iRacing

Update: October 25, 2025

Even though iracing has an outdated engine, setting up VR correctly can be quite a challenge. The goal is to achieve 90 fps in almost all situations. OpenXR settings are the same as those used in Le Mans Ultimate and can be found here.

Settings Ingame iRacing

World Detail
  • Sky and Clouds: Low
  • Cars: High
  • Pit Objects: Medium
  • Event: Low
  • Grandstands: Low
  • Crowds: Low
  • Objects: High
  • Foliage: Off
  • Two Pass Trees: Off
  • High Quality Trees: Off
Your Car Detail
  • Steering Wheel: Hands
  • Hide Obstructions: None
  • Headlight Details: Disabled

    Mirrors

  • Cockpit Mirrors Max: 0
  • Higher Detail in Mirrors: Off
  • Headlights On Track in Mirrors: Off
  • Virtual Mirror: On
  • Virtual Mirror FOV: 139 Deg
Other Cars Detail
  • Max Cars: 63
  • Draw Cars: 20/4
  • Draw Pits: 20/4
  • Hide Car Numbers: Off
Dynamic LOD
  • Dyn. LOD Frame Rate Threshold: 91 fps
  • Car LOD Behavior: Only Decrease
  • World LOD Behavior: Only Decrease
Image Quality
  • Shader Quality: High

    PaRTICLES

  • Particles Detail: Medium
  • Full Resolution: On

Shadows & Lighting

  • Shadow Maps: Off
  • Object Self-Shadowing: Off
  • Dynamic Objects: Off
  • Night Shadow Maps: Off
  • Walls: Off
  • Shadowmap Filter: Off
  • Number of Lights: 11

    Post-Processing Effects

  • Motion Blur: Off
  • Sharpening: On
  • HDR: Off
  • SSAO: Off
  • Distortion: Off
  • Heat Haze: Off

    Other Effects

  • Screen Space Reflections: Off
  • Dynamic Cubemaps: 0
  • Fixed Cubemaps: 0
  • Anti-Aliasing
  • Anti-Aliasing Method: MSAA
  • MSAA Samples: 4x
  • MSAA Filter: Simple
Frame Rate
  • Limit Frame Rate: Limit
  • Max Frames Per Second: 91 FPS
  • Max Pre-Rendered Frames: 1 Frames

Video Memory

  • Video Memory Swap High-Res Cars: On
  • 2048x2048 Car Textures: Off
Screenshots

Force feedback

Force feedback settings are highly subjective. These are my settings for the CSL DD 8Nm (Fanalab).
Fanalab
  • [SEN] Sensitivity: 900 degrees
  • [FFB] Force Feedback Strength: 100%
  • [FFS] Force Feedback Scale: PEAK
  • [NDP] Natural Damper: Off
  • [NFR] Natural Friction: Off
  • [NIN] Natural Inertia: Off
  • [INT] FFB Interpolation Filter: Off
  • [FEI] Force Effect Intensity: 100
  • [FOR] Game Force Effect Strength: 100%
  • [SPR] Game Spring Effect Strength: 100%
  • [DPR] Game Damper Effect Strength: Off
  • [BLI] Brake Level Indicator: Off
  • [SHO] Wheel Vibration Motor: On
  • [MPS] Multi-Position Switches: Auto

Sound settings

Main Audio Levels
  • Master Volume: -13 dB
  • Replay Volume: 0 dB
  • Engines: -4 dB
  • Tires: -4 dB
  • Crashes: -8 dB
  • Wind: -10 dB
  • Rain: -8 dB
  • In-car: -4 dB
  • Ambient: -8 dB
  • UI: 0 dB
  • AI Spotter: -40 dB
  • Voice Chat: 0 dB
    • Ear Protection/Helmet Effect: Open Face Helmet