The Drivers Pack is now available on the in-game store!

Including 4 cars and 1 track:

• Circuit de Charade
  
• Mazda MX-5
  
• Praga R1
  
• Crosslé 90F
  
• Crosslé 9S

The Drivers Pack is the ultimate addition to your RaceRoom experience. With four incredible cars and one iconic track, this pack offers a thrilling driving experience that is sure to satisfy even the most demanding racers.



The pack includes the Mazda MX-5 Cup, a high-performance race car designed for competition in the Mazda MX-5 Cup racing series.



The Praga R1, a cutting-edge race car known for its exceptional handling and performance on the track.



The Crosslé 90F, a single-seater racing car renowned for its agility and speed.



And the Crosslé 9S, a classic sports racer with a modern twist.



In addition to these incredible cars, the pack also includes the Circuit de Charade, a challenging and exciting racetrack located in the Auvergne region of central France. With its fast, sweeping turns and steep elevation changes, the Circuit de Charade offers a true test of a driver's skill and courage.



Whether you're a seasoned pro or a beginner looking to push your limits, the Drivers Pack is sure to provide an unforgettable driving experience. Don't miss out on this exciting pack – get your hands on the Drivers Pack for RaceRoom today!

Every generation has its aspirational car. An icon that seems to represent the zeitgeist of the time. Think Golf GTI and AE86 at one end, or Lamborghini Countach (for people of a certain age) and Bugatti Veyron at the other . But Mazda’s MX-5 has somehow pulled the trick of being the car for every generation, reinventing itself in subtle ways to remain one of the world’s go-to starting points for genuine driving joy and tuning possibilities.



It’s why the MX-5 can be seen as the flagship of our December Raceroom Drivers Pack – perfectly complementing the other three cars we’re releasing – and it’s the perfect machine to explore the limits of the Charade track that’s also part of the the content drop.



The MX-5 isn’t flashy. It’s not expensive. Out of the box it’s not particularly high powered. The platform is lightweight, compact and – heresy of heresies for the claim of being a performance car – a drop-top. But there’s no question that this is a true driving icon.



The first MX-5 was delivered unto the world in 1989, and since then we’ve seen four iterations over three decades – but the spirit of the car has never changed. It’s still instantly recognisable, with its mechanical principles the same over all that time (two seats; front engined; rear-wheel drive) and it’s mostly the superficial body styling that’s evolved to keep it looking fresh, along with minor bumps in power output.



In its origins the MX-5 openly tips a hat to what’s seen as the ultimate lightweight racer-for-the-road, Lotus’ iconic Elan from the 1960s: a giant killer on and off the track. The first MX-5 bore rather more than a passing resemblance to the Elan: but as a reference there could be fewer more deserving targets, and purists’ grumblings were soon rendered irrelevant as the Mazda sold by the ton – and well over a million have been enjoyed (and are likely still being enjoyed) all round the world.



Originally released as the Miata in North America and known as the Eunos Roadster in its homeland of Japan, in Europe it’s always been the simpler but still memorable MX-5. And almost immediately it was clear that the MX-5 presented a unique opportunity for those of us who can’t afford supercars or high-performance GTs. With the MX-5, the driving experience would be the thing to show off, not the exterior bling or look-at-me scream of a V12 (that likely never gets used in anger). The MX-5 sat was the sweet spot in the Venn diagram of just the right amount of everything: power, grip, feedback, stability… fun.



The latest fourth-generation ND MX-5 that you’ll soon be driving in Raceroom has taken the car back to its roots. The MX-5 was admittedly getting a little larger and a little heavier over time, and has benefitted from a fitness regime. The newest ND is actually shorter than the original model and almost as light; a balance of modern materials countering the effects of more stringent safety regs that inevitably add weight despite their necessity.



The original model is still the standard by which all later models were judged, such was its quality, but the ND has earned rave reviews since its release – and most importantly is as drivable and enjoyable as ever. It still features a normally-aspirated, inline four-cylinder engine, though it now develops 181hp and is mated to a six-speed ‘box to make it the quickest off-the-shelf MX-5 yet.



We’re featuring the ND2 Cup model in Raceroom, so you can let it loose in an MX-5’s natural environment of door-to-door racing in a massed pack of cars. Pretty much every country with a racing pedigree boasts an MX-5 Cup series: it’s a staple of global motorsport and always has been since the car was launched. It’s just a natural thing to do.



