VELOCIPEDE Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 Ride on board the new Dallara P217 LMP2 car around Imola, Daytona, and Lime Rock Park. The new LMP2 competitor will be available with next weeks Season 4 build update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walker™ Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 iRACING UI: General The iRacing BETA UI has been renamed iRacing UI! While we still have some work to do, it is time to shed the "BETA" status moniker - welcome to the iRacing UI! The splash screen videos that play when initially loading the iRacing UI are now being streamed to the service. New background images have been added. Dashboard A new tab has been added to the Home section, Dashboard! The Dashboard is your new default homepage, with large, exciting links that launch you directly to some of the most popular areas of the iRacing UI! The Dashboard is responsive to different screen sizes and rearranges itself to accommodate. The Dashboard also features some animation for your selection. Driver Customization A brand new system has been added to the Paint Shop, Driver Customization! This system allows you to select from a variety of body and head types for your driver. Your selections have no impact on racing performance. This system is also available for customizing AI Opponents within the AI Rosters section of the iRacing UI. Paint Shop The Paint Shop has received an overhaul! All of the below changes and updates apply to all of the following Paint Shops: Profile Paint Shop - including driver helmet and suit My Content Paint Shop - including all cars Team Paint Shop - including team cars and suits AI Rosters Paint Shop - including cars, helmets, and suits The Swatches palette has been updated and improved, with more functionality. Create up to nine individual swatch sets to make switching between your favorite color combinations a breeze! Each set of swatches now also features the actions: "Apply to All" and "Copy Active Colors". These controls are also context sensitive, so they will work for items such as Cars, Numbers, Team Cars, Team Numbers, Team Suits, etc. "Apply to All" takes the swatch set and applies those colors to all content of the context sensitive type, such as cars. "Copy Active Colors" takes the swatches currently applied the the item you are viewing, and overwrites this swatch set with those colors. Wheel Materials are now selectable from a dropdown box. When a user has "Stock" wheel material selected, the “I want to edit!” button is hidden, as these are always default. When a user has any other wheel material selected, the customization options are available. When customized wheels are changed back to Stock, the preview image above should also correctly revert to the stock material. Two new wheel material types, "Brushed" and "Semigloss" have been added. Brushed material simulates a brushed aluminum look. Semigloss material simulates a dark custom look. The “Select Another Car” button is now located in the header on the right. Tracks The Track window that presents information about a selected Track, either from My Content or the Store, has been updated! The information about the track has been formatted for easier reading. Screenshots for many tracks have been updated. A new information tab, Track Map, has been added! Track Map shows you an interactive map of the track, including labeled corners, selectable configs, and the ability to filter various layers of the track map, such as buildings, pit road, other configs, etc. These are brand new Track Maps, and we are in the process of recreating all of our track maps across the service. As they are completed, they will become available in upcoming Patches and the Track Map tab will be added for the associated track. New track maps have been added for the following tracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway Auto Club Speedway Barber Motorsports Park Brands Hatch Circuit Bristol Motor Speedway The Bullring Charlotte Motor Speedway Chicagoland Speedway Chili Bowl Circuit of the Americas Concord Speedway Crandon International Raceway Darlington Raceway Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle The Dirt Track at Charlotte Dover International Speedway Eldora Speedway Fairbury Speedway Five Flags Speedway Homestead Miami Speedway Kansas Speedway Kentucky Speedway Mount Panorama Circuit Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Weedsport Speedway World Wide Technology Raceway [Legacy] Charlotte Motor Speedway - 2008 [Legacy] Kentucky Speedway - 2011 Create a Race The Maximum Tire Changes input control has been simplified. A new point system has been added to Heat Racing, Rallycross 2020! Fixed an issue where Multi-Class Races prevented users from changing tire limits when cars were in separate classes. Teams A new system for Team Registration has been implemented: Declare Team Drivers. This system allows a team member to Register themselves and/or their teammates as drivers or non-drivers for a Team Session. With this system, you must select whom from your team will be Drivers when Registering the Team for the Team Session. Teams are required to Declare Team Drivers upon Registration for any Official Team Session. This system will prevent Strength-of-Field