2026 was supposed to be a year of redemption for Rennsport after last year’s rocky launch, with a raft of free and premium updates bringing new cars, circuits and gameplay improvements throughout the year.
Additionally, Rennsport’s first premium DLC was set to follow in April, with the Endurance Classics Part 1 DLC expanding the car and track roster with Porsche 911 GT1, Mercedes-Benz CLK LM, Porsche 956, Peugeot 9X9 EVO and Circuit de la Sarthe.
In a statement published today (20th April), Competition Company confirmed that Rennsport’s next update is “targeted for May” as the company focuses on “finalising the logistical handover” of its storefronts to “ensure a smooth transition.”
“By bringing our digital infrastructure in-house we are gaining the agency required to own our timelines and strengthen our backend for the years of racing ahead,” the company wrote.
“This step has also been accelerated by external circumstances,” it continued. “Following the insolvency of our former publishing partner Nacon, we have been required to take over platform operations ourselves.
“The transfer of these systems typically takes between six and eight weeks and has directly contributed to the shift of our originally planned end-of-March release window now targeted for May.
“We are currently in the process of ‘cleaning the wiring’ of our backend to ensure that platform stability is the priority, rather than rushing a release to meet a deadline.”
Going forward, the studio says it will no longer announce specific release dates for DLC or updates “until the build is verified and ready for deployment.”
“We have learned that optimistic timelines are a form of technical debt,” Competition Company explained. “When we share a date that is based on a ‘best-case scenario,’ we are borrowing trust that we have not always been able to pay back.”
Furthermore, the studio says its communications on upcoming updates will be less frequent as it is “prioritising the quality of the release over the speed of the announcement” to “ensure that when we do speak, you can rely on the information.”
“We are not interested in corporate apologies. We are interested in building a long-term relationship with our sim racing community and ecosystem,” Competition Company affirmed.
“This shift to self-publishing is the first step in ensuring that Rennsport remains a stable, human-led project for a very long time.”
Rennsport’s May DLC assets “are ready”
While a specific release date for Rennsport’s next DLC is yet to be confirmed, the “assets are ready” and “the code is stable,” according to Competition Company. Earlier this year, Traxion went hands-on with the Endurance Classics DLC at a preview event, where the cars and Circuit de la Sarthe were playable.
In the meantime, the studio is “finalising the logistical handover” of its storefronts to “ensure a smooth transition.”
With the next update delayed until May, release windows for upcoming content detailed in the recent 2026 roadmap will likely change. Most notably, a free update was originally set to add the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4, Laguna Seca and Sebring International Raceway in May.
Reworked AI, one of Rennsport’s most glaring issues, was also planned for later this year.
“The last time we released an AI, it probably shouldn’t ever have seen the world,” Lead Gameplay Programmer, Rikard Häggström, told Traxion.
“It had to sort of come together in a fairly short period of time. It is more or less a prototype, I would say. When you do that, you sort of easily end up in a situation where you make decisions on the way that maybe aren’t perfect for sustainability.
“We’re now in a position where we have to rewrite it for it to work.”
Rennsport expected May content
Free update
Hyundai N Vision 74
Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit
Road Atlanta (short)
Fuji Speedway (shortcut)
Updated championships
New single player championships
Increased immersion
Endurance Classics Part 1 DLC
Porsche 911 GT1 1998
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM
Porsche 956
Peugeot 9X9 EVO
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans
TBC
Free update (originally scheduled for May)
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
Laguna Seca
Sebring International Raceway
Reworked online
Multiplayer championships
New single player championships
Custom online contests
Touring Classics Part 1 DLC (originally scheduled for June)
I RESPECT THEM FOR WHAT THEY SAID AND I WILL KEEP SAYING IT!!! PHYSICS FOR THAT GAME ARE SERIOUSLY UNDERRATED! YOU CAN FEEL FRONT END TIRE GRIP AND LOAD! THE GAME LACKS CONTENT NOT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY LACKS CONTENT IT LACKS CONTENT BECAUSE THE SIM RACING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SPOILED AND PAMPERED TO IM AFRAID THE POINT OF NO RETURN! NO SIM RACING GAME MOVING FORWARD AND I HOPE DEVS READ THIS WILL EVER MATCH UP WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE IT DESERVES! GAMING AND ESPECIALLY SIMS WITH ADVANCED TIRE MODELS AND PHYSICS MODELS ARE GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET RIGHT ON THE 1ST ATTEMPT AND WELL WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT! THE “YOUTUBER’S” ARE JUST GONNA THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS AND INTO A PIT OF FIRE AND NOT GIVE 2 SHITS WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM GOING FORWARD FULL STOP!
