r/iRacing 7h ago

Scheduled Maintenance 2026 Season 4 Initial Release - September 9th 0800EDT/1200UTC

29 Upvotes

From the staff post on the member forums:

Season Release:

  • This downtime is for a quarterly Season Release build that includes brand new cars, tracks, & features, hosts of updates, improvements, & bug fixes, and so much more to ensure iRacing is the best experience on the market.
  • Since this update is packed full of good stuff, expect this deployment to take some extra time beyond our usual Patch deployments to complete.

Downtime:

  • iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 4 Initial Release, Wednesday September 9th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT.
  • This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime.
  • You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status

Demo Drive:

Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed.

  • Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time.
  • The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content.
  • When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums.
  • Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode.
  • When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available.
    • Since this downtime is significant for a full Season release, Demo Drive will remain up for an extended period of time after deployment is complete.
  • Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season.

iRacing.com Downtime Schedule:

EDT

Wed 2026-09-09 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Wed 2026-09-09 0800 Race Servers Unavailable

UTC

Wed 2026-09-09 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Wed 2026-09-09 1200 Race Servers Unavailable

AEST

Wed 2026-09-09 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Wed 2026-09-09 2200 Race Servers Unavailable

  • All times are subject to change.
  • Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not.
  • *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

r/iRacing 1d ago

Official Announcements 2026 Season 4 Track Retirements: Road America, Mid-Ohio, & Milwaukee - September 9th 0800EDT/1200UTC

49 Upvotes

From the staff post on the member forums with details on the planned retirement of Road America, Mid-Ohion, and Milwaukee...

Track Retirement & Replacement:

  • We are retiring the existing versions of THREE popular iRacing tracks with the 2026 Season 4 Release:
    • Road America
    • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
    • The Milwaukee Mile
  • Each of these three tracks is being replaced with a brand new laser scan and fully rebuilt version.
  • Retired tracks no longer function within iRacing.

» Save out any Replays as video or image files before retirement occurs! «

Be sure to check out our recent Season 4 Dev Blog Post to learn more about what’s coming for 2026 Season 4!

iRacing Development Update: August 2026 - iRacing.com

More Specifics:

With the upcoming 2026 Season 4 Release, Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and The Milwaukee Mile are each receiving a complete modern rebuild from the ground up. These updates are so significant that the old version will be retired and not maintained into the future.

  • All Members who currently have access to each of these tracks will automatically be granted the new version for free.
  • The old version of the track will be retired, and will become inaccessible for use on iRacing in any way - this track will no longer be selectable or load in any form by the Simulator.
  • Retirement impacts all configs for a track.
  • As part of retirement, any pending Hosted Sessions using any of the old versions of these tracks will be cancelled and no charges will be made to hosting accounts.
  • As part of retirement, old Replays at retired tracks will no longer be viewable. Please collect any screenshots and videos you desire from the existing versions of these tracks before retirement occurs with the 2026 Season 4 Release deployment!
  • Deployment is scheduled to begin at 0800EDT/1200UTC on the 9th of September, 2026!
  • All results, stats, and records of events at retired tracks remain unchanged and will always be available for viewing.

r/iRacing 6h ago

Discussion F4 should be C class

18 Upvotes

Wanted to vent about F4. Raced at Laguna Seca twice yesterday in F4 after basically taking break from F4 for 2 seasons. Jfc.

First race: someone parks it on the apex during a high speed turn and I don't have time to react and run right into him. Meatball. Later, making a move on the outside at the last turn. The guy moves under braking right into my lane and we hit wheels.

Second race: First turn someone just veers into me approaching the turn. Boom. Meatball. Later on the last turn of the last lap. I make a move to the inside. He gets scared, goes wide, and then loses control and hits me recovering his spin. I take the place and after the line, he just rams into the back of me.

You'd think since it's open wheel, people would be more careful. I get more space from people when racing GT4s.

Just like the GT4 is now C class, the same should be for F4. And while we're at it the Formula ladder makes no sense. You can drive F1 and IndyCar at Class C but Super Formula requires B class? Makes no sense. I know F4 driving standards are awful but what do yall think? Also just wanted to vent lol


r/iRacing 10h ago

Leagues/Hosted How many of you are interested in a simple 'slow' car 24 hours race with some price money?

36 Upvotes

So i recently saw a post about the iracing lemons 24hours race. And that layout got me thinking about how little endurance races there are for the slower and less used cars in iracing.

I am fortunate enough to be able to host sessions and even give out price money to make it extra fun to fight for the win.

Now, comment me this. Which cars, legacy, old, new. Doesn't matter. Would you like to see or race in a 24 hours.

We can use popular and free tracks. Or even do this event twice a year? 1 time on a free track, the other time on a paid track.

