WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:07.799 This week on the I Racing Down Ship. Great WhatsApp blows up. No, 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.080 most of them have found my WhatsApp. Oh perfect, Kevin Bison tractor. 3 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.320 Some people go out my fourth card I bio practice. You bought a 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:21.519 long tractice and I really show my age. I'm one pair of white Newbellus 5 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:28.399 is away from fuldapp mode. All this and more strap in Welcome to the 6 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:31.160 I Racing Down Ship Timey Hols, Greg West. I am back with the 7 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:35.520 boys, Kevin Bobbitt and Chris Leone, and we have a great show for 8 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.759 you. I need to come up with a fresh intro at some point, 9 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.520 because I say the same thing everything. We could use the same one for 10 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:46.679 the last forty nine episodes. Really episode forty nine though I know started what 11 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:50.280 started off as a joke in a marketing meeting like three years ago, and 12 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.280 here we are, forty nine episodes later, still testing video coming. It's 13 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:57.840 almost like a dare and like, yeah, okay, you guys do that, 14 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.840 fine, Yeah, we dare to do that. Okay. When we 15 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.479 thought about, you know, starting the podcast, we thought we're gonna go 16 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.000 like full Dale Junior download. We bought a bunch of like four k cameras, 17 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.840 and we thought we're gonna do all this stuff with it, and now 18 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:15.079 actually almost fifty episodes in, we're thinking about finally maybe well maybe doing video 19 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:21.079 once and seeing what happens. Who knows, but whatever, it's a good 20 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.480 time. I think what our fan count or up to two? We have 21 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:27.959 two fans? Do we have three fans? It's the third one? Oh 22 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:37.000 see? Okay, at least Chris, you got bullets in the outline finally, 23 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.159 but you don't have a I want to. I would like a fan 24 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:45.920 counter moving forward. Three, we're gonna keep keep score like an old school 25 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.879 like uh wet on the website, like the bottom of website said a hit 26 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.439 counter. Yeah, just sits there, static like the national debt, but 27 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:57.560 it doesn't move. Yes, and I'm racing podcast fans. Three. Yes, 28 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.239 please tweet at us individually so we know to add you and we will 29 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:05.079 thank you by name, all three of you. Here we go. I 30 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.599 love it. We'll give you a shout out. Why not, right, 31 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:09.960 you've done it before, Kevin, Yeah, no, it'll be. It'll 32 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000 be like those fan cars. You pay fifty dollars and you get the brick 33 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:22.000 on whatever. I don't know that the conceptually, No, you're not paying 34 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.639 to I guess that would be a sponsor, wouldn't it. I racing down 35 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:30.000 shift NFT coming to Well, what's because sponsors? We could use a sponsor 36 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:31.840 if we have our number of four fan wants to sponsor us. Yeah, 37 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:38.599 we're open for that. So yeah, okay, what else is new? 38 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:43.520 What's going on? We're already off the rails. Cisco and Drew Or in 39 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.400 the in the production room, and I can see them rolling their eyes even 40 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.919 though they're not on camera. Sorry, guys, apologize, I asked. 41 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.039 I asked Cisco before the show, like, what are you gonna do when 42 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.840 we get off the rails and you don't have like an infobox to describe what 43 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.000 we're talking about? Well, I guess we're finding that. They're gonna find 44 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.360 out tomorrow. Yeah, we'll have them come up with some like lower thirds 45 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:12.159 or whatever, story time with Uncle Gregor or whatever. Oh, Kevin, 46 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.560 what's been going on in your world? Well, it's finally getting warm. 47 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.159 Pollen is out, so I'm taking my allergy medicine. You'll be happy to 48 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:23.680 hear like my white car is now yellow, which is awful. I hate 49 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:28.639 that. But some very exciting news On the personal side, I finally bought 50 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.400 a lawn tractor. How about that you Yeah, yeah, and it's not 51 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.439 the portion lawn tractor that we scanned a few years ago. It's an actual 52 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.759 lawn mowing tractor. So midlife hitting hard huh yeah. Yeah. Some people 53 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:44.680 go out by sports cars. I buy a tractor. You bought. I 54 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:46.439 told my boys, who have both basically moved out, and they're like, 55 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.879 really, you waited until we moved out so that you know they don't have 56 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.240 to use to push mower. I'm like, yeah, I'm not stupid. 57 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.639 I'm not pushing that thing around anymore. So that's what I'm doing this weekend, 58 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:00.840 essentially the tractor and mowing the lawn twice. Okay, but when are 59 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.080 we getting the other Kevin to scan the tractor to put in a future bill? 60 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:08.680 We could have like a whole series on tractors, right, different classes, 61 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:16.439 multi class tractor racing multila No mute Drew, mute them both. No, 62 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:23.759 no this, we can do night racing in my tractor time out. 63 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:28.639 I need thirty. This is a disclaimer from iRacing dot com. We are 64 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:31.720 not introducing tractor racing in any form or fashion or any type of scanning of 65 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:36.319 any other tractor farming equipment in any for any way at all. None. 66 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:42.600 Greg greg is the fun police today, So thanks a lot for inquiries about 67 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:47.959 farm equipment scanning and I racing Kevin dot Bobbitt at iRacing dot com. Anyway, 68 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:51.800 I guess we're moving on from this subject. We have a long tractor. 69 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:59.040 It's pretty exciting. I sprayed some weak killer. Oh you're bad for 70 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.680 the environment. I'm sorry. I've been bark mulching that anything. Wow, 71 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:08.079 we really all getting outside? Yeah, no, I thought this was about 72 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:12.600 eye racing. It's not at all. Yeah, but yeah, I'm one 73 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.639 pair of white new balances away from full down mode at this point with the 74 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:24.800 Velcro I mean, I but that's a yes. Yeah, everybody has to. 75 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:27.879 If there's one thing that I learned from the g RC days, it 76 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:31.000 was the time that Chip Pankou told me everybody has to have standards. Um 77 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.040 didn't work out so well for us on the GRC side of things, But 78 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:41.959 well, I racing Christmas Party, Dirty Santa. I am bringing Velcro new 79 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:46.519 balances this year. I like it. Yeah, maybe we could all wear 80 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.800 them to the next trade show we go to. Like, Hey, yeah, 81 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:53.040 Ken, Yeah, Kevin. Yeah, you totally. Yeah, We're 82 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:57.720 totally doing that as a group. If nobody can see me winking. Right 83 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.560 now, let's move on. Let's let's move on on track. All right, 84 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.600 what's up in the world of eye Racing. As I read it directly 85 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.800 off Chris's script, Thank you very much. This is bulleted and everything, 86 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:12.720 so it's very nice. Work continues towards the twenty twenty three season three build. 87 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:15.720 We've released some teasers. More will come, not sure parenthesy, If 88 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:21.199 anything Parenthesy we can name specifically. Did I say the quiet part out out 89 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:26.040 again? I feel like I'm back in freshman year of high school and having 90 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:30.480 people read a power point to me. Yeah, that was pretty pretty poor. 91 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:32.560 But okay, it's all good, all right. So we got some 92 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.199 new stuff coming. We have some new cars, we have some new tracks, 93 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:40.360 some of which we've even talked about. Willow Springs. If you were 94 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:44.000 if this was a video podcast, you would be seeing the tweet teasers that 95 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:48.160 we have put out. But Kevin, Willow Springs coming to eye Racing hashtag 96 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:53.680 very soon, very soon. A long awaited track, right, I mean, 97 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.839 it's one of these classic kind of club tracks in the in the US 98 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.759 the teasers is that we put out amazing, right and obviously we always we 99 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:05.839 always say things like that, but really like the surface model and everything, 100 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:10.279 it just looks amazing. So I can't wait till this track it's out there. 