The iRacing 2024 Season 1 Release is here! This release includes both new content and upgrades for 2024 Season 1, which officially starts on December 12th at 0000 UTC! iRacing adds one new car, the Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3, to our lineup of vehicle content. iRacing also adds one brand new Oval and Road track each to the service: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello (Grand Prix, and Short), and Slinger Speedway (Oval, and Figure Eight). We also have a complete rebuild of Okayama International Circuit (Full Course, and Short), a fan favorite piece of free Rookie content, using 2023 data.

iRacing 2024 Season 1 includes Phase 1 of the Oval Refresh Project - you will find more realistic track grip levels as they relate to surface temperature throughout the course of a race. With this release, iRacing is pioneering new 3D curb technology at Mugello and Okayama, which should provide drivers with the most realistic track-edge experience to date - every curb bump of any type and size is now fully modeled for tire interaction. Mother Nature has sprouted with the 3D Foliage System at three additional beloved tracks and the system has been further optimized for look and feel.

The New Damage Model comes enabled on the new Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3, and it has been added to a whopping FIFTEEN more car models, including nearly every Asphalt Oval car we have! Our AI wranglers have approved both the Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3 and HPD ARX-01c to report for competitive duty, and have unlocked eight new track configs for racing. Our vehicle dynamics team, per usual, have tested every single car, top-to-bottom, and have supplied you with hundreds of fully optimized new vehicle setups. Ring in the new year with iRacing 2024 Season 1!



Season highlights include:

• Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3
  
• Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello (Grand Prix, and Short)
  
• Slinger Speedway (Oval, and Figure Eight)
  
• Okayama International Circuit, 2023 full artwork update (Full Course, and Short)
  
• Oval Refresh Project: Phase 1
  
• 3D Curbs (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, and Okayama International Circuit)
  
• 3D Foliage (Lime Rock Park, Okayama International Circuit, and Virginia International Raceway)
  
• New Damage Model for 16 vehicle models [Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3, Dirt Modified (Big Block and 358), HPD ARX-01c, Lucas Oil Off Road Pro 2 Lite, Lucas Oil Off Road Pro Trucks (Pro 2 and Pro 4), NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang, NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry, Super Late Model, [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Impala COT - 2009, [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet SS - 2013, [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Ford Fusion - 2016, [Legacy] NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado - 2008, [Legacy] Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (991)]
  
• AI Racing for 2 vehicle models [Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3, HPD ARX-01c]
  
• AI Racing at 8 track configurations [Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello (Grand Prix & Short), Homestead Miami Speedway (Road Course A & Road Course B), Silverstone Circuit (International & National), Slinger Speedway (Oval & Figure Eight)]
  
• Hundreds of professionally crafted iRacing vehicle setups

Visit our 2024 Season 1 features page here: https://www.iracing.com/seasons/2024-s1/


Full 2024 Season 1 Release details may be found on the iRacing Forums, here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/51932/2024-season-1-release-notes-2023-12-05-04#latest

2023 Season 4 Patch 4 has been deployed!

Read the release Notes for this Patch below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50799/2023-season-4-patch-4-release-notes-2023-11-06-02#latest



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This Patch includes new features, updates, and fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Release.


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Spotter
The spotter messages for cars moving to pass you ("Faster coming up quick" and "Group of faster cars approaching") now only play for cars that are in a faster car class than the player car.

Spotter - Foreign Language
The Renzo A Olivieri Italian Spotter pack has been updated.
- - Grazie mille, Renzo!

Options
A link to an iRacing guide for setting up triple monitors has been added to the appropriate section of the Options screen (Guide: https://iracing.com/triples).


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<Car Class> GTP Class Cars
A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed, which increases the break limits of the rear and rear wing panels.

<Car Class> NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Cars
A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed on these cars:
- - Lowered the break limits for the nose, front fenders, and rear.
- - Increased the break limits for the rear hood mounts.
- - Lowered the stiffness for the rear hood mounts.
iRacing setups have been updated.

ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup
Fixed an issue where the brake bias knob was rotating incorrectly when viewing opponent cars.

Ferrari 296 GT3
A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed on this car:
- - Increased the yield and break limits for mirrors, nose, and rear mounts.
- - Side panels have been strengthened.
- - An additional mount has been added for the front splitter and the rear diffuser.


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Kern County Raceway Park
(Dirt Track) - Fixed an issue where driving on some overlapping areas of the Dirt Mini Oval were triggering cautions.

iRacing has has deployed the 2023 Season 4 Patch 3 Release!

You can read the full Release Notes below, or on the iRacing Forums, here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/50074/2023-season-4-patch-3-release-notes-2023-10-18-01#latest

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This Patch includes new features, updates, and fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Release.


