hybrid

With the 2025 Season 4 overhaul, iRacing’s hybrids no longer feel like “special gadgets” you need to manage. For GTPs, the system is invisible. For Ferrari’s 499P, it’s rule-bound. And for F1 and LMP1 cars, hybrid quirks remain. If you’re wondering how to approach them on track, here’s what you need to know. GTPs: Invisible…

The wait is over. With the 2025 Season 4 release, iRacing has shipped a completely overhauled hybrid system for its most advanced racing cars. The changes are less about flashy new knobs and dials, and more about making the system accurate, seamless, and invisible—just as it should be in modern prototype racing. The New Hybrid…

By spring 2025, iRacers were eager for a long-promised update: the complete hybrid system overhaul for the GTP and Hypercar classes. After months of community feedback and developer acknowledgments, many expected it to land in Season 3. Instead, iRacing announced the hybrid rework wasn’t ready, resetting expectations and confirming the changes would come later in…

When iRacing introduced the GTP class in late 2022 and expanded it through 2023–24, it brought one of the most exciting eras of modern sports car racing into the sim. BMW, Cadillac, Acura, Porsche — and eventually Ferrari’s Le Mans-winning 499P — joined the virtual grid. But along with the thrill came scrutiny: sim racers…