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8/8/2024 – Needs More Buttons – Episode 0447

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get an August Development update from iRacing, find out what was fixed in the latest patch, see if the racing in the eNASCAR Coke Series is getting worse, give you five major mistakes to avoid if you are getting into sim racing and is there a chance that iRacing could be in the Olympics?

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

Topics

Avoid These Five Major Mistakes

1. Better gear makes you faster.
2. Upgrading stuff before upgrade pedals.
3. Set the stiffness of your brake how you want it. Too stiff is not good…
4. Not using resources, software to assist you.
5. Enjoy the hobby.

iRacing Development Update: August 2024

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-development-update-august-2024

iRacing In The Olympics?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65832/is-iracing-really-one-of-7-games-announced-for-the-esports-olympics-25

Ah, The Good Old Days

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66002/what-is-your-good-old-days-of-iracing-grumpy-old-man-take#latest

Cameras To Make You Feel Like You Are There

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/65966/trackside-view-cams-from-grandstands-or-camping-chair-just-like-you-are-there

Best Of The Decade. Do You Have One?

1. Formula Vee
2. Dallara P217 LMP2
3. Ray FF1600
4. Toyota GR86
5. Porsche 911 Cup (992)

Does This Help Or Hurt?

So…Was It?

Anthony Kernich Posts:
that was the worst event in sim racing history

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/564986/#Comment_564986

McLaren Coming In Next Build

From The Top To The Bottom

iRacing Highlights Time!

2024 Season 3 Patch 4 – Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66182/2024-season-3-patch-4-release-notes-2024-08-01-01

Porsche TAG Heuer eSports Supercup Qualifing

https://www.iracing.com/porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-qualifying-series-mid-season-report-dejong-leads-veterans-aiming-to-return-to-top-level

DJ Yee-J Does The Work…Are They Right?

Three Secret iRacing Settings

Search laser – change to 120, 8, 64, 512

Search force feedback – debounce seq – delay in shifter of 80 ms to zero.

In graphics make sure to pick curved or flat.

FIA F4 – Oulton Park

2024 Crandon Championship

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66242/iracing-presents-2024-crandon-championship

Are You Going?

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-6-12-2024

$3000 In Cash Prizes

V2Rtv is hosting a never before done sim racing tournament. We’ve united 10 US based arrive and drive sim centers in 8 different states. Each location is allocating a couple of their available sim rigs for this campaign with a combined 30 sim rigs or 30 finalists. 

Open qualifying starts on August 15^th and runs till September 15th. The top number of drivers based on how many entries will be invited back to their locations on September 25^th for a heats-based tournament running the Ford Mustang GT3 at Watkins Glen Cup Layout. 

Drivers will be competing for their share of $3,000 (so far) and the winning driver earning $1,500 as the top 5 get paid out. 

With over 40 open arrive and drive sim racing centers in the US and 10 more on the way, we can see the next boom in growth for the industry coming out of these facilities. Uniting many of these locations for special events develops a community like partnership between the sim centers allowing them to create their own ecosystems to drive success. 

I do know a couple of the owners involved have said they would be interested in being on a podcast and doing some media to promote the unity of these centers.

“Changing motorsports one virtual lap at a time”.

Joel Hamilton

CEO of Virtual2Reality.tv

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66206/3-000-cash-emustang-series-1-500-to-win-and-top-5-get-paid-out

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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iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

DSD Sportsman Button Controller

https://derekspearedesigns.com/ubox12-689057.html

Do I Need To Check It Or Can I Carry On?

Nvidia’s Doing It Again

VNM 32-NM DD Wheelbase

Is The P1X Pro The Ultimate Sim Rig?

Grizzly Sim Engineering GT3 Streamdeck Button Box

https://www.grizzly-simgineering.com/product-page/buttonbox-gt3-carbon-f%C3%BCr-streamdeck

Is It Over For Logitech and Thrustmaster?

Spend Mike’s Money

https://www.amazon.com/SIMSONN-PC-Simulator-Pressure-Hydraulic-Cockpit/dp/B0CT7VC2GN

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

IMSA

• Brad – P3 (GTD Road America) Started P2. Led almost all the laps. Lost lead right before pitstops. Jumped the leader during the stop. We were running very similar times and how the faster classes caught us was really changing the gap each lap. Had the lead on the last lap until a GTP who was 6 laps down and 18 laps ahead of the car behind him decided to pass me going into the kink. He loses it and wipes me out. Managed to limp to P3 but super frustrated to lose a race because of a very stupid move that had no gain for him and cost me the race.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

• Ellis-ran three or four hosted races on Friday night and three on Saturday night didn’t really track finishes because I was busy live streaming the TikTok. .

Final Thoughts

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

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1. Needs More Buttons

Description

On today’s show we get an August Development update from iRacing, find out what was fixed in the latest patch, see if the racing in the eNASCAR Coke Series is getting worse, give you five major mistakes to avoid if you are getting into sim racing and is there a chance that iRacing could be in the Olympics?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

8/22/2024 – Meatball For Dinner – Episode 0449

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out from a pro driver how close iRacing is to reality, has MOZA upped their game with new hardware, see who beat the original iRacing GOAT and is sim racing good for your mental health and well being?

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

Topics

He Beat The GOAT

Strauss Grabs First Win

Daniel Morad Tells Us How Close Is iRacing

Mental Health Of Sim Racing

https://gridstyleusa.com/blogs/news/the-benefits-of-sim-racing-for-mental-health-and-well-being

Time To Mic Up

What Are Your Thoughts?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/59304/so-is-bowman-gray-stadium-now-coming-to-iracing

iRacing Trophies Update

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66740/update-on-the-status-of-iracingtrophies

2024 Season 4 Changes Coming To Dirt Road

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66521/dirt-road-race-format-schedule-optimization-2024-season-4

Mini Stock Screenshots

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-20-26-2024

2024 Crandon Broadcast Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66242/iracing-presents-2024-crandon-championship

Podcast Housekeeping

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

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

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

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

Visit iRacerslounge.shop to get yours Today!

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

So, Which Are You?

See How A Pro Sets Up His Sim Rig

DPVR E4 Black Review

https://www.newegg.com/dpvr-e4-pcvr/p/N82E16826744002

Is This The Best DDU Value, Ever?