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Cart
A new fully featured shopping Cart for making purchases has been fully integrated into iRacing!
- - There is no longer a need to be redirected to the iRacing Membersite when you click on items to purchase. Items may be added to your Cart and purchased directly within the iRacing application.
Cars and Tracks may be added to the Cart from anywhere within iRacing. Anywhere you see a Cart button, you can add that content directly to your Cart for purchase now or later.
You can access your Cart at any time with the Cart button in the header bar at the top-right. The button also displays a number indicating how many items are currently in your Cart.
- - Details about items in your Cart are provided, including: SKU#, Description, List Price, and Your Price. The Cart also informs you of the Estimated VAT/Sales Tax that will be applied to your order, and how many iRacing Credits would be applied to your order.
When making a purchase in the Cart, you may select your method of payment including iRacing Credits and iRacing Dollars, Credit Card on file, a different Credit Card, or Venmo.
- - PayPal is not currently available for purchases directly within the iRacing application, but it remains an option via the Classic Membersite Cart functionality.
- - You may select to use iRacing Credits for content purchases directly in the Cart.
Upon completing an order with the Cart, a confirmation screen is shown in iRacing, and a confirmation email is sent to your account email on file for reference.

Wallet
A new Add Funds button has replaced the previously available Recharge button.
- - This new button utilizes the new Cart feature, and allows you to complete the transaction for purchasing additional iRacing Dollars right inside the application.
A new Send Gift button has been added to the Wallet.
- - This new button utilizes the new Cart feature, and allows you to purchase iRacing Dollars for other users right inside the application. You can select from your Friends and Followed users, as well as anyone via a Search ability. You can enter any amount and optionally add a friendly message to your gift.
A new Promo Codes & Gift Cards section has been added to the Wallet.
- - This new section allows users to check promotional and gift card codes, as well as redeem them right inside the application.
All three of these new features are also available within the My Account > Overview > Account Balance section.

Spectate Sessions Page
A new page within Go Racing is now available, Spectate Sessions!
- - This page displays all actively running Sessions which allow you to join as a Spectator.
- - The Spectate Session Page is divided into three tabs which limit which type of Sessions are displayed at any one time:
- - - - Official Sessions
- - - - Hosted Sessions
- - - - League Sessions
- - Selecting each tab (Official, Hosted, or League) showcases the list of Sessions of that type for which you may join as a Spectator.
The Spectate Sessions Page includes a variety of methods a user can search, sort, and filter the Sessions which they might wish to spectate.
- - Search Bar - Users can input any text string that may be related to a Session for which they would like to browse, such as Series name, car, or track.
- - Sort - The displayed results can be reorganized based on several criteria. If there are many results, this page is paginated, so Sorting can come in handy.
- - Filters - Criteria that can be applied to further limit the displayed results. These filter criteria include reference to the number or drivers or if specific drivers relative to the user are included (such as Friends), the type of Session (such as Race, or Quality), and the License Class Level.
- - Favorite - Only Favorite Series are displayed.
A helpful “About Spectating” information link is also available on the Spectate Sessions Page with some unique information about how Spectating works.

Automatic Crash Reporter
A new system has been implemented which automatically copies crash dump files and log files whenever a user generates them and adds them to a database iRacing can access for analysis.
- - We hope this system will catch unreported issues we can address and enable us to see trends for issues in real-time. This system is only in place for crash events from within the Simulator application at the present time.
An Opt-Out option is available for the Automatic Crash Reporter tool.
- - This option can be found in the Account Settings page.
- - Opting Out prevents automatic sending of crash reports to iRacing. iRacing will not automatically collect crash report data from you.
- - The default for users is Opt-In.

Downloader
The options for selecting which content to Update/Download have been consolidated into a dropdown menu, and a new option “Select Owned” has been added.
- - The new Select Owned option includes all Required Updates, as well as all content you own, and is now the default selection mode.

Series
The Drive Now dropdown now offers a Track Info option which displays the Track INfo page for the chosen week.

Leagues
Nicknames and Car #'s are now visible in the League Roster by league members and not just league admins.
Fixed an issue where if you stayed on the League Sessions page while a session launched, the session would disappear from the screen until the page was refreshed.

Spotter
Fixed an issue where spotters in Race Sessions were being presented with a “Forfeit” button when they wished to exit or stop spotting for the session.

Help
The “Get Support” option has been relabeled to: “Support & Live Chat” and is now a blue color for improved visibility.
- - The function of this button remains the same in that it opens a browser to the iRacing Support page where FAQs and Live Chat are available.


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AI Racing
Fixed an issue where AI rosters with 11 or more car types did not correctly grid cars by relative speed.

Tires
Rolling drag parameters for tires without ABS on off-track surfaces have been updated.

