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MrMaTaZZZ
I just unlocked the S events, and there is no endurance races, like there is in older GT games, the longest race are the 24 minutes of Le Mans, Nürburgring an Spa, this is a huge disappointment for me since i loved the endurance races and was looking forward to driving the 24 hours of Le Mans with 16 cars on track... I know the endurance races are to long for normal games who also play other games but polyphony also need to think about their fans who have been playing since the GT games... 👎
 
If you look what the did to the career mode its is propably good that there are no endurance races...

There is no damage, the AI cars slows down and let you win, the opponent selection is rediculus (one alway stronger, maybe 2 equal, the rest driving obstacles).
Also no fuel use/tire wear so far (int.B).

Serious question, what do you liked in the 24h races, where they satisfying/challanging to you ?

I alway found them 100% pointless, you could not bin your car, you could get no mechanical failure, you had to drive 24h by yourself (that allone is crazy) instead of switching with bspec. (and no saving too)
The fuel/tire use and laptimes where 100% linear/predictable, so after every car had done one stint you could do the math for who's gonna finish where.
 
I tend to think that the reason there are no endurance races (yet), is that b-spec is also not included so far. It has been said that they will return to a GT4-style usage of b-spec where you can get out of the car and let your b-spec drivers take over for a while, so it would make sense to add the endurance races with the introduction of b-spec in GT6.
 
snowgt
I tend to think that the reason there are no endurance races (yet), is that b-spec is also not included so far. It has been said that they will return to a GT4-style usage of b-spec where you can get out of the car and let your b-spec drivers take over for a while, so it would make sense to add the endurance races with the introduction of b-spec in GT6.
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This is exactly what will happen!
Real enduros will be included in update along with B-Spec!
 
only had one 24minutes "endurance" race in spa, actually very exciting, for the whole 24 minutes I need to worry a lot about weather, opponent, etc every minute.
Yes the AI is slow, but a mistake will cost you dearly when the whole race is just 24 minutes long. tire/fuel usage also depends on the driving as well, and they are magnified to make sure your driving style will affect the race.

*back in GT5, the real endurance race I really enjoyed was actually the 2 hour endurance races. In 2 hours I got enough time to adjust my driving style and see the difference in tire wear. However I still ended up playing a bit safe, because losing after 2 hrs is not very fun. And I don't get very motivated to race that again very often.
(Love the nurburgring 4h race only because of the track, once drove 3 of those in a day)
 
I'm perfectly fine with how there are no endurance races in GT6, i mean, you can't accurately create a 24 hour race with just 16 cars, no mechanical damage, or cautions. PD is just making do with what they have. If those races are fun enough, i'll do them many times, unlike the one time i did the 24 hours of Le Mans and got bored by about 3 hours in.
 
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snowgt
I tend to think that the reason there are no endurance races (yet), is that b-spec is also not included so far. It has been said that they will return to a GT4-style usage of b-spec where you can get out of the car and let your b-spec drivers take over for a while, so it would make sense to add the endurance races with the introduction of b-spec in GT6.
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If that is the reason then i will more then happy to wait because that will be awesome if they bring that back :gtpflag:
 
stb155
If you look what the did to the career mode its is propably good that there are no endurance races...

There is no damage, the AI cars slows down and let you win, the opponent selection is rediculus (one alway stronger, maybe 2 equal, the rest driving obstacles).
Also no fuel use/tire wear so far (int.B).

Serious question, what do you liked in the 24h races, where they satisfying/challanging to you ?

I alway found them 100% pointless, you could not bin your car, you could get no mechanical failure, you had to drive 24h by yourself (that allone is crazy) instead of switching with bspec. (and no saving too)
The fuel/tire use and laptimes where 100% linear/predictable, so after every car had done one stint you could do the math for who's gonna finish where.
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i did the 24 hour races with to friends which was a lot of fun but we did only do the Le Mans 24 hours 2 times and the Nurburgring 1 time :cheers:
 
No endurance races is great! I never liked the endurance races. 24 minutes race sound good to me.
 
