There's a required update to download to race this week with iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 released. It follows the previous patch deployment on April 7th. While that update largely made changes for the new damage model, the big news from the hotfix is probably that Logitech TrueForce support has been temporarily disabled due to a bug which cases a lockup at sim … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 3 Released
The focs is on the new damage model, with iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 3 released for the sim racing service. The system has be re-enabled for the Street Stock, and a wide range of cars have had adjustments to wheel and body durability. But the ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala and the 1987 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Ford Thunderbird will have to wait a bit longer. Other … [Read more...]
Formula Vee Coming To iRacing For Free
Despite being announced on April 1st, it seems there's going to be a new open wheel car available on the sim racing service, with the Formula Vee coming to iRacing for free in June, 2021. The Formula Vee will be a rookie class open wheel series. And it should be popular as the real world series has been running since 1964 in the U.S, with other series in the UK, Ireland, … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 2 Released
Pit lane starts should be possible again with iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 2 released. After the previous update, drivers were finding that they were unable to move when starting from the pits. And there are also some improvements to the pace car, and releasing drivers in multi-class races, along with various other changes to cars, tracks, and animations. Off-track excursions … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Hotfix 1 Out Now
We knew this update was coming immediately after the release of the first Season 2 patch and the discovery of some issues with the new damage model roll out. Unfortunately, even with iRacing 2021 Season 2 Hotfix 1 out now to download, the new system will be kept disabled for the time being. But hopefully the issue causing iRacing to crash back to the desktop has now been … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Hotfix 1 and the McLaren 570s GT4
You'd expect some quick fixes to be available following the big Season 2 update. But in a bit of a surprise we've seen iRacing 2021 Season 2 Hotfix 1 and the McLaren 570s GT4 both arrive for the sim racing service. And the 3.8 litre twin turbo V8 is certainly a nice unexpected extra. The McLaren joins the existing BMW M4 GT4 and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR on iRacing … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Release Notes
Although iRacing will always publicise upcoming new cars, tracks and big changes, you tend to only get a detailed list of updates when the latest deployment goes live. But that's changed with a draft version of the iRacing 2021 Season 2 release notes already available. And it's quite a list, with even the season highlights running to several lines. On the car front there's a … [Read more...]
New iRacing GT3 Challenge Fixed Series Announced
Aimed at those who don't have time for the existing VRS GT Sprint or IMSA series, there's a new iRacing GT3 Challenge fixed series announced to debut in iRacing 2021 Season 2. Revealed by Greg West on the iRacing forums, the series will offer 20 minute races, open to anyone with a B Class licence. And they'll be run using fixed set ups on the seven GT3 cars which are also … [Read more...]
Team ORD Enters The VW Jetta Cup
It's been a while since there's been any official Team ORD competitive sim racing. But having already shared my love of the VW Jetta and the Sim-Lab PCC series on iRacing, I couldn't resist signing up to the new VW Jetta Cup being organised by The Racing Line. It's a 12 week series for 30 drivers, with the schedule mirroring the PCC series. Taking place on Monday evenings … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 2 Video: New Damage Model For More Cars
An iRacing 2021 Season 2 video preview has revealed more cars will move onto the new damage model, covering open wheels and oval racing. The new system has been rolled out gradually across cars over the last 18 months or so, and now four more series will be included. The cars using the new damage model in iRacing 2021 Season 2 will be: The Dallara iR-01The Formula Renault … [Read more...]
2021 eNASCAR iRacing – Leahy Wins at Homestead
The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series went to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the second round of the championship. And the race was won by polesitter Keegan Leahy, taking his first victory of the year. After qualifying first, the 23XI Racing driver had a relatively calm route to victory, leading 105 laps in a race which stayed under the green flag for the duration. The main … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 1 Patch 5 Released
A new update has arrived with iRacing 2021 Season 1 Patch 5 released for everyone to download. And it seems to focus largely on changes to race servers for bigger events, which isn't surprising following some issues with the recent Daytona races. It includes a Status page to help you find out about outages, a new Warm-Up Session option, and changes to how the race servers … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 1 Patch 4 Released
Delayed from the normal Tuesday schedule, we've now seen iRacing 2021 Season 1 Patch 4 released. It's a fairly small update for file size, clocking in at 151Mb, but as always, there are some parts required to be installed before you can race again. The biggest changes are for the NASCAR Cup Series cars, with downforce reduced, engine cooling increased, and paramaters … [Read more...]
2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Announced
Having started in 2020 partly as a result of the massive disruption to motorsport and sim racing, the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series returns with a new 10-race schedule. Initally planned as a one-off event, it quickly moved into an eight race series echoing the NASCAR Cup schedule aside from a final race held at the virtual version of North Wilkesboro. Winners … [Read more...]
The 2021 iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona
It took a while longer than expected, but the 2021 iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona took place on January 22nd-24th. The huge popularity of the event, with around 10,000 drivers waiting to take part, unfortunately led to a few hours of delays in getting started. Some drivers were waiting several hours to register and race, and still encountered problems joining online sessions. … [Read more...]