A bit of topic but have someone tried to win this race with comfort soft tires? I found out that with sport hards put on about 300hp car its not competitive at all and boring so i decided to switch to cs tires on my GT academy Nissan 370z with racing suspension and I failed. I was only 4th and a Honda NSX was 2 laps ahead of me! I could just use a car with more power, but I dont think I would handle it on cs tires...
Bingo! It's the only endurance race I've done and I did it in A-Spec. It took me a little bit over an hour (1 minute per lap although I didn't concentrate that much for every lap, and then the pit stop).
Probably the main reason why it took him so long to finish is based on whether or not you used the "set it and forget it" method. Where you just started the race, got him into 1st place and then just walked away. If so, then he would slowly cool down on his "cool/hot" meter and once it drops all the way to left and sits in the blue end of the bar, then he drives slow and cautiously. He's not in a hurry cause he's relaxed.
I bet if you sat there and kept him in the middle or paced up, you could get him to finish it in about 15 fewer minutes.
effort much first few times, i sat there playing somethign else with the tv on and clicking pick up the pace every few mins. it does depepnd on downforce of X2010, i accidently left it on my old Le Mans spec (eg no or little downforce) and it took 90 mins. set it on max aero and it took 70 ish
personally, if youre driving it front aero at 100 rear at 130 or 180, depends how much slide you like and just go for it. its great fun. one of my favourite races offline, just sucks i can never find the time to do it again