LMU Patch Notes

Headlines - Game

• Added ELMS Championship in Race Weekend

• Added Custom Liveries support to Hosted and Practice Servers

• Added Custom Liveries to Single Player Race Weekend

• Added native TrackIR support

• Added regional hosted server options for Asia/Pacific and USA West Coast.

• Added a global notifications system

• Various updates to Driver Ranking presentation

• Rebalanced the Driver Rank Tiers

• Added loading screen updates showing session info and hints & tips

• Various localisation updates and added Simplified Chinese support

Headlines - Content

• Added ELMS 2025 GT3 Liveries

• Added Le Mans 2025 LMP2 liveries

• Added Ligier JS P325 LMP3

• Added Oreca 07 LMP2 ELMS Specification

• Added Silverstone circuit

Game Updates

Championships - Online

• Fixed users being unable to unregister from online championship races.

• Fixed users receiving "No Vehicle" after changing their profile name.

Co-op

• Fixed finishing a co-op session doesn't end the session and the user can resume from a previous stint

• Fixed lack of GT3 leaderboard on any event

• Fixed Mercedes GT3 car being unavailable for selection on co-op events

• Fixed points not being deducted correctly when loosing positions during the race start procedure.

Custom Liveries

• Added Custom Liveries support to Hosted and Practice Servers

• Enabled hot reload on customskin.tga and customskin_region.tga files

• Fixed custom livery car icon and team name missing from leaderboards

• Improved visualization of region texture in showroom

• Updated showroom time of day to 1pm and improved pfx exposure values

Driver Swaps - Online

• Fixed occasionally becoming a spectator when loading during session transition

• Fixed pit in / out laps incorrectly effecting consistency grading

Engine & Tech

• Game crashes with ARC graphics card when loading into Le Mans with 2/3 grid

Gameplay

• Added engineer warning notification when using pit limiter in higher than 1st gear

• Fixed lift and coast lights not working with aggressive fuel saving strategies

• Fixed pit man not being present on any track in online sessions

Hosted Servers

• Added regional tags and search options

HUD

• Fixed MFD pit menu lap estimate inaccuracies for Non-VE cars

• Fixed "PITSTOPS" text displaying when serving a Stop/Go penalty.

• Fixed speed limiter message being duplicated between auto speed Limiter and manual change

• Format standings and relative time gaps in minutes and seconds when bigger than a minute

Input

• Disabled FFB on crash to desktop to avoid sudden jolts

• Fix issues with input that could introduce jitters when not moving the wheel

• Fixed clicking onto a second monitor while in any car causing a violent FFB kick.

• Fixed input calibration settings flicker between 0% and 100%

• Fixed input spiking when calibrating the pedals minimum/maximum

• Fixed pedal input causing buttons to be repeated when binding inputs when using pedals attached to wheel

Limited Tyre Rules

• Added extra logging for reports of tyres going missing when changing tyres pre-race

Localisation

• Added Chinese translations

• Updated French Translations

• Updated Italian translations

Online

• Add a server option to allow cars to have a minimum of 1 lap of fuel when game crashes.

• Fixed a crash on visual wear updates

• Fixed a game crash or deadstate when the practice server closes and Connection Lost is displayed.

• Fixed a game lock up caused by leaving the practice server after the event has started.

• Fixed crash when configuring garages when loading cars in online

• Fixed gap to the leader being blank after a race finishes in the HUD and Timing

• Fixed having "No Vehicle" or a "Take Control" button when joining during a session transition

Physics

• Improvements to bump stop simulation accuracy

RaceControl

• Fixed being unable to report players with custom skin in solo driver events

• Fixed entry requirement badge for dailies using the incorrect value

• Implement updated Daily Race schedule card and tweak to Daily Race card design/layout

• Rebalanced Silver DR Tier Elo Range

• Removed arrows when no impact on Driver and Safety Ranking reasons

• Removed percentage progress from post race screens

• Updated post race driver ranking adjustment reasons to show how many drivers you beat/lost in relation to your ELO ranking

• Updated post race screens with new DR badge and segmented progress bar

Race Starts

• Fixed race start guide not displaying to the player in position 2 on the grid.

