- 720
- Canada
I never thought I could have so much fun in a 24H Race. I got tired of waiting for saves, B-spec Bob, or other online friends to help me complete the 24H Ring Endurance Race; so I decided to just pause my game over 6 days doing laps whenever I had time. What made this race fun was that I did not use a Le Mans class racing car, so while the AI was using lvl 19-23 race cars, I used my lvl 12 GTR V-spec 09. The fun came in the shear uncertainty of whether I could win and how much focus I had to have during EVERY second of the race. Its amazing how addicting that uncertainty can be (and the fear of whether or not the power would go out; which grows as you approach the end
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I started in the rain and quickly got nearly a 5 minute lead, but as the rain stopped and the track was half dry, one AI overtook me and gained a 5 minute lead by hour 3. I figured I was still secure for second place so I thought perhaps even a silver was worth it if I could drive a real legal car on the Ring; but to my amazement I SLOWLY caught up by hour 11 and SLOWLY increased my lead to nearly 8.5 minutes (just over a lap) by the end of the race. I lapped him in the second last hour of the race: at which point he tried to pass me on a turn, went off the track and wiped out (I had to stop and take a pic!
See below). The original rabbit, the 905, looked like it had got into a wreck at some point too. The whole time I feared that it might rain again and I might lose my flow (it did get really dark at one instance, but then fortunately it turned very sunny!).
I made several mistakes: 1) I had accidentally lost the tune just days earlier that I had used on this car for months so I had to relearn a new tune and 2) I never tuned my transmission properly for the track; I left it set at a top speed of 199 mph so I topped out at 196/7 mph very early on the long straightway (but this gave me much acceleration on the rest of the course); however I suspect that the AI doesnt actually use tuned transmissions because only the R10 and 905 seemed faster than me on the straightway.
According to my calculations I averaged about 3 seconds per lap more than the rabbit (Audi R10 Race Car 06). While I started out in the 8:30s and 40s, I eventually got around 8:10s. My best time was 8:04.472. I had to pit every fourth lap or else my tires would not last when I pushed too hard.
Anyways: the point of this thread. I want to promote and see what non-LM, non-race cars people can or have used in this ultimate race in order to challenge themselves. Post your car, results, and experiences: if you can do this race in production street car rather than race car I think you have done something extra special to be proud of (besides the insanity of racing for 24 hours).
[P.S. Keep your camera handy because the recorder automatically stops shortly after 13 hours and there is no fast foward option anyways.]
).I started in the rain and quickly got nearly a 5 minute lead, but as the rain stopped and the track was half dry, one AI overtook me and gained a 5 minute lead by hour 3. I figured I was still secure for second place so I thought perhaps even a silver was worth it if I could drive a real legal car on the Ring; but to my amazement I SLOWLY caught up by hour 11 and SLOWLY increased my lead to nearly 8.5 minutes (just over a lap) by the end of the race. I lapped him in the second last hour of the race: at which point he tried to pass me on a turn, went off the track and wiped out (I had to stop and take a pic!
See below). The original rabbit, the 905, looked like it had got into a wreck at some point too. The whole time I feared that it might rain again and I might lose my flow (it did get really dark at one instance, but then fortunately it turned very sunny!).I made several mistakes: 1) I had accidentally lost the tune just days earlier that I had used on this car for months so I had to relearn a new tune and 2) I never tuned my transmission properly for the track; I left it set at a top speed of 199 mph so I topped out at 196/7 mph very early on the long straightway (but this gave me much acceleration on the rest of the course); however I suspect that the AI doesnt actually use tuned transmissions because only the R10 and 905 seemed faster than me on the straightway.
According to my calculations I averaged about 3 seconds per lap more than the rabbit (Audi R10 Race Car 06). While I started out in the 8:30s and 40s, I eventually got around 8:10s. My best time was 8:04.472. I had to pit every fourth lap or else my tires would not last when I pushed too hard.
Anyways: the point of this thread. I want to promote and see what non-LM, non-race cars people can or have used in this ultimate race in order to challenge themselves. Post your car, results, and experiences: if you can do this race in production street car rather than race car I think you have done something extra special to be proud of (besides the insanity of racing for 24 hours).
[P.S. Keep your camera handy because the recorder automatically stops shortly after 13 hours and there is no fast foward option anyways.]
aswell) that the Audi R10 was a dissapointment of a car, and that it didnt offer anywhere near the pace people expected it to. Yet it came second to albeit marginally better cars. Could make an interesting comparo with and R8 LM car..
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