101 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.560 Um, we'll have to. I don't know what what series you're gonna 102 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.959 put it in, Greg, but I imagine it'll be in a bunch, 103 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:19.800 right, Yeah, I think you're gonna see this low Power ten Top Racings, 104 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.240 probably gonna. I can go ahead and tell you it'll make it a 105 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:29.199 series, probably not rookie, Probably not not rookie, but D series, 106 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.040 right, but D series for sure you'll see it. And I think you're 107 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.680 gonna you'll find it on GR eighty six, Cleo Formula Forwards, things of 108 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:41.920 that nature. Some kind of Can we get a some kind of Week thirteen 109 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:46.800 Wake Wake, Yes, if you're really nice and you get Kevin new Balances 110 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.759 with Bell Grow Okay, fine, No, Well, the reason I say 111 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.240 it is, you know, back in the day, Horse Thief Mile at 112 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.839 Willow Springs used to be one of our team's biggest test tracks. So, 113 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.600 um, a lot of versatility of Willows brings a lot of utility, you 114 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.319 know what That entire facility. So I clarification horse thief is not included with 115 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.759 our Willow Springs well, fair enough? What about can we do tracktor racing 116 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:16.360 there anyway? Moving on? That's mostly sam so probably not right with drop 117 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.680 my simtown to ask. So another thing that's coming very important and been a 118 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:26.079 big topic of discussion and news stories as well as foreign posts from Tony Gardner 119 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:31.560 and Tyler Hudson our long Way to Dirt Refresh as part of our twenty twenty 120 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.000 three season three build. This has been uh, you know, first principle's 121 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.559 look at our dirt racing product as a whole and how we can make it 122 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:45.000 more realistic, better from all the lessons that we've learned over the years doing 123 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.759 our dynamic track. So we've had a big team that's been working on it 124 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:54.960 for I think the past nine months and very excited to see what the community 125 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.120 thinks of it. Doing some last minute polish work on it right now. 126 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:03.639 If you'd like more details on what's going on with it, read the forms. 127 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.360 When we have our kind of weekly meetings with and Tyler and Traviser and 128 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.240 there they can't talk enough about it. They're so excited for it. So 129 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.559 I think this is gonna be great for the whole dirt community. Yeah, 130 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.080 we're pretty excited about that. Not to mention some of the people who didn't 131 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.080 like dirt racing that have grown to love it through the refresh. I thought 132 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.320 you were going to talk about offering trucks. Well I thought they were just 133 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.200 which I am. Obviously they are in Yes, anything on dirt is included 134 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.399 on this. Oh man, the camera, the truck guys got the b 135 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.039 roll ready to go. Too bad, You guys can't see this. This 136 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.879 is pretty good. We're setting the bar too high for the next show that's 137 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.080 going to be on video. But yeah, no, but I'm distracted by 138 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.120 pretty pictures right now, Oh sparkles. See that's why. That's why I'm 139 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.919 not distracting myself with the stream. That's why I've got Tony's foreign post, 140 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.919 which is also available in the Public Eye Racing website in front of me. 141 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:58.759 Um. Just a quick little reminder, Yes, everything on dirt, and 142 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.639 that does also include, of course, all of the stock cars that run 143 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:07.399 on dirt. So yeah, a lot of different vehicles get touched on that 144 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.360 water content variation in track where you name it, you know, pretty much 145 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.799 everything down to the details, you know, not to mention some of the 146 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.320 other tracks. I believe that we went a little off topic towards the end 147 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.720 of that post on Tony's part, but we named some other tracks that have 148 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:30.039 gotten signed along the way too. Yeah. Now these are not for the 149 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:33.600 June build, but things that are just recently started in production, So we 150 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.960 could still be a couple builds out on these. But Machello long Away to 151 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.600 track, you know, Formula one f I a Grade one track, noted 152 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:50.399 dirt track, Mugello now not through sarcasm Greg, also Massano, so we 153 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:56.480 have the Italian swing for the scan team decided to go enjoy the hills of 154 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:58.919 Italy. Maybe a little bit of wine while they were there. Good time. 155 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.639 But yeah, we're a couple of good tracks coming. Uh. Like 156 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.080 I said, we're probably a couple builds out on these, but production has 157 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:11.200 just started. Yeah, so pretty exciting stuff. Speaking of road racing too, 158 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:18.039 Kevin, we have a new series concept debuting, is a pilot series 159 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.159 for season three. Well, it's super exciting, but I think you're the 160 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.200 one that should announce it because this kind of been your thing, right, 161 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:31.720 So we're gonna try a little, a little something a little different. We're 162 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.440 very used to on I Racing. You know, twelve weeks, twelve different 163 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:39.320 tracks, and we have a champion. What if we had one twelve weeks 164 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.159 with one track, like maybe some iconic German, big huge track, a 165 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.320 really long lap that people drive all kinds of cars on something. Yeah, 166 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.840 and then over the twelve weeks, every week we drive a different car. 167 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.240 Interesting, we could call it. Why don't we call it Ringmeister. I 168 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:00.200 like it, Let's do it. We're gonna do it for can we to 169 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.960 h I Racing into the In the June build, we're gonna bring a new 170 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:07.120 concept. It's called Ring myster. It is a pilot series program. We're 171 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.279 trying to make some of our tech that that flits our races up work with 172 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:16.080 this concept. There'll be a couple of quirks that will outline in the in 173 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.759 the announcement story, but for the most part, over the course of twelve 174 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.879 weeks, we're gonna race a single Make race, every single Make races every 175 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.120 week. So we'll start off we'll have a GT three, and maybe the 176 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.720 second week it's a GT four, and then you have a touring car. 177 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.120 Maybe we throw in like the G eighty six of the CLEO one week formula, 178 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.159 you know, F sixteen hundred something like that. But every week you 179 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.440 get a different car. It's always a single make race and at the end 180 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.799 of the season we crown the champion. They're ringing master. I love it. 181 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.320 I'm pretty excited about it. It's gonna be a great place to farm 182 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.480 some safety rating two. And this is the one track that I consistently beat 183 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.120 you with lap times, so you just destroy me. You should go back 184 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.559 to throw and go or something, or we could just participate in the series. 