This Week on Trading Paints: September 12, 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 dialing in your paints for the new season.
🏎️ What’s new for Season 4
This week, of course, included iRacing’s Season 4 build release. We covered everything that’s new and improved in terms of painting. Gen 4 AI Collections support, three new cars, and decal layer updates for GT4s and TCRs are the biggest changes.
#️⃣ New Number Builder updates are here!
This week, we launched a massive new update for Number Builder, our tool for creating custom numbers for your iRacing paints. This update adds the Number Showroom, gradients, remixing, and plenty more. Check out a list of everything new.
We’re excited to see what you create! Here are a few of our team’s numbers — feel free to remix them and make them your own!
🧑🎨 ICYMI: Brendan Droppo in the spotlight
If you haven’t already checked it out, the latest in our Artist Spotlight Series focuses on Ontario, Canada’s Brendan Droppo, the designer of choice for the likes of Jimmie Johnson and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB. Read the full interview to learn how Brendan made his climb to become one of the foremost artists in the NASCAR world.
👀 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.
📊 Coming soon: Season 3 painting stats
Keep it tuned here for our upcoming recap of Season 3 painting stats, coming this weekend. We’ll share an exciting milestone, the most popular paints, and a new face among the most popular painters.
🌟 Fresh Official Paints
This week, some new Verified Official Paints landed in the Showroom.
🏎️ Staff Picks
Team Trading Paints has been enjoying some new paints listed in the Showroom. Here’s a small sampling.
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🏆 Paint of the Week
This week’s Paint of the Week, determined by our Community Manager, Patrick, is this shark helmet from Carlos R. F. It’s been a popular one in the Showroom, reaching fourth on the trending list earlier this month.
Shark Helmet from Carlos R. F. 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! 🏁
