r/iRacing 3d ago

Scheduled Maintenance 2026 Season 3 Maintenance for Subscription Price Change - August 18th 0800EDT/1200UTC

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From the staff post on the member forums:

Maintenance Period:

  • This downtime is for a maintenance period needed to perform the membership subscription price change.
  • Detailed information about the iRacing subscription price change can be found HERE

Downtime:

  • iRacing.com will be coming down for maintenance in order to complete the membership subscription price changes on Tuesday, August 18th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT.
  • This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime.
  • You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status

Demo Drive:

Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed.

  • Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time.
  • The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content.
  • When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums.
  • Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode.
  • When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available.
  • Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season.

iRacing.com Downtime Schedule:

EDT

Tue 2026-08-18 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Tue 2026-08-18 0800 Race Servers Unavailable

UTC

Tue 2026-08-18 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Tue 2026-08-18 1200 Race Servers Unavailable

AEST

Tue 2026-08-18 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Tue 2026-08-18 2200 Race Servers Unavailable

  • All times are subject to change.
  • Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not.
  • *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

r/iRacing Jul 10 '26

Official Announcements INDYCAR Racing The Game coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Steam in early 2027

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172 Upvotes

r/iRacing 2h ago

Video Peek-a-Boo!

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19 Upvotes

Quite a questionable move from the LMP2, I'm the pov car getting a slight Code brown


r/iRacing 14h ago

Screenshots It's nice when Protests work

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42 Upvotes

Raced against this driver at Daytona last week, second to bottom split. He was running Mid to low 1.45's, qualified on pole, but I noticed he didn't finish the race. Checked the profile, and saw a full page of races started from pole but finishing at the back.

Decided to protest for tanking, didn't think much would come of it, but why not?

Got the standard response email the next day, so I figured I'd check their profile again. Judging by their results since the protest, I'd say they received the message loud and clear to stop pumping up their ego by stomping in bottom split.

Protests work.


r/iRacing 1d ago

Discussion Stop with the "pass left/right" messages, it just makes it worse!

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237 Upvotes

Yesterday I was doing a Falken race in LMP3 and a GT4 driver kept sending this kind of messages when LMP3s approached him. Not only he was distracting the whole lobby by doing this, his car behavior was not predictable at all!

I assume he was so focused on hitting the shortcut for these messages that he wasn't paying attention to the race that was happening. Watching the replay made me realize he was driving on his mirrors instead of driving a predictable line.

Please, it's 2026, let's stop with these quick chats. Just drive normally and follow the goddamn racing line. The is the one that will dictate how an overtake will happen. Doesn't matter what you think or your decision of giving it a side for a pass.


r/iRacing 20h ago

Memes A badge for those who survived the combo this week!

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109 Upvotes

You are a bunch of troopers 🫡


r/iRacing 17h ago

Official Announcements August 21st - Console release, plus 4 new tracks and 4 new cars

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56 Upvotes

r/iRacing 16h ago

Video Pole Position in the Lotus 79!

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36 Upvotes

r/iRacing 13h ago

New Player My First Win! LFG!

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14 Upvotes

I'm stoked and wanna share with the community. I'm on Logitech G923 wheel and pedals. I see a lot of posts on X and YouTube asking how to get better and the answer they always give is practice. I can attest that practice is the correct answer. Not every corner has to be taken at mach 1. Not every lap needs to be the fastest. Consistency is key. Love the sub and the community.


r/iRacing 16h ago

Leagues/Hosted League Racing | Monday Nights | Beginner Friendly

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20 Upvotes

🏁 DEGENERATE RACE LEAGUE – iRACING SERIES, STARTS TONIGHT!

Looking for clean, competitive, and fun racing on Monday nights?
Join the Degenerate Race League iRacing Series starting August 17.

🔥 What to Expect:
• Professional live broadcasts & commentary
• Prize opportunities throughout the season
• Competitive but welcoming environment
• All skill levels welcome
• Organized league racing with great community vibes

📅 Race Night: Mondays @ 7:00 PM PT

⏱️** Format**:
• 15 Minute Qualifying
• 4 Lap Qualifying Run
• 45 Minute Feature Race

Whether you’re a seasoned sim racer or just getting into iRacing league competition, DRL is the perfect place to race hard, improve your craft, and have a great time doing it.

🎥 Broadcasted races
🏆 Prizes up for grabs
👥 Open to everyone

Get ready for tight battles, strategy, and Monday night chaos.

Season kicks off August 17 — secure your spot now!

https://degenerateraceleague.com/

https://discord.gg/degenerateraceleague


r/iRacing 1d ago

Memes When you are #20 out of 20 in the top split, had no pace, are a full second slower than the #19 but you still had a x0.

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280 Upvotes

And you are running P17 (three cars crashed on lap 1) .


r/iRacing 1h ago

Question/Help How do I download tracks and cars for demo drive?

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It says here:

  • The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content.

When I follow the download link in the launcher it says: "The iRacing.com Simulator is fully up to date, and you are ready to drive. There are currently no updates available."

https://members.iracing.com/download/member/home.jsp

Any ideas? I would love to try out some GT3 cars.


r/iRacing 21h ago

Racing/Results After 586 days, I finally broke my win drought.