185 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.639 This is the this is Nimes Challenge. I'm in let's do it, 186 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.039 Chris, I'm in sanatory. You're being und you must do this. I'm 187 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.440 being volunteld. Yes, all right, well I guess I should stop practicing 188 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.200 the Austro Slave in Cea circuit and go elsewhere in Germany. Then that's correct, 189 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.240 probably, yeah darn so yeah. More details coming on that very soon. 190 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.519 But yeah, we're we're looking forward to think it's gonna be h It's 191 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.519 it's super fun. So it's a little different, um, and I mean 192 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.519 this is the perfect track for this. Now, there's some others that we 193 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.360 could do, you know, at some point I think. Yeah, but 194 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:33.879 we're gonna start here and see how it goes, right, yep, And 195 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.879 just for everybody's knowledge, these are they're gonna run every two hours. It's 196 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:43.320 four lap races around the industrial parting version of the North of the Norde Life, 197 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.919 so you know classic Norde Live but Las vehicle class. I believe this 198 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.759 is uh C C nice. Oh well then I do accessible. I can't 199 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.039 run it? Well, Chris have a license. You just need to get 200 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.639 good. Yeah, that's that's going to come up in your annual review. 201 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.879 I'm sure you don't have a C license. That's a problem. It is 202 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:09.919 almost June, isn't it. Yeah, it's funnier I and everything, but 203 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.519 dirt road it's weird. Who would have thought it? Yeah? Right, 204 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.679 all right, moving on and throwing it back to Chris. UH twenty talks 205 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:26.840 us about woo yep, as we've alluded to in previous podcasts and social posts 206 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.399 and everything. Work continues on the twenty twenty three season update for World of 207 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.919 Outlaws Dirt Racing. A lot of racing continues on that platform. We still 208 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.679 have the weekly challenges that go up every Monday. Um. If you continue 209 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:45.720 to check out World of Outlaws game dot Com on race weeks that coincide with 210 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:48.759 real world World of Outlaws visits to the tracks that are in that game. 211 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.480 We've got calls for you to share some you know, some of your own 212 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.840 screenshots, photos, videos of you playing the game in those classes at those 213 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.200 tracks. Um, we're keeping everything active. We're going to keep move moving 214 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.759 until we have that twenty twenty three season update available later this year. That's 215 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:09.200 gonna have some new cars, some new tracks, all sorts of different exciting 216 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.879 new things coming to that game. In a lot of ways, it's going 217 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:16.519 to be like it's a whole new experience. But if you've loved World of 218 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.000 Outlaws Dirt Racing up to this point, then you know you're getting a whole 219 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.879 new season that'll be a paid out on for the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, 220 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:31.480 and it'll be included within the Nintendo Switchport Hits also later this year. Awesome, 221 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:35.960 it's great to see the games still going strong, people using it, 222 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.159 you know, tons of online sessions, and it's great to see that, 223 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.360 you know, some new stuff coming as well. So yeah, a lot 224 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.080 of leagues. Yeah, I think what I'm excited to see is built a 225 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.720 lot of hype with the release of that title and then leading into the dirt 226 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.720 refresh on I Racing proper and to see maybe how much of that comes over 227 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.120 to I Racing And yeah, that'd be good to see the numbers the Influx 228 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:03.200 and Chris. We've also been working on our other console title, Exocross YEP, 229 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:07.480 Exocross, which will also be deploying later this year. That has been 230 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:11.480 a blast. I mean, I'm not sure if you guys know, but 231 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:15.559 obviously I fashioned myself a tiny bit of an off road expert. Was just 232 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:22.320 to sit, please tell me more well, if any, for our listeners, 233 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.519 maybe explain what Exocross is in case I didn't read the stories that we've 234 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:30.399 put out. Yes, certainly so. When we acquired Aarontis Games around the 235 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.639 same time that we acquired Monster Games, Aurantis had been working on a title 236 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:41.600 called Drag outer Worlds. This title is unmanned sort of futuristic off road vehicles 237 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:45.399 racing on different planets. What we've done is we've taken that game and sort 238 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:52.679 of refashioned it into something that is more oriented towards being able to play on 239 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.519 console and having single player modes. The original version of Drag Outer Worlds was 240 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.480 designed in a lot of ways to be primary multiplayer, but the game has 241 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.880 been improved upon, reworked, had a few things added to it. Some 242 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:10.359 of these things continue to be in development, like there will be a career 243 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:14.880 mode, there will be single player racing, some of the boost mechanics that 244 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:21.599 if you were just playing in single player time trial license type things are going 245 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:25.400 to be a little more accessible across the board regardless of when you're racing. 246 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:32.759 So work continues on that. But I tried the Xbox build the first for 247 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:36.640 the first time a couple of weeks ago, and again, I'd like to 248 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.039 think of myself as a little bit of an off road expert. The way 249 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:45.839 that those vehicles drove is something I feel like I've been chasing for twenty years 250 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:52.000 across just about every platform. I was over the moon, having just spent 251 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.319 about forty five minutes, and when it came back from the development lab to 252 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:02.720 yeah, just yes, you sounded work. Yeah. I was over there 253 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:10.160 for like four hours doing research research laser. Yes, yeah, I have 254 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.839 another meeting as soon as we wrap up the podcast on it. But then 255 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.759 I'm going to be zooming right back over there and uh, you know, 256 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.240 playing it a little bit again. The vehicles you playing it right? Product 257 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:26.880 product, yes, yes, of course, um, but the vehicles as 258 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.000 you progress, they drive differently. They force you to apply your skills from 259 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.799 one level and build off of them, but be a little more deliberate as 260 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.680 you continue progressing through. Which is something that you know you certainly even see 261 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.200 in the eye racing ladder as you move up from rookie to D to see 262 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.880 to B to A. Not that I would know that in anything but dirt 263 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.480 road sounds like that. And that's tim moving up your eye racing license. 264 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:55.000 Yeah, that needs to go out by June. So and when are we 265 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.559 expecting this to come out? Chris? Also later this year? Um, 266 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:02.559 I don't believe that we've committed it on a committed to late this year maybe 267 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.559 Yeah, that's the market anyway, right, Still the fair amount of work 268 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:10.519 to go to make it kind of consumer ready, but a lot of progress 269 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.640 has been made so yes. But most importantly, if you already own Drag 270 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.279 Outer Worlds or if you buy that now, you will automatically get the upgrade 271 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.680 two exocross win Exo Cross line, which is available on Steam currently if anybody 272 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.119 wants to check it out. All the new stuff, but it's there. 