There are some changes to popular cars, and some important fixes for Daytona International Speedway, with iRacing 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 released to download now for the weekend. The 175MB download also tackles a tyre issue which could have had serious implications on your race performance.
With the Daytona 24 Hour event coming up, and the 2.4 hour solo endurance Roar starting today, iRacing have fixed a couple of issues with the latest version of the famous American circuit, which arrived just a few days ago. Notably a bump on pit exit, and an issue with an invisible extra bump on the back-straight curb have been resolved before they upset the results of any big events.
The Patch also rebalances the spring damper yield and break limits for the GT4 class, and fixes an issue with spring and damper strength for the recently released Hyundai Elantra N TC, where the values were a lot lower than the other TCR cars.
And there are some tweaks to the attention-grabbing Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance, with fine brake bias now adjustable in the garage, but limited to + or – 1%, and you can now see your dynamic brake bias on-screen when you’re sat in the car.
As someone planning on driving the Hyundai this evening in the Roar event, it’s a patch I’m fairly happy to see arrive before the event kicks off!
It also fixes a tyre issue, with grass, dirt and debris could appear to be carried over from a previous session, even though you’re on fresh tyres. It’s not entirely clear from the notes if that’s purely a performance problem, but it sounds that way, which was obviously an issue if you jumped out of a long practice or qualifying session on worn rubber, only to end up starting a race with dirt and debris still impacting your grip. Without finding any previous reports or notes, I can only point to a race before this patch was released where myself and another driver started a qualifying session feeling like something was wrong with the tyres, and for me it vanished after pitting.
iRacing 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 Release Notes:
SIMULATION:
Tires
- Fixed an issue where grass, dirt, and other debris could appear to be carried over from a previous Session into the start of the next Session, even though fresh tires were in use.
CARS:
Audi R8 LMS
- Fixed an issue with the IMSA position panel where the ones-place and the tens-place digits were reversed.
- Fixed an issue where the lower fog lights were locked into IMSA colors.
- Fixed an issue with the tire rims textures.
GT4 Class Cars
- Spring damper yield and break limits have been rebalanced within the GT4 Class.
Hyundai Elantra N TC
- Fixed an issue where the spring/damper strength for this vehicle was significantly lower when compared to the other Touring Class Cars.
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
- Fixed an issue with the IMSA position panel where the ones-place and the tens-place digits were reversed.
Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance
- Fine brake bias has been limited to +/-1%.
- – – Fine brake bias is now adjustable in the garage.
- – – Dynamic brake bias is now visible on-screen while in the car.
Mercedes-AMG GT3
- Fixed an issue with the IMSA position panel where the ones-place and the tens-place digits were reversed.
- Fixed an issue with the tire rims textures.
TRACKS:
Daytona International Speedway
- Fixed an issue where the back-straight curb had an invisible and devastating extra bump.
- A particularly nasty bump at pit exit has been ironed-out.
- Fixed an issue where some track-side decals were missing their specular and normal maps.
- A variety of terrain and track seams have been patched up.
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