Project Motor Racing: GTE Decade Pack (DLC)

My honest first reaction to the GTE Decade Pack is that it is the most compelling reason to care about Project Motor Racing right now, which is simultaneously a compliment to the DLC and a quiet indictment of the base game's messy launch. The pack adds seven period-correct GTE-class machines: the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE, the BMW M8 GTE, the Corvette C7.R and its mid-engine successor the C8.R, the 2017 Ford GT LM GTE with its radical twin-turbo V6 aero package, the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, and the Porsche 911 RSR in its controversial mid-engine configuration. Each car brings a genuinely distinct driving personality rooted in the Balance of Performance era that defined WEC and IMSA competition through the 2010s and into the early 2020s. On paper that roster is hard to argue with. The GTE class was defined by tight BoP competition, manufacturers with completely different engineering philosophies scrapping door-to-door over 24-hour stints - front-engine versus mid-engine, turbo versus naturally aspirated, American muscle versus European precision. That variety translates directly to the sim: jumping from the C7.R's big lazy V8 character to the RSR's sharper, more nervous mid-engine balance is a genuine experience shift, not just a skin swap. The Hadron physics engine, for all the criticism the base game absorbed at launch, does communicate that difference through the wheel when force feedback is behaving itself. And that caveat matters. The base game launched to widespread negative reception, with players and critics calling out inconsistent force feedback, AI opponents that actively work against the player rather than racing them, and performance issues that needed several patches to address. Post-launch updates have improved CPU efficiency measurably and reworked handling on select cars, but the AI situation was still a talking point months after release. Straight4 Studios also went through staff reductions shortly after launch. This context is not a minor footnote for a DLC purchase decision: the GTE Decade Pack is entirely dependent on the base game's health. If you are buying in now, the platform is in better shape than it was at release, but it is still a work-in-progress sim, not a polished competitor to Assetto Corsa Competizione or iRacing on their best day. For the strategy side of the purchase decision, there is a wrinkle worth understanding. The GTE Decade Pack was originally a pre-order bonus for the base game's Standard Edition, meaning a portion of the player base already owns it at no extra cost. If you missed that window, you are paying separately for content that early adopters received for free. The pack does plug into the career mode's sponsorship-and-budget economy, and the endurance-focused nature of GTE cars fits naturally with the game's longer race formats. Cross-platform multiplayer with physics parity is in place, so if you find a clean GTE lobby, the racing can genuinely replicate that close BoP scrapping the real class was known for. The mod ecosystem, built on GIANTS Engine 10's infrastructure, also means community-created content for these cars is a realistic future prospect. Bottom line for the numbers-minded buyer: seven cars, no new circuits, no review score to anchor against, and a base game that is climbing out of a difficult launch rather than sitting comfortably at the top of its genre. If PMR's ongoing updates have already sold you on the platform and you want the Le Mans-era GTE flavour specifically - the Ferrari 488's turbocharged V8 soundtrack alone has a case - this is the right pack to add. If you are still on the fence about the base game itself, sort that question out first.

Diego · Scout Team

Strategy & simulation

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