Project Motor Racing’s Update 2.0 live, promises career, handling and graphics changes

It’s been teased, it has an ambitious title, and it should push Project Motor Racing forward. Now, as of 25th March 2026, the ‘Update 2.0’ is live across PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, just four months after the sim racing game was initially released.

Work is set to continue, with the Straight4 Studios development team talking about this update being a platform to build upon. The full patch notes are below.

Potential highlights include new tyre models for the Mazda MX-5 and Porsche 991 (992) GT3 Cup, plus the GT, N-GT and GTE car classes. For multiplayer, anti-cheat is enabled, for single-player, the career introductory screens, real-world sponsors, podium celebrations and a more defined end-goal.

The entire user interface has been redesigned, ditching the pit garage scenes and re-ordering menu layouts. The in-race HUD has also been massaged, with a new ECU widget.

Console players are said to receive updated visual performance, making the comparison to the PC version closer, too.

A suite of graphical performance changes has been made (full list below), and the AI race performance is said to be enhanced – although in our testing, there’s still a lot of work to do in this area.

You can watch our hands-on impressions of the update right now on our YouTube channel and view the full changelog below.

Project Motor Racing Update 2.0 full patch notes

Career Mode

• Introduction of several real-world brands to sponsorship models.
• Complete overhaul to flavour text.
• Introduction of championship trophies to track career progress.
• View career trophies in the Results—Trophies page.
• Introduction of podium ceremonies.

New User Interface (UI)

• Implementation of new User Interface (UI) across the entire game.
• New player profile menu and information—now includes player rating stats.
• Factory Driver and Endurance Hall modes now part of Single Player menu.
• Garage environment replaced with a studio-like location for the car selection screen.
• Introduced flavour text for each car, giving insight into the history and specs.
• Tooltips available on setups and multiple other menus.
• Loading screens now include tips and loading progress data.

Vehicles

• Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2: added one extra livery.
• Multiple minor art improvements made across several cars.
• Improved vehicle headlights for wet and night conditions.
• Fixed an issue on the MoTeC system that would cause the display to flicker in rare occasions.

Physics & Handling

LMDh

• Improved Traction Control (TC) response.

Group C

• Improved throttle response.
• Improved automatic gears assist authenticity.
• Improved turbo modelling and performance for cars equipped with a turbo.

GT

• New tyre model.
• Rebalance of chassis and aerodynamics.
• Improved Balance of Performance (BoP).
• Improved controller steering response.
• New default setups for all cars in this class.

GTE

• New tyre model.
• Rebalance of chassis and aerodynamics.
• Changed rear wing efficiency for low wing angles in custom setups.
• New default setups for all cars in this class

GT3

• Improved automatic gears assist authenticity
• Improved controller steering response

GTO

• Improved throttle response.
• Improved automatic gears assist authenticity.
• Improved turbo modelling and performance for cars equipped with a turbo.

Group 5

• Improved throttle response.
• Improved automatic gears assist authenticity.
• Improved turbo modelling and performance for cars equipped with a turbo.

992 Trophy

• New tyre model.
• Rebalance of chassis and aerodynamics.
• New default setup.

N-GT

• New tyre model.
• Rebalance of chassis and aerodynamics.
• Improved Balance of Performance (BoP).
• Improved controller steering response.
• New default setups for all cars in this class.

GT4

• Improved controller steering response

964 Trophy

• Added missing final-drive.
• New default setup.

MX-5 Trophy

• New tyre model.
• Rebuilt aerodynamics.
• Rebuilt a more realistic TORSEN differential.
• Improved controller steering response.
• New default setup.

AI Opponents

• Rebalance of AI opponents across multiple classes.
• Improved AI opponents’ behaviour across multiple circuits.
• Updated racing lines across multiple circuits.

Circuits Environment

• Improvements made to art and performance across multiple circuits.
• Major update to track foliage across all circuits.
• New cinematic and replay cameras.
• Improved visuals for 3D grass.
• Fix potential best lap not counting the last sector on certain circuits.
• Sebring School Circuit layout: improved penalty system detection.
• Daytona International Speedway: redesigned terrain and textures, and improved trackside decorations for better performance.

Performance & Stability

• Improved overall performance and stability.
• Improved Level of Detail (LOD) on foliage and trackside decorations.
• Improved Level of Detail (LOD) transitions for better performance.

Lighting & Weather

• Reworked the lighting using more accurate, physically based values, for a more natural result across all times of day.
• Updated all weather presets to a higher standard for improved realism and immersion.
• Optimised weather deviation for more controlled and accurate variations between conditions.
• Improved visual parity between consoles and PC.

FFB & Input

• Improved overall Force Feedback in the GT Class.
• Reworked PS5 DualSense haptic feedback.

Audio

• New Race Engineer and Spotter introduced with multiple new lines and information communicated to the player.
• Added options to toggle Race Engineer and Spotter in Settings—Preferences menu.
• Improved audio effects for multiple cars in the LMDh class.
• Updated audio effects for cobbled surfaces.

Gameplay

• ECU Widget and FFB Widget introduced. Can be enabled/disabled and customised via the HUD settings menu.
• Fixed an issue that would cause players to have an invalid lap time upon restarting a session.
• Improved management of saving and deleting custom setups.
• Fixed windscreen wipers not working correctly during replays.
• Retired vehicles no longer show on proximity radar during an on-track session.

Online

• Improved ghosting and collision detection.
• Improved collisions with other vehicles.
• Fixed an issue with EPIC platform that was preventing players to enter Social and Ranked Online modes.
• Fixed an issue that would remove two or more players from the lobby when only one player exists the lobby.
• Fixed a rare issue that would cause inaccurate wheel toe angle to appear in online modes.
• Ranked Online events now have a minimum License Points requirement.
• Anti-cheat measurements implemented into Ranked Online.
• License Test for Ranked Online has been adjusted with new times and circuit layout.