' is more difficult than real life because you don’t have the feel.” “I’ll get back into my real race car and I’ll be a step ahead of the game,' he says. Even iRacing doesn't provide the actual feel of being in a car, but Majeski finds the disconnect productive. Ty Majeski, 22 years old and highest ranked iRacing driver in the world, has been turning laps on his home setup in preparation for his Nascar Xfinity series debut this summer. Kligerman's not the only member of his peer group using simulators for mental preparation. “You’re actually driving a car on the limit, maybe getting wrecked, making mistakes, wrecking other people, and all those things help make your mind stay current so that when you’re practicing, you’re giving yourself time to be in the mindset.” “Even if I’m not racing the track or the cars I race in real life, I’m gaining something because you’re just making racing decisions,” Kligerman explains. In iRacing, a Nascar league race can take hours, compared to half an hour for a short dirt track race. He wants to bring himself back to being Parker Race Car Driver. Kligerman's not looking for the exact representation of real time on a track. That also explains why we're racing on a virtual dirt track. 'Then I’ve got to jump back into being Parker Race Car Driver. “My main job is the TV side, so a lot of times I take my mind out of thinking like a race car driver and I have to think analytically,' Kligerman says.