273 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.599 Yes, I got a steam key for that. I ain't to install that 274 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:33.839 right after this. There we go. Yeah, testing purpose is not playing 275 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.920 purpose. Yes, sure, yeah, that that what you said? Yes, 276 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.480 all right, moving on, We got a great guest this week. 277 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:49.400 We sat down with one of our senior software engineers, David Tucker, and 278 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:56.279 he handles a lot of our periphiel development force feedback and also is one of 279 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.759 the most vocal developers we have in eye Racing, working with the community in 280 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:03.759 the forms and one of the specific causes he champions is working with our disabled 281 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:08.960 community, the adaptive controllers things like that does some super cool stuff with that. 282 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:15.640 It's pretty mind blowing and probably Kevin one of our most requested staff member 283 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:18.200 guests, would you say, I would agree he's uh. People have been 284 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:22.440 I think since episode one, like when you get in Tucker on. We 285 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:26.359 finally got him and only took forty nine episodes, feeling he will be back 286 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:30.039 for more. That won't be the last time we have money. Yeah, 287 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.720 he's great. So without further ado, let's sit down with David Tucker. 288 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:38.480 All right, Kevin and I are excited to be back with our next guests, 289 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:45.319 probably the most requested guest we've had as far as staff by far, 290 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:49.160 by far, like standard deviation further than nobody wants to hear from Steve Ratona 291 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:53.200 anymore because they have nothing. They don't spell secrets anymore. So we've got 292 00:20:53.240 --> 00:21:02.480 Tony David. We have senior software engineer David Tucker joining us on the podcast 293 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:06.119 today. David, thanks for taking the time. Sure, anytime, All 294 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:11.599 right, So let's get into it. What is it that you say you 295 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:17.640 do here for office space fans? You'll get the reference. Oh boy. 296 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:22.559 Um, So when I got hired, I everybody else had a job and 297 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.880 I didn't. So I got all the weird everything that we put off and 298 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.200 we're like, ah, we'll get to that someday. And then I hired 299 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.559 you. Is that exactly? So? I got so our first job was 300 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:41.720 probably making the cameras cooler. I made the telemetry system, all right. 301 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.200 At some point in time I got into wheels and started making that a big 302 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.519 part of my job. So I get to do a lot of work with 303 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:55.839 wheel manufacturers. And then, did you I work a lot of stuff working 304 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:00.559 with the disabled community, trying to make that better. Just a whole host 305 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:07.839 of other little tiny features all over the SIM. So you you have a 306 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:12.519 pretty well rounded knowledge base of the Eye Racing platform, is what I'm hearing. 307 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.680 You've done a little bit of everything. Yeah, well, I do 308 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.640 everything that's not important. That's my that's my take from that is completely untrus. 309 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.720 A lot of the things you do maybe we don't see. They're not 310 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.759 there, may not be sexy. You know, you're not working on the 311 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:30.240 art for a new car or track or just or that. But it's all 312 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.200 the stuff that makes it work better. It kind of in the background. 313 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.880 That's the way I look at it. But I don't know if that's right. 314 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.039 But that's when I think of you. That's what I think of the 315 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:41.559 guy that's making it work. Yeah. So you said you've been here since 316 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:47.640 fourteen years and right after beta. Yeah so I think we'd come out of 317 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:52.480 beta maybe six months before. And I was hired on my birthdays ago, 318 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:57.759 So happy birthday, thank you whenever that is. It's a while ago. 319 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:04.759 But yeah, you can said money and gift cards. I won't give your 320 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:08.359 address out, that's probably inappropriate. I typically give Kevin's email address out. 321 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:12.319 It does every podcast. Pretty Vin, don't share your phone number with Dot 322 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:17.440 cost for complaints, please send them there. So all right, well let's 323 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.720 let's get into it a little bit on what you've done a little bit of 324 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.440 everything. But you know, your day to day these days is you're working 325 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.240 with uh, I mean a myriad of things, but specifically lately you've been 326 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:32.359 working with wheel manufacturers and making sure hardware works in the sim so it does 327 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:36.119 when you turn left, it turns left? Am I correct? Yeah? 328 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:41.680 So yeah, I'm doing that, working on making wheels more safe, adding 329 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:47.079 an high frequency data so I have a whole system to drive base shakers and 330 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.559 the truth, well, hold on a second before we go, I have 331 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.680 to interrupt to make them more safe. That that intrigues me. What do 332 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:56.319 you mean by that? So? Uh, you know, wheels just keep 333 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:02.400 getting stronger and stronger, and you know, I figure maybe a quarter of 334 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.319 our users have a wheel that could probably just look at your thumb without much 335 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:08.680 effort. So I'm putting in things like cutting the force when you hit a 336 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:14.319 wall or have another large impact. See again, these are quality of life 337 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.160 improvements that you don't see, but you will be very thankful when when you 338 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:25.640 Crashly, I r O one and a mock two now have an oval package, 339 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.799 you hit the wall at two super cool, and then you send a 340 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:33.559 thank you card to David Tucker because you have thumbs still. That's basically what 341 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.559 I'm hearing. Yeah, yeah, so you know, it's just uh, 342 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:41.240 in general, I just trying to make the wheels work as good as they 343 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:44.880 can. So I do a lot of work with the wheel manufactures themselves doing 344 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:48.839 testing. I've specialized hardware I made to be able to really get in and 345 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:51.400 test the wheels out good, and then we work back and forth. I'm 346 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:56.000 better firmware that's probably expanded a lot since when you started fourteen years ago. 347 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:59.400 I felt like there were only a couple of kind of mainstream wheels back then, 348 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:03.200 and now they're almost a new one coming out every month. Yeah, 349 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:06.759 I know, it's getting crazy. I mean I actually I had to build 350 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:10.319 special shelves in my garage to hold all the different wheels I have. I 351 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.880 try not to tell people that someday you should send us a picture of the 352 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:19.079 library of tech that you have. That would be pretty funny, But I 353 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:22.119 find that, you know, every wheel is a little different, and whenever 354 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.000 we have a problem, I need a wheel at hand to test with. 355 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.519 I mean, I've got five wheels sitting right here on the floor. I've 356 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:32.799 been testing with all week. So how much time do you spend unplugging and 357 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:38.079 plugging in USB cables? So much time? It's all. Yeah. Now 358 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:41.640 you do a lot more than just the hardware, though. You also do 359 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:47.240 a ton of work with our spotter packs, specifically the regional spotter packs. 360 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.440 I saw some notes this morning on a new one you're working on, right, 361 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:56.599 Yeah. So a while back I got given the spotter and I did 362 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.720 a lot of clean up to it, and then users at the time, 363 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.319 you couldn't change the sound of the spotters, so users are really itching for 364 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.319 that. So I put in support to the spotter packs, or at least 365 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:12.799 made it work real good. And then um yeah, and then along the 366 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:17.440 way, I made it so that you could translate the spotter into different languages. 