2026.1.6

Voice and chat

🔄 Push-To-Talk answers arrive faster

• DRE finishes voice input sooner after you release Push-To-Talk.
• Replies usually arrive in under 1 second.
• Fixed long phrases getting cut off when the final pass came back empty.

✅ DRE weather opens Analytics

• Voice commands like Show DRE weather now open Weather Analytics in DRE instead of the simulator’s weather screen.

✅ Microphone turned on before the simulator was ready

• DRE waits for the simulator startup state before saying the microphone is ready.

Simulator support

🔄 LMU driver and car details are more reliable

• DRE identifies LMU drivers and cars more reliably.
• When LMU provides it, DRE now uses LMU’s own track-limit and fuel data.

🔄 Simulator pause fades out Signals

• When the simulator is paused, DRE fades down any playing Signals until you resume.

✅ LMU can connect while paused

• DRE can connect to a paused Le Mans Ultimate session once the track and cars are loaded.

✅ LMU pit limiter callouts are quieter on upshifts

• DRE is less likely to warn about the pit limiter while you’re shifting on track.
• Pit-lane and garage warnings still work.

Fuel and timing

🔄 Fuel strategy is more reliable

• DRE now ignores invalid pit/out-lap fuel samples and impossible burn segments.
• Fixed extreme refuel calls caused by bad fuel data.

✅ Race time is read more accurately

• DRE now parses iRacing times like 12:00 pm correctly, so Evo and Weather analytics use the real session time.

✅ Laps-left estimates stay steadier

• DRE keeps laps-left estimates more stable for fuel strategy.
• Short-track lap counts keep counting down during smoothing.

✅ Auto fuel amount changed back and forth late in the race

• DRE stops reapplying late-race fuel changes while the laps-left estimate is still settling.
• Your pit fuel is less likely to bounce between different amounts in the iRacing chat box.

✅ Exact Fill stays accurate through pit stops

• DRE keeps tracking fuel through the whole pit stop, so Exact Fill is less likely to overfill the car.

Stability

✅ Log View stays on the newest messages

• When you are scrolled to the top, bursts of new messages stay visible instead of jumping back to older lines.

✅ Fewer uncommon startup and telemetry crashes

• DRE is less likely to crash or misbehave when something unusual happens at startup or during a session.

✅ Local yellow calls are less trigger-happy

• DRE is less likely to call a local yellow for cars that are only slowing in the wet or moving through a normal slow corner.
• Stronger slowdowns and stopped cars still trigger warnings.

🐛 Known Issues

• None 🎉 Found a bug?