December 9, 2024 • 60 mins
In Episode 33 of Init Talks, host Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya (@LoveFortySix) welcomes the Dutch Meike Ploeg, a rising star in the racing world. The number 33 isn’t just the episode number; it’s also Meike’s racing number, a meaningful symbol of her journey and ambitions. Meike shares the story behind her choice of number and how it represents her determination as she navigates the thrilling world of motorsport.
Meike recently celebrated a significant milestone by earning her European racing license, a key achievement that allows her to compete across Europe. She speaks passionately about her goal to participate in the Fun Cup, a unique and exciting racing series that bridges the gap between novice and experienced drivers. With a clear vision and unwavering drive, Meike is chasing the dream of her life—making a mark in motorsport both on and off the track.
Alongside her real-world racing endeavors, Meike is an avid sim racer, dedicating countless hours to platforms like RaceRoom Racing Experience and iRacing. She explains how sim racing has been instrumental in developing her skills and fostering her love for the sport. Tune in to hear Meike’s inspiring journey, her thoughts on balancing sim and real-world racing, and her plans for the future as she races toward her dreams. So buckle up – Screen to Speed starts now!
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00:00 Meet Meike Ploeg 01:29 Meike's Early Racing Days 07:03 Transition to Sim Racing 12:02 Challenges and Community in Sim Racing 29:04 Equipment Upgrades and Experiences 32:36 From Basic Equipment to Advanced Sim Racing 33:47 Building a Custom Sim Rig 35:48 Choosing the Right Monitor Setup 38:43 VR and Sim Racing Preferences 39:36 Favorite Car and Track Combos 42:44 Future Plans in Real and Sim Racing 47:06 Consistency in Racing 49:18 Streaming and Community Engagement 54:55 Encouraging Women in Sim Racing 58:20 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Welcome to Screen to Speedpowered by INIT eSports.
In this podcast, we dive into thejourneys of remarkable individuals
making waves in sim racing andbridging the virtual with the real.
From the thrill of digital circuits to theroar of real life racetracks, we explore
the passion, Dedication and innovationthat drives the world of motor sports.
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We'll hear from athletes, creators,and pioneers sharing their stories,
insights, and the powerful ways simracing is connecting communities and
creating pathways into motor sports.
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The speed starts now.
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Welcome everyone to talks episodenumber three, three, Mikey got
three, three, as her racing number.
Also, So welcome, uh, Mikey blue tower.
Any talks welcome in, uh, hello there.
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, it's a first for me,uh, life on, uh, on the, in the webs.
(01:09):
But, uh, yeah, here we are.
And indeed, uh, 33 is my start, uh,a racing number for quite some years.
I believe.
From 2011, 2012 or so, yeah.
Mm-hmm . That's great.
Uh, we, so happy to have you here.
And let's start with, uh,how did you get into racing?
(01:33):
Uh, I know that you started incarting, so let's start with this.
Yeah.
Uh, well, the racing.
Um, addiction or the racing, uh,virus started on a very early age.
Uh, I caught a scuttler.
I had an, uh, herby, uh, bedroom.
(01:57):
I had herby bedding.
Herbie toys, and I believe, I don't,I'm not sure, but I believe my, uh,
grandma also made Herbie curtains.
Something in my mind says Ihad Herbie curtains, not sure.
And then on an, uh, uh, aroundeight or ten, uh, we had a Atari,
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uh, game computer, uh, at home.
The Atari 26, uh, uh, 2600.
And, uh, we had a game, uh, N'Zero.
N'Zero was, uh, an arcade game with,uh, all kinds of, uh, um, situations.
(02:44):
Uh, night, fog, winter.
Yeah, that was my first, uh, game.
Um, um, connection with racingand also the Herbie movie.
Uh, yeah.
From Herbie, uh, it was going,uh, to carting in I believe 94.
I was 14.
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I was 14, 15, uh, uh, 14, 15.
And uh, yeah, I was.
Go into the cart, carting track, uh,on a, uh, on a bicycle, uh, two times,
three times a month, sometimes, and justsetting, uh, uh, the fastest, uh, time of
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the week, sometimes at the fastest timeof the month and, uh, Around, uh, it was,
uh, at the end of 1996, uh, Williams,the Williams FF one team, together
with Sonars had a, um, uh, a challenge.
(03:48):
You had to set a, a fast, uh, thefastest time on some of the, uh, indoor
tracks and when you were fast enough.
I believe the fo fastis four something and.
You were invited to come tothe speech and design, uh, uh,
exhibition in, um, in Utrecht.
(04:12):
Uh, that was at the end of the year.
Speech and design was something, uh,That was, uh, organized every year
around December, around this time.
And, uh, we had a final, the fastesthundreds of, I believe, plus 5,
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000, 6, 000, uh, Um, attendees,uh, were invited the fastest and
that, yeah, I was one of them.
And one thing I still remember islike Joshua Stappan did, uh, a day,
a demo on the, uh, on the cartoontrack was just a concrete floor.
(04:54):
Uh, on the first, uh, on the firstlevel of the yardless, uh, um,
building and, uh, he showedit like he was going on rails.
And then we were able to do thepractices and the concrete was like ice.
(05:16):
And so my, my, um, adorationfor your stuff came from that.
Uh, experience like he drove on ice likeit was on rails and we were, uh, um,
skidding around, uh, making doughnuts, notintended, but yeah, that was really fun.
(05:40):
But, uh, I think I became.
Uh, somewhere in the top 30, top40, not, not as my true self.
So when I saw my name again, uh, onthe, uh, leaderboards, uh, it, it does,
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it didn't felt good, uh, in that way.
Uh, I couldn't, uh, uh, find, uh, uh, um.
I didn't feel comfortable to knowI was quick enough to become, uh,
uh, better in karting in, in mostsports, but not with this name.
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And that is why I stopped, uh, go kartingon, uh, uh, on levels like the challenges.
Um, uh, how do we say that?
Uh,
uh, events like events,like one hour races or so.
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I stopped with that, and I wasjust go karting, uh, in indoor
karting tracks, and that was enough.
So, yeah, they're, they're my, uh, uh,racing ambitions stopped somewhere.
And, uh, it was at the end of thenineties, I believe, end of the ninth
(07:10):
weekend zeros, I had my first racingwheel, uh, for the computer, uh,
Microsoft, Microsoft side window.
And then, uh, I started in,uh, pro, uh, rally 2000.
Another rally game anda NASCAR 98, I believe.
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NASCAR 98, uh, and such.
So that was my first, uh, uh, ideaof, yeah, it wasn't really sim racing.
Like, uh, uh, Yvonne alsotalks for, uh, uh, a week ago.
It wasn't really sim racing, but it was.
Like for the first time, uh,doing races offline, uh, to.
(07:57):
Mm-hmm . And yeah, it was steering wheel.
Uh, it, it had fourfeedback or so, so, yeah.
Uh, so about cars, it can be reallycompetitive, especially in Europe.
I know that many people doing it.
Mm-hmm.
It can be really hard, uh, especiallyI think in nineties when you did it.
Uh, so fully understand that you.
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Yeah.
Like, uh, then go to only gokarting and, uh, then switch
to sim racing as understand.
Um, how was it, uh, for you to change fromactually the, the karting into sim racing?
Uh, do you have enough skills to likereproduce in sim racing or, uh, do you
learn something new in sim racing as well?
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Oh, funny enough, uh, the, um, the most,uh, I learned from, uh, from racing
lines, I caught from the BMX, uh, togetherwith my brother, I did a BMX, uh, in
the late eighties, uh, early nineties.
Uh, so in a BMX, we also did,uh, the apex, the clipping point.
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So, uh, out in out andI wasn't the quickest.
I was, uh, The, the opposite of adaredevil, because I, I, I didn't
dare to jump, I didn't dare to, uh,cycle on my back wheel, uh, I was
just too afraid to break a bone.
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But the, uh, idea of cornering,uh, and, uh, like BMX, you can
cycle through the whole corner.
You don't have to break.
You don't have, you can go throughall the, uh, banking and, uh, go on.
And with, uh, Go karting, it was somethingnew and you spent all around, uh, in
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some corners, uh, especially in go in thepro cars with two engines in the back.
Uh, yeah, you go go around then uh withuh from Go karting to sim racing, then
it was also, uh, again with the, uh,with the rating lines out in out, but
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I never, uh, understood, uh, or nevergot, uh, the, uh, The focus, right?
To look through corners.
And to be fair, uh, I never saw myselfas a, as a true sim racer, uh, as fast as
(10:33):
Yvonne or as fast as the aliens, becauseI always, uh, till a few weeks ago, I
always, um, had the issue with the focus.
I find it really difficult to findfocus to look in the corners digitally.
And when I did, uh, my first, uh, testdrives in the film club two years ago,
(11:01):
then it was immediately looking, lookinginto corners and you, you can point
your car to where you, where you watch.
And like, like the course two weeks ago.
On Salesforce.
I have my focus rightnow with simul racing.
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In the past two weeks, I, I feelI, not now more focus where.
I had so much, uh, difficulty withfinding the focus and now it's easy.
That's great.
So yeah, I feel,
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I think I feel, uh, well, a few 10s,maybe a half second faster than I was
before, before I started the, uh, racingcourse for the racing license stuff.
It's really interesting that, uh,BMX experience actually help you
in some racing, uh, That's awesome.
Um, so can you tell me, you justmentioned that you've been into Nascar
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and some other games, uh, racing games,and how, uh, do you actually move
from racing games into the sim racingand, uh, start to take it serious?
Uh, I took it serious.
I believe Uh, about, uh, well,uh, 11, uh, 12 years ago, uh, I
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started with the Crunchyroll 5.
Uh, uh, I got connected with asmall Dutch community, GTRacing.
nl.
And they are just community races,uh, every week or twice a week.
And, uh, racing on a low level, justa community race of maybe five to 10,
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uh, drivers, it's, uh, got the feelingfor me online with racing against real
people, not racing against bots or AI.
