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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'BTW EA F1 24 is £79.99,' Yup. that's true. A rip off in my opinion. If another game in the future is 199.99, does that make F1 good value? No. Let's decide on what is good value together. LMU. Is it finished? No? When will it be fully functional? Don't know. When it IS fully functional, how much will it cost? Don't know. How much will it cost to play online? Don't know. How many DLC's will I buy to get what I want? Don't know. If I love Le Mans, who has the licence? Ah, we ALL know.
 
What do we expect ? A clear road map and communication with the community during early access is key. We have none of that outside of paid a DLC announcement coming with "generous" free DLC (why is the BMW even a DLC instead of just being available in-game directly ?).
  • They close their discord to avoid people coming in to avoid to deal with negative feedback, instead of just dealing with the problem accounts they shut the whole communication line.
  • There is close to no mod intervention on their official forum (one of the two main mod did not post a single thing since end of April, the other is mostly responding to profile change name requests...).
  • There is no ETA on any of the current major issue troubling the sim, let alone essential functionalities...
  • Their EA guide on their official website was not updated since January and the sudden announcement they would have an EA.
Then in regards to AI racing, I had to laugh at the thought of trying to run more than one class on Le Mans for more than 1h12 without the game either crashing or becoming a stutterfest while rocking rFactor 1 level of graphic. It may have the best AI, but if you can't race, what's the point ?
They even blocked me in Discord when I tried to complain about the lack of support on some game issues lol, a bunch of brown-noses over there, toxic.
 
You sound more and more like someone working for Studio 397...

What he says is true ?

LMU Steam has 17,000 followers and at most 4,000 can be bothered to help promote it by giving a simple thumbs up takes the same time it took to follow it ? Just Sad is all.

I have faith and must believe that the large majority of followers are positive, so show it, spread the word.
 
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They even blocked me in Discord when I tried to complain about the lack of support on some game issues lol, a bunch of brown-noses over there, toxic.

Rule since bulletin boards.
Don't use one forum to disrespect another.
Tattle Tale.
 
They won't have an extra money until they get out of this damn early access, then make 4 dlc for a single season .... seriously ???
 

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