Race Watch Screen

• Updated scrollbar colour

Race Weekend

• Default the Race Weekend season selection to the last used season

• Fixed "Restart Practice" button being clipped off the screen after completing a Practice only session.

• Fixed a crash on progression from Qualifying to Race.

Settings & Profiles

• Fixed manually setting "Load Opponent Cockpits" to false in settings.json causing your own cockpit LCD to not load in online games.

• Improved robustness of vehicle settings loading and saving to prevent game crashes

• Updated Controller IDs for Logitech G923 and G29 default controller profiles.

Teams - RaceControl

• Teams results shows drivers who didnt finish the race NS w/ 0 Laps

Track Limits

• Fixed issues with opponent cars effecting player track limits target times

User Interface

• Added global notifications in the main menu home screen

• Expanded the list of selectable liveries in the car select screen

• Fixed next race box being misaligned with profile/ranking box

• Fixed not remembering the last car selected car when using Add Livery (showroom) option

• Implemented new class toggle on standings pages

• Updated Car Select styling and added ELMS support

Track Updates

Fuji  

• AI fixes: Slightly faster in some places through minor line tweaks. Minor corridor tweaks. Minor cut track fixes, potentially improving false positives and false negatives in unusual places.

• Fixed fast rolling starting position for some cars being incorrect

• Fixed lack of crowds in practice/qualifying sessions

Imola  

• Corridor improvements, fast line minor tweak to improve correlation, cut track false positive and false negative potential improvements

• Moved fast rolling start back 100m to standardized distance

Spa-Francorchamps  

• Fixed incorrect advertising on endurance layout

Lusail Circuit  

• Fixed overly dark pit out fixtures

• Fixed road lines not receiving undercar shadows

• Revised grip levels on run off roads

• Updated floodlights to turn on around 30 minutes sooner

Car Updates

• Corrected display panel LOD outs on various cars

• General optimization of shared textures

• Reduced variance in engine lifetime

• Tweaked damage configuration. Stronger rear wings (nearly double in most cases), slightly easier to damage engine on hypercars. Lower 'randomness'. Some cars were not standardized (Aston GTE and Ferrari 296 GT3), and have been corrected.

• Updated Rainbow HUD colour ranges

• BoP rework for all classes

Alpine A424 LMDh  

• Added dash logos

Porsche 963 LMDh  

• Corrected #6 livery

Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3  

• Corrected 2025 Aston Martin GT3 custom team number plate

Peugeot 9X8 LMH (w/Wing)  

• Corrected logos on #93

• Corrected pit lights

• Fixed custom team showing white boxes where the numbers are on real cars

• Small logo correction on #93 WEC

Lamborghini Huracan EVO2 LMGT3  

• Corrected position light colour

Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH  

• Corrected steering wheel button colours

• Fixed number plate issues with lower LODs

BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh  

• Corrected windows for each livery

Mercedes AMG LMGT3  

• Fixed custom team number plate being at slight angle

• Fixed hole in cockpit around lifting point

• Updated #60 Spa livery

Lexus RCF LMGT3  

• Fixed custom team using Akkodis helmet

Ferrari 499P LMH  

• Fixed engine description

Peugeot 9X8 LMH  

• Fixed issue with car body material

• Fixed issues with brake disk glow

Toyota GR010  

• Fixed number plates clipping at higher LODS

Oreca 07  

• Fixed numbers clipping with lowest LOD

• Fixed the water bottle saying JOTA for all cars

• Adjusted traction control ranges to latest tyre iteration

• Revised aerodynamic package

• Tyre model updates to bring them inline with the recent GT3 updates

• Updated default setups, including more beginner friendly default brake settings

