More improvements to the new iRacing Tempest weather system have arrived with iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 released, including more visible rear rain lights to help you spot other cars, and server optimisation when lots of wet races are taking place. These two tweaks should help you see other cars more easily, and reduce recent issues with disconnects from online races. A … [Read more...]
Originally launched in 2008, the subscription-based iRacing service has always focused on being the most accurate sim racing representation of motorsport competition, with a license and safety rating system for access to specific cars and series, and iRating for skill-based splits in official races.
Membership gives you access to a selection of cars and circuits, with many more available to purchase individually.
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Hotfix 1 Released
With the huge new Season 2 update bringing the Tempest weather system among other changes, it's not surprising that a few glitches occurred for sim racers on Tuesday night. But there's been a quick response to the major problems with iRacing 2024 Season 2 Hotfix 1 released within around 24 hours. Problems included many sim racers being unable to access the download or load … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Update Released
Accompanied by some technical problems and news of a hotfix being published in response on Wednesday, March 6th, we've now seen the long-awaited arrival of rain in the racing sim with the iRacing 2024 Season 2 Update released. Following the usual schedule of a release on the Tuesday for Week 13 testing, many sim racers encountered issues downloading the update, and then … [Read more...]
Four More Circuits To Join The iRacing Membership Package
While I'd debate the popular opinion that iRacing is too expensive for most people, it's about to become better value in 2024 Season 2, with four more circuits to join the iRacing membership package. You already get around 33 circuits included in a standard subscription, including the Centripetal test track and some legancy versions of venues including Silverstone, Texas … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Hotfix 1 Released
A global bug causing phantom collisions (often referred to as netcode contacts by sim racers) will hopefully be fixed with iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Hotfix 1 released. Netcode refers to an issue with all online games, where the time it takes for your PC or console to communicate with the servers can mean your position or that of other cars is different to what's on your … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Released
The art and textures of the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars has been updated to match the new season with iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 released. Not only does the real world Cup Series kicking off on Sunday 4th February at the LA Memorial Coliseum for the pre-season exhibition race, but the revamped eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series starts on January 30th, 2024 at Daytona … [Read more...]
2024 iRacing Daytona 24 Winners and Statistics
It's one of the biggest endurance events in sim racing, and the 2024 iRacing Daytona 24 winners and statistics demonstrate an impressive start to the year. In the top split, the GTP victory went to Atte Kaupinen, Moreno Sirica, INDYCAR driver Agustin Canapine and Carl E Jansson in the #6 Williams Esports Playseat, winning by 6.375 seconds after 24 hours of racing. The #69 … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 3 Released
Ahead of the special events season kicking off this weekend with the ROAR, we've seen 2024 Season 1 Patch 3 released, which includes updates to the Daytona International Speedway. It's a relatively small update in total, with 269MB for the entire download if you select everything The Daytona Road Course gets adjustments to checkpoints for penalties, along with tyre stacks … [Read more...]
iRacing Cuts Connection To The Member Site on Jan 16 2024
Sim racers will need to use the new User Interface for more of their admin and race hosting as iRacing cuts connection to the Member Site on Jan 16 2024. While the 'Legacy Membersite' will still be available, and usable for account management, the iRacing Store and Gift Cards, Stats and Race Results, the connection to the actual Simulator is being ended. It was originally … [Read more...]
iRacing and Indycar Sign A Multiyear Licensing Agreement
Things finally go back to normal, as iRacing and Indycar sign a multiyear licensing agreement which goes into effect immediately. This means the return of the iRacing Indianapolis 500, Indycar branding and events, and an extension to the license for the Indianpolis Motor Speedway. The two brands had worked together for more than a dozen years, and the Indy 500 was one of … [Read more...]
The 2023 iRacing Stats Show Some Impressive Numbers
With a total of 501,657,697 laps completed over the last 12 months, and 1,565,866 total events, the 2023 iRacing stats show some impressive numbers. Posted with a couple of days left in the year, there are some interesting insights from the figures shared by iRacing, including the number of unique drivers, and the proportion of ranked events versus those hosted by … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 2 Released
Christmas offers a chance for many of us to indulge our sim racing during some time off, and there are some new tweaks and improvements to download with iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 2 released. It's a fairly small update, coming in around 364MB, with the most notable changces being a tuning pass for the New Damage Model across the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3 classes. And some slightly … [Read more...]
The iRacing 2024 Season 1 Update Is Now Available
After a slight delay, the iRacing 2024 Season1 update is now available, with an 11.52GB download if you choose everything available. It adds the new Audi R8 LMS EVO II Gt3, Mugello, Slinger Speedway, a rework of Okayama, and the new damage model for 16 new car models, including the Audi. Mugello was originally opened in 1974 to replace road races in the area, and is mostly … [Read more...]
The iRacing 2024 Season 1 Update Is Delayed By 24 Hours
Originally scheduled to arrive today, the iRacing 2024 Season 1 update is delayed by 24 hours until Wednesday December 6th, 2023, with downtime from 8:00 EST, or 1pm GMT/UTC. It's been postponed while the team investigate an undisclosed issue, which is the first time in a while that a release hasn't happened on a Tuesday as planned. And while you're waiting, the iRacing Test … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 4 Released
You don't expect major changes towards the end of an official season, but there are some important tweaks to note with iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 4 released. The main updates have been for the New Damage Model, as it applies to the GTP Class, NASCAR Next Gen, and the Ferrari 296 GT3, which means some parts will break more easily and others will stand up to damage a little … [Read more...]