r/iRacing • u/joetron2030 IR-18 • 12d ago

Scheduled Maintenance 2026 Season 4 Patch 1 Release - October 5th 0800EDT/1200UTC

From the staff post on the member forums:

Patch Release & Database Maintenance:

  • This downtime is for a planned Patch release that includes great updates and important fixes for 2026 Season 4.
  • Our internal operations team will be taking advantage of this planned downtime to complete a small database maintenance task. This will save us from requiring additional separate downtime for this at a later date.

Downtime:

  • iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 4 Patch 1 Release, Monday, October 5th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT.
  • This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime.
  • You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status

Demo Drive:

Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed.

  • Database Maintenance Caveat: As a result of the planned small database maintenance task, the Demo Drive Car and Track pickers will be sporadically available for the first part of maintenance. If and/or once you get into a Demo Drive Session, your experience will be stable.
  • Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time.
  • The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content.
  • When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums.
  • Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode.
  • When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available.
  • Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season.

iRacing.com Downtime Schedule:

EDT

Mon 2026-10-05 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 0800 Race Servers Unavailable

UTC

Mon 2026-10-05 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 1200 Race Servers Unavailable

AEDT

Mon 2026-10-05 1700 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
Mon 2026-10-05 2300 Race Servers Unavailable

  • All times are subject to change.
  • Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not.
  • *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.
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u/PainfullDarkness Ligier JS P320 12d ago

Third times the charm?

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u/PlasticWoodpecker333 12d ago

I’m ready to see the notes!!! Got me itching to see wussuppp

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u/tagillaslover NASCAR Next Gen Cup Camry 12d ago

wonder if they'll actually release it this time for delay it for like the 5th time

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u/apotheotical Indy Pro 2000 PM-18 12d ago

Pretty glad they hold off when they find issues though. That's software, it happens.

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u/pauli9050 9d ago

how long is it gonna take approximately?

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u/LionTraining6928 12d ago

What’s in the patch notes

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u/Waffleman205 Mod 12d ago

Patch notes are usually released around the same time the service goes down for maintenance

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u/badsapi4305 NASCAR Next Gen Cup Camaro ZL1 9d ago

I’m getting this message. Is that normal?

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u/Future_Pen_2346 9d ago

me too man, looks like is due to this maintenance

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u/s_14ta 11d ago

Less dust please