Le Mans Ultimate’s V1.2 patch notes released as new engineer mode-enabled driver swaps unveiled

• LMU’s v1.2 update releases 9th December 2025, alongside second part of ELMS DLC
• New driver swap Special Events announced, using LMU’s new engineer mode
• Host of car and track updates coming in v1.2

Le Mans Ultimate’s latest update is out tomorrow (9th December 2025), with Motorsport Games duly revealing the extent of the changes players can expect.

As well as a comprehensive v1.2 patch, the second part of the game’s trilogy of European Le Mans Series DLC will be released, including the Ginetta G61-LT-P325-Evo LMP3 car and Circuit Paul Ricard, costing £8.99 / €9.99 / $11.99.

We’ve already covered the bulk of the expected changes in a previous article, but we’ll run through some other improvements below.

Online

Online, players will be able to tackle team-based championships, the basis of which will be used for Le Mans Virtual Open Qualifying, perhaps a precursor to the resumption of the Le Mans Virtual Series. More information on LMVOQ will be presented in January.

New driver swap events

New driver swap events have been scheduled, this time with v1.2’s engineer mode enabled. Engineer mode lets a second player adjust pit strategy on the fly during online events, allowing the driver to solely focus on the race (this extends to solo as well as team-based events). 

The new events are listed below:

6 Hours of Le Castellet: Paul Ricard (ELMS), LMP2 (ELMS), LMP3, LMGT3 Classes

• 44 car splits, 10m practice 15m qualifying 360m race, assists allowed, open setup, no tyre warmers, tyres: 18 (qualifying+race)
• Private qualifying: 2:30pm in-game time
• Race start: 11:30am in-game time
• Event start times: 03:00 09:00 14:00 21:00 on 19th 20th 21st December

8 Hours of Sebring: Sebring (WEC), Hypercar & LMGT3 Classes

• 38 car splits, 10m practice 15m qualifying 480m race, assists allowed, open setup, no tyre warmers, tyres: 26 (qualifying+race)
• Private qualifying: 12:30pm in-game time
• Race start: 10:10am in-game time
• Event start times: 03:00 09:00 14:00 21:00 on 26th 27th 28th December

6 Hours of Monza: Monza (WEC), Hypercar & LMGT3 Classes

• 38 car splits, 10m practice 15m qualifying 360m race, assists allowed, open setup, no tyre warmers, tyres: 18 (qualifying+race)
• Private qualifying: 3:00pm in-game time
• Race start: 12:30pm in-game time
• Event start times: 03:00 09:00 14:00 21:00 on 2nd 3rd 4th January (2026!)

Car and track updates

Every track in LMU has had its Real Road profile updated for v1.2, with AI behaviour tweaks coming for Silverstone, Portimāo and Monza.

More significantly, the ELMS-spec Oreca 07 LMP2+ has had its default aero packages changed to high downforce for Spa, Fuji and Bahrain, while the car will run with the medium downforce kit around Monza.

There are also a whole host of minor bug fixes for the game’s car roster, with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar receiving fixes for random rear brake failures.

The developer has also ‘revised rear wing damage thresholds’, perhaps making LMU’s cars a little more resilient to rear-end contact.

The recently added Ligier JS P325 LMP3 has had its tyre physics tweaked for v1.2, which also includes updated default setups and traction control maps. The car’s external overrun and shifting sounds have also been adjusted, with brake disc glow now fully implemented.

The full changelog for Le Mans Ultimate’s v1.2 update can be found below.

Le Mans Ultimate V1.2 changelog

Headlines – Game

• New Texture Streaming technology to help improve fidelity on lower end systems. Full detail vehicle textures now more commonly available with reduced memory requirements.
• Added Driver Badges to give an indication of other players recent conduct and experience online
• Added Easy Anti Cheat Integration
• Added Japanese localisation
• Added Online Team Endurance Championships
• Added support for Time Penalties which are served during a pit stop or at the end of the race.
• Revised end of race behaviour allowing players to return to the pit lane of their own accord. 

