# RaceRoom Racing Experience Patch Notes - 4th August 2026 - Product: RaceRoom Racing Experience (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raceroom-racing-experience) - Vendor: KW Studios - Date: 2026-08-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/211500/view/712282517277772198 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raceroom-racing-experience/releases/2026-08-04-patch-notes-4th-august-2026 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Added the DTM 2026 car pack - **added** — Added a new in-race HUD with standings, relative, delta, tyres, radar, track map, virtual mirror, pit and vehicle pages, and instrument pod - **added** — Added HUD options for maximum refresh rate and resolution scale, and a key to toggle the whole HUD - **changed** — Reworked track map markers with class-coloured circles, player icon, and flashing safety-car marker - **changed** — Updated Nurburgring Nordschleife to 2026 spec - **changed** — Updated AI pace and NLS / 24h fuel estimates for Nurburgring Nordschleife - **changed** — Updated Monza art with 8k tarmac, kerb wear, skids, dirt, and sausage-kerb scratches - **changed** — Removed two sausage kerbs from Red Bull Ring and added a new runoff at the final corner - **changed** — Nudged up AI pace at Red Bull Ring - **changed** — Added 8k tarmac textures to Portimao and fixed track-surface issues - **changed** — Added 8k tarmac textures, 3D trees and curb wear to Laguna Seca - **changed** — Fixed track-surface issues at Slovakia Ring and added green tarmac at Turn 1 - **fixed** — Fixed holes in the track surface at Brands Hatch - **fixed** — Fixed holes in the track surface at Zandvoort - **fixed** — Fixed track-surface issues at Imola - **fixed** — Fixed track-surface issues at Twin Forest - **fixed** — Fixed pit entry behaviour on the GP layout at Oschersleben - **changed** — Reworked TCR suspension with recalculated centre of gravity heights, corrected suspension travel and bump stop contact, and anti-lift set to roughly 10-15% at both ends - **changed** — Performed suspension geometry pass on anti-lift and anti-squat across Super Touring, WTCC 2013, WTCC TC1 and TCR fields, plus Audi TT Cup and Audi TT RS VLN Download size = 7.2 GB Client version = 0.9.8.03 Client BuildID = 24545523 Dedicated Server version = 111.0.1660 Dedicated Server BuildID = 24545792 - Content - Added the DTM 2026 car pack - HUD - Added a new in-race HUD ( standings, relative, delta, tyres, radar, track map, virtual mirror, pit and vehicle pages, instrument pod ) - HUD - Added HUD options for maximum refresh rate and resolution scale, and a key to toggle the whole HUD - HUD - Reworked track map markers ( class-coloured circles, player icon, flashing safety-car marker ) - Nurburgring Nordschleife - Updated to 2026 spec - Nurburgring Nordschleife - Updated AI pace and NLS / 24h fuel estimates - Monza - Updates to art ( 8k tarmac, kerb wear, skids, dirt, sausage-kerb scratches ) - Red Bull Ring - Removed two sausage kerbs and added a new runoff at the final corner - Red Bull Ring - Nudged up AI pace - Portimao - Added 8k tarmac textures and fixed track-surface issues - Laguna Seca - Added 8k tarmac textures, 3D trees and curb wear - Slovakia Ring - Fixed track-surface issues and added green tarmac at Turn 1 - Brands Hatch - Fixed holes in the track surface - Zandvoort - Fixed holes in the track surface - Imola - Fixed track-surface issues - Twin Forest - Fixed track-surface issues - Oschersleben - Fixed pit entry behaviour on the GP layout - Physics - TCR - suspension rework. Centre of gravity heights recalculated, suspension travel and bump stop contact corrected and anti-lift set to roughly 10-15% at both ends - Physics - Suspension geometry pass on anti-lift and anti-squat across the Super Touring, WTCC 2013, WTCC TC1 and TCR fields, plus the Audi TT Cup and Audi TT RS VLN - Physics - Super Touring - rear axles now have proper anti-lift and will squat under braking, rear bump steer increased so the axle helps turn the car rather than just follow the front, and a little front anti-lift added in place of the previous pro-lift for better traction - Physics - GT3 aero balance dynamic behaviour updated - Physics - Balance of Performance and setup pass across the GT3 field - Physics - Updated the DTM 2013-2016 cars [ leaderboards reset ] - Physics - DTM 1992 - BMW M3 Sport Evolution drag and drivetrain friction corrected, steering lock range widened [ leaderboards reset ] - Physics - Formula RaceRoom US - downforce reduced by about 25% [ leaderboards reset ] - Physics - Tyre dirt and marble pickup now takes about 3 times longer to clean off - Physics - Added a regen-braking guard so hybrids do not regen with the engine off - Physics - Added a sequential stick shifter gearbox type, with its own clutch, blip and dogbox behaviour. 35 cars now use it, including the Super Touring, WTCC, TC1 and TCR fields, the GTR1 and GTR2 cars and the Mazda MX-5 Cup - Physics - Shift times reduced across the GT3 field - Physics - Undertray feelers stiffened on all cars so floors no longer sink through the ground, and slammed cars bounce less - Physics - Default engine map is now the highest one on the P1, P2, GrC, GrA, GTE and FR-90 cars - Physics - Max steering lock ranges corrected on 25 cars across WTCC 2013, WTCC TC1, DTM 1992, Touring Classics, Audi TT cup, GTR2 and P2 - Physics - Gear ratio and final drive options respaced, and track specific ratios added for Vallelunga, Spa 2025 and Adria - Physics - Mazda MX-5 - Reduced suspension travel so the wheels no longer poke through the bodywork - Cameras - Adjusted onboard cameras on several cars ( Audi 90 quattro GTO, BMW M4 DTM, Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM, Nissan GT-R GT1 ) - AI - Bunched up the GT3 AI field for closer racing - Traction Control - Fixed TC Override only working below 9 m/s ( it now works at all speeds ) - Controllers - Lowered the maximum steering deadzone to 30% and removed a hardcoded centre notch - Controllers - Fixed a gamepad staying disconnected after being unplugged, replugged or moved to another USB port - Multiplayer - Network optimizations to the dedicated server _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/211500/view/712282517277772198]_