"Recurring Steam Update Errors – Is iRacing Aware of This Issue?" (Workarounds)

The problem

I would like to raise an issue that many Steam users have been dealing with for years. Almost every major iRacing update ends with the same problem: Steam reports an "Update Error." In my case, this is not an isolated incident. It happens repeatedly. The update downloads, the verification process reaches very high percentages (sometimes over 90%), and then the update fails. I have cleared…

What players suggest

this is my first season update and i have the same problems. i tryed to update in game, but tracks never downloaded after, i tryed to update the game via steam, downloaded 20gb and then again downloeded in game some files. i dont know where is the secret how to play this game. i deleted and trying to download 200gb of this game third time and just have a reboot downloading in steam. I never seen…

Stop using Steam to update iRacing. You are screaming into the void. Devs don't come here.

Wouldn't it be easier then to completely remove iR from Steam? They want the money and the influx of new players, but they don't want to look after their own product anymore? Now that's a pretty hypocritical approach. Honestly, I also discovered iR thanks to Steam, and before I stumbled upon it here, I didn't have the slightest clue it even existed. Managing the game through Steam is very…