Sim Hub Vs Sim Racing Studios

Can This Help You Feel The Force?

Handbrake Kit

DIY Sequential Shifter Kit

https://www.oktanedesigns.com/store/p/v3-sequential-diykit

Well, Is It?

https://sg-racing.co.uk/shifters/

Looking For Turn Key Motion

https://eracing-lab.com/collections/rs-series

SFX 100 Motion By Thanos

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805181442467.html

Prosimu Motion Chassis

MOZA’s New Product Lineup

https://www.overtake.gg/news/moza-unveils-active-pedal-at-gamescom-shows-porsche-wheel.2352

MOZA CRP2 Load Cell Pedals

MOZA Porsche Mission R Wheel

Best Entry Level Wheel?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Michigan

• Mike – P19. No cautions on the final stop. I was 12 and I came out 20th. I don’t even know what happened.
• Kyle -P P6 Started P4 Used some strategy near the first half of the race to stay out on old tires and got lucky with several back to back cautions to eat away laps as I held the lead. Kept the car clean all race long and brought home a respectable P6 with 0X
• Tony -P34 second time i have been in a wreck caused by a Chase Elliott driver 
• Brad – P10 Started p16. Drove up to the front early but missed the better fuel strategy on doing it on one stop. Car was just not good enough at the end of the run to drive closer to the front.

Sunday Open – Michigan

• Tony P real life…. Best spot to put this hear. Got to hang out with form Teammate and fellow Aftermath co-host Tony Groves and his lovely wife Lisa. While they didnt bring me any fuzzy peaches but we did bring the rain.
• Tom – P16
• Kyle P P 4 Started P9.Race went caution free for 80 laps. Got to the top 5 and just held it for 48 laps. Pitted under green and came out 13th and just started working my way to the front until lap 80 and the first caution comes out. Pit and come out 5th. We would follow with 3 more cautions before having a 4 lap run to the end. On the final restart going into turn 3 2 cars to my outside hit and go spinning just inches off my front bumper and the race stays green. I help off the cars behind me for a P4 finish with 0X.

Sunday Fixed – Michigan

• Mike- P4! I got involved in a big wreck on the second caution with over four minutes damage ran at the tail of the lead lap most of the race gradually getting it fixed as we approach the end and they keep working and I kept moving forward. I was up to PS six for the second green white checker restart. . another quick caution, final green white checker the leader loses it down in the corner. We all wreck. I knocked the right front off. I am able to finish P4, but have a meatball flag, but kept my position. P4!!!
• Justin –P wrecked out

Wednesday Open – Daytona

• Mike- P Ray on top 10 most the day as high as second right after green flag stops but made some bad moves and got shuffled pretty much at the end and wrecked out on the final lap basically destroyed and finish the race finish 20 something
• Justin – P5, just tried to stay out of trouble, saved my X’s for the end of the race to survive.
• John – P 4. 13 cautions for 38 laps – that tells you just about everything you need to know. The highlight for me was that I got to run with team mate Bobby Jonas. Love racing with him. We worked together really well and our plans were working. Unfortunately, Bobby got disconnected with about 15 to go. We had three G/W/C runs. There was a crash on the backstretch on the last lap which I avoided and was able to go from 8th to 4th. Happy with that finish, but hope Friday is cleaner. 
• Brad W – P29. Started p15 too much stupidity to even discuss.
• Tony P25 there i was just chilling saving fuel when car in front got wrecked and tagged me ending my night 
• Bobby – P wrecked out and Internet issues
• Chris W – P 14. I need to be more aggressive. Played it safe in the back. Ended up in front pack with laps counting down. Did not see the pack behind us catch and pass on the outside. Late caution let me top off but could not pass. Ended up p14 with 0x

Thursday Open – Daytona

• Mike- P6- was the pusher on the bottom lane late in the race and the outside Lane wrecked us big time. I restarted back in 22 with like three to go and was able to get up to P6 as a final effort after a green flag run and we went 60 laps without a caution.
• Tony – P20 guess i love the punishment. got Super excited for getting out of work early to see how i can race against a bunch of Europeans. Welp like usual in a 1.8k split they cant drive. Survived for awhile till wreck check up and i got Logano’d in the ass and spun me out coming out of T4. Saved it np caution.  Ended up getting lapped and while hanging out in the lead pack. Leaders wreck and caught a x so lost my lucky dog. Than actually finished green from 10 laps to go.

Official Series

24 Hr Lemans

• P37, ran out of parts

FIA F4 

• Ellis -Sonoma Sunday night finish P5 actually spun at three different times. Don’t know how I got a top five with that the goal was to gain some iron rating so I could potentially get more points and we gained 40 mission accomplished.
• On the next week at Virginia North. Qualified fifth got to fourth and spun on my own under pressure and had to get a quick repair drove back up to 17th 

A Open

• John K – P10. Was in 3rd on last lap coming into tri-oval. Guys behind decided to do the usual – pile drive into non-existent holes and wreck us all. Slid backwards over the S/F line with a banged up car. 
• Tyler – P Tuesday night wrecked out and lab two from some guy hitting the apron and wiping everybody out enough. Meatball for dinner.
• Mike. P3– got involved in one of the wrecks where knocked in the right front never pitted to repair it though and stayed out for track position. It wasn’t fast but with the way the last few laps played out I was able to work myself up to finish P3 super proud of that was a damage car.

B Open

• John. P22. Was in P2 on lap 8. P5 decided to ram the heck out of P3 and sent him head on into my right rear. I went upside down and had 38 minutes of required repairs. I quit the race because race would have been pretty much over by the time the car got fixed. 

IMSA

• Brad – P4 (GTD LeMans) Started p5 and was able to stay with leaders until a cut course penalty. Was able to jump two cars during the pit stop. Had a good battle for p3 over the last three laps but did not press the point as I really needed a good finish. 
  • Two starts at VIR and have not finished either one. There is a reason that this is a GTD only event in real life.

League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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

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1. Meatball For Dinner

Description

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out from a pro driver how close iRacing is to reality, has MOZA upped their game with new hardware, see who beat the original iRacing GOAT and is sim racing good for your mental health and well being?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

8/15/2024 – Bar Rules – Episode 0448

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out who grabbed their first eNASCAR Coke Series win, see if Intel is addressing the Microcode issue, find out where we spent my money, wonder if you have the right mindset to race, tell you where iRacing is in the world and have you figured out what your career incident points are?

