Into the Apex
Into the Apex is a motorsport and sim racing podcast from the Into The Apex Motorsport Podcast Network. Hosted by MAD Sim Racing, the show covers topics related to both real-world motorsport and virtual sim racing. Episodes feature discussions, insights, and news for racing enthusiasts. The podcast aims to bridge the gap between actual racing and its simulation.
Episodes
E288 - What Sim Should We Try Next?
Return from Petit Le Mans; Pedals; iRacing to Forza to Trucks?
E287 - Petit Le Show
An ITA at Petit Le Mans as only could be
E286 - Can You Hear The Saxophones?
Cody is Lawyering up; Bonus ITA Petit Content
E285 - That'll Be $250,000
It's Petit Le Mans time; New hardware scouting; Track walking for the sim; Setup shop settlements
E284 - Shiny New Toy Syndrome
New hardware, new rides; committing to endurance cars; $4,000 setups.
E283 - No Sim Lawsuits Here
iRacing Dev Blog; Sim Setup Lawsuit Talk
E282 - iRacing Setup Stealing Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed against RYCO by Team Conti in the eNASCAR Oval iRacing world.
E281 - ITA in Canada
Tyler and Rob take a few minutes on a late night in PEI
E280 - Too Many 24s
A packed late August and September Event Lineup; A quiet whip-around; contemplating world travel
E279 - Getting Creative With Sim Racing
Generating and keeping interest in iRacing and Sim Racing
E278 - How Would You Train a New iRacer?
Spreading the good word; Christmas in July; The showers, for the last time, we promise.
E277 - Watkins Glen Wrap-Up
Back in the home studios after a long weekend of IMSA racing; prep for the Virtual Spa 24
E276 - The Racing Family
Finale Night at Watkins Glen
E275 - Surprises at The Glen
Friday night at Watkins Glen...
E274 - Return to Watkins Glen
We're Back.
The Best-Of ITA at Watkins-Glen Int'l
We lead off next week's multi-show residency inside Watkins-Glen for IMSA Weekend with a look back at the previous year's gatherings.
E273 - Artificial Sim Racing
Majors 24 and Le Mans Watch Party; The Return of Patrick Stein; AI Racing Series; Upgrades in boxes
E272 - The In-Between Show
A little whip-around visit before virtual Le Mans
E271 - Moving Beyond iRacing
A staunch iRacer finally discovers other ways to drive. The Indy 500. The Majors 24. The Dandy.
E270 - The 110th Indianapolis 500
Live from Speedway, Indiana
E269 - How Stiff is Too Stiff?
We're talking pedals folks...; Jon Fader from Simpatico Sim Shop joins ITA; Month of May continues, Majors Le Mans 24 approaches
E268 - Between Two Carousels
A lot of learning and grievances between two Nurburgring Carousels; Indy 500 on iRacing; LIVE from Watkins Glen!
E267 - Peak iRacing Experiences
iRacing Nurburgring and Indy 500 Guides; What we're choosing to race
E266 - Some Sim Racers Never Change...
An ITA pair on the mend - still. Nurburgring anti-hype. Sim racing hardware new and never new.
E265 - Indy Hype Now
The Indy Hype begins; what gets you started in iRacing?
E264 - It's Sebring Season
The iRacing and Real Sebring 12HR; A couple of ITA returns
E263 - Journeying Through Sim and Real Racing (Guest Miles Wragg)
Driver Miles Wragg joins ITA to discuss his fast track through a variety of racing cars, and the compliment of sim to real racing.
E262 - What's New on iRacing
A run through the new development notes for iRacing 2026 S2
E261 - Bathurst Fears
Post-Daytona 500; the Australian travel divide
E260 - Just Join The iRacing Leagues...
A dip into oval racing on Daytona 500 weekend, from officials to leagues.
E259 - Daytona Continues
Post Rolex-24 and Daytona moves to the oval event; New Sim PC
E258 - The Nights Are Long
A little more ITA at Daytona on Rolex 24 Weekend
E257 - Daytona Nights
ITA from inside Daytona Int'l Speedway on the first night of IMSA Rolex 24 weekend.
