Episode 0407

11/2/2023 – iRacing in Dog Years – Episode 0407

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we will be taking a look ahead to the next season build and a look behind at the 2023 NIS Season. We’ll look at more iRacers makng their way to the real tracks, and ask what tracks need to be scanned before they disappear.

And if you join us at iracers lounge.com and select show notes, you’ll be able to see all of the great stories and products we’ll be discussing in todays show. So log in, check it out and we’ll see you there.



Topics



The Martinsville Full Send

Tuckles Tweeted a video of him being victimized be the Martinsville full send

https://twitter.com/iTuckles/status/1718163075394683121


Nascar Next Gen Manual

iRacing released the manual for the Next Gen Cup Car 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50387/nascar-nextgen-cars-manual



Fontana Demo

Alan Bailey at Team Spire posted photos of the demo at Fontana preping for it’s new configuration

https://twitter.com/HeyAlanBailey/status/1718054239128416583
https://twitter.com/HeyAlanBailey/status/1719833008298230235


Scan Before It’s Too Late

D J Yee J posted a video that should be scanned before they are no longer available

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ovSO9tTXs

Rockingham

Greenville Pickens

Nazareth

de curtibita spain

calder park (thunderdome)

de terramar – high banks 66 degrees 1.2 mile oval spanish grand prix 1922

Heartland Park Topeka

Orange County Fair Speedway in Ny dirt oval

Wakefield Park Australia



NIS 2023 Wrap Up

With the NIS Season coming to a close, we look back to the 2023 Season

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1719053564029309231


Sim to Real Life

16 iRacers from the Moradness M Squad sim racing team drove the real world Mercedes GT4 car 

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1719153446379499663


Mid Ohio Repave

Mid Ohio has finished their full repave of the racing surface

https://twitter.com/Mid_Ohio/status/1719446914201014687


Salas Hat Trick

Vicente Salas won his third consecutive race in the eNascar iRacing contender series

https://www.iracing.com/hat-trick-salas-scores-third-straight-enascar-contender-iracing-series-win-at-darlington/



Season 1 Build Content List



New Graphics Engine

we are thrilled to upgrade our graphics team later this year through the addition of multiple industry-leading principal-level rendering programmers who (together with our existing team) will help evolve iRacing’s graphics tech in a way never before seen on this platform. These developers have spent the last 20 years building and leading graphics/rendering teams across a broad spectrum of powerful graphics engines such as id Tech, Unity, Unreal, Decima, and Glacier. Our reconstituted graphics team will be more formidable than ever and we couldn’t be more excited about what’s to come. It is important to note that a graphics engine upgrade is a major long-term project and results will take time. That said, it will be well worth it. In the short term, we will continue improving the current rendering technology.



Temptest

Weather/Rain:

And now for another big-picture update that I know many have been following closely: the status of our advanced new weather system, called Tempest internally.  While we aren’t quite ready to guarantee it for December, we are now confident enough to say that the release of this incredibly complex system is imminent. That means it’s going to rain soon, folks.

Tempest was built from the ground up and consists of several interconnected systems that simulate not only rain and the effect that water has on the racetrack, racecars, and surrounding area but also the physical components that combine to create various types of weather. This system is fueled by extensive real-world data from the very locations where you’ll be racing. Together with our Dynamic Track systems, the combined experience is unparalleled in simulation/gaming.

we do want everyone to understand that this system requires per-car development. It’s not as simple as adding a generic rain tire onto our vehicles; rather, we are doing car-by-car R&D to ensure proper rain tire construction/modeling and driving characteristics. As a result, rain support will be added to the sim in batches, starting with a compelling initial offering that is likely to include the Formula 1600, Toyota GR86, and Ferrari 296 GT3.



Protest System Updates

we have built a department whose job is to coach, correct, and take regulatory action when things go wrong. This team does a phenomenal job working through thousands and thousands of manually intensive reports, each of which requires research and careful thought to ensure that if a response is needed, it is an appropriate response. With the December build, we will equip this team with a more expansive toolset to do their jobs. A comprehensive list will be provided in our next sporting code update, but for now, a preview of what’s to come

Post-Results Race Disqualification. A member or team may be disqualified from a Race or event after Results have been posted. Their Championship Points for the Race or event will become 0, and they will drop to a last-place finish.



One New Car

our team has been focusing on some of our longer-term R&D initiatives this season, such as rain, our aero-modeling program, Oval Refresh, and tire model updates. That said, we are excited to be debuting one new car in December: the Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3. 



Track Updates

On the oval side, we are excited to release Slinger Speedway. Slinger is so much fun to drive, and you all will have a blast turning laps at the “World’s Fastest Quarter Mile Oval.” And yes, folks, it will include the figure eight configuration!

Mugello Circuit is looking amazing and will also debut in December.

Okayama Circuit will be re-released (for free) with modern artwork that meets our current standards for quality. It looks great.

Our scanning department has been busy. Processed data was delivered to the team recently for both Portimao and Navarra, and our production and art teams are already underway.

The scan team has also just returned from a big trip to the heart of oval racing country (North Carolina), where they scanned the SRX cars (pavement and dirt) and a handful of different Street Stock car bodies.

We are working on a Micro Sprint, which will provide a great entry point to dirt oval racing (do you all want a pavement version too?). This car will lend itself well to Millbridge Speedway (in progress), the already-released Kern, and a handful of additional current and future short tracks on iRacing.



Other Items

Our Career Mode team is making significant headway on this project, and we are really picking up steam across all supporting departments, including design, sim engineering, web engineering, and backend systems.

Our User Experience and Design teams are working on a new structure for the UI, which will move us away from the modal-based experience available now to a more approachable and accessible design for the future.

Pictures –

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/430661#Comment_430661



Oval Refresh

Oval refresh has a full complement of developers working on it each day, and they are making significant progress. These efforts will continue for some time as we iterate the many systems involved. That said, we don’t want to wait until we’re “done” to release these improvements to the service. With the December build asphalt ovals have been updated to produce an improved dynamic racing experience. Track surface grip levels will change more rapidly as temperature rises and fall depending on weather, time of day, and the energy the cars are putting into the track. Be prepared to tune setups for changing track conditions and search for grip as various lanes heat up and cool down throughout a race session.



Racing Prodigy

Racing Prodigy will take 12 sim racers to learn, train and compete at Atlanta Motorsports Park

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1718275361664901261


This Week in iRacing

This Week in iRacing is iRacings weekly post which details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-31-november-6-2023/



IMSA Global Championships

IMSA’s official Twitter account announced the list of entries for the 2023 eSports Global Championships

https://twitter.com/IMSA/status/1719430742495703342


Winter NIS 

iRacing posted the details of the Winter NIS Season starting in November

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50258/winter-iracing-nascar-series-wins-is-back-for-2023



Fuji 8 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50107/2023-fuji-8-hour-presented-by-coach-dave-academy



2023 BRSCC iRacing FF1600 Festival

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50108/new-special-event-added-to-the-calendar-2023-brscc-iracing-ff1600-festival



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Hardware/Software


Simucube Throttle

Dan Sizuki reviews the throttle pedal for the Simucube throttle that you can get in conjunction with the Simucibe Active Pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpvjSrOf3dc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TuB831wBLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w55YI34Zgto

https://simucube.com/simucube-activepedal/?v=fa868488740a



Is Motion Worth It?

Dan Sizuki reviews the D-Box Gen 5 4250i Haptic System and asks if motion is worth it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU2ypRv9WOw

https://simraceshop.de/D-BOX-Generation-5-4250i-Haptic-System.html?refID=34564684



Gomez Hyper SL

Gzomez unveols their new HYPER SL screenless wheel

https://twitter.com/gomezsimracing/status/1716427377717154150


 Apevie Simulator

Apevie Simulator offers sim racing hardware as well a complete turn key systems

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyUUBf0P2JG/


Simubox DDU Dashboard

SIMUBOX’s DDU Sim Racing Dashboard with 16 RGB LED. SIMHUB Compatible VOCORE 5inch

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyxt_sPIUzw/

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225828971698?hash=item349474a4b2:g:L54AAOSwaeVlM8bG



Simagic P100I Pedal Review

Shaun Cole from the Sim Pit reviews the Simagic P100I Inverted pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soCUb-cadCs


15% Off Trak Racer Black Friday

Black Friday deals are available from Trak Racer with a 15% off discount



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Martinsville

  • Mike -.  P5 top split 231 points might be the most points I’ve ever got in a race.  Just try to keep my nose, clean and not get to the incident limit and the strategy worked. I was right below. It. 
  • David – p Dq out – thats all i’m saying
  • Joe- dnf 

Saturday Fixed- 

  • John – P13. Somehow got in the top split and was against 5-6k drivers. Way out of my league, but a good clean race.

Wednesday Open: Phoenix

  • MikeP8 Ray I’m pretty much 5th to 10th most most of the race spent out on my own once had about two minutes damage but just kept it clean and brought it home top 10 I’ll take it
  • Chris- P16. Car ran great most the race and was able to drive up to Top 10 under green. Spun in the dog leg twice and took some damage and it was downhill from there . Finished P16 1 lap down. 
  • Tony – P8 was stuck in 6-9Th all of the 3 ½ hours of it. Never really passed or got passed much just stuck 
  • John – p21. Committed the unpardonable sin – spun out in turn 2 on the first last and sustained right front wheel damage that could not be completely repaired. Stayed in the race anyway and went up from P32 due to attrition. 
  • TylerP12. Long Race! Got caught a lap down, 3 separate times. Two wave arounds and 1 lucky dog. Had solid speed the entire race and felt pretty comfortable. Happy to complete this race with a 0x. I’m ready for Daytona! Shoutout to the entire team. What a season for Tifosi. Well done fellas. Congratulations Tom! 
  • Brad – P wrecked out


Official Series

Draft Master

John – Saturday P10. Started P16 and dodged the bullets. Zero X – thats a first in this series at Dega.

Sunday P6. Got wrecked twice and had a damaged right wheel. Kept driving anyway and got a respectable finish



Final Thoughts



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Description

On the show today we will be taking a look ahead to the next season build and a look behind at the 2023 NIS Season. We’ll look at more iRacers makng their way to the real tracks, and ask what tracks need to be scanned before they disappear. So sit back, relax and join us 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. 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0406

10/26/2023 – 25 Shots Later – Episode 0406

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics




Show Introduction

On the Show today, we get a little more info about the iRacing Nascar console game, ask how do we know pros aren’t cheating, and look at a heartfelt, well thought out reflection from a mature iRacing driver.