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

Topics

Story Title

He Has Spoken…

Their Not Wrong

More 2024 Season 4 Updates

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2024-season-4-content-and-series-updates

iRacers, Pull Out Those Maps

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66331/where-on-earth-is-iracing-mapping-all-tracks-2024-version#latest

Do You Need  A Mindset Change?

Checking yourself – make sure in the right mindset before going racing…

Understand your Abilities –

Observe the conditions – observe the competition

Real World Issues

The Overall Mindset – Its not always going to go your way…

Superlap Sim Center

https://superlap.world

Staff Member Profile: Alex Patzke

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-graphic-designer-alex-patzke

Please… Don’t

So Is He Right Or Wrong?

Backwards….Really?

LaPradd Grabs First Coke Series Win!

https://www.iracing.com/briar-lapradd-plays-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-playoff-spoiler-with-maiden-win-at-michigan/

Yes The Title Is Accurate

Strength Of Field – Best And Worst

How Would You Stack Up?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66467/career-incident-total

iRacing 101: Championship Points

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-championship-points

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship

Happening This Week

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-13-19-2024

Nurburgring Endurance – Round 6

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-nurburgring-endurance-championship-2024-round-6

Up Next…Crandon Championship

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66242/iracing-presents-2024-crandon-championship#latest

Your Chance To Represent

Podcast Housekeeping

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

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

New Website – Leave Comments https://www.iracerslounge.com/

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

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

Visit iRacerslounge.shop to get yours Today!

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Drop Gear Chassis Coming Soon

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-OuKN_tUBv

https://dropgearracing.com

Sim Coaches – Chicago Build

Simucube x-29

CAN-Bus Keypads

https://www.aimsports.com/us/products/k-keypads/index.htm

Is The Speed Worth It?

How Easy Is It To Stream?

MOZA R12 Upgrade, Sorta?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9Z2uxY1Rlij3Pez4omyeA/community?lb=UgkxLoLVwHVqO4BFZ2U5KXASEHBzu0ZJHbDZ

Intel Microcode Update

Simagic 360Hz How To

See How We Spent Mike’s Money

Worth The Hype?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Richmond

• Tony -P7 with 0x and 14 cautions. A regular 4 lettered first name guy knocked me out of a top 5 on the white flag. just surprised he didn’t wreck me
• Brad – P30 Started p6 and ran in the top 10 for all of the race. A restart with 25 to go running 5th and get destroyed. Forced three wide on restart and wrecked trying to back out. Sit on track for almost 15 seconds to let all the cars go by only to get hit by someone who never lifted.
• Chris W – P 18. Was 11th with 10 to go and got loose and spun. Went back to P22 for GWC’s and got up to 18th. We had 19 cautions… it was not pretty.

Sunday Open – Richmond

• Greg –P13 – 
• Tom – P16
• Joe – p4 – I would’ve won if it stayed green cuz I was running 5th running the leaders down quick. I was over a 1/2 faster with 20 to go. But nooo.  lol 3 caution later. lol

Wednesday Open – Michigan

• Mike- P loaded wrong set. Went to the back. Caught caution to fix that but got destroyed in the next big one. Soldiered on to get destroyed again. Dnf 
• Justin – P2, long story short, came down to the last corner. I got to the leader’s right rear side and drafted him until we were about even and then he threw me a door and we got stuck together from the exit of turn 4 to the start finish line. Lost by .005 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One day I will figure this shit out.
• Brad W – P28 Started p12 and drove to the top 8. Was making progress longer in the run to get door slammed by a guy for no reason. Decided to get the damage fixed on the second yellow flag and restarted mid pack. Started to drive back up only to get caught up in a wreck from up front. The NiS wreck fest continues. Three race weeks in a row of horrible finishes and none my fault.
• Tony P30. Oh home sweet home. had a fast car on the fast track but apparently it was too fast for a couple of guys in front of me when a Chase Elliott car got wrecked and had no where to go. Meatballed
• Kyle P – P21 started P7 and just was lazy on restarts. Had 12 cautions and had to play wreck avoidance the whole race until 3 to go and I got collected up in a wreck and the car was junk and limped home P21.
• Greg – P17 was p4 on the 3rd gwc and was taken out by a guy that was in the gwc 2 wreck and given his spot back
• Chris W – P 19. Ended a Michigan race with 24X. What a sloppy night. Got into a slow car and wrecked half the field. Then got caught in another wreck. Blinker made me wreck Mike and myself. I hate it. This is my favorite track and I was looking to have a good run. On the next week. .

Thursday Open – Michigan

• Mike- P11 got in a couple different incidents but no damage was able to keep it together and finish P 11. I’ll take a finish.
• Tony – P8 decided to roll out the throwback Kellogg Birb car. Was faster than Wednesday night. Again with the dumbasses that wanna take it 3-4 wide out of turn 2 and not hold a line. Got some wheel damage but the birb was still fast

Official Series

FIA F4 

• Ellis -that’s Sonoma took Tuesday off to finish installing the brakes. First race out on the new pedal set was only six people I was leading the race spun out once and twice and finished third with only 60 points. That was a great opportunity missed.
  • Car number 14 out of 24 qualified third and finished second. 86 points is enough for me to retain my lead and park it for the week

IMSA

• Brad – P5 (GTD Barcelona) Started p8 and was able to drive up to p5. That was about as much speed as I had. This is not one of my better tracks. Was 2nd in points at the end of the week, worried that with the drop weeks I’m going to slip behind in the points.

League / Hosted Races

Justin – ISNF league P2, @ Richmond

Final Thoughts

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

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1. Bar Rules

Description

On today’s show we get another 2024 Season 4 update, find out who grabbed their first eNASCAR Coke Series win, see if Intel is addressing the Microcode issue, find out where we spent my money, wonder if you have the right mindset to race, tell you where iRacing is in the world and have you figured out what your career incident points are?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

Links:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

9/19/2024 – iRacing Cheese – Episode 0453

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we see how eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers are giving back to the community, find out how the Fanatec acquisition will effect you, look at the 2024 Season 4 Patch #2, see if these bad habits are holding you back, will iRacing ever get proper multiclass starts and has Logitech finally gotten serious about sim racing?

