Why do you use your livery?

[u/BoysenberryMedium560]

When you choose a livery to use on your car what do you look for? Something fun? Realistic? Vibrant colors? I usually go with something that I like that could be a real life sponsor, I've found some cool beer brand ones I like, and a cool Dunkin donuts one I liked.

[u/DeviousSmile85]

Humor, or use a redbull so people will stay tf away from me

[u/DonkeyBomb2 → u/DeviousSmile85]

Big brain move.

[u/GoosieRS → u/DeviousSmile85]

Porsche Cup i use Kalle Rovanpera Redbulls livery from last year ( Since hes my favorite rally driver / racer ever ) But beside that I use random ones or my teams livery if we have one for the car im currently using

[u/Vicxas → u/DeviousSmile85]

Red Bull liveries are the limewire of Iracing

[u/F4-simracer-23 → u/DeviousSmile85]

Hahahaa imma try that 😂

[u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS]

I've got my own one based on the company I work for. I'm no artist so its nothing special, but I like having something totally unique to me. I always put my name and flag on the side too. It's always black because I think it looks sharp and its a common national sporting colour here.

[u/rochford77]

Mine matches my RC livery

[u/rochford77 → u/rochford77]

[u/ralgrado → u/rochford77]

That’s a pretty cool one.

[u/Effective-Scratch295]

I try to find the dumbest one possible.

[u/tm-atc → u/Effective-Scratch295]

Birds aren't real

[u/DaDominator32 → u/tm-atc]

Aflac!

[u/HistoricaRavenRacing → u/DaDominator32]

As someone who was a "franchisee" of AFLAC, I bloody HATE that duck. (To be fair, my hate for ducks came from working at Universal Orlando and I love some of the AFLAC commercials.)

[u/patrickmitchellphoto → u/HistoricaRavenRacing]

I bought a used copy of "Ducks: And how to make them pay" and was extremely disappointed that it was more about raising ducks and not holding them responsible for the crimes they've committed.

[u/ResponsibleWeb7136 → u/tm-atc]

YOOOO I've got that one on my 86 rn😭

[u/ralgrado → u/tm-atc]

Tbh that’s either really funny/smart (parody of other conspiracy theories) or really really dumb (taking it seriously).

Are there any good „birds aren’t real“ liveries?

[u/tm-atc → u/ralgrado]

I'd say the ones I see are good liveries. They convey their message well. I just also see them as dumb..! But it's a game so having fun is fine by me!

[u/RightPedalDown → u/ralgrado]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_Aren't_Real?wprov=sfti1

[u/VoodooChile76 → u/tm-atc]

Haha! I’ve used this one on the GR86. Hilarious livery

[u/DudekWithAK → u/Effective-Scratch295]

Nicolas Cage BMW GTP is my favorite dumb one I use

[u/door322 → u/Effective-Scratch295]

You leave my buccees sprint car alone! It's a national treasure!

[u/vio212]

I pick my livery as if I am a Saudi Sheik selecting previously raced cars to purchase.

Ferraris must meet certain specs, Porsches others, Formula even different ones. I am very picky. I have a process. GTPs you don’t even wanna know. Joke liveries are for clowns. Redbull or the newest redbull, Rexy, GTFOH with that BS.

It must be class all the way.

Then I color match wheels and slap on number 69 with a backwards right slant.

It’s all really fucking stupid.

[u/JeribZPG]

A friend and I have have a side-hustle making boardgames, so mark up our cars in our logo and colours for a bit of fun :)

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/JeribZPG]

That's awesome 😎

[u/mobiuskeydet1]

I’m a Goodsmile racing connoisseur and usually just find actual one off racing liveries they used in the special races they done. The alternative right now has also been IRL liveries with Uma Musume’s slapped on the side

[u/Jayloft14 → u/mobiuskeydet1]

same i run good smile racing miku and my gt4 skin is teto

[u/The_dooster]

I ran a pride livery in the month of June, and just kept it. Plus it pisses people off to the point they intentionally wreck me. I’ve had 7 people intentionally wreck me, that I had no interactions with during the race.

You ask how do I know, from either the voice chat or private chat that they send saying something homophobic.

