24h Le Mans--Rain, Rain, Go Away...

[Sier_Pinski]

Mr. Pessimist here.

I started the 24 Hours of Le Mans (A-spec), and just over an hour in, it started to rain. 7 hours so far, and the heavy rain has yet to stop. To anyone who has completed this race, does anyone know when it will end, if it will at all? I've heard one post stating that they had rain for 24 straight hours during an endurance race, and I certainly hope that's not the case for me for the rest of the race.

 

[mattythedog]

It might end, it might not. That's dynamic weather for you.

 

[maximumattack]

Rain makes the race better anyways IMO

 

[Morgoth_666]

Rain makes the race better anyways IMO

Probably, but also less pretty.

 

[Gejabo]

ik drove the whole suzuka 1000 miles in the rain with 100% water on track.

I hope for you it stops raining in le Mans

 

[Vitzio]

The rain can last the entire race.

 

[Sleek Stratos]

Probably, but also less pretty.

True that. I was dissapointed the rain didn't stop after 13 hours when I ran the 24 at Le Mans, a sunrise behind cloud cover is WAY dull, and now on the 24 at Nurburgring I started with fantastic weather and at about 3 a.m race time it started raining so that's another sunrise I've missed.

 

[gazzamark]

I had rain the full 24 hours at Le Mans, and couldn't disagree more about it making the race better, as the AI is well slow in wet conditions.

 

[Sier_Pinski]

I've also been hearing that rain darkens the track, causing it to be even less visible at night than when it is dry. Is that true?

 

[Rob192005]

The rain can last the entire race.

Sure can..I had this too. Was good for a while but tough.

 

[Zoom!Zoom!]

I had rain the full 24 hours at Le Mans, and couldn't disagree more about it making the race better, as the AI is well slow in wet conditions.

AI uses rain tires so if you use Immediate or RS then you have an advantage over the AI.

 

[SkateNj]

If you run real grip its best to stick to full wets^

 

[Sleek Stratos]

^True, but A-spec races have low grip reduction, which is BS.

 

[Rockspeny]

Just like real life, you neevr know if it will stop, and when it does rain during Le Mans, it's normally during the night.

 

[dening80]

Well I'm 5 hours in and the rain started around when dusk started to set in...
But...
The road isn't wet and the sky didn't even cloud over, it's just annoying to look at. We are all still running at full pace, I've suspended 3 times since it started so I think this little glitch is here to stay, unless "real rain" starts.

 

[andywill6]

10 hrs in and hav,nt had rain yet, been waiting still has'nt arrived yet

 

[bazylfox]

I had clear first 12 hours, then 8h of rain (100% wet) and last hours were clear.
I have finished with 2 laps lead.

 

[Crumpet]

The rain forces you to change your driving style, a lot of fun.

 

[Sier_Pinski]

The rain finally managed to stop...

...but only after I had to endure over 20 straight hours of heavy rain in this race. There goes my chances of seeing that beautiful sunrise everyone else boasted about. If this were real life, my open-cockpit Audi R8 race car would have been a high-speed bathtub. Oh well, at least the rain helped me get a 14-lap lead over 2nd place by the end of the race.

 

[Daddario10s]

When I did this I got 17 hours of rain.