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

Topics

Oops

Greg West comments on the INDY 6HR splitting issues.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/582439#Comment_582439

2024 Season 4 Patch 2 Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68188/2024-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2024-09-17-02

He’s Not Wrong

Is This The End Or A New Beginning?

https://endor.ag/2024/09/16/corsair-is-set-to-acquire-fanatec-sim-racing/?lang=en

Fanatec Joins Corsair

https://mailchi.mp/fanatec/fanatec-joins-corsair-family?e=511738d246

2024 Season 4 Build And Other News

So, How Close Is It?

McLaren Shift/ABS Bug

You’re Invited

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68261/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-invite

Driver To The Penalty Box

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2024/09/12/penalty-points-report-phoenix-fallout-and-wall-riding

eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers Giving Back

Slicing Through The Field

iRacing Cheese And A Serial Protester?

2025 Season 1 Build Thread

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67975/2025-season-1-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors

This Again?

Always to be found in the contest thread…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/583029/#Comment_583029

Are These Bad Habits Holding You Back?

Top 10 Highlights

Who Needs Suspension?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/583388#Comment_583388

Wait, I Can Get A Trophy Too?

Toyota Announces Entrance Into Supercars

https://www.supercars.com/videos/6362073116112/a-new-era:-toyota-joins-supercars-in-2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/68164/toyota-joins-supercars

Opening Round Of FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports

https://www.iracing.com/alex-dunne-sweeps-opening-fia-simagic-f4-esports-global-championship-series-races-at-mugello-and-okayama

Skip Barber Title Decided At VIR Finale

https://www.iracing.com/victor-miranda-scores-skip-barber-formula-iracing-series-title-following-fifth-victory-in-2024-matt-caruana-wins-vir-finale

Bristol 500…Baby!

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-bristol-500-special-event-2024

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-17-23-2024

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Force Feedback Analysis Tool

Podcast listener Scott Velez shared an update to his FFB Analysis tool on our Discord.

https://svappslab.com/iRacing

Daniel Newman Racing LED Profiles

The Sim Racing Den guides you through all of the different LED profiles that are offered.

How Many Is Too Many?

https://trakracer.com/products/rexing-formula-steering-wheel-mayaris-2?_pos=3&_sid=6f882a729&_ss=r&ref=47-1

What Do You Mean Free Pedals?

Cube Control and Asetek Bundle

Sim Racing For Everyone

OC Racing Reviews the Cammus ePedal Steering Wheel.

NASCAR Stages For Hosted Or AI Sessions

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/54601/iracing-autostages-v2-automated-stage-racing-and-season-scoring-now-w-cup-xfinity-cts-seasons

Best Graphics For iRacing

Dan Suzuki shares his settings in iRacing and Reshade.

Everything You Need To Know

Has Logitech Gotten Serious?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Watkins Glen

• Mike – P P8- it was boring, but it was fun at the end when I got some love from Haley Deegan and her husband
• Greg – P4
• Kyle- p4
• Tony -P13 2nd from bottom

Wednesday Open – Bristol

• Mike- P13– ran anywhere from 2nd to 10th most of the night was running when I got too many incidents and had a drive-through penalty. I fell down two laps from there and never recovered.  
• David – P
• Justin – P1! I really just tried to survive until the end. I wanted to park it half way through the race just cause I was getting beat up so bad but I stuck with it. I channeled my inner David Hall and pulled some strategy out of my ass. We got a caution around lap 20 and I was p6 when the field went into the pits. The whole field took 4 tires besides me and another guy. Which lined me up on the front row P2 on the start. We had a green flag run until about 2 to go. I was on that leader’s ass the whole time if he messed up I was going to get him which he did. We were coming up on a lap car. The lap car stayed high which so did the leader and I just chose whatever lane was open and as soon as I cleared the leader another caution fell. Which led to a Green White Checker. Soon as we hit the Geico Restart Zone I mashed it and kept the lead until the checker came out. This might be my biggest WIN yet! This is a team Tifso Win all the way. If you guys didn’t help me with my computer issues the last couple of weeks I would still be on the sidelines. Thanks Team!
• Brad W – P29. Running 3rd and was collected by a wreck of back markers that had the track blocked.
• Chris W – P 20. 19 laps down and 18 of them were from stupid pit road mistakes. Works been nuts, I’m chasing a toddler, and have not slept well and it shows. Hopefully I’ll get some rest and be better at Kansas. Great win Justin!

Thursday Open – Bristol

• Greg -P9

Official Series

6HRs of Indy

• Kyle,Tom, David – p2
• Brad and Justin – wrecked on lap 2 and then taken out by an LMP2.

FIA F4 

• Ellis – ran my third attempt at Willow Springs started fourth got up to second and finish second. Only 83 points compared to 85 for my fifth last week.
• Fourth attempt qualified P2 was running P2 when I got ran over after getting loose. A little bit a lap car was right on my ass and ran over me finished P 11.  Haley Deegan and Chase Cabre were back in the chat. Got a hat and mustache from Haley. I asked her about what she’s racing and why she wasn’t racing with me. She said she’d be back in f four on Monday but she’ll be racing the F3 car at cota in October.
• Monday first race at Sebring car number four in  second split qualified third really made no mistakes finished second. Guy won was about a second a lot faster than me. I got 89 championship points that’s enough for this week but I’ll run the other three races to see if I can beat it. 
• Second race I qualified for I would make some aggressive moves and got to the lead, then spun myself out of the lead back to sixth then drove back up to second myself out and wrecked out DNF
• Third race fairly high split qualified seventh got to fourth then Rector tangled with a guy on the final turn and we all wrecked and had to tow P 15

B Open

• David – P10 at the glen

IMSA

• Hall – P 
  • Fuji P 4,6,7 – getting the rain sort of but sometimes it still just goes
• Brad – P12. Struggled in the rain. Very frustrating race.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

• Ellis- Dallara dash – came in P2 at Charlotte. Talk to Kevin McCarthy after the race and he informed me that Moza sent him some complementary new petals. we talked about the active break that’s upcoming. He said this fall and they’ll be one for not only the break but the clutch and the throttle.
• Then ran pick up cup at old Daytona and winner winner chicken dinner got the win!
• Ran GEN four at Bristol finished P7
• 87 at Talladega wrecked out 
• mini stock at Iowa p5.

