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🏁 CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD IS COMING TO iRACING!

But is this legendary French racing circuit a motorsport masterpiece, or one of the most controversial tracks in modern racing?

In Season 5 Episode 9 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, we're heading to the south of France for a deep dive into Circuit Paul Ricard, expected to arrive in iRacing's December 2026 build for 2027 Season 1.

From its creation in 1970 to its Formula 1 glory years, its transformation into a high-tech testing facility and those unmistakable blue and red runoff areas, we're exploring what makes Paul Ricard so unusual.

🏎️ IN THIS EPISODE:

🏁 The History: Who was Paul Ricard, and why did he build a world-class racing circuit?

🏆 Formula 1 Heritage: Jackie Stewart, the French Grand Prix and the fearsome original Mistral Straight.

🔵🔴 Those Famous Runoff Areas: Motorsport safety innovation or a circuit that's too forgiving?

⏱️ The Driving Challenge: The Mistral Straight, Signes, Beausset and the corners that could make or break your lap.

🎮 Coming to iRacing: Which cars might suit Paul Ricard, and could it become a favourite for GT3, Formula and endurance racing?

🔥 THE BIG DEBATE: Does a great circuit need walls, gravel and consequences, or can Paul Ricard deliver fantastic racing without them?

💓 THE PULSE: MULTICLASS STARTS

We're also discussing iRacing's iTested experiments with multiple pace cars for multiclass race starts.

Could separate pace cars help produce cleaner starts in IMSA and endurance racing, or introduce a whole new set of complications?

💬 WE WANT YOUR OPINION!

Are you looking forward to Circuit Paul Ricard arriving in iRacing?

Which car will you take around it first?

And do you love or hate those famous blue and red runoff areas?

Tell us in the comments!

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The iRacing CONSPIT FF1600 Festival is coming to Brands Hatch, and this is no ordinary special event!

In Season 5 Episode 8 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, we explore the incredible history behind the FF1600 Festival, from its origins in British motorsport in 1972 to its unique heat-racing format on iRacing.

🏁 IN THIS EPISODE:

• The history of the real-world Festival
• Why Brands Hatch became its legendary home
• Famous winners including Jenson Button and Johnny Herbert
• How the iRacing FF1600 Festival works
• Why heat racing creates a completely different challenge
• Should iRacing introduce more knockout-style events?

📰 IN PULSE:

We discuss Tony Gardner's latest iRacing Downshift appearance, including the Lamborghini Temerario GT3, new circuits, career mode, graphics development and whether iRacing is taking on too many projects.

📬 IRACING AGONY UNCLE:

"You've got to leave me space!"

What exactly is racing room? When should you leave another driver space, and does sticking your nose into a corner automatically give you the right to be there?

The iRacing CONSPIT FF1600 Festival takes place 30–31 October 2026 at Brands Hatch Indy.

Join Guy Robertson for another episode exploring racecraft, mindset and performance.

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🏁 Does iRacing have too many cars and championships, but not enough drivers to fill the grids?

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 7 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast!

This week, Guy Robertson investigates one of the most interesting challenges facing iRacing: why do some championships attract hundreds of thousands of race starts while others struggle to fill a grid?

From the hugely popular Mazda MX-5 and GT3 championships to quieter series featuring the Radical, Renault Clio and historic racing machinery, we're asking whether iRacing's incredible variety is also spreading its community too thinly.

🎙️ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

🏎️ MAIN TOPIC: TOO MANY CARS, NOT ENOUGH RACERS?

Why some iRacing championships thrive while others struggle

The participation figures behind popular and unpopular series

Why empty grids can discourage drivers from registering

Should iRacing retire unpopular championships?

The importance of preserving historic racing cars

How smarter scheduling and community events could improve participation

📰 THE PULSE

iRacing Season 4 Patch 1 and Caterham updates

The eNASCAR championship finale

Smaller racing communities keeping specialist cars alive

🛠️ iRACING AGONY UNCLE

Where Does My Qualifying Pace Go?

You're fast in practice, but the moment qualifying starts, your lap times disappear!

We explore qualifying pressure, tyre and track conditions, and how to deliver a competitive lap when it matters.

💬 JOIN THE DEBATE

Should iRacing remove unpopular championships to create bigger grids, or preserve them for the communities that love them?

And which forgotten iRacing car deserves a comeback?

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When should you walk away from an iRacing car or series?

We’re often told that the secret to improving in iRacing is simple: choose a car, choose a series and stick with it.

But what happens when it just isn’t working?

In Season 5 Episode 6 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, we ask when perseverance is helping you become a better sim racer, and when it’s simply time to park the car and try something different.

We look at driving styles, difficult cars, choosing the right iRacing series, the sunk-cost trap and why one terrible week of racing shouldn’t automatically make you quit.