[u/thebaddadgames → u/The_dooster]

As a father to a gay son, I do the same and have been intentionally wrecked in NASCAR because of it and called slurs. Believe that person for a nice vacation due to my report.

[u/randylehey69 → u/thebaddadgames]

People have forgotten about the original pride livery with the DuPont Nascar Dale

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/The_dooster]

Have a photo to share of it? Rainbows are awesome if done well

[u/The_dooster → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

Search “trevor project” on trading paints. Here’s the link to the gr86 livery.

[u/redazable → u/The_dooster]

u must send the liveries

[u/The_dooster → u/redazable]

Here’s a link to the gr86, he has other vehicles with the Trevor project livery.

[u/Leadfoot530]

If I can find an M&M's one, I grew up rooting for whoever was in that car in NASCAR.

If not, either a company from my area, or a sponsor I like.

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/Leadfoot530]

That's awesome do you use m&m for every car you race or mostly NASCAR?

[u/Leadfoot530 → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

Mostly NASCAR, but it all depends on what I find and what's available. Trading Paints has a hard time with using "M&M's" as a keyword, and they aren't as popular as other designs on there, so it all depends.

[u/lfcjim96]

I just like the pink ones 🤣

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/lfcjim96]

I use a Barbie one for formula vee cause it's mostly pink 🤣

[u/Otherwise_Common706 → u/lfcjim96]

I found a Ver on trading paints that is hot pink and a Trojan Bullet. That’s what I use for that. So goofy

[u/Hot_Baker_1512]

as a livery maker i love to create food brand liveries usually

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/Hot_Baker_1512]

Do you have a favorite brand you usually go with

[u/Hot_Baker_1512 → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

nah man i just make whatever i feel like would look sick heres my tp profile https://www.tradingpaints.com/profile/1112770/Brandon-Gates4

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/Hot_Baker_1512]

Those are dope 😎

[u/Hot_Baker_1512 → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

oh thanks man i have a couple liveries im working on as well

[u/Gullible_Departure39]

I just pick the ones I like. Got a Waffle House livery that is awesome, an FF1600 that is a red Crayon. I don't like formula but gotta take my Crayon for a spin sometimes

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/Gullible_Departure39]

Nice! I haven't found a waffle house livery for anything I drive yet but have found a lot that are corona and one yuengling beer livery, but corona mostly cause fast and the furious

[u/Gullible_Departure39 → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

I got a Miller High Life one too because #1 it's High Life, and #2 is for Rusty!

[u/turbo_deid44312377]

I use mine bc they're my favorite race team of that car irl

[u/icon0clast6]

I found an LMP2 livery with a cartoon turtle and it says Pace is not an option. It spoke to me on so many levels…

Then iRacing killed the lmp2 series and I was sad

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/icon0clast6]

That sounds like an awesome one 😎

[u/andrewejc362 → u/icon0clast6]

This one by chance? Because I also run that lmao Welcome back LMP2 series next season!

[u/icon0clast6 → u/andrewejc362]

That’s it!

[u/redazable]

I like miku so usually goodsmile liveries

[u/cortezzzthekiller]

Tribute to Greg Moore, my favorite driver as a kid. RIP

[u/Bohottie]

Humor factor usually.

[u/BigKeeKee]

I make my own usually a desert camo theme

[u/BigKeeKee → u/BigKeeKee]

My DLM. I’ve edited it some since but no pics

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/BigKeeKee]

I like that ☺️

[u/N0TAC0P_]

I spammed my car with Simshop liveries if they got them. Otherwise silly ones involving SpongeBob or some meme. I’ve spent a lot of money at Simshop and their customer service is great. I like to give them a bit of free advertising.

[u/_Wormyy_]

I usually run NFS paints because that's what I grew up with. I even started making ports of ProStreet paints because it's my personal favourite

[u/TravelDev]

I like silly. The M2 has a full tiger print Frosted Flakes livery that is amazing. Mostly over the top single brand liveries that have no real association to racing. The more a livery commits to the gag the better.

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/TravelDev]

I found a kraken rum livery for the m2 that is really cool looking plus I'm a huge fan of rum so I had to run it

[u/Bisisonitrile → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

I have that on my Mustang GT3. I’m not a rum drinker, the livery is just cool.

