V1.2 Update - patch notes

Headlines - Game

• New Texture Streaming technology to help improve fidelity on lower end systems. Full detail vehicle textures now more commonly available with reduced memory requirements.

• Added Driver Badges to give an indication of other players recent conduct and experience online

• Added Easy Anti Cheat Integration

• Added Japanese localisation

• Added Online Team Endurance Championships

• Added support for Time Penalties which are served during a pit stop or at the end of the race.

• Revised end of race behaviour allowing players to return to the pit lane of their own accord.

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Headlines - Content

• Added Ginetta G61-LT-P325-Evo LMP3 as part of ELMS Pack 2 DLC

• Added Paul Ricard circuit as part of ELMS DLC Pack 2

• Updated tyre model for LMP2, LMP3 and GT3 classes

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Game Updates

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[p align="start"]Championships - Online

• Added an active championships page to the championship select screens.

• Fixed usernames that contain a # and numbers at the end of their in-game name receiving NO VEHICLE.

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[p align="start"]Co-op

• Fixed AI teams with only 2 drivers having "Driver 2" in the car rather than just using the defined two drivers.

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[p align="start"]Custom Liveries

• Added Material Presets feature

• Fixed a rare crash when updating the texture preview icon in the Livery Showroom

• Fixed any custom livery for the 2023 Peugeot 9X8 not showing in online car select.

• Improved Metallic Flake configuration user interface

• Updated car select to display custom liveries before default liveries

• Updated the team panel in car select to have the same sizing for default and custom teams

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[p align="start"]Driver Swaps - Online

• Fixed battery for hypercars being refilled when handing over to a teammate in team based events

• Fixed the "Exit Vehicle" button appearing during a driver swap

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[p align="start"]Easy Anti-Cheat

• Added batch files to install and uninstall EAC for support use

• Disabled online access if Easy Anti-Cheat is not enabled

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[p align="start"]Engine & Tech

• Added SharedMemory Header file to support folder for new shared memory implementation

• Fixed an issue where some plugins would trigger brake replacement in the Pit Menu on MFD

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• Added automatic return to menus for inappropriate behaviour post race such as driving the wrong way or not returning to the pits

• Added logic to combine Time Penalties in to existing Stop and Go when receiving multiple penalties.

• Added new engineer messages at the end of race

• Added online driving standards metrics ahead of their use in safety rankings and live stewarding

• Added support for Time Penalties which are served during a pit stop or at the end of the race.

• Fixed real road grip levels in online events not progressing correctly

• Removed automatic end of race allowing drivers to return to the garage of their own accord

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[p align="start"]Garage Screen

• Fixed car setup page showing the name of the assigned setup rather than loaded setup after returning to the garage.

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[p align="start"]Graphics

• Added new Texture Streaming technology to help improve fidelity on lower end systems. Full detail vehicle textures now more commonly available with reduced memory requirements

• Improved graphics optimization when cars are retired in race sessions and in the garage.

• Increased car dirt build up rates in rain

• Increased windscreen cleaning rate at pit stops

• Reduced amount of rain by spray from cars ahead and improved drops clearing rates when at speed and when rain is heavy

• Reviewed Cloud Material settings

• Slightly reduced opacity of spray

• Tweaked atmospheric balance when overcast/raining

• Updated auto windscreen wipers to enabled when the windscreen wets from spray

• Updated damage options on car shaders

• Updated sun glare to work more naturally with sun occlusion and dawn/dusk colour changes

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[p align="start"]HUD

• Added connected players component for team events

• Added telemetry recording icon to HUD in the tachometer

• Fixed being unable to reselect Repair All after switching to Do Not Repair or Repair Body.

• Fixed options that cannot be changed on Fixed Setup servers being configurable in the Pitstop tab on the MFD

• Increased Radar overlap lateral detection by 2m

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[p align="start"]Limited Tyre Rules

• Fixed race results showing drivers who finished a race on wet tyres showing the user on medium tyres.

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[p align="start"]Localisation

• Added Japanese localisation

• Various minor localisation updates

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[p align="start"]Online

• Fixed being unable to select 2025 Sao Paulo livery in the #31 BMW M4

• Fixed player car not loading in at correct detail online

• Prevent users from driving before they are synchronized with the server.

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[p align="start"]Physics

• Implemented rim thermals

• Improved accuracy of initial road temperatures at the start of a session

• Improved wet road racing line implementation

• Updates to tyre physics correcting rubber temperature not affecting static grip

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[p align="start"]RaceControl

• Added option to create event splits by prioritizing driver badge categories over driver rank.

