iRacing's Upcoming Releases

Yoeri Gijsen

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Let's keep a little thread going about what iRacing has in store for us in the (near) future. Some things have been announced, some targets have been rumoured and who knows what you have picked up in the darkest recesses of the net...

Below I will put up some things I find or found. Please post any news, rumours or hints below so one of the moderators can update this thread.

Cars
  • McLaren MP4-12C GT3 - Next up, but time unspecified
  • Lotus 49 - Next up, but time unspecified
  • RUF Rt12R - October 2012
  • Honda Civic BTCC - May/July 2013
  • Honda HSV-010 - May/July 2013
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup 2013 models - TBA
Tracks
  • Auto Club Speedway - To be scanned (confirmed!)
  • Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve - To be scanned (confirmed!)
  • Hongaroring - Plans
  • Kansas Speedway - To be scanned (confirmed!)
  • Lukas Oil Raceway - In production
  • Rockingham Speedway - October 2012
  • Interlagos - To be scanned (confirmed!)
  • Miller Motorsports Park - To be scanned
  • New Jersey Motorsports Park - To be scanned
  • Long Beach - 2013
  • Oran Park Raceway - October 2012
  • Tsukuba Circuit - In production
  • Willow Springs - Scanned but on hold
Features
  • Crew chief & spotter functionality - February 2013 at the earliest, but probably later
  • Driver swaps - February 2013 at the earliest, but probably later
  • DirectX 11 and x64 support - Long term project
  • Dirt and oil build up on windscreen - Side project
  • Enhanced sounds (DirectSound > XAudio2) - Groundwork in next build; the rest later
  • Exhaust fire - Side project
  • Teams - February 2013 at the earliest, but probably later
  • Time transition - Long term and after DirectX 11
Your turn!
 
The latest "Cat-Herder" blog is out: http://www.iracing.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cat-herder-xvii/

Among other things, Steve Myers hints that the Kia Optima should be out in the season 2 build, and the RUF is the next car in the pipeline. He also talks about updating Laguna Seca and USA International to the current track standards.

The Lotus 49 is apparently "done", but needs NTM v5 before it's released...
 
Also a mock-up of what a future UI design might look like...

uimockup.jpg
 
New update just now:

Chevrolet SS-Gen6

- The 2013 Chevrolet NASCAR is now available!

- Note that there is a small bug in this release that can cause the roof flaps on your opponent cars who are parked in pit lane to flap up and down if you're out driving around the track. This will be fixed in our next release in a week or two.

Graphics

- Fix a problem that could cause shadows to sparkle.

Spotter

- Upon @ADD of a frequency to your radio, do not "select" that frequency if you don't have rights to squawk on it.

Windows 8 Support

- Scale touch and cursor moves properly when screen DPI setting is changed.
- Turn off touch screen contact visualization.
- Properly detect touch windows, so we can turn off touch driving controls when using the mouse.
- Properly change mouse cursor without forcing a pointer move.


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