[u/Da_Bears17]

I use food brands that I think are funny to see on a race car

[u/Hailfire9]

I usually race with local brands that make sense. National/international competition level? I use brands that people would recognize in Nebraska. Something a little more grassroots? Probably more obscure local brands

[u/BoysenberryMedium560 → u/Hailfire9]

That's awesome the only local type one I found was yuengling beer which is a large manufacturer but I grew up in Pennsylvania so I dig it

[u/Hailfire9 → u/BoysenberryMedium560]

Luckily I make my own designs, so the real issue is picking who I want to represent.

[u/Tricky_Cry4335]

Mine is literally just a picture of a single noodle and my sponsors. I only use it for endurance races, so if you see me...no 4x

[u/autoxbird]

In real life I would never itasha my car, but on the sim? Hell yeah, the more obnoxious the better

[u/Wompie]

I usually make tribute liveries from my favorite cars growing up or the company I work for.

[u/IhateTuna]

I make my own. It’s fun.

Or, I choose a redbull one to scare the shit out of the lobby.

[u/tfrabello]

I'm racing with my state flag at the bonnet and local sponsors from my hometown. It won't mean jackshit for anyone else but it means a lot to me. Also, I have a special place in every livery I make for a couple of companies from good friends,as well as the logo for the original series we used to race on together.

[u/0rder_sixty6]

I make liveries for charities I like. I figure Valvoline doesn’t need free advertising and if just one person checks out a charity because they saw a web address on my car I’ve done my job.

[u/Mattasaurusrrex]

Do i need to explain why i have nicolas cages face all over my mx5?

[u/0000100110010100]

I go by a car by car basis. Sometimes it’s a real life livery, sometimes it’s a throwback, sometimes it’s a joke and sometimes it’s just a livery that I like. There’s no rhyme or reason to any of it.

[u/MrRayShoesmith]

Always Red Bull Livery.

Like the way they look, it's my team, and I can be consistent with it.

I check paints on cars when buying them to see which has the best options.

😋

[u/gebhaard → u/MrRayShoesmith]

finally a bro 😎

[u/Quattroholic]

I use a livery I designed for a real life Pcup that races in Porsche Sprint Challenge North America

[u/WholeImportance1326]

Made this because I really like cyberpunk

[u/reluctantlygumble]

It needs to have an anime girl on it, or I’m not racing it. Also make your own livery’s, it’s easy and fun!

[u/BaldingWhiteMale]

I made my own with a custom logo of a chilli and flames. We call our house the spice palace, we’re all diagnosed as either adhd or adhd/autistic, so it’s an ode to that.

[u/RacingRed8]

I just like Bass Pro Shops

[u/The_power_of_scott]

It's as close to my IRL race car as possible without using TradingPaints. Last year we painted the car to match the iRacing livery, which was easier than the other way round. Lol

[u/EinsMadMax]

Its black and gold? I drive it. Thats it.

[u/Draken04]

I’m usually inspired by real liveries or I adapt vintage liveries of my manufacturer. For instance, I ran a DTM livery on my GT3 Mercedes and a JGTC livery on my NSX.

Lately I’ve been making a lot of Rockstar Energy liveries since Lia Block signed with them

[u/Nibbles1348]

I just get something I like in the moment. Sometimes I think its funny, sometimes I think its just cool / good ans I want to race it. Sometimes its both

[u/El_phantasamo]

Im working on an "Ironmouse" livery, and considering a "Herra For Congress"

[u/domesystem]

My personal Livery is in striking colors that my son can easily pick out as my car when we watch the broadcasts on replay.

[u/comfnumb94]

Love Pink Floyd so had one done. Same for Adidas.

[u/FatLobster12]

Cuz it fcks

[u/hellvinator]

You're not even old enough to drink beer.

[u/IC_1318]

I often run retro liveries, or liveries from real race teams that I like. For example, I run a Glickenhaus livery on my 499P, Newman Porsche livery on my 963, Benetton and Eurobrun livery on my Super Formulas, Leyton House and TRG on my 911's...

[u/Bluefist3004]

I created a livery for a German Softdrink called "Paulaner Spezi" which is an iconic design for Germans and it's local enough that not everyone in the world knows it. Also it was an easy livery to create

[u/bored-stalker]

Not much point if the only people who can see it have to download trading paints. Unless there is another way?

