iRacing’s Missing Fundamentals: What Rookie Class Isn’t Teaching New iRacers

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Week 2 of Season 1, 2026 has exposed a growing problem in iRacing — missing fundamentals.

After  racing FIA F4 at the Adelaide Street Circuit this week, one thing has become clear: this isn’t just early-season chaos. It’s a systemic issue rooted in how Rookie class prepares new iRacers for real racing conditions.

In this episode of The Lone Road iRacing Podcast, Guy Robertson breaks down:

• Why Week 2 chaos is no longer “bad luck”
• What Rookie class actually teaches — and what it doesn’t
• Why street circuits brutally expose missing racecraft fundamentals
• The growing rejoin and dive-bomb problem
• Whether demotion should exist as an educational tool
• How broken practice culture feeds panic and poor decisions
• What both new and experienced drivers can do right now to survive early-season wreckfests

This episode isn’t about blaming rookies — it’s about improving race quality, protecting Safety Rating, and building better racers from the ground up.

If you’ve lost iRating, been caught up in unnecessary incidents, or wondered why race standards feel worse each season, this one’s for you.

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