I built a free offline career mode for LMU: start as a GT3 rookie, earn your way to factory Hypercar seat
Online has Race Control, but offline, LMU races don't add up to anything. So I built **Factory Seat**, a free companion app that turns offline racing into a multi-season career.
**How it works:** you race in LMU exactly like normal. Factory Seat gives you a briefing for each round (track, layout, race length, fuel/tyre multipliers, time scale, all in LMU's own setting names), then picks up your result automatically from LMU's results files when the race ends. No typing in results, no spreadsheets.
**What's in it:**
- **A career ladder:** LMGT3 → LMP3 → LMP2 → Hypercar. You only move up when a team offers you a seat, and a bad season can keep you down a class.
- **Season builder:** default world or European calendars, every race length adjustable, add your own events. It only uses the DLC you own.
- **Championships:** per-class standings, double points at the 24s, pole points.
- **Reputation and team offers:** hit your team's target, win big races, race clean. Better teams call as your reputation grows, and a big win can get you noticed mid-season.
- **Sponsors:** personal deals with goals ("podium at Le Mans", "beat your rival"). You can add your own brands for liveries you've built.
- **Guest drives** at Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans.
- **Pace check:** compares your best laps to the fastest AI in class and tells you whether to turn AI Strength up or down.
- **Track maps**, multiple careers, backups, dark/light theme.
It only *reads* LMU's results files. It never touches game files or settings, and it doesn't automate anything in the game. Works with whatever DLC you own. Windows 10/11.
It's free and open source (MIT), and it's an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with Studio 397 or Motorsport Games.
**Download:** https://github.com/factoryseatlmuapp/factory-seat/releases/latest
Heads up: the installer isn't code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen will ask you to confirm (More info → Run anyway). The source is all on GitHub if you'd like to look first.
Feedback and bug reports are very welcome, either here or as an issue on GitHub. Would love to hear how your careers go!