Le Mans Ultimate: 2024 Content Comes In Four Packs, Imola in July

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Fans of Le Mans Ultimate can look forward to more 2024 content soon, as the first of four packs is launching in July - including Imola, as Studio 397 and Motorsport Games confirmed.

When Le Mans Ultimate released in early access back in February, the title contained all the cars and tracks from the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season. But after releasing the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the week leading up to this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, more 2024 season content is set to start rolling out.

With visual confirmation, the Alpine A424 and Lamborghini SC63 Hypercars are on their way onto the platform, as are the GT3 cars that replace the GTE class from 2024 onwards. However, the question was when and how exactly this additional 2024 content would launch. Now, we have a better idea of that, thanks to the LMU July run-down.


Four DLC Packs​

The first of four changes to the 2024 WEC schedule from last year is the Imola circuit, and the track will feature in the first DLC releasing at the end of July. The remaining three tracks - Lusail, Interlagos and Circuit of the Americas - seem to be arriving individually in the rest of the DLC pack releases. Considering that two of the three respective rounds at the tracks have not happened yet (the exception being Lusail), this makes sense - the LMU team did scan Imola at the actual WEC round, after all.

The four new Hypercar entries for this year will also be included in these packs, namely the Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C, the aforementioned Lamborghini SC63 and Alpine A424, and finally the Peugeot 9X8, which saw an extensive rework compared to the 2023 car already in the game. Most prominently, the 2024 9X8 now features a rear wing, as debuted at the 6H of Imola in April.

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The LMU dev team have already shown their work in progress of the GT3 cars with the BMW M4 GT3. Image: Studio 397

GT3 After Hypercars Are Complete​

After the completion of the 2024 Hypercar grid, the GT3 cars will be making their eagerly-anticipated debut in the sim. These will include the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, BMW M4 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3, McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2, Ford Mustang GT3, Lexus RC F GT3, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and the 2024 Le Mans LMGT3 class-winning Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).

Two of those cars will be added to the platform free of charge to early access players like the BMW M Hybrid V8, whereas the remaining seven - along with the four new hypercars and the four new tracks - will be in paid DLC packs. If you intend to get all four, LMU will have a season pass that can be bought and work out at better value than buying them all individually.

Additionally, liveries for the LMP2 class field from the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans will be added in time to the game. Once we know when the LMU season pass can be bought as well as the first of the four DLC packs themselves, we will keep you updated, of course.

Which piece of upcoming Le Mans Ultimate content are you most eagerly anticipating? Let us know on Twitter @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!
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TBH I was really expecting LMU to come out of EA at Le Mans weekend; that would have been the perfect time to make a formal release.
I'm curious to know though what would have been the reaction if MSG had done just that?
Some features missing but a playable game with extra features to come.

ACC is at version 1.10 ( I think that's right ) so have been adding features and correcting bugs since initial release in 2019, with a couple of updates and patches since that last update in April.
So should that STILL be marked as EA?
 
They don't have the right to insult people!! If you don't like it DON'T FARKING BUY IT!!! People need to stop pushing THEIR agendas onto other people.

For me it's blatantly obvious WHY this is happening, but It's the ONLY WEC game and I got 2023 for 25 quid which today is a fricken bargain even if the game is incomplete.

I'm honestly amazed that I see time and time and TIME again for DIFFERENT sims people moaning that DLC is released before problems are fixed.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO CAR MODELLING/TRACK MODELLING, it's really NOT rocket science to understand that those who 3d model CANNOT fix MP issues, game performance issues, GUI issues, VR issues, Physics issues, Ai issues.

After years and years of this sort of UTTERLY pointless discussion I'm just SO jaded and I have EVERY right to express how jaded I am and THAT is why I am here in the topic and there's fook all you can do about it!!

I completely agree...

Sometimes there's content that is released in such a state that bug fixing by content creators is necessary because only the track or car build team can fix it... Like if a pit box is in the air or the ground effecting the ability of players or AI to participate... Then I arc up about the DLC shoveling on a broken product, especially when those DLC pieces are a few DLC ago...

