Nürburgring 24hr race

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Do you mean without humanly taking a break, or just the race itself? I've done the whole race in A-spec, but the longest single sitting was 6 hours, leaving it on pause in-between.
 
If someone has a friend/spouse to hold the pee-bottle and administer food & fluids, we might get our first member of the "24h non-stop racers club"

Alternatively you can do all this single-handed on the long straight. Better be fast.
 
I couldn't handle more then 4 hours when I tried. Consequently I left the game paused at about 10 hours in. When I came back the game was unpaused and like 15 laps behind... I quit it and haven't tried again but I plan to soon.

I think some of the real life drivers can sometimes go up to 12 hours non stop minus a short pit break. I know many of their normal stages can be 4 hours a piece (alternating drivers). That must be insane. I can't play a video game for more then that let alone real life with all those G-forces and 110 degree cockpits for hours on end. It's no wonder alot of those guys are during athletic endurance training.

I'd love to hear about someone doing the GT4 24h race in say less then 26 hours with breaks. That would be impressive, video game or not. I've been awake for more then 48+ hours on several occasions, I think the longest was about 85 hours with 0 sleep. Still, I was usually doing alot more then just stitting in a chair staring at a TV. I doubt I could even stay awake for 24h just watchig the TV let alone concentrating on clean laps.

I thought I remember someone talking here about doing Sarthe starting early in the day and going past midnight before sleeping. May 14-16 hours non stop (minus short restroom and food breaks).
 
If you have a friend, it's quite easy to do the 24h-races in about 24 hours. Me and a mate only did the 24h Nür on his savestate so far ....

You can do a two hours-drive in Nür until you start to get tired and lose concentration. One hour is quite easy to do since it's "just" some 5-6 laps, depending on which car you take....
We choose the Subaru Impreza Cusco-JGTC'04-car since it has good drivability, lots of grip and (with a softer suspension) tends to get around the track without bouncing around too much. You really want to choose a car with neutral handling, i might consider taking my Takata NSX for my savestate, though ...


Every two hours we "changed seats" - and it went quite well, despite some off-track-accidents caused by the AI-drivers.
There is one thing to keep in mind, though - make sure there is a place where you can rest for some 4-5 hours. Like Seiji Ara did in Le Mans, one can do a three to four-hours drive in the night if you did get up late the day you started the race. After that, be other driver can sleep some 4-5 hours as well and you really should rest a bit ... the last four hours are really exhausting.

And yeah, be sure to be able to use the right stick to brake/accelerate since your thumb won't be able to use the X-button without starting to hurt after 12 hours into the game. Especially if there's a long straight ...
Be sure to be well rested and have lots of coke, coffee or whatever you may need to stay awake around and you'll see how much fun it can be to have one 24h-race done.

If you have the chance, have a second PS2/cube/laptop/whatever around to relax from driving - it makes the 24h go by way faster. I watched Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (which made my mate doing some spins because of me laughing all the time, hee-hee) and played a bit of katamari damacy ... the main thing is - distract yourself in order to be able to do 12 hours of driving.

It takes some time to reach 100%, though ... but it's even more satisfying to have one down without using B-SPEC.
 
I went somewhere in the range of 7-8 hours when I raced the event!
Man, that was some serious fun!

It was like one minute I was starting the race, then the next thing I know it's 7 + hours later! I will say though, when I got up from my race rig, my a** was hurting like a mo-fo! :D
 
I'd say about 6 hours as well. Most of the time now in the really long endurances races I only do .5-4 hours in one sitting because I have far less time with work, school and a life than I did before so I squeeze in what time I can when I have it to spare.

To the guy who said 18 hours, you are a madman. 16 hours of continuous play was my longest go ever, obviously with bathroom and snack breaks but that wasn't done in an endurance race.

Though when I race endurance races I usually play movies, music and/or TV shows in the background so I don't get incredibly bored.
 
Driven it 24 hours almost straight (maybe 5 minutes here and there to get a quick drink and loo break)...I raced the 24 hour race on LeMans 24 Hour about 7 or 8 times in the past so I'm used to sitting there for 24 hours racing.
 
whatupdet
Though when I race endurance races I usually play movies, music and/or TV shows in the background so I don't get incredibly bored.
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I do the same thats why i can do race that long 👍
 
i did the whole thing on a-spec in 4 days, i tihnk the most i did in one day was like 10 hours, but a break or two inbetween


the ****ty thing was is that my ps2 froze in a loading screen after the race..... so i had to shut it off and so i just did the whole thing on b-spec the next day
 
I am doing this race just now in my career and god its soul destroying. I sat for about 2 hours last night in A-Spec but I am letting the B-Spec take over.

Its too bloody much! Bearing in mind how easy it actually is, I got my Merc CLK touring car out and the nearest I got behind me is the Audi TT Touring Car.

6 hours to go :dunce:
 
woo...i attempted to do Nurb in 24 hrs straight. got to 7 hours and ended up having to pause and sleep. too much for me man. im going to attempt again over the summer. hopefully this time goes smoother
 
Eh, about 3 hours. I swithed with my friend and he did about 3 hours. Our attention spans aren't long enough for 24 hour races. lol. So we threw it on B-spec and headed for the mall, or something...
 
X Man
if you put it in b-spec what about when you have to make a pit stop
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Yeah, if the car's tires are too heated to continue, it will automatically pull into pit lane. That's the thing about B-spec. It's all completely automated.
 
the only thing bout bspec is that he takes so long to pass some one,i left it for awhile and come back and he was sitting behind the last place dude just cruzin around for bout 5 laps and second place passed me.
 
RenesisEvo
That can't be good for your health.:sick:
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or his social life, lol :)

my best is about, oh 4 hours nonstop

but i have too many things to do so i just put the rest on b spec :guilty:

summer vacation = ring 24 nonstop
 
FAOLIU05
Yeah, if the car's tires are too heated to continue, it will automatically pull into pit lane. That's the thing about B-spec. It's all completely automated.
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But when it goes into pit it has the choose a tire and refuel ****. if you dont do anything. does it automatically choose?
 

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