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2022 Season 4 Release Notes [2022.09.06.02]

The green flag is waving for iRacing 2022 Season 4! This season includes the release of iRacing’s first fully electric race car, the Porsche Mission R, a pair of new European Road Courses, Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and Rudskogen Motorsenter, and a new Dirt Oval, Lucas Oil Speedway. We’ve added Indianapolis Motor Speedway - IndyCar Oval using our 2022 laser scan data, and have rebuilt all of the artwork for both the ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala and Lotus 79 from scratch. A host of quality upgrades have also been completed, including a substantial change to the New Damage Model so that now damage builds up in areas on your car with repeated strikes which could eventually cause breakage, a rewrite and significant upgrade to the Low-Frequency Effects audio system, and the addition of Driving Aid Pit Lines for all Road Courses. For the iRacing UI, the veteran-favorite Race Guide is now available, as well as Custom Car Classes for AI Racing, and a few new Guided Tours. With our seasonal AI update, we have gone back to our Grand Prix Legends roots with the release of the Lotus 49 along with the much anticipated release of the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars and 18 other new pieces of content. Buckle-up and drive full-throttle into iRacing 2022 Season 4!


Season highlights include:

• Porsche Mission R - Our first all electric vehicle!
  
• Lucas Oil Speedway - Dirt Oval
  
• Motorsport Arena Oschersleben - Road Course (4 configs)
  
• Rudskogen Motorsenter - Road Course (FREE!)
  
• iRacing UI Enhancements:
  
• - - Race Guide
  
• - - Custom Car Classes for AI Racing
  
• - - New UI Guided Tours (Up Next, Hosted Sessions, and Time Attack)
  
• ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala and Lotus 79 - Bumper-to-Bumper Artwork Updates
  
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway - IndyCar Oval 2022 Laser Scan Update
  
• New Energy-Based Damage System Update
  
• Low-Frequency Effects Extensive Updates
  
• Qualification Scrutiny System Update
  
• Road Course Driving Aid Pit Lines
  
• New Damage Model for the Porsche Mission R
  
• AI Racing for 9 Cars (All 5 GTE Class Cars, the Lotus 49, and all 3 NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Class Cars)
  
• AI Racing at 13 Track Configurations (Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, both Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans configs, Indianapolis Motor Speedway - IndyCar Oval, all four Motorsport Arena Oschersleben configs, 3 new Nürburgring Combined configs (24h, Short w/out Arena, and VLN), Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke - BES/WEC, and Rudskogen Motorsenter)
  
• 694 professionally crafted vehicle setups
  

Visit our 2022 Season 4 features page here: https://www.iracing.com/seasons/2022-s4/


Full 2022 Season 4 Release details can be found on the iRacing Members Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/28418/2022-season-4-release-notes-2022-09-06-02#latest

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2022 Season 3 Release.




iRACING UI:
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Dashboard
Fixed an issue in Recent Results where the bottoms of the Car and Track text was being clipped.


Hosted Racing
Resolved an issue where the Hosted League Session modal would display an error if it was open when the session advanced from the "Pending" state to the "Launched" state.


AI Racing
Multiclass AI Season Session Results now properly display championship points based on car classes.


Leagues
Character limits and informative errors have been added to League info boxes during initial creation and editing.
Fixed an issue where column headers could become misaligned with the correct columns when resizing the screen.


Results
The tooltip profile of the last place finisher is no longer cut off. The “See Full Profile” button is always reachable.
The Race Results page now also shows class finishing positions for all multiclass sessions.


Friends List
The tooltip in the Friends List for the Steering Wheel icon now opens to the left instead of up. This way, long session names are no longer cut-off.


SIMULATION:
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iRacing Companion App
With the start of iRacing 2022 Season 4, iSchedule will begin to be deprecated.
- - After the Season 4 release, iSchedule will occasionally notify users who still use it to migrate to the new iRacing Companion App.
- - After the 2023 Season 1 release, iSchedule will display an error message when launched asking any users still using it to migrate to the new iRacing Companion App.
- - Download the iRacing Companion App directly from your device’s app store, here:
- - - - Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iracing.companion
- - - - Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/en/app/iracing-companion/id1620903126


Setups
Fixed an issue with setups that could occur when the minimum and maximum values of an allowable range were very close. When attempting to set a value above the maximum allowable value (or just below), it would set the value to the minimum value instead.


CARS:
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NASCAR Next Gen Cars
(ALL) - Aerodynamics packages have been updated.


TRACKS:
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Darlington Raceway
Track surface parameters have been adjusted slightly.


Indianapolis Motor Speedway
(Road Course) - The oval outer catch fence position has been adjusted, and the brake markers and caution lights have been updated to fit the new positions.

This Hotfix contains a set of fixes to address a recent tire temperatures exploit using grass surfaces.


