How HYPER-REALISTIC is Le Mans Ultimate?

[@BrokenWheelYT]

I’d like to say you are the reason why I started to Sim Racing and enjoy! From Logitech G920 with xbox to Triple 43” with nice rig all this happen with your contents and reviews, thank you Will really.

[@cliftonburroughs859]

So you’re saying he’s cost you thousands of dollars 😂…..me too!

[@BrokenWheelYT]

@@cliftonburroughs859 🙂 as 42 years old man it is a good way to spend some money. One of the reason why I thank Him after so many reviews I can decide what equipments its ideal for me etc. 🤟

[@kennygo5053]

Man I am on xsx with ts-xw. but I cannot find Le Mans on xsx. where did you find it?

[@boostedmedia]

Its PC only for now.

[@kennygo5053]

@@boostedmedia no its in play station5

[@Chader9]

The graphics and lighting are incredible!!! Light reflection along with the imperfections seen on the wind screens and such are so authentic. Easily could pass this off as IRL racing to any of my friends. Impressive stuff, great vid as usual.

[@fan2hd277]

For me, as no fanboy of any sim (but I do have them all :) I think if they can deliver as promised while keeping the good physics of rF2 it can be the best sim out there. Because now we have in addition decent gfx, great sound, almost up to date content. I don’t need zillions of cars just a dozen but 100% polished!

[@letmejustdoit]

First of all, your setup is amazing, you cant even tell where the screens meet , but secondly, the way the cars move in front of you, looks like the real thing, plus all the details that you can feel and described... the graphics too. This game looks like a solid competitor to the top tittles out right now, once the bugs are worked out, a punishment system that can keep people in line, good damage models.... yeah, can't wait to see where they take this.

[@ryanclarke4448]

The crazy part is this is just as we see it on what KZbin allows. Imagine the picture quality in person

[@geehammer1511]

Yeah I keep watching videos on it & it looks great on YT, might have to buy it to see it in full 1440p glory.

[@Emir_de_Passy]

Sim racers spent thousands in their pedals, sim rig, and wheelbases, but when they need to spend $30 every three years to support the developers that make the software that would render their equipment useless otherwise, they don't want to. Not that I go to Starbucks, but LMU is the price of 4 cappuccinos and once you figure out the UI headache, its a blast.

[@anticommoncore4065]

EXACTLY! RF2 Endurance Pack is currently $45, this is $32. No brainer as far as value is concerned. Better graphics, same or better physics, tire model, FFB than RF2. What's not to like for the price? 12700k/ 4090/ CSL DD/ V3 pedals/ 55" LG G2/ GT Omega Prime, so $32 is equal to the V3 pedal Performance kit.

[@arivasu1759]

100% agree with you. It's an early release and it has some Problems. So what, there are other Sims out there that constantly have bugs. Lots of Potential and I'm gonna be there to see what's next.

[@chrisCKDE]

Well he just said is it worth your hard earned money so what's the problem? There is so many trashy games and sims out there so it is a valid question to aks if a sim is worth the money.

[@SONICBOOM-117]

For real. 💪

[@DuxDrive]

There are some that spend so much money and still lose to someone on G29 and desk chair. But in the end its about who has how much and on what the freedom to spend. After all its their money and the gear not always means performance, just experience. Myself as sim racer for more than 20y i wanna invest just because of youtube and creating content like this and for the enjoyment of course, considering i do it for so long

[@bundy26]

That looked awesome. I had a few glitches, but absolutely love this sim. I'm addicted to RF2, so this sim feels so natural to me.

[@Foxiol]

This is rFactor 2.5 (almost 3.0)...and I love rFactor 2 already...but I'm having a blast with the upgrades in this game in almost every aspect. Incredible of what Studio 397 is capable of and I don't think they have the best budget to do this, yet here we are.

[@jishan6992]

What's rFactor?

[@BlastBeatsFTW]

Look up rfactor 2 @@jishan6992

[@NekoSmash]

@@jishan6992 a sim racing game that arguably has the best physics / ffb

[@Rezamajedi]

It's a racing simulator game the newest one is rfactor2 ​@@jishan6992

[@DSaw78]

Very enjoyable video! I've went from not caring about this game at all in the past few days to now I'm probably going to buy it.

