Project Motor Racing Update 2.0 Resets the Grid with Major Improvements
Project Motor Racing Update 2.0 Resets the Grid with Major Improvements
Summary
- Project Motor Racing Patch 2.0 is available now on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC, bringing a major overhaul to the racing simulation experience.
- The update introduces a redesigned UI, improved physics and driving feel, stronger online racing systems, and stronger Career Mode progression.
- It’s a significant step forward for the sim and the perfect time for players to jump onto the grid.
Following the mixed reception to Project Motor Racing’s launch last November, the team at Straight4 Studios has been working closely with players, its publisher Giants Software and the wider sim racing community to improve the experience, patch by patch.
That process has shaped PMR in ways we couldn’t have achieved alone.
Those months of player feedback, iteration, and testing now culminate in Update 2.0 that resets the foundations of the sim and marks an important milestone for the project.
Update 2.0 touches every layer of PMR – from presentation and driving feel to online systems and long-term career progression – and represents a significant step forward for the experience on Xbox.
A New Look for Project Motor Racing
The first thing you’ll notice is the completely redesigned user interface.
Every screen has been rebuilt to be clearer, faster to navigate, and easier to read. Whether you’re jumping into a Race Weekend, exploring the car roster, or planning your next championship in Career Mode, the overall flow and feel has been streamlined to reduce friction and make your experience far more intuitive.
We’ve also introduced tooltips across the board, including car setup parameters and force feedback options. This makes it much easier for you to understand exactly what changes you’re making and how those changes affect the game, cars, and controller feel.
The goal here wasn’t simply visual polish – this was about making PMR feel like a modern racing platform from the moment you fire it up.
Improved Driving Feel and Physics
Improving how our 80+ cars from 5 decades of motorsport behave on track became a central focus days after launch, when we began assembling a small but extremely experienced testing group made up of sim racers and developers from across the sim racing community.
Their objective was clear: work in tandem with our handling and physics team to create the best handling simulation on Xbox.
How cars communicate grip to the driver, tyre behaviour, and electronic driver aids were the big-ticket items. Update 2.0 is the result: major improvements to handling and physics across multiple car classes, particularly LMDh, GT3, GT4, Porsche 992 Cup, GT and N-GT.
Essential improvements include:
- More natural and predictable transitions between grip and slip
- Improved braking stability and throttle response
- Refined ABS and traction control behaviour across all classes
- Improved force feedback and gamepad response
- More realistic turbo and throttle response
- Improved collision response between cars
At the core is a wholly revised tyre model that expands how load builds up, how grip breaks away, and how the car recovers when pushed beyond the limit.
The goal wasn’t to make the cars easier or artificially faster. Instead, we focused on making the behaviour more readable, progressive, and intuitive, so you can better understand what the car is doing by translating [WF1] that to what you’re feeling through the wheel and gamepad.
In simple terms: when you push the car, it now communicates in a believable, authentic way.
A More Robust and Fair Online Racing Environment
Online racing is a huge part of PMR, and Update 2.0 introduces improvements designed to make multiplayer racing more stable, fair, and reliable, starting with the revised implementation of anti-cheat systems, designed to protect competitive racing environments.
We’ve also improved the overall session flow for online events, including better management of late joins so you can safely enter races without disrupting ongoing battles.
Update 2.0 also introduces a License Points system, designed to encourage cleaner racing in Ranked Online by rewarding responsible driving and helping protect the competitive integrity of multiplayer events.
Other improvements include:
- Backend support for our incident reporting system
- Improved scheduling for Ranked and Social events
- All car classes now available in Ranked Online
- ModHub integration for online modes
These changes are about creating races players can trust: competitive, structured, and worth investing time in.
Whether you’re racing seriously in Ranked events or simply looking for clean online battles, stability and fairness are now an integral part of your experience.
A Better, Cleaner Career Mode Journey
The goal with Career Mode was simple: transform it from a loose collection of events into a proper motorsport journey with a clear objective – winning 15 championships.
Presentation and structure have been refined to create cleaner progression. Real-world brands such as Liqui Moly now appear in the sponsorship system, and Update 2.0 introduces new podium celebrations, rewritten event text, trophies, and a far clearer sense of momentum across your career.
Winning all 15 championships doesn’t just mark the end of your journey, either – it unlocks the game in entirely new ways.
These changes bring Career Mode closer to the fantasy we want to deliver: surviving and managing a motorsport career, making strategic decisions, and chasing a legacy that feels both rewarding and engaging.
Visual Improvements and Technical Stability
Update 2.0 also brings a range of improvements to visuals, performance, and technical stability.
Lighting and graphical fidelity have been enhanced across tracks and cars, improving the overall atmosphere of race weekends.
Under the hood, we’ve also made significant improvements to stability and performance, helping ensure a smoother and more consistent experience during races.
The Road Ahead
Update 2.0 isn’t the finish line for Project Motor Racing. But it does represent a line in the sand for us at Straight4 Studios and our partners at Giants Software – the moment where the foundations of the sim finally match our ambition.
The first months after launch taught us a lot, and the improvements in Update 2.0 reflect that learning process. It meant stepping outside our bubble, listening carefully to our community, and bringing the changes players told us they wanted.
Our job now? Keep improving the sim alongside the people who play it.
For those of you who have been with us since launch – thank you for sticking with us.
And for anyone who has been waiting for the right moment to jump in, Update 2.0 is that moment.
We’ll see you on the grid.
Project Motor Racing
GIANTS Software
$69.99
$38.49
The Best, Nothing Less
Race across eras in 70 meticulously recreated cars across 13 iconic classes & 28 global layouts.
* Cars: From today’s radical LMDh Hypercars to history’s most iconic legends, each vehicle is a licensed masterpiece
* Circuits: Scanned for ultimate precision and authenticity
Racing For All
From sim racers to first-time racers, Project Motor Racing delivers:
* Single Player Career
* Online Racing Modes
* In-Game Events
* Packed 4-Class Race Experience
Simulation Refined
* First Principle Physics: New physics engine delivers unmatched handling realism and high-fidelity FFB
* Benchmark-Setting Physics Engine built on mod-friendly GIANTS Engine 10
* Factory Driver Program: Every car’s handling painstakingly tested and approved by brand partners and hundreds of the world's top racing pros to assure authentic levels of handling precision
* Immersive Sound Design: Motorsport’s ferocity captured like never before
Feel Every Second
* “Living” cockpits with visible G-forces, heat-haze, etc.
* True2Track
– Dynamic Weather Conditions
– Adaptive Racing & Drying Line
– 24-hour day/night cycle
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