The release of iRacing’s Season 4 2025 build is set to take place next week, and while we’ve given a full run-down of what to expect, a recent dev blog by the sim’s Senior Vice President and Executive Producer, Greg Hill, has revealed a few more hints on the identity of future iRacing content.
Hill explained that iRacing has officially signed a deal with the St. Petersburg street course to bring it to the service, for example, with Adelaide and Lucas Oil Speedway’s dirt track, also known as Wheatland, also progressing in the background.
However, Hill also revealed that Miami International Autodrome and the FIA-approved Cross Car would arrive with the sim’s Season 1 2026 build, which is set for release in December this year, alongside further refreshes to the platform’s incumbent tracks.
The sim is also actively working on scans and rescans of ‘new locations in the EU and the Middle East’, which is intriguing.
Miami International Autodrome
The Miami International Autodrome is built in Miami Gardens, Florida, encircling the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the city’s NFL Miami Dolphins franchise.
The semi-permanent street track was opened in 2022 and has hosted Formula 1 every year since, also featuring on the Formula E calendar. MIA is also home to seven configurations, with the Grand Prix Circuit 3.4 miles in length, although it’s yet to be determined whether each layout will make it into iRacing.
Cross Car
The Cross Car was built with approval from the FIA to boost entry-level motorsport participation and features a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive drivetrain to provide a fun off-road experience for drivers.
Level 1 FIA XC Cross Cars, which have a maximum power output of 11kW(around 15 bhp), are designed with 8-12-year-old children in mind, while the adult-spec Level 2 cars are limited to 85kW (114 bhp) and will most likely be the focus for iRacing.
The Cross Car is the main protagonist of the FIA European Cross Car Championship and has been used in the FIA Motorsport Games previously.
Interestingly, former World Rally Championship champion Thierry Neuville runs Lifelive Motorsport, a business that specialises in the manufacture of Cross Cars, including the XC TN5 and XC TN11 models, and has regularly extolled the virtues of the Cross Car format for driver enjoyment and training.
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