LOOOOONG Endurance Race?

Eric. K · Apr 7, 2009

I was just gauging interest in a VERY long endurance race in EVO (3+ hours). Most likely GT-Pros.

Ryan Callan · Apr 7, 2009

Hekll yeah, as a once in a blue moon thing.

Oliver Amos · Apr 7, 2009

I would do it as long as it's on a Friday/Saturday.

Eric. K · Apr 7, 2009

Oliver Amos said:
I would do it as long as it's on a Friday/Saturday.

I dont think it can be any other day.

John Sydenstricker · Apr 7, 2009

Do you realize how many laps down I would be at the end of that!
It would probably be fun, but I think it would be hard to find enough driver due to time zones.

Eric. K · Apr 7, 2009

Most likely Saturday or Sunday afternoon (US)/evening (EU)

Abdul Al-Amry · Apr 7, 2009

Bring it on. lol.

Dan Coldrick · Apr 7, 2009

Would prefer something a bit slower than the GT pro's, I wouldn't expect to last long with them....

How about the R8's or something of a similar speed?

Marcel vd Aa · Apr 7, 2009

Dan Coldrick said:
Would prefer something a bit slower than the GT pro's, I wouldn't expect to last long with them....

How about the R8's or something of a similar speed?

I think driving production cars for such a long period is actually more difficult than the GT's. At least you can work on setups with the GT's which can make driving easier.

Philip Grimm · Apr 8, 2009

We should do a multi class GT series race. I think that would be fun. I don't really like any of the cars in the PRO series. No porsche... I wish they had the new M3 in the GT sport class or whatver one it is.

We need LMP cars.

Bram Hengeveld · Apr 8, 2009

Before you all get too excited: the game only supports max 120 minute races

Ryan Callan · Apr 8, 2009

rFactor it is then. Which means less numbers.

Dan Coldrick · Apr 8, 2009

Ryan Callan said:
rFactor it is then. Which means less numbers.

My copy turned up today! Theres a 2nd copy on its way for my 2nd PC so Alex Gibson (he races on my spare PC until he gets his sorted) can join us too!

Eric. K · Apr 8, 2009

Bram Hengeveld said:
Before you all get too excited: the game only supports max 120 minute races

Well, is that true? What if I specify 100 laps at Spa?

Kyle Evers · Apr 8, 2009

Whatever you do, don't do Nordschliefe. That track is too demanding to race on for 2 hours, unless we get a long practice and warmup.

Rhys Gardiner · Apr 8, 2009

Bram is right, you can't do races over two hours long. Not sure about laps, though. We'll have to wait and see...

Warren Dawes · Apr 8, 2009

If it helps any planning, we recently ran an Inter Club Challenge at Spa 2004 in GTP cars, and the top drivers completed 50 laps in 2 hours, including 2 parade laps before a rolling start.

BTW, I'd highly recommend the manual parade lap start for such a long enduro, in case a few drivers end their race at Eau Rouge in the opening lap.

James Johnson · Apr 8, 2009

Warren Dawes said:
If it helps any planning, we recently ran an Inter Club Challenge at Spa 2004 in GTP cars, and the top drivers completed 50 laps in 2 hours, including 2 parade laps before a rolling start.

BTW, I'd highly recommend the manual parade lap start for such a long enduro, in case a few drivers end their race at Eau Rouge in the opening lap.

Start the Race after Eau Rouge.

Adrian Lazarescu · Apr 8, 2009

Ok but what about the track? Maybe Spa2004 would be fun

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Eric. K · Apr 8, 2009

It looks as we can run up to 120laps at any track (at least that's the max I can setup in a dedicated server and what I see when I join the game). I might just add some AI and let it run over night. If that works then a ~2min track x 120 = ~240mins = 4hours