When is a Driving Sim Worth Millions?

It's Not the Car

What do Formula 1, NASCAR, IMSA, and countless moms of teenagers have in common? Answer: They all know *exactly* what’s going on in that dark room but have decided to stay out of it.

This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. This week's approach is called “Jeff Teaches Sam a Thing.” Jeff knows a lot about a subject—in this case, the insanely expensive “driver in the loop” racing simulators used by pro teams—and Sam asks questions.

Warning: We get lightly tech-nerdy here.

Related Trivia: As an engineer, Jeff has won two Daytona 24s and eight Sebring 12-hours. Sam has also won those things on iRacing and he never crashes there and certainly not multiple laps in a row FOR PETE’S SAKE WHO WOULD DO THAT. (Do not fact-check that last sentence.)

Ross is off this week because he’s busy coaching someone. Who? It’s a secret! (Confession: He doesn’t tell us, either.)

This episode was produced by Mike Perlman.

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ABOUT THE SHOW:

It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people, motorsport, and how we all work under pressure. In other words, we tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.

Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and an internationally renowned performance coach and author. Jeff Braun is a championship-winning race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. Together, we explore the emotion at the heart of the machine.

We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the bag of meat at the wheel.

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