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Episode 0282

6/3/2021 – Win-D City – Episode 0282

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Introduction

It’s Chicago Week here in iRacing where we will cover the release of the new Chicago Street Circuit and the iRacing Pro Series inaugural race at the concept track as we start to get ready for the upcoming season 3 build.

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Topics

Season 2 Patch 7 Hotfix 1

Alex Gustafson from iRacing announces the dropping of another hotfix for Patch number 7

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807538.page#12506101

Cecil Green Needs Help

The iRacing World is reaching out to it’s members to create a short story with their names for a care card for fellow racer Cecil Green who has been hospitalized with any thoughts of your time together, or if he’s helped you out while on the sim.

We want those who want to write a short story to sign their name if possible and send it to
picciottivincent@gmail.com
Also I’ll need about 20-30 short story videos, mentioning who they are along with the story about a minute to two minutes long uncut. I am going to put together a short video to send to Cecil as well. I’m not the greatest editor but I think putting some faces to the names on their profiles would be awesome, it kind of ties everything together. We never see the faces we race against so I think it will add some personalization to it. Deadline for all this will be a week from this Saturday so that gives us 10 days to accumulate what we need then work on getting the card and video done
The videos can be sent to hap584@outlook.com

https://www.facebook.com/1241854792/posts/10226167725639908/?d=n

NASCAR Pro Invitational – Chicago Street Course

Dale Earnhardt Jr took along some racing hardware with him to a Tennessee mountain retreat so as not to miss his spot in the iRacing Pro Invitational at the futuristic Chicago Street Course.

https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/1400207390809767947

Lap Around Chicago

What does a lap around Chicago look like? Nascar tweeted a video of a hot lap around the futuristic, concept track on the proposed street course.

https://twitter.com/nascar/status/1400188652790165504?s=11

Chicago not Alone?

Adam Stern Tweeted that as Nascar is continuing talks with the city about possibly running a real-life race there, it’s still unclear whether ’22 or ’23 would be the first event. But Chris Meyers also recently noted that a track at the LA Coliseum is also a possibility.

https://twitter.com/a_s12/status/1400214598842728460?s=11

Official Video Introduction

In conjunction with the Pro Invitational race at Chicago, iRacing announced, with an accompanying video, the official release of the Chicago Street Course for it’s members.

https://twitter.com/nascar/status/1400271195283537926?s=11

Where’s Jr and Meyers Chicago Edition

Looks like Dale Jr and Steve Myers have already been found. This time on a skyscraper in the Chicago Skyline.

https://twitter.com/nascar/status/1400254247619289091?s=11

James Davidson Dominates

Evan Posocco posted on his twitter account that James Davidson extended his lead in the iRacing Pro Series after Wednesday night’s complete dominance at Chicago by 21 points over Timmy Hill in second and 38 points over Garrett Smithley in third.

https://twitter.com/evanposocco/status/1400293239865831425

iRacing at Charlotte

Jesse Iwuji stopped by the USO iRacing qualifying challenge at the Coke 600 fan experience and found himself on the leaderboard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPd4rYNllOo/?utm_medium=share_sheet

iRacing at Charlotte

Coke Series drive Jimmy Mullins also stopped by the qualifying challenge and, wouldn’t you know it, found himself at the top of the leaderboard.

https://twitter.com/simseats/status/1398422239205330949?s=11

Operation Motorsport Needs Your Help

Have any functioning sim racing gear you aren’t using? Operation Motorsports lets you help vets by donating your functioning iRacing gear to vets who can use them to join in the amazing iRacing service

https://twitter.com/beardedsimracer/status/1399386784354668548?s=11

https://operationmotorsport.org/

OpMo-Sim-History-for-Podcast-June-2021Download

Sound of Gravel

Tom Burns posted in the forums that he’s been missing some sounds in the sim, including some of the ‘pop’ upshifting in the Porsche 911 cup and the sounds of gravel hitting the underside of the cars. Aussie Greg Hill responded that he needs to set the particles to high under graphics.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807328.page#12504733

Leaning into a Corner

iRacing tweeted a pole asking if driver lean into a corner when racing. their options were ‘Yes, it helps with grip’, or ‘No, it looks ridiculous.’

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1397945556530565123?s=11

Broken Chevy Backstory

Online racing magazine, Racer.com, has a story about how the Chevy drivers in the Coke Series realized there was a problem with the drafting model before the start of the race last Tuesday.

https://racer.com/2021/05/27/insight-how-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-drivers-discovered-one-car-was-broken/amp/

Danlisa Looking for New Owner

The very popular iRacing league scoring website danlisa is looking for new ownership as reported in the forums by Tim Fortner.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807310.page#12504607

DanLisa Alternative

Ironically, there is a new solution out there for leagues to use that just released about 30 days ago called Xtreme Scoring. All be it a paid version it does everything Danlisa does and a ton more. The widgets are amazing and scoring combinations are nearly limitless for Oval and Road. Past seasons can be imported for Danlisa users as well.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807310.page#12504916

https://www.ricmotech.com/xtreme-scoring

And Another Alternative

Another Danlisa alternative is MyLeague which gives you the ability registration management of Drivers, Teams, define your own Classes, Results, Standings, and League Articles.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807310.page#12505326

https://myleague.racing/

IR18 AI Please

Some in the forums have started a thread asking if iRacing would offer AI racing in the car. And although it is something they’re actively working on, according to staffer Alex Saunders, the IR18 is probably the single most complicated car on iRacing to put on AI thanks to all the different configurations, push-to-pass, and tire compounds. 

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3794663.page#12412801

Poll – Live Admins

Jamie Bowling produced a poll in the forums saying that “I think iRacing should have some kind of admin or something in the public rooms to call who causes cautions and we wouldn’t lose or SR or IR when it wasn’t our fault!”

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807171.page#12503286

Ty Majeski for the W

Ty Majeski has put his iRacing sponsored Late Model back into the winners circle, this time at Jefferson Speedway in Cambrige, Wisconsin.

Listener Scott Ross – Week 13 Races

Show listener Scott Ross will be setting up fun races on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during week 13 and is inviting everyone to join in. The races will be in the tour modifies with fixed setups on road courses at Charlotte Roval on Monday, Laguna Seca on Tuesday and Phoenix Road on Wednesday. Practices will open at 8:30pm et and races will begin at 9:30pm et.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807543.page

Scott Ross
to iracerslounge

Hi guys,
Enjoy the show. With week 13 coming up I want to do something fun with my participation credits. I really enjoyed the tour mods at watkins glen this past season and there were some great discussions about how it would do on free tracks. So I came up with 3 races Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Monday is the Charlotte Roval ,Tuesday is Laguna Seca, and Wednesday is the Phoenix Road Course. All no pressure races for fun with fixed setups. Practice at 8:30pm et race at 9:30pm et. Hope to see you there

Formula Vee Intro Video

iRacing dropped on their youtube channel an official introduction video of the new Formula Vee rookie class open wheel road racing car to be available on the Season 3 build

Project K9 Hero 200

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Don’t forget to join us for the Project K-9 Hero at Michigan on Friday, June 11 at 9:00est

EVENT:
June 11th 9pm eastern
Michigan International Speedway
Practice opens 8pm
Drivers Meeting 9pm
Qualifying 9:10pm
200 Laps with iRacing Cautions
2 Classes A”Cup” & B”Xfinity”
How To Register
Sign up at
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Must Note: PK9H200 or Project K9 Hero 200
Then send us screenshot direct on Facebook, Discord or email of the confirmation by Thursday
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All Participants will receive a T- Shirt ( select size in google Doc Registration )

PRIZES
EachClass get its own prize for
Pole:$20 iRacing Credit
Winner: Spotlights from Midwest Simulations (https://midwestsim.com/)
Best Paint with Project K9 Hero logo get a free Paint job From Yuhouse Racing Designs
And just added $75 per class on most positions gained with no incidents. Thanks to Metro Ford
of Chicago from the OBRL

Come Join us on:
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New Porsche

Also to be released is the Porsche 911 GT3 R

May be an image of car and text

https://www.facebook.com/48224116084/posts/10159572661056085/?d=n

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807776.page#12507803

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

Midwest Simulations

You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

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We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

“OK TONY LETS TALK FANTASY….”

Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Company Review and New Pedals

Simrigs presents the SR Titan Pedal Set for $699

https://www.simrigs.com/collections/pedals/products/sr-pedals?variant=36507075805346

How To Pit Macro

Kendall Kerr asked in the forums if anyone can help me figure out how to set a keyboard shortcut for throw yellow, as well as, clear all black flags?? Staffer David Tucker posted links how to assign macro built into the sim.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807070.page#12502189

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807070.page#12502189

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/425/3203225.page#12011208

The MS Exclusive

The Motorsports Simulator’s MS Exclusive is a full wrap around, full motion triple monitor sim cockpit for the enthusiast sim racer

X3 Xtreme simulator

http://motorsportsimulator.com/ms_exclusive.html

VNM Shifter

The VNM Shifter V1 is from a Vietnamese Company that offers an H pattern shifter with multiple optional shifter plates and can be converted into a sequential shifter as well for $259.95

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807339.page#12504872

https://us.sim-motion.com/collections/vnm-shifters-and-accessories/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT48k9M19b0

Cell Phone Holder

Simubox offers on Etsy a universal cell phone holder that mounts on a Fanatec DD1 or DD2 for less than $30

Fanatec DD1 / DD2 Universal Phone Dash Holder image 0

https://www.etsy.com/listing/886602644/fanatec-dd1-dd2-universal-phone-dash?fbclid=IwAR23hsEKvbkBOW4MuzUamre9uKd0s_3d0ja9lsHXLZLV-95OjgBItb-NbLw

New Paddle Shifters

The New SRM Gear shifter can be used on most wheels, including custom wheels, and Fanatec wheels with an adapter for 96 pounds.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807186.page#12503487

https://www.simracingmachines.com/WebShop/srm-gear-shifter-2

Sim Labs Steering Wheel QR

Sim Labs is offering the Zero Play steering wheel quick release for multiple bolt patterns for 49 pounds

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPawixAN_Xa/?utm_medium=share_sheet

https://sim-lab.eu/shop/product/xero-playtm-steering-wheel-quick-release-1255#attr=1983

BJ Pedals Review

Boosted Media reviews the B.J. Sim Racing Hydraulic GT Pedals for $861 USD

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Fri open: Charlotte

  • Ellis –  – p14 – no practice had wrong wheel settings – the pit under gf had my tires unchecked – never recovered from it – hit the wall a thousand times but finished….
    • Greg – pwrecked
    • Hall = P out early, got loose my self running the high line, bounced off the wall several times doing my best to not collect anyone.  Car would still run, but with a good finish already no limping around for 400 laps
    • Rochette P4 what a race. Definitely 1 of the fastest cars til my black cloud covered the sun and was wrecked 3 times and 2 of the 3 was nose damage. 
    • Steve – pwreckedRunning  5th gaining on leader. Then got wrecked by a lapped car on new tires when I was side by side with the 4th place guy. On lap  317.
    • Sunday Open
      • Kyle – P P-6 Started back in P-17 and worked my way up to the top 5 within the first 18 laps. Ran a consistent top 10 through the race and even led 14. Gave up the lead for the first pit cycle. Stayed on the lead lap until after half way. Started losing time to the leader and after a few pit cycles ended up a lap down. After a few small brushes with the wall i was falling off pace and pit for the second to last cycle for tires, fuel and repairs. I fell 2 laps down and started to drive my way through the field and stayed out as long as i could for the final pit cycle and was able to catch a caution and only be 1 lap down. After pits i was sitting P-5 but smacked the wall out of 4 and started to lose time to the field and fell back to hold a P-6. Big shout out to Paul Donnelly2 for his outstanding performance. He led 249 laps and was untouchable.
    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -pwrecked out had it missed but got ran over from behind
      • Stephen – pwrecked

    Race: Sonoma

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall -p14  one spin cost me 2 spots probably
      • Ellis – p11 – had a good 1st half ran as high as 7th – spun on my own right before and after half way – a couple of other spins – lucky to get what I got.
      • Rochette – P5. The road streak continue. Worse finish at a nis road has been 7th ran 5th 98% race where my i was dodging and praying to baby jebus that i dont get wrecked by Bottom splits very best. And i did with 0x!!!!!!!!!! That should be worth top split points alone. Im 1 and done at this stupid track on the the Project K9 Hero 200 next friday night 9pm eastern 
      • Greg – P7 Started 16th
    • Thurs Open  
      • Hall – taken out on lap 1,  guys gotta win and runs me over at the top of the hill as i’m littleral on the bumper of the car in front of me

    Official Series

    • PDS Euro Sprint
      • Hall – WINS at Road America and Twin Ring Montegi


    League / Hosted Races

    • FastTrack Sim Racing League – 
      1. Still recruiting – https://www.facebook.com/102107211726370/posts/203323564938067/?d=n 
      1. Greg p10
      2. Mike – p 16 – started near the back worked my way up but was getting loose on center to exit and would slip, and loose my track position. Kinda pitted in between the popular strategies but the cautions didnt fall my way…
      3. Tom D – P3. Dang. I thought I had the right pit strategy. I decided to stay out as long as I could. Caught a caution as I was about to pit. Should have pitted again with 1 to go.  Ran as long as I could. Saved as much fuel as I could. What I would have given for 1 more gallon of gas.

