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Five of the Most Anticipated New Additions Coming to iRacing
iRacing recently released the Indy NXT car and the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, but there’s more on the way soon – a lot more. The sim racing subscription service has several fan-requested additions in development, and thankfully, we can piece together what to expect next. Here are five key items that will be available soon for the simulation, which will sit alongside quality-of-life changes also expected over the coming months, such as updated hybrid systems, refreshed graphics and, later, a career mode.
October 28, 2025
1. Miami International Autodrome
First used in 2022 around parts of the Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Cafe Stadium car park, the Miami International Autodrome got off to an inauspicious start, especially when you consider the fake marina on the inside of Turn 8, replete with a hard surface painted to look like water.
It was also exclusively a Formula 1 venue, and therefore only appeared in the official F1 games. However, last year, new shorter layouts were created, meaning that not only could Formula E host a race there in 2026, but also elements of the venue can be used permanently for track days and testing.
This, in turn, opened up the circuit to become available outside of F1, and iRacing is set to be the first sim racing platform to offer the track in all configurations when it is released this December.
2. FIA Cross Car
An intriguing vehicle, this, which has arrived out of left field. Earlier in the year, iRacing teased that it would add to its F4 single-seater with another FIA-approved vehicle.
Could that be Formula 3 or Formula 2 perhaps? What about the aforementioned Formula E?
No, it’s the FIA Cross Car, surprise!
This will be a single-seater, high-revving motorcycle-engined off-road machine. The FIA believe this could be an affordable entry route into dirt racing categories, such as stage rally and rallycross. Consequently, the sim platform will add it as a new starter car for rookie-level racing.
While not especially powerful in the real world, Cross Car rallycross delivers close, frenetic races.
3. Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland) Off-Road Track
Known as the ‘Diamond of Dirt Tracks’, Missouri’s clay oval is already available for iRacing. However, just next to it lives an off-road course, with a rough surface, banked corners and a crossover.
This should be ideal for racing the FIA Cross Car and is expected to be released at the same time in December 2025.
The 1.3-mile-long route also features a 20-foot-tall and 120-foot-long tabletop jump, so it will not be for the faint of heart.
4. St. Petersburg Track
A unique track in Florida, the St. Petersburg track is a temporary venue that mixes closed roads and the main strip of the Albert Whitted Airport. It’s held IndyCar/CART races since 2003, which begs the question, why isn’t it in iRacing? Well, it soon will be, with the firm confirming a licensing deal has been completed and development team members visiting the track for preliminary research.
As iRacing will create a dedicated IndyCar game in 2026, it must now, finally, incorporate the St. Pete venue, known for its long front stretch and narrow middle sector. The virtual track work, once completed, will be seen in both the game and the main sim racing platform.
5. Adelaide Street Circuit
This Australian venue sounds like a long-term project, with iRacing’s Senior Vice President and Executive Producer Greg Hill describing it as a “substantial project.”
But it will be worth it, as the Adelaide Street Circuit is one of the most challenging venues in motorsport. This is thanks to large kerbs that make up a blind-entry Turn 1-to-3 complex that starts the lap, known as the Senna Chicane, and the fearsome Turn 8.
The latter is a high-speed right kink, but it’s narrow and lined by an unforgiving concrete wall. Slightly miss the apex on worn tyres, and you’re set to smash into the perimeter fence.
Written by the teams at trophi.ai and Traxion.GG.
