RaceRoom Adds Two Tracks And The Super Touring DLC

Older sim racers and fans of classic 1990s saloon racing will be overjoyed as RaceRoom adds two tracks the Super Touring DLC alongside a free update for December 2024.

Fans of British touring cars and similar series around the world will remember great racing in that era, and the Super Touring Cars DLC Pack includes five iconic cars, with reference to them being an initial release, suggesting more may come along in the future. The cars are:

• Audi A4
• BMW E36
• Honda Accord
• Volvo 850
• Volvo S40

Being old enough to have watched BTCC in those days, I’ll definitely be choosing to drive the Volvo 850 from 1995, which replaced the previous iconic Estate version. And it has to be in the livery of 1998 Swedish BTCC champion Rickard Rydell, who arrived in the series in 1994 with Volvo, and then took the titile in the later S40 model, along with winning the Super Touring Bathurst 1000 in the same year.

What other cars could be added later? Well, there’s the Alfa Romeo 155 TS, Ford Mondeo Ghia, Renault Laguna, Peugeot 405 Mi16 and Vauxhall Cavalier 16v which would complete all of the most iconic entries in 1995, for example. Although the grid also had a Toyota Carina E and a Mazda 323F. And there’s also the Nissan Primera GT from 1994, along with the later Vauxhall Vectra and Alfa Romeo 156.

RaceRoom has also released two more tracks for you to use with the new cars, with the modern Portuguese circuit of Estoril, and also Silverstone Classic based on the 1990s layout of the Northamptonshire venue.

It possible feels a little bit harsh to have to buy the Classic layout of Silverstone seperately (although that’s better than the Brands Hatch Indy and Grand Prix configurations being different DLC purchases), but the December 2024 RaceRoom update does include a free update to Monza, bringing the Italian track up to 2024 standards.

And considering the frantic nature of touring car racing, it’s also a good time for the free core update to include a first move towards dynamic circuits in RaceRoom with cars rejoining now brining grass, dirt or gravel back onto the racing surface with them.

RaceRoom Update 0.9.6.27 Release Notes:

• Dynamic Surface Interaction: Vehicles now interact more dynamically with surfaces, transferring materials like grass, dirt, and gravel as they drive, leaving a trail that evolves the track environment.
• Tyre Mark Improvements: Enhanced rendering of tyre marks across various materials.
• Spectator Client: Improved stability when rejoining a server during an ongoing race session.

Tracks:

• Bathurst: Increased max limit of vehicles/opponents, Increased details on pit exit drain, added more audience in T1 blue grandstand.
• Diepholz: Fixed floating overlays and improved performance slightly.
• Falkenberg: Removed distant mountains, various art tweaks.
• Hockenheimring: Performance improvements, updated groove on white lines, updated Porsche Experience Center, updated TV cameras to 2024, and refreshed curb colours.
• Lausitzring: A.I. improvements.
• Monza: Free update to 2024 specs.
• Nogaro: Free additional layout: Moto.
• Nürburgring: Fixed excessive slowdown penalties when crossing the pit lane entrance path twice; A.I. improvements.
• Watkins Glen: Free update to 2024 specs.
• Zandvoort 2022: A.I. improvements.

Vehicles:

• All Cars: Added default gear ratios for all tracks.
• Alfa 155 DTM 1995: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Audi 90 GTO: Tweaked timing of rev limit light indication.
• Audi TT RS VLN: Updated gear ratios and default gear ratios for each track; A.I. improvements.
• Audi V8 DTM 92: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Bentley Continental GT3 evo: Art fix to UVs on the wheel nuts.
• BMW M2 CS: Dampers tuned; A.I. improvements; art tweak to the BMW logos on the wheel nuts.
• BMW M4 DTM 2020: Fixed a piece of bodywork clipping through the left door into the cockpit.
• BMW M4 GT4 G82: Art tweaks to liveries.
• BMW M8 GTE: Additional liveries; art tweaks to liveries.
• BMW M3 E30: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Cadillac CTS: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Callaway C7 GT3: Improved accuracy of suspension kinematics; updated baseline setup.
• DTM 2020: Improved accuracy of suspension kinematics and spring/damper setup.
• Fabcar 935: Fixed window damage meshes warping.
• Ferrari 488 GT3: Improved accuracy of suspension kinematics; updated baseline setup.
• Ford Mustang IMSA GTO: Tweaked timing of rev limit light indication.
• Ford Mustang Gr.A: Art tweaks to liveries.
• GTR 4 Cars: A.I. improvements.
• Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO II: Fixed normals on windshield damage mesh.
• Mercedes 190e evo II: Art tweaks to liveries and generic textures.
• Mercedes AMG GT3 evo: Fixed stains on rear light casings.
• Mercedes C-Klasse DTM 1995: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Nissan 300zx GTO: Tweaked timing of rev limit light indication.
• Opel Calibra DTM 1995: Art tweaks to liveries.
• Opel Omega evo 500: Art tweaks to liveries.
• P4/5 Competizione: Art tweak to headlights and liveries.
• Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Fixed white splash on SimRacing Expo livery.
• Porsche Cayman GT4 MR: Tweaked livery #38’s silver.
• RaceRoom Truck: Tweaked steering wheel and rev lights.
• Tatuus F4: Tuned dampers.
• VW ID.R: Tweaked suspension physics; improved A.I.

You can download Raceroom Racing Experience on the PC for free via Steam. Some additional content is available via Steam, but everything can be purchased via the official game store.

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