sandbagging, since all Drivers for all Teams will be declared before the Race starts. Each Team's iRating will be an average of all Declared Drivers' iRatings for determining Splits. All Declared Drivers must also drive their Fair Share of the Race or the Team will be disqualified. All Official Team events will utilize Declare Team Drivers and the Fair Share rule. These rules are both optional choices for Hosted Sessions - you may select to use the original system (no Declare Team Drivers and no Fair Share) in Hosted Sessions. For Team Sessions, fixed an issue where "Full" was being displayed as the registration action in the Team Sessions table when the Sim advances to the Race Session. This allows drivers to register for the Session after the Session has started. Remember, this only occurs when the max amount of teams have been registered for the session. This should not allow a new team to register for the session. You can only register if your team has been previously registered before advancing to the Race session. Removed the “Register for this Session” toggle from the Team Registration screen. Registering yourself for a team can now be accomplished by clicking the Register buttons via the “Joined Teams” table of the Team Registration Screen. Leagues League Sessions have been added to the Leagues page! This page will display every Session for every League of which you are a member, in both Table or Tile views. In Tile view, the League logo and banner images will be displayed to allow for further customization of the League Sessions view. Additionally, you can Spectate Sessions from Leagues that allow you to watch their races from the League Sessions page. Sorting, filtering, and Tags are all present to provide you with further customization of the League Sessions that you are viewing. You can also quickly create a Hosted Session for your League via the “Create a Race” dropdown menu. The Sessions tab of the League window has been improved so you may now view Pending and Running Sessions for each individual League for which you are a member. You can now view these Sessions without being an Admin or Owner of the League. The exact date and time is now displayed for all League event start and end times in both the League Sessions page as well as the Sessions tab of a specific League in the Leagues window. The time displayed will use your specific iRacing App Settings to format the date and time to your desired preference, such as GMT time and 24-hour display. Time Attack Resolved an issue where driving against another competitor’s ghost car was not loading properly when driving from the Results window of Time Attack. Test Drive Resolved an issue where the “All Steps” mode setting was not being properly remembered for each user. AI Racing AI Racing now generates post-race news reports! Your AI races and AI seasons can stir up quite a story - a brand new media company is on the scene for reporting on AI Racing! Results An "Export" button has been added to all Results windows that download the event Results as a .json file to your PC. License information is now displayed consistently for Team Results. If there are no Safety Rating changes, "0.00" is displayed instead of a blank space. Help & Support A new section, Help & Support, has been added to the Navigation Bar! This section can be found at the bottom of the list, and contains a variety of documents, videos, and links to helpful and useful information. You can get connected to Customer Support, or File a Protest, here, too! Due to this new section, the "Help & Support" option has been removed from the top-right Helmet Menu. MEMBERSITE: The Classic Membersite home page has changed! The home page now features some large buttons that launch you directly to your desired location. Some of these will open the iRacing UI for you, while others navigate to the appropriate Classic Membersite page. You can still access other areas and features that are not represented by the buttons on the home page. Phase-Out of Classic Membersite - PHASE ONE: 2020 Season 4 Release. Beginning with this Season release, some areas of the Classic Membersite will no longer be accessible, and instead, users will be prompted to redirect to the appropriate location within the iRacing UI. This change will help us focus our development efforts on a single environment, unify and optimize the user experience, and plan for the future. For PHASE ONE, The following functionality will only be available in the Racing UI: Time Attack Paint Shop For more information, please see this forum post: https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3766051.page Some track maps have been updated! We are in the process of recreating all of our track maps across the service. As they are completed, we will add them in upcoming Patches. For the full list of updated track maps for this release, see the iRacing UI section above! The iRacing Store page has been updated with selectable sub-sections including: Cars, Tracks, iRacing Dollars, Wheels & Controllers, Tech Tracks, iRacing Merch, and Deals & Promotions. The Quick Start Guide for brand new users has been updated! This is a significant overhaul, and should help our new users get to know the iRacing UI. SIMULATION: Connectivity