Final Thoughts

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1. iRacing Cheese

Description

On today’s show we see how eNASCAR Coke Series Drivers are giving back to the community, find out how the Fanatec acquisition will effect you, look at the 2024 Season 4 Patch #2, see if these bad habits are holding you back, will iRacing ever get proper multiclass starts and has Logitech finally gotten serious about sim racing?

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

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

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Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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8/29/2024 – One Weak Answer – Episode 0450

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we see more 2024 Season 4 content, find out which eNASCAR Coke Series driver punched their ticket for the championship four, get to know another iRacing staff member, see what new hardware MOZA has to offer, can high end gear make you faster and why can’t iRacing just follow NASCAR’s rules?

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

Topics

2024 Season 4 IMSA Schedules 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66741/imsa-imsa-endurance-global-endurance-tour-schedules

iRacing Member Profile: David Tucker

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-staff-member-profile-senior-software-engineer-david-tucker

They All Survived 4 WIDE!

Just Like Max?

2024 NASCAR Cup Series AI Roster

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/66820/blair-thomas-2024-nascar-cup-series-roster-for-ai-ratings-randomizer

Apex Racing Lab

https://apexracinglab.com/

Cadwell Park, #Soon

BMW M4 G82 GT4 Gameplay Footage

Is iRacing Adding The Wrong Road Tracks?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/column-are-iracing-adding-the-wrong-road-tracks.2351

Things You Should NOT Do!

1. Posture.
2. Being overly reliant on your relative.
3. Racing only in 1 series.
4. Not smooth coming off the throttle.
5. Not smooth coming on the throttle.
6. Only practicing qualifying before the race.
7. Reviewing race replays.
8. Actively trying to save tires.

Hola Mi Amigos!

Umbrella Time

Is The Rain Too Realistic?

Steven Wilson Punches Ticket To Championship 4

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-set-to-defend-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-title-following-dominant-victory-at-texas

Just Follow The Rules

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/573745/#Comment_573745

Most Bizarre Sim Racing Injury?

https://www.overtake.gg/news/community-question-what-is-your-most-bizarre-sim-racing-injury.2365

Michael Dionne
Bilateral CMC ligament injury….held on to the wheel when I shouldn’t. Big lesson learned.

Jesse Powell
I got a bad case of turf toe on my left foot from breaking barefoot on load cells and was recently diagnosed with carpel tunnel in both wrist. The carpel tunnel can be attributed to my job but was definitely made worse with my DD wheel.

Scott Carlson
Nothing crazy…dislocated a finger when I lost control at Charlotte…wheel went nuts and my ring finger got caught in the wheel.

Stephen Bradshaw
Put my shoulder out when clipped doing 240 on the straight at Monza spun me into the wall the motion platform NLR Motion plus x 2 and Traction plus launched me one way and 21NM wheel went other way lol.

iRacing 101 – Week 13 = Perfect Timing

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-101-week-13

FIA F4 eSports Regional Tour Week 11 Report

https://www.iracing.com/fia-simagic-f4-esports-regional-tour-week-11-report-woods-maintains-a-p-lead-rankin-sanchez-move-on-top-of-respective-regions

Testing…Testing…

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67022/13th-week-itested-event

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-27-september-2-2024

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Hardware/Software

New Hardware Shown Off At Gamescom 2024

MOZA mBooster Active Pedals, Next Gen 3.0 FFB

Proper FOV With This DDU

The Red Is So Nice

Bavarian Sim Tec Formula Wheels

https://www.bavariansimtec.com/products/alpha

Could This Be The Perfect Sim Racing Wheel?

Has Moza Fired The Kill Shot?

Simagic Rumble Haptic Pedal Reactor

Simsonn 6+R H Shifter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWL61KQJ

Whose Truth?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Daytona

• Mike – P DNF had a good race going until I didn’t was near the front riding on the bottom and the bottom lane kind of disintegrated the middle lane neck coated. The bottom guy was right in front of me and I got destroyed. DNF.
• Bobby- P2
• Tony -P11
• John -Pwrecked out 
• Brad – P18. Started p9 ran up front for first half of the race. Was shuffled to the rear after green flag stops. Drove back to the front and made a poor attempt to help teammate Justin Pearson win but failed. Ended up getting caught up in the big one and crawled across the line in 18th. 

Sunday Open – Daytona

• Mike- P DNF out for a Sunday drive with Tom just riding in the top 10 at one point the outside lane started collapsing, and the guy was desperate to get down. There wasn’t a hole but he forced his way into me and I lost all my spots I was able to quickly drive back up through there, and was pushing the leader on the bottom with 13 to go in an epic battle and I like a fool blew my engine oil too hot I was ashamed of myself and felt really bad caused a big wreck. Dnf
• Bobby-P winner winner chicken dinner! With Joe Owen Spotting 
• Tom – P wrecked out on second Green white checker running eighth 
• Joe – p wrecked out

Sunday Fixed – Daytona

• Mike- P 15. Got involved in several incidents. I had to drive-through right at the end for a penalty multiple minutes. Damage was a pretty rough week.
• Chris – p 9. Mike and I were in the race and we got in a few fender benders. After a late pass though penalty there was a crash right away, missed and wrecked at the end…. Sort of to finish 9th. New personal record iR 3324. 

Wednesday Open – Darlington

• Mike- P18– ran basically around 10 to 15th most of the race got some damage never fixed it. I would feed after about 2025 laps. We had green white checkers at the end. I got myself up to seventh but got to drive through penalty on the final lap of the final green, white, checker so it put me back to 18.
• Brad W – P2 after starting p9. Ran in top 5 most of the race. Was able to take the lead very late in the race only to have the yellow come out and force a GWC. Got a great start but over drove on the last lap and lost the win by .006 seconds. I wanted to throw up. Gave away a win.
• Chris W – P19. This one makes me want to cry. Was P12 with 8 to go and was quickly catching the slower cars ahead. I’m good at saving tires. Passing 11th he got loose on exit of 4 and took us both out. Only race of the week. One of my favorite places to race. P19.