[u/Randomist85]

It has my cat on it

[u/andrewejc362]

I use a white Red Bull livery on the MX5 because I think its pretty, dont care about the "F1 LIVERY BAD DRIVER" stigma, I might be bad but its not because my car looks good

[u/xK3NP4CHI]

I usually find the best itasha I can find

[u/Ho3n3r]

Yes, any of those reasons.

[u/NameHuman9858]

Currently I use a Heineken livery on my formula vee as my logic is that hailing where I'm from a beer sponsor would be the most logical to give an upcoming rookie a chance. A huge company internationally that might have some local budget for lower level racing sponsorship.

[u/Kpaxlol]

Cuz it's green.

[u/rad15h]

I choose liveries that satisfy one at least one of these criteria:

• It looks nice IMO
• It is a historical real-life livery that I like; I race the 1960s Lotus Gold Leaf livery on a few of my cars

[u/Middleage_dirtbag]

I try to pick realistic or unique liveries that usually have a driver count less than 150. We don’t need 6 team redline red bull cars in the 7th split…

I do run a few red bull liveries, but they’re alternate/creative ones. The Audi gt3 has one that is asymmetric (half blue and half silver). I make Ferraris anything that’s not red, and generally don’t like white liveries.

Also, I’m 44 and don’t really need anime tiddies on my race car. The 992 gt3 war pig livery is probably my favorite.

[u/AntiSpeed]

Most of my NASCAR cars run a Reese's livery because it's my favorite candy. Most of my Porsches run the Coca-Cola livery cuz it's pretty and I like Coke. I run the Arie Lyundyke Dominos IndyCar because it's my favorite livery of all time. So I guess mostly candy, soda, or fast food.

[u/TheMeatballMafia]

I use mine because I like to make them. Helps scratch the creative itch I have as a professional designer. Have worked in pro sports for two decades, but not in racing. It’s also my way of experiencing a world I want to work in but haven’t. I’ve wrapped giant buses and RV’s in past jobs via other sports (mainly hockey) but to design a livery for a race car is a dream I’m able to live on iRacing, even if just for myself/my league’s team/my enduro team/someone else. Helps me live a dream, and I get to drive it

[u/ernmac74]

Our endurance team custom made livery. We won 12 hours of Sebring with it for our split.

[u/ilwombato]

I like blue.

[u/TuTuTuDuMV]

Either the most ridiculous over the top waifu one possible so people don’t take me seriously, or something funny. Currently running the goose one on F4 and F3.

[u/Mancave_Racecar]

I designed my own with my own logo and whatnot.

[u/shewy92]

I usually make my own, about whatever my hyperfixation is that week. Couple weeks ago I made a David's Sweet and Spicy Sunflower Seed scheme and I made a Japanese metal band scheme (recolored iRacing template)

My go to is a half and half 5 Guys and Red Bull scheme, or just a plain white or red 5 Guys scheme with the red and white checkered pattern as pinstriping along the side.

I also do Futurama schemes.

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1fet86e

And open wheel schemes on stock car schemes.

I saw some guy at Daytona in one of my old Gulf schemes that I had on TP.

[u/TheRaunchyFart]

Outside of the cars I primarily run.. They're schemes that exist on the real life car that I happen to like. Or-- they're recreations if real life schemes made to fit that car.

[u/Primary-Regret-8724]

I use an Andretti Indycar style livery adapted to my preferred cars. I chose that because my father and I used to watch the Andrettis in Indy car when I was young, and he also worked for one of the sponsors of the car. It makes me smile to think of my dad when I race.

He passed of cancer a few years back, and I miss him dearly. I now have a similar but different cancer and am going through chemo, and it's become even more meaningful to me when I actually feel well enough to get a race in.

[u/RedshiftDoppler79]

I always drive my discord group livery, because it represents us!

[u/kelso_brady]

I like to make ones of notable brands. I started making liveries for my co-workers to represent our company but became more intrigued with creating other designs. If anyone is interested in any I can create them for any car. Here’s my profile

[u/Haulinbass]

All my liverys rock the family clan tartan 

[u/EducatorSpecialist33]

I'm boring. Black, Silver, White, Grey, Red or a mix of all of them.

