🏁 iRacing 2026 Season 2 is Here: What You Need to Know
The green flag has dropped on iRacing's 2026 Season 2, and it's bringing a massive haul of new content, physics overhauls, and user interface upgrades. Whether you're turning laps on one of our custom Rocky Sim Racing rigs or grinding out safety rating on a starter wheel, this update has something that will change how you hit the track.
Here is a breakdown of the biggest additions and changes we are most excited about for this season.
🚗 Fresh Metal in the Garage
This season adds three major vehicles to the roster:
Audi RS3 LMS Gen2 TCR: The touring car class just got a lot more interesting. The Gen2 RS3 replaces the previous legacy model and comes rain and AI-ready right out of the box. It is an absolute blast to drive and an easy favorite for the season.
NASCAR Truck RAM: Matching the real-world 2026 Craftsman Truck Series, the RAM joins the fleet as the fourth manufacturer.
NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Updated visual specs to match the 2026 real-world counterpart.
🛣️ Hitting the Streets and Rescanned Classic s
St. Petersburg Grand Prix: This brand-new 1.808-mile Florida street circuit is tight, technical, and entirely unforgiving. Turn 1 is going to be an absolute lap-one battleground.
Barber Motorsports Park (Rescanned): Built completely from scratch with brand-new scan data, Barber looks and feels better than ever. The old layout has been retired, but existing owners get the new version for free.
Short Track Refreshes: Lanier, Langley, and USA International all received sweeping, ground-up art overhauls.
🌧️ Physics, Rain, and Rubber
iRacing continues to refine its handling models. The TCR and GTE classes received massive physics overhauls this season, including updated wet and dry tire models and a redesigned braking system featuring a rear proportioning valve for the TCRs.
Rain racing is also expanding, with the new Audi RS3, the Lotus 49, and the Vintage IMSA class (Nissan GTP ZX-T and Audi 90 GTO) all getting wet-weather enabled.
📊 Upgraded HUD and Telemetry Tools
For the data nerds out there, the in-sim interface got a serious upgrade:
Throttle & Brake Timeline: A brand-new widget that visualizes your pedal inputs as a scrolling timeline graph. Having real-time visualization of input history is incredibly powerful for optimizing lap times, tying in perfectly with the kind of deep telemetry analysis our upcoming AI race engineer application relies on.
HUD Layout Profiles: You can now create, save, and easily swap HUD layouts specific to individual cars or scenarios (like a specific layout just for endurance or wet weather races).
Visual Spotter: A great accessibility feature that provides visual cues for cars in your blind spots if you are running a single-monitor setup.
The Rocky Sim Racing esports team is already deep into testing these new physics and tire models. We'll see you out on the track!
