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This Week on Trading Paints: August 22, 2025

News and updates from the world of Trading Paints from the past week.

Steve Luvender

Steve Luvender

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This Week on Trading Paints: August 22, 2025

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world while you’re thinking about all the new stuff in the latest iRacing development blog.

👀 Artists wanted!

We’re looking for artists, creators and designers to highlight in future editions of our monthly Artist Spotlight features. Do you know somebody in the racing world — virtual or not — deserving of some recognition? Let us know Instagram and Bluesky.

👨‍🎨 ICYMI: Harris Lue in the spotlight

As part of our Artist Spotlight series, Harris Lue talked about how he got his start, his friendship with the late Sam Bass, his journey to co-owning LUE Creative, and advice for up-and-coming designers. Check out the full interview.

🎮 ICYMI: Downloader Beta for AI-Ready Collections in Hosted Racing

A few weeks ago, we released a new beta version of the Trading Paints Downloader featuring some enhancements around hosted racing sessions with AI Collections. Give version AI3 a try if you want to help us test out these updates and bug fixes, available on the Downloader Beta page.

Congratulations are in order for Trading Paints developer Dustin (along with teammates Ruby and Paige) on winning their (top) split in the 2025 iRacing Portimao 1000 driving the Ford GT!

🌟 Fresh Official Paints

Take a look at these Verified Official Paints new to the Showroom this week.

2025 Denny Hamlin Kings Hawaiian Daytona Camry from Brantley Roden for Joe Gibbs Racing
2025 William Sawalich Soundgear White #18 NASCAR XFINITY Toyota Supra from Brantley Roden for Joe Gibbs Racing
2025 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Red Supra from Brantley Roden for Joe Gibbs Racing
2025 Caesar Bacarella #5 7-Eleven Prime Bites NASCAR XFINITY Chevrolet Camaro from Ryan Pistana for Alpha Prime Racing

🏎️ Staff Picks

This week, the Trading Paints team has had their eyes on these sharp paints.

Dallara Concept Livery - LMP2 by Jai L. - Trading Paints
A Dallara themed livery for the P217 featuring the brands yellow and blue colours as well as the tricolour referencing it’s Italian heritage.
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Havoline Ford Taurus Gen4 by Trent Williams - Trading Paints
Havoline Ford Taurus Numbered
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USORL Next-L Retro Series S3 - #90 Yellow Freight Chevrolet Monte Carlo (SW) by Steven Merzlak - Trading Paints
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McLaren 570 GT4 - HERO by Pierre S. - Trading Paints
Available for color swap with base color and 2 colors. Join discord: https://discord.gg/BaFp6A27GG
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GR Edition by Greg B Clark - Trading Paints
Also available in USF 2000, Skip Barber, Formula Vee and NASCAR Xfinity Supra.
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Ferrari 296 Challenge Blue Angels by Don Craig - Trading Paints
Blue Angels inspired livery
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🏆 Paint of the Week

Leila Wilson has painted some street stocks from Irwindale Speedway (which lives on in iRacing, at least), including this brightly-colored ride driven by Adam Coonfield. It’s this week’s Paint of the Week, chosen by our Community Manager, Patrick.

Stockton/Irwindale Memories - Adam Coonfield #2 Street Stock - Panther C1 by Leila Wilson. Photos from Julian Madore.

What did you think of This Week on Trading Paints? Let us know on Instagram and Bluesky — and don’t forget to tag us when you share your paints! 🏁

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