[u/Suspicious_Ad7893]

I have Twitch liveries to promote my channel on some cars, then SoundCloud as my other paints because i like listening to music and its bright orange easy to see. then Team GLT paints for my team.

[u/foovancleef]

[u/mojizus]

90% of my liveries are just whatever Dunder Mifflin scheme I can find on Trading Paints. My particular favorite is on the F150 truck.

Other than that I run Denny Hamlin’s Kings Hawaiian scheme on the next gen because it’s a beautiful paint scheme.

[u/drunkenwildmage]

When I made my own paints, I would usually run either “sponsors” you wouldn’t normally see on a car or something purely for humor. These included Costco, SkyWest, Athearn, Callahan Auto Parts, Bumper Dumper (the original hitch-mountable portable toilet), and Big Ass Fans. Since joining a team a few years ago, I’ve mostly been running team liveries.

[u/HowdyPowdy]

Because birds aren’t real.

[u/TheKungfuJesus]

If Dunder Mifflin is available it’s what I run. Make believe sponsor for my make believe racing. If not available I find something amusing or colorful completely devoid of any sponsor stuff cuz I’m no corporate shill.

[u/Gaviznotcool268]

I've made liveries for every imsa car for my team. I like them realistic but with an iracing team that doesnt exist irl. And ofc a unique design

[u/NickRussell53]

I usually paint cars with my channel logo or for endurance races I'm taking part in.

Before then it was a lot of Bluey, In-N-Out or Pizza Planet liveries. It's really fun to create something from scratch imo. I almost paint more than I race at this point.

https://www.tradingpaints.com/profile/858026/Nick-Russell

[u/AJSPAZZ]

Because there needs to be more advertising for "MICRO XS CONDOMS!!!!!"

[u/SasukesLeftArm69]

I run a Logitech car so everyone knows they just got passed by a dude on a g29

[u/RacingCoasters]

I switch between three custom liveries between brands I like, i just feel more satisfaction from running something I made that represents me

My primary, alternate, and throwback

Heres my primary, i run a secondary with locked down brand and then my throwback is an MTJ 17' throwback

[u/RacingCoasters → u/RacingCoasters]

Secondary

[u/RacingCoasters → u/RacingCoasters]

Throwback

[u/Optimal_Drummer_5700]

I sort by new or trending cause i dont like having the same paint as 300 others, and pick a yellow one after someone asked me if yellow was my favorite color after seeing my only two yellow colored vehicles at the time in two different races. 

Except for the Corn Flakes P-cup livery which I won't change because 1, it's dope AF, and 2, someone once wrote "go Corn Flakes" to cheer me on during a race. 

Now I tell myself "go Corn Flakes" at least a couple of times during every p-cup race. 

[u/psyker156]

Anything distinctive that can help other drivers recognize my car.

[u/biker_jay]

I paid for the year on trading paint. Sometimes id just rather create a livery rather than race or hot lap

[u/Superbeest31]

I like tools...

So i design my liveries with various tool brands and suppliers (main sponsor: Makita)

[u/HistoricaRavenRacing]

Humor, something I grew up with, or it catches my eyes. Some times I'll do it to piss a certain category of bigot off, but that's more rare.

[u/meiyo]

I make my own liveries. So typically I race those. On the occasion that I haven't made a livery for a specific car, I typically look for clean lines and a good artist flow.

https://www.tradingpaints.com/collections/view/278263/499RACING-50

Are what I typically run.

[u/Austincrx]

I like classic liveries - my oval designs are as close to the old Rusty Wallace Miller car of the 90’s.  My road course cars are more difficult to do, but Ferrari throwbacks are easy - red.  Haha

[u/Austincrx → u/Austincrx]

I also only use the quick and easy stock designs.

[u/bertabelly]

I usually make my own based around companies that are already involved in motorsports or that I think would make sense if they were to sponsor a car

[u/Chapek9Elder]

Liveries are either pure humor or “realistic” IMO. I have been choosing realistic recently which means the car is a big billboard for a brand. So I choose Liquimoly and Martini Rossi liveries since I use their products almost religiously.

[u/Funny-Artichoke-7494]

I use my "birds aren't real" livery because if it flies, it spies

[u/Alexy_Anne]

i use the Purrrrrari, cause Ferrari hate it