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Le Mans Ultimate
Developer Studio 397
Le Mans Ultimate is a sim racing video game developed by Dutch video game developer Studio 397 and published by Motorsport Games. The game is an officially licensed simulation of the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and focuses on Le Mans Hypercar, LMP2, GTE, and LMGT3 cars. The game was first released as an early access title on 20 February 2024, officially… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
458 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
62
Fresh
251 positive · 151 negative
95% range 58–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 251 | 151 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
7,002 of 9,065 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 174 yes, 99 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 273 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (16,261 of 20,669 positive).
Players praise the driving physics and overall simulation feel. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the penalty system for punishing innocent players. [4][5][6] Some players report issues with bans and lack of appeal options. [7][8][9]
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- [6]
There is one major, MAJOR flaw with this game that makes it borderline unplayable. In the online, ranked races (what the game is entirely based around), there are two ranking systems: Driver Rating and Safety Rating. The issue is with the safety rating. When your safety rating reaches a low enough point, you get banned. Temporarily at the start, but I'm assuming permentantly eventually. The flaw with this is that …
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It's a shame, theres so many things that arent great about the game that the things which are good about it are overshadowed, LMU could be a great simracer i could frequent a lot, but i end up growing frustrated every time i play, here's why; ## The Good The online multiplayer works decently well. I’ve only gotten disconnected once in my entire time playing, and I could reconnect immediately. No major lag spikes or …
- [1]
LMU or Le Mans ultimate After playing it for more then 300 hours i really fell in love with the game Pros: game feels like a actual race in the very long races you have to look after fuel or tires and not hot lapping the whole race -ffb is really decent and gives a lot of detail of the car and track (simagic alpha evo 9nm) -cars feel nice and predictible -servers are nice and stable -nice and competitive racing …
- [2]
Le Mans Ultimate — A Small Studio Delivering a Big Simulation Hardware used once for context: Moza R5 + KS wheel + SRP pedals Driving & Physics Le Mans Ultimate delivers one of the most convincing driving experiences in any endurance sim. The physics model is detailed without being exaggerated: tyre load is communicated cleanly, slip cues are progressive, kerbs have proper structure, and chassis rotation is …
- [3]
This game is about as good as it gets. With the most recent update to V1.2, this has become right on par with iracing. The tire model feels right, FFB is accurate and their QoL implementations are awesome. It also is gorgeous! If you’re on the fence, this will become your go to sim, I promise.
Summarised from 34 of the 334 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
64% of the 273 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Le Mans Ultimate. The complaint that keeps coming up: penalty system punishes victims of crashes. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Le Mans Ultimate received "generally favorable" reviews from critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic. In its 2025 review, Video Games Chronicle's Mike Channell highlights the game's handling model, writing that "the degree of communication via the handling model about how the car is behaving on the track surface is second to none", while also criticizing the game's lack of single-player features, such as no career mode feature, concluding that Le Mans Ultimate is "not necessarily a great game, but a genuinely exceptional sim."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 458 · most liked firstThere is one major, MAJOR flaw with this game that makes it borderline unplayable. In the online, ranked races (what the game is entirely based around), there are two ranking systems: Driver Rating and Safety Rating. The issue is with the safety rating. When your safety rating reaches a low enough point, you get banned. Temporarily at the start, but I'm assuming permentantly eventually. The flaw with this is that you get punished for EVERYTHING. You spin out and tap the wall? Punished. Someone…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It sadens me to write this review, but it has to be done. I've been an rFactor fan for almost a decade, really brilliant game and as you can see it only needed a few more years to highten it's potential (with what became LMU). The problem is in the industry, I think, really. We all know cheaters are a problem, but forcing yet another freaking Kernel Level Anti-Cheat is just LAZY. Nothing besides some really important drivers should have Kernel-Level permissions. NOTHING, specially not for a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As the movie WarGames said "The only way to win is not to play". That is LMU with its victim blaming penality system and it destroys what should be a great sim racing title. LMU has been my go to for sim racing since Early Access. Base game and 5 DLC packs purchased. I could talk about graphics, sound, ffb etc but its become irrelvant. As much as I keep pushing myself to like it I can't recommend this utter shambles due to the penalty system. This sim punishes those who are attacked by other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fix your servers, I have to pay for a $7 service subscription just to play your game that I bought. And then you break my access to it again, simply because I’m Russian. It’s not my fault, I haven’t done anything wrong, but I can’t play the game I paid $40 for and bought a steering wheel for. Very fair, 397, well done.