Spotter
All explicitly triggered spotter messages, such as damage report, will now always play when triggered even if the spotter has been temporarily silenced.
The off-track Spotter messages for the car immediately in front or behind of the player for position have been updated for improved accuracy.
The "That car is a lap down" spotter message will now only play for cars that are in the same class as the player.
Fixed an issue where the Spotter was miscalculating your Strength of Field competition while gridding.
Nearly 160 of the original iRacing Aussie Spotter calls have been re-recorded and improved!

Spotter - Foreign Language
A new “SPCC_MID_ZERO” optional spotter call has been added that lets spotter translators call out zeros in a number.
- - As an example, the number 1001 would be called as “SPCC_N1000 + SPCC_MID_ZERO + SPCC_N1”. This only triggers on zeros above the first digit and below the last digit, and if two zeros are next to each other it will only call zero once.

Graphics
Fixed an issue where smoke was not appearing in VR with SPS enabled while using Low particle detail.

Telemetry
The units for "AirPressure" have been changed from “inHg” to “Pa” to better match other telemetry values.


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<Car Class> NASCAR Legends - 1987 Cars
iRacing setups have been updated.

Acura ARX-06 GTP
The new official HRC paint scheme has been added.

BMW M4 GT4
Fixed an issue where parts of the cockpit model could appear to seep onto the windshield banner at distant camera views.

Dallara IR18
iRacing setups have been updated.

Ferrari 296 GT3
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue that prevented the rear wing from being repaired when the rear panel was also broken.

Modified - SK / NASCAR Whelen Tour Modified
(Modified - SK) - iRacing setups fuel level have been updated.

NASCAR Legends Pontiac Grand Prix - 1987
For the New Damage Model, updated the nose shapes of the car.

Super Formula SF23
The Launch Control system may now be triggered in Sessions using Fixed Setups.
The Overtake System variables have been added to live telemetry output (they are shown as P2P).
Front Wing and Rear Wing spotter messages have been added to the new damage repair bindings.
Fixed a variety of issues with the Overtake System, including:
- - Fixed an issue with incorrect timing at Fuji International Speedway - Grand Prix and Twin Ring Motegi - Grand Prix.
- - Fixed an issue where the Overtake System could be locked-out after reconnected to a Session.
- - Fixed an issue where the Overtake System timer was not getting reset correctly when Cautions occurred.
Fixed an issue where the color of the pit box tent was not correctly referencing the car paint pattern.


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Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Italian PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Portuguese PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Italian PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Charlotte Motor Speedway
A tirestack collision shape has been tightened to prevent ghost-contacts.

Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya
Spanish PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Circuit de Lédenon
French PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
French PA announcements and commentary have been added at this track.

Kern County Raceway Park
(Legends) - Fixed an issue with fence collision.

A Hotfix Release has been completed.

You can find the Release Notes for this deployment below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/49237/2023-season-4-patch-2-hotfix-1-release-notes-2023-09-29-03#latest



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This Hotfix includes critical fixes for issues introduced with the 2023 Season 4 Patch 2 Release.


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Dirt Racing
Fixed an issue with excessive grip and smoke generation on dirt track surfaces that are on top of asphalt surfaces.

Replays
Fixed an issue with replays where strange shadowy areas could appear on, across, or near track edges and surfaces.


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Dallara IR18
Fixed an issue where some body kit elements were removed while having the New Damage Model applied, but were later not reattached. They were found on the garage floor, and have been reattached!

Ferrari 296 GT3
For the New Damage Model, strengthened the nose and rear panels, and slightly strengthened the wheels.

Super Formula SF23
Fixed an issue with the available Sponsors and fonts for this car in the Paint Shop.


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Kern County Raceway Park
(Asphalt Track) Fixed an issue where a gate along the back wall could snag cars that got too close.

2023 Season 4 Patch 2 has been deployed.

This Patch includes updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Release, including the new Super Formula SF23 Honda model version!

Release Notes can be found below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48989/2023-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2023-09-26-02#latest

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This Patch includes updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Release, including the new Super Formula SF23 Honda model version!


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General
All tables displayed throughout iRacing have been updated so that they always show the most important and relevant information regardless of the iRacing window width.
- - This means the most important information for all tables will remain, even if the iRacing window is extremely narrow. Also, as window width increases, a logical priority of additional columns will be added to the user's view while maintaining optimal legibility and column width.
- - This also means some items are no longer visible at some breakpoints. Typically this information is available by either making the UI wider, decreasing the scale, or clicking on a row to open the relevant menu.
Logic added to prevent the Updater from being launched more than once, even if Update is clicked multiple times.
- - This should prevent users from getting into a state where they need to manually execute the iRacingUpdater.tmp.exe in order to complete the update process.
Fixed an issue that could cause iRacing to fail to load when freshly installed and using a screen resolution of 1920x1080 or smaller.
Fixed an issue that could cause iRacing to fail to refresh when Maintenance mode ended.

