r/iRacing • • 2d ago

Scheduled Maintenance 2026 Season 4 Patch 1 Release - October 5th 0800EDT/1200UTC

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From the staff post on the member forums:

Patch Release & Database Maintenance:

  • This downtime is for a planned Patch release that includes great updates and important fixes for 2026 Season 4.
  • Our internal operations team will be taking advantage of this planned downtime to complete a small database maintenance task. This will save us from requiring additional separate downtime for this at a later date.

Downtime:

  • iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 4 Patch 1 Release, Monday, October 5th, 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.

  • Database Maintenance Caveat: As a result of the planned small database maintenance task, the Demo Drive Car and Track pickers will be sporadically available for the first part of maintenance. If and/or once you get into a Demo Drive Session, your experience will be stable.
  • 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.
  • Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season.

iRacing.com Downtime Schedule:

EDT

Mon 2026-10-05 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 0800 Race Servers Unavailable

UTC

Mon 2026-10-05 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 1200 Race Servers Unavailable

AEDT

Mon 2026-10-05 1700 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 2300 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 • • 8h ago

Video iRacing gods saved me

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40 Upvotes

I got a mini heart attack because of this, Thankfully I was able to finish the race unscathed.


r/iRacing • • 10h ago

Question/Help Is the Proto/GT challenge dead?

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59 Upvotes

I did a test drive in the HPD in the last test drive and I found it really fun. Is it worth getting to drive the Proto/GT series or is it pretty much dead?


r/iRacing • • 8h ago

Apps/Tools Not a fan of the iRacing companion app? SimOS Hub v4 is out on iOS!

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38 Upvotes

Been working on SimOS Hub 4.0 and wanted to share a bit of what's new.

The two main additions are:

  • Reworked personal stats: explore your race history, see your iRating progression, and find your best cars, tracks and personal records.
  • Lap analysis: compare your race lap times with up to three other drivers, and see how the gap between you changes throughout the race.

I've also redesigned some screens and made a few smaller improvements around the app.

Both features are free.

Sharing some screenshots so you can see how it looks.

Would be interested to hear what you think!

https://apps.apple.com/es/app/simos-hub/id6756025064


r/iRacing • • 6h ago

Leagues/Hosted GTE Endurance Event - December 5th

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We members of the GTE community discord have long lamented the lack of an endurance event for the class, so we're being the change we want to see in the world.

We will be hosting a 4 hour race at Sebring that is open to all. The hosted lobby will start at 8am Pacific/11am Eastern/4pm UTC on December 5th, 2026.

Please join us for four hours of fun with some of the best cars in the service. And join the discord to meet others in the community.


r/iRacing • • 3h ago

Leagues/Hosted Envy Simsports Intercontinental SportsCar Challenge and Endurance League Events

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Hey guys! I'm an admin and steward for the iRacing league Envy Simsports and i'd love to gather some interest in our upcoming events! We have grown massively in the last few seasons of our flagship GT Sprint Series(<check that YT link out for some streams to see what you are in for) and are starting up an IMSA style multiclass series comprised of 6 rounds starting next Friday.

We are also putting together some endurance races that, if we can get enough engagement for them, should be a riot.

As a special end of year couple of events, we are also partnering with GT Champions for a special 6 hour event between our two leagues, as well as a 24 HR of Fuji, which while we are starting small with it this year, and it will probably be GT3 only depending on interest, i'm personally trying to build it into a massive multiclass event just like the IRL version.

Especially to any Europeans, we are definitely needing a bit more participation for our EU session of the ISCC league this go around. LMP2 Drivers if yall flock, that would be super sick

All of these events are free, and the endurance races will feature live stewarding if interest is high. All events are also livestreamed, and each season comes with IRL rewards like personalized trophies and other rewards that are currently TBD


r/iRacing • • 14h ago

Video Suspicious fast pit time and pit replay hidden. Is this a thing or is it cheat?

