Endurance Race Problem - Glitch?? [PAL]

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On the Circuit le Sarthe 24hr II or whatever it is. The track with the long dead straight bumpy road. I am using a Black LM GT One - Super Hard rear and Hard Racing front tyres.

Problem is i have noticed on some laps when the car is on B-Spec mode and flying down that long straight. All of a sudden it stears straight into the wall and continues to steer that way for about 7 seconds. It has done this a few times and also with different cars and settings.

It seems like the B-Spec driver thinks there is a corner going the other way or something... Its real bad because of the speed of that track even a handy few seconds can go to loss really quick specially to something that stupid. The car basically comes to a stop on the wall before starting off again on the racing line. And no this has happened both with overtake on and off and with different pace settings.

Is this a glitch?? I have already tried the search and found nothing related to this issue.

(I am currently just in 1st place (3 seconds) about half way through the race)
 
I'm sure this has been answered somewhere before but just for you.

Higher your suspension by about 10mm, as the road is so bumpy the car loses control and crashes.

The best way to pass this endurance race is getting a fully spec'd Minolta running at about 1200bhp and put the gear ratio's to about 20 - 25 to achieve the best high speed down the staight.
Don't race against the Mazda 787b, this car seems to have unlimited tyres and fuel at times compared to other cars, and the Sauber as mistakes are punished heavily by this car.

So enter and exit the race so both these cars aren't racing and your on your way to a new bentley speed 8!
 
I used the Audi R8 (unmodded) for this one and left b-spec running, 15 hours in I was a lap down to the 787B so took over using a-spec as I knew I could lap quicker. Only problem was that even though I could lap 10 secs quicker than the 787b I had to pit every 3 laps, so the only time I gained on him was when he pitted. Took 3 hours in total to get from a lap down to a lap up - from then on I took turns with b-spec and I didn't trust it not to make a mess of it.

Ended up with the Ps2 being switched on for 2 days for that one race...

Also - something strange with the Sauber, every so often it just started to drive like a pensioner for no reason. At first I was thinking this was the car to beat as it really shifts but then it just went a leisurely sunday spin out for a lap or 2 before putting the hammer down again...
 
Yeah my B-spec driver does that but still wins by many laps. I still have not changed my setup other than gears. - no need.

I think B-Spec Bob is just trying to handle the bumps and overcorrects which is very easy at 200mph and hits the wall. Because he is steering hard he is stuck on the wall until he slows down.

If this prevents you from winning then I think you need to lenghten your gears dramatically. Aspec max speed on the straights needs to be close to 250mph. B-Spec about 200-210mph. If you have a slower top speed than that then lenghten your gears.
 
Advice: Go down in downforce! There is no need whatsoever to max out your downforce on this track. As a sideeffect, you will gain greater top speed....
 
I think B-spec bob just freaks out by driving so fast and straight for so long. I put my R8 in setting "3" + overtake and no more nervous breakdowns on the straight. Won by apx. 2 Laps
 
Yeah it looks like he kinda loses control but the funny thing is he keeps steering into the wall. Doesnt just stuff up for a second and away u go again, fully steers into wall for about 7 seconds. What it looks like to me is that there is is supposed to be a corner there or something and the driver gets confused and suddenly makes a break for an invisible corner... perhaps from the first version of the circuit where they put more corners in. But i was just wondering it could be just a weird way of crashing but due to the characteristics im sayin its a glitch.

If it was from being too low or having too much downforce then i would expect him to stuff up for a second... but not to continually try and run through the wall every now and then for a good 7 seconds.
 
Hmm, food for thought, maybe be pure coincidence but my car (and some AI's) were occasionally doing this in my race as well (ie going into the wall on the left side). Not every lap, just now and again, and it is where the second chicane is (or would be) . So maybe a glitch maybe not.

Steven
 
yeah, i have the same problem, mostly with my f1 car :(. only thing that stops it from winning sometimes, cause it occasionally does it a few laps in a row.
 
I thought it was a glitch that bob gets La Sarthe I & II mixed up. So he thinks there is a chicane there and tries to turn into it when he should just keep going.
 
I agree with Thorney. Ride height seems to be key on the straight. Try and raise your suspension settings by about 5-10 both front and rear (try to keep this adjustment equal, like 10 in BOTH front and rear). If you keep the car low, it will bottom out and at those speeds...whew! Have you ever skipped rocks across a pond? Yep. That's what it is like. Say bye-bye to traction and Bob will be kissing the side of the road for a few minutes while he tries to lower his heart rate to an acceptable level.

I am sure there are multiple threads relating to this issue already. But another item you might want to address is the speed. I have found that Bob does much better if you lower his Espressso level (try to keep him on 3 with overtake on, or at the most 4). Oh, and you might want to yell at the screen every so often to make sure he is paying attention. (My wife still hasn't figured out why I yell at my virtual co-driver, but it works for me.)
 
I know the points on ride height are valid, but I am now beginning to agree that there is a minor glitch (minor as in doesn't always happen and hasn't effected overall results so far).

See my note: I've sen AI cars do it ! I had the problem occur again today shortly before finishing. It was earlier in the straight with an A1 car (I occasionally 'ride' in the AI cars). It tried to turn right 1/3 of the way down the straight. Surely that coincidence is too much.


Steven
 
StevenDunn99
I know the points on ride height are valid, but I am now beginning to agree that there is a minor glitch (minor as in doesn't always happen and hasn't effected overall results so far).

See my note: I've sen AI cars do it ! I had the problem occur again today shortly before finishing. It was earlier in the straight with an A1 car (I occasionally 'ride' in the AI cars). It tried to turn right 1/3 of the way down the straight. Surely that coincidence is too much.


Steven
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Perhaps the AI cars are too low as well?

:sly:
 
Its realistic, you couldn't drive a F1 car on le Mans ever, unless you raised it beyond belief it would rip the car like a shredder.
 
and are you sure it has nothing to do with chassis refresh program?>
the thing you buy for 50k in parts shops, in 'other' section, after roll cage.

if your car is due for one, and it will be during 24h races, you cant control it that well, ai seems to do better job with this, but still, that may be the cause.
 
As a test, run the same car with 10 clicks difference on height and note the behavior.

Then, run an LM car on its lowest setting before and after (black beauties would be ideal for this) a chassis refresh.
 
Tried changing settings and it happened again. Only did 10 laps and it happened once, first lap after a pit stop, at the first chicane location. So IMO a good spot ! There really does seem to be a very minor (it doesn't happen often) bug here with the PAL version.

Now at Le Mans I my Bentley spun out a couple of times at the chicanes, but (like in LM II) I went in car and it wasn't trying to go straight on (phew!) but just running wide in the second part.


Steven

P.S before everyone jumps on the 'can't be a bug/settings view' at least give Luda and myself some respect and research it like we have (try it in car), but then it might not happen in the US version.
 

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