The Cup shows just how few modifications you need to make to an MX-5 to turn it into a bona fide racer. There’s the roll-cage for safety, an uprated ECU and improved cooling, a strengthened transmission, you can upgrade the suspension… and that’s about it. You just don’t need to do much to it – although being such a pure platform you can if you want: the possibilities are endless, as shown in the tuning scene.



But in Raceroom we think you’ll love the ND2 Cup. It’s a proper racer’s racer: nimble and just quick enough, but not so quick that overtakes are easy: building up your skill against equally matched cars is what will make the difference, and practice will be everything. Especially as we expect our online ranked races with the Mazda to be super competitive!



Four cars, one track. Our Drivers Pack gives you the MX-5: the perfect starting point, a simple thoroughbred racecar that encourages simple, elbows-out racing. There’s the Crosslé 9S, a classic sports prototype from the ‘60s that’s barely changed since that time, a compliant car that wants to be taken to the limit. Its sister, the Crosslé 90F is full-on, wind-in-your-face throwback single-seater fun: a tiny missile of edginess. And then you’ll get the modern Praga R1, the pinnacle of performance, laden with downforce and rocketship-fast. All curated to be quick out of the box, but all with their quirks that need to be mastered. France’s epic Charade track, our Drivers Pack circuit of choice, will be the perfect place to put these four to the test.



Get ready for the Raceroom Drivers Pack, due to be released on December 14th.

Welcome to the second preview of our December content, the Drivers Pack. Here we’re going to talk about two more cars plus the track that is part of the release: a pair of continuation classics from Crosslé that perfectly match France’s Charade circuit.



What you’ll get are two very different driving experiences on one absolutely stunning circuit. From Crosslé we have their 90F single seater matched with the 9S classic prototype. And with Charade you can drive them in their natural habitat, as the two models are part of the renowned Classic Racing School that’s based at the track.



France is rightly seen as the birthplace of motorsport: there are over 90 circuits on record as being used for racing over the last century, from small scratch circuits set up to race between local villages at the turn of the 20th century to the enduring legend that is Le Mans. But Charade deserves to be up there with the best: it’s an absolute driver’s paradise.



The Charade track is one of Europe’s unsung gems. Tucked amongst the folds of Massif Central’s (thankfully extinct) volcanoes near Clermont-Ferrand in the centre of France, the current layout is a cut-down version of the original fearsome giant that carved 8km into the mountains and was home to the French Grand Prix on and off through the ’60s and ‘70s. The current 4km layout was created in 1989, preserving the mighty challenge of the original while creating a more compact and useable circuit. And if you out-brake yourself into Turn 2, you’ll end up on the public roads that still mark out the old Grand Prix circuit!



It’s a tight and twisty track, a roller-coaster ride up and down the local peak. The fast run through the opening sector puts you at the bottom of the climb uphill, through off-camber switchbacks that you have to learn to thread with precision - and in the Crosslés, grace. A carousel curve at the crest then throws you into a sequence of fast sweepers back down to the start of the lap. It’s a blast. It’s the definition of a driver’s track.



The pair of Crosslés we’re featuring were developed specifically for the Classic Racing School at Charade. The 90F authentically recreates the feel of a 1960s Formula Ford: it’s a modern build based on the 1969 Crosslé 16F, integrating modern safety standards and reliability but delivering all the same raw driving sensations as the original. FFs are always lauded by purists as the ultimate single seater experience for the masses. Simple and uncomplicated, inputs are direct and immediate; grip is mechanical – there’s zero aero to worry about, so it’s all about the balance of your left and right feet combined with the feelings in your backside. Which is crazily close to the ground! This is a tiny car.



The 90F is a compact package, but it’s also fast. Shockingly fast. It can lap Charade at the pace as a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, for example – which in Raceroom will be a good target to aim at. It may only deliver 110bhp from its 2.0-litre Zetec engine and have four gears, but in a car that weighs just 420kg you don’t need anything else. Dismiss a car like this at your peril: it doesn’t get much more visceral.



The 9S has a similar historical background. The original car was developed to compete in Group 6 races in the mid-‘60s, and Crosslé continue to produce it in exactly the same spec. Like the 90F it features a Zetec engine, but this twin-cam is tuned to 220bhp, giving you a lot more power to play with. You’ll have an extra gear to play with, plus a limited slip diff to help with handling.



It drives with quite a neutral feel, even though it uses road tyres and is over-powered compared to grip. It’s a relatively easy car to pilot: forgiving for beginners, exhilarating for experts. We’d recommend jumping in this before the 90F for that reason: it’s more pliant and stable to start in, while having the same kind of raw, old school feeling to it.



