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1) Use a car that you have spent time tuning and setting up, a car that handles nicely is key for endurances as it is something you can handle & can drive smoothly ... Therefore helping the tyres last.
2) Watch how your tyres wear during the race, if the front / rear is wearing too fast then switch the brake bias around ... For example, I used to run with 9/8 when I was using ABS, and when the rear tyres started burning up, I used to turn the bias to 8/4, doing this will help the rear tyres last longer as the rear tyres don't have to brake as much.
3) If you are driving a faster car, find a way to block off full throttle, fuel consumption (from my research) seems to work on the amount of throttle you apply, so if you can use 80% - 90% throttle for the whole race you may be able to eek out some extra laps per tank (Short shifting helps a lot aswell but this will further slow your laps down)
4) The most important thing is think about your tactics for the race. Fuel is more important than tyres as you can have many tyre stops per fuel stops. However, you can take on 12-14 litres of fuel in the same amount of time it takes for your tyres to be swapped over, so say you have four tyre stops before you refuel (as you want to run on as empty a tank as possible), if you take on 12 litres of fuel on ever tyre stop, you have refuelled a total of 48 litres without wasting any extra time. 48 litres works out at just under half a tank and may get you two extra tyre stops before you have to waste time sitting and taking on fuel.
5) Think about the tyres you use, the worse the tyres are the longer they will last, so if you can handle your car on sports tyres then use them ... They will give you a couple of extra laps compared to racing tyres. (If you are going to use racing tyres use racing softs, they last at least as long as hards, the same goes for sport & comforts (I think))
All of the above depends on whether or not you want to race with the AI or not, if you want to race the AI then the above should help you out a lot. You probably wont find this applies to you if you are running an overpowered car.
As backup for the above ... I managed a 40 lap sting using the above techniques in my Castrol TOM's Supra using Racing Soft tyres (could of done a lot more if the race hadn't of ended) But fuel wise, using the above techniques I got an extra seven laps per quarter of a tank (Just from less throttle / some short shifting)
Any more tips please add here ... Should make a good searchable thread for beginners doing the endurances. Hope the above helps.
2) Watch how your tyres wear during the race, if the front / rear is wearing too fast then switch the brake bias around ... For example, I used to run with 9/8 when I was using ABS, and when the rear tyres started burning up, I used to turn the bias to 8/4, doing this will help the rear tyres last longer as the rear tyres don't have to brake as much.
3) If you are driving a faster car, find a way to block off full throttle, fuel consumption (from my research) seems to work on the amount of throttle you apply, so if you can use 80% - 90% throttle for the whole race you may be able to eek out some extra laps per tank (Short shifting helps a lot aswell but this will further slow your laps down)
4) The most important thing is think about your tactics for the race. Fuel is more important than tyres as you can have many tyre stops per fuel stops. However, you can take on 12-14 litres of fuel in the same amount of time it takes for your tyres to be swapped over, so say you have four tyre stops before you refuel (as you want to run on as empty a tank as possible), if you take on 12 litres of fuel on ever tyre stop, you have refuelled a total of 48 litres without wasting any extra time. 48 litres works out at just under half a tank and may get you two extra tyre stops before you have to waste time sitting and taking on fuel.
5) Think about the tyres you use, the worse the tyres are the longer they will last, so if you can handle your car on sports tyres then use them ... They will give you a couple of extra laps compared to racing tyres. (If you are going to use racing tyres use racing softs, they last at least as long as hards, the same goes for sport & comforts (I think))
All of the above depends on whether or not you want to race with the AI or not, if you want to race the AI then the above should help you out a lot. You probably wont find this applies to you if you are running an overpowered car.
As backup for the above ... I managed a 40 lap sting using the above techniques in my Castrol TOM's Supra using Racing Soft tyres (could of done a lot more if the race hadn't of ended) But fuel wise, using the above techniques I got an extra seven laps per quarter of a tank (Just from less throttle / some short shifting)
Any more tips please add here ... Should make a good searchable thread for beginners doing the endurances. Hope the above helps.