Headlines – Content

• Added Ginetta G61-LT-P325-Evo LMP3 as part of ELMS Pack 2 DLC
• Added Paul Ricard circuit as part of ELMS DLC Pack 2
• Updated tyre model for LMP2, LMP3 and GT3 classes

Game Updates

Championships – Online

• Added an active championships page to the championship select screens.
• Fixed usernames that contain a # and numbers at the end of their in-game name receiving NO VEHICLE.

Co-op

• Fixed AI teams with only 2 drivers having “Driver 2” in the car rather than just using the defined two drivers.

Custom Liveries

• Added Material Presets feature
• Fixed a rare crash when updating the texture preview icon in the Livery Showroom
• Fixed any custom livery for the 2023 Peugeot 9X8 not showing in online car select.
• Improved Metallic Flake configuration user interface
• Updated car select to display custom liveries before default liveries
• Updated the team panel in car select to have the same sizing for default and custom teams

Driver Swaps – Online

• Fixed battery for hypercars being refilled when handing over to a teammate in team based events
• Fixed the “Exit Vehicle” button appearing during a driver swap

Easy Anti-Cheat

• Added batch files to install and uninstall EAC for support use
• Disabled online access if Easy Anti-Cheat is not enabled

Engine & Tech

• Added SharedMemory Header file to support folder for new shared memory implementation
• Fixed an issue where some plugins would trigger brake replacement in the Pit Menu on MFD

Gameplay

• Added automatic return to menus for inappropriate behaviour post race such as driving the wrong way or not returning to the pits
• Added logic to combine Time Penalties in to existing Stop and Go when receiving multiple penalties.
• Added new engineer messages at the end of race
• Added online driving standards metrics ahead of their use in safety rankings and live stewarding
• Added support for Time Penalties which are served during a pit stop or at the end of the race.
• Fixed real road grip levels in online events not progressing correctly
• Removed automatic end of race allowing drivers to return to the garage of their own accord

Garage Screen

• Fixed car setup page showing the name of the assigned setup rather than loaded setup after returning to the garage. 

Graphics

• Added new Texture Streaming technology to help improve fidelity on lower end systems. Full detail vehicle textures now more commonly available with reduced memory requirements
• Improved graphics optimization when cars are retired in race sessions and in the garage.
• Increased car dirt build up rates in rain
• Increased windscreen cleaning rate at pit stops
• Reduced amount of rain by spray from cars ahead and improved drops clearing rates when at speed and when rain is heavy
• Reviewed Cloud Material settings
• Slightly reduced opacity of spray
• Tweaked atmospheric balance when overcast/raining
• Updated auto windscreen wipers to enabled when the windscreen wets from spray
• Updated damage options on car shaders
• Updated sun glare to work more naturally with sun occlusion and dawn/dusk colour changes

HUD

• Added connected players component for team events
• Added telemetry recording icon to HUD in the tachometer
• Fixed being unable to reselect Repair All after switching to Do Not Repair or Repair Body.
• Fixed options that cannot be changed on Fixed Setup servers being configurable in the Pitstop tab on the MFD
• Increased Radar overlap lateral detection by 2m 

Limited Tyre Rules

• Fixed race results showing drivers who finished a race on wet tyres showing the user on medium tyres. 

Localisation

• Added Japanese localisation
• Various minor localisation updates 
• Online
• Fixed being unable to select 2025 Sao Paulo livery in the #31 BMW M4
• Fixed player car not loading in at correct detail online
• Prevent users from driving before they are synchronized with the server.
• Physics
• Implemented rim thermals
• Improved accuracy of initial road temperatures at the start of a session
• Improved wet road racing line implementation
• Updates to tyre physics correcting rubber temperature not affecting static grip

RaceControl

• Added option to create event splits by prioritizing driver badge categories over driver rank.
• Added Race Engineer invitations for solo (weekly, special, championship) events
• Fixed inappropriate class splits for Endurance Events