And then it was really, uh,fun to raise, uh, door handle.
To door handle a mirror to mirror, and,uh, with also with G Grant , uh, you
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can, uh, um, approach it on a really,uh, professional level, but you can't,
uh, approach it on, uh, on that level.
Like in I racing.
In Gran Turismo, I always findit difficult to find the right
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breaking spots, the right
clipping points, the right
visual markers you use.
But yeah, throughout the Gran Turismo5, 6, and 7, um, and then I hopped
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back, uh, to the, uh, PC with, uh,I said, of course, competition four
years ago, and now, uh, with iRacing.
Yeah, now I see it more, uh,uh, as a digital motorsport.
Mm hmm.
That's cool.
Um, what do you think about, uh, so youjump into Gran Turismo 5 years, like, some
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time ago, and, uh, community definitelyhelp you, and, uh, what do you think
about, uh, Some racing community overall.
Do you think that people are tryingto help newcomers and like, oh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, most definitely it's like
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I think When you take soccer, forexample, or hockey, I, I've did, I've
did some, uh, uh, uh, field hockeyon a very low, uh, uh, basis, uh, in
Utrecht, but there was already, uh,like, um, um, how do you say that?
(15:14):
Um,
uh, leveling.
What kind of left wing they werelooking to each other, but they didn't
really help or support, uh, each other.
It was, uh, on your own in most, in,uh, uh, community races in Crown Trismo,
(15:37):
later in Assetto Corsa and, uh, I Racing,they, uh, I find it very welcoming is
like, It doesn't matter who you are,it doesn't matter what you are, is
as much or as, um,
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they should try to do it on aprofessional level and not do it on an a
arcade level.
Mm-hmm . So you try to.
You try to to find your raisinglines, you try to break on a, uh, on,
on a certain point, you don't pun.
(16:23):
Uh, others, uh uh, oftentrack all the time.
Then they see if, okay, thatperson wants to learn, that person
wants to be quicker, we can help.
Or you can help him and that that's what Isee in, uh, in the same rating community.
Very helpful.
Very welcoming.
(16:43):
Um, um, very welcoming, uh,
I can't find, find the word now.
Yeah.
Uh, some racing communityindeed, really welcoming.
So when I jump into a racing, uh,that was during the pandemic, uh,
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in 2020, um, found that, you know,everybody's trying to support you.
Everybody's trying to help you.
If you got bad moments on track,uh, people trying to cheer you up
and, um, Um, you know, just really,they're really friendly and, uh,
welcoming, indeed, as you said.
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Um, Can you tell me what challengesdid you face when you moved from
Gran Turismo to a racing in ACC?
What what was the main change foryou in driving and in your skills?
It was a whole different level.
Okay Uh, start, uh, by thebeginning, uh, it was, it was
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2020 indeed, uh, with the Corona.
Um, I was helping someone, um, um, he was,uh, launching a new website and he had
a web, uh, a website, a webpage about,um, um, movies with the trans, uh, theme.
(18:13):
Involved.
So I came to the movie, just Charlie.
I was searching on a movie, justCharlie interviews and such.
Then I, uh, came to, uh, CharlieMartin interview, Charlie Martin.
And then I thought, Oh my,there is someone like me racing.
(18:38):
And it was, it was a week or sobefore she did the, uh, math,
uh, nerveracking 24 hours.
Uh, it, it was, I believe, uh, atthe end of August began September.
Uh, it was darkest at 24hours on nerveracking ever.
Uh, then, uh, at the end of,uh, 2020, then the diamond
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drive, uh, cup, uh, launched.
So I got, uh, motivated.
To buy a new gaming PC andbe in that diamond drive cup.
With as for the competition, with JohnnyMartin, with other drivers, it opened so
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much, it opened not only the community.
It opened also my, uh, uh,uh, perspective of sim racing.
Uh, I saw, I, I needed to find seconds,uh, to be seconds far faster than my basic
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speed loss, uh, uh, to make it worse.
The first race in the DiamondDrive Cup was on the Alton Park.
I think there are no tracksother than Alton Park.
I kind of hate it.
So that was, that was an eye opener.
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It was really an eye openerfrom, from Gran Turismo.
I took it seriously.
I took it seriously as a,uh, as virtual motorsports.
But the, the, the The level ofprofessionalism in, uh, from, from too.
I said the course wawas a huge step for me.
(20:31):
Mm-hmm . So, yeah.
uh, I, I had to learn,uh, new, uh, tactics, new,
uh, a new, a new way of, uh, of breaking.
I, I, I did a racing with my.
(20:52):
Uh, Logitech, um, G29 on the, uh, onGran Turismo, it was the same set.
I did, uh, um, the first,the first races in, uh, Yeah.
Yeah.
Totally, totally differentworld of, uh, sim racing.
(21:17):
Awesome.
So you also get into ACC,uh, during pandemic time.
That's really funny because, uh, youknow, many guests, which we had on any
talks, they started from pandemic also,and actually, uh, many people just, uh,
discover sim racing during this timeand that that's definitely awesome.
And yeah, as you mentioned thatyou change your break in and.
(21:40):
A lot of challenges you face, uh, duringswitching Gran Turismo to Data markers.
Yeah.
Like, like, in, in, uh, in, in GranTurismo times, if I call it that, in
Gran Turismo times, I always I did, uh,restart, restart a new lap, restart a
(22:01):
new lap, restart a new lap with, uh,I said the Corsa Competizione and with
the Diamond Drive Cup and later alsoanother, uh, um, uh, uh, female racers.
I don't know what that, uh,challenge was, uh, competition
was, with more female racers.
More female racers.
Yeah.
(22:22):
Yeah.
I did, uh, I did somequalifications in that, really.
And, uh, then I stopped to restart mylips and just keep on, uh, doing my lips.
Uh, I stopped using my racinglines, uh, on and on and on.
I.
I turn it off and try tofind my racing lines myself.
(22:46):
So yeah, in, in real racing, youdon't have a racing line either.
I just try to challenge myself to, okay,I don't have, uh, that in, in real life.
So we don't have in sim racing either.
And that's also with sim racing.
I try to, uh, Yeah, I challengemyself in driving with less traction
(23:14):
control, driving with less ABSor driving with less downforce.
Yeah, sometimes youhave to try new things.
Yeah, that's definitely right.
When you try new things.
You're learning, uh, something and,uh, you go with new experience, uh,
to races and you're doing that betterthan better, uh, you getting better
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results and also more satisfied,having more fun, definitely.
Uh, so when I jumped to ourracing, I also came to some
racing from in real life racing.
So, I have really high expectationsabout myself that are like, going to
win every race or something like this.
Um, and, uh, Astim Racingis really competitive.
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That, uh, kind of calms me down, uh,when I jump into, uh, racing because I
can, you know, You know, win every race.
It was really hard.
It was a big challenge for me.
Um, so yeah, I learned something new.
Like I started to be more calm,uh, during races, not rush.
And sometimes just, uh, youknow, plan the race, uh, better,
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uh, because we got Yeah, the
work on the, uh, what I also did in asfar as the competition, that's why I
also fell in love with the Gina at us.
Uh, doing offline races in the Ginettasor one hour to two hour races, uh, uh,
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starting from the back, uh, turned, uh,uh, AI level a bit lower, and then, uh,
try to, uh, be, uh, uh, to become firstin one hour, two hour races, and then, uh,
turn the AI level up and up and up and up.
So, yeah, then you can challenge yourselfand become quicker, quicker, quicker.
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Yeah, that's the great thing aboutsimracing, that you got the opportunity
to jump anytime to the practice session.
And we got great AI in iRacing, forexample, so you can set it to any level.
Um, can practice side by side fighting.
And also, don't forget Raceroom.
I have to say Raceroom also, uh, In thetime I did Gran Turismo, uh, and I had
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to unplug my, uh, uh, Logitech out ofthe PlayStation, move it to the, uh,
old PC and Raceroom was the only, uh,sim, uh, sim I could run on that PC
and, and, uh, Raceroom, I could run, uh,leaderboard, uh, leaderboard challenges.
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So it was also, uh, a bit, uh, mixbetween, uh, Arcade and sim racing.
I didn't do any, uh, real racing or racingto against AI or against real people.
But, uh, yeah, race from also,I have to call them, uh, uh, for
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their, uh, Also for the soundengine, they're creating a sound.
Mm-hmm . Uh, uh, of cars, uh, butalso, uh, with the feeling of, uh,
certain cars like the bm BBMW, uh,M1 Pro Car and a suit tt uh, yeah.
Sound cars.
I, I, I, I love racing very room for.
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Especially for the leaderboards.
Yeah.
Race room is great.
Uh, I raised some time andit's also, uh, that happened.
So I started from a set of Corsa, uh,not competizione, just a simple one.
Um, then I raised my racing and then atthe same time we had, uh, like offline
sim racing, um, point in the mall.
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And so we had race room onthis, uh, on our equipment here.
And I remember I was racing here andalso prepared in race room for, uh, one
of the stages in Formula 4, uh, becauserace room got, uh, Sepang circuit.
It's a absolutely amazing circuit.
I love it.
Um, yeah.
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Um, many people said that, wow.
Sound engine is, is great and Raceroomand people just in love with it.
And, uh, that's great that we got, uh,all kinds of different, uh, simulators
right now, and you can just, uh, jump towhatever, uh, comfortable for you, or you
got like equipment, uh, for exactly likeyou just said, yeah, you choose Raceroom
(27:47):
because you could run it on your PC.
Yeah.
Now, uh, uh, since, uh, Corona times,I do have a better PC, so I can
run every, uh, sim, uh, I, I like.
But, uh, yeah, it's, uh, back in thosedays, uh, like between 2012, 2013, when
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they launched and yeah, uh, just, uh,yeah, Raytheon is free and sometimes I
buy a car or buy a track or, uh, yeah,in, in all those years, I have, uh, quite,
uh, an amount of cars, uh, collected.