Results
An event log table is now available on the Results screen.
- - It appears below the Results table and displays the lap number, time, and event description. It also includes checkboxes that highlight the associated rows in the table when selected.
- - There is another update coming to improve the behavior of the "Highlight By Event" selection to allow it to work for big, some might say “Special”, events.

Paint Shop
Fixed an issue with rendering cars.


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Race Control
Fixed an issue where some Drive Through Penalties were behaving like Stop-and-Go Penalties.
Fixed an issue that could allow the “Ready to Race” button to appear when a registered driver was already in the final Session of an event, and there were no additional Sessions for which to be ready.

Graphics
Fixed an issue that could cause older track surfaces to appear extra shiny.
Fixed an issue where car paints could shuffle onto incorrect cars when a Session’s video memory requirements greatly exceeded the GPU’s dedicated RAM. For example, when running a very large session on an older GPU. In this case, texture quality needed to be reduced to fit the Session into video memory, and that was interfering with the Simulation’s car paint management.
Fixed an issue where the Simulation only supported 44 paint jobs if the user’s GPU VRAM allocation was set to less than one gigabyte in the Graphics Options. So if the field was more than 44 cars and the GPU was older, some of the cars would remain unpainted.
Fixed an issue where if a car in a Session had an invalid paint scheme or invalid paint files, it could cause other cars to appear untextured or white.
Fixed an issue where if there was a car visible in the world, but the previous driver had exited the car, the car would not repaint until a driver got back into the car.

Audio
The selection order for the Driver Audio Filters have been reorganized in order of intensity.
Fixed an issue that was causing extra static sounds in the Spotter/Crew Chief and Voice Chat channels.

Spotter - Crew Chief
Requested damage report calls will now be received regardless of the chattiness level.

Spotter - Foreign Language
The Russian Dmitry Eniseev spotter pack has been updated.
- - Spasibo, Dmitry!


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ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup
(ARCA Menards Chevy) - iRacing setups for Kern County Raceway Park have been added.

Audi R8 GT3
A logo stamp position from the top of the hood has been removed since it was conflicting with the number board.

Dallara IR18
iRacing setups have been updated.

Ferrari 296 GT3
For the New Damage Model, substantially lowered the break limits for the engine cover.
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where the rear wing could fail to break even if the rear panels were broken.
Fixed a dashboard issue with the display of tire pressure in Metric units.
Fixed an issue where cockpit mirrors would fail to render when the Old Damage Model was in use.
Fixed an issue where the vehicle engine sound emitters were incorrectly in the front of the vehicle.
Fixed a rendering order issue with the driver’s right foot and the gas pedal at certain camera distances.

Ford Mustang FR500S
For the New Damage Model, the front suspension has been strengthened to reduce potential damage from curb strikes.

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO
Fixed an issue where the rear wing was using an incorrect pivot point when viewed from inside the cockpit.

Lotus 79
iRacing setups have been updated.

Porsche 963 GTP
Ambient occlusion of the footwell has been improved.
Garage parameters have been updated to reduce the likelihood that fringe setups fail tech once loaded into the world.

Ray FF1600
Fixed an issue where cockpit mirrors would fail to render when the Old Damage Model was in use.

Super Formula SF23
NEW HONDA MODEL VERSION!
- A new Honda model version of the Super Formula SF23 is now available for use!
- - The Honda model version of the Super Formula SF23 comes with the New Damage Model enabled, and is AI Racing ready!
- - All customers who already own the Super Formula SF23 (Toyota model version) immediately gain access and ownership of this new Honda model version.
- - Any customer who purchases the Super Formula SF23 now gains access and ownership of BOTH the Honda and Toyota model versions.
Repair bindings have been updated to fix an issue that was preventing the front wings from being repaired.
Helmet visor tear-offs are now enabled for this car.
Fixed an issue where the start page on the digital display was not rendering correctly.
Fixed an issue where the vehicle engine and transmission sound emitters were incorrectly in the front of the vehicle.
Adjusted the position of the driver name on the roll hoop to better suit longer names.
Paint templates have been updated for areas that should appear as carbon fiber.
iRacing setups have been updated.

[Legacy] V8 Supercars Holden VF Commodore - 2014
Fixed an issue that prevented this car from receiving service in the pits.


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Circuit Zandvoort
(Oostelijk) - Pole sitter and odd positions now start on the right side during rolling starts.
Flags have been added to the pit building.
Fixed some issues with the pit walls and Turn 1 barriers appearing to flicker as the camera changed distances from them while using certain camera settings.
Fixed some issues with some environment objects appearing to flicker as the camera changed distances from them.

