The next planned update pack for Rennsport is launching with retro DTM cars, the promised HWA EVO.R Restomod, and an old favourite historical version of a track on June 25.
After the Endurance Classics Part 1 DLC was released for Rennsport, the next priority on Competition Company's roadmap was the Touring Classics Part 1. Now we know it will arrive on June 25th alongside a 50% price reduction on the Standard Edition of the game.
As previously announced, the contents of this pack include the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, BMW E30 M3, Mercedes-Benz C-Class V6 DTM and 190E 2.5-16 Evo II. Additionally, two cars are being added for free which are the HWA EVO.R Restomod - the modernised 190E that competed in this year's Nürburgring 24 - and the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, a track-only version of the road-going GT4 RS.
But what will perhaps be the primary feature of this pack will be the inclusion of pre-2002 Hockenheim in its full 6.825km glory.
Brace for a slipstream fest with the Touring Classics Part 1 DLC coming to Rennsport. Image: Competition Company
The track will be available with in the pack, whilst a brand new community made track will arrive for free alongside the Cayman and HWA Restomod. For those who are aware of DDF Racer, the Circuit Thermalito is a heavily renowned mod that has been converted into first party content on Rennsport courtesy of Nukedrop, who created the Crest Da Cauras track that is available in the game.
Additionally as of the update's deployment, there are many changes to the AI including improved collision awareness, racing line usage, race starts and more. The entire changelog is listed below:
Rennsport V1.2.11 - Full Changelog
Touring Classics Premium Pack
- Circuits: Hockenheimring Classic Revival.
- Vehicles: Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, BMW E30 M3, Mercedes-Benz C-Class V6 DTM, Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II.
Free Platform Expansion
- Circuits: Thermalito (Community-developed track, adapted by Nukedrop).
- Vehicles: HWA EVO.R, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.
AI tweaks
- Collision Awareness: Tweaked the AI so it is less prone to collide.
- Cornering Logic: Improved their cornering logic..
- Drivelines: The AI drivers now pay more attention to their drivelines.
- Race Starts: Launch logic adjusted for faster starts.
- Rules adherence: AI drivers are now more stuck to the same limitations as the human drivers.
- Class Consistency: AI now operates the same across classes.
- Pit Lane Logic: Improved behaviour in pitlanes.
Technical Fixes & Stability
- Systemic Crashes: Resolved critical crashes occurring when returning to the main menu from an active race session and when running sessions featuring AI.
- Benchmark Stability: Fixed a crash triggered during PC benchmark runs.
- Penalty Logic: Addressed a crash occurring when the game issued penalties for crossing pit lane limits.
Custom Contests
- Moderation Tools: Hosts can now kick users from a lobby before the session begins; kicked users will be prevented from rejoining that specific contest.
Tracks
- Sebring: Corrected multi-class starting grid spacing to prevent cars from spawning too close together.
- Founder’s Track: Closed “out-of-bounds” collision holes that allowed drivers to enter the pit lane through the mountainside.
Cars
- Porsche 911 GT1: Removed erroneous stickers that were incorrectly applying to the windscreen.
- Hyundai N Vision 74: Corrected vehicle mode assignment; the car is now correctly restricted to Race Mode.
User Interface
- Garage Management: Decoupled car selection filters from garage filters, ensuring that race-specific filters no longer hide cars you own while browsing your personal garage.
- Display & Layout: Fixed a stretched background image issue for Laguna Seca on ultrawide monitors and repaired the background layer for the Sebring track map.
- Asset Integrity: Restored the missing thumbnail for the Porsche Mission R.
- Player Profiles: Fixed a bug where player badges failed to render when inspecting another driver’s profile card.
- Telemetry Data: Updated drive-line recommended speeds on Laguna Seca and Sebring for a wide range of vehicles, including the Porsche 963, Peugeot 9X8 EVO, and BMW M Hybrid V8.
Championships & Sessions
- Leaderboard Accuracy: Fixed missing platform icons on Championship total score leaderboards.
- Grid Reporting: Corrected the summary widget to display the accurate number of cars in the grid.
- Quick Session: Fixed a bug where selected car classes would reset when exiting and re-entering the menu.
- Cosmetics: Resolved a system error that prevented owned stickers from appearing in the application menu.
Liveries
- 378 Liveries added: Some paid, some free, some competition exclusive.
Known Issues
- AI: Some cars will leave the track in the first chicane on the Hockenheimring Classic Revival.
Which of the new cars would you want to drive on the classic Hockenheim in Rennsport? Let us know in the comments or join the discussion in our Rennsport forum!