[@vpr76]

This game is a big surprise ! I'm enjoying it a lot !

[@uspnightfire115]

I've been really enjoying the physics in Le Mans Ultimate. Bunch of bugs and not much content but it's a blast! Love how it mimics flat spotting and it's progressive. I guess those cars that went off on the final turns stayed there because since that happened you had yellow flag showing up on your wheel for the remainder of the race. I look forward to you hopefully doing a lot more Le Mans Ultimate content in the future when they iron the bugs out!

[@deadmanwalking1930]

I got this today and apart from 1 crash and trouble understanding some settings I have now had the pleasure to drive the Ferrari Hyper car at Spa and absolutely loving it. I very much look forward to seeing how this evolves.

[@garrygills]

The Le Mans Ultimate video we've all been waiting for! Great work as usual, mate.

[@tw88gttama]

Glad to see you cover this Will , I feel this sim has great potential . They have already put out 3 hot fixes so hopefully that mean s397 will keep working on it. Also I know they are working on a championship mode , and adding the driver swap mode. Between that and eventually adding 2024 content this could be a lot of fun

[@deadmanwalking1930]

I've been. On the fence regarding buying it. Hearing lots of mixed reviews. But I think I might just get it later on Steam. Hopefully it turns into a truly great sim

[@EricW6800]

When you buy it they can keep working at it...simple

[@LehanViper22]

Im really enjoying this sim! Hoping they bring all the 2024 content soon that would be the icing on the cake!

[@dinorzdriver]

Its my favorite game at this moment. Love it

[@PedroSantos_83]

Great review as always! Reasonable, objective and straight to the point! Keep it up!

[@Wilayaat]

Your rig, driving, commentary and graphics always make me want to stop what I'm doing and jump into my rig! Thanks for the video, great as always. Think I'll stick to ACC and AMS2 for now and revisit LMU after a few patches.

[@camerawithwings8607]

Had 3 already, fun fun FUN!!

[@RedLP5000S]

Definitely a must have for me. Looks fantastic with all of the WEC cars.

[@adhobbies1776]

Id just like to say, i was researching some crap 100 dollar wheel to play forza horizons 5 on, and came across your page. I am blown away at this setup, and had know idea at home sims like this even existed. This is incredible.

[@fksimracing]

The view is awesome. Please make a video about graphics settings and triple screen adjustment.

[@fingers68]

I've not been blown away since GP Legends, this is sublime. They have managed to keep all the top class RF2 physics but added unreal eye candy! In VR it runs fantastic, I can only imagine there's been some wizard optimisation and compression going on as I am getting a silk smooth stutter free solid 90 FPS with Reverb G2. Great job and looking forwards to the updates for official VR. PS I don't mean unreal engine... I mean Holy Cr£" have you seen this!!

[@yeong_ster]

how are you playing this game in vr may i ask?

[@viktorianas]

@@yeong_ster just add +VR in Steam launch options

[@lplightportal]

@@yeong_ster In steam need to add parameter +VR, search on youtube: Le Mans Ultimate in VR

[@giant-cyclist]

Graphics looks really incredible, mate!

[@AKK5I]

I'm never gonna drive a Hypercar or GTE so I'm not too worried with how "realistic" the physics is, but goddamn the sounds are amazing . The 911 RSR sounds like the whole orchestra on four wheels.

[@ShawnHinck]

I enjoy it, there’s some stuff I want to see fixed/changed. The big ones are the ability to adjust brightness on wheel backlighting and the flag monitor as well as changing to location of a few of the flag monitors from blocking the windshield like the GTE Porsche. Lining cars up by class like they actually do in the WEC and adding trackir/vr support

[@JakubPuchalski]

It was ‘she’ racing the Iron Dames Porsche :) The game is Early Access, so no surprise for the bugs. Other than that I’m super impressed with it and it met all my expectations in terms of ffb and handling as good as in rF2 with much improved graphics and sound.

[@MarcSob22]

Still think the best SIM at the moment is AMS2 , but this one looks amazing too!

[@billbaggins1688]

Mostly single player racing games should have a career mode.