Fuji International Speedway
An additional gain-time checkpoint has been added to the final corner.
- - This is to prevent using the runoff area to get an advantage when taking the green for qualifying.

Homestead Miami Speedway
Removed a patch of racing dirt surface from near a Turn 1 curb that could confuse Race Control.

Kansas Speedway
The paved area below the innermost white line on the back stretch is now considered an apron.
- - This should prevent cars that are stopped here from causing full course cautions.

Kern County Raceway Park
(Asphalt & Legends) - Fixed an issue where the dynamic track surface was not behaving correctly.
(Asphalt) Added two missing caution lights.
Fixed an issue with the radio towers appearing to flicker as the camera changed distances from them.

This Hotfix includes critical fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Patch 1 Release.


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Security
Addressed an issue with local loading of assets across environments. (Fix deployed with 2023 Season 3 June release)
- - We would like to thank Ander Gómez for the responsible disclosure of the reported issue.
As a reminder, security issues can be reported at infosec@iracing.com.


Graphics
Options have been added so users can more directly control dynamic object shadows in mirrors.
- - Previously the "Higher Detail In Mirrors" option would control turning these shadows on for mirrors, and cube maps would always include these shadows.
- - We've changed this so there is an option to control if dynamic object shadows are used for the main view or for both the main view and mirrors. We've also changed cube maps so that they will never render dynamic object shadows.
- - This allows users to use higher detail mirrors without the additional cost of shadows. It also makes using cube maps less expensive.
Fixed an issue where the maximum allowable rendered shapes amount was too low for the recent graphics changes to the Deferred Rendering List with 2023 Season 4.
- - Overrunning the shape buffer was causing the user to crash out of the Simulator.

A new Patch has been deployed for iRacing 2023 Season 4.
Read the full Release Notes below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/48081/2023-season-4-patch-1-release-notes-2023-09-08-05#latest


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This Patch includes a variety of updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 4 Release.


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Paint Shop
Fixed an issue where the Paint Shop could freeze or run very slowly upon switching cars.


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Race Servers
Fixed an issue where a driver could crash the Simulator when transitioning from an Open Practice race server to a Race race server if their video memory usage would exceed the video memory slider’s limits.

Tires
Off-track surface parameters have been rebalanced for tire interaction.

Audio
Removed the "disableWindowsCoreAudio" entry from the “app.ini” file, as WindowsCoreAudio is essential for XAudio2.9.
- - This will automatically be removed after restarting the Simulator.


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<Car Class> GTP Cars
Fixed an issue where some rear view camera portals were using the incorrect aspect ratio.

Aston Martin DBR9 GT1
For the New Damage Model, the break limits for the hood have been reduced.

Acura ARX-06 GTP
Updated the UI images for this car.

Ferrari 296 GT3
Mirrors have been updated when viewing from farther camera distances.
Several artwork updates and fixes have been completed, including:
- - Fixed an issue where tires could flicker or render in front of other objects incorrectly.
- - Fixed an issue where the cockpit glass was turning white at certain viewing angles.
- - A missing windshield wiper has been found and attached.
- - The hue for white colors on the vehicle chassis have been updated.
- - The UI image for this car has been updated.
- - Ambient occlusion textures have been updated.

Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
Fixed an issue where the driver of this car could “T-pose” when the steering wheel was turned to its maximum rotations.

Modified - SK / NASCAR Whelen Tour Modified
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where the front bumper was made of ghost-metal. It is now a solid object, and will impact things in front of it correctly.

Porsche 963 GTP
Fuel economy has been adjusted slightly for improved class balance.

Super Formula SF23
Car Rules information has been added for this car.
Fixed an issue where this car was refueling during pit stops.
Fixed an issue where the rear wing lights could appear to detach from the car at far camera distances.


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Circuit de Lédenon
Many artwork updates and fixes have been completed, including:
- - Improved some visual popping as a camera changed distances from some objects, including trees and trucks.
- - Fence adverts have been added.
- - Some retaining walls have been added and the terrain has been molded to fit them.
- - The central trees have been updated.
- - Terrain detail textures have been updated.
- - The track marshal shed has been updated.
- - A floating tree has been relocated.