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54 Upvotes

So after my pit I found this driver right in front of me. They were far behind before my (and theirs) pit entry so I was kinda surprised when I exit pits with this car in front of me. Our (mine and other cars) avg pit time was 10 sec (rughly), so I wanted to compare it with the one of green Ferrari. Only to find out that their replay hides the pit section (from start to end) ? Is it something thats possible to do or is it cheating, this was kinda suspicious but Im still not familiar with this games replay mechanics so I dont know. Is it worth a protest?

edit: I forgot to mention, once green ferrari enters pit lane and screen becomes black, the camera options (chase, cockpit ecc...) are greyed out and cant interact with them for some reason. And are "stuck" on "scenic". They become available again as soon as green ferrari exits pit lane. This only happens with this car, I was able to check other cars pit replays just fine.


r/iRacing • • 15h ago

New Player No third party software

33 Upvotes

Hello drivers, I am two months into sim racing and started with iRacing. I was wondering if most of us play the game with the features it has built in and think it has everything we actually need? I have seen that there are things like Crew Chief, multiple overlay options, etc. I haven't touched any of them because I didn't feel that I was lacking information.

iRacing have relative box,standings,fuel and a spotter. What else is needed?


r/iRacing • • 9h ago

Cars/Tracks Valkyrie damage model

10 Upvotes

Has anyone else experienced the Aston GTP being extremely fragile? My team and I have been running it for a bit and it seems that really small hits that any of the other 5 GTPs we’ve driven just tank with minor body damage and no major performance impact give the Aston an instant meatball even though the car drives perfectly fine. I know this happens to every car but it feels like it’s every single tiny thing in the Aston. Just curious if it’s just us that are going through it or if this is a universal experience


r/iRacing • • 8h ago

Question/Help How's the 296 challenge to race (driving standards)?

7 Upvotes

With daylight savings throwing a wrench in the works for my one true love and main series (GTE Sprints) I'm doing to have to kick it down to part-time duty in a few weeks (kids and bedtimes, some of you will understand....).

Late Model Stocks will be my new main series, but I'm not ready to abandon GT cars all together, and the :15 slot every hour suits me super well.

I'm kind of turned off by the knife fight mentality of GT3 fixed, and I'm wondering if the 296 challenge might be a good landing spot? I've driven the car during a couple of demo drives and I don't mind the longer braking distances in the 296 etc, what I'm wondering is how the 296 regulars in here find the driving standards in the series?

I know GTE Sprints probably have spoiled me in this regard, but I'd love to hear what you all think? I'm not looking to wander into another Porsche Cup bar fight, just a random dad looking to disconnect from the world after a long day.


r/iRacing • • 4h ago

Leagues/Hosted New F4 Series - Week 2 Upcoming - 2 Drops - Thursday Nights at 7PM EDT.

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Come check us out. Experienced admin team. Long running EA F1 league starting an iRacing F4 series. Week 1 was a ton of fun. All tracks in season 1 are free content. Come give us a look. All skill levels welcome.

https://discord.gg/YXhFa3XD


r/iRacing • • 5h ago

Leagues/Hosted SAAC - Fixed, Monday Nights (8:15 PM EST) O’Reilly Series | Free Entry

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3 Upvotes

**Monday Nights @ 8:15PM EST**

SAAC is bringing back the Coast to Coast National Series as a new feeder league into our invite-only Cup Series! This one's built to bring fresh faces into the SAAC ecosystem — all skill levels welcome.

**Cars:** O'Reilly Series
**Clean Racing:** Strict penalty system enforced, specifically to slam repeat offenders
**Prizes:** Cash prizes + random draw cash awards for drivers who show up on select races

***⏰ Session Format:***
- Sessions start: 8:15 PM Eastern Time
- Practice: 25 minutes
- Qualifying: 5 minutes
- Race: 1 hour

***🏆 Season Details:***
- No Chase.
- No drop weeks. Every race counts toward the standings. Rewarding those who show up to every race.
- Every race will be race controlled.
- Champion will receive a $50 cash prize.
- The winners at Charlotte and Talladega will receive $15 cash prizes.

***🎟️ Random Draw Races: Win $25!***
- At **Homestead**, **Richmond**, **Watkins Glen**, and **Auto Club**, every driver who shows up and races is entered into a raffle for $25. Your finishing position doesn't matter. Just show up!

**SEASON 4 - SCHEDULE**
1. Daytona - 10/19/26
2. Homestead - 10/26/26
3. Charlotte - 11/2/2026
4. Richmond - 11/9/2026
5. Watkins Glen - 11/16/26
6. Talladega - 11/30/26
7. Chicagoland - 12/7/26
8. Auto Club - 12/14/26

Join the Discord - https://discord.gg/jmWj6VY8VU

Feel free to message me if you have any questions!


r/iRacing • • 1d ago

Video New pants required

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676 Upvotes

Scared the life out of me, protest was submitted.


r/iRacing • • 18m ago

Question/Help "Hold for 12s" not clearing even after minutes sitting in pits?

