Open Windows Control Panel


Click Windows Defender Firewall


Click Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall



Click Change Settings



Then click Allow another app



click Browse and add (one by one) to where you have iRacing installed (by default this is C:/Program Files (x86)/iRacing) and add the following application files (not the .sgn files):

iRacingLauncher64

iRacingLocalServer64

iRacingService64

iRacingSim64DX11

then in iRacing/ui folder:

iRacingUI

and in iRacing/updater:

iRacingUpdater