Yeah, Raceroom got great tracks, alsosometimes really cool leaderboard
(28:31):
challenges and competitions.
So yeah, I think that peoplecan have a look at Raceroom.
It's free to play also.
That will be our recommendation.
So maybe start some racing.
And you can, and you can test driveevery car you like before you buy it.
Also, I, I will say, uh, everysim has to implement that.
(28:56):
Uh, that idea so you can test driveevery car before you buy I racing do it.
Yeah.
Uh, you mentioned before that you'vebeen, uh, racing on sidewinder,
then you changed to, to G29.
Uh, did you upgradeyour wheel or in pedals?
So were you?
(29:17):
You upgrade it.
Yes.
Uh, I got an upgrade, uh, notby myself, uh, it was, uh, last
year, uh, December, uh, 23.
Or was it 22?
Oh, I don't know.
It doesn't, it doesn't matter.
Um, I got an upgradeby, uh, by my husband.
(29:40):
Uh, he gave me, seriously.
Oh!
A Merusa, um, I believe V2 RS, uh, wheel.
With an RAR nine, uh, base.
(30:02):
And, uh, this year, uh, in thespring, I bought myself, uh, the,
sorry, uh, Mozart, SRP, uh, pedals.
Mm-hmm . And, uh, I do it now.
Uh, I've raised for years in my, uh.
Uh, uh, wouldn't do it yourself,uh, Rick, but this year, uh, a few
(30:26):
months ago, I built myself, uh, Ibuilt, uh, a sim labs, uh, Rick, uh,
I got from Yvonne and, uh, Sophie.
That's nice.
So you, you really upgrade your equipment.
That's awesome.
Um, How do you like it compared to whatyou had in 90s and, uh, how was it, can
you compare this experience like you rightnow on high end equipment and you start
(30:51):
on low end, uh, so how was it for you?
Well,
I've always said, uh, it's notthe, uh, Equipment is the driver.
Uh, I have to come back to that.
Uh, especially when I'm now in thesim labs, uh, everything is 30.
(31:14):
I don't have any, um, how do you say that?
Um, uh, tolerances.
Like a moving, everything is sturdy.
Um, when I started with Quanturismowith a, uh, with a little community, I,
uh, I have built myself a little case.
Like, uh, it was almost acoffin and it was, uh, foldable.
(31:41):
So it was a little flightcase, something like that.
In a weird shape in, uh, kindof we shape, uh, wet, uh, shape.
And then I folded open, um, uh,clicked my, uh, steering wheel in it.
And then I had my, um, yeah,ric, uh, in, in the bedroom.
(32:02):
Uh, uh, pfi, uh, aboveme a little bit too high.
I have neck drains, uh, observation.
Uh, uh, yeah, that was for me at that timewas enough for, uh, for the fun of racing.
Not, um, um,
(32:26):
how to say it, approaching it ona professional level, but just my
racing wheel was in a secure spot.
My pedals were in a secure spot.
I used an old, uh, go karting seatthat I could move with, uh, little.
Pins and holes in a, ina case, in a fight case.
(32:47):
So I had a, I had a seating positionso I could race, but compared to that
and what I do have now, yeah, totallydifferent world, totally different
world of sim racing and racing.
Uh, yeah, I truly can say now I racefor virtually and, uh, thing I did
(33:12):
back then was like arcade gaming.
That's great.
You know, I really like that you startedfrom really base equipment and you
step by step improve it for the years.
It's, uh, it's really great.
Um, when people come to me andask me like, uh, what should
I get as a first equipment?
(33:33):
I just telling them, uh, like youcan, you should get the one in
which you can efforts actually.
So you can start from basic oneand then move to more expensive if
you got an opportunity for this.
Maybe you can, uh, show, uh,something, uh, what I have, uh,
previous on this, uh, SimRig.
(33:54):
Uh, I had a rig builtfrom scaffolding pipes.
Mm.
Um, just scaffolding pipes, uh, with a,um, not the torques, but a bu, um, keys.
Mm-hmm . So I, I just ordered, I, I,I, I just ordered a load of, uh, pipes.
I just ordered a lot load of, uh, those,uh, couplings, uh, built myself, uh,
(34:17):
first, uh, uh, desk with a small triangle.
I, uh, mounted a, a steering wheel on it.
When I used my desk for homethings and like, uh, uh, creating
or, uh, drawing, then I just hada, uh, a desk with a L shape.
(34:39):
And when I was going to race,my pedals were, uh, just in the
corner, uh, 45 degrees, then I.
Put the triangle in its position, uh,uh, uh, turns the, uh, the couplings,
uh, uh, tighten the couplings.
Uh, with triangle where my steering wheelwas on it, and then I was able to race.
(35:02):
So my desk was, uh, multifunctional,
uh, then I, uh, then I changedthat desk to a rig with the same
pipes, same scaffolding pipes.
Didn't, uh, any, uh, uh, additions to it.
And like now for, I think the past year,uh, doing, uh, uh, I'm going to race.
(35:30):
No, not going to go to it.
I'm racing in this, uh, sim labs, uh,
still scaffolding pipes for my money.
My monitor stand is, uh, mounted tothe, uh, SimLabs rig for my monitor.
That's awesome.
Uh, you know, also when I started in2020, I had, uh, like custom made, uh,
(35:54):
steel rig and when we switch from singlescreen, so single screen, I had it on desk
actually, and when we changed to triple,uh, we just, uh, built with my husband
out of the plain woods, uh, the table.
So it was made for the triple it's,you know, it's really comfortable
and it's, uh, really solid asit's, uh, that's a playbook.
(36:18):
It's, um, you know, justlike solid, solid, yeah.
And you know, it's still working.
He's still using, uh, this,uh, the stand for triple.
It's also, so we move a couple oftimes, uh, bring it with us and
it's still in one piece and working.
(36:39):
I, I know I, I've been to, uh, Yon, uh,a few times, and I know Yon had that, uh,
Samsung, uh, uh, uh, quiet war mm-hmm.
Uh, screen.
Yeah.
That's, that's one thing I, Iwant to buy, uh, for myself.
Mm-hmm . For, yeah.
Just instead of the triple screen,just one monitor, uh, with a, uh, yeah.
(37:06):
Uh, how do you say it?
math curve, uh, in it and then,yeah, this one, uh, one addition
I could use for this rig.
Yeah, I think this, uh, monitor can begood also for PC performance because
triple definitely ate a lot of,uh, resources from PC, from GPU and
from CPU as well as all simulators.
(37:29):
They, you know, pretty hardon single core, uh, from CPU.
So yeah, I think that that's agood, uh, I'm, I'm, Not into that.
I'm just not into thatdigital technical stuff.
It's just, it has to work.
Yeah, you know, you just have totake what's comfortable for you.
(37:49):
So I know that some people are reallycomfortable with a single screen, so
they just get used to, they got theirown reference points on their monitors,
and they just race with single screen.
But for myself, I choose triple.
Just because it gives you more angle,so when you race side by side in road
races, it's really comfortable to use.
(38:14):
Yeah, it's like, uh, with, uh, withsingle screen, uh, I try now to use, uh,
sometimes the, uh, one of those picks.
I try to use for, uh, forlooking to left or right.
So that's what I try, uh, in
(38:38):
Assetto Corsa, it worksa bit better than in IAC.
But, uh, yeah, something I,yeah, and VR is also not.
Something I, uh, I do wantbecause I am afraid I, uh, I, I
will hurt my eyes with the VR.
(39:00):
I don't know.
I don't like it.
Yeah, VR is just, uh, youknow, not for everyone because
someone gets sick from it.
Someone just dies.
doesn't, uh, don't like that, uh, youknow, getting a worm and, uh, around
your eyes and, uh, you can sweat also.
So for long races, I think VR isa not, not really good option.
(39:21):
Um, yeah, once again, um, you have to gowith whatever you'll be comfortable with.
No, I prefer the realracing, a little bridge.
Uh, can you tell me, you mentionedthat you, uh, didn't like Alton Park
in a racing, um, can you tell me whatis your favorite combo in a racing and
(39:46):
in a set of Corsa Compensione, likefavorite car and favorite track also?
Um, well, lately, uh, the past two years,I, uh, really liked, uh, solar also
because I, uh, raised, uh, uh, with thefun cup in real life, uh, uh, that's
why, um, I think the unit, the genetic GTfour on solar, that's, that's for me, uh,
(40:12):
uh, uh, Yeah, perfect combo, um, like iniRacing, uh, for example, I'm, I'm not,
I'm not really into, uh, Formula cars,but, uh, the, the Formula, uh, the FF1600.
On Lime Rock, uh, I also really like.
(40:37):
Yeah, F Formula race, amazing.
I like it.
Um, my favorite one is, uh,Summit Point with this car.
Um, but I think Lime Rock Park is,uh, you know, for the first time
you Yeah, Summit, Summit, Summit andLime Rock are really interchangeable.
I think Lime Rock and Cemeteryare really close to each other.
(41:00):
Yeah, they're really close to each other.
I agree with you.
And I think that Lime Rock Park, forsome people, when you're first time
looking in the track, you're like, Oh,it's like pretty easy to to race here.
Yeah.
But when you get on the track,you're like, wow, it's it's
really complicated in some places.
And, you know, all the time youyou say, Steering to the right many
(41:24):
times on this track and, uh, itcan be really challenging to keep a
consistent lap times for like 20 laps.
Yeah, I've did so many laps to, toget, uh, uh, the last part of the
track, uh, to me, just the, the,the, the, uh, The long right hander.
(41:44):
Mm-hmm . Uh, lime Rock.
It's just, yeah.
It took me so long to get it right.
Um, yeah.
With, with Summit, it, it isthe final corner, uh, long time.
I, uh, drove from Summit, but, uh,uh, uh, gear, uh, gearing down to
mm-hmm . Third, uh, to third carein, in a ff six unit, but now I.
(42:10):
Do it more in fourthgear and just, uh, yeah,
how does it throw it into the corner?
Yeah, I, I got it.
