The latest iRacing update has arrived, and it’s a substantial patch. Among the highlights in the 2022 Season 3 Patch 3 include an updated laser scan of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course as well as AI and graphical fixes.
2022 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course comes to iRacing
As part of 2022 Season 3 Patch 3, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course layout is now available in iRacing – just in time for the upcoming NASCAR and IndyCar races at the track this weekend.
Rebuilt using brand new laser scan data, the updated road course has been added as a new configuration to the existing track. If you already own IMS, you’ll receive the new layout as part of the update.
The updated road course features an extended infield straightaway and adds a cut into the infield before Oval Turn 1 to limit drivers’ speeds, but retains the first four corners of the previous clockwise layout.
After hosting IndyCar races, the redesigned road course was used for the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020 followed by the NASCAR Cup Series last year.
As well as being playable in solo and multiplayer modes, the updated IMS race course is playable with AI racers.
iRacing 2022 Season 3 Patch 3 release notes
In addition to the updated IMS Road Course, the Season 3 Patch 3 update fixes some AI and graphical issues, updates the AI, and adds updated setups for the NASCAR Xfinity Class Cars, Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE.
Check out the iRacing 2022 Season 3 Patch 3 release notes below for a full list of changes.
iRacing UI
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
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 centimetres) 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-centring issue where the head position tracking would be in the wrong direction after re-cenering. For example, if the re-centre rotated 90 degrees, the position tracking would be off by 90 degrees.
Cars
<Car Class> NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Class Trucks
- iRacing setups have been updated.
<Car Class> 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 colour while using the New Damage Model.
Tracks
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.