The iRacing team posted a new update to their Steam page.
This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2021 Season 4 Release.
You can find the Release Notes for this Patch below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/9541/2021-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2021-10-04-02#latest
2021 Season 4 Patch 2 Release Notes [2021.10.04.02]
iRACING UI:
————————————————————–General
The current iRacing Season and Race Week number are now displayed in the iRacing UI.Side Bar
As a user navigates the app’s sidebar, the app will remember and auto-navigate the user to the sections that were previously visited.Store
A new page with items from the Official iRacing Shop is now available in the Store section of the iRacing UI.Hosted Racing
A new option has been added to the Create a Race interface: “Start race with qualifying tire choice”. This forces all participants to begin the Race Session with the same tire type with which they performed their Qualifying with. If the participant did not complete Qualifying, they may select any available tire type to begin the Race.
Resolved an issue where deleting a Heat Race configuration for a future scheduled Hosted Session was causing an error when attempting to edit the future Hosted Session.Hosted AI Racing
Fixed an issue where registering then withdrawing from your own Hosted AI Racing Session would carry-over the AI Opponent amount slider from the session to subsequently Registered sessions.AI Opponent Rosters
Fixed an issue where adjustments to AI Car Sponsors were not being saved.Time Attack
A button has been added to the results section to download the Time Attack Results as a .csv file.Paint Shop
A new sponsor, Force Dynamics, has been added to the Paint Shop.Weather
Fixed an issue where the Temperature and Humidity icons were swapped.SIMULATION:
————————————————————–Race Servers
The iRacing race server farm name is now displayed on the Info page on the Session screen, and is also included in the message shown when the “show latency” control is used.Team Racing
Fixed a rare issue that could occur when the current driver and a team member both tried to pull the current driver from the car at the same time. The two requests could interfere with each other, leading to a stuck vehicle or other unpredictable results.AI Racing
AI Drivers have improved their skills with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992).
AI Drivers have received additional training entering the pits at Bristol.
AI Drivers have received additional training entering the final pit stall at the Sebring Club layout.Graphics
The video memory usage slider should now better account for the use of SpeedTree.Rendering
Sunset specular map lighting on tracks and cars has been adjusted to remove a strange greenish tint that could appear.
Environment specular mapping at very low sun angles has been adjusted slightly.Lighting
Fixed an issue with a lighting pop at sunrise and sunset at several older tracks, such as Laguna Seca, which haven’t yet been upgraded with the newest shaders.Driver Animations
Pedal animations should now use the raw throttle position from the user instead of the processed signal. This should prevent things like ECU engine cuts and traction control from producing impossible movements from the pedals.
Fixed an issue with excessive foot movements during auto-blips for GT3 cars that have driver gas and brake animations.Spotter
Fixed a grammar issue in a spotter message.CARS:
————————————————————–ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala
Fixed an issue where the inside windshield frame was showing exterior reflections.
iRacing setups have been updated.Audi RS 3 LMS
The unused license plate has been removed from the interface model.BMW M4 GT3
Fixed a texture issue with a screw on the front fender grill.BMW M4 GT4
For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.BMW M8 GTE
iRacing setups have been updated.Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
iRacing setups have been updated.Dallara IR18
The driver view has been shifted up slightly.
iRacing setups have been updated.Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020
The rear splitter has been updated with the latest design.
Ferrari logo has been updated for certain camera distances.Ford Mustang FR500S
iRacing setups have been updated.Formula Vee
The level-of-detail (LOD) settings for the driver have been updated to prevent the driver’s head from disappearing at long camera distance.Lotus 49
The level-of-detail (LOD) settings for the driver have been updated to prevent the driver from disappearing at long camera distance.McLaren 570s GT4
For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.NASCAR 1987 Class Cars
Fixed an issue where these cars were not loading with Road tires at the Mount Washington Auto Road.NASCAR Gander Outdoors Class Trucks
iRacing setups have been updated.NASCAR Next Gen Class Cars
iRacing setups have been updated.Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.
Fixed an issue with the display glass.Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
Adjusted the gridding order of this vehicle for multi-class sessions.
Fixed an issue with a flipped pit sign.
The texture mapping of the B pillars have been updated and may now be painted.
The interface model for this car has been updated.Porsche 911 R GT3
The reflectivity of the windshield has been adjusted.SCCA Spec Racer Ford
When the Auto Blip driving aid is enabled, downshift blips have been dramatically improved.Street Stock
Steering wheels should now rotate properly when viewed from external cameras.Supercars Holden ZB Commodore
The texture map of the B pillars and nose vents have been updated and may now be painted. Custom paint schemes will need to have their textures adjusted using the new template for this car.TRACKS:
————————————————————–Barber Motorsports Park
The seam filler plane has been adjusted to unblock the Turn 14 tunnel.Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Some crowd members have had their attention redirected towards the track.Hickory Motor Speedway
Environment cubemap location has been updated.Hungaroring Circuit
Brake markers have been updated.
Bumps have been smoothed out at the blue merge line and before the inner curbing at Turn 6.
The Track Rules tab has been updated with images.
The track camera set has been updated.
A variety of environment artwork has been updated.Kansas Speedway
Smoothed a bump on the apron between Turn 1 and Turn 2.Lime Rock Park
Patched some seams.Mount Washington Auto Road
Fixed an issue where a sinister shadowy beam could be seen emitting from the peak of Mount Washington on certain graphics settings.Okayama International Circuit
The gapfiller texture has been lowered to prevent overlapping the pond.
Dirt staining intensity on the track surface has been reduced.Oulton Park Circuit
Fixed an issue where the Intl w/out Brittens and the Intl w/out Hislop config names were swapped.Road Atlanta
Detail settings on a variety of objects have been updated so they render correctly based on graphics settings.
A gap filler model has been added to help hide seams in the world.
Lightmaps for some environmental objects have been updated.
Some event vehicles have been updated.
Michelin Tower has been updated with new level-of-detail models and textures, and the crowd visibility settings have been updated.Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca
Fixed a piece of curbing that could cause snagging on the outside of Turn 10.
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