Would do you take part in an online endurance race?

[Cap'n Jack]

I think I could do anything up to 24 hours, providing I have a few cans of Red Bull, the ability to change drivers and just as long as the connection doesn't disappear.

 

[Stavingo]

I voted for under 24 hours, I like the challenge of endurance but like others I'm worried about the connection.

Maybe you could make the endurance races region locked?

 

[Pierced Lead]

24 hours? You're kidding me. 5 hours would be more than enough.

 

[Raitziger]

"im too old for this ****"

 

[rsh]

I miss an option in this poll.

I would take part, 24 hours and shorter races online.

 

[Kjelliken]

Actually I wouldent minde even a 24 hour race but voted for less than 24 hour.
The thing is I would have to get ahold of some of my GT addicted friends to go as a team. I think anything from three to four drivers per car\team would be a good solution for a 24 hour race..

 

[Hun200kmh]

Yes. 3 to 4 hour races I would join alone. 12 or 24 hours I would join if teams are made possible.

 

[yossigab]

For me 2-4 hours is great. 24 is bahhhhhhh - way too long !!! even with switching drivers - because what would you do in the time your friend is driving (4 hours ?!?!?!) and you are just waiting ????

 

[LongbowX]

What if you have 16 car race, 48 drivers, and on hour 23 servers crash? That would suck.
For online play stick below 6 hours

I think it would be great to have a 24hr race with multiple drivers to one car but on a LAN not online. It would be a shame to get to the 23rd hour and the server or host suddenly disconnects. It would totally piss everybody off. That is probably also PD's dilema if they wanted to do that with PSN and GT5.

Just pretend everyone's engine blew simultaneously. Sometimes unforeseen things happen.

I would enjoy one that is shorter - 4 to 8 hours with multiple drivers. It would be difficult to arrange all the people for the race in the first place(to get a full grid), even more so for a 24 hour race.

 

[Zathra5_]

Some guys over at the NA playstation forums have set up endurance races for prologue. I took part in one and it was great fun. I think it was a 12h race with teams of 4 or 5. Basically you ran race after race, start times were coordinated through text chat and teamspeak and you got a certain number of points based on how you finished each race. PPs were adjusted after each race to set up the grid for the next race.

It would be great to be able to switch drivers and if GT5 already has a spectator mode, it shouldn't be hard to add.

I don't think that network stability would be a huge issue. Host migration could make sure that the race itself stays alive. Individual disconnects would send the car back to the pits and wait either for the driver to reconnect or another driver could take over.

The ability to reconnect would be essential. Besides needing to reconnect people who lose connections it would allow people to join when their shift starts rather than needing to have their ps3 connected for their entire race.

Bathroom breaks wouldn't be a problem either. If you want a break, either wait until your shift is over or take your car into the pits.

Not sure what to vote on the pole. I would love 24 hour races but there is no way that I would do one on my own.

 

[Lemminkainen]

YES. I want:

• 24 hours at Le Mans
• with 50 cars
• all 4 classes
• Porsche would have to be included
• 4 drivers per team. everyone agrees on who their teammates are, not randomly assigned. (think long term like a racing "clan")
• Pre-qualifying events to get rid of crummy drivers
• 2-hour stints with 6 hours off. If you're not ready for your stint, you screw your team. Just like real life.
• day/night cycles
• possibility of rain
• The gravel traps at La Sarthe would have that stupid sharp gravel which means an off in the gravel would have a strong possibility of a puncture.
• Crash hard or puncture a tire on track? Limp all the way back at 5mph.
• Go to the bathroom before your stint. Hold it if you have to go.

Okay, I know that not ALL of that is going to happen, but that's what would really float my boat.

 

[astrosdude91]

Yeah I'm up for 24 hours! I did a few endurance races with a couple friends on GT4. It was in A-SPEC mode, so we were in my Game Room for the whole 24 hours! Though the one problem I had, was that after the race, my PS2 was just about burning through the floor. I have a solution for people concerned about their bladders: Just set up a TV and the PS3 in the Bathroom, and there you go. And hopefully the connection would stay alive for the whole day.

 

[cletus 669]

A 2,4, or at most a 6 hour endurance race is all I would sign up for online. Any more time than that just seems to long to me.

 

[Stonemonkey]

24hr races if there was the option to switch to b-spec now and again then maybe.