Circuit Zandvoort
Fixed an issue where some curbs were making incorrect sounds.
Pit entry bollards have improved physics.
Many artwork updates and fixes have been completed, including:
- - Fixed an issue where the pit garage building could appear to be floating in the air.
- - Fixed an issue with the pit wall surfaces flickering.
- - A variety of track surface, dirt, and terrain edge textures have been updated.
- - Fixed an issue with flickering pit wall textures.
- - Some catch fences have been updated.
- - Fixed an issue where the pit entrance fence was cutting through a wall.
- - Fixed some issues with the appearance of grandstands at certain camera distances.
- - Flagpoles have been updated.
- - Marshal hut safety cages have been installed and the numbers and signs for them have been relocated.
- - An embankment platform has been added.
- - Street lights have been added to the tunnel entrance and surrounding areas.
- - Waste bins have been updated.
- - A variety of dumpsters have been deployed to keep the track clean.
- - Some floating environment objects have been grounded.
- - Fixed an issue with the bloom on the roof of the pit building.
- - Various buildings outside the track area have been updated.

Kern County Raceway Park
Barney, Legendary Flagman, has brought his flagging booths over to the Dirt Track!
Catch fences have been added near the pit area.
Various walls near Turn 3 have been updated.

The iRacing 2023 Season 4 Release is here! This release contains a boot-load of both content and upgrades for 2023 Season 4, which officially starts on September 12th at 0000 UTC! The iRacing garage expands by FIVE bays to include: Acura ARX-06 GTP, Ferrari 296 GT3, NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix - 1987, Porsche 963 GTP, and Super Formula SF23. In addition, the iRacing map plants TWO new flags and updates a long-awaited third to include: Circuit de Lédenon, Kern County Raceway Park (Asphalt Track, Dirt Track, Legends, and Dirt Mini Oval), and a complete rebuild of Circuit Zandvoort using 2023 data (Grand Prix, Grand Prix w/ Chicane, Nationaal, and Oostelijk).

Our senior software engineers have continued their mission to squeeze every bit of optimization they can into the Simulator, and have further improved load times from last season as well as reduced the memory required to run iRacing. This has enabled us to allow up to TWELVE different car models to be in the same Session at a time without disrupting performance. Our Spotter system has also continued training from the previous season, and is ready to assist you with a variety of new calls, including: incidents or off-track events are ahead or behind you, reporting on damage taken and repair time estimates, reporting on the Strength of Field for the Session, and warning you when you’re on your last laps or time is running out for the event. A brand new audio feature has been added which can simulate the driver wearing ear protection or the effect of a helmet, adding to the immersion on-track. The Results page has received an overhaul for improved usability, including a fully featured “Find Past Results” button, which provides a bevy of selectable fields and filters to help you find exactly the sessions you want to see.

The New Damage Model has been put into practice on ALL FIVE brand new car models, and it has also been enabled for SEVEN existing car models. Our artificial intelligence trainers have given the green flag for ALL FIVE brand new car models, and for THREE existing car models, as well as all SEVEN non-dirt new race track configs, and ELEVEN existing race track configs. We have also added brand new top-notch vehicle setups for nearly every car in the service. Welcome to iRacing 2023 Season 4!


Season highlights include:

• Acura ARX-06 GTP
  
• Ferrari 296 GT3
  
• NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix - 1987
  
• Porsche 963 GTP
  
• Super Formula SF23
  
• Circuit de Lédenon
  
• Kern County Raceway Park (Asphalt Track, Dirt Track, Legends, and Dirt Mini Oval)
  
• Circuit Zandvoort, 2023 rescan and full update (Grand Prix, Grand Prix w/ Chicane, Nationaal, and Oostelijk)
  
• SIM Optimizations (Improved loading times, & reduced memory usage footprint)
  
• Ability to load 12 car models per Session
  
• Rolling drag improvements for tires on off-track surfaces
  
• Additional Spotter Calls (Incidents & off-track ahead/behind, damage report, time/laps remaining, and Strength of Field report)
  
• Driver Audio Filters (ear protection and helmet effects)
  
• Results Page overhaul and Search function
  
• New Damage Model for 12 vehicle models [Acura ARX-06 GTP, Dirt UMP Modified, Ferrari 296 GT3, Ford Mustang FR500S, Modified - SK / NASCAR Whelen Tour Modified (both models), NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix - 1987, NASCAR Xfinity Class Cars (all 3 models), Porsche 963 GTP, and Super Formula SF23]
  
• AI Racing for 8 vehicle models [Acura ARX-06 GTP, ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup (Gen 4 Cup Car), Audi 90 GTO, Ferrari 296 GT3, NASCAR Classic Pontiac Grand Prix - 1987, Nissan GTP ZXT, Porsche 963 GTP, Super Formula SF23]
  
• AI Racing at 18 track configurations [Circuit de Lédenon, Circuit Zandvoort (ALL 4 Configs), Kern County Raceway Park (Asphalt Oval & Legends), The Milwaukee Mile, Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke (Grand Prix w/out Arena, Kurzanbindung w/out Arena, Sprintstrecke), Road Atlanta (Club, Short), and [Legacy] Silverstone Circuit - 2008 (ALL 5 Configs)]
  
• Hundreds of professionally crafted iRacing vehicle setups

Visit our 2023 Season 4 features page here: https://www.iracing.com/seasons/2023-s4/


Read the full 2023 Season 4 Release Nots on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/47512/2023-season-4-release-notes-2023-09-05-03

2023 Season 3 Patch 3 has been deployed.

You can read the release notes for this update below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/45070/2023-season-3-patch-3-release-notes-2023-07-12-02#latest


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This Patch includes a variety of updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 3 Release.