    Hall – p1 – capitalized on long run speed and staying mistake free

    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      1. ? Congratulations Steve Thomson #67 Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at the Kentucky Speedway
      2. Dwayne McArthur #97 Finished 2nd
      3. Bob Fellenbaum #38 Finished 3rd
    • IROC Challenge: Daytona
      1. – Brian P6 Finished the first stage in P3 and was given an eol.  Avoided trouble thru stage 2 and a late wreck to find myself in P2 for a GWC.  Was happy to push the leader on the bottom to the end but wobbled on the last turn and caused a wreck and limped home in 6th

    Final Thoughts

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    Episode 0281

    5/27/2021 – AeroNOTics- Episode 0281

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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    Introduction

    The iRacing Coke Series is back again this week at The Charlotte Motorspeedway and Evan Possoco will join us to break down all of the details including some post race controversy. Also, David sat down to interview a brand new iRacers Lounge Podcast partner…

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    Topics

    Coke Race – Charlotte [Mike]

    • Lap one and we have caution- .@DerekJustis got loose, clipped @john_gorlinsky and the duo spun off turn 4.
    • LAP 8: @FemiOlat_ continues to battle @MitchelldeJong1 for 2nd
    • LAP 15: @rayalfalla runs 10th. Earlier today he Tweeted that panic mode had been activated and was going full send
    • <<EVAN>>
    • PENALTY: Brad Davies pitted when pit road was closed during the first caution. The @JRMotorsports driver is now 2 laps down after serving his penalty.
    • First to pit at lap 50, @NickOttinger
    • LAP 53: @jmullisracing, @znovak15, and others pit.
    • LAP 54: @KeeganLeahy pits from the lead.
    • <<EVAN>>
    • PENALTY: @swilson3_, speeding on pit road. That’s a stop and hold
    • Trouble for @LoganClampitt_! He tags the barrels entering pit road!
    • Lap 82 – 30 laps later all green flag pitstops have cycle and Keegan Leehe is our leader. Novak mullis. Top nine are on a three stop strategy while Vicente Salas leads the two stoppers. 
    • Halfway into the @CocaCola 300 at the virtual @CLTMotorSpdwy and @KeeganLeahy leads @jmullisracing. They’re on a 3-stop strategy.
    • <<EVAN>>
    • CAUTION LAP 106! @RyanDoucette77 has crashed!
    • .@RyanDoucette77’s monitor went out on the backstretch and he lost control and crashed
    • .Trouble for @vicente_salas14! He had to pit the second time around and loses all of his track position!
    • @jmullisracing, @NickOttinger, @bobbyzalenski, @GarrettLowe_6 and others take the wave around.
    • RESTART 91 to go: @KeeganLeahy and @CaseyKirwan23 lead the field into turn 1.
    • NEW LEADER: @CaseyKirwan23 clears @KeeganLeahy for the lead with 88 to go.
    • @MathesonRacing gets loose and spins on the backstretch. @DerekJustis and @BBryant53 also make contact slowing for the wreck.
    • On the restart, it will be a @XSET 1-2 with @CaseyKirwan23 and @RyanLuza side-by-side with less than 75 laps to go.
    • CAUTION! @GarrettManes crashes in front of the field!
    • Luza gets loose! Manes hits the pit wall! THE BIG ONE AT CHARLOTTE!
    • RESTART 67 to go: @CaseyKirwan23 and @MalikRayTTV lead the field into turn 1.
    • 63 to go: @KeeganLeahy retakes the lead from @CaseyKirwan23
    • @vicente_salas14 has climbed back up to 4th. @ssgracing now runs 3rd and 4th with @MalikRayTTV in 3rd.
    • Up front, @KeeganLeahy is holding NOTHING back. As it stands, they are all racing for second.
    • <<<Evan>>
    • Caution! @AshtonCrowder tries to pit, @jmullisracing had no idea, @MitchelldeJong1 and @Blade_Whitt are also involved!
    • 32 to go: @KeeganLeahy and @MalikRayTTV lead the field into turn 1.
    • CAUTION! @cshearburn got loose checking up and @bdavies_88 gets annihilated! @vicente_salas14’s night goes from bad to worse as he takes some damage in the wreck.
    • Restart 27 to go. Ray takes lead then the big one. 
    • SpaceStation “MALIK RAY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD WHILE THEY WRECK BEHIND HIM”
    • As Keegan loses the lead to Malik after getting loose, @IGann_34 also gets loose, loses it, and @bobbyzalenski and more are involved.
    • RESTART 22 to go: @MalikRayTTV and @RyanLuza lead the field into turn 1. Guest in third. Leahy fourth. Alfalla fifth. 
    • Side-by-side for three laps in a row Ryan luza tries to take the lead from Ray on the outside. Ray holds it. Takes hands off the wheel. 
    • 12 to go: @RyanLuza reports that he burned up his tires. Guest is overheating. 
    • 11 to go: @rayalfalla clears @MGuest33 for 3rd. Then ray gets luza. 
    • Eight to go Ray gets to ray. 
    • Seven to go Ray alfalla gets the lead. Then pulls away.

    https://www.enascar.com/standings/

    Chevy’s Suck Dude [Mike]

    Alex Gustafson posted in the forums a late edition patch with updates and fixes for the 2021 Season 2 release including a multi-car drafting performance adjustment on oval tracks for the Chevy Camaro ZL1.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807052.page#12501944

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807147.page

    Indy 500 Top Split Winner [Hall]

    Brandon Traino, a real world tire changer for Joe Gibbs Racing, won his third consecutive top split Indy 500 this weekend.

    https://www.iracing.com/brandon-traino-wins-third-straight-iracing-indianapolis-500/

    Indy Poll [Brian]

    iRacing posted a poll on Twitter asking where did you finish in this weekends Indy 500?

    The History of Papyrus [Kyle]

    Traxion has a story of the history and development of the Papyrus Racing Sims leading up the the introduction of iRacing

    https://traxion.gg/how-iracing-came-to-be-the-papyrus-design-group-story/

    https://traxion.gg/how-iracing-came-to-be-the-papyrus-design-group-story/

    iRacing at the Coca-Cola 600 [Tony]

    Justin Melillo Tweeted that at this week’s Coca-Cola 600, with the lifting of Covid restrictions, Nascar in conjunction with the USO, fans will have the ability to try to set fast times in iRacing rigs with the assistance of several Coke eNascar series drivers. The Playseat sims will be donated post race.

    https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1395743793849278466?s=11

    Road to Pro Update [Brian]

    Nicholas Morse posted the updated standings with just two weeks remaining in the iRacing Road to Pro Regular Season.

    https://twitter.com/nmco18/status/1395832608349687808?s=11

    https://twitter.com/nmco18/status/1395832608349687808?s=11

    The Majors 24 [Hall]

    Mike Ouelette announced in the forums the details of their Majors 24 hour race taking place at a famous track located in northeast France on June 12-13th.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802760.page

    Open Letter To iRacing [Brian]

    Gary Larson posted in the forums a plea for iRacing to do something to help out participation in the iR-01 car series, which he loves. There were few races that went official in the last couple of weeks, and they are in time slots that are more Euro friendly and occur during working hours in the US. Greg West replied that there are exciting thing coming up in the series including a championship series they hope to announce soon.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806706.page#12500780

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806706.page#12502334

    The iRacers Lounge Podcast 300 [Hall]

    The Monday Night Fast Track Sim Racing League is now officially sponsored by The iRacers Lounge Podcast, with the first race as their sponsorship being the iRacers Lounge Podcast 300 at the Charlotte Motorspeedway.

    May be an image of car and text

    https://www.facebook.com/FastTrackSimRacing/posts/212095174060906

    iRacing IROC Series [Kyle]

    Team member Kyle Pendygraft’s iRacing IROC Series begins tonight, Thursday, May 27th. You can still buy raffle tickets on their website www.iroc-series.com to have a chance to win a Trak Time Entertainment rig with triple mount stands.

    Project K9 Hero 200 Charity Race [Tony]

    Don’t forget to sign up for the Project K9 Hero 200 Charity race at Michigan with the Cup and Xfinity cars. So Join us for a good cause and great racing on Friday, June 11th at 9:00 racetime.

    Come Join Us for the Project K9 Hero 200
    EVENT:
    June 11th 9pm eastern
    Michigan International Speedway
    Practice opens 8pm
    Drivers Meeting 9pm
    Qualifying 9:10pm
    200 Laps with iRacing Cautions
    2 Classes A”Cup” & B”Xfinity”


    HOW TO REGISTER:
    Sign up at https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSePlN54…/viewform
    Minimum $25 donation to the Project K9 Hero website https://projectk9hero.networkforgood.com/
    Must Note: PK9H200 or Project K9 Hero 200
    Then send us screenshot direct on Facebook, Discord or email of the confirmation by Thursday June 10th Midnight
    All Participants will receive a T- Shirt ( select size in google Doc Registration )

    PRIZES:
    Each Class get its own prize for
    Pole:A free paint from Yuhouse Racing Designs or $10 iRacing Credit
    Winner: Spotlights from Midwest Simulations (https://midwestsim.com/)
    Best Paint with Project K9 Hero Logo $10 iRacing Credit


    Come Join us on:
    Discord : https://discord.gg/pCDGEzru

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

    for all you android people:

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjE0Nzc0MDg5Ny9zb3VuZHMucnNz

    Midwest Simulations

    You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

    https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2832513123680008/?d=n

    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Tony]

    Hardware/Software

    Company Review [Mike]

    Pure Sims has something for all of your sim racing needs from products from companies like Cube Controls, Sim-Lab, Simucube and more.

    Home

    https://pure-sims.com/

    Invert Your Heusinkvelds [Hall]

    Simseats are introducing the SR-X pedal attachment that allows for top or bottom mounts for your Heusinkveld pedals.

    https://twitter.com/simseats/status/1395398483780292608?s=11

    Why we Can’t Have Nice Things [Brian]

    The Sim Channel’s Youtube video breaks down the pricing structure of the new Fanatec CSLDD and explains why having the standard power unit and the ability to upgrade to the higher power unit is a good thing, and nothing to be upset about.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS_ENxJWNLM&t=384s

    Grid Engineering [Kyle]

    Grid Engineering is a Canadian company that has wheel hubs, pedals button boxes and more.

    https://www.grid-engineering.com/

    Rig Review [Tony]

    Someone snapped a photo of a sim rig set up in the back of a car… Because, why not? Just pray for no rain.

    Kfire Racing [Mike]

    Kfire Racing is a Brazilian company that makes F1 inspired racing rigs.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CPMj4naN_ES/?utm_medium=share_sheet

    45 Set Pedal Comparison [Hall]

    Aaron Maspero is looking to replace his faltering pedals and for his research he’s created a spreadsheet comparing 45 different sets of pedals broken down into multiple categories.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806264.page#12495926

    Company Review and New Pedals [Brian]

    Simrigs presents the SR Titan Pedal Set for $699

    https://www.simrigs.com/collections/pedals/products/sr-pedals?variant=36507075805346

    How To Pit Macro [Kyle]

    Kendall Kerr asked in the forums if anyone can help me figure out how to set a keyboard shortcut for throw yellow, as well as, clear all black flags?? Staffer David Tucker posted links how to assign macro built into the sim.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807070.page#12502189

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3807070.page#12502189

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/425/3203225.page#12011208

    The MS Exclusive [Mike]

    The Motorsports Simulator’s MS Exclusive is a full wrap around, full motion triple monitor sim cockpit for the enthusiast sim racer

    X3 Xtreme simulator

    http://motorsportsimulator.com/ms_exclusive.html

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: COTA

    • Greg – p8 Uneventful
    • Hall = P10, idiot free event
    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -p11- started p4 but faded. Got a drive thru and finished w 20x
      • Greg – P5 Started p23 and drove to the front

    Race: Charlotte

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall –p14, top split, 1 caution, gotta practice green flag stops
      • Kyle – P P-24 Started 4th and ran top 10 most of the race. Was running 6 and dove to avoid a wreck and nailed in the back end and the car was junk. I ran 10 more laps until the car was uncontrollable and slammed the outside wall out of turn 2 and then slammed the inside wall. So i raged quit at midnight and finished with a P-24

    Official Series

    • Open Indy 500 

    Hall – P11  top split of non qual with slowest qualifiers


    League / Hosted Races

    1. Congratulations Tom Ogle #11 Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway
    2. Dwayne McArthur #97 Finished 2nd
    3. Andrew Hess #54 Finished 3rd

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. AeroNOTics- Episode 0281
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    The iRacing Coke Series is back again this week at The Charlotte Motorspeedway and Evan Possoco will join us to break down all of the details including some post race controversy. Also, David sat down to interview a brand new iRacers Lounge Podcast partner… 

    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: 

    www.grid-finder.com

    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

    AJ Prichett –

    Links:

    Old Show Notes – bit.ly/2CFeArM

    Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

    Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

    Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

    Web (New Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

    Posted on

    Episode 0280

    5/20/2021 – Wanna see my COTA? – Episode 0280

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

    Brought to you by:

    Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

    READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

    • Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
    • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

    Introduction

    On the show this week, we welcome back Evan Possoco, the voice of eNascar, to review it’s first ever visit to The Circuit of the Americas. The Pro Invitational was also at COTA and we’ll review their race and much, much more coming right up.

    And remember you can follow along with us on your 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..

    TITLE SPONSOR READ:

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    Visit www.grid-finder.com to find a league, or to upload your own!

    Grid Finder – “The home of online sim racing leagues”

    Topics

    Coke Race – COTA

    • Late start – word was they restricted the session to ‘pro’s’ only, but it was ‘Road Pro’s Only’, so there were only two drivers who could get into the server…
    • Grid – Dejong 3 tenths over bobby, salas, bowlin, ottinger, leahy, mullis , vincent, 
    • @bobbyzalenski gets turned in turn 1! Ottinger locked them up just a bit getting into 1 and spins bobby now 13ths. Puts mullis up to 2nd bowlin leahy wilson vincent hurst reynolds manes conti
    • <<<<Evan speaks….>>>>
    https://twitter.com/KligermanSport/status/1394827273824579587
    • Trouble! @rayalfalla gets CLOBBERED by @AshtonCrowder! Crowder is done for the night. Alfalla got help from @LoganClampitt_, 
    • Excellent run so far for @blakereynolds66, up from 21st to 7th after the early chaos. He’s the biggest move of the race so far at lap 9.
    • <<<<Evan speaks….>>>>
    • On the opposite side of things, @NickOttinger is having the toughest night after starting in fifth, he’s running 37th, beaten and battered.
    • LAP 11: @MitchelldeJong1 leads @jmullisracing by about 4.5 seconds.
    • Twenty to go – stops starting – 19 to go a bunch of the top ten pit – including bobby 
    • Leahy on cold tires after pitting drives it nose 1st into the barrier and loses maybe 10 seconds
    • <<<<Evan speaks….>>>>
    Image

    https://www.enascar.com/standings/

    Tidbits on NextGen Car

    In the forums we see some members sharing their thoughts on the Next Gen Car as well as iRacing staffers answering member questions and giving some background of its development on iRacing.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/25/3804543.page#12492983

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/25/3804543.page#12493003

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/25/3804543.page#12493740

    Then a POLL – Is NASCAR Going the Right Direction?