• Added Race Engineer invitations for solo (weekly, special, championship) events

• Fixed inappropriate class splits for Endurance Events

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[p align="start"]Race Starts

• Fixed driving before race timer hits 0:00 causing the user to start from pitlane (after already gridding) and then being disqualified

• Increased race starts class gap to two rows

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[p align="start"]Race Weekend

• Fixed AI tyre selection carrying over from previous race

• Placed "Default" session times correctly in the sequence of settings.

• Race Weekend - Pitstop Menu - Selecting repair displays Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'text').

• Removed automatic return to screens after completing single player events

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[p align="start"]Replay

• Fixed the replay jumping to the beginning when toggling live mode off

• Replay - The car damage indicator on the car status does not show any damage to the car.

• Replays not uploading at the end of long endurance events

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[p align="start"]Settings & Profiles

• Disabled view next/view previous vehicle keys when driving to prevent user accidentally changing viewed car

• Fixed a game crash relating to incorrect video configurations

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[p align="start"]Sound

• Fixed a game crash on audio device restart

• Fixed ambient sounds not loading (Rain/Screenshot)

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[p align="start"]Teams

• Added a scrollbar in Post-Race Team Events driver stats for more than three drivers

• Fixed lineups from the same team receiving the same DR+/- despite the qualifying and race finish positions being different.

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[p align="start"]User Interface

• Added a scrollbar in Post-Race Team Events driver stats for more than three drivers

• Added a UI option for texture streaming in the graphics settings

• Added navigation to the profile page when clicking on the top bar profile icon

• Added setup notes back into setup manager modal

• Linked Intro music volume to Sound > Menu Music level

• Updated in-game exit button icon

• Updated return to menu button in online and single player when the event has finished

• Updated Silverstone Background Image

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• Added Telemetry Recording to DuckDB

• Allow binding of Telemetry Recording hotkey

• Add option to enable Automatic Telemetry Recording to Gameplay settings

• Change Telemetry File Naming Format

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[p align="start"]Track Limits

• Added disqualifications for excessive track limits incidents which earn 15 or more points

• Added Time Penalties for Illegal Passes

• Improved Track Limits pass monitoring so it more robustly tracks cars around you and only tracks cars that are clearly ahead of you.

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Track Updates

• Updated all tracks real road profiles

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[p align="start"]**Imola  **

• Fixed some minor assets from lodding in noticeably late

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[p align="start"]**Lusail Circuit  **

• Revised apron and runoff road grip levels and bumpiness

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[p align="start"]**Monza  **

• Corrected Track Limits at Lesmo Corners

• General AI updates. Track limits corrections (prevents possible false positive into Lesmo 1, and down main straight), also more aggressive on some exits. Slightly faster AI path into Variante chicane.

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[p align="start"]**Portimāo  **

• General AI updates. Slightly later braking and higher apex speed into T1. Fix potential cut track issues (false positives, and one errand cut corridor on outside curb). Minor corridor tweaks.

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[p align="start"]**Silverstone  **

• Fixed a single AI car that keeps driving at the end of sessions.

• Fixed rain appearing inside the first 3 garages

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[p align="start"]**Spa-Francorchamps  **

• Reviewed curb camber and added anti cut curb at no name corner

• Revised chicane apex 1 curb profile

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Car Updates

• Adjusted template regions to be easier to use

• Updated LMP3 Tyre Sidewall Textures

• Fixed brake failures on Mercedes GT3 and Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar

• Revised rear wing damage thresholds

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[p align="start"]**Alpine A424 LMDh  **

• Corrected button and knob issues on steering wheel

• Corrected rev lights not showing correctly, Corrected lift and coast lights showing on both sides

• Darker pit lights, Fixed light bar on front being hidden by headlight glass, corrected brake lights

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• Corrected custom team suit, helmet, gloves and dashboard texture

• Corrected headlight issues

• Corrected mirrors not looking backwards enough

• Fixed MIG button being backwards

• Fixed RPM lights and gear number font

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[p align="start"]**Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3  **

• Corrected UV issue on main body LODs

• Fixed custom teams missing dashboard logo

• Added RSL COTA US flag livery

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[p align="start"]**BMW M4 LMGT3  **

• Adjusted tyre temperature backgrounds on HUD

• Corrected Evo headlights and brake lights

• Corrected headlights and brake lights on non-evo

• Corrected RPM lights

• Fix a gap on the right side of body

• Fixed 2025 teams using wrong dirt texture

• Fixed rear internal camera seeing through car

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[p align="start"]**BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh  **

• Adjusted brake bias and brake migration hud readouts

• Corrected 2024 pre-LM steering wheel issues

• Fixed brake and rain lights not showing correct amount of LEDs

• Fixed texture issue on marshalling display

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[p align="start"]**Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh  **

• Corrected brake and rain lights

• Corrected button glows, Added missing labels

• Corrected rev range for shift lights, Added red shift lights once you're close to redline

• Updated interior windshield banner.

