iRacing : NASCAR PARTY TIME!!! (Nationwide @ Road America)

[@Muadib223]

@ 2:50 Loved the dive bomber sound fx... lol...

[@MikeSmith-cn2pw]

That was an awesome race Matt. I recently joined iRacing and was feeling your pain during those last couple of laps. The same thing has happened to me a few times. Cheers from Down Under.

[@virgule888]

hahaha. Love the Stuka sound effect. Very appropriate.

[@badd8]

Empty Box schooling some noobs. Taking their lunch money too.

[@bradynorfleet6740]

Hell Yae

[@dewolf49]

Oh man, what a brilliant race. I'd like to drive that well someday. Your commentary on what you were doing for passing technique and such was also really great, I'd love to see more of that in your videos.

[@Cooleddowntv]

Awesome race to watch! I am primarily an Oval racer, but I really appreciate your ability as a road course driver. I enjoy your videos and watch as much as able to.

[@Jvillebdks87]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Keep up the awesome work.

[@davidchristie4127]

TOYED with them. Another great race Matt, taking a break from iRacing myself for a few months but looking forward to getting back into it :)

[@mattmccormick9298]

love watching a video where the driver knows how to get every bit out of the car at a track like this. Great consistency and good win well earned

[@doric_historic]

Good race Mr.Box, great explanation of what happens when you push the tires. I forgot about Road America running Sonoma....great time filler as always.

[@rioux60]

I was white knuckling my phone watching the last few laps!!! Great driving!!! Also just subbed you...

[@305809]

This was pretty fun to watch and I like your style.

[@lrgsmoke1439]

Super fun watching you hustle that car around the track.

[@xxBlamedBxx]

Props to you for beating Rob, he's usually faster than me by a second on every single freaking track!

[@Broncos18man]

Cmon Empty!! I'm a NASCAR racer and I love road courses. Most fun tracks to Huck the car around on. I practice them for fun...not ovals. Were not all incompetent!! Lol

[@rodan70]

My favorite NA$CAR races are the Road Races! Great Video! Great win!!

[@ascitiesburn672]

This game looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Not sure I have the time to sit down and enjoy it like you do. Good race though. I almost thought you were done when that car spun out.

[@julienARcalifornia]

Empty Box: another brilliant video. Great strategies! Thanks!

[@KILLRxKENNY]

I have been running alot of the b car at Road America, my oval irating is double my road, and this week has been one of the best weeks for me, I am terrible on the road courses, but for some reason, I have been really good this week, and as an oval racer, I haven't been getting lapped, except when someone decides that they can take Canada Corner flat out and destroy my car. Also, good video man

[@tuomoseppala]

Great race man! Congrats! Yea - I'm congratulating you 3,5 years after you posted this race. Call me slow - just call me slow :-D :-D

[@Joshuatheflarefox]

This week at Road America was my FIRST EVER NASCAR ROAD COURSE RACE. Must say it was quite difficult trying to get the car to stay on the road. But torwards the end of the week I managed to pull of decent times and got into my zone. And the thing u menchined about Oval guys on a Road course caught me good, because the guy behind me I was tussling with the whole race had a very sloppy line and i got a lead comming off corners very well.XP

[@rocnoir4233]

Years later and I came back just for the stuka siren moment.

[@scottgray92]

Haha that was awesome Matt. Makes me want to jump in and try this next time a road course comes up. I'll be like the lowest ranked oval licence, they won't suspect my road ability :p Also, this looks easier to drive than the v8 supercar haha (but still wild!)

[@Atticvs32]

Great race, congrats! :) That 'suddenly a wild lapped car appears' moment a lap from the end was scary. I wonder why the guy you took for 2nd place did not use the apron on the outside of the T3 braking zone if it was allowed...

[@alexpushkin85]

Nice narration and video. A close race!

[@RobertCT86]

Looks like EmptyBox was the Road Course Ringer this time, kinda like Ron Fellows or Boris Said like to pull at the NASCAR road course races every season Either way congrats, EmptyBox, nice job keeping it on the track, this car can be a handful

[@timesink8947]

Still one of my favorite dive bombs. Love that sound effect.

[@ishootunow]

That Stuka sound scared the crap out of me.

[@Dalejrandsr88]

You, NASCAR, and road courses go good together

[@themikester223]

This track/car combo is amazing and I have no idea why. It seems like I should hate it but I love it.

[@xX_Gravity_Xx]

Coming back to this video 3 years later... still cool. Why don't more drivers get good at both?

[@ocat1979]

Nice race, you've pulled a "Marcus Ambrose" ;-)

[@thomasg2488]

No wonder I was having issues at Sonoma in the Cup car, wasn't turning the wheel enough the way you are. But hell, I couldn't even put my foot on the throttle

[@Jasconius87]

Nascar B on road is by far my favorite iRacing event. Wish there was a season dedicated to it.

