The Finish Line of Early Access is Here

Le Mans Ultimate, the official game of the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans, is reaching the finish of Early Access and getting ready for V1.0 release with new 2025 Season content, game updates & a look into the future. Let’s see what’s coming.

What’s Coming With V1.0

This version 1 of Le Mans Ultimate will be the grown-up, more mature version of the game you have come to know and love, with some special new toys.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR LMH and Mercedes AMG LMGT3 are coming to the base game FREE of charge. The incredible noise of that V12 engine in the Valkyrie will impress you both onboard behind the wheel, and from the trackside view.

The Mercedes, with its slick look, is a fan favourite in GT3 racing across the globe and has been lovingly recreated in Le Mans Ultimate in never-before-seen detail, where you’ll be able to drive the WEC version with Virtual Energy. A first for this GT3.

LMU didn’t mention it before, but they have also found some time to squeeze in the new BMW M4 Evo LMGT3 as used by Team WRT this year. Included for everyone who has the DLC content (available in 2024 Pack 3), they have updated the model for the 2025 season, with its brand new head and tail lights, wing mirrors and hood vents.

New Tyre Models Incoming Again

On the subject of LMGT3 – they heard your feedback on the new tyre model in the June release, and although they feel like it was a step in the right direction in reducing over-reliance on slip angle for speed, they appreciate the cliff-edge of grip felt a bit steep.

However, for this release, they have also made some changes to the thermals of the tyres to increase the performance range as well as smoothing off the drop in performance amongst other things that are being continually improved – they think they’ll be a very positive improvement for all levels of driver.

2025 Spec Le Mans Ultimate

Studio 397 has also brought the simulation up to 2025 spec. There are new position boards on the cars where appropriate and added liveries to make the grid an even more colourful place than before.  LMP2 Le Mans 2025 liveries will be coming soon. 

Content isn’t the only place they have made improvements. Firstly, the Race Weekend season select needed some work to add the 2025 calendar, and secondly, they have refined the car setup page! No longer do you need to go to several menus to change the really important things like virtual energy, tyres and electronics. It’s all condensed and ready to get you back out on track quicker than before on the main menu screen.

New Steam Store

And finally, LMU has repackaged some things on the Steam store. The “free DLCs” – BMW M Hybrid LMDh, McLaren 720S and Ford Mustang LMGT3 are all in the base game now to make things a little clearer.

They have also created a new bundle – the Le Mans Ultimate WEC Full Access bundle – which is set up to be an easy step into all the content that’s been released so far. And – if you don’t have all the 2024 packs, you’ll be given a discount to “complete the set” if you’ve purchased some of them previously. A win-win for everyone here.

Looking Forward at ELMS

As we announced in June, the development team is still hard at work on Le Mans Ultimate, well beyond the upcoming version 1.0 release.

They are working on delivering the European Le Mans Series content, and they have teased some early previews of buildings in Silverstone as they accelerate development of this project.

Le Mans Ultimate will be on-site at Silverstone during the ELMS weekend between the 12th and 14th September, with a special build in their activation zone just for those of you there to try out. So that will be exciting.

Work on career mode is also underway, as covered previously, with LMU expecting to deliver a unique single-player experience in early 2026.

Message From The Studio 

Stephen Hood, CEO of Motorsport Games and Head of Studio 397 said – “Thank you again to all the players and supporters of Le Mans Ultimate since we launched in Early Access, for without whom we would have not reached this V1.0 Milestone. Keep pushing on track, enjoy the new content and I’ll see you again very soon.”