iRacing News (Updates, Announcements, etc.)

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

iRACING UI:

Create a Race

- Resolved an issue where clicking the “Back” button was not returning to the previous screen.

Teams

- A "Register" button has been added to the Registered Teams table of the Team Registration window for an event, so you can Register directly from there.

- Resolved an issue where the “Purchase” button was not being displayed when registering for a Team that has selected a car to drive that you do not own.

- You can now Spectate for any team you are a part of via the split “Register/Watch” button in both the Team Registration and Team Sessions screens. This is a different role than joining as “Crew” for your team and will not allow you to spot for your team. You should only register as this role if you want to spectate the session and not have the full functionality that being a “crew” member of the team entails.

SIMULATION:

Dirt Racing

- Dirt hardpan water content is now more uniform across the width of the track.

- Dirt hardpan water content has been customized at some tracks to alleviate slick spots that sometimes appear in the low line. These tracks include:

- - Knoxville Raceway

- - Limaland Motorsports Park

- - Volusia Speedway Park

AI Racing

- AI Vehicle parameters have been updated for the following vehicles:

- - NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

- - NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang

- - NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry

- AI Drivers have received additional training at the following tracks:

- - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Oval - 2018

- - Dover International Speedway

Rendering

- Fixed an issue with rendering lights, especially when there are many light sources at night tracks, that could cause a SIM crashing issue.

Visual Effects

- Smoke effects have been improved.

- Carbon fiber and metal impact effects have been improved.

Environmental Audio

- PA announcements may now be heard at the following track configurations:

- - Atlanta Motor Speedway - Road Course

- - Barber Motorsports Park

- - Circuit of the Americas

- - Homestead Miami Speedway - Road Course A

- - Homestead Miami Speedway - Road Course B

- - Road Atlanta

- - Summit Point Raceway

- - Texas Motor Speedway - Road Course

- - Virginia International Raceway

- - [Legacy] Charlotte Motor Speedway - 2008 - Road Course

- - [Legacy] Charlotte Motor Speedway - 2008 - Infield Road Course

- Some default PA announcements have been updated for non-southern USA tracks.

- Australian PA announcer may now only be heard at Australian tracks.

CARS:

BMW M8 GTE

- 2020 Season 4 Balance of Power Update: Engine power has been reduced by 1.5% throughout the rev range.

Dallara IR18

- The iRacing setups for Indianapolis Motor Speedway - IndyCar Oval, Texas Motor Speedway - Oval, and [Legacy] Texas Motor Speedway - 2009 - Oval have been updated.

Dallara P217

- Engine torque has been adjusted slightly to fix a fuel issue.

Indy Pro 2000 PM-18

- Brake bias is now adjustable in the garage during Fixed Setups Sessions.

NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

- The iRacing setups for Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval and Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval - 2018 have been updated.

NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang

- The iRacing setups for Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval and Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval - 2018 have been updated.

NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry

- The iRacing setups for Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval and Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval - 2018 have been updated.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Chevrolet Silverado

- The iRacing setup for Phoenix Raceway has been updated.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Ford F150

- The iRacing setup for Phoenix Raceway has been updated.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Toyota Tundra

- The iRacing setup for Phoenix Raceway has been updated.

USF 2000

- Brake bias is now adjustable in the garage during Fixed Setups Sessions.

- The iRacing baseline setup has been updated.

TRACKS:

Crandon International Raceway

- Added a barrier on the inside of Turn 2 to prevent corner-cutting.

Virginia International Raceway

- (Grand East, Grand West, Full Course, and North) - Pit box locations for the first three pit stalls have been adjusted slightly.

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

iRACING UI:

Loading Screen

- Fixed a gap in the text spacing that appeared on the right side when loading into Test Drive.

