LMU Patch Notes

BuildID: 25661166

Game Updates

Championships - Online

• Fixed the wrong track name and track map being displayed in online championships for certain tracks

Co-op

• Added missing co-op and hosted server card images for Long Beach and Road Atlanta

• Fixed formatting issues in co-op overview and with class leaderboards.

Custom Liveries

• Custom Liveries - Newly uploaded liveries are missing undercar shadows

Driver Swaps - Engineer

• Engineer - Tyres - The engineer cannot select NO CHANGE

• Fixed fair share being shown for race engineers in solo events

Driver Swaps - Online

• Fixed damage not being correctly restored after disconnecting from an event

• Fixed rare occurrence of AI taking over the car during a driver swap event

Engine & Tech

• Frame ticker presents that take longer than 17ms cause extremely long load times

Graphics

• Texture streaming can stall waiting for the GPU

Localisation

• Localisation updates for Chinese and French

• Localised the watch screen "Cycle All" camera option

Netcode

• Fixed rare occurrence of current track limit points not being transferred to team mates correctly

• Increase server time out and add HUD message

RaceControl

• Added protection to prevent rare occurrence of two instances of RaceControl trying to manage the same event

• Fixed slow performance with large events in the online event overview screen

• Recreate Split not working

• Split Recreation only working once

Race Watch Screen

• Fixed the previous and next incident buttons not changing the car that is in focus

Race Weekend

• Fixed the Start Driving button being disabled when pitting with 0 race time remaining

Replay

• Fixed issues with debug wire files causing your car not to render in replays

Track Limits

• Updated track limits to allow for specific point penalty additions for off tracks and configurable 4 wheel or 1 wheel off detection. Updated Pit Lane to only be 1 wheel off detection on blend lines.

Track Updates

• Updated announcer sounds on US Tracks

Circuit de la Sarthe  

• Fixed track limits at pit entry chicane to be valid if a wheel is still on track/on white lines

• Increased strictness of Track Limits for cutting Dunlop Chicane

Daytona  

• Added Sunoco branding to infield fuel station

Interlagos  

• Increased strictness for cuts which open up the corner at T8 and T12

Long Beach  

• Fixed Paddock Fences missing when circuit detail is on medium or lower

• Updated Track Limits at Long Beach to monitor pit exit usage from the main circuit strictly

Paul Ricard  

• Increase Track Limits strictness for running wide after Virage du Camp

Portimao  

• Increase Track Limits strictness at T1 exit and between T7 and T8

Road Atlanta  

• Fixed tent assets placed sunken into the terrain

Car Updates

• Fixed Ford GT3 weight wrongly applied at Interlagos, BOP mass. General refinement at Road Atlanta, Long Beach, Le Mans, Monza, Cota, Daytona

Adess AD25 LMP3  

• Added ADESS to 2026 ELMS Championship

Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh

• Fixed 2026 teams having numbers lit up incorrectly

Ferrari 499p LMH

• Updated wireframe on template for easier painting

Porsche 963 LMDh  

• Corrected material issues with custom teams

• Fixed damage texture not showing correctly

Build ID 25611540

• Fixed an issue with mass penalties during race starts on shorter layouts with a large grid

Game Updates

Netcode

• Fixed long synchronization times loading in to a team based event

Track Updates

Road Atlanta  

• Added some extra crowds at T10

• Fixed a Marshall placement which was floating slightly

• Fixed a road verge blend which had flipped

• Fixed a track asset that was sunk into the terrain slightly

• Fixed missing terrain collisions inside of the exit of Turn 7

• Fixed tyre wall collision outside of T4

• General white balance pass on various assets

• Removed Ambulance placed at pit entry where the Safety Car is located

• Smooth out pit wall exit collisions

• Some minor texture size optimization

• Updated Pit Exit light position to be near the pit out markers

• Updated reflection mapper location for wet road reflections

Car Updates

• Fixed 2026 WEC BMW GT3 and Mercedes AMG missing Spa livery images in the car select menu