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806109.page#12495682

    Come Back Discount

    iRacing is offering a 25% off discount for members returning to the service.

    May be an image of car and text

    https://www.facebook.com/48224116084/posts/10159523963561085/?d=n

    RYCO eNASCAR Setups – Signing Of Quin Houff

    Ken Biron announced on the forums that Ryco Motorsports are joining with Nascar Cup driver Quin Houff who will be using their setups to test and practice each week for his Nascar races along with running their setups in official races.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805693.page#12492907

    Why the Change at COTA?

    Eric Hudec posted in regard to the COTA track surface updates that “Ostensibly the track has gained grip. We change our macro surface roughness parameters to be more appropriate to the actual surface. It’s a relatively new asphalt showing little ageing and, really, could make use of driving a bit ‘younger’ than our baseline values provided. “

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805588.page#12491852

    Not Top 10 Highlights

    iRacing released the May 2021 edition of ‘Not Top 10 Highlights’ video on their Youtube Channel

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vjhLa5_pg

    Alfredo’s iRacing Body Panels

    The Racing Warehouse, a site that sells all kinds of specialty racing items, was offering Anthony Alfredo’s iRacing body panels from his race at Martinsville.

    Next Gen Favs

    On the Nascar Website in the Galleries menu they have posted some of the best paint schemes for the Next Gen Cup painted for iRacing.

    https://twitter.com/steveluvender/status/1394349954701922305?s=11

    https://www.nascar.com/gallery/some-of-the-best-next-gen-schemes-painted-for-iracing-by-fans/#photo-1

    More Josh Rogers Awards

    The accolades keep coming for Porsche eSports Supercup Champion Josh Rogers as he takes home the Overtake Award and getting an awesome Arai Racing helmet as a prize.

    https://twitter.com/jkrogers_92/status/1394265821191487488?s=11

    Release Notes

    iRacing dropped the release notes for season 2 patch 6 hotfix 1

    https://twitter.com/iracingsupport/status/1394278027387932681?s=11

    https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000160687-2021-se2-pa6-hotfix-1-release-notes-2021-05-16-01-

    Indy 500 Sets

    Greg West announced on the forums that iRacing is dropping some competitive race and qualifying setups for the upcoming iRacing Indy 500 open in order to help level the playing field and help[ avoid having to rely on 3rd party setups.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806069.page#12495208

    Majors 500

    The Majors Series posted a video of the finish of their Majors Series 500 that concluded with an incredibly narrow margin of .002 seconds

    NASCAR Pro Invitational

    With 16 laps to go in the Pro Invitational, in car analyst Clint Bowyer makes a bad late turn into pit road and makes hard contact with the leader, James Davidson.

    James Davidson claimed a commanding victory in the Pro Invitational Race at COTA. The Austrailian driver and explained how he got it done claiming “This is my wheelhouse.”

    eNPIS: James Davison scores first NASCAR victory virtually at COTA
    https://traxion.gg/enpis-james-davison-scores-first-nascar-victory-virtually-at-cota/

    https://kickinthetires.net/esports/davison-dominates-pro-invitational-at-virtual-cota/

    iRacing IROC Series

    Team member Kyle Pendygraft’s iRacing IROC Series begins on Thursday, May 27th with a chance to win a Trak Time Entertainment rig with triple mount stands.

    https://www.iroc-series.com/

    Charity Race

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePlN54_nXtw0KclEef4rPknoVxDt81Uv1z-wNkk82LnKjB4Q/viewform

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

    Midwest Simulations

    You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

    https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2832513123680008/?d=n

    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Brian]

    Hardware/Software

    DK2 Motion System

    Peter Sosinski announced in the forums that the next batch of DK2 Pro Motion System will be available at the end of the month

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805539.page#12491189

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jplG2T-nTAs

    Sim Center Opening

    we are a Simulator Race Facility that offers 10 full motion simulators for the public. Go to Our Simulators page to book your simulator or group event today. 

    https://www.facebook.com/110112660785834/posts/301581164972315/?d=n

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8sMEmD9zT/?igshid=1agu1sm8mthpf

    Vive Pro 2 Announced

    Vive has announced the release of their upcoming Pro 2 VR Headset

    VIVE Pro 2 Headset

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805304.page

    https://www.vive.com/ca/product/vive-pro2/specs/

    Ambient Lighting Project Update

    Mike updates us on the progress of him ambient lighting project

    IRFFB – Yes or No

    Sent in by Jason Bosse- Tommy Brandon posted a Youtube video on irffb (iRacing Force Feedback) saying “I knew about it in 2019 when i joined but never tried irffb. Maybe i should have. Long intro…just go to 21 minute mark.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZtiw35ZJIU

    DRE New Beta

    DRE (Digital Race Engineer) has a new beta out that is an upgraded communication system for info in your racing session

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805920.page#12493603

    https://www.thedigitalraceengineer.com/

    Company Review

    The Axsim’s Formula Simulator racing cockpit for max realism coming in at 36,000pounds

    Formula Simulator - red

    https://www.axsim.racing/

    Mike Forgot

    Here are a couple of sequential shifters that we forgot from last week’s reviews. One is the Derek Spears Designs Pro Sequential Shifter for $300

    Picture

    http://derekspearedesigns.com/2015-dsd-pro-sequential.html

    Simworx

    Also the Simworx sequential shifter coming in at 560aud

    DSC_0006 copy.jpg

    https://www.simworx.com.au/controls/sequential-shifter

    Stint Analyzer

    The Stint Analyzer is a analytics program to help you break down your race sessions

    https://github.com/stintanalyzer/stintanalyzer/wiki

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3806414.page

    Company Review

    The UGX-Shop has tube and 80/20m rigs to complete your setup

    Home

    https://www.ugx-shop.com/

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Dover

    • Ellis –  – dnf. Got the queued on the last lap had a meatball because of other fools who can’t control their car had a top-10 going. 
    • Hall = P9 strong car at end
    • Rochette P-Ran Indy
    • Steve – pole. Then lead some laps then got taken out
    • Sunday Open
      • Rochette- P Ran Indy 
      • Hall – p 11  Likely would have a top 10, but car infront of me spun on a yellow flag pit right in front of me.  90 seconds of damage
      • Tom D – p don’t know.  Was trying some crazy tire ideas to keep an extra set in case of late cautions. Got taken out from some net code and a driver that couldn’t wait.
    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -pI didn’t finish the Dover race I messed up with about 40 to go the guy in front of me hit the wall I tried to escape but there was a guy below me and I killed him , and the field
      • Brian – Pwreked. As I listen to Brian and Tylers race, I felt like there should be circus music playing in the background (Mike) Managed a P19 thru pure persistance
      • Tyler. Pwrekd, stunk up the show with a 17th place finish. Hit everything but the pace car since it was hiding behind a wall. Even tagged my own teammate. Bye bye to Miles the Monster as he was not kind to me. Sry Bmac for the spin

    Race: Cota

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall -p21  Got rear bumper and spoiler destroyed before green even came out.  Same guy dive bombs me on lap 1, dive bobs and wrecks out another car, then spins him self out.  He finished last.  Racecraft pro eh?
      • Ellis – p16 – 20x – great run – had no idea I would not get DQ’d… 
      • Rochette – P7 stayed clean helluva battle last 2 laps for p7 with leader right behind us
      • Greg p10
    • Thurs Open   
      • Ellis – p.10 out of 22 – qualified 14th – was 10th by 1st lap – spun off a few times got a drive thru w 4 to go and didnt actually lose any spots on that penalty…

    Official Series

    • FIXED Indy 500 

    Rochette P wrecked in all 3 of my races


    League / Hosted Races

    • Pacific Majors – INDY 500
      1. Hall – p wrecked. Quick repair would not work. 
      2. Greg – running PIII allowed car takes us out. 
      3.  Tom – p12.  Got into an accident on lap one. Used up my one quick repair.  Had to play defensive racing the rest of the race.  Was able to miss everything around me. I’ll take the 12th place finish
    • Premier Race Network Cup:
      1. Tom D – P1 – qualified 9th.  Dint not have get off speed (guess that’s been my season).  Was able to work myself to the lead just before lap 50 when the top 5 guys decided to make a 3 pit stop race.  My long run speed was great, so I decided to do a 2 stopper.  I was able to lap the field and take home my 2nd win of the season. 
    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      1. ? Congratulations Josh Robinson #23  Winning The Aftermath Podcast  Truck Series Race at The Circuit Of The Americas    
      2. Dwayne McArthur #97  Finished 2nd
      3. Eddie Jones #14 Finished 3rd

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. Wanna see my COTA?
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    Evan returns this week to cover the inaugural Coke Series Race at The Circuit of the Americas in a dominating road race. The real Nascar drivers are back at COTA as well and we’ll cover that as well. And in Hardware we found a rig for the everyday racer that comes n just under 150k, so order yours today! All this and more 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: 

    www.grid-finder.com

    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

    AJ Prichett –

    Links:

    Old Show Notes – bit.ly/2CFeArM

    Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/

    Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge

    Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ 

    Web (New Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

    Posted on

    Episode 0279

    5-13-2021 – Sequential Quaifing – Episode 0279

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

    Brought to you by:

    Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

    READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

    • Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
    • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

    Introduction

    On the show today we will look at the new Dirt Ladder, we’ll ask should they take the Joy out of the Pro Invitational and we’ll give you some sequential shifter options for the Next Gen Cup cars.

    And remember you can follow along with us on your 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..

    TITLE SPONSOR READ:

    Coming soon, Grid Finder 2.0.  A complete overhaul to better suit the sim drivers’ needs adding many new features to its already robust search functions including allowed controller types, driver assists, race length and whether leagues are currently recruiting.  The changes don’t stop with the League page, Grid Finder is also rebuilding the paint booth, commentary box and the merch page.  The site is still fully functional as they work through the beta phase to make sure the Grid Finder 2.0 launch is as slick as their new logo.

    Visit www.grid-finder.com to find a league, or to upload your own!

    Grid Finder – “The home of online sim racing leagues”

    Topics

    New Dirt Road Ladder [Hall]

    iRacing Dirt Road users will have an expanded path through public events and the opportunity to earn Class A licenses for the first time beginning with 2021 Season 3. The new Dirt Road ladder will introduce additional rallycross and off-road truck series, while also adding the brand new Volkswagen Beetle RX Lite to iRacing Rallycross competition.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804610.page#12486698

    Josh Rogers’ New Bling [Brian]

    Newly crowned Porsche eSports Supercup champion Josh Rogers shows off his award for winning the Tag Heuer pole award for winning 5 of the 10 poles this season.

    Daniel Morad on the VCO [Kyle]

    Daniel Morad, iRacing Pro Series LMP2 champion, was special guest host of the VCO studio show Monday on their Youtube Channel,

    Email from Listener Jason Conklin [Mike]

    Show listener Jason Conklin wrote the show after our discussion last week regarding the Pro Invitational, particularly the style of commentary from lead announcer Mike Joy, and offered some strong opinions on the matter.

    New League Announcement [Kyle]

    Our own Kyle Pendygraft will be hosting a the new iRacing IROC Series league!

    Give That Car a Push! [Tony]

    iRacing posted a video of member Russell Clark gets a single car length from finishing his Skip Barber race.

    Smoke Screen [Hall]

    iRacing Tweeted a video from member Michael Gonzales of him avoiding a smoke filled caution at Kansas Speedway.

    Four New Fixed Series [Brian]

     iRacing will debut four new fixed series—the Fixed F3 Championship, LMP2 Prototype Challenge, World of Outlaws Fixed Sprint Cars, and Formula Vee iRacing Series—in time for 2021 Season 3!

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805509.page

    Ladies Night Out Racing [Tony]

    Come join the Aftermath guys for the Ladies Night Out Flower Power Race Saturday Night at 9pm with the Cup cars at Charlotte Motorspeedway.

    May be an image of ‎text that says '‎AFTERMATH PODCAST םld Bastards Racing League Ladies Flower Power CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Saturday, May 15 Practice 8pm Race 9pm EST Unlimited Fast Repairs Laps with Fixed Set-up NASCAR CUP CARS‎'‎

    https://www.facebook.com/ladiesnightoutracing/posts/129085199273861

    Save The Date Charity Race [Kyle]

    Come and Join The iRacers Lounge as we host The Multiclass of Madness in Michigan Charity Race on June 11th at 9:00 Eastern.

     iracers Lounge presents Multiclass of Madness in Michigan

    June 11 9pm eastern

    @michigan International Speedway 100 laps 
    Multiclass cup/Xfinity
    Prizes for overall, best in class and class  Pole winners
    Registration information still to come 

    6 Hours at the Glen [Mike]

    Greg West posted the details of the 6 hours at the Glen

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805594.page

    2021 Season 2 Patch 6 [Hall]

    The Release note for patch 6 of season 2 from Alex Gustavson in the forums

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805568.page#12491541

    Date: June 18-20

    Timeslot #1 – Friday 22:00 GMT
    Timeslot #2 – Saturday 7:00 GMT
    Timeslot #3 – Saturday 12:00 GMT
    Timeslot #4 – Saturday 16:00 GMT

    8 cars confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805594.page#12491992

    Heavy Discussion on the Package [Mike]

    Michael Gest asked in poll in the forums if the Aero Push in the cup and trucks is too much.

    We have had aero push back in iRacing for the NASCAR cup car and truck for the last 6 months or so now. I have raced most weeks, and from what I can tell, there is zero racing going on after lap 15 of any run at any track. Unless you really destroy your tires, the leader is untouchable, even if they are .2-.3 slower in real pace.

