iRacing update adds laser scanned 2022 Indianapolis Road Course layout

iRacing has today (25^th July 2022) released an update for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, adding a 2022 version to its roster of configurations. 

For those iRacers lucky enough to already own Indianapolis Motor Speedway in-game, the update will be added free of charge, with the superseded layout now represented by its 2009 laser scan date. 

The new track release is timely, considering both NASCAR and IndyCar are set to visit the world-famous venue this coming weekend, with IndyCar set to race on Saturday 30^th July and NASCAR on Sunday 31^st. 

Both championships will use the 2022 layout, and those iRacers wishing to simulate the event against AI drivers offline or online will be glad to hear this will be possible from the get-go… although here’s hoping you don’t get involved in a Hamlin/Chastain situation… 

The update comes as part of Season 3’s Patch 3 release which also includes fixes for an invisible barrier at Pocono, AMD FSR compatibility issues and resolves several other graphical and set-up problems. 

Are you looking forward to sampling Indianapolis’s latest Road Course layout in iRacing? Let us know in the comments below.

iRacing Season 3 Patch 3 Changelog 

Go Racing 

• Resolved a starting time display issue in the Series and Hosted modals when GMT clock formats are enabled. 

Cars 

• Car-specific rules are now displayed in a few places to make understanding unique cases with some cars easier. This includes on a Car’s info page, and while loading into a Session using a car with special rules. Special Rules info includes information about wing adjustments, hybrid systems, Push-2-Pass, and tires. 

AI Racing 

• AI Racing is now available at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road Course! 
• Fixed an issue where AI Roster car numbers could conflict with player car numbers in Race Results. 

Graphics 

• Fixed an issue for single monitor full-screen mode with AMD FSR enabled. 
• Fixed an issue with low resolution particles while AMD FSR is enabled. 
• Fixed an issue with window resizing with AMD FSR enabled. 
• Fixed an issue where night lighting could flicker inside cockpits in very bright areas of night tracks when HDR is enabled. 

Virtual Reality 

• Two new settings options, “UIScreenDistCM” and “UIScreenWidthCM” have been added to the [VR] sections of the “rendererDX11.ini” files. 
• – – These new distance settings specify the depth and width (measured in centimeters) where the UI screens should render in world space. Generally, if you scale the distance you also want to scale the width about the same amount to keep the apparent size of the screen about the same, otherwise the screen may become too tiny or too large to utilize. 
• When the Sim is launched from the iRacingUI with a specific display device request (OpenVR, Rift, OpenXR, Monitors), the Simulator will no longer try to detect/initialize unrelated VR HMDs/runtimes unnecessarily. 
• Fixed the OpenXR re-centering issue where the head position tracking would be in the wrong direction after re-centering. For example, if the re-center rotated 90 degrees, the position tracking would be off by 90 degrees.  

CARS: 

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Class Trucks 

• iRacing setups have been updated. 

NASCAR Xfinity Class Cars 

• iRacing setups have been updated. 

ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala 

• iRacing setups have been updated. 

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE 

• iRacing setups have been updated. 

Dallara IR18 

• The logic used to trigger backfires has been updated. 

Dirt Late Model 

• (ALL) – Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season. 

Dirt Modified 

• (ALL) – Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season. 

Dirt Sprint Car 

• (ALL) – Tire side-wall friction has been reduced slightly. 
• (ALL) – For the New Damage Model, the broken actuator models have been updated to better reflect damage when the wing is ripped off. 
• (ALL) – For the New Damage Model, top wing break threshold has been increased slightly. 
• (ALL) – Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season. 

Dirt Sprint Car Non-Winged 

• (ALL) – Tire side-wall friction has been reduced slightly. 

Dirt Street Stock 

• Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season. 

Dirt UMP Modified 

• Contingency decals have been updated for the 2022 Season. 

Radical SR10 

• For the New Damage Model, some damage morphs have been improved. 
• For the Old Damage Model, fixed an issue where the mirror stems were not removed when the nose was detached. 
• Fixed an issue with headlights disappearing at certain camera angles and at certain track positions while using the New Damage Model. 
• Fixed an issue with headlight color while using the New Damage Model. 

TRACKS:  

Atlanta Motor Speedway 

• (Oval) – Barriers in the Turn 3 area of the road course are now comprised of solid matter. 
• (Oval) – Fixed an incorrect penalty for driving very close to the grass on pit road. 
• (Oval) – Removed an outdated Monster Cup Series logo at Turn 3. 

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 

• For Track Rules, fixed an issue where a 1x was not being triggered if four wheels were over the curb at the apex track limits for Turns 8, 9, 12, and 13. 

Indianapolis Motor Speedway 

• NEW TRACK CONFIGURATION! 
• – – A new track configuration, Road Course, has been added to this track! 
• – – This track configuration utilizes the modern layout design and brand new 2022 laser scan data. 
• – – This new track configuration is immediately available for all current owners of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 
• – – The original Road Course track configuration has been appended with “- 2009” to denote its laser scan date and remains available for use. 
• – – Add Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the brand-new Road Course configuration, to your digital racing landscape by purchasing it from the iRacing Store
• AI Racing is now available at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road Course! 

Pocono Raceway 

• Removed a phantom barrier near pit entry.