Porsche 911 LMGT3 R  

• Fixed tire pressures on HUD overlapping with brake temperature boxes

Ferrari 296 LMGT3  

• Revised Front Suspension with a more accurate bump stop curve

Headlines - Content

• Added Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH

• Added Mercedes AMG LMGT3

• Added BMW M4 Evo LMGT3

• Added 2025 WEC Season with Hypercar and GT3 liveries (note: 2025 LMP2 Le Mans liveries to follow in a later update)

• Implemented new Car Setup screen

• Added support for position displays as used in 2025 WEC Season

• LMGT3 Tyre Tweaks with heating/cooling improvements, minor grip changes with temp and lower exponent to thermal deg.

Game Updates

AI

• Fixed AI tyre temps not heating up when skipping full formation lap

Custom Liveries

• Fixed game crash clearing livery cache

• Fixed Livery Editor crashes on reload livery

• Fixed some issues which would prevent certain liveries from processing

• Fixed weather conditions of the last race the user was in is being carried over into the showroom.

DLC Support

• Repackaged all "free DLC" content to be part of the base game

Engine & Tech

• Add a basic popup with advice for out of memory issues instead of crash report

Gameplay

• Fixed a crash when viewing car setup information

• Fixed tyre condition still deteriorating when setting Tyre Wear to OFF

• Disabled the safety car from leaving the pit lane

HUD

• Fixed HUD scale "full" setting resulting the HUD not being visible

• Fixed HUD timing panel toggling not working

• Hidden unused tabs in Pit MFD in Watch Screen

• Updated LMGT3 class category to green

Limited Tyre Rules

• Fixed an online issue with drivers receiving wrong tyres when multiple drivers are running custom liveries

• Fixed losing used tyres from qualifying on race transition

RaceControl

• Fixed being unable to report players with custom skin in solo driver events

• Fixed burger menu showing incorrect subscription level as RaceControl Lite at times

• Fixed incorrect Driver Rating and Safety ratings being displayed on event registration

• Fixed qualifying results not translating to driver rank after finishing a hot lap when the qualifying timer has run out

• Updated event notifications so they are stored in the backend and not cached

Race Starts

• Fixed an issue when multiple players have a starting penalty, leader status will be relinquished to the first player without a penalty, which can DQ cars with a penalty

Race Weekend

• Fixed loading a default setup failing to clear the red -/+ change indicators.

• Redesigned and implemented Race Weekend menu

Replay

• Fixed pausing and selecting replay while the car is shaking causing the car to shake in the replay

• Updated monitor auto-replay to false by default and for current settings

Settings & Profiles

• Fixed Rookie and Novice difficulty presets not being selectable

User Interface

• Added combined basic car setup/tyres screen

• Added new driver panel in watch screen and replay mode

• Implement 2024 Season Pass to 2024 Season DLC changes

• Replaced LMU Boot video with new trailer

• Update splash screen with Aston logo and Mercedes footer text

• Updated game credits and added community members that submitted a response to our 2024 community survey

• Updated LMGT3 class category to green in the UI

• Various corrections and fixes to UI text entries

Track Updates

• Update helicopter colour scheme

• Updated digital blue flag materials

Spa-Francorchamps  

• 2024 Advertisement Update

• Fixed lod popping on Armco on Kemmel Straight

• Fixed pit lane track limits at La Source on Endurance Layout

• Fixed the last endurance garage containing incorrect branding

• General terrain/road materials review

• Improve road surface quality at endurance layout pit exit

• Les Coombes second apex curbs being too high

Interlagos  

• Fixed minor issues with track limits trigger near garages

Circuit of the Americas  

• Fixed real road heavy loading as saturated grip and medium loading as high grip.

