Thanks for the information michi, actually Peugeot is currently developing a new car with wider rear tires and a new rear spoiler and it is also confirmed that for the 2024 WEC championship Peugeot will come with 4 cars, two official Peugeot sport and another two from the french team Pescarolo sport that are already confirmed.
Michi, Thank you for sharing. I am really looking fwd to this sim. Regardless of what people think of Motorsports games if the s397 creators and engineers can take the best bits of RF2 and create a good WEC experience I think it will be fantastic. One feature I hope they include is a cap on class car count so we have a good mixture of classes in endurance races. I love to race all car classes but to really make this shine online we need a nice mixture of cars. Cheers!!!
Hey mate. you are welcome! In my personal opinion its a shame what we hear in the background of rfactor 2 and Le Mans Ultimate regarding MSG and S397. Personally, I believe S397 is currently doing a good job on improving rFactor 2 while working on Le Mans Ultimate at the same time. I hope that the number of cars in class will not be capped. I think its sad to run a race with only 10 cars in class. Personally this is why i love the 24h of Spa in GT3s. Because its 55 GT3s against each other.
@@MichiHoyer yep. Agree with the large gt3 field was more of an option to cap in a online multi class event. When I play single player I like that you can add cars to curate the field you want but in rf2 online races where there are multiple everyone seems to take fastest class and you end up with all lmp2 and a handful of GT cars. This would also be nice when you fill field in online race with AI since you don’t have much control of it today and end up kicking AI over and over again to get the blend that you want.
To be entirely honest with you@@olafwolfen4167 if you play LFM Sports Car Championship you find more GTE runners on the grid compared to LMP2 drivers. However, I generally get the point that you want to have possibilities to manage or define grid sizes.
@@MichiHoyer nice, i love it too, but i dont trust motorsport games… i see anything, gameplay, or photos, this is an other fake, hhis is my honestly opinion
Hey mate, I will put that question also to the devs :) but I assume it is. VR is a well-known part of simracing and should never not be in the game. So what I am trying to say: I could not imagine them leaving VR support...
Question: Pitstops. Currently running rF2 with AI and pitstops is a painful experience. The AI are very slow at pitting, and the only way you can force a pitstop is to increase fuel usage (and the AI aren't very good at fuel management either). Is there a plan to implement better pitstop control? For instance, if I set a 1hr race, I would like to be able to enforce a pitstop (like ACC has a pitstop window), and setting other parameters like mandatory tyre change and/or mandatory refuelling. Thanks :)
Hey Daniel. This is a question I will forward to S397. I have not received any special mentiones about what is about to come or what is about to be improved. But I believe this aspect could also be input to the devs :)
Hey mate. Difficult one... so the answer to that from my end is (I do not know for sure) 1) I hope the Le Mans Ultimate content will be brought to rFactor 2 2) I believe cross selling is not what the producers are going to allow or have. I would love to be wrong in this point but I believe it is technically not easily possible to "share" the content between titles on steam
@@cargobroombroom3827 I would not consider them being bankrupt where there is stuff going on and happening. If nothing happens in the future then yes of course thats a different story.
@opmike343 I appreciate your honest feedback. However, I can only come back on what I have been given. Which sadly have only been pictures & and interview on how the car development is going on. My assumptions of the Hybrid stuff, the EOT and other things mentioned in the video is just my personal assumption and guesswork so far. I hope I will be able to get hands on a beta and then come back with more specific and detailed feedback. What would you expect from the game tho?
@@bsmracing6592 Did you see, rF2 brought out a fix for the AMD GPU Drivers (see here: www.studio-397.com/2023/10/release-candidate-introducing-the-new-online-experience-for-rfactor-2-powered-by-racecontrol/)
Another Questuon: Damage model! What type of damage model is going to be used in LMU? I hope to have something fairly realistic (ok, maybe not BeamNg levels, but still, physical damage plus engine failures et
How would you consider the Crash model of rFactor 2 in this scenario. With the game being generally based on this knowledge, I assume rFactor 2 damage models may apply here for sure.
@MichiHoyer Yeah true. I think rF2 damage model needs improvement generally. More physical damage to body panels, and tyre punctures etc. I'm curious if they have changed the damage model at all.
@@danielfowler899I guess I note this down as a potential question for the devs. What do you mean by more physical damage to body panels btw? Could you specify this a bit more in detail maybe :) ?
@MichiHoyer Hi dude. Yeah, so front panel deformation, rear panel deformation, side and doors, windsxreen cracks etc. Rather than just flying the rear wing or the tyres off. I don't know what's possible, so if I say 'make it as much like BeamNG as possible' 😀 then you get my drift. But seriously, the more lifelike the damage model is, and the more the car reacts to the damage - the better. We all saw cars either slamming into the barrier or flipping over in the 24 virtual le mans and then the car just drives away, all be it slowly, but still, drives. It should be a mess, a wreck that cannot be moved (in mist situations). Also, while I think of it - GRAVEL that STOPS or SlOWS down the car significantly!!!!