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't play this in multiplayer until they fix their reports. Here's what happens right now You get intentionally wrecked, you dnf, you try to report and can't for 2 hours until after the race. You take a couple days off, you come back to report the person and you can't because the report window is closed. The game also has no way of understanding who is at fault for contact, it purely just calculates how heavy the contact is and docks safety rating of both cars in the incident, intentional…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a shame, theres so many things that arent great about the game that the things which are good about it are overshadowed, LMU could be a great simracer i could frequent a lot, but i end up growing frustrated every time i play, here's why; ## The Good The online multiplayer works decently well. I’ve only gotten disconnected once in my entire time playing, and I could reconnect immediately. No major lag spikes or other issues to speak of. How your rank and safety rating change is explained…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, really fun to play. However you get punished for collisions even if you didn't cause them resulting in many people (including me) to get banned for incidents they were caught up in but didn't cause.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyable competitive online- however. In the latest blog they brag about how good their ban system is and its improvements, while mentioning that you can ONLY protest intent wreckers. and more subtly mentioning that they are working on false positives. Now believe me if you want but i was banned i think due to locking up and my front hitting car passing me(in yellows) this was not intentional "you can ONLY protest intent wreckers". false positives happen so i will just appeal the 1…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, full of stupid subscriptions and server rentals... YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY PRIVATE LOBBY WITH A FRIEND??? wtf is this garbage game - don't buy unless you want to be scammed out of your money. Game in 2025 with no private lobby feature - upselling you on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ server hosting that you also coincidentally can't self-host either. Nice one. Eat ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Physics are great. Game feels great overall. Very good sim and fun to play. The game has 3 rating systems. Driver Rating, Safety Rating, Badge System. Everyone who played other sims or simcades would be familiar with the Driver and Safety Ratings. So what is a Badge System? Well, it's not just a badge of displaying whether you are a real life driver, a rookie, or a "trusted" player, it is also an additional layer on top of Safety Rating. If you are an unsafe driver (determined by contact and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ game people crash into me and i get banned i stay on my racing line etc they come crashing into me but i get the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ban this is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ don't buy this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont want this review to be negative but theres too much going against this game at the moment. negatives subscription model. this is by far THE WORST "feature" of LMU. having to pay a subscription for a game you already paid full price for along with optional dlc to access features that should be part of the base game is honestly disgusting. obviously the game still needs funding but the game could have been monetized in a different way. subscription models are a horrid product and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If your bad at racing in this game, practice, practice, practice. Because tough times never last, only tough people last.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the moment this is a no go because there are no single player championships and they are already asking money for season passes. The game is not finished. The ONLY singleplayer mode that exists at the moment are quick races. This game has great potential that is ruined by greed. Endurance racing fits eracing perfectly and driving model is actually decent. It is just a shame developed care more about milking the license than delivering a good racing game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since LMU offers very little opportunity for feedback it'll have to be here. I can't recommend LMU in good conscience. The game does a few things fairly well but I have some serious problems with a number of things. FFB, while different for everyone, is quite lacking in detail. Especially in HY and P2 it really is a guess when you'll lose the brakes or the rear because you certainly won't feel it through your wheel. Low speed FFB is atrocious. Cars feel floaty and too light. Add to this the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a good racing game near a year ago with every patch they broke what that they did before this