This Week on Trading Paints: June 6, 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 scramble together those last-minute season-ending license points.
👀 New Artist Spotlight
Jon Palmieri spent four years at NASCAR before moving to TRICON Garage earlier this year, where he currently serves as Manager of Design and Print. Jon’s the focus of this month’s Artist Spotlight, where he talked about how he got his start, what he’s most proud of, and advice for up-and-coming designers.
🎁 New iRacing build coming next week
iRacing announced that June 10 is the day that the 2025 Season 3 build is released to members. The iRacing crew talked about the build in the latest iRacing Downshift Podcast episode, and more details are included in Greg Hill’s development blog released last month.
NASCAR’s 2003-era Gen 4 stock cars highlight the new build from a painting perspective. The cars will feature totally separate bodies for superspeedways — and that’s going to mean double the painting. iRacing typically releases painting templates around the time of the new build.
We’ll be sure to summarize everything that’s changed once the dust settles after Tuesday.
🧑💻 Help us test new Downloader features
We’ve mentioned this one for the past few weeks, but our Beta program for Trading Paints Downloader is back. The Beta is an opportunity to try out some new features before they’re released to the public. If you want to help us test new stuff (like faster downloads!) and track down bugs, take a look at the Downloader Beta.
🌟 Fresh Official Paints
Here are the latest Verified Official Paints that landed in the Showroom this week.
🏎️ Staff Picks
Team TP highlighted a few faves recently added to the Showroom.
We’re digging this King of the Hill-themed series from Matt Tomelleri, for starters.
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“This looks good, I tell you what” –Patrick, Community Management
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🏆 Paint of the Week
Community Manager Patrick has selected Issam Er-Rabhi’s lovely Senna tribute paint for the McLaren 720s GT3 EVO as this week’s Paint of the Week.
McLaren Heritage - Senna by Issamliveries McLaren 720s GT3 EVO by Issam Er-Rabhi. Photos from Julian Madore.
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