Sadly nothing mentioned about the requirements yet. However, I assume that if your PC can handle rFactor 2, it should be able to handle Le Mans Ultimate too.
I would expect that Studio 397 takes care of that yes. I believe a lot for work on rFactor 2 is currently going on in regard to improve the Le Mans Ultimate stability as well.
After picking up rfactor 2, I've been really enjoying the online and enjoying your channel. But this is just paid advertising. The "gameplay" section is just screenshots you've been provided. Mainly because I've enjoyed the quality of your channel in general, but this is very disappointing
Hey Shane! Thank you for your honest feedback which I really appreciate! If this was a paid advertising, I would have had to flag it - but since I did not receive a single penny for doing this video, I did not flag it as paid advertising. However, I obviously received an email with these screenshots and I tried to use them the best way possible. I would have appreciated video and moving pictures so I can do a better video, but this is what I was left with. However, I appreciate the criticism and hope that future videos of this kind will be better and will meet your quality expectations better! Thank you.
LMU achieves everything we dreamed of on Rf2. Fingers crossed that it goes all the way!!! With Anthony Jans, we pivoted to Iracing after VEC 2019, we can't wait to come back in force, Iracing is fine for 2 seconds but we're fed up. @@MichiHoyer
Thanks for the information michi, actually Peugeot is currently developing a new car with wider rear tires and a new rear spoiler and it is also confirmed that for the 2024 WEC championship Peugeot will come with 4 cars, two official Peugeot sport and another two from the french team Pescarolo sport that are already confirmed.
Thats interesting information indeed. Just like any other game though I assume Le Mans Ultimate will need a bit of time to "adapt" for this change
I smell dlc
@gtone339 i could imagine 2024 cars or things could be a DLC perhaps... yes. But lets not speculate
Michi, Thank you for sharing. I am really looking fwd to this sim. Regardless of what people think of Motorsports games if the s397 creators and engineers can take the best bits of RF2 and create a good WEC experience I think it will be fantastic. One feature I hope they include is a cap on class car count so we have a good mixture of classes in endurance races. I love to race all car classes but to really make this shine online we need a nice mixture of cars. Cheers!!!
Hey mate. you are welcome!
In my personal opinion its a shame what we hear in the background of rfactor 2 and Le Mans Ultimate regarding MSG and S397. Personally, I believe S397 is currently doing a good job on improving rFactor 2 while working on Le Mans Ultimate at the same time.
I hope that the number of cars in class will not be capped. I think its sad to run a race with only 10 cars in class. Personally this is why i love the 24h of Spa in GT3s. Because its 55 GT3s against each other.
@@MichiHoyer yep. Agree with the large gt3 field was more of an option to cap in a online multi class event. When I play single player I like that you can add cars to curate the field you want but in rf2 online races where there are multiple everyone seems to take fastest class and you end up with all lmp2 and a handful of GT cars. This would also be nice when you fill field in online race with AI since you don’t have much control of it today and end up kicking AI over and over again to get the blend that you want.
To be entirely honest with you@@olafwolfen4167 if you play LFM Sports Car Championship you find more GTE runners on the grid compared to LMP2 drivers. However, I generally get the point that you want to have possibilities to manage or define grid sizes.
@@MichiHoyer nice, i love it too, but i dont trust motorsport games… i see anything, gameplay, or photos, this is an other fake, hhis is my honestly opinion
So what do you think in the meanwhile now, as the game is out?
Hi
Is VR supported?
I race only with vr.
Hey mate, I will put that question also to the devs :) but I assume it is. VR is a well-known part of simracing and should never not be in the game. So what I am trying to say: I could not imagine them leaving VR support...
Hello, Michi.
As always amazing reviews
Hope they keep same date to launch the game :)
Thanks mate!
Yeah I hope the date wont move either.
Question: Pitstops.
Currently running rF2 with AI and pitstops is a painful experience. The AI are very slow at pitting, and the only way you can force a pitstop is to increase fuel usage (and the AI aren't very good at fuel management either).
Is there a plan to implement better pitstop control?
For instance, if I set a 1hr race, I would like to be able to enforce a pitstop (like ACC has a pitstop window), and setting other parameters like mandatory tyre change and/or mandatory refuelling.
Thanks :)
Hey Daniel. This is a question I will forward to S397. I have not received any special mentiones about what is about to come or what is about to be improved. But I believe this aspect could also be input to the devs :)
looks so good! cant wait for it to release
Yes it looks very promissing indeed. I hope it drives well!
Looks incredible. Is it still scheduled for end of year release?
I have not received an update on the release dates, so I assume it is.
Wish this was in GT7! Anyway, when will the devs release the console ver?
Hard to say. All we know the release is on 20th February 2024. If thats for other Plattforms too I do not know.