[@wolfman21]

I was able to get laps between 2:15-2:17 in the only race I ran of the week. And I felt I was doing terrible. Ran off track twice, haha.

[@thewheelman3837]

I was at this race this weekend, so much fun!

[@BaronVonHaggis]

Had to make some tea to watch this...hmm nice! :)

[@TheMuricanMerc]

aww, I was looking forward to a carnage report since I read the title of the video

[@TheNuno190]

the idea of nascar on ovals dont really get me going,but seeing these race on RA last night got me really excited!!!

[@epicblueGamesYT]

Yooooo this is my home Track man I love this

[@xxxp77]

How long the practice to be so good to learn to ride? How many hour per week?

[@KenadianTV]

Wow good race. Very good thing those guys got out of your way though during that accidental dive-bomb or it could have ended much, much, sooner.

[@akshooter762]

Can't wait to get my wheel and start playing this

[@vorpalanvil]

Really impressed by your ability to find the braking zone going into turn 1 while tip to tail with 2nd place on lap 4 or so. Sure looks easy but I know it ain't...

[@Timoffie]

I WANT CARNAGE REPORTS! lol xD its all good still enjoyed the video of ya race xD

[@Jvillebdks87]

What was the comment you made made about restraint at 22 minutes ? Thanks,great video.

[@TacticalCardboard]

Start overdriving the car and sliding every corner and the tires get hot, pressures go up, and that leads to more sliding in this car, which makes things progressively worse with no real way to bring them back in line. The tires basically turn to balloons of steel, least that is what it feels like.

[@davidwing8879]

Holy shit, you're fast.

[@603eWrapsNH]

Will you do the race at Mid-Ohio

[@richardhebert6185]

MATT...IN MY OPINION...THAT WAS YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE EVER ON A ROAD TRACK...MY OPINION!!!...Sure,there was some outstanding performances in Zolder and Silverstone in the GT3 serie but this one!!! SHIT!!!...I saw you fight with that car for 25 minutes...realy fight....The GT3 cars are easier to drive with the ABS and TCS and paddle shift and also light weight...This B class car is a tank on wheels with NO BRAKE...lol..You also did it OLD SCHOOL with heel-toe downshift...that was awesome...At the end of the race I was so stressed out...hahahaha!! I was fighting with you to passe those guys....Enough said..Don't ever stop doing those vids my friend...Enjoy them a lot...Peace!!! (sorry for my bad English)

[@bennettparsons2387]

What controller or wheel do u use

[@obskureracing7146]

Little trick for Road America. Coming out of T14 move to the right on the way up the hill. The grade is a liiittle bit less steep.

[@AlanWiltsie]

I can't believe somebody went a lap down in this race!

[@greenchemical747]

I enjoy your videos. I know you use the Driving Force GT Wheel. Do you know of any in Iracing/PC that use a non Force Feedback Wheel Like the Thomas Superwheel? Also , what do you think of the Thurstmaster Ferrari TX Wheel?

[@Badger65]

He uses a Fanatec Clubsports wheel with the Formula rim. It's in his "about" section of his page

[@rayray3866]

what program do you use to record your gameplay?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Action

[@larrymathis2127]

This is kinda funny because most Oval driver's feel that way when a Road driver get on an oval.

[@Gravelrally1]

So I'm clueless. Racing these Nationwide stock cars on Road America, would that contribute to Oval irating or Road irating?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Oval. Grid is set by Oval iRating, counts towards Oval SR, car numbers by oval iRating, gain Oval iRating. For a series like the Star Mazda for example (a road car that has an oval race or two as per the real world) it's the opposite, the oval is a "road" race. It is determined by which side the series is predominantly. Sadly though.... I don't think there is any way for them to have a combined series of the two easily (allowing both sides in) for the Indycars. They ran that combined oval / road mix a long while ago, but it was a road only series so oval guys got screwed. :|

[@luiscastro7205]

never played iracing, but u sir, dispite your really fast u have a great consistincy . becuse seeing your videos im thinking of joining iracing world. im a Formula1 guy but this seems fun.

[@Hornadayfan]

I find myself driving your car with my mouse. And I'm pretty darn good...

[@archofficial1922]

Why was the tachometer constantly changing hue during the formation lap?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Because that is your pit road speed indicator outside the box that pops out. It's set so that at a certain RPM in a certain gear you are right on the speed limit, usually 2nd gear. Yellow dots build until you fill them up as you gain RPM, when it's green you are right on the speed limit, when it's red you are over. NASCAR cars don't have speedometers nor pit speed limit buttons. It's actually pretty neat, they've had that in the real world for the last few years, some teams use them some don't.