Track Maps

- A new set of track maps have been added, including the following:

- - Centripetal Circuit

- - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

- - Myrtle Beach Speedway

- - New Hampshire Motor Speedway

- - New Jersey Motorsports Park

- - New Smyrna Speedway

- - North Wilkesboro Speedway

- - Road America

- - Sonoma Raceway

- - Suzuka International Racing Course

- - Tsukuba Circuit

SIMULATION:

AI Racing

- AI Racing is now available with the following additional vehicles:

- - NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro

- - NASCAR Xfinity Ford Mustang

- - NASCAR Xfinity Toyota Supra

- AI Racing is now available at Rockingham Speedway - Oval!

- AI Drivers have improved their brake bias settings for the VW Jetta TDI Cup.

Environmental Audio

- Small crowd cheers have been improved.

Audio

- XAudio2 support has been added for Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) engine sounds.

- - This enables engine sounds in TrueForce when using XAudio2.

Telemetry

- Fixed an issue that was causing some users to fail to enable telemetry.

- - This was being caused by limiting the frequency telemetry logging could be enabled and disabled. The cooldown limiter has been removed.

Replays

- Attempting to use the "+" character in the filename when saving a Replay to disk will now correctly provide an error.

CARS:

Audi R8 LMS

- 2020 Season GT3 Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been reduced slightly.

Audi RS 3 LMS

- The rev limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

BMW M4 GT4

- The rev limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

BMW M8 GTE

- 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been reduced slightly.

Dallara F3

- Fixed an issue with the missing rain switch toggle.

Dallara IR18

- Fixed an issue with the ambient occlusion for the cockpit model.

- The iRacing setup for [Legacy] Texas Motor Speedway - 2009 - Oval has been updated.

Ferrari 488 GT3

- Update the engine sound of the rev limiter range.

Ferrari 488 GTE

- 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Ford GTE

- 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Formula Renault 3.5

- The rev limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

Indy Pro 2000 PM-18

- The rev limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

Mercedes-AMG GT3

- Down-shift parameters have been adjusted to improve downshift quality and reduce tendency to lock rear wheels during down-shifts.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Chevrolet Silverado

- Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Ford F150

- Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Toyota Tundra

- Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

Porsche 911 RSR

- 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

TRACKS:

Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans

- Pit alarm environmental sounds have been added.

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

- Gain-time checkpoints have been adjusted to prevent course cutting at the Bus Stop.

Homestead Miami Speedway

- (Oval & Indy Oval) - Chase camera sets have been updated.

Road America

- Fixed some bumps located on pit entry road.

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

iRACING UI: (4.20.07)

Up Next

- Fixed an issue where the "Ranked" and "Unranked" filter names were incorrect in the Filter Summary Bar.

- Fixed an issue where the Registration Bar was appearing incorrectly.

Current Series

- Fixed an issue where the "Heats" filter Tag was not collecting any results.

Heat Racing

- Fixed an error that occurred when users attempted to create or edit events using any Heat Racing format.

MEMBERSITE:

Payments

- Fixed an issue where users were unable to create a League if the Account option, "Use iRacing Credits and Dollars towards my subscription & car/track purchases" was disabled.

SIMULATION:

Race Servers

- Two new Race Server farms for hosting user-created Hosted Sessions have been brought online.

- - These new Race Server farms are JP-Tok in Tokyo, Japan, and BR-Sao in São Paulo, Brazil.

- - - When creating a Hosted Session, select the Race Server farm geographically closest to you in order ensure ideal connectivity and racing for your session.

- - No Official Races are planned to be run on these Race Server farms at this time.

Race Control

- When a Race finishes under Caution, you should now receive the same pace order messages as you would under any other Caution. This may help to prevent unexpected penalties due to passing under a Yellow Flag after a Race has finished.

- Fixed an issue with the new pit exit delay Race Control system where if the first and last cars on grid are on either side of the Start/Finish line, the grid traversal time would compute out to be negative instead of wrapping positive, resulting in a 2.0 second Pit Exit Hold Penalty for some racers.

Old Damage Model

- Collision incident reporting has been updated for the Old Damage Model so that world impacts check to ensure the material is a non-racing surface before reporting an incident.

CARS:

McLaren MP4-30

- Fixed a wrist twist animation issue for some drivers when steering counter-clockwise.