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



Topics



Meyers on  iRacing Console 

iRacing’s Steve Myers talks about some of the vision regarding iRacing’s console Nascar racing game

https://twitter.com/MattWeaverRA/status/1715464566044287286

https://sportsnaut.com/iracing-immersive-nascar-console-experience/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRh8SZMe4Y


Pit Entrance Trouble

In a move possibly inspired by Kyle Larson, an A Fixed race at Homestead goes wrong at the entrance to pit road

https://twitter.com/Max_Molina7/status/1715536503538057286


Checking Pros for Cheating

D J Yee J posted a quick video asking how do we know iRacing Pro drivers aren’t cheating

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2sWR64M0wRM


Insane Sim Lounge

Late Apex Simu;ators offers sim racing rentals in Ontario 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o5nT3OP7Now

https://www.lateapexsim.ca/



iRacing Top Ten Highlights

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


Back in the Game

Former NFL player and iRacer enthusiast Bernard Pollard has some repair work to do to get back in the iRacing game

https://twitter.com/Crushboy31/status/1716900854148837717


The Bathurst Hop

Laurence Dusoswa pulls of the Bathurt Hop over the wall at the chicane to take the lead in a race

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CysXo6mNanr/


iRacing CEO DJ Yee J

What would DJ Yee J do if he were the new iRacing Ceo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJkEzYNiEQ0


It’s Raining Cars

Bill Sirinek posted a video at Watkins Glen where cars come crashing out of the sky

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


Car Manuals

iRacing drops more car manuals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50127/formula-vee-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50129/aston-martin-vantage-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50130/mclaren-570s-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50131/porsche-718-cayman-gt4-manual

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50132/audi-rs-3-lms-manual



HPD ARX-01C Returns to Official Racing

Greg West posted that the HPD ARX-01C car will be returning to official racing in Season 1 by joining the GT Thrustmaster Challenge alongside the GT1/GT2 field.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50111/hpd-arx-01c-returns-to-official-racing



All Time High

iRacing hit an all time high in active memberships in October as announced in a post by Greg West

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/425775#Comment_425775



Safe Driver Dilemma 

Paul Seeley posted a very introspective essay about his iRacing status.  He is not super fast in official races, but is safe and has good car control, so he finises well, although he never wins, so he gets in higher splits than his skill level.  He’s using AI more and more because of the competancy and quality of the racing.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50228/ill-never-win-a-race-a-reflection#latest



Winter NIS is back

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50258/winter-iracing-nascar-series-wins-is-back-for-2023



Fuji 8 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50107/2023-fuji-8-hour-presented-by-coach-dave-academy



British Racing & Sports Car Club iRacing FF1600 Festival

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1715427645398114546

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50108/new-special-event-added-to-the-calendar-2023-brscc-iracing-ff1600-festival



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Hardware/Software


Thrustmaster ESWAP XR Pro Controller

Thrustmaster’s ESWAP XR Pro is a controler designed for racing

https://www.tiktok.com/@ytgeekstreet/video/7287680790995946785?_r=1&_t=8gXtKfGwTfu


Pimax Fixed?

Boosted Media re-reviews the Pimax Crystal and asks if they have fixed thier install problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Mg9VHUv_A


Sim Magic Review

Boosted Media answers the question is Simagic and its ecosystem worth it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WH4TKI5KG4


Simagic Haptic Pedal Support

Neil Gardner is asking if iRacing will bring support to the Simagic Haptic pedals like the LFE support

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49959/simagic-haptic-pedal-reactors-support-in-iracing#latest



Ascher McLaren Sport-SC

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyi17C-q3nd/


Maple Rig

Rukus Garage makes a maple wood sim rig the Race Kit The RK-1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyYNWcqO-2Z/


Conspit FW-1

Conspit unveiled their new FW-1 formula wheel at the Sim Racing Expo

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyk-gb-NoDJ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyx0BKVPXkD/


Conspit Pedals CPP Lite

Dave Cam reviews the Conspit CPP Lite pedals and tested put their launch control system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qZvf97Z7vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjR9ew-VELc

https://conspit.com/CONSPITtabanxilie/38.html?lang=zh-cn



BASH Pro Active H Pattern Shifter

Sim Racing Corner looks at the BASH Pro Active H pattern shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BlPoCC6LS4

https://mvhstudios.co.uk/products/bash-pro



BDH (Bazooka) Shifter

Laurence Dusoswa revieas the BDH H Pattern Shifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXqKe5ItEa0

https://www.bdhracesim.com/where-to-buy



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Homestead 

  • Mike -.  P wrecked out early. Lap three they reck in front of me. I go to miss it. I get ran over from behind shove down to the inside wall. Five minutes damage after the green flag. I’m running in the back another guy gets wrecked. I can’t slow down in time, and I plow him.  40 minutes required.
  • David – p 4, long run near end got me track position back, then held on for 2 short runs
  • Tony -p22 was just meh 

Sunday Open-Homestead 

  • David – P 10  self corrected into wall on first green run.  Caution comes out right before window is over.  Fix most of damage, save fuel and out stretch others to 10th with wheel damage
  • Tony – P6  dont remember much from this one think it was ok. Did end up finding a groove that i liked hugging that bottom 
  • John – P16. Started in P24 and ran consistent laps. Stayed out of trouble, but the top 3 drivers smoked the field. 

Wednesday Open: Cautionville

  • MikeP 7 – got wrecked with about three minutes. Damage could barely drive it got some repairs done and just kept it on track got up to 24X was one away from the DQ and brought it home P7 I’ll take it.
  • ChrisP5. Raced in the back for most of the race. Had 12x for most of the race and raced safely with 16x. P5 never never felt so good. Broke the 2700iR mark for my personal high. 
  • David – P 14, really getting sick of this crap,  running third, fourth cuts down in front of justin and then wipes me out.
  • Tony – P13 oh this race, i dont think ive ever been and ive been in a ton of absolute shit shows on the sim. 32 cautions 2 ½ hours of just absolute trash. I was everywhere top 5 bottom 5 middle 5 wrecked several times was clinging on to that 1 last x for last 90 or so laps trying to get back on the lead lap which i eventually did on the 2nd gwc i stayed in to least get some much needed points fornthe quest of top 15 in div 3. Im 1 and done with this BS. Would rather listen to David Hall read some more Taylor Swift lyrics under cautions than run that atrocity again
  • John – p 11. My car was good, but the usual Martinsville cautionfest. Thanks to the overwhelming lack of skilled drivers I had 22 X fairly quick and had to be careful to avoid a DQ. Got up to 24X with 30 to go and babied the car from there. 

Thursday Open: Martinsville

  • Mike- P8- top split typical shit show I had 16 incidents before halfway got drive-through and finally got a lucky dog to get back on the lead lap with about 20 to go and work my way back up to finish P8 another great top 10
  • Mackenzie – P2 – Great 1st NIS race back, started 3rd got spun early and ran around 15th for a while, stayed out while leaders pitted and took the lead and lead 79 laps, got screwed on a car coming from the pits and dropped back to 3rd, pitted for fuel and took tires around lap 200 and started 8th, worked my way up to 4th for the GWC and 2nd and 3rd place spun before the line so I took 2nd


Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Legends,, 87 cars at Talladega ran top five all day there were several cautions was leading at the end on the white they were three wide the middle lane guy came down and wrecked All P 20. 

Draft Master

John – Saturday P2. Stayed there the whole race and just pushed P1 to the end. We never got passed.

Saturday again. P11. Good result considering I got in top split with over 4k rated drivers. I kept up with lead pack the whole race

Tuesday and Wednesday Trucks. 4 races and they all sucked. The usual “nobody can keep a straight line” races and lapped cars wrecking leaders. My SR took a massive beating

Mackenzie – P9, Started 16th, pretty uneventful race, was probably 6 or 7 wide coming across the finish and got squished into the wall and lost a few positions



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 .” 

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Description

On the Show today, we get a little more info about the iRacing Nascar console game, ask how do we know pros aren’t cheating, and look at a heartfelt, well thought out reflection from a mature iRacing driver. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0405

10/19/2023 – Winter is Coming – Episode 0405

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll check out what was on display at the 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo, including new offerings from Fanatec. We’ll check out an open letter to iRacing from an influential sim racer reguarding the new conso;e game, and debate iRacing having free, spectator only accounts.

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



Special Guest

Brad Wrenn



Topics



Winter is Coming

Dante Pontecorvo asked in the forums if there’s a date for the release of the Nascar iRacing Winter Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49784/winter-nascar-iracing-series-schedule



iRacing Support Solutions

iRacing’s support solutions menu may be able to answer your iRacing questions

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions



Bobby Foley Interview

iRacing interviews IMSA GT3 driver Bobby Foley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpMYPWMYMA


Get Closer Racing

Get Closer Racing shows off thier products at the Sim Racing Expo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyVl8B-NUju/


More Sim Racing Expo

Unicorn Reviews makes the rounds at the Expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1p7ounGXRk

Venym Pedals – country flags on the pedal faces

Coffee Racer – Folded up rig in a coffee table

pXn – Base and wheel –

SRP Sim Racing Pro – pnumatic pedals

Aceolith – Prototype wheels

Grid Racing – Using balloons in the seats with air hoses in seats for a g seat – early prototype

Asetek had the biggest booth –

Sabelt Rigs with Seat – neat colors on the seats

p1 Sim – Pedals look nice w heel bucket

Conspit – Interesting rigs, hydralic pedals



Tour of the Expo

Laurence Dusoswa gives a full tour of  the Expo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_lfPqbLxM

Cube controls and Gomez are not at the the expo



Overtake-ing the Expo

Overtake.gg takes a look at new wheels at the Expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTa_NGzWa9w

0:19 Fanatec
0:29 Podium Button Module Rally
0:38 Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3
0:54 QR2 Hands-on
1:23 Fanatec Formula Rig
1:30 Fanatec ClubSport DD 12 Nm Check
2:59 Ascher Racing McLaren GT4 Wheel
3:45 Sabelt Wheel & Track Time Motion Prototype
4:30 Asetek La Prima & Forte Wheel Button Box
5:45 Cube Controls AMG GT Wheel
6:18 BavarianSimTec Omega Pro Hands-on
6:56 PXN
7:07 Varjo Aero VR Headset



Fanatec New DD’s

Fanatec shows off thier new Direct Drive Wheel Bases 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CybKfKWMpKa/


Setup Updates for New Patch

Greg  West posted in the forums that the new 10/19 patch will correct setup issues in the ’87 Legacy Cars

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50051/setup-updates-for-10-19-patch



