4/10/2025 – Goodbye Clubs…Hello Flags – Episode 0480
iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics
Show Introduction
On today’s show, we will discuss a surprise removal of a long lasting feature in iRacing, should you learn how to be a dirty racer, is Intel having more issues, watch a pro driver review your sim rigs, find out what is wrong with the new ARCA car, does iRacing need more racing disciplines and which F1 driver used the iRacing line at Suzuka?
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Topics
A Lap With Rossi
https://x.com/IndyCar/status/1909607159869907103
“Looking For More Front Grip!”
https://x.com/aaronsmithrcn/status/1908199680963432648
Garage 2 Grid Sim racing Center
Keep It In The Fence!
https://x.com/TGarey26/status/1907645445771334050
How Do We Not Have This?
Do We Really Need More Racing Disciplines?
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77630/could-iracing-expand-even-more
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77724/iracing-go-kart
Disbanding Of Clubs And Raising Of Flags
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77912/disbanding-of-clubs-and-raising-of-flags
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77916/flag-system-and-potential-issues#latest
Broken Graphics
https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1346250059973869/
iRacing Line At Suzuka
https://x.com/racefansdotnet/status/1908471922221826322?s=46&t=LEZuDMZrAD0O9e17hVtQrQ
A Sim Racer Dialed In Max’s Setup?
Best Nickname?
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1909636855642943656
Is It The Car Or The Setups?
Well, That Explains The Lack Of Grip
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/77716/mercedes-gt4-rain-tires-are-installed-backwards
Netcode = 1: Driver = 0
Riding Dirty
Webster Maintains Points Lead
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1908603767756317163
Minter Grabs First Win Of The Year
Sim Gaming Expo
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This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-8-14-2025/
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
VRS Direct Force Pro 15
Accuforce Xtreme
https://www.simxperience.com/shop/accuforce-xtreme-wheel-base-28nm-1785
Check Those Drivers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/608473926761307/permalink/1763251971283491
More Intel CPU Issues
Pro Driver Rates Your Rig
Best Sim Racing Deal Ever?
Thrustmaster T589 Servo Base
https://eshop.thrustmaster.com/en_us/t598-us-servo-base-playstation-pc.html
Cable Management Option
https://www.optimalsim.com/shop
Velocitas Imperium VI-LMDH
https://velocitasimperium.com/products/vi-lmdh
A Change Of Color For TK
Grandfathered In?
https://x.com/_boostedmedia/status/1909581632413343797
Conspit Max 01
Still The G.O.A.T?
Why Braking In Sim Racing Is Unrealistic
Sabelt P Series
https://sabeltsimracing.com/pseries-landing
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Friday Open – NiS – Darlington
- Mike- P dnf – kept getting involved in other people‘s wrecks seven minutes damage eventually completely wiped out too much damage were done
- Chris- P dnf.
- Justin – P WINNER!
- Tony -P didn’t Even make it 3 laps. Lap 3 guy sent it in the corner and under me in 4 and put me in the wall killing my right front. Thought last 2 years my racing in a slump nope 2025 is looking to become worse. Ive lost just about 400 putting me in the 1600s. Something stop my bleeding
- Brad- P28 A disaster of a race. Was wrecked three times and not once was I at fault. I was running in the top 10is to start but when trying to make a pass into T3, guy behind decided to throw it three wide. That was just the start. Towards the end I had a chance for a decent finish until I was literally driven through in T1 and T2. DNF
- John – P6. Had an unusual event here. I was in P6 and got a lucky dog. That’s the highest position I’ve ever seen one. Bad news is that on the restart I got a black flag for passing under yellow. What happened was spotter was saying let the #8 car by, but he was nowhere around me. Iracing has got to fix this. The only way I could have avoided this was to stop at the start finish line as the green flag flew. Frustrating, but I had a great run and was happy with a P6.
Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington
- Tony – P9 this tramp got me in a different way this year. Fast car on a long run was a top 5 car all race til towards the end on a restart a guy didnt like me passing him on the bottom out of T4 and just left doors me. Fixed damage and got out of the pits same time as it closed. Some how put me a lap down and starting behind the leader. I just stayed on the apron on the restart so wouldnt BF anyone… Few laps later got the lucky dog and was making my way around pits were open til they weren’tjust as i crossed the line and black flagged me the the hell ya db whore. couldnt serveit til the last GWC.