Like you, um, bringing more speedinto the, the last, uh, one.
Yeah, that's definitely working.
You know, that last corners onsummit point and Lime Rock Park,
(42:31):
I think they really familiar.
So it can, if you nail the, the oneon Lime Rock Park, you'll be, uh, okay
with summit point as well, I think.
All right.
Um, so we're moving to near to the endof our show and, uh, let's talk about
your plans and, uh, about your dreams.
(42:53):
What are you planning for your future?
Um, are you going to jumpinto real life racing?
Um, and what are you planningto do in sim racing as well?
Uh, no, my
plans are really focused on real racing.
(43:15):
Um, beginning of this year, uh,I said to myself, I want to get
my racing license this year.
Uh, and I, uh, ordered myselfand, uh, uh, my personal logo.
I don't.
Oh, it's cute.
Nope.
(43:35):
This also with the Beatle with afilm cup, Beatle and from Herbie.
And uh, yeah.
Um, I said to myself, I had to getmy racing license this year and
at the summer I didn't knew reallyif it was going to succeed or not.
Uh, in September I was watchedand, uh, visited, uh, max five.
(43:59):
With, uh, Miaras, uh, for example,I visited Germany, then I saw, yeah,
okay, motorsports is expensive.
Okay.
I know it.
And then, uh, I came back from holiday,uh, mid October and I had some, um, uh,
email contact with someone from Sanford.
(44:22):
He has his own, uh, racing school, uh,booting up his, uh, company with that.
And, uh, I thought I have to do it.
I have to do it.
It's still this year I have to do it.
So, yeah.
Um,
some, some people know.
(44:42):
And I have my racing license,EU EU racing license.
Awesome.
Congrats to you.
So my, my goal, uh, with a,a racing license is to, uh,
get into, uh, the film cup.
Uh, starting, uh, my, uh, storywith the Herbie and, uh, ending
(45:07):
my ambitions to get in the funkof Beatles, like racing in Herbie.
Yeah,
it's, uh, if it's only one stint, ifit's only one stint, uh, As Sanford or
as far, but now I, I believe there'smore, uh, more than that for me.
(45:31):
And, uh, I, I have to do some networking.
I have to do some stuff, but Ireally believe, uh, there's something
to do in the most spots for me.
Yeah, I hope all your dreamsare going to come true.
I also noticed that yougot pretty, uh, earrings.
Yeah.
With beetles.
Yeah, that's, uh, This, uh, also, uh,
(45:59):
some DI, uh, DU crafting, I did myself.
Oh, uh, based on the logo, basedon the logo of the film cup.
So, uh, that's awesome.
Uh,
so I have, uh, since a few, uh,since a year or two, I have a
legend, graver and laser Kurt.
(46:19):
In my, uh, shed, so I do, uh, some,uh, sometimes, uh, stuff like this.
That's really cool.
I love it.
And I also, uh, what, what I alsowant to mention is like, uh, uh, sure.
(46:40):
I want to, uh, stayin, uh, sim racing, uh.
This year, uh, of no or no?
Uh, last year, uh, with, uh, theRachel for Mental Health, 2023,
I raced with, uh, ASRA Racing.
Mm-hmm . And this, this year in,uh, spring, I raced with, with,
(47:00):
um, in the, I don't know, it was or
And, uh, working with sim racing andreal racing to work on consistency.
Uh, even also, uh, learnedme just consist, consistency.
(47:20):
Now consistency is key.
It's like, I, I'm not always thefastest, uh, like mostly I'm three to
five seconds slower than the aliens.
And that's, that's okay for me.
But I, when.
I drove with Astra in the race formental health on solar or on Le Mans
(47:48):
this year and I only made four orfive mistakes in the whole event.
Yeah, then I think my consistency is okay.
And when I, when I can turn thatinto the real racing to be consistent
there to, yeah, what I always said.
(48:09):
That is like a drive round like aJensen butternut and also that round
that like a smooth driving style.
Yeah, and I tried to Convertit to the real racing
Yeah, I think as you said consistencyis a key and I think with consistency
(48:31):
also Speed will come to you becauseif you're consistent, you can actually
analyze your laps and it's better to seemistakes which you're doing and overall
it will help you to improve in the future.
So yeah, I think this is the mainthing in simracing and racing as well.
Yeah, and now the focus is, uh,more on point for me, like I, I
(48:55):
can look into the corners more invirtual, uh, in virtual racing.
Uh, yeah, I think I found there aresome, some tense, maybe half a second.
So yeah, I think, I think,uh, I, I will have to try some
new events this or next year.
(49:16):
So we'll see.
Yeah, and, uh, speaking about your racingcareer and, uh, that you're planning
to do some networking, um, I think youcan use SimRacing as well for this as,
uh, you know, so many racing drivers inSimRacing, and, uh, maybe you can think
to start streaming, start, uh, somesocials as well, and, uh, you streaming.
(49:37):
Streaming is something
I don't like.
Um, no, it's not, not like, but it'snot in my, um, first, uh, um, um, first
problems map I had when I called that it'slike, when I go to race, yeah, I want to
(50:02):
stream, but I'm not that aware or that.
Uh, fonts to, uh, make it a streaming,uh, business, uh, it's, I want to race.
Yes.
I want to, uh, share my passion.
I want to share my, uh, uh, goals.
Yeah.
But, uh, streaming with all the editingand, and, uh, Social media around.
(50:29):
I, I, I think I'm or do allfor it or not that into it.
I don't know.
So maybe you just, uh,don't have experience.
Yeah.
Um, I think if you're going tomeet people, uh, who can help
you, uh, even with streaming.
So maybe one day, uh,you, you can jump into it.
(50:50):
Yeah.
And even, you know, if you go on todo any races and some racing, I think
it will be really good to stream them.
Uh, because you're going tofind mm-hmm . Uh, your people
who's going to support you.
They're going to come to everyYeah, yeah, that's right.
Every race.
Yeah.
To cheer for you.
Mm-hmm . And that's great.
Yeah.
I have to ask,
(51:11):
so maybe Yeah.
And also you one, uh,said that I can help you
. Yeah.
God, you know, we guys, uh,really, uh, friendly and a welcome
community and like everybody Yeah.
That, that, that, and, uh.
It, it doesn't have to be free, of course.
(51:32):
Mm-hmm . And, uh, if people,uh, like to make, uh, digital
photographs of the flu racing orindeed, uh, editing of videos, yeah.
Who knows?
But, uh, at this point I'm not into that.
Mm-hmm
(51:52):
. Yeah, I remember.
I, I don't know.
I, I don't also, uh, what my,uh, goal is with simulating.
If I go to, uh, overriding, even if Igo to, More, uh, tooling class, like
in a race room now, or maybe more likeFormula and IndyCar, I don't know.
(52:17):
All right, so you're going to decidefor your future, I'm pretty sure.
And, you know, I remember when Istarted streaming and started to
get into sim racing, I was, uh,You know, absolutely had no clue
about streaming and how to do this.
And, uh, you know, how to be,how to race at the same time and
communicate with the community.
(52:38):
Yeah.
Um, it was a big challengefor me, definitely.
And, um, for this years, I can tellyou that, uh, you know, I just became
more confident and, uh, feelingmore comfortable with community.
And, uh, it's actually a littlebit weird when you're racing.
Uh, and you're not streaming in the sametime because I just get used to this.
I get used to that.
(52:59):
I got all the time, my peoplewho support me in every races.
Um, but sometimes, you know, I'm like, I'mpracticing, uh, offline, not on stream.
And it feels a bit weird.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, like, uh, talk now, uh,uh, for an hour or so with,
(53:19):
which you in a calm camera.
I'm not used to cameras thatmuch and, uh, getting comfortable
by the minute with the camera.
Yeah, who knows?
Uh, yeah, I don't call it totally off.
Uh, I don't, I won't do it, but,uh, it's not in my, uh, yeah, yeah.
(53:43):
I don't know how to say it.
It's not in my streets to, uh, tofocus on that streaming stuff more.
I'm more eager to focus on the simracing and, uh, become quicker and
more, um, uh, reliable, uh, as ateam member for Astra racing or.
(54:06):
Or another team, but, uh, and then,uh, and then go streaming instead of go
streaming and still, uh, hopping around.
And I first have to findmy, um, my point of racing.
Uh, hopefully with the, hopefullywith the Jinekas, I really,
(54:29):
uh, like to, uh, race them.
But yeah, maybe GT3, maybeIndyCar, I don't know.
Yeah, I fully understand you, um,and you're great on camera today.
You're doing amazing.
Thank you.
The lights, uh, turned off, uh, almost.
(54:50):
Half hour ago.
All right.
Yeah.
Um, what would you say to women, uh, whoare interested in join, uh, sim racing?
What would you suggest to them?
Uh, maybe like jump into any of thesports, uh, and what they, um, can
(55:12):
do to get involved into sim racing?
First of all, try it.
Uh, yeah.
Like, compared to 10 years ago,and now, uh, the community I
found with the Diamond Drive Club.
With a head, uh, discord and, uh,also with, uh, you know, it's in team
(55:36):
and, uh, SR racing, um, there, therewas so much to find, uh, as a female
register, also as an LGBT racer.
Um, there was so much to, uh, Uh, todiscover, uh, what kind of, um, race
you like, what kind of, um, of not, notwhat kind of, what, what amount of, uh,
(56:01):
uh, sim racing you want in your life.
Uh, what, what time you have for it?
What, what, uh, um, what do you wantto put into it, in your new hobby?
And to get out of it, uh, is itjust gaming and just have fun for
an hour a week, or do you want tomake it more, uh, more your hobby?
(56:24):
Uh, then I say, yeah, uh, try it.
And there are so many, so many clubs,so many events, uh, so many, uh,
companies you, you can, uh, attend,visit, uh, like, uh, formula one, uh,
GT3, uh, GT3, uh, clubs, uh, if evenon, on racing tracks, uh, itself like
(56:50):
Nürburgring and Sandsport, you can.