Patch 3 Release Notes

https://twitter.com/iRacingSupport/status/1714977976800993670

https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000171318-2023-season-4-patch-3-release-notes-2023-10-18-01-



Overland to iRacing

Chris Overland posted an open letter to iRacing with his thoughts of the newly announced console game

https://twitter.com/ChrisOverland47/status/1714676924205748673


Worst Value on the Road

DJ Yee Jay asks which road courses were the least value based on official races this season.  Winton and Zolder

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/of5yfuc8MEU


Unscheduled Pits

Matt Malone takes an unplanned pitstop in his race session

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8LfejNmWinc


Spectator Accounts

Neil Gardener ask in the forums why we can’t have spectator only accounts for spotting/broadcasting

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49735/spectator-only-account#latest



SCCA And Trading Paints

iRacing will allowthe use of Trading Paints for the Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49999/iracing-scca-runoffs-paint-update



Sim Racing Chicago Mobile

Sim Racing Chicago’s Mobile Sim Racing Trailer is almost ready to go!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1473986726714630

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0idSKC1CFb7fbbvDgJ9SSXLJFLiBaM3QUuAD6bvpmMXYVBF17ENmUYudH7eVdAyPfl&id=100088726105522&mibextid=K8Wfd2



iRacing Spend

DJ Yee Jay adds up how much he’s spent on iRacing over the years

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AMvGAvtnmE0


SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



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Hardware/Software


Qbic QS-210 Review

The Sim Pit reviews the Qubic QS-210 motion actuator system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MkBHsfOZs


Meta Quest 3

Meta has released the Newest version of their VR platform, the Quest 3

https://www.reddit.com/r/iRacing/comments/175da0z/quest_3_iracing_wow/?share_id=F8HcN2NtU-zJJEC1QXu1N&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=5&rdt=40083

https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/



Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack

Dwarehouse dropped a new version of the Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack



Asatek SimSports Launch Premier

Asatek Ceo gives a rundown of their new button box with exchangable rims

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WF6NqbO00


Fanatec Clubsport DD

Fanatec introduces their new direct drive wheel bases, the Clubsport DD and Clubsport DD+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYfhu236oJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErib14Gjx8

https://fanatec.com/eu-en/detail/index/sArticle/1891

https://www.instagram.com/p/CydgfNUONtx/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7AuGhPzPxU


Saving You Back

Sense of Speed shows how to save your lower back in your sim rig with inflatable lumbar supports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ3AJYUi0s0


Sabelt Sim Rigs

Random Callsign reviews Rim rigs from Sabelt- a high performance safety company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQgwQ06KaeE


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – 

  • Mike -.  P8- kind of ran around mid pack most of the race a bunch of cautions at the end played in my favor and I was able to move forward from about 15th up to eight. I will take it.  
  • Tony -p20 Just felt absolutely stuck the whole race. Didnt gain or loss anything hanging around top 10 but was caught in white flag BS 
  • John -p10 – Started P11 and stayed there most of the race. In P9 with 19 to go and stuck to the turn 4 wall like super glue. That put me back to 16th but fought my way back. Felt good about the race because I stayed with the lead pack and avoided all the wrecks behind me.
  • Tom- p10

Sunday Open-

  • David – P good long run car, wrecked a by an asshole who took out other people early in the race and expect everyone to get out of his way, yet turns across my nose and blames me.

Wednesday Open: vegas

  • MikeP got involved in three different cautions. The last one was eight minutes damage. P22
  • ChrisP 10. Took a bit to learn the track. Drove around 30th the first part of the race. Drove up under green. Nice Top 10 and iR at career high. 
  • David – P Wrecked on lap 2 unable to fix drove a green flag run with damge, pited, pit crew never showed up – rage quit
  • Tony – P26 was doing ok while trying to get jiggy with it when cars wrecked and t-boned a guy. Spent lap and half getting damaged fixed figured i was the only car a lap down til we started getting green flag stops. Waites til i had ½ a lap left when pulling onto pit road when i was hit getting on pit road saved it but missed pit road and ran out of gas and had to tow. 3 laps down rest of the race  
  • John – pP14. Strarted P16 and fell back quick. Got as far back as P29 one lap down. Got lucky dog in P 19 with a green white checker.Gained 5 spots on green white checker. Heck, I’ll take it. 
  • TylerP6. Started in the back and caught up in a massive wreck on lap 1. Got damaged fixed and caught a lucky dog on the very next caution. Again on the green flag. Race stayed green the rest of the way. Pitted 1 lap before halfway and was able to finish strong only on the one stop. 

Thursday Open: 
MikeP top split. P23. Caution free race. I ran what I deserved.



Official Series


Draft Master

John – Started P1 on Thursday night. On lap 5 the guy behind me thought it would be a good 

Idea to bump draft in the tri oval. It caused a massive pile up. Got going again in P10. Draftmastered my way back up and finished P2.

John – Friday night. Started P1. Led 17 laps of a clean race. Leading on the last lap and got passed at the finish line on the outside. P2 by 2/1000 of a second. 

John – Wednesday night. Started P8. Dodged two massive wrecks. With one to go I was in P6 and get caught up in  a wreck and had a damaged right front wheel. Kept going anyway and finished P3



Final Thoughts



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  1. Winter is Coming

Description

On the show today, we’ll check out what was on display at the 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo, including new offerings from Fanatec. We’ll check out an open letter to iRacing from an influential sim racer reguarding the new conso;e game, and debate iRacing having free, spectator only accounts. So sit back, relax and join us 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. 

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Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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Episode 0404

10/12/2023 – Runoff at the Runoffs – Episode 0404

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today well ask what your iRating might say about what kind of driver you are, we’ll dive into reactions to Nascar and iRacing on consoles, and what tracks are most desperatly in need of updating and why.

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



Topics



Multitasking While iRacing

Incoming Cup driver Carson Hocevar knocked out a Nsscar Radio interwiew on his phone while iRacing at Dega

https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNASCAR/status/1712214516312797347


iRacing at Charlotte

Rajah Caruth was repping the brand in the iRacing sponsored Xfinity car at Charlotte

https://twitter.com/iRacingMyers/status/1710644906534773070


Pocono Update

Listener Craig Ream gives the Lounge some great feedback about the infield courses at Pocono.

Hi Gents,

Just to lend input on your mention about the Pocono infield courses.  While they “could” be used for go carts but they are most often used for HPDE and drift events.     Some club level racing is also booked there. (example spec Miata’s)

The legacy Pocono config actually has a few of the infield courses but they are now dated and have changed slightly.

Craig Ream



NASCAR Game 2025 – What Do iRacers Think?

iRacing will be bringing Nascar to consoles in 2025 and the forums chime in with their thoughts.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49407/iracing-to-develop-nascar-console-game-available-in-2025



Send It Sim Racing

Send It! Sim Racing in Amherst, NY provides racing simulators to rent for single drivers leagues and more

https://senditsimracing.com/



SRX Ready for Scanning

In a Tweet from SRX racing, the IROC style racing league is readt for iRacing’s scanning team

https://twitter.com/SRXracing/status/1711375156617072991
https://twitter.com/SRXracing/status/1712162933210247205


Your iRating and You

DJ Yee-J posted a YouTube video discussing what, as a driving instructor, he sees with drives at certain iRatings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjmRK-pRkM


Update Me!

RacingDepartment.com posted an article about which 3 tracks in iRacing desparately need updating

https://www.racedepartment.com/news/top-3-iracing-tracks-that-desperately-need-updating.1402/



Racing With Alonso

PitBits found himself in a Formula Vee race with F1 world champion Fernando Alonso and posted  his race on his YouTube Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEcejcl0Y0


Pro Driver Pipeine

Coke Series Driver Vicente Salas is turning his dream of racing into a reality as he chases a career in Nascar 

F8ppdlyauaapckz

https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2023/10/12/vicente-salas-nascar-career-enascar-iracing/



Sim Racing Expo

The 2023 ADAC Sim Racing Expo starts this weekend  in Dortmund, Germany

https://twitter.com/SimRacingExpo/status/1712482204457329040

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49754/sim-racing-expo



Season 1 Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49701/2024-season-1-schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49713/2024-season-1-schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49712/2024-season-1-schedule



iRacing athe SCCA Runoffs

iRacing made it’s presence well known at the 2023 SCCA Runoffs

https://www.iracing.com/michael-hinkle-2023-scca-runoffs-recap/



IMSA 2023 Esports Global Chamionships

https://www.imsa.com/news/2023/10/12/imsa-announces-2023-imsa-esports-global-championship/



Crandon Pro 4 Championship

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1712507206610935908

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-crandon-pro-4-championship-special-event-2023/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49559/iracing-presents-2023-crandon-championship



BMW M Road Atlanta

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-bmw-m-sim-cup-at-road-atlanta/



SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



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Hardware/Software


Next Level Racing Go Kart Plus

Next Level Racing offers their new Go Kart Plus Sim Rig



Sim Racing Pro Handbrake Review

Sim Racing Pro reviews thier handbrakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tmjhRpoazvY&feature=youtu.be

https://simracing-pro.com/product/srp-hb-handbrakes/



Samsung Odyssey and the 4090

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PyA_yJ0chY

It appears that the Samsung Odyssey G9 cannot be handled by one of the world’s highest-performing gaming graphics cards, namely the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/geforce-rtx-4090-cannot-handle-samsungs-odyssey-neo-g9-240hz-monitor-limited-to-120-hz



Cube Controls Mercedes AMG GT Wheel

Boosted Media reviews the Cube Controls Mercedes AMG GT Edition

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


Asetek Invicta 27 NM Review

Simracing Enthusiast Reviews the Asetek Invicta 27 NM wheelbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVxAcml6KQ


Logitec Foldable Rig

Logitech launches collapsible sim-racing rig which supports the full range of Logitech G Wheel and Pedal products.

https://www.gamereactor.eu/logitech-launches-collapsible-sim-racing-rig-1309323/



Grid Porsche 911 RSR

The Sim Racing Den reviews the Grid by Sim by Sim-Lab Porsche 911 RSR calling it the best sim racing wheel I’ve ever used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYcZctz8hek


Pimax Crystal Sim

The Pimax Crystal VR headset now comes in a Sim version at a reduced price

https://msfsaddons.com/2023/10/02/pimax-releases-simulation-focused-version-of-its-high-end-crystal-vr-headset/


Ascher Racing Artura Sport/Pro SC

McLaren Artura Sport-SC and Artura Pro-SC will be available for presale to end customers on October 13, 2023, with the first units scheduled to ship in mid-November 2023!