[@archofficial1922]

Empty Box Oh, cool. I was gonna ask why they went through all that when they could just memorize what RPM the speed limit is at but then I remembered were talking about racecars here with gearing adjusted for every track, and of course oval drivers. ;)

[@osfponikhths]

i ahve a question, the steering wheel on my game stops at 90 degrees but i can turn my G25 more. I have it set to 900 degrees but it locks me into different degrees depending on the car, is that a bug or just a setting?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Do you have driver arms enabled? The animation for the arm crossover isn't complete, so it stops at 90 degrees each way. Also, the game sets the proper steering rotation per car, for example on the MX5 it's like 400 degrees or something.

[@osfponikhths]

Ok yes i do have the arms enabled, time to disable them, because i think i dont take corners properly because of that :/

[@Murderin13]

Just got a G27 finally and I'm having issues with downshifting. My car wants to spin when i downshift even when im going straight. Any idea why? I let off the throttle, hit the clutch, and downshift 1-3 times depending on the corner.

[@gazzrfc1]

+Murderin7 I realise I'm probably too late at replying, but you have to make sure you are rev matching, even if you are in a car that blips the throttle for you, you might just want to try it anyway, and make sure to not downshift too much in rapid succession as that can cause spinning too

[@TylerBonenfant]

Rev match maybe

[@GalaxyGal-]

You might be mis-shifting.

[@johnkats14]

id love to play racing games if I had a wheel/gas/brake pedals... so damned expensive though

[@SebastianWoodard]

what is all the 2x 1x and 5/17x all that stuff mean?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Incident points. They determine your license level in iRacing, more is bad, though I've already reached teh end of the license progression so it doesnt really mean anything to me.

[@SebastianWoodard]

Empty Box ok. so I can't get out of rookie with them?

[@TacticalCardboard]

The fewer incident points you get the faster you get out, yes. You can still get incidents and get out of rookie. As the license level goes up, you have lower tolerances essentially, you need fewer incidents to hold a A license than a D class for example.

[@TheGojira84]

You TOYED with em!

[@ShelbyBanditNFS]

How much Stability control does Iracing have? My Assetto Corsa I keep losing control on my Nascar @ 25%.

[@TacticalCardboard]

+Chessie System 2057 (CSX2057) 0.

[@68046Matt]

+Chessie System 2057 (CSX2057) These are the old cup cars or NW cars im not sure.......they have a ton of grip compared to the Gen 6 cars.

[@68046Matt]

+Matt Cissna well not really grip, but a ton more stability and downforce feeling to them.

[@TylerBonenfant]

Well I mean, it says Nationwide in the title..

[@68046Matt]

The iracing software is getting really good. They use to be too slick to drive half the time. Mazda would spin out going like 50mph in a corner, and the Gen 6 was practially undrivable, its gotten much much better lately with the new builds. I think you would love it, no other racing title offers the MP clean racing aspect like iracing does.

[@naterain]

Man this was so entertaining.

[@jacobduncan5632]

Can you use a reg. controller like an X-box or Playstation?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Jacob Duncan Yes, it's obviously less than optimal, but it is possible and people do indeed do it.

[@jacobduncan5632]

Empty Box Okay thanks man.

[@Atticvs32]

2:43 - rookie move, 3:33 - badass move

[@duvels86]

Car #2 is actually a road racer and a fairly good one. Of course, I tell this 5 minutes into the video and Matt will point on that later on.

[@TripSpeedGT]

NASCARracingvideos Your safety rating only matters if you're interested in advancing to a higher license or if you're in danger of losing your current one. Otherwise, just go and have fun.

[@KarolisBorkertas]

Brilliant racing :)

[@PuckVanek]

Insert dive bomb noise here...

[@jassonco]

Thumbs up before I started watching.

[@dodehoskins3963]

Hello, Impressive - are you sure your name is Matt and not Mario.

[@idarks1d3]

How cute, #9 was sponsored by Kim Kardashian and Kayne West's baby :)

[@austinjohnson9059]

Wow that the exact line the spotter says in NR2003 heh

[@austinjohnson9059]

The toyed line

[@austinjohnson9059]

I know that the people that made nr2003 papyrus went to iRacing but still I didn't expect them to just copy the lines

[@dal1189]

When Will he do a face reveal?

[@TripSpeedGT]

You mean an "unboxing"? :p

[@dal1189]

Ha

[@dal1189]

George Day Face Unboxing

[@dal1189]

George Day Heeeelllloooo Guys welcome and today we will be unboxing well, me!

[@KrisTiasMusic]

TripSpeedGT but.. but.. he's empty?!

[@JJMNC]

Sounds like the guy from secular talk

[@jeans1515]

Is your steering 1:1?

[@TacticalCardboard]

The wheel you see on screen matches with my inputs, yes.

