V1.4 - release notes

Headlines - Game

• Improved protest system, with reports to come directly from event replays.
  • Each player has 3 protests per month, with protest credits returned on a successful protest
  • Protest cooldown removed
• Replaced TCP game connections with Reliable UDP for more reliable network connectivity
• Added new start driving in the pit lane feature when leaving garages and implemented fast lane logic
• Added VR FOV resolution scaling via OpenXR
• Overhauled brake system with more accurate brake thermals and brake pad performance curves
• Added minimum drive time requirements for team events. If lineups do not meet this they will not gain DR/Champ Points but they can still lose DR.
  • Previous use of this exploit by players will see their DR amended

Headlines - Content

• Added Cadillac V-Series.R Evo
• Added Alpine A424 joker updates
• Added Daytona as part of US Track Pack 1 DLC
• Added Laguna Seca as part of US Track Pack 1 DLC
• Significant update to Le Mans to match 2026 event

Game Updates

Championships - Online

• Fixed online championship rank breakdown points update clipping

Co-op

• Fixed car icons appearing stretched in menus

Custom Liveries

• Fixed an occasional crash downloading custom liveries
• Fixed back button is visible after hiding the UI in Showroom
• Fixed custom liveries appear as carbon fibre and "custom Team" on online leaderboards
• Updated region map conversion format to reduce artifacting

Driver Badges

• Custom badges are now only allowed for trusted drivers

Driver Swaps - Engineer

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

Driving Standards

• Added HUD notification of incoming penalisation for being stopped on track
• Added server penalisation for cars stationary on the racing line

Engine & Tech

• Fixed a rare crash on startup when enumerating audio devices
• Fixes to resolve various in gameplay stalls

Gameplay

• Added logic for the game to hold the player in the garage if their pit box is blocked
• Added penalties and warnings for driving in other team's pit areas of the pitlane
• Disabled collisions when a car is spawned in the pit lane during the take control phase
• Implemented safe to exit garage checks before placing a driver in the pit lane
• When leaving pit boxes, cars are now always angled to avoid cars driving over other peoples pit boxes

Graphics

• Added AMD FSR 1.0 Support
• Minor optimisation to occlusion culling
• Various minor PostFX adjustments around exposure and warmth of image

Hosted Servers

• Fixed some cars receiving a disqualification after having a time penalty applied on hosted servers

Input

• Fixed numerous issues with controller steering rates
• Fixed some devices not working when DirectInput Fallback is left at it's default setting of false.
• Improvements to gamepad rumble

Limited Tyre Rules

• Fixed damaged tyres showing as available after returning to garage in non race sessions.

Netcode

• Fixed clients who can not see other cars due to latency or similar issues causing collisions for other people
• Improved netcode robustness by allowing the use of a flexible port range

Online

• Updates to ensure car damaged state is correctly restored when rejoining a race after a disconnection
• Added Event Jokers for all players - removing DR / SR impact from single driver events. It will take 10 races to earn your first, 20 for your second and 30 for your third

Physics

• Added look up tables for brake pad friction vs temperature curves
• Added physically modelled punctures
• Brake disc thermal physics simulation overhaul focusing on core temperatures and emissivity
• Improvements to brake rim heat calculation when wet
• Improvements to tyre damping to increase rolling resistance at low load and decrease rolling resistance at high load

Protests

• Change protest toast to notification toast

RaceControl Pro/Pro+

• Added Pro Subscription only Practice Servers

Race Watch Screen

• Redesigned stint page on watch screen

Race Weekend

• Fixed event time displaying as NaN Mins if no sessions are selected

Replay

• Fixed not all damage displaying in replays
• Fixed throttle and brake spam when the game is running at a low tick rate

Teams - RaceControl

• Fixed an extremely long error message when registering a line up where drivers have a Bronze 0 SR.
• Fixed number selection not working at team event registration

Track Limits

• Added a calculation to reduce points lost when driving off track but "on the limit"
• Fixed an issue where time ratio points are incorrectly recalculated after rejoining the track

User Interface

• Fixed driver images not showing when their names use special characters
• Fixed event history page number not being highlighted fully
• Fixed incorrect font for your team name in the standings screen
• Fixed missing nationalities on car selection menu for 2026
• Fixed the rare situation that certain users have extremely poor UI performance
• Updated Le Mans loading screen image

Virtual Reality

• Added VR support to FSR
• Added native OpenXR support
• Added VR FOV resolution scaling via OpenXR