Fixed an issue that could cause background thread stutters shortly after the Session finished loading, and sometimes shortly after switching Race Servers (as with moving from an Open Practice to a Race). Race Control The Gained-time yield rules are now aware of a driver entering a pit lane. The yield time will now stay consistent as a driver enters the pit lane entrance area, instead of giving up due to comparing current speeds to the racing speeds. Any gained-time yield time a driver is carrying as they enter a pit lane will immediately be converted into a Stop-And-Hold black flag. An additional time penalty equivalent to a Pit Lane Pass will also be added. The gained time slow down message has been adjusted to now also display the time remaining to give up the penalty time. Now the penalty message says: "Slow Down! Yield X seconds within Y seconds!" Fixed an issue where medium-length Ovals would run one too many Caution laps. Dirt Racing The water content in the dirt track layers below the surface have been adjusted to account for water running downhill along the hardpan. AI Racing AI Racing may now be run at the following additional track configs: Iowa Speedway - Oval North Wilkesboro Speedway Nürburgring Combined - Gesamtstrecke Long Phoenix Raceway - Oval w/open Dogleg USA International Speedway - Asphalt AI Drivers have received defensive driving line training at all Road configs! AI Drivers should now better attempt to preserve their lead over cars behind them. The ramp-up of difficulty for AI Drivers with lower Relative Skill values on Ovals has been slowed, particularly for Superspeedways. This should allow for more granularity for selecting an appropriate difficulty for your skill level. AI Drivers have received training on the following topics: Knowing when to use a lower line when driving a high downforce car at an oval. Collision avoidance techniques at ovals. Cornering on the outside at ovals. Staying to the left on ovals during the final Caution lap. Tracking their tire degradation, tire wear rate, and rubber cure level. General pitting strategy for a long race. Pitting strategy during Cautions. Maintaining optimal pit lane speeds. Being aware of their place in the pacing order during Caution periods. AI Drivers have received some additional training with the following cars: BMW M4 GT4 NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR VW Jetta TDI Cup AI Drivers have received some additional training at the following tracks: Martinsville Speedway New Damage Model The duration of time it takes for car-to-car collisions to be re-enabled after a reset has been reduced. Previously, any time a car blinked out, it took two seconds before its car-to-car collision was re-enabled. This has been reduced to one-half second to reduce a ghosting-effect, where cars move through each other during continued crashes. The two second car-to-car collision delay remains in place for cars leaving a pit stall. Collision checking for assigning incidents from track contact has been improved. Updated the collision algorithms used when two bodies collide into each other and then begin rotating around different axis. This change helps reduce the tendency in some collisions where one body will snag on the other and hook around it. Adjustments have been made to the algorithm for collisions between two bodies that then slide against each other to prevent snagging, particularly when bump drafting. Some collision shapes and properties for detached car parts, cones, tire barriers, and other world objects have been improved. Adjustments have been made to reduce the likelihood of wheels instantaneously hyper extending when a car is returned to the pits, which could trigger a vehicular space launch. Graphics Cloud rendering has been improved to use re-projection techniques. This allows the clouds to move smoothly across the sky even with "Low" sky detail settings. Also, the sky now renders every pixel, every frame, such that the sky colors no longer strobe or pulse across the screen during sunsets. The sky detail setting now defaults/resets to "Low" in the Advanced Graphics Options after the first run of the Sim. This is because this setting has been much improved with this update, and it uses less resources. The "SkyDetail" setting in the "rendererDX11.ini" file has been renamed "SkyRefreshRate". Triple screen setups now support driving cameras with up to 270 degrees field-of-view. This has been increased from 179 degrees. It works best below 210 degrees for most setups, but has been opened up to 270 degrees for special use-cases. Note that setting up very large FOV's successfully requires a proper physical setup of both the displays and seat position. Also, the correct display/monitor settings must be specified in the Graphics Options. The rendering of foggy conditions at night has been substantially improved. Virtual reality headsets now perform visibility culling per eye, when necessary, to support headsets with a combined field-of-view beyond 179 degrees. The OpenVR SDK has been updated to version 1.12.5 Audio Road debris sounds have been added to iRacing! Now you will hear car parts colliding and scraping on the track, walls, and other cars. You'll also know when you ran something over on the track! A new