- Chris – P9. After two rare DNFs from the Waldron’s Furniture team, it was time to regroup and refocus. With iRacers Lounge teammate Justin Pearson, the Friday night NiS winner, getting on the pit box to coach our Sim Wraps Dale Earnhardt throwback. The first half of the race we fine-tuned the car with Premier Set-Up Shops adjustments. In the second half, we started making moves. A late-race caution with 10 laps to go found us in P19. We took two tires, lined up P14, and pushed our way to a hard-earned P9 finish at the checkered flag!
Sunday Fixed- NiS – Darlington
- Mike- P7- finally after a horrible week I get a decent finish and pull off the top 10 basically stayed out of trouble this time and avoided and kept the nose clean
Wednesday Open -NiS – Bristol
- Mike- P dnf –got involved in too early cautions with no damage really and then I had a guy beaten on my back door four times and four laps and eventually I ran into the wall and then he took me out from there and drove through me too much damage we’re done. He started cussing after that so we turned in a replay to get that guy parked.
- David – P8 Low line was really good on long runs, but we finished with a 15 lap shootout. Took 2 tires and stayed high to defend. Thought I was in trouble early as two spins right in front me for 8x in the first 10 minutes.
- Brad- P6 Ran at the front the whole race. Was enjoyable when we would get a longer run and to watch the guys that cooked their tires come back to me. The Premier Racing Setups this week are good on the long run. Had a chance to grab the lead with about 30 to go but clipped the wall attempting to pass. Crew said I had no damage but the car was never the same after. A late restart and only grabbing two tires would prove to be the wrong call.
Thursday Open- NiS – Bristol
- Mike- P 20. Had a good run early on stayed out of trouble and worked my way from the back up to the front but eventually got destroyed in two different cautions with seven minute damage I couldn’t steer at all went many laps down and just rode it from there to finish P 20.
- David – P6, is the damage model bugged?
- Brad – P5 Ran up front all race and was able to grab a top 5. The cooler weather has made tire management much easier than the A Open. We had one nice long run and everyone was starting to come back to me about the time the yellow came out. I never run the afternoon races so there were many names that I did not know.
Official Series
A Open
- Brad W – P2 (Bristol) What could have been…Typical Bristol race, some yellows and a long run. I drove out to a 4 second lead only to have a yellow come out with 25 to go. Eventual winner took two tires and I took four. I was faster but it was hard to pass as he was ripping the high line. I probably could have forced the issue but didn’t want to win that way. Premier Sets are a rocket this week!
C Open
- John K – P wrecked every time. Ran about 6 of these. Typical Talladega. Still fun though.
IMSA
- Brad W – P12 (GTD-Fuji) Top split so I did not expect to have a great finish. It would have been better but self spun from 10th place. I like this track but I struggle so badly in the last sector. Just can’t figure that section out.
Indycar iRacing Series
- Tom D – P2 on Wednesday night @ Long Beach. Qualified 15th. Was not my fastest on the primary tires. Once I switched over I was able to move forward. I’ll take a top 5 and look forward to Saturday with 2 more chances
League / Hosted Races
Hosted-
- Ellis – pro trucks at South Boston
- GEN four at Michigan with full horsepower
- Old Indy car at Talladega. Started 52nd out of 60. Finish P5.
- Supercars at Michigan led some laps was leading on the white but got dumped on the back stretch by 2nd place. P6
- 87 at Talladega towards the final laps I got to the front top 3 to 5 one guy got out to the lead and he started getting cocky on the radio saying oh now I’m in control of the race and so when I got up behind him, I gave him a little bump draft did reckon he got a little out of shape, but he kept his position. He stayed in front of meno big deal. Well, it was a big deal for him because he went after me and tried to wreck me he got up behind me, made a violent attempt at wrecking me, and actually missed and wrecked himself and several others. I called him out for it ended up finishing P3.
- Did an AI race with adaptive AI at Bristol on the highest setting started 20th out of 40 and got to the lead around lab 17. It was too easy eventually they all piled up in a parking lot on lap 35 and I stopped in there. I had lapped the field up to ninth place.
- BMW at Winton qualified third out of 10. Finish P3.
Final Thoughts
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- Goodbye Clubs…Hello Flags
Description
On today’s show, we will discuss a surprise removal of a long lasting feature in iRacing, should you learn how to be a dirty racer, is Intel having more issues, watch a pro driver review your sim rigs, find out what is wrong with the new ARCA car, does iRacing need more racing disciplines and which F1 driver used the iRacing line at Suzuka?
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