    There just seems to be a disconnect in the ability to make moves after a certain point in the run compared to real life, especially as the field begins to spread out.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805537.page#12491291

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3805537.page#12491243

    Launcher Located [Tony]

    A Youtube video from Casper 139971 shows a trophy truck flipping over a retaining wall where it found a launcher.

    Good Luck Adam! [Mike]

    Tifosi teammate Adam Josselyn will be competing on the real track Firday in his winged kart, Good Luck Adam!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/COy1HteNrOE/?igshid=5qgkc8td92xo

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

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    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Tony]

    Hardware/Software

    Rig Review [Hall]

    Jack Dowel Motorsports built this rig for member Anthony Burtt

    https://www.facebook.com/108157860801699/posts/288857832731700/?d=n

    Simlab Seat [Mike]

    Soon to be introduced will be the Simlab Racing Seat.

    Playseat Sensation Pro 2021 Update [Tony]

    Playseat announced the updated 2021 version of the Sensation Pro for $1899

    The Playseat Sensation Pro cockpit is getting a facelift for 2021

    Ambient Light Follow Up [Mike]

    After the hardware story last week about the in game ambient light system, our own Mike Ellis purchased the components and installed it in his race room.

    Sidebite Sim Tear Off Sensor [Brian]

    Sidebite makes a simulated Tear off button that mounts on either a ball cap or can be mounted to any VR headset to simulate the motion or removing dirty tear offs from your helmet visor.

    20201231_190015.jpg

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804655.page#12487124

    https://www.sidebitesim.com/

    FS HRS Pedal Pads [Kyle]

    Joe Sullivan is selling sets of CNC pedal pads for the HE Pro and Ultimate pedals.

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    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804903.page#12487665

    GTR GTA Simulator [Hall]

    The GTR GTA Model simulator with adjustable seat and color options going for $389.99

    https://gtrsimulator.com/product-category/racing-simulator/gta%EF%B8%8F-model/

    Rig Recommendations for John Hughes [Mike]

    iRacing Staffer John Hughes is thinking of stepping out from his deck and getting a racing rig, and is asking the iRacing members for recommendations.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804879.page#12487406

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804879.page#12487767

    A Classic Rig [Tony]

    The Ricmotech AP-Xtreme Wide Triple Monitor Bare Chassis for $2075

    https://www.ricmotech.com/ap-xtreme-3000uw-sim-racing-chassis

    https://www.ricmotech.com/basic-simulator-cockpit

    Car to Plane Transformation [Brian]

    R/Simracig on Reddit has a video of a Simlab GT1 evo transforming from driving to flight simulator.

    Keyboard arm in motion: SimLab GT1 Evo Transformer
    byu/PhroggyChief insimracing

    New CSL Pedals [Kyle]

    Fanatec has announced the unveiling of their new CSL Pedals to compliment the introduction of the CSL DD wheel base

    https://twitter.com/fanatec/status/1391791572245696525

    https://forum.fanatec.com/discussion/23140/the-revolution-continues-the-new-csl-pedals/p1?new=1

    Sequential Shifter Showdown [Mike]

    With the release of the Nascar Next Gen Cup Car, there may be a lot of new interest in sequential shifters, so we’ll run down a few out there on the market for your consideration.

    The Aiologs Projects Sim Shifter $165

    https://shop.aiologs.net/

    Frex Simulations Shift+ 12,00 yen [Hall]

    https://frex.com/store/product/shift/

    PSL Sequential Shifter V2 425 pounds [Brian]

    PSL Sequential Shifter V2

    Thrustmaster TH8A Shifter $180 [Kyle]

    https://www.thrustmaster.com/en_US/products/th8a-add-shifter

    SHH Shifter 98 euros [Tony]

    https://www.shiftershh.com/en/3-shifters

    Heusinkveld Sim Sequential Shifter 173euros [Mike]

    https://heusinkveld.com/shop/shifters-handbrakes/sim-shifter-sequential-2/

    Ricmotec Semi Professional Shifter $800 [Hall]

    Semi-Professional Quaife Sequential Shifter | Ricmotech

    https://www.ricmotech.com/professional-sequential-pro-sim-shifter-quaife

    Fanatec Clubsport Shifter SQ V 1.5 $250 [Brian]

    Fanatec SQ 1.5 Shifter

    https://fanatec.com/us-en/shifters-others/clubsport-shifter-sq-v-1.5

    Jinx Sequential Shifter V2 - Puresims

    DONT FORGET JINX

    https://jinxshifters.com/collections/simulation-shifters/products/v2-jinx-sequential-shifter

    Advanced Sim Racing ASR 6 [Kyle]

    Advanced Sim Racing offers their ASR 6 80/20 platform rig on royal blue for $1299.00

    ASR 6 - ROYAL BLUE (SHIPPING APRIL 16)

    https://www.advancedsimracing.com/collections/aluminum-frames-1/products/asr-6-royal-blue-shipping-april-16

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Darlington

    • Ellis –  – P 18-kept hitting center of 3 and 4 to get my stripe and ended up w drive thru penalty after 17x – was running well still top ten, but wrecked
    • Hall = P wrecked on purpose,

    Rochette P17 stuck a lap down when a lapped car black flagged me

    • Adam- pKinda busy, Just write me down for a p9 Sunday in NIS and a B open win Saturday night with a 3 wide pass for the lead going into one
    • Hall – p wrecked

    Tom D – p12. Did not run well at the beginning of the race. Made a dumb mistake on pit road and lost 2 laps. Worked my way back on lead lap

    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -p5 – It was tight on the long runs lots of stripes in the middle of 3 and 4 – had a lucky caution after missing pit road on a gf stop and turned but the car didnt turn went right back on track – next time around i was pulling in and some guy did the same thing but actually wrecked really hard going straight into wall at 4…
      • Brian – Pdns needed a firmware update to stop some headset glitches
      • Kyle – P20
    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – Top Split p14 – set showed loose into corner that didn’t show in practice.  Was out to lunch and 2 laps down struggling to keep car on track.  Climbed back up with adjustments, others mistakes, and very lucky cautions.
      • Kyle – Pwrecked
      • Ellis – p7 – really loose – ran as high as third was not great on the longer runs  – survived basically
      • Rochette – Pwrecked self spun for the 1st time in along time ended my day when a car was letting me by and wrecked me 
    • Thurs Open  .

    Rochette P17 absolutely sucked today done with Dover tear it down

    Official Series

     B open win Saturday night with a 3 wide pass for the lead going into one

    • PDS Euro Sprint

    Hall – WIN at Silverstone


    League / Hosted Races

    • FastTrack Sim Racing League – 
      • Mike – p wrecked out – had a good race going got loose off 4 and couldn’t save it
      • Brian- p 6 Didn’t qualify.  Just ran a patient, safe race and it paid off
    • Premier Race Network Cup:
      • Tom D – p3. Did not have the get home on the start of a run. But was a rocket at the end of run. Caution free, I’ll take a top 5 and move into 2nd in points. 
    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      • ? Congratulations Dwayne McArthur #97  Winning The Aftermath Podcast  Truck Series Race at Dover International Speedway 
      • Steve Thomson #67  Finished 2nd
      • Tom Ogle #11 Finished 3rd

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. .Sequential Quaifing
    2. .

    Description

    On this weeks show we find out if there’s no Joy in the Pro invitational Series. What new series are getting fixed (gulp), and we give you lots of options for all of your Next Gen sequential shifter needs. All of this and more on this weeks 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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    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

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    5/6/2021 – iRacing: The Next Generation – Episode 0278

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    Introduction

    iRacing reveals one of it’s best, most closely guarded secrets ever as the Pro Invitational races with the new Nex Gen Cup car, and releases it to the community as a whole. It’s been an exciting week for us fans and Nascar, and we can’t wait to get to it!

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    Topics

    Conti’s Rig [Brian]

    JR Motorsports posted an article on their website that Michael Conti, driver of the number 8 JRM Coke Series Car, will be now racing in his brand new WR-1 Sim Chassis, who also sponsored his car. He says that level of immersion is quite a change of pace for him after running for years with his Logitech wheel pedals and shifter.

    https://www.jrmracing.com/media/2021/04/29/wr1-sim-chassis-next-level-simulation-comes-to-jrm

    Do You Get the iRacing Jitters? [Kyle]

    David Wilson asked in a poll in the forums if you get nerves during a Race?

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802950.page#12480952

    IR18 Crashes [Mike]

    iRacing Support posted on Twitter that they are aware of an issue where the sim crashes to the desktop while in the Dallara IR18. They are currently investigating and will have a fix as soon as they have something ready.

    Better Half Update [Hall]

    Bobby Labonte Tweeted that he’s been having a little trouble getting in his iRacing Rig because his wife’s been practicing foe the Better Half iRacing Dash.

    40% Off of New Accounts [Brian]

    iRacing is offering new members a new start discount of 40%

    https://www.iracing.com/membership/

    “Go away, Mom! I’m training for the Olympics!” [Greg]

    Coleman Molnar authored an article on the Driving.ca website saying that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the launch of a new series of official virtual events, including a motorsport component to be played out within the video game world of Gran Turismo. It will be called the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS) and it will go down from May 13 to June 23, before the actual Olympic Games in Tokyo.

    https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/gran-turismo-video-game-racing-is-now-going-to-be-an-olympic-event
    https://www.driving.ca/auto-news/news/gran-turismo-video-game-racing-is-now-going-to-be-an-olympic-event?fbclid=IwAR2XV3BuIbPlHTEU9UWcOJb46NwS03Sdl0ssnmt3wXogTmUBMdVxTQ8IENU

    Evan’s in the Money [Kyle]

    None other than Evan Posocco, the voice of eNascar, won the Camping World Dash $10,000 shopping spree for predicting the winner and the number of laps lead for the Camping World Truck Race this past weekend at Kansas. Evan correctly predicted Kyle Busch for the win with 59 laps lead.

    Mo Money Up For Grabs [Hall]

    Marcus Lemonis is putting up more cash for iRacers. You can win a $5000 Camping World Shopping spree if your Retro painted car is picked.

    BMW Sim GT Cup-Road Atlanta [Brian]

    The VRS Coanda Simsport duo of Josh Rogers and Mitchell deJong go back-to-back in the BMW SIM GT Cup with a dominant win at Road Atlanta this Sunday. The pairing led all but one of the 95 laps completed to score a decisive victory, repeating their dominant victory in their top split win last month at Silverstone.

    https://www.iracing.com/rogers-and-dejong-go-back-to-back-in-bmw-sim-gt-cup-with-road-atlanta-triumph/

    Server Problems [Mike]

    Nicholas Bailey posted in the forums that early on Sunday Morning iRacing experienced an issue on a node within the primary database cluster. They are still investigating the root cause, but the result was that no results or championship points were recorded in the race sessions at that time.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/50/3803190.page#12482785

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3803187.page#12482977

    NASCAR Pro Invitational [Hall]

    Tim Clark, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer who leads the operation of NASCAR’s digital platform including NASCAR.com, tweeted that “We just keep finding value in this (iRacing) platform. The @iRacing team was one of the first partners to get under the hood on the #NextGen car. Using a virtual environment to build the on track product is incredibly unique and pretty badass.

    [Brian]

    FOX Sports announced on their Twitter the star studded pre race guests of The Dead Daises with R&R Hall of Famer Glenn Hughes on the National Anthem, Darrell Waltrip and wife Stevie giving the invocation, and The King, Richard Petty, giving the command.

    [Kyle]

    Erik Jones goes from third to first in one move going into turn one with two laps to go and holds on for the victory.

    Next Gen Car is Here! [Mike]

    Dale Earnhardt Jr posted on Twitter that the Next Gen Cars are here, and are immediately available on iRacing!

    [Mike…cont]

    iRacing followed Nascar on Wednesday with their own official announcement video of the Next Gen Car for immediate release.

    https://www.iracing.com/nascar-next-gen-cars-available-now/

    [Kyle]

    Alex Gustafson made the announcement in the forums of the availably and descriptions of the Next Gen Car.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804492.page#12485283

    Paints [Greg]

    Ryan Pistana was quickest the the paint booth and tweeted a picture of the first Next Gen Paint scheme recorded in Trading Paints.

    Garage [Hall]

    Anthony Alfredo posted a video Youtube video on his channel going thru new chassis setting in the new Next Gen Racecar.

    Reverse Drafting [Brian]

    Alex Fox posted on Youtube a video of the new Next Gen Car drafting around the iRacing Superspeedway in reverse, in a show of incredible car control.

    New Customer Special [Mike]

    With the release of the Next Gen Car iRacing is offerinf, for a limited time, a first year discount of $20.22 by using code PR-2022NEXTGEN

    Darlington Updated [Greg]

    Brian Mercurio Tweeted that it looks like we’ve got the new visuals for Darlington, and they look awesome.

    Last minute updates before Wednesday NASCAR [Kyle]

    iRacing dropped a last minute hotfix before the start of the Pro Invitational Race Wednesday with some new signage for the televised event.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3804450.page#12484717

    IRX All-Star Race Rd 2 [Hall]

    IRX All-Star Race Rd 2 was held at the new Barcelona Rally Course with the win going to Jonnie Ollikainen, Kevin Ellis Jr in second and Rasmus Tuominen in third.

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    Memories…[Brian]

    As Nascar moves into their throwback race this weekend at Darlington, iRacing goes throwback as Nascar on NBC posts a video of Papyrus’ Nascar Racing from 1994!

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

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    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Brian]

    Hardware/Software

    Company Review [Hall]

    On the Chris Haye Simracing Youtube channel he reviews the new Pro Sim Rig PSR1 80/20 system.

    https://www.raceanywhere.co.uk/

    FOV Police [Brian]

    On the Nisch Youtube channel he’s been testing a 6dof motion system they’ve been building. We can only hope the monitors are relocated after the tests are complete.

    CSL DD Closer Look [Mike]

    Traxion posted a closer look at the recently, and highly anticipated, CSL DD wheel base, going into a deeper look into what’s known about the upcoming offering from Fanatec.

    Next Level Immersion [Brian]

    Will Ford on the Boosted Media posted a video on how to achieve next level of immersion with his ambient lighting setup.