Not sure if you can call 24 minutes "endurance". being able to drive consistently for at least 1 hour is minimum imo.

Having said that, I did not even attempt 24 hour races in GT5, 4hours of Nurburgring was good, but even that was a little bit long.
 
With the way the AI are at the moment any trackday over 24mins would be just a waste of the players time, driving around on my own now in career mode is lonely enough .
 
Looking at the interview that was posted yesterday theres another big update coming this month and two big updates coming next month so maybe the proper endurance races are coming in one of those updates. I just hope theres no tsukaba endurance races. That track is too short to do endurance races on
 
The tools are there.

There was damage in GT5 (training/online?), there is a mission in GT6 where you have to make the most out of 10l(?) fuel.
Tire use is/was also there, as was switching to B-spec. in GT4.
So only mechanical failure is missing.

They COULD make very exciting and challenging endurance races in GT6.

They COULD also have made the career mode very exciting and challenging, but its not.

So my hopes are not to high, as they where for GT6 in general and still i got disappointed.
(gameplay, look and feel is very ok compared to GT5 and looking at the hardware i have to add)
 
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Finally I have a chance to finish this game!
 
nicholasxuu
only had one 24minutes "endurance" race in spa, actually very exciting, for the whole 24 minutes I need to worry a lot about weather, opponent, etc every minute.
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Weather is not a big factor with the current physics. Traction does suffer a bit in the rain. But my experience so far is that you are FAR better off using the "Racing: Soft" tires, even at 60% water on the track. The "rain" tires seem to have worse traction than the normal tires, even in very wet conditions.
 
really? like really? there are no endurance races...??? are they coming later perhaps? please give me hope! the only reason i've been grinding out career currently is so i could do nurburgring 24hr!

i think all the ******** excuses as to why they arn't in so far are just that, ********. i think the simple reason is they want us to BUY credits instead of earning them. and in previous incarnations of the game 24hr races were a good way to get huge amount of credits so they couldn't include them....
 
The 24h races are nice, but a bit obscene for most people looking to play a racing game.

The 2-5hr races are what I would consider "endurance". Long enough to actually need to think about refueling strategies, tire wear, pacing, and to get an obscene rhythm for a given car/track. Short enough to be done in a sitting (so you don't have to save+resume, and deal with the weather/time glitch gt5 had).

24 Minutes? That's what they call a "warm up".
 
I never did the 24hr races in GT5 but planned on doing them in a stretched out, maybe one week or two week process, a couple hours a day. I did all the other enduros and they were fun except Tsukuba.

I really hope we at least get some 2 hour races with weather, day/night change, tire wear, fuel, etc. A 4 hour race on the ring sounds fun to me.
 
endurance will come in time i think people =) i believe its gunna be in the special events list though , just my take on it anyway
 
Maybe the S events have to be completed or golded before the endurance races open. Wasnt that how it was in GT5?
 
RacerX1
Maybe the S events have to be completed or golded before the endurance races open. Wasnt that how it was in GT5?
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I think they came when you reached a certain level.

I hope they will be in GT6 at some point.. But even if they were added tomorrow I would wait a couple of months or more before doing them.. There's so many other things I want to do first.
 
niceness-dk
I think they came when you reached a certain level.

I hope they will be in GT6 at some point.. But even if they were added tomorrow I would wait a couple of months or more before doing them.. There's so many other things I want to do first.
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After you finnished the S series.

Hoping it is the same for GT6
 
I hope the endurance races get patched in eventually. They may seem like a waste of time since it feels like you driving by yourself, but including them makes the game feel more of a complete package.
 
Really hoping they come back; I did both the 24hr races in GT5 (although I always wished the nurburgring race used GT cars and not LMPs), and being able to do the 24hrs of Daytona and Spa will be great. I'm also hoping we get a good mixture of 1 hour-6 hour events (although please not another Tsukuba enduro pd!)
 

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