Le Mans Ultimate - ELMS Pack 3

I'll be straight with you: if you grabbed the ELMS Season Pass expecting a casual Sunday drive, the Duqueine D09 and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya are not going to soften things up for you. Pack 3 is the closing chapter of Studio 397's European Le Mans Series content rollout, and it lands alongside the v1.3 update, which is arguably the most technically substantive patch Le Mans Ultimate has received since hitting 1.0 last July. The Duqueine D09 is a third-generation LMP3 prototype running the same spec Toyota twin-turbo V6 that all 2025 Gen III LMP3 cars share, producing around 470 bhp through a six-speed sequential gearbox, sitting on 18-inch Michelin rubber at around 1,000 kg minimum weight. The LMP3 class as a whole sits below LMP2 in terms of outright pace and downforce, which makes it arguably the most accessible class in the game for players still finding their feet in proper multi-class endurance sim racing. You are not going to be swamped by Hypercars on lap one. Barcelona is where this pack earns its keep. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a circuit that refuses to let you be lazy. A long 1 km main straight into a tight first corner rewards good traction out of the final sector, the sweeping corners in the middle section punish mid-corner adjustments, and tyre wear is a constant conversation you are having with your engineer over a full stint. Studio 397 have included the 2025 non-chicane layout, restoring the classic high-speed final sector that makes the last few corners genuinely interesting rather than the chicane version that had been in place for years. Additional layouts are apparently planned for a future update, so if you want the historical configurations you will need to wait a bit longer. Zooming out to the base game context: Le Mans Ultimate sits in a genuinely interesting spot right now. The physics and force feedback have been praised consistently by the sim racing press, and the online multiplayer through RaceControl holds up well, with skill-based matchmaking and a safety ranking system keeping the rougher drivers out of your lobbies while you climb the ranks. The AI in single-player also handles multi-class traffic better than most sims in this price bracket. What it still lacks is a proper career mode, which was delayed again with v1.3 to a later 2026 window. If you are a solo-focused player who wants a structured campaign to work through, Pack 3 will feel thin. Two assets, no career hooks, no championship progression tied to them beyond what you build yourself in Race Weekend or online events. The loading time improvements in v1.3 (roughly 20% faster) and the occlusion culling for garage cars do make the experience noticeably smoother though, which matters when you are hot-joining online sessions. For the ELMS Season Pass crowd, this is the wrap on a three-pack run that has added Silverstone, Paul Ricard and now Barcelona to a track roster that was already strong with Spa, Portimao and Imola. The LMP3 variety is now genuinely useful: Ligier, Ginetta and Duqueine all share the same engine spec but handle differently enough that swapping between them during an evening session keeps things interesting. Whether Pack 3 alone justifies a standalone purchase depends entirely on how much Barcelona means to you personally and whether you are already invested in the ELMS content. If you are already deep in Le Mans Ultimate hours and the Season Pass is in your library, this is a clean finish to a solid DLC run.

Riley · Scout Team

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