It’s finally here! 2023 iRacing Season 3 has finally launched today and all of the new content and features are making their way into official racing effective immediately. While there’s still plenty of existing content to get into, if you’re looking for the new and shiny stuff, here’s where you can race it on the 2023 Season 3 schedule.
New Cars, New and Updated Series
2023 iRacing Season 3 contains three brand new cars to the service, all of which join the license with the most amount of content, Road. There’s quite a bit of cross over, but the new content will have plenty of opportunities for you to jump into over the next 12 weeks.
Caddy corner
The headlining piece of content has to be the Cadillac V-Series.R GTP. This new car joins the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the GTP class and will partake in four multi-class racing series during Season 3, two of which will occur on a weekly basis. Official and Hosted races now hold up to nine different cars, which is part of how this can happen.
There’s one Americanized series representing IMSA, which will have 45 minute races. The other is a European series with 60 minute events. There are some crossovers, however. For example, IMSA visits Spa, Jerez and Motegi while the Euro Series will hit up Watkins Glen, Daytona, Road Atlanta, Indy and Road America.
The IMSA iRacing Series merely needs a Class B license or above to participate while the European Sprint Pure Driving School Series will be for those at a Class A license. Both series will race against the Dallara P217 LMP2 class. IMSA has the GT3 class included while Euro races against GTEs.
2023 Season 3 IMSA / Euro Series Schedules
| Week # | IMSA iRacing Series | Euro Sprint Pure Driving School Series |
| 1 | Watkins Glen International – Boot | Autódromo José Carlos Pace – Grand Prix |
| 2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road Course | Nürburgring Combined – Gesamtstrecke 24h |
| 3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Grand Prix Pits | Watkins Glen International – Classic Boot |
| 4 | Canadian Tire Motorsports Park | Autodromo Nazionale Monza – Grand Prix |
| 5 | Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto – Moto | Daytona International Speedway – Road Course |
| 6 | Lime Rock Park – Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Endurance |
| 7 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Road Atlanta – Full Course |
| 8 | Road America – Full Course | Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road Course |
| 9 | Circuit of the Americas – Grand Prix | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari – Grand Prix |
| 10 | Twin Ring Motegi – Grand Prix | Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans – 24 Heures du Mans |
| 11 | Virginia International Raceway – Full Course | Fuji International Speedway – No Chicane |
| 12 | Daytona International Speedway – Road Course | Road America – Full Course |
There are also Endurance Racing series that don’t conform to the week-by-week iRacing schedule, but rather a bi-weekly schedule with much longer races. The Cadillac will be a part of those races, as well as the upcoming VCO Watkins Glen 6HR Special Event.
Dentist license not required in these LMP3 series
The Ligier JS P320 LMP3 has two series that it will join in 2023 Season 3. One is the standalone series, a new one for the new car called the LMP3 Turn Racing Trophy. The other exists in the form of the Falken Tyre Sports Car Challenge, and it includes the new LMP3 as well as a host of GT4 cars in multiclass racing.
Both schedules are identical.
- Week 1 – Oulton Park Circuit – Intl w/out Hislop
- Week 2 – Watkins Glen International – Boot
- Week 3 – Long Beach Street Circuit
- Week 4 – Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
- Week 5 – Circuit Park Zandvoort – Club
- Week 6 – Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke – BES/WEC
- Week 7 – Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto – Moto
- Week 8 – Road America – Full Course
- Week 9 – Road Atlanta – Short
- Week 10 – Virginia International Raceway – Full Course
- Week 11 – Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours – Grand Prix
- Week 12 – Suzuka International Racing Course – Grand Prix
Another shiny new Porsche to race with!
This new Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) is the latest and greatest in terms of GT3 racing from the German outfit. Replacing the older model that iRacing released two years ago, this car will find its way into those same series, including the IMSA Racing Series listed above for the Caddy.