🎉 We also celebrate a huge milestone: 25,000 podcast downloads! A massive thank you to everyone who listens, watches, writes into the show and has become part of our growing Lone Road community.

💓 THE PULSE
We look at the Porsche Esports Supercup as the championship reaches its business end, the growing pathway from iRacing into real-world motorsport, the Skip Barber Formula Car Shootout, and the huge commitment involved in iRacing Special Events following the Bathurst 1000 and ahead of the Indianapolis 8 Hour.

🧔 iRACING AGONY UNCLE
This week's question:

How do you stay motivated after a bad week on iRacing?

When the iRating disappears, Safety Rating takes a hammering and every race seems to go wrong, should you keep racing to win it back or stop, reset and return with a different mindset?

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Have we become so obsessed with iRating, Safety Rating and results that we've forgotten why we started sim racing in the first place?

In Season 5 Episode 5 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, Guy asks a simple question: if iRating disappeared tomorrow, would you race differently?

We look at iRacing's Track Day concept, mixed-class racing and the return of legacy cars as a possible way to put FUN back at the centre of sim racing.

🏁 Also in this week's PULSE:

• iRacing Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
• Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH in endurance competition
• GT3 Regional Tours
• Track Day and legacy iRacing content
• SimRacing Expo Charlotte and what it tells us about the growth of sim racing
• Looking ahead to Sim Global Expo at the NEC Birmingham in January 2027

And in iRacing Agony Uncle, Steve races exclusively in VR and has switched OFF the virtual mirror for greater realism.

There's just one problem...

Sometimes he doesn't see the car alongside him.

So where should we draw the line between immersion, realism and situational awareness?

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What are you actually racing for in iRacing?

Is it iRating, Safety Rating, championship points, race wins, progression... or simply having fun?

In Season 5 Episode 4 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, Guy Robertson looks at how the goals we set can completely change the way we race, the decisions we make and whether we know when it's time to Bank the Result.

🏁 Also this week:

• Britcar 24 comes to the official iRacing Special Events calendar. What does 24 hours of GT3 and GT4 multiclass racing at Silverstone bring to the challenge?

• Weather Rerolls bring more unpredictability to official racing.

• Physics Islands might sound like an engineer's holiday destination, but the technology behind them could have a major impact on iRacing's future.

• iRacing Agony Uncle: What happens when you become so obsessed with protecting your iRating that you're actually frightened to race?

And finally...

🙈 The Week 13 blindfold driver.

Yes. Someone apparently decided seeing the racetrack was an optional extra.

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The Caterham 420R has arrived on iRacing, and Guy's first week with it has been quite a journey.

Initially, the lightweight British racer was fantastic to drive... until it was time to accelerate out of a corner. Sudden oversteer and spins made the 420R a serious challenge, but following an iRacing update addressing the rear suspension, Guy's experience of the car changed dramatically.

So what happened?

In Season 5 Episode 3 of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, we go back to where the Caterham story began, exploring the history of the Lotus Seven, Colin Chapman's lightweight philosophy, Caterham's takeover of the Seven and the development of the modern Caterham racing ladder.

Then, in Pulse, we examine the 420R's iRacing launch. Why did a suspension issue make it into the release build? Should it have been discovered during testing? Was the Caterham genuinely improved by the update, or, as some drivers argue, has iRacing simply made it easier?

And this week's iRacing Agony Uncle is for the newcomers:

What are the must-have apps for a new iRacer?

We look at Trading Paints, spotters, overlays, telemetry tools such as Garage61 and why filling your screen with data isn't necessarily going to make you a better racing driver.

🏁 This week:

• Caterham 420R first impressions
• The history of the Lotus Seven
• Colin Chapman's lightweight philosophy
• How Caterham inherited the Seven
• Caterham's racing heritage
• The 420R on iRacing
• What happened to the rear suspension?
• Did iRacing release the car too early?
• Has the update improved it or made it too easy?
• Must-have apps for new iRacers
• Trading Paints, overlays, spotters and telemetry
• Why the driver still matters more than the software

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Being faster doesn't give you the right to drive through the car ahead.

This week on The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, we're using real racing footage to look at two sides of racecraft: knowing when to Bank the Result, and understanding why some iRacers catch another car only to punt it off instead of actually overtaking it.

Plus:

🏁 How NOT to Bank the Result
💥 Why do iRacers punt you off?
❤️ The Pulse and the start of Season 4
🟢 The Caterham question
🩺 Agony Uncle: Brake Bias
🏎️ Forward vs rearward brake bias
🎛️ Should you change brake bias corner-by-corner?

If you're trying to become a cleaner, smarter and more consistent iRacer, this one's for you.

The Lone Road iRacing Podcast
Season 5 | Episode 2
Racecraft. Mindset. Performance.

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