iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 5
This Patch includes fixes and updates for the 2021 Season 2 Release.
This Release now also includes the brand new 2022 NASCAR Next Gen vehicles!
NASCAR’s Next Gen cars make their debut on iRacing before anywhere else in preparation for its inaugural real-world NASCAR Cup Series campaign in 2022. Featuring a number of technological innovations, from a new chassis design and independent rear suspension to a sequential transmission and single-lug wheel design, the Next Gen car is designed to continue pushing the sport forward.
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2021 Season 2 Patch 5 - Release Notes [2021.05.03.01]
This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2021 Season 2 Release.
iRACING UI: (5.13.03-2021-s2)
Registration
- Fixed an issue with registering for an event where the Register button would appear to be re-enabled for several seconds (and could appear to some as a registration failure) while the registration process was actively completing. This occurred for users who had their confirmation dialog bypass enabled.
Current Series
- Fixed an issue when creating a Hosted Session from a Series Schedule did not maintain the correct car classes or amount of drivers and was incorrectly displaying the length for an Open Practice Session.
Team Racing
- A Back button has been added to the Team Registration window which returns a user back to the Series window.
- The "Watch" option has been removed from the Team Registration window.
- Fixed an issue where the Register button was not being correctly disabled for users attempting to register their team for an Open Practice Team Session that was full.
AI Racing
- AI Drivers in Opponent Rosters are now editable using the upgraded Paint Shop with the 3D Model Viewer!
- Fixed an issue with Opponent Rosters where newly added AI Drivers could be assigned the same driver number as an existing AI driver.
- Fixed an issue with outputting AI results after a Race if the Opponent Roster had duplicate names or numbers.
Hosted Racing
- Fixed an issue where creating a Hosted Session from the Season Schedule window was incorrectly setting the duration of the Practice to 20 minutes instead of a full hour.
- - Fixed an additional issue with these Hosted Sessions when attempting to add additional hours was also only adding time in 20 minute increments instead of the full hour.
League Racing
- Fixed an issue where users were unable to launch Test Drive sessions from Pending League Sessions.
Paint Shop
- Fixed an issue where improper colors could be used with fixed paint schemes for some vehicles.
MEMBERSITE:
Hosted Racing
- Fixed an issue where an error message was being displayed when trying to schedule a Hosted Session using car classes.
SIMULATION:
Connectivity
- Fixed an issue that could crash the Simulation for multiple users under certain conditions.
- - This was mostly observed during serious high-speed collision events involving one or more Dallara IR18's, but could also occur with other vehicles. It would appear to others as though the server had dumped several users all at once, when in fact their Simulations had crashed.
Race Control
- Fixed an issue where a missed start delay could not account for the pit lane's exit time from the pit lane end to the merge point being potentially different from the race line's path.
- - Typically this is not an issue, but at a track like Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Grand Prix Pits where the pit exit cuts the inside of a hairpin on a 90 meters shorter path, a missed start car would be released 4-6 seconds too early.
CARS:
Dirt Late Model
- (ALL) - Opponent car parameters have been updated to improve stability and correlation to the player car.
Dirt Midget
- Tire parameters have been updated, construction has been made stiffer, and tread pattern has been updated.
- Opponent car wheel spring rates and ride heights now have a better correlation.
- iRacing setups have been updated.
NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1987
- The New Damage Model has been re-enabled for this vehicle!
NASCAR Ford Thunderbird - 1987
- The New Damage Model has been re-enabled for this vehicle!
NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
- NEW CAR!
- - The NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, an asphalt oval car, is now available for purchase!
- - - After using the model for a number of years in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Chevrolet introduced the Camaro to the Cup Series for the first time in 2018, and the Camaro carries on as the brand’s Next Gen car. Like its counterparts from Ford and Toyota, it’s powered by a 358 cubic-inch V8 powerplant, and weighs 3,400 pounds with driver and fuel. After multiple years of testing by some of the sport’s biggest names, the Next Gen Camaro will make its real-world debut in the 2022 Daytona 500.
- - Add the NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to your digital garage from the iRacing Store, here: https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CarDetail.do?carid=139
NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang
- NEW CAR!
- - The NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang, an asphalt oval car, is now available for purchase!
- - - Just three years after making its Cup debut, the Ford Mustang marque moves into the next generation of NASCAR with the Next Gen car. Like its counterparts from Chevrolet and Toyota, it’s powered by a 358 cubic-inch V8 powerplant, and weighs 3,400 pounds with driver and fuel. After multiple years of testing by some of the sport’s biggest names, the Next Gen Mustang will make its real-world debut in the 2022 Daytona 500.
- - Add the NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang to your digital garage from the iRacing Store, here: https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CarDetail.do?carid=140
NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry
- NEW CAR!
- - The NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry, an asphalt oval car, is now available for purchase!
- - - The Camry continues on as Toyota’s only model in NASCAR Cup Series competition since the brand’s debut in 2007. Like its counterparts from Chevrolet and Ford, it’s powered by a 358 cubic-inch V8 powerplant, and weighs 3,400 pounds with driver and fuel. After multiple years of testing by some of the sport’s biggest names, the Next Gen Camry will make its real-world debut in the 2022 Daytona 500.
- - Add the NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry to your digital garage from the iRacing Store, here: https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CarDetail.do?carid=141
TRACKS:
Darlington Raceway
- Track surface parameters have been updated.
- Some advertisements and signs have been updated.
- Some additional SAFER foam has been added.
- Fixed a lighting issue with some glass in the tower at Turn 3.
Texas Motor Speedway
- (Legends Oval) - Pace speed has been reduced.