• Readded missing McLaren, Porsche and Mercedes LMGT3 2025 ELMS skinning cars

Game Updates

Championships - Online

• Added support for bespoke online championships available to non-RC subscribers for limited time events - more details at a later date

• Fixed carbon fibre image shown in the car setup screen when loading into an online championship practice with a custom livery

• Fixed online championship timeslots not following the timezone set in the game

• Fixed point reductions from protests take away more points than intended

• Fixed previous online championship events all showing with: No Class, No Car, No Position, -1 points

• Fixed some issues with being unable to register custom liveries to championships

• Fixed upcoming online championship card's spacing

• Fixed USA flag missing stars on events

Custom Liveries

• Fixed carbon fibre image shown in the car setup screen when loading into an online championship practice with a custom livery

• Fixed custom livery not loading when joining a team event practice server when you're not the user who registered the lineup

Co-op

• Fixed stint review screen time remaining stuck at 0h00m

Driver Badges

• Fixed error pop-up when trying to change driver badge when having the "Good Driver" badge

Driver Swaps - Engineer

• Added penalty options to engineer pit menu

• Fixed damage not appearing on engineer menu until the driver changes an option on the MFD

• Fixed engineer damage repair options appearing as a number

Easy Anti Cheat

• Blocked online mode when EAC ProductID is invalid

Engine & Tech

• Fixed some threading issues with shared memory

Gameplay

• Fixed AI turning to the right then left when leaving the pit lane instead of going straight

• Fixed an occasional crash relating to car position on track

• Fixed engine auto starting in the pit lane for users with auto engine start disabled

• Fixed fuel target system failing to function correctly sometimes after pit stops

• Fixed issues with flag stations not assigning to the correct area of the circuit resulting in inconsistent flag behaviour on track

• Fixed preparing car element is not shown when session starting soon is displayed.

• Fixed unintended collisions when cars are being moved into place during pit stops

• Fixed VE being used during formation lap, when the race finishes and during pit lane

• Fixed yellow flag appearing on screen when session timer reaches zero and player hasn't crossed the finish line

• Improved fuel estimates by not including the formation lap or pit laps in fuel averages

• Reduce start driving timer to 3 seconds

• Reduced the distance yellows stay after an incident

• Relaxed pit box penalties when you are extremely close to your pit box

• Removed paddock only driving line option

• Revised pitlane driving penalties

Graphics

• Fixed changing cars mirror parameters causing mirrors to become out of alignment

• Fixed occasional occurrence of cars becoming invisible when they are close to the player

• Fixed undercar shadows being too bright

• Optimization to night lighting, bringing performance gains on tracks with a lot of nightlights

Hosted Servers

• Fixed hosted servers showing 0 players even if users are on the server

• Fixed load vehicles key not working when joined to a hosted server as spectator only

• Fixed progression bar displaying the practice session as almost complete when it isn't even halfway through.

HUD

• Fixed hiding the HUD losing what page of MFD you're on

• Fixed not being able to select no change when running 4 wet tyres

• Fixed virtual mirror becoming distored after changing graphics settings

• Reduced strategy panel to 3 lines to prevent overlap on Race Watch screen

Input

• Fixed sticky inputs from keyboard when game focus changes

• Fixed UI mouse click control bind not working

Limited Tyre Rules

• Add Tyre Inventory Logging each time tyre selections are changed

• Fixed tyre selection not allowing the user to swap from mixed tyres when less than 4 tyres remain

Localisation

• Added and updated translations

• Fixed clipping session start text in French

• Fixed incorrect timing localisation on HUD in Japanese

• Fixed missing localisation on Online Event Type

Online

• Fixed a rare situation where a Driver could receive a False DNF after finishing an online event

• Fixed some crashes around loading temp cars in hosted lobbies or practice servers

• Fixed weather forecast not showing in the UI when you are a spectator or not in control of your car

• Updated brake duct pit and setup options to follow fixed setup brake bias availability configuration

Protests

• Fixed being able to submit reports more than 24h after an event.

