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This Patch includes fixes and updates for the 2020 Season 4 Release.
Check out the Release Notes for this update below, or on our Members Forums here:
https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3774596.page


2020 Season 4 Patch 4 Release Notes [2020.10.21.02]


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 includes fixes and updates for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

Check out the Release Notes for this update below, or on our Members Forums here:
https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3771495.page



2020 Season 4 Patch 3 Release Notes [2020.10.07.02]

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 includes fixes and updates for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

Check out the Release Notes for this update below, or on our Members Forums here:
https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3770378.page



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/ 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 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

- iRacing Season setups have been updated.


NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang

- iRacing Season setups have been updated.


NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry

- 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.

This Hotfix includes fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Patch 1 Release.

Check out the Release Notes for this update below, or on our Members Forums here:
https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3769542.page


2020 Season 4 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 Release Notes [2020.09.21.01]


This Hotfix contains some fixes for the 2020 Season 4 Patch 1 Release.


iRACING UI: (04.18.13)

Track Maps

- A new batch of updated track maps have been implemented, including:
- - Autodromo Nazionale Monza
- - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
- - Daytona International Speedway
- - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- - Road Atlanta
- - Sebring International Raceway
- - Talladega Superspeedway
- - Watkins Glen International
- - [Legacy] Daytona International Speedway - 2008


Licenses

- Resolved an issue where the iRating of Rookie Licenses was being incorrectly displayed to the user.
- - iRating is now correctly hidden for the Rookie License class.


Series

- Resolved an issue where the “Register” button was displaying a “Purchase” state instead of an “Ineligible” state where the user is ineligible to participate in the session.


Results

- A button has been added to view Results from the iRacing UI on the Classic Membersite.
- - The iRacing UI is missing a few statistics that can be found on the Classic Membersite for each event, such as lap charts, lap graphs, and, if applicable, Series Standings.


Teams

- A navigation link has been added to the sidebar for the “My Teams” page.

- Resolved an issue where Team owner names were not being properly displayed if they were too long to display within the table.


Leagues

- The League Sessions page is now the default display when navigating to the Leagues page via the sidebar.



SIMULATION:

AI Racing

- AI Drivers have received some additional Oval driving training with the following vehicles:
- - Indy Pro 2000 PM-18
- - USF 2000



CARS:

Dallara IR18

- iRacing provided setups have been updated for [Legacy] Phoenix Raceway - 2008.


Dallara P217

- The Throttle Shape setting may now be bound to a custom hotkey.

- "dcThrottleShape" is now available in telemetry.


Ford GT GT2/GT3

- (ALL) - Rear damper lengths have been increased by 20mm to prevent running out of droop travel when running high static rear ride heights.
- - This should reduce the tendency of the car to bounce / pogo.
- - iRacing setups have been updated to account for these changes.


McLaren MP4-30

- The telemetry system now reports the tire compound index with which each team has set their best time in Qual ("CarIdxQualTireCompound"; it will be -1 if none has been locked in so far).
- - It also indicates whether or not Race Control has officially locked that team in to that compound choice for the start of the race ("CarIdxQualTireCompoundLocked").

- Track agnostic iRacing setups have been updated to pass tech at all fuel levels.

- Fixed an issue where the tire compound used during Qualifying was not correctly carried into the Race when the driver switched Race Servers during the session transition.


NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

- Fixed an issue where the gas-man could be interrupted, and fail to empty his fuel can.


NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang

- Fixed an issue where the gas-man could be interrupted, and fail to empty his fuel can.


NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry

- Fixed an issue where the gas-man could be interrupted, and fail to empty his fuel can.

This Patch includes fixes and updates for the 2020 Season X Release.
Check out the Release Notes for this update on our Members Forums here:
https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3768952.page

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2020 Season 4 Patch 1 Release Notes [2020.09.16.03]


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



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.