# RaceRoom Historic Update 2026 adds cars, tracks, new UI and backend

> **Key takeaway:** RaceRoom's Historic Update 2026 replaces the game's oldest technology with a unified menu and backend system while adding new historic cars, circuits, and a hill climb.

**Published:** 2026-10-21T13:04:39+00:00 
**Source:** Valve Steam Community Global News 
**Category:** open-gaming 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/raceroom-historic-update-2026-adds-cars-tracks-new-ui-and-ba.html 

## Summary
Sector3 Studios has released the Historic Update 2026 for RaceRoom, its PC racing simulation on Steam. The update adds four new Group 2 cars including the Abarth 1000 TCR and Mini Cooper Mk3, two Super Touring cars from the late 1990s, and four new racing locations including 1995 Spa-Francorchamps and historic Laguna Seca. More significantly, the update replaces RaceRoom's legacy website and in-game interface with a single unified system running on a new backend, alongside major Force Feedback revisions, a manual rolling start procedure, and improved performance.

## What's in the Historic Update 2026
- **New Group 2 cars**: Abarth 1000 TCR, Mini Cooper Mk3, plus revised physics and AI for existing NSU TTS and Volkswagen Scirocco to enable close racing
- **Super Touring expansion**: Peugeot 406 Super Touring 1998 and Ford Mondeo Super Touring added to the class
- **Four new locations**: Spa-Francorchamps 1995 (with 99-car Endurance grid support), 1980s Laguna Seca without infield section, Fliegerhorst Wunstorf airfield circuit, and Glasbachrennen hill climb
- **Complete interface overhaul**: Old website and in-game UI replaced by unified system with shared design across main menu, store, competitions, Ranked Multiplayer, leaderboards, profile, garage and options
- **Driving and performance changes**: Major Force Feedback revisions, manual rolling start procedure, improved performance, updated dashboard displays, and return of statistics tracking