RaceControl

• Fixed slow performance with large events in the online event overview screen

• Fixed unable to join an entry list server without the lobby code

Race Starts

• Fixed a rare DQ for "Failed to drive formation lap" while driving on the formation lap

• Fixed pit limiter not being automatically enabled during rolling start that start in the pit lane such as at Daytona

Race Watch Screen

• Fixed stint data showing the wrong driver initials after rejoining a race session

• Implemented updated camera menu

Race Weekend

• Added season select for ELMS 2026

• Fixed track selection when switching between championships with different tracks available

Replay

• Fixed selecting an incident whilst watching live not playing the incident

• Fixed the Safety car sometimes not appearing in replays

• Updated camera select menu

Save & Load

• Fixed wrong car classes being displayed in the starting grid when loading a Race Weekend save

Teams - RaceControl

• Fixed entering a practice server with the wrong car when multiple lineups for the same team are registered for the event

• Fixed misaligned driver drop downs in team event results

• Fixed team lineup nationality flags not rendering correctly

• Fixed transferring team ownership resulting in no team owner

Track Limits

• Fixed a game crash when joining a session when in the previous session you were off track in the pit lane

• Improved track limits boundary detection. We now project curvature helping to fix detection in tight turns and added per wheel detection.

User Interface

• Fixed car select background formatting error

• Fixed clipping text on second special event

• Fixed daily race leaderboards not showing all cars

• Fixed filtering event leaderboard by car class

• Fixed misaligned Paul Ricard layouts on Event Cards

• Fixed selecting a driver that's used a joker causing the icon to disappear under the white highlight

• Fixed UI refreshing completely on some pages every few minutes

• Fixed using all jokers displaying a "New Joker in -X Races" message in the burger menu

• Made loading screen logo progress angle match the logo angle

• Prevented the thumbnails in the track selection screen from getting too small and added a scrollbar when required

Track Updates

• Reviewed track limits on all tracks to ensure accurate detection per wheel

Bahrain

• Fixed a bump off track on the inside after T13

• Fixed a terrain gap between T4 and T5

Circuit de la Sarthe

• Added missing flag stations in sector 1

• Fixed missing collisions at marshal access point before Goodyear bridge chicane

• Fixed missing collisions when exploring the entry to the Bugatti circuit

Daytona

• Fixed incorrect real road profile

• Fixed missing rear armco collision outside T2 exit

• Fixed some objects popping in on back straight

• Improved AI behaviour at the start of races reducing the chances of crashes

• Removed white background on S397 logos on the road

• Updated tent assets to latest specification assets

Fuji

• Fixed incorrect mapping on start finish gantry

Imola

• Fixed a terrain gap at exit of Acque Minerali

• Fixed building popping in behind trees after Variente Alta

• Fixed pit entry tyre barrier texture alignment

• Fixed power cables popping in after Acque Minerali

Laguna Seca

• Fixed a smoothing issue on green run off at final turn

Monza

• Added missing Rolex clock hands

• Fixed starter marshal flag being visible on the circuit after finishing the race under the marshal platform.

• Improved emissive and ambient occlusion maps on Pit Building

• Relaxed track limits for first pit box

• Updated glass material on pit building

Silverstone

• Fixed a smoothing error in the gravel outside Stowe

• Fixed setup folder to point to "Silverstone" for all layouts

• Fixed track limits warning is displayed approaching the first corner after leaving the pits on National layout

Spa-Francorchamps

• Fixed floating pit box Lines in the pit lane

Car Updates

• BOP: Adjustments to all tracks, including Hypercar stint length reduction at COTA. Full details available in separate BOP document

• Extended upper optimum temperature range of GT3 brake pad compound

• Refinements to LMP3 brake torque and engine braking

• Removed Hard tyre compound from Hypercars at Daytona

• Removed Hard tyre compound from Hypercars at Laguna Seca

• Updated Hypercar tyres to fix oscillation at Daytona. This is a first version of tyres that will be rolled out across all tracks soon.

