Project Motor Racing’s first post-release patch detailed

Having reviewed Project Motor Racing on build ‘Version 1.4’, billed as inclusive of the traditional ‘Day 1 patch’, the development team has worked on its next update, 1.5.

This is expected to be released ‘soon’ after the game is available, possibly even later the same day (25th November) – it’s currently awaiting Xbox approval to make sure all platforms are on the same build to enable cross-platform play.

Of note, there are said to be changes to the way N-GT cars behave under braking, one of the Traxion team’s bugbears. However, the patch notes do not mention AI behaviour, potentially significant visual upgrades or alterations to the track limits system.

While commendable to have a quick flow of updates, we await what we would categorise as significant steps forward.

Project Motor Racing Version 1.5 patch notes

Driving, Handling & Force Feedback

• Improved safety-related FFB behaviour and new “brake-feel” tuning.
• Smoother GT/NGT assists with better auto-blip and downshift behaviour.
• Fixed unwanted throttle blips under certain conditions.
• Fixed several steering wheel input issues (including when exiting challenges).
• Updated distortion/level tuning on multiple vehicles.

Vehicle Fixes & Improvements

Dozens of visual, material, and LOD updates across the car roster, including:

• Mazda 787B: UV/geometry fixes, missing polys restored.
• Porsche 962C: LOD improvements, tyre UV fixes.
• Toyota GT-One TS020: Cockpit materials, display textures, damage textures.
• Nissan R390 GT1 & R89C: Material fixes, display brightness, smoothing group updates, corrected damage parts.
• Audi R8 LMS GT3, R8 LMP900, Panoz GTR1, BMW M4 GT3, Aston Vantage GT4: Various texture, material, and UV improvements.
• Cadillac V-Series.R: Updated material.
• Many smaller fixes to damage, lighting, materials, and cockpit details.

Tracks, Weather & VFX

• Fixed pit wall and Armco material issues at San Marino/São Paulo.
• Increased sky vibrance in clear weather.
• Increased minimum object & LOD draw distances.
• Updated draw-distance scaling for proper hardware behaviour.
• Wet-weather VFX improvements:
  • Fewer particles and lower clipping distances.
  • Smoke no longer appears when the track is fully saturated.
  • Reduced bird count and improved marble visibility.

Graphics & Performance

• Fixed DLSS Frame Generation detection on older NVIDIA GPUs.
• Added new True2Track configuration file.

UGC Hub & Modding

• Mods can now be rated and voted on.
• New indicators show which mods are installed.
• Mod updates supported directly through UGC.
• Added support for VehicleSetup mods and improved related UI.

Online & Multiplayer

• Improved lobby creation messaging and capacity handling.
• Reduced track-load relative timeout (after first player has loaded in) from 180 to 90 seconds.
• Fixed social list selecting incorrect vehicles.
• Improved synchronization of vehicle repairs in multiplayer.
• Fixed softlocks in Challenge Events when running fullscreen with a clean profile.

Stability

• Fixed issues with loading/deleting setups and pit setups.
• Fixed an exploit where resets could skip laps.
• Fixed a career softlock when running out of money with no vehicles left.
• Ensured vehicles clear properly when the garage is empty.
• Fixed wheel/FFB remaining active after quitting certain events.