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This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:
24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 Entry List Revealed for Centenary Race: 16 Hypercars Lead the Way
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- Ridley-X4
IMO that modified NASCAR Camaro ZL1 would be perfect for GT7. It seems like it’s a NASCAR that’s meant for road courses, and can even be driven at night. Would love to see it added, as opposed to a more “formal” NASCAR machine designed mostly for ovals, which may or may not have trackside lighting doing the work.
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- GTP_Mars
Anyone going to LM this year?? I'd love to go back, though this year may be a bit of a stretch.
On a related note, does anyone know if/when WEC season pass for online streaming is available and how much it is?
On a related note, does anyone know if/when WEC season pass for online streaming is available and how much it is?
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- GranTurismo0517
- RandomCarGuy17
This might be a more exciting race than last year for sure, at least for the top class.
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- GTP_Famine
Indeed - it's sold out. Practice tickets only now.
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- Street-King-07
- Quattro Saltire
Finally a much healthier field for the top prototypes. With BMW, Lambo and Alpine joining next year, the grid is going to be absolutely stacked.
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- GamerJean2022
- JeanMeow2022
100 years of Le Mans. Nice! Gonna watch some of it!
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- NRW
- Vinylshark
Haven't watched a LeMans race since Audi left. This looks like a good year to return to the 24h classic. Hopefully they will get the GT BoP right.
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Is it safe to say that LMh (4x4) cars are favorites over LMDh (4x2)?
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- GTP_SnowCrash
Since the FWD in LMHs can only be used at high speeds and cannot be used for acceleration out of slow corners, it shouldn't be much of a factor.
Actually, it looks like they let everyone run in the Hypercar class that wanted to enter. Compared to the WEC full season entry list there are 3 Cadillacs (instead of 1) and 4 Porsches (instead of 3) & 2 Glickenhaus (instead of 1).
Acura would have to be branded as Honda for it to make sense outside the US (if the car is competitive in the US it should be a no-brainer to also run it in WEC in the future), and BMW said from the beginning they will come to WEC & Le Mans in 2024.
So, with BMW, Lamborghini, Alpine and maybe Honda we're looking at a potential 4 additional manufacturers in 2024 (maybe 5, if that Isotta Fraschini project gets off the ground).
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- thecr1xalis
I’d love to see endurance races back but unfortunately even playing for more than 1 hour causes incessant amounts of whining from:
A-) the extremely casual crowd who has the attention span of an axolotl (which is why proper endurances races have been absent from the series since GT6)
B-) the money grinders who want to exploit a pp glitch so they can use a tomahawk at every event so they can maximize their credits per minute so they can buy a car and then never bother to race it and then go onto reddit and complain about having to grind money and having to sit down for more than 25 minutes at a time (trust me I’ve seen people call the 1 hour event at Spa that pays 1.5m credits “too long and boring”)
I hope PD implements mid-race saving or B-Spec driver controls otherwise it will take me 12 days to finish le mans or nürburgring in real time.
Of course the ACO would want to see THEIR class win instead of americans’ beefed up lmp2 cars
Because honda of japan needs to pay the bills for the ARX-06 to race and they don’t want to do it
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- Ridley-X4
That would all make sense, except I'm pretty sure we have confirmation that more endurance missions are coming.
Agreed. Especially since in actual endurance racing, I think each driver does 6hrs at a time, tops.
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- thecr1xalis
The Hybrid Activation speed depends mostly on the front tyre width but the ACO can make changes as they like. Original speed for hybrid activation was 120 km/h back in 2021 but they changed it for glickenhaus’ sake so toyota had to activate their electric engines at 190 kmh, which is why toyota switched to narrower front tyres for 2022.
Peugeot runs the same tyres for front and rear so they should be allowed to use their hybrid in 120 km/h like 2021 but I guess ACO thought that would be unfair so they are only allowed 4WD after 150 km/h
Hope PD keeps their promise and adds proper endurance races with features I proposed (which have been present in previous gt games). All the dynamic weather and track evolution simulation is going to waste in this game otherwise.
Better hope ACO gets their balance of performance right and so far, they have not (see Monza BoP where glickenhaus was handed an unfair BoP).
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I will be there this year. Sold out indeed, but I felt it coming so I took my precautions. Some people are re-selling their tickets for hundred of $£€. Insane, I hope they will be able to do something against it next year. People who live there are used to buying their tickets on site, many will stay in front of their TVs...
It's worse when it comes to accommodation. I have seen owners rent a single mattress for 500 euros per week in a cellar. And here in french: "Up to 800 euros per night" / "They think: this is Le Mans, it brings in a lot of money, I can rent my house and make 10,000 euros in a week".
On facebook: "That guy cancelled my 350€ reservation for the weekend, but offered me to make a new one for 1200€...."
Humans....
I still don't know for the WEC season pass yet. No informations on my side neither. But I hope free practice will be broadcasted live.
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- attilag78
- TheHun99
Not all LMH cars are 4x4, Glickenhaus is RWD and maybe the Vanwall or how it's called also.
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- jonoholland29
I'm going! I'm camping on BSJ
From memory, I think the WEC pass doesn't include LM. You'll need Eurosport or Discovery+ to watch it. Luckily Discovery did a free trial last year! Not that I'll need it this year 😎
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The past few years we've received the underwhelming Eurosport coverage via Motor Trend or Discovery, etc. It means without a VPN We're not allowed to buy the direct WEC stream content (which was far better the few times I purchased it).
I watch the 24 hours every year, and have for...a long time, but I'm finally really excited to see genuine competition. Hope they at least get the BOP done well enough - it'll be embarrassing if either side of HyperCar vastly outperforms the other. You won't garner and manufactuer interest if they think they'll be artificially pegged back terribly.
Same thing for GT cars. We've seen the Aston Martins being ruined at LeMans last year --- and Porsche, etc. being hammered at Daytona. I hope they get the BOP better.
I watch the 24 hours every year, and have for...a long time, but I'm finally really excited to see genuine competition. Hope they at least get the BOP done well enough - it'll be embarrassing if either side of HyperCar vastly outperforms the other. You won't garner and manufactuer interest if they think they'll be artificially pegged back terribly.
Same thing for GT cars. We've seen the Aston Martins being ruined at LeMans last year --- and Porsche, etc. being hammered at Daytona. I hope they get the BOP better.
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- Tired Tyres
39.99 Euro's described as "entire FIA WEC Championship"
6.99 Euro's for single race not including Le Mans
12.99 Euro's for Le Mans
All listed as available soon.
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- jonoholland29
Where are you guys seeing the option to purchase a season pass? Is it because I’m in the UK?
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