Thanks, I just want the day/night to match the IRL, so I know when I should to start it. And according to what you said and what 'jz' said, it will get dark around 11PM, which sounds fairly realistic with in mind that both races find place in mid-Europe. And I'm guessing it the sun wakes up at around 6-7AM.
from wiki: Traditionally, the race starts at 16:00 on the Saturday, although in 1968 the race started at 14:00 due to the lateness of the race on the calendar. In both 1984 and 2007, the start time was moved ahead to 15:00 due to the conflicting French General Election. In 2006, the ACO scheduled a 17:00 start time on Saturday, 17 June in order to maximize television coverage in between the FIFA World Cup games. In 2009 the race took place over 1314 June and started at 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT), and in 2010 the start is also scheduled for 15:00 local time on 12 June.
I'm wondering the same thing. I'm 6h 30m into my first Le Mans 24h and I can say that my car's lights came on at 4h 27m, and it was mostly dark by around 5h to 5h 30m. The A.I. car's (all standard cars) lights came on around the 4h mark.
I just thought to check the Rolex clock at the start/finish line, but I don't think it actually works in-game. The digital portion shows 24:00:000, and the analog face is so bright at night that it's washed out and illegible.
Oh, and this will likely only confuse maters, but the actual sunset for Le Mans on June 14 & 15 is 22:00 local time.
Sunset is far too early in GT5. The night is too long. Le Mans is held around mid-june, when nights are the shortest of the entire year. Sunrise between 13th and 14th hour is OK, that would be 5-6 AM in RL, we can accept that.
I have Le Mans 24hr as my default track for the online lounge - it gets dark at 19:25 which is indeed way too early - sit hould be around 22:00/23:00 with sunrise at around 04:00.
....I just thought to check the Rolex clock at the start/finish line, but I don't think it actually works in-game. The digital portion shows 24:00:000, and the analog face is so bright at night that it's washed out and illegible....
I can now say that the clock doesn't move, and I'd guess the race starts at 4:00PM. I'm well into daylight now. The clock is easily readable, and it's been stuck on 4:00 the entire in-game morning, with the digital countdown clock at 24:00:00. It's probably the closest we'll come to finding the game's "actual" start time.
The clock is easily readable, and it's been stuck on 4:00 the entire in-game morning, with the digital countdown clock at 24:00:00. It's probably the closest we'll come to finding the game's "actual" start time.