SRP GT-R / GT Pedals

Experience unmatched sensitivity, precision and realism with our high-end professional pedal set. These pedals are fully modular, allowing for any combination and position you desire: three pedals, two pedals, inverted, formula style, and more. SRP’s exclusive innovative pneumatic piston technology takes your experience to the next level.

https://simracing-pro.com/product/srp-gt-r-sim-racing-pedal/



Conspit Pedals, Wheels and Cockpit

Conspit CPP.lite comes with hydraulic brake and the haptic system

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw-BprtvME6/
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Sim-Lab XP-1 Pedal Review

TraxionGG reviews the Sim-Labs XP-1 Load cell pedals  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8yR9cpGvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdaeh0PnPZ4


Simpush Wheel Mod

Billkwando reviews the Simpush 13″ Wheel mod for the Moza ES

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


SimMagic P1000 Review

The Sim Circuit reviews the Simagic P1000 haptic pedals on their YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LmgmERyybA



Simucube 2 Software Update

The much anticipated Simucube 2 Software update is on its way soon as announced in their Youtube teaser

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hiDrcCz6z4I


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – Roval

Mike .  P2. Qualified fourths. Got it to second the leader ran a bunch of quick laps at the beginning and got a big gap on me. Eventually I matched his laps, but it was too late. No mistakes though and I brought it home. P2. 

Wednesday Open: Vegas

  • MikeP19 – we had green flag stop so I had ran my tires off I was running 20th Short pitted just a little got up to 13 but made mistakes and fell back again. Was hoping for a caution near the end and we got it went hard trying to get to the top 10, but ended up killing the wall and having wheel damage limped home P 19
  • ChrisP13. Drove safe and managed tires for long runs. Was faster than leaders on long runs but caution would always come out. For the first time I went over 2500iR! 
  • DavidP 25, good on long run, blew it on short run
    • Justin – P11, started 28th caution around lap 20 stayed in the back went on a 75 lap run got a caution cycle to p11.
  • TonyP7 with my laps led 28 in the beginning was tight on the longer run
    • TomP9
  • John – p10 Skipped qualifying and started P29. Worked my way up the entire race and pushed hard the last 34 laps to pass as many cars as I could. My tires held up as tires dropped off for people in front of me. Got past 5 cars in the last 10 laps. Zero X!
  •  
  • Brad – P – Still down waiting on wheel base to be repaired.

Thursday Open: 
MikeP card number 22 and top split. Basically top 10 got as high as third but around lap 70 I got clipped by somebody sent to the wall wheel damage one and a half minutes, but no caution came out rolled around dead last on the lead lap until green flags stop started decided to stay out as long as I could ensure enough the caution flu, as I had about five laps of fuel, and I was P13 next. Got involved with two lab, cars wrecking, and another two minute damage with 20 to go. Did a restart with 11 to go a huge stack up and I turned the guy in front of me and get passing on the inside penalty.



Official Series


Ellis– 

  • Fia f4- wrecked out early on my own got ran over had to tow made it back from 19th to 14th. 
  • Started seventh out of 18. Wrecked out.
  • Chris McGuire hosted supercars at Michigan
  • DW 12s at Charlotte Roval start at 13th finish P3

A Open

  • John P 11. Started P 25. First 79 laps were green. Pitted in P 20 and picked up 9 spots in the final 17 laps. 


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

  1. Runoff at the Runoffs

Description

On the show today well ask what your iRating might say about what kind of driver you are, we’ll dive into reactions to Nascar and iRacing on consoles, and what tracks are most desperatly in need of updating and why. So sit back, relax and join us 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: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Epidode 0403

10/5/2023 – Bag of Air with Some Chips – Episode 0403

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings.

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



Special Guest

John Kerley

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=824320



Topics



GP Turn Racing Series

Thursday’s third round of the 2023 Grand Prix Turn Racing iRacing Series was a first of its kind, as some of the top open wheel road racers took on oval racing in the Dallara iR-01 at Texas Motor Speedway. Utilizing the new oval-centric package developed for the naturally aspirated, 3.0-liter V10 open-wheel racing machine, 25 drivers entered the evening with a chance to score a win like no other in series history.

https://www.iracing.com/lebigre-wins-first-grand-prix-turn-racing-iracing-series-oval-event-in-photo-finish-at-texas/



South American Esports Championship

Brazil will host the 1st edition of the South American Esports Championship. The competition will be held on November 2nd, during the week of the São Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix and will be run on @iRacing using the FIA F4 car.

https://twitter.com/fia/status/1707751724201459932

https://www.fia.com/news/first-south-american-esports-championship-be-held-sao-paulo



Great Motorsports Quotes

iRacing asks on Twitter, Wgat are some of the best motorsports quotes

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707835272975552999


Season 4 Build Highlights

iRacing posted a Youtube video highlighting the Season 4 build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHmWe5l92HA


Nascar and MS Games

Sources have indicated that 9/30 is nothing more than termination date of NASCAR and MSportgames… There is no new license announcement as of yet.

https://twitter.com/nascaragous/status/1707847164603601099


Rennsport and rFactor

There have been rumors that Rennsport is using rFactor 2’s physics and parameters

https://racesimcentral.net/rennsport-using-rfactor-2-physics-parameters-and-more/
https://traxion.gg/rfactor-2-technology-not-issued-to-any-game-developer-following-rennsport-allegations/
https://twitter.com/RENNSPORT_gg/status/1709289718398288257


Chat Ban Prevention

Alan Strovich has some ideas to help prevent Chat bans in iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48967/iracing-chat-voice-ban-prevention#latest



Rally Dirt Issues

Robbie Kirtley posted that there’s something wrong in the Iowa and Atlanta tracks that feel more like asphalt than dirt

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49007/rally-dirt-issues



Is the UI Getting Worse

Massimo asked in the forums if there’s no more indication of how many cars are registered in a practice session on the UI

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49114/is-the-ui-getting-worst#latest



Hidden in Plain Sight

DJ Yee J posted a video with 10 iRacing tracks that are hidden in plain sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj8fNOPyGME


Hidden iRating

Dave Cam explores the benefits of having a hidden iRating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRfydkP5Ck


Tony Kanaan Sim Garage

Matt Malone posted a Youtube video where he gets to check out Tony Kanaan’s Sim Racing Garage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNon7sQc4CU


Top iRating

Max Benecke announced on Twitter that he has reclaimed the title of highest iRating

https://twitter.com/maxbenecke11/status/1708170689864253837


Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49237/2023-season-4-patch-2-hotfix-1-release-notes-2023-09-29-03



Time Attack Results

Because of the dirt rallycross physics bug iRacing has eraced all of the Time Attack results prior to the patch

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49245/time-attack-results-update#latest



Sim to Real

Kaden Honeycutt gets a win in the ARCA Menards West Series in his series debut.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx5keQIrSj7/


iRacing for Beginners

Anthony Alfredo posted a iRacing for beginners series on his Youtube Channel

https://twitter.com/anthonyalfredo/status/1708951085656776727


Nasar and iRacing Console Style

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-acquires-nascar-team-properties-exclusive-simulation-style-console-racing-game-license/



Le Petit Le Mans

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1709614768493900042


SCCA Runoffs

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49267/2023-iracing-scca-runoffs



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Hardware/Software


Simagic P1000 Pedals

Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the Simagic P1000 pedals with the haptic rumble motors 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUG3f1TAxyE

https://www.simwear.eu/en/webshop/product/simagic-pedals-p1000-triple-set



Rally DYI 

Pokornyi engineering offers a button and optional shifter addition to your favorite Rally, GT and Cup car wheel

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxpsZaQN_Ca/


Trackform Phone Mount

Trackform has a T-Slot phone mount for 80/20 rigs



Thrustmaster 488 GT3 

Thrustmaster is now taking pre orders for their new Ferrari 488 GT3 Wheel Add-on

https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/ferrari-488-gt3-wheel-add-on/


6 Sigma in the States

6 Sigma Simracing now has a new warehouse in Syracuse NY for faster shipping to US customers

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvcaZnuLPl/

https://www.6sigmasimracing.com/



GOVEE Lighting

Dave Cam shows in a video how to use GOVEE for ambient lighting

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


Top 5 iRaing Apps

Matt Barnett posted a video of his top 5 Apps to use with iRacing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7yFdid7hk

Trading Paints https://www.tradingpaints.com/

Crew Chief https://thecrewchief.org/

RaceLab https://racelab.app/

VRS Telemetry https://virtualracingschool.appspot.c…

iRacing Manager https://members.iracing.com/jforum/po…

CoachDave Academy https://coachdaveacademy.com/



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday Fixed – Tally

  • Justin – PWas in the mix for the win but didnt have a good push
  • Brad- wheel disconnected

Friday Open – Tally

  • Mike -.  P Was near the front on the side where the inside lane was trying to side draft up and I got no damage though, but I was in the First caution. Lap 11 I was pushing the leader on the bottom. The guy behind me started pushing me and turned me 2 1/2 minutes damage. eventually caught a caution took a wave around but needed a yellow to get enough fuel to finish. Finally got the yellow with three to go put me in the back after fueling for P 23 for the green White checker number one. Wrecked coming to the checker P 27.
  • David – p 14, wasn’t on the best fuel strategy and then got flush out of the draft by a huge check up right when I made a lane change.  So I went ahead and pitted so I could re catch the draft off cycle.  We cycled completely around.  I made a move to late to try to get in line and turned myself.  Trying to get back up to speed I spun the tires on the apron and that brought out the caution.  Made it back up to 2nd, then late caution and on restart I get hung out in middle lane and fade to 19th and pass 5 wreckings cars for 14th.
  • Tyler – P4 Started P1 with the Only one caution on lap 3.  Led the first 20 laps after giving up the lead to save gas. Was able to stay with the main pack during two green flag stops to bring it hope 4th. Lappers screwed me on the last lap but happy with a Top 5 and 0x.

Sunday Open-

  • David – P20 got hung out on green flag stops

Sunday Fixed- 

  • Mike- P 4- got spun twice but no damage really let some laps at the end there was just a top seven breakaway and I was six we mixed it up but I didn’t make very good moves P4

Wednesday Open: roval

  • MikeP7 – got as high as P5, but had a slip and fell back to eight missed the final chicane about four or five times but brought it home seventh. Pretty proud of this run. It was car number 34. Tom got a P9 in the same race and I only gained five championship points on him.
  • Chris- P 6. Good safe run.
  • GregP wrecked out top split
  • TomP9
  • Brad – P 32. Was ran off course and then was dropped by server.