367 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:21.400 So right now I think we've got eight different spotters the different languages, 368 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:27.680 and we've got three or four members that really work hard to to translate the 369 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:30.400 spotters as good as they can into every different language that you know, so 370 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:36.039 they'll give you the recordings and stuff you can tell. Yeah, And so 371 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:41.480 I've been working with with a couple of Italians on Italian spotter packs and they're 372 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:45.680 really top notch. There there anything changes, they're on top of it. 373 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:51.160 And so I don't really do I put in the tools, but they're they're 374 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:55.839 the ones doing the hard work. So how many messages are in the base 375 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.039 spotter pack these days? Uh, you know, it's a thousand or so, 376 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:04.440 and then they can add up to each message could be ducated up to 377 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:12.240 I think thirty times. So a proper Spotter pack is many thousands. And 378 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:17.000 if you're looking, if you're interested in and I toyed with this idea and 379 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.960 then walked away from it because it's a it's a heck of a project. 380 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:23.200 But there are instructions on the forums on how to build your own if you 381 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:27.359 want to hear yourself yell at yourself when you do dumb things in the sim 382 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:30.599 David Tucker has given the documentation. I already do that. I don't. 383 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:34.400 I don't need it to be automated, like I already curse myself when I 384 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:38.599 go off track. Yeah, and uh, I'd encourage anybody that wants to 385 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:41.519 make Spotter packs. I mean, go to the forums and figure it out. 386 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.519 It's it's it's not that hard. What's you get going, it's just 387 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.680 super time consuming. It's time consumer. Was the Jimmy Johnson Spotter pack I 388 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:53.799 think has like four or five thousand, Oh yeah, messages eleven's pretty good. 389 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.960 But all right, well let's let's swing it over a little bit because, 390 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.880 as people are going to notice, you do a lot of a little 391 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:06.440 bit of everything, um, and we're just scratching the surface here, and 392 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.079 we don't have, you know, the hours that it would take to go 393 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:12.000 through all of the things that you've worked on eye racing. But one of 394 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.839 my favorite, one of my favorite things is the work that you've done with 395 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:23.039 our disabled community to make eye racing even more accessible for everybody. Right, 396 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:27.160 let's talk about that a little bit and some of the tools that you have 397 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:33.519 implemented in the SIM to increase the accessibility. Yeah. So well, first 398 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:37.039 off, I mean, we have a really amazing disabled community. They it's 399 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.759 very large, it's varied. Um, they're really enthusiastic about the SIM, 400 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:45.599 and I'm just here to kind of help them out a little bit. Um. 401 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:52.359 But you know, when I got started, there wasn't any support from 402 00:28:52.359 --> 00:29:00.119 the hardware manufacturers for disabled players. Weren't any wheels with hand controls, and 403 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:03.240 it was really hodgepodge. They were working really hard to try to include together 404 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.640 things to make it work, but they were really struggling. So um, 405 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:11.240 you know, I as soon as I got contacts of the manufactures, I 406 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:18.000 started pushing on them, encouraging them to put in hand controls um I at 407 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.759 some point in time was asked to add in touch until support to the SIM, 408 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:27.680 and I went ahead and added in mouse driving and as well, and 409 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.960 and that's helped a lot. There's a lot of our disabled users have to 410 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:37.480 use you mouse with their mouth, you know, so they can drive using 411 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:40.880 that. Or we have users that just don't have a hand strength to hold 412 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:45.640 their hands up on a wheel, but they can use a mouse. And 413 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.079 then just a lot of little things, you know, users would reach out 414 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.440 to me and ask for this to that. And so I've been you know, 415 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.079 slowly, you know, with the help of Brandy and some other people, 416 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:57.240 and been slowly adding in lots of little features to help, you you 417 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:03.119 know, to have better I did the driving aid uh back stuff like that, 418 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:08.160 just to kind of augmented. And then recently some users were reaching out 419 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:14.920 to me and really talking about odd talking about things that I hadn't thought about 420 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:18.680 before, like they're having a difficult time seeing or whatever, so we put 421 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.200 in a bunch of new features to like make the driving line really big, 422 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:25.839 or make the mouse really large, or you know, other other such things. 423 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:29.720 So it's been a lot of fun to get to work with them and 424 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:33.839 uh and see how hard they work to make anything work, and then being 425 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.319 able to come along and kind of make it a little bit easier for him. 426 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:40.079 Yeah, for sure. What's uh, maybe one or two of the 427 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:44.640 projects specifically within this vein that that pop out to you, like things that 428 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:47.759 you're like, that was pretty cool to work on that. I'm really happy 429 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:52.279 with how that turned out. Well, my favorite, my favorite feature and 430 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.039 I need to bring it into the sim and give with everybody, is I 431 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:59.640 put in code to draw a line into the pit Road entrance. For some 432 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.599 uh, we didn't do that, and I gotta tell you, I can't 433 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:10.680 find Pitt Road and half the tracks, so you know, that's that really 434 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.799 stands out to me. But anyway, the one that's probably the most popular, 435 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:17.440 it's just I put in the world's ugliest mouse pointer that's you know, 436 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:22.240 about the size of a quarter, and then everybody loves it because it's just 437 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.519 hard to see. So again and little thing that makes a big difference, 438 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:30.640 right, Yeah, so I need to get the art team to give me 439 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.519 a better looking mouse. Wine. Mine was hand drawn by me and it 440 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:40.559 just went into paint, drew a mouse and here it is now. But 441 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:45.000 so all right, let's let's moving forward. And you don't have to give 442 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:48.079 a lot of detail here. I know there's you know, obviously things we 443 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:51.920 don't talk about feature development or whatnot, but maybe you know, what are 444 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.160 some some ideas on the horizon, things that are that you want to continue 445 00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.759 implementing any specifically to make for the community, to or for the disabled community. 446 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.640 Where are the places that you want to go moving forward? And we 447 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:09.559 just haven't had the time yet. Um, that's a good question. I 448 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:17.920 mean, you know a lot of what I've done is looking at Hyer, 449 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:22.720 you know, getting more feedback to the users. So I've spent a lot 450 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:29.200 of time trying to get We've got these space shakers that I drive, getting 451 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:34.839 wheelmakers to implement high frequency effects like the true force, so that we can 452 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.000 uh, you know, add back in all the vibrations and the and the 453 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.880 rumblings and the you know, the impacts that you feel in a real car. 454 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:45.480 So I'm really just about that. I've been spending a lot of time 455 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.240 on that, you know, just anything to kind of make the sim feel 456 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:53.519 more like real life. So I've actually got some projects on the horizon for 457 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:58.920 that. I'm real excited about these new force feedback pedals that are coming out. 458 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:01.400 I'm hoping to get a pair, so so as everybody else they went 459 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:07.559 two thousand dollars of pedal. Yeah, they're a little pricey. And then 460 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:12.039 on the disabled side, I mean it's just it's just so many little things 461 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.960 that are still left to do. So, you know, as