Besides that, you’ll find the new Porsche in the following series. Oddly enough, all of their schedules are identical.
| Week # | GT Endurance VRS Series / GT3 Fanatec Challenge – Fixed / GT Sprint VRS Series |
| 1 | Lime Rock Park – Grand Prix |
| 2 | Fuji International Speedway – No Chicane |
| 3 | Daytona International Speedway – Road Course |
| 4 | MotorLand Aragón – Grand Prix |
| 5 | Virginia International Raceway – Full Course |
| 6 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Endurance |
| 7 | Circuit Zolder – Grand Prix |
| 8 | Road Atlanta – Full Course |
| 9 | Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya – Historic |
| 10 | Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans – 24 Heures du Mans |
| 11 | Phillip Island Circuit |
| 12 | Mount Panorama Circuit |
New Tracks find their way into official
The two new venues for 2023 Season 3 are MotorLand Aragon and Willow Springs. When you account for the fact that Aragon has seven different layouts, there’s really like eight new tracks this season.
Willow has the potential to add more, and Aragon only has three of their layouts represented on the schedule this season. Here’s where to jump in.
MotorLand Aragon
- Week 2 – Ferrari GT3 Challenge (Grand Prix layout, fixed)
- Week 2 – Kamel GT Championship (Outer layout, open)
- Week 4 – GT Endurance VRS Series (Grand Prix layout, open)
- Week 4 – GT Sprint VRS Series (Grand Prix layout, open)
- Week 4 – GT3 Fanatec Challenge (Grand Prix layout, fixed)
- Week 7 – Formula C – Moza Racing Dallara F3 Series (Grand Prix layout, fixed)
- Week 7 – Formula C – DOF Reality Dallara F3 Series (Grand Prix layout, fixed)
- Week 8 – iRacing Classic Lotus Grand Prix (Outer layout, open)
- Week 11 – GT4 Falken Tyre Challenge (Motorcycle GP layout, fixed)
- Week 11 – Falken Tyre Sports Car Challenge (Motorcycle GP layout, open)
- Week 11 – GT Challenge (Outer layout, open)
Willow Springs
- Week 2 – Formula 1600 Trophy (open)
- Week 5 – Grand Prix Legends (open)
- Week 7 – Ferrari GT3 Challenge (fixed)
- Week 9 – Supercars Series (open)
- Week 9 – GT4 Falken Tyre Challenge (fixed)
- Week 9 – Falken Tyre Sports Car Challenge (open)
- Week 10 – Kamel GT Championship (open)
- Week 11 – US Open Wheel C (OVAL SERIES, fixed)
Special Events
As for the iRacing Special Events in 2023 Season 3, four of them have been listed to be run during these next few months. Another one is expected, the Peachtree Three, which normally runs during the Summer but has not been given a formal date just yet.
First up is another leg in the VCO Grand Slam, the Watkins Glen 6HR Endurance event. Next month, the final 24 hours endurance race is the GT3 spectacular at Spa-Francorchamps.
Towards the end of the season, there will be the Knoxville Nationals as well as a 500 lap race at Concrete Bristol Motor Speedway during the NASCAR iRacing Series.
| DATE | EVENT | VENUE | CARS/CLASSES | DESCRIPTION |
| 16-18 Jun | Watkins Glen 6HR | Watkins Glen | GTP / LMP2 / GT3 (IMSA) | 6 hours (team) |
| 23-25 Jul | Spa 24 | Spa-Francorchamps | GT3 | 24 hours (team) |
| TBD | Peachtree Three | Road Atlanta | Corvette C8R / GT4 / GR86 | 3 hours (team) |
| 18-20 Aug | Knoxville Nationals | Knoxville | 410 Winged | Big WoO event |
| 5-11 Sep | Bristol 500 | Bristol Oval | NASCAR Cup | NiS full length race |
That about wraps it up as far as the schedule and special events are concerned. What series will you be participating in for the next 12 weeks? Let us know in the comments below!
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