Thursday Open – Darlington

• Mike- P DNF top split. Started 23rd, I started making my way forward up to 18th around lap 18, go to pass the guy on the inside of one and two, I touch him just a hair that got him loose. Then he comes down to my lane and turns me nose into the wall. There’s no steering

Official Series

FIA F4 

• Ellis -. 1st race of the week top split car number 15 out of 16 qualified 10th could not back up my time from practice the night before
  • P3! 76 points. Probably not enough.
  • P 16. Was a high split where I could’ve easily gotten enough points to win it by running if the seventh got as high as six after starting 11th but got raced at a guy and got greedy and spun myself off. Event had spun off three times putting me to the back.

IMSA

• Hall – P7 Single Split at COTA, top 7 iRating  7.9, 5.7, 3.4, 2.5, 2.0, 3.1, 1.6
• Brad – P1 (GTD – VIR) Winner Winner! The race started on a wet track but with no rain. Track continued to dry but I made the gamble on staying on wets while some others put on slicks. The gap I had after stops was too much for them to overcome. I know that I have complained about the rain but these seem to be some of my best results. Sitting p4 in championship, hoping to get a decent finish to get back into top 3. Don’t think I can catch the guy in p1.

League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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

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1. One Weak Answer

Description

On today’s show we see more 2024 Season 4 content, find out which eNASCAR Coke Series driver punched their ticket for the championship four, get to know another iRacing staff member, see what new hardware MOZA has to offer, can high end gear make you faster and why can’t iRacing just follow NASCAR’s rules?

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: 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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9/5/2024 – The Track Whisperer – Episode 0451

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we get you up to speed on the new 2024 Season 4 build content, updates and fixes, see how Dale Jr continues to deliver tracks to iRacing, dive into some great discussions on the iRacing forums, find out if MOZA is set to make even larger gains into the hardware market and see if you can help a local high school out with their iRacing club.

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

Topics

Circuit Zolder Completely Updated

Your Move, iRacing

IMSA announces changes to the VP Racing Sportscar Challenge for 2025, GT3s added to field.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67107/your-move-iracing

If Formula 1 Used iRating

As we have seen with NASCAR, Alessandro Romanelli has charted F1’s iRating by driver.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67138/f1-historical-data-processed-as-iracing-sessions

New Formula 3 Car Announced

The FIA have given us a first look at the new Formula 3 car.

Once Again, He Has Spoken

Is Dale Jr The Track Whisperer?

iRacing Series Discords

An old forum post has been revised with a plan to update.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/26141/iracing-series-discords

So, How Do iRacing Seasons Work?

Damien Cross Racing helps to explain how iRacing’s seasons, divisions and points work.

Spa Updated Scan And Artwork

So, They Finally Turned The Lights On

More Free Content!

2024 Season 4 Release Notes

It’s build week, so lets break down all of the updates.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67301/2024-season-4-release-notes-2024-pre-release-version#latest

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2024-season-4-is-here

PA High School Needs Your Help

What Is Going On Here?

I know that these cars don’t weigh a lot but are they really this light?

2024 Season 4 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67356/2024-season-4-preliminary-pdf-schedule

So That Is Why They Were Always Faster

iRacing continues to focus on the AI side and have made some major updates with this season build.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67303/improved-tire-temperature-modeling

Fill It Up Please…

Has this happened to you in team endurance events?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/576075/#Comment_576075

INDY 6HR Up Next On The Special Events Calendar

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67355/2024-indy-6-hour

FIA Simagic F4 eSports Regional Week 12 Report

https://www.iracing.com/fia-simagic-f4-esports-regional-tour-week-12-report-30-drivers-across-three-regions-qualified-for-global-showdown-in-september

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-3-9-2024

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Hardware/Software

Is Expensive Gear Worth It?

GitGud tackles a constant question. Is expensive gear worth it?

Corsair Sim Racing Rig: Designer Interview

GametechUK interviews the designer of the Corsair Sim Racing Rig at Gamecon.

So Did Moza Just Change Everything?

Sim Sport Gadget discusses the recent new products from MOZA.

Listener Follow Up From Simsonn Shifter Discussion

Chad McNeese: Related to the Simsonn & Logitech H-pattern shifters:
The current Logitech wheel & pedal sets do not include the H-pattern shifter. It is available as a separate purchase add-on, that still plugs into the wheel base as they have done since the original G25. That shifter is a pure H-pattern shifter with no additional buttons. The version of shifters that actually included buttons were on the G25 & G27 wheels only. All newer models were stripped to be H-pattern only.
The Simsonn and nearly all other budget shifters from Amazon, ebay, AliExpress and such are separate USB connections. Many do market with Logitech G compatibility, but to my knowledge, none of them connect to the shifter port on the G wheels. They all use a basic USB to the PC for universal use. I suspect the Logitech tagging in the titles is purely to be found via search when people are looking for shifters, since the Logitech are widely available & still in use. It’s modern SEO marketing.
The basic difference on these over the Logitech is slightly more sturdy construction and a snappier feel, as part of the construction differences. From experience, the Logitech is very toy-like and these other shifters have a more metallic construction and feel that is closer to the higher end shifters. Both styles offer modding options but are marginally different depending on a person’s preference.

Imsim Talento

The Sim Pit has completed a long term review of the Talento Pedals by Imsim.

Simcore Shaft Extension for Simucube

Sim Rig Tours Continue

OC Racing continues his sim rig tours with a very pricey setup.

Rig Build With The Nicest Seat

Lance from Sim Coaches takes us on another customer build and shows off what he thinks is the nicest sim seat available.

MOZA’s First Xbox Load Cell Pedal

Sim Racing Setups reviews the new MOZA CRP2 loadcell pedals.

https://mozaracing.com/product/crp2-pedals?ref=SIMRACINGSETUP

Has MOZA Delivered?

Boosted Media reviews the CRP2 Load Cell pedals from MOZA.

Velocitas Imperium Product Offerings

https://velocitasimperium.com/collections/complete-products

So, You Want To Stream?

Senpai Gaming shows you how to stream with ease.

