iRacing Season 1 2021

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The BMW M4 GT3 enters the virtual world today. You can drive the car on iRacing before it even races in the real world!

 

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iRACING UI: (5.05.03)

Hosted Sessions

• Fixed an issue where Hosted Sessions could fail to be displayed after canceling a pending Hosted Session.

3D Car Viewer

• Fixed an issue where the iRacing UI could fail to see paint file updates in folders with more than one space in the folder name, such as the "dirtsprint winged 305" folder.
• Fixed an issue where refreshing the iRacing UI (Ctrl+R) while viewing the 3D Car Viewer could create a bad state.

Remember, the 3D Car Viewer should automatically update with any changes made to the paint folders; no need to refresh!

SIMULATION:

Physics

• Fixed an issue seen on some vehicles with odd hyper-extended suspension behaviors.

Race Control

• Fixed an issue that could occur where subsequent meatball black flags were not being recognized and triggered.

AI Racing

AI Racing is now available at the following additional tracks and configurations:

• Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Classic Pits
• Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Endurance
• iRacing Superspeedway
• Richmond Raceway
• Watkins Glen International - Classic
• Watkins Glen International - Classic Boot

AI Drivers have received additional training with the following vehicles:

• Indy Pro 2000 PM-18
• USF 2000
• Audi RS 3 LMS
• Kia Optima

Pace Car

• Fixed an issue where the pace car would sometimes try to move up the track very quickly on ovals once it left the pit lane, sometimes even hitting the outside wall.

Spotter

• Fixed an issue where lead-lap cars were sometimes not receive a spotter message about lucky dog or free-pass cars coming up behind them.

Pit Stop

• The speech volume of Lollipop Guy has been reduced.

Rendering

• Fixed an issue where the solar flare effect could render with a four pixel-wide defect when using 3-screen mode without actual bezels.

Visual Effects

• Fixed an issue where sparks were not elongating in the correct direction, nor where they colliding with the track surface.
• Fixed an issue where smoke puffs would move in world-space depending on the camera pitch and camera roll. This change also fixes an issue where smoke puffs would rotate with camera roll, rather than stay fixed in the world.

Audio

• Improved undertray scrapes, grass scrapes, concrete scrapes and 3D curb impact sounds.

Telemetry

• Two new tire telemetry variables have been added.
• "PlayerTireCompound" and "PitSvTireCompound" indicate the current and pending tire compounds for the player's car respectively. Both are logged live and to disk.

Virtual Reality

• Created a work-around for a reported bug in OpenVR where the SDK returns camera frustums with the top/bottom reversed, only when using a specific SDK routine to fetch the frustums. The theory is that this is what is causing eye alignment mismatches (even with SPS disabled) on some headsets.
• If you suspect you are having this issue, to enable the work-around, set "FixGetProjectionRawBug" to 1 inside the "[OpenVR]" section of "rendererDX11.ini" file.

CARS:

Audi 90 GTO

• Some adjustments have been made to fix issues with wall riding.

Audi R8 LMS

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been increased slightly, and aerodynamic downforce has been reduced slightly.

BMW M4 GT3

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly, and aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Dallara iR-01

• Up-shift parameters have been adjusted to smooth up-shifts and prevent them from upsetting the rear of the car when up-shifting while cornering.
• Several paint patterns have been updated to fix minor visual issues.

Dallara IR18

• Rev limit has been increased to 12,300 RPMs while running at Superspeedways.
• Fixed an issue with the display of the tire compounds on the right-front tire.
• Fixed an issue with the incorrect tire compound choice displaying in Replays.
• Fixed an issue with pit crew animations.

Dallara P217

• Engine power has been reduced to better match the 2021 specs.
• Tire warmer temperatures have been updated.
• Third pin and pushrod lengths may now be adjusted.
• Camber limits have been reduced to -2.9 and -1.9 degrees static to match IMSA regulations.
• iRacing setups have been updated.

Ferrari 488 GT3

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly.

Ferrari 488 GTE

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power Adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly.

Ford GT GT2/GT3

• (Ford GT GT3) - 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Final drive ratio has been shortened slightly.

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been increased slightly.

Lotus 49

• The direction of anti-roll bar adjustments have been reversed.
• The rear anti-roll bar arm length has been offset to better match the expected range.

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly.

McLaren MP4-30

• Up-shift parameters have been adjusted to smooth up-shifts and prevent them from upsetting the rear of the car when up-shifting while cornering.

Mercedes-AMG GT3

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power adjustments: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly, and fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly.

NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1987

• Some garage wording has been updated.

NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Fixed an issue with a repeating frequency in the upper RPM range of the in-car sound.
• iRacing setup for Rockingham Speedway - Oval has been updated.

NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang

• iRacing setup for Rockingham Speedway - Oval has been updated.

NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry

• iRacing setup for Rockingham Speedway - Oval has been updated.

NASCAR Ford Thunderbird - 1987

• Some garage wording has been updated.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors

• iRacing setups have been updated.

NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro

• Fixed an issue with a repeating frequency in the upper RPM range of the in-car sound.

Porsche 911 RSR

• 2021 Season 1 Balance of Power Adjustments: Minimum weight has been increased by 5kg.

[Legacy] Dallara DW12

• Fixed an issue with the display of the tire compounds on the right-front tire.
• Fixed an issue with the incorrect tire compound choice displaying in Replays.
• Fixed an issue with pit crew animations.

[Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet SS - 2013

• Fixed an issue with a repeating frequency in the upper RPM range of the in-car sound.

[Legacy] NASCAR Nationwide Chevrolet Impala - 2012

• Fixed an issue with a repeating frequency in the upper RPM range of the in-car sound.

[Legacy] NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro - 2014

• Fixed an issue with a repeating frequency in the upper RPM range of the in-car sound.

