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Turn a ChatGPT or Midjourney design into an iRacing livery

Q: How does Ailivery use my concept?

Describe the concept, or bring it as a reference, and Ailivery's AI art-directs an original paint onto your car's template — keeping the vibe while making it fit the car — then exports car_ .tga for iRacing.

Image models make stunning car concepts — and then you try to load one in the sim and it falls apart. The fix isn't a better prompt; it's mapping the idea onto the real car template. Here's how to take an AI concept and turn it into a race-ready iRacing paint.

Bring your concept The full how-to

The problem

A picture of a car isn't a livery

Tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney are brilliant at rendering a car that looks exactly how you imagined it. But that render is a photo of a finished car from one angle — not the flat, UV-mapped template iRacing wraps onto the 3D model. Drop a raw render into the sim and the seams don't line up: a stripe that looked perfect on the side vanishes over the roof, the number drifts onto a panel gap, and logos stretch. To be race-ready, the design has to be painted on the template, not on a beauty shot.

The fix

From concept to race-ready paint

1
Start with your concept
Have the look you made in ChatGPT, Midjourney, or any image model? Keep the colors, mood, and key shapes in mind — or bring the image as a reference.
2
Bring it to Ailivery
Upload your iRacing car template and tell Ailivery about the concept — paste the image, describe the vibe, or both. It talks it over with you and art-directs an original paint that keeps the feel but actually fits the car.
3
Let it map to the template
The design is generated against the car's UV layout, so panels, numbers, and accents land where they should on the 3D car.
4
Refine & export
Tweak until it's right, then export car_<id>.tga and install it with the Windows helper.

What carries over

Keep the vibe, lose the headaches

Your palette
The colors and contrast that made the concept pop come across in the paint.
The layout idea
Stripes, fades, and shapes are reinterpreted to fit the car instead of fighting it.
Race-ready output
You end with a proper TGA (and spec map), not a JPEG you can't install.

FAQ

Questions

Can I use a ChatGPT or Midjourney image as an iRacing livery?

Not directly. Those tools render a picture of a car, not a paint mapped to iRacing's UV template, so the artwork won't line up in the sim. Use the concept as direction in Ailivery, which paints onto the real car template and exports a TGA.

Why won't a raw AI car image work in the sim?

iRacing applies a flat template image that wraps onto the 3D model. A standalone render has no template mapping, so panels, numbers, and logos land in the wrong places.

How does Ailivery use my concept?

Describe it, or bring it as a reference, and Ailivery art-directs an original paint onto your car's template — keeping the vibe while making it fit — then exports car_<id>.tga. See the full how-to.

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