Confirmed in an exposé piece posted by iRacing on Thursday (30th June) regarding the process of their involvement with the real-world Atlanta Motor Speedway reconfiguration, it was revealed that tomorrow’s 2022 iRacing Season 3 Patch 2 will include the updated version of the Atlanta venue.
Remodeled at the end of the 2021 season in time for a 2022 real-world debut, Atlanta Motor Speedway’s overhaul couldn’t have been originally completed in time without the help of the team at iRacing.com. iRacing’s Greg Hill teased the track earlier in the week, and now we know for sure that we’ll have it soon.
While the track that will exist tomorrow is laser scanned, before ground broke on the new layout, iRacing had recreated a virtual mock-up to what the course might look like, even testing it out briefly with Coca-Cola iRacing Series and NASCAR Cup Series competitors from time to time.
Featuring superspeedway-esque racing now as the corners have been raised from 24 to 28 inches of banking, the first NASCAR Cup Series race came down to the wire as William Byron from Hendrick Motorsports took the checkered flag on that day.
Next weekend (10th July 2022), the series will return for their second trip to the new track. Thankfully, iRacers can also race on the new track starting tomorrow.
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