[@ArrowSu]

Your videos are great, may I ask what model of monitor you have?

[@ajoydas-Watch-It]

The Day VR is ready, i will be too. Cant wait to get my hands on it.

[@madhaz3359]

This looks out of this world , amazing! I love this game even on my single crappy little monitor 😅

[@igormedo]

Looks promising at first glance.

[@kevinstevens3429]

I’ve watched countless video reviews of Lemans ultimate on KZbin, and by far yours was the most comprehensive and compelling I’ve seen, 👍 At first I was going to return Lemans ultimate to steam because I have a simagic alpha u and had problems getting the wheel base to work right (really 937, I figured you would’ve made easier after the Rfactor 2 debacle). After getting some instructions from a friend I was able to get the Alpha U up and running with LMU.

[@bullshark1152]

Tempting to buy it at this stage of development. Did this with AMS2 at the time as well and I love it. So the €29 for LeMan ultimate is a no brainer I guess. Although my current PC an i8700k and GTX 1080 TI will have some struggles to keep the frame rates I guess. Will upgrade my pc to the current standards later this year . Great looking vid. 😁👍🤜

[@hts513]

I finally was able to get the game to run halfway decent. Getting blinded by the sun setting at Sebring was brilliant. Realistic indeed. Very impressive graphics.

[@adamplechaty]

This looks like a real footage period.

[@jahshjahsh2002]

Nice video, the beginning was scary just like what happens in real life. I think GT7 will look most realistic. Probably DR 2.0 rally cross as well.

[@NinetyTres]

Much like ACC is focused on the Fanatec GT world series, LMU is to the WEC Endurance series Both sharply focused LMU includes Online ranked multiplayer races as well, which I hope AC2 includes, as this is quite nice to just jump in and play

[@SingleRacerSVR]

Thankyou very much, Will. So good to have a "seasoned" racers point of view. I have to be honest and say that I thought this would be as crap as some of the more recent Nascar games. But I am not only pleasantly surprised, but quite impressed actually. You question at the end of the video if it is worth it - but it's a reasonable price for what you get. But at the moment it's only the lack of VR that's a little bit of a turn off. But hey, that's just me. [;]-)

[@ma14.27]

This is a really promising start, let's hope in a year from now it has fixed most bugs and has a stable playerbase.

[@benkekovax]

Watched 10 seconds, then jumped to Steam and purchased the game!!! 😍 Too bad it's 0:30am and I have to sleep before I can try the game on my DD+... 😂😂😂

[@ElSendagaming]

Looks incredible!

[@J_Ardian]

that is supa good realistsic graphics!, good game too, and for vr too!

[@rca_simracing]

Hello. Can you explain what settings you have for graphics? I have a triple monitor and I can't square the fov.

[@leswilson66]

Looks fantastic ..im waiting for the vr to be added then ill buy a decent PC ..im currently on gt7 in vr running sim hub ..👍

[@oklivieletsgo]

Sarah Bovy of Iron Dames fame is not a ‘he’ Will!!! Great vid as always though fella. You always make me want to jump in my rig!

[@afguy0127]

I was hoping I'd find this comment!!

[@boostedmedia]

My bad. Didn’t have any overlays up so I had no idea who the drivers were.

[@afguy0127]

@@boostedmedia easiest way to tell in that game - if you see the pink Porsche, it's a she lol. Sary Bovy, Michelle Gatting, and Doriane Pin! All part of the Iron Dames team.

[@oklivieletsgo]

@@boostedmediait’s all good man, I was pulling your leg. The Dames are just so recognisable in that pink car!

[@hernando_alfonso8944]

Very good Video, thanks 🏁😎✌️

[@hawkeye2816]

It's really impressive watching the AI box you in and push you to suboptimal lines while still leaving you space. Historically, AI has either been incompetently slow, inhumanly fast, stuck on rails, or way too forgiving, or all of the above at once. It's nice to see this game doesn't have some of those problems.

[@dirtyjerz32]

Love the content as always Will, Happy Holidays. What setting did you see in the app file that changes the AI behaviors or incidents? I find them very aggressive, but they never seem to have any spins or cause any collisions that would require a yellow flags.