Question: if i buy this LMU game i would like all the cars and tracks to be driveable in rf2, will this be the case before MSG will go under?
Hey mate. Difficult one... so the answer to that from my end is (I do not know for sure)
1) I hope the Le Mans Ultimate content will be brought to rFactor 2
2) I believe cross selling is not what the producers are going to allow or have. I would love to be wrong in this point but I believe it is technically not easily possible to "share" the content between titles on steam
I think MSG is already bankrupt, since if you go over to their website it's practically empty
@@cargobroombroom3827 I would not consider them being bankrupt where there is stuff going on and happening. If nothing happens in the future then yes of course thats a different story.
So, rFactor 2 with updated visuals? Really wish you focused more on the actual sim instead of specifications on the IRL car.
We don’t know much about the sim yet
@opmike343 I appreciate your honest feedback. However, I can only come back on what I have been given. Which sadly have only been pictures & and interview on how the car development is going on.
My assumptions of the Hybrid stuff, the EOT and other things mentioned in the video is just my personal assumption and guesswork so far.
I hope I will be able to get hands on a beta and then come back with more specific and detailed feedback.
What would you expect from the game tho?
hope they fix AMD GPU crashes
Does your GPU only crash in rF2?
@@MichiHoyer Yes, they official asks to use an older GPU Driver, almost 1.5 years old.
@@bsmracing6592Oh I was not aware of that :( - I am Team NVidia in the first place but yeah, this is surely not optimal and should be reconsidered.
@@bsmracing6592 Did you see, rF2 brought out a fix for the AMD GPU Drivers (see here: www.studio-397.com/2023/10/release-candidate-introducing-the-new-online-experience-for-rfactor-2-powered-by-racecontrol/)
Another Questuon: Damage model!
What type of damage model is going to be used in LMU?
I hope to have something fairly realistic (ok, maybe not BeamNg levels, but still, physical damage plus engine failures et
How would you consider the Crash model of rFactor 2 in this scenario. With the game being generally based on this knowledge, I assume rFactor 2 damage models may apply here for sure.
@MichiHoyer Yeah true. I think rF2 damage model needs improvement generally.
More physical damage to body panels, and tyre punctures etc.
I'm curious if they have changed the damage model at all.
@@danielfowler899I guess I note this down as a potential question for the devs. What do you mean by more physical damage to body panels btw? Could you specify this a bit more in detail maybe :) ?
@MichiHoyer Hi dude. Yeah, so front panel deformation, rear panel deformation, side and doors, windsxreen cracks etc. Rather than just flying the rear wing or the tyres off.
I don't know what's possible, so if I say 'make it as much like BeamNG as possible' 😀 then you get my drift.
But seriously, the more lifelike the damage model is, and the more the car reacts to the damage - the better. We all saw cars either slamming into the barrier or flipping over in the 24 virtual le mans and then the car just drives away, all be it slowly, but still, drives.
It should be a mess, a wreck that cannot be moved (in mist situations).
Also, while I think of it - GRAVEL that STOPS or SlOWS down the car significantly!!!!
I think the Imola gravel on Le Mans Ultimate has achieved that type of gravel
Hi Michi! The PC requirements are available? I hope I can run it in my ryzen 5 3600 and 1660 Super like in rfactor 2. Regards!
Sadly nothing mentioned about the requirements yet. However, I assume that if your PC can handle rFactor 2, it should be able to handle Le Mans Ultimate too.
Biggest question: will it run stable?
I would expect that Studio 397 takes care of that yes. I believe a lot for work on rFactor 2 is currently going on in regard to improve the Le Mans Ultimate stability as well.
After picking up rfactor 2, I've been really enjoying the online and enjoying your channel. But this is just paid advertising. The "gameplay" section is just screenshots you've been provided. Mainly because I've enjoyed the quality of your channel in general, but this is very disappointing
Hey Shane! Thank you for your honest feedback which I really appreciate!
If this was a paid advertising, I would have had to flag it - but since I did not receive a single penny for doing this video, I did not flag it as paid advertising.
However, I obviously received an email with these screenshots and I tried to use them the best way possible. I would have appreciated video and moving pictures so I can do a better video, but this is what I was left with.
However, I appreciate the criticism and hope that future videos of this kind will be better and will meet your quality expectations better! Thank you.
VEC 2024 :)
VEC 2024.... Dear Jimmi... I guess it comes down to how stable it will run!
LMU achieves everything we dreamed of on Rf2. Fingers crossed that it goes all the way!!! With Anthony Jans, we pivoted to Iracing after VEC 2019, we can't wait to come back in force, Iracing is fine for 2 seconds but we're fed up.
@@MichiHoyer
I would be fed up with iRacing a full season too haha@@jeromelehingue4351
Forza motorsport 👎 LMU I hoping 👍
Have you tried Forza Motorsport? How is it?
they tried to improve a lot of things, but it somehow feels like they haven't finished
So what do you think of Le Mans Ultimate then :)?