Night vs. Day laptimes

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Hey, just wanted to know how your nighttime lap times compare to daytime laps. :)

Just raced the Nordschleife 24H version with the 350Z LM car and got a 8:27 day and 8:35 at night. (No AIDS, hard RT, steering wheel, manual transmission and clutch)

I think the time difference comes from missing the perfect apex at the very fast sections of the ring, the cars just too fast and there is too little of the track visible at times which makes me miss the apex several times. (especially Pflanzgarten & Kesselchen)
Pretty hard, cant wait for the 24 hour race! :dopey:

Oh, and does anybody know real lap times day vs night? Would be interesting to know how much the drivers slow down at night. I do know that the Peugeot 908 did faster laps at night (cold air is denser and improves turbo and thus engine performance and downforce) than at day.
 
I've opted not to embarrass myself by posting my times on the internet.....! (yours seems pretty good!).

Truth is I haven't come across much night driving yet.... I'm at level 32, have got through most events.... and don't recall doing a night time race! Is it just the 24h LeMans in Endurance?
 
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Oh, and does anybody know real lap times day vs night?
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I guess that will help you:
http://adac.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h-Rennen_ENDERGEBNIS_LapbyLap.pdf

All lap times from all cars of the Nurburg24h-Race2010. The Race starts at 15.00, so after around 30 Laps for the fast cars it's around 20.30 and it will be dusk/dark/dawn then for the next about 45-50 Laps.

EDIT:
And here's the Starter-List. It gives Information about which car had which Number.
http://adac.24h-rennen.de/uploads/m...nehmerliste_24h_Rennen_2010_27_04_2010_01.pdf

EDIT2:
Car No. 72 is Kazunori Yamauchi ;)

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Björn
 
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@ Björn

Thanks for the list! Wow, hard to believe that the Nordscheife laptimes at night hardly differ from the ones at day! Only 4-5 seconds slower. Crazy. :scared:

Truth is I haven't come across much night driving yet.... I'm at level 32, have got through most events.... and don't recall doing a night time race! Is it just the 24h LeMans in Endurance?
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This plus the 24 hours of le mans. I think the Special Stage track also pops up in the Tuner and Polyphony digital cup.
I'm currently at level 29 but practice at the Nürburgring at night with rain and high end race cars is addictive. :dopey:
 

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