I have 462 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:19.759 time and and as people reach out to me with needs, I just keep 463 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:23.359 trying to tick things off. There's been a lot of work in the background 464 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:28.319 that hasn't made it out to members to try to make our UI more friendly 465 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:30.960 to color blind people. Um that I would love to see that get finished 466 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:37.519 up. There's um, you know, just it just looks a little little 467 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:40.400 details. I uh, I don't I don't know if we'll be able to 468 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:45.920 get to it. But user just recently built a tool to take our voice 469 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:49.960 chat and translate it to text and put up a dialogue that you could watch 470 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.400 the text on and that that was a need that I didn't even realize we 471 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:59.160 had, and that's you know, that's really neat. So you know, 472 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.799 someday I would like to see us bring that into the house, but I 473 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:05.599 don't. Yeah, we're not there yet, but there are some series on 474 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:09.599 Friday nights that I'm not sure i'd want to turn that on. We need 475 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:16.119 the potato filters. Like I said, the community is sproad, you know, 476 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:20.719 so we've we've got lots of you know, lots of people with lots 477 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:27.719 of needs. So I remember early on that there were a lot of not 478 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:31.239 a lot, but there were a few kind of custom hand built controllers that 479 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:35.920 people would take a you know, a Logitech gosh what was it. It 480 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.960 was the G twenty seven maybe G twenty five back in the day, right, 481 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:43.840 and they would they would rig up kind of looked bizarre. It was 482 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.800 made out of like balsa wood or whatever they had, and they would make 483 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:51.880 hand controllers, which I was just blown away that that there was that much 484 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:55.719 of a dedicated community to do that. Are there well two questions, One, 485 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:00.280 is there anything like that from back in the day that you were remember 486 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.079 that you were just like, holy cow, that is so cool. Um, 487 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:07.760 and then who makes some really great controllers. I know I'm not asking 488 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:09.639 you to endorse anybody or this or that, but like, is there like 489 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:15.280 and obviously there's such a variety of kind of physical challenges and disabilities. There's 490 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:20.679 not one that's perfect for everybody, but is there are there some that are 491 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:24.239 like check this out? You know? Uh? Yeah, I mean so, 492 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:28.199 yeah, back in the day, you would taking G twenty five and 493 00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:30.239 kind of strap anything you could to it, people with zip tie and game 494 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:37.920 pads to it. Yeah. Yeah. The similar Steel Series have the sr 495 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:42.440 WS one wheel, which is a little like a wee controller that you can 496 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:45.119 I remember I had one of those. It was cool. Yeah, So 497 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.039 they'd take the rim up there G twenty five and bolt that to it. 498 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:52.079 But you know what, I got to give a shout out to Glenn over 499 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:59.280 at Simability. He came along after the US are, after Steel Series wheel 500 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:05.159 was gone, and built these custom wheels for the community that just in his 501 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:08.840 garage. Yeah. I'm sure he's built hundreds of them by now, but 502 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:12.840 you know, he just completely filled the hole in the market where he'd you 503 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.039 know, make a little bolt on things for your thrust master, your Logitech 504 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:19.920 so that people could drive, and then uh, you know, and then 505 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:23.679 more recently Fanertech and then thrust Master and Logitech, and then now some of 506 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:28.920 the high end wheels all have at least one rim that has analog paddles on 507 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:35.760 him. So we're actually there's a lot of choice now, you know. 508 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:39.639 I there's probably been ten different manufacturers. The one thing that we're still missing 509 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:45.280 is a low cost choice. So the cheapest one I think is for Bannertech 510 00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:47.320 and it starts around six hundred dollars. Yeah, I was gonna say a 511 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:52.920 lot of those with the analog controls are almost built like to be a super 512 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:55.119 high end Formula one wheel that has a clutch paddles and things like that. 513 00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:58.960 But you can map them to be throttle and break if you want, right, 514 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.639 is that kind of how they're or yeah, exactly, so, yeah, 515 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:04.679 you can map them to be thrown on the break. And I actually 516 00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:07.280 drive most of the time like that. My dog likes to sit under my 517 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.960 desk, so I just leave my pedals out of the way the hand controls 518 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:15.119 and it's you know, they work there. They're very quality. I'm very 519 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:19.800 impressed with the community. Though I used to bring that Steel series wheel around 520 00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.239 like when I was traveling for business because I could run. It would fit 521 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.679 in my suitcase and i'd do a little demo somewhere on my laptop and I 522 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:29.719 could plug it in. And you know, I wasn't competitive because I didn't 523 00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:31.119 practice enough. But I could show the soom, I could show a track, 524 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:34.760 I could do whatever. It was super cool, like you know, 525 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.840 just wind up the cable and put it in your bag and off you go. 526 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.519 But unfortunately don't. They don't make those anymore. Probably if you had 527 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:43.199 one, you could probably sell it on eBay for a good price. I 528 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:45.679 think they're coming out with the version two of it. Actually, I saw 529 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:50.000 a teaser the other day. Oh Google that put it in the comments below. 530 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:52.760 Maybe bluetooth instead of the long cable or something, right, but yeah, 531 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:57.599 yeah, I think also, not to be contradictory here, the but 532 00:37:57.840 --> 00:38:02.559 fan attack actually lowered the price. I think it's the McLaren Wheel. Yeah. 533 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:07.000 I think that's down to like two hundred dollars now. So if somebody's 534 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:10.320 listening and is in this situation where this is, you know, you have 535 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:15.800 the need check that out. Maybe that was one I'm googling right now. 536 00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:17.639 You do it. Yeah, but I believe the price on that one has 537 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:23.440 dropped significantly, which might be in an entry level solution for those that are 538 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:27.719 you know, might be interested and looking into this. If that would make 539 00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:30.639 your life a bit easier and it makes it easier to enjoy the iRacing product. 540 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:35.599 You know, we're all for it. But well, David, thank 541 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.760 you for taking the time today. We really do appreciate it. Um. 542 00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:44.480 Like I said, your fan favorite. This has been the absolutely most requested 543 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:50.039 interview we have had for a guest on I Racing. So we're glad you 544 00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:52.920 you were able to pencil it in. And I think we're gonna have to 545 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:54.920 have you back again because this is going to bring up even more questions from 546 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:59.960 the community. So so make sure you make some time for us. White 547 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:04.320 and you ask this, why didn't you ask this? I'm sorry because you 548 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:06.519 weren't smart enough to think of the question. That's why. Greg So, 549 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.920 okay, well that's that feels a little direct and my feelings a little bit 550 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:15.840 hurt, all right, But I think see, David, I told you 551 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:17.719 this is why the people listen to the podcast, just for the insults to 552 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.760 go back and forth between Kevin. I'm waiting for mind. So oh you'll 553 00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:25.159 get it next look you record the real thing. You're You're smoked, buddy. 