Alpine A424 LMDh

• Alpine light issues

• Fixed artefacts on carbody mesh

Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3

• Fixed strange reflections on steering wheel

BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh  

• Corrected template issues

Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh

• Fixed incorrect template for 2026 Cadillac included in game

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R

• Fixed details on rear of car disappearing too early on lower graphics settings

Ford Mustang LMGT3

• Fixed issue with custom livery showing both position display types

Genesis GMR-001 LMDh

• Updated car name and description

McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo

• Added ID lights to cars

Mercedes AMG LMGT3

• Corrected rear lights

• Fixed issue with windscreen when car receives damage

Oreca 07 LMP2

• Fixed floating headlight bolts on nose cam

• Fixed outer rear lights always being on

• Revised specular occlusion in cockpit

Peugeot 9X8 LMH (w/Wing)

• Added gurney flap to rear wing end fences

Toyota TR010

• Added Toyota TR010 Pitlights

Game Updates

Netcode

• Fixed false collisions present since v1.4 update

• Added an option to select which version of netcode is run on a server

• Added optional extended network logging for inspecting online issues for both client and server.

• Fixed some connection issues under new netcode

Race Watch Screen

• Fixed the Helmet button not filtering down to team mates in a team based event

RaceControl

• Fixed in-game leaderboard incorrectly updating best laptimes

Easy Anti-Cheat

• Updated to latest module

Build ID: 25081074

Gameplay

• Fixed a game crash after being assigned a Time Penalty

Input

• Fixed Fanatec Podium Pedals Formula inputs not being detected

Physics

• Fixed brake duct cooling rates changing overly excessively due to humidity changes.

RaceControl

• Fixed global notifications not showing in game

• Fixed jokers being awarded incorrectly and reverted DR & SR where applicable

• Fixed hosted server results not always processing

User Interface

• Fixed minified react error pop-up on the hosted server screen

Game Updates

Driver Swaps - Engineer

• Fixed toast notifications for engineer invites still remaining after the event has finished.

Netcode

• Fixed an issue which would cause servers to stall.

• Temporarily rolled back various changes from 1.4

Physics

• Added logging to help diagnose brake duct settings not applying correctly.

Championships - Online

• Fixed users that match or are above the requirement for the 2.4H team champ event being unable to register for it.

Hosted Servers

• Fixed no vehicle when joining an Entrylist server when having previously used a different account

Protests

• Fixed reporting system failing to report correct timestamp for longer races when a player leaves and rejoins the server

RaceControl

• Fixed Le Mans Virtual appearing in the online menu

• Fixed the wrong name being used in-game when swapping steam account

• Fixed users being unable to access online with incorrect Terms of Service version number

Sound

• Fixed tyre sounds occasionally failing to play

User Interface

• Fixed a DQ UI message sometimes incorrectly popping up if player stops on track

• Fixed occasional occurrence of users being returned to the main menus when escaping to garage but would still being present "in game"

Virtual Reality

• Fixed hidden area mask not working correctly in OpenXR

BulldID: 24656622

• Fixed AI all leaving the pitlane at the same time at the start of sessions

• Removed DQs for accidentally driving down the pit exit at Daytona.

Game Updates

AI

• Fixed AI reversing and crashing after serving pit stops

• Fixed issues with AI struggling to leave their pit boxes when in close proximity to other cars

Championships - Online

• Fixed intent wreck protests not being unlimited for online championships.

Custom Liveries

• Fixed team livery parsing error popping up intermittently

Driver Swaps - Engineer

• Fixed engineer settings changes reverting back to default after 5 seconds.