The 9S is a car that you can instantly jump in and be quite quick in – but one where it will take time to discover the ultimate performance. And that’s where the enjoyment comes in: this is not a car you’ll likely be firing off at the first corner. Or the second one at Charade, even if you wanted to find the old Grand Prix track…



The Crosslé 90F and 9S, along with the Charade race track, are part of Raceroom’s Drivers Pack, which will be available in early December.

Downforce is a mysterious concept. You have to believe that invisible air will interact with your car’s aerodynamics and enable it to deliver cornering performance in a way it wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. It requires a completely different driving style from a car that generates lap-time from mechanical grip and driver bravery. Corners you’d feather in a touring car become arcs where you bury the throttle and experience the converse effect from the expected: the faster you go the more downforce you generate and the quicker you can go round the corner. You just have to believe, as you tip the scales from mechanical grip to aero, and the air pressure turns from enemy to ally.



Thankfully, in a race sim you can explore that balance without jeopardy, and Raceroom’s latest aero-laden machine will be the Praga R1, part of our Drivers Pack release that’s due in early December. This pack is deliberately curated to contain a mini ladder of cars that give you a cross section of very different driving experiences, but that all very much come under the headline of Fun To Drive. The R1 represents the top level in our Drivers Pack: downforce-laden, prototype-style performance, all in one svelte and incredibly lightweight package.



We’ve developed the Raceroom Praga R1 from official CAD data, combined with our usual attention to detail and collaboration directly with the company. We’ve witnessed the car up close, and built the car and its physics hand-in-hand with Praga’s Product & Operations Specialist, Chris Bridle, as well as the drivers that emerged victorious in the 2022 Praga Cup UK: sim racing superstar Jimmy Broadbent and break-out talent Gordie Mutch.



The Praga R1 is a car that works for novices and veterans alike. For the former it provides both excitement and a progressive learning curve that allows you to get fast, quickly. For pros – and experienced sim racers in Raceroom – as ever there are those final tenths that can achieved, that delve into the car’s final percentages of performance. It’s why we think it fits so well into our theme for December, as does Chris Bridle: “It’s fantastic to see such an accurate model of the Praga R1 on a platform that is well established but also really accessible to sim racers!”



The Praga name may not be on the tip of racers’ tongues, but the Czech company have been quietly working away over the last decade to put the marque front and centre in the motorsport world. It’s where it deserves to be: this is a proud company whose history actually stretches back over a century. The 2022 version of the R1 that we feature in Raceroom is the latest update of Praga’s track weapon, weighing in at an insanely light 660kg but packing a 365bhp, turbo-charged punch. In real life, it barely comes up to your waist: the top of the cockpit scoop is under a metre off the ground.



The R1’s power comes from a retuned 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo taken from a Formula Renault single-seater, and the suspension features inboard pushrods and double wishbones. The bodywork is all carbon fibre and features exposed cut-outs that accentuate its mecha-warrior looks: this is one aggressive-looking car, that looks like the bodywork has been shrink-wrapped around a single-seater.



The R1 has phenomenal braking power to balance the speed and its relatively diminutive size. Combined with that low weight (which is helped by a high-spec carbon tub at the car's heart), the R1 has a go-kart edge to the handling: but a go-kart that can pull 3G through a corner. Although the bodywork looks the business, there's a strong emphasis on underbody tunnels to generate LMP2-levels of downforce. However, it's also stiffly sprung and has an open differential, plus the turbo does take some managing in terms of delivery – which means it's a car where you can't let concentration slip. But driving an R1 is a quick – in every sense – way to scare big and heavy GT3s that might think they’re going to breeze past.


Our Praga R1 comes with all the main liveries used in the Praga Cup UK, including some beauties designed by Frank Stephenson – a man who has designed cars that include the McLaren P1, Maserati MC12 and Ferrari FXX!



The final word goes to Praga Cup UK co-champion Jimmy Broadbent:
“It's been awesome working with Raceroom to bring our Praga to the sim world. The detail on this car is amazing and honestly it's surreal to see it recreated to this level in sim!”



The Praga R1 is part of Raceroom’s Drivers Pack, which will be available in early December.

When you learn to drive a street car, there’s a process. You start on something small, something slow - maybe you never even learn how to use a manual shift. You build up; you usually also have someone by the side of you, telling you not to drive into the wall.


But in race sims there’s an expectation that we can jump into a high-powered racing car and immediately be on the pace. And more importantly, enjoy the experience. But, the more accurate the sim, naturally the more difficult some cars are to drive.