554 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:30.079 All right, on that note, back to the show, all right. 555 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:35.400 So great to sit down with David Tucker, senior software engineer at I 556 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:39.320 Racing. Kevin and I had a really nice conversation with him, moving into 557 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:45.880 the next item on Chris's agenda that I'm reading right off the email community events 558 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:49.199 in bold thank you makes it easy to tell. Yes, of course. 559 00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:52.679 We have a special event this weekend, the Nurburgring twenty four on I Racing, 560 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:58.519 one of our biggest events of the year. We got five classes racing, 561 00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:05.800 got GT three G four's the Porsche GT three Cup car uh as well 562 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:09.880 as a touring car in GR eighty six, so a lot of cars. 563 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:15.320 Race eight eight makes Racing and Kevin. This has been very interesting for me. 564 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:22.320 I have been lobbied more for a BOP for this race than all other 565 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:27.880 races probably in the last three years combine, which I find ironic. Are 566 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.840 they sending it to your email at Breg dot West at iRacing dot com, 567 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:35.920 because that's not even nice. No, most of them have found my WhatsApp 568 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:45.119 perfect. Oh my gosh, absolutely just getting blown up with BOP requests and 569 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:51.679 it's all the teams trying to mess with other teams. Obviously, what's funny 570 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:58.360 is they're talking about the differences between these cars being less than a second on 571 00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:02.639 an eight minute lap, so we're talking like what a third of a percentage 572 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:07.519 point on an eight minute lab. Yeah, and they're trying to have big 573 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:15.960 swings on the BOP. I think this race is about surviving. Get in 574 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:20.920 the tank, right, that's what you do. Yeah, but I would 575 00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:23.719 say arguably the least impactful race for BOP on I racing, but does show 576 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:28.519 people are passionate. So you know, the positive is people care, they're 577 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:31.800 competitive. We're doing something right if people care that much. So you know 578 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:37.119 obviously the guys here that the team works hard to make it as balanced as 579 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:43.400 possible. There's probably no perfect number anywhere, right, somebody's always going to 580 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:46.480 say something. So I think the team works really hard and does a great 581 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:52.599 job at it. So even if we secretly made all the cars identical and 582 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:55.039 didn't tell anybody, there would be oh yeah, there would be one that 583 00:41:55.159 --> 00:42:00.400 oh no, this one's better. That's how it would work. But yeah, 584 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:04.360 we're going to be making the final BFP announcement. Today's Wednesday. So 585 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.239 when's this going out, Chris, Friday, Oh comes first race. First 586 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:15.960 race is on Friday night, East Coast time, so we're then, yes, 587 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:21.320 so twenty two GMT on Friday night, but we have in the regular 588 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.519 special event time slot, so Friday at twenty two GMT Saturday seven twelve and 589 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:29.719 sixteen GMT. Convert that to your local time zone as you're listening to this 590 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:34.000 podcast. But no surprises there as far as the times, and once again 591 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:38.519 twenty four hour Race. A reminder on that, as part of our twenty 592 00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:45.119 four Hour Racing special events, the members site will not be available for registration. 593 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.400 You will have to register through the UI, as we've done for the 594 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:51.079 last few events. But reminder on that there'll be a banner up on the 595 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.960 website, in forums and in the UI by the time you read this. 596 00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:00.599 There's that awesome next big event coming up twenty third to twenty ninth. We've 597 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:05.400 got Inniske Coke six hundred at Charlotte, one of the coolest events of the 598 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:09.800 year on the NIS calendar because you have that day night transition and the biggest 599 00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:15.679 endurance test on ovals, Right, Chris, Yeah, for sure. I 600 00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:20.239 mean, we only have a handful of these NIS events every single year that 601 00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:22.360 go the full distance. A lot of them are shorter. But yeah, 602 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:25.920 again, that day night transition is always to me one of the prettiest and 603 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:30.960 coolest things I think we do in anything. You know, certainly if you're 604 00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:34.480 running the Nerveagring twenty four, you're going to be seeing that day to night 605 00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:37.920 and back today. But you know, I've always just had so much fun 606 00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.719 watching stock car races that start out in the day and end of the night. 607 00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:45.079 So you know, it's an endurance test Charlotte four hundred laps. You 608 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:49.320 know, it really is a matter of survival. It's a matter of racing 609 00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:52.920 smart. It's a matter of you know, picking the right strategy and staying 610 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:59.679 clean and you know, just not getting ahead of yourself. It's a long 611 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:04.440 rate since the longest race you'll do all here in a stock car unless you're 612 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:09.559 doing something that even Yes two wouldn't touch No Bop for this race, which 613 00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:15.920 is nice, Yes also that and then on May twenty seventh we've got the 614 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:21.800 next Crevintic race at Manza. So those's the twelve hour races sponsored by our 615 00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:24.880 friends A Cravinti to put on the twenty four hour races all over Europe and 616 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:29.719 Asia. But yeah, that one kicks off at Monza. It's they're featuring 617 00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:32.119 the nine eleven GT three Cup car, the GT fours and the touring cars. 618 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:36.239 So a lot of fun to go racing there, and those races have 619 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.320 become more and more popular. It was kind of a niche series two years 620 00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:43.880 ago and now it's, you know, one of the premiere endurance you know, 621 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.800 special series. It's not really a special event, but it's not a 622 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:50.039 regular race series. Yeah, we need to come up with a catchy name. 623 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:52.920 I'll talk to the director of marketing. Special series just doesn't work on 624 00:44:53.519 --> 00:45:00.480 the pizzazz. Good word, all right? Moving on pro E Sports, 625 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:06.000 Chris talking about the Cooke Series. Yeah, definitely a lot of things going 626 00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:08.239 on over the past month in the Coke Series. We had that back to 627 00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:14.960 back, not only starting at Monza in the first race outside of US Soil, 628 00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:19.960 well virtual US soil in e NASCAR history, but then the following week 629 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:24.199 at Talladega, the first fixed setup race in series history. Manza. Not 630 00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:30.760 too much of a shock to see Bobby Zelenski with Joe Gibbs Racing return to 631 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:37.000 his road course winning ways Talladega wild finish as always, Unlike last year, 632 00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:43.280 Casey Kerwin manages to get it done just at the final straight away Talladegan the 633 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:47.480 playoffs. Last year it was Kerwin and Colin Bowden at rac Or getting into 634 00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:52.519 it and Zelenski managed to slide by them. This time it was Kerwin at 635 00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:55.440 x Set getting by Malik Ray leading into the final lab. For Jim Beaver, 636 00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.760 e Sports came so close to getting that first win, but he had 637 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:04.239 the throw the block to prevent the run on one side on the high side, 638 00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:07.760 and you know, Casey was just able to move down low and push 639 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:12.679 through and snake that victory away. Then we get to Las Vegas and you 640 00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:15.079 know, I know, Michael Conti, a junior motorsport says it's been great 641 00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:20.239 and this is his final year, but he's running at some of the highest 642 00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:22.559 level that he's run in quite some time. And you know, and we're 643 00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:25.760 still talking about a driver who wins multiple races every year, so to say 644 00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:30.880 that is really something. You know, he took the most recent win at 645 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:34.920 Las Vegas. He's got two victories you know in hand. He should be 646 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:37.239 a lock for the playoffs just about at this point. But now, of 647 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:43.840 course we're heading into Darlington and also Charlotte later this month. Darlington we're gonna 648 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:46.159 have the throwback schemes a lot of drivers who are starting to drop them already. 