Episode 0517 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

1/22/2026 – Embrace The Suck – Episode 0517

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Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll recap our Daytona 24 Hour experiences, see which professional racer has joined Team Redline?, another sim to reality story, are MOZA’s new wheels Fanatec and Simagic killers?, what is the best value wheel according to a two-time Daytona 24 Hour winner?, is it time for incident limits in special events? and you suck at sim racing (and that’s OK).

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Topics

Can Sim Racing Prepare You?

Have You Tried It?

James Baldwin Joins Team Redline

7301 SOF!

Why I Have Not Been iRacing

Team Redline 2026

2026 Daytona 24 Hours – By The Numbers

Top Split Winners

A Little Rain In The 24

Is It Time For Incident Limits To Return To Specials?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/772206#Comment_772206

Will The Stewards Take This One Away Also?

No Better Than Console Lobbies?

More Sim To Reality

According To iRacing, This Is An Acceptable Rejoin

Maverick Simulations Sighting

7 Hard Truths About Sim Racing

You will suck.
The only way not to suck is training.
Spending money won’t make you suck less.
The only money that makes you faster is training tools.
Embrace the suck.
Sucking at the hobby is actually fun.
The hobby isn’t just GT3 at Spa.
If you don’t have fun this will suck.

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Find The Right Team

https://simteamarchitect.com/

Marius Pretorius will join us on the next show to give more detail.

The Majors Intimidator

https://majorsseries.com/event/intimidator2026-2

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-20th-to-january-26th-2026/

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IRLP Polar Racing League

California Results

Hardware/Software

MOMO Daytona EVO

MOMO Flyer

Mo MOMO

Is This The Fanatec/Simagic Killer?

Simucube Who?

Who Needs A Screen?

Windforce Hyperburst GPU Cooler

Stream Deck Keyboard?

Best Value Wheel

So Big!

iRacing Dashies

https://github.com/tariknz/irdashies

Building A Sim Roof

Better Than Full Motion?

Can It Prepare You For The Green Hell?

LMZ EVO Revealed

Pokornyi TGR-H Is Here

Heusinkveld Display Dash

Too Much Force Feedback?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

Daytona 24 Hour

Brad, Will, Jacob & William – P6 – What a race! Started p16 and would find ourselves as the the top finishing non-Porsche car in the GT3 Class. We had some unforced errors by other cars, a couple of pins and a disconnect along the way. We had zero chance because of the horrible BOP that gifted teh Porsche with extended fuel capacity, great drafting and ridiculous stability through the bus stop. But all that said, we had a great time, some of us learned how not to prepare for a 24 hour endurance race and get to know each other over the course of 24 hours.
Mike, Tom, David And Kyle – P3 I got a 42nd penalty on Pitt Road because I went to the left of the yellow cone two other drivers wrecked out, causing us to lose the lead and fall back to third and we were able to keep that position. We stayed close to the leader and they had a self spin giving us a 6 minute lead. A car spun in front of Kyle, unavoidable. We fall behind. They put their very low skilled driver in we get it back and are swapping the lead with them. A LMP2 spins across the track in front of me, unavoidable, 12 mines of repair. Wrecked out of the lead twice.

Toyota GR 86cup series fixed

Mike- p3/. Start a P4 had a fairly clean race and snookered the guy on the last lap to steal third and get a podium in my first run in this car at the ring.
- Started on Paul position and was able to win it winner winner chicken dinner. I had a great battle with a guy for the first laugh and a half. It was pretty much full contact. He was roughing me up and I was racing him the same way he was doing me at one point he got a little squirrel in front of me and spun off my nose and I went on to win the race
- Started on pole position me and one other guy ended up pulling out for a 27 second lead on the rest of the field he stayed with me the whole time I raced my butt off, but he never got to me and I won the race two in a row winner winner chicken dinner
- Then started second got to the lead, but then got ran over from behind and dumped DNF

Ring Meister

Mike – POK, I just won in my first race attempt in this new car the Ford Mustang FR 500 S. Winner winner, chicken dinner the ring Meister gets it done and first attempt of the week. Stack them up.!!!!!
- This time a top split started 14th got the third by the end of lap one in a very impressive run, but then I made a mistake and hit the wall and killed the car meatball.
- Then started on whole position, but hit a curb and wrecked myself out while leading
- Then started third and finished in P4 pretty uneventful race in top split the top three drove away from me. I had nothing for him. Thet gap be hard.
- Then pull position fell to third about halfway through, but then got loose without even hitting curbs and spun it out and wrecked

League / Hosted Races

Week Nine – California

David – P9 – just how fast i was
Doug – P12 ran the race from the back of the pack, trying to learn from the other drivers and running consistent lap times finished three laps down mainly because of a black flag too fast entering the pits.
John – P14. Dead last. Got wrecked before we even made it to turn one. I don’t think it was done on purpose, but was the result of impatience. Someone should not have tried to squeeze between my car and the wall five seconds into a race. Not smart.

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road Atlanta Sprint Race

William W – P2 CHAMPION!
Brad W – P8 in class p11 overall after starting p26. Not my best track and should have finished higher but killed the tires over the last 10 laps. Almost ran out of fuel because the white was delayed a lap. Did not have a good showing in Season 6 and looking to make up for it in the mini season 6.5 that will start in two weeks. A huge congrats to the Season 6 GRR GT3 Pro Champion, Mr. William Westbrook!
David – P 11

Final Thoughts

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Embrace The Suck

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