PC2 Spirit of Le Mans Now Available for Project CARS 2

[Paul Jeffrey]

Slightly Mad Studios have released the latest Project CARS 2 DLC pack to the game - welcome 'Spirit of Le Mans'.

Perfect timing considering the proximity to the real life Le Mans 24 Hours, the new DLC pack and update for Project CARS 2 on PC and console has arrived! As was expected follow news having leaked back in late May about the new pack, the third Project CARS 2 DLC focusses exclusively on the greatest endurance racing spectacle on the planet - the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans.

Containing an historic variant of the epic Le Mans circuit and nine important cars from the many years of the 24 Heures du Mans, the new DLC pack pays virtual homage to the history of this fabled motor racing event.

With cars from the modern era adding a welcome filling out of the Prototype category in the game sitting alongside some iconic machines of the past, the DLC also contains the 1971 variation of the circuit, similar but frighteningly faster than the current incarnation of the Circuit de la Sarthe, this is indeed a welcome "new" historic location in Project CARS 2.

'Spirit of Le Mans' DLC Pack Contents:

CARS

• Porsche 919 Hybrid
• Toyota TS050 Hybrid
• Audi R18 (Fuji 2016)
• Audi R18 (Le Mans 2016)
• Ferrari 512 S
• Ferrari 512 M​
• Porsche 917 LH​
• Porsche 924 Carrera GTP​
• Porsche 961​

TRACKS
Le Mans Vintage Track (1971)

LIVERIES

• GTA Racing x3
• F4H Motorsport (x1)
• Team Highlands Racing (x3)
• Team ACR (x2)
• XITE Energy (x1)

CAREER EVENTS

• 24 Hours Le Mans Experience
• GTO Masters
• LMP Challenge
• San Marino Group 4 Trophy
• Spirit of Le Mans

Update 6 Change Notes:

• Fixed occasional stability issues.
  
• Improved usability of in-game tools.
  
• Improved AI ability at various tracks.
  
• Improved the penalty system.
  
• Optimised tyre wear in wet conditions.
  
• Optimisations to LiveTrack at various tracks.
  
• Improved track-limit zones.
  
• Other miscellaneous fixes.

The 'Spirit of Le Mans' DLC is available for £8.49 on Steam, or free as part of the Project CARS 2 'Season Pass'.

Project CARS 2 is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

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Have you tried the new DLC yet? What are your thoughts? How to you think Project CARS 2 is shaping up now? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Deleted member 197115]

Holy ****ing **** its good! I love the old Le Mans circuit but the best bit is that they got ACTUAL car data from Audi to get the R18 spot on!!

Makes one wonder what data other cars were build on.

 

[Shad3R]

Makes one wonder what data other cars were build on.

Other cars (porsche, toyota) were still running when they were doing the cars so the data was limited due to logical reasons, the audi was not running anymore and SMS had full access to the telemetry data and more.
This has been said by a Dev on the forum.

 

[RobertGracie]

Makes one wonder what data other cars were build on.

I think if you quit racing you need to give yourself 12 months before you release car data that means IF Porsche was to release the 919 Hybrid data that would be in 2019 but also if they were to also do that for the 919 Hybrid Evo as well to Project Cars 2 I could see both two things happening, the 919 Hybrid getting an update and the Evo version being added to the game

 

[MarkR]

Talking of the Audi R18 LMPH I gave it a run in the wet at night against the AI (110 skill/90 aggro) in same class LMPH cars, it is as real as I need any game to be. Attempting to peer through the darkness and relentless spray to spot reference points on the track it is both challenging and exciting. It's also good to see the player car now runs as well through puddles and standing water as the AI, sure slow corner exit on the throttle is still a challenge but I imagine that would be true for real too. How the real drivers do this for several hours at a time I really have no idea, hats off to them.

The classic Le Mans cars are more fun to drive but I still marvel at the speed and grip levels of the modern hybrid machines.

 

[kondor999]

Porsche 917K is epic as always. For me, it's a toss-up between this one and the one in AC, except PC2 does a better job of modeling weight transfer on grip - especially during transients.