(Bonus Show) The Origin Story: Frank and James Up To Now
While the crew focuses on the Virtual D24, we sat down over the holidays to bring everyone up to speed on the "Fwank Gordon" bit, and how it got us to today. It's weird. It's cringe. It's hilarious. First shared inside Daytona two years ago, and a bit of a traditional connection since... Let's dive back in.
E256 - Daytona's ROAR
A Monologue. The iRacing Daytona ROAR/Prelude Weekend, into the Virtual Daytona 24, into the IMSA Daytona 24.
E255 - Bringing More Racecraft Into iRacing
The state of iRacing from official to league racing; the mentality and craft in sim racing; The ROAR Before Daytona and next weekend's Daytona 24 preludes.
E254 - New GTP Tires/2026 iRacing Special Events
A last minute twist pre-Daytona; the 2026 iRacing Special Events
E253 - A Guide to iRacing Daytona Season
A walkthrough of the iRacing Daytona festivities and competition leading into January's 24 Hour Special Event
E252 - A Sim Racer's Christmas List (2025)
An ITA tradition, with our sim racing and motorsport Christmas Lists and ideas in 2025 as only Into The Apex can do.
E251 - Driving at VIR / The Timex Daytona 24
Adam Poppenhouse with Resilience Racing returns after driving the Aston Martin in the Operation Motorsport Veteran's Race of Remembrance at VIR; The iRacing Daytona Timex 24
E250 - Daytona Poetics Begin
A weekend at VIR for the Operation Motorsport Veteran's Race of Rembembrance; iRacing Daytona 24 Season Begins in Earnest.
E249 - I Have The Worst Tires in Town!
iRacing tire grief...still?; GTP to GT3 to GT4 Tires; G-Force Sim Racing; Indy NXT League Poetics.
E248 - An iRacing Roast
Calling out our own's worst tendencies on iRacing; Rob's Pedal Nightmare; 24HR Targets
E247 - The Racing Community You Want
AI Jerry Isaacs; Pitt Race Ends; Petit Le Mans wins and (no) rain; league poetics; passport photos
E246 - Mr. Daytona's Camp; Petit Le Mans Prep
Late Night with Mr. Daytona; a Wet Petit Le Mans
E245 - iRately, iFailure, iRacing
A trip to Barber; a massive equipment failure; successful FCY and Series Racing; fury at tire models....still.
E244 - The Sim Gaming Expo
Day 3 at the Sim Gaming Expo, closing out an incredible weekend; after parties at Sim Racing South Barrington; what gear we want after a weekend in a sim racer's dream...
E243 - Motion Rigs, Twitch Streams, Charity Racing, Sim Coaching
ITA at The Sim Gaming Expo Day 2! ITA is joined by ABetterHammer (Wayne Grenon) of his own Twitch Channel and the Moradness M Squad, as we continue to take in everything on offer at the SGE.
E242 - The Sim Pit (Sim Gaming Expo Day 1)
ITA Live at The Sim Gaming Expo Chicago, joined by Shaun Cole and Ameer Assad from The Sim Pit; Rob and Bradley's doomed co-piloting; motion rigs and sampling new hardware.
E241 - Resilience Racing
Building up to the Race of Remembrance at VIR in November with Adam Poppenhouse and a Resilience Racing Effort; ITA West Coast After Dark returns.
E240 - The Changing Shape of iRacing
iRacing New Content; Changes in Motorsport Schedules; Which New UI are we talking about?
E239 - Back To Our Roots-Ish
Mr. Daytona and The Glen; Finally a NASCAR return for the hosts?; 24-Ish Hours of Road Atlanta-Ish
E238 - When Did You Last Learn a New Track?
A week of track choices and track comfort; AO Racing to GTP; new cars.
E237 - Endurance Racing Ups-and-Downs
Endurance Racing at Road America, and a summer of woes (and heat); Will we ever go Karting again?; F1 Movie Part 2; Off-Topic Flying
E236 - iRacing Addresses Split 22
iRacing's public response to Spa Split 22 and the Community; Weaving and Blocking; An F1 Movie bit too far for the cut.
