The main changes are for the Mercedes-AMG GT4 with the iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 4 released to download in around 114MB. The German sportscar gets an improved ABS system, a slightly increased vehicle mass and fixes for issues with the fuel consumption and rev lights weren't working as intended. It's a fairly small patch, as you'd expect for an update arriving later in an … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 3 Released
The new Auto Fuel functionality gets tweaked with iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 3 released now to download, along with some updates to the damage model on a range of cars and various other tweaks and improvements. Car changes are fairly limited, with the GT4 class getting improved ABS, and BoP tweaks including slight mass increases for the McLaren 570S and Mercdes-AMG, more … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 2 Released
You'll need to drive a little more carefully in various classes of car with iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 2 released to download. It's a fairly small download, but includes body panel adjustments to generally weaken the strength of cars including the TCRs, GT4s, classic 1987 NASCARs, MX-5 Cup, Street Stock and various open wheelers. And while you'll generally try and avoid … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 1 Update Released
As the official series begin for another 12 weeks of competitive sim racing, we've seen the iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 1 update released to tweak the new cars and tracks along with existing content. This includes some minor issues with the new free Ray FF1600, and removing a hand brake previously available for the Renault Clio R.S. V, along with adding the Gen 4 Cup version … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 2 Update Released
There's a lot to download with 3.68GB of required and optional changes, tweaks and new content now that we've seen the iRacing 2023 Season 2 update released. The biggest news is the arrival of three new cars, with the Ray FF1600 joining the sim racing platform as a free addition, and the paid Renault Clio R.S V and Late Model Stocks also becoming available. Another potential … [Read more...]
New Late Model And Official Partnership For iRacing
Short track sim racers will have something to look forward to in Season 2, with a new Late Model and official partnership for iRacing with the CARS Tour. The new car is based on the JR Motorsports' CARS Late Model Stock Tour entry which won both the driver and owner championships with Carson Kvapil. And it should be accurate, given that the owner of the team and CARS Tour is … [Read more...]
iRacing Announces The End For The VW Jetta TDi Cup Car
It's personally a sad day as iRacing announces the end for the VW Jetta TDi Cup Car, confirming it will be replaced for 2023 Season 2 by the new Clio Cup in the Production Car Challenge. Retirement was always likely for the Jetta following the reveal of the new Clio. The diesel saloon briefly competed in one-make series in America from 2008 until 2011, along with some racing … [Read more...]
The Renault Clio Cup Is Coming To iRacing
Following an accidential leak via the iRacing forums yesterday, it's now been confirmed that the Renault Clio Cup is coming to iRacing. After various people spotted the file name in the screenshot of sound clips, images of the car have now been sharing on the official iRacing social media channels. Given that the car model looks pretty much finished, it suggests the Clio … [Read more...]
iRacing Preview Jerez And The Formula 1600
New content appears in video as iRacing preview Jerez and the Formula 1600 with work in progress footage. While the lap of the Spanish track is very clearly work in progress, the thumbnail on Youtube does display 'Season 02' suggesting both could be released in a couple of weeks. iRacing previously released a laserscan image of the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto, a 2.751 … [Read more...]
iRacing Tease The Jerez Circuit
A Spanish track best known to fans of MotoGP will soon be coming to sim racing, as iRacing tease the Jerez circuit for release in the near future. The Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto is a 2.751 mile (4.428km) track located close to Jerez de la Frontera, and originally opened in December, 1985. It famously hosted the 1997 European Grand Prix, which saw Jacques Villenueve … [Read more...]
iRacing Tease A New Formula Ford
The 2023 season has already seen one long-running car being retired from iRacing series in the shape of the Pontiac Solstice. Now as iRacing tease a new Formula Ford, it suggests the same fate might fall on the Skip Barber Formula 2000 in the near future. The Formula Ford class of single seater, open-wheel racing has been running since a first event at Brands Hatch on … [Read more...]