You can visit them, andthey have a sim rig.
So, uh, there is muchto explore for everyone.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of opportunities to jumpinto different simulators.
Also, uh, if you don't have a rig,as you said, yeah, we got some
sim racing centers, uh, where youcan come and just try sim racing.
(57:15):
That's awesome, yeah.
Many ways to start, uh, to get, to beinvolved into sim racing, as you said.
And also like, um,
uh, try to, uh, ask, uh, people in yourneighborhood, uh, maybe colleagues, uh,
(57:36):
maybe, uh, uh, friends of friends, uh,who are into a sim racing, yeah, you can
ask, uh, Hey, uh, I heard you, you, youdid sim racing, you have a steering wheel.
Uh, yeah, you, you can ask and.
Like, like we have said, uh, it's a verywelcoming community and, uh, someone
(57:58):
who wants to share his patient too.
So he said, maybe he says like, uh, Ohyeah, come on over, uh, have a drink, uh,
come over this weekend and you can try it.
So it's also, uh, lotsof, lots of opportunities.
Yeah, that's true.
(58:18):
I absolutely agree with you.
Um, and now we're just, uh,flew really fast with you.
Uh, so thank you so much for takingyour time and, uh, speaking with us.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
You're great on camera.
I'm going to say this once again.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you guys for watching and tillthe next time with the neat talks.
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Bye.
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Welcome everyone to talks episodenumber three, three, Mikey got
three, three, as her racing number.
Also, So welcome, uh, Mikey blue tower.
Any talks welcome in, uh, hello there.
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, it's a first for me,uh, life on, uh, on the, in the webs.
(01:09):
But, uh, yeah, here we are.
And indeed, uh, 33 is my start, uh,a racing number for quite some years.
I believe.
From 2011, 2012 or so, yeah.
Mm-hmm . That's great.
Uh, we, so happy to have you here.
And let's start with, uh,how did you get into racing?
(01:33):
Uh, I know that you started incarting, so let's start with this.
Yeah.
Uh, well, the racing.
Um, addiction or the racing, uh,virus started on a very early age.
Uh, I caught a scuttler.
I had an, uh, herby, uh, bedroom.
(01:57):
I had herby bedding.
Herbie toys, and I believe, I don't,I'm not sure, but I believe my, uh,
grandma also made Herbie curtains.
Something in my mind says Ihad Herbie curtains, not sure.
And then on an, uh, uh, aroundeight or ten, uh, we had a Atari,
(02:23):
uh, game computer, uh, at home.
The Atari 26, uh, uh, 2600.
And, uh, we had a game, uh, N'Zero.
N'Zero was, uh, an arcade game with,uh, all kinds of, uh, um, situations.
(02:44):
Uh, night, fog, winter.
Yeah, that was my first, uh, game.
Um, um, connection with racingand also the Herbie movie.
Uh, yeah.
From Herbie, uh, it was going,uh, to carting in I believe 94.
I was 14.
(03:05):
I was 14, 15, uh, uh, 14, 15.
And uh, yeah, I was.
Go into the cart, carting track, uh,on a, uh, on a bicycle, uh, two times,
three times a month, sometimes, and justsetting, uh, uh, the fastest, uh, time of
(03:27):
the week, sometimes at the fastest timeof the month and, uh, Around, uh, it was,
uh, at the end of 1996, uh, Williams,the Williams FF one team, together
with Sonars had a, um, uh, a challenge.
(03:48):
You had to set a, a fast, uh, thefastest time on some of the, uh, indoor
tracks and when you were fast enough.
I believe the fo fastis four something and.
You were invited to come tothe speech and design, uh, uh,
exhibition in, um, in Utrecht.
(04:12):
Uh, that was at the end of the year.
Speech and design was something, uh,That was, uh, organized every year
around December, around this time.
And, uh, we had a final, the fastesthundreds of, I believe, plus 5,
(04:33):
000, 6, 000, uh, Um, attendees,uh, were invited the fastest and
that, yeah, I was one of them.
And one thing I still remember islike Joshua Stappan did, uh, a day,
a demo on the, uh, on the cartoontrack was just a concrete floor.
(04:54):
Uh, on the first, uh, on the firstlevel of the yardless, uh, um,
building and, uh, he showedit like he was going on rails.
And then we were able to do thepractices and the concrete was like ice.
(05:16):
And so my, my, um, adorationfor your stuff came from that.
Uh, experience like he drove on ice likeit was on rails and we were, uh, um,
skidding around, uh, making doughnuts, notintended, but yeah, that was really fun.
(05:40):
But, uh, I think I became.
Uh, somewhere in the top 30, top40, not, not as my true self.
So when I saw my name again, uh, onthe, uh, leaderboards, uh, it, it does,
(06:01):
it didn't felt good, uh, in that way.
Uh, I couldn't, uh, uh, find, uh, uh, um.
I didn't feel comfortable to knowI was quick enough to become, uh,
uh, better in karting in, in mostsports, but not with this name.
(06:23):
And that is why I stopped, uh, go kartingon, uh, uh, on levels like the challenges.
Um, uh, how do we say that?
Uh,
uh, events like events,like one hour races or so.
(06:47):
I stopped with that, and I wasjust go karting, uh, in indoor
karting tracks, and that was enough.
So, yeah, they're, they're my, uh, uh,racing ambitions stopped somewhere.
And, uh, it was at the end of thenineties, I believe, end of the ninth
(07:10):
weekend zeros, I had my first racingwheel, uh, for the computer, uh,
Microsoft, Microsoft side window.
And then, uh, I started in,uh, pro, uh, rally 2000.
Another rally game anda NASCAR 98, I believe.
(07:33):
NASCAR 98, uh, and such.
So that was my first, uh, uh, ideaof, yeah, it wasn't really sim racing.
Like, uh, uh, Yvonne alsotalks for, uh, uh, a week ago.
It wasn't really sim racing, but it was.
Like for the first time, uh,doing races offline, uh, to.
(07:57):
Mm-hmm . And yeah, it was steering wheel.
Uh, it, it had fourfeedback or so, so, yeah.
Uh, so about cars, it can be reallycompetitive, especially in Europe.
I know that many people doing it.
Mm-hmm.
It can be really hard, uh, especiallyI think in nineties when you did it.
Uh, so fully understand that you.
(08:18):
Yeah.
Like, uh, then go to only gokarting and, uh, then switch
to sim racing as understand.
Um, how was it, uh, for you to change fromactually the, the karting into sim racing?
Uh, do you have enough skills to likereproduce in sim racing or, uh, do you
learn something new in sim racing as well?
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Oh, funny enough, uh, the, um, the most,uh, I learned from, uh, from racing
lines, I caught from the BMX, uh, togetherwith my brother, I did a BMX, uh, in
the late eighties, uh, early nineties.
Uh, so in a BMX, we also did,uh, the apex, the clipping point.
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So, uh, out in out andI wasn't the quickest.
I was, uh, The, the opposite of adaredevil, because I, I, I didn't
dare to jump, I didn't dare to, uh,cycle on my back wheel, uh, I was
just too afraid to break a bone.
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But the, uh, idea of cornering,uh, and, uh, like BMX, you can
cycle through the whole corner.
You don't have to break.
You don't have, you can go throughall the, uh, banking and, uh, go on.
And with, uh, Go karting, it was somethingnew and you spent all around, uh, in
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some corners, uh, especially in go in thepro cars with two engines in the back.
Uh, yeah, you go go around then uh withuh from Go karting to sim racing, then
it was also, uh, again with the, uh,with the rating lines out in out, but
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I never, uh, understood, uh, or nevergot, uh, the, uh, The focus, right?
To look through corners.
And to be fair, uh, I never saw myselfas a, as a true sim racer, uh, as fast as
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Yvonne or as fast as the aliens, becauseI always, uh, till a few weeks ago, I
always, um, had the issue with the focus.
I find it really difficult to findfocus to look in the corners digitally.
And when I did, uh, my first, uh, testdrives in the film club two years ago,
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then it was immediately looking, lookinginto corners and you, you can point
your car to where you, where you watch.
And like, like the course two weeks ago.
On Salesforce.
I have my focus rightnow with simul racing.
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In the past two weeks, I, I feelI, not now more focus where.
I had so much, uh, difficulty withfinding the focus and now it's easy.
That's great.
So yeah, I feel,
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I think I feel, uh, well, a few 10s,maybe a half second faster than I was
before, before I started the, uh, racingcourse for the racing license stuff.
It's really interesting that, uh,BMX experience actually help you
in some racing, uh, That's awesome.
Um, so can you tell me, you justmentioned that you've been into Nascar
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and some other games, uh, racing games,and how, uh, do you actually move
from racing games into the sim racingand, uh, start to take it serious?
Uh, I took it serious.
I believe Uh, about, uh, well,uh, 11, uh, 12 years ago, uh, I
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started with the Crunchyroll 5.
Uh, uh, I got connected with asmall Dutch community, GTRacing.
nl.
And they are just community races,uh, every week or twice a week.
And, uh, racing on a low level, justa community race of maybe five to 10,
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uh, drivers, it's, uh, got the feelingfor me online with racing against real
people, not racing against bots or AI.
And then it was really, uh,fun to raise, uh, door handle.
To door handle a mirror to mirror, and,uh, with also with G Grant , uh, you
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can, uh, um, approach it on a really,uh, professional level, but you can't,
uh, approach it on, uh, on that level.
Like in I racing.
In Gran Turismo, I always findit difficult to find the right
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breaking spots, the right
clipping points, the right
visual markers you use.
But yeah, throughout the Gran Turismo5, 6, and 7, um, and then I hopped
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back, uh, to the, uh, PC with, uh,I said, of course, competition four
years ago, and now, uh, with iRacing.
Yeah, now I see it more, uh,uh, as a digital motorsport.
Mm hmm.
That's cool.
Um, what do you think about, uh, so youjump into Gran Turismo 5 years, like, some
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time ago, and, uh, community definitelyhelp you, and, uh, what do you think
about, uh, Some racing community overall.