[@miguelk.8351]

Nice Vid. This is the first Video where no HUD Infos is to see. how did you get rid of the HUD? Searched a lot but didnt find a solution. Many thanks

[@LuizinhoNetto]

in 2024 Le Mans Ultimate is the best simulator game! congrats nice video!

[@boostedmedia]

What it does, it seems to do really well. Not a big variety in content through and HEAPS of bugs that need fixing before I'd say its the best simulator.

[@fastforward7670]

How do you come to this conclusion?

[@Ceejays69]

its very real this game :) nice race men

[@FG_356]

What the heck is this ! You are just showing us real life onboard video ! And I thought this was a simulation. 🏁🏁🏁

[@henkgoossens1245]

I did drive LMU from the start and I also feel that the overall feeling of feedback and race competitors did actually fight against me. very happy with it, Question did you drive VR in this video, I couldn't start my VR yet in this game

[@jirvinjirvin]

Hi Will, could you please share your in-game settings? tried almost everything online but none of them seemed okay in my SC pro 2. Thanks!

[@BurkyHC]

I haven't been excited about the release of a new sim racing title since Assetto Corsa. Every new game that came out seemed relatively the same, only differing in color and contrast. Now, looking at Le Mans Ultimate, I see how the cockpit shakes from the bumps on the road (which greatly contributes to immersion, and the last time I saw that was with rFactor's DRM Revival mod), the flawless sound when the car is on the left or right side, AI drivers are smarter, as for the physics, I don't know yet because I have to try the game myself, but if it's like rFactor 2, there's no doubt that the physics are excellent.

[@stewsaquarium1397]

You have to very careful of the kerbs in the 488. The other gte cars in LMU are more kerb friendly especially the Auston Martin

[@ElEmperadorXIII]

I’m wondering how you managed to adjust your camera that good with triple monitors, having a hard time. FOV settings don’t even make a difference in game either.

[@lasarith2]

6:49 AI dose not seem to think ahead , in terms of where to overtake ( just to get past as quickly as possible)

[@robertosantoro9685]

I'm really loving this game so much so that anytime I play it it's difficult for me to switch back to other sims. I love the graphics and the sense of connection with the road through the ffb. Talking about ffb I'm stll struggling with the settings to get rid of all those (imo) excessive vibrations.

[@ScaleCrawling]

This looks amazing.

[@gaymer69209]

Multi Class Racing, yasss!

[@johndc7446]

How do you compare it to Rfactor 2? I have never tried both of these games. They say it has similar physics but better?

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

LMU IS KING

[@bulbizarhd4081]

absolutely stunning

[@lincolnklayvr]

Absolutely love this game

[@lexandco]

Hey Will, Would you be able to share your FFB settings for the game and wheelbase? Much appreciated

[@psychomush]

Looks okay but what's annoying me is the side mirrors look wrong 😅 like shouldn't you see some of the rear of the car

[@SimRacingFanDK]

Looks amazing and i believe i am a simaholic 😂 i already have AC, ACC, AMS, AMS2, PC2,iracing, Raceroom, Rfactor2 and rennsport, and considering buying this too 😂

[@Renovator-f3k]

Buy it.

[@dougdoesracing]

I race iRacing in VR because it's supposed to be the most realistic in terms of sense of speed, depth perception, elevation changes etc.... but seeing this makes me question things lol. If we were to say, what's the best way to prep for jumping in a real life car, would that be VR or a hyper realistic rig like this?

[@Username_Invalid]

I haven’t tried this game yet, but I’m really glad the consensus is great physics and great AI. I’d rather there be less content at the start with that content be high quality. Unlike AMS2 where I feel the physics will always be slightly broken. 😞

[@harris19863]

Looks so good but just an FYI that pink Porsche is the Iron Dames car so she not he 😉

[@boostedmedia]

Haha yep! Didn’t have any overlays so couldn’t see driver names and I’m not familiar with the series in real life.

[@harris19863]

@@boostedmedia ahh it's no problem at all great team of very talented drivers though!

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

Awesome Sim!

[@Rmagid]

Nice can we see some prototype action as well

[@boostedmedia]

For sure! Just wanted to start with something familiar.

