The Le Mans Ultimate February Update looks like a success for developer Studio 397 and publisher Motorsport Games: Following its release, LMU player numbers increased massively.
With its latest update, Le Mans Ultimate continues to expand. The official WEC game released three more 2024 LMGT3 cars, a refined tire model for their class, and a number of quality of life adjustments days before the World Endurance Championship 2025 season opener in Qatar.
And despite the Lusail Circuit not joining the sim's track lineup until May, players flocked to LMU like they have not done in a long time. On the February Update's release day, the sim recorded a peak of 4,015 concurrent players on Steam - the only other time they had previously been this high was right after its release in February of 2024. This still marks the all-time peak of 4,691 concurrent players.
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Our own @Michel Wolk found the refined LMGT3 tire model to be quite detailed and pleasant, and either a lot of sim racers thought the same or were keen to find out for themselves. In any case, Stephen Hood, CEO of publisher Motorsport Games, was happy to see the increase in attention following the release of the latest content and update.
Now, only the Lamborghini Huracán LMGT3 Evo 2 and the Lexus RC F LMGT3, in addition to Qatar, are missing to complete the full list of 2024 season content. As mentioned above, they are supposed to arrive in May.
To most sim racers, it should not come as a surprise that team-based online endurance events are rather popular, as can be observed in iRacing's Special Events each year, for instance. Currently, Le Mans Ultimate cannot host these, but once the sim is capable of this, the return of Le Mans Virtual is also imminent. But this time, it will be open to all players rather than an invite-only event like it was when it was last held in rFactor 2.
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And an official 24 Hours of Le Mans event in the most accurate WEC grid available from a sim racing developer that you can tackle with your friends and teammates sounds like an excellent time, if you ask us.
What is your outlook for Le Mans Ultimate? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our LMU forum!
With its latest update, Le Mans Ultimate continues to expand. The official WEC game released three more 2024 LMGT3 cars, a refined tire model for their class, and a number of quality of life adjustments days before the World Endurance Championship 2025 season opener in Qatar.
And despite the Lusail Circuit not joining the sim's track lineup until May, players flocked to LMU like they have not done in a long time. On the February Update's release day, the sim recorded a peak of 4,015 concurrent players on Steam - the only other time they had previously been this high was right after its release in February of 2024. This still marks the all-time peak of 4,691 concurrent players.
Image: steamcharts.com
Our own @Michel Wolk found the refined LMGT3 tire model to be quite detailed and pleasant, and either a lot of sim racers thought the same or were keen to find out for themselves. In any case, Stephen Hood, CEO of publisher Motorsport Games, was happy to see the increase in attention following the release of the latest content and update.
Now, only the Lamborghini Huracán LMGT3 Evo 2 and the Lexus RC F LMGT3, in addition to Qatar, are missing to complete the full list of 2024 season content. As mentioned above, they are supposed to arrive in May.
Le Mans Ultimate: Key Feature Yet To Come
However, it is another feature that should be part of the accompanying update that could propel LMU to new heights before summer starts: driver swaps, a must-have for the official WEC game.To most sim racers, it should not come as a surprise that team-based online endurance events are rather popular, as can be observed in iRacing's Special Events each year, for instance. Currently, Le Mans Ultimate cannot host these, but once the sim is capable of this, the return of Le Mans Virtual is also imminent. But this time, it will be open to all players rather than an invite-only event like it was when it was last held in rFactor 2.
Image: Motorsport Games
And an official 24 Hours of Le Mans event in the most accurate WEC grid available from a sim racing developer that you can tackle with your friends and teammates sounds like an excellent time, if you ask us.
What is your outlook for Le Mans Ultimate? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our LMU forum!