    Q3 Hydraulic Pedal Preview [Kyle]

    Q3 Simsport has a YouTube overview and preview video of their new Q3 hydraulic pedals.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mzygckBclk

    https://www.q3simsport.com/shop

    Simgrade R7 Pedals [Greg]

    Tim Koskela announced in the forums the release of a new set of pedals, the Simgrade R7 Pedals . The aim was to maximize the pedal control by 3-point support for the feet and loads of adjustability for ergonomics and the resistance level, progressivity and a few special features. Also one of the biggest things was to create quiet pedals with no need to lubricate all the time, Also the end stops are big part of the silent operation, so those got some attention as well.

     

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3797980.page

    R7 Pedals (Spec C)
    https://simgrade.fi/product/r7-pedals/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ym7nwuWMCI&t=4s

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Kansas

    • Ellis –  – P wrecked out lap 3 i go high on a guy and he doesnt give any room and we clip and get destroyed – down 200 RPM about to blow up – i parked it.
    • Hall = P4 –  frustrated with long run of set most race, late caution allowed me to steal a lot of spots.  The caution was actually caused by a blown tire right in front of the dominant leader
    • Rochette P12 dont remember must’ve sucked
    • Brian- P27 Started mid pack, moved into the top 10, Didn’t have much for the leaders, but didn’t matter because got caught up in someone else’s crap.  33 minutes required
    • Sunday fixed 
    • Mike -p17 – ran pretty good anywhere from 8th to 20th – about 10 to go under caution this guy two cars up literally slams on his brakes and we all pile in…
    • Brian – P12  Felt more competitive in the fixed, but not great on short runs.  Lot’s of early cautions. Had one decent long run and made my way up to 3rd. Got caught up in a wreck on a GWC and dropped to 12th
    • Stephen – p4
    • Tyler – P4 – pumped after my first top 5 in NIS. Also my first start in the A car at Kansas. Fun race stayed high the whole time. Even managed to have a 0X. 
    • Hall – p15 Top split, no caution after lap 17.    Did have minor rear from a car behind me not seeing the wreck even as I called it out.

    Race: Darlington

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – p wrecked out, combination of a guy everyone knows is the new “wreckless” guy, and cautions not coming out leading to another guy hitting me as the yellow didn’t come out till I stopped sliding backwards in the middle of the track.  FIX THE DAMN CAUTIONS
      • Kyle – P? I dont wanna talk about it. DQ 2 laps to go
      • Tom D. P dns?
      • Ellis – p 6 – was running 2nd w last gf stops, then caution – had to take a wave around and could only get back to 5th then slipped to 6th. Tim Phillips won his first NiS race ever after 7 years of NiS…
    • Thurs Open  
      • Ellis – p..dnf – got doored and was frustrated and put it in the wall a lap later

    Rochette P16 what a cluster Fook got a drive thru and engine blew a lap after

    Official Series

    Pro 2 Trucks – Tyler Williamson – p1 – https://twitter.com/tylerfatboy1990/status/1389786168942899200?s=11


    League / Hosted Races

    • FastTrack Sim Racing League – kansas
      • Mike- p 3- ended up missing the start as I almost forgot to change sets – was dead last half lap down – gf stops eventually started i stayed out – with only 1 lap left of fuel, caution – now i have one more set than most others – got a late caution, me and two others took tires blew by the rest… Might of been able to win but wasnt aggressive enough (Alan P wins, Wes Hurd loaded a q set…)
      • Moorley – p5 – had it totally won but some guy parked it on the grass to tow and it brought out the caution… (This is the thing about having teammates in the same race, when you split strategy, it usually means one of you ends up losing….)
      • Tom – p14 – hit wall on last lap ended last car on lead lap
      • we are recruiting.  
      • Must have experience running A opens and Nis open weekly. A license,  Good attitude and racecraft is a must. 
      • We are on grid finder. Discord link is on gridfinder.
      • Can find us in league directory.  FastTrack ( all one word) sim racing.  Jeffrey Marble shows up as owner.  
    • OBRL Aftermath Truck Series 
      • ? Congratulations Tom Ogle #11 Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at Darlington Raceway,
      • Steve Thomson #67 Finished 2nd
      • Dwayne McArthur #97 Finished 3rd

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. iRacing- The Next Generation
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    Not much new this week…except the completely unexpected release of the Next Gen Nascar Cup car!! We’ll preview all we know of the new car and the Pro Invitational Race at Darlington where it made it’s debut. Stick around for Hardware/software where you can learn how to make lightning strikes in your racing room. All on this week’s 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: 

    www.grid-finder.com

    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

    AJ Prichett –

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    4/29/2021 – 6 Strong – Episode 0277

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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    Introduction

    Today we’ll be reviewing the Coke Series race at Kansas with the voice of eNascar Evan Posocco, the season finale of the Porsche Supercup Series at Monza, and all the great content you’ve come to expect.

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    Topics

    Coke News [Mike]

    https://www.iracing.com/shearburn-becomes-seventh-enascar-winner-to-start-2021-season-at-kansas/

    https://www.iracing.com/enascar/standings/

    https://twitter.com/enascarcocacola/status/1387441046972518405?s=11

    Cautions Are Broke [Hall]

    After a week at Talladega there’s lot of new evidence that the cautions are broken. Sideslick1024 posted a couple of videos on his Youtube channel and team member Tyler Williamson also posted a clip of a cautionless wreck.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3800405.page#12456649

    RTP Did You Watch It? [Greg]

    The Road to Pro series was at Talladega in the Trucks where Brad Wright went from 17th to 1st on the final lap to take the win.

    Member Highlights [Tony]

    iRacing released it’s Member Highlights for March/April on their Youtube channel.

    PESC All Stars [Mike]

    Emily Jones took the victory in the main race of the Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup All-Stars race Saturday wrapping up the series championship in the process.

    PESC Championship [Brian]

    Josh Rodgers didn’t take the week off despite wrapping up the series championship last week by taking another victory in Saturday’s race at Monza completing a dominant season. Second place went to Mitchell deJong and third goes to Yohann Harth.

    New Porsche [Hall]

    During the broadcast of the Porsche Supercup Finale, iRacing revealed the Porsche GT3 R which will be available this June in the season 3 build.

    Porsche 911 GT3 R [Greg]

    Accompanying the announcement of the new Porsche 911 GT3 R iRacing posted an introduction video on its Youtube Channel.

    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/999309684?t=02h18m54s

    Massive Reports of Stats are Down [Mike]

    iRacing had issues on Saturday where stats were not displaying in their results. Staffer Nicholas Bailey replied in the forums that they were being fixed and updated fairly quickly.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802142.page#12474227

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802206.page#12474838

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802152.page#12474334

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802149.page#12474295

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802194.page#12474709

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802140.page#12474201

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802141.page#12474204

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802149.page#12474295

    2021 Indy 500 [Tony]

    Greg West posted in the forums the details of the iRacing 2021 Indy 500.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802338.page

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802336.page

    Fixed or Open [Mike]

    iRacing posted a poll on Twitter asking if drivers prefer fixed setup races versus open setup races.

    NASCAR at Chicago [Hall]

    With the unveiling last month of the Chicago Street Circuit coming to iRacing the Sports Business Journal reports that Nascar is exploring running a Chicago street race in the coming years. The post also confirmed the iRacing will serve as a dry run test for an eventual real-life version. The Nascar Pro Invitational schedule has a race on June 2nd with a track TBD speculating it could be the Chicago test run.

    Nurburgring Champs [Kyle]

    The BMW Team Redline trio of Max Benecke, Chris Lulham, and Max Verstappen led 158 of 174 laps from the pole to dominate top split of the 24 Hours of Nurburgring this past weekend in one of iRacing’s most grueling endurance events.

    Better than Rain [Tony]

    Jacob Pinkstaff thinks it would be cool to add river boat racing to the iRacing service. Could this be the next form of racing iRacing might tackle.

    [Thumb - boat.jpg]

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801746.page#12469683

    Life Imitating Art [Mike]

    This weekends Geico 500 Nascar Race at Talladega had some eerie similarities to the Pro Invitational race last Wednesday including Joey Logano getting airborne in the same painted car and the wins of both races going to Brad Keselowski in identically painted cars as well.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/COGc01xhNSF/?igshid=l48k7mutrxc1

    iRacing Critics [Greg]

    Chris Schutte posted in the forums some critical discussions being had after watching the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Some people in the discussion tried to make the point that despite their love of the game, they have certain gripes with the service that needs attention which, according to them, iRacing would suffer from eventually if not addressed

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802214.page

    Hood to The Neck [Tony]

    Michael Cosley Jr Tweeted a photo of an iRacing driver who was unfortunate enough to have the hood of an opponent’s car go thru his neck after a track incident.

    Richmond Raceway/VSU Partnership [Brian]

    An article in the Richmond Times Dispatch tells the story that Richmond Raceway and Virginia State University will form a partnership to operate the track’s esports team in a first-of-its kind arrangement. NASCAR will hire a VSU student intern to manage the simulated racing program, and other VSU students will work on its marketing, graphic design, event coordination and team operations.

    https://richmond.com/news/local/education/virginia-state-university-richmond-raceway-partner-for-e-sports-program/article_1fa2d21e-88a4-5c62-a414-936ecdc0e4bf.html

    Better Half Dash [Hall]

    Motor Racing Outreach will be partnering with iRacing and Fox sports to bring you the Better Half Dash, a virtual race to be broadcasted on June 10th on a special edition of Nascar Race Hub on FS1, where the wives of Nascar’s biggest names will compete at the Virtual Texas Motorspeedway.

    Dirt Road Ideas [Kyle]

    In a series of posts in the forums asking how to help drive participation in the Pro Truck series several ideas were introduced to help the series including fixed setups, a rookie class and a better ladder progression system.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/100/3772081.page#12478833

    Carnomoly 500 Trophy

    Jimmy Mullins proudly posted on twitter a photo of his trophy from the racer Carnomoly 500.

    Six Years [Mike]

    Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the iRacers Lounge Podcast!

    Podcast Housekeeping

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    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Tony]

    Hardware/Software

    Yaw VR [Tony]

    The makers of the Yaw VR motion system are starting a kickstarter program for the Yaw VR2 starting from $720

    standard1.jpg

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=247712967039974

    https://www.yawvr.com/

    RacingFuel Simulators [Greg]

    Swiss Manufacturer Racing Fuel Simulators offers their sleek Stage 1 Pro simulator starting at 17,945 euros

    simulator.photos.photo_8_alt

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CNu8fRwBy0c/?igshid=go49cn77msv1

    https://www.racingfuel-simulators.com/home

    SimForge Pedals [Brian]

    Barry Rowland reviewed the full-size SimForge Mark 1 pedals priced at $333. His final thoughts were that for the price they performed as well, if not better than some higher priced pedals and were very adjustable. Although they may lack the fidelity of some high end pedals they are well worth looking into for the price alone.

    https://simforge.in/shop/

    Second Guessing All I Know [Mike]

    Niels Heusinkveld posted a video on his Yutube channel comparing his motion system to the motion of a real car.

    MonkeyDriver Seat [Hall]

    The new MonkeyDriver Seat is a tube framed sim rig with a formula style seating position. You can soon preorder for a special launch price from their website.

    Monkeydriver formula

    https://monkeydriver.it/

    Company Review [Mike]

    Sim racing Shop sells parts for your 80/20 profile system and more.

    https://sandtsracingfab.com/sim-racing-shop/

    Sim Nursery [Kyle]

    Johnny Mallia’s rig room was transformed when he found out two months after getting set up that he was gonna be a dad and the room now splits between racing room/nursery.

    Got the rig setup about 2 months before I found out I was going to be a dad. This is how we made it work. He loves to watch at 4 months old. Even with a buttkicker, sleeps right thru me racing at night. As long as I’m quite anyways lol. Obviously wife is super supportive as wel

    May be an image of indoor and text that says 'BROWN 80 CAT UI'

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/simracingbuilds/permalink/1184507232006625/

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Talladega

    • Ellis –  – P2. Had it won too- Topped off on last caution had to save fuel like crazy was leading on the white with 2nd right behind me he had a bubble more of fuel than me and went right on by. I was a sitting duck he was sitting in second and could pass me it will because there’s only two of us I didn’t really consider that. What a week though first fourth and second.
    • Hall = P6 – started on pole.  Last caution hurt my restart and p2 is a horrible place on restarts.  Dropped to 12th, with 2 to got, got back to 6th.
    • Rochette P Man i f*****d myself hardcore tonight didn’t brake hard enough sped on entry on a green flag stop while leading first 35. Did get a caution but started in the back where no one could keep up and had a car on my outside force me down to the apron in a turn and lost the draft P23
    • Bobby – once again, out front for a good amount of the race with nothing to show. leading, then dumped im trioval, so dam close to that win
    • Brian- P22 Started on pole.  Outside line got ahead of me and settled in 2nd for first ⅓ of the race.  After Caution restarted outside p2 and shuffled back to 10th putting me in the danger zone for wrecks which came late in the race and collected me.  
    • Adam – p11?

    Mike -p7 – got clipped a bit and 30 seconds damage – made my way back up to 2nd but got freight trained back to 9th – then finished p7

    Race:  Kansas

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – p20 top split, salvaged a decent finish after a losing the car and hitting the wall while chatting to a viewer.
      • Tom D. P3. Qualified p7. Ran up front till first pit stop. Dumb me, speeding. Than worked my way back to a top when I got bumped into the front stretch grass.  Fell back to 27th.  Worked my way all the way to the lead with 20 or so to go, but just ran the tires off of it.  I’ll take a top 5 after a couple super bad weeks
    • Ellis – p28 – got wrecked by some guy on the bottom that got tight and came right up to me and slammed me in the wall – was 35th dead last, later got into another wreck that could not be missed – 
    • Rochette – P7 set was loose on exit for me screw the winner as it was a guy with a 5k IR on his second account beating us poor low 2k guys up
    • Thurs Open  
      • Ellis – p..8
      • Rochette P16 got tight hitting wall on exit of 4 only had 1 caution so couldnt catch up
      • Kyle – P-7 Started P-14 and got wrecked early and went 2 laps down and finally got enough lucky dogs to get back on the lead lap. Car was hurt but still decently fast. We ended up with 13 cautions which helped me a lot to save tires and slowly work my way to the front. Restarted P-9 on the last restart with 2 to go and kept my foot in it and picked up 2 more spots to finish with a P-7.