Do you think that people are tryingto help newcomers and like, oh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, most definitely it's like
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I think When you take soccer, forexample, or hockey, I, I've did, I've
did some, uh, uh, uh, field hockeyon a very low, uh, uh, basis, uh, in
Utrecht, but there was already, uh,like, um, um, how do you say that?
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Um,
uh, leveling.
What kind of left wing they werelooking to each other, but they didn't
really help or support, uh, each other.
It was, uh, on your own in most, in,uh, uh, community races in Crown Trismo,
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later in Assetto Corsa and, uh, I Racing,they, uh, I find it very welcoming is
like, It doesn't matter who you are,it doesn't matter what you are, is
as much or as, um,
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they should try to do it on aprofessional level and not do it on an a
arcade level.
Mm-hmm . So you try to.
You try to to find your raisinglines, you try to break on a, uh, on,
on a certain point, you don't pun.
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Uh, others, uh uh, oftentrack all the time.
Then they see if, okay, thatperson wants to learn, that person
wants to be quicker, we can help.
Or you can help him and that that's what Isee in, uh, in the same rating community.
Very helpful.
Very welcoming.
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Um, um, very welcoming, uh,
I can't find, find the word now.
Yeah.
Uh, some racing communityindeed, really welcoming.
So when I jump into a racing, uh,that was during the pandemic, uh,
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in 2020, um, found that, you know,everybody's trying to support you.
Everybody's trying to help you.
If you got bad moments on track,uh, people trying to cheer you up
and, um, Um, you know, just really,they're really friendly and, uh,
welcoming, indeed, as you said.
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Um, Can you tell me what challengesdid you face when you moved from
Gran Turismo to a racing in ACC?
What what was the main change foryou in driving and in your skills?
It was a whole different level.
Okay Uh, start, uh, by thebeginning, uh, it was, it was
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2020 indeed, uh, with the Corona.
Um, I was helping someone, um, um, he was,uh, launching a new website and he had
a web, uh, a website, a webpage about,um, um, movies with the trans, uh, theme.
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Involved.
So I came to the movie, just Charlie.
I was searching on a movie, justCharlie interviews and such.
Then I, uh, came to, uh, CharlieMartin interview, Charlie Martin.
And then I thought, Oh my,there is someone like me racing.
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And it was, it was a week or sobefore she did the, uh, math,
uh, nerveracking 24 hours.
Uh, it, it was, I believe, uh, atthe end of August began September.
Uh, it was darkest at 24hours on nerveracking ever.
Uh, then, uh, at the end of,uh, 2020, then the diamond
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drive, uh, cup, uh, launched.
So I got, uh, motivated.
To buy a new gaming PC andbe in that diamond drive cup.
With as for the competition, with JohnnyMartin, with other drivers, it opened so
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much, it opened not only the community.
It opened also my, uh, uh,uh, perspective of sim racing.
Uh, I saw, I, I needed to find seconds,uh, to be seconds far faster than my basic
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speed loss, uh, uh, to make it worse.
The first race in the DiamondDrive Cup was on the Alton Park.
I think there are no tracksother than Alton Park.
I kind of hate it.
So that was, that was an eye opener.
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It was really an eye openerfrom, from Gran Turismo.
I took it seriously.
I took it seriously as a,uh, as virtual motorsports.
But the, the, the The level ofprofessionalism in, uh, from, from too.
I said the course wawas a huge step for me.
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Mm-hmm . So, yeah.
uh, I, I had to learn,uh, new, uh, tactics, new,
uh, a new, a new way of, uh, of breaking.
I, I, I did a racing with my.
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Uh, Logitech, um, G29 on the, uh, onGran Turismo, it was the same set.
I did, uh, um, the first,the first races in, uh, Yeah.
Yeah.
Totally, totally differentworld of, uh, sim racing.
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Awesome.
So you also get into ACC,uh, during pandemic time.
That's really funny because, uh, youknow, many guests, which we had on any
talks, they started from pandemic also,and actually, uh, many people just, uh,
discover sim racing during this timeand that that's definitely awesome.
And yeah, as you mentioned thatyou change your break in and.
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A lot of challenges you face, uh, duringswitching Gran Turismo to Data markers.
Yeah.
Like, like, in, in, uh, in, in GranTurismo times, if I call it that, in
Gran Turismo times, I always I did, uh,restart, restart a new lap, restart a
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new lap, restart a new lap with, uh,I said the Corsa Competizione and with
the Diamond Drive Cup and later alsoanother, uh, um, uh, uh, female racers.
I don't know what that, uh,challenge was, uh, competition
was, with more female racers.
More female racers.
Yeah.
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Yeah.
I did, uh, I did somequalifications in that, really.
And, uh, then I stopped to restart mylips and just keep on, uh, doing my lips.
Uh, I stopped using my racinglines, uh, on and on and on.
I.
I turn it off and try tofind my racing lines myself.
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So yeah, in, in real racing, youdon't have a racing line either.
I just try to challenge myself to, okay,I don't have, uh, that in, in real life.
So we don't have in sim racing either.
And that's also with sim racing.
I try to, uh, Yeah, I challengemyself in driving with less traction
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control, driving with less ABSor driving with less downforce.
Yeah, sometimes youhave to try new things.
Yeah, that's definitely right.
When you try new things.
You're learning, uh, something and,uh, you go with new experience, uh,
to races and you're doing that betterthan better, uh, you getting better
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results and also more satisfied,having more fun, definitely.
Uh, so when I jumped to ourracing, I also came to some
racing from in real life racing.
So, I have really high expectationsabout myself that are like, going to
win every race or something like this.
Um, and, uh, Astim Racingis really competitive.
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That, uh, kind of calms me down, uh,when I jump into, uh, racing because I
can, you know, You know, win every race.
It was really hard.
It was a big challenge for me.
Um, so yeah, I learned something new.
Like I started to be more calm,uh, during races, not rush.
And sometimes just, uh, youknow, plan the race, uh, better,
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uh, because we got Yeah, the
work on the, uh, what I also did in asfar as the competition, that's why I
also fell in love with the Gina at us.
Uh, doing offline races in the Ginettasor one hour to two hour races, uh, uh,
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starting from the back, uh, turned, uh,uh, AI level a bit lower, and then, uh,
try to, uh, be, uh, uh, to become firstin one hour, two hour races, and then, uh,
turn the AI level up and up and up and up.
So, yeah, then you can challenge yourselfand become quicker, quicker, quicker.
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Yeah, that's the great thing aboutsimracing, that you got the opportunity
to jump anytime to the practice session.
And we got great AI in iRacing, forexample, so you can set it to any level.
Um, can practice side by side fighting.
And also, don't forget Raceroom.
I have to say Raceroom also, uh, In thetime I did Gran Turismo, uh, and I had
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to unplug my, uh, uh, Logitech out ofthe PlayStation, move it to the, uh,
old PC and Raceroom was the only, uh,sim, uh, sim I could run on that PC
and, and, uh, Raceroom, I could run, uh,leaderboard, uh, leaderboard challenges.
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So it was also, uh, a bit, uh, mixbetween, uh, Arcade and sim racing.
I didn't do any, uh, real racing or racingto against AI or against real people.
But, uh, yeah, race from also,I have to call them, uh, uh, for
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their, uh, Also for the soundengine, they're creating a sound.
Mm-hmm . Uh, uh, of cars, uh, butalso, uh, with the feeling of, uh,
certain cars like the bm BBMW, uh,M1 Pro Car and a suit tt uh, yeah.
Sound cars.
I, I, I, I love racing very room for.
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Especially for the leaderboards.
Yeah.
Race room is great.
Uh, I raised some time andit's also, uh, that happened.
So I started from a set of Corsa, uh,not competizione, just a simple one.
Um, then I raised my racing and then atthe same time we had, uh, like offline
sim racing, um, point in the mall.
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And so we had race room onthis, uh, on our equipment here.
And I remember I was racing here andalso prepared in race room for, uh, one
of the stages in Formula 4, uh, becauserace room got, uh, Sepang circuit.
It's a absolutely amazing circuit.
I love it.
Um, yeah.
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Um, many people said that, wow.
Sound engine is, is great and Raceroomand people just in love with it.
And, uh, that's great that we got, uh,all kinds of different, uh, simulators
right now, and you can just, uh, jump towhatever, uh, comfortable for you, or you
got like equipment, uh, for exactly likeyou just said, yeah, you choose Raceroom
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because you could run it on your PC.
Yeah.
Now, uh, uh, since, uh, Corona times,I do have a better PC, so I can
run every, uh, sim, uh, I, I like.
But, uh, yeah, it's, uh, back in thosedays, uh, like between 2012, 2013, when
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they launched and yeah, uh, just, uh,yeah, Raytheon is free and sometimes I
buy a car or buy a track or, uh, yeah,in, in all those years, I have, uh, quite,
uh, an amount of cars, uh, collected.
Yeah, Raceroom got great tracks, alsosometimes really cool leaderboard
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challenges and competitions.
So yeah, I think that peoplecan have a look at Raceroom.
It's free to play also.
That will be our recommendation.
So maybe start some racing.
And you can, and you can test driveevery car you like before you buy it.
Also, I, I will say, uh, everysim has to implement that.
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Uh, that idea so you can test driveevery car before you buy I racing do it.
Yeah.
Uh, you mentioned before that you'vebeen, uh, racing on sidewinder,
then you changed to, to G29.
Uh, did you upgradeyour wheel or in pedals?
So were you?
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You upgrade it.
Yes.
Uh, I got an upgrade, uh, notby myself, uh, it was, uh, last
year, uh, December, uh, 23.
Or was it 22?
Oh, I don't know.
It doesn't, it doesn't matter.
Um, I got an upgradeby, uh, by my husband.
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Uh, he gave me, seriously.
Oh!
A Merusa, um, I believe V2 RS, uh, wheel.
With an RAR nine, uh, base.
