10/5/2023 – Bag of Air with Some Chips – Episode 0403
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Show Introduction
On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings.
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Special Guest
John Kerley
https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=824320
Topics
GP Turn Racing Series
Thursday’s third round of the 2023 Grand Prix Turn Racing iRacing Series was a first of its kind, as some of the top open wheel road racers took on oval racing in the Dallara iR-01 at Texas Motor Speedway. Utilizing the new oval-centric package developed for the naturally aspirated, 3.0-liter V10 open-wheel racing machine, 25 drivers entered the evening with a chance to score a win like no other in series history.
South American Esports Championship
Brazil will host the 1st edition of the South American Esports Championship. The competition will be held on November 2nd, during the week of the São Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix and will be run on @iRacing using the FIA F4 car.
https://www.fia.com/news/first-south-american-esports-championship-be-held-sao-paulo
Great Motorsports Quotes
iRacing asks on Twitter, Wgat are some of the best motorsports quotes
Season 4 Build Highlights
iRacing posted a Youtube video highlighting the Season 4 build
Nascar and MS Games
Sources have indicated that 9/30 is nothing more than termination date of NASCAR and MSportgames… There is no new license announcement as of yet.
Rennsport and rFactor
There have been rumors that Rennsport is using rFactor 2’s physics and parameters
Chat Ban Prevention
Alan Strovich has some ideas to help prevent Chat bans in iRacing
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48967/iracing-chat-voice-ban-prevention#latest
Rally Dirt Issues
Robbie Kirtley posted that there’s something wrong in the Iowa and Atlanta tracks that feel more like asphalt than dirt
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49007/rally-dirt-issues
Is the UI Getting Worse
Massimo asked in the forums if there’s no more indication of how many cars are registered in a practice session on the UI
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49114/is-the-ui-getting-worst#latest
Hidden in Plain Sight
DJ Yee J posted a video with 10 iRacing tracks that are hidden in plain sight
Hidden iRating
Dave Cam explores the benefits of having a hidden iRating
Tony Kanaan Sim Garage
Matt Malone posted a Youtube video where he gets to check out Tony Kanaan’s Sim Racing Garage
Top iRating
Max Benecke announced on Twitter that he has reclaimed the title of highest iRating
Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Release Notes
Time Attack Results
Because of the dirt rallycross physics bug iRacing has eraced all of the Time Attack results prior to the patch
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49245/time-attack-results-update#latest
Sim to Real
Kaden Honeycutt gets a win in the ARCA Menards West Series in his series debut.
iRacing for Beginners
Anthony Alfredo posted a iRacing for beginners series on his Youtube Channel
Nasar and iRacing Console Style
Le Petit Le Mans
SCCA Runoffs
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
Simagic P1000 Pedals
Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the Simagic P1000 pedals with the haptic rumble motors
https://www.simwear.eu/en/webshop/product/simagic-pedals-p1000-triple-set
Rally DYI
Pokornyi engineering offers a button and optional shifter addition to your favorite Rally, GT and Cup car wheel
Trackform Phone Mount
Trackform has a T-Slot phone mount for 80/20 rigs
Thrustmaster 488 GT3
Thrustmaster is now taking pre orders for their new Ferrari 488 GT3 Wheel Add-on
6 Sigma in the States
6 Sigma Simracing now has a new warehouse in Syracuse NY for faster shipping to US customers
https://www.6sigmasimracing.com/
GOVEE Lighting
Dave Cam shows in a video how to use GOVEE for ambient lighting
Top 5 iRaing Apps
Matt Barnett posted a video of his top 5 Apps to use with iRacing
Trading Paints https://www.tradingpaints.com/
Crew Chief https://thecrewchief.org/
RaceLab https://racelab.app/
VRS Telemetry https://virtualracingschool.appspot.c…
iRacing Manager https://members.iracing.com/jforum/po…
CoachDave Academy https://coachdaveacademy.com/
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Thursday Fixed – Tally
- Justin – PWas in the mix for the win but didnt have a good push
- Brad- wheel disconnected
Friday Open – Tally
- Mike -. P Was near the front on the side where the inside lane was trying to side draft up and I got no damage though, but I was in the First caution. Lap 11 I was pushing the leader on the bottom. The guy behind me started pushing me and turned me 2 1/2 minutes damage. eventually caught a caution took a wave around but needed a yellow to get enough fuel to finish. Finally got the yellow with three to go put me in the back after fueling for P 23 for the green White checker number one. Wrecked coming to the checker P 27.
- David – p 14, wasn’t on the best fuel strategy and then got flush out of the draft by a huge check up right when I made a lane change. So I went ahead and pitted so I could re catch the draft off cycle. We cycled completely around. I made a move to late to try to get in line and turned myself. Trying to get back up to speed I spun the tires on the apron and that brought out the caution. Made it back up to 2nd, then late caution and on restart I get hung out in middle lane and fade to 19th and pass 5 wreckings cars for 14th.
- Tyler – P4 Started P1 with the Only one caution on lap 3. Led the first 20 laps after giving up the lead to save gas. Was able to stay with the main pack during two green flag stops to bring it hope 4th. Lappers screwed me on the last lap but happy with a Top 5 and 0x.
Sunday Open-
- David – P20 got hung out on green flag stops
Sunday Fixed-
- Mike- P 4- got spun twice but no damage really let some laps at the end there was just a top seven breakaway and I was six we mixed it up but I didn’t make very good moves P4
Wednesday Open: roval
- Mike– P7 – got as high as P5, but had a slip and fell back to eight missed the final chicane about four or five times but brought it home seventh. Pretty proud of this run. It was car number 34. Tom got a P9 in the same race and I only gained five championship points on him.
- Chris- P 6. Good safe run.
- Greg –P wrecked out top split
- Tom – P9
- Brad – P 32. Was ran off course and then was dropped by server.
Thursday Open:
Mike– P car number 35. Start 16th top split.
Official Series
Ellis-
FIAF 4 @inter-Lago Brazil start a 21st got wrecked in the first lap on a pile up. I got the worst of it was dead last at 23rd made my way back up to 16th.
Started near the back, but still got ran over on lap. One turned one from behind dead lash worked my way back up to 9 out of 14.
DraftMaster, 1987 cars at Daytona top split. Got involved in a couple of incidents but brought it home P9.
Ran three or four Chris McGuire hosted races, wrecked out of each one
Final Thoughts
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- Bag of Air with Some Chips
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On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.
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