Thursday Open: 
MikeP car number 35. Start 16th top split.



Official Series

Ellis-
FIAF 4 @inter-Lago Brazil start a 21st got wrecked in the first lap on a pile up. I got the worst of it was dead last at 23rd made my way back up to 16th.
Started near the back, but still got ran over on lap. One turned one from behind dead lash worked my way back up to 9 out of 14.
DraftMaster, 1987 cars at Daytona top split. Got involved in a couple of incidents but brought it home P9.
Ran three or four Chris McGuire hosted races, wrecked out of each one




Final Thoughts



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  1. Bag of Air with Some Chips

Description

On the show today, we’ll check out the super high speeds of the first ever Grand Prix Series race on an oval track. We’ll check out a sim racer making a big splash in real world racing, and debate the pros and cons of visible iRatings. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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: 

Hosts:

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David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

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Episode 0402

9/28/2023 – The Grass Is Good – Episode 0402

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today we will take you thru the iRacing Coke Series Championship Race Event as we crown the new 2023 eNascar Champion. We’ll discuss if iRacing could, or should be made available to consoles. In the hadware section we’ll look at the long, long awaited Fanatec QR2 quick release system and Simagic’s Pedals with haptic feedback.

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



Topics



End of an Era

Michael Conti posted the ContiFiles: 6 videos featuring the retiring Coke Series Driver

https://twitter.com/MikeConti5/status/1706130609775460575


Why is iRacing Not on Consoles

Kevn Lemberg asks why iRacing is not on consoles when other system demanding sim like Microsoft Flight Simulator are.

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48788/why-isnt-iracing-on-consoles#latest



The Grass is Good!

Curtis Ramirez says that iRacing’s new grass grip physics are spot on

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48604/iracing-devs-i-d-just-like-to-say-grass-issue#latest



Hall Pass

Garrett Lowe had to get a note from Nascar to miss his college exams to run in the Coke Series Championship Race

https://twitter.com/GarrettLowe_6/status/1706307678564155402

Elliott Sadler eSports will not be back in the Coke Series next Year

https://twitter.com/SadlerEsports/status/1706386451527536701
https://twitter.com/A_Boes21/status/1706807612941976045


Kirwan is Out Early at Miami

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1706849419780399215


Class of the Field

Donovan Strauss and Steven Wilson were the class of the field all race long

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1706860680299630682

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-scores-redemption-with-2023-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-championship/



The Next Three

iRacing asks on X, What are 3 tracks you’d like to see make it into iRacing?

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707428159300272312


Toyota or Honda

You’ll now be able to choose between the Toyota and the Honda when selecting your Super Formula SF23!

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1707045439269175340


Season 2 Patch 4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48989/2023-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2023-09-26-02#latest



Happy 1k

Joel Smith celebrated his 1000th career win

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxuHnkeMrjb/


iRacing Attempted Hack

Bad actors attempted to  access to iRacing files, no member data was lost

https://www.iracing.com/member-account-security-incident-statement/



Byron and iRacing on Fox

Fox Sports has a 1-on-1 article with Nascar Championship contender William Byron on his path from iRacing to Nascar

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/william-byron-1-on-1-on-being-a-championship-favorite-his-path-from-iracing



Spot from Your Phone

Alan Strovch thought it would be cool if iRacing made an app that let you spot races from your phone

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48965/spectate-and-spot-from-your-phone#latest



Petit Le Mans

iRacing drops the balance of power for the upcoming Petit Le Mans 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48630/2023-iracing-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco



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Hardware/Software


Helicopter Case

Thermaltake introduces their Snow Helicopter themed computer case

https://www.tiktok.com/view/product/1729387183435846358



New Sim Rig Stuff

Jays two Cents dips his toes back into the sim rig hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TduCzIL-_Q


Wheel FOV Extensions

Motion Rig Simulations has a Wheel FOV Extensions that make your simulator more immersive with a realistic feel, just like it is in the real car.

https://tscustom.eu/mrs/index.html



Fanantec Getting Stale

Lawrence Dusoswa thinks Fanatec needs to get moving in order to keep up with the ever evolving sim hardware market

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C6gF9EgaoaU
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxlSPrSs7yB/

QR2 Review

Will Ford from Boosted Media reviews Fanatec’s new, long awaited QR2

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

https://fanatec.com/us-en/cat/index/sCategory/190



PT Actuator Tension R

Jam First reviews the PT Actuator Tension R Seat Belt Tensioning system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwMjNm4S130


iR Sidekick

Dave Cam revies the iR Sidekick software that lets you easily configure system setups 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJoe9O_4eY


Sabelt Sim Racing Cockpits

Sabelt launch range of smart-looking sim racing cockpits

https://traxion.gg/sabelt-launch-range-of-smart-looking-sim-racing-cockpits/


Zen’s Simwheels

Zen’s Simwheels offers custom sim racing equipment from a variery of manufacturers 

https://www.zenssimwheels.com/



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Sunday Open-

  • David – P 19, top split last car, strategy up and down, finished ok
  • Justin – P6, qualified p7, deserved my finish. 0x on the day. This race was just as good as a win in my book

Wednesday Open: Tally

  • MikeP 17 Jack lead with about 25 to go kept it right up until the end and got hung out to dry not once but twice on the final restart and ended up wrecked. Was good to lead laps. 
  • ChrisP 10. Saved it with one to go and worked my way back up to 10th. 
  • David – P dropped, iracing is dropping people left in right
  • Justin – PLAST, i had 3 other Tifso teammates in the race. We got in order real quick. Random car bounced off the wall. junk
  • Tony – P7  I got spun early not hitting anything got stuck on the banking while still green. Almost went down a lap. Got stuck behind a lapper lost the pack middle of the race, dropped connection while a lap away on a GF stop lost almost 2 laps kept not getting lucky dog for checking up on wrecks and another guy passing me for it. Eventually got it and went from like 20something to 8th on the gwc and gained a spot for a guy getting dq’ed lol
  • TomP23
  • John – p17
  • TylerP8- Qualified 3rd and settled in for a long one. Stayed around the top 5 for most of the race till a late caution came out setting up the GWC. Had fun racing with Teammate Chris as we had a good run up top. Happy with 8th and a 0x!
  • Brad – P 19. Started 10th ran up front till early accident collected all four teammates. Fought back to running in top 10 till final wreck on 3rd GWC, ended up in P19.

Thursday Open: 

  • Mike- P car 33 and top split. I ended up changing lanes and turning myself off somebody’s nose and losing the draft. We finally caught a caution the first one with 20 to go I was almost out of fuel. I end up staying out for a waiver around, and luckily, got another quick caution so I can get enough fuel for the next restart with 12 to go. Finished at P12.
  • Justin – P4, got caught up in 2 wrecks only took a little bit of damage but just stayed chill. Came close to a chance to win. I was the one that gave the winning push.

TonyP4 kept my nose clean til the end went to the outside to push A car to the lead but he got wrecked just before the line



Official Series

Ellis– 

  1. FIA F4 at Road America – Pile up 9 cars had to tow – lap 1 turn 2 – i had stopped to miss it but got ran over from behind…
    • Second attempt of the night qualified P4. On the start the guy in front of me in P2 he left his transmission in neutral gassed it with the clutch in and when the green light came out, he dropped the clutch but never left. I had a great start, but turned right to miss him, but it wasn’t enough and I actually flip upside down Wrecking before I even get going.  
  2. Draft Meister car of tomorrow at Daytona top split qualified P5 – got to the Leed by the halfway point, but fell back to fourth after making a mistake P4
    • Top split again was running third near the end. A guy had a run on me. I blocked Lowe successfully and as we entered the corner, he just ran into the back of me and dumped me.  Still finished P5.
    • Next day top split, took the lap lead on lap seven held it to the White some 6500 guy came out of nowhere and blue by me. I finish second. This finished puts me above 3000 rating. I started the week around 2450.
    • Top split again with Matt Busse and Liam. Brotherton was running third behind them when I had to dodge a lopper and fell back to sixth.
    • Top split again end up hitting the wall once cost me maybe third I finished P5
    • Top split again let a bunch of laps and then hit the wall all by myself. Ended up finishing P3.
    • Was running third in this one top split again and a lap car basically ran into the back of me when I got loose and spun me clear out somehow I was able to finish fourth
    • Not top split this time the same guy who ran over me before was fighting me hard for third I finally got him and got the second but not enough to catch the leader
    • Somehow someway ended up three wide for the lead I was on the outside and got pushed to the wall fell the third, even with how heavy damage P3
    • Ran one more race and finished P4
    • Next night top split got in a wreck on the final lab, and somehow still finished 10
    • A open Talladega top split strength of field 5K I was car number 29 Garrett Maes was car number one started in the back of the pack after a bad move, but was able to make my way back up to the lead right before the caution and was leading lap, so I stayed out when everyone else pitted under caution fill back a little bit and got wrecked in a stack up domino effect wrecked out on lap 31 of 70


Final Thoughts



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  1. The grass is good

Description

On the show today we will take you thru the iRacing Coke Series Championship Race Event as we crown the new 2023 eNascar Champion. We’ll discuss if iRacing could, or should be made available to consoles. In the hadware section we’ll look at the long, long awaited Fanatec QR2 quick release system and Simagic’s Pedals with haptic feedback. So sit back, relax and join us 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: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0401

9/21/2023 – 2023 is the new 2023 – Episode 0401

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

We are getting near the end of the season championships in the iRacing esports and we’ll talk about it. We will introduce you probably the best single monitor for sim racing, and of course talk about our results. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.

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



Topics



eNASCAR Twitter Resurfaces

https://twitter.com/ENASCARGG/status/1703442190171598993


iRacing Paint in Victory Lane

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1703431169042186659


10 Rarest Tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vS4xWOeJmQ

Las Vegas Infield Legends Ovals –

Kansas Road Course

Atlanta Road Course

Oran Park North A

Legacy Kentucky Legends Oval

Monza Oval Left

Gateway Road

Twin Ring West

Tsukuba 1000 Outer

Iowa Road



WOO Champion

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1703960864435458544


SRX Inbound

https://twitter.com/SRXracing/status/1704148559530959060

https://www.srxracing.com/_files/ugd/2b0383_b5060c5043d448948129c6a3929769ba.pdf



Throwback Spotter Pack

https://twitter.com/MattBussa/status/1704204728886796782


Single Rig Multiple User

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48606/single-rig-multiple-iracing-user-team-driver-change



4 Drivers going for 100k

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1704507357378568671

Audio Room setup in Discord –



Mailbag

Jason Bosse2:53 PM (4 hours ago)
to iracerslounge

If iracing did earlier eras, I kind of wish they’d unlock the pits and not enforce modern pit road speed limits. Maybe it wouldn’t “add” any new dynamic to the races, but I’d like to see it to determine this. Maybe a week 13 experiment but would likely require complex coding for something that seems “simple.”