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And, uh, this year, uh, in thespring, I bought myself, uh, the,
sorry, uh, Mozart, SRP, uh, pedals.
Mm-hmm . And, uh, I do it now.
Uh, I've raised for years in my, uh.
Uh, uh, wouldn't do it yourself,uh, Rick, but this year, uh, a few
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months ago, I built myself, uh, Ibuilt, uh, a sim labs, uh, Rick, uh,
I got from Yvonne and, uh, Sophie.
That's nice.
So you, you really upgrade your equipment.
That's awesome.
Um, How do you like it compared to whatyou had in 90s and, uh, how was it, can
you compare this experience like you rightnow on high end equipment and you start
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on low end, uh, so how was it for you?
Well,
I've always said, uh, it's notthe, uh, Equipment is the driver.
Uh, I have to come back to that.
Uh, especially when I'm now in thesim labs, uh, everything is 30.
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I don't have any, um, how do you say that?
Um, uh, tolerances.
Like a moving, everything is sturdy.
Um, when I started with Quanturismowith a, uh, with a little community, I,
uh, I have built myself a little case.
Like, uh, it was almost acoffin and it was, uh, foldable.
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So it was a little flightcase, something like that.
In a weird shape in, uh, kindof we shape, uh, wet, uh, shape.
And then I folded open, um, uh,clicked my, uh, steering wheel in it.
And then I had my, um, yeah,ric, uh, in, in the bedroom.
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Uh, uh, pfi, uh, aboveme a little bit too high.
I have neck drains, uh, observation.
Uh, uh, yeah, that was for me at that timewas enough for, uh, for the fun of racing.
Not, um, um,
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how to say it, approaching it ona professional level, but just my
racing wheel was in a secure spot.
My pedals were in a secure spot.
I used an old, uh, go karting seatthat I could move with, uh, little.
Pins and holes in a, ina case, in a fight case.
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So I had a, I had a seating positionso I could race, but compared to that
and what I do have now, yeah, totallydifferent world, totally different
world of sim racing and racing.
Uh, yeah, I truly can say now I racefor virtually and, uh, thing I did
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back then was like arcade gaming.
That's great.
You know, I really like that you startedfrom really base equipment and you
step by step improve it for the years.
It's, uh, it's really great.
Um, when people come to me andask me like, uh, what should
I get as a first equipment?
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I just telling them, uh, like youcan, you should get the one in
which you can efforts actually.
So you can start from basic oneand then move to more expensive if
you got an opportunity for this.
Maybe you can, uh, show, uh,something, uh, what I have, uh,
previous on this, uh, SimRig.
(33:54):
Uh, I had a rig builtfrom scaffolding pipes.
Mm.
Um, just scaffolding pipes, uh, with a,um, not the torques, but a bu, um, keys.
Mm-hmm . So I, I just ordered, I, I,I, I just ordered a load of, uh, pipes.
I just ordered a lot load of, uh, those,uh, couplings, uh, built myself, uh,
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first, uh, uh, desk with a small triangle.
I, uh, mounted a, a steering wheel on it.
When I used my desk for homethings and like, uh, uh, creating
or, uh, drawing, then I just hada, uh, a desk with a L shape.
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And when I was going to race,my pedals were, uh, just in the
corner, uh, 45 degrees, then I.
Put the triangle in its position, uh,uh, uh, turns the, uh, the couplings,
uh, uh, tighten the couplings.
Uh, with triangle where my steering wheelwas on it, and then I was able to race.
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So my desk was, uh, multifunctional,
uh, then I, uh, then I changedthat desk to a rig with the same
pipes, same scaffolding pipes.
Didn't, uh, any, uh, uh, additions to it.
And like now for, I think the past year,uh, doing, uh, uh, I'm going to race.
(35:30):
No, not going to go to it.
I'm racing in this, uh, sim labs, uh,
still scaffolding pipes for my money.
My monitor stand is, uh, mounted tothe, uh, SimLabs rig for my monitor.
That's awesome.
Uh, you know, also when I started in2020, I had, uh, like custom made, uh,
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steel rig and when we switch from singlescreen, so single screen, I had it on desk
actually, and when we changed to triple,uh, we just, uh, built with my husband
out of the plain woods, uh, the table.
So it was made for the triple it's,you know, it's really comfortable
and it's, uh, really solid asit's, uh, that's a playbook.
(36:18):
It's, um, you know, justlike solid, solid, yeah.
And you know, it's still working.
He's still using, uh, this,uh, the stand for triple.
It's also, so we move a couple oftimes, uh, bring it with us and
it's still in one piece and working.
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I, I know I, I've been to, uh, Yon, uh,a few times, and I know Yon had that, uh,
Samsung, uh, uh, uh, quiet war mm-hmm.
Uh, screen.
Yeah.
That's, that's one thing I, Iwant to buy, uh, for myself.
Mm-hmm . For, yeah.
Just instead of the triple screen,just one monitor, uh, with a, uh, yeah.
(37:06):
Uh, how do you say it?
math curve, uh, in it and then,yeah, this one, uh, one addition
I could use for this rig.
Yeah, I think this, uh, monitor can begood also for PC performance because
triple definitely ate a lot of,uh, resources from PC, from GPU and
from CPU as well as all simulators.
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They, you know, pretty hardon single core, uh, from CPU.
So yeah, I think that that's agood, uh, I'm, I'm, Not into that.
I'm just not into thatdigital technical stuff.
It's just, it has to work.
Yeah, you know, you just have totake what's comfortable for you.
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So I know that some people are reallycomfortable with a single screen, so
they just get used to, they got theirown reference points on their monitors,
and they just race with single screen.
But for myself, I choose triple.
Just because it gives you more angle,so when you race side by side in road
races, it's really comfortable to use.
(38:14):
Yeah, it's like, uh, with, uh, withsingle screen, uh, I try now to use, uh,
sometimes the, uh, one of those picks.
I try to use for, uh, forlooking to left or right.
So that's what I try, uh, in
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Assetto Corsa, it worksa bit better than in IAC.
But, uh, yeah, something I,yeah, and VR is also not.
Something I, uh, I do wantbecause I am afraid I, uh, I, I
will hurt my eyes with the VR.
(39:00):
I don't know.
I don't like it.
Yeah, VR is just, uh, youknow, not for everyone because
someone gets sick from it.
Someone just dies.
doesn't, uh, don't like that, uh, youknow, getting a worm and, uh, around
your eyes and, uh, you can sweat also.
So for long races, I think VR isa not, not really good option.
(39:21):
Um, yeah, once again, um, you have to gowith whatever you'll be comfortable with.
No, I prefer the realracing, a little bridge.
Uh, can you tell me, you mentionedthat you, uh, didn't like Alton Park
in a racing, um, can you tell me whatis your favorite combo in a racing and
(39:46):
in a set of Corsa Compensione, likefavorite car and favorite track also?
Um, well, lately, uh, the past two years,I, uh, really liked, uh, solar also
because I, uh, raised, uh, uh, with thefun cup in real life, uh, uh, that's
why, um, I think the unit, the genetic GTfour on solar, that's, that's for me, uh,
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uh, uh, Yeah, perfect combo, um, like iniRacing, uh, for example, I'm, I'm not,
I'm not really into, uh, Formula cars,but, uh, the, the Formula, uh, the FF1600.
On Lime Rock, uh, I also really like.
(40:37):
Yeah, F Formula race, amazing.
I like it.
Um, my favorite one is, uh,Summit Point with this car.
Um, but I think Lime Rock Park is,uh, you know, for the first time
you Yeah, Summit, Summit, Summit andLime Rock are really interchangeable.
I think Lime Rock and Cemeteryare really close to each other.
(41:00):
Yeah, they're really close to each other.
I agree with you.
And I think that Lime Rock Park, forsome people, when you're first time
looking in the track, you're like, Oh,it's like pretty easy to to race here.
Yeah.
But when you get on the track,you're like, wow, it's it's
really complicated in some places.
And, you know, all the time youyou say, Steering to the right many
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times on this track and, uh, itcan be really challenging to keep a
consistent lap times for like 20 laps.
Yeah, I've did so many laps to, toget, uh, uh, the last part of the
track, uh, to me, just the, the,the, the, uh, The long right hander.
(41:44):
Mm-hmm . Uh, lime Rock.
It's just, yeah.
It took me so long to get it right.
Um, yeah.
With, with Summit, it, it isthe final corner, uh, long time.
I, uh, drove from Summit, but, uh,uh, uh, gear, uh, gearing down to
mm-hmm . Third, uh, to third carein, in a ff six unit, but now I.
(42:10):
Do it more in fourthgear and just, uh, yeah,
how does it throw it into the corner?
Yeah, I, I got it.
Like you, um, bringing more speedinto the, the last, uh, one.
Yeah, that's definitely working.
You know, that last corners onsummit point and Lime Rock Park,
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I think they really familiar.
So it can, if you nail the, the oneon Lime Rock Park, you'll be, uh, okay
with summit point as well, I think.
All right.
Um, so we're moving to near to the endof our show and, uh, let's talk about
your plans and, uh, about your dreams.
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What are you planning for your future?
Um, are you going to jumpinto real life racing?
Um, and what are you planningto do in sim racing as well?
Uh, no, my
plans are really focused on real racing.
(43:15):
Um, beginning of this year, uh,I said to myself, I want to get
my racing license this year.
Uh, and I, uh, ordered myselfand, uh, uh, my personal logo.
I don't.
Oh, it's cute.
Nope.
(43:35):
This also with the Beatle with afilm cup, Beatle and from Herbie.
And uh, yeah.
Um, I said to myself, I had to getmy racing license this year and
at the summer I didn't knew reallyif it was going to succeed or not.
Uh, in September I was watchedand, uh, visited, uh, max five.
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With, uh, Miaras, uh, for example,I visited Germany, then I saw, yeah,
okay, motorsports is expensive.
Okay.
I know it.
And then, uh, I came back from holiday,uh, mid October and I had some, um, uh,
email contact with someone from Sanford.