game just get more bugs that can be fixed by a month or two or even more. They advertise you subscription on every step and for that subscription you can get access to liveries, more practice servers and championship but if you think hmm championship sounds not bad i can say about championship they dont care even more than about public races because some race results can be not saved, i just got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has cars in it. It also has race tracks in it. And you can drive the cars around the tracks either on your own, or with other people, or with other computer people. Sometimes this can result in what is called "racing", which can be quite fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is a mixed bag on one hand the graphics and physics are great and make for a fun and decently authentic race experience, however, the online system especially the driver rating and penatly system are very flawed, numberous times now I've been crashed into spun out and had my race ruined yet I always seem to be on the recieving end of the punishments, the real kicker in all this is how Studio 397 do not care if you are banned as they will not appeal it at all. I understand they don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →auto ban system is broken AF when people torpedo you you get the blame as well and you cant play if i knew this never bought this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact you get penalized for other people hitting you is ABSURD. What a joke, otherwise, great game. Edit: I love everything about this game except the contact system and support. Legit a joke, especially if you pay for a service.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came onto the store today fully intending to buy all remaining DLC for this game, now i discover the devs implemented Kernel level anti-cheat since I bought the base game. The reason why Linux doesn't allow this cr*p is because it fundamentally undermines operating system security -no game is worth that. Not as penny more to these devs, other racing games prove that multiplayer is alive and well without needing this level of anti-cheat. Good game design and private rooms will solve most…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are plenty of good things to say about the game, the physics, the graphics, the interface, the pricing model etc are all great. Unfortunately, there are aspects of the game that sometimes turn it into a mess or nearly unplayable. It has plenty of bugs/crashes, on some versions of the game finishing an endurance race becomes a gamble because you don't know if the game is going to crash half way into the race or not, with some versions this becomes less common and with others it becomes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The SR system is awful. You get penalised if other drivers take you out intentionally. Sometimes drivers even go the wrong way to ruin a race for others. Need to wait almost two hours befre being able to report these drivers. Absolute nonsense.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute peak game, simple steps: 1. Start the game 2. Go in Online, daily races 3. Start a race, qualify 4. Get dnf into the first corner 5. Alt+F4 instatly and never play the game again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK ONLINE IS A JOKE. Fix your penalty system. When someone else crashes you out. How the hell is there no evaluation what soever as to who causes delibrate crashes and then you ban both players? What type of monitoring is there if any. Why ban people in the first place. Such a deterant for wanting to play such a good racing game. When every single race im getting crashed out by opposing players and recieving bans. There is no way in game to report people in or after a race.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9/10 Would give it a 10 if I didn't receive a month ban for cussing someone out when they intentionally killed me 1 hour and a half into the race, they were blue flagged btw, for a game with such a strict rating system alot of people tend to play it like it's Forza motorsport or something and just ram you or drive like they own the damn track, btw don't join their discord it's a bunch of mod warriors that haven't touched grass and will ban you for any little thing, no joke, anyways great game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game need a lot of fixing in term of game server side, it's a very frustrating experience
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll start off this review with the fact I really do want to like LMU, However, I just cant fall in love with it. The physics feel floaty at times and unexplained at others, its so frustratingly close to being good, but is just left at being frustrating to drive, Part of this issue is the FFB. I feel like I'm lacking information I drive, no matter what settings I try both within LMU and via my Wheelbase's software. I want to like this game but every time I compare this to iRacing, ACE,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game, but I’d change the penalty system As it is right now, every kind of contact (from running into someone, to someone running into you) counts equally as an accident. Now, I believe this is unfair, as there’s a huge spectrum: there’s voluntary contact with no amend (making someone spin and driving on, or just ramming into someone), involuntary contact with amend (slightly touching someone and giving the position back, when possible) and straight up involuntary contact (someone…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LMU