Translated: You can steer the PC2 917k with the throttle alone through a corner. Glorious.

 

[ronniej]

Call me crazy, but I think I prefer this track to the modern one. Either way, great DLC imo.

*And I don't even drive the LMP cars.

 

[Graham Botha]

How does one exit the pits without an unsafe exit warning?

Keep toward the right of the exit and don't cross the white line into the left hand lane.

 

[PartyPePe]

why the Porsche 919 only has manual kers?

 

[headder]

why the Porsche 919 only has manual kers?

All of those 3 new LMP1 2016 cars, have the manual ERS Deployment. The one thing that is different in 919H is that it regenerates battery while going with full throotle (mgu-h + mgu-k).

 

[PartyPePe]

i don't want to be constantly operating additional button, real cars have automatic deployment

 

[Vipla_Dare]

Looks awesome... Too bad there isn't at least one Group C car in a Le Mans themed dlc maybe instead of that 924... But other 8 cars are fantastic choice

 

[Sotirismac]

The best DLC pack ever!

 

[Andrew Harper]

Looking forward to trying this, I've seen a few YouTube vids and it looks amazing.

Shame in a way, PC2 is so much on the edge of "greatness" I really enjoy it but like others have said it still annoys sometimes as well.

However this is a lovely DLC and the choice of cars is great as well. Will be fun to break out the Group C's around here.

I don't race in VR but I certainly envy you guys that do on this sim it must be really cool.

With regards to deployment, the IRL driver does have a manual override so to say it's totally automatic is not quite correct. The automatic feature is set via all sorts of maps based on circuit topography, weather conditions and so on and then fine tuned by controls on the steering wheel. Whether a sim producer wants to do this is up to them. Some sim-racers may not be bothered to spend an hour or two fine tuning deployment settings and just want to race. In my view I'd rather have manual deployment than a system that operates off throttle position for example.

Has anyone done long league races in PC2? I only ask as we already have 24 Le Mans league races. How nice would it be to have a 24 Hour Le Mans Classic?

 

[thepharcyde]

i don't want to be constantly operating additional button, real cars have automatic deployment

Super glue your button in then

 

[RobertGracie]

I would have liked to have seen the addition of the Mazda 787B to the game for the Group C cars as well as a few more Can Am cars...like a certain 1973 Porsche 917/30 Spyder as well as the 2018 Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo but that may not happen for another year due to the way racing works and stuff that you need a year before you allow the car information to be released I think...

 

[Andrew Harper]

I would have liked to have seen the addition of the Mazda 787B

Yeah I was wondering about that one as well. Even if licensing meant maybe the 767B instead. That would still be nice to have.

 

[Nano10]

Hello, I have a Logitech G27 steering wheel and after patch 6 I noticed that the handling changed and worsened in my case (especially the force feedback).

I am looking forward to buying the Le Mans DLC but this problem has me worried.

Some have a good setup to share?.

Thank you.

 

[Furious Panda]

Best DLC pack yet, and I thought the Fun Pack was good

 

[RobertGracie]

Yeah I was wondering about that one as well. Even if licensing meant maybe the 767B instead. That would still be nice to have.

I would prefer the 787B because of the Le Mans Victory, that would give it credit enough to allow it for the game but that means getting permission from Mazda and stuff and who knows how hard that is!

 

[Andrew Harper]

I would prefer the 787B because of the Le Mans Victory, that would give it credit enough to allow it for the game but that means getting permission from Mazda and stuff and who knows how hard that is!

Yes that's true but like you say I think the licensing side of things is probably the barrier. I'm surprised though, as they managed to convince a lot of manufacturers that others didn't manage.

The Assetto Corsa car originally started out as a mod (I think I'm right) and was then put in as official content, otherwise the Mazda's seem to only appear in console games. I would like to see the IMSA GTO as well.

I only suggested the 767B as a few of those are owned by privateers (and are still raced) so the possibility of getting data and access may be easier. Would still need to get permission from Mazda though.