So any Developer looking to release a Sim Title better have significant Funding, time, patience and a Strong Back because it’s not if it’s gonna happen it’s when! Cause it’s gonna happen! I say them because even though I am a Huge Sim Fan and just fan of the Racing Genre as a whole as it is the ONLY games I Play. I am also a Realist, Logical and Understanding that these things Take time to try and Perfect! Because what does the Community want ….. Well how much time you got? No seriously….? The Amount of Cars of a Forza, the Graphics of a GT7, Online Multiplayer of a LMU and Career Mode of Project Cars 2 x 10. Now please tell me what Developer has the Resources both from Staffing and Financial Ability? It’s Not gonna Happen I mean Kunos even after the Brilliance that Assetto Corsa is and even though the FFB of Assetto Corsa Competizione was Underwhelming and that’s Putting it Nicely the Community is already Beginning to look at Assetto Corsa Evo and say I mean Really what’s the Point of the Game? What does this game have that I can’t get from Assetto Corsa? Especially when Assetto Corsa does it better…. The FFB of Evo is already going down the Wrong Road…. Over Damped and Way too Much Inertia…. Where One can’t Drive Reactively and while that may not be the Biggest Issue if we talking about just Racing GT Cars or LMP2 Cars but we’re not we’re talking about Street Vehicles also. Plus after the Release of 0.6 nobody wants to talk about the Elephant in the Room and that is that the Game is at Least 1-2yrs away and Honestly the Latter is more Realistic time frame. The Community has No Loyalty just as Quick as you were the Savior and the Best Thing the Genre has ever seen…. You can also be the Most Overrated, Over Hyper and Under Whelming Game the Genre has ever seen all in the same Decade… Either Way I respect Rennsport I love the Game I just feel like it maybe too late and the Community doesn’t Forgive and Forget.
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I RESPECT THEM FOR WHAT THEY SAID AND I WILL KEEP SAYING IT!!! PHYSICS FOR THAT GAME ARE SERIOUSLY UNDERRATED! YOU CAN FEEL FRONT END TIRE GRIP AND LOAD! THE GAME LACKS CONTENT NOT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY LACKS CONTENT IT LACKS CONTENT BECAUSE THE SIM RACING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SPOILED AND PAMPERED TO IM AFRAID THE POINT OF NO RETURN! NO SIM RACING GAME MOVING FORWARD AND I HOPE DEVS READ THIS WILL EVER MATCH UP WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE IT DESERVES! GAMING AND ESPECIALLY SIMS WITH ADVANCED TIRE MODELS AND PHYSICS MODELS ARE GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET RIGHT ON THE 1ST ATTEMPT AND WELL WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT! THE “YOUTUBER’S” ARE JUST GONNA THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS AND INTO A PIT OF FIRE AND NOT GIVE 2 SHITS WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM GOING FORWARD FULL STOP!
So any Developer looking to release a Sim Title better have significant Funding, time, patience and a Strong Back because it’s not if it’s gonna happen it’s when! Cause it’s gonna happen! I say them because even though I am a Huge Sim Fan and just fan of the Racing Genre as a whole as it is the ONLY games I Play. I am also a Realist, Logical and Understanding that these things Take time to try and Perfect! Because what does the Community want ….. Well how much time you got? No seriously….? The Amount of Cars of a Forza, the Graphics of a GT7, Online Multiplayer of a LMU and Career Mode of Project Cars 2 x 10. Now please tell me what Developer has the Resources both from Staffing and Financial Ability? It’s Not gonna Happen I mean Kunos even after the Brilliance that Assetto Corsa is and even though the FFB of Assetto Corsa Competizione was Underwhelming and that’s Putting it Nicely the Community is already Beginning to look at Assetto Corsa Evo and say I mean Really what’s the Point of the Game? What does this game have that I can’t get from Assetto Corsa? Especially when Assetto Corsa does it better…. The FFB of Evo is already going down the Wrong Road…. Over Damped and Way too Much Inertia…. Where One can’t Drive Reactively and while that may not be the Biggest Issue if we talking about just Racing GT Cars or LMP2 Cars but we’re not we’re talking about Street Vehicles also. Plus after the Release of 0.6 nobody wants to talk about the Elephant in the Room and that is that the Game is at Least 1-2yrs away and Honestly the Latter is more Realistic time frame. The Community has No Loyalty just as Quick as you were the Savior and the Best Thing the Genre has ever seen…. You can also be the Most Overrated, Over Hyper and Under Whelming Game the Genre has ever seen all in the same Decade… Either Way I respect Rennsport I love the Game I just feel like it maybe too late and the Community doesn’t Forgive and Forget.