A collection of fairly minor improvements and fixes have been deployed with iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 6 available now. The only car specific changes are increasing the drag on the NASCAR Series Cup cars. There have been some further tweaks to the new NASCAR Road chicance at Daytona International Speedway. And an issue which caused the game to crash when you're going from … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 5 And New Daytona Layout Out Now
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 5 is available to download now. And probably the biggest news is that it includes the new NASCAR Road Layout for Daytona International Speedway. The new configuration was only revealed a few days ago for the real world NASCAR event taking place at Daytona on August 15th and 16th, 2020. So it's pretty impressive that you can try out the new layout … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 4 Released
In a slightly change to the normal Tuesday schedule, we've seen iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 4 released on a Thursday. And it includes a number of changes for the new damage model. Most of the updates are minor tweaks and improvements including how car damage is displayed on opponent cars and to prevent more unusual behaviour when wheels and suspension is damaged. The rest … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 Released
A relatively small update has appeared with iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 released now to download before you can resume racing. It follows the publication of Patch 3 at the every end of June, which had a fairly sizeable list of improvements, tweaks and fixes for the game and individual cars. The updates in iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 do have a couple … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 3 Released
The third season of the year is well underway. And with iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 3 released, we've seen plenty of updates, tweaks and improvements released in the four weeks since competitive sim racing resumed on the service. Having already released Patch 1 and Patch 2 in June, the third update came out on the last day of the month. And it comes with a couple of … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 2 Released
Another week has brought with it more improvements as we see iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 2 released. One of the main changes is to the 'Lucky Dog' rule when you're racing on ovals. Formally known as the beneficiary rule, the 'Lucky Dog' allows the closest lapped driver to be waved around everyone to gain back a lap. Which certainly confused me the first time I encountered … [Read more...]
iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 1 Released
It's almost time to start another 12 weeks of competition. So it makes sense to see iRacing 2020 Season 3 Patch 1 released today, before all the normal series start once more from Tuesday June 9th. Obviously the most recent update and release of new cars covered a lot of the big new changes. So this is more a rundown of tweaks and improvements for a wide range of … [Read more...]
Huge iRacing 2020 Season 3 Update Arrives Tomorrow
We already knew a lot of new cars were about to be released. But the patch notes have been shared to reveal that an absolutely huge iRacing 2020 Season 3 update arrives tomorrow. The sim racing service will go into downtime mode from 12 noon UTC (8am EDT, 10pm AEST), with overlap sessions prevented from six hours earlier. While iRacing is offline, you can always use the Test … [Read more...]
BMW M4 GT4 Coming to iRacing in June 2020
There will now be six new cars appearing next month, with the BMW M4 GT4 coming to iRacing in June 2020. We'd almost forgotten about it being teased back in January with the recent announcements of the 1987 NASCAR cars, the Ford F-150, and the open wheel duo of the Indy Pro 2000 and US F2000. It means that there will now be two GT4 choices for iRacing competitors, as the … [Read more...]
iRacing Announces A Rescanned Kentucky Speedway
More NASCAR oval news as iRacing announces a rescanned Kentucky Speedway ready for release as part of 2020 Season 3. The current iRacing version of the tri-oval will now become the "Legacy Kentucky Speedway 2011", and if you bought it in the last 24 months, you'll get the rescanned and updated circuit for free. The 1.5 mile tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky is a … [Read more...]
iRacing Adds The NASCAR Trucks Ford F-150 In June
There are plenty of new cars coming to iRacing this summer. We already knew the Indy Pro 2000 and US F2000 open wheel racers were coming for iRacing 2020 Season 3. Plus the retro Winston Cup cars. And now iRacing adds the NASCAR Trucks Ford F-150 in June. The iRacing NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will expand to three choices, with the Ford F-150 joining the … [Read more...]
North Wilkesboro Speedway Arrives in iRacing
It's been talked about and teased for a while. But North Wilkesboro Speedway arrives in iRacing as a treat for anyone wanting to revisit a famous short track venue or try it out for the first time. Opening in Wilkesboro Township, North Carolina in 1949, the 0.625 mile circuit hosted top level NASCAR racing, including 93 Winston Cup Series races, until it closed in 1996. … [Read more...]