649 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.239 Charlotte again, you know, a special event for the Coke series as 650 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.880 well. You know you have that finish under the lights at Charlotte. It's 651 00:46:54.920 --> 00:47:00.719 going to be an interesting month and I think that especially on a track like 652 00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:04.440 Darlington that's just so tricky for so many drivers. You know, the Cream's 653 00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:07.840 really gonna rise to the top there. So I'm not involved in the production 654 00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:12.960 of our NASCAR cocool I Racing series at all, so I'm allowed to have 655 00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:17.239 a favorite. I like Michael Conti because he sends donuts to the office after 656 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:22.440 he wins. It's a good day after a win. So yeah, I'm 657 00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:24.880 on team Conti for the rest of the season because that's that's not bad at 658 00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:30.400 coming to the office and the door dash donuts be there from dunks. I 659 00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:36.159 may have had two last week. Score more. Yeah, this is this 660 00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:40.920 not a good camera angle showing off my second and third chin. All right, 661 00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:45.639 moving on, Kevin portion tag Hoyer, East Sports Super cups heading into 662 00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:47.719 the home stretch. Yeah, two racists to go. Oh, I think 663 00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:52.599 we're at Lama next, and then we finished up at Monza. So been 664 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:55.480 a great season. H Jordan Caruso's kind of running away with it, but 665 00:47:55.679 --> 00:48:00.000 not quite yet. He hasn't wrapped it up anything happened at Lama, So 666 00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:05.599 I mean it's kind of a you know some in some ways, it's a 667 00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:08.239 simple track to run, it's not overly complex, but a lot can happen 668 00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:13.119 draft this or that. You don't start well, you don't qualify well, 669 00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:19.480 who knows, so m should be a pretty exciting final two rounds of that 670 00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:23.719 series. The All Star Race season has been going well and Casey Corn is 671 00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:29.880 running away with that so no surprise. The guy can drive pretty much anything. 672 00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:34.239 So there's been some lobbying behind the scenes to see if we could, 673 00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:37.599 you know, either dock him some points or add some weight to his car, 674 00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:40.280 but we're not going to do that. He's he's he's earned every victory 675 00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:44.039 he's gotten, so but it's exciting to watch, so check that out. 676 00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:46.119 The next race is not this Saturday, but the following Saturday, so that 677 00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:50.880 I think that's the twentieth Oh. Look, it's on screen for me, 678 00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:57.000 look at that. I'm not used to this. Yeah, so it's uh, 679 00:48:57.400 --> 00:49:00.000 the twenty it'll be great. Check out the All Star Race U. 680 00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:06.440 The All Star Race is as entertaining, if not more entertaining than the actual 681 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:10.280 main event that that video of that clip you guys put out of it was 682 00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:17.679 like t K, Casey Kerwin and Quirk you don't know as Matt Malone, 683 00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:22.480 Casey Crowin and Quirk battling it out while also we had their you know, 684 00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:27.119 in car cameras per se and they're talking amongst themselves, talking to each other 685 00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:30.880 as they're fighting for the win. I'd love to see us implement that in 686 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:36.559 regular the passc or Coke series. What do you guys think we're gonna bleep 687 00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:45.320 button? And then Chris. Qualifying continues for WOO Late Models and the off 688 00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:50.000 Road series. Yep, definitely a World of Outlaws butt Kicker Late Model Series 689 00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:54.199 qualifying started May first, so we're a couple of weeks into that seeing which 690 00:49:54.280 --> 00:50:00.559 drivers are going to be taking on the late Models you know later summer that 691 00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:04.760 series will go on. For the Eye Racing off Road Championship Series, we're 692 00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:08.440 much deeper into that. That series if you're a long time I Racing member, 693 00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:15.039 uses a more old school qualifying format where the Pro four series that's at 694 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:19.119 B class with the open setups, we're actually using the points from that series 695 00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:23.719 rather than doing a stand alone qualifying series. It's something we just learned from 696 00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:28.599 doing dirt road over the years. We had done a couple of standalones with 697 00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:35.000 previous Dirt Road Championships and it was just more representative of the drivers who should 698 00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:38.519 be there to make it a part of that. You know, that that 699 00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:43.639 public series that's not standing on its own is what we found. So a 700 00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:45.840 lot of drivers still kind of hammering in there. You know, your best 701 00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:50.840 eight weeks count, So a lot of drivers kind of frontloaded and are now 702 00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:53.079 sitting back and waiting. So you know, if you're if you're on that 703 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:55.639 butt, you know, if you're on that bubble, you still have a 704 00:50:55.679 --> 00:51:00.039 few weeks to really make a push and break in at that you know, 705 00:51:00.119 --> 00:51:05.039 break into that top twelve. They get those invites. But speaking of invites, 706 00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:07.800 I need to start doing my own invites for the off Road All Star 707 00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:10.039 Series, and you know, I think I got a good list coming ahead. 708 00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:13.920 It'll be it'll be some different folks. But we had some good shows 709 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:16.880 in those last time around, and even I showed up a couple of times. 710 00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:21.239 Maybe we're not going to be that desperate this year. But I don't 711 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:23.679 know. You guys want to run some off road All Star races. I 712 00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:28.199 think I'm busy that day. I didn't tell you what day it was. 713 00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:32.880 Yeah, I'm busy. Yeah, I just want me to beat you. 714 00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:37.719 I've just gotta wash my hair. I was gonna be excuse Yeah, there 715 00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:44.800 you go, and then Kevin. We also have another championship series coming up 716 00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:51.880 with details announced hashtag soon. But another Open Wheel Championship series with the delar 717 00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:55.480 I R O one. Yeah, we're working on plans for that. Not 718 00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:59.559 ready to give all the details yet, but it's coming this year, so 719 00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:05.119 be good to have that back. We ran that in twenty one, twenty 720 00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:07.079 one, the last one ran it and it was some fantastic racing. So 721 00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:13.800 more details to follow, we'll leave it at that. We just recently redev 722 00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:16.239 that car for those that don't know, and included an oval package for it, 723 00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:22.599 and it has been As you look at hosted sessions, the folks driving 724 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:28.199 that on ovals are having a blast. They're seeing that some of these superspeedways. 725 00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:30.079 Two hundred and forty five miles an hour down the backstretch going in a 726 00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:37.679 turn three is hauling the mail. It was one of my favorite, if 727 00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:42.480 not my favorite, non off road vehicle on I Racing before we gave it 728 00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:45.480 the Oval package. And now I'm in that car all the time. It 729 00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:52.639 just sounds so good, just a throwback to Screaming V tens, good old 730 00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:58.079 three Leader V ten and just about everybody made them. Yea, all right, 731 00:52:58.119 --> 00:53:00.280 Well, thanks for listening to this episode of The I Racing Downshift. 732 00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:04.840 Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify, 733 00:53:04.920 --> 00:53:08.079 and anywhere else. Chris has put this thing for Kevin Bobbitt, Chris Leoni, 734 00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:12.079 I am Greg West, and we'll see you on the North Slife on 735 00:53:12.119 --> 00:53:12.880 the Ringmeister,