Yes! Le Mans Ultimate released on 20th February in PC Early Access. It can be downloaded from the Steam store
We’re thrilled to bring the next evolution of our much-loved racing platform to a passionate sim racing audience. Our intent is for Le Mans Ultimate to become an indispensable gem in the Steam libraries of every sim racer. But to deliver on this commitment, we need opinion, input and activity to take the next step on this journey, with our players.
Since launch we have been able to engage, listen to feedback and constantly update and evolve the current platform alongside the community.
The Early Access period will allow us to work through our internal roadmap, with some known features coming to the game that we’ll let racers know about upfront and others that we hope to surprise and delight fans with. Most importantly, however, is our desire to listen and receive feedback from the community so that we can create the best possible sportscar experience for fans of the genre.
RaceControl is Studio397’s preparatory Online system powering the multiplayer experience for Le Mans Ultimate.
For more information on subscriptions, news and support visit racecontrol.gg
Currently players have the opportunity to experience the drama of a weekend at any of the 2023 season race tracks, configurable to include Practice, Qualifying and Race sessions or simply build a Quick Race via the offline Race Weekend feature. Determine the classes competing on track, configure the weather simulation options, including rain and full day-to-night transitions. 2024 season content is available as optional DLC.
Players also have the opportunity to jump into the online experience, powered by RaceControl. Race in Daily, Weekly or Special event Races against other players from around the world whilst building Driver and Safety Rank. Proving ability will unlock higher level races, ensuring you face an appropriately skilled grid each time you join.
Online Championships are open to RaceControl Pro subscribers and are a series of linked races with points points accumulation. Seasons consist of 6 races with multiple series running each week.
Co-op mode allows you to race with friends against the AI. Complete your stint and hand over the race to a friend to continue the journey. Each person can undertake their stint at a time and AI difficulty to suit them. Earn points throughout your race and see how high you can climb the virtual leaderboard! This is in a beta state and there me be a few issues – but your feedback will be invaluable to help us evolve this feature!
Sim racers are able to drive all the cars from the 2023 FIA WEC season, 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans (excluding the innovative car), plus 2024 season content available in DLC – including brand new LMGT3 machinery. There are over 130 livery variations to choose from across all the cars, whilst all the official circuits from have been recreated in incredible detail, laser scanned and prepared to host equivalent LMGT3, GTE, LMP2 and Hypercar categories in an in-depth driving experience.
Right now, we aren’t able to say exactly how long this game will be in Early Access for. We have clear internal requirements and quality standards we need to meet for the game to be considered full release These include functionality as well as content with community sentiment playing a significant role in our decision making.
We may find that the community offers feedback or feature ideas we consider to be too important to omit from a full release or that certain features take longer to develop than previously expected.
Yes, there is online multiplayer events available right now! The RaceControl powered multiplayer experience offers Daily Races, separated into Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced access points, plus Weekly and special events all using various combinations of class and circuits.
Online Championships are open to RaceControl Pro subscribers and are a series of linked races with points points accumulation. Seasons consist of 6 races with multiple series running each week.
Working with our partners SimGrid to power RaceControl.gg, players will be able to purchase server credits to run their very own race or league with scalable pricing depending on server size from as little as €0.38 per hour (note: local taxes may apply). Servers can be configured via the website, and either displayed in the public lobby list with or without password, or found simply by a 5 character code.
The initial offered for the game will be the lowest price for the game in its Early Access phase. Those early adopters will enjoy playing the game early with access to features and content, whilst also helping input into the future roadmap of the product with new features and updates being delivered to players when they are ready as part of the initial price. We also hope to even have a few gifts or two throughout Early Access. Keep your eyes peeled!
As the game grows with more features, the price of the title will increase gradually to reflect the content and feature set in the game for any new fans who want to join the Le Mans Ultimate community.
Please note: future content updates outside of Early Access requires additional DLC.
A first for Studio 397, Le Mans Ultimate offers localised versions of the title with English, French, Spanish, Italian and German natively supported at launch which we hope will open the title to brand new audiences.
The following specifications have been set by the development team:
MINIMUM:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 10 or 11 with latest Service Packs
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD FX-8120
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- *Additional Notes: To run on minimal settings at 1080p
RECOMMENDED:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 10 or 11 with latest Service Packs
- Processor: Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB, Radeon RX 580 8GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- *Additional Notes: To run on default settings at 1080p
The game launched on PC in Early Access on Steam – we are actively exploring the opportunity to bring this experience to console. Currently, our focus is only on developing the PC version.
Yes! The way controllers work in Le Mans Ultimate has been reworked compared to past Studio 397 titles with the aim of making the game as accessible as possible and also bringing vibration support.
For now, menus are accessible only using a keyboard and mouse but we plan to revisit this in future.
There are no current plans to support modded content on Le Mans Ultimate.
All the latest news is shared across our website www.lemansultimate.com and social media channels @LeMansUltimate
Our community and marketing team closely monitor feedback on social media, Discord and our community support forum. These outlets also provide a point for support – with fixes and patch information.