or Le Mans ultimate After playing it for more then 300 hours i really fell in love with the game Pros: game feels like a actual race in the very long races you have to look after fuel or tires and not hot lapping the whole race -ffb is really decent and gives a lot of detail of the car and track (simagic alpha evo 9nm) -cars feel nice and predictible -servers are nice and stable -nice and competitive racing -over all nice feel of the game and ui -you can have fun even with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great sim, came here from ACC, and the lobbies are more competitive and fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addicting game, good sim, good feel for driving, you can spend good 100h but I don't see a point at spending more than that. SR system is very bad, a lot of kamikazas, trusted drivers are worse than non trusted. 2 years old game and only 5 tracks to play in online at daily race. No singleplayer content is a disaster. Most annoying thing is that SR and DR systems, DR is so hard to gain past Bronze 3, SR depends mostly on other players crashing into you. Small number of updates and online content…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the crash system is stupid if people keep hitting you in unavoidable ways which is common just starting out you can get a ban for the unavoidable contact. everything else is pretty sick aside from the safety rating stuff needs to be worked out
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot just set up a co-op endurance race with friends because you need credits, it has to be the daily events, which are not numerous, and some of which are DLC. I don't understand why I can't buy a game and then have the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Le Mans Ultimate — A Small Studio Delivering a Big Simulation Hardware used once for context: Moza R5 + KS wheel + SRP pedals Driving & Physics Le Mans Ultimate delivers one of the most convincing driving experiences in any endurance sim. The physics model is detailed without being exaggerated: tyre load is communicated cleanly, slip cues are progressive, kerbs have proper structure, and chassis rotation is predictable and catchable. The Hypercars in particular behave like real prototypes,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is really fun but the ban system and the warnings are just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. youre the one getting penalized for dumbasses running and turning into you IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAIGHT EVEN IF YOURE LITERALLY ON THE EDGE OF THE TRACK. straight ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and you cant even appeal it so good job racecontrol youre a worthless piece of ♥♥♥♥.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is about as good as it gets. With the most recent update to V1.2, this has become right on par with iracing. The tire model feels right, FFB is accurate and their QoL implementations are awesome. It also is gorgeous! If you’re on the fence, this will become your go to sim, I promise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Le Mans Ultimate - A Race That Stays With You Le Mans Ultimate may not be the most realistic or the absolute greatest sim-racing title ever made — but it comes surprisingly close. What truly makes it stand out isn’t just the physics or the cars. It’s the experience. The driver-swap events are, without question, one of its finest features: the simple magic of sharing the same car with friends for hours on end, driving through virtual sunrises and real-world sunsets, sweating over every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, but it feels like 2/3 of the content is locked behind DLC. The base game feels incomplete with so many cars and tracks sold separately. I’ll keep my review negative until more content is added to the base game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the WORST rookie lobbies there are. You have to PAY to even be able to report or protest a penalty you get. Get asseto corsa and content manager ff's
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best Sim game i ever played but ranking system is the worst i have ever seen. How can i gain safety rating and lose safety badge in the same race. Make up your mind game please. Otherwise 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All this game need to fix is penalty system. You get a hit by someone and still getting penalty points or when avoiding crash going outside track.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a great sim honesty. The cars and tracks are great. Physics work fine. Easy to hop in an online race or a race againest the AI. I bet the game will get even better when they add career mode. Downside is the penalty system. You get penalised and warned for a crash or ANY contact that was either unavoidable or not ur fault. I really hope they improve it cuz it just ruins my day everytime i get punished for something not my fault.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starting off, this game is in any way not better than IRacing and i argue even Assetto Corsa Comp. It's honestly terrible and there is nothing that the devs can do to improve it. The safety rating system, it's lackluster and too simplified if you will. It's over punishing and makes you scared to play in online matches risking your account being banned for "dangerous driving". I've been banned roughly 3 times because of genuine mistakes trying to learn the game, then being taken out by other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing that pops after creating your profile is the Subscription plan service, every time you browse the cars a DLC message pops up, when selecting a track to view dlc pop up again...