Nascar Game

https://twitter.com/HutchGames/status/1704492573488710092


IMSA Fixed Adjustment

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48616/imsa-fixed-gtp-fuel-levels-updated#latest



FIA Regional Expands

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1704553492575031496


Petit LeMans

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48630/2023-iracing-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco



WOO Sprint Car Qualifier Starting

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1703832163555090777

https://www.iracing.com/thrustmaster-becomes-new-title-sponsor-of-iracing-world-of-outlaws-sprint-car-series-qualifying-series-starts-september-25/



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Hardware/Software


Buttkicker Gamer Plus Review

Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the Buttkicker Gamer Plus and its value  compared to other haptic systems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOakJXxbQ04


Simcore Pedal Faces

The Sim Racing Den highly recommeds the Sim Core Pedal face for his Heusinkveld Ultimate + Pedas

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9KY7Pt0YE/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Platseat Nascar Evolution Pro

The eNascar website is prompoting the Playseat Evolution Pro Sim Rig



SimRep Engineering P9XX Wheel

SimRep Engineering is offering another nice lookiing addition to the formula wheel market with their P9XX Sim Racing Wheel



Retrosims Hesketh 308 Blade

In a groundbreaking collaboration with Base Performance, one of the world’s leading companies in the racing simulator industry, Retrosim is introducing the Hesketh 308 Blade.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxLek59MkmQ/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D

https://www.retrosims.com/



Story Title

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/57-odyssey-neo-g9-dual-4k-uhd-quantum-mini-led-240hz-1ms-hdr-1000-curved-gaming-monitor-ls57cg952nnxza/



Story Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckW5ofv5pWU


Story Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PyA_yJ0chY



Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Sunday Open-bristol

  • MikeP 
  • ChrisP
  • DavidP wrecked, top split shit show, had 12x from others wrecks by lap 20,   hid around half lap down for half a race, then got sandwiched in a wreck hit a car and got piled into.
  • Kyle- P
  • Justin – P18, to some up my bristol experience at once. I didn’t finish better than 18th out of 4 attempts. Only one of those races I made it to half way. Had a fast car i bet i had 100 laps led. I know of one time i did spin out then another 2 times the inside guy washed up a clean me out

Wednesday Open: Texas

  • MikeP 9. Started 24th drove it up to second. By the halfway Mark green flag stops. Didn’t fare too well for me shook out about seventh made it as high up at sixth then a lap car trying to get underneath me even though I’m on the bottom, he can’t take the hint to go around the outside Hits me and I fall back and finish ninth I called the lab car out over the radio telling him there’s some driver etiquette to let the lead lap racers race near the end of the race without interfering and he claimed to be like Dale Earnhardt and he’s gonna go 100% every lab no matter even if he’s 100 laps down.  He got shown by several people in the lobby for talking like a dumbass.
  • ChrisP17. What is 25th when green flag pitstop started cycled to the lead and pitted last with new tires drove back up to 17.
  • DavidP 16, messed up early, car didn’t behave in turn 1 at all in practice like it did in race.  Then just a mid pack car.
  • Kyle- P 
  • Justin – P14 had 14x not by my own doing. Alot of cautions just trying to finish a race
  • TonyP20 i absolutely sucked harder than a dyson vacuum bowling ball demo. Loved old Texas. I say demo this track 
  • GregP
  • TomP
  • TylerPp21

Thursday Open: 

  • MikeP 5- ran about top five all day had one green flag stop everything went smoothly and I didn’t screw up
  • ChrisP
  • DavidP 27, caught the grass on the a GWC after fighting back from a badly timed caution
  • Kyle- P
  • Justin – P13, qualified 8th, ran top 10 for a chunk of the race spun out of turn 4 rookie move no damage. Brought out a caution after  play and ketchup the rest of the race had a faster car than what the results are.


Official Series

Ellis– Hosted Chris maguire gen five at Talladega got wrecked out near the end  

  • 87th at Talladega, it turned into a fuel mileage race I backed way off to see if you’ll some faster. Cars are coming up behind me in this ran right over the top of me. I was so mad. 
  • Draft Meister car of tomorrow at Daytona got wrecked out on lap seven was able to finish and come home P 13
  • Next night winter winter chicken dinner career win number 96. Everything went perfect. I followed the leader up until the last lap and just drove around on the outside just how I planned it.
  • Try to get two in a row ended up second I was fighting with the leader and I hit the wall. My mistake. I’ll take the irating.
  • Third attempt at the night. Find me in car number 24 in pop split with people like Parker Retzlaff. P7. 
  • Next night top split started eight drove up to second at the end ended up fighting for a third a lab car was in the way I hit him and fell back to finish P6






Final Thoughts



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We are getting near the end of the season championships in the iRacing esports and we’ll talk about it. We will introduce you probably the best single monitor for sim racing, and of course talk about our results. So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast.

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

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Episode 400

9/16/2023 – Mike’s Dream Porta Potty – Episode 0400

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

Welcome to the iRacers Lounge 400th episode! On the show today, we’ll review the final eNascar Coke Series Race before the final championship race, and see who will be in the final 4. We’ll check out iRacing with a projector and ask if iRacing needs more Legacy Nascar options.

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



Petty’s Pontiac

Petty’s Garage posted that you can finally drive his official 87 Pontiac that was scanned for iRacing

https://twitter.com/pettysgarage/status/1700201344433279099


MSG CEO Resigns

More turmiol with Motorsports Gaming this past week as their CEO Dmitry Kozko resigns

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/1700156196265562300


Season 4 Patches and Hotfixes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48081/2023-season-4-patch-1-release-notes-2023-09-08-05

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48204/2023-season-4-patch-1-hotfix-1-release-notes-2023-09-11-03#latest



Indy Holding Tight

Despite all of the bad news from Motorsports Gaming, accordimg to an article from Racer,con, Indycar is staying patient with MSG

https://racer.com/2023/09/09/indycar-staying-patient-with-motorsport-games-amid-issues/

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47988/indycar-staying-patient-with-motorsport-games-amid-issues-racer-com#latest



Mazdas on the Ovals

The Mazda cars runnin on ovals in Season 4 has been a big hit, and a lot of fun for iRacers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K_6kqwV7Q7c


Phoenix Coke Series Race

https://twitter.com/justinmelillo/status/1701772017081463270
https://twitter.com/eNASCARGG/status/1701798036647641585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJf8-QKcDkE
https://twitter.com/MattBussa/status/1701988638198763868


Season 3  Recaps

Talon Smith touts his impressive numbers in a post by iRacing showing off the iRacing App’s new features

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1702393173270516000


WoO Late Models

https://www.iracing.com/rumsey-takes-second-2023-iracing-world-of-outlaws-buttkicker-late-model-series-victory-at-lincoln/



Close All, Please!

Brett McBurnie posted in the forums that there used to be an option to close all tabs that was removed for the banners in the UI making the experience a little less U Friemdly 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/45594/these-pop-up-banners-for-the-love-of-god-please-remove-them



Legacy Next

With the success of the Legacy Nascar and Gen 4 cars, Jason Patterson asked in the forums if iRacing should introduce new legacy eras in iRacing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48051/gen-4-has-been-successful-should-iracing-try-another-legecy-car#latest



When Ya Gotta Go…

iRacing posted a video of a track worker seeming to be waiting his turn to the port-a-poty while carnage happens all around him

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxJXL6_Ss_A/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Open Draft Master

Justin Egan opsted in the forums that he was dissapointed that the Draft Master Series was open setups.  Greg West Chimed in that there were technical difficulties for that decision, and they are lookng into fixing this in the future

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48232/draft-master-not-fixed-disappointed



Jet Car Grand Prix

On Thursday, 26 sim racers hopped behind the virtual wheel of their iR-01 and begin the battle for $25,000 in prizes!

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1701242601347694891


FIA F4 Series

The FIA F4 Esports Regional Tour kicked off last Wednesday and Thursday night at 7, 9, and 11pm (ish) in your region

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1701279570844918201

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48097/fia-f4-esports-regional-tours-start-this-wednesday-and-thursday-night



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Hardware/Software


Trading Paints Fix

Trading Paints posted a way to fix certain problems using the “Video Mem swap hight-res cars” option

https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1700198920138150141
https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1700507293027012685
https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1702026039067541825


iRacing Projection

BAsment Formula posted a video asking if using a BENQ projector works with well enough in  iRacing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bouc4u0yxAc


Hue Upgrade

Alex Kay shows how the Philips Hug Lighting was one of his nest sim racing upgrades, complete with tutotial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr4TXA1x8Sc


Gomez Hyper P1 Review

Devinder Singh reviews on his Youtube Channel the Gomez Industries Hyper P1 wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33p-2Sqmxik


CXC Simulations

CXC Simulations says thier off road truck simulator has been a big hit 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw5l4pAt2W9/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Sim Lab XP1 

Dave Cam reviews the new Sim Lab XP1 Load Cell Pedals

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

https://sim-lab.eu/en-us/products/pedal-set-xp1-loadcell-sim-racing?clickref=1101lxKpj5hL



Lawrence Dusoswa reviews the Buttkicker Gamer Plus and its value  compared to other haptic systems



Next Level Racing F-GT Elite

Will Ford at Boosted Media reviews the convertable Nevt Level Racing F-GT Elite sim rig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Z3tdf6QDw


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Thursday Fixed

  • Justin – P17 
  • Tony – Pwrecked couldn’t avoid a spinning car

Friday Open -Bristol 

  • Mike -.  P right before halfway 16 incident and six minutes optional damage. Finally on lap for 58. I get dq out completely too many incidents.  
  • Tom-p dq out
  • Rochette P4 avoided stuff stayed clean lap cars blocked me from racing against 2nd and 3rd with 10 to go 
  • Tony – P 22, Started P24 really ran a clean and uneventful race, got to 40 to go and some guy fenced a guy then came down across my nose and the car was dead. Guy apologized. I would be lying if i said i hadn’t done something dumb on here

Sunday Fixed- Kansas

  • Justin – P LAST! I ran a half lap and a guy spun in front of me. I chose the wrong lane. Little damage. Next restart guy spun directly in front of me wouldn’t miss it. Never made it one full lap. Probably the shortest NIS race i have ever had.

