We are all set. Here’s the new season with free (and paid) road tracks and cars, IA racing roster improved, more rain cars, etc. The complete release notes are available in a post published this week.
It’s time for another all-new iRacing build for 2025 Season 2! This release features three new cars, a freshly rebuilt Legends car, one new track, track art and 3D curb updates to numerous circuits, and much more. Check out some of the highlights here:
- ARCA Menards Series cars: Three all-new ARCA cars—the Chevrolet SS, Ford Mustang, and Toyota Camry—take over as our newest set of stock cars.
- Portland International Raceway: Home to IndyCar and the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the real world, of the top tracks in the Pacific Northwest joins the sim.
- Legends Ford ’34 Coupe: One of iRacing’s most popular base package cars gets a complete overhaul, from physics and performance to art and audio. It’s even rain-ready for road course racing!
- NASCAR Tracks Art Overhauls: Bristol, Darlington, Dover, Homestead, Iowa, Kansas, and Las Vegas have received full artistic overhauls for Season 2.
- 3D Curbs: An international slate of tracks with overhauled curbs includes Jerez, Kansas, Aragon, Rudskogen, Sandown, and Winton.
- GTP and LMP2 Tire Updates: Significant updates to the parameters for prototype tires provide a more realistic racing experience.
- Official Series Redesign: An all-new series page provides more information than ever, including the addition of series analytics and heatmaps to refreshed schedule, results, and standings pages.
- Connection Black Flag: Select Official Series will see a new system that removes racers with unstable connections from races, teleporting them to the pits until their connection improves.
- Local Course Debris Cautions: The latest element of our track debris refresh system adds informational local yellows when new debris is added to the course.
- Universal Lighting Updates: Our updated lighting system better integrates the environment with the sky and weather conditions.
- AI Racing: Alongside Portland, new AI additions include the Dallara iR-01 and multiple layouts for Daytona (NASCAR Road, Moto, Short) and Mid-Ohio (Chicane, Short). In addition, opponent cars have received major visual updates including more variance in color, sponsor, and car number combinations.
Click here to visit the forums for the full release notes!
The Season 2 2025 (preliminary) calendar is available for download at this link.
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