Any idea or comment is welcome. Hopefully we can make this happen. Thankyou.


r/iRacing 8h ago

Video Monza T1 I guess

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17 Upvotes

Actually not even T1


r/iRacing 6h ago

Video iracing please give us X-Pipes as an option for the NOAPS cars

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11 Upvotes

they sound so amazing I would love to be able to run the cars with that sound


r/iRacing 23m ago

Leagues/Hosted National Racing League

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If you’re looking for clean hard fun racing with a growing community and viewer base with a new season just about to begin look no further than the National Racing League. For Season 2 we will have a Trucks Series and our Cup Series will be using the Gen 4 Cup car. Trucks race on Monday and the Cup Series races Tuesday Nights at 9 PM EST. Come join in on the fun that the NRL brings!

Tonight we have a Daytona Test Session (basically Clash) as we get ready to kick start Season 2! Race is at 9 PM EST

•Mon & Tue 9:00pm EST (Practice starts at 8:30)

•$10 Entry fee, all money goes towards the season purse.

•Season 2 Begins Monday 9/7 with Trucks at Daytona & Tuesday 9/8 for the S2 Daytona 250

•Races are broadcasted on Twitch and YouTube

•50% race lengths with some races having more laps added on for some of the bigger races

•League ID to search: #14328

https://discord.gg/aqHK4tPVy


r/iRacing 1h ago

Discussion VIR Laptimes

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Anyone do pretty good at most other tracks but find themselves driving like a Rookie at VIR? I can’t keep a consistent time or make a good time to save my life at VIR. Feels like I have no grip at all and I already have trouble judging the grip limit on Iracing.


r/iRacing 36m ago

Video Quest 3 vs Pimax Dream Air - Through the lenses

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YouTube compresses a lot the video and I recorded using a Samsung S23 FE.

When comparing both, it amazes me how well Quest 3 performs. But, it is on another level when comparing sharpness and colors to pimax. Pimax looks like you're there, while Quest 3 makes you feel you're playing a game.

About tracking, I can't see a difference. Pimax was noticeable worse a while ago. Well done!

Lenses are very similar, both are excellent.

Only bad side of Dream Air is comfort, due to facial interface. Hoping for the new one doesn't take too long to ship.


r/iRacing 6h ago

Membership Free 3 months membership code (new account only)

7 Upvotes

Hey guys,

I just won a code for a free membership over 3 months. But since I do not have a “new account” I can’t use it.

I wish one lucky person a lot of fun using the code and hopefully having a good time!

Cheers!

PRDBJ7LJAH4XMTZT3G9ADEKD99V


r/iRacing 4h ago

Leagues/Hosted gen 4 league

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3 Upvotes

👀

Saturday Nights @ 8pm EST
First Race on September 12th
110% Engine Power
fixed setups

https://discord.gg/gyYnveKR5

everyone is welcome!


r/iRacing 8h ago

Teams 24hr Leman This weekend - Global endurance tour (looking for driver)

7 Upvotes

Hi all,

I have 3 drivers (myself included) and we're looking for a fourth to join us on consistent 24hr and other smaller endurance races. We're intending to drive the LMP2 this weekend at Lemans. Please drop a comment if you're interested and i'll reach out.

I am English but the other two drivers are american, so i dont mind where you're from. We're intending to enjoy the racing and are not terribly bothered by low irating or low race pace. As long as you're consistent and having fun, then its all good !


r/iRacing 1d ago

Leagues/Hosted Join us for the 6th Melons 24h

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222 Upvotes

The slowest endurance race of the year is back for a fourth year on November 7-8.

Join other Miata, Clio and GR86 drivers from around the world as we battle at Okayama for 24 hours. This year we might include the Caterham too!

Over the last 6 years we’ve come together as a friendly community of passionate and respectful racers. If this sounds appealing, check out our race programme for more information and a flavour of what you can expect from the event.

We’re currently welcoming over 30 returning teams and entries are now open for the final slots.

Highlights:

  • Live race stewards
  • Amazing paddock atmosphere and community
  • Actual physical air-freshener prizes

Sign up and more information at https://nerdic.net/melons24h

Please note, at least one driver from your team will need to join a practice session nearer the event to gain a permit for the race.

On track, we race hard and fair. Off track, anything goes.


r/iRacing 4h ago

Question/Help Is there any Supercars NA League?

2 Upvotes

As tittle said, I m looking for a Supercars racing League that can be able to join at NA timezone. I m loving the car but its hard to me to find a good split to join.


r/iRacing 10h ago

Question/Help 8 weeks away, now low FPS

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After 8 weeks away, I suddenly have low FPS and low GPU utilisation.

RTX 4090
7800x3D
64gb RAM

Everything was fine 8 weeks ago. Around 100 FPS (triple screen)

Now, as soon as a few cars are loaded onto the track the fps drops down (30 at some points) a gpu utilisation drops right down.

ACE performs fine (99% gpu)

Dropping graphic settings to minimum does nothing except if I have draw cars on minimum

I have rolled back Nvidia driver, did not help

Auto configure IRacing graphics

Checked the VRAM Limit in the .ini

I have no idea where to go from here. Any help would be great.


r/iRacing 34m ago

Question/Help Le Mans 296 low wing porsche curves

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Hello, today i tried practising the 296 on le mans, with wing 1-2-3, with setups from garage61, everytime i reach the porsche curves i die, especially during the first two left corners. I realised there is a bit of camber there and everytime i get there i die, with wing 4 i can manage, but any lower i die, i m not looking for the fastest time or anything, i just wanted to try lower wing.

