2025 Season 2 Release [2024.03.10.03]
The iRacing 2025 Season 2 Release Build has rolled up to the starting line! This release has new content, features, improvements, and fixes for 2025 Season 2, which officially starts on March 18th at 0000 UTC! The iRacing vehicle garage expands with three new bays for three brand new ARCA Series racecars: ARCA Chevrolet SS, ARCA Ford Mustang, and ARCA Toyota Camry. The Legends Ford '34 Coupe has received a stem-to-stern performance and physics overhaul, with a few art updates and all-new audio for good measure. The iRacing landscape also grows with the addition of Portland International Raceway. The Track Art Team has also completed multiple full art overhauls of SEVEN classic NASCAR tracks including: Bristol Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Dover Motor Speedway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Kansas Speedway, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
We are excited to launch the Official Series Redesign, which transforms the way you can browse, learn about, and join Official Series within iRacing - the new full-page layout provides more space and more info than ever before. A new Connectivity Black Flag system has been implemented, which will place participants with connections that are detrimental to others in a type of time-out until their connection quality reaches a satisfactory level. The track debris refresh system has been expanded with the addition of informative local course debris caution flags. The new Adaptive AI Difficulty system is almost ready to debut with this initial release, but we have decided it needs a bit more time in the oven to get extra crispy. With this system, AI Drivers' racing skill will automatically adjust during the event based on the driver's lap times to keep the racing exciting. This feature will be released during a 2025 Season 2 Patch.
Our vehicle engineers have completed work on updates to the GTP Class Cars and the LMP2 tires, providing substantial improvements to the changes from 2025 Season 1, ultimately resulting in greater realism. The Ray FF1600 has received an improved suspension geometry model, which improves accuracy across all four contact points and will be the pioneer for changes to other vehicles to come. Six additional tracks have been updated with the 3D modeled curb system (with more coming soon), making the racing experiences there more real-to-life than ever. The entire iRacing Simulator has also received significant lighting updates that transform the appearance of cars and tracks.
The Legends Ford '34 Coupe has been updated to be water-ready and may now equip rain tires. The updates to this car have been so substantial this season that the Legends Ford '34 Coupe - Rookie car is being retired. AI Drivers have received updates for a variety of rain racing tracks and have adapted to the updated NASCAR tracks that now feature SAFER barriers. The Dallara iR-01 and seven new track configs, including Portland International Raceway, are AI-racing ready. Finally, our vehicle dynamics team has recalibrated hundreds of vehicle setups to take advantage of the gamut of changes to all cars included in this release. Get ready to jump into all that the 2025 Season 2 has to offer!
Season highlights include:
- ARCA Chevrolet SS
- ARCA Ford Mustang
- ARCA Toyota Camry
- Legends Ford '34 Coupe vehicle overhaul
- Portland International Raceway
- SEVEN NASCAR Track Art Overhauls (Bristol Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Dover Motor Speedway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Kansas Speedway, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
- SIX Tracks with New 3D Curbs (Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto, Kansas Speedway, MotorLand Aragón, Rudskogen Motorsenter, Sandown International Motor Raceway, and Winton Motor Raceway, with more coming soon.)
- Official Series Redesign
- Connection Black Flag
- Local Course Debris Cautions
- Universal Lighting Updates
- GTP and LMP2 Tire Updates
- Ray FF1600 4-Bar-Linkage Suspension Model
- The Legends Ford '34 Coupe is Rain-Ready!
- AI Racing with the Dallara iR-01
- AI Racing at Portland International Raceway (both configs), Daytona International Speedway - NASCAR Road Course, Moto, & Short, and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Chicane & Short
- Hundreds of meticulously improved new iRacing vehicle setups
Visit our 2025 Season 2 features page here: https://www.iracing.com/seasons/2025-s2/
Full 2025 Season 2 Release Notes can be found on the iRacing Forums here:
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/75906/2025-season-2-release-notes-2024-03-10-03#latest