In Raceroom we’ve got some monsters: 1970s Group 5 cars that have so much turbo lag you could get a good night’s sleep before their ferocious power kicks in; we’ve got 1990s DTM racers that you have to push to the edge if you want to extract the ultimate lap time; there are the fearsome 2000s GT1s, all firepower, that you have to bully round the track; and how about modern prototypes and Formula cars, awash with technology and switches, that require your brain to be operating on as high a level as your hands and feet.


Everything happens more quickly in a racecar. Everything is more exciting. But everything is less forgiving.


The worst thing is to jump in a sim, pick your dream car and then fire it off at the first corner. Sure, you can always press reset in a sim, but sometimes the experience will be better by slowing things down. By taking a breath and concentrating on progressing and learning. And enjoyment.


So for our annual big December release, we present the Drivers Pack. It’s not specifically a beginners pack – although it will serve perfectly in that guise, if you’re looking to start your career – but it is supposed to present a sensible progression through a set of cars that deliver very different performance levels. Most importantly, these cars are fun to drive. Really fun.


We’ve included the latest version of a modern classic - the go-to starter car for drivers all round the world, Mazda’s iconic MX-5 (or Miata for old school North Americans).


Next up are two actual classics from Crosslé, a manufacturer you may not have heard of, but who have a history stretching back to the ‘50s. We’re presenting the modern continuation versions of models that have been in production for decades, but still deliver thrills - and occasional spills if you don’t get them right.


Directly linked to Crosslé is the circuit included in this release: the epic twists and turns of Charade, buried deep in France’s volcano country – and home to Crosslé’s driving school.


Finally, a pocket rocket where you have to balance the power of a modern mini prototype with belief in the magic of downforce: Praga’s R1.


Over the next couple of weeks we’ll bring you more information on each of the four cars included in the release: how we’ve modelled them and brought the physics to life, plus some recommendations on how to drive them. And just enough history to not bore anyone!

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• Monza - Updated to 2022 specs, including the Alboreto painting on the runoff of Curva Parabolica.
  
• Fixed - Suzuka - Hole on the outside of Degner area
  
• Fixed - Brands Hatch - Prevented multiple vehicles from spawning at the same spot as the player
  
• Fixed - Chang International - AI shenanigans around pitlane
  
• Fixed - Dubai - Prevented multiple vehicles from spawning at the same spot as the player
  
• Fixed - Hungaroring Some guy seen flying at the chicane
  
• Fixed - Nordschleife - Prevented multiple vehicles from spawning at the same spot as the player
  
• Fixed - Stowe - Prevented multiple vehicles from spawning at the same spot as the player

The biggest Sale of the year has started!

🔥 Up to 50% discount during BlackWeek
👉 http://game.raceroom.com/store

• 180+ cars
  
• 50+ tracks
  
• Accurate physics
  
• High quality Force Feedback
  
• Immersive sounds
  
• Epic ranked multiplayer system

Raceroom has been producing high quality sim racing content for almost a decade, and the Black Week sale is the perfect time to get your hands on all of it in one go – for one amazing price. The Premium Pack contains all our racecars and tracks; we’ve got one of the most diverse sets of sim content on the market, with over 180 cars from every major category and covering 50 years of motorsport, complemented by over 50 internationally renowned tracks.

Raceroom allows you to race the cars you want, when you want: it features accurate physics with high quality force feedback effects, immersive sounds and an epic ranked multiplayer system where you can test your skills against other drivers!

The RaceRoom Truck is now available in our store

• 1100 HP
  
• 5000nm @ 1250rpm
  
• 12.4 litre 6 Cylinder engine
  
• 5300 kg
  
• 16-speed gearbox
  
• Water cooled Brakes

Truck Racing is a special discipline in motorsports and it takes a very special breed of drivers to tame these heavy beasts.



The RaceRoom Truck has been developed in collaboration with real Truck Racer Sascha Lenz and features a realistically modelled 16-speed gearbox and a water cooled brake system giving you an authentic Truck Racing experience.

Watch the Driver Briefing to learn about the unique features of the RaceRoom Truck

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• Improved support for Cammus wheel
  
• Improved support for Logitech G923
  
• Fixed wrong default speed sensitive steering values for gamepads
  
• Prepared the game for RR Truck release
  
• Shared memory API - Added battery state of charge for electric and hybrid cars (Details available on github)
  
• Shared memory API - Added water tank volume remaining, for RR Truck's waterspray-cooled brakes (Details available on github)
  
• Laguna Seca - Added normal maps, made green tarmac react like tarmac in physics
  
• Nuerburgring GP - Added normal maps for grass and terrain, various visual tweaks and fixes
  
• RedBull ring - Updated to 2022 specs, texture updates, vegetation updates, added some houses around the track and updated terrain.
  
