This Week on Trading Paints: July 11, 2025
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 trying to dial in your rhythm for the iRacing Spa 24.
✨ New Featured Spec Map: Arizona Patina

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.









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







📢 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.









2005 #6 Mark Martin Batman Begins Pfizer Ford Taurus from Christian Budd. Images from Julian Madore.
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