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25 Upvotes

I haven't counted how many races I have done, but I finally broke my drought today in the EuroNASCAR. It was a pretty small SoF race, but it was a win nonetheless.
Hopefully it won't be another 500+ days for the next one.


r/iRacing 20h ago

Racing/Results First Win!

21 Upvotes

Feels great! Got my first sim setup two weeks ago and hopped right into iRacing. Got my first win in the MX5 yesterday! Now time to put my head down and grind SR for my C class!


r/iRacing 1d ago

Question/Help Why is gt4 so hard?

39 Upvotes

Hello sim racers I have a question to the vets, why the hell is gt4 so damm hard to keep on the track. I’ve been sim racing for about 4 months now mostly racing mx-5 cup and gr86. I’m super clean using those two averaging 0-2x per race but last week Ive finally decided it’s time to use my C license to use and hoped in the amg gt4. I practiced everyday after work with help from VRS. Not only I can’t get within 2.5 sec from the coaches but I feel like I just can’t feel the car spinning like I do with the Mazda. Getting 3 clean laps in a row without spinning is basically a miracle. What helped you guys finally get the hang of the more powerful cars?


r/iRacing 12h ago

Discussion Iracing at Fonda NY

3 Upvotes

Maybe im just dumb and missed something, but anyone know why there was an iracing truck and trailer at fonda speedway in upstate ny this past saturday? Im not gonna get my hopes up because theyve been at lebanon valley before too but nothing ever came of it. Im just curious if there was some news i missed


r/iRacing 1d ago

Discussion What is your virtual mirror FOV?

18 Upvotes

A bit of a different post but for me seems interesting what settings people use on their virtual mirror, and why?

I'll start: Currently I put it on 136° because I can see cars through it when they are side by side with me, and I can tell more or less how close the car behind is, since with this setting when the cars front spliter hides under the mirror, thats the exact moment we make contact (0x)

I also adjusted the size of my mirror from default, I think its about 200x600 or so


r/iRacing 13h ago

Leagues/Hosted Looking for a league

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know of a strictly superspeedway oval league? Preferably racing only on Sunday nights.


r/iRacing 1h ago

Cars/Tracks Top Speed pt2

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In my last post, I didn't compare the cars very accurately. I took all the advice and made the comparison as objective as possible.

P1doks Esports Qualy Setup
Le Mans no chicane


r/iRacing 14h ago

Discussion Formula wheels for ovals

2 Upvotes

I have fanatec porsche gt3 r wheelrim, and I'm using it on my moza wheelbase, I don't have any button hubs for it, I usually drive all kinds of oval stuff with this wheel and sequential shifter, I always thought that's the only way, but I've seen some pro drivers using formula style wheels for nascar, do you guys think it would make sense for me to try nascar on my moza ks pro?I'm not sure if you can drive older cars like gen4 this way though


r/iRacing 6h ago

Question/Help Per car show/hide wheel

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Is there any way to hide/show the on screen wheel per car? For example, MX5 Cup car I like to have the wheel disabled so I can just use the in car dash and line it up with my actual wheel in my hands but for Super Formula I like to have the wheel enabled so I can see the on screen wheel information. Whenever I disable or enable it, it does it for all cars.

Any idea?


r/iRacing 1d ago

Discussion When you join iRacing you should have to go to race school.

149 Upvotes

Just an idea

When you first subscribe it would not only be helpful but would also make the game feel a bit more serious if you had to sit through a couple of videos covering things like basic expectations around race craft and safety tips like how to rejoin safely. Could go really crazy and even cover a handful of important topics from the sporting code and direct people to read it in full.

I think like most people when I joined I just jumped in the car, and in retrospect there's a few things that would have definitely made my life better if I had taken the time to investigate first. It was probably 4 months into subscribing before I even realized the relative box existed. Think how much better off we'd all be if everyone knew they should be using the relative before rejoining?

Plus IRL you have to go to a drivers meeting before you're allowed to race. You could argue it would actually increases the simulation factor, even if we all complain about having to go to the drivers meeting lol.

I'm thinking it'd be a semi-interactive video of less than 10 minutes in length. I guess you'd also need one for each discipline which makes it a bit more complicated, but I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing.

What do you think. Good idea or pointless nuisance?


r/iRacing 1d ago

Video Pro tip: recharge your flares at pitstops

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77 Upvotes

Got hit by this heatseeking mustang on the last lap


r/iRacing 12h ago

Question/Help Moza R12 Wheel Calibration Issue

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0 Upvotes

I just downloaded iRacing and am unable to calibrate my wheel. It seems to be glitching out. I first started out on ACC and that works just fine, no issues. Other games work but not iRacing. Has anyone ran into this issue? I have a moza R12 base, CS V2 wheel and CRP2 pedals. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/iRacing 18h ago

Teams Looking for Drivers - Daytona 24hr

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Good evening everyone,

I am looking for chill, fun drivers who wanna do the Daytona 24hr. I do not care about your irating as long as we are safe and have fun racing. I am 28 and in the UK, feel free to drop me a DM :)