But in the sim racing world where iRacing only just got rain and is still developing it's tyre model despite being developed for 20 years... It has to be expected...

LMU doesn't fit that description, and it has also had long time rF2 bugs fixed and has had MP improvements since it's released...

The meltdowns people are having over this title are funny to me at least... It's not worth getting worked up over a few blinkered fans of other titles...
 
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TBH I was really expecting LMU to come out of EA at Le Mans weekend; that would have been the perfect time to make a formal release.
I'm curious to know though what would have been the reaction if MSG had done just that?
Some features missing but a playable game with extra features to come.

For me I'd complain a little, far too early to be out of EA for me... But in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't be that bad of a deal... The netcode and MP is just that good... The UI just needs to work better as I feel it's the main cause of the CTDs...

For some on here... They'd lose their minds and spend even more time waiting for an LMU post to just rant about it than they are currently...

ACC is at version 1.10 ( I think that's right ) so have been adding features and correcting bugs since initial release in 2019, with a couple of updates and patches since that last update in April.
So should that STILL be marked as EA?

Yes ACC should still be in EA if we are going by the standards of myself and many others in this thread... Kunos is still calibrating their physics on it and haven't figure out to have correct toe, damper or caster representation...

Add in the MP dramas they've been having over the last year, the level the AI is at and the constant talk about how the FFB is flipped from being rubbish to good or good to rubbish... Still feels EA to me...

It'll be very interesting to see how ACE comes out with it's "5 years of development" and how little patience that should afford it in comparison to LMU...
 
whining about a computer game is about as immature as you can get, the only thing more immature is those sci fi nerd types whinging about Star Wars/Star Trek/Avengers etc etc ( I love Sci Fi but the whinging nerds in the chats do my head in!)

They don't have the right to insult people!! If you don't like it DON'T FARKING BUY IT!!! People need to stop pushing THEIR agendas onto other people.

For me it's blatantly obvious WHY this is happening, but It's the ONLY WEC game and I got 2023 for 25 quid which today is a fricken bargain even if the game is incomplete.

I'm honestly amazed that I see time and time and TIME again for DIFFERENT sims people moaning that DLC is released before problems are fixed.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO CAR MODELLING/TRACK MODELLING, it's really NOT rocket science to understand that those who 3d model CANNOT fix MP issues, game performance issues, GUI issues, VR issues, Physics issues, Ai issues.

After years and years of this sort of UTTERLY pointless discussion I'm just SO jaded and I have EVERY right to express how jaded I am and THAT is why I am here in the topic and there's fook all you can do about it!!
Congratulations, now you've become immature too
 
When all games are free to play with ads, pay to win and always in early access, subscription only models,always online, don't say 'If you don't like it don't buy.' You would have to be blind not to see the trend. The only way to stem the flow is to have a backbone and sacrifice your wants for your integrity.

And by the way, why is everyone so worried about developers keeping the lights on? Many of us need to keep out own lights on before worrying about theirs. The last thing on their minds are our lights. I'll pay what's fair to companies who respect their customers. Not an initial installment for an unknown product. Admit it, LMU is an unknown quantity.

'That's the risk you take.' No, I'm not taking any more risks unless I trust them. Open the case up, show me the contents and give me a price. It is a business decision not to be transparent.
 
Thing is, this stuff needs to be discussed.

15+ years ago Bethesda was the first to sell DLCs. Extra content, of debatable worth, for some extra pennies. People laughed and criticised but in the end, they bought them. Because they couldn't see the harm in it.
Now we are swarmed with DLCs.

Accepting the practice of buying extra stuff for unreleased games might not be a isolated case in the future if we, as consumers, don't stand against it. In the future, we might not get a choice or be limited in what we can choose.

However as I said, everyone's free. Just don't cry for the good old times in 10-20 years.
I really don't think you can compare the 2024 season with the "horse armour" debacle!! Games have had "expansions" (before DLC) for yonks, so it happened in the "good old days".
 
