PRO Endurance - General Discussion

I've been confused about if it's Long beach or Le Mans, but I believe it's Le Mans with the chicanes on the Mulsanne.

Yeah, I just saw that in the thread I didn't look, lol. I think it was one of the spreadsheets in a different order and I saw the "le mans break" in the schedules that threw me off. Plus, I see it is La Sarthe on the series calendar anyway. Should have taken a couple extra seconds I guess, lol. And congrats Ricky... I take it you won this week?

Long Beach is the next race, everything was pushed back but the track order remains the same. Le Mans was always going to be last.

Sounds great!

F4H FACEPALMER wrote:Long Beach is the next race, everything was pushed back but the track order remains the same. Le Mans was always going to be last.

Yes .... and hopefully lag free

thoight i saved the replay anyone have it

Just started running around Long Beach, and thought of something: on the corner with the speed bumps that you can cut a little if you get it right, how will corner cutting apply there? Because you do gain a big advantage if you cut it alittle bit, but it's not really the racing line.

We can't police it during qualifying but under race conditions it's a no go.

Pretty sure you'll spin atleast once if you hit that.
So it's best to practice without cutting so you don't get use to running over the speed bumps

You can get away without spinning a lot though, Ricky, don't think I've ever spun it off of there. Sounds good to me Martin!

It's a problem as there is no clearly defined track limit there Martin, open to interpretation.

That's also true Nathan... I try to avoid the speed bumps entirely, since it upsets the car too much. But it is very much up for interpretation.

I think there are 3 corners that can be cut over rumble strips and while the game does allow it my personal opinion is that 1 its risky as it can spin you and 2 while the track isnt defined here it is still seen as abusing the track limits.

Yeah I think everyone is acute to the etiquette here but to be honest, those twinkies at long beach will bite and when they do there is a wall waiting for the victim and then a gingerly stroll to the pits awaits. That small cut versus a potential date with the wall is not worth it.

had a GT 30 lap race here last night an its incredibly, ridiculously narrow for clean passes. multi class is going to be insane. there was one guy who was 3 seconds a lap faster than the guy infront and when he caught up he literally couldn't pass for like 10 laps lol loads of rear end crashes happened too. this is one track you should practice racing with collisions on. pace wont win you the race here its spacial awareness

We have to take the rough with the smooth no room here then following race at Le Mans with plenty , but at long beach I will be hesitant to make passes unless I can clearly communicate with the GT traffic.
For the LMP drivers this could be like our Monaco and May be won on pit strategy and luck with traffic.

And Qually position, much more important here than in previous races!

aero wash isnt a factor on here so you can race bumper in both classes

Yeah passing on this track is going to be very interesting. There are only a few places you can cleanly pass and at that it will be taking it all the way to the apex of the turn. It's like Monaco, Grid position and consistency is key.

That Nurburgring though...

MattF3P wrote:That Nurburgring though...

  

I've droped into the low 13's for clean no corner cut laps,  I have pulled a couple mid 12's but I keep scraping the last tire wall and getting a dirty lap.   XD

got a nice tune for you matt when ya ready

Sweet! I really appreciate it man. I'm pretty comfortable with the track right now, so I think I'm ready I'm not going to be busy later this week so I'm trying to get as much practice in today and tomorrow until I have a chance again next week.

Seriously... any LMP car interested in passing me next week, just say the word and I will come to a dead stop if needed, lol. Communication is going to be HUGE on Long Beach! (I say this because I know I'll be way in the back again and probably wont be fighting for position myself. So seriously... I WILL move for you if you tell me you are coming)