    Official Series

    • A Open
      • Kyle P P3 Started in P4 ran top 5 for most of the race. Came down to a GWC in 4th and kept the Loud Pedal mashed all the way until the checker flag and came up .05 from getting P2.
      • Ellis – p3 trying to push david – Then p1!  – Was third on last lap got to leader and he was swerving a bit and so i hooked him – he was not happy – 


    Hall – p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwftXVl5SPQ

    • PDS Euro Sprint

    Hall – Win @ Watkins Glen

    Greg – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=488621158989862

    League / Hosted Races

    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      • ? Congratulations Josh Robinson #23 Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at Lakeland Speedway,
      • Dwayne McArthur #97 Finished 2nd
      • Travis Rogers #72 Finished 3rd

    Final Thoughts

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    Come celebrate the 6th year anniversary of the iRacers Lounge Podcast as we have the voice of eNascar announcer Evan Posocco who breaks down the Coke Series Race at Kansas. After that it’s game on with lots of great topics you wont want to miss on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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    Episode 0276

    4/22/2021 – Cheap DD’s – Episode 0276

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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    Introduction

    On this week’s show we’ll recap the iracing Pro Invitational as well as many more great topics…and find out which Tifosi driver gets back-to-back NIS wins this week!

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    Topics

    Praise for Salas [Brian]

    Ryan Kish of Racer,com featured an article on Vicente Salas after his dominant performance at Richmond Raceway in last weeks iRacing Coke Series race.

    Salas makes a statement with Richmond eNASCAR win

    Mic Check [Mike]

    Klingerman Sport tweeted out their latest edition of Mic Check after last week’s Coke series race at Richmond

    https://twitter.com/KligermanSport/status/1384598873281384448

    2021 Season 3 Schedule [Brian]

    Tyler Hudson posted in the forums that he is taking schedule requests for the ’87 stock cars, Silver Crown, Super Late Models and Tour Modified series’ for the upcoming season 3. Submissions must be sent in using the downloadable template found in his posts.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801692.page#12469467

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801688.page#12469452

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801687.page#12469451

    NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational [Mike]

    Bob Pockrass Tweeted that for the next Pro Invitational Race a fan vote will determine a non-Cup series driver into the field. Development driver Rajah Caruth is already campaigning for his nomination to be voted in on his Twitter account.

    Start your Voting [Brian]

    In a Tweet from Nacsar, they announced that the fan voting began on Saturday at 5pm eastern

    Field is set! [Mike]

    Father vs Son [Brian]

    Kevin Harvick announced on Fox : Nascar’s Twitter that his son Keelan will be participating in the Pro Invitational with his Dad.

    [Mike]

    iRacing promoted the event as “it’s like Carb Cup but with Pros.”

    [Brian]

    The damage model is put to the test early as Austin Dillon takes a trip thru the lawn

    [Mike]

    Fox in race announcer Clint Bowyer gets dumped by Daniel Suarez

    [Mike]

    After all of the carnage, Brad Keselowski comes out on top taking the victory in the iRacing Pro Invitational Geico 70 at Talledega.

    [Brian]

    Nascar’s official Youtube site posted the extended highlights of the race.

    Majeski at Dells [Hall]

    Ty Majeski Tweeted a video of his iRacing sponsored Super Late Model that he will be taking to Dells Raceway in Wisconsin this Sunday.

    Wild West is Gone [Mike]

    Wild West Motorsports Park in Nevada regrettably posted on their Facebook account that they are closing due to “unfortunate circumstances”, and goes on to thank it’s fans, sponsors, promotors and race teams.

    iRacing’s Response [Hall]

    Tyler Spends His Money [Mike]

    So Many Danicas [Brian]

    Davin @DriveThrough livestreamed a simulated Daytona 500 with 40 unique variations of Danica Patrick paint schemes.

    26 MPH Death Shake [Greg]

    Terry Silvers says that when leaving the pits, slowing for a pace car, etc.. when he reaches 26mph the wheel shakes 100000 TIMES more than any collision or speed bump? He is using a Fanatec V2.5 wheel base and FFB is at 8. Others in the forums confirmed the shaking and staffer David Tucker said they are working on it.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801464.page#12467643

    The Future of eSports [Hall]


    Youtuber penguinz0 posted a video of his father who has gotten onto iRacing in a big way. He describes his life-long love of cars and racing and how iRacing was a natural progression.

    Poll [Mike]

    John Flowers opened a poll in the forums asking members what feature they’d like to see next.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801039.page

    Host AI Races [Brian]

    One of the features not in the poll, but some have mentioned as on their wish list was the ability to host AI Races.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801039.page

    Rain Update [Greg]

    Stefan Jones asked in the forums if rain has been put on the backburner. Tyler Hudson replied that they are definitely still working on it and there are a lot of variables to do it correctly.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801625.page#12468815

    Release Notes [Hall]

    iRacing posted the release notes for 2021 Patch 4 season 2

    https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000160126-2021-season-2-patch-4-release-notes-2021-04-20-01-

    HotFix Inbound…. [Mike]

    A quick follow up with hotfix

    Release Notes….

    https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000160161-2021-se-2-patch-4-hotfix-1-re-notes-2021-04-21-01–

    System Crash [Brian]

    Staffer Alex Gustafson posted in the forums that iRacing is aware of an issue causing users to crash when transitioning from Practice to Race servers.

    Users can prevent this by setting “enableLCDDisplay=0” in the “[External_Displays]” section of the “app.ini” file, located in the Documents\iRacing folder.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801872.page#12470978

    SummerBowl [Greg]

    The eRacing Association will be sponsoring the EPM Omega Cup on May 10/12th at COTA with $5000 on the line.

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1399850623696360

    SRF Update [Mike]

    Greg West announced that in the upcoming season 3 update the Spec Racer Ford will be transformed into the 3rd generation (Gen 3) racecar with an upgrade to the chassis and performance of the new model.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801299.page#12465620

    Braking Mistakes [Hall]

    Driver 61 Sim Racing posted a video on his Youtube channel asking if you’re making mistakes when braking.

    24 Hours of Nurburgring [Brian]

    Greg West posted in the forums the details of the upcoming 24 Hours of Nurburgring this weekend including a balance of power update.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799308.page

    Emmy Nomination [Greg]

    Fox Sports’ iRacing coverage of the Pro Invitational Series has earned a Sports Emmy nomination for best Esports coverage.

    [Mike]

    Erik Arneson, Fox Sports Vice President of media relations, tweeted his congratulations to the Pro Invitational Series broadcast team for their nomination.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801848.page#12470736

    IRX Is Back [Hall]

    The IRX All star invitational presented by Yokohama kicked off round 1 at Brands Hatch with the first win going to French driver Yohann Harth.

    Exercise? [Brain]

    Parker Klingerman tweeted a poll as to whether or not sim racing is a workout?

    Tally Package Broken? [Greg]

    Brody Anderson posted in the forums that he thinks the new draft package is garbage and turns the race into a giant game of follow the leader. His sentiments were affirmed by several others.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801889.page#12471153

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799210.page#12448195

    Help Wanted [Mike]

    iRacing is looking to hire a full-time Quality Assurance Tester.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801940.page#12471898

    4 Hours of Charlotte [Hall]

    Greg West announced in the forums the 4 Hours of Charlotte special event.

    iRacing will team up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on Saturday, July 31 to add a brand new race to the Special Events calendar. The inaugural iRacing 4 Hours at Charlotte Benefiting the National MS Society will feature the Global Mazda MX-5, Audi RS3 LMS, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, BMW M4 GT4, and the McLaren 570S GT4 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, and will mark iRacing’s first partnership with a non-profit organization for a special event.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3802009.page#12472834

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    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

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    Fantasy [Brian]

    Hardware/Software

    PT Actuator Scorpion Experience [Hall]

    Sim-motion now has their Scorpion Series PT Motion actuators available for ordering. They run $4999 on their site.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801203.page#12464540Motion

    CSL DD Launch [Brian]

    Fanatec annouced the introduction of the CSL DD. An introduction direct drive wheelbase for a very reasonable $349.00

    start

    Thrustmaster Launch [Greg]

    Thrustmaster made the official launch of it’s new F1 Ferrari SF1000 formula wheel.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801936.page#12471864

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Richmond

    • Ellis –  – p1- Ran top 10 all night with no incidents but couldn’t catch the leader,  and I even had better tires, but at 50 to go he pit I didn’t and it went green from there. 
    • First win of the year. Whew 
    • Hall = P11, top split, nice finish for car 27, even had an unplanned 4 wide moment
    • Rochette P5 caught in some wrecks miss timed pace car on getting damage fixed was 3 laps down but comeback kid my way through back to lead lap and  landed another top 5 
    • Sunday Open
      • Brian – p4 Screwed up qualifying. Set was stable and fast. Stayed consistent and worked my way up to 2nd, but settled in at 4th
      • Rochette- P11 Man Richmond fun to race but i got used and abused this morning got wrecked 3 times 16x and 17th after the checkered going through the grass on avoiding a wrecked at the line.
      • Kyle – P P-7 started P-11 and had a good run until about halfway and couldnt keep the tires straight and fell back to the 20’s was able to work my way to a P-7 in the finally 10 laps.
    • Sunday fixed 
    • Brian – P14 Got in a lot more trouble in this race.  People were just too aggressive with lots of cautions.  Accidentally used up my extra tires on lap 122. Held on to p14 with car #34
    • Tyler – P13. started dead last and kept the car clean for the most part. Most passes were done under caution or in the pits. Longest green run we had was about 35 laps with everyone struggling to pass and keep traction. 

    Race:  Tally

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – p12, taken out buy a guy diving below the yellow line, luck on a GWC to get a lot of spots back
      • Tom D. P wrecked
      • Ellis – p.1 – Ran top 5, never passed anyone to the right side, basically slowly gained positions through pitting and pit strategy. Led the most laps all the way to end. Late caution for a GWC I didn’t want to see had me on fumes. Another GWC would ruin me but never came thanks to DB Bowman. Check his twitch at twitch.tv/dbbowman to see my win… I owe DB a case a beer big time as he did not challenge me for the win, but agreed to push me and finish 2nd….Class act  – Two wins in a row. Check out his twitch 

    Rochette – P10 helped Mike to the lead on a restart where he stayed and i fell back. Last restart cars in front wrecking killed my momentum with the lead pack

    • Thurs Open  
      • Ellis – p. 4 – forgot to change out of the q set – so lost a lap taking tape off. Eventually got a lucky dog and worked my way back up – good fuel strategy put me up front near the end just had a bit of damage and couldnt pass at all…

    Rochette P9 Got my annual Dega Pole, along with fastest lap and 14 led. Non caution wreck in front broke me away from the main pack and my 4 car line couldnt regain

    Official Series

    • A Fixed
      • Ellis – p- 24 – couldn’t pass at all, ran 5th the whole race – then caution at end so gwc – guy starting third thinks he is going to let his bud in so he checks up and i run over him and we all wreck.
    • Kyle P – P1-Started P-11 Car 29 and ran top 10 until pit cycle and got up to P-5 and just waited my time until the last caution with 12 to go Was able to draft my way to 2nd and just rode there until the last lap and made the move to go to the high side and left the leader all alone and i caught the draft of a lapped car and had the help of the car behind me to make the pass coming to the Tri-Oval to secure the win on the last 300 yards of the race.


    League / Hosted Races

    • FastTrack Sim Racing League
      • Mike- p11 – Was running better than that, but got caught w a yellow after my gf stop and ended up a lap down – no other lucky cautions so that is all I could get – Shout out to Brian for great spotting

    Mike P11

    • adam-p3
    • Tom D. P
    • UCRA-chicago
    • Mike – p 6
    • David -p
    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      • ? Congratulations Steve Thomson Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at Talladega SuperSpeedway,
      • Koko Puffs #3 Finished 2nd
      • Andrew Hess #54 Finished 3rd
    • Hosted
      • Ellis  – Chris Macguire Michigan old cup car- p7 

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. Cheap DD’s
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    This week on the show we’ll be covering the iRacing Pro invitational at Talladega, or is it Carb Cup with Pros? We have lots of topics to cover and there’s a new direct drive wheel base that may stir up the market in a major way, so stay tuned for this week’s edition of 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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    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

    AJ Prichett –

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    Episode 0275

    4/15/2021 – Left Unsupervised – Episode 0275

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

    Brought to you by:

    Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

    READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

    • Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
    • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

    Introduction

    On the show today we’ll be reviewing a dominate win in the Coke Series Race at Richmond We crown a new world champion in the Porsche eSports Supercup and ask what feature in iRacing you’d most like to see next?

    And remember you can follow along with us on your 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..

    TITLE SPONSOR READ:

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    Visit www.grid-finder.com to find a league, or to upload your own!

    Grid Finder – “The home of online sim racing leagues”

    Topics

    Coke Race – Richmond [Hall]

    Porsche eSports Supercup [Brian]

    Josh Rogers wrapped up the iRacing Porsche Tag Heuer eSports Supercup World Championship in style Saturday, a week early, with a double win in round 9 of Saturday’s race at Le Mans.

    Porsche All Stars [Tony]

    The feature race of the Porsche All stars goes to Dan Suzuka with second going to Tony Kanaan and third Matt Malone. The sprint race was won by Emily Jones who is leading the points going into the final round.

    Intense Battle [Kyle]

    Prepping for PESC [Hall]

    Porsche Supercup driver Kevin Ellis Jr posted a video on the Apex Racing TV Youtube Channel ‘Prepparing for PESC. It tracks the RLL driver in the week leading up to the big race at LeMans on Saturday.

    No New Porsche [Brian]

    On last week’s show some speculated that the TBD status for the final All Star race may indicate a new Porsche car on the service. But it turned out to be a fan vote for the final car to be races at Round 10-Monza which will be the 911 GT3 Cup.