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General
Fixed an issue where the iRacing window would appear to load, but could not be found anywhere on the screen.

Paint Shop
A new sponsor has been added to the Paint Shop, Screen to Speed!


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Steam Users
The Store purchase prices for both Cars and Tracks for iRacing Members with accounts through Steam have been raised by up to $1.00 each. iRacing Members that subscribe through iRacing directly have no change to pricing for all Cars and Tracks.
- - While direct iRacing purchases add the End-User Vat/Taxes to the price before completing the purchase, currently for Steam members, the End-User Vat/Taxes are built into the Steam price and purchase system. Therefore, some direct iRacing customers may have been paying more than some Steam customers. Because of this, Steam content pricing has increased by up to $1.00 to bring the content prices closer to identical for all Steam/iRacing customers.
- - Content pricing changes are as follows for iRacing Members with accounts through Steam:
- - - - $14.95 content is now $15.95 content.
- - - - $11.95 content is now $12.95 content.
- - - - $4.95 content is now $5.25 content.
- - - - $2.95 content is now $3.25 content.
This update is in effect as of today’s 2023 Season 3 Patch 3 deployment, July 13th, 2023.
This pricing change was announced on the iRacing Forums here:
- - https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44791/steam-content-pricing-update#latest

Connectivity
The use of IPv6 "Unique Local" addresses is now allowed.
- - Such addresses are intended to be used only inside private networks (see RFC-4193), similar to the IPv4 private address space.

Optimization
For users with hybrid CPUs, the worker thread pool algorithm will now be restricted to a maximum number of four Enki threads at any time.
- - Based on our testing and helpful feedback from our Members, this appears to be an optimal setting while we continue to investigate and test for additional hybrid CPU solutions.

Race Control
Race Admin commands are now fully disabled during Time Attack and Time Trial Sessions.

AI Racing
AI Drivers have improved their racecraft at roval-type tracks and should no longer attempt passes on the aprons of oval corners
AI Drivers have improved their skills at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Full Course.

Dirt Racing
For Dirt Road racing, tire sinkage has been adjusted slightly to increase grip.
The starting state for track dirt is more varied than before, providing a slightly different experience each time you run the same track.

New Damage Model
Object parameters for cone objects have been updated. Cones should be stiffer, and slightly less likely to get lodged inside other objects and cars.

Graphics
Fixed an issue where SpeedTrees appeared extra dark at night.
Fixed a crash-to-desktop error that could occur when switching to SPS when FSR was enabled.
Fixed an issue where headlights were super effective at illuminating SpeedTrees regardless of distance.

Virtual Reality
Fixed an issue with the appearance of low resolution particles while AMD FSR was enabled.


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Dallara iR-01
Some incorrectly named and duplicate iRacing setups have been removed.

Dallara IR18
Fixed an issue with the appearance of the vinyl wrapped suspension after taking damage.

Dirt Late Model
For the New Damage Model, the recent stiffness adjustment to the right-rear panel has been reverted.

Ford GT GT2 / GT3
(GT3) - The accuracy of the garage aero balance calculator has been improved.

Indy Pro 2000 PM-18
A New Damage Model tuning update has been completed which stiffens sidepods, lowers friction on sidepods and chassis panels, and lowers the break limits for the nose and sidepods.

Late Model Stock
iRacing setups have been updated with new fuel levels.

Ligier JS P320
A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed which reduces the ease for scrape damage to appear on body panels, and slightly lowers the break limits for the nose and engine cover.

Lucas Oil Off Road Pro 2 Lite
Center-of-gravity location has been adjusted slightly.
Tire tread pattern has been adjusted.

Lucas Oil Off Road Pro Trucks
(ALL) - Center-of-gravity location has been adjusted slightly.
(ALL) - Tire tread pattern has been adjusted.

Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
The accuracy of the garage aero balance calculator has been improved.

Mercedes-AMG GT4
The valve stem is no longer visible on tires when they are spinning.

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
The accuracy of the garage aero balance calculator has been improved.

USF 2000
A New Damage Model tuning update has been completed which stiffens sidepods, lowers friction on sidepods and chassis panels, and lowers the break limits for the nose and sidepods.


