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KW Studios published episode 4 of the RaceRoom Grid Talk.
In this episode, your host Kevin, talks to Christian Baur, Director Strategy and Sales at RaceRoom about the new February 2025 content drop for the racing simulator.
Check out the full changlog below for all the details.
New Content:
- Two Drift Cars (BMW E30 M3 and BMW G82 M4)
- Twin Forest Duel Circuit
- Genting Highlands Hillclimb
- Porsche Carrera Cup North America
- FREE Macau Circuit Update
- RaceRoom Drift Area
This content drop is all about drifting, duels, and daring hillclimbs. Whether you’re a sideways specialist or a competitive racer, there’s something here to get your pulse racing.
Update details:
Download size = 10.6 GB
Client version = 0.9.6.41
Client BuildID = 17509200
Dedicated Server version = 101.0.1544
Dedicated Server BuildID = 17509223
Changelog:
- AI improvements to all cars
- Aquila – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Audi A4 ST – BoP – Reduced engine power ( leaderboard wiped )
- Audi TT cup – aero adjustments
- Audi TT RS VLN – aero and differential adjustments
- Bentley Continental EVO – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- BMW M2 CS – aero adjustments
- BMW M235i – aero adjustments
- BMW Z4 GT3 – Improved suspension kinematics, tuned baseline setup
- Callaway C7 GT3 – Tuned mechanical trail and baseline setup
- Crossle 9S – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup, made headlights be off in daylight
- GT4 class – aero adjustments
- Mazda RT24 dpi – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Mazda MX-5 – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- NSU TTS – Tweaked final drive ratios for better spacing
- Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) – Tuned/balanced dampers and differential, tweaked baseline setup
- Porsche 911 GT2 RS CS – Tuned/balanced dampers and differential, tweaked baseline setup
- Porsche 934 RSR – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Porsche 964 Carrera – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Touring Classics class – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup, reduced tyre heating
- Volvo 240 – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Volkswagen Scirocco – Tuned/balanced dampers, tweaked baseline setup
- Audi TT cup – Fixed over-reflective liveries
- AMG DTM 2003 – Texture updates
- AMG DTM 2005 – Texture updates
- Lamborghini DTM 2024 – Fixed a decal order issue on livery #71
- Daytona – Free update to latest specs (new chicane) – leaderboards wiped
- Diepholz – Fixed a flickering white line
- Hungaroring – Fixed an invisible wall in pitlane
- Interlagos – Improved animation of the 3 big flags
- Karlskoga – Various tweaks
- Knutstorp – Tweaks to grid markings
- Lausitzring – Fixed vanishing tyre stacks on GP layouts
- Macau – Free update to latest specs
- Monza – Tweaks to road markings
- Pau – Tweaks to white lines and UV mapping on the S/F bridge
- Portimao – Updated runoff colors to latest specs, tweaks to road markings
- Salzburgring – Removed collision from bollards
- Silverstone Classic – Performance improvements
- Sonoma – Fixed a hill that wasn’t casting a shadow
- Spa – Tweaks to road markings
- Stowe – Fixed some bad AO on the pitwall
- Zolder – Free update to latest specs
- Added a -tireTemp argument to dedicated server. Value can be 0 ( dynamic tyre temperatures ) or 1 ( always optimal tyre temperatures ) to allow for long practice drift multiplayer sessions.
- Game now fades in and out to black when bringing up menus
- FFB now fades in and out when bringing up menus, reducing sudden knocks and risk of injuries
- Smoke / Particles tweaks to reduce the hit on framerate and removed a player latency limit of 160ms for tyre smoke to show up in a multiplayer session
- Fixed an issue where past tyre marks could sometimes show up after restarting a session
- Fixed an issue with pit stop logic where the player could stop, then move the car away from the stall, and then confirm the requested actions and still have the pitstop performed even though the car is no longer on its stall. Added a check at confirmation step that the car is properly located at the stall.
- Further attempts at fixing some user-reported game crashes
About RaceRoom
First released back in February 2013, out of the ashes of a well-regarded racing game developer, SimBin Studios, the core RaceRoom Racing Experience racing simulator is Free-To-Play and can be installed from this Steam link, with commercial add-ons available via the RaceRoom Store.
Official Webpages – game.raceroom.com
