2018 Season 1 Hotfix 2 Release Notes [2017.12.13.01]

This update contains a variety of fixes and adjustments for the 2018 Season 1 iRacing Season.

CHANGE LOG:

Website

– Updated the Help section with Rallycross information and About Teams information.

Licenses

– Fixed a bug that was preventing the new Dirt Oval and Dirt Road license types from showing up under a Member’s stats under Career Stats and Yearly Stats.

Heat Racing

– Fixed an issue that was preventing Heat events from honoring the separate caution type selections for their Qualify, Heats/Consolations, and Feature race.

– Drivers that were in the starting grid for a Race Session, but did not participate in the session, are now tacked-on to the end of the Race Session’s results (after all drivers that did actually compete) in their relative starting grid order. Previously, such non-starters were tacked-on in order of their iRatings.

Race Control

– Jump-Start penalties now double the severity penalty that was added last week.
– – The penalty is now the amount of time a racer jumps, plus 10 seconds.

– Fixed a bug where an entire lap could be cut by looping around the finish line checkpoint so that a racer could hit the same checkpoint twice in a row (this could be done at Daytona’s Rallycross configurations). This would compute a time-gained of 0 seconds instead of the entire laptime, resulting in only getting penalized by the base 15 seconds amount instead of roughly 70 seconds.

– The track reference line processing code used by opponent cars has been updated to remove some quick jitters or slow-downs at seemingly erratic locations along some tracks.

Rendering

– Fixed an issue where tire smoke could sometimes appear green at night.

Pit Stop

– Fixed an issue where the pit crew would continuously try to restart a pit stop if the tire pressures were set to a different value (blue) but were not checked-off, potentially locking a car in pit lane indefinitely.

– Fixed an issue where an entire pit stop was being canceled when only the first fuel can was being canceled.

– Fixed an issue where optional repairs could continue to be performed even after a pit stop was completed.

– The animated pit crew’s “pit stop finished” sound will no longer trigger for pit stops that do not feature the animated pit crew.

Controls

– Fixed an issue where the Rallycross cars could not get into Reverse Gear if the Auto-Shift Driver Aid was enabled.

CARS:

Dirt Late Model

UPDATE: The Dirt Late Model update package did not quite make it into this deployment. We will have another small window of downtime tomorrow to deploy this particular update.

– Brake system has been updated.

– Nose collision elements have been moved upward to prevent bottoming at low ride heights.

Kia Optima

– Season setups have been updated.

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Chevrolet SS

– Maximum ride height has been set to 6/6/8/8 inches.