This Week on Trading Paints: February 13, 2026
News and updates from the world of Trading Paints from the past week.
Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world while you’re spamming the “Stay in line and work together” auto-chat message.
🏁 New: Daytona 500 Proving Grounds Challenge
We want to see what you’re racing in this week’s iRacing Daytona 500.
Post your NASCAR Cup Series paint to the Trading Paints Showroom with #ProvingGrounds in the description to get listed on the Proving Grounds page. We’ll share a few of our favorites on Instagram and hand out some codes for free stuff from the Trading Paints Store, too.
🧑🎨 ICYMI: Joe R. Wells in the Spotlight
In our latest Artist Spotlight, we chatted with Joe R. Wells of GB22 Designs, who’s been on his grind as an up-and-coming artist, creating opportunities with his painting roots in the iRacing world.
✨ New Verified Official Paints
Lots of new official paints landed in the Showroom this week, verified from teams and artists.
Teams, drivers, brands, and artists: want to give the verification mark to your official paints on Trading Paints? Let us know!
More new Fictional Brands in Paint Builder
On top of last week’s 25 new additions, we’ve added another batch of seven fake brands (totaling 31 options in various configurations and colors) as options to your Paint Builder paints.
🏎️ Staff Picks
These are a few paints we’re digging right now.
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🔢 From the Number Showroom
We’re really enjoying what you’ve been sharing in the new Number Showroom, part of the new Number Builder update. Here are a few recent numbers that caught our eye.
Keep posting your numbers to the Number Showroom, and we’ll continue to share what we like!
🏆 Paint of the Week
This week’s Paint of the Week, selected by Community Manager Patrick, is making us hungry! It’s Tyler Tucker’s Whataburger Original Mustard Ford Mustang GT4 concept. A mustard Mustang!
Whataburger - Mustard branding Ford Mustang GT4 from Tyler Tucker. Images 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! 🏁
