The developers of iRacing revealed a new feature coming with the Season 2 update of 2025, Adaptive AI.
The feature is designed to help drivers train while learning a new circuit or car, or while honing their skills. Basically, if you select Adaptive AI instead of Fixed Skill Range, the cars driven by the AI will adapt their ability to yours and get better dynamically as you do.
On top of that, there’s a further level of customization available as you can choose four levels of difficulty, easy, medium, hard, and extreme. Each of these level will offer a different baseline of skill for the AI buy will still adapt to yours.
You can check out a trailer illustrating the feature below.
If you’re unfamiliar with iRacing, it’s a subscription-based, esports-focused racing simulation platform on PC considered by many one of the most realistic in the industry. Many professional racing drivers train on its LIDAR-scanned tracks that precisely reproduce their real counterparts.
Another element that makes it attractive as an esports platform is the implementation of racing regulations closely related to real motorsports to create an online esports environment that feels as professional as possible, encouraging clean racing and fair play over winning.
iRacing partners with several real-world racing series and organizations including Nascar, IMSA, the FIA, and many more. Recently, its developers also launched a partnership with Microsoft Research to implement Large Action Models AI in the game.
The company behind iRacing is also publishing the next Nascar game, Nascar 25, coming this fall for PC and consoles.