Wednesday Open: bristol

  • Mike- P dnf. Lab 150 a huge pileup for five cars were up against the wall. I came around the corner on the high end at full speed didn’t see them at all and plowed right in 50 seconds. Optional in over 10 minutes required I couldn’t even drive it back to the pit.
  • David – P 6.  Even doing my best to stay out of trouble was at 16x on the caution with 20 to go.  There was an even later caution that I barely missed.  But on GWC i wouldn’t have lost positions to lappers at that point as not pitting would be less laps than pitting, so felt safe.  But survived by trying to not over race the car.  Race had cautions but wasn’t horrific like a Martinsville usually is.  Gained a point of safety rating with the 16x
  • Justin – P27, had a fast car just over drove it. Spun out. It  was on me.
  • Chris – p 19. I should have drove around for first 400 laps. Was P8 and got wrecked on lap 150. After 15 min of repairs I finished p19 80 laps down. Passed 11 cars while racing wrecked. 

GregPKilled it



Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Hosted Chris maguire Supercars at Michigan. We have the pit for fuel when we did nobody could get fuel. Everyone was stuck in the pitch and the pit crews would not feel the car.  
  • Draft Meister trucks at Daytona. Backed out and chickened out when I found out it was open set. 
  • FIAF4  racing regionally at lime rock Park- wrecked out twice in a row. The second race I did the fast repair after towing and drove from 23rd back up to 13.
  • Next race got up to around ninth before I wrecked out on lot 14 on my own had to tow.


Final Thoughts



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  1. Mike’s Dream Porta Potty

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Welcome to the iRacers Lounge 400th episode! On the show today, we’ll review the final eNascar Coke Series Race before the final championship race, and see who will be in the final 4. We’ll check out iRacing with a projector and ask if iRacing needs more Legacy Nascar options. So sit back, relax and join us 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. 

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0399

7/22/2023 – Try the Grass – Episode 0399

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today…It’s build week, and of course we will walk you through all of the goodies including a lot of new cars, tracks and other cool upgrades. We’ll investigate if Max Verstappen was caught cheating in iRacing, and what new racing wheel was described as being “A Masterpiece”

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



Topics



Poesche 963 GTP

iRacing introduces the new Porsche 963 GTP with a YouTube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ-UAOizJao


Ferrari 926 GT3

Next up was the intro video for the Ferrari 926 GT3

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwsOkJbgWSP/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47486/ferrari-296-gt3-joins-the-iracing-gt3-lineup#latest



More Woes for MSG

It has been reported on iRacing that Motorsports Games may have not been meeting their financial obligstions for licensing fees

https://twitter.com/JPetschauer/status/1697867735227859000


Darlington and Beyond

William Byron says he’s relying on his sim drive to help him prepare for the Darlington race and beyond

https://twitter.com/AlanCavanna/status/1697643036140880282


Me vs SVG

Millad Radman founf himself in a cup race at Darlington vs Shane Van Gisbergen 

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


Season 4 Contests Galore

Season 03 2023 brings with it great opportunities to win great prizes from companies like Maconi Setup Shop, Buttkicker, SIMAGIC, MOZA RACING, Ricmotech, Falken Tyre, DOF Reality, NEXT LEVEL RACING, Pure Driving School, and Sim-Lab!

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/402608/#Comment_402608



Acura ARX-06

iRacing introduces the new Acura ARX-06 

https://twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD/status/1697640689205739949
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JjmIHr3tE


Full Field

After the Season 4 build you can now race the entire 2023 IMSA GTP field on iRacing

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1698332675105292693


Test Drive Downtime 

iRacing posted in the forums their downtime schedule for the season 4 update but the test drive feature has been extended

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47306/2023-season-4-release-september-6th-0800edt-1200utc



1987 Pontiac Grand Prix

iRacing introduces the 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix to the Nascar Legends lineup

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1699097771536449937


When is Bristol NiS?

There was an error regarding the date of the Bristol 500 NiS. iRacing’s website said it was this week and corrected that saying its actually September 13th to the 17th

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47425/when-is-the-bristol-500-in-nis



Super Formula Championship Racing Series

iRacing announced the release of the Super Formula, SF-23 Toyota, Championship Racing Series.  In a YouTube video Stuffeyy explains the series to those not familiar with the series

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1699064679400931388
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PVlLORnxfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtfMV0by6s0


iRacing – Motorsport’s Entry Level

Blake McCandless described iRacing as, “the lowest barrier to entry to getting involved in motorsports” in an interview with Parker Klingerman

https://twitter.com/MrF4Speed/status/1699190359547576619


AI Major Upgrade

A whopping eight cars, five of them new, and 18 track configurations across seven circuits will be available for iRacing’s single-player mode with the release of the build.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1699084352661922124

https://www.iracing.com/massive-new-lineup-of-ai-enabled-cars-and-tracks-for-iracing-2023-season-4-build/



Did Max Cheat in iRacing

DJYeeJay posted a video with some evidence that Max Verstappen may have cheated in iRacing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NCD8fdzmA-E


Release Notes

Season Highlights Include…

Acura ARX-06 GTP
Ferrari 296 GT3
NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix – 1987
Porsche 963 GTP
Super Formula SF23
Circuit de Lédenon
Kern County Raceway Park (Asphalt Track, Dirt Track, Legends, and Dirt Mini Oval)
Circuit Zandvoort, 2023 rescan and full update (Grand Prix, Grand Prix w/ Chicane, Nationaal, and Oostelijk)
SIM Optimizations (Improved loading times, & reduced memory usage footprint)
Ability to load 12 car models per Session
Rolling drag improvements for tires on off-track surfaces
Additional Spotter Calls (Incidents & off-track ahead/behind, damage report, time/laps remaining, and Strength of Field report)
Driver Audio Filters (ear protection and helmet effects)
Results Page overhaul and Search function
New Damage Model for 12 vehicle models [Acura ARX-06 GTP, Dirt UMP Modified, Ferrari 296 GT3, Ford Mustang FR500S, Modified – SK / NASCAR Whelen Tour Modified (both models), NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix – 1987, NASCAR Xfinity Class Cars (all 3 models), Porsche 963 GTP, and Super Formula SF23]
AI Racing for 8 vehicle models [Acura ARX-06 GTP, ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup (Gen 4 Cup Car), Audi 90 GTO, Ferrari 296 GT3, NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix – 1987, Nissan GTP ZXT, Porsche 963 GTP, Super Formula SF23]
AI Racing at 18 track configurations [Circuit de Lédenon, Circuit Zandvoort (ALL 4 Configs), Kern County Raceway Park (Asphalt Oval & Legends), The Milwaukee Mile, Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke (Grand Prix w/out Arena, Kurzanbindung w/out Arena, Sprintstrecke), Road Atlanta (Club, Short), and [Legacy] Silverstone Circuit – 2008 (ALL 5 Configs)]
Hundreds of professionally crafted iRacing vehicle setups

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47512/2023-season-4-release-notes-2023-09-05-03



Zandvoort Upgade

Circuit Zandvoort received an upgrade to reflect it’s FIA Grade 1 Status featuring AI racing and the new 3D foilsge system

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1699407228560675173


Circuit de Ledenon

iRacing introduces the new Circuit de Ledenon with a YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXVS52izVs0


Kern County Raceway

TMilly Racing shows off the new Kern County Raceway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj-R1OF8gwk


Seaseon 4 Schedule

iRacing released it’s Season 4 preliminary schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47567/2023-season-4-preliminary-schedule-pdf



Crackle, Crackle

Some drivers have noticed a crackle sound in the car.  iRacing’s David Tucker says they’re looking into it. 

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47568/sound-crackling-in-car



Bathurst 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47071/2023-next-level-racing-bathurst-1000



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Hardware/Software


The Ultimate Racing Simulator

Daniel Morad posts a video of The Ultimate Racing Simulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JduzJ3bMhPc


Grid Porsche RSR Review

Dave Cam reviews the Grid by Sim Lab Porsche RSR calling it a “Work of Art”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB–Q1n7fDw


Sim Lab Monitor Mounts

The new Sim Lab Integrated monitor mount is massive, Combining adjustability and looks with Vario mounts included for perfect alignment!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwr9ohiN1mK/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Grid Porsche Button Console Review

Dave Cam also got his hands on the Grid by Sim Lab officially licensed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Button Console

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


Sim Lab P1 Pro 

The new Sim Lab P1-Pro Cockpit will be available for pre-order very soon, exclusively on their website. The P1-Pro features custom designed profiles, single piece aluminium injected brackets and innovative aesthetic.

May be an image of segway

https://www.facebook.com/100064691049113/posts/pfbid025Re1tyZcDPbCMsoJbJE8y8znzzfuJYMicM8r659wAtXVUsYguDYXg9W1GBCKVXiVl/?mibextid=K8Wfd2



Fanatec CSL Universal Hub

Fanatec unveils their new CSL Universal Hub V2 with 9 new steering wheels



Cube Controls SP01 Review

Boosted Media reviews the Cube Controls SP01 pedals

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


Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open -Darlington Raceway 

  • Mike -.  P19 hit pit road 30 to go. I got some passing on the yellow that could be a lap down. Fought for the lucky dog they got involved in a wreck.   Fought again and did get the lucky dog.
  •  Justin –  p5, Started 31st really not much to say drove real conservative never went more than a 25 lap run. Started gaining ground right at the 20 lap run mark. Kept inch-in forward until the end 
  • Rochette P8 went from 28 to 14 in first 5 laps and just hung around top 10 most of the race 

Sunday Open- Darlington Raceway

  • Justin– p17, Started 31st, stayed in the back most of the race. Biggest split yet 3.8k top 5 drivers were 7k,6k, and two 5k drivers. A big split for me. 100 lap run, It was fun. Still plussed up in IR. Gained a lot of Irating.
  • Tony – p11 definitely higher split than used to but got caught in a wrecking car and than spent most of the race getting it fixed. Was even 2 laps down at 1 point and finished on the lead
  • Chris Waldron – P7. Stayed safe and avoided wrecks. Good clean run.

Wednesday Open: Kansas Speedway

  • Mikep 22- just screwed up and ran over a guy kind of got into the wall and got wrecked really bad seven minutes damage limped it home P 22. 
  • Chris- p6
  • David – p15 – robbed of a lucky dog, struggle to get track position back on short runs
  • Justin – p30, started last ran a good race inched my way up in the top 10, 6 laps to go. They wrecked
  • Chris – p6. First ¾ of race was a wreck fest. Stayed in the back and made moves after half way. Ran the bottom to save tires and worked my way up to 6th. 