volume slider, "In-Car Sound Balance," has been added to the Audio options. This slider lets you tune the volume of your own car's sounds when you are in a cockpit view relative to all the other sounds in the world, such as your opponents' engines. The range of allowable adjustment is between -20 and 0 dB. The default value is 0 dB. Ignition cut backfire sounds have been updated for a variety of vehicles. Engine audio levels for exterior cameras have been improved for all stockcars and trucks. When switching cameras, the motion of the previous camera's microphone will be maintained during the transition to eliminate awkward volume or sound hiccups. Some chase and cockpit cameras' microphone levels have been adjusted. Environmental Sounds The world of iRacing comes to life around you! You will now hear environmental sounds from a variety of sources to enhance realism and immersion. This is a brand new feature, and you will hear a chorus of ambient environmental sounds implemented at all tracks. These sounds include: garage tool sounds, pit chatter, crowds, announcements, birds, insects, wind, cityscapes, water features, and more. This feature is only available when utilizing XAudio2. No environmental sounds will play through DirectSound. Pit Stop Increased the timeout on the fuel-man. This may solve an issue where a car fails to get fuel during a pit stop, even when fuel was requested. New hats! The default hat color for pit crew members has been changed. Pit box equipment models have been updated for a variety of vehicles, including: TCR, GT3, GT4, GTE, LMP, and LMP2 cars. Track Characters Some level-of-detail settings have been adjusted to provide smoother visual transitions as the camera changes distances from track marshals, photographers, race officials, and Barney, the Legendary Flagman. Some textures for some trucks and trailers have been updated. Track marshals and flagger stations should now only be visible when Object Detail settings are maximized. Visual Effects The visual effects for race debris have been updated. Interface Fixed an issue where some helmet images were shifted to the left several pixels, cutting off the front of the helmet. Spotter A new French spotter pack has been added! Recorded by Jonathan Butel, this pack replaces our older French-Tomedes pack and is of a much better quality. Many thanks to Jonathan for his hard work translating and recording this pack for us! Italian spotter pack samples from Renzo Olivieri and Marco Arcidiacono have been updated. Replay For the Laps table, all of the different Sessions (Practice, Qualify, Heat, Race, Etc.) have been unlocked when viewing a loaded replay. A user must no longer manually advance to the desired Session to unlock its Lap table. The "Prior" and "Next" Session buttons are now always available for use. Spectators Some additional Race Control information is now available for event Spectators that was not being sent before, including course flags and session timers. Admin Commands Event Admins may now revoke chat privileges and boot members connected as Spectators. The response to the "!showDQs" Admin command has been improved by displaying a full driver name. A leading message has also been added to the response to make it more readable. ** Telemetry** The code for writing disk telemetry has been moved to a separate thread from the physics to avoid any potential cause for stuttering. Controllers Support has been added for the latest Logitech G923 TrueForce wheel. The option to enable vibration of TrueForce wheels has been added to the Options menu. When enabled, this sends either your cars engine audio or a physics-based signal to the wheel in addition to the force feedback signal we currently provide. A new parameter, "[Force Feedback] trueForceVibePhysics=0" has been added in the "app.ini" file, which lets you choose between the game engine audio (0) or a physics-based vibration effect (1) similar to the LFE effect. Support for Razer Chroma backlighting effects has been restored. However, the Logitech backlite effects remain disabled due to the bug with G-HUB that causes iRacing to lock-up at shutdown. The option to completely disable TrueForce support, [Force Feedback] trueForceEnabled=1, has been added to the "app.ini" file. For now, TrueForce and LFE will be forced to use physics-based audio when the Sim is using XAudio2, as a temporary work-around. CARS: ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Aerodynamic profile has been adjusted slightly. Gear limits have been adjusted. The iRacing setups have been updated. Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Audi R18 An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! For the hybrid system, when automatic deployment is selected, the system will try to maintain an average battery state of charge of 50%. Audi R8 LMS 2020 Season 4 Balance Adjustments: Minimum weight has been increased by 2.5 kg. The iRacing setups have been updated. Audi RS 3 LMS Fixed an audio artifact with the turbo sound loop. The iRacing setups have been updated. BMW M4 GT4 Backfires have been updated. The iRacing setups have been updated. BMW M8 GTE An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Aerodynamics have been completely re-worked, and an aerodynamic balance calculator is now included in the Garage. Adjustable brake master cylinder sizes have been added. The iRacing setups have been updated. BMW Z4 GT3 The iRacing setups have been updated. Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 For the New Damage Model, a variety of updates have been made, including: The strength of hinges connecting some car parts to the body has been reduced. Reduced the severity of various car parts snagging on each other including the engine cover, bumpers, and wheels. The durability of various detachable car parts have been adjusted for more realistic lighter collisions. Chassis properties have been adjusted to reduce "sticking" behavior. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Chevrolet Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype The purchase price for this vehicle has been reduced to $2.95. Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE NEW CAR! A new GTE car, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE, has been added to iRacing! With Chevrolet’s move to a mid-engine layout for the eighth-generation Corvette, the brand’s IMSA program made the same shift for the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Corvette C8.R builds upon six successful years of racing for its predecessor C7.R, and debuted at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona. Six months later, it returned to Daytona and won in just its second race out with drivers Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, and the week after that, it scored its first 1-2 finish at Sebring International Raceway. The latest entry in Chevrolet’s lengthy sports car racing history features a 5.5-liter powerplant that produces 500 horsepower at 7400 rpm. It’s the fourth Corvette built by Pratt & Miller since partnering with General Motors in 1999, a relationship that has brought eight victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and 11 in the 12 Hours of Sebring. Purchase the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE from the iRacing Store here: LINK Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! A thermal braking system has been applied to this vehicle. Nose weight range has been shifted forward. The iRacing setups have been updated. Dallara F3 An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. The iRacing setups have been updated. Dallara P217 NEW CAR! A new LMP2 car, the Dallara P217, has been added to iRacing! Dallara’s return to prototype racing for the first time since the original Audi R18 TDI, the P217 made its debut in 2017. The car competes in the LMP2 class in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, while a Daytona Prototype International-spec version of the car races at the top level of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Cadillac branding as part of a relationship with General Motors. The LMP2 P217 is powered by a 4.2-liter Gibson V8, and features a six-speed sequential paddle shift transmission by Xtrac. Drivers who raced in the car in its 24 Hours of Le Mans debut included Formula 1 legend Rubens Barrichello, former Le Mans winner Jan Lammers, and IndyCar veteran Mikhail Aleshin. Other Formula 1 veterans who have driven the car at Le Mans include Felipe Nasr, Sergey Sirotkin, and Giedo van der Garde. Purchase the Dallara P217 from the iRacing Store here: LINK Dirt Sprint Car Tire stiffness in opponent cars has been adjusted slightly to reduce visual sinkage into the racing dirt surface during back-patched replays. Dirt Street Stock The iRacing setups have been updated. Dirt UMP Modified This vehicle has been added to the iRacing Rookie default content, and ownership has been granted to all iRacing Members for FREE! The iRacing setups have been updated. Ferrari 488 GT3 2020 Season 4 Balance Adjustments: Minimum weight has been reduced by 2.5 kg. The iRacing setups have been updated. Ferrari 488 GTE An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Aerodynamics have been completely re-worked, and an aerodynamic balance calculator is now included in the Garage. Adjustable brake master cylinder sizes have been added. Fixed height packers have been added to prevent bottoming. Michelin tire logo has been updated. The iRacing setups have been updated. Ford GTE An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Aerodynamics have been completely re-worked, and an aerodynamic balance calculator is now included in the Garage. Adjustable brake master cylinder sizes have been added. Fixed height packers have been added to prevent bottoming. Michelin tire logo has been updated. The iRacing setups have been updated. Ford GT GT2/GT3 For the New Damage Model, a variety of updates have been made, including: The strength of hinges connecting some car parts to the body has been reduced. Reduced the severity of various car parts snagging on each other including the engine cover, bumpers, and wheels. The durability of various detachable car parts have been adjusted for more realistic and lighter collisions. Chassis properties have been adjusted to reduce "sticking" behavior. (Ford GT3) - The iRacing setups have been updated. Formula Renault 3.5 Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Draft strength of a following car has been reduced slightly. Fixed an issue