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iRacing AI Racing Complete Guide
iRacing AI supports single races, championship seasons and AI-enhanced Hosted/League sessions.
iRacing AI Rosters and Difficulty Guide
AI fields can be customised with drivers, skill spread and behaviour settings.
Getting Started
iRacing Beginner Guide
iRacing is a subscription-based motorsport simulation built around official ranked racing, licenses, Safety Rating, iRating, hosted sessions, lea...
iRacing 2026 Season 4 Guide
2026 Season 4 began on September 15, 2026 and introduced four new cars, three rebuilt tracks, AI/rain expansions and major simulator/UI updates.
Strategy
iRacing Black Boxes and In-Race Controls Guide
Black Boxes provide race information and live controls for fuel, tyres, standings, weather and other functions.
iRacing Fuel Calculator Guide
iRacing added a built-in Fuel Calculator and improved it further for Season 4 2026.
iRacing Pit Stop and Black Box Guide
Black Boxes control fuel, tyres, fast repair and other in-race pit functions.
Official Racing
iRacing Championship Points Guide
Official series award championship points based on race result and Strength of Field.
iRacing Official Series Guide
Official Racing is iRacing's sanctioned competitive structure with thousands of scheduled races across four annual seasons.
iRacing Ranked vs Unranked Guide
Ranked sessions affect ratings and progression, while unranked series, leagues and hosted sessions do not affect iRating or MPR in the same way.
iRacing Race Registration and Forfeit Guide
Official sessions are entered through the iRacing UI using the Register and Join workflow.
iRacing Series Schedule and Weekly Rotation Guide
Official series run season schedules with changing tracks by week.
iRacing Splits Guide
Large official fields are divided into splits so drivers race others of similar skill.
iRacing Strength of Field Guide
Strength of Field describes how strong a ranked race is based on the iRatings of its competitors.
Content
iRacing Cars, Tracks and Content Ownership Guide
Membership provides the service while many cars and tracks are separately licensed content.
Progression
iRacing License Demotion Guide
Low Safety Rating can lead to end-of-season or immediate demotion.
iRacing Fast Track Promotion Guide
Fast Track lets qualified drivers move up before the end of the season.
iRacing Incident Points Guide
Incident points represent off-tracks, loss of control and contact that feed into Safety Rating calculations.
iRacing iRating Guide
iRating measures competitive skill relative to other iRacing drivers and is used for matchmaking and Strength of Field.
iRacing License Classes Guide
iRacing uses independent licenses for Oval, Sports Car, Formula Car, Dirt Oval and Dirt Road disciplines.
iRacing Minimum Participation Requirement Guide
Minimum Participation Requirement is part of license progression alongside Safety Rating.
iRacing Safety Rating Guide
Safety Rating measures incident history and is one of the central inputs to license progression.
Disciplines
iRacing Dirt Oval Racing Guide
Dirt Oval is an independent license discipline built around changing dirt surfaces and sideways racecraft.
iRacing Dirt Road Racing Guide
Dirt Road is an independent license discipline for off-road and rallycross-style racing.
iRacing Formula Car Racing Guide
Formula Car is an independent road license discipline for open-wheel competition.
iRacing Oval Racing Guide
Oval racing is one of iRacing's core disciplines with its own license and official series ladder.
iRacing Sports Car Racing Guide
Sports Car has its own license discipline and covers road racing with GT, prototype and production-style machinery.
Endurance
iRacing Driver Swap Guide
Team drivers can enter and leave the shared car through the team session workflow.
iRacing Endurance Strategy Guide
Endurance racing combines pace, fuel, tyres, traffic, weather, repairs and driver management.
iRacing Fair Share Rule Guide
Some team events require each registered driver to complete a fair share of laps.
iRacing Special Events Guide
iRacing runs full-length endurance and major motorsport-inspired special events throughout the year.
iRacing Team Racing Guide
Team Racing lets multiple drivers share one car in supported official, special, hosted and league events.
Setup
iRacing Fixed vs Open Setup Guide
Some official series use fixed setups while others allow open tuning.
iRacing Setup Basics Guide
iRacing supports fixed-setup and open-setup racing depending on the series.
Community
iRacing Hosted AI Guide
AI rosters can join supported Hosted and League events when both car and track are AI-enabled.
iRacing Hosted Session Guide
Hosted Sessions are user-created one-off events with configurable cars, tracks, weather, rules and eligibility.
iRacing League Racing Guide
League Racing lets communities run repeated custom events with their own schedules and points systems.
Support
iRacing Seasons, Patches and Live Service Guide
iRacing has four major annual seasons plus patches and hotfixes that can change cars, tracks, physics and UI.
Race Control
iRacing Multiclass Starts and Pace Cars Guide
Season 4 2026 introduces multiple pace cars for multiclass starts on many configurations.
iRacing Multiclass Racing Guide
Multiclass races combine vehicles with very different pace on the same track.
iRacing Series-Specific Sporting Regulations Guide
iRacing can apply real-world-inspired rule sets to selected official, hosted and league events.
Hardware
iRacing Multi-Threaded Physics and Performance Guide
Season 4 introduces a multi-threaded physics update loop designed to reduce CPU overhead in heavy traffic and large grids.
Sessions
iRacing Practice Sessions Guide
Practice sessions let drivers share the track without the full consequences of a ranked race.
iRacing Test Drive Guide
Test Drive is a private environment for learning owned content without competition pressure.
iRacing Time Trial Guide
Time Trials are solo official sessions focused on clean, consistent laps.
Rules
iRacing Protest System Guide
The protest process is for Sporting Code violations such as intentional wrecking, blocking, unsafe rejoin and abusive communications.
iRacing Sporting Code Guide
The Official Sporting Code governs conduct, competition, licenses, race procedures and protests.
Driving
iRacing Racecraft and Clean Racing Guide
Racecraft combines spatial awareness, predictable positioning, overtaking judgment and respect for the Sporting Code.
Weather
iRacing Rain Racing Guide
Rain support applies to eligible cars and tracks and continues to expand each season.
iRacing Weather Radar and Forecast Guide
The Weather tab and F11 Weather Black Box provide current and forecast information including Doppler radar.
iRacing Weather System Guide
iRacing can generate static, forecasted or timeline-based weather for sessions.
iRacing Wet Tyre and Track Strategy Guide
Rain-enabled vehicles use weather-appropriate tyre and driving strategy.
Analysis
iRacing Telemetry Guide
iRacing generates detailed simulator telemetry including tyre temperatures, RPM, fuel, suspension movement and wheel speed.
Interface
iRacing UI Widgets and Reference Car Guide
Season 4 expands simulator UI with Pit Summary, Car Damage, Reference Car, pinned/minimal layouts and track-map improvements.