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He has his own, uh, racing school, uh,booting up his, uh, company with that.
And, uh, I thought I have to do it.
I have to do it.
It's still this year I have to do it.
So, yeah.
Um,
some, some people know.
(44:42):
And I have my racing license,EU EU racing license.
Awesome.
Congrats to you.
So my, my goal, uh, with a,a racing license is to, uh,
get into, uh, the film cup.
Uh, starting, uh, my, uh, storywith the Herbie and, uh, ending
(45:07):
my ambitions to get in the funkof Beatles, like racing in Herbie.
Yeah,
it's, uh, if it's only one stint, ifit's only one stint, uh, As Sanford or
as far, but now I, I believe there'smore, uh, more than that for me.
(45:31):
And, uh, I, I have to do some networking.
I have to do some stuff, but Ireally believe, uh, there's something
to do in the most spots for me.
Yeah, I hope all your dreamsare going to come true.
I also noticed that yougot pretty, uh, earrings.
Yeah.
With beetles.
Yeah, that's, uh, This, uh, also, uh,
(45:59):
some DI, uh, DU crafting, I did myself.
Oh, uh, based on the logo, basedon the logo of the film cup.
So, uh, that's awesome.
Uh,
so I have, uh, since a few, uh,since a year or two, I have a
legend, graver and laser Kurt.
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In my, uh, shed, so I do, uh, some,uh, sometimes, uh, stuff like this.
That's really cool.
I love it.
And I also, uh, what, what I alsowant to mention is like, uh, uh, sure.
(46:40):
I want to, uh, stayin, uh, sim racing, uh.
This year, uh, of no or no?
Uh, last year, uh, with, uh, theRachel for Mental Health, 2023,
I raced with, uh, ASRA Racing.
Mm-hmm . And this, this year in,uh, spring, I raced with, with,
(47:00):
um, in the, I don't know, it was or
And, uh, working with sim racing andreal racing to work on consistency.
Uh, even also, uh, learnedme just consist, consistency.
(47:20):
Now consistency is key.
It's like, I, I'm not always thefastest, uh, like mostly I'm three to
five seconds slower than the aliens.
And that's, that's okay for me.
But I, when.
I drove with Astra in the race formental health on solar or on Le Mans
(47:48):
this year and I only made four orfive mistakes in the whole event.
Yeah, then I think my consistency is okay.
And when I, when I can turn thatinto the real racing to be consistent
there to, yeah, what I always said.
(48:09):
That is like a drive round like aJensen butternut and also that round
that like a smooth driving style.
Yeah, and I tried to Convertit to the real racing
Yeah, I think as you said consistencyis a key and I think with consistency
(48:31):
also Speed will come to you becauseif you're consistent, you can actually
analyze your laps and it's better to seemistakes which you're doing and overall
it will help you to improve in the future.
So yeah, I think this is the mainthing in simracing and racing as well.
Yeah, and now the focus is, uh,more on point for me, like I, I
(48:55):
can look into the corners more invirtual, uh, in virtual racing.
Uh, yeah, I think I found there aresome, some tense, maybe half a second.
So yeah, I think, I think,uh, I, I will have to try some
new events this or next year.
(49:16):
So we'll see.
Yeah, and, uh, speaking about your racingcareer and, uh, that you're planning
to do some networking, um, I think youcan use SimRacing as well for this as,
uh, you know, so many racing drivers inSimRacing, and, uh, maybe you can think
to start streaming, start, uh, somesocials as well, and, uh, you streaming.
(49:37):
Streaming is something
I don't like.
Um, no, it's not, not like, but it'snot in my, um, first, uh, um, um, first
problems map I had when I called that it'slike, when I go to race, yeah, I want to
(50:02):
stream, but I'm not that aware or that.
Uh, fonts to, uh, make it a streaming,uh, business, uh, it's, I want to race.
Yes.
I want to, uh, share my passion.
I want to share my, uh, uh, goals.
Yeah.
But, uh, streaming with all the editingand, and, uh, Social media around.
(50:29):
I, I, I think I'm or do allfor it or not that into it.
I don't know.
So maybe you just, uh,don't have experience.
Yeah.
Um, I think if you're going tomeet people, uh, who can help
you, uh, even with streaming.
So maybe one day, uh,you, you can jump into it.
(50:50):
Yeah.
And even, you know, if you go on todo any races and some racing, I think
it will be really good to stream them.
Uh, because you're going tofind mm-hmm . Uh, your people
who's going to support you.
They're going to come to everyYeah, yeah, that's right.
Every race.
Yeah.
To cheer for you.
Mm-hmm . And that's great.
Yeah.
I have to ask,
(51:11):
so maybe Yeah.
And also you one, uh,said that I can help you
. Yeah.
God, you know, we guys, uh,really, uh, friendly and a welcome
community and like everybody Yeah.
That, that, that, and, uh.
It, it doesn't have to be free, of course.
(51:32):
Mm-hmm . And, uh, if people,uh, like to make, uh, digital
photographs of the flu racing orindeed, uh, editing of videos, yeah.
Who knows?
But, uh, at this point I'm not into that.
Mm-hmm
(51:52):
. Yeah, I remember.
I, I don't know.
I, I don't also, uh, what my,uh, goal is with simulating.
If I go to, uh, overriding, even if Igo to, More, uh, tooling class, like
in a race room now, or maybe more likeFormula and IndyCar, I don't know.
(52:17):
All right, so you're going to decidefor your future, I'm pretty sure.
And, you know, I remember when Istarted streaming and started to
get into sim racing, I was, uh,You know, absolutely had no clue
about streaming and how to do this.
And, uh, you know, how to be,how to race at the same time and
communicate with the community.
(52:38):
Yeah.
Um, it was a big challengefor me, definitely.
And, um, for this years, I can tellyou that, uh, you know, I just became
more confident and, uh, feelingmore comfortable with community.
And, uh, it's actually a littlebit weird when you're racing.
Uh, and you're not streaming in the sametime because I just get used to this.
I get used to that.
(52:59):
I got all the time, my peoplewho support me in every races.
Um, but sometimes, you know, I'm like, I'mpracticing, uh, offline, not on stream.
And it feels a bit weird.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, like, uh, talk now, uh,uh, for an hour or so with,
(53:19):
which you in a calm camera.
I'm not used to cameras thatmuch and, uh, getting comfortable
by the minute with the camera.
Yeah, who knows?
Uh, yeah, I don't call it totally off.
Uh, I don't, I won't do it, but,uh, it's not in my, uh, yeah, yeah.
(53:43):
I don't know how to say it.
It's not in my streets to, uh, tofocus on that streaming stuff more.
I'm more eager to focus on the simracing and, uh, become quicker and
more, um, uh, reliable, uh, as ateam member for Astra racing or.
(54:06):
Or another team, but, uh, and then,uh, and then go streaming instead of go
streaming and still, uh, hopping around.
And I first have to findmy, um, my point of racing.
Uh, hopefully with the, hopefullywith the Jinekas, I really,
(54:29):
uh, like to, uh, race them.
But yeah, maybe GT3, maybeIndyCar, I don't know.
Yeah, I fully understand you, um,and you're great on camera today.
You're doing amazing.
Thank you.
The lights, uh, turned off, uh, almost.
(54:50):
Half hour ago.
All right.
Yeah.
Um, what would you say to women, uh, whoare interested in join, uh, sim racing?
What would you suggest to them?
Uh, maybe like jump into any of thesports, uh, and what they, um, can
(55:12):
do to get involved into sim racing?
First of all, try it.
Uh, yeah.
Like, compared to 10 years ago,and now, uh, the community I
found with the Diamond Drive Club.
With a head, uh, discord and, uh,also with, uh, you know, it's in team
(55:36):
and, uh, SR racing, um, there, therewas so much to find, uh, as a female
register, also as an LGBT racer.
Um, there was so much to, uh, Uh, todiscover, uh, what kind of, um, race
you like, what kind of, um, of not, notwhat kind of, what, what amount of, uh,
(56:01):
uh, sim racing you want in your life.
Uh, what, what time you have for it?
What, what, uh, um, what do you wantto put into it, in your new hobby?
And to get out of it, uh, is itjust gaming and just have fun for
an hour a week, or do you want tomake it more, uh, more your hobby?
(56:24):
Uh, then I say, yeah, uh, try it.
And there are so many, so many clubs,so many events, uh, so many, uh,
companies you, you can, uh, attend,visit, uh, like, uh, formula one, uh,
GT3, uh, GT3, uh, clubs, uh, if evenon, on racing tracks, uh, itself like
(56:50):
Nürburgring and Sandsport, you can.
You can visit them, andthey have a sim rig.
So, uh, there is muchto explore for everyone.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of opportunities to jumpinto different simulators.
Also, uh, if you don't have a rig,as you said, yeah, we got some
sim racing centers, uh, where youcan come and just try sim racing.
(57:15):
That's awesome, yeah.
Many ways to start, uh, to get, to beinvolved into sim racing, as you said.
And also like, um,
uh, try to, uh, ask, uh, people in yourneighborhood, uh, maybe colleagues, uh,
(57:36):
maybe, uh, uh, friends of friends, uh,who are into a sim racing, yeah, you can
ask, uh, Hey, uh, I heard you, you, youdid sim racing, you have a steering wheel.
Uh, yeah, you, you can ask and.
Like, like we have said, uh, it's a verywelcoming community and, uh, someone
(57:58):
who wants to share his patient too.
So he said, maybe he says like, uh, Ohyeah, come on over, uh, have a drink, uh,
come over this weekend and you can try it.
So it's also, uh, lotsof, lots of opportunities.
Yeah, that's true.
(58:18):
I absolutely agree with you.
Um, and now we're just, uh,flew really fast with you.
Uh, so thank you so much for takingyour time and, uh, speaking with us.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
You're great on camera.
I'm going to say this once again.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you guys for watching and tillthe next time with the neat talks.
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Bye.
Bye.
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