Track Updates

Le Mans 2026 Season Update

• Add more Helicopters
• Add new tyre barriers near Maison Blanche
• Added 24h fan zone balloon
• Added armco Adecco advert at Tetre Rouge
• Added Bosch branding to tyre barrier at Mulsanne Chicane
• Added car manufacturer flags to fan areas
• Added crane at Corvette curves
• Added drones
• Added emergency helicopters
• Added extra ambulances
• Added extra assets to the Maison Blanche car park
• Added extra Goodyear on track sign at Arnage
• Added extra Michelin sign at Mulsanne chicane
• Added extra Michelin sign at Porsche curves
• Added Fan zone flags at Maison Blanche
• Added flags to the podium
• Added floodlights to Porsche curves
• Added garage number signs to pit lane garage lighting gantries
• Added karting branding to Maison Blanche pit building
• Added Le Mans Spirit Club building
• Added missing lighting on Ford Chicane
• Added missing radio tower by Ford chicane
• Added new crowd fencing at Mulsanne corner
• Added new grandstands after Goodyear bridge
• Added new grandstands and spectators at Corvette curves
• Added new Rolex TV podium
• Added new spectator area mound inside Karting corner
• Added new TV screen at Le Mans bridge
• Added new under construction building at Forest esses
• Added nightlighting at Corvette Curve and Maison Blanche fan zones
• Added Of Course branding to the pit lane and start finish straight
• Added Porsche advert shipping container at Porsche curves
• Added Porsche Raceborn branding at start finish
• Added Raceborn branding at Porsche curves
• Added radio tower at Porsche curves
• Added red and blue fencing adverts
• Added second ferris wheel at Corvette curves
• Added spectator fencing on Corvette curves spectator mound
• Added spectators at Mulsanne corner
• Added Spectators to MMA building at Pit Entry
• Added TV Screen Truck at Arnage
• Added TV screens at Corvette curves
• Added TV screens near Endurance Club
• Added various assets at Corvette curves fan zone
• Added various TSOs on hill at Porsche curves
• Adjusted gravel edge on the exit of Mulsanne
• Advertisement updates on the start finish before Podium
• Arnage apex curb: Corrected curb profile
• Arnage exit curb: Corrected curb profile
• Corrected astro turf material before entry to Indianpolis
• Corrected Crowd Strike branding colour
• Corrected goodyear ad size between Indianapolis and Arnage
• Corrected sizing of MMA advert boards on the start finish
• Corvette Curves apex curbs, significantly reducing their height
• Extended curb with painted asphalt after Dunlop chicane
• Extended tyre barrier at Arnage exit
• Fix Sizing of MMA Advert Boards at Start Finish
• Ford Chicane entry curb: Reviewed profile, reduced height of road behind curb
• Indianapolis apex curbs: Reviewed camber and type, opening up the entry into the corner.
• Indianapolis entry curb: Reviewed profile, reduced height of road behind curb
• Minor barrier and fence updates at Corvette curves
• Mulsanne Corner apex curb: Updated curb profile
• Mulsanne Corner Building Update
• Mulsanne Corner exit curb: Corrected curb typee
• Mulsanne Corner Inner Curb Update
• New Glass Shader on Main Buildings
• Porsche curves apex curb: Increased height of curbs
• Raccordament apex curb: Updated textures
• Raccordament exit curb: Corrected curb type
• Recoloured Peugeot building
• Remove white markers from track
• Removed building outside Mulsanne corner that doesn't exist anymore
• Removed traffic sign at Porsche curves
• Reviewed Armco material brightness
• Reviewed density of foliage in dense woodland areas
• Reviewed foliage material colour balance
• Revised emissive lighting on Pit BUilding
• Revised nightlighting colour temperature and brightness
• Revised nightlighting on Michelin grandstand
• Tweaked settings for advertisement materials
• Updated advertising on buildings at Indianapolis corner
• Updated barriers at rejoin from Bugatti circuit
• Updated BMW clubhouse at Ford chicane
• Updated buildings inside Arnage corner
• Updated Cadillac branding at Corvette curves
• Updated crane position at Ford chicane
• Updated Crowdstrike ads at Arnage
• Updated curb paint pattern frequencies
• Updated DHL branding at Mulsanne
• Updated emissive lighting on Rolex assets in pit lane
• Updated Goodyear branding colour balance
• Updated house colours outside Arnage
• Updated Le Mans bridge advertising to match real life
• Updated marshall positioning at Ford chicane
• Updated marshalls at Corvette curves
• Updated material of safer barrier at Porsche curves
• Updated Michelin branding colours
• Updated MMA sign positions near Maison Blanche
• Updated Motul on track advert positioning at Ford chicane
• Updated nightlighting on Endurance club
• Updated nightlighting on Goodyear grandstand
• Updated nightlighting on pit lane rolex gantries
• Updated nightlighting on start finish gantry
• Updated nightlighting on village assets
• Updated Of Course advertising on Pit Building
• Updated on track Cadillac signs at Corvette curve
• Updated pit in and pit out Rolex gantries
• Updated Pit Wall Glass Materials
• Updated road lines at Mulsanne chicanes
• Updated rooftop tent at Maison Blanche
• Updated secondary TSOs outside Raccordement
• Updated spectators at Ford chicane
• Updated spectators at Indianapolis
• Updated spectators at Maison Blanche
• Updated start finish tower emissive
• Updated Toyota Building at Ford Chicane
• Updated track surface materials where road has been resurfaced
• Updated truck and tent assets on Porsche circuit
• Updated tyre barrier colours at Ford chicane
• Updated wall and branding at Mulsanne corner
• Various branding updates to the pit wall
• Various updates to buildings at Ford chicane
• Various updates to buildings at Maison Blanche
• Virage du pont exit curbs: Reviewed profile flattening end curbs