 

[jedaye]

YES. I want:

• 24 hours at Le Mans
• with 50 cars
• all 4 classes
• Porsche would have to be included
• 4 drivers per team. everyone agrees on who their teammates are, not randomly assigned. (think long term like a racing "clan")
• Pre-qualifying events to get rid of crummy drivers
• 2-hour stints with 6 hours off. If you're not ready for your stint, you screw your team. Just like real life.
• day/night cycles
• possibility of rain
• The gravel traps at La Sarthe would have that stupid sharp gravel which means an off in the gravel would have a strong possibility of a puncture.
• Crash hard or puncture a tire on track? Limp all the way back at 5mph.
• Go to the bathroom before your stint. Hold it if you have to go.

Okay, I know that not ALL of that is going to happen, but that's what would really float my boat.

That would be my dream scenario too:tup:

 

[GTP_joeninety]

Yeah I can't wait to join in some Endurance races in GT5 online! I'd be keen for a full on 24hour race, obviously requiring some proper preparation. If it is allowed of course, I wonder if PD prepare it well enough that you could create an online team, where one drives, 2 other drivers can be in spectator mode, and when it comes their time, in the Pit stop the game puts the next ready driver into the drivers seat. If your connection drops, the game puts the next driver into the seat keeping the game running and allowing the player who dropped to rejoin back into spectator mode....maybe I dream a little much, but that would be awesome.

Yeah what LF said.....in fact get PD on the phone !

They must have some sort of endurancing racing planned in GT5:tup: but there must be a plan B for urgent stops in the race just to keep the experience alive for the other drivers ,as mentioned by Stonemonkey.. 'into B spec mode until you can return would, 'float my boat' also.

It would not be a regurlar event and heavily planned, but like say.... Bathurst, once a year would have me learning how to piss in a bottle at 260kph.....look mom ..no hands!

 

[Frankenstein]

24 hrs? Hahahaha.... I've done 2 1/2hrs in Forza 3 and 4 hrs in rFactor and it's not as easy as you think!!! Anything over 2hrs. and you best be in a game seat or a really hard kitchen chair! Anything cozy and you'll probably fall asleep. I seen a Guy at a Le Mans Circuit De La Sarthe endurance race... he was in 2nd place about 1 1/2 hrs, in and he drifted off the straight right into some tires!! Screwed his car up so bad he had to quit. Said he dozed off just for like a split second and that was all it took.
If your using a controller it's way easier as you don't have to use your shoulders and arms turning the wheel and your legs and feet with pedals thru all the tracks turns for hours. We practiced for each race and ran a full race sim for the 4 hr. race. It helped BIG TIME!! I seen someone mention bathroom breaks. Just don't drink mass quantities of liquids while you race. I ate sun flower seeds and drank sips of water. When I pitted I ran!!!!!!!! to the bathroom!

 

[Leadfoot53]

What if in the middle of the race I have to go to the bathroom? I can't do like cartman in world of warcraft episode

http://www.shewee.com/

 

[TouringDevotee]

Wish I could do a lengthy online endurance, but obligations force the necessity of a pause button for anything over an hour. Then again, if the race is relaxed enough, I could always pull off the road for those few minutes.

 

[TrievelA7X]

Sure, but for what game? I would prefer it in a game that exists in the physical world, rather than GT5. BURN! OWWWW!

 

[bullie77]

YES. I want:

• 24 hours at Le Mans
• with 50 cars
• all 4 classes
• Porsche would have to be included
• 4 drivers per team. everyone agrees on who their teammates are, not randomly assigned. (think long term like a racing "clan")
• Pre-qualifying events to get rid of crummy drivers
• 2-hour stints with 6 hours off. If you're not ready for your stint, you screw your team. Just like real life.
• day/night cycles
• possibility of rain
• The gravel traps at La Sarthe would have that stupid sharp gravel which means an off in the gravel would have a strong possibility of a puncture.
• Crash hard or puncture a tire on track? Limp all the way back at 5mph.
• Go to the bathroom before your stint. Hold it if you have to go.

Okay, I know that not ALL of that is going to happen, but that's what would really float my boat.

Since this isn't likely to happen, unfortunately, it'll become most unlikely to practiceable to recreate a full 24hrs race on GT5.

