- Motorsport Video games teases its future strikes, particulars anticipated in early 2027
- RaceControl Professional/Professional+ subscriptions now account for 17%+ of all income
- Future titles to have RaceControl “spine”
- SimGrid RaceControl partnership to finish
- Le Mans Final help “for years to return”
The success of Le Mans Ultimate inside the sim racing scene is undisputed. Earlier this yr, writer and studio proprietor Motorsport Video games confirmed over 500,000 base game sales, and now it has clarified over two million merchandise gross sales when DLC is factored in (520,000 recreation gross sales plus 1.5 million DLC objects).
Nevertheless, it’s what comes subsequent that’s key for the publicly listed firm.
It could argue that rFactor 2 and its partnership with F1 Arcade are essential pillars of its enterprise, however basically it has a single core product: LMU.
In its personal phrases, components of its plans are “shifting”, with a number of choices forward. It additionally appears to be inserting a larger emphasis on the subscription fashions launched in its at the moment non-compulsory RaceControl Professional and Professional+ service.
Extra detailed plans are anticipated in early 2027; nonetheless, it did present some doable hints and vital modifications that have an effect on Le Mans Final within the close to future.
“Extra choices than at any level” for what Motorsport Video games does subsequent
All year long, Motorsport Video games Chief Govt Officer Stephen Hood has teased information about its subsequent titles, after or alongside Le Mans Final, in November.
“To transcend this [Le Mans Ultimate], we might want to launch a brand new title. We can have extra on that on our subsequent earnings name,” he stated in August 2026.
Nevertheless, when the decision in query arrived, twelfth November 2026, it now appears particulars shall be saved till its subsequent scheduled earnings name in February 2027.
“We is not going to announce something till agreements are signed, however we hope to say extra on our subsequent earnings name,” he acknowledged final night time.
No matter is subsequent is about to lean on the RaceControl Professional and Professional+ subscription, which at the moment provides further options (akin to an On-line Championship mode, prolonged apply servers and customized liveries).
“We are going to hold increasing what [RaceControl] provides with new options and extra causes to subscribe, and we’re planning new titles that can construct on the recurring subscription success it has pushed.”
Whether or not this implies its subsequent releases shall be subscription-only, akin to iRacing, or proceed with being non-compulsory, stays to be seen.
“Trying additional forward, the long-term challenge we had described on our final name is shifting,” Hood continued.
“We’re engaged on a number of fronts, some involving companions and licensing, some constructing new functionality, all pointing in direction of a bigger, extra diversified enterprise that’s much less depending on any single product or relationship.
“We’ve extra choices than at any level in our current historical past and we’re very near deciding which to speed up.”
To reiterate the purpose, or trace that, the subsequent releases from Motorsport Video games don’t essentially should be from, or wholly created by, inner groups:
“We’re already actively pursuing partnerships with different alternatives to speed up the enterprise,” stated Chief Monetary Officer Peter Hansen-Chambers.
“Think about what we now have achieved this yr largely from a single title, and you may see what a broader portfolio would imply for this enterprise.”
Heightened subscription significance
Motorsport Video games, not too long ago, has been closely emphasising the significance of the aforementioned subscription.
Hansen-Chambers revealed that RaceControl subscription income for the 9 months of Monetary 12 months 2026 “was roughly $2 million, up from roughly $0.7 million a yr in the past, a rise of 186%.
“It now represents round 17.3% of our whole income, practically double its 9.2% in the identical interval final yr, and total enterprise revenues grew greater than 50% over the identical interval.”
It implies that there are actually over 45,000 paid members.
“Near 1 in 10 Le Mans Final homeowners now pays for a subscription,” stated Hood.
“RaceControl is already central to what we provide and it’ll kind the spine of our class-leading expertise for years to return.”
SimGrid partnership concludes
A founding accomplice of RaceControl, first seen in rFactor 2 as a testbed earlier than the primary Le Mans Final rollout, has been Velocity Capital.
The enterprise, based by motorsport competitor David Perel, is maybe finest identified for its Coach Dave Academy and The SimGrid companies.
It co-created RaceControl for Motorsport Video games, together with native integrations for its platforms. Motorsport Video games confirmed that this relationship successfully involves a detailed in December, when an all-new proprietary RaceControl launches.
“In December, we launch our new internet portal, RaceControl.GG, owned and run solely in-house for the primary time,” stated Hood.
“As Stephen defined, our new internet portal on RaceControl.GG goes dwell in December and is owned and managed solely in-house,” stated Hansen-Chambers.
“The income share we now have paid to our unique expertise accomplice falls away. In monetary phrases, that’s 10% of RaceControl income we’ve been sharing so far, which from then on stays within the enterprise.
“Bringing the platform absolutely in-house additionally provides us extra management and brings RaceControl nearer to our product groups.”
SimGrid can also be partnered with Kunos Simulazioni for Assetto Corsa EVO options and not too long ago introduced a new tie-up with Project Motor Racing.
“I can verify that RaceControl is shifting to its personal tech,” stated Founding father of The SimGrid, Coach Dave Academy and Velocity Capital, David Perel, to Traxion.
“I perceive the technique from Stephen Hood when contemplating that it desires tighter integration with Le Mans Final.
“I might have liked to proceed constructing its platform, however virtually talking it was not doable until we had extra collaboration on the sport itself – which isn’t our talent set, in fact.
“Nevertheless, we’re nonetheless working very intently collectively. SimGrid is tremendous centered on communities, and the occasions created on our platform depend for a significant quantity of grid slots on Le Mans Final.
“So, we’ve been working with its builders to ensure gamers don’t expertise any disruption with their present or future championships.
“I’ll let its workforce articulate what RaceControl.gg is turning into. However I’m comfortable that communities received’t be affected by this variation and that SimGrid continues to combine with its new platform.”
Le Mans Final nonetheless supported for “years to return”
Regardless of all this nebulous discuss in regards to the future, Le Mans Final gamers shouldn’t fret.
As soon as the US Observe Go ends subsequent month, that’s not the conclusion of recreation help. There’s the console port, and presumably the much-delayed career mode on the way. In the meantime, extra content material and help continues to be anticipated.
“We don’t plan to stretch Le Mans Final into unrelated racing classes, however there may be loads of room to maintain including content material for years to return,” concluded Hood.