[@bradynorfleet6740]

What was it agine

[@ajf980]

"Says Australian man"

[@MathieuBouvier]

"Why me!?!?" :-)

[@myyotube8497]

YOU JUST TOYED WITH THEM

[@kaosdrew]

I would like to see a heart rate monitor.

[@brennenbridges5714]

Just a little advice... If you see someone behind you in the last lap and you are sliding... Don't put the pedal to the metal... That's what I saw you do that kinda messed things up a little.... Congrats on your win... Not trying to sound like a jerk btw... Lol

[@nic2537]

Wow...guys who have "no business" being at a road course and don't know what they're doing were able to recognize you're stupid move in enough time to save your ass...weird.

[@TacticalCardboard]

Nic H. LOL

[@nic2537]

Your* oops.

[@nic2537]

What are you talking about? They race these cars as fast as they can possibly be raced at a RC . When's the last time a so called "Road course ringer" won a cup race at a road course? Been quite a while.

[@TacticalCardboard]

Nic H. I'd easily consider Marcos Ambrose, Juan Pablo Montoya and AJ Allmendinger as road course ringers considering that is where 95% of their background is, regardless of if they were full time drivers or not. It's gotten better over the years, but there is still a clear delineation in the NASCAR world on the road courses between those who can drive and those who flop around like a fish out of water.

[@nic2537]

I see. Remind me again how many wins Marcos and AJ have racked up in the cup series...then we can compare that to the everyday oval racers. Guess who'll have more. I'm not saying these guys are up to snuff with F1 & indy on road courses (open wheel drivers certainly have no oval game compared to NASCAR drivers while we're at it) I am however saying that for the most part, the cup guys are competent road course racers these days and are running the cars to their full potential at those tracks...again, for the most part. Anyway, nice video, nice win. I'll check more out later.

[@TacticalCardboard]

Nic H. Some of them are, most of them are not. You know when NASCAR goes to a road course you automatically eliminate half the field as competing for the win, because it isn't going to happen. Until a NASCAR guy goes into Indycar and proves they have no oval game, you can't say anything. Kurt Busch got slotted into one of the top teams whose teammate actually won the race, after half a month of practice on one track and just cruised to 6th. That's where I'd expect that car last year to finish running safe and in a "dont screw up" fashion - hardly "wow, NASCAR drivers are so amazing".

[@LordofTheWhales]

U would be amazed what some nascar drivers can do, Jeff Gordon as an example, he's good on any track, ovals, road courses, he can win it. He was on his way to be an indycar driver but he made the right choice and went to nascar

[@LordofTheWhales]

Or take Carl Edwards as an example, he beat Michael Schumacher. But anyways, I had to come back and watch this video cuz it's awesome!

[@Hoffie92]

dat sound effects XD

[@jacasoasheland6815]

6 positions in 1 lap

[@karmasuhtra238]

do you race in real life?

[@TacticalCardboard]

Nope.

[@bradynorfleet6740]

You sead that bro

[@T25de]

excellent

[@TheMackinater]

Am I the only one that can actually race both ovals AND road courses!?

[@chrisandwillhobbies]

Next: Gen 6 @ Mount Panorama

[@TacticalCardboard]

That is either the worst idea ever or the best car track combo ever. The G6 is hard enough at VIR, can't imagine wanting to do it with walls three inches off line.

[@chrisandwillhobbies]

Make a video of you trying :)

[@JetlinerX]

Look at all da bullshit off tracks! :D

[@damianjohnson2763]

Matt I love your vids and respect your opinion but I don't appreciate the "trash" talk on oval drivers because it's not as easy as it look in all honesty. But either way great vid

[@LeisuresuitAndy]

nice! enjoyed it

[@drewzmods5292]

Hey there Empty Box! I really love your channel, is this channel just for fun? Do you make any income through advertising? Sponsors? I've been slowly working on my own channel. Hoping to have some fun and maybe bring in a little bit of adsence revenue. Any advice would help!!! -Drew

[@SuperSmallwayne]

I race oval but I know how to race road course

[@tyleracimovic823]

1:59

[@SerbanManea]

Why don't Americans teach their cars how to turn or brake? Tried driving the 'Vette a couple of times, I'm not touching that thing again. It's all about dat powaarr I guess. It's fun, but it definitely doesn't suit me. Haven't driven the Ford GT though, that might be different.

[@JetlinerX]

Nope, American cars are ONLY built to go forward quickly. They are shit on the brakes and turning which is why we just put parachutes on the back and call it good.

[@SerbanManea]

***** lol

[@69houyt]

Yeah, the corvettes don't take apart Porsche Ferrari and Aston on a regular basis. Facedesk.

[@SerbanManea]

69houyt Butthurt american. lol

[@IIIErebusIII]

Serban Alexander Manea How is he? In real life Vettes beat Ferrari's and Aston's in GT Racing quite often. If you can't learn to control the car it's your problem.