DRE 2022 Launched
Oct 28, 2022
Nordschleife BMW Porsche

A sim-racing revolution has launched

 

DRE Logo 2022

Electric Boogie!

Control fueling on cars with energy fuel

Porsche Mission R supported in DRE | iRacing spotter
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Auto Fuel in practice & qual

Decide when DRE controls fueling

Select when auto fueling engages. Do realistic race runs in practice including fuel stops.

Never tired of tires!

Use tire life to your advantage

New tire info commands

{DRIVER} current tire set

Tells the current tire compound a driver has on the car

 

{DRIVER} tire sets used

Tells you how many different tire compound sets a driver has used in the session

 

{DRIVER} tire sets left

Tells you how many tire sets a driver has left in the session. This is based on the player’s available number of tire sets subtracting the tire compound changes

Sniff that surface!

Understand the racing surface

Respond to track changes by asking `track state`:

The response now includes an estimated Track State percentage

Get me

a new one!

Clarity on car state

When requesting a new car via the blue ‘Request new car’ button in iRacing, DRE will confirm when a new car has been requested

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Allow DRE to automatically snapshot the disk telemetry a few times every minute when out on track.

  • By allowing this you help improve the models for race strategy, fuel calculations and tire wear over time.
  • Disabling this will still let you access the improved models generated.
  • Enabling this does not parse your car setup, but to make sure, you can disable sharing the car setup completely in iRacing documents -> App.ini -> ‘irsdkLogSetup’ (set to 0 to deny sharing)

Data, data everywhere!

Help gather data for strategy predictions

Race data gathering for future strategy predictions using Disk Telemetry

Data, data everywhere!

Help gather data for strategy predictions

Race data gathering for future strategy predictions using Disk Telemetry

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Allow DRE to automatically snapshot the disk telemetry a few times every minute when out on track.

  • By allowing this you help improve the models for race strategy, fuel calculations and tire wear over time.
  • Disabling this will still let you access the improved models generated.
  • Enabling this does not parse your car setup, but to make sure, you can disable sharing the car setup completely in iRacing documents -> App.ini -> ‘irsdkLogSetup’ (set to 0 to deny sharing)

Let’s all take a breath!

Control responsiveness of spotter speaks

Customizable delays for Position and Overtake alerts add pauses between these speaks, like a cool-down.

  • Add delay makes time for your brain to comprehend DRE speaks
  • Remove delay to increase the rate of speaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next round’s on me!

Stop worrying about fuel for GWC

Green-White-Checkered attempts are now factored into the fuel calculations

Just give me the gist!

Tailor speaks with time

Humanized time formats in output speak

When DRE tells you information containing time spans, it now lets you choose between 3 modes:

Humanized: time spans with as few details as possible

`2 hours and 30 minutes`, `4 minute and 30 seconds`, `1 minute 10`, `45 seconds point 123`, `Within 1 tenth`, `8 tenths`, `2 hundredths of a second`, `2 one thousandths` depending on the time scale

 

Detailed: Like Dynamic, but times below 10 minutes include times to the thousandths and avoids roundings like `within 1 tenth` and `…hundredths`

`25 minutes and 30 seconds`, `6 minutes 5 point 943`, `0.843`

 

Full: All times include as much detail as possible and avoids roundings like `within 1 tenth` and `…hundredths`

`2 hours, 35 minutes, 26 seconds point 558` `6 minutes 5 point 943`, `0.843`

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Speech Recognition Calibration

Optimize voice recognition in DRE

Calibration Speech Recognition

Improved the Get Started Wizard to now include steps for calibration of your microphone input

Speech Recognition Guide

See all tips and tricks how to improve your microphone input with DRE

Improvements

🔄 Snappier responses from DRE, as most TTS speaks are now trimmed to their actual content

🔄 Tweaks to Radio Comms FX adding slightly more distortion and radio-feel

🔄 Use DRE without installing speech recognizers: Commands and features still execute

Fixes

✅ Bienvenidos! Willkommen! Bienvenue! Though not localized yet, non-English desktops can now use DRE and avoid the nasty startup crash

✅ Overlapping speaks seem to have vanished after an intense fix-fixation

✅ Many fixes to Speech Recognition, still tracking non-English desktops

✅ Artificial intelligence was harmed and corrected during 100+ bug fixes

What’s DRE again?!