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Willow Springs International Raceway
Fixed an issue where no slowdown penalty was applied for cutting the entirety of Turn 5.

2023 Season 3 Patch 2 has been released!

Read the Release Notes below, or on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/44074/2023-season-3-patch-2-release-notes-2023-06-21-03#latest


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This Patch includes a variety of updates and fixes for the 2023 Season 3 Release.


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Hosted Sessions
Hosted sessions using Fixed setups now display the setup names in the Session Info tab of the modal.


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Optimization
Improved the Enki worker thread pool allocation algorithm.
- - This allocation adjustment should greatly improve performance for Enki threads on Intel 12th Gen CPUs.

Options
Helpful text has been added to the voice chat notification dropdown menu.

Dirt Racing
For the Dirt Refresh Project, reduced the variance in the amount of water in the track on dirt road courses.
For the Dirt Refresh Project, dirt displacement from tires on dirt road tracks has been reduced slightly.

AI Racing
AI Drivers now classify cars in lower classes more as obstacles rather than other drivers, which should allow for much more decisive passing. They are also hard-coded to think slower drivers are pathetic, so up your game!
AI Drivers have improved their passing techniques for cars at very different speeds. They should move laterally to pass at a more optimal distance from the target.
Further improved AI Drivers’ lateral positioning alongside other cars while racing on Road tracks.

Spotter
The spotter message for setting the overall fastest lap will now only play for Open Practice or Race Sessions. In lone sessions, the personal best message may play instead.

Graphics
Fixed an issue in Windows 11 where VSYNC could not be disabled when running the Sim in a window. This also fixes an issue in Windows 11 where the graphics auto-config always detected high-end GPUs as low-end GPUs, due to the test getting locked to the refresh rate and messing it up. This change also allows VSYNC to be toggled for windowed modes for the first time, and also now VSYNC setting changes take effect immediately without restarting the sim.
- - NOTE #1: there are cases due to Windows and device drivers where VSYNC settings don't work still, where VSYNC won't turn on. For instance, usually it doesn't work if running using NVIDIA Surround, etc.. Also device driver settings may be overriding the Sim's application settings.
- - NOTE #2: When launching in full-screen mode with VSYNC off, if you Alt+Enter or Alt+Tab out of full-screen into a windowed mode, VSYNC will usually automatically enable until you Alt+Enter back into full-screen. It seems to be a DXGI limitation.

Force Feedback
Fixed an issue that could cause the wheel force slider in the Options tab to fail to auto-detect your wheel if you had not yet entered a car.
Some additional wheel models have been added to the force feedback auto-detect routine.


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<Car Class> GT3 Cars
For the New Damage Model, a tuning update has been completed which lowered the stiffness of rub blocks.

Audi R8 LMS GT3
Fixed an issue where some mirrors would appear at the incorrect location when the New Damage Model was in use.

BMW M Hybrid V8
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where heavy damage to only body panels could erroneously cause a Meatball flag.

Cadillac V-Series.R GTP
For the New Damage Model, aerodynamic model penalties have been updated.
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where heavy damage to only body panels could erroneously cause a Meatball flag.

Dallara IR18
Fixed an issue where vinyl wheel wraps were being duplicated.

Dallara P217
For the New Damage Model, strengthened the rear wing and rear body panels.
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where heavy damage to only body panels could erroneously cause a Meatball flag.

Dirt Late Model
(ALL) - For the New Damage Model, a tuning update has been completed which increased friction on the right side-panels and tire sidewalls, stiffened the right rear corner, and lowered the break limit on the front wheels to make wall riding more dangerous.

Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020
Fixed an issue where suffering critical damage to only a very small area of the car could cause an unauthorized moon launch.

Ligier JS P320
Downshifting has been made smoother, especially 3rd to 2nd gear.

Lucas Oil Off Road Pro 2 Lite
Center of Gravity height has been adjusted slightly.

Lucas Oil Off Road Pro Trucks
(ALL) - Center of Gravity height has been adjusted slightly.

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
For the New Damage Model, fixed an issue where the nose panel was substantially heavier than it should have been, and adjusted the yield limits for the pieces.
Fuel Pressure warning label has been updated to Fuel Level warning.

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
2023 Season 3 Balance of Power Adjustment: Engine torque has been reduced slightly.
Fuel Pressure warning label has been updated to Fuel Level warning.
Fixed an issue where the fuel hood cover would not be present at some tracks unless the car had taken damage.
iRacing setups have been updated.


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Charlotte Motor Speedway
Fixed an issue where the caution lights were not using the proper lightmap settings.

Chicago Street Course
Track logo has been updated to the latest version from NASCAR.
A variety of signs have been updated to match the current real-world track.