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is clear even with very little game time, that this game is fun. Coming from iRacing, where you could almost forget that you are supposed to have fun, i am immediately drawn in by the sounds, physics and grapich in LMU. But not only that, it actually makes you drive the car, make mistakes, bump into antoher car in a close battle without insta sending you and the other car into a unreversible accident. My issue with iRacing is that, for me, it had become this weird Guitar Hero game, where…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible game and physics, but the paywall is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. What the hell? You have to pay just to play with your friends after already buying the game for $40? A local server hosting option should be available without requiring credits! Or at least add an option to race online with your group of friends without having to pay extra.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely NOT dont buy it they ban you after 5 games if i knew i will never pay 90$ for this the devoleper team blame you for everything even if is not your fault people send u on the wall u get banned!!!They send u a noreply email u got ban and thats it no communication no support no nothing u cant play the game you own and pay for it.In the other side game is ok to play if you willing to pay 90$ with dlc and play with AI is totally fine.If you want to play online DONT BUY!I hope this review…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so much fun! Even though I don’t have a full sim rig like everyone else and I’m using an Xbox controller, it’s still an amazing experience. I can’t wait to set up a proper rig and enjoy the game to its fullest!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its been 25 races since i first bought this game. here are my pros and cons. pros the cars feel very nice and realistic from what i understand. huge wheel support (i wouldnt know since i only used a moza) rankings are hard but fair the game runs very smoothly the ui is streamer friendly (well if ur streaming on an ultrawide monitor the apps are placed like the monitor is 16:9 cons driver badges are stupid. you cant change your graphics :( i got banned for 1 day after my first 10 races (not fair…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best racing sim outside of iRacing in my opinion. Well worth the money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got 400+ hours into AMS2 so I tried this Le Mans Ultimate because of the discount and curiosity. Only race in VR with aa dd fanatec. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here but this feels and looks like a 6 years older game compared with AMS2. Tommorow i'm gonna do some tweaking but for now I don't see any shadows or road textures in VR.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself is fun but the player discipline and ban system is absurdly harsh, beyond even iracing which is notorious for its strictness. The fact that the single player mode is practically non existent and the only multiplayer options are ranked games, if you're a new player and you have a run of bad luck you're guaranteed to get suspended at which point you're slapped with a dirty driver badge and destined to never progress. I have several friends who are clean drivers in other games and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →•Pros: -Best-in-class physics and tyre model, built on the proven rFactor 2 engine -Excellent selection of officially licensed WEC Hypercars and GT3/GTE machinery -Beautiful day-night cycle and lighting effects -Online multiplayer is arguably the best endurance racing experience outside of iRacing -Smart, competitive AI that races independently (for most players) •Cons: -No career mode for now (1.3 Version) -Heavy reliance on paid DLC to access full content across multiple seasons…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I used to say that ACC is the best racing game and nothing would ever top it. I was wrong
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game straight up has some of the best netcode and mechanics among the online sim games. People try to race clean because the safety rating system is very strict and I like how it does not put the blame on one single driver in a collision. You can actually be competitive with a controller which is a HUGE plus for me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →peak game but drive safe and try to get away for bronze drivers a lot of them dont know how to race and can get you killed and make you loss safety rating fast. i watch a guy go from plat 3 to silver 3 in like 4 races because he got killed every time. This doesnt mean this game is bad just you need to watch out, you can get some good battle that are really fun but when climbing the ranks you need to pick your battles carefully.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about this game. On the one hand, the core gameplay is good, on the other hand, the penalty system is just dumb. There is little to no analysis of what actually happened - it works on the principle that "contact is contact", so everyone involved in an incident gets penalized (and some players can even be banned). On top of that, there is a two-hour post-race cooldown if you want to report a player - a 3000 IQ move to reduce the number of reports. In short, if you buy this…
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