Driver Swaps - Online

• Fixed cars going briefly invisible when entering the watch screen in a team based event

Engine & Tech

• Fixed a server crash causing issues with server stability

Gameplay

• Fixed cars not being rotated in their pitbox enough at tight pitlanes such as Daytona

Graphics

• Fixed occasional visual offset with front and rear wheels when viewing AI cars compared to player car

• Fixed vehicle occlusion system leaking queries after a car leaves a server in a non team event.

Hosted Servers

• Fixed password still being required after using a lobby code

Input

• Reverted gamepad steering sensitivity to be in the range of v1.3

• Tweaked gamepad FFB to give feedback slightly earlier

Limited Tyre Rules

• Fixed invalid tyre being displayed on MFD after getting a puncture

• Fixed wet tyres showing in the standings at end of qualifying

Localisation

• Fixed Chinese characters rendered in incorrect orientation on garage page for setups

• Fixed Race Weekend event settings page text and highlight box clipping in Spanish

• Various minor localisation updates

Netcode

• Fixed a dedicated server crash

Protests

• Fixed an option for session type being displayed when reporting a custom livery.

RaceControl

• Fixed issues for some users being unable to login to Racecontrol

• Fixed missing event leaderboards pagination causing very slow loading times

• Fixed users being able to report a default livery as a custom livery.

Race Weekend

• Fixed an "invalid type" error showing when clicking on raceweekend when you are not a memeber of any teams

• Added US on tour Race Weekend option

Replay

• Fixed changing lap not changing to the start of the lap

User Interface

• Fixed Daytona and Laguna track images being small on large online event cars

• Fixed race results not being sorted in correct order

• Fixed registration page not showing a countdown for when registrations open.

• Fixed selected car class not being highlighted when viewing on the event overview page

Virtual Reality

• Fixed driver labels not showing when running in VR with FSR upscaling.

Track Updates

Circuit de la Sarthe  

• Fixed new ferris wheel disappearing in the evening

• Fixed upside down spectators at Karting

Daytona  

• Added missing flags outside horseshoe bend

• Fixed a UV issue on timing tower on the back straight

• Fixed being automatically disqualified if you end up on the pit exit from the normal racing line

• Fixed missing car shadows on road verges and other decals

• Fixed parked cars out of sync with parking lines

• Fixed various sponsor boards moving as one rather than uniquely

• General optimisation pass on generic props, reducing what is rendered when driving specifically.

• Minor optimization to night-lighting

• Minor revisions to AI line through bus stop

• Revised T4 curb to reduce chances of extreme car behaviour

Imola  

• Fixed missing collisions in garages inside the pit building extension

• Minor foliage balance tweaks

• Revised track limits at Variante Alta

Laguna Seca  

• Added missing whiteline and fixed a terrain gap outside turn 6

• Fixed collision walls allowing the player to get out of bounds at certain corners

• Fixed false cut detections at Corkscrew when just still being on the white line

• Fixed UVW error on green runoff at last turn

• Increased grip levels on run off dirt

• Missing car shadows on verges

• Optimised particle count from running on track side dirt

• Reviewed some track limits issues, reducing the strictness outside T6, and correcting some false detections near the Corkscrew

Car Updates

• Adjustments to GTE package, setups & BOP at Daytona to increase performance

• BOP: Focus on small refinements to Daytona, Laguna Seca & Le Mans BOP

Duqueine D09 LMP3  

• Slightly increased aero drag

• Updated CDA Laguna Seca setup

Ginetta G61-LT-P325-Evo LMP3  

• Updated CDA Laguna Seca setup

Mercedes AMG LMGT3  

• Updated CDA Le Mans setup

Oreca 07 LMP2  

• Updated Daytona default setup (lower wing)

Oreca 07 LMP2+ (ELMS Spec)  

• Updated Daytona default setup (lower wing)

Porsche 992 S Safety Car  

• Fixed safety car not starting on full rolling start at Laguna Seca causing the race to never start

Vanwall Vandervell 680  

• Extended front suspension travel on rebound to stop game crash with front ride heights above 72mm