When all games are free to play with ads, pay to win and always in early access, subscription only models,always online, don't say 'If you don't like it don't buy.' You would have to be blind not to see the trend. The only way to stem the flow is to have a backbone and sacrifice your wants for your integrity.

And by the way, why is everyone so worried about developers keeping the lights on? Many of us need to keep out own lights on before worrying about theirs. The last thing on their minds are our lights. I'll pay what's fair to companies who respect their customers. Not an initial installment for an unknown product. Admit it, LMU is an unknown quantity.

'That's the risk you take.' No, I'm not taking any more risks unless I trust them. Open the case up, show me the contents and give me a price. It is a business decision not to be transparent.
LMU was only 25 quid. I deemed that worth it (as I love WEC and the hypercars were a real change for the better). Personally I'm not going to buy the 2024 stuff unless it's reasonably priced. But if someone else wants to buy the DLC then fair enough I'm not going to climb a hill top and shout "Gaming is DOOOOMED, because people are buying DLC!!" ;)
 
Well, looking at this comment section he isn't far off. This whole thing reminds me of Kunos releasing the Maserati SUV - for free - and everyone went nuts. I mean, you have a 30 Euro EA game, costing as much as two iRacing tracks with free MP and some of the 2024 content allready offered for free, a product that is pretty advanced for what it is called and you still have people arguing if DLCs are justified or not. Noone complaining here comes to the conclusion that everyone of us has a choice. How great would it be if people simply acknowledged that noone is forcing anyone but that people get more options what they can do with a product?

And looking at those checkboxes that people pull out from - you know from where - to determine if the product is ready or not to justify selling DLCs, while halve of those bullet points aren't even there in most of our recent titles that we play on a daily base just leads me to the conlcusion that the majority of people on this website have a wierd understanding how gamedevelopment works. Thatswhy I asked if people have a mental disorder, but luckily one of the admins cleaned up my comment. Promoting ripped content is perfectly fine as an OTGG ambessador, but asking a rethorical question that everyone should be able to reflect on his/her own isn't.

Great "community" ... at this point we can only hope that the people working for S397, Reiza, Kunos, S3 or Rennsport get it perfectly right because anything else will be a desaster to deal with for the people on this website if they can't cope with hitting the buy button or not.

Wow, just caught this. Cool. Whining about moderation. Rich!

Your "mental disorder" dig was absolutely not rhetorical, it was in a whining, sniveling retort to my post in a pathetic attempt at a personal attack. That's why I moved to get it moderated (after responding in kind).

Read my post again, and you'll understand that there's not a single word against the people buying and enjoying LMU. There is nothing personal about my argument - my qualms are not with them, but with the business practices behind it. I actively wish for this game's failure if they attempt to continue to milk their customers, but wish for its success if they change course. Which, considering the player counts pre-"""subscription""", is still quite possible. But, apparently, that's enough for heavy-handed, snide digs from the insecure. Which were promptly moderated, and rightly so.

You, nearly 60 years old, slinging personal attacks on the internet because your feelings are hurt about your favorite, unfinished, still-broken toy. It's pathetic. And the nerve to then complain about it. Hilarious.
 
LMU was only 25 quid. I deemed that worth it (as I love WEC and the hypercars were a real change for the better). Personally I'm not going to buy the 2024 stuff unless it's reasonably priced. But if someone else wants to buy the DLC then fair enough I'm not going to climb a hill top and shout "Gaming is DOOOOMED, because people are buying DLC!!" ;)
LMU its an official game that requires Licensees that costs millions not to forget the laser scanned tracks , there are very expensive games out there without the need of any license or real live reproduction and yet nobody complains about their price
 
All I would want is a date and a price for Le Mans Ultimate in a working state with 2024 content. Will it have championships and basic functionality by the end of 2024? 2025? Will the base game and necessary DLC cost over £100? My favorite racing series, I want to know. Is this unreasonable?
 
It's still in EA and that is unfortunate but I have nothing against having DLC now. If the current cars drove terribly and didn't feel like real cars yet they were still adding new cars via DLC then I would have a huge issue with it. (Looking at you AMS2) The game is missing features and has bugs but I think it is at a point where one can decide if they think it will meet it's potential. I personally am convinced so I will buy DLC.
 