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Darlington

• Mike – P19 started 14th worked my way up to the top five ran as high as second got wrecked real bad at some point by some bonehead known wrecker guy four minutes damage 30 seconds required. Then towards the end of the race, the same guy tried to get by me again. He hit me twice going down the back door, slamming into three I was up into the wall that came off the wall. I came down into him and wrecked us  both.  Finish P1
• Tony -P19 first race a day after having a knee scope on the left knee. Honestly can’t remember but think i was caught in stuff 

Sunday Open – Darlington

• Mike- P18– I had a good race going running in top 10 top five. At some point in the last part of the race, I kind of spun by myself on a restart, didn’t wreck, but lost all my track position  and got involved in another incident and then could never catch a caution to get tires and basically just rode  it out
• Tony P-wrecked started like 3rd or 4th. Was in p3 trying to get passed 2nd but the asshat kept blocking me no matter I tried running. Till i was on the inside making a pass out of 4 and he just turns slight left on me and i get a fun trip to the infield care center while he ended up winning the race

Wednesday Open – Atlanta

• Mike- P4! Got involved in an incident not too much damage got it fixed, but had to come up from the back again and ended up doing green flag stops slid through my box after that shook out. We were in the lead pack. Just buying our time for the final run to the checker, I just wasn’t far enough forward track position to really make a run for the win but was happy to get it up to finish in the top five P4 I’ll take it. 
• Brad W – P12 after spending most of the race in the top 10. Got shuffled back after green flag stops but drove back to the front. With a handful of laps to go was pushing toward the front only to get turned with a 3 wide situation that went bad. 
• Tony P3 oh boy a 1.6k split with a lot of trash in it. Rolled Of the start on a pole and just found my happy place avoiding shenanigans and tomfoolery. Had a gwc restarted 4th. Had a driver behind me shoot me a message and said he’ll push the hell outta me. Welp we almost got it done. we were flying til he got side drafted on the back and we lost our momentum to where i would’ve passed for the win
• Kyle P – P6 Started P9  kept it clean and on the bottom avoiding the wrecks. Finally got involved in a wreck with less than 50 to go. Caught a few cautions to fix the damage. After that it was a race to the front. Took advantage of the restarts and jumped several positions. Last lap I was in a drag race down the back stretch and beat P7 by less then .010 of a second.
• Chris W – P9. PC shut off when I clicked enter the car. Started from pits, stayed on lead lap, missed all the wrecks to bring it home P9. New iR personal record 3368

Thursday Open – Atlanta

• Mike- P15– Ran top five basically most of the race second and third for a long periods of time was fifth on the late restarts and just had a real hard time getting restarted these guys were beating me every time, but got wrecked out on a green white checker, the white top lane spun the leader and he came down into the bottom lane and took me out and I finished 15
• Tony – P3 another headache of a race. Was There at the end had a great run on the outside on the white when car went outside so ended up giving him a nice shot in the ass in 3&4 for his win 

Official Series

FIA F4 

• Ellis – ran my fifth attempt at the championship after I lost it and finished P11 raced against Michael McDowell. I actually ran over him when he was blocking me. I didn’t mean to, but that ruined my race and his.

IMSA

• Brad – P5 (GTD-COTA) That was where I started and finished. With such low participation this week there were no race splits. Running with guys in 4k + iRating is hard.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

• Ellis- pick up cup wrecked out on lap two spinning on my own and actually took out the field. I have no idea what I was doing.  
  • Carb cup at the backwards oval at Monza. Qualify eight out of 22.

Final Thoughts

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1. The Track Whisperer

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On today’s show we get you up to speed on the new 2024 Season 4 build content, updates and fixes, see how Dale Jr continues to deliver tracks to iRacing, dive into some great discussions on the iRacing forums, find out if MOZA is set to make even larger gains into the hardware market and see if you can help a local high school out with their iRacing club.

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

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Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

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9/12/2024 – Dude…Where’s my car? – Episode 0452

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will cover the final playoff race for the eNASCAR Coke Series, get you caught up on the 2024 Season 4 patch, discuss the new multi-class splitting algorithm, see if your sim rig needs two seats, is the new McLaren as good as the real thing, is driving Watkins Glen in reverse really that hard and how many weeks are in Season 4?

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

Topics

Time For Jumpy Cars?

Painters…Grab That Metallic Paint

Concern With New Splitting Algorithm

Alessandro Barbagallo brings up major concerns with the new multi-class splitting algorithm.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67594/the-new-splitting-algorithm-is-working-as-intended-this-isnt-good

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/581702/#Comment_581702

Sim Max Doing Sim Max Things

Trading Paints 2024 Season 3 Recap

https://blog.tradingpaints.com/recap-2024-season-3-by-the-numbers

The McLaren 720S GT3 EVO Has Arrived

https://www.iracing.com/mclaren-720s-gt3-evo-joins-iracing-for-2024-season-4

Xfinity Car Updates

Greg West announced some chassis setup changes to the Xfinity car for 2024 Season 4.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67705/2024-season-4-xfinity-car-updates

2024 Season 4 Patch 1 Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67674/2024-season-4-patch-1-release-notes-2024-09-06-02/p1

Dude…Where’s My Car?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67559/legacy-xfinity-cars-and-maybe-more-legacy-cars-invisible-in-hosted-sessions

Championship 4 Decided At Phoenix But Not Without Some Drama

https://www.iracing.com/parker-white-wins-at-phoenix-advances-to-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-championship-4-with-steven-wilson-graham-bowlin-bobby-zalenski

How Did We End Up With 13 Weeks?

https://www.iracing.com/2024-season-4s-extra-week-how-does-it-work

2024 Season 4 Contests 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67791/season-4-2024-contests/p1

Time For A New Scan

It Can’t Really Be That Hard…Can It?

Justin Allgaier attempts to turn laps at Watkins Glen…backwards.

The Best And The Worst Tracks…To Buy

iRacing’s New McLaren Compared To The Real Car

James Baldwin drives the new McLaren.

Racing Prodigy Announce MX-5 Cup Series

INDY 6HR BOP Announced

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/67355/initial-bop-added-2024-indy-6-hour

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-indy-6hr-special-event-2024

The 33 Car Grid Is Set

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-10-16-2024

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

What Would You Use This For?

Could this be a date night option for the sim centers opening up?

Qubic’s QS-BT1 System Helps You Feel The G-Forces

The Sim Racing Den reviews Qubic’s QS-BT1 Belt tensioner system.

Force Dynamics…WOW

Not enough or too much motion?

https://www.force-dynamics.com/202

The Worst Wheel…Ever?

