This Week on Trading Paints: July 11, 2025

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

This Week on Trading Paints: July 11, 2025

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world while you’re trying to dial in your rhythm for the iRacing Spa 24.

We shared our latest spec map starter this week, which we’ve dubbed Arizona Patina due to its not-so-clear finish — like it’s been baking in the sun for some time. We’ve got instructions on how to achieve the look on your custom iRacing paints.

💡ICYMI: Emily Butler Lue in the Spotlight

Co-owner of LUE Creative, Emily Butler Lue, inspired the community by taking a side hustle and turning it into a full-time role in 2023 by doing what she loves at the intersection of motorsports and high-level creative. Read about Emily’s journey, her work, and advice to up-and-coming artists in this month’s Artist Spotlight.

🎮 Downloader Beta for AI-Ready Collections in Hosted Racing

Last week, 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.

🌟 Fresh Official Paints

Plenty of new Verified Official Paints landed in the Showroom this week.

OFFICIAL 2025 AWA x Orlando Corp. Corvette Z06 GT3.R IMSA GTD CTMP from Jason Dakins for AWA
2025 Shane Van Gisbergen Quad Lock Chevrolet from Ryan A Williams for JR Motorsports
2025 Sammy Smith Allstate Peterbilt Group Patriotic Chevrolet from Ryan A Williams for JR Motorsports
Official 2025 #20 Stefan Parsons Annett Bus Lines NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado from Ryan Daley for Young’s Motorsports
Official 2025 #02 Nathan Byrd Sonesta NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado from Ryan Daley for Young’s Motorsports
Official 2025 #02 Nathan Byrd Champ Plan With Numbers NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado from Ryan Daley for Young’s Motorsports
Official 2025 #20 Stefan Parsons Trophy Tractor NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado from Ryan Daley for Young’s Motorsports
Official 2025 #46 Thad Moffitt Induction Innovations #46 ARCA Toyota Camry from Ryan Daley for Nitro Motorsports
Official 2025 #46 Thad Moffitt Leer #46 ARCA Toyota Camry from Ryan Daley for Nitro Motorsports

🏎️ Staff Picks

Team Trading Paints highlighted some unique and creative paints from the Showroom this week.

Kaizen Motorsports - car rug Super Trofeo by Tyler Tucker - Trading Paints
The “car rug” Lamborghini that was at the 2025 Watkins Glen Super Trofeo race. Driven by Wyatt Foster and Seth Henry.
max verstappen 2025 austria spec by Daniel B. - Trading Paints
tip https://coff.ee/sonyc
Robby Gordon 2005 Red Bull by Tyler Tucker - Trading Paints
Robby Gordon’s 2005 Red Bull sponsored car from the Busch series race in Mexico.
Zakspeed / Wurth [1981] #2 by Peter Leonard - Trading Paints
A replica of the 1981 Zakspeed / Wurth Ford Capri Turbo III livery, adapted for the Audi 90 GTO.
BMW M2 CS “Graffiti” by Joacim Thörn - Trading Paints
Is it hard to choose what color car you want? Why not have them all at once? Fun project i just wanted to share! I DID NOT make the base graffiti pattern. It comes from a fleece blanket at https://justsewpenrith.co.uk/ I did my best to line upp the pattern on the various car parts (harder than it may seem)... If you spot any obvious error please message me so i can adjust!
Porsche 911 GT1 98 Tribute livery - Issamliveries by Issam Er-Rabhi - Trading Paints
This is a tribute to the iconic 1998 Le Mans-winning Porsche 911 GT1, where I’ve tried to reimagine the livery on the Porsche 963 LMDh. While the livery is inspired by the past, the decals are up to date with the current Porsche Penske team. Thanks to SimRacing Designs template for the Le Mans numbers decal, which was slightly edited.
The Koala | Meta Martini Porsche GT3 R (992) by Nik Paquin - Trading Paints
I’m open to paint scheme commissions! Please reach out to my Instagram [@nikpaquin] or on Discord [flybynightt] as I messages in my Trading Paints inbox can get missed!

📢 Special Shoutout

Jeff McKeand, Dallara IR18 replica painter extraordinaire, reached 1,000 followers on Trading Paints this week. Congrats, Jeff!

🏆 Paint of the Week

Noted mid-2000s stock car replica specialist Christian Budd re-created Mark Martin’s 2005 Batman Begins ride for the new iRacing Gen 4 Ford Taurus, earning the title of Paint of the Week, as chosen by our Community Manager, Patrick.


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