LMU its an official game that requires Licensees that costs millions not to forget the laser scanned tracks , there are very expensive games out there without the need of any license or real live reproduction and yet nobody complains about their price

It's amazing the double standards some people have when they're fighting for the developer they believe in by being negative about other products...

That's just the tip of the iceberg... ACC is still more expensive than LMU with similar base game content levels with it's one class having a few extra tracks to make up for LMU's 3 distinctly different classes...

It's still in EA and that is unfortunate but I have nothing against having DLC now. If the current cars drove terribly and didn't feel like real cars yet they were still adding new cars via DLC then I would have a huge issue with it. (Looking at you AMS2) The game is missing features and has bugs but I think it is at a point where one can decide if they think it will meet it's potential. I personally am convinced so I will buy DLC.

Damn well said and I completely agree...

I was scared that S397 would go back to it's early days with all the talk of "accessible" improvements over rF2... But they went with more realism in the way you drive the cars in LMU over what they have in rF2 atm... Which not only blew me away first time on track but has made me happy every time I get out on track...

Having Eduardo Freitas tell me to get ready to race is just an epic little addition that really makes the whole thing sing... The new start procedures are great as well...

After years of having very little confidence in S397, the last 2 years for rF2 and now in LMU have been great and really confidence inspiring for how LMU will turn out...
 
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The alternative to DLC might be LMU'23, LMU'24, and so on...
I think I'd prefer DLC...

BTW EA F1 24 is £79.99, F1 23 is £59.99... and, shock horror :speechless:, there's addon DLC for F1 23 ( Champions upgrade )
That's a fantastic point.

Especially because F1 24 released in a state that could be described as Early Access at best. Also because the bugs carry over between years - even ones that get patched out, they come back!

Features get removed. Classic cars, gone. Supercars, gone. Several tracks, gone.

If the F1 game was like LMU and worked with DLC for the seasons you could have a pretty awesome install with years and years of F1 cars, you'd have a bunch of historic content, you'd have the supercars. It would look like the awesome F1C installs of yesteryear with the 99-02 base content then the RH mods for the current years (of the day).
 
F1 24 released in a state that could be described as Early Access at best.

It was released in an EA state for sure... The Electronic Arts state... :roflmao:

People complaining about this are far too late to the party for anything to change... Most are playing fully released games that have their own sets of bugs, issues and missing features with lots of DLC anyway... Those playing AC forget how much Kunos left for the community to add to it that was around in other games...
 
The alternative to DLC might be LMU'23, LMU'24, and so on...
I think I'd prefer DLC...

BTW EA F1 24 is £79.99, F1 23 is £59.99... and, shock horror :speechless:, there's addon DLC for F1 23 ( Champions upgrade )

For LMU yes I agree.
I would like separate Historic Le Mans sim with total rework, then on to other series.
For that to happen would need huge turn around from " 3 monkeys" types and how they see ISIMotor....

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mmmm... okay Historic DLC it is.
 
For LMU yes I agree.
I would like separate Historic Le Mans sim with total rework, then on to other series.
For that to happen would need huge turn around from " 3 monkeys" types and how they see ISIMotor....

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mmmm... okay Historic DLC it is.

Sometimes you just have to accept the limitations of a developer...

I'd love a sim devoted to each era of the World Sportscar Championship, but with the constraints around licences and other things, I'll be happy to see DLC come in as long as the tracks are there as well...

I doubt we'll see Targa or the hill climbs from the early decades, but some late 70s Group 5 and some Group C action would be epic in the official Le Mans game...
 
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For LMU yes I agree.
I would like separate Historic Le Mans sim with total rework, then on to other series.
But hopefully if they get LMU "finished" to full release state and the 2024/25 DLC out they "might" find time to give rF2 a little bit of love if some of the LMU stuff can be shoehorned in, or a start on creating rF3.
My only concern with rF3 is that I'd be VERY surprised if it was open for modding.
 

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