Thursday Open: Kansas Speedway

  • Mike – p10- pretty much sucked all day has several moments where I got loose and almost spun. Had 8X by the end of lap to 12 X by the lap 60. Kept it clean was 15th on the final restart and got to 10th. 


Official Series

Ellis– 

  • Chris maguire Hosted DW 12 at Michigan – wrecked out 
  • Street Stock at Lanier a demo derby finished P 12
  • 87 that Talladega got wrecked out


Final Thoughts



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  1. Try the Grass

Description

On the show today…It’s build week, and of course we will walk you through all of the goodies including a lot of new cars, tracks and other cool upgrades. We’ll investigate if Max Verstappen was caught cheating in iRacing, and what new racing wheel was described as being “A Masterpiece” So sit back, relax and join us 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: 

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

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

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Tom Dreiling – 

Donnie Spiker – twitter.com/Spikerman19

Bobby Jonas –

MacKenzie Stevens – https://twitter.com/MackStevens48

Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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Episode 0398

8/31/2023 – Bubble Glass – Episode 0398

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics



Show Introduction

On the show today, we’ll check out some new Season 4 offerings, and speculate about others. We see who punched their ticket to the final 4 in the eNascar Coke Series, and look at what may be the most expensive sim wheels we’ve ever seen and ask if it could possibly be worth the money.

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device 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..



Topics



Porsche 962 

The Porsche 962 will be coming to the build next season

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1695061616449007761


Could There be Rain in the Forecast?

Clyde Coman thinks this might be the season for the long awaited rain model in iRacing in his forum post

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/46927/rain-coming-2023-season-4#latest



Trading Paints Data Leak

Apparently yesterday somenone leaked 270k users with MD5 hashed passwords from Trading Paints as reprted by Musantro on Twitter. Trading Paints confirmed the breach in a post of their own

https://twitter.com/Musantro/status/1696060732666736961?s=20
https://twitter.com/tradingpaints/status/1696279224657522779

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47070/trading-paints-credential-breach



iRacing Helps Turner Motorsports

https://twitter.com/Turnermotrsport/status/1696158027139756039


Is ARCA the Best Car

DJ Yee J explains why he likes the Gen 4 and ARCA car best 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PND6v4ODEs


New iRacing Series

DJ Yee J posted a new video explaining the new Draft Master Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0vPlMBS4g0


eNascar Finale Back to the HOF

The Dale Earnhardt Jr. Cup and $100,000 prize will be awarded to 2023 series champion, and you can watch in person at the Nascar Hall of Fame ( limited seating open to public)

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-championship-returns-to-nascar-hall-of-fame/

Coke Series – Dover

https://twitter.com/iracing/status/1696710483745661186?s=43&t=XCA4Fc9KaUP57lPL7mSwzA

https://www.iracing.com/ottinger-adds-name-to-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-championship-4-roster-with-dover-win/



Kern County Raceway

Ker County Raceway and its 4 configurations will be available in season 4

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1696932824484348405


New ’87 Entry

iRacing shows the newest entry int the Nascar Legacy ’87 Series

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1696549055264858431
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwiGVjigKyX/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


iRacing 15 Series Wrap-up

iRacing wrapped up their 15 Year Anniversary Series with 15 winners receiving $1000 in iRacing Credit

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1696534643091365933

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47145/15th-anniversary-series-awards-and-credits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7NbQHsiPM


WoO Late Models

Kendal Tucker picks up his second win at the WoO Late Model Race at Eldora.  Evan Seay continues his podium streak by finishing second and padding his points lead and Blake Matjoulis finishes third

https://www.iracing.com/tucker-holds-off-seay-for-second-2023-iracing-world-of-outlaws-buttkicker-late-model-series-win-at-eldora/



Draft Master

After the sucess of the Ring Master Series, iRacing will debut the Draft Master series in season 4

https://www.iracing.com/draft-master-series-debuts-in-s4-2023/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0vPlMBS4g0


iRacing and FIA

Another great step for sim racing as the FIA’s collaboration with iRacing expands with the iRacing FIA F4 Esports Regional Tour!

https://twitter.com/fia/status/1696932898320920994

https://www.fia.com/news/iracing-and-fia-join-forces-fia-f4-esports-regional-tour

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-and-fia-join-forces-for-fia-f4-esports-regional-tour/



iRacing Anniversary Series Winners

iRacing announced the winners of the Anniversary $1000 credit winners

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47093/anyone-know-when-the-drawing-for-the-1k-iracing-credits-is-going-to-happen#latest



Bathurst 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47071/2023-next-level-racing-bathurst-1000



Podcast Housekeeping

Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to make it easier for more listeners to find the podcast. Mention the podcast to your fellow drivers so they don’t miss out, we would appreciate it.

Check out our Discord https://discord.gg/rvRas4DDqF

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iRacers Lounge Merch!!!

You can now order fantastic looking merchandise for your favorite iRacing show, The iRacers Lounge Podcast at iracerslounge.shop!

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https://thesimracingchannel.com/watch-live/

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Hardware/Software


Simucube Active Pedal Faces

Simucube Active Pedal Pedal Faces – Available Now!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwSa32II0VQ/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Porsche 911 GT3 Wheel

Porsche Offers Eye-Wateringly Expensive Limited Edition GT3 Cup Wheel: Sim racing manufacturers building equipment to be used in real cars is not unheard of in 2023.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwV_dh4Pd6U/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwV_dh4Pd6U/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwVA_oPM4lr/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Simagic Shifter/Handbreak

Laurence Dusoswa reviews the Simagic DS-8X sequential shifter and TB1 hand brake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-5ZmiGEcw


MVH Studios GTS Series 2

MVH Studios reveils their new affordable GTS Series 2 wheel.  

We want to make sim racing affordable without locking you into an ecosystem. So we designed our Series Two wheels to bridge the gap from entry level sim racing to pro level sim racing by making it possible to use the same wheel on an entry level wheelbase such as the Logitech G29/G920/G923 series and then seamlessly, connect it to a Direct Drive wheelbase from other sim racing brands.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwTEjPjsjz8/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D

https://linkpop.com/mvhstudios/



Triple Tragedy

Travis Mays had a problem when he came home to his new triple monitor setup



Almium

Almium offers steering wheels, dashboards, button boxes and more

https://almiun.es/shop



Moza at Gamescon

Moza shows off some of their new wheel offerings at Gamescon

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwU-x9JrNNQ/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Streamdeck VS PSP

The Sim Racing Den compares the Stream Deck Button Box and the Precision Sim Engineering  Pro Switch Panel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbC2EUK47w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9B0LgdH-Dw


Advanced Sim Racing

Advanced Sim Racing is a  Montreal-based SimRoom featuring 9 complete racing & flight simulators with cutting-edge equipment such as D-BOX Generation 5 Haptic Systems, Varjo Aero VR Headset, Simucube 2 Ultimate and much more. The SimRoom is split into 4 distinctive rooms and experience : The Apex Room, The Podium Room, The Pit Lane Room and lastly, The Top Gun Room. Experience everything Advanced SimRacing has to offer in 4,000 sq ft of SimRacing perfection

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwfwZUHurLK/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Vintage Rig

Sim Racing Point shows off a vintage, triple CRT monitor rig

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwfCS-7Nfjx/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D


Fanantec BMW M4 GTE Wheel Review

Boosted Media reviews Fanatec’s BMW M4 GTE wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=0URJ9rLxo7O4HqKh&v=Bl7BRXVvfug&feature=youtu.be


SP1 Pro Cockpit

The P1-Pro Sim Racing Cockpit will be available for pre-order very soon, exclusively on the Sim Lab website, Get ready to take your sim racing experience to a whole new level. Stay tuned for more details.

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Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – 

  • Mike -.  P kind of messed up during green flag stops by pitting too late and losing the draft. Luckily, I caught a caution and was able to recover got to the lead with six to go. Was leading the second Greenway checker  made some bad news.  Started third for the final restart and made some bad news and fell to  eight.
  • David – p dnf, running in front, bad bump on inside lane took me out to loose track position, then got caught up in 2 other wrecks.  Engin blew coming to the green.
  • Rochette P wrecked… just couldnt avoid getting wrecked 

Sunday Open- 

  • Tom D – P 8
  • Justin- p2 start 21st didnt really keep it clean not really my fault had 12x with no damage. Alot of ghost x’s. Its helps to have a teammate in your split. There was a couple of other teammates there were locked together and pretty much controlled the race.
  • Tony – p wrecked again. Felt like the yoodler climbing up that hill waiting for the right price and just toppling over 
  • Kyle P. P17 Started P1 and kept it up near the front all race led 15 laps and had the lead on all 3 GWC and was in major fuel saving mode and went 54 laps on a tank of fuel only to run out halfway down the Back stretch on the final lap. Coasted home to a P17

Sunday Fixed

  • Justin  P p2 start 21st didn’t really keep it clean not really my fault had 12x with no damage. A Lot of ghost x’s. It helps to have a teammate in your split. There were a couple of other teammates there who were locked together and pretty much controlled the race.

Wednesday Open: Darlington

  • Mike- p 16. We basically had 30 laugh runs all night. I ran an average of fifth Place most of the night as high as third.  But at the end of the race, a 57 lap run I faded after about 30 really hard from fifth all the way back to 16th I suck.
  • David – p. P15 with damaged steering from lap 90 when out of control car flew into my left rear, lot of carnage allowed me to creep back up to 15th
  • Justin – p, dont know flat out got fucking dumped. In my opinion I was probably top 5 speed at least. Apparently I need to learn how to protest. Luckily i was the 28 car so i didn’t hurt the rating to bad
  • Tony – P7 wasn’t feeling good about this 1 but after missing a few good wrecks ended up having a long run car. Even led some GF laps but should’ve pitted alittle sooner. Race went over 70 GF laps at the end. Best ive ran at Darlington in about 3 years
  • Greg -P15 Was racing for P4 going into turn 3 on last lap and exited turn 4 P15

Thursday Open: 

  • Mike – p dnf- Rose restarting third on laugh, 60 and the guy behind me floated from the bottom all the way to the top going into one and wiped out the guy next to me who wiped us all out eight minutes required.


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 .” 

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On the show today, we’ll check out some new Season 4 offerings, and speculate about others. We see who punched their ticket to the final 4 in the eNascar Coke Series, and look at what may be the most expensive sim wheels we’ve ever seen and ask if it could possibly be worth the money. So sit back, relax and join us 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. 

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Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Kyle Pendygraft – twitter.com/LoudPedalGaming

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

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Justin Pearson – https://twitter.com/big7bang_

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