountain at the New Long Beach track and posts a picture to prove it!
Greg West posted that they have added setups that should allow for racers to be top split competitive. While different drivers will have different styles, each setup built also now takes full advantage of the “notes” tab on the setup menu to give recommended adjustments if you are looking for a specific behavior change.
CHECK OUT THE AFTERMATH WITH CHRIS AND THE 2 TONYS
New Script and Website
*More listener involvement – we want you guys to help us with content, email us links to stuff you find to iracerslounge@gmail.com – keep it simple, no explanation, just shoot us the link via email from your phone…
We are on all podcast platforms, that I know of, consider that a challenge if you can find a podcast platform out there that we’re not on, let me know.
Listener Joe Hanson-Gates emailed the show with his review of his DOF Reality P6 Motion Rig. He mentioned that it was delivered in two weeks (they said it could be up to 6) and was built in roughly 4 hours. He says that it performs brilliantly for ovals and needs some tuning to get roads right because the pitch under heavy braking and acceleration is too pronounced. He also notes that, as a commercial pilot it performs very close to the Level D simulator used at his workplace and overall is very pleased with it.
Mike, great racing with you in the Carb Cup yesterday, it’s fantastic when you guys recognize loyal listeners.
I purchased a DOF Reality P6 motion sim from DOF Reality in the Ukraine. Ordering was easy, shipping was quicker than I thought. I had heard it could take up to six weeks, I received two large, heavy boxes in about two weeks.
Building it took about four hours, stretched out to five because I kept taking coffee breaks. Wasn’t hard to put together, Barry Rowland’s video helped a bit, but as he was upgrading from the H3 to the H6, things were a bit different for him. My kit came mostly put together, especially the motor assemblies.
The sim has six motors and moves in six degrees of freedom.
The rig needs to be balanced, so weight is a little bit of an issue. The P6 is a “professional-grade” setup over the H6 which is more “consumer-grade”, the P6 can handle a bigger weight load with its more powerful motors.
I’ve installed my Simucube 1 direct drive wheel, my HPP JBV pedals, Thrustmaster Warthog flight sim controls and a button box. I race in VR, so no monitors are mounted to the rig. Buttkickers are added below the seat and I’ll be adding a Sim Racing Studio Shake Plus which adds 6 small pucks to the seat for additional shakers.
As far as how it performs, in flight sim it’s absolutely brilliant. I’m a commercial pilot and it’s very close to the Level D (meaning FAA approved for takeoff and landing currency) Simulator we use at work. For iRacing I have a lot of tuning to do to get it perfect. For road racing, the acceleration and braking effects are too pronounced, the sim throws you around, I’m still working to reduce those effects. For oval, it’s absolutely brilliant. I feel the car pushing me to the right in the corners, I can feel the rear end start to break loose and correct it immediately. I’m still coming to terms with it, my times are slower until I get used to the movement, it’s going to change the way I drive, I’m going to have to be smoother in my control inputs.
Overall, I’m very pleased with it. It’s a little tough to climb into, but once you’re in, it’s fantastic!
https://dofreality.com/#p6
Joe Hanson-Gates
VRS DirectForce Pro Pedals Review [Hall]
VRS posted a set of teaser pics of their new DirectForce Pro Pedals with info like pricing, release date and more coming soon.
Barry Rowland at The Sim Racing Garage reviews the Cube Controls GT-X formula wheel
NASCAR iRacing Series
Official Series
NASCAR C Trucks Bobby – 1st race since beginning of sept, qual. 5th, finished 1st.
League / Hosted Races
OBRL ARCA Series The Glenn P4 stayed relatively clean and moved up from an 8th place start
Unofficial – Mike –
Winter League- -.
Mike – p
Mike – 87s?-Winter League- -. Wrecked out. good first run much better on tires this time on the first run ended up a lap down but got the lucky dog a guy wrecked and came back up and I had nowhere to go and wrecked me out.
Mike – p
Mike – Cup -p13- Best finish in the league so far, I got caught on pit road when a caution came out which put me down two laps. Then played tire strategy at the end staying out on old tires while others pitted move me up from like 25th to a nice finish!
David – p7 at Dover. 3 in a row. Was slow enough to not blow out my RR
Scales –
Groves-
Brian- P
Rochette P18 fun car was doing ok til had a car got me out of turn 1 waited last 20 laps for the hood to flap in my face
OBRL Truck SeriesBrian P11 slow on long runs used up tires
OBRL Cup Series TEXAS
Scales P11
Rochette P15 hate that wall
Brian
Groves
OBRL XFINTY TEXAS
Rochette P15 I hate new Texas and hate that tri oval wall
Scales P7
Sim Auto Racing:
Adam-
Tom D – p
UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series
Hall –.p3 ran top 5, cars in front mis timed restart to cause last caution. These guys usually run clean, they struggled in a setting where the cars weren’t completely stuck to the track.
Ellis – pwrecked out?
Chris – P
Tony – P
ISCA –
Final Thoughts
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It’s build week folks, and that means lots and lots of topics! We go through all of newly released content including a first in iRacing with the development of the Dallara IR-01. New cars, new tracks and track configurations, and a slew of new updates. So strap in and try to keep up with us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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