rF2 | Ferrari Licence Secured As rFactor 2 Hints At Upcoming 'Le Mans Special' DLC Pack

Paul Jeffrey

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Studio 397 have secured rights to bring the legendary Ferrari brand to rFactor 2, announcing on Friday that the Italian marque will be represented in the simulation with the 488 GTE and GT3 models as part of a new 'Le Mans Special' DLC.

Having long professed their love of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours (the name Studio 397 is a nod to the greatest number of laps completed during the French endurance classic), it comes as no surprise that they would have their eye on bringing Le Mans related content and events to the simulation over time.

Having already released an excellent laserscanned version of the classic circuit, as well as a number of GT and Prototype cars, the next big piece of the content jigsaw puzzle has been revealed - with Ferrari confirmed as an official piece of content for the first time in the history of the rFactor franchise.

Revealed as part of the announcement that this June 13th - 14th rFactor 2 will be used as the official Le Mans 24 Hours esport event, organised by the ACO and Motorsport Games, the news of Ferrari finally coming to the simulation will doubtless be well received by the sim racing community. With just a small teaser footnote regarding the GT3 and GTE specification cars as part of the announcement, Studio 397 are expected to reveal more information about this exciting new content in the near future.

What we do know is the 488 GT3 and GTE will form part of a special Le Mans DLC package, and if players already have some of the content contained within this pack (one assumes the Le Mans track will form part of it), then the cars will be available to purchase separately and thus avoid the need to to re-buy content already owned.

Stay tuned for more information as and when it becomes available.


Original Source: Studio 397

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Also indeed, but don't let facts get in the way of a good anti-RF2 rant by some :p
I put my hands up to that already! Am actually a fan of rF2 for short offline bursts just very disappointed in the progress - or lack of, and after too many years of optimism I'm almost out. So I'm going elsewhere for on demand online races, though I prefer racing in rf2. I hope the devs don't focus on all the positive feedback and overlook the things that people complain about. I also hope my feelings have not affected your enjoyment of the game.
 
I put my hands up to that already! Am actually a fan of rF2 for short offline bursts just very disappointed in the progress - or lack of, and after too many years of optimism I'm almost out. So I'm going elsewhere for on demand online races, though I prefer racing in rf2. I hope the devs don't focus on all the positive feedback and overlook the things that people complain about. I also hope my feelings have not affected your enjoyment of the game.

I wasn't referring solely to you, i also go elsewhere for my online racing :)
 
New license is very good, but I hope Studio397 will work on a current F1 car, maybe they are already working on it because there is a new WIP tire model with "7 compounds", and today only F1 uses 7 compounds
I think it would simply be too much work to replicate the basic stuff from F1.
Brake migration, "rear steering", variable rake, flexible aero and now DAS.
Even the older cars in the game lack brake steering and active suspension.
 
Wow, did not see that coming. Alas, I think their progression has left others filling their footsteps.
I do wish them the best, but until I start seeing releases improving the base game too i.e AI, online multiplayer kickstart/presence I'm not buying anything more (UI for me is just a new skin, the same clunky experience is still under the hood)
Raceroom for me since December's physics update has really changed my game of choice.
Hopefully Ferrari will be very picky with the modelling at least, so should be a gooden
 
Good content addition. Would rather see GTE, but still good nonetheless. The bigger issue for me is that if they're going to keep charging $10 for each car, these cars need proper working ABS/TC lights on the dash as well as realistic ABS/TC settings.
 

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