[@6665hitm4k3r]

@@boostedmedia Great video, really liking your setup. Little tip for less carnage on the first lap: start a weekend with quali session and run next session. That will sort the classes for you. I got through Monza T1 with a full AI field without a single scratch ;)

[@MrVkNext]

Great video Will (except calling Iron Dame "he"). Given how much we are used to spend on mods and addon for sims - the price is fair, imo. Will purchase it the day it gets VR support as I don't have monitor in my sim rig.

[@sputnik_yuri]

If there was a Daytona Int'l Speedway version of this 😏

[@fictionsgamepad3497]

Great driving. Did you tune it for slight under steer, or as it came? Thanks

[@nmelol]

It is pretty realistic when it works 😅

[@BenjaminKarslund]

Can you send me a detailed list of what I should buy to recreate your setup? ❤

[@MetalSimVR]

Hey Will, thanks for this video! 🙏 Why is there no windscreen washer system in simulations?

[@revelare_xvii6269]

I legit thought this was GoPro footage at first.

[@boostedmedia]

It is GoPro footage.

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

Im waiting for the holodeck version to come out. 😂

[@mowglippml]

Do any of the cars have the radar rear view camera with the little arrows over cars?

[@achibergmann6335]

Just drive Sebring without smoothness in FFB and there's no question if you need to buy it. By the way, if guys are not sure if it's worth spending 30 €, but owning sim equipment for thousands of bucks.....!

[@camerawithwings8607]

HAHAHA right?! Too funny! A lousy 30 bucks.

[@dustincriddle]

I just got the game and using a moza r5 and game is unplayable because ffb I can’t get the wheel to stop going to the left and locking up, any help would be appreciated

[@TeamSethRules]

How compare to AMS2? Also VR with LMU?

[@glennfirth]

As always looks awesome

[@GUN69_]

Every sim you tweak in the impressive way when it comes to the visuals. I salute you! 🫡

[@NARSteve]

How does this run compared to rf2 FPS wise? I can run rf2 with fairly high ( not ultra ) settings and get decent FPS.

[@sikedmike]

how did you get rid of that monitor thing that says yellow flag? It takes up like half my screen.

[@SnaxDesAvions]

awesome race, did buy LMU today after years of rFactor 2. Feels very similar, like a rFactor 2.5 if you know what I meant. And just like you I love the AIs. On a side note, that pink Porsche is driven by Sarah Bovy from the all-female team "Iron Dames", it was funny to hear you call her "he" haha :p

[@lachcurtis5503]

Will, please, you gotta give me a link for the gloves!

[@jt663]

How are your hands tracked?

[@batmanfr91]

Pls make a video with group c car

[@rcextra4351]

What are your settings in the game ?

[@awdbisso8654]

Hello What IS Your Seetings for The Simucube Ultimate? I have a Ultimate Too but i don't find good Seetings for me 😢

[@awdbisso8654]

😭

[@dean22593]

PS5/PSVR2 eventually?

[@SuperslowRacing]

I’m not getting on with the FFB in this game. High speed it’s great. Like you said. Connected and intuitive. However I find the low speed FFB to be complete garbage. Feels like I’m on a land speeder on Tatooine. Zero brake feel as well. I’m using quality gear too. SC2 Sport at 80%. Plenty to feel everything if it was actually there.

[@EKG14]

Far and away the best physics... FAR... graphics are great and realistic and the online racing so far has been great.

[@simwolfvr]

it tracks your hands with a VR headset ? I have a Quest 3 will it do that ?

[@ty194]

😂

[@baccattack]

I believe the rig Will is using has triple 65" monitors.

[@simwolfvr]

@@baccattack hmm it looks like it's tracking his head but you can get those devices.

[@ty194]

@@simwolfvr You're new here aren't you? Have a look through his videos, it will show you his set up. No VR involved at all.

[@simwolfvr]

@@ty194 ok fair enough,, VR is awesome.

[@pikkyuukyuun4741]

damn now this AI is truly built from the ground up

[@Username_Invalid]

I usually don’t get too excited watching other people race but that AI was on point and made for an exciting video. If the right decisions are made, this game will be golden I hope.

[@peermancolin]

great video