However, I believe that it'll be easily manageable to put together a series of endurance races with an extent of about 10% of the real thing

 

[analog]

Yeah I can't wait to join in some Endurance races in GT5 online! I'd be keen for a full on 24hour race, obviously requiring some proper preparation. If it is allowed of course, I wonder if PD prepare it well enough that you could create an online team, where one drives, 2 other drivers can be in spectator mode, and when it comes their time, in the Pit stop the game puts the next ready driver into the drivers seat. If your connection drops, the game puts the next driver into the seat keeping the game running and allowing the player who dropped to rejoin back into spectator mode....maybe I dream a little much, but that would be awesome.

I was thinking something along the same lines, but finding people you both can thrust, are capable and available would be a concern for many, i guess.
It would be nice however, ignoring my previous concerns for now, if you had 3 or 4 fellow drivers from different time zones around the world who could join in at a certain time to take over the wheel.
Maybe even offering a mobile phone texting service to remind them they have to prepare to join in within, say, 20 minutes.
Perhaps even including a reserve A.I. driver to take over when it all goes wrong.

 

[Dan_]

Wow, this is a useful poll, I was wondering about this too weeks ago.

Of course I voted for Yes, but under 24 hours, my guess is that two hours of online racing are enough.

 

[II IVORBIGUN II]

I would but as GT5 is likely to be like GT5P i.e P2P then I would prefer either im the host or a friend is. Another way round this is if we have host migration like MW2.

Speaking of which I did start a thread months ago about broadband connections and how important this is going to be. Sadly this thread was ignored which could prove costly. If GT5 is going to be P2P then gamers are going to need a pretty decent upload connection to host 16 player races. Thankfully I have over 1mb upload connection but I know many in the UK only have 448kbps which frankly isn't enough.

I will explain again to UK members which is the ideal ISPS and how to find out what is available where you live. Like I said this was ignored by many on here because some don't realise how important this is going to be when GT5 is finally released.

 

[Micdog49]

I voted 24 hours all the way.

So long as it was organised offline even somewhere like GtPlanet 👍

4 Interchangeable drivers during pitstops - 2 hour stints - 6 hours each

If your connection drops well... that's technology I guess. Maybe the car could B-spec back to the pits as a ghost and waits for the next driver or the driver to re-join. After all that's no different to stopping for repairs, and you're only losing 2 hours.

I couldn't care less if I won a 24 hour enduro, just finishing the damn thing would be enough

 

[Sam48]

No, I don't think my PS3 could survive a 24 hour race. It might catch on fire.

 

[emotionap1]

I want everything endurance! I will race until my bladder explodes.

 

[Predwolf]

24hr races if there was the option to switch to b-spec now and again then maybe.

I like this idea.

Have it so that for every ten minutes of racing you do, you get five minutes of B-Spec time. You can only store half an hour worth of B-Spec time, though.

That would give you enough time to take a bathroom break or grab a snack.

I think it would work well, though I'd expect very large amounts of prize money for these. I'm talking seven figures minimum, not "100,000 credits!". You need to make it worth our while to sit there in a single race.

 

[RedOak]

I like racing mostly 20+lap races. Fewer then 10 and you don't really have time to do anyhting... Over 20, you start to setup a strategy.

On FM2/3, i run "championships" with some friends and the races are always about 1hour long... between 20 to 40 laps usually. Lots of fun, Pit included and all.

 

[Jujubean]

I like this idea.
I think it would work well, though I'd expect very large amounts of prize money for these. I'm talking seven figures minimum, not "100,000 credits!". You need to make it worth our while to sit there in a single race.

I think this is absolutely necessary. As if completing a 24 hr race wasn't difficult enough on single player, imagine all the difficulty in organizing an online event. I would want everyone who finished the race to receive a big chunk of cash. Obviously the higher up on the podium, the more $$$, but I think as long as you finish, you should make some mad bank.

Also, I think as far as enduros happening online, I think, 'If there's a will, there's a way.' With Private rooms, I don't see why we couldn't have whatever kind of races we wanted. I was even thinking that here on GTP, we could set up races that might take place over a week or two. For example, we do a good ole 24 hr at Sarthe, but do it in 3 hr stints over the course of a week or more (depending on if you could do it everyday). As someone mentioned earlier, we could even set it up as 8 3 hour races, and coordinate start times to keep track over time. Or we could do it rally style, where at the end of the 3 hr mark, everyone's progress is recorded, and we all restart together the next time, but the leader with 2 laps in the bank, or something like that.