Please see the Release Notes below, or on our Members Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/27148/2022-season-3-patch-3-hotfix-1-release-notes-2022-08-04-02#latest



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2022 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 Release Notes [2022.08.04.02]

This Hotfix contains a set of fixes to address a recent tire temperatures exploit using grass surfaces. Please see a statement about this issue from Tony Gardner here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/26650/iracing-spa-24-tire-dipping-issue#latest


SIMULATION:
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Tires
Tire conditioning properties have been updated.

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2022 Season 3 Release.
You can find the Release Notes for this Patch below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/26617/2022-season-3-patch-3-release-notes-2022-07-22-04





This Patch contains a variety of updates and fixes for the 2022 Season 3 Release, as well as the release of the brand new 2022 laser scan version of Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Road Course!





iRACING UI:
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Go Racing
Resolved a starting time display issue in the Series and Hosted modals when GMT clock formats are enabled.


Cars
Car-specific rules are now displayed in a few places to make understanding unique cases with some cars easier. This includes on a Car’s info page, and while loading into a Session using a car with special rules. Special Rules info includes information about wing adjustments, hybrid systems, Push-2-Pass, and tires.


AI Racing
AI Racing is now available at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Road Course!
Fixed an issue where AI Roster car numbers could conflict with player car numbers in Race Results.


SIMULATION:
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Graphics
Fixed an issue for single monitor full-screen mode with AMD FSR enabled.
Fixed an issue with low resolution particles while AMD FSR is enabled.
Fixed an issue with window resizing with AMD FSR enabled.
Fixed an issue where night lighting could flicker inside cockpits in very bright areas of night tracks when HDR is enabled.


Virtual Reality
Two new settings options, “UIScreenDistCM” and “UIScreenWidthCM” have been added to the [VR] sections of the “rendererDX11.ini” files.
- - These new distance settings specify the depth and width (measured in centimeters) where the UI screens should render in world space. Generally, if you scale the distance you also want to scale the width about the same amount to keep the apparent size of the screen about the same, otherwise the screen may become too tiny or too large to utilize.
When the Sim is launched from the iRacingUI with a specific display device request (OpenVR, Rift, OpenXR, Monitors), the Simulator will no longer try to detect/initialize unrelated VR HMDs/runtimes unnecessarily.
Fixed the OpenXR re-centering issue where the head position tracking would be in the wrong direction after re-centering. For example, if the re-center rotated 90 degrees, the position tracking would be off by 90 degrees.


CARS:
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Class Trucks
iRacing setups have been updated.


NASCAR Xfinity Class Cars
iRacing setups have been updated.


ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala
iRacing setups have been updated.


Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE
iRacing setups have been updated.


Dallara IR18
The logic used to trigger backfires has been updated.


Dirt Late Model
(ALL) - Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season.


Dirt Modified
(ALL) - Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season.


Dirt Sprint Car
(ALL) - Tire side-wall friction has been reduced slightly.
(ALL) - For the New Damage Model, the broken actuator models have been updated to better reflect damage when the wing is ripped off.
(ALL) - For the New Damage Model, top wing break threshold has been increased slightly.
(ALL) - Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season.


Dirt Sprint Car Non-Winged
(ALL) - Tire side-wall friction has been reduced slightly.


Dirt Street Stock
Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season.


Dirt UMP Modified
Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season.


Radical SR10
For the New Damage Model, some damage morphs have been improved.
For the Old Damage Model, fixed an issue where the mirror stems were not removed when the nose was detached.
Fixed an issue with headlights disappearing at certain camera angles and at certain track positions while using the New Damage Model.
Fixed an issue with headlight color while using the New Damage Model.


TRACKS:
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
(Oval) - Barriers in the Turn 3 area of the road course are now comprised of solid matter.
(Oval) - Fixed an incorrect penalty for driving very close to the grass on pit road.
(Oval) - Removed an outdated Monster Cup Series logo at Turn 3.


Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
For Track Rules, fixed an issue where a 1x was not being triggered if four wheels were over the curb at the apex track limits for Turns 8, 9, 12, and 13.


Indianapolis Motor Speedway
NEW TRACK CONFIGURATION!
- - A new track configuration, Road Course, has been added to this track!
- - This track configuration utilizes the modern layout design and brand new 2022 laser scan data.
- - This new track configuration is immediately available for all current owners of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- - The original Road Course track configuration has been appended with “- 2009” to denote its laser scan date and remains available for use.
- - Add Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the brand-new Road Course configuration, to your digital racing landscape by purchasing it from the iRacing Store here: https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/TrackDetail.do?trkid=448
AI Racing is now available at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Road Course!


Pocono Raceway
Removed a phantom barrier near pit entry.

This Hotfix contains a small change to the method which Steam uses to launch iRacing.

No content or sim changes have been made in this update.