Extend your Lemons (in)ability to the internet!
WHAT THE FRESH HELL IS ALL THIS?
Are you fed up of losing at the race track, and would prefer to lose from the comfort of your own home? Are you thinking about entering a “real” 24 Hours of Lemons race, and cannot believe that the other drivers are as talentless as we say they are?
Why not join us on iRacing for the virtual 24 Hours of Lemons? (Don’t answer that, it was a rhetorical question.)
24 Hours of Lemons on iRacing consists of three weekly races, and the occasional no-expense-spared-multimedia-extravaganza special events.
WEEKLY RACES
Lemons drivers battle it out in our three weekly series:
- Late Night Lemons – Tuesday @ Midnight ET/11 pm CT/9 pm PT
- Lunchtime Lemons – Thursday @ 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/11 am PT
- Lawn Mowing Lemons – Saturday @ 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/11 am PT
Contestants choose the race each week – at the end of each race, a random participant is chosen to pick the car and track for the following week. The races are 20 minutes long with 20 minutes practice and a 10 minute qualify session. It might be road, dirt, or oval but you can rest assured that the participant skill level rarely varies.
No-Expense-Spared Multimedia Events
Every few weeks we host special events. These events are carefully crafted by our team of seasoned motor racing experts Lemons racing oddballs who think that daily-driving a school bus is normal.
We’ve had Pro 2 trucks racing against Street Stock cars (surprisingly like real-life Lemons). We’ve had two-car team races where one driver’s sole job is to take out the opposition (like real-life Formula 1). We’ve had gruelling endurance events where your partner is selected entirely at random (like real-life Tinder).
To find out what the oddballs have come up with next, keep an eye on the #announcements channel on our Discord server.
WHAT DO I NEED?
You will need an iRacing membership, which is around $60/year. Some tracks and cars cost extra, but we try to make the most of free content. You will also want to install Trading Paints (it’s free) in order to see other drivers’ car liveries. Trust us, you want to see the liveries. It’s one area where Lemons racers have genuine talent.
DO I NEED A LICENSE IN IRACING?
Nope. We want Lemons idiots to be able to jump in and make fools of themselves as quickly as they can. And we know that’s quick.
HOW DO I ENTER LEMONS IRACING?
(1) Fill in our online application form.
(2) Join our 24 Hours of Lemons iRacing Discord server to see race announcements and talk to fellow racers.
WHERE CAN I GET ANSWERS AND HELP?
If you run into some roadblocks signing up for Lemons iRacing, send an email to VirtuallySlow@24hoursoflemons.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PAINT MY VIRTUAL LEMONS CAR?
Much like our ability to fix cars, we aren’t going to pretend we actually know how to “paint” cars in Photoshop. HOWEVER, plenty of talented people can show you how to do it and you might even find someone who can do it for you. We’ve put the templates for several of the cars we may use right here for you to download.
Here some tutorials and tools to help you get them painted the way you (and we) want:
1. iRacing Official: How To Make Custom Spec Maps YouTube Video
2. iRacing Official: How to Make Custom iRacing Cars YouTube Video
3. Custom Paint Tutorial on YouTube (Unofficial)
4. How to make Custom Liveries & Car Skins for iRacing on YouTube (Unofficial)
5. Text Version of How To Paint a Car for iRacing (Unofficial)
The Trading Paints site also has a wealth of inspiration and information. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can also use the free open-source photo editor GIMP.
WAIT, YOU IDIOTS DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SIM RACING!
That is absolutely correct, but we’ve gotten lots of help from amazing iRacing experts like Cameron Aubernon, Chris Rae, and Nathan Schlawin (to name a few).