How do people do these corners full throttle with low wing? I ve been thinking maybe the setups are a bit to crazy, but i cant do the porsche curves at all. Also, when exiting the pits on cold tyres (with low wing), sometimes i spin during the second to last corner before the straight.

Im fine with racing on wing 4, im just wondering how do people do these on wing1-2-3.


r/iRacing 7h ago

Discussion Week 13 Idea: Multi-Class Heat Races

4 Upvotes

I would love a session where instead of a multi-class race, it’s multiple class racing, meaning same track, same driver, different heats or stages all in different cars.

Dream Scenario:

Watkins Glen - NASCAR Layout
Race 1: Formula F4 or USF 2000
Race 2: ARCA or Truck Series
Race 3: GT3
Race 4: Prototype

Each race is 15 minutes with 3-5 minutes of practice in between or one 60 lap race where you have to run a minimum number of laps in each car with your choice of order.

Bonus points if they could figure out staggered starting to account for how big of a lead you build in each session.


r/iRacing 2h ago

Leagues/Hosted Can I have a random grid start for a league race?

1 Upvotes

Running a special event in a league soon, wondering if there's a way for the game to generate a random grid start. When I go to set up a race through the league there's an option to not have any qualifyin, just go from open practice to a race. How is the starting grid determined through that? Tia


r/iRacing 3h ago

Teams Driver Looking for a Team - Global Endurance tour

0 Upvotes

I am currently looking for a team for the upcoming Le Manns 24hr this weekend. I am in A class driver, but my Irating there is sub 1000.

I am running the Porsche 911 GT3 and holding a consistent average pace of 4:09 with limited incident points over the course of the 45 minute races this week. I have ran 3 3-hour endurance races solo at Le Manns a couple weeks ago and placed 12th with six incident points in the last event.

I’m located in America and am in CDT.

Please feel free to comment or DM me to ask any further information.


r/iRacing 23h ago

Discussion Ford Mustang GT4

39 Upvotes

Just wanted to drop by and say I love the Mustang GT4. It may be a twunt on cold tires, but god damn its fun asf when its all warmed up.

That is all 😂


r/iRacing 39m ago

Question/Help Making a button box but have some questions on some of these options

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I want to add some fuel buttons but my stickers are -no fuel, fuel full, fuel -1 and -10 and +1 and +10… how do I set those up in iracing? Which should I use? I’m confused because I haven’t seen any options in the game for stuff like that. I will be using Simhub controller mapper so I can add led profiles for these buttons (like a pro switch panel)

Any other ones I should add? Probably traction control + and - but haven’t used those much yet with what I race. Thanks for the help


r/iRacing 8h ago

Question/Help iRacing.com Helper Service not running

2 Upvotes

I always get this when I start up Iracing and I wonder what is a permanent fix to this as to not run into this issue again


r/iRacing 5h ago

Question/Help Networking Troubleshooting Help

1 Upvotes

Troubleshooting help needed. Over the last few days, when I join a race it completely takes down the rest of my network. Streaming, web access, everything from any other device is down. Also, last night shortly after starting a race, network to my race computer went down but everything else was working fine. Restarted computer, jumped back in the race, and everything else in the house went down. How do I begin to troubleshoot this?

Verizon FIOS 1gb, Asus XD5 modem/wifi router, plugged into a switch, plugged into the computer. There's a separate XD5 upstairs extending the wifi. Also plugged into the switch is a raspberry pi running PiHole as an adblocker


r/iRacing 21h ago

Question/Help How do you handle quali/formation lap nerves? Do you just get used to it? I hit 150 bpm when I qualified pole in a recent race

15 Upvotes

Any certain breathing exercises? Or just get used to it?


r/iRacing 6h ago

Leagues/Hosted 6H IMSA Multi-Class Team Event at Road America on Sept 19th!

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1 Upvotes

This event is a historic, one-off triple-league collaboration between Simu Nation, Americas Racing League (ARL), and High Point Racing (HPR)! All three leagues are partnering at an equal level as co-hosts and title sponsors to bring you a massive grid and a true showdown to see which community is the fastest on track.

LIVE BROADCASTS, CUSTOM BOP, PRIZES!!!

Key Event Details

  • Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
  • Race Duration: 6 Hours
  • Track: Road America
  • Grid Capacity: 60 Cars (15 LMDh | 15 LMP2 | 30 GT3)
  • Team Size: 2 to 3 drivers per car
  • Setup: Open
  • Balance of Performance (BoP): Based on the official iRacing Road America Endurance weekend BoP, with custom adjustments applied to the Ford Mustang GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3, and McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
  • Entry Fee: $15 USD per car (Registration is only confirmed once payment is complete) Payment Link
  • Live Broadcast: Full coverage produced by Racer Nexus
  • Prizes : Drivers of the winning car, in each category, will receive 1 month of HYMO setups access. All winning drivers will have to created an account on HYMO. Hymo normally take 5-7 days to apply the free month.

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Register today! https://www.thesimgrid.com/championships/26138

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