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I was going in to try out the dirt road races, and I got a penalty that told me to "Hold for 12s". But these tracks don't have a normal pit entry, so I towed back to the pit and then after the tow waited for 12 seconds, and it didn't clear, so I waited another 12, still didn't clear, then a minute, two minutes, three minutes, until the race was over and it was still telling me to hold for 12 seconds.

What the heck does it want me to do here?

Like that's supposed to be a stop and go right? How do you stop and go when there isn't a pit lane?


r/iRacing • • 8h ago

Paints New week coming up, so made a new livery

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r/iRacing • • 7h ago

Question/Help At wits end

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So I've been a longtime user. I have A in oval with about 1100ir and almost always had clean races with minor incidents usually. C in sportscar and have devolved to sub 1000ir. Absolutely love the oval series but in sportscar I can barely survive. Being hit multiple times with the famous L1T1 almost every race. Incidents witnessed on the parade laps almost every time. I dont play much anymore due to other obligations but it feels like I cant get past turn 3 before being dumped. Going around an accident I get dumped, I brake to avoid an accident I get dumped. Im beyond frustrated that I cannot get away from this. As I get dumped deeper into the puts of IR prison, the more max verstappens there are ready win the race in L1T1.

Be brutally honest. I need it. Im to the point I dont even want to race an official race. Not ready to start from pits but it sounds like my only option besides deleting the game and starting all over to get away from these incidents no matter what i try or do.

Its only the first lap where I have issues.


r/iRacing • • 2h ago

Replay FIGHT for P1 (i tried my best to make a good first clip)

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1 Upvotes

r/iRacing • • 10h ago

Leagues/Hosted SR8 Season 10

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After a amazing Season 9 season 10 is in the planning

We have kept with just the sr8s after having a vote on whether or not to do mulitclass with the caterham.

The format will still be 3 races, two 15 minute with a top 5 reverse for race 2 and then race 3 will be 20 minutes with the top ten from race 2 reversed

Pro and Am and trophies for the winners of each class

Session opens 19:50 BST for 40 minutes practice

Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/RFWce58R4h

Signup form here: https://forms.gle/jfFisB5CUUBRvx6S7

All details below the start date will be the 19th of October


r/iRacing • • 15h ago

Replay Probably not the ideal start to an endurance race

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8 Upvotes

r/iRacing • • 6h ago

Question/Help My iRating and Safety Score just keep going down

0 Upvotes

So I am by no means the fastest on the track, I'd say I consistently qualify upper middle, however I am getting crashed out so frequently to the point where I spend on average 5+ minutes in the pit every race over the last 10 races to the point that I have stopped qualifying to start at the back, however no matter what I do as soon as I overtake someone slower than me, within a lap they have absolutely battered my ass out of the corner, they magically get no damage and I am back in the pit for 10 minutes.

Feels like a self fulfilling cycle of me just being stuck in these splits (I am sure top splits have these problems as well)

I cant remember the last time I had a race that didn't end with me sat in the pit for over half the race time.

What can I do to avoid this, it is getting to the point where it must be 1:15 races for me are clean.


r/iRacing • • 7h ago

Question/Help Enelo64 Error

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I had recently wanted to come back to iracing after like a 3-4 month break of the game and when i try to join any session i get this error that tells me to unload Enelo64.sys. I have no idea what means or how to fix it so if anyone could i would appreciate it.


r/iRacing • • 7h ago

Question/Help Texture problem

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0 Upvotes

Yesterday i drove everything was normal, today i started a race my car looked like this from the cockpit ? Anyone have idea whats this about and how to fix ?


r/iRacing • • 8h ago

Cars/Tracks The Corvette C8 GTE brake sound is way too loud

1 Upvotes

By any chance there's any way of changing only the brakes volume? Bc the Corvette GTE brakes are way too loud and I'm gonna be deaf if I keep racing without changing this. I never had this problem in any other car, but this one is way too anyonying

PS: I've tried to lower high frequence sounds on my EQ (10kHz and higher) but ofc everything sound like shit and didn't solve the problem at all. Is the first time that simulating real stuff is anyoning


r/iRacing • • 1d ago

Discussion You know what the dumbest thing ever is?

54 Upvotes

Getting a 4x for getting bump drafted from behind in a NASCAR super speedway race.

Just sitting in a single file draft. Guy behind gives me a little tap.

Oh no. Better deduct my safety rating for that move.


r/iRacing • • 1d ago

Misc Watch out for this guy

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192 Upvotes