Le Mans Ultimate is continuing on its path to stability, with news that a hotfix is expected to improve its netcode upon release, currently slated for Tuesday 15th September.
The update “will make an immediate improvement in the online performance for all players”, said publisher Motorsport Games.
“This one line of code should make a huge change in behaviour to the ‘netcode’ effect that some have described with phantom collision over the recent weeks.”
During a recent Version 1.4 update, it switched online systems from Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to reliable UDP (RUDP), but witnessed widespread reports that racing close to rivals was resulting in odd collisions, sometimes resulting in collisions that weren’t the case in previous game versions.
Consequently, it reversed elements of the network changes within a month and confirmed test events for the underlying online multiplayer structure.
It has now also confirmed the dates of these “public open beta network tests”:
- w/c 14th September – Single Driver Weekly (Tues & Thurs) / 90 mins Le Mans / Hypercar, WEC LMP2, LMGT3
- 18th September – 08:00 UTC ONLY / Team Race / 6 Hours Silverstone / ELMS LMP2, LMP3, LMGT3
- 25th September – 08:00 UTC ONLY / Team Race / 12 Hours Le Mans / 62 Cars / Hypercar, WEC LMP2, LMGT3
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