If your Trading Paints Downloader is crashing immediately when opening the program, check the following:

Communication between your computer and the Trading Paints servers

The most common reason Trading Paints Downloader might crash on initial open is because the Trading Paints servers can’t communicate with your computer to perform its initial checks.

You must be connected to the internet to use Trading Paints Downloader.

If you have a firewall blocking Trading Paints Downloader’s access, you’ll need to disable it or allow Trading Paints Downloader access.

You may need to create an exception in your computer’s antivirus software for Trading Paints Downloader. Check to ensure your AV software is not blocking or restricting access to Trading Paints Downloader.

Installation issues

Trading Paints Downloader could also crash if its installation is corrupted or somehow incomplete, like attempting to run the program in a directory by itself without its required libraries and files. Try uninstalling Trading Paints Downloader from your computer, and then re-downloading and installing the program fresh.

System requirements

Also ensure your computer meets iRacing’s system requirements before attempting to use Trading Paints Downloader.

Trading Paints Downloader error messages and their meanings