iRacing – 2020 Season 4 Patch 4 Release Notes

iRacing – 2020 Season 4 Patch 4 Release Notes

iRacing has deployed the 2020 Season 4 Patch 4 for their online racing service, containing some fixes, updates, and improvements for the 2020 Season 4 Release.

Credit: included screenshot by Mattias Magnusson.

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Season 4 Patch 4 Changelog:

iRacing UI:

Loading Screen

• Fixed a gap in the text spacing that appeared on the right side when loading into Test Drive.

Track Maps

• A new set of track maps have been added, including the following:
  – – Centripetal Circuit
  – – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
  – – Myrtle Beach Speedway
  – – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
  – – New Jersey Motorsports Park
  – – New Smyrna Speedway
  – – North Wilkesboro Speedway
  – – Road America
  – – Sonoma Raceway
  – – Suzuka International Racing Course
  – – Tsukuba Circuit

Simulation:

AI Racing

• AI Racing is now available with the following additional vehicles:
  – – NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro
  – – NASCAR Xfinity Ford Mustang
  – – NASCAR Xfinity Toyota Supra
• AI Racing is now available at Rockingham Speedway – Oval!
• AI Drivers have improved their brake bias settings for the VW Jetta TDI Cup.

Environmental Audio

• Small crowd cheers have been improved.

Audio

• XAudio2 support has been added for Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) engine sounds.
  – – This enables engine sounds in TrueForce when using XAudio2.

Telemetry

• Fixed an issue that was causing some users to fail to enable telemetry.
  – – This was being caused by limiting the frequency telemetry logging could be enabled and disabled. The cooldown limiter has been removed.

Replays

• Attempting to use the “+” character in the filename when saving a Replay to disk will now correctly provide an error.

Cars:

Audi R8 LMS

• 2020 Season GT3 Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been reduced slightly.

Audi RS 3 LMS

• The rev-limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

BMW M4 GT4

• The rev-limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

BMW M8 GTE

• 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been reduced slightly.

Dallara F3

• Fixed an issue with the missing rain switch toggle.

Dallara IR18

• Fixed an issue with the ambient occlusion for the cockpit model.
• The iRacing setup for [Legacy] Texas Motor Speedway – 2009 – Oval has been updated.

Ferrari 488 GT3

• Update the engine sound of the rev limiter range.

Ferrari 488 GTE

• 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Ford GTE

• 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Formula Renault 3.5

• The rev-limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

Indy Pro 2000 PM-18

• The rev-limiter maximum RPM audio has been improved.

Mercedes-AMG GT3

• Down-shift parameters have been adjusted to improve downshift quality and reduce the tendency to lock rear wheels during down-shifts.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Chevrolet Silverado

• Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Ford F150

• Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Toyota Tundra

• Draft strength has been reduced slightly when running at non-Super Speedway tracks.

Porsche 911 RSR

• 2020 Season GTE Balance of Power Adjustment: Aerodynamic downforce has been increased slightly.

Tracks:

Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans

• Pit alarm environmental sounds have been added.

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

• Gain-time checkpoints have been adjusted to prevent course cutting at the Bus Stop.

Homestead Miami Speedway

• (Oval & Indy Oval) – Chase camera sets have been updated.

Road America

• Fixed some bumps located on pit entry road.