where the DRS state was not getting reset with Session transitions. Global Mazda MX-5 Cup An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! The New Damage Model has been enabled for this vehicle! Allowable adjustment ranges on tire pressure and ride heights have been narrowed. The iRacing setups have been updated. HPD ARX-01c The purchase price for this vehicle has been reduced to $2.95. Indy Pro 2000 PM-18 Car specifications have been updated; this car now features separate Oval and Road Course parameters. Fixed an issue where toe adjustments were going in the wrong direction in the rear of the car. The iRacing setups have been updated. Legends Ford '34 Coup (ALL) - The iRacing setups have been updated. Lotus 79 Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Lucas Oil Off Road Pro 2 Lite Level-of-Detail settings have been adjusted to improve visual performance as a camera changes distances from this vehicle. The iRacing setups have been updated. Lucas Oil Off Road Pro Trucks (ALL) - Level-of-Detail settings have been adjusted to improve visual performance as a camera changes distances from this vehicle. (ALL) - The iRacing setups have been updated. USF 2000 Car specifications have been updated; this car now features separate Oval and Road Course parameters. McLaren MP4-12C GT3 The iRacing setups have been updated. McLaren MP4-30 An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! This vehicle now has multiple tire compounds to select for use before and during an event. You are able to select from Soft, Medium, or Hard tire compounds. Each behaves as real-world tires of the selected compound. Tire compound selection can be made in the Garage, and the selected compound is saved with the setup. When driving and preparing for a pit stop, you can specify which compound will be fitted to the car during your pit stop. If you set a best-lap in Qualifying, then you will be required to start the Race with the same compound tire fitted to your car that was used in establishing that lap time. Race Control will enforce this requirement, so you do not need to manually select the right one. Note that Race Control will put a new set of tires of that compound onto your car for the start of the race, eliminating any wear accumulated during Qualifying. If you do not set a Qualifying time, you will have a free choice of compound for the start of the Race Session. The MGUK deployment system has been automated, modified to make it easier to use, and provide optimal behavior. It's behavior now follows specific parameters based upon the option you select in the Garage: For Qualifying Sessions: You get a large battery, overtake deployment is automatic, and you have no manual deployment. For Race Sessions: You will have three state of charge options that you can adjust at the beginning of every lap. This should allow you to use your battery for strategic race decisions regarding undercuts, overcuts, and passing while allowing you to focus more on driving than hitting the boost button at the correct times. Once the battery reaches it's target state of charge, it will function the same for each target state and will then require a higher target to give you the option to push again. For Test Drive and Practice Sessions: If you choose "Qualifying Deployment" in the Garage, you get a large battery, overtake deployment is automatic, and you have no manual deployment. If you choose "Race Deployment" in the Garage, you get a small battery and you have three target battery state of charge options. Deployment will be automatic otherwise. Minimum cold tire pressures have been increased to 22 psi for front tires, and 20 psi for rear tires. Level-of-Detail settings have been adjusted to improve visual performance as a camera changes distances from this vehicle. The iRacing setups have been updated. Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020 Season 4 Balance Adjustments: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly. The iRacing setups have been updated. Modified - SK Fury logo on the dashboard has been updated. (ALL) - The iRacing setups have been updated. NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1987 Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Stagger has been increased at most tracks. Ballast movement range has been opened. 3rd gear ratio has been set to 1.31. Low-end torque has been increased. Drafting parameters have been updated slightly. Driver goggles have been updated slightly. The iRacing setups have been updated. NASCAR Cup Series Cars Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Lateral and longitudinal toe compliance has been updated. Gear limits have been adjusted. A high downforce package is now used at Daytona International Speedway - Road Course. The iRacing setups have been updated. NASCAR Ford Thunderbird - 1987 Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Stagger has been increased at most tracks. Ballast movement range has been opened. 3rd gear ratio has been set to 1.31. Low-end torque has been increased. Drafting parameters have been updated slightly. Driver goggles have been updated slightly. The iRacing setups have been updated. NASCAR Gander Outdoors Trucks Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Lateral and longitudinal toe compliance has been updated. Gear limits have been adjusted. The iRacing setups have been updated. NASCAR Xfinity Cars Tire damping has been increased by 70% to reduce the rolling and bouncing that sometimes occur with a stiff front suspension. Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Lateral and longitudinal toe compliance has been updated. Gear limits have been adjusted. The iRacing setups have been updated. Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR For the New Damage Model, mount strength of side-view mirrors has been greatly increased. The iRacing setups have been updated. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (991) Brake bias has been adjusted forward to 49.5% Porsche 911 RSR An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Aerodynamics have been completely re-worked, and an aerodynamic balance calculator is now included in the Garage. Stiffer suspension springs have been added to better suit the updated aerodynamics. Adjustable brake master cylinder sizes have been added. Packer heights and bump rubbers have been adjusted to control bottoming. The iRacing setups have been updated. Porsche 919 An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! Aerodynamic downforce has been slightly increased when the high downforce bodywork is fitted. For the hybrid system, when automatic deployment is selected, the system will try to maintain an average battery state of charge of 50%. Radical SR8 Tire warmers have been set to 60 degrees Celsius to aid cold tire performance. Silver Crown The iRacing setups have been updated. Skip Barber Formula 2000 Fixed an issue where the suspension was invisible for cameras attached to the front suspension. Street Stock The iRacing setups have been updated. Supercars Ford Mustang GT Brake parameters have been adjusted. Supercars Holden ZB Commodore Brake parameters have been adjusted. USF 2000 Fixed an issue where toe adjustments were going in the wrong direction in the rear of the car. The iRacing setups have been updated. VW Jetta TDI Cup This vehicle has been added to the iRacing Rookie default content, and ownership has been granted to all iRacing Members for FREE! Williams FW31 An updated tire model has been applied to this vehicle! The iRacing setups have been updated. [Legacy] Mazda MX-5 Cup & Roadster - 2010 (ALL) - An updated tire model has been applied to these vehicles! [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Impala COT - 2009 Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet SS - 2013 Tire rubber properties have been adjusted slightly. Lateral and longitudinal toe compliance has been updated. Gear limits have been adjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walker™ Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Patch 1 iRACING UI: Paint Shop A download link for the Helmet pattern has been added. A download link for the Suit pattern has been added. Resolved an issue where Team Paints were being temporarily applied to the same car for the Member’s personal paint scheme. Leagues Resolved an issue where registering for a Team Session from the League Sessions page was not allowing the user to select a team and register. AI Racing For AI News, resolved an issue where certain race scenarios could potentially cause an error in rendering. Broadcasting Resolved an issue where a user that has special roles, such as a Broadcaster or Race Official, was getting registered incorrectly as Spectators for a League session. SIMULATION: Race Servers Fixed an issue where the Race Server could crash if it should somehow get into a situation where it is being asked to allow someone into the Session when they have not been assigned a pit stall. There was an issue where in a Heat Racing Event, drivers that had not connected to the Session during the Open Practice prior to the Qualify Session were not being put into the Qualify Session's "Starting Grid". This led to them not being assigned a pit stall, which then crashed the Race Server when they tried to get in their car. AI Racing Fixed an issue that would cause the Simulation to crash when loading the SCCA Spec Racer Ford at an Oval track. Fixed an issue which could cause erratic AI driving on pace laps, sometimes resulting in spin-outs or off-track excursions. Visual Effects Smoke color algorithm has been adjusted. Fixed an issue where some backfire effects were firing in the sky instead of from exhaust pipes. Environmental Audio PA announcements from Connery Maddick have been added to the following tracks: Brands Hatch Circuit Circuit of the Americas Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Park Zandvoort Circuit Zolder Donington Park Racing Circuit Road America Sebring International Raceway Sonoma Raceway Suzuka International Racing Course Australian-specific soundscape has been updated. Crowd sounds are now disabled when Crowd Detail setting is on LOW. This is a temporary fix for anyone experiencing frame-rate issues with the new environmental audio. A permanent solution remains in the works. Replay Fixed an issue where the Simulation could crash if a user attempted to rewind after the event was complete. Telemetry The disk telemetry writer now flushes the disk telemetry immediately to disk in Test Drive and Practice Sessions, and