Race Starts

• Fixed driving before race timer hits 0:00 causing the user to start from pitlane (after already gridding) and then being disqualified
• Increased race starts class gap to two rows 

Race Weekend

• Fixed AI tyre selection carrying over from previous race
• Placed “Default” session times correctly in the sequence of settings.
• Race Weekend – Pitstop Menu – Selecting repair displays Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘text’).
• Removed automatic return to screens after completing single player events 

Replay

• Fixed the replay jumping to the beginning when toggling live mode off
• Replay – The car damage indicator on the car status does not show any damage to the car.
• Replays not uploading at the end of long endurance events

Settings & Profiles

• Disabled view next/view previous vehicle keys when driving to prevent user accidentally changing viewed car
• Fixed a game crash relating to incorrect video configurations

Sound

• Fixed a game crash on audio device restart
• Fixed ambient sounds not loading (Rain/Screenshot)

Teams

• Added a scrollbar in Post-Race Team Events driver stats for more than three drivers
• Fixed lineups from the same team receiving the same DR+/- despite the qualifying and race finish positions being different.

User Interface

• Added a scrollbar in Post-Race Team Events driver stats for more than three drivers
• Added a UI option for texture streaming in the graphics settings
• Added navigation to the profile page when clicking on the top bar profile icon
• Added setup notes back into setup manager modal
• Linked Intro music volume to Sound > Menu Music level
• Updated in-game exit button icon
• Updated return to menu button in online and single player when the event has finished
• Updated Silverstone Background Image

Telemetry

• Added Telemetry Recording to DuckDB
• Allow binding of Telemetry Recording hotkey
• Add option to enable Automatic Telemetry Recording to Gameplay settings
• Change Telemetry File Naming Format

Track Limits

• Added disqualifications for excessive track limits incidents which earn 15 or more points
• Added Time Penalties for Illegal Passes
• Improved Track Limits pass monitoring so it more robustly tracks cars around you and only tracks cars that are clearly ahead of you. 

Track Updates

• Updated all tracks real road profiles

Imola  

• Fixed some minor assets from loading in noticeably late

Lusail Circuit  

• Revised apron and runoff road grip levels and bumpiness 

Monza  

• Corrected Track Limits at Lesmo Corners
• General AI updates. Track limits corrections (prevents possible false positive into Lesmo 1, and down main straight), also more aggressive on some exits. Slightly faster AI path into Variante chicane.

Portimāo  

• General AI updates. Slightly later braking and higher apex speed into T1. Fix potential cut track issues (false positives, and one errand cut corridor on outside curb). Minor corridor tweaks.

Silverstone  

• Fixed a single AI car that keeps driving at the end of sessions.
• Fixed rain appearing inside the first 3 garages

Spa-Francorchamps  

• Reviewed curb camber and added anti cut curb at no name corner
• Revised chicane apex 1 curb profile 

Car Updates

• Adjusted template regions to be easier to use
• Updated LMP3 Tyre Sidewall Textures
• Fixed brake failures on Mercedes GT3 and Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar
• Revised rear wing damage thresholds

Alpine A424 LMDh  

• Corrected button and knob issues on steering wheel
• Corrected rev lights not showing correctly, Corrected lift and coast lights showing on both sides
• Darker pit lights, Fixed light bar on front being hidden by headlight glass, corrected brake lights

Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH  

• Corrected custom team suit, helmet, gloves and dashboard texture
• Corrected headlight issues
• Corrected mirrors not looking backwards enough
• Fixed MIG button being backwards
• Fixed RPM lights and gear number font

Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3  

• Corrected UV issue on main body LODs
• Fixed custom teams missing dashboard logo
• Added RSL COTA US flag livery

BMW M4 LMGT3  

• Adjusted tyre temperature backgrounds on HUD
• Corrected Evo headlights and brake lights
• Corrected headlights and brake lights on non-evo
• Corrected RPM lights
• Fix a gap on the right side of body
• Fixed 2025 teams using wrong dirt texture
• Fixed rear internal camera seeing through car

BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh  

• Adjusted brake bias and brake migration hud readouts
• Corrected 2024 pre-LM steering wheel issues
• Fixed brake and rain lights not showing correct amount of LEDs
• Fixed texture issue on marshalling display

Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh  

• Corrected brake and rain lights
• Corrected button glows, Added missing labels
• Corrected rev range for shift lights, Added red shift lights once you’re close to redline
• Updated interior windshield banner.