Fuji  

• Fixed Start/finish gantry smoothing issue

Monza  

• Improved mesh resolution outside Ascari exit

Car Updates

General

• Added display panel to 2025 cars

• Fixed swingman camera shifting positions between cars

• General review of cockpit specular occlusion

• General review of exterior car LOD distances

• General review on Orange Peel effect on car liveries

• Updated 2024 and 2025 teams to use correct pit spots

• Improved LMGT3 Fuel & NRG estimates accuracy

• LMGT3 Tyre Tweaks with heating/cooling improvements, minor grip changes with temp and lower exponent to thermal deg.

Alpine A424 LMDh  

• Added pit lights

Aston Martin Vantage LMGT3

• Adjusted Weight Penalty [kg] at Sebring [+3], Portimao [+8], Spa [-10], Le Mans [+13], Fuji [-7], Bahrain [+10], Imola [-7], Interlagos [+22], Qatar [-3]

BMW M4 LMGT3  

• Added BMW M4 Evo 2025 as a visual version of the car (no physics difference)

• Added missing cockpit light

• BMW M4 Missing latch on rear of car

• Fixed interior gap at the side/rear

• Fixed missing aero and carbon EVO parts

• Fixed reversed text on tail light

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+20], Portimao [+15], Le Mans [+25], Monza [-6] Fuji [+10], Bahrain [+10], Imola [+5], COTA [+12], Interlagos [+28], Qatar [+12]

Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 

• Added correct endurance lights

• Added missing car "indicator" lights

• Fixed 311 Cadillac showing wrong number

Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R

• Adjusted Weight Penalty [kg] at Sebring [+15], Portimao [+8], Spa [-10], Le Mans [+11], Monza [+10], Fuji [+15], Bahrain [+5], Imola [+20], COTA [+12], Interlagos [+11], Qatar [+12]

Ferrari 296 LMGT3  

• Added missing sliding window element

• Fixed mask in template being slightly offset on some parts

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+20], Portimao [+22], Spa [+25], Le Mans [+15], Monza [+10], Fuji [+20], Bahrain [+27], Imola [+10], COTA [+27], Interlagos [+12], Qatar [+27]

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO  

• Fixed body being slightly offset

Ferrari 499P LMH  

• Added New Endurance Lights

• Adjusted cockpit light colour

• Corrected brake light inaccuracies

• Fixed error where you could see through body on trackside cameras

Ford Mustang LMGT3  

• Fixed inaccurate side mirror casings

• No BoP changes

Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2

• Fixed zfighting on body panel

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+31], Portimao [+35], Spa [+10], Le Mans [+20], Monza [+20], Fuji [+15], Bahrain [+31], Imola [+22], COTA [+12], Interlagos [+10], Qatar [+9]

Lexus RCF LMGT3

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+10], Portimao [+27], Spa [+15], Le Mans [+12], Fuji [+15], Bahrain [+10], Imola [-5], COTA [+12], Interlagos [-10], Qatar [+7]

• Adjusted PowerPosition [%] at Le Mans [+1]

McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo  

• Various updates to interior model

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+10], Portimao [+25], Spa [+10], Le Mans [+22], Monza [-12], Fuji [+10], Bahrain [+20], Imola [+10], COTA [+12], Qatar [+27]

Peugeot 9X8 LMH  

• Fixed HANS device and safety belt not showing

Peugeot 9X8 2024 (with wing)

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at all tracks [+15]

Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3  

• Added grill texture to 92

• Corrected 90 headlight colour

• Corrected 90 number plate

• Improved look of delta bar on hud

• Steering wheel buttons are now lit at night

• Updated aero for tyre updates

• Adjusted WeightPenalty [kg] at Sebring [+25], Portimao [+35], Spa [+30], Le Mans [+28], Monza [+7], Fuji [+25], Bahrain [+35], Imola [+20], COTA [+37], Interlagos [+29], Qatar [+32]

Porsche 963 LMDh  

• Corrected windshield banners

• Fixed dashboard numbers