    Nascar Loses Timmy Hill as Full Time Driver [Tony]

    iRacing favorite Timmy Hill and his Nascar MBM Motorsports team Missed the race this past weekend at Martinsville, and is likely to miss more throughout the remainder of the season. .

    Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR/John Harrelson

    https://beyondtheflag.com/2021/04/07/nascar-loses-full-time-cup-series-driver-team/

    Camping World Cash [Kyle]

    Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis is looking to pay $5000 for a paint scheme for Daniel Suarez for their race at Darlington.

    Tips for Endurance Racing [Hall]

    IMSA and Sim Racer Daniel Morad posted a video on iRacing’s Youtube channel with tips for endurance racing. His 5 main tips were…

    1.) Racing Etiquette

    2,) Patience and Consistency

    3.) Managing Traffic

    4.) Saving Equipment

    5.) Mindset

    Chicago Street Update [Brian]

    Steve Myers posted on Twitter that the iRacing Chicago Street Circuit is going to be stunning and praised artist Darren Pattenden for his work.

    How about Purple? [Tony]

    Alex Papini ordered a black NRG Ultra seat, but got a purple one by mistake. Rather than wait a month for the problem to be resolved and asks if anyone knows if I can simply get a black NRG Ultra cover and replace the purple?

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1113828239074525/permalink/1177097042747644/

    iRacing at Bristol Bash [Kyle]

    Josh Richards took his iRacing sponsored Dirt Late Model to victory lane at the Morton Buildings World of Outlaws Bristol Bash.

    Biggest iRacing Accomplishment? [Greg]

    Part time Nascar Driver Landon Huffman posed on Twitter, what’s your biggest iRacing accomplishment?

    Tire Model Still Off? [Hall]

    Real World driver Christopher Mies tweeted that he just got back on iRacing in over a year and was surprised to see how far off the tire model is still, even offering his help to make improvements.

    Dirt Car Updates [Brian]

    Staffer Christian Challiner posted in the forums that he’s pleased to be able to tell you all that you will find updates to the Dirt LM’s and Street Stock in Mondays hotfix/patch. 

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3800677.page#12459728

    Breaking it Down [Kyle]

    Tommy Brandon Breaks down the new Dirt Late Model Tire Model and gives it high marks especially in the feel of the right rear tire on the cushion.

    Drive Fast Pasta’s Paint [Tony]

    Anthony Alfredo tweeted that you can now run his iRacing paint scheme in Trading Paints.

    Release Notes [Hall]

    The details of the Season 2 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 was posted on the iRacing support page.

    https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000160016-2021-se-2-patch-3-hotfix-1-re-notes-2021-04-09-03-

    Windsheild Woes [Greg]

    Brian Simpson posted in the forums that while implementing the Darlington package he thought it was a perfect opportunity to get put the names on the windshield as we try to stay up to date with the current season. Unfortunately I completely forgot about the Coke series, which requires the logo on the front windshield.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3800441.page#12462301

    Trueforce Crashes [Brian]

    David Tucker posted in the forums that iRacing had to turn off the Logitech Trueforce feedback system because it was causing a serious crash for a lot of members.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801047.page#12463435

    Advice – Buy the Good Stuff [Tony]

    Justin Hill posted on the Sim Racing Builds Facebook page some advice for those looking to buy a sim racing rig. His basic advice, Buy the good stuff right away and save time and money.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1113828239074525/permalink/1178986125892069/

    Tyler Daniels Racing Radical Series [Kyle]

    Tyler Daniels Racing announced on their Facebook page that in case you haven’t heard: they’re now hosting SR8 practice sessions for our Radical SR8 series now running on Tuesdays by professional Radical driver Austin Riley Austin will be providing coaching sessions on their Discord channel in Mpnday’s practice

    https://www.facebook.com/111931990625895/posts/252422006576892/?d=n

    Service Interruption [Hall]

    iRacing support announced that the service will be down for the deployment of the season 2 Patch 4 on Tuesday, April 20th at 9:00am EDT.

    Fantasy [Tony]

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

    Midwest Simulations

    You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

    https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2832513123680008/?d=n

    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Hardware/Software

    Innato Wheel [Hall]

    Simplace.co is offering their Innato GT3 Steering Wheel which is compatible with OSW, Thrustmaster, Logitech and Fanatec, compatible adapter is required for each wheelbase.

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    https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXrcUvBe6J/?igshid=91amsvwgpw2w

    The Most Expensive Sim Seat Ever [Greg]

    The Recaro Podium is a high end, light weight, CFRB (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) shell seat designed for real or sim race cars and sells for around 2600 pounds.

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    https://www.recaro-automotive.com/en/dynamic/recaro-podium

    US Distributor for Heusinkveld [Kyle]

    Darin Gangi posted in the forums that Heusinkveld Sprint 3 and 2 pedals sets as well as Clutches and baseplates are available for immediate shipping thru the Sim-Motion website.

    Sim Pedals Sprint

    https://us.sim-motion.com/collections/heusinkveld

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3790403.page#12367809

    Sigma Integrale DK2 3DOF Motion System [Brian]

    Barry Rowland Reviews the Sigma Integrale DK2 3DOF motion system on his Sim Racing Garage selling for $4900. Note- They’re currently sold out and will be ready to ship next on June 6, 2021.

    Simware [Tony]

    Simware is an online catalog where you can find sim racing companies broken down by components and will direct you to the company’s website for information and purchases.

    https://simware.org/

    Listener Scott Ross Sent In [Hall]

    Show listener Scott Ross sent in a link to Lebois Racing that offers 3d printed parts for sim racers. He was able to find an adapter for his G29 pedals that may be very useful.

     I started to look at DIY hydraulic and I found a very interesting designer.
    Lebois Racing is pretty interesting. Everything is 3d printed, I can even get an adapter for my G29 pedal. I may be willing to do it because I do have soldering experience, friends with 3d printers and a dirtbike caliper, lying around. 
    On top of that Lebois also has clutch designs and even a gearbox. Check out his website and youtube Lebois Racing – YouTubeLebois Racing – Driving | Hardware | Analysis (lebois-racing.fr)

    Follow Up – Q3 SimSport Pedals [Brian]

    Mike asked in the forums if they knew who owned the company for the Q3 SimSport Pedals we reviewed last week, and it turns out its Brad Pugmire who responded in the iRacing forums. mentioning that they’re just getting off the ground and there are about 6 sets out there right now and everyone loves them so far.

    Pedal 1.jpg

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799270.page#12457108

    https://www.q3simsport.com/shop/p/oor56vbbe2bn6cy3b4pb27a7r9hx1y

    PT Actuator Scorpion Experience [Greg]

    Sim-motion now has their Scorpion Series PT Motion actuators available for ordering. They run $4999 on their site.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3801203.page#12464540Motion

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Martinsville

    • Ellis –  – p15 – ran top 5 most of the race – got ran over w about 10 to go which put me at 17x  – guy who won led every lap, never pitted.
    • Sunday Open
      • David – p 14  cleaner than before.  I position for top 5 but unavoidable accidents

    Kyle -P-9 Started P-17 got involved with some minor bumping worked my way to the lead but couldnt hold the lead on older tires fell back to 13 and got DQ on last GWC to finish P-9 after 34 cautions.

    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -pdnf – had a problem with the calibration of my brakes. I would push 100% down but only get 60% brake, so i kept racking up the 4x’s so i parked it.

    Tyler – P8 – first race in A car at Martinsville and snagged a top 10. Not much racing but a whole lot of surviving. 30 cautions for 154 laps. Had close great racing at the end for a strong finish. Made it out with only a 10x

    Race:  Richmond

    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – p3 , fast, spun tires on last restart, nothing for p1
      • Kyle – P P30 Started P 12 ran top 5 until lap 93 when i got loose off of 2 and hit the outside wall and collected 2 cars and my was over at that point i finished P30

    Race:  Richmond

    • Wed Fixed:
      • Rochette 
    • Wed Open:
      • Hall – p3 , fast, spun tires on last restart, nothing for p1
      • Kyle – P P30 Started P 12 ran top 5 until lap 93 when i got loose off of 2 and hit the outside wall and collected 2 cars and my was over at that point i finished P30

    Official Series

    • Pacific Majors – 
      • Hall – p31 and 14
    • Greg –

    •  Kyle – Heat one finished P5 heat two got wrecked out and finished P18 40 laps down.
    • FastTrack Sim Racing League
      • Mike- p5 -ran pretty much top 10 – the winner ended up not pitting the last half of race – feel like I gave it up on pit strategy


    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. Left Unsupervised
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    The Podfather is off hunting unicorns in Wisconsin this week, so the kids take over the show. We recap a dominating performance in the Richmond Coke Series race and crown a new Porsche Supercup Champion from a track in France. Then it’s off to topics and the fun just gets going all this week 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: 

    www.grid-finder.com

    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

    Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

    AJ Prichett –

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    Episode 0274

    4/8/2021 – Cautionsville – Episode 0274

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

    Brought to you by:

    Opening Audio Clip -“Your listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast where we discuss everything iRacing, in a casual setting, enjoy.”`

    READ THIS AT THE TOP OF EACH SHOW!!! 

    • Welcome to the iRacer’s Lounge, I am your host “XXX”. iRacer’s Lounge is a podcast for the iRacer, where we talk all things iRacing in a casual setting.
    • Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

    Introduction

    This week on the show we welcome one of our newest members to team Tifosi, Tyler Williamson. Also, if you’re interested in the latest in high quality pedals, stick around for some exciting new and updated players on the market.

    And remember you can follow along with us on your 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.

    TITLE SPONSOR READ:

    Grid Finder is the home of online sim racing leagues.  Grid Finder is also a great resource to find paint designers and race commentators.  Recently they have been adding some great articles discussing various aspects of running leagues and sim racing in general.  Grid Finder is constantly adding helpful content and giving us all more reason to visit www.grid-finder.com

    Visit www.grid-finder.com to find a league, or to upload your own!

    Grid Finder – “The home of online sim racing leagues”

    Special Guest

    Tyler Williamson

    https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=487324

    General Questions:

    1. What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
    2. Which series do you normally run?                
    3. What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
    4. Software
      1. What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
    5. Do you run Monitors or VR? 
      1. How many monitors?
      2. What VR headset are you running?
    6. Are you part of a team?  
    7. Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing? 
    8. What is your most memorable iRacing moment? 

    Guest Specific Questions:

    1. https://twitter.com/TifosiRacing/status/1377818736590082048

    Topics

    Klingerman in RACERmag [Hall]

    Parker Klingerman was featured in an article on RACERmag exploring the accessibility of sim racing and real world racing.

    “It would be absolutely asinine to not encourage, embrace, and put all the effort behind sim racing. We have truly something special here, that no other sport has. No other sport has a virtual counterpart that connects so seamlessly between the real [and the sim]. How could we not embrace it and try to promote it? It’s just a no-brainer.”

    “Because [racing] is so expensive, because it takes such a time-intensive amount to do anything, even to go race a go-kart it takes a lot of time and money,” he said. “But in sim racing we can allow thousands, if not millions, of people to experience motorsports and race at any one time, which is something that motorsports has never had.”

    “We can do so much more and allow so many more people to access all this stuff if we just find a way to harness it in a better way and present it,” Kligerman said.

    Sim racing needs to improve access to maintain momentum – Kligerman
    Sim racing needs to improve access to maintain momentum – Kligerman

    New Broadcast Policy [Brian]

    iRacing has posted a new updated broadcast policy focusing on accreditation on TV style broadcasts and streamers.

    https://www.iracing.com/membership/iracing-broadcast-policy/

    Mic Check? [Tyler]

    Gary DeMoss asks in the forums if members ask for a mic check in the beginning of a race session.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799353.page

    Formula Vee Confirmed [Greg]

    Greg West confirmed that the Formula Vee is actually being built and was no April Fools Joke. Although there are many different variations of the Formula Vee Greg said they are taking a bit from multiple rulebooks and the result is a really fun car to drive.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/100/3799486.page#12452450

    iRacing and Fast Pasta [Mike]

    Adam Stern announced that iRacing will be the primary sponsor for Anthony Alfredo, driver for the Front Row Motorsports Nascar Cup Team, in the upcoming race this weekend at Martinsville. Front Row also Tweeted a picture of their fully painted car in the garage. Alfredo tweeted a side by side picture with his iRacing sim car and the real-life car

    Sim to Reality [Hall]

    Alfredo tweeted a side by side picture with his iRacing sim car and his new real-life car making a trasition from Sim to Reality.

    https://www.jayski.com/2021/04/06/iracing-sponsoring-anthony-alfredo-at-martinsville/

    Throwback Cup [Brian]

    For the first time iRacing is holding a Special Event, the inaugural Throwback cup. A 400 lap race at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in the classic ’87 Chevy Monte Carlo and ’87 Ford Thunderbird.

    • Time Slots: Friday 22:00 GMT, Saturday 7:00, 12:00, 16:00 GMT
    • License Restrictions: Oval D 4.0 and up
    • Cars Competing: 1987 NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Ford Thunderbird
    • Event Format: 120 minutes open practice, 5 minutes/2 laps qualifying, 30 minutes warmup, 400 lap race

    https://www.iracing.com/iracing-throwback-cup-debuts-this-weekend/

    Good Idea? [Tyler]

    Ricky Hall posed the question on the socials asking that he can’t be the only person that wants to see monster trucks in iRacing..

    Season 2 Patch 3 Release Notes [Mike]

    Alex Gustafson dropped in the forums pthe details of patch number 3 in season 2’s build including great advances in the new damage model for the Arca cars and ’87 Chevy Monte Carlo and ’87 Thunderbird.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3800245.page#12456228

    Prediction [Hall]

    A bold prediction came in the forums from Thomas Guldalian who posted that he thinks a new Porsche will be released being that there is a TBD status for the car in the last Porsche Tag Heuer All-Star race, and the first Porsche Cup came out during their season.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3800238.page#12456153

    Trophies Inbound [Brian]

    VCO esports tweeted a picture of the trophies they promised to the winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring class winners.

