Motorsport Video games and Studio 397 revealed the September Replace video by which Motorsport Video games CEO Stephen Hood takes us by means of the subsequent steps for the endurance racing simulation.
Let’s take a look in any respect the main points coming with the September replace, which can embrace new European Le Mans Sequence (ELMS) content material.
Time Stamps:
- 00:00 – Intro
- 00:47 – ELMS
- 03:32 – Customized Livery Enchancment
- 05:06 – Regional Hosted Servers
- 05:42 – Extra Enhancements
- 07:08 – What’s Subsequent?
September V1.1 Replace Particulars – Motorsport Video games Quote:
The September V1.1 Replace is scheduled for a September 23 launch.
European Le Mans Sequence joins the grid!
We introduced it alongside the ACO in June, however we’re already right here with its first installment. On this launch, we’re unlocking the ELMS race weekend format for all gamers on the tracks which are launched and out there to this point. All gamers may also be receiving (for FREE) entry to ELMS liveries and the unrestricted LMP2 automotive that races in ELMS, which has additionally been revisited on the physics facet. Moreover, so you may see the distinction when on monitor and within the menus, we’ve added a brand new LMP2 icon for the sooner specification to the UI to make issues a bit clearer, which specification of automotive is racing.
ELMS DLC could have 3 packs – every with 1 automotive and 1 monitor. This may also be out there in a Season Go format for a reduction, which can mechanically unlock as we launch the packs. Pack 1 might be out there on twenty third September, alongside this replace. Pack 2 is anticipated earlier than the top of the 12 months, and Pack 3 might be within the first quarter of 2026.
The worth might be £8.99 / €9.99 / $11.99 per pack, however it’ll even be out there in Season Go at £21.99 / €24.99 / $28.99 with an additional 10% launch low cost for a restricted time solely.
So what’s in Pack 1? We’re delighted to welcome Silverstone – ELMS is visiting the enduring British circuit for the primary time since 2019, and can show an unimaginable circuit for these vehicles and this collection. As at all times, that is an formally licensed and laser-scanned monitor, created with utmost love, care, and a spotlight. It’s best to anticipate no much less from a simulation.
As ELMS races from the traditional “Nationwide” pitlane, that is the variation you’ll discover upon launch however we’re pleased to verify that we are going to be including the Grand Prix pitlane choice in addition to the Nationwide and Worldwide shorter layouts in a future replace. Moreover, the tracks within the recreation that ELMS already races at will obtain a lift to 44 automotive grids in a later launch.
The primary of three LMP3 vehicles coming within the ELMS pack is the Ligier JS P325 – the newest and most fashionable of this class out out there for racing on this class. That includes a 3.5L Toyota V6 Bi-Turbo outputting 470 bhp, this automotive is an excellent instance of recent prototype engineering and can little question create some memorable on-track experiences. We actually hope you take pleasure in this new class and collection in Le Mans Final.
Customized Livery Enhancements & LiveryHub
We have now been delighted to see the response to the customized livery characteristic we added in June, with over 93,000 uploaded to this point, but it surely’s time to up the ante. On this launch, we’re bringing a lot of nice new additions.
Firstly, it’s now attainable to drive and consider your livery in a single-player Race Weekend session. Now not do it is advisable load into an internet foyer to take fairly footage of your great creation or race it in opposition to different icons in a recreated 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, for instance.
Moreover, we’re happy that customized numbers at the moment are working and that you should use liveries on each server – together with observe servers and hosted servers with out entry lists – making league internet hosting extra versatile than earlier than.
Lastly, due to our companions at SimGrid, we’re presenting to you for the primary time the power to share and add liveries to your staff by way of the “LiveryHub”. Right here, creators can set their liveries to “public” after which add some tags for visibility. You may then search and discover liveries you want in your staff which can then be mechanically out there in-game.
For these of you new to the customized liveries characteristic, you do have to be a RaceControl Professional or Professional+ subscriber which pays for the upkeep of the infrastructure we use to create the UI imagery on-the-fly and switch the liveries mechanically to all gamers. We additionally have to reasonable the service as a part of our license commitments.
Regional Hosted Servers
Excellent news, league racers – we’re including server places! Thus far, all servers have been situated in our European server farms, which, in some circumstances, regardless of our industry-leading netcode, causes some points, notably when a number of racers are distant from the server which may trigger some latency because of the unlucky legal guidelines of physics.
Due to this fact, we’re including new choices for servers in Asia and North America, alongside the present European default location. Now you can choose this when organising your server on racecontrol.gg or on SimGrid. The funding you make in us, means we’re in a position to push this again into scaling our service.
Extra Driver Swaps!
We all know you’ve been having fun with the primary driver swap occasions – it’s actually pleasing to get “actual world” testing and scale in a number of splits throughout a number of time zones. Thanks all in your suggestions. We’ve famous your feedback and can proceed to work to refine this sophisticated recreation mode.
We do, nonetheless, know you’ve gotten been lacking the “engineer mode,” which had been briefly eliminated attributable to some irritating points.
We’re pleased to verify this might be out there within the subsequent Driver Swap race – the 6 Hours of Fuji, out there on third, 4th, and fifth October. Extra particulars out there quickly.
Extra Enhancements
Automotive choose has been tidied up as soon as once more – we realised that the 12 months filter was getting in the best way of discovering your favourites. We have now additionally added in icons to simply see vehicles which are in your digital storage so that you don’t mindlessly click on round once you first obtain the sport to see what content material you personal.
Followers of TrackIR can now rejoice – it has been added to the sim natively. We hope you’ll benefit from it to test your blindspots…
We’re additionally very happy to be including a Simplified Chinese language language choice as effectively. Big due to Xudong – certainly one of our group members who spearheaded this challenge and handed it over to our staff to implement. We hope the rising LMU Chinese language group might be excited to entry the sport of their native language. We’re simply getting began with the ramping up of localised languages, so watch this area.
We may also be making some adjustments to the sizes of the Driver Rank brackets. Silver has been smaller than the opposite brackets, which has made adjustments in ranking from race to race appear a lot larger than they really are. The impact of that is it’s doubtless once we deploy this replace that drivers ranked Silver 2 or above will transfer down in comparison with the place they’re presently.
In fact, as at all times that isn’t every part – be sure you learn the total launch notes after they get posted.
What’s subsequent for LMU?
We’re working exhausting at a lot of issues right here, as at all times. You now know, in fact, that extra ELMS content material will come pack-by-pack, and we anticipate the subsequent automotive and monitor to launch earlier than the top of the 12 months.
We’re nonetheless engaged on the “profession mode,” however we will share presently.
For the subsequent launch, we’ve obtained a lot of on-line rules-related options to assist stamp out the worst offenders – within the meantime, maintain reporting gamers for deliberate collisions in Each day Races and for racing incidents solely in On-line Championships. We’re including extra assets right here as we all know you worth LMU as one of many premier on-line sim racing titles.
We’re additionally conscious that you just’re ready to host your individual staff endurance races; we’re concentrating on hosted staff endurance races within the subsequent launch as effectively.
Message from the studio
Stephen Hood, CEO of Motorsport Video games & Head of Studio 397 stated – “We’re extraordinarily excited to be including one other endurance collection with the European Le Mans Sequence, with much more tracks and a brand new class of racing. We’re assured the brand new content material will go down effectively with gamers alongside our new LiveryHub and different enhancements.”
Le Mans Final is presently out there on Steam for €31,99€.
Official Webpages – www.studio-397.com – www.lemansultimate.com