• Suzuka - Updated curbs and added normal maps for road and grass.

We at KW Studios are excited to introduce a special new vehicle to the RaceRoom platform!

• 1100 HP
  
• 5000nm @ 1250rpm
  
• 12.4 litre 6 Cylinder engine
  
• 5300 kg
  
• 16-speed gearbox
  
• Water cooled Brakes

We are bringing you a fully authentic Truck Racing Experience, thanks to our close contact with real Truck driver Sascha Lenz during the development.



Sascha has provided us with deep insights into the world of Truck racing and its intricacies, such as the brake cooling system, the unique transmission properties and the required driving style, which varies substantially from a GT3 car.



But don't worry, we've included some accessibility options for ease of use.



A real Racing Truck has a total of 16 forward ratios operated by an H-Shift gear stick.

Gear RangeThe gears are divided in 2 Ranges:

• 1st Range (LO): Gear 1 - 4
  
• 2nd Range (HI): Gear 5 - 8

The driver changes the Gear Range by pressing a button, depending on which gears he needs access to.

Gear SplitsEach of these 8 gears is Split in to two ratios:

• Low Split (L): Better acceleration
  
• High Split (H): Higher Top Speed

The Gear Split is operated by another button pressed by the driver. For the H split to engage you have to lift the throttle.

This results in 16 gears (2x8)
A low and high Split for 8 gears that are accessed in 2 different Ranges.
These settings are being displayed on your data display in the cockpit and the HUD.



You can bind buttons for both gear Range & Split in the controller options.



In real life drivers do not constantly change gears during a race however.
In fact, on most tracks drivers are only using a couple of the top gears, as the engine produces an incredible amount of torque at relatively low RPM.

In the real trucks, drivers use specially designed gear sticks, that allow them to easily operate all these gears. In the Sim world however this can be quite tricky, which is why we gave you options for accessibility.

Accessibility Options
[EASY] Automatic gear shifts
If you choose automatic gear shifts in the gameplay options, the sim will shift through the 8 gears and remain in H split.

[NORMAL] Sequential gear shifts
If you disabled the H Pattern Shift option in advanced controller settings, the sim will let you manually shift through the 8 gears using your paddles or sequential stick, but you can still manually choose between L and H split if you bound a key for it.
If you didn't bind a key for "Toggle Gear Split" you will remain in H split.

[ADVANCED] H Pattern shifts
If you enabled the H Pattern Shift option in advanced controller settings, you need to bind a key for "Toggle Gear Range" in order to access the Low and High Range of gears.
If you didn't bind a key for "Toggle Gear Split" you will remain in H split.
If you did bind a key for "Toggle Gear Split" you can change between L and H split yourself.



The truck brakes have a hard task in slowing down a 5300kg vehicle.
Temperature management is critical to maintaining a consistent braking performance.

Therefore the vehicle is fitted with a water cooling system on the front brakes which when activated sprays cold water onto the brake discs, which rapidly cools them.



However the water tank capacity is limited to 200L so it must be managed carefully. Keep an eye on the HUD to see how much water remains in your tank during the race.



Bind a key for "Brakes Water Spray" to manually operate this system, or leave it unbound for the sim to automatically activate the brake cooling once the brakes exceed their optimal temperature, which is 350 DegC.



In Real life as well as in the Sim, the top speed is limited to 160kph at all tracks for safety reasons.
Once you reach this speed, an engine limiter is preventing the vehicle from exceeding it.



In the real world it is normal for the truck to be raced mainly in 8th gear, simply toggling between Low and High split on different parts of the track as there is more than enough torque at low revs.

The other gears are used once, to get up to speed leaving the pit lane or at race starts.
All truck races are started rolling in real life.



As the truck has a much higher center of gravity than anything else racing, high apex curbs tend to be avoided as they can easily tip a truck on to two wheels.


If you want the most realistic experience you should:

1. Use an H-Shifter and enable the "H Pattern Shift" option in advanced controller settings
   
2. Bind a key for "Toggle Gear Range"
   
3. Bind a key for "Toggle Gear Split"
   
4. Bind a key for "Brake Water Spray"

If you want a more accessible experience disable the H-Shift option to shift either manually or automatically between the 8 gears, and choose yourself if you want to bind keys for the Gear Split and Water Spray.