TRACKS:

Brands Hatch Circuit

(Rallycross) - Fixed a handful of issues, including:

• Joker wall has been updated.
• Jump has been grounded better.
• Grass edges have been improved.

Cedar Lake Speedway

• Fixed a bump at pit exit.
• Fixed an issue where a catchfence was not catching.
• Infield gain-time checkpoints have been adjusted to prevent course cutting.

Daytona International Speedway

• Some track surface bumps have been smoothed.
• Some tire-walls have been grounded.
• (Road Course) - Smoothed a vicious bump at Turn 6.
• (Road Course) - Smoothed some bumps at the pit exit.
• (NASCAR Road Course) - The pace car driver has been re-trained at pit maneuvers and parking.

Five Flags Speedway

• Grandstands will no longer disappear when graphics settings are set to "Low Detail".

Homestead Miami Speedway

• Track surface textures have been updated.

Irwindale Speedway

• (Inner) - Additional checkpoints have been added to prevent course cutting.
• (Inner) - Some cones have been added to better define the track limits for pit road.
• (Inner) - The pace car will now pull off sooner during starts and restarts.
• Patched some visual seams between the Inner and Outter Ovals.

Knoxville Raceway

• Grandstands will no longer disappear when graphics settings are set to "Low Detail".

Oran Park Raceway

• (South) - Gain-time checkpoints have been added to prevent course cutting at Turn 1.

Richmond Raceway

• Qualifying stalls have been adjusted slightly to prevent cars from appearing inside the wall.

Sebring International Raceway

• (Club and International) - Gain-time checkpoints have been added to prevent course cutting at the corner which is Turn 4 of the International track.

South Boston Speedway

• Grandstand crowds now wicked respect the Crowd Detail graphics setting.

 

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This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2021 Season 1 Release.

 

iRACING UI: (5.06.01)

3D Model Viewer

• - Fixed an issue with the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Chevrolet Silverado not showing a custom spec map correctly.

SIMULATION:

Replay

• - The Replay playback state will now be left alone when a user remains connected to the race server until the session finishes, and the server disconnects from the user.
• - - A new variable, "leavePlaybackAloneAtSessionEnd" has been added to the [Replay] section of the "app.ini" file. Changing this value to 1 from the default (0) will cause the playback state to also be left alone between Session transitions (like going from Qualify to Race).

CARS:

Audi 90 GTO

• - Fixed an issue where backfires from this vehicle were not appearing at the appropriate location, and were looking distorted.

Dallara P217

• - Aerodynamic coefficients have been removed from the garage.
• - Power steering assist, steering ratio, and the display page have been added back to the garage after they had been inadvertently removed.

Dallara IR18

• - The iRacing setups for World Wide Technology Raceway - Oval and Pocono Raceway have been updated.

Ferrari 488 GTE

• - 2021 Season 1 GTE BoP Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Mercedes-AMG GT3

• - 2021 Season 1 GT3 BoP Adjustment: Engine power over entire rev range has been increased slightly.

NASCAR Cup Series

• - Vehicle parameters have been adjusted for using the low downforce package while running at Daytona International Speedway - Road Course and NASCAR Road Course.
• - - Downforce has been reduced, and engine cooling has been increased.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors

• - Drafting strength has been reduced.

Porsche 919

• - Rollbar camera view has been adjusted slightly.

Silver Crown

• - Rear ride heights for opponent cars have been adjusted to improve their look and handling at high banked ovals.

TRACKS:

Mount Panorama Circuit

• - Driving line guide has been updated.

 

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iRACING:

Status Page

A brand new System Status page has been added for iRacing!

https://status.iracing.com

• This web page details the live status of a variety of iRacing's services and servers, allowing you to check-up on our online status at any time.
• Click on any status report box to get a detailed timeline of that service's performance for the past hour.
• Any current system-wide notifications will be displayed at the top of the page; such as planned maintenance, downtime, or a severe issue we need our Members to know about.
• This web page can be accessed at any time from any device, and is designed to keep you informed.

iRACING UI: (5.06.04)

General

• Fixed a rare issue where the iRacing UI could take the operating system's focus when the connection to the iRacing servers was suddenly severed due to an authentication issue.
• Fixed an issue where the iRacing UI could visually lock-up if it was opened from Membersite when it was already open.

Hosted Racing

• A new Session type, Warm-Up, may now be selected with some event types!
• A Warm-Up Session precedes a Race Session, and gives drivers, teammates, broadcasters, and race officials some extra free-form time before the big event starts.
• A Warm-Up Session may be used in Hosted Sessions that contain both a Practice and Qualify Session.
• When selected, this new Session type includes a time duration slider and an input field for the new Warm-Up period, as well as the ability to set Track State and Time of Day parameters.

MEMBERSITE:

General

• Fixed an issue where opting out of email settings was not being saved correctly.

Hosted Racing

• A new Session type, Warm-Up, may now be selected with some event types!
• See above for more information.

SIMULATION:

Race Servers

While a Race Server is creating splits and sessions for an event, no new registrations will be allowed for that event. This process occurs when the window for registering for an event as a participant closes. This is particularly helpful for large-scale special events and team events where dozens of splits and sessions are being created at the same time. Stopping new registrations will reduce the load on the scheduler. Further registration and joining of the sessions, for spotting, spectating, etc., will be allowed again after the sessions have been fully created and launched.

This change has no effect on members who register for an event before the splits and sessions are created.

CARS:

Dallara IR18

• Audio levels for the limiter have been increased to 12300 RPM.

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

• 2021 Season 1 BoP Adjustment: Fuel consumption rate has been reduced slightly.

NASCAR Cup Series

• Contingency decals have been updated for the 2021 Season.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors

• NASCAR branding has been updated for the 2021 Season.