A free update will add a unique co-op mode to Le Mans Ultimate in June, with possibly a free car. Thereafter, updates and 2024 content will be released while the company teases subscriptions and in-game premium car setups.
Pimax is behind the $2.5 million investment in Motorsport Games, helping rescue the nascent Le Mans Ultimate driving simulation game. According to the CEO it puts the company in a "really good position for at least a year."
The future looks bleak for the official FIA World Endurance Championship simulation and the team behind it - and the unrest couldn’t have arrived at a worse time, right when LMU could topple Assetto Corsa Competizione.
As reported by Traxion earlier this week, the future of Le Mans Ultimate is uncertain, as parent company Motorsport Games confirms job losses and has publically admitted that it is for sale, or open to a merger.
“We have implemented a strategic restructuring to further streamline operations, reduce costs, and strengthen our financial foundations,” said Motorsport Games CEO Stephen Hood in the wake of the job losses, which Traxion understands affected key team members pivotal to Le Mans Ultimate’s creation.
“These changes position us to become a more agile, focused, and efficient company – one that is conscious of our forthcoming operating requirements as well as within-reach growth opportunities.”.
What was your strategy before making a bunch of people redundant?
Hinder operations?
Increase costs?
Weaken your financial foundations?
He use to work on the old F1 games from Codemasters. He often seemed a little full of himself.
Great idea, let's just make absolutely everything a subscription now ... (!)