If you can’t get the Damage and Weather report commands to work here are two potential fixes, depending on the in-sim spotter state:
I have the in-sim spotter disabled
Unfortunately, the commands do not work unless the iRacing spotter is enabled. DRE relays a key combo to trigger the in-sim spotter to deliver the damage/weather reports. Without the spotter enabled, it won’t tell you the report.
Fix: Enabled the in-sim spotter. Setting the iRacing spotter verbosity to Low mitigates most chatter from it.
The in-sim spotter is enabled
DRE reads the report key assignments from your saved iRacing controls profile.
- In iRacing, give Damage Report and Weather Report supported keyboard assignments. These reports need keyboard output; a controller-only assignment in iRacing cannot be emulated by DRE.
- Save the controls using Save or Apply & Close.
- With DRE connected, open Controls → Sim and search for report.
- Check the read-only iRacing Binding values on the right and the smaller Profile: name label beneath the header.
Optionally assign a controller button for each report in DRE → Controls → Sim. A voice command or that controller input makes DRE send the saved iRacing binding.
If the profile label or binding has not updated, save the intended profile in iRacing and check again. Selecting a profile without a detected save is not a guaranteed update.
If DRE shows Unassigned, Controller only, Unsupported or Error, follow its explanation and resolve the assignment or profile-reading issue. DRE sends no guessed replacement key. Not every keyboard key is supported.
Pressing the report key on your physical keyboard is handled directly by iRacing and does not activate the DRE command.
See How do I map controls? for profile setup and binding troubleshooting.