DRE 2022 is a brand new standalone iRacing spotter application featuring

  • 🎙️ Built-in voice recognition
  • 📣 Text-To-Speech output
  • 🎧 Radio communication effects
  • ⭐ So much more!

It’s built from the ground up, by leveraging years of improvements from DRE3. DRE 2022 now contains everything needed to run DRE as a sim-racing spotter.

In other words, there’s no longer a need to download an additional app (VoiceAttack) just to try and use DRE.

DRE 2022 app

Latest Updates from the blog

iRacing Control Profile Bindings

DRE reads the active saved iRacing profile for supported voice requests and optional controller actions, including changes you save during a session.

Smart Turn and Echo Cancellation

Introduced in 2026.4.0, Smart Turn and Acoustic Echo Cancellation handle natural pauses and speaker feedback more reliably, helping you finish voice commands and interrupt DRE while driving.

Your League Classes, Not the Sim’s

DRE 2026.3.0 brings your league’s Pro, Pro-Am, Am, and other custom classes into live race information, the roster, track map, and Analytics.

Braking Overlap Signal

DRE now catches brake + throttle overlap in braking zones and gives one short sound cue when it happens.

DRE 2026.2: Assetto Corsa Support, Braking Overlap Coaching, and Faster Startup

DRE v2026.2.0 adds full Assetto Corsa support, Braking Overlap coaching, adjustable pit speeding offsets, app keybind control, faster startup, and fixes.

DRE 2026.1 is live

DRE 2026.1 is live with pit stall location alerts before pitting, rollback installs when moving down release lanes, no Neural word caps, faster chat recall, and Turkish support.

DRE Now Supports Le Mans Ultimate

Le Mans Ultimate now works with DRE, bringing voice race engineering, spotter awareness, fuel guidance, and quick mid-race answers into LMU.

Speak with intents

Tired of memorizing exact voice commands? DRE’s new Neural and Hybrid recognition lets you speak naturally. Your race engineer just got a whole lot smarter.

Black Friday 2025 is here

Black Friday Sale: Save big on DRE subscriptions! New users get 50% off the first year, existing subscribers enjoy 25% off on renewals. Use codes: BFNEW2025 for new sign-ups, BFRENEW2025 for renewals. Act before Nov 30th!

DRE 2025.1 is now in beta

DRE 2025.1 beta is here, Read the quick run-down of the major features in this new release.

Latest Updates from the blog

iRacing Control Profile Bindings

DRE reads the active saved iRacing profile for supported voice requests and optional controller actions, including changes you save during a session.

Smart Turn and Echo Cancellation

Introduced in 2026.4.0, Smart Turn and Acoustic Echo Cancellation handle natural pauses and speaker feedback more reliably, helping you finish voice commands and interrupt DRE while driving.

Your League Classes, Not the Sim’s

DRE 2026.3.0 brings your league’s Pro, Pro-Am, Am, and other custom classes into live race information, the roster, track map, and Analytics.

Braking Overlap Signal

DRE now catches brake + throttle overlap in braking zones and gives one short sound cue when it happens.

DRE 2026.2: Assetto Corsa Support, Braking Overlap Coaching, and Faster Startup

DRE v2026.2.0 adds full Assetto Corsa support, Braking Overlap coaching, adjustable pit speeding offsets, app keybind control, faster startup, and fixes.

DRE 2026.1 is live

DRE 2026.1 is live with pit stall location alerts before pitting, rollback installs when moving down release lanes, no Neural word caps, faster chat recall, and Turkish support.

DRE Now Supports Le Mans Ultimate

Le Mans Ultimate now works with DRE, bringing voice race engineering, spotter awareness, fuel guidance, and quick mid-race answers into LMU.

Speak with intents

Tired of memorizing exact voice commands? DRE’s new Neural and Hybrid recognition lets you speak naturally. Your race engineer just got a whole lot smarter.

Black Friday 2025 is here

Black Friday Sale: Save big on DRE subscriptions! New users get 50% off the first year, existing subscribers enjoy 25% off on renewals. Use codes: BFNEW2025 for new sign-ups, BFRENEW2025 for renewals. Act before Nov 30th!

DRE 2025.1 is now in beta

DRE 2025.1 beta is here, Read the quick run-down of the major features in this new release.

GET STARTED NOW WITH THE DRE

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