The incoming update to Rennsport on October 23 adds the first GT3 car from a non-German brand, along with a new track and various bug fixes.
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The
Rennsport sim racing platform has been under intense scrutiny, and it has only just entered
open beta recently as well as become available on
Steam. Content for the sim has been releasing periodically, with the likes of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, LMDh, GT4 and TCR being added.
October 23 sees the next new update to
Rennsport, with the Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 making its way to the platform, making it the first GT3 car to be added after the cars from Audi, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes, all of which had been available since the sim first became available to the public.
The new Vantage has been indicated to be added to
iRacing from an
image they posted linking to its potential future inclusion as well, and it is also set to be added to
Le Mans Ultimate alongside the other cars that race in LMGT3 in their
remaining two Car Packs. But
Rennsport has beaten them to the punch.
What else in the update?
Alongside the Aston GT3, there is also a new track which is the second-ever community creation after the fictional Orchard Road street circuit by Legion of Racers. This circuit is called Crest and it was made by
@Tyrone - Nukedrop Mods who also created the planned
Madrid 2026 F1 track, among a plethora of other popular
Assetto Corsa circuits.
Crest is situated in the Swiss alps and is described in as having "stunning visuals and challenging corners" by
Rennsport.
Along with Crest comes an update to a pre-existing track, as Hockenheim will have night-time driving enabled.
Rennsport Update 1.11.0 Changelog
New Content
- Added Crest Da Cauras track
- Added Aston Martin Vantage GT3 car
- Added Hockenheim night mode
New features
- Added possibility to disable / enable volumetric clouds to adjust performance
- Players in pit garage are now hidden from other players so they don't disturb other player’s gameplay
- Added possibility to launch the game with integrated GPUs when they are selected as preferred device in Windows settings
- Added drag and downforce modifiers to balance of performance settings
*We have enabled this to get more analytics from the game and the performance of cars*
- Added possibility to update profile picture in the game
Performance
- Reduced CPU frame time to improve experience with multiple cars on a track (especially on older CPUs)
Physics
- More physics changes for Praga R1 to improve car’s drivability
Tools
- Upgraded Unreal Engine to v5.4.4
- Added support for AMD FSR 3.1 and integrated custom engine changes from AMD to improve quality of image displayed when FSR is used
- Updated XeSS to v1.4.8
- Integrated Cammus API which sends some game telemetry data to Cammus-produced hardware
Sounds
- Improved tire sounds
Replays
- Added time dilation buttons to Replay Controls
- Added car crash, gameplay stage start, corner cut and lap event generation when recording demo
- Added event markers on Replay Controls timeline when viewing replay
- Added replay event table to Spectator Overlay
- Added lap and non-lap event buttons to Replay Controls
- Added recording start and end buttons to Replay Controls
- Overhauled the overall Replay Controls module look
UI
- Reworked options menu for upscalers (Nvidia DLSS / AMD FSR / Intel XeSS) so all the settings which are depending on other settings selection are handled properly
- Improved replay selection menu experience and added possibility to refresh the list of replays displayed
- Added more detailed network performance stats to in-game HUD
- Improved logic of time delta display to fix some issues with it on starting new laps
- Added a popup which informs player about problems with accessing Founder’s store instead of displaying broken menu
- Added button to reset HUD Layout to default value
- Added clickable links to the game
- Disabled radars in time trial mode
- Added option to disable ghost car in time trial
Tracks improvements
- Hockenheimring - visual improvements, added vista, fixes textures' bugs, night cycle added
- Fuji International Speedway- Night system improvements
- Daytona, Monza, Spa - outside tarmac improvements
- All tracks - small foliage improvements
Bugfixes
- Fixed issue with live replays hanging after ~1h of recording
- Fixed issue with automatic gearbox not working properly with e-motor bumpstart in LMDh cars
- Fixed issue that electric vehicles were unable to shift to drive using automatic gearbox.
- Fixed issue with electric cars being able to restore energy during pit stop
- Fixed some issues with player’s car being able to move when player leaves it and enters spectator mode
- Fixed problems with penalties for broken / disabled headlights sometimes not being received correctly by players
- Fixed problems with some parts of maps sometimes not being loaded correctly when watching replays
- Fixed issue with car headlights not being rendered correctly in mirrors
- Fixed problems with safety car behavior when leaving to pits on Fuji
- Fixed problem with DNFed / DNSed players sometimes being able to start gameplay
- Fixed problems with shaky behavior sometimes happening when switching between cameras in spectator mode
- Fixed bug with ghostcar reappearing after restarting time trials
- Fixed problem with helicam sometimes starting from below the ground
- Fixed problem with pit jack pistons being misaligned
- Fixed issue with safety car not disabling lights when going back to pits
- Fixed issue where player’s friends nationality was not displayed correctly in some cases
- Fixed Contestants Table's Gap/Interval column not changing its name when switching between gap / interval modes
- Fix for default livery being displayed in garage by default instead of the one selected by player
- Fix for tower showing incorrect column names in spectator
- Fixed issue with player short name sometimes not being clamped to 3 characters length
- Fixed some issues with changing widget modes in HUD editor
- Fixed a problem with pressing two buttons at the same time in credits locking player in loading screen
- Fixed issue with scroll lists being activated by right mouse button
- Fixed issue with game allowing too many characters in player’s name text box
Known Issues
VR
- No default settings
- Flickering when loading into level
- Some menus don’t work in VR
- No mouse support
- UI colour is offset in-game
- Camera position slightly offset
General
- Spectator engine audio can be missing
- Rank can still be affected if the server/client crashes
- Going back to pits on Orchard Road can trigger a pit stop
- Using Vulkan can cause the game to crash
- Nvidia Reflex can cause stuttering. Recommendation is to disable it for now
- Replays can crash when loading into them
- Time Trial delta is only shown when personal best time is set
- Time Trial delta stops showing after you reset the Time Trial run
- Time Trial ghost car doesn’t update after getting beaten
- In online races, if a car crashes at very high speeds into a wall, it can cause a mini-freeze for all connected clients and possibly crash the physics engine. Restart your client if this happens.
- Getting a black flag in Time Trial will soft lock the player. You have to leave the Time Trial and go back to the Main Menu
- Porsche Mission R has the wrong TC sound, fix in future patch
- Porsche Mission R has a refuel section during the pit stop even though the battery charge doesn't increase
- Constant tire audio when performing a pitstop
Will you be checking out the new Aston GT3, Crest circuit and more in Rennsport's latest update? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our Rennsport forum!