Karl Gosling says, stay away from the PXN 9 Wheel.

A Sim Racers Perspective On The DPVR E4

Dave Cam reviews the DPVR E4 Black VR headset.

Simmetrics Updated SD1 Dashboard

https://www.simmetricsracing.com/shop/p/sd-1

MPI SIMLINK Now Available

DRE Tutorial

Haptic Bass Shaker Kit

Sarah Nocchi walks through installation and setup of Trak Racer’s haptic bass shakers.

https://trakracer.com/products/haptic-bass-shaker-kit-with-200w-bass-amp-and-100w-shaker-copy

The Best Cheap Pedals That You Have Never Heard Of

Scorps03 reviews the SIMSONN Pedals.

Wayfair Has Sim Racing Gear?

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/bring-home-furniture-racing-simulator-cockpit-wheel-stand-bucket-seat-with-adjustable-slide-w100412087.html

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Atlanta

• Mike – P14- had a good race going ran top 10 most of the Reyes got to the lead with about 40 to go and led some laps. Was running about 40 on the white flag when some guy got into me and destroyed my race and I finished P14. 
• Tony -P6
• John -PP22. Got wrecked on about lap 30. 16 minutes required
• Brad – Pwrecked again. Started p2 and was up front most of the race until the squirrels started getting nutty. Finished p25 too many laps down to count.

Sunday Open – Atlanta

• Mike- P16 the crazy race where I was leading and got hit down to the inside and lost the pack. Then green flag stops got interrupted by a caution put me two laps down. I took a wave around got a lucky dog and took the lucky dog a bit too soon and got a black flag six second stop and go got another Lucky dog later hit the wall while I was checking the TikTok chat and then finally drove up through the field after getting back to the lead lap to second with the first green checker. Here I was leading the outside on the restart the leader came up in front of me to block. I hit him, he wrecked, and we wrecked the entire field.  People in the chat were blaming me for saying I should’ve lifted.  From the replay I saw it looks like he got a bit loose right after he came up about halfway into the Lane and when I did hit him, it turned him. Definitely wasn’t intentional. I don’t feel like I should’ve lifted being the end of the race.   then one more green white check. Where I was on the outside there was a massive scramble on the bottom during the white and they wrecked my teammate just actually came up into me to avoid and we wrecked. P16. 
• Justin -P10
• Bobby-Pwrecked out 
• Tom – P 9 laps down. 
• Joe – PP19 of course a fast car just a victim of NDMF’s sad thing is… I’m blind as shit. lol 😂
• John – P22. Got wrecked
• Kyle P P8?

Sunday Fixed – Atlanta

• Mike- P8- had a great race going was leading laps at a lap 103. I got turned from behind while leading the race.  Three minutes of damage.  I got involved in another wreck after that I never pitted to check for damage but drove it back up through there because I was on the back to finish eight. 

Wednesday Open – Watkins Glen

• Mike- P6- choked in qualifying and started P 25 was able to keep out of trouble and worked my way forward eventually took the lead and lead the race for about five laps before I pitted as the leader I came out PS six and was able to finish P6 great race
• Tyler – PP6 with a 1x. Broke my rule and qualified for once. Started 7th and stayed around 6th the entire race. Pleased with this run and a solid A open the night before. Shout out to my youngest son Grayson for being my spotter and crew chief but fell asleep before the finish. Thanks for the help buddy!
• Brad W – P23. Top split started p26 and never made it through the esses on lap one. Two guys go off and one does not hold the breaks and backs into me just as I almost have him cleared. I’m stopped and he is still not holding the brakes and hits me again. Drove back as best I could with wheel damage.
• Chris W – P 6. Stayed on the track and missed accidents. One year ago I could not finish’, now 2x P6. I did mess up teammate Bobby by getting in the way. Sorry about that Bobby.

Thursday Open – Watkins Glen

• Mike- P8- qualified 10 got the eighth by the time I pitted I was P1. Lead about three laps and then pitted came out eighth and finished P8

Official Series

FIA F4 

• Ellis– Willow Springs first race of the week top split finished P5. They moved me from division seven to division four.
  • Started P5 got to P2 by lap two but then sp off on my own and fell to dead last then worked my way back up to finish p nine. I had another offer where I re-entered the track and somebody ran over me. I obviously made a horrible mistake and apologized profusely to the other driver.
  • Switched over to the fix series at Rudd Coggin. Ended up, wrecking myself out on that one.

A Open

• Brad W – Pwrecked. Turn 1 Lap 1, someone went three wide. I was the unlucky one on the outside. Drove back to p18.

B Open

• John. P9 at Atlanta. Don’t remember details.
• P9. Don’t remember details, but I didn’t get wrecked, so that’s good.P1!!!!. Running 4th with two to go. Laid back a little because I figured the leaders would wreck. Plus they were two wide so I knew I could not pass. Sure enough, they wrecked in turn 2. I led the GWC to a win.P6 at the Glen. I kept the car on the track and no spins. Do that and you can get a good finish.

C Open

• John K – P13. Got wrecked as usual

IMSA

• Brad – P4 (GTD-Indy) Started p6 and was average in speed. This place is really hard to let faster classes pass without losing time. Had way too many close calls with GTPs/LMP2s forcing passes in the most inopportune times.

ARCA

John. P8. Save the tires. Avoid the wrecks. Like this car. I’ll take a top 10 any day.

Dirt Mini StockJohn. P5. If you have not tried this you should. These cars are a blast. Great dirt racing

League / Hosted Races

Hosted- 

• Ellis- mini stocks at Charlotte. Got wrecked out on first, attempt second attempt was OK. I kind of lost the pack. They were right in front of me, but I could never get to these cars have no draft at all.
  • Dallara dash. Literally got ran over from behind running Ruth. Wrecked out.

Final Thoughts

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

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1. Dude…Where’s my car?

Description

On today’s show we will cover the final playoff race for the eNASCAR Coke Series, get you caught up on the 2024 Season 4 patch, discuss the new multi-class splitting algorithm, see if your sim rig needs two seats, is the new McLaren as good as the real thing, is driving Watkins Glen in reverse really that hard and how many weeks are in Season 4?

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

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

Sponsors: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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

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

John Kerley –

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

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