While it's always been seen as the leader in competitive online sim racing, the single player AI experience has always been pretty good in iRacing. But it's about to get a lot more interesting as Adaptive AI opponents arrive with iRacing 2025 Season 2. AI racers were first introduced towards the end of 2019 and start of 2020, and since then more cars and tracks have been … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 and 2 Released
It's not surprising to see further refinements and improvements following the introduction of the new Tempest weather system. But the Epic Online Services (EOS) version of AntiCheat software has also created some issues, which is why we've seen iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 and 2 released over the past week. A significant proportion of sim racers found that they … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Released
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 3 Released
The biggest change is to how you buy new cars and tracks with iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 3 released. There's now a shopping cart integrated into the new user interface, although you'll still need to visit the classic member website if you want to complete your purchase via PayPal. But you can send gifts, buy content, and redeem promo codes, all within the iRacing app from now … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Released
There's been a fairly small update with iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 released, mainly focusing on some slight tweaks to the newest cars and circuits. The most notable is that a gate at Kern County Raceway Park should no longer snag cars that get to close to it along the back wall of the asphalt track. And the Ferrari 296 GT3 has been strengthened slightly so it can … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 2 Adds Honda SF23 Engines
The Super Formula series now replicates the real world championship, as iRacing 2023 Season 4 Patch 2 adds Honda SF23 engines which can be chosen as an alternative Toyota power. Whether you already own the Super Formula SF23 or buy it in the future, it will include both the Honda and Toyota choices, with both using the same Dallara chassis to produce near-F1 levels of open … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 4 Update Released
There's a lot packed into a 20.81GB download with the iRacing 2023 Season 4 Update released. Along with five new cars, Circuit de Ledenon, Kern Country Raceway Park and the refreshed Circuit Zandvoort, it also lets you load 12 different car models in a single session, expands AI racing and the new damage model, and even expands the Spotter calls to include details like the … [Read more...]