But right now, in October 2024, Le Mans Ultimate is like a real LMP2 car: It is incredibly fast, terrifyingly raw, and you are only one software crash away from having to reset the entire session.
You can now feel the hybrid deployment in the Porsche. You can wrestle the Ferrari’s nose into the second part of the Porsche Curves and feel the aero bite rather than just slide . Le Mans Ultimate v20241017 Early Access
And the UI? It loads faster than v1.0, yes. But navigating the tire pressure menu on a triple-screen setup is still an exercise in squinting and guessing. If you are a WEC tragic —the kind of person who wakes up at 3 AM to watch the #7 Toyota pit a second too late— v20241017 is the buy signal. The driving experience at Circuit of the Americas and Interlagos (added in a previous patch) is sublime. The immersion of the start procedure (the countdown lights, the formation lap logic) is best-in-class. But right now, in October 2024, Le Mans
7.5/10 "The physics are gold; the feature set is still bronze." And the UI