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[p align="start"]**Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R  **

• Added white rims to AWA

• Corrected RPM lights, Corrected low energy warning, Added pit limiter warning

• Improved LODs

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[p align="start"]**Ferrari 296 LMGT3  **

• Corrected issues with headlights, Made rear running lights brighter

• Corrected rpm lights not showing last red light

• Corrected vehicle description of GR Racing ELMS

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[p align="start"]**Ferrari 499P LMH  **

• Corrected all 2025 teams having all liveries set as default

• Corrected brake lights, Fixed middle headlight on 2024+ versions being offset

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[p align="start"]**Ford Mustang LMGT3  **

• Added lit up Mustang detail to Le Mans car

• Added red RPM lights to warn you that you are near redline

• Revised physics from latest data

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[p align="start"]**Glickenhaus SCG 007  **

• Corrected brake and rain lights

• Corrected HUD issues

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[p align="start"]**Isotta Fraschini TIPO6-C LMH  **

• Added pit lights

• Corrected brake and rain lights

• Fixed steering wheel specular issues

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[p align="start"]**Lamborghini Huracan EVO2 LMGT3  **

• Removed Iron Lynx logo from custom team grill

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[p align="start"]**Lamborghini SC63 LMDh  **

• Corrected issues with the steering wheel textures

• Fixed solid colour on windows when dirty

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[p align="start"]**Lexus RCF LMGT3  **

• Fixed side "grills" lodding out and leaving a gap in the car shell

• Fixed wiper blade disappearing on side screens or if you looked too far left or right

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[p align="start"]**Ligier JS P325 LMP3   **

• Fixed brake disc glow not showing

• Fixed cockpit displays being see through on external cameras

• Made windshield wiper a little bigger to improve visibility in the rain

• Fixed driver swaps taking 33sec extra in a pit stop compared to a normal refueling pit stop

• Tyre physics updates to improve consistency of tyre performance, revised thermals and updated cold tyre behaviour.

• Updated default setups for new tyres

• Updated TC maps for tyre updates

• External sound adjustments to pops and shift sounds as well as fix for glitch in wind sample

• Added #17 CLX Portimão Gold livery

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[p align="start"]**McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo  **

• Corrected headlight and brake light issues

• Updated RPM lights to smooth out distances between them

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[p align="start"]**Mercedes AMG LMGT3  **

• Corrected brake lights

• Corrected issues with numbers on HUD clipping with boxes

• Added Iron Lynx #61 and #60 post LM liveries

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[p align="start"]**Oreca 07 LMP2  **

• Corrected wiper blade not conforming to windshield

• Revised diffuser strakes upgrade for new tyres

• Updated default setups for new tyres

• Updated tyre physics to latest specifications

• Added IDEC #28 Portimão Special Livery (ELMS)

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[p align="start"]**Peugeot 9X8 LMH  **

• Corrected headlight issues

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[p align="start"]**Peugeot 9X8 LMH (w/Wing)  **

• Corrected RPM lights, Added flashing lights for shift point, Added extra pit speed lights

• Fixed missing windshield banners on the inside

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[p align="start"]**Porsche 911 LMGT3 R  **

• Added flashing rpm lights at shift point

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[p align="start"]**Porsche 963 LMDh  **

• Added flashing rpm lights at shift point

• Added missing light bar to headlights, corrected headlights and pit light

• Adjusted dashboard material to not be black at night

• Corrected livery materials to be shinier

• Corrected steering wheel button glows, Added missing labels to steering wheel

• Fixed gaps on rear body work

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[p align="start"]**Toyota GR010  **

• Corrected brake light issues

• Corrected RPM light position

• Fixed dynamic wear not being applied to interior windows

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[p align="start"]**Vanwall Vandervell 680  **

• Added missing piece to brake lights, corrected the brake lights, added missing LED strip to headlights

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[p align="start"]**Oreca 07 LMP2+ (ELMS Spec)  **

• Adjusted per-track aero packages for Spa, Fuji, Bahrain (now all high downforce) & Monza (now medium downforce)

• Revised aerodynamics

• Updated default setups for new tyres