iRacing 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 update
iRacing’s 2025 S4 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 delivers critical fixes, including a team tire-option UI issue and a VW Beetle Lite session-loading failure.
We’ve logged iRacing’s 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 Hotfix 1, a small follow-up focused on critical fixes and a couple of targeted updates. The official notes are here in the release notes.
What changed
Features
- This update is published as 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 Hotfix 1.
Fixes
- iRacing states this hotfix contains critical fixes plus some updates for the 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 release.
Physics
- In the Simulator > User Interface, iRacing fixed an issue where tire options were shown to team members even when those options were not available to the crew chief or driver.
Cars
- VW Beetle Lite
- Fixed a critical issue where the car could fail to load into sessions.
For league ops, we should re-check team-session procedures around tire selections and, if we run VW Beetle Lite, confirm hosted sessions and race servers load as expected.
From the changelog
Structured change list parsed from the official notes.
features
- [h2] 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 Hotfix 1 Release Notes \[2025.10.17.01] [/h2]
fixes
- This Hotfix Release contains critical fixes as well as some updates for the 2025 Season 4 Patch 3 Release.
physics
- [h2] Simulator [/h2] [h3] User Interface [/h3] [*] Fixed an issue where tire options were available for team members that were not available for the crew chief or driver. [/*]
cars
- [h2] Cars [/h2] [h3] VW Beetle Lite [/h3] [*] Fixed a critical issue where this car would fail to load into Sessions. [/*]
Official sources
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