E235 - Split 22
One of the most egregious unsportsmanship moments on iRacing.
E234 - We're Back to iRacing
After a road show and summer rests, we're back to iRacing with the Virtual Glen 6 and Spa 24 - and back in the ITA Studios with a new Watkins Glen Memory, Glen 6 and Sim Gaming Expo bits, and real racing. It's a late night ITA return to form.
E233 - Welcome Motorsport Fans, Around The World
The finale in the ITA Watkins Glen Series brings in the extended motorsport family we've built and continue to add to over years on the road and in the sim rig. From Watkins Glen, to Nova Scotia, to Nurburgring.
E232 - The Team Penske of iRacing
Friday Night Fun at Watkins Glen Int'l, an ITA Free-For-All including the atmosphere of The Glen, The Campgrounds, IMSA, WEC, GTPs, iRacing's latest Cheaters, and Paddock Theft LIVE.
E231 - Opening Night at Watkins Glen
A wild and cold Thursday Night at IMSA weekend at Watkins Glen Int'l
E230 - Virtual Nurburgring 24 Fears; F1 The Movie
Indy 500 Postscript; iRacing Nurburgring 24 Love or Hate?; F1 The Movie Love or Hate?
E229 - The 109th Indianapolis 500
Our biggest ITA in Indy Yet.
E228 - Racing at Mosport
Joining Rob Gregoire, Jason Bivins, Jake Porter, and Matt Ayotte at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park as they entered the Super Production Challenge. This is the origin story of...Crewman Rob. A tale of the highs and lows of going real racing, where at the end of the day, there's pure camaraderie.
E227 - How To Drive The IndyCar
More Virtual Month of May; Real Racing Weekend
E226 - May Has Arrived
The time for virtual and real IndyCar is here.
E225 - Angry iRacing
Newborns; league and team running; Window over Terre Haute; Headlight Flash Protests; Randomness
E224 - iRacing AI
A whip-around Saturday matinee - Back on the east coast, Indy, iRacing AI, ruined GTP drivers, and more...
E223 - Racing Poetics
A studio return from the west coast; Enduro and League racing; the summer road schedule; ice cream
E222 - ITA in LA
A great hang-out with the team in Los Angeles after playing in the Operation Motorsport Golf Tournament. Tyler Beamon, Rob Gregoire, and Adam Poppenhouse; featuring Bradley on the phone from the streets of Las Vegas.
E221 - Sebring Lights & Fire
Sebring 12 Emotional Roller Coaster; Tire Model; iRacing Lighting; The Next Events
E220 - The GTP Tire Crisis That Is, or Isn't
Initial GTP tire model stress goes away; The iRacing Sebring 12; Vegas and LA Adventures; AO v. Pfaff
E219 - Sebring's New Tire Education
Rain Endnotes (for now); iRacing's Prototype Tire Update; Porsche Jacket Shenanigans; AO Racing's Scandal? Sebring flavors.
ITA AFTER DARK - iRacing Special Event Rain
Take it for what you will.
E218 - Bathurst Rains / GTP Tires
Daytona and NASCAR Love; Bathurst Weather and Weather Systems; Los Angeles and Vegas Trips; GTP Tire Changes on iRacing
E217 - The Great American Sim Race
The Final Daytona Experience; The Bathurst 12HR
E216 - The iRacing Special Events
Post-Daytona w/ Rob; the 2025 iRacing Calendar
E215 - The Sim Gaming Expo in North America
ITA sits down with Jorge Anzaldo w/ the inaugural Sim Gaming Expo in Chicago, September 2025; Returning from Daytona
E214 - LIVE from Daytona Intl'l Speedway Part 2 / 2025
LIVE while the 2025 Rolex 24 is underway inside DIS
E213 - LIVE from Daytona Intl'l Speedway Part 1 / 2025
The Big Show from the Rolex 24
E212 - The ROAR Before
The iRacing ROAR and Complicated Rain; Porsche Merch; Gentleman's Clubs; The Whale
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