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How to Change Livery in Iracing

This quick guide answers how to change livery in iRacing for drivers: step-by-step loading or swapping, fixes for missing skins, and tips to swap liveries fast.

If you’re asking how to change livery in iRacing, the short answer is: pick the livery in the car selection/garage screen or upload a custom skin on the iRacing member site and then select it before the session. You’re in the right place — below are plain steps and fixes.

Quick Answer — how to change livery in iracing

Open the car selection or Garage screen before the session, click the car thumbnail, use the Livery/Skins dropdown to pick an installed skin, and click Apply. If the skin is missing, upload your custom paint to the iRacing member site (Garage → car → upload skin) and then reselect it in the sim.

What’s really going on

iRacing shows liveries that are either bundled with the car, provided by the series, or uploaded as custom skins to your account. If a livery doesn’t appear it’s usually because it hasn’t been uploaded to the correct car, the file name/structure is wrong, the skin was made with the wrong paint kit, or the sim needs a refresh.

Step-by-step fix

Open iRacing and go to the Garage / car selection screen before practice or race.
Click the car thumbnail (or the small menu next to the car) to open the Livery/Skins dropdown.
Choose the livery you want from the list and click Apply or Close — the preview should update.
If the livery isn’t listed, go to the iRacing member site (iRacing.com) → Garage (or My Content) → select the car → upload your skin file in the Paint/Skins area. Follow iRacing’s upload naming rules.
After uploading, restart the sim or re-enter the Garage screen and reselect the skin. The new livery should now appear.
Enter the session and verify the car displays the selected livery.

Extra tips / checklist

If a custom skin won’t appear, confirm you uploaded it to the exact car model (different chassis or car versions use different paint kits).
Make sure the file is zipped and structured per iRacing’s upload instructions (folder names and paint kit version matter).
Restart iRacing or log out/back in if the skin doesn’t show immediately.
Series organizers can lock skins for an event; check event rules if your chosen livery is overridden.
Use the latest paint kit from the iRacing downloads page when creating skins—old kits can fail to show.

FAQs

Q: Why doesn’t my custom livery show in the car list?
A: Usually wrong upload location, wrong paint kit, incorrect file structure/name, or you uploaded to a different car variant. Re-upload to the correct car and restart iRacing.

Q: Can I change livery mid-session?
A: No — change the livery before the session in the Garage/car selection. To change during an event you must exit and rejoin with the new skin selected.

Q: Where do I get paint kits and upload instructions?
A: Download paint kits and upload rules from the iRacing Downloads page on the iRacing member site.

Q: How do I revert to the default livery?
A: In the Garage car selection, choose the default/series livery from the dropdown. If it’s missing, re-install the car or verify the series-provided skins are installed.

Short wrap-up

Changing liveries is usually a quick pick in the Garage or a straight upload on the member site. If it doesn’t appear, check the car variant, paint kit, and file structure — then restart iRacing and reselect the skin before your next session.