iRacing – Release Notes for 2 May 2013

iRacing - Release Notes for 2 May 2013.

Today racing released an extensive update containing numerous small fixes and updates.

Dynamic Shadow Mapping

Fixed a problem causing the new dynamic shadows to not render past the rear of the driver’s car in the mirrors, even when “high detail in mirrors” is enabled. – Fixed a bug where selecting “low detail” cockpit mirrors with dynamic shadow mapping enabled on an SLI graphics card configuration would cause very bad frame rate.

Sound

Fixed a bug where having over 40 cars that have the new engine sounds could overflow how many sounds the sim could allocate and crash the sim. Sponsors – Added Fanatec as a sponsor.

Chevrolet Impala Class B

Updated richmond_fixed setup.

Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS

Updated irwindale_basic, lanier_basic setups.

Chevrolet SS-Gen6

Updated bristol_fixed, charlotte_fixed, darlington_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, sonoma_fixed, watkinsglen_fixed setups.

Dallara IndyCar

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.  Updated charlotte_night_fixed, homestead_road_fixed, homestead_oval_fixed, indy_oval_fixed, iowa_night_fixed, kentucky_night_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, milwaukee_fixed setups.

Ford Falcon V8 Supercar

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly. – Updated baseline setup.

Ford Fusion-Gen6

Updated bristol_fixed, charlotte_fixed, darlington_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, sonoma_fixed, watkinsglen_fixed setups.

Ford GT

Stronger wheels to make the car less susceptible to wheel damage.

HPD ARX-01c – Fixed a bug where the car’s shadow casting onto itself could flicker.

Kia Optima – Can now reduce black box fuel add to 0.0. – Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly. Lotus 79 – Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

Mazda MX-5 Cup and Roadster

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Updated high_downforce setup.

Silver Crown

Fixed a visual problem with the left-front suspension.

Sprint Car

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly. – Cameras adjusted so rollbar and gyro cam aren’t looking at the back of the drivers head. – Updated concord_advanced, iowa_advanced, irwindale_advanced, langley_advanced, lanier_advanced, martinsville_advanced, newsmyrna_advanced, nhms_advanced, nhms_basic, oxford_advanced, phoenix_advanced, richmond_advanced, richmond_basic setups.

Street Stock

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly. – Updated lasvegas_legends_fixed setup.

Williams-Toyota FW31

Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

Sonoma Raceway

Fix infield tree problems.

Texas Motor Speedway

Tunnel sign misspelled Nationwide Insurance.

USA International Speedway – Updated sky to go along with the rest of the track’s recent texture upgrades.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – Updated sky to go along with the rest of the track’s recent texture upgrades. – Fixed tree shadows. – Cutting into the pit exit lane from the main race track will now trigger a gained time penalty.

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