You can find the Release Notes for this Patch below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/62145/2024-season-2-patch-5-release-notes-2024-05-14-03#latest
This patch is focused on fixing a critical headlight issue ahead of the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. It also includes some zippy and crash prevention measures.
SIMULATION:
Audio
- Fixed a crash issue when the XAudio device fails.
Physics
- Some additional protections for unrealistic physics values for friction torque have been added to prevent “zippy” events.
- Some additional protections for unrealistic physics values for wheel, rim, and tire impact torques have been added to prevent “zippy” events.
Rendering
- Reduced issues with headlights that caused them to not light the environment properly.
CARS:
Dallara IR18
- iRacing setups have been renamed to correctly function with the autoload feature.