Monza

• Fixed occasional occurrence of track limits not applying at T1

Portimao

• Fixed some minor issues with track limits corridors at Portimao

Silverstone

• Added ear of corn to Silverstone WEC full rolling start
• Reviewed multiclass behaviour into Copse corner 

Car Updates

• Add Le Mans livery hypercars to 2026 season opponent options
• Adjusted Hypercar cold tyre grip to better match 2026 real-life compounds
• BOP: Weight reduction to GT3s at Le Mans, improved LMH vs. LMDh acceleration balance, re-balanced Ford GT3 acceleration on some tracks. Full changelog on guide.lemansultimate.com
• Improved accuracy of which undertray points can produce sparks
• Improvements to dynamic diameter of Hypercar tyres for more accurate engine RPM at car speed
• Reduced rear tyre wear on Hypercars
• Updated CDA setups
• Updated Le Mans atmosphere conditions to match 2026 real-life event
• Updated Le Mans default setup of all Hypercars
• Updates to damage on all cars, removing randomness and making damage more predictable

Adess AD25 LMP3

• Fixed "Lap" text on display
• Fixed missing normal map on roll cage welds

Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH

• Added numbers to inside of rear wing
• Added track map to cockpit
• Updated Le Mans gear ratios

BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh

• Fixed issues on pre-Le Mans 2024 HUD
• Fixed various issues with HUD

BMW M4 LMGT3

• Added missing rear latch
• Updated differential to newer spec and opened preload adjustability

Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh

• Added track map and additional sticker to cockpit
• New wear, rain, and damage for EVO
• Updated Custom Livery 2026 team to use EVO. All existing 2026 Cadillac Custom Liveries will be removed.

Ferrari 296 LMGT3

• Added pit lights
• Corrected Vista AF Corse team names
• Fixed outside window wiper streaks not matching the actual wiper
• Updated gear ratios to 2026 spec

Ferrari 499P LMH

• Added more decals to cockpit

Ford Mustang LMGT3

• Corrected headlights and pit lights
• Fixed 2024 mirrors showing on the 2026 EVO at Le Mans
• Fixed squished numbers on 2026 teams

Genesis GMR-001 LMDh

• Added missing pit lights
• Various model updates to latest spec of the car

Lexus RCF LMGT3

• Corrected issues with headlights and brake lights

Mercedes AMG LMGT3

• Added dashboard logo to 2026 teams
• Added pit lights
• Updated gear ratios

Oreca 07 LMP2

• Adjustments to tyre heating to stop tyre pressures endlessly increasing after some lock-ups
• Increased car weight (+7kg) to match latest minimum driver weight requirements
• Limited gear ratio set to "Le Mans" only at Le Mans as per latest technical regulations

Oreca 07 LMP2+ (ELMS Spec)

• Adjustments to tyre heating to stop tyre pressures endlessly increasing after some lock-ups

Peugeot 9X8 LMH (w/Wing)

• HUD updates

Porsche 911 LMGT3 R

• Adjusted seat movement limits to fix clipping when using a high fov
• Fixed issue with chassis LOD