Troubles at the Nürburgring 4 Hour Endurance

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Greetings.

In light of the recent 200 A-Spec point racing challenges started by several threads on competitive racing in GT4, I decided to attempt the Nürburgring 4 Hour Endurance. At first I used a Wrx Spec C, with no mods or tuning with the exception of hard tyres. This didn't go too well as the tyre wear was shocking, I also couldn't keep up with the Honda NSX Type R '02. So I opted for a mildly tuned R34 Skyline, sporting an ecu, brakes and hard tyres. Like I said, mild. So right now i've taken a break at lap 6, with one pit stop made so far. My major gripe is the AI's tyre wear, so far the only cars that have pitted are the 2 NSX's, and Evo and myself. The only problem is that the NSX Type R '02 and the other NSX pitted 2 laps after me! Have PD set the AI's tyre wear to a lower rate for this race? I'm running faster times than the two NSX's and my times are consistant. At the moment it looks like the NSX will win, but I'll give you guys and update soon enough.
 
The AI drivers are very smooth in comparison to most human drivers. They brake in a straight line (generally), move through the corner at a constant speed without sliding, and accelerate in a (mostly) straight line. If you watch one of the AI cars you'll see what I mean...

Since they're so smooth they don't wear the tyres as much as a human. Also, your Skyline will probably be heavier than the NSXs, and since the Skyline's engine is front-mounted (and the NSXs are mid-mounted), the weight distribution will be more biased to the front. This combination will cause higher tyre wear. Once you've finished the race, take out a standard NSX-R and see how many laps you can do then with your normal driving style. Then try to drive like the AI does, see if you can notice a difference
 
For a period of mid pit (6 laps) I tried to drive smoothly too, like the AI does, no power-sliding, controlled braking etc. This didn't help very much, I think PD was expecting us to use an overpowered car perhaps. I've also tried the Skyline with weight reductions to reduce tyre wear, this worked, however the car out performed the competition, not something I wanted to do. Can anyone recomend a decent car that might be able to compete with the field and also keep the tyres on the rim :scared:. Im thinking about using and NSX, or an Elise, like I said, comments or recommendations would be appreciated. Also, i've tried an RX-7, shocking on the tyres too :dunce:.

Thanks for the advice amp88
 
the reason the ai drivers pit two laps after you is probably because they have road-economy tyres on, they last for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages
 
Using standard tires might just do the trick. If they're as durable as advertised, then their lack of grip will compensate for a car overperforming, all while keeping you on schedule with the Jones's.
 
I did this race with a stock M3CSL and I won easily. However, Bob was turning 25 seconds slower per lap but because he was less aggressive than I was, he was able to do one lap more than me (5 laps vs. 4).
 
I was messing aroudn with this one today for a while. I was doing 5 laps per stint in a slightly tuned M3 with sport hards. I decided to trade off with the B-spec driver every other stint until about half way through there was an obvious glitch as the car was sent out of the pits without the front tires changed. I'll run it again later but that was weird. Anyone else ever have the pit crew screw up like that? I am absolutely positive that all settings for the pit stop were default.
 
I recently completed the 200 miles in New York and found the Ai had an extremely long time between pits.

I was driving a mildly tuned TVR (about 375 bhp) and pit on laps 20 (orange), 36, 52 and 70 on a 79 lap ride. Most of the AI pitted 1 or two laps behind me. The reason I stayed out so long the first 20 laps was that I was waiting for the AI to pit!

The amazing thing was that one car was unbeleivable. The Zonda was my only competition but had an amazing pit schedule. The first pit was on lap 26 and the next was on lap 52, and he didnt pit again! (He was about 1:30 behind me on the final lap)

I do acknowledge that the AI does take a smoother route (Just ask the old mechanic from days of thunder) but I think that there must be some sort of bias when it comes to tire wear.
 
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The amazing thing was that one car was unbeleivable. The Zonda was my only competition but had an amazing pit schedule. The first pit was on lap 26 and the next was on lap 52, and he didnt pit again! (He was about 1:30 behind me on the final lap)
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The Zonda was in my El Capitan Enduro and WOULD NOT PIT. Granted, I screwed up and took an RGT into the race completely stock (which means SS tires) but no matter how much faster my car was, after my third pit, it had yet to. Needless to say I surrendered, but something tells me the Zonda can be smooth.
 

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