iRacing Add-ons you NEED to check out

[@Garage61]

Garage 61 founder here, thanks for the love! Hope it helps find some speed. Happy to answer any question.

[@TraxionGG]

Thanks for the comment, and thanks for the excellent software! I look forward to using it more, I hope the community does too

[@Garage61]

@@TraxionGG It's a labour of love, keep adding/improving bits whenever I can. I have a whole new telemetry selection dialog in the works for instance. The current one is a bit... basic. New one should allow you to make much better combinations for analysis, all while staying true to "simple is good"... soon!

[@Zach-td5mb]

Love what you do.

[@RubenVermeersch]

@@Zach-td5mb Thanks!

[@MrUnclesomeone]

Great set of add ons, I’ve got to add Trading Paints to your list though, great for immersion and opens the door to a world of free paints made by the community for iracing 👍🏻

[@AndreMiguelLopes69]

Trading Paints is a must have !

[@warawana]

Since installing Trading Paints I have been overtaken by the cookie monster like 6 times. Glorious Racer. They did show Trading Paints in the bit where they showed the iRacing Manger if you look closely, but weird that they did not suggest it to people?

[@TraxionGG]

Yes trading paints is an excellent addon!

[@TraxionGG]

@@warawana The best/worst thing about Trading Paints is being overtaken by someone in the 'student driver' livery 🥲

[@warawana]

@@TraxionGG clicks "file protest" ☠️😅

[@seebarry4068]

When Jim says “fking brilliant mate” I smile like my mum was pleased with my school report.

[@arranwilliams2523]

I paused your video because it reminded me i want to research how to make a wind simulator for my rig. Adding to my rig has become a huge hobby in itself and I think i figured out why my Buttkicker is overheating because of a way i can wire it better to make it more effective. It makes me super excited for my time after the kids go to sleep when i can do my hobby!

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

I feel that telemetry is moving towards a must have, as the info you can gather, whether it be where you lose time, or Especially for setup building purposes, is vital.

[@Pownrend]

I found that too many overlays can distract you too much, that's why I just use RaceLabs for me replays. In higher splits you don't really need to talk about the SoF of your session, or if a driver has a low SafetyRating, or if the guy behind has 6K iRating, you just need to drive and the blackboxes are great enough. Also, I don't understand the point of having this overlay at 1:45, I see it everywhere, do people really look at it when racing or is this mostly for viewers ? I'm criticizing some overlays, not the video in which you present them perfectly (and shortly !) VRS/Garage61 or any telemetry tool is a must have to progress and to be able to realize "Ok I never thought I could take that turn this way" Helpful video :) Trading Paints is great for immersion too, and in Reddit it's quite the joke that if you see a driver with a RedBull livery, you have to be careful with them I'll add two things which are not race-related but help to save some money : iRacing Week planner and SimRacingstats which is helpful to know if a serie or a car/track combo is popular before buying it ;)

[@TraxionGG]

Thanks for the comment. My view on the live telemetry you mentioned at 1:45 is that its used mostly by streamers or content creators as a way of showing their viewers their pedal inputs. However since using it myself, I've actually found it useful for making sure I am using good technique e.g. holding the brakes and trailing them well into the corner correctly. Its a nice visual aid to make sure I'm driving how I should, however I'm aware it's not for everyone, and can be distracting

[@versescapes4385]

I did not know about garage61 telemetry and iracing manager. Time to do some downloading and signing up. Thanks!!!

[@AndrewDBrown2020]

Great video - thank you so much. Best of luck with the channel.

[@TraxionGG]

Thanks very much!

[@Anth0ony]

Amazing video this is great and so well summed up 👏 Looking forward other useful videos like this one 🙏 …maybe on rf2

[@mauriciosales4668]

Awesome. Thanks. That was very helpful 👏🏻👏🏻

[@bjovers1]

This was massive ❤❤

[@IvanFamanni]

beautiful but would you make a video on how to set and use them thanks a lot for your time

[@emilbernstorffstreams]

6:11 Hope you learnt something from my data 😉 Looks like I need to work on my T1

[@TraxionGG]

I very much did! I like that you leave your data public, I will be leaving mine public too, hopefully we can help more people go faster. Thanks for the comment, see you on track - Piers

[@gcm747]

Have I got this right but there’s no damage reporting available with Crew Chief?

