Weekend at the Green Hell: The iRacing Nürburgring 24 Hours 2023

MrBraindown · May 10, 2023

I’d be useless at this sort of thing, I don’t honestly think I could do 5 consecutive laps on the Nordschleife without at least one hiccup or mistake. Kudos to all those than can and can do it hour upon hour, completely incident free.

Eckhart von Glan · May 10, 2023

you can start in one of the slower cars, this week for instance the Skip Barber series tackles the 24h track, soNords plus GP minus a little bit just after t1. It's super fun, races are 3 laps, quali is one lap only half an hour before, and using the Skip, one has ample time to figure out which of the many turns comes next. Well, most of the time, anyway

RichardHessels · May 10, 2023

MrBraindown said:
I’d be useless at this sort of thing, I don’t honestly think I could do 5 consecutive laps on the Nordschleife without at least one hiccup or mistake. Kudos to all those than can and can do it hour upon hour, completely incident free.

Practice, practice, practice.. eventually you get to know all the corners and what comes after them.

davehenrie · May 10, 2023

RichardHessels said:
Practice, practice, practice.. eventually you get to know all the corners and what comes after them.

Well OF COURSE.....EVERYONE knows what comes after a corner.......a Chat with Mr Guardrail!!!!

Tycor · May 10, 2023

MrBraindown said:
I’d be useless at this sort of thing, I don’t honestly think I could do 5 consecutive laps on the Nordschleife without at least one hiccup or mistake. Kudos to all those than can and can do it hour upon hour, completely incident free.

The Nordschleife isn't that bad to be honest. The track has a flow to it and tells you where to go. You just don't have to go all Banzai on the track cause there aren't that many spots to pass in a safe manner.

RichardHessels · May 10, 2023

Tycor said:
The Nordschleife isn't that bad to be honest. The track has a flow to it and tells you where to go. You just don't have to go all Banzai on the track cause there aren't that many spots to pass in a safe manner.

Keeping your car on the track is fastest way to get to the finish line. Everybody will have their moments there sooner or later.

rmagid1010 · May 11, 2023

RichardHessels said:
Practice, practice, practice.. eventually you get to know all the corners and what comes after them.

What comes after is Barry R

stenovitz · May 11, 2023

Unfortunately I have no time for these kind of online events any longer, otherwise I would gladly participate.
Remember with joy participating several 2hrs online rF1 Nordschleife events during late 00's, even top view from the podium on a couple of occasions, but this feels now like an ice age ago.

Good luck to those participating!
And remember to enjoy every second, nomatter of the outcome

stenovitz · May 11, 2023

MrBraindown said:
I’d be useless at this sort of thing, I don’t honestly think I could do 5 consecutive laps on the Nordschleife without at least one hiccup or mistake. Kudos to all those than can and can do it hour upon hour, completely incident free.

"Slow in, fast out" have helped me through tricky tracks since early real world gokart days in early 80ies

Also my sim debut on Targa Florio, way more tricky than racing today's condition of NS, speaking both sim and real world.

As other states, when at first you get in the zone, you'll experience that NS in fact do have an excellent flow, far easier than doing e.g. Monaco on same race distance.

2112 · May 11, 2023

Tycor said:
The Nordschleife isn't that bad to be honest. The track has a flow to it and tells you where to go. You just don't have to go all Banzai on the track cause there aren't that many spots to pass in a safe manner.

This. The biggest problem with the track, initially, is learning it. That can take a long time. Then you have to learn how to drive it quickly.
I found that I am fastest when I don't attack the corners, but brake earlier and not as much, coasting through many of them. Once I started doing this I was able to chop off about 10 seconds from my time.
It also helps to have a good set-up.

stenovitz · May 11, 2023

2112 said:
I found that I am fastest when I don't attack the corners, but brake earlier and not as much, coasting through many of them. Once I started doing this I was able to chop off about 10 seconds from my time.

In another thread recently about far more hairy Targa Florio, I reported being about 45 secs slower in an all attack lap than my traditional laid-back "slow in - fast out" relaxed and calm style, pretending being Arturo Merzario in an Alpha Romeo Tipo 33/3 on Abulzz' excellent ongoing mod work version. Relaxed and calm style really pays off here. 'Which is especially prominent in those prototypes, while attack mode is a bit more doable in slower cars as e.g. classic Abarth 1300S or a 'rally friendly' classic Lancia Fulvia HF.

But clearly remember my debut in simracing on NS, in a F1C99-02 track mod and P956 Group C monster mod it was clearly a handfull and "slow in fast out" round all the blind corners and bends was to me deemed as a necessity in order to stay on track.
Then when you get familiar with the slopes, curbs, irregularities it's time for Stefan Belloff attacks. But for endurance I still advice to try to be relaxed and laid back all the time. Any frustration will cause havoc on the long run, to me it's about keeping your mind fresh by being calm and not stressfull.

And yes car setup especially high wing, anti-roll bar and toe-in params becomes essential on twisty tracks, nomatter if a 1 or a 45 mile lap.

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