    You Can Drive Through It [Tyler]

    iRacing staffer Alex Horn posted a video on his Twitter page where he adds clips from Days of Thunderinto an amazing piece of wreck avoidance on iRcing making for an awesome movie recreation/iRacing scene.

    How To Get Out Of Rookies [Greg]

    The online motorsports magazine Overtake has an article advising how to escape the rookie class in iRacing. Some of their bullet points are…

    MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY

    LOSE SOME BATTLES TO WIN THE WAR

    ASSUME THE WORST

    https://www.overtake.gg/news/3706-how-to-get-out-of-rookies-class-fast-in-iracing?sf141873329=1

    Season 2 Build Refresher [Mike]

    iRacing posted a very well produced video on their Youtube Channel highlighting all of the new features from the season 2 build.

    Race with us and our Sponsor Gridfinder [Hall]

    It’s not too late to register for the Gridfinder Invitational Daytona 75 this Saturday and race with Team Tifosi.

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    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

    Midwest Simulations

    You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

    https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2832513123680008/?d=n

    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Hardware/Software

    11th Gen Intel [Mike]

    Intel has introduced the 11th gen i7-11700k Intel Core processor. The benchmark scores and other reviews have been less than glowing including Youtube product reviewer Gamers Nexus description as a “Waste of Sand”

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3798435.page#12440972

    Teammate Tyler sends in – Rig Review [Tyler]

    Real GT has a prototype of a 180 degree projection style system with an authentic GT cockpit

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimRacingPublic/permalink/1966814476789628/

    Company Review [Brian]

    Rexing a Croatian company offers a carbon fiber GT wheel for sim racing with a 4.3″ LCD display for 1,240 euros plus vat.

    https://rexing.eu/gt-wheel/

    An Old Fav [Greg]

    HPP offers the fantastic JBV 3 Pedal System for $1395.00

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    https://www.hppsimulation.com/product-page/jbv-3-pedal-system

    Mark Hargett posted in the iRacing forums that he has designed a new version of pedals and pads for the HPP JBV Pedals. They are made of thick stainless steel and the pads can be used with or without the non skid skins. Also the HPP Simulations website has also been updated.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/300/3677620.page#12455829

    https://www.hppsimulation.com/

    VRS Pedals [Mike]

    VRS is now taking reservations for their new VRS Direct Force Pro Pedals. Owners of the DirectForce Pro wheelbase will have the first option to purchase if they get on the reservation list.

    • Throttle and brake pedals only: USD 649 / EUR 549 VAT incl.
    • Optional clutch: USD 249 / EUR 199 VAT incl.
    • Optional throttle, brake, and clutch hydraulic damper kit USD 149 / EUR 149 VAT incl.
    VRS DirectForce Pro Pedals Pricing and Availability

    Company Review [Brian]

    Complx Simworks makes flag lights, stream decks and more to customize your rigs.

    Company Review [Hall]

    VPG Simlabs is an EU company that offers its Elemento Formula Wheels in a variety of colors at 950.00 pounds, as well as other accessories.

    https://vpgsimlab.co.uk/

    Fanatec Owners Group [Mike]

    Facebook has a Fanatec Owners Group that you can join which will let you discuss, ask and answer questions about your Fanatec product like how to remove a wheel that’s stuck on the wheel base.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/299888563809613/permalink/1140107913121003/

    Rig Review [Hall]

    AussieStig on Twitter posted a photo of his rig and setup in his sim racing studio.

    CSE button Boxes [Brian]

    CSE (Custom Sim Engineering) has their Eau Rouge button box designed for the Fanatec DD wheel bases for 159 pounds

    Eau Rouge

    https://www.customsimengineering.com/bb-dd

    New Player on the Market [Mike]

    coming in at $1200 The new Q3 Simsport pedal set with Full hydraulic brake and clutch using high end automotive components such as Wilwood with a Leo Bodnar Load cell PCB Brain. The brake force is adjustable giving the racer precise control of the feel of the brake. The clutch pedal travel can be adjusted and also comes with a hard and a soft spring. The throttle also has a hard and soft spring and also has an adjustable pneumatic damper, for precise feel and control. These pedals come filled and bled from the factory ready for you to bolt to your rig, tune and drive.

    Pedal 1.jpg

    https://www.q3simsport.com/shop/p/oor56vbbe2bn6cy3b4pb27a7r9hx1y

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799270.page#12457108

    Results

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Race:  Martinsvile

    Hall – p 9,  Did my darndest to keep nose clean, still had to run that last 50 laps with 16x, so was pretty happy to sneak away in top split with p9.  Race had 30 cautions for 147 laps.  People just race stupid at short tracks.

    • Thurs Open  
      • Ellis – p. 18 dq’d out w 10 to go – was fighting for the lead at one point

    Rochette P3 25 cautions dodged and weaved and survived with only a ghost 4x. Tried to get leaders but was getting loose on exit

    Dallara Jet Car -Ellis –  Spa – DNF friday – Started in the back gained a few spots but went off and lost them – then trying to pass a guy we hit and get damage…

    Official Series

    • PDS Euro Sprint

    Hall – 2 total Daytona Wins


    League / Hosted Races

    • OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series 
      • ? Congratulations Steve Thomson #67 Winning The Aftermath Podcast Truck Series Race at Martinsville Speedway,
      • Josh Robinson #23 Finished 2nd
      • Dwayne McArthur #97 Finished 3rd

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. Cautionsville
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    Description

    This week we introduce one of team Tifosi’s iRacers newest members Tyler Williamson. We review all of the newest in high performance pedal systems and we recount our caution filled stories at Cautionsville. All on this week’s episode of 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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    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

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    Episode 0273

    4/1/2021 – April iFools – Episode 0273

    iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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    Introduction

    On today’s show Evan Possoco will be joining us to cover the Coke Series Race at Auto Club, we’ll recap a great day at Sebring for some Tifosi teammates and our impressions on the NIS on Bristol Dirt.

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    Topics

    Coke News [Mike]

    Standings – https://www.iracing.com/enascar/team-standings/

    https://twitter.com/eNASCARCocaCola/status/1377089375851401216

    Parker Klingerman celebrates with his driver Bob Bryant on a video posted on his Twitter account.

    Porsche Supercup Round 8 [Brian]

    Josh Rogers takes the win in week 8 of the Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup on the  Nordschleife circuit at Nurburgring amassing a near unsurpassable 127 point lead with just 2 weeks to go.

    Standings – https://www.iracing.com/supercup/standings/

    Porsche All-Star Race [Brian]

    Jimmy Broadbent took the win in the feature race in the Porsche All-Star Race at the Nordschleife with Dave Cam taking the sprint race victory.

    12 Hours of Sebring [Hall & Greg]

    The 12 Hour of Sebring team consisting of Tifoso team members and your show hosts David Hall and Greg Hecktus finished in P3 in their split.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3798878.page#12446299

    Stats [Tony]

    Rob Crouch posted all of the stats in the forums from this weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring Race as only he can do.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799002.page#12447579

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799001.page#12447570

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799000.page#12447568

    Listener Garrett Streets Sent in [AJ]

    Listener Garrett Streets sent into the show a fantastic Twitch video of iRacing streamer Bacho Grande (John Bacho) a legally blind iRacer who picks up his first win in emotional fashion.

    Legally blind iRacer and Twitch Streamer Bacho_Grande wins his first race
    byu/Marc-OP iniRacing

    https://www.twitch.tv/bacho_grande/clip/OutstandingBoringLEDUncleNox-v7ugYF0XdNa_Kmmj

    Release Notes – UI [Mike]

    Nicholas Bailey from the iRacing staff posted the details of a zero-downtime update for the UI.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3798696.page#12444488

    And 1 day later another UI Patch [Brian]

    One day later Nicholas Bailey announced another UI patch.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799229.page#12448335

    Season 2 Patch 2 Release Notes [Hall]

    Alex Gustafson posted in the forums the details of Season 2 Patch 2 including a new method of payment, Venmo.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3798932.page#12446994

    Venmo Details [Tony]

    iRacing Support posted a link to the forums with more details of the new Venmo payment method.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799207.page#12448132

    UI Release Notes

    Another zero downtime update from iRacing

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799424.page#12450676

    eRacer Market [AJ]

    eRacer Market is a website marketplace where the sim racing community buys and sells

    https://eracr.co/

    iRating School Survey [Mike]

    Kyle Rusinko is taking a survey ion the forums to gather data on the correlation between account age and iRating and is asking for as much data from the community for a school statistics class project.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3798935.page#12447053

    Josh Berry Late Model Win [Brian]

    JR Motorsports announced a victory for Josh Berry in a Late Model Race at Tri-County Motor Speedway in iRacing colors. Berry won the 75-lap NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series event on the .400-mile oval Saturday night, while teammate William Cox III recovered from a late spin to earn an eighth-place finish.  Josh made his second appearance in the familiar All Things Automotive/iRacing Chevrolet Late Model this season,

    Throwback Cup [Hall]

    Greg West posted in the forums the details of the Throwback Cup, a 400 lap race in the ’87 Chevrolet Monte Carlo and the ’87 Ford Thunderbird to be held April 9-10.

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799208.page#12448185

    Epic Factor [Tony]

    In the first episode of a video series called Epic Factor, they visit with Joshua Rogers, the fastest sim racer.

    https://www.facebook.com/48224116084/posts/10159411329686085/?d=n

    Daytona 75 [Mike]

    Our good friends at Grid-Finder are hosting the Grid-Finder Invitational #3 Daytona 75 on April 10th including a Livery Competition.

    https://www.grid-finder.com/event-apr

    24 Hours of Nürburgring [AJ]

    Greg West posted in the forums the details of the  24 Hours of Nürburgring to be held on April 23-25th

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799308.page#12449125

    Bristol Dirt Review [Hall]

    After the conclusion of the NIS series week at Bristol Dirt, what are your thoughts about the addition of dirt to the series?

    RIP William Marsh [Brian]

    The iRacing community morns the loss of William Marsh of Sim Racing Paddock. Will Ford of Boosted Media was a good friend of William’s and gave his thoughts on on his freind of many years.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CNINpMPB1xS/?igshid=uzy83zvj9bjh

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799461.page

    April Fools [Tony]

    Formula Vee coming to iRacing?

    [AJ]

    Fanatec announced their new DD 0.5

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3799486.page

    [Mike]

    Midwest Simulations has a new BFL spotlight system. Also works in VR!

    https://www.facebook.com/367316010337691/posts/1244792789256671/?d=n

    [Mike]

    Logitech announces it’s new Logitech, or Dogitech wheel base for dogs.

    [Hall]

    eRacr announces it’s new iRacing mobile app for phones and tablets.

    Podcast Housekeeping

    Aftermath Podcast – Get it!

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

    Midwest Simulations

    You’ve heard us talk about the Spotlights. Those of us that have them here at iRacers Lounge absolutely love them. So much, we have become an affiliate! With the roll out of their new Spotlights Pro. Here’s your chance to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Enter coupon code: IRACERSLOUNGE for 10% off!!

    https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2832513123680008/?d=n

    We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

    https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

    Fantasy [Tony]

    Hardware/Software

    Sim Racing Shoes [Brian]

    Sparco is introducing the new HYPERDRIVE, the gaming shoes that combine comfort and performance with a cutting-edge design. Ultra-comfort and maximum lightness to help your driving performance even at home.

    May be an image of footwear and text

    https://www.facebook.com/548091942026296/posts/1773315509503927/?d=n

    Sparco Sim Seat [Tony]

    Sparco GP Gaming Seat priced at 460 euros. It’s currently out of stock, but Joe Sullivan posted in the forums that the Sparco rep he talked to said their goal is to have them available in about two months.

    https://www.sparco-official.com/en/sedile-gp-gaming.html

    https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3797971.page#12437038

    NASCAR iRacing Series

    Fri open: Bristol

    • Ellis –  – p18 – Had a good run going top  5 and a guy who was riding the wall came off of it doored me down to nose first into the inside wall – 8 minutes damage – 8 laps down
    • Hall = P4  Stay top 5 whole race, just couldn’t execute on the first two laps of a run
    • Groves – P16 – Top 5 most of the race, got knocked in to pit road with 20 or so to go, couldn’t recover
    • Sunday Open
      • David – p 14 top split, running top 5, got sandwiched into wall hard and  got 18 second meatball.  Got last lucky dog to get on lead lap but no chance to gain spots.
    • Sunday fixed 
      • Mike -p6 – Ran back half of top 10 all night – only 10x by being super careful staying low – as high as 3rd but choked a bit on final run
      • Tyler – P 28 was behind 29 laps after a great performance of my driving skil. 1 meatball. 2 black flags. 3 spins and a partridge in a pear tree. Bye bye Bristol it’s me not you. 

    Official Series

    • Ellis – p wrecked out – 
      • Then p11 – got door slammed and was down to 1930 hp, was running dead last and somehow finished 11th after the big one
      • Then wrecked out in two diff races
      • Then – p4 – finally put a race together and finished!

    Kyle P – 25 – wrecked

    • PDS Euro Sprint
      • Hall – Win at Daytona   #101
    • Dallara Jet Car -Ellis –  Hockenheim – ran during day Friday, 20 drivers, started p17 – made it to 9th in 1st lap, 2nd lap a guy from Finland runs over me from behind


    League / Hosted Races

    • FastTrack Sim Racing League
      • Mike- p3 – Ran back half of top ten most of the night – not too much damage had a god last run and gained a couple of spots – 
      • Tom D. P dnf
    • UCRA-richmond
      • Mike – p dnf – spun off late exit of 2 by myself – done… 

    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 .” 

    TITLE IDEAS

    1. April iFools
    2. .
    3. .

    Description

    Evan Possoco stops by to recap the iRacing Coke Series race at Auto Club. We recap all of the action as iRacing comes to the Bristol Dirt track for the first time. We look back at a very successful weekend at Sebring for some of Tifosi’s best endurance drivers and try to sort out all of the April Fools teasers, all right here 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: 

    www.grid-finder.com

    Hosts:

    Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

    Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

    Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

    David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

    Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

    Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

    Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

    Tom Dreiling – 

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