[@ryansanthu]

Can you do a similar video on plugins for ACC as well? :)

[@the_real_beaker_]

Racelabs seems to bog down my system... any quick tips? I reached out to them but they have not responded

[@TraxionGG]

There are some options in the app settings for each overlay that can reduce usage like updating framerate of overlay items, you will have to hone each for your own system. Stuff like the FPS of the 'relative' display can be reduced considerably (as low as 4 FPS) without much impact on user experience, however things like the 'advanced panel' and 'input telemetry' look better at higher FPS (30-60), but of course use more computing power. If you're running a lower spec system, maybe avoid the higher FPS and more graphically taxing ones such as the 'radar' and 'track map'. Of course the less overlays you run in total, the less computing power it will take. Maybe prioritise which ones give you the most value. IMO the most impactful ones for me are the relative and fuel calculator, everything else is a 'nice to have'. Thanks for your comment, hope this helps. I am by no means an expert, but this should help 😁

[@the_real_beaker_]

@@TraxionGG this is awesome! Thank you! Ya I was mainly wanting the relative and occasionally the battery usage but that’s only for a few races. I will mess around with it some more. Thanks!

[@MacianOne]

Great Video! There seems to be an issue with downloading Iracing Manager. The link in the forum doesn't download the file due to network error

[@TraxionGG]

Thanks for making us aware of this, we have updated the video description to alert people to this issue, and we hope it will be fixed soon.

[@TraxionGG]

Hi, the download link has been fixed since an update was released on the 31st May. Link in the description

[@ricardolimalopes2343]

Ty mate

[@xtranightgaming]

its not working on full screen racelabsapps

[@TraxionGG]

You have to use windowed mode. If you select borderless it is effectively the same as full screen, but your overlays should work fine. Hope that helps

[@babaletsgo]

FYI iracing manager download link not working

[@TraxionGG]

Hi, the download link has been fixed since an update was released on the 31st May. Link in the description

[@GuessTheiRating]

👏👏👏

[@AndreMiguelLopes69]

Any one as the exe, msi of the IRacing Manager app ? The server of yannick, the app owner is not responding !

[@TraxionGG]

Are you struggling to download it?

[@Xerxes1337]

@@TraxionGG I also get a 404 error when trying to download the setup file

[@acelga]

@@TraxionGG yep, his website seems to be down. probably have to wait a bit

[@AndreMiguelLopes69]

I made a simple script for myself just to start 5 app and another to close them. But this app is more elegant ? ;)

[@TraxionGG]

Thanks for making us aware of this, we have updated the video description to alert people to this issue, and we hope it will be fixed soon.

[@alec7568]

I suppose everyone is different, I play in VR so I get rid of literally every single hud element I can. The only add on I run is crew chief.

[@average27yearold]

I run in VR also, I don't need a anything either but my Blackbox. I run everything else for my viewers on my stream

[@seebarry4068]

More of a love hate relationship.

[@mitchelldoub8488]

Racelabs makes iracing stutter

[@Justdigit2]

For the simhub overlays.... You have to run the game windowed... Is there a way to get rid of the borders?

[@TraxionGG]

Yes, in the iRacing graphics settings you can click a 'borderless mode' tick box and it should remove it for you. Sometimes it doesn't do it immediately, you may have to close and re-open the sim. Hope that helps

[@ross-carlson]

Don't understand why you keep deleting my comment, but I guess it's time to unsubscribe from this channel. And all for warning people about you promoting a possibly shady company. Wow.

[@TraxionGG]

I can't see that anyone has removed your comment however the automod could have removed the comments if certain language or links are used. Sorry if you feel your comment has been removed unfairly, but feel free to repost your thoughts.

[@ross-carlson]

@@TraxionGG Well I appreciate you replying and saying that - no links, no foul language, nothing that I can see would have automod delete it. If that's the case you should be able to see it in the admin tools, very odd that I posted the same very similar comment twice, criticizing RaceLabs and both times it got deleted, hence me assuming you were doing that manually/on purpose. I'm glad to hear that I was wrong so I'll try to post it again - and you can feel free to delete these comments if you like.

[@warawana]

@@ross-carlson what were you trying to say about Racelabs? Out of personal interest. Cheers.

[@Mr_jz_12]

@@warawana interested to know myself.

[@RickyThompson]

Should try Stint Analyzer as well😊