it now reverts to the old method of opening .ibt files in exclusive access mode while writing to disk. CARS: Dallara IR18 Auto Club Speedway setups have been updated. Dallara P217 Rear packer thickness has been reduced. Fixed an issue with the ID light color on top of the car not displaying correctly on opponent vehicles. Fixed an issue with the dive plane not displaying correctly on opponent vehicles. Global Mazda MX-5 Cup For the New Damage Model, reduced the impact threshold for sustaining engine damage, and increased the impact threshold for breaking the side-view mirrors. McLaren MP4-30 A variety of changes, including: Tire wear rate has been increased for all tire compounds. Braking authority has been increased - a driver should now be able to lock the wheels at any speed without taking away the feel at brake release. Rear suspension has been modified. Rear torsion bar rates have been adjusted. Maximum allowable rear ride height has been tightened to reduce the car's tendency to bounce. Baseline setups have been updated. The track-specific setups are Race setups, and are designed to be run starting with full fuel. Fixed an issue with wheel rims turning white at certain level-of-detail distances. TRACKS: Darlington Raceway Some floating fans have been ejected from the track for not possessing proper tickets for viewing. Kentucky Speedway Fixed the "BMX FILE MISSING" message Members reported at this track. Road Atlanta (Full Course) - The pace car now participates in short parade laps. Texas Motor Speedway Fixed the "BMX FILE MISSING" message Members reported at this track. Fixed a gap in the backstretch Safer barriers. Weedsport Speedway Adjusted the inside barriers in Turn 2 to remove a section where the wall was sticking out. Adjusted some mip-map settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker™ Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 2020 Season 4 Patch 2 Release Notes [2020.09.29.01] This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Release. CLASSIC MEMBERSITE: - The query for the last ten races on a user's profile has been updated to pull aggregate Championship Points for Heat Races. - A direct link has been added to take a user between their My Cars and My Tracks pages. - The Help & Support button on the Membersite homepage now links to the Documents and Tools page. - - A variety of the resources here are excellent self-help resources. - A large button has been added at the top of the Documents and Tools page that takes a user to the iRacing Support Homepage. - - Navigate here for even more self-help tools, FAQs, and to directly contact Customer Support. SIMULATION: Purchase Discount - We have updated our method for calculating the application of the 20% Off - 40+ Pieces Club for our Members. - - As of last week, this discount is automatically applied to your Cart if your account owns 40 or more full price pieces of content. This includes cars and tracks that you may have purchased at full price, only to later have them become part of the iRacing default content. Rendering - Fixed an issue with flickering particle effects, such as smoke and dirt, in car mirrors. Visual Effects - Tire smoke has been updated. - Fixed an issue where dust puffs were spinning rapidly. Cameras - For the Camera Tool, the camera select macro now switches to your own car using the command /-4/<enter> typed out on the number pad Replays - Fixed a crashing issue that could occur when moving the play-head around rapidly in the Replay. Peripherals - Support for the XBox One Elite controller series 2 in wireless mode has been added. CARS: Dallara IR18 - New iRacing Setups have been added for Phoenix Raceway. Ford Fiesta RS WRC - Yokohama branding has been added to tire sidewalls. McLaren MP4-30 - iRacing Season setups have been updated. - Significantly increased wear rate for all tire compound types. NASCAR Cup Series Cars - iRacing Season setups have been updated. Subaru WRX STI - Yokohama branding has been added to tire sidewalls. Super Late Model - An updated tire archetype has been applied to this vehicle! - Vehicle physics have been updated. - iRacing Season setups have been updated. USF 2000 - Fixed an issue where customized wheel rim color was not displaying correctly. - Fixed an issue where rotor glow was not appearing correctly. VW Beetle - Yokohama branding has been added to tire sidewalls. TRACKS: Charlotte Motor Speedway - Pit out light position has been adjusted. Lånkebanen (Hell RX) - Norwegian PA announcements have been added to this track. Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway - Fixed an issue where the front stretch of pit wall would be invisible on Low Detail settings. Nürburgring - Fixed an issue where some fans would be visible while the grandstand in which they were seated was invisible on some Detail settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker™ Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 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 - The iRacing setups for Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval and Charlotte Motor Speedway - Roval - 2018 have been updated. NASCAR Gander Outdoors - 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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