RennSport Early Access Update 1.12.12 Released

Arriving alongside the announcement of console releases in 2025, we’ve seen RennSport Early Access Update 1.12.12 released with some substantial improvements to car physics and the user interface.

The biggest news is the overhaul of the GT3 class and the BMW M2 CS, reworking the tyres, adjusting spring rates, and other parameters to improve the feeling of connection to the car and tarmac when you’re driving. The other car classes will be looked at in the future.

There’s also a number of new telemetry channels, a reset of the safety ratings with the calculations changed, and a whole list of fixes for the user interface.

RennSport Early Access Update 1.12.12 Release Notes:

GT3 – Physics

• Reworked GT3 tires
• Lowered tire starting temperature
• Adjusted tire starting pressure
• Adjusted spring rates in all dimensions
• Adjusted load sensitivity
• Reduced grip loss from cold tires
• Reduced grip loss from overheated tires
• Adjusted grip curves in relation to heat and sliding to provide a more consistent experience
• Allows sliding to a certain level without being overly punishing before a spin
• Adjusted material damping parameters to reduce heat generation
• Adjusted cooling parameters to match the changes in heat generation
• Fixed multiple issues related to GT3s physics configurations
• Adjusted TC and ABS algorithms for all GT3s
• Increased ABS cut threshold (earlier trigger)
• Adjusted TC cut threshold and cut amount
• Adjust Throttle Map behavior (engine power output at set throttle value lowers with rpm increase)
• Increased overall Braking power of all GT3s
• Adjusted overall gearing of all GT3s

GT3 Default TC/ABS/BB

• Updated the default settings for TC/ABS/BB for all GT3s to the following:
• TC: 8/11
• ABS: 8/11
• BB: 62%

BMW M2 CS Racing – Physics

• Reworked M2 CS tires
• Lowered tire starting temperature
• Adjusted tire starting pressure
• Adjusted spring rates in all dimensions
• Adjusted load sensitivity
• Reduced grip loss from cold tires
• Reduced grip loss from overheated tires
• Adjusted grip curves in relation to heat and sliding to provide a more consistent experience
• Allows sliding to a certain level without being overly punishing before a spin
• Adjusted material damping parameters to reduce heat generation
• Adjusted cooling parameters to match the changes in heat generation
• Adjusted throttle map behavior (engine power output at set throttle value lowers with rpm increase)
• Adjusted steering sensitivity to give more steering wheel feeling whilst driving
• Adjusted M2 CS default setup

Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R rennsport – Physics

• Applied GT3 default TC/ABS/BB
• Adjusted setup in light of the tire change to follow a similar style as the Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R

In an effort to improve our overall car handling, for this update we’ve put our focus on the GT3s and the M2. For the future, we will continue this movement and will also look at other car classes moving forward.

Telemetry

• Added telemetry channels
• Vertical Acceleration
• Ride Height
• Average Inner Tire temp
• OMI Inner Tire temp
• Average Surface Tire temp
• OMI Surface Tire temp
• Wheel RPM
• Slip angle

Safety Ratings

• Reworked the overall Safety Rating calculation to better represent the intended behavior
• Increased maximum Safety Rating from 5.0 to 8.0
• Reset Safety Rating for all players to 0, to allow for a fresh start

Starting Procedures

• During standing starts, collisions for all cars are now turned off until the lights turn green.

UI

• Added “Low Fuel” UI warning
• This HUD element can also be moved and edited via the HUD editor
• The leaderboard will now show the reason for being DSQd
• Disabled the ICM from triggering automatically when entering the pits. This is to prevent issues with driving over the pit lane & the ICM opening when it’s not intended.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where sometimes DNSd cars were not sent to pits. Collisions for all DNS, DSQ, DNF cars are now disabled
• Fixed an issue where the car status was not reset when using “Back to Pit” option

Damage

• Tire wear
• Fuel

UI

• Fixed an issue where certain camera bounce options did not save after being changed
• Fixed an issue where gameplay camera options didn’t save when changed
• Fixed an issue where you could get disconnected from longer online sessions
• Fixed an issue where the Rejoin button was not visible sometimes when trying to reconnect to an Online Contest
• Fixed an issue where if you opened the menu during the race countdown, you were unable to interact with the menu
• Fixed an issue where the HUD element for the car dashboard would not work after returning to pit
• Fixed an issue where the “Waiting For Players” message was not showing at the start of the race stage
• Fixed an issue where changing the tire pressure units didn’t correctly display the new unit in the HUD
• Fixed an issue where Battle Pass tier skips appear available without having the Premium pass
• Fixed an issue where the CAR category was not aligned with the column while in the lobby
• Fixed an issue where friends appeared offline but are online
• Fixed an issue where the Official Contest menu had the wrong gameplay stage order
• Fixed an issue where going to the session info tab in the lobby broke the ability to navigate the player pages in the lobby
• Fixed an issue where the QR login didn’t always work
• Fixed an issue where track conditions were not always saved after editing them
• Fixed an issue where the option to change the binding to open the pause menu was not shown
• Fixed an issue where text boxes would allow you to enter more characters than the limit
• Fixed an issue where there was no way to reset track conditions in quick session back to default
• Fixed an issue where the Nordschleife sector map was offset from the track map
• Fixed an issue where the race history of multistage races showed the first stage instead of the last
• Fixed an issue where the “Return to Pit” UI windows mentioned “During Practice” if you opened it during the race stage
• Fixed an issue where after a pit stop, sometimes the car locations on the minimap were not always updated
• Fixed an issue where the minimap was not able to display a car driving backwards
• Fixed an issue where engine audio was not playing on the hood cam on the BMW M2
• Fixed an issue where stickers were not visible when applying them in the garage to LMDh cars

Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple UI related crashes
• Fixed some Time Trial related crashes

Known Issues

• While the ICM is open certain input is blocked
• Using the toggle binding for the ICM does not close it
• Unable to see the sticker you’re applying in hypercars
• Pit Crew can be clipping on some tracks
• Drivers can gain league points when ending as DNF
• Sometimes users are not pulled into a server once it starts
• Rolling Starts not working as intended

You can see the latest Rennsport news, updates, content and more, here, along with a list of all the cars confirmed for Rennsport so far (and the tracks as well). You can try Rennsport for free on the PC now via Steam Early Access.