Dear players,
A new Open Beta patch for PCM 25 (version 01.08.01) is now available on Steam! This update focuses on Career Mode fixes, AI improvements, and balancing adjustments for flat & hilly stages.
🔧 How to join the Open Beta:
Open Steam > Go to your Library
Right-click on Pro Cycling Manager 25 > Click Properties
Go to the Betas tab and select open-beta from the dropdown
If you encounter any bugs or want to share feedback, please add [OPEN BETA] in your message title so we can track it more easily!
🛠 Patch Note
Fixes (Race)
Improved AI for flat/hilly stages with a small climb near the end: the player could too easily win or even monopolize the top positions in the stage.
Fixes (Career)
Newgens: Improved limit/potential calculations to ensure riders develop more balanced attributes over multiple seasons.
Sponsors: Fixed a rare case where a sponsor offer could be invalid (showing a “label error” and an offer of €0).
Form: Fixed form peaks that could disappear after quitting and relaunching the game.
Additional notes
The newgen fix only applies to riders generated after the update. In the 2025 season, riders born in 2007 are generated on January 1st. Therefore, if you are in a game in February 2025, those riders will not benefit from the changes. However, riders born in 2008 (generated on January 1st, 2026) will.
-> On already started saves, expect a progressive rebalancing over time.
Regarding flat and hilly stages: even though the improvements are significant, more work will be needed in the future. This is a complex topic requiring deeper changes, which were not possible to include in this patch or in the short term. At this stage, we cannot confirm whether a future patch will address this specifically, further evaluation is ongoing.
About the occasional stuck animations: this issue is being looked into, but we cannot confirm with 100% certainty. It will not be fixed in patch 1.08.1.
Thank you for your continued feedback and support! 💬🚴
You can report bugs or share suggestions on the game Discord server: https://discord.gg/bKz7CU2gWu
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