5/15/2025 – Bags of Milk – Episode 0485
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Show Introduction
On today’s show we will cover a different type of sim to reality, could AI write commentaries of replays?, show you how to build a PC in 3D, see if a gold graphics card is on your shopping list, which hardware manufacture announced a pre-owned purchase option and find out what is special about this date in iRacing.
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Topics
So, Who Could Make The Next World Rally Game?
Berryman Wins Indy 500 Top Split
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1921299276774183401
Wrong Type Of Milk
https://x.com/zachsprouse86/status/1921068504800735660?s=49
Grand Prix Legends At Indy
Happy Default iRacing Weather Day!
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1923045826982543450
A Different Sim To Reality
Kansas, ENASCAR Style
https://x.com/ENASCARGG/status/1922303695284314584
A Look Back
No Help From Man’s Best Friend
Could AI Write Commentaries For Race Replays?
Sim Gaming Expo
Use code IRLP10 to save 10% off tickets
One For The Ladies
https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1372844697314405/
Indy 500 Open Races
https://x.com/iRacing/status/1922680979547718078
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/78482/iracing-presents-the-2025-indianapolis-500/p1
Nurburgring 24HR
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79289/2025-nuerburgring-24h-presented-by-thrustmaster
4 Hours Of Thruxton
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/79288/inaugural-4-hours-at-thruxton-presented-by-cube-controls
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-may-13-19-2025
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
Pimax Crystal Super *Re-visited*
Unrivaled Control
Please Read The Instructions
Interactive PC Building In 3D
The Best Got Better
Aiologs H-Pattern And Hand Brake
As If The Original Is Not Expensive Enough?
PC Tower For Motorsports Fans
Grey Wolf Technologies Coming Back May 15th
BDH-H1SQ Shifter
Simucube Pre-Owned
Which Am I Faster: VR Or Triples
MOZA ES Customizable Wheel
https://www.rogueracingdesigns.com
Custom Safety Nets
Had To Hit The Pause Button
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Friday Open – NiS – Kansas
- Chris – P 12. I could not find speed and rode around in the upper 20’s. Late cautions, saving a set of tires, and short run adjustments put me P12 on the finish.
- Bobby – P7
- Brad- P13 Started 16th and worked my way up to the front. Made a mistake when taken three wide and spun. With this being my only shot for the week after wrecking out on lap 3 Wednesday I over drove the car trying to get back to the front. Lots of sloppy mistakes on my part and this reminded me that even when you get put in a bad spot, just run your race and don’t over do it. Should have been a better finish but it is what it is.
Sunday Open- NiS – Kansas
- Greg -P5
- John – P5. Well, 10 cautions was a bit much. I tried my best to stay out of them, but ended up with 10X. Ran around P20 most of the race but thanks to attrition and pit stop adjustments I got faster as the race went on. We had 3 G/W/C’s. In P 14 th first one, P10 the second one, and P8 the third one. Made it up to P5 and to be honest two more laps and I would have won this thing. Kansas is a one of my favorite tracks and I was very happy with my finish.
Sunday Fixed- NiS – Kansas
- Mike- PP15- started ninth got to the lead by lap 28 ended up leading. The most laps was in control of the race, but got dumped at one point by a guy put me back. I got cleared back up to third for the final restarts, but it didn’t go my way and I got wrecked.
Official Series
FIA F4 Americas
- Kyle – P P11. Started P6. Got into early trouble lap 1 had to pit for repairs but kept it on the lead lap
IMSA
- Hall – P3 at Road ATL, and a lot of poor finishes due to lap 1 heroes or clueless GT3’s. And according to iRacing its okay to violently slam into the side of a car when its beside you before the corner.
- Brad W – P no finishes this week. I have tried three races at Road Atlanta and have not finished a single one.
- First race I wrecked out coming to the pits. Stupid mistake on my part.
- Second race, got dropped before the start. Reloaded in and left the pits but had no force feedback. Was already laps down so I parked it.
- Third race got wrecked by an aggressive GT3 driver taking it three wide in turn one 8 minutes into the race. About 5 minutes later get wrecked by a LMP2 driver who had to pass me in the esses. He apologized that he thought he would clear me before the apex…needless to say…he had not.
Porsche Cup Fixed
- Westbrook – P17- Top split. GRR group wanted to do an official after some PCUP hosteds. Gustavo Ariell and Olivier Piatek in here so once I saw that the only goal was to survive. 4k SOF. Start was crazy, in any other split 15 cars would have died. Settled in and actually had some pretty good racing with P14 15 16 17 until I locked the brakes going into the bus stop with 2 to go. Almost made it back to the back of that group. Overall pretty happy to just get 2IR out of this. Forgot how much I liked this car. Might drive it more if I can stop worrying it’s going to throw my GT3 off.
Indy 500
- Mike– start at 10th and on lap one I was a bit slow going through the corner so I wouldn’t hit the wall and the guy just ran over me from behind too much damage we’re done.
League / Hosted Races
Grass Roots Racing
MX5 League
- William W- P-Whatever. It rained. I died.
GTP/GT3 League
- William W – P3. Started P6. Someone missed their braking point going into the last corner on T0 and forced me outside. Lost about 5 spots before the finish line on lap one. Unfortunate because I had fantastic pace here, which was a surprise after practice and qualifying. Really feel I could have played with the leaders if I hadn’t had to drive through so much traffic.
- Ellis –pro two off-road truck at Firebird fixed. Didn’t go official finish P2.
- Then motorsport UKFF 1600 trophy by thrust master. at snetterton started at six out of eight and ended up finishing P3 after a very intense battle.
- Raleigh cross series at Daytona. Started second P4.
- SK modified at Concorde in the weekly fixed. Qualified ninth out of 14. Finish p five. -9 rating.
- Then I ran the open version of this series. Fourth out of 11, running a fixed set. Finish P2 by surviving some carnage at the beginning. Game 34 rating. Super fun track car combination highly recommend.
- NASCAR tour modified series at Langley ran as high as P2 and got hit and put to the back, but ended up finishing P4
- Then ran the fixed version of the same series qualified fifth out of 12. Swung by myself on lap one and they got involved in other incidents and finished P9.
- VRS GP Sprint series @ leman. Qualified 17 out of 28. 20 after spinning on my own and fall into dead last and then worked my way back up.
- Radical SR eight @old Charlotte oval 53 cars qualified 16. Finish P7.
- Junior open wheel oval challenge at IRP in the Indy pro 2000 pm18- qualified fifth out of 10. Finished P6.
- Dirt car 360 sprint car series at Eldora
- Super late model series at North Wilkesboro. Started fifth finished fourth lost 21 rating.
- Super late model series fixed at Wilkesboro started fifth out of six got as high as P2 ended up finishing P3 with a loss of 14 rating
- Dirt car UMP modified series fixed at Lanier national Speedway. Finish P4 out of 11.
- Dirt car 360 Sprint car series fixed at Eldora qualified eight out of 11 finish P8
- Dirt car UMP modified series at Lanier. Start at 16th out of 16 finished P7.
Final Thoughts
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- Bags of Milk
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On today’s show we will cover a different type of sim to reality, could AI write commentaries of replays?, show you how to build a PC in 3D, see if a gold graphics card is on your shopping list, which hardware manufacture announced a pre-owned purchase option and find out what is special about this date in iRacing.
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