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R  

• Added white rims to AWA
• Corrected RPM lights, Corrected low energy warning, Added pit limiter warning
• Improved LODs

Ferrari 296 LMGT3  

• Corrected issues with headlights, Made rear running lights brighter
• Corrected rpm lights not showing last red light
• Corrected vehicle description of GR Racing ELMS

Ferrari 499P LMH  

• Corrected all 2025 teams having all liveries set as default
• Corrected brake lights, Fixed middle headlight on 2024+ versions being offset

Ford Mustang LMGT3  

• Added lit up Mustang detail to Le Mans car
• Added red RPM lights to warn you that you are near redline
• Revised physics from latest data

Glickenhaus SCG 007  

• Corrected brake and rain lights
• Corrected HUD issues

Isotta Fraschini TIPO6-C LMH  

• Added pit lights
• Corrected brake and rain lights
• Fixed steering wheel specular issues

Lamborghini Huracan EVO2 LMGT3  

• Removed Iron Lynx logo from custom team grill

Lamborghini SC63 LMDh 

• Corrected issues with the steering wheel textures
• Fixed solid colour on windows when dirty

Lexus RCF LMGT3  

• Fixed side “grills” lodding out and leaving a gap in the car shell
• Fixed wiper blade disappearing on side screens or if you looked too far left or right

Ligier JS P325 LMP3   

• Fixed brake disc glow not showing
• Fixed cockpit displays being see through on external cameras
• Made windshield wiper a little bigger to improve visibility in the rain
• Fixed driver swaps taking 33sec extra in a pit stop compared to a normal refueling pit stop
• Tyre physics updates to improve consistency of tyre performance, revised thermals and updated cold tyre behaviour.
• Updated default setups for new tyres
• Updated TC maps for tyre updates
• External sound adjustments to pops and shift sounds as well as fix for glitch in wind sample
• Added #17 CLX Portimão Gold livery

McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo  

• Corrected headlight and brake light issues
• Updated RPM lights to smooth out distances between them

Mercedes AMG LMGT3  

• Corrected brake lights
• Corrected issues with numbers on HUD clipping with boxes
• Added Iron Lynx #61 and #60 post LM liveries

Oreca 07 LMP2  

• Corrected wiper blade not conforming to windshield
• Revised diffuser strakes upgrade for new tyres
• Updated default setups for new tyres
• Updated tyre physics to latest specifications
• Added IDEC #28 Portimão Special Livery (ELMS)

Peugeot 9X8 LMH  

• Corrected headlight issues

Peugeot 9X8 LMH (w/Wing)  

• Corrected RPM lights, Added flashing lights for shift point, Added extra pit speed lights
• Fixed missing windshield banners on the inside

Porsche 911 LMGT3 R  

• Added flashing rpm lights at shift point

Porsche 963 LMDh  

• Added flashing rpm lights at shift point
• Added missing light bar to headlights, corrected headlights and pit light
• Adjusted dashboard material to not be black at night
• Corrected livery materials to be shinier
• Corrected steering wheel button glows, Added missing labels to steering wheel
• Fixed gaps on rear body work

Toyota GR010  

• Corrected brake light issues
• Corrected RPM light position
• Fixed dynamic wear not being applied to interior windows

Vanwall Vandervell 680  

• Added missing piece to brake lights, corrected the brake lights, added missing LED strip to headlights 

Oreca 07 LMP2+ (ELMS Spec)  

• Adjusted per-track aero packages for Spa, Fuji, Bahrain (now all high downforce) & Monza (now medium downforce)
• Revised aerodynamics
• Updated default setups for new tyres