Recap: 2025 Season 2 by the numbers
Recapping iRacing Season 2 with some statistics and numbers from the community, including most popular cars and painters.
Another iRacing season is behind us, and that means it’s time for our fourth edition of the Trading Paints season wrap-up — a look at what happened in the painting community over the past 13 weeks.
A total of 929,215 new custom paints were assigned during 2025 Season 2 alone! Enjoy some highlights and special shoutouts from the world of Trading Paints.
Top Color Codes Used in Season 2
Of the nearly 3.9 trillion pixels’ worth of new paints assigned in Season 2, these were the most common colors used in custom paints.
#051E37, a subtle dark-blue color was the most commonly-occurring color, followed by a green color, #00CC22, and #FECE02 — a yellow hue we’ve seen in the top ranks before.
Most-Raced Showroom Paints in Season 2
Taking top honors for the most-raced Showroom paint throughout Season 2 was a replica of the Manthey EMA Nürburgring 24 Hours Porsche 911 GT3 R from Emre K.
Another replica — Carlos Rosdevall’s work re-creating the Kessell Racing ELMS Ferrari 296 GT3 — was raced second-most, just ahead of Paul R Chaloner’s Red Bull Honda tribute raced in the Japanese Grand Prix, adapted to the FIA F4 car with all details finely considered.
Honorable mention:
Trading Paints
Raced 820 times in Season 2
Trading Paints
Raced 710 times in Season 2
Most Favorited Showroom Paints in Season 2
Carlos Rosdevall’s Kessel Racing ELMS Ferrari 296 GT3 replica earned the most love in Season 2, followed by top-raced Manthey EMA Nürburgring 24 Hours Porsche 911 GT3 R replica from Emre K. In third was a lovely Ford Multimatic Motorsports concept livery from Issam Er-Rabhi.
Honorable mention:
Trading Paints
Favorited 247 times in Season 2
Trading Paints
Favorited 190 times in Season 2
In total, 229,675 Showroom favorites were awarded in Season 2. Don’t forget to hit that Favorite button when you see a paint you like to show the painter some love!
Most Popular Painters in Season 2
Paul R Chaloner and John Rubino swapped the top two spots as most-favorited painters in Season 2, ahead of NASCAR replica painter extraordinaire Brantley Roden.
Honorable mention: Don Craig (2,673 favorites), Ryan A Williams (2,385), Doyle Lowrance (2,269), Samuel J Ball (1,849), Stephane Parent (1,824), Jeff McKeand (1,798), Clyde Coman (1,676).
Most Popular Vehicles in Season 2
The ever-popular NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, new ARCA Chevrolet SS, and the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) were the Big 3 in Season 2, racking up over 90,000 new custom paints combined.
Thanks for painting with us this season! Our creative community powers everything we do. 🏁
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